Career Almanac

On the Move

Brandon Hartley joined TeamLogic IT, a national provider of advanced information technology management services for small and medium-sized businesses, as a systems engineer.

Waddell & Reed hired Brian Swilling as a financial adviser in the Charlotte area.

Allen Tate Company named Wendi Hensel as branch leader of the real estate firm’s new Wesley Chapel office on Weddington Road.

Silvia Martinez of Indian Land, S.C., established a new company, Got Time, LLC, to provide general errand and delivery services as well as household support primarily to senior citizens, including Spanish speakers, who want to continue living independently in the Charlotte, Waxhaw and Fort Mill areas.

ECS Carolinas, LLP, promoted Paul Blake to manager of its environmental, engineering, facilities and construction services in its southern region, which includes ECS’s offices in Greenville, Columbia, Charleston, Charlotte, and Asheville.

Grace Dawson Beatty and Kari Smith were hired to fill the newly-created jobs of account coordinators for Bespoke Sports & Entertainment within the marketing agency’s client management group to focus on strategic consulting and brand activation.

Notable Items

Kelley McLaren, a management consultant with The Finley Group of Charlotte, received top honors in the small business category from the Turnaround Management Association for her role in turning around Bost Distributing Co., Inc., near Raleigh.

Eighteen attorneys from the Horack Talley firm are included The Best Lawyers in America 2016. In the field of family law, honorees are Thomas Cannon, Elizabeth Hodges, Elizabeth James, K. Mitchell Kelling, Gena Morris and Tate Sterrett; real estate, Clayton Curry Jr., Henry Pharr III, H. David Powell, Cheryl Steele, James Talley, Jr., G. Robert Turner, III and Amy Hunt; mergers and acquisitions, Robert Donlon; insurance, Robert McNeill and Kimberly Sullivan; bankruptcy, creditor debtor rights and reorganization, Kristin Decker Ogburn; and appellate practice, John Bowers.

Bryan Adams, a partner in the firm of Van Hoy, Reutlinger, Adams & Dunn, PLLC, is included in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 in the area of employment and labor law.

Responding to the boom in call center staffing, Xcentri, a staffing and office-support company, launched StaffCallCenter.com. The new website caters specifically to the call center market and job-seekers in that sector.

George V. Laughrun III of the firm of Goodman, Carr, Laughrun, Levine & Greene, PLLC, was listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of DUI/DWI defense for the 15th year. He was also included in N.C. Super Lawyer magazine in the area of DWI and criminal defense.

The law firm of Moore & Van Allen will receive the 2015 Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award from Legal Aid of N.C.-Charlotte for its housing rights project. Attorney John Fagg of the firm’s litigation team is cited for his leadership in the project and will receive Legal Aid’s Individual Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award.

Charlotte Mayor Dan Clodfelter appointed new members to the board of directors of Charlotte Works, the workforce development board for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County: Roger Collins, Siemens Energy, Inc.; Akeshia Craven-Howell, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; Karin Davies, Peak 10; Betty Doster, UNC Charlotte; Jess George, Google Fiber; Dennis Marstall, United Way of Central Carolinas; Tim Mayes, N.C. Department of Commerce; Carol Morris, Foundation For The Carolinas; Robin Rackley Thornton, Great Wolf Lodge; and Scott Thrower, Southern Piedmont Central Labor Council.

Four Charlotte attorneys from McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, are included in The Best Lawyers in America 2016: John Barringer, litigation – insurance; John Jeffries, commercial litigation; and John Morris and Andrew Ussery, workers’ compensation law – employers.

The new Deb Stoko Global Product Range made by Deb Group, an away-from-home skin care company, was nominated for an ISSA Innovation Award, presented by the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association (ISSA), recognizes revolutionary new products from top manufacturers and service providers. Based in the U.K. with North American headquarters in Charlotte, Deb Group sells its skin care products in over 100 countries.

Partners Behavioral Health Management of Gastonia was re-accredited by URAC, a Washington, D.C.-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry.

This week

Author and nonprofit expert Penelope Burk speaks on donor-centered fundraising to the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Charlotte Chapter at CPCC Harris Campus 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. AFP members, $35; guests, $45, which includes lunch. Registration: www.afpcharlotte.org.

BridgeCubator and BridgehouseLaw, a partnership assisting entrepreneurs and businesses in cultivating relationships and creating new revenue for start-ups, sponsors a seminar, “Straight from the UK: Strategies to Enter the European Market.” 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Packard Place, 222 S. Church St. Registration: tamara.riad@bhlus.com.

Brent Cagle, director of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, will speak on the economic impact of the airport at the monthly chamber business luncheon. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Carmel Baptist Church, 1145 Pineville/Matthews Rd., Matthews. Members $15, non-members $20; includes lunch. Reservations: matthewschamber.org.

This story was originally published September 26, 2015 at 3:00 AM with the headline "Career Almanac."