MOVING UP
It's Two Jobs, Two Jobs, Two Jobs in One
by Keisha Stewart
Rogers is president of Baseview Products Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich. On April 30, he also became general manager of Baseview's parent company, Harris Publishing Systems Corp. of Melbourne, Fla.
Rogers now manages both operations simultaneously, commuting between Ann Arbor and Melbourne. "Right now, I'm splitting my time 50/50 between Baseview and Harris Publishing," Rogers says.
Being named general manager of HPSC is only the most recent accomplishment in Roger's long and successful career as a pre-press systems vendor.
During the 1960s and early 1970s, Rogers was co-founder and president of Automix Keyboards Inc., a company that manufactured typesetting keyboards. He then ran Computype Inc., until he sold the company to HPSC in 1976. In 1978, Rogers founded Deucalion, a software company that provided composition engines for typesetting. He was CEO of Deucalion until 1991, when he was named president of Baseview. Baseview became a division of HPSC in 1994.
When asked what it's like running two companies while commuting between Michigan and Florida, Rogers replies with a stock tip: Buy Northwest Airlines.
"I make Northwest Airlines very rich," he says.
Keisha Stewart is a student at the University of Maryland College of Journalism and a summer intern for TechNews. E-mail, stewk@naa.org; phone, (703) 902-1885, fax, (703) 902-1690.
Newspapers
Frank Bass has been named director of computer-assisted reporting for The Associated Press. He was with The Wall Street Journal's Texas Journal.
Mark Kurtich has joined the Los Angeles Times' operations group as vice president of production. He was formerly vice president of circulation, production and customer service at The Hartford Courant.
James O'Dell, who was vice president of operations and technology for Tribune Publishing in Chicago, and vice president of manufacturing and distribution for the Chicago Tribune, has moved full-time to Tribune Publishing as vice president of operations and systems.
Vendors
Joanne Rennie Angell, formerly with Sun Microsystems Inc., was named training-programs manager at Advanced Technical Solutions Inc., Wilmington, Mass.
Al Edwards was appointed president of Advanced Technical Solutions Inc. He was formerly president of Autologic Information International.
Gil Green was appointed Western regional account representative at Tewksbury, Mass.-based ECRM Inc. He left Polychrome, where he was in charge of technical sales for integration systems.
Matt Hennessy was appointed system administrator for AdOne Classified Network in New York City. He was with IBM InfoSage.
Thomas Hoffman was promoted to sales-support specialist for Celebro Advertising Solutions at Gannett Media Technologies International, Cincinnati. He was previously an application-support specialist for the company.
Anthony Lococo became account executive for Celebro Advertising Solutions at GMTI. He was senior account manager for LCI International in Columbus, Ohio.
Jim McElhenny was promoted to vice president and general manager of worldwide sales for Polaroid Graphics Imaging of Waltham, Mass. He was divisional senior business manager for Dry Tech Imagesetting Film for Polaroid.
Ernesto Oliveira was promoted to sales director for Westmont, Ill.-based Goss Graphic System Inc.'s Latin America operations. He was regional sales manager for Latin America.
Wim Plaggenburg was named director of Far East sales for ECRM. He was dealer-sales manager for northern and eastern Europe.
Colin Rand was hired as a software developer for AdOne Classified Network. He is a recent University of Michigan graduate.
Alex Ravvin was appointed senior software developer for AdOne Classified Network. Ravvin is formerly of LERO Consulting Co.
Jason Robinette was named Web-services manager for AdOne Classified Network. He was an online consultant for the New York Times.
Ed Slattery was appointed vice president of sales for Freedom Systems Integrators, located in Wichita, Kan. He was with Manchester, N.H.-based Publishing Partners International.
Rick Surkamer was named vice president of global marketing for Goss Graphic Systems Inc. He was director of manufacturing and distribution for the Chicago Tribune.
Dianne H. Weinstein was appointed vice president of human resources for Allied Graphics Technologies, New York. She was vice president of human resources at the Rugby Group, a division of Hoechst Marion Russell Inc.