Croteau, Iobst Named VPs
Two NAA Technology Department staffers were recently promoted to vice president. | Tom Croteau |
He began his career at NAA as technical-training manager and was promoted to director of newspaper services in 1996. Before joining NAA, Croteau worked for nine years at USA Today as production coordinator, quality manager and production director. He has a bachelor's degree in printing production management from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Croteau can be reached by phone at (703) 902-1850, or via e-mail crott@naa.org.
 | John Iobst |
Iobst will continue his involvement in the development of technical standards and guidelines for many areas of newspaper production, including classified-advertising exchange standards, electronic data interchange guidelines for newspapers and advertisers, exchange standards for digital advertising, and wire-service transmission standards.
Iobst holds a master's degree and a doctorate in computer science from Lehigh University and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Moravian College. He can be reached by phone at (703) 902-1838, or via e-mail iobsj@naa.org.
NewspapersG. Charles Dix II was elected president of the PAGE Co-op of Boca Raton, Fla. He is vice president of Dix Communications and publisher of the Alliance (Ohio) Review.Kathryn Downing joined the Los Angeles Times as president and chief executive officer. She had been president and CEO of Mosby Matthew Bender, which parent Times Mirror Co. divested this year. Timothy J. Landon was named vice president and general manager of Sun-Sentinel Co., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He had previously been vice president of strategy, research and development for parent Tribune Co., and also founded and served as acting CEO of Classified Ventures. Joseph Richter was named president and chief operating officer of Ottaway Newspapers Inc., Campbell Hall, N.Y. He had been ONI's senior vice president. Todd J. Warner was promoted to operations director of the Bucks County Courier Times in Levittown, Pa. He had previously served as the paper's production and systems manager. Bill Williamson has been named vice president of newspaper operations for 21st Century Newspapers Inc., Mount Clemens, Mich. He had been 21st Century's production director. |
VendorsTerry Betts has been hired by TKS USA Inc., Richardson, Texas, as a technical-service manager.Alberto Cruz was appointed sales and applications support specialist for ECRM Inc., Tewksbury, Mass. Carita del Valle was named marketing manager for Neasi-Weber International, Los Angeles. Gary Demko was named Northeastern regional sales manager for Freedom System Integrators Inc., Wichita. Robert Dye was hired as a Sho-Rack sales representative by Kaspar Wire Works Inc., Shiner, Texas. Joanna Jullien was promoted to vice president of customer services for System Integrators Inc., Sacramento. David Klimek was named sales representative for Sho-Rack's Minnesota, Wiscon-sin and northern Illinois territory by Kaspar Wire Works. Adam Leff was named chief operating officer and vice president of Ad-Star Services Inc., Los Angeles. Anne Markle was named SII's vice president of enterprise integration. Kevin O'Haire was appointed executive vice president of sales and marketing for Cascade Systems Inc., Andover, Mass. Glenn Peterson was named FSI's Southeastern regional sales manager. Richard Peterson was named vice president of North American Sales for Opt-ronics International Corp. of Chelms-ford, Mass. Gregory C. Rotelli was named SII's vice president of marketing. Perry Sapp was hired as vice president of circulation systems by Neasi-Weber International. Dick Steensma was appointed president of Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Autologic Information International's Xitron Homer E. Taylor Jr. has been named president and chief operating officer of George R. Hall Contracting, Avon Lake, Ohio. |