NBT Insurance Agency, a unit of Norwich–based NBT Bancorp, has hired GREGGORY BUCKLEY as its new business development manager in the Capital Region. He brings more than eight years of experience in sales and insurance to his new position. Prior to joining NBT Insurance Agency, Buckley was an agent and sales manager with Lia Agency in Schenectady. He has also worked with Farmers Insurance and State Farm. 

MEGAN THOMAS has joined Mackenzie Hughes LLP as an associate attorney and will concentrate her legal practice on civil litigation, including medical malpractice, construction and architectural defense, and appeals. She spent six years as a Teach for America Corps member prior to becoming a lawyer. Thomas holds a juris doctorate from the Syracuse University (SU) College of Law, a master’s degree in public administration from the Maxwell School of Public Citizenship at SU, a master’s degree in elementary education from UNLV, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Marist College. 

SRCTec, LLC has promoted several employees across the company’s manufacturing and operations divisions.

STEVE MIDECKE has been promoted to director of manufacturing at SRCTec. He has been with SRCTec for eight years, most recently serving as a senior manufacturing manager. Midecke brings more than 10 years of manufacturing experience to this role, having previously held leadership positions in quality, lean deployment, supply chain management, and program management. He received an MBA from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Clarkson University. He is Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt-certified.

KRAIG RANDO has been promoted to director of operations at SRCTec. He has been with the company for 15 years, most recently as a senior program manager for radar and counter-UAS programs. Prior to joining SRCTec, Rando served in the U.S. Air Force. He received an MBA from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in business management from Columbia College. Rando received his Lean Leader certification from the Center for Excellence in Lean Enterprise.

GARY STEVENS has been promoted to VP of manufacturing at SRCTec. He has worked at the company for 13 years, most recently as assistant VP, manufacturing. Stevens earned an MBA from Syracuse University, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and an associate degree from Onondaga Community College. In 2015, Stevens received the Manufacturers Association of Central New York Innovator of the Year Award.

BOB DEROSA has been promoted to director of hardware engineering. He served in the U.S. Navy for six years and has worked at SRC for 15 years, most recently as senior manager of radio frequency engineering. DeRosa has made valuable contributions to SRC’s programs that include the FORESTER foliage penetrating radar and the CREW Duke counter-IED system. He has also led large scale multi-disciplinary development efforts like the Advanced Ground EW System (AGES). DeRosa earned a master’s degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an associate degree in engineering from Mohawk Valley Community College.

KEVIN DEVANEY has been promoted to director of systems technology. He has worked at SRC for 31 years, most recently as director of systems engineering and has made major contributions to a variety of SRC programs. Devaney earned a master’s degree in management from Fielding Graduate University, two master’s degrees, one in computer engineering and one in electrical engineering, from Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree in physics from Georgetown University. He served in the U.S. Air Force for five years. Devaney is also a graduate of the class of 2017 of the Leadership Greater Syracuse civic-leadership training program.

SHAWN FREED has been promoted to director of firmware engineering. He has worked at SRC for 14 years, most recently as manager of digital engineering. Freed has contributed to numerous SRC programs, including the FORESTER foliage penetrating radar, the OWL omni-directional weapon locating radar, and the SkyChaser on-the-move radar. He earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Taylor University.

BEN GREENBLATT has been promoted to director of engineering strategy and technology. He has worked at SRC for 18 years, most recently as director of engineering for the electronic warfare and communications business unit. Greenblatt earned his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell University. He has served as the VP for ritual and as a member of the personnel committee at Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas, and in 2006 was named the Technology Alliance of Central New York’s Young Technologist of the Year.

PETER LIU has been promoted to director of software engineering. He has worked at SRC for 27 years, most recently as a senior principal software engineer. Liu has provided software technical leadership on numerous programs and served as the software technical area manager for electronic warfare. He introduced software open-architecture concepts to SRC, which led to several successful radar software architectures and demonstrated the viability of systems of systems solutions. Liu earned a master’s degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from SUNY Buffalo.

GREGORY LOW has been promoted to director of engineering operations. He has worked at SRC for 17 years, most recently as a senior program manager. Low has contributed to many SRC programs, most notably managing the SR Hawk product line and leading the Ground-Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) program. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received a DARPA Certificate of Appreciation for his work on the Persistent Operational Surface Surveillance and Engagement (POSSE) program.

MICHELLE PALMER has been promoted to director of test engineering. She has worked at SRC for 10 years, most recently as manager of the test engineering group. Palmer has made important contributions to numerous SRC programs, helping to ensure the operational effectiveness, integrity and quality of SRC solutions. She earned a master’s degree in information systems from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in computer systems from Mercyhurst University.

JIM WERNER has been promoted to director of systems engineering. He has worked at SRC for eight years, most recently as senior manager of systems engineering. Werner has made important contributions to numerous SRC programs and products in the electronic warfare and radar business areas. He earned a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from SUNY Binghamton, and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Clarkson University.