Erie Materials has made several promotions and new hires. At the Syracuse corporate headquarters, STEVE SYRON has been promoted to senior VP for sales and marketing. He started at Erie Materials’ Binghamton branch in 1986 as a warehouse and delivery specialist then worked as a warehouse manager, inside sales and territory manager. In 1992, he transferred to the Syracuse branch as operations manager and was promoted to general manager of the branch in 1994. Syron was named corporate sales manager in 1995, VP of sales in 2000 and VP of sales and marketing in 2006. KEVIN SHOLETT has been promoted to director of sales management. He started his Erie Materials career in 1997 as a territory manager at the Watertown location. In 1999, Sholett was promoted to general manager of the location. Sholett joined the corporate staff in 2004 as regional sales manager. MARK SYRON has been promoted to corporate inside sales manager. He started with Erie Materials in 2015 as a warehouse specialist/inside sales representative in the Syracuse branch. Syron was promoted to inside sales in 2016 and then to corporate inside sales service/operations representative in 2018. TONY DEHART has been promoted to director of IT. He joined Erie Materials in 2004 as information systems manager after several years as an outside consultant to Erie Materials. SCOTT HIGGINBOTHAM has been promoted to director of operations. He joined Erie Materials in 1988 as an inside sales representative at the Auburn branch. He was promoted to operations manager for Auburn in 1995 then corporate operations manager in 2005. CHRIS ENGLE has been selected as territory manager for the general contracting/architectural department. He joined Erie Materials in 2005 and has also served as operations manager, territory manager, and inside sales representative. REAGAN EMERSON has been hired as an inside sales representative for the firm’s Auburn branch. She had served in the Summer Associates Program with Erie Materials in 2018. JONATHAN HORTON has been named inside sales representative in the Watertown branch. He joined Erie Materials as a driver in early 2019. ANNE WALTER has joined the Auburn branch as branch administrator. She comes to Erie Materials with a degree from SUNY Oswego and experience in both administrative roles and service-oriented positions.

JAIME TUOZZOLO is joining Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) in Syracuse as the organization’s new VP, mortgage officer. She will be responsible for sourcing and originating business in the region across all loan products, as well as actively monitoring projects through construction and conversion. Tuozzolo comes to CPC with about 20 years of experience in real-estate finance, as both a lender and as part of a development company. Most recently, she worked for the community development lending, Northeast team at KeyBank as senior relationship manager/VP. Prior to that, Tuozzolo served as relationship manager/VP at First Niagara Bank’s commercial real estate finance team in Syracuse, where she oversaw a commercial real estate portfolio of more than $200 million. 

RICHARD GRAZIANO has joined Fiber Instrument Sales in Oriskany as a cost accountant. He holds an associate degree from Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) and is about to receive his bachelor’s degree from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Previously, Graziano worked with Brown and Associates, CPAs. Fiber Instrument Sales has hired SAMSON DELANEY as a member of the sales team. He holds a degree in marketing/management from Utica College. ADAM NORSEN has joined the sales staff at Fiber Instrument Sales. He previously worked in the fiber optic industry for an unnamed company that repairs fiber optic and telecom/utility equipment for a number of years. STEVE LOSINGER is the implementation engineer in the engineering department at Fiber Instrument Sales. He has seven years of experience as a plant engineer / reliability engineer in manufacturing, 15 years of experience in manufacturing maintenance, and more than 30 years of experience with electro-mechanical maintenance. Losinger holds an associate degree in electrical services from MVCC. He has a background in mechanical & electrical systems, maintenance program training development, training, & maintenance process management, & commercial, industrial, & residential HVAC. Recently, Losinger worked at MVCC as an adjunct instructor for mechanical systems, as well as providing course instruction & curriculum development for the Advanced Institute of Manufacturing. 

MIKE HINES has joined CXtec’s finance division as a controller. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Le Moyne College. Hines also holds CPA (certified public accountant) and CMA (certified management accountant) certifications. His previous positions include accounting manager at the Oneida Indian Nation, operations manager at Brady Systems, and senior accountant at Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP.