QPK Design has appointed three new associates to the firm: ANDREW WRIGHT, JACOB LEVINE, and JOSEPH CAVENDER.

Wright is a registered architect and a graduate of SUNY Alfred with a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering technology. With more than 14 years of experience, he has shown an expertise in designing and managing development, fast-track and design/build projects.

Levine is a registered architect with more than 11 years of experience. He graduated from SUNY University at Buffalo with master’s and bachelor’s degrees in architecture. Included in Levine’s recent work are at the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, and a new medical school for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Elmira.

Cavender is a licensed landscape architect with more than 13 years of experience. He has both a master’s degree in professional studies in environmental and community land planning degree and a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry.  His recent projects include site engineering and planning for Dig Safely NY’s Corporate Headquarters in DeWitt; and Inficon’s Two Technology Place manufacturing expansion in DeWitt.

Community Bank N.A. has promoted PAUL F. WOOD to VP, senior trust officer in Oneonta. He brings seven years of experience in the banking industry. Wood has been with Community Bank since August 2016, when he joined as associate VP and trust officer. He previously served as senior VP, trust & investor relations for the former National Bank of Delaware County. Wood earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from New Hampshire College, and holds both the certified trust and financial advisor and certified financial planner designations. 

CBD Companies announced that JASON HASTINGS has joined the firm as an estimator and pre-construction manager. He brings more than 22 years of experience in construction.  As an estimator, Hastings provides cost-estimating services for design-build, hard bid, and negotiated construction projects.

JESSICA SUTHERLAND joins CBD Companies as a project coordinator. She brings construction and administrative experience from previous work in the commercial construction field and retail management. Sutherland previously worked as an administrative assistant at COR Development Company, LLC, according to her LinkedIn profile.

HCR Home Care has added new employees to its Onondaga County operations: SABRINA CARGILL-GREEN, home health aide and CAITLIN DONALDSON, occupational therapist. 

Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Inc. (GKG) has expanded its professional team with DAVID WALLACE joining as a strategic business advisor. He comes to GKG with more than 15 years of insurance and leadership experience. Wallace previously held various industry positions in the Syracuse marketplace. With a specialty in commercial agribusiness, he has helped to create and sustain regional and national association programs in the craft beverage and dairy processing industries. Wallace graduated from the University of Massachusetts, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. 

Hancock Estabrook, LLP announced that CHRISTOPHER I. HALL, CONOR L. MCSWEENEY, and ANDRIY TROYANOVYCH have joined the firm as associate attorneys. Hall currently works in several departments across the firm.

Hall was previously a law clerk with an Albany–based firm conducting research on matters including tort, contract, and property law, and worked as an intern with Judge Lawrence E. Kahn in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Hall served in the U.S. Army with 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division where he held the rank of sergeant. He received his J.D. degree from Albany Law School of Union University and a is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo.

McSweeney works in several departments across the firm, with a focus in the business department. Prior to and during law school, he worked as a member of the in-house legal department of several leading technology and cloud security companies headquartered in the Northeast. McSweeney has extensive experience negotiating commercial transactions in the cloud-technology sector, including master service agreements, confidentiality agreements, and partnership agreements, covering such topics as data protection compliance, and intellectual-property licensing. He is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Siena College.

Troyanovych works with several departments across the firm. He previously was a judicial intern for Judge David Peebles, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. While attending law school, Troyanovych was a student attorney for Syracuse University College of Law’s Securities Arbitration & Consumer Law Clinic. He is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law and SUNY Oswego.

Indium Corporation has promoted SCOTT PRINGLE to business unit VP. Throughout his more than a decade at Indium Corporation, he has distinguished himself as an industry expert and built a strong global sales organization. Pringle has broad and extensive international experience developing business in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

CHRIS BASTECKI has been promoted to the position of director of Americas sales and global PCBA marketing at Indium. He has more than 25 years of experience in electronics-materials marketing, sales, and business management. Bastecki has a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He has participated in numerous leadership-development programs at Harvard University and other institutions, as well as Six Sigma training.

Indium has promoted JONAS SJOBERG to associate director of global technical service and application engineering. He provides direct management of the firm’s Asia technical staff, focusing on promoting career development among his employees through trade show participation and creation of papers for industry publications. Sjoberg also coordinates global technical initiatives with the other technical teams in Europe and the Americas. He joined Indium in 2014 and has more than 20 years of technical experience in the electronics industry.