KEVIN WESTCOTT has joined KeyBank as VP, area retail leader. In this role, he is based in Key’s downtown Syracuse office and it responsible for the sales, service, and financial leadership of multiple branches across the counties of Onondaga, Jefferson, Madison, Lewis, and St. Lawrence. Westcott comes to KeyBank with more than 10 years of experience as a multi-site branch manager and branch manager in Central New York. He previously worked at Citizens, per his LinkedIn profile. Westcott’s prior employers also include Drivers’ Village, Titan Golf, and CXtec, the profile stated. He attended Onondaga Community College and SUNY Delhi.

GABRIEL V. AMAYA has joined Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt as a structural engineer. He has more than seven years of experience and studied at Syracuse University, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering with a concentration in structural engineering.

STEVEN SONGER has joined Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt as a civil engineer. He has two years of full-time experience and one year as an intern. Songer graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in civil-engineering technology. 

DAVID A. QUINZI, MD has joined the joint replacement team at Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists (SOS). A fellowship-trained surgeon, he is joining the SOS joint replacement program, which performs more than 3,000 surgeries annually. Prior to coming aboard SOS, Dr. Quinzi completed a fellowship in adult reconstruction surgery at the Rothman Institute in New Jersey. He finished his residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center and received his medical degree from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. Quinzi received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. 

LEAH DEMING JAWORSKI has joined Strategic Communications as public-relations content specialist. She is a digital public-relations professional with almost a decade of experience in the industry. Most recently, Jaworski served as a senior digital-marketing manager and people lead at Terakeet, where she managed a team of 12 digital-outreach specialists and wrote content for clients in the health care, finance, lifestyle, and wellness industries. She also previously held the role of digital-marketing manager at Trainor Associates. In her new role, Jaworski will write content for a variety of mediums, including press releases, media pitches, blog posts, website content, interview talking points, speeches, and social media posts. She will also provide public relations coordination for Strategic Communications clients, including assisting with media outreach activities and project management. Jaworski earned her bachelor’s degree in public relations from Utica University,

SHAWN FREED has been appointed to assistant VP of engineering, defense systems, and technologies at SRC, Inc. In this role, he will serve as a senior leader, providing overall strategic direction, management, and oversight of the engineering group, including staff, equipment, and facilities. Freed has nearly 20 years of operational and functional leadership experience at SRC, serving in a broad range of technical and managerial roles. In his previous role as director of firmware and software engineering, Freed led a team of more than 100 engineers, supervisors, and managers, and provided technical support for various programs. Prior to this role, he was manager of digital engineering for radars and sensors. Freed holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Taylor University and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University.