DANIEL SAADA, M.D. has joined the medical staffs of Geneva General Hospital and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital as an emergency-medicine physician. Saada is board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He attended medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. and completed his emergency-medicine residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Most recently, Saada worked as an emergency-medicine physician at TeamHealth West Group, where he practiced at multiple locations in Colorado including Northern Colorado Medical Center, Banner Fort Collins Medical Center, and Sterling Regional Medical Center.

Giotto Enterprises has appointed VICTOR GIOTTO as director of operations. He returned to the Central New York area last fall, after spending most of the past decade in the Boston technology space working in cybersecurity and marketing technology. As director of operations, Giotto will be utilizing his background in sales, marketing, and operations to highlight process-improvements changes to promote efficiency gains. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Hobart College in political science, American Studies, and history.

Giotto Enterprises has also appointed CHRISTIE RUTIGLIANO as talent acquisition and employee-experience specialist. Her key responsibilities will include recruiting, on-boarding, and employee-retention efforts. Rutigliano has about 20 years of business operations and employee-training experience. She holds an associate degree in business from Herkimer County Community College. Giotto Enterprises is the umbrella organization for seven affiliate manufacturing companies located in the greater Utica–Rome area and has more than 400 employees. Fiber Instrument Sales, a leading manufacturer of fiber-optic components, is the flagship affiliate of Giotto Enterprises. Its administrative headquarters is in Oriskany.

LYNN FARQUHAR has taken over as head coach of the Syracuse University field hockey team. She returns to Syracuse as the head coach, after previously serving as an assistant coach for four seasons (2007-10) under former head coach Ange Bradley, who retired in December after 16 seasons guiding the Orange. Farquhar takes the reins of a program that has qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 13 of the last 16 seasons. For eight seasons, Farquhar led the Saint Joseph’s University field hockey program. Under her direction, the Hawks reached the NCAA Tournament four times and captured the Atlantic 10 Conference title in each of those seasons. Farquhar spent the last year as an assistant athletic director and head field hockey coach at George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Before taking over the program at Saint Joseph’s, she was the associate head coach at University of Delaware. Farquhar graduated from Old Dominion University in 2005, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, alongside minors in sports management and graphic design. 

RACHELLE (SHELLY) GUITIAN has been named chief marketing officer (CMO) at Smart Carrier, a telecommunications-compliance management software provider. She is also co-founder and co-owner of Smart Carrier. The company started as a part-time telecom and VoIP consulting firm 13 years ago and has grown to accommodate more than 200 million calls per month. Guitian brings practical experience that delivers insights that have grown revenues and sales, the company says. She has more than 15 years of marketing experience in industries ranging from professional and financial services to telecom technology. Guitan says her main role in the company is to oversee and direct all marketing initiatives while collaborating with the senior leadership team to offer customers the best services.