MATTHEW WAGNER has been appointed technical coordinator of events and guest services at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC). Wagner was most recently a self-employed freelance location audio mixer and has several years’ experience in the audio-engineering field. He holds an associate degree in recording arts from Full Sail Real University in Winter Park, Florida.

HEIDI PALMITER was appointed instructor in the School of Health Sciences at MVCC. She comes to the college from Lutheran Care, where she was the health-information services coordinator. Palmiter holds a bachelor’s degree in health-information management from CUNY School of Professional Studies in New York City and an associate degree from MVCC.

JAMES DIXON has transitioned to the grant-funded position of counselor in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at MVCC. Dixon has been working at the college since 2020 as a YouthBuild case manager. He has held positions as an after-school program manager and mentor for the John F. Kennedy Advantage After-School Program, a program assistant for ACR Health, a math and English tutor for the Police League, Youth Link Division, in Brooklyn, and a Rites of Passage Program coordinator, community associate and restorative dean for the Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice (NMSSJ) in Brooklyn.

SHARRONE SOFER was appointed to the grant-funded position of business consultant in the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at MVCC. He will provide business-advisement services to a variety of small businesses and entrepreneurs engaged in starting, managing, growing, or purchasing a business. Sofer and his wife are owners of the Compound sandwich shops in Clinton and Utica’s Bagg’s Square. He holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and English from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Syracuse University men’s soccer head coach IAN MCINTYRE will remain on the Orange sidelines after recently signing a long-term contract extension. He led Syracuse to the 2022 NCAA national championship, a first in program history. McIntyre is the third coach in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) history to lead a men’s soccer team to the national title, ACC Tournament championship, and ACC regular season division title in the same season. McIntyre is the second-winningest coach in Syracuse program history, amassing a 123-86-40 record. The Basildon, England native has mentored 19 former Orange players who have been selected in the MLS SuperDraft, including a program-record five members of the national championship side picked in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft. 

SRC, Inc. recently announced multiple promotions across the company.

LANCE BRADSTREET has been named senior principal RF engineer. Bradstreet started with SRC in 2007 and most recently worked as a principal RF engineer. In this new position, he will lead the organization in antenna modelling, design, and characterization and be responsible for the operation of the spherical near-field antenna range and new near-field cylindrical/planar scanning facility. Bradstreet has a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in electrical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology.

BRANDON FORRESTER now assumes the role of senior technologist. He first joined SRC in 2009 as a software engineer and has more than 20 years of software experience. In this new role he will be guiding software development while also acting as a lead contributor for SRC’s artificial intelligence and machine-learning efforts. Forrester holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Wright State University.

JEFFREY MAHON has been promoted to senior electronic warfare systems engineer. Mahon started with SRC in 2002. In his new role, he will lead the development of innovative products focused on improving electronic-warfare analyst workflow by using signal-processing automation, machine learning, and digital engineering. Mahon has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University at Buffalo and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University. As a newly appointed senior electronic warfare engineer,

JOHN POSTIGLIONE will provide quick-reaction systems engineering, field support, sustainment, testing, and analysis required to develop and maintain mission-data libraries for the U.S. Army. This includes program management, systems engineering, development, integration, training, and logistics support. Postiglione has been with the company for nine years, most recently as an electronic warfare engineer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Central Ohio Technical College.