Nascentia Health recently welcomed two new employees to its Syracuse headquarters.

KARA PASSALACQUA is the utilization review registered nurse (RN) who examines the appropriateness of health-care expenditures as regulated by state, federal, and organizational guidelines through the utilization-review process. She assures that Nascentia’s members receive high quality, cost-efficient health care services that meet their home and community-based needs. Passalacqua previously worked for MVHS for more than 10 years, spending much of her career there in the intensive-care unit. In her last three years at MVHS, she worked as a quality management RN, playing a key role in spearheading various performance-improvement projects and managing several areas within the hospital to ensure compliance with quality-care outcomes.

KIMBERLY INMAN is the executive administration assistant to Nascentia’s chief operating officer, providing specialized program support and higher-level office support duties. She represents the officer by attending meetings as requested in their absence. Inman has worked as a paralegal for the past 20 years and received her associate degree from Bryant & Stratton College and a nursing degree from Onondaga Community College. She is licensed as a real-estate salesperson and public notary.

ALEXIUS RONDON has joined Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company in its Utica Office as a commercial real-estate salesperson. Before joining the firm, he served in the New York National Guard as an 11C and 11B indirect fire infantryman. Rondon currently resides in Utica.

KEVIN ALDEN has been promoted to director of software engineering at SRC Inc. He will manage a team located across the U.S., giving technical direction, setting goals, and ensuring that the software engineering division continues to advance the company’s mission. Alden has been with SRC since 2005, most recently serving as a manager in the company’s engineering division. As both a software engineer and a leader in the enterprise, he has contributed to a number of projects. Alden has experience leading functional and project teams and has been involved in numerous software development and research-based projects. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer engineering from Syracuse University.