Personnel file

Kevin J. Lyons has joined the Milwaukee office of Davis & Kuelthau as a shareholder in the Litigation Section. Prior to joining Davis & Kuelthau, Lyons was a shareholder at Cook & Franke, where he had served as president and managing partner for five years. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from the University of Wisconsin.
Bill Lydon has been appointed to the newly created position of product manager, electronic products, at WAGO Corp. in Germantown. Lydon previously held positions with Johnson Controls, and co-founded an industrial controls software company.
Barb Haag-Heitman has been named director of Women’s Health Services at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee. Haag-Heitman holds a BSN degree from Alverno College, an MS degree from UW-Milwaukee, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in human and organizational development from The Fielding Institute. She was most recently with Aurora Health Care.
Ron Becher, a former General Motors Engineering Group manager, has joined the J.P. Cullen & Sons contractor firm as manager of its new Industrial Division. Becher holds a degree in mechanical engineering from UW-Platteville, and was with GM for 18 years.
Carrie Clements has been promoted to the position of operations manager of medical billing at the Milwaukee office of SVA Consulting. In addition, Sharon Wolf has been promoted to medical billing supervisor, also at the Milwaukee office, which is in Brookfield.
Jody Jozwowski has joined Octane, Inc., as art director. She had previously worked with BVK McDonald, and Bender, Browning, Dolby & Sanderson agencies. She holds a degree in fine arts from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Laurie Pung has been promoted to the position of senior branch office administrator at the West Allis office of the financial services firm Edward Jones. She has been with the firm for seven years.
Doug Schacht has joined J.H. Findorff & Son as business development director in its Milwaukee office. Schacht, a 1994 UW-Whitewater graduate, previously worked with Jens Construction and with Plunkett Raysich Architects.
Waukesha Electric Systems (WES), a unit of SPX Corp., announced that
Timothy J. Foley has joined the company as its new vice president of marketing and sales. Foley joined Waukesha Electric Systems from Rockwell Automation.
CedarNet, in Waukesha, has named Rob Martin as its chief technology officer. Martin brings 16 years of programming experience and a diverse background in technology to the CedarNet team. He specializes in Web application systems integration and recently designed CedarNet’s online shopping cart application for its Web site customers.
Debbie Dozer has joined Paving Mix and Construction Co. of Oak Creek as quality control manager. Dozer brings more than eight years of industry experience with her, including work for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Michael P. Mervis has been named vice president for marketing and community relations at Towne Realty, Milwaukee. In conjunction with the announcement, Mervis & Company, which has served for many years as the Towne Group’s in-house advertising agency, will change its name to Mervis, Bratz & Koziol. The name change reflects the changes in Mervis’s responsibilities and the expanded roles of Terri Bratz and David Koziol, both vice presidents of Mervis & Co. Mervis joined Towne in 1974 and formed Mervis & Co. He had earlier been with Fromstein & Associates.
American Senior Living Centers has hired Debra J. Ashby as assistant director of marketing. She had been director of social services for Colonial Manor Health & Rehabilitation, an affiliate of Beverly Healthcare. She holds a liberal arts degree from Purdue University.
Jan. 18, 2002 Small Business Times, Milwaukee