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SolomonEdwards, a national professional services firm in Philadelphia, hired Milissa Ales-Barnicoat as chief sales officer. She had been senior vice president of international sales and account management for Adecco Group.

ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, West Point, named J. Mark Vanderbeck chief executive officer and Gerald T. Grant president, chief operating officer, effective Aug. 1. Vanderbeck currently is executive vice president, operations; Grant is executive vice president, chief financial officer.

Geoffrey Tragemann was named vice president and store manager for the Republic Bank stores in Plymouth Meeting and Abington. He had been vice president and branch manager in Society Hill for Citibank.

John H. Smith IV was named a senior supervising engineer in the Philadelphia office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering, and program/construction management organization. He was a vice president and Pennsylvania branch manager for HAKS Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors PC, Philadelphia.

Attorney Robert Tomilson joined Clark Hill's Philadelphia office as a member in the firm's insurance and reinsurance practice group. He had been a member at Cozen O'Connor.

Acsis Inc., a Marlton provider of cloud-based software, hired Jeremy Coote as CEO. Coote was on the Acsis board for three years.

TD Bank promoted Lili del Pilar Cock to vice president, store manager of a branch in Allentown, from store manager in Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau promoted Julie Coker Graham to executive vice president of the official tourist promotion agency for Philadelphia globally.

Marketing & Research Strategists, Bala Cynwyd and Hershey, hired Wooyang Kim as chief analyst. He received his Ph.D. in marketing from Temple University's Fox School of Business in May and has more than five years of industry experience working as a consultant and instructor for several Korean conglomerates including Samsung, LG, Korea Telecommunications, and others.

Ascensus, a Dresher provider of retirement plan and college savings services, promoted Anthony Bologna to vice president, national sales director from regional vice president, Midwest, and Ted Samsel to vice president, key accounts and strategic partners from regional vice president, Mid-America.

American Executive Centers, Philadelphia, promoted Ryan Dugan from leasing manager to vice president of leasing. Dugan will oversee and support sales activity for all seven of the company's locations.

Danielle Webb joined Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano as an associate attorney in the Social Security disability department. She had been associate attorney/advocate at Binder & Binder.

Laura Azzalina was promoted from sales performance manager to senior vice president at Firstrust Bank.

The Philadelphia law firm Messa & Associates P.C. hired Justin L. Groen as an associate. Groen served as an assistant district attorney for the City of Philadelphia and was then an associate with Kornblau & Kornblau P.C. in Jenkintown.

Rittenhouse Capital Advisors, Philadelphia, an affiliate of Rittenhouse Realty Advisors, hired Eric Vogel as senior underwriter and originator. He has underwritten more than $5 billion in structured commercial real estate debt during his tenure with Morningstar Credit Ratings as vice president of structured credit ratings - new issue CMBS.

NMS Labs, Willow Grove, hired Jack Wright as vice president of sales and marketing. He had been vice president of sales and marketing for Ajinomoto Althea Technologies Inc.

Luke Lu joined Axalta Coating Systems, a Philadelphia provider of liquid and powder coatings, as vice president and president, China. He had been vice president, power solutions Asia Pacific, at Johnson Controls Inc. - Mike Zebe