S.R. Arner & Co., a Canton accounting firm, has acquired Canton-based PC Solutions. The acquisition was made to further expand the firm’s Technology Consulting Services Division.
Waterlink Inc., a Canton water purification and wastewater treatment solutions provider, has launched a new Web site, www.waterlinklease.com.
Jane Wagner has started Wagner Consulting Group in North Canton. The company will focus on helping employees achieve their company’s business goals.
Transitions
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce President Nick Navarra has announced plans to retire at the end of the year. Dennis Saunier has been elected by the chamber’s board of trustees to succeed Navarra as president effective Jan. 1, 2001.
The Office of Corporate and Community Services at Kent State University Stark Campus in Jackson Township has named Willetta Shoemaker the new outreach program coordinator.
Shearer’s Foods Inc. of Brewster has named Thomas Shearer executive vice president and Keith Ver Vaet vice president of national sales.
Tim Bahler has joined United National Bank & Trust Co., Canton, as vice president.
William Epling, COO of HomeTown Health Network, Massillon, has been elected to serve as chairman of the Ohio Association of Health Plans board of trustees for 2000.
Christopher Dadlez has been named president and CEO of CSAHS/UHHS Canton Inc., a nonprofit partnership representing Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Health System and University Hospitals Health System.
John Zek has been promoted to assistant vice president of Charter One Bank’s corporate banking department in Canton.
The Will-Burt Co., Orrville, has promoted Deborah Malta to vice president of administration.
Massillon Community Hospital has appointed Drs. Charles Barrett, Dilip Patel, Robert Kosmides, Jana Schweikert, Firas Hamdan, Priyabala Ramaiah, Judith Rhee, Howard Shapiro, Nabil Fahmy, Sanjiv Khullar, Jerry Macher, Charles Kraus, Lee Anne Matthews, Charles Smith, Scott Sample, Christopher Davis, Daniel Dorfman, Todd Fladen, George Kmetz, Daniel Beaver, Marchelle Suppan, John Niffenegger and Greg Martin to its medical staff.
The Hoover Co. has promoted six employees to management-level positions: Michael Bilbrey, manager of sales training; William Curran, manager of financial analysis; Richard Grisak, superintendent of maintenance; Dan Hoover, superintendent of assembly; Ronald Stephens, manager of industrial design; and Sal Vaccarino, national service manager.
Hoover has also named four directors: John Essex, director of product line support; Lon Haidet, director of production services; Gregg McAllise, project director; and Frederick Peters, director of the Industrial Park Plant in Jackson Township.
HomeTown Health Network, a managed care organization with offices in Massillon and Akron, has hired Elliot Cruz as SecureCare marketing representative and Darleen Gerber and Sandra Norman as account service representatives.
Jolene Colant has been promoted to marketing director for Hall, Kistler & Co., Canton. The accounting firm has also hired Karen Moss and Ron Butler as accountants.
Bisson’s Fresh Market of Jackson Township has appointed Andrew Pastotnik as chef.
Aubrey Haering has joined CFS of Northeastern Ohio as an administrative assistant in the company’s Canton office.
Paul Sims, president of North Canton-based Advanced Leadership Inc., has been appointed a lifetime member of Leadership Management Inc.’s President’s Club.