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.. ........ At Empire International Export Corp., Tracey Tomashpol has been
named export manager.
Jerry Marcus, president of parent company Empire
Distributing, Inc., noted that Ms. Tomashpol has been with the firm for two
years and is experienced in its extensive export operation. She is a
graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. ........ Kenneth Fedesna has been appointed vice president of engineering
for Williams Electronics, Inc. He has been associated with Williams for four
years, and during that time he helped with development of its first solid
state pinball game and was part of the team that designed its first in-house
video product, Defender . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . .
.......... New faces have appeared among the Williams Sales Department staff,
which an announcement from North California Avenue, Chicago said was expanded
to handle the increased business derived from Williams' video introduction.
Marty Glazman was appointed sales manager in January to head the sales team.
Recently appointed to the squad was Lewis Wilson, joining Williams in July as
marketing manager, responsible for new game testing , among other projects.
Lesley Ross, a member of the Williams export staff for the past two years, was
promoted within the sales department as traffic manager, in charge of
domestic and foreign shipping of all products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . New West Coast marketing rep for Game Plan, Inc. is Paul R. Scribner,
of Irvine, California, who will be headquartered in Los Angeles.
He has
worked for micrographic products firms including Eastman Kodak, Calcomp, and
AM International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.......... After an 18-month absence from the coin-op industry, Ed Tuhkanen
is back on board at Tournament Games, Inc. in a sales capacity. Formerly
a liaison between the sales and promotional departments, Tuhkanen recently
cited the "current resurgence and tremendous potential" of the Tournament
Soccer and Tournament Mark Darts markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
... ....... Abbott Coin Counter Co. Inc. has announced the election of
Marshall Graham to its board of directors. Graham comes from a wide back-
ground in sales and marketing, and he is president and a founder of Source
Telecomputing Corp. of McLean, Virginia, where he resides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. ........ The appointment of JoAn Mason to Midway Manufacturing Corporation's
new position of manager of trademark merchandising was announced recently by
Stan Jarocki, Midway vice president/marketing . Ms. Mason has been associated
with the industry for more than 10 years and in 1980 had moved from Midway to
sister outfit Bally Pinball Division as manager of marketing administration
and research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.......... Ron Polkow has been tapped as production manager for Universal
Research Laboratories, Inc., the Stern Electronics subsidiary.
He will
supervise electronic parts production for Stern's coin-op amusement machines
and Seeburg phonograph divisions. Meanwhile, at Stern, Daniel Jarodsky was
appointed chief engineer of game systems development, to supervise Stern's
mechanical engineering staff and direct engineering of new video games. Also
on North Michigan Avenue the post of director of engineering/games was
recently filled by Phillip J. Burnstein, who will direct engineering for
Stern's amusement games division. He comes to his position with a background
of 21 years in manufacturing, sales, and marketing experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.......... David Shoenberg has joined Stern Electronics as vice president/
general counsel.
He was formerly a partner in the Chicago law firm of
Altheimer and Gray and has served as Stern legal counsel since the company
was formed in 1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PLAY METER, October 15, 1981
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