ORANGE COUNTY

At Gradco Systems Inc., Al Boese has been named executive vice president and George Cross has been named vice president of commercial development.

Boese comes to Gradco from General Binding Corp., a maker of book and paper bindings based in Chicago, where he was senior vice president of international operations. Cross has been with Gradco Systems since 1970, most recently serving as vice president of research and development. Based in Irvine, Gradco manufactures sorters for office copiers.