General Automation Names Two to Board
Andrew Duke and Nathan Bell have been added to the board of General Automation Inc., an Irvine-based provider of software support services. Duke and Bell are general partners of Pacific Mezzanine Fund L.P., which provided a $3.15-million investment for General Automation as part of a major financial restructuring.
* Scott Sylvester has been appointed corporate trainer for Sonance in San Clemente. He had been national manager of training and development for Denon Electronics in New Jersey. Sylvester was also Western regional sales manager at Yamaha Electronics Corp. and national manager of the Professional Products division at dbx Inc. in Massachusetts.
* Alexandra Spencer has been named public relations officer for Holmes & Narver Inc., Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall and the McClier Corp., all architecture and engineering firms. She was previously public relations director of Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall.
* Gary Strachn becomes chief financial officer of BYL Bank Group in Orange. He succeeds Barry Moore, who remains an executive vice president and chief operating officer. Strachn was vice president administration. He was chief financial officer of All Source Financial LLP before it was acquired last year by BYL.
* Robert W. Bein has been elected national president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Bein is chief executive of Robert Bein, William Frost & Associates in Irvine.
* Brian Paul has joined LanguageForce Inc. in Orange as chief financial officer. Previously, Paul was chief financial officer for Aero-Electric Connector Inc., an aerospace component manufacturer in Torrance. He has also served as chief financial officer of Research Engineers Inc.
