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Alumni Newsthe residential housing market witha complete line of HVAC productsincluding fireplaces and waterheaters.H a n s - K a r l M e y e r ( M B AFinance-Human Resources ’04)is the new human resourcesleader for Microsoft’s Taiwansubsidiary. He previouslyheld the position of seniorHR manager for mergers &acquisitions with MicrosoftVenture Integration. Priorto joining the company,he worked in training anddevelopment with severalU.S.-based companies. Healso spent four years servingwith the U.S. Air Force as atotal quality management(TQM) facilitator and trainer.Jordan Main (BA Accounting ’00),owner of the Main Financial Group,has contracted with the Jamestown,N.Y.-based Johnny’s Lunch to open12 stores in the Lansing area. Thefirst location opened in downtownEast Lansing in fall 2007.Thomas R. Ruis (BA Finance ’01)joined Independent Bank as assistantvice president of the CommercialBanking Division, in Okemos, Mich.Dounia Senawi (BA GeneralBusiness Administration/Prelaw’00) was appointed managing directorof Branch Banking and Sales at thePeoples State Bank in Michigan.Robert Shouldice (MA Accounting’04)has joined Andrews Hooper & PavlikPLC as a senior accountant in thefirm’s Lansing office.Jeff Steiner (BA Marketing ’86,Executive MBA ’01) was appointed asthe executive vice president and chiefmarketing officer of Tinnerman PalnutEngineered Products, Inc., producersof fasteners for the automotive,appliance and industrial markets.Ralf Voss (Executive MBA ’05)was named senior executive vicepresident at Hella KGaA Hueck& Company’s electrical andelectronics division.Andreas Schell (Executive MBA’05) has been appointed directorof Chrysler’s Transformation andRecovery and Business Strategy,reporting to chief executive officerRobert Nardelli and Tom LaSorda,vice chairman and president. Schellwas formerly senior manager in theOffice of the Chairman. He had beenwith Daimler since 1996 and joinedChrysler in 2002.S a r a T e l l e r ( B A G e n e r a lManagement ’05) has publishedtwo books and is working on thethird. Her first book, Once UponA Starry Night, was written atthe age of 20 while she was anundergraduate.Joshua VanDyke (BA HonorsFinance ’03) has joined BNPParibas in Hong Kong, China, asan associate in the organization’scorporate and investment bankingdepartment.Andrea Wilmes (BA Marketing ’06)has joined AutoCom Associates,a public relations agency whichprovides services and counselingto automotive and high-technologybusinesses. As an account assistantshe will provide clients with mediarelations, editorial and eventplanning services.Alumni brothers Piwko & Piwko receive twin honors for CPA exam performanceKeith and Kurt Piwko, high-achieving twinswho each graduated from the Broad School in2005, each with a BA and MS in Accounting,received industry honors last fall as recipientsof the American Institute of Certified PublicAccountants (AICPA) 2006 Elijah Watt SellsAward. The award is presented annually to the10 candidates earning the highest cumulativescores on the four sections of the Uniform CPAExamination.Keith (left) is employed in Plante & Moran’sassurance department where he focuses oninternational manufacturing and distribution,but also works with school districts.Kurt (right) joined Plante & Moran’s taxdepartment, primarily working with manufacturingclients and is a part of the firm’sEmerging Tax Issues Committee.27BROADBUSINESSwww.bus.msu.edu