Western Digital Names Executives

Russell Stern has been named senior vice president of strategic business development, marketing and sales for Western Digital Corp. in Irvine. He was previously senior vice president of research and development for the personal storage division. His successor is Steve Campbell, who was most recently head of desktop engineering. In addition, Chris Hamlin has joined the company as vice president of new technologies, and chief technology officer. He was most recently vice president and chief technology officer of storage systems at Adaptec. Hamlin succeeds Marc Nussbaum, who resigned to pursue other opportunities.

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David Weber has been appointed vice president of marketing for Hyundai Motor America in Fountain Valley. He was formerly senior vice president with G2/Grey Advertising, where he was director of account services on the Mitsubishi automotive business. Robert Cosmai was named vice president of sales. He had been vice president of sales at the Acura division of American Honda Motor Co.

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Michelle Ngo-Taylor has been named director of human resources for Syzygy Network Solutions in Orange. She had been director of human resources at Snyder, a San Diego multilevel marketing company. Jason Virden was appointed director of business operations. He was administrative and finance manager for Alert Communications, a Los Angeles company.

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Eric Juarez has joined Commonwealth Energy Corp. in Tustin as chief financial officer. He succeeds David Lukes, who is retiring. Juarez previously spent five years with the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand, and then became chief financial officer for Great States Insurance Co.

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Nelson G. Aguirre has been appointed vice president and manager of Pacific Western National Bank’s new branch in Brea. He most recently worked with Banco Popular as vice president and manager of the main office in Los Angeles.

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Susan A. Sirota has been appointed vice president of marketing for the Irvine Apartment Management Co. in Newport Beach, a joint venture of Irvine Apartment Communities and Western National Property Management. She had been senior director of operations and product development at Irvine Apartment Communities. Sirota has also held positions with Arnel Management Co. and the Irvine Co.

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Thomas D. Kirby has joined Health Care Property Investors Inc. in Newport Beach as vice president of acquisitions and valuations. Kirby was formerly senior vice president at the appraisal firm of Valuation Counselors Group Inc.