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Thomas Pettit, Generac’s chief operations officer, has officially resigned from his position with the company.

Rob Jacques has been promoted to president of West Bend Mutual Insurance.

Longtime Milwaukee Bucks executive John Steinmiller has died at the age of 73, the team announced this week.

In recognition of the efforts of health care workers who work to improve and save lives in southeastern Wisconsin, BizTimes Milwaukee is seeking nominations for its upcoming Notable Heroes in Health Care feature.

Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation, a maker of software and products used in production and automation across several manufacturing industries, announced this week the promotion of Robin Saitz to chief marketing officer and vice president of global marketing.

Here's what leaders of the Fastest 5 attributed to their company’s success:

Milwaukee-based Midwest Products & Engineering Inc. (MPE), a designer and contract manufacturer for medical and technology OEMs, named David Wierzbicki as chief financial officer Wednesday. Wierzbicki replaces Thomas Groble, who is retiring after being with the company since 2011.

Lincolnshire, Illinois-based Nexus Pharmaceuticals, which opened a new facility in Pleasant Prairie last year, has a new president and CEO in Usman Ahmed.

Leslie Montemurro and Scott Johnson, two owners of the Milwaukee-based BelAir Cantina restaurants, have sold their stock in the companies to third partner, Kristyn Eitel, and chef Noe Zamora.

Chicago-based brewery incubator Pilot Project Brewing, which is in the midst of establishing operations in Milwaukee, has named Todd Haug as chief innovation officer.

Dr. Nick Turkal, former CEO and president of Aurora Health Care and then Advocate Aurora Health, has taken on a new role as chief medical advisor at Pewaukee-based Lohman Technologies.

The Marcus family will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th annual BizTimes Media Nonprofit Excellence Awards program.