Business Notes

The Waukesha law firm of Congdon, Ward & Walden has changed its name to Congdon, Walden, Schuster & Vaklyes. The firm also announced the addition of Karene S. Marchan as an associate. Marchan will be practicing in the areas of guardianships, probate, estate and Title XIX Planning, litigation and family law. The firm continues to maintain its offices at 707 W. Moreland Blvd. in Waukesha.

The WPS Health Insurance Milwaukee Sales and Service Office has moved from its Water Street address to a new office in Schlitz Park. It is now in The Keg House at 111 W. Pleasant St., Suite 110.

Sauceda Sanitation, LLC, a waste hauling company, received its Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification in May. Sauceda’s owner and president, Elia Lemke, is 100% Mexican.
"As far as I know, we are the only woman-owned/Hispanic-owned waste hauling company in this area. This sets us apart, but we are still held to the same standards as anyone else in our business. We have to provide great service, and we do. Beyond that, we are especially helpful to larger contractors who need minority participation on state projects," Lemke.
Minority businesses must be certified by the Department of Commerce to be eligible to participate in the Wisconsin Minority Business Enterprise Program. The program is designed to increase the opportunity for minority firms to sell their products and services to the State of Wisconsin, according to information provided by the state.
"Sauceda Sanitation was born at a baseball game. I was talking to Joe Tate, a friend who has a long, successful career in the waste industry. As an employer, he is always interested in the work pool — where do businesses get qualified workers? Obviously, the Hispanic work pool is growing in the US.
"By the end of the ballgame, I committed to making a business plan for my waste hauling company. Joe was the first person I went to for advice; he was also the first person who wanted to invest in it," says Lemke.
Lemke located her business in the same building as The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (HCCW) on Eighth Street and National Avenue.
Since the business opened in October 2001, Lemke added one salesperson, Michelle Cloute, and one roll-off driver, Kathy Castro.

The Printery, a commercial sheet-fed printing company, has recently added two versatile mailing production systems to its New Berlin operation. The new equipment provides multi-color, mult-font personalization, variable graphic imaging and other features for mailers, ranging from post cards to multi-page catalogs. The new equipment includes the Videojet PrintMail WideArray System and the Videojet PrintPro Digital Printing System.

The Pewaukee-based franchise of Visiting Angels, a senior homecare provider, acquired Senior Home Helpers, a Muskego-based senior in-home care provider. Visiting Angels provides a range of helpful services to seniors, including light housework, assistance in personal hygiene, meal preparation, shopping and companionship, as well as respite for family caregivers.

The Italian Community Center Ristorante in Milwaukee will be converted into a family-style eatery offering dine-in, carry-out and delivery service, the Italian Times is reporting. The menu would include pizza, sandwiches, salads, pasta dishes and appetizers. Daily lunch and dinner would be maintained, as would the Friday fish fry. The new restaurant will be called Festa Café. The conversion would occur after Labor Day. The center is looking to capitalize on the growing residential population of its neighborhood.

Ding-A-Ling Telephones, a local provider of telephone and communications systems to southeastern Wisconsin for more than 22 years, is now operating under the name Infinity Telecomm, according to Craig Wichman, president. Ding-A-Ling Telephones will remain the firm’s retail division, offering residential and cellular phones from its showroom at 8669 N. Port Washington Rd. in Fox Point.

Dash Inc. in Sussex has released jetStream mfg, a new software package for the streamlined management of manufacturing, according to James Van Hecke, Dash president. The new package attaches to an in-place business or enterprise system with real-time integration to and from that system.

Developers to launch $40 million residential complex in Franklin

By Steve Jagler

Construction will begin this spring on a sprawling new residential development, valued at more than $40 million, near the new Northwestern Mutual Life office complex being built in Franklin.
The Franklin Oaks development will span more than 60 acres on the city’s east side, near the former site of the 41 Twin Drive-In movie theater.
The residential subdivision will include:
– 144 apartments, with various numbers of bedrooms, with a total value of $16 million.
– 45 duplex condominiums (90 units), ranging from 1,800 to 2,000 square feet, with a total value of $20.5 million.
– 17 new single-family homes, with lot sales ranging from $55,000 to $75,000, and an estimated total value of $5.1 million.
Franklin Oaks was conceived by real estate development partners Jeff Klement, Gerry Klamrowski and Christopher Alessi.
The subdivision will be developed by Icon Development Corp., the Franklin company formed by Klement in 1998. The multifamily units, comprised of brick and stone materials, will be designed by The Shepherd Partnership of Wauwatosa. Icon Construction LLC, a division of Icon Development, will construct the multifamily units.
Construction is expected to begin in two months and will continue in phases over the next five years, Klement and Klamrowski said.
Franklin Oaks will be bordered by Drexel Avenue on the North, South 27th Street on the east, Plaza Drive on the south and South 35th Street on the west.
The subdivision’s single-family units will be located near existing single-family houses in Franklin. The new development will retain the wetlands and other vegetation on the land as buffer zones between the single-family and multifamily units.
The project also will include six retention ponds.
“There’s two reasons this development is special,” Klamrowski said. “Along 35th and Plaza, we kept that all single-family, then we have a nice transition to a slightly higher density of duplex condos. The other transition is you have all the wetlands that separate the multifamily from the single-family units.”
“The natural areas become buffers,” Klement said. “It’s important. People like looking at those.”
The developers have obtained all of the permits needed from the City of Franklin to proceed with the project, according to Mary Kay Buratto, who started as the city’s planning manager in December.
“Just by looking at it (the site plan), I would agree this project is well thought out,” Buratto said.
Klement and Klamrowski both said they expect employees who will work at the nearby Northwestern Mutual complex will express interest in moving into the Franklin Oaks development.

Business Notes

Milwaukee Downtown Business Improvement District has launched a new Web site with resources for a variety of audiences, including the downtown business community, residents, visitors, media and other neighborhood districts. The site is at www.milwaukeedowntown.com. It was designed by OnMilwaukee.com.

Jack Quinlevan, a former vice president at the Milwaukee Trammell Crow office, has opened Quinlevan Commercial Real Estate at 2675 N. Mayfair Rd. in Wauwatosa. The firm will focus on representation of office tenants in their lease renewals or in new lease negotiations. Quinlevan holds a bachelor’s degree from UW-Milwaukee and an MBA and law degree from Marquette University.

Eagle Enterprises of Oconomowoc has been awarded a franchise for the SaniGLAZE tile and grout restoration and maintenance system by SaniGLAZE International of Jacksonville, Fla. The system is used in the maintenance industry to eliminate tile grout discoloration and odors in tiled areas, and prevent those problems from reoccurring, said Richard Gottheardt, owner of Eagle Enterprises, at 37984 Delafield Rd.

Newman Chevrolet in Cedarburg will mark its 25th anniversary this year with the completion of a 7,000-square-foot addition, said Gary Newman, company president. The business is at 1181 Wauwatosa Rd. in the Town of Cedarburg. The project includes a new drive-in write-up area for vehicles being brought in for service. That area will also serve as an extension of the showroom, allowing customers to take delivery of their vehicles inside. The customer lounge has doubled in sie to include an area for children to play and for customers to access the Internet with their laptop computers. Also included are eight new technical repair stals and a detail area with a new car wash and polishing machine for preparing vehicles for customer delivery. The expansion increases the size of the dealership to more than 40,000 square feet. "This is our sixth addition since we opened in 1978," Newman said. The dealership is also adding a 21,000-square-foot lighted area to its parking lot, for an additional 75 cars.

We Energies’ "energy for tomorrow" program has been named one of the top 10 such programs in the US by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Through the program, customers can select to financially support additional electrical production from renewable resources such as solar and wind. More han 300 utilities in 32 states now offer such a program. Since the mid-1990s when "energy for tomorrow" was introduced here, more than 13,000 customers have signed up for the program.

The South Eastern Chamber United in Business – the Oak Creek and Franklin chambers of commerce, has launched a new Web site, www.secub.net.

John A. Mellowes, chairman and CEO of Charter Manufacturing Co., has been named Milwaukee’s Distinguished Executive of the Year by Junior Achievement of Wisconsin. Also honored was Valerie Daniels-Carter, president and CEO of V&J Holding Companies. She was given the Peak Performer Award. Manpower was given the Spirit of Achievement Award.

The City of Burlington will receive a $42,000 Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment grant from the state to help pay for an environmental assessment of the former Bel-Mur Enterprises facility. The grant money will leverage $1.4 million in additional investment in the project.

More than $32,000 in scholarships and awards were granted to graduate and undergraduate students at the recent annual American Foundry Society (AFS) Regional Conference in Milwaukee. The awards are through scholarship programs supported by the AFS Wisconsin and Northeast chapters. Twenty-six awards ranging from $500 to $3,000 each were presented to students at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Madison, Platteville and Parkside. Scholarships and awards also were given to individuals at MATC, Marquette University, Southside Scholarship Foundation and Career Options of Milwaukee, the University of Alabama, and the University of St. Thomas.
The Pfefferle commercial real estate firm in in Appleton has affiliated with Grubb & Ellis, joining the Boerke Co. in Milwaukee and Oakbrook in Madison as Grubb & Ellis affiliates in Wisconsin. The firms remain independently owned. "Grubb & Ellis’s expansion into the Madison and Fox River Valley markets through well-established and fully staffed affiliated commercial real estate offices gives Grubb & Ellis|Boerke Co. a strong platform to serve local firms, which have real estate needs throughout Wisconsin," said Chad Vande Zande, principal of Grubb & Ellis|Boerke. Pfefferle Management, a division of Pfefferle Companies Inc., manages in excess of 3.5 million square feet of space and has an extensive portfolio of commercial real estate listings.

Personnel file

Steve Biebel has been named local sales manager at WISN-TV (Channel 12). Biebel has served as national sales manager at WISN-TV since August 2000. Prior to coming to Milwaukee, he was senior account executive for Katz Media Group, a national advertising rep firm in Chicago. Biebel also served as an account executive at WFTC-TV in Minneapolis, and WKOW-TV, in Madison. Biebel is a UW-Madison graduate.

Paul Mueller, a 10-year employee who most recently served as the vice president of marketing at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, has accepted the position of chief operations officer for the Oconomowoc campus.

Frank Miller has been appointed communications director of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Miller formerly served as communication director for the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and was assistant vice president of marketing communications for Alverno College prior to that. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University and is completing a master’s in communication at UW-Milwaukee.

William Schilling has joined Ayres Associates in Waukesha as a transportation engineer. Schilling has more than eight years of transportation engineering experience. He began his career with Ayres in 1994 after graduating from UW-Milwaukee with a degree in civil engineering. He later worked for R.A. Smith and then for CH2M Hill.

Barbara Klemp has joined Marsh Inc. in Milwaukee as a property client advisor. She had worked 26 years for Fireman’s Fund Insurance before joining Marsh.

Eric Trost has joined Suby, Von Haden & Associates as tax manager in the Milwaukee market office in Brookfield. He holds a degree in accounting from Marquette University and a master’s degree in taxation from UW-Milwaukee. Trost has more than 11 years of accounting experience. Suby, Von Haden & Associates also has named Sandra L. Swan as a supervisor at the Brookfield office. She holds an accounting degree from UW-Milwaukee and has more than eight years of accounting experience.

Christopher Hitch has joined National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates in Brookfield, as a project coordinator in its private development practice group. Hitch has six years of experience with Ryan Incorporated Central, Janesville. Hitch has a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering, construction management emphasis, from UW-Platteville.

Wisconsin Lift Truck Corp. has appointed Mike Casey vice president of corporate account management. Corporate account managers have also been named, including Tom Stephens, who will serve corporate accounts from the company’s Brookfield branch; Mark DeCleene, who will work from Green Bay; and Jim Adamus, who will serve fleet management accounts from the Wausau branch. Brian Markison will handle corporate accounts for Illinois Material Handling, a Wisconsin Lift Truck Corp. affiliated company in Elgin. All corporate account managers will report to Casey. Casey has more than 28 years of experience at the company. He has served as sales administrator, sales manager and branch manager at the company’s Janesville branch. Prior to that, he worked as a salesman at the Brookfield and Green Bay branches and managed the sales staff in Madison and in Rockford, Ill.

Gary Kretchmer has been promoted from project manager to senior project manager at CG Schmidt in Milwaukee. He received a bachelor’s degree in industrial education from Northern Michigan University and a master’s degree in architecture from UW-Milwaukee. Kretchmer has more than 20 years of project management experience.

Cheryl Galecke has joined Wipfli Ullrich Bertelson as senior human resource consultant for the Human Resource division in the firm’s Eastern Region. She will work out of Wipfli’s Green Bay office.

Doug Schacht has joined Thomas & Egenhoefer Inc. in Menomonee Falls as a project manager. Schacht earned a bachelor of science degree from UW-Whitewater. In addition, he holds a certificate in construction management from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and completed the Associated General Contractors Project Manager Development Course.

Chad Weick recently joined Malcolm Marketing Communications in Racine as a new-media specialist. Prior to joining the company, Weick was responsible for Web application development for Madison-based HBG E-Business Solutions.

Wauwatosa Savings Bank has appointed Cheryl L. Brah to the position of assistant vice president of the Human Resource Department. She joined the bank in 1999 as human resource administrator.

Joan M. Whaley has joined Kahler Slater Architects in Milwaukee as principal in charge of wellness facility planning, development, programming and design. She formerly was based in San Diego as a project director with Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz and vice president/senior designer at Ellerbe Becket. Whaley has more than 15 years of experience directing the development, design and construction of hospital, hotel and commercial facilities. She is the author of "Wellness Centers, A Guide for the Design Professional" (John Whiley and Sons, publisher, 2000).

Payman Homayouni has joined National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, as a project manager in its regional mall practice group. Homayouni has more than 16 years experience in engineering design, coordination and management of residential and commercial master-planned developments from the preliminary stage through construction. Homayouni has a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Christian Brothers College, Memphis, Tenn.

Freyberg Hinkle Ashland Powers & Stowell in Brookfield has announced that Stephanie L. Brester and Frank C. Windt have been admitted as partners to the CPA firm, and that Julie M. Cundy has been promoted to the position of senior audit manager.

Trainor/Frank & Associates, a recruiting and outplacement firm, has added three persons at its new Brookfield office: Paul German, director of client services; Susan Behn, director-human resource consulting; and Julie O’Malley, senior consultant.

Humana has hired Richard Champion to manage sales of the company’s individual health insurance plans in Wisconsin. Champion is a licensed health insurance agent, with more than 25 years of sales and marketing management experience, most of it in southeastern Wisconsin. He has owned and operated his own marketing and advertising agency. Champion holds a degree in communications from UW-Milwaukee.

Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Associates Inc., based in Milwaukee, has announced the following leadership appointments: Michael Lefebvre has been named the manager of municipal services. He will take over from Stephen Hauser, who is retiring in April. Lefebvre has an extensive municipal background, having spent more than 30 years working with communities in Wisconsin and the Midwest. Lefebvre is a graduate of Michigan Tech University and the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Kevin Hagen has been named manager of governmental services. He has been a transportation market team leader in the group for the last four years. Hagen has more than 25 years of experience. Hagen is a graduate of UW-Platteville and UW-Eau Claire. Mark Rapant has been named a market team leader for federal and atate projects undertaken by the firm’s governmental services group. Rapant has a background in both architecture and structural engineering and is is a graduate of UW-Milwaukee. John T. McCarthy has been named the technical practice leader for stormwater projects. McCarthy is a graduate of Marquette University.

Rollen Perry has joined the Miller Architectural Group, Milwaukee, to handle project management, architectural design, construction document production and client development. Perry most recently worked at Zimmermann Design Group as a project architect and designer. Prior to that, he served on Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist’s staff.

Leslie Carbine has been named chief financial officer at BRIO Corp. in Germantown. For the past six years Carbine has been the controller at BRIO. BRIO Corp. is the United States subsidiary of BRIO AB of Sweden, the world’s largest manufacturer of wooden toys.

Jill W. Dillon has joined Associated Trust Co. as chief operating officer and director of client services. Most recently, Dillon was senior vice president-strategy and product development for Harris Bancorp in Chicago, where she was employed for 13 years. Prior to Harris Bancorp, Dillon was with Continental Bank for 12 years. Dillon earned a B.A. in business law and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.B.A. in finance from DePaul University.

Landmark Credit Union has promoted Bob Hall to the position of vice president of the Member Service Department. Hall joined Landmark in February 1998 as assistant vice president and branch manager of Landmark’s Waukesha office. Hall has a BBA from UW-Eau Claire and is currently pursuing his EMBA at UW-Milwaukee. He has 17 years of credit union experience.

March 7, 2003 Small Business Times, Milwaukee

Property sales

James T. Barry Co.
Tapes Unlimited has purchased the 5,000-square-foot industrial facility at 832 Philip Dr., Waukesha, from MPQ Corp. The buyer intends to continue his expanding business at the location while the seller will diversify into other areas of business.
Harold Pentler has purchased the 15,750-square-foot Lakeland Business Center at 560 Technology Way in the Saukville Business Park, Saukville, from William Rack. The buyer intends to continue to lease the property and manage the building while the seller intends to focus more on volunteer work.
Summit Real Estate has purchased the 25,200-square-foot industrial facility at N90 W14337 Commerce Dr., Menomonee Falls, from Midwest Window and Door. The buyer intends to expand his business into the building while the seller will move into a newer building.
ZAP has purchased the 18,444-square-foot former AGA Gas facility at 2805 S. 160th St. in the New Berlin Industrial Park. ZAP will lease the building to Hess Sweitzer Painting Contractors. AGA Gas is relocating to 124th Street and Silver Spring Drive.
Morison Transport has purchased the 5,000-square-foot Dave’s Welding industrial facility at W14179 N59 Bobolink Ave., Menomonee Falls, from Hawley Estate. The buyer will consolidate its trucking business at the site.
Dynamic Enterprises has purchased the 15,700-square-foot industrial facility at 5201-5207 N. 125th St., Butler, from JJL Enterprises of WI. Dynamic Enterprises will lease the various 4,000-square-foot sections of the multi-tenant building and occupy one bay for its insulation business.
Other real estate sales reported by the James T. Barry Co. include
– the sale and leaseback of the 42,500-square-foot Milwaukee Sign facility at 2076 First Ave., Grafton;
– the 21,500-square-foot Wellington facility at N57 W13566 Carmen Ave., Menomonee Falls, to Weber Leasing and Holding;
– the US Bank building at 6402 W. Brown Deer Rd., Brown Deer, to Greenfield Credit Union Services;
– the 40,120-square-foot industrial facility at 1416 Poplar Dr., Waukesha;
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Boerke Co.
Bill Luterbach has purchased five acres of vacant land at the intersection of highways SS and T in Pewaukee from Mike Chapman and Betty St. Lawrence, d/b/a Shamrock, for $825,000.
Peter and Pat Brahm have sold the 3,960-square-foot Brahm’s Service retail building at 725 E. Geneva St., Delavan to 725 East Geneva St. LLC, for $260,000.

Dickman Co.
S&B Partners has purchased the 46,952-square-foot industrial property at 1475 S. 101st St., West Allis, from CenterPoint Properties.

NAI MLG Commercial
FHB Investments has purchased the Chiquita Processed Foods property at N63 W23319 Main St. in Sussex. The property consists of an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on approximately 8.5 acres of land. FHB Investments plans to clear the building and redevelop the site into residential condominiums along an existing pond, and retail/office along Waukesha Avenue and Main Street. The Village of Sussex recently reviewed redevelopment plans to create a tax incremental financing district (TIF). NAI MLG Commercial is also representing Chiquita Processed Foods with four other dispositions, including the former Fall River Canning plant in Markesan, which was sold in December.
Peter Gustin Sr., of Unico Distributing Co., has purchased a 13,000-square-foot multi-tenant industrial building at 2209 Badger Ct. in Waukesha. Tom Knebes, of Universal Investments was the seller. Universal Investments sold the building in an effort to pursue investment real estate opportunities in Florida. Unico Distributing will keep the Unico Distributing operations at its Milwaukee location and the existing tenants will remain in the building.

Judson & Associates
Guthrie Group has purchased a 6,000-square-foot property on 4.9 acres of land at W229 S7050 Guthrie School Rd. in the Waukesha County Town of Vernon from the Mukwonago School District.
Doug and Keith Powers of Powers Goldsmith Shop have purchased the Equitable Bank building at 14545 W. Capitol Dr., Brookfield. The Powers family is moving the business from its longtime location along Pilgrim Square Drive to make way for space needed for the newly constructed Dixon School of the Elmbrook School District.
Other sales reported by Judson include:
– A 12,230-square-foot facility at 1930 Bluemound Rd., Waukesha, sold to 1930 Real Estate by T&G Associates;
– A 28,615-square-foot facility at 1420 Ellis St., Waukesha, sold to Pearl Ellis LLC by Fred Olson Co.;
– A 31,014-square-foot facility at 10500 W. Glendale Dr., New Berlin, sold to Rossini’s Property Ownership by JRD Investment Co.;
– An 11,300-square-foot facility at W224 S8515 Industrial Ave., Big Bend, sold by Auto & Truck Service of Big Bend;
– A 4,800-square-foot facility on 1.9 acres at 1332 E. Main St., Waukesha, sold to SpaMan Wholesale by Paul Pfaffle.

Polacheck Co.
S&C Electric Co. has purchased 5.25 acres at 5251 W. Franklin Dr. in Franklin from Tree Machine Tools.
The Polacheck Co. also reported that Oakwood Park Investments, a/k/a American Building Restoration, has purchased 3.78 acres at 5500 W. Oakwood Dr. Franklin, from Brixen Apartments.

March 7, 2003 Small Business Times, Milwaukee

Athenet, Wisconsin’s largest independent internet service provider, has launched its Cable Enhanced Service — a high-speed cable access internet service which will use Time Warner Cable’s lines. The service is available in the Time Warner Cable Division serving Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and surrounding communities. The service will compete with Time Warner Cable’s Road Runner service. Athenet was selected to be the southeastern and northeastern Wisconsin alternative, as directed by the Federal Trade Commission to limit AOL Time Warner’s market share. Frank Orlando is the Milwaukee sales manager for Athenet, which is based in Appleton, and which is on the Web at www.athenet.net.

The African American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) of Greater Milwaukee "Coming to the Plate 2002" Business Directory — Visitors Support and Vendors List for service needs is now available. The directory is available for $15 at the chamber office at 6203 W. Capitol Dr. in Milwaukee, or for $20 if mailed out. The chamber can be reached at 414-462-9450.

Susan K. Wehrley, president of Susan K. Wehrley & Associates of Brookfield and Phoenix, is airing her radio show, "Performance Solutions" in Milwaukee again, but this time on "The Word" Radio AM 540 (WRRD), every Saturday at noon. WRRD is the AM sister station to The Fish. Both are owned by Salem Communications.
The radio topics will be similar to the workshops Susan gives her business clients. They will include tips on manifesting your destiny, effective teamwork and moving from manager to leader. Her current series is on effective teamwork and will run through Dec. 7. Topics will be posted on the company’s Web site: www.solutionsbysusan.com. Listeners can e-mail Wehrley at susan@solutionsbysusan.com with their questions and receive free coaching on the air, if their question is chosen. New to the show this year, is the Susan K. Wehrley private chat room, offering listeners a way to stay connected after the show and continue the conversation with one another. It is only available to the listeners by logging on through Wehrley’s Web site.

Call_Solutions of Waukesha has acquired Patrick Marketing Group, a full-service direct marketing agency headquartered in Calabasas, Calif.
"The acquisition of this creative agency is a strategic step in expanding the mix of services Call_Solutions provides to meet the goals of our clients in reaching the full scope of their target markets," commented George Dalton, president and CEO of Call_Solutions (www.callsolutions.com). "Within our acquisition strategy, we have rapidly added the operational dimensions our clients seek for their total direct marketing solution. The Patrick Marketing Group brings to Call_Solutions that ‘up-front creative marketing engine’ that clients rely on to define the strategies for driving their sales growth and manage their entire direct marketing process."
Formed in 1982, Patrick Marketing Group (www.patrickmarketing.com), has approximately 40 employees focused on providing business-to-business direct marketing. Clients served range from leading telecom and technology services companies such as AT&T, Nortel Networks, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Unisys, to leaders in the automotive industry such as General Motors, Porsche and Penske, as well as a range of other firms such as 3M, Deloitte Consulting and Pioneer Electronics.
Gary Patrick continues as president of the PMG business, with Craig Shields as executive vice president.
Noted Mr. Patrick, "With Call_Solutions, clients gain an expansive planning and implementation process for complementary direct marketing services that deliver real results."
Call_Solutions.com, Inc., a privately held company with headquarters in Waukesha, was formed in August 2000 and has annualized revenues of approximately $70 million. The Patrick Marketing Group deal is the 15th acquisition by Call_Solutions.

Visual Systems, a Milwaukee manufacturer of book components, overhead transparencies and ancillary products for educational and supplemental textbooks, has been recognized with the "Best of the Best" workplace in America award by the Master Printers of America. This is the third consecutive year the firm has one the award; it is one of 37 firms nationwide to win the honor.

Church & Chapel Funeral Service has opened a pre-arrangement center and funeral home at 380 Bluemound Road in Waukesha.

Wisconsin Leasing has moved from We Energies facilities to its own headquarters at 2514 S. 102nd St., West Allis. The move marks a transition to independence for Wisconsin Leasing, a former division of Wisconsin Energy Corp. Wisconsin Leasing was purchased in June by Lynne Robinson and SB Partners, a private equity group based in Chicago. Robinson had been president of Robinson Management Resources, a financial consulting firm in Brookfield.

The McFarland Group’s sports marketing group has entered into agreements with three sports entities to assist with sponsorship procurement. The Elm Grove agency will work with two major motor racing sanctioning bodies, Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) and the American LeMans Series (ALMS) to develop series, event and other sponsorship marketing alliances. The agency will also work with Elkhart Lake’s Road America on sponsorship expansion. Agency president Mike McFarland and business development manager Harold Strohmeier are handling the efforts.

Several new shops and moves of shops have been announced for the Shops of Grand Avenue as the downtown mall continues to be redeveloped. According to Joe Weirick, president for Polacheck Management, seven businesses are in various stages of moving. All are expected to be in place by the start of the holiday season. New tenants include Qdoba Mexican Grill Subway and Stone Creek Coffee. It was earlier announced that the shopping center would also be getting an Applebee’s restaurant and a Wild Flour bakery. Shops that are moving include Village Shoppe, Rainbow Shop, Kids Footlocker and Payless Shoe Source. The Village Shoppe will move to a new location at the second floor landing of the mall’s downward escalators. Rainbow Shop will expand to larger space on the first level of the new Arcade. Kids Footlocker will move to the second level of the new Arcade. Payless Shoe Source, now located in the Plankinton building, will build its new prototype store next to Children’s Place on the second level of the new Arcade.

Jewish Family Services has honored New Berlin Plastics Co. for its commitment to employment of newly settled refugees by naming the company Employer of the Year. The company, which has worked closely with Jewish Family Services Job Development staff, has employed 23 refugees since May of 2000 and also offers English as a Second Language classes on site.

Delphi Corp. of Milwaukee and Toyota have announced a $20,000 "Community Connection" grant to develop a computer lab for the Milwaukee-area job-skills development program at the Workforce Training Center. The WTC is a collaboration of the YWCA of Greater Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, noted Mona Garland, director of WTC. Garland said that WTC does not have the equipment to meet the need for computer-based training on site and must rely on other facilities and subcontractors, many of which close at 5 p.m. The new computer lab’s plans call for 16 PC-equipped workstations, to accommodate a minimum of 12 hours of technology training per day. In addition, the United AutoWorkers Local 438 is donating furniture, valued at $3,000, for the computer lab. WTC plans to have the lab operating by December.

Oct. 11, 2002 Small Business Times, Milwaukee

Charlie Opferman has joined Central City Construction, Milwaukee, as executive vice president. Opferman, who holds a master’s degree in architecture and a bachelor’s degree in science from UW-Milwaukee, has 25 years of experience in construction and architecture. Central City Construction has also added Vanessa Diggins as project controls assistant manager. Diggins, who has worked in management and construction for 10 years, is a business graduate of the Business and Banking Institute of Milwaukee. She had been with the Jansen Group.
Gregory M. Wesley has been named a partner of the Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan law firm, Wesley, a 1997 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, will continue to focus on equal opportunities and employment law, Indian law and government relations.
Wendy McGuire and Sarah Kuske have been promoted at Creative Advertising Services in Mequon, McGuire to senior art director and Kuske to art director. McGuire has been in graphic arts for more than 20 years in the areas of design, management, marketing, and technology. Kuske earned a degree in graphic design from UW-Eau Claire and started with the agency as a graphic designer.
Jim Maslowski has been hired as vice president of business development at Centare Group, in Brookfield. Maslowski comes to Centare Group from Monterey, Calif.-based Altura International where he was vice president of sales for the past three years. Maslowski is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and has more than 11 years of sales and marketing experience.
Brian Gill has been promoted to the position of account manager at Scheibel Halaska, a Milwaukee-based marketing communications firm. Prior to joining Scheibel Halaska, Gill, a UW-Milwaukee graduate, previously held positions in the health-care, automotive aftermarket and Internet service provider industries.
Ric Joyner, co-founder and co-CEO of eflexgroup.com, a national Web-based employee benefits administrator, was named 2002 president of Wisconsin Association of Health Underwriters, America’s Benefits Specialists WI AHU is an insurance agent organization representing consumer in the purchase of employee benefits.
Rob Trecek has joined Johnson Direct in Brookfield. Trecek’s official title, “house representative,” describes in a non-traditional way the role he will play at the agency as a developer of new business. Trecek has 15 years of experience in the marketing communications, database and mail production fields. Trecek is a Marquette University graduate with a degree in communications.
Richard Ahl-Ludwig has joined PDC Midwest, in Hartland, as a project architect. Ahl-Ludwig, a licensed architect, received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from UW-Milwaukee and an associate’s degree in architecture from the Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Carol Seeger Weber has joined the Wisconsin Dental Association’s Milwaukee headquarters as public relations director. Weber brings more than 20 years of public relations experience with the federal government, insurance industry, and non-profit organizations to this new WDA position. She most recently served as communications and marketing director for the Alzheimer’s Association, Wisconsin Chapter Network.
David Bundy has joined Johnson Financial Group, Racine, as vice president/director of facilities services. With more than 26 years of facilities experience, he will be responsible for all facility matters at the new Johnson Building in downtown Racine. He holds a degree in architecture from UW-Milwaukee.
Jason Erickson has joined Brady Marketing Group in Menomonee Falls as a database specialist. He holds a degree in mathematics, with a minor in computer science, from UW-Platteville.
Joseph B. Kaylor has joined Hays Companies of Wisconsin, in Wauwatosa. He had earlier been with Marsh in Milwaukee and Marsh Risk Consulting in Chicago.
Paul S. Price has joined the property/casualty division of Diversified Insurance Services, Waukesha. Price has 30 years of experience in the insurance business.
Crystal Halweg has been named marketing coordinator at Raabe Corp. in Menomonee Falls. She holds a bachelor of science degree from UW-La Crosse.
Ed Buchholz has been named to the newly created position of vice president at CareerTrac, in Milwaukee. He joined the firm in May as a senior search consultant, and had earlier been with Hunter Midwest.
Jean Garbo has joined Downtown Racine Corp. as retail/marketing administrator. She had been with Johnson Financial Group for the past 20 years.
Diane Esser and Peter Olsen, both CPAs, have joined the CPA and advisory firm of Sattell, Johnson, Appel & Co. in Milwaukee and Brookfield.
Wade Kohlmann has joined the Waukesha business-to-business marketing firm Integré as an account executive. He had earlier been with Nelson & Schmidt Marketing Communications in Milwaukee.
John McLaughlin has joined Alliant Insurance Associates as marketing manager. He had previously been commercial lines manager at Robertson Ryan & Associates, and has been in the insurance industry since 1977. He holds a degree in political science from UW-Milwaukee.
Tom Bothe has been named as parts and service sales specialist in the Pleasant Prairie facility of Alfa Laval. He has more than 26 years of experience with Alfa Laval, and holds a degree in sociology from UW-Parkside. The firm has also named Jodi Dacquisto an OEM account manager. She has been with Alfa Laval since 1999, and holds a communications degree from UW-Parkside. Elaine Drier has accepted the position of parts and service administrator for the firm. She has experience with Alfa Laval for more than 17 years. Russell Jones has been named the firm’s business development manager – parts and service. He has more than 15 years of experience with Alfa Laval, and also holds the position of business development manager – pumps. Chris Maurer has accepted the position of materials manager with Alfa Laval. He joined the firm in 1994, and holds a degree in accounting from UW-Parkside.
Jim Compton has joined Mequon Healthcare Center as a marketing coordinator. Compton is a graduate of Drake University and has experience in long-term senior care, admissions, and social services.
The consulting engineering firm of
Arnold & O’Sheridan has made the following staff additions: Gerald Rewolinski, landscape architect; Ben Gerold, structural engineer; Michael McGann, electrical engineer; Tim Meeker, HVAC engineer; Hilary Swanson, HVAC engineer; Fred Andrews, plumbing CAD technician; and Marci Nickelsburg, receptionist.
The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn has announced several new associates. Joining the firm’s corporate team are Jessica Braeger, who graduated from Drake University Law School, and Brett Koeller, who graduated from the University of Michigan Law School. Nicholas Doukas, a University of San Francisco Law School graduate, joins the intellectual property team. Sarah McNally, a University of Wisconsin Law School graduate, joins the firm’s tax team.
Extendicare Health Services of Milwaukee has announced four hires. They are Karen Muna, Medicare billing coordinator; Sandra Kloc, customers service representative; Ann Berenz, human resources assistant; and Ronald Orth, director of clinical reimbursements.
Metro-Clean Corp. has hired Irene Greeley to the newly created position of director of marketing. Greeley has extensive experience in the cleaning industry, having managed marketing communications programs for HOST/Racine Industries for 15 years.
Jeremy Cramer has joined the system retrofit division of Energenecs, a water/wastewater systems consultant business in Cedarburg. Previously, Cramer served as the superintendent of wastewater for a Wisconsin municipal utility. He received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Oct. 11, 2002 Small Business Times,Milwaukee

Charles G. Maris has joined the Milwaukee law firm of Weiss Berzowski Brady as a partner in the Estate Planning, Real Estate and Business Law practice groups. Maris’ practice includes estate planning, real estate, business and family law. Maris is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1979) and Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1984). He was previously with the law firm of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, Milwaukee.
Brett P. Stone has joined Associated Bank as vice president of commercial banking at the Kilbourn Avenue office in downtown Milwaukee. Stone has more than 23 years experience in the commercial banking and commercial real estate banking fields, including more than eight years in management roles in the Milwaukee area. Prior to joining Associated, he held positions such as vice president of commercial banking and vice president of commercial real estate banking at Bank One. Stone earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay..
Judy Radish has joined Tudor Oaks Senior Community of Muskego as community relations director.
Christopher C. Conlon has been elected to the board of directors of The Equitable Bank, in Wauwatosa. Conlon has a private-practice dentistry office in Brookfield, and also founded and has served as treasurer of Conlon Homes, a custom-home-building corporation.
The CPA firm of Winter, Kloman, Moter & Repp in Elm Grove and Oconomowoc has announced the following promotions: in the Elm Grove office, Paul Sheahan to supervisor, and Lynn Braden and Lori Kaye to manager; in Oconomowoc, Helena Clark to four-year associate, Mike Toennies to senior, Stephanie Martynotte and Tammy Worzalla to supervisor, and Lori Olson to manager.
Al Thompson has joined Tushaus Computer Services in Wauwatosa as the chief sales officer. Thompson brings more than 20 years of sales and sales leadership and management experience in the computer technology industry to Tushaus.
Carl Wickman has joined J.H. Findorff & Son in Milwaukee as senior project manager. He was most recently with J.P. Cullen & Sons in Madison. Wickman is a 1985 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he earned a degree in construction administration. He worked in the Boston area for most of his career, and has extensive experience in the health-care and education construction areas.
Pamela Brown has been named the assistant development director for communication and special events at St. Joan Antida High School in Milwaukee. Prior to joining SJA, she was employed at a national non-profit organization in public relations, worked as a freelance writer, held various marketing internships and worked in outside sales. Brown is a 1997 graduate of Alverno College, where she earned her bachelor of arts degree in professional
communications
Amy Jacob has been named director of the Mid-Central Customer Care Center of U.S. Cellular in Pewaukee. The center serves customers throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. She has been with U.S. Cellular since 1991, and has served as area sales manager of retail operations for the company’s New Hampshire and Vermont markets, and as business operations manager for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Husson College.
July 5, 2002 Small Business Times, Milwaukee

Jerry Herzog has been named business development director at Milwaukee-based marketing and business communications agency Scheibel Halaska. Herzog’s 15-year career in new business development includes roles at Dun & Bradstreet, Kendall Healthcare and, most recently, Safenet Consulting. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Stephen P. Bartholomew has joined Great Midwest Brokerage, a Highland Capital Brokerage office, as sales vice president. He has more than 22 years of experience in the insurance and employee benefits industry. Most recently, Bartholomew served as brokerage relationship manager for AON Worksite Solutions. Bartholomew earned his master of business administration degree from Northeastern University and his undergraduate degree from Assumption College.
Sue Winkelman has joined Extendicare Health Services in Milwaukee as a regional director of sales and marketing for the assisted living facilities. The firm has also hired Irina Todor as a payroll specialist and Joy Zaffke as administrative assistant for the Wisconsin/Minnesota Regional office. The firm owns and/or manages more than 200 skilled-nursing, rehabilitation, subacute, assisted living and retirement centers in 13 states.
Michael A. McIntosh has been appointed president and CEO of RexCon, a manufacturer of concrete batching plants, concrete paving machines and computer controls for concrete plants. He succeeds Edward Lutz, who retired to pursue special business interests for The Pinkert Industrial Group, the owner of RexCon. McIntosh had been with Bucyrus-International, where he held various positions for the past 16 years.
Joe Pepitone, manager of landscape architecture, and Barb Schlapman, manager of interior space planning, at Zimmerman Design Group Architects in Wauwatosa, have been promoted to stockholder in the firm. The firm also named Justin Arndt, construction field services, and Nadzella Bulie, architectural CAD technician, associates.
Martin Choren and Apraham Khatchadourian have been named to the board of directors and vice presidents of their respective studios at Plunkett Raysich Architects in Milwaukee. Choren is in the Corporate/Commercial studio while Katchadourian is in the Education K-12 studio.
Richard Blomquist has joined the board of directors of the T.E. Brennan Co. in Milwaukee. Blomquist was the founder, owner and president/CEO of Associates for Health Care from 1984 until earlier this year. AHC was sold to BCE Emergis last June; Blomquist remained with the operation until this March, acting as senior vice president for strategic initiatives. He now runs a consulting business focusing on health-care and health-benefit costs.
James Radke has been named operations manager at Coakley Bros. Co., a Milwaukee-based residential and industrial moving, furniture installation, records management, warehousing and distribution firm. Meanwhile, Coakley Tech, a high-tech document management and distribution company, has appointed Peggy Coakley as CE) and Christopher A. Illman as president. Coakley is also president of Coakley Bros. Illman had earlier been with Xerox and Gartner, Inc.
Michael Roidt, formerly vice president of commercial lending, has been promoted to the position of senior vice president in the commercial lending division at TCF Bank. Roidt joined TCF’s Commercial Lending division in 1990. He received his bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Bob Dziewiontkowski has joined Creative Constructors of Menomonee Falls as a project superintendent. He has more than 15 years of construction education and experience.
June 7, 2002 Small Business Times, Milwaukee

River barges, which haven’t called on the Port of Milwaukee since 1996, could be coming back, thanks to a change in federal regulations.

The new regulations, which became effective May 23, ease the regulatory requirements and reduce the costs for barges to transit on Lake Michigan between Chicago and Milwaukee, according to Kenneth Szallai, Milwaukee municipal port director.
During the mid-1990s barge traffic was the fastest growing segment of Port of Milwaukee business, Szallai said. Tonnage growth grew from zero to more than one-half million tons during a three-year period. River barges last made the transit to Milwaukee in 1996. A rebound of that barge traffic could now take place.
"The Coast Guard’s cooperation in getting the needed rule changes made was essential to resuming barge trade," Szallai said. "They worked with us over a two-year period to get this done."
Hopper barges are well-suited for transporting a wide variety of commodities and products, such as grain, scrap, steel, machinery, coal and animal feeds, Szallai said.
"The ability to connect directly with the nation’s inland waterway system adds a competitive pricing advantage for Wisconsin commerce, agriculture and manufacturing in both domestic and international markets," Szallai added.
"The Port of Milwaukee has gained the reputation for serving Milwaukee and Wisconsin shippers in innovative ways", said Daniel Steininger, president of the Milwaukee Board of Harbor Commissioners. "Establishing access for Wisconsin industry and agriculture to the inland waterway system opens new markets and will give our economy a competitive edge in getting goods to the markets we serve."
Tosa Chamber changes name
The Wauwatosa Area Chamber of Commerce has changed its name to the West Suburban Chamber of Commerce, reflecting the wider scope of focus of its members, said Stephen Smith, chamber president. "The majority of our members do business throughout the metropolitan area …, not just within the city of Wauwatosa," Smith said in a letter to chamber members. He noted that more than 30% of the chamber’s current membership is based outside Wauwatosa – a figure that is expanding.
The chamber, which has more than 500 members, had already been working with neighboring chambers, including those in West Allis and Brookfield.

Verizon Wireless
launches Express Network
Milwaukee-area businesspeople who use the Internet in remote locations can now do so with a lot less frustration, via Verizon Wireless’s new Express Network.
Verizon Wireless is the first US wireless carrier to commercially introduce such a system, which allows data speeds up to 144 Kbps, with average throughput between 40 and 60 kbps – significantly higher than speeds formerly available, and comparable to what Internet users get using a dial-up service at home.
The system allows the quicker wireless access to the Internet via use of a laptop computer or certain hand-held devices (PDAs). The user can either use a cellphone, hooked up to the laptop or PDA, for the connection, or insert a connection card into the device.
"Now the excuse of wireless being too slow goes right out the window,’ said Bill Boehm of Verizon Wireless, noting that Verizon is working on a system that would accommodate data speeds of up to 2 megabits per second – a system that "will allow true use of multi-media" via wireless devices.

June 7, 2002 Small Business Times, Milwaukee

Innovative Health and Fitness, (www.ihfwellness.com) a new wellness center in Franklin, has set an open house for June 1 and 2. The first day of operations for the $7 million, 52,000-square-foot, medically based wellness center is Monday, June 3.

The facility is at 8800 S. 102nd St. It includes a 25-yard lap pool, a warm-water group exercise pool, a whirlpool, an outdoor sundeck, an elevated indoor walking/running track; cardiovascular equipment; weight equipment, exercise studios, and other amenities.

Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Associates has acquired Zak Engineering Group. Zak Engineering is a four-member mechanical engineering firm specializing in the design of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and energy conservation surveys, studies and reports.
The firm, based in Mequon, has a 30-year history of providing services to clients throughout the Midwest, East Coast, West Coast, and Hawaii.
The Zak Engineering staff has joined the Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer staff at its Milwaukee office located in the Honey Creek Corporate Center, 125 S. 84th St. Peter Zak, president of Zak Engineering, has been elected an associate of the Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and will manager the MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) group at the firm. Other new employees include Aaron King, engineer; Randy Lietz, engineering technician; and Kerri O’Dell, administrative assistant.

Attorney Frank Pasternak of Brookfield, and formerly associated with Murphy, Gillick, Wicht & Prachthauser and Domnitz, Mawicke & Goisman, has opened Frank Pasternak & Associates S.C. The law firm will focus exclusively on plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death litigation and can be contacted at 8112 W. Blue Mound Road, Wauwatosa; 414-257-4100; frank@frankpasternak.com.

The law firm of von Briesen & Roper has moved its Kenosha office to a new location. It is now in a newly constructed building at 5027 Green Bay Rd., in Suite 120. The telephone and fax numbers remain the same.

Glendale-based Manpower has formed a marketing relationship with Intuit, whereby Intuit will give its nearly 2.5 million QuickBooks small business users access to Manpower’s staffing and training services via the company’s QuickBooks financial management software and on QuickBooks.com.
"Our relationship with Intuit introduces Manpower’s full range of workforce recruitment and development solutions to the small business market," said Barbara Beck, executive vice president of Manpower North America. "Access to the staffing center on QuickBooks.com and through the QuickBooks software will help Intuit’s customers experience how staffing and training can add efficiencies to any business while strengthening the bottom line."

Delta Communications, of Waukesha, has merged with System Solutions, of Franklin, with all operations now at the Delta Communications facility on Bluemound Road in Waukesha. Spencer Thomason has assumed he position of president of both firms.
Since 1973, Delta has provided voice and data information technology design, product-selection support, installation, and follow-up.
System Solution, a Microsoft Certified Partner, will continue to provide voice and data network services to auto dealerships, the legal community, and other small to mid-sized firms.

Nine firms, including four in southeastern Wisconsin, won Business Friend of the Environment awards as announced at the recent Environmental Policy and Awards Conference in Waukesha.
The winners included:

Landmark Credit Union has named Jay Magulski as vice president of business development, working with the credit union’s new Business Service area. Magulski, with 16 years of financial services experience, had been with the former Firstar Bank. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UW-Milwaukee.
Jay Zawerschnik has been named vice presidnet of operations at Color Ink, a Sussex-based sheetfed printer. Zawerschnik had previously worked for Eastman Kodak/Kodak Polychrome Graphics, and has 24 years of experience in the printing industry.
Tyler Hauser has joined R.A. Smith & Associates as the Brookfield-based civil engineering, surveying and technical services firm expands into its information technology consulting services for local government. Hauser will be responsible for furthering Web site development efforts at R.A. Smith, as well as providing the service externally to local government. He was previously employed with DS Media in Waukesha. He has a graphics background, with 10 years experience in the printing industry as a designer and digital pre-press specialist, including three years of Web site design and development. He holds a bachelor of fine arts degree with an emphasis in graphic communications and photography from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He is currently enrolled in the webmaster certificate program with an emphasis in Web development and database administration at Marquette University.
Robert Glaser of Brown Deer has been appointed to the state’s Development Finance Board. The board oversees the administration of the Technology Development Fund, applied research in technology, technology-based incubator, customized labor training and major economic development programs, all of which are part of the Wisconsin Development Fund. The board also oversees the Recycling Loan Program. Glaser is the sub-district director for district two of the United Steelworkers of America. Previously, he was an international representative for the union and president of Local Union 6499, which represents the workers at Mirro Aluminum Co. Glaser is a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Board, Milwaukee County Labor Council, United Way and Competitive Wisconsin. Glaser has a bachelor of arts in labor administration from Antioch College in Washington, D.C. His term on the Development Finance Board runs to May 1, 2004.
Pamela Oman has been named assistant marketing coordinator at Northern Oak Capital Management in Milwaukee. Oman, a trader at the company, adds coordinating client communications, public relations and advertising to her list of responsibilities. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in marketing from UW-Milwaukee.
Dean M. Hoffman has joined T.E. Brennan Co. in Milwaukee as the practice leader-benefits. Most recently, Hoffman was the regional manager of Trustmark Insurance Co. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and economics from UW-Stevens Point. Hoffman serves on the board of directors of the Wisconsin Association of Health Underwriters.
Robert A. Rohe has joined BHS Architects, Milwaukee, as a project manager in its Educational Studio. He had been at Bray Associates in Sheboygan and before that with Renner Architects in Milwaukee.
May 24, 2002 Small Business Times, Milwaukee