People in Brief 53418

BI Nutraceuticals promoted Quang La to materials manager, responsible for overseeing BI’s U.S. raw material purchasing departments. La will work closely with Mike Swenson, vice president of global sourcing, who has relocated to China to manage BI’s new 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Suzhou. ... David Michael & Co. made several personnel announcements. New hires include Erica Byerly, consumer research specialist; Kelly DeFusco, project leader, Bakery Cereal; Laura Ennis, senior beverage innovation technologist; Michele Pittner, purchasing; Jean-Marc Sierro, Western region account manager; and Christine Deirdarian, sales administration, David Michael Europe. Promotions in the Philadelphia office include Marie Cummings, manager of food applications and product development; Ken Dorsey, senior vice president, director of manufacturing; Erica Reiner, vice president, strategic business development; Shelly Semento, vice president of human resources. ... Michael Bowers joined eComSystems Inc. as program manager for its AdStudio group. ... LycoRed Ltd. hired Michael Doyle as president of its U.S. division, LycoRed Corp.; the company also promoted Udi Alroy to vice president of global marketing and sales. ... Celeste Sullivan was promoted to technical manager, food applications, at Grain Processing Corp. ... Main Street Ingredients hired Aaron Jordi and Rita Gostonczik as account managers in the food ingredient group; the company concurrently moved Rob Hollnagel, Jr., from the food ingredients group to the functional sales group, with a primary focus on sports nutrition accounts. ... Richard Lewis is the new director of vendor and retail relations for Natural Synergies. ... NSF International appointed David Abney as general manager of NSF’s Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods Certification Programs. ... The Rodale Institute selected Timothy J. LaSalle as its new CEO. ... Earl L. White, Ph.D., joined Integrated Biomolecule Corp. as vice president of analytical and pharmaceutical sciences. ... CSB System International hired Andrew Armstrong as a director of business solutions for the non-meat markets, and John Bourbonniere as a consultant based in CSB’s Canadian office. ... Omega Protein Inc. promoted Scott Herbert to senior vice president of sales and marketing.