On the Record / May 11, 2011

Hires/Promotions/Honors

The Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau will presentthe first Beacon Awards at noon today in the Buffalo NiagaraConvention Center, 153 Franklin St. Awardees are: Lodging Employeeof the Year, Yolanda Bowman, Buffalo Niagara Marriott; LodgingManager of the Year, Jennifer Taylor, Comfort Suites-Downtown;Lodging General Manager of the Year, Matthew Spencer, ComfortSuites-Downtown; Good Earthkeeping Award, Waseem Mango, Adam's MarkHotel; Tourism Employee of the Year, Erin Grajek, Buffalo &Erie County Botanical Gardens; Tourism Executive of the Year, LouisGrachos, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Tourism Initiative of the Year,Taste of Buffalo Presented by Tops; Tourism Volunteer of the Year,Michael Osika, Darwin Martin House Complex; and Buffalo Ambassadorof the Year, Robert Schell, Amherst Youth Hockey.

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SKM Group, a Depew-based marketing communications agency, named Lindsey Constantino an interactive designer and Andrew Dumpleton a graphic artist. Constantino is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, previously working at Haley Marketing. Dumpleton, previously a graphic desinger at ASI, is a graduate of Buffalo State College.

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Victor Tomasulo III of the Buffalo Agency was selected as one of the 2011 Five Star Wealth Managers by an independent survey. Tomasulo's office is located at 180 Main St., Hamburg.

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Brian D. Hellner of New York Life's Buffalo/Erie General Officein Williamsville was named a member of the 2010 Executive Councilof New York Life Insurance Company. Also, Hellner earned membershipin the Million Dollar Round Table for 2011.

Company items

Drumbeat Networks, a new Buffalo-based service provider ofdigital services, including Internet, video and voice services tothe multi-family industry, completed service agreements to nearly700 apartment units in two core markets -- Lawton, Okla., andWestern New York. In Buffalo, the company recently wired the 80-unit Tudor Lane Apartments and the 96-unit Park Lane Circle.

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I-Evolve Technology Services, a business technology services and solutions provider headquartered in Buffalo, acquired the customer base of theandrewunderground, LLC. Founded in 2001, theandrewunderground offers custom Web design, programming, hosting services as well as project consulting to companies in Western New York.

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Crowley Webb, a Buffalo marketing communications agency, recentlywon three awards in the District 2 ADDY Awards. The agency won a gold for JustTheCookies.com packaging. Silver awards went to Illustrations for The Wake, the Irish Classical Theatre's annual fundraiser, and Project Flight's Booktoberfest poster. Regional award winners will compete at the national level of the American Advertising Federation in San Diego on June 4.

Patents

Title: "Tool and method for personnel development and talent management based on experience"

No: 7,912,790

Inventor: Albertsson; Candice K. (formerly London, Great Britain,currently Grand Island)

Date issued: March 22, 2011

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Title: "Fused bicyclic mTor inhibitors"

No.: 7,923,555

Inventors: Bharadwaj, Apoorba (Jamestown); Chen, Xin (Commack); Coate, Heather (San Diego, Calif.); Crew, Andrew Philip (N. Babylon); Dong, Hanqing (Syosset); Honda, Ayako (Quincy, Mass.); Mulvihill, Mark Joseph (East Northport); Tavares, Paula A. R. (Kew Gardens); Wang, Jing (Syosset); Werner, Douglas S. (Holtsville); Mulvihill, Kristen Michelle (E. Northport); Siu, Kam W. (Farmingdale); Panicker, Bijoy (Holbrook); Arnold, Lee D. (Mt. Sinai); Jin, Meizhong (Dix Hills); Volk, Brian (Sayville); Weng, Quinghua (West Islip); Beard, James David (New York)

Assignee: OSI Pharmaceuticals (Ardsley)

Date issued: April 12, 2011