Executive News

Petrick Joins ACORD

ACORD (Pearl River, N.Y.) named William Petrick manager of multimedia communications, responsible for advancing ACORD's Video on Demand offerings and overseeing its integration into the organization's Web site.

Harleysville Appointments

Harleysville Insurance (Harleysville, Pa.) appointed two technology leaders to enhance ease of business for its distributors: Jonathan L. Griggs was named VP of insurance management systems, and Brahm Sharma was named assistant VP of resource management.

Safeco Officers

Safeco (Seattle) appointed Tim Mikolajewski as general manager for California, adding to his existing role as head of Safeco Surety. Also, Juan Vargas was named VP of external relations for the carrier's operations in the state.

New Portellus CTO

Michael Goldsby, most recently the lead enterprise architect consultant on a technology initiative for Argent Mortgage, has joined Portellus (Irvine, Calif.) as CTO.

Koek Goes to Princeton

A former business analyst and sales consultant for Windsor, Conn.-based SS&C Technologies, Dennis Koek has joined Princeton Financial Systems (Princeton, N.J.) as its new sales support manager.