HR Notices From December 16-18

X-Rite Names Vic Stalam Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing: Kentwood-based X-Rite Inc. (Nasdaq: XRIT) announced the appointment of Vic Stalam as senior vice president of sales and marketing overseeing all sales, marketing and services activities for the Americas and EMEA regions, and serve on X-Rite's senior leadership team as a corporate officer. Stalam will be based in Grand Rapids and report directly to Thomas J. Vacchiano Jr., CEO of X-Rite. Most recently, Stalam served as the vice president of commercial sales in the U.S. and Canada for the Eastman Kodak Co. His team was responsible for selling the complete portfolio of Kodak products and services delivering approximately $1 billion in revenue. Stalam advanced rapidly through a succession of sales, marketing and senior management positions at the Eastman Kodak, including head of the global key accounts and channel management, vice president packaging business, and general manager and vice president of digital products and systems. During his career at Kodak, Stalam led the teams that built several new businesses, like its Approval, DigiMaster, and Flexo Packaging solutions. Stalam holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the Osmania University, India, a master of science degree in industrial engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA in marketing from the Rochester Institute of Technology. X-Rite develops, manufactures, markets and supports color measurement systems, software, color standards and services. X-Rite serves a range of industries, including printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, dental and medical. For further information, please visit www.xrite.com.

Tendras Adds Kathleen Tate as Director of Business Development: Southfield-based Tendras Business Advisors, a provider of Microsoft Dynamics and Intacct based financial software, is proud to announce the appointment of Kathleen M. Tate as director of business development, effective Jan. 1. Tate will lead Tendras's efforts in helping companies grow through the implementation of cloud-based technology solutions for accounting, financial reporting and business management. Tate is a seasoned industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the marketing and sales of business technology solutions and professional services. Prior to joining Tendras, Kathleen was a partner account manager with Microsoft Corp., where she worked in a strategic role with business partners throughout the Midwest to develop client solutions while helping grow the Microsoft Dynamics brand. Tendras Business Advisors provides consulting and technology solutions that help companies grow through the effective implementation of business and financial management software. Tendras helps companies achieve greater visibility and insight into their business through the implementation of integrated systems, and enables them to reduce costs and operate more efficiently. More at www.tendras.com.