Class Notes

Name: Frank Cicha

Class Year(s): 1961

Note: Frank Cicha ’61 (GAP) recently moved from Rochester, N.Y. to Ocala, F.L. after his wife of 24 years, Judy Van Hillyer, passed away.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Computer Works Pro named Webster Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month for 2021.

Name: Kenneth Corpus

Class Year(s): 1987

Note: Kenneth Corpus ’87 (CAST) is President and CEO of Computer Works Pro, Inc., which was recently honored with the Webster Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month for 2021. Computer Works Pro, Inc. is a computer consulting firm specializing in Professional IT solutions, services, sales and support, as well as Personal Computer Training. The business was started in 2001and expanded into a corporation in 2011 with the addition of a storefront. They are currently located at 696 Ridge Road in Webster, N.Y.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Name: Michael Guinto

Class Year(s): 2019

Note: Michael Guinto MFA ’19 (CAD) recently began working for NASA. He writes: "Wow, never thought I would say that! Yes, even us fine art Students can find good jobs in STEM. Stay safe everyone."

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Branden Jaquays

Name: Branden Jaquays

Class Year(s): 1995

Note: Branden Jaquays ’12 (CIAS) is back behind the camera lens after a ten year hiatus. He is providing live game camera operation for the Rochester Americans and Utica Comets AHL hockey teams, as well as the Rochester Knighthawks professional Lacrosse team and Utica City Football Club.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Name: Kimberly Conti DeGroot

Class Year(s): 1990

Note: Kimberly (Conti) DeGroot ’90 (SCB) currently works for Ruthian Investment Fund, LLC which has raised over $1m for real estate investing in 3 years and has 3 properties. The organization will give its first dividend check to members, is steadily growing and looking for more Members to join.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Name: John Moree

Class Year(s): 2003

Note: John Moree ’03 (CIAS) recently started a job as Technical Assistant II at Columbia-Greene Community College. In spring 2022, he will teach a residential building codes class.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Name: Jason Adlowitz

Class Year(s): 1999

Note: Jason Adlowitz ’99 (CIAS) has owned his own company for more than 12 years and recently took a full time job with the Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Name: Joseph Martyniuk

Class Year(s): 2015

Note: Joseph Martyniuk MS ’15 (CAST) was recently promoted to a Sr. Product Manager for Tech (PMT) within the HR system of Amazon. He now has the ability to build out technical teams to solve problems within Amazon to accommodate their rapid growth.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

Name: Maureen MacGregor

Class Year(s): 2015

Note: Maureen MacGregor ’15 (CIAS) was recently promoted from a contractor position to a tenured mid-level photographer position at American Greetings in Cleveland, O.H.

Submitted on: December 13, 2021

W. Frazier Pruitt

Name: W. Frazier Pruitt

Class Year(s): 2016

Note: W. Frazier Pruitt ’16 (CAST) was recently recognized as one of ASQ’s 40 under 40. Every fifth year since 2011, Quality Progress, the official publication of American Society for Quality (ASQ) selects the best and brightest young and talented quality trailblazers who are pushing the boundaries and making a difference in quality processes. In addition to his work at Southco Inc. as Quality Assurance supervisor and his role as Vice Chair at the Rochester Section of ASQ, Pruitt is an ASQ-certified Six Sigma Black Belt and quality engineer, voting member of U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization/ Technical Committee 176, and lean Six Sigma facilitator for Greater Rochester (NY) Quality Council. He holds an electrical mechanical engineering technology degree from RIT and MBA from Indiana University and the University of Manchester. Pruitt is featured in the November 2021 issue of Quality Progress’ World Quality Month edition. With nearly 80,000 individual and organizational members of the community in 130 countries, ASQ has the reputation and reach to bring together the diverse quality champions who are transforming the world’s corporations, organizations, and communities to meet tomorrow’s critical challenges.

Submitted on: December 6, 2021