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Skaneateles Press, Nov. 10, 2010
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AMH Medical Staff notes Foresman named president
Dr. William Foresman
The Auburn Memorial Hospital (AMH) Medical Staff has named Dr. William Foresman as President of the Medical Staff. Dr. Foresman earned his medical degree at SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, and completed a Residency at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester. He is a past president of the Cayuga County Medical Society. He is Board Certified in Urology and joined the AMH Medical Staff in 1998. He has served as a member of the AMH Board of Trustees and serves on the Board of Auburn Hospital System Foundation. He is also a member of the American Urological Association and the Medical Society of the State of New York. He practices at Lake Region Urology in Auburn.
Duckett, D.O., joins as Hospitalist
Auburn Memorial Hospital (AMH) has added Dr. Adam Duckett to its Medical Staff as a Hospitalist. Duckett completed his Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. His Residency was in Family Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Syracuse. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Allyn Part II 1990s Eric joined WA full time in 1990, having spent his student summers working for the family company beginning in 1982. As the company continued to develop new handheld diagnostic instruments, it was decided that acquiring other companies made a lot of sense – especially companies that made other hand-held instruments. This helped round out Welch Allyn’s product line to doctors.  WA first acquired a company that made blood pressure cuffs in Ashville, NC, then a thermometer manufacturer in San Diego,CA and a hearing testing company in New Hampshire. These were not hostile take-overs; these were companies being sold through leverage buyout firms, or
From page 7 because their owners were ready to sell. “We are not hostile in an acquisition,� Eric said. “We sent a great guy, Doug Linquest (whose wife and mother law are here tonight!), out there to San Diego,� Eric said to run the thermometer company (Doug later moved to Oregon to run another Welch Allyn plant in Beaverton). The thermometer required a cover for the probe, which had to be disposable. “And, believe it or not, we make 5 million probe covers every day at our manufacturing sites,� Eric said. Peter Soderberg (husband of Lew and Bill’s sister Elsa) joined Welch Allyn in 1993.  For the next decade, Bill, Lew and Peter brought a great combination of
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engineering, sales and marketing to the company.  Growing too big By the mid 1990s WG was out of the day-to-day business and the company was getting a little spread out.  “We had a medical business, a lighting business, a bar code business, and several video businesses.  It was tough for each business to get enough focus,� Eric said. In 1999, WA had a great barcode scanner, but it became too big of a department to stay within WA. It spun off into a new company called Handheld Products, which grew until it was sold in 2007 to Honeywell. Honeywell took half those jobs and moved them over to China. “It was a sad day for
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The fourth generation assumes command So from WG, the company went to his three children Lew, Bill and Elsa. Four years ago they passed control of the company onto the next generation, called the fourth Generation, of whom Eric is one.  “There
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many people – including my dad - when Honeywell moved those jobs,â€? Eric said. Welch Allyn also sold its video business to General Electric in the early 2000s.  GE continues to have a strong presence in Skaneateles Falls. Both of these “spin-offsâ€? have allowed Welch Allyn to grow its core Medical business.  “When you see Welch Allyn’s current $35 Million expansion, you’ll see that the company has been able to really focus on expanding its core Medical business,â€? Eric says.  “These spin-offs have allowed Welch Allyn to make further investments in its core Medical business.â€? Â
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are 11 of us in the fourth generation, and we have a total of 30 children‌with perhaps more to come.â€? The 11 members of the fourth generation still want to stay family owned, but they didn’t want to have ‘cousin or sibling rivalry’ affect the business, so they agreed, it needed to be led by someone other than a family member. That is when Julie Shimer Ph.D, was named CEO and an executive team was hired, three years and six months ago. “That took some maturity on my generation’s part,â€? Eric said. After 20 years working as an executive at WA, Eric thought he might be more effective on the board of directors. “I don’t have to do the budget and all the planning,â€? Eric said, acknowledging “Smilingâ€? John Keady in the audience, who works in sales operations today, and spends much of his time working out the details in the company. “Now I can walk around the factory floor (like WG before him) and go to trade shows,â€? Eric said. He also handles all the new employee orientations. “Your first day at Welch Allyn, you have to spend with me,â€? Eric said, “I tour the facilities, which I know really well.â€?  Sales, financials and the foundation “We don’t talk about our sales or our financials, because we are a family owned company,â€? Eric said adding that he travels quite a bit and talks to groups about family owned businesses.  “My
M&T Bank appointed Stephen Gorczynski as Administrative Vice President of Commercial Banking. In his new role, Gorczynski will oversee the bank’s commercial and industrial, health-care and non-profit lending segments throughout Central New York. Gorczynski returns to M&T from HSBC Bank, where he was Senior Vice President and Regional Commercial Executive. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Relationship Manager for M&T Bank (OnBank) from 1993 to 2002. “Steve brings to the group more than 17 years of commercial lending experience,�
kids go to school here with everyone else, we don’t think of people in terms of dollar signs.â€?  Q&A highlight During the Q&A, Suanne Hopkins of Mariettasaid that during the early 1950s Eric’s grandfather came to visit her family because her father, the late William “Billâ€? Pilgrim (Aug. 1, 2010), wanted to join WA as an engineer. “They came to the house to interview,â€? Hopkins said, adding that it was very daunting as a little girl. She brought pictures of her father and some of the plaques he earned for engineering feats, as he who did go to work for WA and earned several patents. He worked for WA for more than 20 years and was installed as an inaugural member of the Welch Allyn’s Hall of Fame. Eric said, Companies like us have always had big sales meetings, but there wasn’t as much focus on engineer’s accomplishments, so we started an awards ceremony to recognize the many accomplishments. “We were prolific in technologies,â€? Eric said. There was a focus on developing these technologies and then perhaps finding a use. Now WA is more concerned with what the customer needs first.  Eric can remember saying to his father, “Dad, you just don’t know that you can’t do these things‌and that’s why you can do it.â€? This feature can be found in its entirety online at skaneatelespress.com.
said M&T’s Central New York Regional President, Allen Naples. “We look forward to his guidance and expertise as we work to build relationships with commercial customers throughout the Syracuse, Utica and Watertown markets.� Gorczynski earned a Bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College. A certified public accountant, he is a member of the Syracuse chapter of the New York State Society of CPAs. He is involved with CenterState CEO (Center for Economic Opportunity) and Mohawk Valley EDGE (Economic Development Growth Enterprises Corporation).