Long Island hires and promotions: AccountantsWorld of Hauppauge

TECHNOLOGY

Hitendra Patil of East Islip has been appointed director of practice development at AccountantsWorld in Hauppauge, a leader in cloud-based solutions for accountants. He was chief operating officer at Pransform, Inc. in Chicago.

MARKETING

Jackie DiBella of Bellmore has joined EGC Group in Melville as public relations and influencer-marketing manager. She held social media management roles under the corporate umbrellas of two lifestyle media companies, TotallyHer Media / Momtastic and XO Group, Inc. / The Knot, The Nest and the Bump in Manhattan.

BOARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS

The Long Island Software Technology Network in Plainview, an organization that works to help the technology community and businesses, has added seven new members to its board of directors.

Patricia Smith of Greenlawn is vice president and chief information security officer at Cox Automotive in Lake Success.

Mitchell Margolis of Syosset is director of enterprise delivery operations at Cox Automotive in Lake Success.

Risé Jacobs of Wantagh is senior vice president, technology at Astoria Bank in Lake Success.

Seth Cannon of Huntington is a partner at the law firm Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt in Melville.

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Andrew Mintzer of Fort Salonga is executive vice president at Bottomline Technologies in Garden City.

Walden Leverich of Farmingdale is CEO at Tech Software in Farmingdale.

Ed Eisenstein of North Bellmore is president at United Network Associates, Inc. in Farmingdale.

NONPROFITS

Diane Serenita of Massapequa has been appointed assistant director of development and public relations at UCP of Long Island in Hauppauge. She was director of development at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Manhattan.

FINANCE

Andrew Murawski of Williston Park has joined the Long Island Metro Agency in Syosset, a general agency of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., as a financial services professional. He was a financial representative at Northwestern Mutual in Melville.

CORRECTION: Mitchell Margolis of Syosset joined the board of the Long Island Software Technology Network in Plainview. His name was misspelled in previous versions of this story.

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