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BUSINESS PEOPLE 37% NYS business owners planning to hire within the next six months, flat with last fall Source: American Express Open Small Business Monitor EXECUTIVE MOVES buck ennis ALIEN INVASION: Kenneth Kudulis has found an audience for Kudu-lah Critters, like bug-eyed Albee. GOTHAM GIGS Nothing to be afraid of Husband, wife scare up a living with cartoon monsters subway late at night after ¶ Last year’s Imagine riding thesee people boarding the train square-foot studio in Brooklyn.theKudu-lah fans work. Slowly, you decorate their apartments with creatures. morph into multilegged creatures with bulging One turned a picture into a tattoo. ¶ “One more top seller is Kudulis thing worth mentioning,” was Albee, eyes. Thissixthe world Kennethtrain to Astoria, crazy pointed to a block of woodMr. Kudulis said, imagined years ago on an F as he with a photo of Queens. Since then, he has drawn 400 cartoon a four-eyed creation, Brah Probe 1710, walking a purple monsters living like New Yorkers—fighting to Brooklyn Bridge and wearing ring on creature get on a train, getting stuck in traffic, chilling in on the its tentacles. A client requestedathe ring on one of Union Square. ¶ Mr. Kudulis and his wife, the drawing, so she could give the artwork as an with a Jenifer, have made a business selling their Kudu- alternative wedding ring for her girlfriend. ¶ The jarring lah Critters. Mr. Kudulis makes the art, while pictures cost between $12 and $150. The top Ms. Kudulis runs the business: distribution, seller is a collection of 16 doodles in photographs look direct sales and marketing. ¶ Using photo of Mason jars. Last year, the most popular was WATCH a related video at CrainsNewYork.com/video transfer, Mr. Kudulis prints his cartoon doodles onto photos that are often mounted on blocks of wood, and sells them on e-commerce website Etsy, at pop-up art fairs and through partnerships with shops and galleries in New York and across the country. The couple recently leased a 160- 8 | Crain’s New York Business | June 24, 2013 Albee, a purple creature with two round eyes on its sides, a snaggletooth and a squiggly tail. The couple sold 800 copies of Albee. ¶ “I get asked a lot, ‘Do you earn anything out of this?’ ” Mr. Kudulis said. “I say, ‘Yes, we make a living —jolene zhou out of it.’ ” New Yorkers for Children: Eric Brettschneider, 67, was promoted to president of the nonprofit. He was previously chairman of the program, audit and strategic planning committees. Institutional Financial Markets Inc.: Lester Brafman, 50, was promoted to president of the financial services firm. He was previously managing director of leveraged finance sales at Goldman Sachs. OppenheimerFunds: Art Steinmetz, 54, was promoted to president of the investment management firm. He was previously executive vice president. He will continue as chief investment officer. Paley Center for Media: Maureen Reidy, 40, joined the nonprofit as chief marketing officer, a newly created position. She was previously chief executive at the Argus Group. Diane Lewis, 50, was promoted to executive vice president of programming, a newly created position. She was previously vice president, public affairs and programs. Maxim Thorne, 48, joined as executive vice president of development, a newly created position. He was previously vice president and general counsel at Bos Development. QVC: Ted Jastrzebski, 51, joined the video and e-commerce retailer as chief financial officer, effective July 22. He was previously president of Hershey Americas and senior vice president at Hershey. Prophet: Chan Suh, 51, joined the strategic brand and marketing consulting company as senior partner and chief digital officer, a newly created position. He was previously chief executive at Broome Crosby Ltd. Holland + Knight: Stuart Saft, 66, was promoted to New York real estate practice chair and co-chair of the global hospitality, resort and timeshare group at the law firm. He was previously a partner and co-chair of the real estate practice. Douglas Elliman: Michael Allen, 46, joined the real estate agency as director of marketing for the Brooklyn region and director of sales for Williamsburg. He was previously a salesperson for Aptsandlofts.com. HBR Consulting: Sharon Quaintance, 57, joined the business and technology operations consulting firm as senior director in the strategic sourcing and business operations practice. She was previously chief executive at LawDocsXpress, which she co-founded. Greenwich House: Rachel Black, 37, joined the nonprofit as director. She was previously general manager at SummerStage, City Parks Foundation. http://www.Aptsandlofts.com http://www.CrainsNewYork.com/video

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Crains New York - June 24, 2013
IN THE BOROUGHS
IN THE MARKETS
THE INSIDER
SMALL BUSINESS
BUSINESS PEOPLE
OPINION
ALAIR TOWNSEND
GREG DAVID
REAL ESTATE DEALS
REPORT: 50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN NEW YORK
CLASSIFIEDS
DIGITAL NY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SOURCE LUNCH
OUT AND ABOUT
SNAPS

Crains New York - June 24, 2013