Roll Call 6410

Robert B. Stearns, co-founder of SCS Engineers has retired from the Long Beach-Calif.-based company. He served for more than 30 years as the president and chairman and now will serve as chairman at least through 2008 and as a consultant.

Waste Management CEO David P. Steiner, has joined the Energy Security Leadership Council, a group of U.S. CEOs and retired military leaders working toward a national strategy to reduce oil dependence.

Routeware, Beaverton, Ore., has appointed Dennis Keizer VP, sales. He will be responsible for the company's U.S. sales efforts. Previously, he led the sales efforts for the Midwestern Group of Houston-based Waste Management.

Vermeer Manufacturing, Pella, Iowa, has named Jessica Held as the company's marketing communications manager. She previously owned and operated a graphic design and advertising studio and spent six years with the company.