Syska Hennessy appoints Alfano as CFO

Manhattan, NY Syska Hennessy Group, the international engineering firm, has appointed Darren Alfano, CPA, as chief financial officer. He is based in the firm’s New York City headquarters.

Alfano has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of financial management, accounting, analysis, and controllership. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer at Eastern Communications Ltd., LLC, a telecommunications equipment distributor based in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York City. Previously, he held the same title at TEC Building Systems, LLC, a building technology company, also based in Long Island City. Earlier roles included managing director at Echo Financial Business Consulting in Rockville Centre, where he currently resides, and senior vice president and global controller at IPC Systems, Inc., a technology company based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Alfano earned a Master of Business Administration in finance from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the Binghamton University. He is a certified public accountant in New York State. 

“Darren’s expertise spans buildings, technology, and consulting, which makes him an ideal fit for Syska’s work,” says Cyrus Izzo, president and CEO of Syska. “We are also impressed with his strong leadership skills and his hands-on approach to operations and systems implementation. He will help us meet the financial and organizational targets we have identified for Syska’s future as we near our 100^th anniversary in business.”