Article: Career Transition.(NEWS)

Name: Reggie Smith, 39.

Education: Associate's degree in business administration from Oakland Community College.

Past career: Owner and hairdresser at Regina Paul Salons, an Oxford-based chain with three salons in north Oakland County. Smith, formerly an amateur hairdresser, started the company in 2001 after secretarial stints at what is now Fieger, Fieger, Kenney, Johnson & Giroux P.C. in Southfield and Exide Corp. in Detroit.

New career: Communications director at Warren-based Gentz Industries L.L.C., a manufacturer of jet-engine parts. Smith oversees internal company communications, handles inquiries from outside the company, and helps ...

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