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LivingSocial announced the appointment of Atul Kavthekar as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to LivingSocial, he served as CFO and Head of Corporate Development for Sears Holdings Corporation’s Health and Wellness Solutions business unit. Prior to Sears, Kavthekar was the CFO for Walgreens’ Ecommerce division. Also at Walgreens, he was a leader in mergers and acquisitions and strategic investing. Earlier, Kavthekar held senior investment banking positions at KPMG Corporate Finance, Trenwith Group and Morgan Stanley.

Tilly’s, Inc. (NYSE: TLYS) announced that the Company has appointed Michael L. Henry as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Henry will join the Company as an employee effective May 26, 2015 and will assume the title and function of Chief Financial Officer effective as of June 13, 2015. As previously disclosed, Jennifer Ehrhardt, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, is resigning in June 2015. Mr. Henry has served Quiksilver, Inc. since July 2012, most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Controller. Prior to joining Quiksilver, Mr. Henry served for over a decade at Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. in several roles, including most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2008 to April 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Henry served in the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP from September 1994 to September 2000.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) announced that after sixteen years with Marvell, Mike Rashkin has expressed his intention to retire as chief financial officer, a role that he has held since December 2013. Mr. Rashkin served the Company in a variety of senior roles since 1999 and has been a key contributor to the success of the company since its formation. Mr. Rashkin’s retirement will be effective May 22, 2015. The Board of Directors appointed Sukhi Nagesh, vice president of finance and investor relations, to serve as interim chief financial officer, effective May 22, 2015. Before joining Marvell in 2011, Sukhi served as vice president and semiconductor research analyst at Deutsche Bank in San Francisco. Over his career, Sukhi has played a variety of roles in finance, marketing, and engineering at SG Cowen, Applied Materials, and Asyst Technologies.

Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) announced the appointment of Ita Brennanto the position of chief financial officer. Prior to joining Arista, Ita served as CFO of a stealth start up firm in the energy sector from February 2014 to May 2015. Prior to that she had an eight year career at Infinera Corporation (NASDAQ: INFN), most recently as CFO from July 2010 to February 2014 and Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller from July 2006 to July 2010. From 1997 to 2006, Ita held various roles at Maxtor Corporation, including Vice President of Finance for the Company’s Worldwide Operations.

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) announced that Jeff Capello, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave OCD for personal reasons. The company also announced that Charles F. Wagner, Jr. will become Chief Financial Officer of OCD, effective June 24, 2015. Charles is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Bruker Corporation.

Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced that Charles F. Wagner, Jr., Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Bruker since July 2012, submitted his resignation, effective June 12, 2015, in order to pursue other interests. Mr. Wagner has informed the Company that he has accepted a position as Chief Financial Officer of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., and will commence service in that position in late June 2015. Mr. Anthony L. Mattacchione, an executive officer and the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance & Accounting, will serve as interim CFO, effective upon Mr. Wagner’s departure. Mr. Mattacchione joined the Company in February 2013. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Mattacchione served as Chief Financial Officer of EMD Millipore Corporation, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, and as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Millipore Corporation.

Nortek, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTK) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Almon C. Hall intends to retire from the company at the end of this year. Hall joined Nortek in 1977 as Corporate Controller. After serving in a number of finance positions of increasing responsibility, he was named Vice President, Controller and Chief Financial Officer in 2002, and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2011.

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) announced that J. Wes Frye, the Company’s Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his plans to retire from the Company effective December 31, 2015. Adam N. Satterfield, the Company’s Vice President – Treasurer, will become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective upon Mr. Frye’s retirement. Adam N. Satterfield joined Old Dominion in 2004 as Manager of SEC Reporting. In 2007, he was promoted to Director of Finance and Accounting, and in 2011 he was promoted to Vice President – Treasurer. Prior to joining Old Dominion, he was an Audit Manager for KPMG.

Sarcos Corp. announced the appointment of Preston Woo as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and head of Corporate Development. Mr. Woo was previously head of corporate development at Pendrell Corporation.  Prior to his role at Pendrell, Mr. Woo led business development at Intellectual Ventures.  He has also served as a key member of the private equity group at Vulcan Capital.  Mr. Woo started his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at UBS Investment Bank.

Visiting Nurse Health System announced the recent addition of Allen Burke as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Visiting Nurse, Allen most recently served as head of finance and Controller for Alexander Proudfoot’s North American and Latin American operations.

Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ACFC), the holding company for Atlantic Coast Bank, announced that Tracy L. Keegan has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Most recently, Keegan consulted with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc. For the two years prior to being retained by the Tribe, Keegan was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for First Southern Bank and the Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary for First Southern Bancorp, Inc.

Tyme, Inc. (OTC:TYMI) appointed Robert Dickey IV to serve as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Tyme, he served as CFO for NeoStem. He also previously served as Senior Vice President at Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Business Unit Manager at StemCyte, Inc. Other management experience includes leadership positions at Protarga, Inc., and Locus Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his experience in the life sciences industry, he spent 18 years as an investment banker, 14 of those at Lehman Brothers.

Mosaic announced that Olaf Janke is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer.  Previously, Janke was CFO at Aequitas Capital Management. Prior to Aequitas, Janke was CFO at Fairway America and has held executive level positions at JPMorgan Cazenove and Commerzbank AG in Europe, and GE Capital, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank in North America. Mosaic also announced that Robert D. Kelly is joining Mosaic as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Kelly recently retired as SolarCity’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to SolarCity, Kelly served chief financial officer of Calera. Earlier, at independent power producer Calpine, Bob was chief financial officer and executive vice president.

AllSource Analysis appointed Ryan Carr as chief financial officer. Carr served as senior portfolio manager at Oppenheimer & Co., and as architect of the firm’s small-cap equity product line. Carr founded and was the Chief Investment Officer of Sparta Asset Management in 2007.

Giant Creative/Strategy, LLC announced that Jeffrey Nemy has joined the company as chief financial officer. Before being recruited him to this position, Nemy had been consulting for a variety of marketing services and e-commerce companies on their strategic initiatives. Previously, Nemy was chief operating officer for Eveo Communications Group, Inc. and McCann Erickson, and CFO at Northern California Public Broadcasting.

Landmark Apartment Trust, Inc. announced the appointment of Greg E. Brooks as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brooks joins Landmark from Evercore Partners where he served as a Managing Director in the Real Estate group. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Brooks was a Portfolio Manager at several prominent hedge funds. Prior to his hedge fund experience, Mr. Brooks was a Portfolio Manager at Cohen & Steers.Image may be NSFW.
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Siteworx, LLC named Lisa Brown as its new chief financial officer. Lisa joined Siteworx from 9Lenses where she was chief financial officer. Prior to 9Lenses, Lisa was the chief financial officer for Trusted Computer Solutions, which was later acquired by Raytheon in 2010. After the acquisition, Lisa was named President of Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions. Prior to Raytheon, Lisa was VP of Finance at Realeum, Inc. She also held leadership positions at Calico Commerce and Value America, Inc. She started her career as an accountant for Ernst & Young.Image may be NSFW.
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Cox Enterprises announced that Dallas Clement has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer effective July 1, 2015. Clement succeeds Doug Franklin who will retire from Cox August 1. Most recently, Clement served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Cox Automotive.  Prior to the formation of Cox Automotive, Clement served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AutoTrader Group for three years.  Before joining AutoTrader Group, Clement spent 20 years at Cox Communications, most recently serving as the executive vice president and chief strategy and product management officer.  Image may be NSFW.
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Pan-American Life Insurance Group announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Carlos Mickan has been named as the Group’s Vice Chairman. In addition to his role as Vice Chairman, Mr. Mickan will continue to oversee Pan-American Life’s financial operations as Chief Financial Officer which includes the investment and actuarial areas of the company, as well as administration and information technology. Prior to joining Pan-American Life, he served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Principal International Inc., the International Division of Principal Financial Group.

Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio announced the appointment of chief financial officer, Patrick Patton. Patrick was most recently the chief financial officer at Loving Care Agency in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Image may be NSFW.
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Horizon Media announced that it has elevated its Chief Financial Officer, Vincent O’Toole, to Chief Operating Officer. O’Toole will also retain his Chief Financial Officer title. Before his time at Horizon Media, O’Toole was Senior Vice President and Controller at MTV Networks. He has also held senior-level positions at Simon & Schuster Publishing, Paramount Communications and Arthur Andersen.

Federated Wireless, Inc., a subsidiary of Allied Minds (LSE: ALM), announced the appointment of John Brunoas Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Before joining Federated Wireless, John worked at VidSys. Prior to VidSys, John served as Chief Financial Officer for Appfluent Technologies. He also previously held executive positions at Access Spectrum, LLC, Ericsson IP Infrastructure, and Torrent Networking Technologies, Inc.

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC) announced that the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, John M. Stephens, is resigning effective May 22, 2015. Mr. Stephens has served as Chief Financial Officer since February 2012.  Robert N. Martin, currently the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, has been appointed by the Board of Directors to succeed Mr. Stephens in the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, effective May 23, 2015.

Specialists On Call, Inc. announced the appointment of Hai Tran as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Most recently, he served as CFO of BioScrip, Inc. Prior to joining BioScrip, he served as CFO and Vice President International of Harris Healthcare Solutions, which is a healthcare subsidiary of Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS). Mr. Tran replaces Gregory Reynolds who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) announced that Alfred Lumsdaine, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer. Alfred Lumsdaine joined Healthways, Inc. in 2002 and became Chief Financial Officer in 2011. Previously he served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Healthways, Mr. Lumsdaine held the position of Treasurer and Controller for Logisco, Inc., which followed senior level financial positions with Beverly Rehabilitation (a Division of Beverly Enterprises) and Theraphysics.

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) announced that Aaron Milford has been promoted to chief financial officer. Milford previously served as vice president of crude oil business development for Magellan.

Hanger, Inc. (NYSE: HGR) announced that it elected Cynthia L. Lucchese, former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hillenbrand, Inc., to the Hanger Board as a Director. She has extensive experience in the medical device industry, including having served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Thoratec Corporation. Ms. Lucchese held various senior financial positions with Guidant Corporation, now a part of Boston Scientific Corporation, including Vice President and Treasurer, Vice President – Finance and Administration, and Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.  She is a Director of Intersect ENT, Inc. where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  She previously served on the board of Brightpoint, Inc., including as Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  Ms. Lucchese is currently the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Hulman & Company.

Chiasma, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark J. Fitzpatrick as the company’s chief financial officer, by June 10, 2015. Mr. Fitzpatrick joins Chiasma from Aegerion Pharmaceuticals where he served as CFO since 2011. Prior to Aegerion, Mr. Fitzpatrick was vice president, CFO and assistant secretary at Proteon Therapeutics, Inc. and vice president and CFO, treasurer and assistant secretary at RenaMed Biologics, Inc. He also held CFO positions with Dynogen Pharmaceuticals, WorldStreet Corporation and Diacrin. Mr. Fitzpatrick previously was a senior auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Sanchez Energy Corporation (NYSE: SN) announced that Gleeson Van Riet has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Van Riet served as Senior Vice President, Capital Markets and Investor Relations, since April 2013 and as Interim Co-Chief Financial Officer since March 2015. Mr. Van Riet is replacing Mike Long, who retired on April 30, 2015. Mr. Van Riet, who joined Sanchez Oil & Gas in April 2013, has over 20 years of finance experience and previously worked as an investment banker with Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

Orchid Underwriters Insurance Agency, LLC announced that it has named Lynda Butler as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Butler comes to Orchid from Nationwide Insurance, where she has worked since 1993, most recently as Chief Financial Officer/Vice President – Nationwide Insurance Brand Property and Casualty Division. Prior to that, she was Chief Financial Officer at Allied Insurance, and earlier, she served as Chief Financial Officer at Farmland Insurance. Ms. Butler began her career at KPMG in Audit Services.

AOBiome announced the appointment of Ramesh Ratanas Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Ratan has more than 35 years of experience in senior or executive vice president finance and operations positions at companies including Xcellerex, Inc., Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Repligen Corp., and at technology companies such as American Superconductor Corporation, and Equinox Solutions, Inc. He continues to serve as CFO and Corporate Secretary at ABOVE Solutions Inc.

Barfresh Food Group, Inc. (OTC: BRFH) announced that Joseph S. Tesoriero has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Arnold Tinter as Chief Financial Officer. Tinter will continue to serve as the Company’s Secretary and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Tesoriero most recently served as a financial advisor to Dole Asia Holdings, Ltd. Pte, a Singapore based wholly owned subsidiary of Itochu Corporation of Japan. Prior to that, Mr. Tesoriero spent over eleven years at Dole Food Company where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tesoriero has also held numerous leadership roles, including positions at Global Crossing, Coleman Camping Equipment, Revlon, and IBM.  Mr. Tesoriero has served as an independent director of Smart & Final Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SFS) since July of 2014, where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (NASDAQ: DMLP) appointed Leslie A. Moriyama to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Moriyama most recently served as a Director of Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC from 2014 to 2015. From 2008 to 2014, she served as Manager-Financial Reporting and Director-Accounting of the Mid-Continent Business Unit of Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Ms. Moriyama succeeds H.C. “Pete” Allen, Jr. who retired from his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since the Company’s formation in 2001. Mr. Allen will continue to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Managers.

StoneMor Partners L.P. (NYSE: STON) announced that Timothy K. Yost resigned as StoneMor’s Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, in order to devote more time to personal and family matters.  StoneMor also announced that James M. Pippis, Vice President of Accounting and Finance, assumed the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.

Energy Recovery Inc. (NASDAQ: ERII) announced that it has appointed Chris M. Gannon as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 8, 2015. Mr. Gannon most recently served as managing director at Conway MacKenzie. He has served in interim management capacities for the firm’s clientele, such as CRO, CFO, Treasurer, and other strategic finance functions. Mr. Gannon’s most recent assignment at Conway MacKenzie was as a lead restructuring advisor to the City of Detroit. Prior to joining Conway MacKenzie, Mr. Gannon was a principal at Talon Group, a private equity firm. Previously, he functioned as a finance operating partner to private equity funds through Caledonia Group.

Exeter Finance Corp. announced the appointment of financial industry veteran Paige H. Wisdom to Chief Financial Officer for the organization, effective June 8. Ms. Wisdom served as Chief Enterprise Risk Officer and Executive Vice President of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC/Freddie Mac) since 2010. Wisdom also functioned as a CFO for key business units at Bank of America. Prior to joining Bank of America, she served at Bank One Corporation/JP Morgan from June 2000 to July 2004. Additional experience includes leadership positions with UBS/Warburg Dillon Read, Citibank Salomon Smith Barney, and Swiss Bank Corporation/SBC Warburg Dillon Read.

Mspark announced the appointment of William L. (Chip) Wann, Jr., as chief operating officer in addition to his current chief financial officer responsibilities.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) announced that Jay Matushak has joined the organization as senior vice president, chief financial officer (CFO). Blue Cross also announced the appointment of former CFO Jamison (Jamie) Rice to the newly created role of senior vice president, chief transformation officer. Matushak comes to Blue Cross with 14 years of executive experience at UnitedHealth Group, where he most recently served as vice president of finance for Medicare and Retirement, and chief financial officer of National Accounts and Commercial Operations. Matushak’s tenure at UnitedHealth Group also included financial leadership roles within Specialty Benefits, UnitedHealth Network and Specialized Care Services. Rice joined Blue Cross in 2012 as chief financial officer.

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NBCUniversal announced that Anand Kini has been named Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kini served as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Insights and since February 2015 as interim CFO. Prior to joining NBCUniversal in July 2011, Kini was Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis for Comcast Cable Communications, LLC. He joined Comcast in 2007 from Activision Blizzard, where he was Vice President of Financial Planning. Prior to that, he was Director of Financial Planning for Disney’s Parks and Resorts division, where he split his time between California and Florida.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) announced the appointment of Marc G. Swanson as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2015. He succeeds James M. Heaney, who has informed the Company that he has accepted a senior position with another company and is returning to the cruise industry. Mr. Swanson, who has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2012, will continue to serve in such capacity and will now also oversee the Company’s financial operations until a new Chief Financial Officer is in place. Previously, Mr. Swanson served as Vice President Performance Management and Corporate Controller of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment from 2011 to 2012, the Corporate Controller of Busch Entertainment Corporation from 2008 to 2011 and the Vice President of Finance of Sesame Place from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of the board of directors of the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund and the board of trustees of the Orlando Science Center.

Reader’s Digest Association announced that it has appointed Tom Callahan as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1. Callahan joins from Forbes Media, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Forbes Media, Callahan held positions with Ernst &Young and Mahoney Cohen in New York. Howard Halligan, who has been with Reader’s Digest Association since 2000, was serving as interim Chief Financial Officer and will remain with the company as Chief Operating Officer.

UniPixel, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNXL) has appointed Christine A. Russell as chief financial officer, succeeding Jeff Tomz who will continue in the role of director of finance for the next 30 days to assist with the transition. Russell previously served as CFO of Vendavo. Prior to Vendavo, Russell served as CFO of EAG. Before EAG, Russell served as CFO and EVP of business development at Virage Logic, before it merged with Synopsys. Leading up to its acquisition by HP, Russell served as CFO of OuterBay Technologies. Prior to OuterBay, she served as CFO of Ceva. She has also served as CFO of Persistence Software. Prior to Persistence Software, Russell served as CFO of Cygnus Solutions. She earlier served as CFO of Valence Technology. Russell currently serves as director and audit committee chair of QuickLogic Corporation, and previously served as director and audit committee chair of Peak International. She is currently the chairman of Silicon Valley Directors Exchange (SVDX) which affiliates with the Stanford Rock Center.

C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) announced that Andrew Clarke will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer effective June 1, 2015. Mr. Clarke will report to president and chief executive officer John Wiehoff. Mr. Clarke has served as President and CEO of Panther Expedited Services, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corporation. Mr. Clarke also served as CFO of Forward Air Corporation after roles in investment banking and corporate finance. Currently, Mr. Clarke serves on the board of directors for Blount International, Inc. in Portland, OR, and previously served on the boards of Panther Expedited Services, Inc., Pacer International, Inc., and Forward Air Corporation. Chad Lindbloom, the long-time Chief Financial Officer, will fully transition to the role of Chief Information Officer effective June 1, 2015, as previously announced.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) announced that Alison A. Cornell will join its management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 8, 2015. She joins IFF from Covance Inc., where she was Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. During her 10-year Covance career, she held successively senior roles in finance, including positions in Global Financial Planning & Analysis, and Finance for Late Stage Development Services. Prior to joining Covance, Ms. Cornell spent 19 years with AT&T, where she held leadership roles of increasing responsibility.

Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ: HA), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hawaiian Airlines, announced the appointment of Shannon Okinaka as executive vice president and chief financial officer. She has been serving as senior vice president and interim chief financial officer since January 2015, filling a vacancy left by the departure of CFO Scott Topping. Okinaka has served as vice president – controller of Hawaiian Airlines since 2011. She joined the company as a senior director in charge of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and special projects. Prior to joining Hawaiian Airlines, Okinaka worked for Hawaiian Electric Co. and Coopers & Lybrand/PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL) announced that Kathleen S. Dvorak will be retiring as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer once a successor is named.

Logan’s Roadhouse® announced James J. Hagan has been named Chief Financial Officer Hagan has more than 30 years’ experience, including leadership positions with Central Parking Corporation, Dollar General and Benihana restaurant company.

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPBI), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank, announced that E. Allen Nicholson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. and Pacific Premier Bank effective June 22, 2015. He will succeed Kent J. Smith, who has served as Chief Financial Officer of both companies since September 2009. Mr. Nicholson started his career as a certified public accountant and auditor with Coopers & Lybrand LLP. Mr. Nicholson subsequently served in various finance roles at Mellon Financial and its successor, BNY Mellon, in functional areas such as commercial banking, private banking, mortgage banking, wealth management, insurance services (life company, commercial agency, consumer agency) and brokerage services. Mr. Nicholson concluded his career at BNY Mellon as the Chief Financial Officer of Mellon 1^st Business Bank, and as the Chief Financial Officer of BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s National Banking Business Line. In mid-2008, following the sale of Mellon 1st Business Bank to U.S. Bank Corp., Mr. Nicholson joined then two-year-old 1st Enterprise Bank as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nicholson most recently has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Enterprise Bank.

Calyxt, Inc. announced the appointment of Gregory R. Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Previously Mr. Smith served in high-growth technology companies as CFO of Image Sensing Systems, Inc. and VP of Finance for Digital River, Inc., and began his career at Ernst & Young.

Planview® announced the appointment of Vic Chynoweth as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Planview, Chynoweth served as vice president of finance and accounting at Vertafore Inc. Previously, he served as vice president and treasurer for Cray Inc.

Madison Marquette announced John Elliott as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to joining Madison Marquette, Elliott was Senior Vice President/Controller and Acting CFO at New Tower Trust Company, a division of Bentall Kennedy. Prior to New Tower, he worked as a Controller at both national and regional real estate companies including ING Clarion, The John Akridge Companies, CarrAmerica and Ronald Cohen Investments.

Spiral Toys (OTC: STOY) has appointed Gina Fabiano as interim chief financial officer, succeeding Robert Stewart. Fabiano has been serving as a business development and financial consultant to Spiral Toys since April of 2014. Prior to Spiral Toys, Fabiano worked at Process Drive Trading, a proprietary quantitative trading group within Morgan Stanley, since renamed PDT Partners.

Cardinal Energy Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CEGX) is pleased to announce that John Jordan has rejoined CEGX management as Chief Financial Officer. Gary Peterson will move to the Controller position. Mr. Jordan spent over 36 years with Unocal Corporation and its successor Chevron Corporation in various assignments within the Comptroller’s Department.

CytomX announced the appointment of Bob Goeltz as chief financial officer. Prior to joining CytomX, Goeltz was chief financial officer of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, an Amgen subsidiary. Earlier in his career, he served as director of finance for Tularik. Goeltz began his career as an audit manager for Ernst & Young.

ANGUS Chemical Company announced the appointment of Scott Hinkle as chief financial officer. Prior to joining ANGUS, Hinkle spent 14 years at Nalco, an Ecolab company. During his time there, Hinkle held a variety of leadership positions, including financial director for the company’s Paper Division, then subsequently their Water Division. In 2006, he relocated to the Netherlands to become Nalco’s regional CFO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Hinkle returned to the U.S. in 2010 to take the position of corporate controller. When Nalco merged with Ecolab in 2011, Hinkle led the global finance team through a successful integration and soon after joined the Water and Process Services Division as divisional CFO. Hinkle’s other professional experience includes GE, where he also served as a financial director.

Cerulean Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: CERU) announced the appointment of Gregg Beloff as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Beloff joins Cerulean as a member of Danforth Advisors. Previously, Mr. Beloff served as the CFO of two public and three privately held companies, in addition to his consulting clients. Image may be NSFW.
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IZEA, Inc. (OTC: IZEA) announced the addition of Jill Golder to the company’s Board of Directors and appointment as Audit Committee Chair of the Board. Ms. Golder serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Ruby Tuesday. Prior to joining Ruby Tuesday, she was the Chief Financial Officer for Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants. Ms. Golder spent 23 years at Darden Restaurants, holding progressively responsible positions in finance. During her last 10 years with Darden, Ms. Golder held the position of Senior Vice President, Finance. Ms. Golder has also served as Director of Strategic Planning & Corporate Analysis at Dominos Pizza and she earlier served as a Manager of Finance at Walt Disney World.

Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC) announced that Stephen C. Vaughan, the company’s Executive Vice President of Franchise Operations, Finance and Planning, will resign from the position effective June 19, 2015. Vaughan will continue to serve SONIC in a transition role through that date. Vaughan is leaving Sonic to be President and Chief Financial Officer of Café Rio. Vaughan joined Sonic in 1992, serving in various roles including internal auditor, controller, treasurer and vice president of performance analysis, as well as chief financial officer, prior to his most recent role.

SI-BONE, Inc. announced that Laura Francis has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining SI-BONE, Ms. Francis was chief financial officer for Auxogyn, Inc.  Prior to Auxogyn, she was vice president of finance, chief financial officer and treasurer for Promega Corporation. Before joining Promega, Ms. Francis was the chief financial officer of Bruker BioSciences Corporation.  Earlier in her career, Ms. Francis was an engagement manager with consulting firm McKinsey & Co., and an audit manager with accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Navis announced that Rob Dillon, CFO, has been appointed interim CEO.

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTC: OGES) announced the appointment of Sean C. Kruuv to serve as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Executive Chairman Stephen J. Barber as the Company’s previous acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kruuv began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and later joined Maytag Corporation where he held various positions in Finance and General Management functions.  He also served as the Vice President and Corporate Controller of publicly traded Frozen Food Express Industries before joining ISGN Corporation as its Vice President of Finance and Global Controller.

MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGPI) announced that the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Don Tracy, has left the company.

Diego Pellicer Worldwide, Inc. (PINK: DPWW) announced the appointments of David Wells as Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO, Nick Roberts, will be stepping down. David R. Wells has served as CFO of several public and pre-public companies and led multiple public offerings, private placements, and M&A transactions: Sionix Corporation, Voyant International Corporation, PowerHouse Technologies Group, Inc. (now Migo Software, Inc.). He has served in numerous other companies as a consultant, including BroadStream, Inc., Hollywood Stock Exchange, and Cord Blood America, Inc.

zuChem, Inc. announced the appointment of Jeffrey A. Whitnell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Whitnell was most recently CFO at ReliefBand Medical Technologies. Prior to ReliefBand, he served as CFO for Akorn, Inc., Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for Ovation Pharmaceuticals, and Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for MediChem Life Sciences.  He currently serves as a Director for Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Groupon announced that Chief Financial Officer Jason Child will be leaving the company at the end of July to relocate to the west coast. Brian Kayman, VP of Tax and Treasury, will serve as interim CFO.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced that James A. Rasulo will step down as chief financial officer effective June 30, 2015.

Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Arthur Minson will leave the company. He will remain as an advisor to the company until the Charter transaction closes. Serving as acting co-CFOs in his place will be William F. Osbourn, Jr., who currently serves as Senior Vice President-Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, and Matthew Siegel, who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Minson will join WeWork as President and Chief Operating Officer. Both Mr. Osbourn and Mr. Siegel will retain their current titles and responsibilities, in addition to their co-CFO duties. Mr. Osbourn has served as Senior Vice President–Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Time Warner Cable since 2008. In this role, Mr. Osbourn oversees the Company’s accounting function, including operations. He joined Time Warner Cable in 2003 as Vice President of Technical Accounting. Prior, Mr. Osbourn served for two years as Executive Director for External Financial Reporting and Accounting Policy at Time Warner Inc. Before joining Time Warner, Mr. Osbourn spent 14 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in roles of increasing responsibility and was admitted to partnership in 2000. Mr. Siegel has served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Time Warner Cable since 2008. Mr. Siegel joined Time Warner Cable from Time Warner Inc., where he was Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Before joining Time Warner in 2001, he was Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Insight Communications. Previously, he worked for nine years at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. as Assistant Treasurer.

Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC announced that, effective June 15, 2015, Donald T. Grimes will be joining the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Grimes will succeed Jim Skinner, who will continue to be part of the company’s management team in the newly created role of Vice Chairman, Neiman Marcus Group. Mr. Grimes joins Neiman Marcus Group from Wolverine World Wide, Inc. where he was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to Wolverine, Mr. Grimes held leadership and executive level positions at Keystone Automotive Operations and Brown-Forman Corporation. He started his career with Coopers & Lybrand.

Wolverine Worldwide (NYSE: WWW) announced the appointment of Michael D. Stornant to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective June 12, 2015. He will succeed Donald T. Grimes, who has resigned his position to become Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the Neiman Marcus Group. Mr. Stornant is a 19-year veteran of the Company and most recently served as Vice President of Corporate Finance.  Mr. Stornant has held numerous and increasingly significant operations and financial roles within the Company over the past two decades, including Vice President and General Manager of the Bates brand, Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration for the Global Operations Group, Vice President of Corporate Planning and Analysis, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing Operations, and Director of Internal Audit. Prior to Wolverine Worldwide, Mr. Stornant was a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young.

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) announced that Chief Financial Officer Matthew J. Audette advised the Company of his decision to leave to accept a role with another company. After 16 years of service, Mr. Audette will leave the Company at the end of July. Current Chief Risk Officer and E*TRADE veteran Michael A. Pizzi will assume the Chief Financial Officer role, effective June 16. Mr. Pizzi has served as Executive Vice President and CRO since January 2014, having been with E*TRADE since 2003. He also served as Treasurer of E*TRADE Bank from 2008 to 2013. He took on additional responsibilities as Corporate Treasurer in 2011. Prior to these roles, he held various positions in E*TRADE’s portfolio management and derivatives functions. Before joining E*TRADE, Mr. Pizzi worked in asset / liability management at both Lehman Brothers and First Maryland Bank, as well as in capital markets research for the Federal Reserve Board.Image may be NSFW.
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LPL Financial LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA) announced that it has named Matthew Audette as its new chief financial officer. Audette fills the role previously held by current LPL President Dan Arnold and will join the firm effective Sept. 28, 2015. Audette comes to LPL Financial from E*TRADE Financial Corporation, where he most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Audette joined E*TRADE in 2000, where he served as controller in the Capital Markets department. He began his career with KPMG in Washington, D.C., in its financial services practice.

DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) announced that Teri L. List-Stoll will join the company in August 2015 as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, she was employed by Kraft Foods Group from September 2013 to May 2015. Ms. List-Stoll served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from December 2013 to February 2015. Ms. List-Stoll then transitioned to Senior Advisor from February 2015 to May 2015. Before her role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, she served as Senior Vice President of Finance from September 2013 to December 2013. Prior to Kraft Foods, Ms. List-Stoll served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer at The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), which she joined in 1994. Before joining P&G, she was with Deloitte & Touche LLP for over nine years. Ms. List-Stoll currently serves on the Board of Directors for Microsoft Corporation and Danaher Corporation. Andre J. Hawaux, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer, will continue to serve in the Chief Financial Officer role until Ms. List-Stoll assumes the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hawaux will then continue to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and will be responsible for Store Operations, Real Estate, Information Technology and Human Resources.

Alico, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALCO) announced that John E. Kiernan will join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.   He succeeds W. Mark Humphrey, who has resigned to pursue new opportunities outside of Alico.  Mr. Kiernan most recently served as a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Greenwich Associates LLC.  In 2009, he joined Global Crossing as a Senior Vice President and served as Global Treasurer through the sale of the company to Level 3 Communications in 2011.  Mr. Kiernan held a variety of Corporate Development, Treasury and Investor Relations positions at Misys plc in New York and London from 2007 to 2009.  He began his career as an investment banker at Bear Stearns, serving there for 11 years and becoming a Managing Director.

Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) announced that Robert P. Mundy, its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company to take a similar position with Packaging Corporation of America.

Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG) announced the appointment of Robert P. (Bob) Mundy as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2015. Mr. Mundy will begin his employment with PCA on July 1, 2015. He has served as Verso Corporation’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2006. Before that, he worked for more than 20 years with International Paper Company in various positions of increasing responsibility. Richard B. (Rick) West, PCA’s CFO since 1999, will remain an employee of PCA in an advisory capacity through his planned retirement date of March 1, 2016.Image may be NSFW.
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Coupa Software announced the appointment of Todd Ford as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of MobileIron. Prior to joining MobileIron, Mr. Ford was a Founding General Partner at Broken Arrow Venture Capital. He also previously served as CFO of Rackable Systems Inc. (now Silicon Graphics International Corp).

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) announced its chief financial officer David Ramsay will retire this summer, and named biotech veteran Laurie Stelzer as his successor. Stelzer will assume CFO duties on June 15 and will work with Ramsay through a transition period. Most recently at Shire, Stelzer served as senior vice president of Finance for R&D, Technical Operations and Business Development, and was previously Division CFO for Regenerative Medicine. Before Shire, she spent 15 years at Amgen, in senior leadership roles in finance and business development with responsibilities including the U.S., Canada and International Markets, ultimately serving as the company’s acting treasurer. Image may be NSFW.
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Seminole Gaming announced that John R. Eder has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Eder joined Seminole Gaming in June 2002, working as vice president of finance in the Gaming Division and at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa.  He later served as senior vice president of finance for Seminole Gaming. Prior to joining Seminole Gaming, Eder was vice president – finance of Kerzner International, owner and operator of the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.  He has also held management positions with Walt Disney World, Vesuvius USA and Coopers & Lybrand, now part of PwC.

Interlink Electronics, Inc. (OTC: LINK) announced that Tracy Kern has been appointed the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Kern was previously the Corporate Controller of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. Prior to Vitesse, Ms. Kern was the Chief Financial Officer for Chad Therapeutics.

Ovid Therapeutics Inc. announced the appointment of Yaron Werber, M.D., MBA, to the position of Chief Financial Officer, replacing interim CFO Mark Feldberg, who will continue in his role at TradeLink. Prior to joining Ovid, Dr. Werber was a Managing Director at Citi Research, and the Head of the Healthcare and Biotech Equity Research teams. Previously, Dr. Werber was Senior Biotech Analyst and Vice President at SG Cowen Securities. He began his career in academic research, was director of business development at NotifyMD, and also consulted to leading healthcare organizations.

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYES) announced that Matthew J. Pfeffer, Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MannKind Corporation, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Since 2008, Mr. Pfeffer has been Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MannKind Corporation. Previously, Mr. Pfeffer served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of VaxGen, Inc. Prior to VaxGen, Mr. Pfeffer served as CFO of Cell Genesys, Inc. where during his nine year tenure he served as Director of Finance before being named CFO in 1998. Mr. Pfeffer previously served in a variety of financial management positions at other companies, including roles as Corporate Controller, Manager of Internal Audit, and Manager of Financial Reporting.

W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) announced the appointment of Eugene G. Ballard to the office of executive vice president. Mr. Ballard has been with the Company since 1999, serving as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He has over 40 years of experience in the accounting and finance profession, including more than 25 years in the property and casualty insurance industry.

Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE: XEC) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Paul Korus, has informed management and the Board of Directors of his plans to retire on or before September 1, 2015.  Cimarex also announced the appointment of Mark Burford as its Chief Financial Officer effective as of Mr. Korus’ retirement. Mr. Burford joined Cimarex in 2005 and is currently serving as Vice President of Capital Markets and Planning.  Image may be NSFW.
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Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC announced the appointment of Scott Archer as chief financial officer and senior vice president. He assumes this role from Larry Murphy, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Archer comes to HEP from Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. (TPH) where he spent two years as managing director of investment banking. Prior to TPH, Archer spent 13 years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ultimately as a managing director with the firm’s Global Energy & Power Group.

BioClinica^®, Inc. announced that David Peters has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He was most recently CFO at WCCT Global.  Prior to this he was Senior Vice President of Commercial and Corporate Development and CFO of the Late Phase Clinical Group at inVentiv Health. Additionally Peters spent 15 years at ICON Clinical Research where he held the positions of Senior Vice President of Global Finance, Vice President of Finance North and South America, and Controller. Peters replaces Executive Vice President and CFO Ted Kaminer, who is retiring after 12 years with the company.

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MFLX) announced that it has named Thomas Kampfer as its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Most recently, Kampfer served as president of CohuHD.  Prior to this, he was president and chief executive officer of H2O Audio, Inc. from 2010 to 2012.  Kampfer also held numerous executive roles at Iomega Corporation from 2001 to 2009, including serving as its president and chief financial officer.

National American University Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAUH) announced that it has appointed Dr. David K. Heflin as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. From 1997 to 1999, he led the financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and controller function at ICG Telecom Group, Inc., a former subsidiary of ICG Communications, Inc., then a publicly traded company that specialized in converged voice and data services for businesses. From 1988 to 1997, Dr. Heflin served in various positions of increasing responsibility in accounting and strategic planning at BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Dr. Heflin most recently served as campus president at Colorado Technical University’s Sioux Falls, South Dakota, campus. From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Heflin served as vice president for business and operations at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. From 2001 to 2005, Dr. Heflin served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer at University of Sioux Falls.

Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) announced that Don Pearson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sparton Corporation, will be leaving, effective June 9, 2015, in order to accept a position as Chief Financial Officer of a private equity-backed company. Cary Wood, President and CEO, will serve as interim principal financial officer for the Company.Image may be NSFW.
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Rush Street Gaming has tapped the CFO of its two Pennsylvania casinos to lead the company’s newest property in Upstate New York. Mary Cheeks, who currently serves as chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance for Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and  SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, will be the General Manager of Rivers Casino in Schenectady. Mary Cheeks launched her gaming career in Atlantic City as an auditor for Resorts International Casino & Hotel in the mid-1980s. After earning several promotions, Mary left Resorts to be the director of finance at SMG, an agent for the Atlantic City Convention Center. From SMG, she moved to Showboat and then Harrah’s, where she served as regional vice president and CFO. Mary joined Rush Street Gaming in 2010 as vice president of finance for SugarHouse Casino in Philly. Soon thereafter, her responsibilities grew to include leading the finance department at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. Image may be NSFW.
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American Systems announced that Peter Whitfield has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective June 24. Whitfield will replace the company’s long-time CFO, Mark Danisewicz, who is retiring on July 10. Whitfield was most recently CFO of Shared Spectrum Company. Prior to his tenure at Shared Spectrum, Whitfield held executive leadership positions in companies including UNICOM Government, Inc. (formerly GTSI), InPhonic, Morgan Franklin, Broadwing, Inc., and MCI.

Univita Health has appointed Jack S. Greenman as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Univita, Greenman served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Scott Holdings, LLC. He previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Florida Healthplan Administrators, LLC. Greenman has also served as Chief Financial Officer at PhyAmerica Physician Services, LLC, and Cyber, Inc.

Purdue Pharma announced that Jean-Jacques “JJ” Charhon has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. JJ joins Purdue from Cnova where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cnova, JJ worked for four years for Hewlett Packard, where he joined as Chief Financial Officer of the PC division before becoming Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise Services. This role followed eight years at General Electric and four years at Novartis. His last role at Novartis was Global Head of Business Planning, Analysis & Investor Relations.Image may be NSFW.
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Eisai Inc., the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., announced the appointment of Ivor Macleod to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Compliance Officer. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Finance for the global research and development division of Merck & Co. Earlier in his career, Mr. Macleod spent 20 years with Hoffmann La Roche and Boehringer Mannheim Therapeutics, where he served in CFO roles within the United States and Germany as well as a member of the integration team that worked to bring the companies together via a merger in 1997.

CloudHelix announced that Jesper Stroe will join the company’s leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CloudHelix, Stroe spent the last couple of years as Chief Financial Officer of Agari Data. Before that, he held numerous financial leadership and executive advisory roles at companies such as DtecNet (acquired by Thomson Reuters), and Cemaphore Systems (acquired by Sparxent). Stroe also co-founded TouchWave (acquired by Ericsson) and Adomo (acquired by Avaya) that built one of the first Unified Messaging platforms for Microsoft Exchange.

Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAC) announced that Graeme Bell will join Anacor as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. succeeds Geoffrey M. Parker, who will remain with Anacor as a consultant to support the transition. Mr. Bell joins Anacor from Merck & Co., Inc., where he served since 2010 as its Vice President, Country CFO, U.S. Human Health. Prior to his most recent role, Mr. Bell served in a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Merck, including as its Global Pharmaceutical Franchises Controller from 2009 to 2010, Country CFO, U.K. from 2008 to 2009 and Global Head of Investor Relations from 2004 to 2008.

ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) announced that Robert J. Weiskopf has been appointed chief financial officer. Mr. Weiskopf was previously vice president of finance, corporate controller and treasurer of ArQule. Prior to joining the Company in 2007, Mr. Weiskopf was chief financial officer of Aware Inc. from 2004 until 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Weiskopf was director of finance at Lightbridge, Inc. from 2000 to 2004. Image may be NSFW.
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Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Tony R. Thene as Carpenter’s President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2015. Thene currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Carpenter Technology Corporation, where he has served since January 31, 2013. Tim Lain, who joined Carpenter in June, 2007 and is currently Carpenter’s Vice President—Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as acting Chief Financial Officer. Lain has had progressively responsible roles in Carpenter’s financial organization since joining the Company, and he has prior experience as the Audit Director for McGladrey & Pullen. Thene joined Carpenter after 23 years with Alcoa Inc., where he most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer for Alcoa’s Engineered Products and Solutions (EPS) business.

Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE: RYI) announced the appointment of Erich S. Schnaufer to the position of interim chief financial officer. Mr. Schnaufer is currently the company’s controller and chief accounting officer. He succeeds Edward J. Lehner who was appointed as the company’s president and CEO. Mr. Schnaufer joined Ryerson in 2005 and was promoted in 2007 to controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Ryerson, Mr. Schnaufer held senior financial and accounting management roles at several public companies including Alternative Resources Corporation and Midway Games.

ZAIS Financial Corp. (NYSE: ZFC) announced that it has elected Donna J. Blank as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Ms. Blank replaces Paul McDade, who has assumed the position of Managing Director for Special Projects within ZAIS Group, LLC primarily related to new business activities.  Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Blank served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NFP Corp. from 2008 to 2013.  From 2003 to 2008, Ms. Blank was the Chief Financial Officer of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), both before and subsequent to its sale by GE Capital to an investor group.  Previously, she served in finance roles at FGIC, GE Capital Insurance Services. Ms. Blank has also been elected Chief Financial Officer by the Board of Directors of ZAIS Group Holdings, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company which controls ZAIS Group, LLC.

Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FTK) announced the appointment of Robert M. Schmitz as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding H. Richard Walton, who has been named Chief Financial Officer Emeritus and will remain a key part of Flotek’s financial leadership team. Mr. Schmitz served as Flotek’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since June, 2013. Prior to joining Flotek, Mr. Schmitz served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Champion Technologies Inc. Mr. Schmitz also worked at Shell Oil Company, ultimately serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Shell Energy Services division. He also worked as Accounting Director at Dynegy.

Rightscorp (OTC: RIHT) announced that it has hired a new chief financial officer, Cecil Bond Kyte. He was CEO and Chairman of Save the World Air, Inc.  Mr. Kyte has recent experience as both an investor and producer on several Hollywood projects.

New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE: NYRT) announced that Gregory W. Sullivan has resigned and will be leaving the Company to pursue other interests. Nick Radesca, the Company’s former CFO, will serve in as CFO in an interim capacity.

Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF) announced that Brian G. Harris has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Harris has served as Vice President and Controller of Griffon since November 2012, and as Chief Accounting Officer since July 2009. Mr. Harris will succeed Douglas J. Wetmore, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will be retiring effective July 31, 2015.

AgJunction Inc. (TSX: AJX) announced that Wes Dittmer will be stepping down as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective June 12, 2015 to pursue a new opportunity. Stacy Monier, the Controller of the Company, will fill this role on an interim basis.

Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD) announced that Robert Bowen, the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2008, will retire from Abiomed next month and that Michael Tomsicek will be appointed as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 15, 2015. Mr. Bowen will continue to support the Company in a consulting role to facilitate a smooth transition. Mr. Tomsicek joins Abiomed after he most recently served as CFO of Cubist Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Cubist, Mr. Tomsicek spent nearly eight years at General Electric Healthcare, initially as finance manager of its global operations, and then as CFO of two of its largest businesses. Previously, Mr. Tomsicek served in a variety of financial and operational roles at Motorola.

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Tesla Motors, Inc. announced that Deepak Ahuja intends to retire after having served as the Chief Financial Officer for the past seven years. Until his retirement, Mr. Ahuja will continue to serve as Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer and will perform all duties associated with that role.

Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG) announced that Jody H. Feragen has been appointed as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective September 17, 2015. Ms. Feragen currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a company she joined in 2000 as its Treasurer. Prior to Hormel, she served as the Assistant Treasurer for NCS Pearson, and the Director, Treasury Operations for BMC Industries. Ms. Feragen is a Director on the Hormel Board and serves as a Director and the Audit Chair of the Patterson Companies Inc. Ms. Feragen will serve on the Company’s Audit Committee and its Management Organization and Compensation Committee.Image may be NSFW.
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ZAGG Inc. (NASDAQ: ZAGG) announced that Bradley J. Holiday has been appointed ZAGG’s Chief Financial Officer, effective July 13, 2015. Most recently Mr. Holiday, who has been a ZAGG Board member since 2012, served as CFO for Callaway Golf Company from 2000 until 2015. In addition, Mr. Holiday was CFO of the Nike Golf Division from 1998 to 2000, and Nike’s retail division from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Holiday joined the ZAGG board of directors in August of 2012 and during his tenure served as the Audit Committee Chair. Effective July 13, 2015, Mr. Holiday will resign as chair and member of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee but will continue to serve on the Board of Directors until a replacement is appointed. Brandon O’Brien has resigned his position as CFO effective June 11, 2015 with plans to retire.

LendingTree® announced that Gabe Dalporto, who joined the company in April 2011 as CMO and was named President, Mortgage in February 2013, will assume a new role as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Alex Mandel. Carla Shumate will remain in her role as LendingTree’s Chief Accounting Officer.

Omega Communities, LLC announced that it has appointed Joel Anderson as Omega’s chief financial officer and also chief operating officer for Omega Communities of Florida.  Prior to joining Omega, Mr. Anderson was the vice president of Lee Healthcare Resources, a non-profit support organization of Lee Memorial Health System.  Anderson also has held executive positions with other organizations serving in operations, finance and strategic planning.  Notably, Anderson was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to Florida’s Continuing Care Advisory Council in 2013.  He also most recently served as a member of the board of trustees for LeadingAge Florida.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. (OTC: LEAI) appointed Christian Baeza, former Vice President and Corporate Controller, as its Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Prior to joining Legacy Education Alliance in April 2015, Mr. Baeza held various senior finance positions, including Director of Financial Reporting and Assistant Corporate Controller, at Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. Mr. Baeza also held various finance positions from 2003 to 2008 at Spectra Energy Corp. Charles Kuehne, the Company’s former Executive Vice President and CFO, retired on June 8, 2015. Mr. Baeza is also the Chief Financial Officer of Tigrent Inc.

SimCorp announced the appointment of Peter Bonfiglio as Chief Financial Officer of North America. Peter joins from Wolters Kluwer where he acted as Vice President of Finance & Controller for Corporate Legal Services. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Peter was President of The Goodson Network. SimCorp also worked in the past with Medidata Solutions, Alloy and dELiA*s.

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) announced that Andrew Olson, Corporate Controller, will assume the roles of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer as of June 10, 2015 and through August 1, 2015, when Mark Harris, the Company’s newly appointed Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) assumes the role as the Company’s successor CFO. In conjunction with being named Interim CFO and Principal Accounting Officer, Mr. Olson has been promoted to Vice President of Finance and Senior Controller. Jessica Baron’s departure as CFO was previously announced. Mr. Olson joined Hercules in 2014 as Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Hercules, Mr. Olson served as a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) in their Finance Services Assurance practice from 2006 to 2014.Image may be NSFW.
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Quantcast announced that Stephen Collins, most recently CEO and director of e-commerce SaaS provider Bazaarvoice has been appointed as Quantcast’s new chief financial officer. Prior to Collins being named CEO of Bazaarvoice, he served as CFO. Before joining Bazaarvoice, Collins was CEO of Juris, Inc. Collins joined DoubleClick in 1997, helping to lead its 1998 IPO before becoming CFO in 1999, later adding the chief information officer responsibilities. Collins began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, before taking a financial leadership role at Colgate-Palmolive. Collins succeeds Quantcast’s prior CFO, Peter Kuipers, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities.

Brit + Co announced that Nicole Emanuel will join the company’s executive team as CFO. Prior to her most recent role at Swarm-Mobile, Emanuel was the CFO of Refinery29. Image may be NSFW.
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HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: HMST), the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, has named Melba Bartels as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective August 3, 2015. Before joining HomeStreet, Bartels was with JPMorgan Chase as chief financial officer of the Auto Finance and Student Lending Division. Her prior experience includes Washington Mutual, where she was senior vice president for corporate financial planning and analysis, and Ragen Mackenzie, where she was a sell side equity analyst for the financial services industry.

Inteva Products, LLC announced William (Bill) Dircks as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Kevin Grady who announced his intention earlier this year to leave Inteva to pursue other interests. Dircks past roles include Executive Vice President and CFO for Avon Automotive and Vice President and Corporate Controller for Lear Corporation. Most recently, he served as Senior Advisor for the private equity firm Charterhouse Equity Partners LLC. Immediately prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President and CFO at PREZIO Health. Earlier in his career he held financial positions with Honeywell International (previously AlliedSignal, Inc.) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Celadon Group, Inc. (NYSE: CGI) announced that Bobby Peavler has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Celadon Group, Inc.  Mr. Peavler previously served as Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer of Celadon Group, Inc. Leslie Tarble has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Celadon’s rapidly growing Quality Companies, LLC division.  Ms. Tarble previously served as Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of Celadon Group, Inc.

Southcross Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: XE) announced the appointment of Bret M. Allan as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Southcross Energy Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Southcross. Mr. Allan most recently served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (“Energy Transfer”). Mr. Allan succeeds J. Michael Anderson, who will be leaving Southcross for a new opportunity. Mr. Allan joins Southcross having spent the majority of the last five years at Regency Energy Partners LP (“Regency”), a midstream master limited partnership that was acquired by Energy Transfer in January 2015. Prior to Regency, he held various managerial positions at Energy Future Holdings and its predecessor company, TXU Corporation, including positions in strategic planning, financial analysis and risk.

Kareo announced the addition of Perry Wallack, co-founder and CFO of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSOD), to its board of directors. Prior to founding Cornerstone OnDemand, Wallack was at Ernst & Young.

Shazam announced that Rob Krolik, CFO of Yelp, has joined the Shazam Board as an independent member and Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Krolik has more than 20 years of consumer market and public company experience, including several senior roles at eBay, shopping.com and other leading online properties.

Elastica announced the appointment of Kevin Thompson as chief financial officer. Thompson’s experience includes 25 years of experience as CFO for numerous startups and enterprise software companies within Silicon Valley such as Vitria Technology, WiChorus and Entrisphere, Inc. Prior to joining Elastica, Thompson was CFO of HEAT Software (formerly FrontRange).

The Leon Levy Foundation named Robert F. Goldrich as its president and chief financial officer. Mr. Goldrich served six years in the Bloomberg Administration as senior policy advisor in the Office of Deputy mayor Robert K. Steel. Prior to joining the Bloomberg administration, Mr. Goldrich was an executive in international equities with Morgan Stanley & Co. and Credit Suisse.

Noble Iron Inc. (TSX-V: NIR) announced the appointment of Suzy Taherian as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Suzy began her career at global multinationals, including Accenture, Exxon and Chevron, and transitioned to executive roles as the CFO of rapidly growing companies, such as LanzaTech and eCullet.

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Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bob Ryder is leaving the company after the completion of the company’s first quarter 10-Q filing. David Klein has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Klein joined Constellation in 2004 and most recently served as CFO for the company’s Beer Division. His previous roles with Constellation include SVP, Treasurer and Controller as well as CFO for the company’s former European business. Prior to his tenure at Constellation, Klein held the CFO role at Montana Mills.

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: PAG) announced that J.D. Carlson, the company’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carlson replaces David K. Jones, who has resigned from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to accept a similar position with another company.  Mr. Carlson joined Penske Automotive in 2006 as Vice President and Corporate Controller. In May 2011, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller and was named principal accounting officer.

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICON) announced the appointment of David K. Jones as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jones joins Iconix after twelve years with Penske Automotive Group. During his tenure, Mr. Jones served as Penske’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as well as Chief Financial Officer of European Operations. Prior to Penske Automotive, Mr. Jones spent 11 years at Andersen LLP and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Philadelphia Zoo announced Matthew (Matt) Malek as its new Chief Financial Officer. Malek began his career at Arthur Andersen and has held leadership roles at Amkor Technology, FMC and most recently AGI.

Edible Arrangements International announced that Tony DiPippa has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). DiPippa replaces former CFO George Wilson, who moves over to support Edible Arrangements founder and CEO Tariq Farid in the expansion of Edible Brands and his other ventures. DiPippa’s career includes a range of financial roles at Procter & Gamble followed by leadership positions in finance at Dun & Bradstreet. He also has served as VP of North American Finance for Godiva Chocolatier, and was CFO at WB Mason. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer for Cache.

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (NYSE: MIC) announced that Liam Stewart has been seconded by the Company’s manager, Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA), to serve as chief financial officer of MIC effective June 30, 2015. Stewart succeeds Todd Weintraub who was employed by Macquarie and seconded to MIC in May of 2005. Weintraub was appointed chief financial officer of the Company in November of 2008. Stewart joined Macquarie and has worked with MIC since April of 2014 serving as asset director for MIC’s Atlantic Aviation business since that time. From 2009 through 2013 Stewart served as senior vice president and management partner at Global Tower Partners. Prior to joining Global Tower Partners, Stewart was employed by Macquarie Group with responsibility for listed media and telecommunications investments in North America.

Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc. (NYSE: ZOES) announced the resignation of Jason Morgan, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, to pursue other business interests.

Montgomery Street Income Securities, Inc. (NYSE: MTS) announced that it has appointed Atlantic Fund Services as the new administrator of the Fund, effective August 1, 2015. In connection with this appointment, Michael J. McKeen will become Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Fund.

iTOK announced it has appointed Ken Saunders as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Saunders has served as a senior advisor to SaaS (“software as a service”) and early-stage technology companies. Prior to this role, he was CFO at security analytics software company Solera Networks. Saunders held senior financial positions during a 10-year tenure with the National Football League (NFL), including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of NFL Europe.

Envisia Therapeutics announced that it has named Eric Linsley as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Envisia, Mr. Linsley was a managing partner at Pappas Ventures in Durham, NC. While at Pappas Ventures, Mr. Linsley served on the Board of Panacos Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: PANC). Prior to joining Pappas Ventures in 2000, Mr. Linsley served as Chief Financial Officer of TriPath Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTH). Mr. Linsley also worked as an investment professional with Ampersand Capital. Early in his career, he served as a management consultant with Bain & Co. and McKinsey & Co., and was a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen LLP.

The Cutwater Select Income Fund announced the election of Thomas Stabile as the Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of the Fund, replacing Joseph Sevely in such capacities. Mr. Stabile had acted as the Fund’s Assistant Treasurer since 2010, and has been employed by the Fund’s investment adviser since May 2005.

Pitcairn announced the appointment of Eric W. Gaul as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to his appointment as CFO, he has served in a variety of positions, most recently as managing director of Family Office Services. Earlier, he held the position of wealth management project manager. Image may be NSFW.
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Counsyl announced that Dan Puckett has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to Counsyl, Puckett served as chief financial officer for Ariosa Diagnostics, where he was responsible for leading the finance and human resources functions. Previously, Puckett also served as executive director of operations at Cerexa, a Forest Laboratories subsidiary.

Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) announced the appointment of C. Evan Ballantyne as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Ballantyne served as the Chief Financial Officer at Synthetic Biologics, Inc., from February 2012 to May 2015. From August 2006 to April 2011, Mr. Ballantyne served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Clinical Data, Inc. Mr. Ballantyne has also served as the Chief Financial Officer at a number of private medical technology companies, including Avedro, Inc. and ZymeQuest, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for ACNielsen Corporation – Europe Middle East & Africa, and he held the Chief Financial Officer position there as well for two years. He began his career at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation where he held several senior financial positions.

Red Hawk Casino announced that Terry Contreras has been named Chief Financial Officer. Terry was an instrumental part of Red Hawk Casino’s opening, serving as Assistant General Manager through 2011. Terry most recently worked with the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians in Corning, Calif. He has worked in California, Oregon and Washington tribal gaming, as well as in Las Vegas, Nev.

Quinnipiac University announced that Mark Varholak, associate vice president for budget and financial planning, has been promoted to vice president for finance/chief financial officer. The promotion will take effect July 1, 2015. For the past two years, Varholak has served as associate vice president for budget and financial planning. Prior to that, he served for more than 10 years as an assistant controller on the finance team. Before joining Quinnipiac, Varholak served for almost 10 years in positions of increasing responsibility at Deloitte & Touche and GE Capital, culminating in his final role at GE Capital as a manager of finance.

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced that Robert E. Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company after nearly 18 years of service to pursue another opportunity in the biotechnology industry. Mr. Hoffman is expected to remain in his current role at Arena until July 10, 2015.

Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc. named Marc Vassanelli as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Vassanelli was engaged by Carlyle, Hellman & Friedman, and TowerBrook to advise on potential acquisitions of business services technology companies. Before these advisory roles, Marc was Chief Financial Officer for ConvergeOne Holdings; Equiniti Group; and for the EMEA region of Marsh Inc. (NYSE: MMC).

Twist Bioscience announced the appointment of Solange Glaize, former corporate controller and chief accounting officer for Agilent Technologies, to the newly created position of chief financial officer. Prior to her role at Agilent, Ms. Glaize served as the life sciences group (LSG) operational CFO and also headed the LSG’s business development organization. She joined Agilent with the spinoff from Hewlett-Packard and served as managing director of European financial services in Brussels, Belgium. She transferred in 2001 to the Bay Area and subsequently held several finance controller roles, including commercial controller of the semi-conductor products group and manufacturing controller for the life sciences and chemical analysis group. Ms. Glaize began her career with Hewlett Packard, where she held a variety of escalating finance and managerial roles both in Europe and the United States.

Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) announced that Lori Walker has been elected to its board of directors. She will serve on the board’s audit and compensation committees. Walker is the former chief financial officer and senior vice president of The Valspar Corporation. She retired from Valspar in 2013 and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Southwire, and Constellium. Prior to joining Valspar, Walker worked at Honeywell, Inc., for 20 years in progressively increasing roles of responsibility. Her last role at Honeywell was the director of global financial risk management.

Bovie Medical Corporation (NYSE: BVX) announced that Peter Donato, Chief Financial Officer, will leave the company on or about June 25, 2015 to take a position in his home state of Ohio. Jay Ewers, Corporate Controller, has been appointed interim CFO effective upon Mr. Donato’s departure.

Tiptree Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: TIPT) announced that Sandra E. Bell will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2015. Most recently, Ms. Bell served as Chief Financial Officer of Prospect Mortgage, LLC. Prior to joining Prospect, from 2008 to 2011, Ms. Bell served as Chief Financial Officer of PHH Corporation. Prior to PHH, Ms. Bell served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati. Prior to assuming her position at the Federal Home Loan Bank, Ms. Bell had been a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities, where she had been employed for 13 years.

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) announced that the board of directors has appointed James C. Reagan as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 6, 2015. Since 2012, Reagan served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Vencore, Inc. (formerly The SI Organization, Inc.) Image may be NSFW.
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Webcor Builders announced the hiring of Matthew Reece as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reece began his career in the construction industry in 2000 as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration with URS Corporation. In 2010, he took over as CFO at Weeks Marine.

Roku Inc. announced that Steve Louden will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Louden joins Roku® from Expedia, Inc. where he serves as Treasurer. Before Expedia Louden also held finance, strategy and planning roles at Washington Mutual, McKinsey and Company and The Walt Disney Company.

ZS Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZSPH) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Farrow as chief financial officer. Mr. Farrow previously served as the chief financial officer of Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc., from July 2010 until May 2015. Prior to Hyperion, Mr. Farrow was vice president, finance at Evotec AG. Prior to Evotec, Mr. Farrow held various positions, with the most recent being vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, at Renovis, Inc. Previously, Mr. Farrowheld various positions over his seven years in the audit practice of KPMG LLP. With the transition of the Company’s CFO position from Texas to the Bay Area, Todd Creech has decided to leave ZS Pharma and pursue other opportunities.

Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) and The Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE: RYL) jointly announced that following the approved a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Standard Pacific and Ryland will combine in a merger of equals to create a single company. Current Standard Pacific Chief Financial Officer, Jeff McCall, will serve in this role for the combined company.  Current Ryland Chief Financial Officer Gordon Milne will retire in connection with the transaction, after assisting with the integration of the two companies.

VersionOne announced that it has added Chief Financial Officer Verome Johnston to its leadership team. Verome most recently served as interim CFO of Bomgar after TA Associates’ acquisition of the company. He also previously served as CFO of GoodCents Holdings from 2008 to 2014 and CFO of CDC Corporation and CDC Software from 2005 to 2007. Before joining CDC, Verome was corporate controller and then vice president and CFO of Ross Systems from 1998 until 2005. Verome began his career at Deloitte.

Webtrends announced the hiring of Mike Laber as Chief Financial Officer. Mike will be joining the team in mid-July. In the meantime, Brian Agle will continue his role as interim CFO and then assist Mike during his transition. Mike joins Webtrends from Qorvo, a company formed by the merger of RF Micro Devices and TriQuint, where he has worked for the last six years as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to that, Mike was Vice President of Finance at Harland Financial Solutions.

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Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) announced the appointment of John W. Garratt as interim chief financial officer effective July 1, 2015. He follows David Tehle, who had previously announced his retirement in March 2015. Garratt is currently the senior vice president of finance and strategy, will oversee all aspects of the Company’s financial, accounting and information technology operations until a new CFO is in place. Prior to joining Dollar General in 2014, Garratt held various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance organization of Yum! Brands between May 2004 and October 2014, and held leadership positions in corporate strategy and financial planning. Most recently, he was vice president, finance and division controller for KFC. Prior to Yum! Brands, Garratt served as Plant Controller for Alcoa from April 2002 to May 2004. He also spent three years with General Electric in various financial management roles with increasing responsibility. He started his career at Alcoa where he worked for approximately nine years from May 1990 to March 1999.

99 Cents Only Stores LLC announced that Michael Fung has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Fung replaces Bradley Lukow, who has resigned from the company. Mr. Fung has served on the 99 Cents Only Stores Board of Directors since December 2013, and has previously served as Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the company from January to September 2013. Mr. Fung brings more than 23 years of experience in value-oriented retail and finance, including having served for more than a decade in senior finance roles at Walmart Stores, including most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Walmart Stores’ U.S. operations from 2006 until 2012. Prior to Walmart, Mr. Fung served in the top finance positions at several large corporations, including as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Sensient Technologies Corporation, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Vanstar Corporation, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Bass Pro Shops, Inc.

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) announced that Frank Calderoni will join the company as executive vice president, operations and chief financial officer. Calderoni served as executive vice president and CFO at Cisco Systems for seven years and most recently served as an executive advisor. With more than 30 years of experience, he has led high-performing finance organizations at global software and technology companies including Cisco, QLogic Corp., SanDisk Corp., and IBM. Calderoni succeeds Red Hat executive vice president and CFO Charlie Peters, whose planned retirement was announced in December 2014, and who will remain with Red Hat until July 31. Calderoni joins Red Hat on June 22, 2015, and will succeed Peters as CFO effective July 13, 2015.

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced that it has hired Frederick J. Crawford as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Crawford served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of CNO Financial Group since 2012. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade at the Lincoln Financial Group serving in roles of progressive responsibility, including as executive vice president and chief financial officer as well as leading Corporate Development and Investments. Before joining Lincoln Financial Group, he also held leadership positions at Bank One Corporation.

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTA) announced that Rick Shea has advised the Company of his intention to step down as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) once a successor is identified and appointed. Mr. Shea will remain with the Company to assist with the CFO succession and serve in a newly created role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Operations for a transition period prior to his planned retirement in 2016. Mr. Shea joined Momenta in October 2003 as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.

Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIO) announced that Gregory D. Perry has resigned as Chief Financial and Business Officer, effective July 3, 2015. John J. McCabe, Eleven’s Vice President of Finance and Business Operations, is promoted to assume the roles of Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. John McCabe has served as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations of Eleven since June 2013 and as Treasurer since September 2012. He served as Senior Director of Finance of Eleven from April 2012 to June 2013, bringing more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience to the company. Prior to joining Eleven, Mr. McCabe was Vice President of Finance at Clinical Data, Inc. Previously, Mr. McCabe served in several financial roles at Interleukin Genetics, Inc.; and SatCon Technology Corporation. Mr. McCabe began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEGR) announced the appointment of Gregory D. Perry as chief financial officer, effective July 6, 2015. Mr. Perry replaces David Aubuchon, interim chief financial officer, who will continue in his role as chief accounting officer of Aegerion. Gregory Perry most recently served as chief financial officer of Eleven Biotherapeutics. Prior to joining Eleven Biotherapeutics, Mr. Perry served as the interim chief financial officer of InVivo Therapeutics. Prior to joining InVivo, he served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of ImmunoGen. Before that, he was the chief financial officer of Elixir Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Perry also previously was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Transkaryotic Therapies. Mr. Perry serves on the board of directors of Ocata Therapeutics.

Pulmatrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: PULM) announced the appointment of William Duke, Jr., as chief financial officer. Mr. Duke previously served as chief financial officer of Valeritas, Inc. Previously, he served as a Senior Director of Finance at Genzyme Corporation and as a Director of Finance/Accounting at Haemonetics Corporation.

OncoSec Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCS) announced the appointment of Richard B. Slansky as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2015. Veronica Vallejo, the current Chief Financial Officer of OncoSec, resigned from her position effective June 24, 2015 to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining OncoSec, Mr. Slansky held various financial leadership positions, including: Chief Financial Officer at GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer at Digirad Corporation; and President, Chief Financial Officer and Director at SpaceDev, Inc. Image may be NSFW.
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Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE: NWN) hired Gregory C. Hazelton to serve as the company’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Stephen P. Feltz, who is retiring after 33 years with NW Natural. Hazelton comes to NW Natural from Hawaiian Electric Industries, where he has been the vice president of finance, and treasurer and controller. Prior, he held various positions in investment banking at Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and, most recently, UBS Investment Bank, where he was a managing director in the Global Power and Utilities Group.

Allied Fiber announced it has named Scott L. Drake as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Drake was a Senior Consultant for Warbird Consulting Partners LLC. Prior to joining Warbird, Drake was Executive Vice President and CFO for Broadvox, Inc. and its acquired subsidiary, Cypress Communications, Inc., for more than seven years. He also was Co-founder, President, and CFO of Circle International Communications, Inc. Image may be NSFW.
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Hudson Fiber Network (HFN) announced that it appointed Robert Hagan as the company’s chief financial officer. Hagan previously served as CFO and SVP of finance of KMC Telecom. Prior to joining HFN, he served as CFO of H2M Beverages. Hagan began his career as an audit manager at Ernst & Young.

Digital River, Inc. announced the appointment of Hoke Horne as the company’s chief financial officer. Horne joins Digital River from Groupon, where he served as vice president of global commercial finance and chief financial officer of North America. Prior to Groupon, he served as vice president of software finance and pricing strategy at Juniper Networks, and held leadership and management positions in industry-leading companies, including Microsoft Corp., McKinsey & Company and Andersen Consulting, now Accenture.

Nutanix announced the addition of Steve Gomo to its board of directors. Steve’s experience includes having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at NetApp Inc. from October 2002 until his retirement in December 2011. Steve currently sits on the boards of SanDisk, NetSuite and Enphase Energy. Before NetApp, Steve served as Chief Financial Officer of Gemplus International S.A., Asera, Inc. and Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Global Convergence Inc. announced that it has appointed Christopher Hourigan to Chief Financial Officer. Chris joins GCI from Accurity Business Solutions, his own accounting consulting practice that launched in 2007. In that role he served as Chief Financial Officer, Interim Controller, and Business Consultant for a diverse client base. Prior to Accurity, Chris was the Corporate Controller for Keystone North America, and he spent four years with Ernst & Young.

Umbra Applied Technologies Group (OTC: UATG) announced the appointment of Thomas L. Crom as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crom has served senior executive positions with North and South American natural resource, finance & investment companies, and new-technology companies. During this time he has held positions of Chairman, President and CFO within a number of private and public companies and has over 25 years of international experience.

Apptio® announced the promotion of its co-founder, Kurt Shintaffer to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Shintaffer was formerly SVP of Worldwide Finance and Accounting. Image may be NSFW.
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Jonathan Rose Companies, LLC has named Sanjay Chauhan Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Mr. Chauhan served as CFO and asset management leader at Urban American.

Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX) announced that the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Steve Downing has been promoted to Senior Vice President and will retain the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) announced that Mark Ohlendorf, the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, will transition from his current dual roles to focus on an enhanced role as President. Mr. Ohlendorf will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer until a successor is appointed. Mark Ohlendorf has served as the Company’s President since June 2013 and Chief Financial Officer since March 2007.  He previously served as the Company’s Co-President from August 2005 until June 2013.  Mr. Ohlendorf joined the Company through its merger with Alterra Healthcare Corporation in August 2005, where he was CEO and President since December 2003.  Prior to that, Mr. Ohlendorf served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Alterra in 2003 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 through 2002.  Mr. Ohlendorf has held leadership positions with such companies as Sterling House Corporation, Vitas Healthcare Corporation and Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation.  Mr. Ohlendorf currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) and previously served as Chairman of ALFA’s Board of Directors from 2011 to 2013.

ispDigital announced that Miguel Prieto has joined the company as global Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Prieto began his career in media in 1998 as Global CFO for Media Contacts at Havas. In 2004 he was named Global CFO as part of the founding team responsible for establishing Havas Digital Worldwide’s global presence. In 2009, he was promoted to COO Regional Manager for Havas Media Spain and Portugal, one of the group’s largest markets. In 2012 he took on the additional responsibility of General Manager for Havas Digital Iberia (Spain and Portugal). Prior to joining Havas in 1998, Mr. Prieto was a senior business consultant at Arthur Andersen in Spain.

AgJunction Inc. (TSX: AJX) announced the appointment of Michael Manning as interim Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective July 7, 2015. Mr. Manning joins AgJunction from Unitech Holdings where he served as Chief Financial Officer.  Previously, Mr. Manning was employed at ASSA ABLOY’s Global Technologies Division where he served as Global Chief Financial Officer of the division’s Hospitality business unit. In addition, Mr. Manning served first as Chief Financial Officer and then as President of the US Legal Entities of Cargotec Holding, Inc.  Prior to Cargotec, Mr. Manning served as Chief Financial Officer of Williams Group PLC’s W. Kidde Portables Safety Division and as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer of Multivac, Inc.

Tapinator, Inc. (OTC: TAPM) announced that Andrew Merkatz has joined the Company as President & CFO.  Mr. Merkatz spent the past seven years focused on technology investments as a Managing Director at Vision Capital.  In 2007, Mr. Merkatz co-founded Familybuilder, along with Tapinator’s CEO Ilya Nikolayev. In 2013, Mr. Merkatz and Mr. Nikolayev co-founded InAppFuel, a developer of a patent-pending casino minigame software for mobile game developers that was acquired by Tapinator in September 2014.

Histogenics Corporation (NASDAQ: HSGX) announced the appointment of Jonathan Lieber as its Chief Financial Officer, effective July 2, 2015. Prior to Histogenics, Mr. Lieber most recently served as the CFO of Metamark Genetics, Inc., as the CFO and Treasurer of Repligen Corporation, and the CFO of Xcellerex Inc. (acquired by GE Healthcare).  Previously, Mr. Lieber served as the CFO of Altus Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Altus, Mr. Lieber was an investment banker for 10 years at SG Cowen and Salomon Brothers Inc.

IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Jeff Kip is resigning from the company to spend more time with his family in Boston, and to pursue other interests. Mr. Kip will remain with IAC for an interim period and will help with transition to a new CFO.

Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSX-V: GPY) announced the appointment of Greg Hayes as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hayes presently serves as a Director of Golden Predator and previously served as the Chief Executive Officer for Golden Predator and Northern Tiger Resources Inc. Timothy Leybold has resigned his position of Chief Financial Officer due to his expanded responsibilities with Till Capital.

MYR Group Inc.  (NASDAQ: MYRG) announced the appointment of Kenneth M. Hartwick to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 29, 2015. Mr. Hartwick will serve on the Board’s Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. In February 2015, Mr. Hartwick was named chief financial officer of Wellspring Financial Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Hartwick held a variety of senior executive roles, gaining an extensive financial background in the energy, consumer products and capital markets areas, including the positions of CEO and CFO at Just Energy Group, Inc. (TSX/NYSE), CFO at Hydro One, Inc. and a partner at Ernst & Young, LLP. Mr. Hartwick also serves on the Board of Directors of Atlantic Power Corporation (TSX/NYSE) and Spark Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ), as well as the Board of Governors for Trent University.

Northfield Hospital & Clinics announced that Scott Edin has been named Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Edin comes to Northfield Hospital & Clinics from Amery Regional Medical Center where he has served as Vice President of Finance and General Services since 1985. Edin follows Tim Gronseth who resigned from the position earlier this year.

W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) announced that Hisham Kader has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of W. P. Carey Inc. having served as its Chief Accounting Officer since 2012, in addition to serving as Chief Financial Officer and/or Chief Accounting Officer for certain of its non-traded REITs over that time.  He joined W. P. Carey in 2011 as Global Corporate Controller. Katy Rice, who served as Chief Financial Officer of W. P. Carey Inc. since 2013, has been promoted to Senior Managing Director.

Genius Brands International, Inc. (OTC: GNUS) named Michael Handelman as its Chief Financial Officer. Handelman replaces Rebecca Hershinger. Handelman is a respected financial executive who served as Vice President and CFO for The Los Angeles Kings NHL hockey team franchise (from 1993 to 1996); served as VP and CFO for the publicly traded children’s toy company Janex International, Inc. (from 1996 to 1999); and served as the CFO of Global Business Services from 1993 to 1994. Most recently, from 2011 to 2015, Handelman served as the CFO of Lion Biotechnologies.

Twin Disc, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWIN) announced the appointment of Jeffrey S. Knutson to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in addition to his current roles as Vice President of Finance, Corporate Controller and Secretary. Mr. Knutson joined Twin Disc in February 2005 as the Controller of Twin Disc’s North American manufacturing operation and became Corporate Controller in October of that year. He became Secretary of the Company in 2013 and Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in February 2015. Prior to his employment at Twin Disc, Mr. Knutson was employed by Tower Automotive – Milwaukee Division as Controller and also held various financial positions at several divisions of Invensys, Bucyrus International and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

GA Telesis, LLC announced that Alvin Khoo, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, has been appointed chief financial officer and officer of the company.

1845 Oil Field Services announced the appointment of David Klvac as Chief Financial Officer. Klvac has held a variety of financial leadership positions as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer for PostRock Energy Corporation and its predecessor companies Quest Resource Corporation, Quest Energy Partners and Quest Midstream Partners. He also served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Tronox Incorporated, and as Assistant Corporate Controller of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Klvac will replace James Kennedy, who has served as Chief Financial Officer of 1845 Oil Field Services since March 2014. Kennedy will continue as a member of AVC Partners with primary focus on 1845, identifying and structuring M&A opportunities for strength, growth and diversification of its core business; leading financing activities; general investment oversight; and related projects.

Vince Holding Corp. (NYSE: VNCE) announced that Mark Brody has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Brody was most recently Managing Director and Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners, Inc. He replaces Lisa Klinger who resigned from the Company. Mark has been a director on our Board since 2008. Prior to joining Sun Capital Partners, Mr. Brody served from 2001 to 2006 as CFO for Flight Options. Prior to Flight Options, he held other senior finance roles for manufacturing-related public companies. He started his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young. Mr. Brody currently serves on the Board of Vince Holding Corp. and Gordmans Stores, Inc.

Digital Guardian announced the appointment of Ed Durkin as its new chief financial officer. Before joining Digital Guardian, Durkin was the CFO at Interactions Corporation. Prior to that, Durkin was CEO and President of Tactical Communications Group, LLC. He also served as CFO at a number of companies including Incipient, Sockeye Networks, Open Market, Radview Software, and Starburst Communications.

Vencore, Inc. announced that Jennifer Felix has accepted the position as the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), starting on July 20, 2015. Felix comes to Vencore from Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. where she has served as the CFO for almost three years.  Before Sotera, she worked in financial leadership positions for various government contracting and technology companies, including General Dynamics, Vangent, Inc., Deltek, and American Management Systems.  She spent the first eight years of her career as an auditor with Deloitte.

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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has named Christine M. McCarthy Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She succeeds James A. Rasulo as CFO. Prior to her promotion, Christine worked as Disney’s Treasurer for the past 15 years. Prior to joining Disney, Ms. McCarthy was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Bancorp from 1997 to 2000. She held various finance and planning positions at First Interstate Bancorp from 1981 to 1996, and was elected Executive Vice President in Finance for First Interstate in 1993.

Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KRFT) appointed Paulo Basilio as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Basilio joined Heinz in June 2013 as Chief Financial Officer. The Company also announced the departure of James Kehoe, EVP and Chief Financial Officer.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced that Jeffrey N. Boyer has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 27, 2015. Laura A. Coffey will continue to serve in her role as Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer until Mr. Boyer’s appointment becomes effective, at which time she will be named to a separate executive position within the company. Most recently, Boyer served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Tuesday Morning Corporation since September 2013. Previously, Mr. Boyer spent five years with 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and then promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Earlier, Mr. Boyer held positions of increasing responsibility with The Michaels Companies, Inc., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has also held executive positions with Sears Holdings Corporation and Kmart Corporation.

Tuesday Morning Corporation (NASDAQ: TUES) announced that Jeffrey N. Boyer, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned his position effective as of July 22, 2015 to pursue other professional opportunities. Tuesday Morning currently anticipates that, following Mr. Boyer’s departure, its Vice President and Controller, Kelly Munsch, will be responsible for the Company’s accounting and finance functions on an interim basis until Mr. Boyer’s replacement is appointed.

Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN) announced that Michel Cup will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective September 1, 2015. Mr. Cup was most recently the CFO of D.E. Master Blenders 1753. Before joining D.E. Master Blenders 1753, Mr. Cup served as CFO of private equity owned and publically listed businesses in Europe. From 1999 until 2008, he held senior finance roles within the Numico and Danone baby and medical nutrition businesses. Mr. Cup began his career with Deloitte, where he served in a variety of audit and accounting roles from 1993 to 1999. Mr. Cup will take over from Charles Urbain, who currently serves as the company’s Interim CFO.

Homeland Security Solutions has announced that Julia Byron has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Byron joined Homeland Security Solutions, Inc. in early 2006 as a corporate accountant until her promotion to Vice President of Finance in 2012.

AlienVault announced the appointment of Brian Robins as chief financial officer. Prior to joining AlienVault, Robins served as vice president and chief financial officer of Global Business Services at CSC. Before that, Robins was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Verisign. Robins was previously vice president of finance and treasurer for data analytics provider Neustar for six years.

ThreatStream announced that Nancy Bush has joined the company as CFO. She joins ThreatStream from Adaptive Insights, where she was vice president of finance. Prior to joining ThreatStream, Bush held roles in rapidly growing technology companies within the security industry. Nancy was the acting CFO and vice president of finance at Fortinet and vice president of finance at ArcSight. She has also served as vice president of finance at Packeteer as well as at Maxtor. Image may be NSFW.
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Cloud Cruiser announced that Dan Gaudreau has joined Cloud Cruiser as its Chief Financial Officer . Before joining Cloud Cruiser, Dan served as SVP Operations and CFO at Actuate, which was acquired by OpenText; Enterprise Information Management leader in January 2015. Previously, Gaudreau was VP Finance and CFO at Plantronics, Inc. Prior to Plantronics, Dan was VP Finance and Operations and CFO at Ready Systems. Preceding Ready Systems, Dan was a finance executive at Apple Computer.

Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG) announced that Christian E. Rothe has been appointed as the Company’s CFO and Treasurer effective September 1, 2015. Mr. Rothe succeeds James A. Graner who announced his planned retirement from the Company last year. Mr. Rothe is currently Graco’s Vice President and Treasurer, a role he has held since joining the company in 2011. Prior to his appointment at Graco, Mr. Rothe held a series of finance roles of increasing responsibility at Gardner Denver, Inc., including Vice President and Treasurer, Vice President, Finance – Industrial Products Segment, and Director of Strategic Planning and Development. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rothe held various corporate finance and business development roles at Ridley Inc. and HickoryTech Corporation.

vTv Therapeutics LLC announced the appointment of Rudy C. Howard as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Howard joins the Company with over 30 years of senior management experience, most recently serving as CFO at SciQuest. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and CFO at MDS Pharma Services. Before joining MDS, Mr. Howard served as CFO at several companies including PPD, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers.Image may be NSFW.
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Thomas Financial announced the appointment of Lindsey Hacker as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Thomas Financial, Ms. Hacker worked at Ernst & Young as a Senior Auditor and at Brookdale, where she served as the Regional Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis and the Director of Accounting.

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Assurex Health announced the appointment of Peter Donato, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bovie Medical. Donato has also served as the Corporate Controller for Cyberonics, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer of Catsys Health, Inc., and as Chief Financial Officer for IRIS International, Inc. Donato takes over for Stephen Stamp, who has held the position for the past two years.

Goldpoint Partners announced that Sean Gelb has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gelb joins from Blackstone, where he was senior vice president of Private Equity Tactical Opportunities, Finance and Accounting. Previously, Mr. Gelb was a director at SS&C PEI Solutions, where he served as controller for private equity and venture capital fund structures. Prior to that, Mr. Gelb was a partner at Northport LLC (before the firm was acquired by SS&C PEI Solutions). In his earlier career, he held positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Richard A. Eisner & Company.

Tredegar Corporation (NYSE: TG) announced that Kevin A. O’Leary, vice president, CFO and treasurer, has stepped down from his position. D. Andrew Edwards, formerly vice president, CFO and treasurer of Tredegar Corporation from 2003 to 2009, will return to the company to serve as vice president, CFO and treasurer, effective the end of July.

Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ: CSWC) announced the appointment of Michael S. Sarner as Senior Vice President of the company, effective on or before August 1, 2015. Following the previously announced spin-off transaction, Mr. Sarner will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the business development company. Before joining the Company, he spent 15 years at American Capital, Ltd. in a variety of financial roles, most recently as Senior Vice President, Treasury.

Forward Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORD) announced the appointment of Michael Matte as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Matte will assume his appointment with immediate effect.  Prior to Mr. Matte’s appointment as CFO at Forward, Mr. Matte served as the CFO and Chief Accounting Officer of Aspen Group, Inc., until March 2014. Mr. Matte also served as an Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO of MeetMe, Inc. (formerly, QuePasa Corp.) from October 2007 to March 2013 and as the CFO for Cyberguard from February 2001 to April 2006. Mr. Matte currently serves on the Board of Directors of Coqui Radio Pharmaceutical, a position he has held since June 2013, and previously served on the Board of Directors of Iris International from January 2004 until April 2012. Mr. Matte has also served as a director for QuePasa Corp. from July 2006 until October 2007 and for Geltec Solutions from September 2008 until October 2009. Image may be NSFW.
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Manhattan College has appointed Matthew S. McManness vice president for finance and chief financial officer. McManness has most recently served as vice president for finance and administration at La Salle University. Previously, he was executive officer for Dartmouth College, vice president for finance and administration at Maryland Institute College of Art, and served in many administrative roles at Towson University in Maryland.

Numotion announced that Tamas Feitel has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Feitel joins Numotion after an 18 year career at GE serving in executive level global finance leadership roles. His most recent position was Chief Financial Officer for GE Healthcare Global Services.Image may be NSFW.
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Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) announced that it has named longstanding financial executive Amy Schwetz to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Schwetz replaces Michael Crews, who has announced plans to step down by the end of July to take the top financial position at a major industrial firm. Schwetz served as Peabody Energy Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration – Australia; Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration – Americas; Vice President of Investor Relations; Vice President of Capital and Financial Planning; Director of Financial Planning; and Director of Compliance and Accounting Policies. Schwetz joined Peabody from major accounting firm Ernst and Young where she held multiple audit roles over eight years.

Innocrin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Charles (Chuck) Osborne as its Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2015. Most recently, Mr. Osborne was the Chief Financial Officer at SCYNEXIS. Prior experiences include time at NOBEX and International Murex Technologies Co.

Nomi announced the hiring of Jeff Babka as Chief Financial Officer. Babka comes to Nomi most recently from Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) where he was CFO since February 2014. Prior to APT, Jeff served as CFO at Vibrant Media, Sophos and Neustar.

Editas Medicine announced the appointment of Andrew Hack as chief financial officer. Dr. Hack joins Editas from Millennium Management where he was portfolio manager. Before joining Millennium, Dr. Hack was a healthcare analyst at HealthCor Management, Carlyle-Blue Wave Partners and the MPM BioEquities Fund.

World Point Terminals, LP (NYSE: WPT) announced that Jonathan Q. (“JQ”) Affleck was appointed as the general partner’s vice president and chief financial officer, effective October 1, 2015. Mr. Affleck joined the Partnership in 2013 and has served as general counsel for the Partnership since that time. Prior to joining the Partnership, Mr. Affleck was an associate in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates from January 2011 through March 2013.

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. announced the retirement of Mark Durand as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Doug Langston, Vice President, Finance will act as principal financial and accounting officer of the Company.

Intralinks (NYSE: IL) has appointed Chris Lafond as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Lafond is succeeding Derek Irwin, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Lafond is an experienced executive leader who most recently was EVP and chief financial officer at Gartner, Inc.

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PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) announced that Hugh Johnston, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is being named vice chairman. He will continue to serve as CFO, as well as oversee the Quaker Foods North America business and PepsiCo’s global e-commerce organization.

Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR) announced that Perry Pericleous, previously Vice President, Finance has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Mr. Pericleous succeeds Paul Dascoli who has left the Company. Mr. Pericleous is a 15-year veteran of the Company and most recently served as Vice President. Mr. Pericleous began his career at Drug Emporium and Value City Department Stores.

Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z) announced that CFO Chad Cohen will resign effective Aug. 7, 2015 to pursue other business interests. Cohen will remain as chief financial officer through second quarter earnings and the 10-Q filing.

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CliQr announced the appointment of Aidan Cullen as its CFO. He comes to CliQr after serving as a consulting CFO with Kranz & Associates. Previously, he served as CFO at Gigamon, as CFO of Sylantro Systems, and as CFO of Tasman Networks.

Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) announced that Brian Dickman has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary to pursue another business opportunity.  The resignation will take effect after a transition period which is expected to end on or around August 4, 2015. Kenneth Howe, former Chief Financial Officer of the Company, has been appointed to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer upon Mr. Dickman’s departure.

Harte Hanks (NYSE: HHS) announced the appointment of Douglas C. Shepard as interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Shepard, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, succeeds Robert A. Philpott, who has stepped down as President and CEO, as well as from the Company’s Board of Directors, to pursue other interests.

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRL) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas R. Wright has stepped down due to personal reasons, but will remain involved with the company on a consulting basis. Kevan Blair, SVP Corporate Finance, has been named interim Chief Financial Officer.

MongoDB announced that it has appointed Michael Gordon as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Michael joins MongoDB from Yodle where he served as Chief Operating Officer and CFO. Previously, he served as Managing Director in the Media and Telecom investment banking group at Merrill Lynch. Before Merrill Lynch, Michael worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE: MSM) announced that it has named Rustom Jilla to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 20. Jilla succeeds Jeff Kaczka, who will be retiring from MSC. Jilla most recently served as CFO for Dematic Group. Prior to Dematic, he spent more than a decade as CFO of Ansell Limited. Earlier in his career, Jilla spent 12 years at The BOC Group where he held various Product Management and Finance leadership roles.

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Clik here to view.Office Practicum announced that it has named Ellen Purdy as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6th, 2015. Purdy joins Office Practicum with 13 years of CFO experience, most recently with Markel Corporation. Prior to Markel acted as CFO of other private equity backed companies, including SDI Health, IPR International, and Renmatix. Purdy spent the first half of her career at Rohm and Haas where she held various financial, sales and market management positions.

Port Logistics Group announced the appointment of Marty Brogden as Chief Financial Officer. Brogden was most recently the Regional CFO for Agility Logistics. Prior to Agility, Brogden provided interim CFO services to an Oakley, Inc. subsidiary, ABC Window Company, and Accupoll, Inc. Brogden spent the first ten years of his career with what is now a Big 4 public accounting firm.

Convergex announced that Frederick Arnold has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. He currently serves as a director of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Corporate Capital Trust. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Arnold served as executive vice president and CFO of Capmark Financial Group and from 2006 to 2007, he oversaw the global finance functions of Masonite International as the firm’s executive vice president for finance. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Arnold held senior financial positions at Willis Group Holdings. He has also had positions at Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, Smith Barney and Lehman Brothers.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Davis as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Davis served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Walmart U.S. segment of Walmart Stores, Inc.  Prior to joining Walmart, Davis was CFO for Lakeland Tours, LLC, CFO for McKesson General Medical, and he held financial leadership positions at the Hillman Co.  Davis also spent four years at KPMG Peat Marwick.

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Clik here to view.CorporateRewards announced that Chris Gobalakrishna has been named Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Chris served as CFO of Univision Digital. Chris also acted as CFO of Univision Enterprise Development. Before joining Univision Chris led the finance function at Sony Music’s Global Digital Business for seven years.

Nobilis Health Corp. (NYSE: HLTH) announced that it has appointed Kenny Klein to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Andy Chen, Nobilis’ outgoing CFO, will assume revenue cycle and development responsibilities with the Company as its Executive Vice President of Finance. Mr. Klein has served as Nobilis’ Chief Accounting Officer since April 2015. Prior to joining Nobilis, Mr. Klein served for over five years as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Menninger Clinic. Mr. Klein began his career in 1988 with KPMG Peat Marwick in the audit practice. After KPMG, Mr. Klein has held various financial leadership positions with Texas Children’s Hospital, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Castle Dental Centers, in addition to previously serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2010.

Pacific Continental Corporation (NASDAQ: PCBK) announced that Richard R. Sawyer has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Sawyer was the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Tower Financial Corporation and was most recently the vice president for Lifeline Youth and Family Services.

Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NASDAQ: FSC) and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (NASDAQ: FSFR) announced that the Boards of Directors for both FSC and FSFR have promoted Steven M. Noreika to Chief Financial Officer, replacing Richard A. Petrocelli, who will be leaving Fifth Street to pursue other opportunities. Prior to his promotion, Mr. Noreika has been serving as the Chief Accounting Officer of FSAM. Mr. Noreika joined Fifth Street in September 2008 and during his tenure, he has held various finance and accounting positions, including Chief Financial Officer of FSFR from November 2013 to July 2014. Prior to joining Fifth Street, Mr. Noreika spent six years at Time Warner Inc. and prior to that he managed audit and tax engagements at Marcum & Kliegman, LLP (now Marcum LLP).

Home BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOMB) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Centennial Bank, announced the election of Brian S. Davis as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director of Home and Centennial by each respective board of directors, effective July 8, 2015, succeeding Randy E. Mayor, who is retiring from banking after more than sixteen years with the Company. Mr. Davis previously served as Chief Accounting Officer and Investor Relations Officer for the Company.

Conn’s, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas R. Moran to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of July 27, 2015. Mr. Moran will succeed the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer, Mark Haley, who will continue to serve as the Company’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer after the Commencement Date. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Moran served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for West Marine, Inc. Prior to joining West Marine, Mr. Moran served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Wearguard-Crest Division of ARAMARK Corporation.

AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it has appointed Raymond D. Cook as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Cook replaces Teresa Covington, who has served as our interim Chief Financial Officer since February 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cook served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Image, Inc. from July 2014 to March 2015.  Prior to joining Silicon Image, Inc., Mr. Cook served as Chief Financial Officer of STEC, Inc., a computer data storage company, from November 2008 to September 2013.  Mr. Cook previously served in various capacities, including as Interim Chief Financial Officer as well as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, with Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. from July 2003 through November 2008.

Creative Artists Agency announced that James Burtson will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Burtson succeeds outgoing CFO Jeff M. Berry. Burtson most recently served as Senior Vice President of Time Warner, Inc. Prior to re-joining Time Warner in 2002, Burtson worked at Clear Channel Communications, where he served as vice president of strategic development and CFO of the company’s online business. He previously worked for J.P. Morgan & Co. as an investment banker and began his career at Time Warner as a financial analyst in corporate finance and M&A.

TearLab Corporation announced the appointment of Wes Brazell as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brazell will succeed William G. Dumencu who will transition to his new role as an internal consultant of the Company. Most recently, Mr. Brazell served as the Chief Financial Officer of Academic Partnerships, LLC from 2014 to 2015. From 1993 to 2014, Mr. Brazell held various positions at Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Prior to joining Alcon, Mr. Brazell held various positions at KPMG LLP.

InnerWorkings, Inc. (NASDAQ: INWK) announced that Jeffrey P. Pritchett will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 2015. Mr. Pritchett joins InnerWorkings from Cerberus Operating and Advisory Company, LLC where he has served as a Senior Operating Executive since May 2013 and as Head of the Finance / CFO Practice since early 2015. He also has served as Interim Executive Chairman of the Board of TransCentra, Inc. and as a Board Member of Remington Outdoors Company. Prior to joining COAC, Mr. Pritchett served in various finance and strategy roles at Vertis Communications. Mr. Pritchett also held treasury, strategy and international financial roles of increasing responsibility at Delphi. Ryan Spohn will remain InnerWorkings’ Interim CFO through the completion of the Company’s second quarter filings, at which point he will resume his role as Senior Vice President and Controller.

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVLT) announced the retirement of Charles Schafer, its President and Chief Financial Officer for the company. In this regard, Chairman and CEO Robert V. LaPenta will assume the role of President in addition to his current responsibilities and James DePalma will become the Chief Financial Officer. James DePalma is currently on the RVLT Board and is Vice Chairman and Senior Managing Partner of Aston Capital. Mr. DePalma’s background includes executive level roles at L-1 Identity Solutions, Viacom, CBS, Westinghouse Electric and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Katy Industries, Inc. announced the retirement of Jim Shaffer, its Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. The Board of Directors has appointed Curt Kroll, its current Vice President, Corporate Controller and Assistant Secretary, to succeed Mr. Shaffer following a transition period. Before joining Katy, Curt’s career included 10 years of public accounting at Deloitte and BKD LLP.

PQ Corp. announced the appointment of Michael C. Crews as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 1.  Crews will replace the retiring Alan McIlroy, a 10-year PQ veteran. During the last seven years, Crews served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Peabody Energy Corp.

Penhall Company announced the appointment of Lynn Schrier-Behler as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Schrier-Behler will succeed Bruce Lux, who will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Ms. Schrier-Behler was most recently Managing Director for Laurel Management & Consulting Services LLC. Prior to joining Laurel, Ms. Schrier-Behler was the North American Regional CFO for WS Atkins plc. Before that, Ms. Schrier-Behler was SVP, Finance and CFO for Parsons Transportation Group.

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Clik here to view.Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) announced that Michael T. Lawton will be retiring as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. He will be succeeded by Jeffrey D. Lawrence, current Treasurer of Domino’s, who has been with the Company since 2000.  Lawrence began his career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen.

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Clik here to view.Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) announced that Michael Malone has declared his intention to retire as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mike Speetzen will replace Malone. Prior to Speetzen’s role as CFO at Xylem Inc., he served as CFO of ITT Fluid and Motion Controls. From 2007 to 2009 Speetzen was CFO of StandardAero. Mike spent 12 years in positions with Honeywell International.

Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL) announced that Michael T. Speetzen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned his position with the company. Shashank Patel, a 19-year veteran of the Company and its former parent, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Patel currently serves as CFO and Vice President, Finance for Xylem’s Applied Water Systems division.

Tauriga Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: TAUG) announced the appointment of Ghalia Lahlou as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Couchbase, Inc. announced that Jeff Epstein has joined its board of directors as an independent board member. Epstein, former chief financial officer (CFO) of Oracle Corporation, has been the CFO of several public and private companies, including DoubleClick, King World Production, and Nielsen’s Media Measurement and Information Group.

AnaptysBio, Inc. announced the appointment of Robert E. Hoffman as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AnaptysBio, Mr. Hoffman was employed by Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since June 2012. From March 2011 to August 2011, Mr. Hoffman served as Chief Financial Officer for Polaris Group.

Atlas Holdings LLC announced that Cheri Reeve has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Reeve most recently served as Vice President of Finance at Atlas. She joined the firm in 2010 after serving in senior financial roles with the Commonfund.

ByteGrid Holdings LLC announced the appointment of Jay Sinder as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, he served as the Chief Executive Officer for CoreLink Data Centers. Prior to this he served as the CFO for Hostway Corporation and Focal Communications. Prior to this he held senior finance positions at Ameritech, MCI Communications, Telephone and Data Systems and IBM.

Nitro announced the appointment of Peter Bardwick as chief financial officer. His most recent role was CFO at Rocket Fuel. Bardwick began his career in investment banking with Citicorp and Salomon Brothers in New York.

Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Fred Kurland as the Company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aridis, Fred Kurland served as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Secretary of XOMA Corporation since December 2008.

ABBYY announced the appointment of Arthur Whipple to the role of chief financial officer. Prior to his position at ABBYY, Whipple was the CFO for several companies in the semiconductor industry including, Quicklogic Corporation, Teknovus, Inc., Silicon Storage Technology and, most recently, PLX Technology.

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Clik here to view.Tracx Inc. announced the appointment of former CEO of Mojiva, Bennett Theimann, as chief financial officer. Prior to his work at Mojiva, Theimann served as CFO at TargetSpot, Inc., Senior VP and Chief Procurement Officer at Hachette Filipacchi Media, CFO at Cellfish Media, President of Axel Springer Group and General Manager of Gruner+Jahr Publishing.

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Clik here to view.Florida Community Bank announced the appointment of Jennifer L. Simons to the post of Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Most recently she was Vice President and Senior Manager at PNC Financial Services Group. Prior to this position Ms. Simons held various leadership positions with US Bancorp, TCF National Bank, GMAC Residential Capital and GE Capital Fleet Services.

PIMCO has hired John Lane as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer. He joins the firm from Apollo Global Management. Prior to that, Mr. Lane worked at Lehman Brothers, serving as the Chief Financial Officer.

Athene Holding Ltd. announced that the Company has named Guy H. Smith III (Chip) as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith will assume these responsibilities as a result of current CFO Brenda Cushing’s decision to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Smith previously served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and President and CEO of Liberty Life Insurance.

Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL) announced the appointment of Christopher J. Senner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins Exelixis after five years at Gilead Sciences, where he served as Vice President, Corporate Finance. He previously spent eighteen years at Wyeth.

Kneaders Bakery & Cafe announced that David Vincent (current Kneaders CFO) will assume the role of President and CFO.

Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: GAIN) announced that its board of directors appointed Julia Ryan, the Company’s current Chief Accounting Officer, as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Melissa Morrison, the former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, will continue to serve as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Gladstone Capital Corporation. Ms. Ryan has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since April 2015. Prior to that time, she served as Senior Manager – Assurance Services at KPMG, LLP.

Energous Corporation (NASDAQ: WATT) has appointed Brian Sereda to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sereda will replace Interim Chief Financial Officer Howard Yeaton. Most recently, Sereda served as Chief Financial Officer of ActiveVideo. Mr. Sereda previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Virage Logic Corporation. He was also Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Proxim Wireless Corporation. Mr. Sereda also served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller for Portal Software, and has held senior financial management positions with Credence Systems Corp., Handspring Inc., Sygen International, and Lam Research.

Synalloy Corporation (NASDAQ: SYNL) announced that Dennis M. Loughran has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Loughran’s experience includes eleven years with Reynolds Metals Company and six years as Vice President Finance and Supply Chain with Alcoa Consumer Products. More recently, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Rogers Corporation and Citadel Plastics.

Gravity4 has announced the hiring of former Google and eBay financial executive, Dipak Joshi, as its Chief Financial Officer. At eBay, Joshi ran international financial operations, and later, Dipak was Google’s Corporate Financial Controller. More recently, Dipak was chief financial officer at Fuze, Inc., Milestone Internet, and BitTorrent.

Green Courte Partners, LLC announced that Mark Engel will join the firm as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Engel will replace Jane Mody. Mr. Engel joins Green Courte after over twenty years at Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase & Co./Bank One Corporation and Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: PKOH) announced that John D. Grampa, former Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Materion Corporation, was appointed to ParkOhio’s Board of Directors. Mr. Grampa joined Materion Corporation as Vice President of Finance in 1998 and held the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer role from 1999 until the end of 2014. Prior to joining Materion, he held various executive roles at Avery Dennison Corporation and Diamond Shamrock Corporation.

CloudOne announced that it has promoted Brett Sharp to Chief Financial Officer. Sharp has served as the company’s Director of Finance since March 2015. Sharp has over 10 years of experience, working for KPMG, Harlan Laboratories and as the Director of Finance for Bluelock.

Vintage Wine Estates announced the appointment of Karen L. Diepholz to Chief Financial Officer. Diepholz was most recently Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Equinox Payments. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis for Hypercom Corporation.

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU) reported that D. Michael Parker, its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary, has announced his plans to retire by the end of calendar year.

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Clik here to view.B2R Finance announced that Darren Thompson has joined the company as chief financial officer and executive vice president of strategy. Thompson has more than 30 years’ experience at companies including American Express, Fannie Mae, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Most recently, Thompson was a founding partner of Railfield Partners, LLC.

ThinkingPhones announced that Don Pratt has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO at Arbor Networks. Prior to Arbor, Don was CFO of Ellacoya and Taqua. He also held leadership roles in large public companies including Texas Instruments, FMC, and Boston Whaler/Reebok.

MMA Capital Management, LLC (NASDAQ: MMAC) announced that it has hired David Bjarnason to succeed Lisa Roberts as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bjarnason joins the Company from Fannie Mae, where he was a finance officer.  Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Mr. Bjarnason served in senior finance, consulting and financial statement audit roles with JPMorgan Chase & Co., CapitalSource, Inc., Freddie Mac, Deloitte LLP and KPMG LLP.

Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: BMTC) announced the appointment of David M. Takats as interim Chief Financial Officer. The Corporation also announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, J. Duncan Smith.  Prior to joining the Bank, Takats was the Chief Financial Officer of First Keystone Financial, Inc. He also served as Senior Staff Accountant with Rosenbluth International, Inc., from 1995 to 2000.

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AMC Theatres (NYSE: AMC) announced that the Board has appointed Craig R. Ramsey, AMC’s Chief Financial Officer, as interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ramsey currently serves as AMC’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced that James B. Flaws, vice chairman and chief financial officer, will relinquish the chief financial officer title as part of his plan to retire later this year. R. Tony Tripeny will assume the roles of senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Tripeny joined the company in 1985 as a corporate accounting manager for Corning Cable Systems. In 2003, Mr. Tripeny became the group controller for Corning’s Telecommunications Group. In 2004, he was named division vice president and operations controller. He was elected vice president and corporate controller in 2005 and senior vice president and principal accounting officer in 2009.  He has served as a member of Corning’s management committee since 2014, and was previously a member of the executive leadership team since 2011.

Bank of America (NYSE: BOA) announced that Chief Financial Officer Bruce Thompson has decided to step down. Paul Donofrio, who has been with Bank of America since 1999, will become CFO. Prior to his promotion, Donofrio was co-head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking, co-head of Global Investment Banking, and head of Global Corporate Banking.

Electro Rent Corporation (NASDAQ: ELRC) announced that Craig Jones, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, is retiring. Alan Sciarillo, Electro Rent’s Vice President, Finance will become acting CFO. Sciarillo has nearly 30 years of finance and accounting experience and has been with Electro Rent since 2006.

Marin Software (NYSE: MRIN) announced that Catriona Fallon has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Fallon joins Marin Software from Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, where she served as Vice President and Chief of Staff for the CFO. Prior to Cognizant, Ms. Fallon spent over four years at Hewlett-Packard, most recently as Vice President Strategy and Financial Planning, Worldwide Marketing. Previously, Ms. Fallon was a research analyst at Citigroup Investment Research and Piper Jaffray & Company. In addition, Ms. Fallon previously served as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company and Senior Marketing Manager at Oracle Corporation.

CME Realty, Inc. (OTC PINK: CMRL) announced that the Company has appointed Vincent T. Prince as its new Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Prince will also head up the audit committee of the Company. Prince has had past positions at several companies including: Office Depot, Inc., Leggett & Platt, Inc., Dade Behring, Inc., BF Goodrich Aerospace, and Warner Brothers Publications. Most recently, Prince was CFO of Insurance Care Direct, Inc.

Clinicient Inc. welcomed Steven Sipowicz as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Clinicient, Sipowicz was the chief financial officer at ShiftWise. He was also the chief financial officer of Cascade Microtech and Corillian.

Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) announced the successful completion of the transition of Craig A. Lampo to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Diana G. Reardon.

Coordinated Health announced the appointment of veteran hospital and healthcare executive Linda Chen as Chief Financial Officer. Chen joins CH from Community Health Systems (CHS), where she served for four years, most recently as CFO of Easton Hospital.

Joule announced the appointment of Peter Matrai as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Matrai most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Butamax Advanced Biofuels.

NIKA announced that Usman Shakir has joined the executive leadership team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining NIKA, Shakir served in Senior Corporate Finance roles with Berico, Deltek and AOL. Earlier in his career, Shakir worked in various Finance roles for GE Capital.

DRB Financial Solutions, LLC newly appointed Chief Financial Officer, Steve Bashmakov.  Prior to joining DRB, Mr. Bashmakov spent the last five years at RoundPoint Financial Group where he served in a number of executive roles including CFO and President.  Previously, he served in executive roles at Residential Credit Solutions, Resmor Trust, GMAC Residential Funding of Canada, ResCap and JP Morgan Chase.

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Clik here to view.The Walton Group of Companies has named Steven Friedman Chief Financial Officer of Walton Development & Management (USA), Inc. Friedman most recently served as the national director of Ernst & Young LLP’s Homebuilding and Land Development practice.

Spiral Toys (OTC: STOY) has appointed Akio Ariura as chief financial officer. Ariura formerly served as CFO of Radient Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Radient, Ariura was a consultant with Resources Global Professionals and previously held senior positions at Sunvest Industries and Derlan Industries.

Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ININ) has appointed Ashley Vukovits as its new chief financial officer, senior vice president of administration, secretary and treasurer. Vukovits replaces Stephen R. Head, who is retiring as chief financial officer. Vukovits had served in finance roles at Interactive Intelligence since 2003. Most recently she served as vice president of finance for the company. Before joining Interactive Intelligence, Vukovits held senior finance positions with Union Acceptance Corp., and was an audit professional for KPMG LLP.

Electronic Recyclers International announced that it has promoted James Kim to Chief Financial Officer. Kim joined as a financial executive earlier this year. Previously, he was Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Greif & Co. Earlier in his career, Kim served as part of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Securities, LLC; as part of the Global Industries & Healthcare Investment Banking Groups at Merrill Lynch and Co.; as a Senior Consultant of Corporate Transactions at KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP; and as an Accountant at PriceWaterhouse, LLP.

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Clik here to view.Retail Properties of America, Inc. (NYSE: RPAI) announced that Heath R. Fear has accepted the Company’s offer to serve as its new chief financial officer and treasurer. Mr. Fear currently serves as senior vice president, head of capital markets of General Growth Properties, Inc. and as a member of GGP’s capital and management committees. Prior to GGP, Mr. Fear served as counsel for Prime Group Realty Trust, and as an associate in the real estate practice groups of Kirkland & Ellis and Pedersen & Houpt.

PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) announced that Michael Bartusek has been appointed as the Company’s new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bartusek formerly served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer at Sutherland Global Services, Inc. Prior to SGS, Mr. Bartusek was Director of Finance for the North American operations at XEROX Global Services, Inc. Mr. Bartusek also held various financial positions at GE Capital and was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

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Clik here to view.Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) announced that Chris Jensen has been named the company’s chief financial officer. Jensen has served in the role on an interim basis since May 2014. Jensen joined Celanese in 2005. Prior to joining Celanese, Jensen worked in the inspections and registration division of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He previously spent 13 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT) announced the appointment of Jorge Celaya as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Celaya will succeed Jim Rallo who will focus solely on his previously announced role as President of Liquidity Services’ Retail Supply Chain Group. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Celaya was co-founder of Avanz Capital. From July 2007 to March 2010, Mr. Celaya was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FTI Consulting. From October 2003 to February 2007, Mr. Celaya served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sitel Corporation. From 1990 to October 2003, Mr. Celaya held positions at Schlumberger.

Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCQB: VPIG) announced that Scott McPherson, the original CFO of Virtual Piggy, has returned to take over the CFO position full-time.

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) announced that it has appointed Daniel D. Tempesta as its Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Vice President. Tom Beaudoin, who has served as Nuance’s CFO since July 2008, will depart at the end of the month. Mr. Tempesta joined Nuance in March 2008 and most recently has served as Nuance’s Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller and Senior Vice President of Finance. Previously, Mr. Tempesta held several senior finance roles, including Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, at Teradyne Inc. Prior to that he spent the first eleven years of his career in the audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Lakeland Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAKE) announced that Gary Pokrassa has retired as Chief Financial Officer.  Teri W. Hunt, a 10 year veteran of Lakeland and most recently serving as Vice President of Finance, has been named as Acting Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Hunt has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance since November 2010, before which time she served as its Corporate Controller from May 2007 to November 2010.  Prior to Lakeland, Ms. Hunt served in accounting, audit and administrative capacities including the position of Corporate Controller for Wellstone Mills.

OXiGENE, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXGN) announced that Barbara Riching resigned from her position as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests.

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Clik here to view.Infor announced it has hired Jeff Laborde as Chief Financial Officer. Laborde most recently served as CFO of SumTotal Systems, Inc. Prior to SumTotal Systems, Laborde was a managing director at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group.  Earlier in his career, Laborde served in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Technology Group and Arthur Andersen LLP’s Audit and Business Advisory Group.

Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ: MERC) announced that David M. Gandossi, the current Chief Financial Officer will assume the role of President and CEO and become a Director. Mercer also announced that Mr. David K. Ure, the Senior Vice-President, Finance will concurrently become the CFO and Secretary of the Company. Gandossi has served as Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since August 2003. Mr. Gandossi’s previous roles included Chief Financial Officer and other senior executive positions with Formation Forest Products and Pacifica Papers Inc. Ure returned to Mercer in September 2013, assuming the role of Senior Vice President, Finance. Prior to serving as Vice President, Finance of Sierra Wireless Inc., Mr. Ure was Vice President, Controller at Mercer from 2006 to 2010. He has also served as Controller at various companies including Catalyst Paper Corporation, Pacifica Papers Inc., and TrojanLitho, as well as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Finlay Forest Industries Inc.

CPI Card Group announced that the company has hired business veteran David Brush to lead Finance, IT and Project Management Organization activities. Brush’s previous roles included group executive and president of Power Transmission at Rexnord Corporation, and vice president and general manager of Specialty Packaging at Pactiv Corporation.

Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE: TPC) announced that Michael J. Kershaw, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be retiring from the Company. The Company announced that it has entered into a letter agreement with Gary G. Smalley to succeed Mr. Kershaw as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smalley has been Senior Vice President and Controller of Fluor Corporation since March 2008 and, since October 2014, concurrently served as Group Chief Financial Officer for one of Fluor’s business segments. Prior to joining Fluor, he held audit positions with Ernst & Young and J.P. Stevens and Company

Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG) announced that Caroline Dorsa, CFO for PSEG will retire.  Dorsa has been executive vice president and chief financial officer for PSEG and its subsidiaries since April 2009.  Prior to becoming CFO, she had served for six years as a member of the PSEG Board of Directors and a member of PSEG’s Audit, Corporate Governance and Finance Committees.

Knight Capital Funding announced the addition of Rich Ferrante as their new chief financial officer. Ferrante had been providing financial consulting to Knight Capital Funding prior to accepting the role of chief financial officer. Prior to joining Knight Capital Funding, Ferrante served as controller for CAN Capital and their subsidiary, AdvanceMe, Inc. and was promoted to chief financial officer in his first year. Ferrante’s career in financial services and accounting began at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and then Mercer, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, working within both the United States and internationally.

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GE (NYSE: GE) [Fairfield, CT] announced the appointment of Tim Donovan as vice president and chief financial officer of Power Generation Services – GE Power & Water. Donovan joined GE in 1993. While at GE Healthcare, he served as CFO for Life Support Solutions and Devices – EMEA. He joined PGS in 2011 as CFO.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [Los Angeles, CA] has appointed Kenneth J. Kay to the post of Chief Financial Officer. Kay succeeds outgoing CFO, Dene Stratton. Most recently, in 2013, Kay co-founded Raven LLC. Prior to founding Raven, Kay served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Las Vegas Sands Corp.  Kay previously served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. Kay has also held executive and CFO posts at several other corporations including the Dole Food Company, Universal Studios – Consumer Products Group, Playmates Inc. and Systemed Inc.

Airbnb [San Francisco, CA] announced that Laurence Tosi will join as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Airbnb, Tosi was the CFO of the Blackstone Group.

Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC [Atlanta, GA] announced that D. Paul Dascoli has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He most recently was CFO at Express, Inc. Prior to Express, Mr. Dascoli was CFO at VF Jeanswear Limited Partnership. He spent 10 years as an executive at Thomasville Furniture Industries, where he was CFO. In addition, Mr. Dascoli has been a member of the Board of Directors of Stanley Furniture Co., Inc. since December 2010.

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE: TPX) [Lexington, KY] announced it has appointed Barry A. Hytinen to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Dale E. Williams. Mr. Hytinen is currently Tempur Sealy’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Finance. Since joining the Company in 2005, Mr. Hytinen has held positions of increasing responsibility, including leading large portions of the Company’s Finance organization, Global Financial Planning and Analysis, and Investor Relations.

Vexos [New York, NY] announced the appointment of Michael Pisch as their new Chief Financial Officer. Pisch most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Davis-Standard.  Prior to this, Pisch served as the Chief Financial Officer for Micross.

Kailos Genetics [Huntsville, AL] announced Cheri Walker as chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development. She worked as an equity analyst for Deutsche Bank and in senior level corporate development and operating roles at Invitrogen, QIAGEN and Charles River Labs. Dr. Walker also served on the board of directors of Diatherix Laboratories, Inc.

Sparta Systems, Inc. [Hamilton, NJ] announced the promotion of Steve Buonaiuto to Chief Operating Officer.

POZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN) [Chapel Hill, NC] announced that Scott Charles will be appointed Senior Vice President of Finance of POZEN, with the intention of becoming Chief Financial Officer of Aralez Pharmaceuticals plc. upon completion of the pending merger of POZEN with Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. Charles most recently served as the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Ikaria, Inc. Prior to that he was a Manager of Assurance and Business Advisory Services at Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) [Radnor, PA] announced that Roger Martin joined its Group Protection business as Senior Vice President, Finance. Martin joins Lincoln from Unum, where most recently he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

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Clik here to view.Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) [Chattanooga, TN] announced that Francis J. Shammo has been elected to serve as a director of the company. Prior to his current role as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Verizon Communications, Inc., he served as president and chief executive officer for Verizon Telecom and Business; senior vice president and chief financial officer for Verizon Business; and president of the west area for Verizon Wireless.

CommonBond [New York, NY] announced the appointment of Morgan Edwards as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Edwards spent the last seven years as a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital. Prior to Macquarie, Mr. Edwards spent nearly 20 years at Morgan Stanley.

FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO) [Lake Mary, FL] announced that Laura A. Murphy has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Murphy previously served as Vice President Finance – Healthcare Compliance Solutions of Stericycle, Inc., where she also previously served as Vice President, International & Corporate Finance.  Prior to Stericycle, Ms. Murphy was Vice President and CFO of Philips N.A. Lighting Electronics, following a long tenure through a number of advancing finance positions at Ford Motor Company.

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Clik here to view.Paydunk, LLC [Pine Brook, NJ] announced the addition of Michael J. Losch as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Losch has served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at companies including Tellium, IDF International, Bioenergy of America and ACT Oncology.

FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE) [Milpitas, CA] announced that Michael J. Sheridan will resign as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

U.S. Concrete, Inc. (NASDAQ: USCR) [Euless, TX] announced that William M. Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has resigned.

MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) [Tysons Corner, VA] announced Phong Le as its Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Le will succeed Douglas K. Thede, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2009. Mr. Le has served as the chief financial officer of XO Communications since August 2014. From March 2010 to August 2014, Mr. Le held senior positions at NII Holdings. Prior to that, Mr. Le worked in the consulting practice at Deloitte from 1998 to 2010.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) [Boston, MA] announced that James Oliviero stepped down as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The Company also announced the appointment of Scott A. Holmes as Chief Financial Officer. From September 2011 to July 2015, Mr. Holmes was with AMAG Pharmaceuticals, where he served most recently as the Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations. He also served as AMAG’s Chief Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer, its Controller and its Treasurer at various times. Prior to AMAG, Mr. Holmes served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Molecular Biometrics, Inc. from June 2010 to September 2011. From August 2009 to May 2010, Mr. Holmes was Vice President of Finance and Administration at On-Q-ity Inc. He served as a consultant with Altman & Company from January 2009 to August 2009. From October 2003 to January 2009, Mr. Holmes served as Vice President of Finance and Administration and Treasurer at Dynogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He also served as the Controller at Keryx from November 2001 to October 2003.

Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFOI) [Solon, OH] announced the appointment of Marcia J. Miller to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Miller had been acting as the interim CFO since February 5, 2015. Ms. Miller joined the Company in March 2012 as Assistant Controller, was promoted to Corporate Controller in July 2013, and interim Chief Financial Officer in February 2015.  Prior to her role with the Company, Ms. Miller served as Manager Financial Planning and Analysis of Rockwell Automation from August 2011 to March 2012; and as Controller of Wingspan Care Group from October 2009 to August 2011. From 1989 to October 2009 Ms. Miller held progressive positions with Keithley Instruments. Ms. Miller began her career with Arthur Young LLP in 1985.

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Clik here to view.Pizza Studio [Los Angeles, CA] announced that John Theuer has been named the first CFO. Theuer most recently CFO of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Prior to that, he was CFO of Panda Restaurant Group Inc. from July 1999 to December 2010.

PURE Bioscience, Inc. (OTC: PURE) [San Diego, CA] announced the resignation of Peter C. Wulff as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. With Wulff’s departure, Mark Elliott, PURE’s Controller, will become the Company’s Vice President, Finance and will serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AXL) [Detroit, MI] announced the appointment of Christopher J. May to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  May served most recently as Treasurer and previously, Assistant Treasurer at AAM.

Precision [Rye Brook, NY] announced that Timothy Carlson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Precision, Mr. Carlson served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ATMI. Before joining ATMI, Mr. Carlson worked for nine years at Campbell Soup, across various financial roles.

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Sprint (NYSE: S) [Overland Park, KS] announced that Tarek Robbiati was named Chief Financial Officer. Robbiati most recently was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at FlexiGroup Ltd. Previously he held senior executive positions, including group managing director and deputy chief financial officer of Telstra Corp., chief executive officer at CSL Limited, and head of corporate finance for Orange Plc.

United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) [Chicago, IL] announced that Gerald Laderman has been named acting chief financial officer. He succeeds John Rainey. Laderman most recently has been senior vice president of finance, procurement and treasurer. He previously served as vice president of finance and treasurer for Continental Airlines from 2001 to 2010 and joined the company in 1988.  Image may be NSFW.
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PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) [San Jose, CA] announced John Rainey is joining as its new Chief Financial Officer. Rainey joins PayPal from United Continental Holdings, Inc. where he was Executive Vice President and CFO at United Airlines. Prior to being CFO at United Airlines, Rainey held various positions of increasing responsibility in finance at United Airlines and Continental Airlines. Before joining Continental, Rainey worked at Ernst & Young LLP in Houston for two years.

Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) [New York, NY] announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Steven Berns, has resigned. Tribune Media has appointed Chandler Bigelow, its current Chief Strategies & Operations Officer as interim CFO.  Bigelow previously served as CFO from 2008 to 2013, and is a 17-year veteran of the company.

Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) [New York, NY] announced Steven Berns will succeed Tim Bixby as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Hallmark Cards, Inc. [Kansas City, MO] has named Jim Shay executive vice president and chief financial officer. Shay will replace Tim Griffith who is retiring. Prior to joining KCP&L in 2010, Shay served as CFO for Northern Power Systems.  He also has served as CFO of General Electric’s Environmental Services in Kansas City and as CFO of BHA Group Holding.  Early in his career he was an audit manager with KPMG Peat Marwick, and managing director of Frontier Investment Banc Corp.

Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP) [Kansas City, MO] announced the acceptance of resignation from Jim Shay, senior vice president—finance and chief financial officer. The company also announced today the promotion of Kevin Bryant to senior vice president—finance & strategy and chief financial officer of Great Plains Energy. Most recently, Bryant served as vice president of strategic planning. Prior to that, Bryant served as vice president of investor relations and treasurer for Great Plains Energy.

AssetAvenue [Los Angeles, CA] announced that Peter Coleman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Coleman has been CFO for several technology start-ups, including FuHu and LOYAL3 HOLDINGS, Inc. Prior to LOYAL3, Mr. Coleman was Chief Financial Officer at Merriman Holdings, Inc. from 2008 to 2012. He also served concurrently as Chief Executive Officer of Merriman’s primary subsidiary, Merriman Capital, Inc. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Coleman was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of ThinkEquity Partners, LLC where he also served as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and Global Management Committee. Earlier in his career, he was an equity research analyst for Charles Schwab and Bank of America.

American Energy Partners, LP [Oklahoma City, OK] announced that Elliot Chambers will join as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of its affiliates American Energy NonOp, LLC (AENO). Chambers is replacing as CFO of AEW and AEMN, Jennifer Grigsby. Chambers previously worked for Chesapeake Energy Corporation for seven years, serving as Corporate Finance Manager from 2008 to 2009; Assistant Treasurer from 2009 to 2010; Vice President – Finance and Assistant Treasurer from 2011 to 2013; and Vice President and Treasurer from 2013 to 2015. Prior to Chesapeake, Chambers worked in New York for Colgate-Palmolive Corporation, Prudential Financial, Verizon Communications and Ernst & Young in various accounting, finance and treasury roles.

Ascent Resources, LLC [Oklahoma City, OK] announced that it has hired Jennifer Grigsby to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Grigsby is joining Ascent from American Energy Partners, LP where she served as CEO and CFO of American Energy Minerals Holdings, LLC and as CFO of American Energy – Woodford, LLC since February 2015. She previously worked for Chesapeake Energy Corporation, serving as Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Corporate Secretary from 2006 to 2007; Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary from 2007 to 2013; and Senior Vice President, Corporate and Strategic Planning from 2013 to 2014. Prior to Chesapeake, Mrs. Grigsby worked for Commander Aircraft Company and Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Starwood Retail Partners [Greenwich, CT] announced that it has named Angela Aman Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Aman has spent the last four years as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Retail Properties of America, Inc. Prior to Retail Properties of America, Inc. Ms. Aman served as Vice President and Portfolio Manager at RREEF and began her career as an analyst and associate in the Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank Securities.

Metromile [San Francisco, CA] announced that Joe Selsavage has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Joe was most recently CFO for Hotwire.

McCourt Global [New York, NY] announced that Brent Taravella has joined the firm as Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Taravella was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of iHeartRadio, iHeartRadio Networks, and the Katz Media Group, divisions of iHeartMedia. Prior to iHeartMedia, Taravella spent 14 years in a variety of roles with Fox Television Stations, including Vice President, Finance & Administration for Fox Station Sales, Inc., Vice President, Finance for WNYW-TV in New York City and Vice President, Finance for KTVC-TV and KVC-TV in Austin.  Before that, Taravella held positions at WFAA-TV, a division of the Belo Corporation, and the ABC Radio Networks, a division of Capital Cities/ABC.

FINCA International [Washington, DC] welcomed Roman Hingorani as the new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining FINCA, he held multiple leadership roles in Citi, Standard Chartered Bank and Credit Agricole.  In addition, Mr. Hingorani has held CFO and board positions at The International Investor.

USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT) [Malvern, PA] announced the appointment of J. Duncan Smith as chief financial officer. Mr. Smith succeeds David DeMedio who transitions to the newly created position of chief services officer. Smith joins USAT from Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation, where he served as CFO and Treasurer since 2005. Previously, he spent 12 years in a similar role with First Chester County Corporation, and five years with a denovo banking operation. Smith also had approximately seven years of experience with several public accounting firms including Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) [Ewing, NJ] has announced that Richard Dierker will succeed Matthew Farrell as Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dierker joined Church & Dwight in 2009 and is currently Vice President, Corporate Finance. From 2008 to 2009, he held a senior financial management position at Alpharma, Inc. Prior to 2008, he held financial and business development management positions for Ingersoll-Rand Ltd. Image may be NSFW.
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Brightstar Corp. [Miami, FL] announced that Reza Taleghani has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Taleghani joins Brightstar from J.P. Morgan. Beyond banking, Taleghani served as the President and CEO of Sterling Airlines A/S.

Nu-Med Plus, Inc. (OTC: NUMD) [Salt Lake City, UT] announced that Keith Merrell has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer replacing Mark Christensen.

Data Dimensions [Janesville, WI] announced the addition of Don Tuscany in the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He most recently held the title of Treasurer, Controller and Director of Financial Reporting at Dean Health Plan Inc. Before that, he was CFO at Employee Benefits Corporation and Chief Operations and Finance Officer of Integrated Risk Solutions. Also, from 1996 to 2010, Tuscany served in various executive roles at Assurant Health of Milwaukee, including Vice President, Global Sourcing & Vendor Risk Management.

SimpliVity [Westborough, MA] named Tom Beaudoin chief financial officer. He joins SimpliVity from Nuance Communications, where he served as executive vice president and CFO. Prior to joining Nuance in 2008, Beaudoin was president, CFO, and chief operating officer of Polaroid Corporation. Previously, he held senior finance positions at Parametric Technology, i2, Compaq, and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Harvest Partners LP [New York, NY] announced that Marc Unger has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Previously Mr. Unger was the CFO/COO of CCMP Capital Advisors. Prior to that, he was CFO of UBS Capital Americas. Mr. Unger started his career with Ernst & Young.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) [San Diego, CA] announced the appointment of Matthew Korenberg as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Korenberg joins Ligand from NeuroCircuit Therapeutics, where he was founder and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to NeuroCircuit Therapeutics, Mr. Korenberg was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 14 years. Most recently he was a Managing Director in the healthcare investment banking team. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Korenberg was a healthcare investment banker at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.

Central Garden and Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) [Walnut Creek, CA] announced the resignation of Lori Varlas, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors has named David Chichester as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chichester has served for 13 years on Central’s Board as Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Chichester has served as CFO or held senior finance positions at several companies including Starbucks and Marriott Corporation.

ChannelAdvisor Corporation (NYSE: ECOM) [Research Triangle Park, NC] announced that it has appointed Mark Cook as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cook succeeds John Baule, who has resigned as CFO. Mr. Cook has served as Vice President, Finance and Controller at Red Hat, Inc. since 2007 and previously served as Red Hat’s Treasurer. Prior to joining Red Hat, Mr. Cook served in financial leadership positions at a number of manufacturing and textile companies, including Cluett American Corp., Guilford Mills, Inc., Worthington Industries, Inc., Blount, Inc. and RJR Nabisco, Inc.

IRIDEX Corporation (NASDAQ: IRIX) [Mountain View, CA] announced that James Mackaness, who had served as chief financial officer since 2008 and as chief operating officer since 2012, has resigned his positions with the Company.

JenaValve Technology, Inc. [Irvine, CA] announced the appointment of Peter Wulff as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). His industry experience includes CFO positions at medical technology companies Alphatec Spine, Inc., Artes Medical, Inc., and CryoCor, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Wulff served as CFO and COO for Pure Biosciences, Inc. Image may be NSFW.
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Cybergy Holdings, Inc. (OTC: CYBG) [Englewood, CO] announced the appointment of William Gregorak as the new Chief Financial Officer of the wholly owned subsidiary Cybergy Partners. Mr. Gregorak’s most recent position was as CFO of Ascent Solar Technologies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gregorak spent 17 years at Hewlett-Packard including various senior finance and accounting positions and subsequently in the 1990s, as a national sales account manager and software development operations manager.

DocuSign, Inc. [San Francisco, CA] announced that Michael Sheridan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Sheridan has served as CFO for several technology companies including Mimosa Systems, Playlist Inc., IGN Entertainment, Facebook and SonicWALL. He began his career with nine years in public accounting at Arthur Andersen.

Option Care [Deerfield, IL] announced the appointment of Michael Shapiro as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Shapiro most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Catamaran Corporation. Shapiro joined Catamaran in 2012 as Senior Vice President, Finance and became CFO in 2014. Prior to joining Catamaran, Shapiro was Vice President and CFO for Rexnord Corporation. Shapiro previously spent 15 years at Baxter International, Inc. where he served in various financial leadership positions including Vice President, Finance and Business Development for the Renal Division of Baxter.

SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) [Oklahoma City, OK] announced that it has appointed Julian Bott as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Bott, who most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Texas American Resources Company since 2009, assumes the CFO role from Eddie LeBlanc, who has served as CFO since July 2013 and has announced his retirement. Bott previously served as Managing Partner at Kensington Energy Partners (2008-2009), and Principal and Chief Financial Officer at 3DMD Technologies Ltd. (2004-2008). Mr. Bott served in various senior management capacities at TD Securities from 1996 to 2003 and in senior positions in the Energy Group at Bankers Trust Company from 1984-1996.

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) [Indianapolis, IN] announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Timothy Dooley will leave the Company. Mr. Dooley joined the Company in 1998 as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis and was promoted to increasing levels of responsibility before being appointed as CFO in April of 2011.

Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. [Cambridge, MA] announced that Jean Franchi has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining Dimension, Ms. Franchi served as Chief Financial Officer at Good Start Genetics. Prior to her transition to Good Start in 2012, Ms. Franchi spent 16 years at Genzyme Corporation. In 2008, she was appointed Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, responsible for corporate financial reporting and. Earlier in her career, Ms. Franchi worked in accounting, finance, and sales operations for two diagnostic companies: bioMérieux, Inc., and API.

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACK) [Cambridge, MA] announced that Yasir Al-Wakeel will be appointed Chief Financial Officer and head of Corporate Development. Dr. Al-Wakeel joins Merrimack from Credit Suisse where he served as a Director on the healthcare investment banking team.  Prior to that role, Dr. Al-Wakeel was a research analyst at Credit Suisse.

VISANOW [Chicago, IL] announced that Brittany Smith has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining VISANOW, Smith was Director in the Technology, Media and Telecom Services group at Madison Dearborn Partners.

Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AMOT) [Amherst, NY] announced that Rob Maida, currently the Chief Financial Officer of Allied Motion, will be moving to the newly created position of Vice President of Operational Excellence and concurrent with this change, Mike Leach will become the new Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mike comes to Allied Motion from Osmose Holdings, Inc. where he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the last six years. Prior to that, he was with Cytec Industries for eight years where he progressed to the position of North American Operations Controller for Cytec Specialty Chemicals and eight years with Belko Corporation where he was the VP of Finance and Administration.

SendGrid [Boulder, CO] announced that Yancey Spruill has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining SendGrid, Mr. Spruill served as CFO of DigitalGlobe.

Tremor Video, Inc. (NYSE:TRMR) [New York, NY] announced that it has hired John Rego as Chief Financial Officer. Rego spent 8 years as the Executive Vice President and CFO of Vonage Holdings Corp. Mr. Rego has also served as the CFO of AppSense.

Press Ganey Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PGND) [Boston, MA] announced today that Breht Feigh will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Feigh spent the past 18 years with American Dental Partners in roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to American Dental Partners, he held positions with Robertson, Stephens & Company; ING Barings and Dean Witter Reynolds.

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BCLI) [Hackensack, NJ] announced that it has appointed Yoram Bibring as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Bibring will replace Alla Patlis, the Company’s current interim CFO, who will resume her duties as Controller of the Company. Mr. Bibring joins BrainStorm from Sapiens North America where he served as the Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Sapiens, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Silenseed. Before that, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Healthcare Corporation of America.  Prior to that, he spent 11 years as the Chief Financial Officer for Fundtech.

Viavi Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAV) [Milpitas, CA] has appointed Amar Maletira as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Maletira will replace Rex Jackson, who announced earlier this year his planned departure. Mr. Maletira most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Americas Enterprise Services group at Hewlett-Packard. Prior to that, Mr. Maletira held a series of executive positions in global finance at HP including Business Unit CFO for Application services, Global Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and Director of Investor Relations. Prior to HP, Mr. Maletira served as Chief Operating Officer for a start-up IT consulting company in Michigan, and led sales teams at Siemens and HCL in India.

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL) [Lafox, IL] announced the election of Robert Ben as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Ben spent the past 15 years with Cobra Electronics Corporation. Prior to joining Cobra, Mr. Ben worked for Ivex Packaging Corporation and Abbott Laboratories as well as KPMG and for Ernst & Young as an auditor.

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EIGI) [Burlington, MA] announced that Tivanka Ellawala, chief financial officer, will transition from his current position and take on a new role driving the company’s e-commerce strategy. The company concurrently announced the appointment of Marc Montagner to the role of CFO. Marc Montagner joins Endurance from LightSquared, Inc. where he is CFO. Mr. Montagner returned to LightSquared in 2012 from Dupont Circle Partners in order to serve as CFO after having served as EVP, Sales, Marketing and Strategy at LightSquared between 2009 and 2010.  Prior to joining LightSquared, Mr. Montagner was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Telecom, Media and Technology Group at Banc of America Securities. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and M&A at Sprint Nextel. Mr. Montagner had previously been a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and started his career at France Telecom North America.

TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE: TSLX) [New York, NY] announced that Alan Kirshenbaum has notified the Company of his intention to step down as Chief Financial Officer. Upon his departure, Robert Ollwerther, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer. Ollwerther joined TSLX as Chief Operating Officer in 2014. Prior to TSLX, Ollwerther was an Advisor to TSSP. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Avenue Capital Group. Before that, Ollwerther was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch where he spent 25 years in a variety of positions, including Chief Operating Officer for the Hedge Fund Development and Management Group; Chief Financial Officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa; Chief Financial Officer for Latin America and Canada; Chief Financial Officer for Global Equities; and Head of International and Institutional Internal Audit. Image may be NSFW.
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Move, Inc. [San Jose, CA] has appointed Bryan Charap as chief financial officer. Most recently he has served as senior vice president of finance, and he has held a number of finance positions of increasing responsibility during his 14 years at Move. Charap began his career as a business analyst at Eddie Bauer.

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AXL) [Detroit, Michigan] announced that Michael Simonte currently the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will serve as President. Christopher May currently the Company’s Treasurer, will serve as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Since December 1, 2011, Mr. May has served as Treasurer and previously, from August 2008 through December 1, 2011, Assistant Treasurer.

Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) [Lake Forest, IL] announced the appointment of Randall Pollard as Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pollard’s appointment follows the departure of Timothy Dick, who has elected to step down as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pollard joined Akorn as Vice President and Corporate Controller in April 2015 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Novartis, he served in various financial leadership roles at Wyeth and Mayne Pharma. Mr. Pollard began his career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen.

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Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z) [Seattle, WA] announced Kathleen Philips, who has been the company’s Chief Operating Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.Officer since 2013, has been named Chief Financial Officer. She joined the company in 2010 as General Counsel, and has spent the last two years as Chief Operating Officer. With Philips taking over the CFO role, Amy Bohutinsky has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer.

BrainScope Company, Inc. [Bethesda, MD] announced that Laurie Silver has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to BrainScope, she served as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for the Services group at Symantec. Prior to Symantec, Ms. Silver was the Vice President of Finance and Administration of TrueCareers and a Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young LLP.

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Clik here to view. Robert Gray as its new Chief Executive Officer. He was former CFO of PR Newswire’s parent company, UBM plc. Gray joined UBM’s Board as CFO in September 2009 from Codere S.A. where he was CFO from February 2004. Bob began his career at J.P. Morgan and subsequently worked at Deutsche Bank. He is Vice Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of eDreams Odigeo.

Invuity, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVTY) [San Francisco, CA] announced the appointment of medical device financial and operations executive James Mackaness as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mackaness served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for IRIDEX Corp. Prior to IRIDEX, Mackaness was the CFO at two privately-held companies.

Adaptive Biotechnologies [Seattle, WA] announced the appointment of Chad Cohen as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cohen has served on Adaptive’s Board of Directors since March 2015. Most recently, Mr. Cohen served as CFO for Zillow Group. Prior to Zillow, Mr. Cohen worked for Ticketmaster Entertainment as assistant controller and financial integrity manager. Previously, he was vice president and assistant controller for CountrywidImage may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.e Bank and supervising senior auditor at Ernst & Young. He started his career as a financial planning analyst for Novellus Systems. Mr. Cohen also serves as an independent director for Ticketfly. Dean Schorno, Adaptive’s preceding CFO, will step down to pursue a local opportunity.

PierPass Inc. [Long Beach, CA] named Kevin Recker as its Chief Financial Officer. Recker comes to PierPass after serving as Director of Accounting at International Transportation Service Inc. He has also served in senior accounting and audit positions at the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, Panasonic Disc Services Corp., and with public accounting firms. Recker will replace Tom Stephenson, who is retiring after more than 10 years in the position.

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Clik here to view.nounced that Rick MacLean has been named as the new Chief Financial Officer. MacLean has more than 12 years of healthcare executive experience, including eight years in the oncology pharmaceutical development and distribution space with Adria Labs (Pfizer Pharma), Oncology Therapeutics Network (McKesson Specialty), and with Anaquest. He most recently served as CFO/COO of Jamison Incorporated. Former CFO Marsha Priester will continue to serve in an advisory capacity as MacLean transitions into his new role, and will remain active with the Boards of Directors.

Cardiff International Inc. (OTC: CDIF) [Fort Lauderdale, FL] announced that its Board of Directors named Mike Gillenwater Chief Financial Officer.

PatientSafe Solutions [San Diego, CA] announced the appointment of Balaji Sekar to the position of chief financial officer. He began his career working in financial planning and analysis then transitioned into healthcare, working as CFO for Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, and most recently as interim CFO for Sutherland Global Services.

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Clik here to view.[Atlanta, GA] announced that it has named Steve Fisher as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Fisher previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer and has been serving as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2015.

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) [Wilsonville, OR] announced that Amit Singhi has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, replacing interim CFO Dave Muessle, who will remain Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Singhi most recently led the finance organization of Ford Motor Company’s Global Customer Service Division. Previously, Mr. Singhi was CFO of Ford South America which was preceded by several global finance, operational, and R&D positions at Ford and General Motors.

Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) [St. Louis, MO] announced that William Scheffel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has advised the company of his intention to retire. The Board has designated Jeffrey Schwaneke, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer as Chief Financial Officer when Mr. Scheffel steps down. Mr. Schwaneke has over 18 years of experience, including over 11 years at Fortune 500 companies.

Marathon Pharmaceuticals, LLC [Northbrook, IL] named Babar Ghias its chief financial officer. Ghias most recently served as Marathon’s vice president of strategy and corporate development. Previously, Ghias worked for Credit Suisse in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Early in his career, he was an analyst for the Investment Banking Group at UBS Securities Asia Pacific.

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Clik here to view. (NYSE: COUP) [Mountain View, CA] announced Jennifer Ceran to the executive management team as Chief Financial Officer. Ceran comes to Coupons.com from Box, Inc., where she served as Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Box in 2012, she spent nearly a decade at eBay Inc. in varying global roles, including VP Investor Relations, VP Financial Planning & Analysis and VP Treasurer. Ceran also spent more than a decade at Sara Lee Corporation, where she held various finance roles across corporate development, FP&A and treasury in domestic and international markets.

Hooper Holmes, Inc. (NYSE: HH) [Olathe, KS] is appointing Steven Balthazor Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Balthazor’s appointment reflects the decision by Tom Collins, SVP and Chief Financial Officer of Hooper Holmes, to accept a new opportunity as chief operating officer with a private company. Mr. Balthazor has recently served as the Principal of J. Galt Financial. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance for Digital Globe and Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer for GeoEye, Inc. He has also held prior executive positions including corporate treasurer and head of mergers and acquisitions.

BioPharmX Corporation (NYSE: BPMX) [Menlo Park, CA] has appointed 20-year finance veteran Greg Kitchener to be executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Mr. Kitchener most recently served as vice president of finance at Cepheid.  He previously held financial leadership positions at Synopsys and Cisco Systems.  Earlier, he worked at Charles Schwab and Waddell & Reed.

Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) [Sunnyvale, CA] announced the departure of Ilan Daskal who held the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  The company also announced the appointment of Dan Madden to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Madden has served as Cepheid’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since June 2014 and, from February through April 2015, also served as Cepheid’s Acting Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cepheid, Mr. Madden most recently served as Vice President Finance and Investor Relations, Vice President, Corporate Controller of Symmetricom, Inc., and Vice President and Corporate Controller of Sonic Solutions.

Daseke Inc.  [Addison, TX] has elected Laura Wright to its board of directors. Wright is the retired chief financial officer of Southwest Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.Airlines Co., serving in that position and as senior vice president of finance from 2004 through September 2012.

Xplore Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: XPLR) [Austin, TX] announced it has retained Tom Wilkinson as interim CFO. Tom replaces Michael Rapisand, departing CFO. Wilkinson was a founding partner of PMB Helin Donovan and left the firm as Managing Partner in December 2013, after twelve years. Wilkinson left PMB Helin Donovan to become CFO of Amherst Holdings. Prior to co-founding PMB Helin Donovan, Wilkinson worked for Dell and then as CFO of Credit Suisse First Boston subsidiary Calmco Servicing.

PCS Edventures!.com, Inc. (OTC: PCSV) [Boise, ID] has signed a Memo of Understanding with Gordon Smith, who will be contributing direction and expertise on organizational development and processes for the purposes of accelerating growth. Mr. Smith is the former CFO and CEO at Simplot Corp. He is also a former founding Director and 27-year board member of Micron Technology.

Halitron, Inc. (OTC: HAON) [Newtown, CT] announced that it has appointed Jeffrey Rubinstein the new President and Chief Financial Officer of KozyFurniture, LLC. Rubinstein began his career in Finance and Marketing at Anixter, Inc and then U.S. Robotics.  He went on to own two The UPS Stores for nine years and a FastSigns store for two years. Jeff has held various financial, marketing, and sales positions at Chase Bank, Kelly Services, and Sunbelt Business Brokers before joining KozyFurniture as President and CFO.

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Clik here to view. (NYSE: TKR) [North Canton, OH] elected James Palmer, retired CFO of Northrop Grumman Corp., a director of the company. For the eight years prior to his retirement in 2015, Palmer served as corporate vice president and chief financial officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Palmer’s career also includes positions as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Visteon Corporation; senior vice president and president of Boeing Capital Corporation; and senior vice president and chief financial officer of McDonnell Douglas Corporation. He began his career as an audit partner with Ernst & Young in St. Louis.

Edmentum [Minneapolis, MN] announced that Rob Rueckl, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer. Rueckl has been the company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2007.

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC) [Santa Clara, CA] announced that Douglas Ahrens, the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the company intends to resign his employment. The Company retained Karen Rogge, President of RYN Group, LLC as interim CFO. Ms. Rogge has been President of RYN Group, LLC since its founding in October 2010. Previously, Ms. Rogge served as senior vice president and CFO at Extreme Networks, Inc. from April 2007 to July 2009. Prior to that Ms. Rogge was the vice president of corporate finance, treasurer and principal accounting officer of Seagate Technology from January 2004 to November 2006. Earlier in her career, she held executive financial, operations and general management positions at Inktomi Corporation and Hewlett Packard Company.

Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE: PAH) [West Palm Beach, FL] announced that Sanjiv Khattri will be joining as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Khattri has over 25 years of experience most recently as the Chief Financial Officer of Covanta Holding Corporation. Prior to his role at Covanta, Mr. Khattri served as the Chief Financial Officer of General Motors Acceptance Corporation. Mr. Khattri began his career in the treasury department of General Motors and he became Assistant Treasurer of GM in 2001 following which he joined GMAC as its Chief Financial Officer. Platform’s current Chief Financial Officer, Frank Monteiro, will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer of the soon-to-be expanded Performance Applications segment.

Planet Payment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLPM) [Long Beach, NY] announced that the Company has appointed Robert CoxRobert Cox as President of the Company with immediate effect.  Mr. Cox will also continue in his role as Chief Operating Officer. Cox has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since November 2009, and has served as Chief Operating Officer since January 2014. From June 2009 to November 2009, Mr. Cox served as the Chief Financial Officer of Harris Interactive, Inc.  From 2001 to May 2009, Mr. Cox served as the Chief Financial Officer of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.. He began his career as a Certified Public Accountant in the audit practice at KPMG LLP. The Company has promoted Raymond D’Aponte to Chief Financial Officer.  D’Aponte has served as Vice President, Finance since May 2011 and has served as Senior Vice President, Finance since March 2014.  From March 2005 to April 2011, Mr. D’Aponte served as Senior Director of Corporate Accounting and Finance of DealerTrack Holdings Inc.  He began his career as a Certified Public Accountant in the audit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

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Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) [Minneapolis, MN] promoted John Mulligan to the newly created role of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mulligan has worked at the company since 1996, when he began as a financial analyst. He has served as the company’s chief financial officer since 2012. In 2014, he led the company as the retailer’s interim president and CEO from May to August while continuing to act as CFO. Throughout his tenure at Target, Mulligan has served in key leadership positions in finance and human resources, including director of Target.com Finance, director of Capital Investments, vice president of Pay and Benefits, vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis and senior vice president of Treasury and Accounting.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) [Orlando, FL] announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Peter Crage to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Crage most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. from November 2013 through July  2014 and served as Chief Financial Officer of HVM LLC from July 2011 to November 2013. From November 2010 to June 2011, Crage served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Fair, L.P. From July 2005 to November 2010, he served as Cedar Fair L.P.’s Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to that, he served as Treasurer for Cedar Fair L.P. Marc Swanson will conclude his service as Interim CFO and will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer.

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) [Houston, TX] announced it is combining its CFO group with its Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration group, and has appointed Don Miller as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Miller is replacing John Briscoe, who will be leaving his current position as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other business opportunities.  Miller, who joined Bristow in 2010, was until recently Senior Vice President, Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration. Prior to joining Bristow, Miller spent nine years with Enron North America in positions of increasing levels of responsibility, ending with his role as post-petition President and CEO of Enron North America. From 1985 until 1997, he held financial positions with Citicorp Securities, as both an energy corporate banker and high yield research analyst, and as account executive with Dean Witter Reynolds.

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Incorporated [Palo Alto, CA] announced the appointment of James Welch, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Eiger, Mr. Welch served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Virobay Incorporated.  Previously, Mr. Welch served as Chief Financial Officer of Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Cerimon Pharmaceuticals, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Rigel Pharmaceuticals, and earlier in his career was the Chief Financial Officer of Biocircuits Diagnostics.

23andMe, Inc. [Mountain View, CA] announced the appointment of Dean Schorno as chief financial officer and head of operations for the company. Schorno most recently served as chief financial officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies. Prior to his role at Adaptive Solutions, Schorno spent 13 years at Genomic Health, where he served as both vice president of operations and chief financial officer. Prior to Genomic Health, Schorno founded a successful CPA and consulting firm that he led for nearly a decade.

Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM) [Princeton, NJ] announced that its board of directors has promoted Anthony Lougee  from Controller and Chief Accounting Officer to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Corporate Secretary.  Mr. Lougee has been Dataram’s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 1999. Mr. Lougee started his career as a staff accountant at Philips Electronics and joined Dataram in 1991.

Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) [Houston, TX] announced that Andrew Puhala has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Puhala served most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Electric Technologies, Inc. from January 2013 to September 2015. Prior to American Electric Technologies, Mr. Puhala served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AccessESP from 2011 through 2012. Before joining AccessESP, Mr. Puhala held several senior positions in finance, accounting, treasury and tax during a 15-year tenure with Baker Hughes Incorporated, including Vice President Finance – Corporate Development, Vice President Finance – Middle East, Division Controller – Centrilift, and Assistant Treasurer. His career also includes four years of public accounting experience with Arthur Andersen.

ShockWatch [Dallas, TX] has appointed Robert Hutson as its new Chief Financial Officer. He recently served as Interim CFO for the company. Robert has over 20 years of finance experience including 10 years as the Executive Vice President and CFO of the Dallas Stars NHL franchise. He most recently comes to ShockWatch from Six Pillars Partners where he served as fractional CFO for multiple Six Pillars Partners-related companies.

Qumulo [Seattle, WA] announced that Matthew Frey has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Qumulo, Frey served as CEO of Optimum Energy. Frey also served as a board member at Vitesse Semiconductor. Prior to Optimum Energy and Vitesse Semiconductor, Frey was president and COO of World Wide Packets. Image may be NSFW.
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EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. [Irving, TX] named Duane Anderson as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to EFJohnson, Duane was the Corporate Controller for American Pad & Paper LLC and the Controller for Sagus International, Inc.

Primary Capital Mortgage, LLC [Atlanta, GA] announced that Stephen Bledsoe has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He most recently was Controller and Senior Finance Officer at SunTrust Mortgage. Prior to his work at SunTrust, Mr. Bledsoe held accounting and finance roles at companies including HomeBanc Mortgage, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Freddie Mac and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Archer [Berwyn, PA] announced that Ted Pastva has joined executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Pastva held various leadership roles in finance at Aramark. Pastva then went to Seamless where he led the company’s financial and administrative growth. Pastva joins Archer from GrubHub where he served as vice president of finance and administration. Image may be NSFW.
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USMD Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: USMD) [Irving, TX] announced that Jim Berend has been appointed chief financial officer and executive vice president. Prior to joining USMD, Berend served as CFO and executive vice president of a company operating surgical hospitals in Texas. He previously was the partner in charge of the healthcare practice at Grant Thornton and the healthcare consulting practice at Ernst & Young in Dallas. Berend started his career at and spent nearly 25 years at Arthur Andersen, beginning as a staff accountant, rising to partner and then leading the healthcare practice in Dallas Fort Worth.

BravoSolution [Chicago, IL] announced that Peter Vlerick, formerly CFO at Avatar Solutions, has joined the company as chief financial officer.

Pindrop Security [Atlanta, GA] announced that Mike Vandiver has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Pindrop Security, Vandiver served as CFO of Ingenious Med. He also served as the CFO of SecureWorks. Vandiver previously held financial leadership roles at companies such as Digiquant, LHS Group and BWAY Corporation.

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) [Houston, TX] announced that Jan Schott, its Senior Vice PresiImage may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.dent and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to take a financial position with a private company. Robert Turnham, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role as interim-CFO.

Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) [Billerica, MA] announced the appointment of John Ornell to its Board of Directors, effective August 19, 2015. Mr. Ornell recently retired from Waters Corporation, where he served as Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2013.

PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (OTC: PSSR) [Stamford, CT] announced the appointment of David Henderson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Henderson joins PASSUR after spending four years as Chief Financial Officer at HealthPlanOne. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development at Open Solutions. Prior to that, David was the Director of Product Management at Palm and AnyDay. He began his professional career in the financial services industry at The Carlyle Group and Dillon Read.

Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) [Mountain View, CA] announced that Peter Kuipers has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO Rob Seim now completes the transition to his new role as Executive Vice President, International and Global Quality & Manufacturing. Prior to joining Omnicell, Mr. Kuipers served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Quantcast Corporation. Previously Mr. Kuipers served as Executive Vice President and CFO at The Weather Company. Prior to TWC, Mr. Kuipers served in various financial leadership roles at Yahoo!. Previously Mr. Kuipers served in senior financial leadership roles at Altera Corporation, General Electric Company, and Akzo Nobel. He started his career with Ernst & Young.

EVERTEC, Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) [San Juan, PR] announced that Peter Smith will join as Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s current CFO, Juan José Román Jiménez, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Mr. Smith most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Senior Vice President of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Prior to this role, Smith served as Senior Vice President and Segment Controller at FIS.

ReliaMax [Sioux Falls, SD] announced that Jonathon Albright has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer of ReliaMax Holding Company. Most recently, he was CFO for Borro Group Holdings, Ltd. Prior to that he held CFO positions at TDX Group Limited, CMAX Holdings, Barclaycard UK and served as a senior vice president & finance director at JPMorgan Chase.

Beechwood Re [New York, NY] announced the appointment of David Kaplon as Chief Financial Officer of Beechwood’s group of companies. Prior to Beechwood, David was an Executive Advisor at Aquiline Capital Partners. Prior to Aquiline, David served at Blackstone’s Bayview Asset Management. David also served in a variety of executive leadership roles at XL Group and at Zurich Financial Services’ Centre Group.

The Match Group [New York, NY] announced that Gary Swidler will join as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Swidler joins The Match Group from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he has been an executive for nearly 18 years in various capacities. Most recently, he served as a Managing Director where he led the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group.

Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ:MATR) [Chicago, IL] announced the appointment of Sheau-ming Ross as Vice Image may be NSFW.
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OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTC: OTCM) [New York, NY] announced the resignation of Wendy Fraulo from her position as Chief Financial Officer.

Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) [Houston, TX] announced the appointment of Alan Curtis as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Curtis joined Oceaneering in 1995 as a Financial Controller and since December 2014 has served as Senior Vice President, Operations Support.

Biocept, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOC) [San Diego, CA] announced the voluntary resignation of Bill Kachioff, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The company also announced that Mark Foletta has been appointed as the companImage may be NSFW.
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McKim & Creed, Inc. [Raleigh, NC] announced that Christopher Nelson has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Previously he served as partner/divisional CFO of Environmental Resources Management.

QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ: QLGC) [Aliso Viejo, CA] announced that the board has appointed Jean Hu as acting CEO. Hu has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2011 and will continue in that role and retain her CFO responsibilities while serving as acting CEO.

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BG Staffing, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BGSF) announced the appointment of Dan Hollenbach as its Chief Financial Officer. Hollenbach has experience both as Chief Financial Officer and as Operating Division Director. Previous company experience includes four years with Robert Half Management Resources and six years of financial leadership with Global Employment Solutions.Image may be NSFW.
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Dexter + Chaney announced the appointment of Brian Rice as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Rice replaces retiring CFO John Ulacia, who is retiring after 20 years. Rice was previously the CFO/COO at LexBlog. Prior to LexBlog, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at NetMotion Wireless. Rice began his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young.

Quaker Chemical Corporation (NYSE: KWR) announced that Margaret M. Loebl has resigned from her position as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Quaker effective September 18, 2015.  Ms. Loebl has accepted the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AgroFresh Solutions (NASDAQ: AGFS), a specialty solutions company based in Philadelphia.

Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL) announced the appointment of Mark Novakovich as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Novakovich has been with Control4 since 2004. Dan Strong, who had served as the company’s CFO since January 2008, will be pursuing an opportunity with a privately held company in the healthcare industry and will transition to a part-time advisory role on September 30^th. For the last several years Mark has been responsible for all of Control4’s finance and accounting operations, as well as its tax, treasury, order management, and internal control activities. Prior to Control4, Mr. Novakovich held several senior finance positions including Chief Financial Officer at Lineo; and Corporate Controller at I-Link. Mark began his career in public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGFS, AGFSW) announced that it has appointed Margaret M. (Margo) Loebl to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 21, 2015. Stuart Gleichenhaus, who serves as interim CFO, will stay on as an advisor to Ms. Loebl to ensure a smooth transition. Ms. Loebl most recently served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Quaker Chemical Company. Prior to this, Ms. Loebl worked as a consultant for Constellium. Before Constellium, her professional experience included: Corporate VP, CFO and Treasurer for TechTeam Global; Group Vice President of Finance for Archer Daniels Midland Company; VP, Corporate Finance for Nike, Inc.; and various progressive financial positions for over 13 years at General Motors.

Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., formerly Aptalis Pharmaceutical Technologies, announced that Joseph (Joe) Del Buono has joined as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer has join in the company. Del Buono joins from Adare Aphena Pharma Solutions, where he served as Corporate Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since 2011. Previously, he worked in a number of upscale financial positions at Alpharma / King Pharmaceuticals, Sun Chemical and Schering-Plough.

ServRx, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark L. Smith to the position of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Smith joins ServRx from his former position as the CFO of iTech Broker, Inc. Previously, Mr. Smith was CFO for Village Estates Corporation. He spent nearly 10 years as CFO at Avesis Incorporated.

ATL Technology has named David Gens CFO of the company. Prior to joining ATL Technology, he served as senior financial officer in three of Seattle’s fastest growing companies, including RPI, Zango (now Blinkx), and Global Seafoods.

MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Stacy McMahan, has resigned effective September 25, 2015, to accept the position of CFO at a public medical device and life sciences company. MSA Senior Vice President Kerry Bove has been appointed interim CFO.  Ms. McMahan joined MSA in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Finance, and in 2013 she was elected Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE: DW) announced that David M. Smith will be joining the Company as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Joseph S. Giordano III, who served in that role since 2008. Smith has served for the past ten years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Key Safety Systems, Inc. (KSS).

sPower announced the appointment of David Shipley as its Chief Financial Officer effective August 24^th, 2015. Shipley takes over as CFO after spending the last several months as sPower’s Senior Vice President of Structured Finance. Bob Wowk, sPower’s interim CFO, will be moving on to other ventures but will continue to assist with the transition. Shipley joined sPower in February 2015 from Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) where he was a Managing Director in the Capital Markets division. Prior to JLL, Shipley was a founding member of Enfinity America Corporation and spent five years as its CFO and Executive Vice President.

VerTech Solutions Group announced that it has named David Vande Casteele president and chief financial officer. Most recently, he was managing director at John Davenport & Associates. Image may be NSFW.
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Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. announced that veteran finance executive Henry Lyons has been named the company’s chief financial officer. Most recently Lyons was CFO of APMEX, Inc. He has also served in financial leadership roles at corporations including Gain Capital, ACI Worldwide, GE Healthcare, W.R. Grace & Co. and Ernst & Young.

Monogram Residential Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MORE) announced the appointment of Dan Swanstrom as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer-Elect, effective on October 26, 2015. Swanstrom will succeed Howard Garfield, who will remain with the Company as Senior Vice President – Planning, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer, and Assistant Secretary. Mr. Swanstrom joins Monogram following a successful nine-year career at Morgan Stanley, most recently serving as Executive Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group.

Eyelation announced that Brian Rady has joined Eyelation as Chief Financial Officer. Brian Rady was a co-founder of Redbox and served as the financial leader for the business for the first six years.

Intrepid Aviation is pleased to announce that Olaf Sachau, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Intrepid, Mr. Sachau had previously been in senior management roles with Amentum Capital and HSH Nordbank. At the same time, Intrepid also announced the promotion of Mike Lungariello to Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Lungariello joined Intrepid in 2012 and serves as the company’s Senior Vice President and Global Controller.

Coalfire announced Steve Deitsch has joined the company’s executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Coalfire, Deitsch was CFO of Lanx Inc., which was acquired by Biomet, Inc. late in 2013. Deitsch then became CFO of Biomet’s Spine, Bone Healing and Microfixation businesses. Before Lanx and Biomet, he held various executive finance roles at Zimmer Holdings, Inc., leading all finance and accounting functions for Zimmer’s European business. At

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CIE) announced that Shannon (Shane) E. Young, III will join Cobalt as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Young is currently Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Talos Energy LLC. He replaces John P. Wilkirson, who has indicated his desire to pursue other interests. These changes are effective September 1, 2015. In addition to his current role, Mr. Young has over 20 years’ experience as an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Salomon Brothers.

Health Catalyst announced the upcoming appointment of Dan Strong as Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2015. Strong has served for over seven years as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Control4.  Current Health Catalyst CFO Jeff Selander will become the company’s Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Control4, Strong spent five years as the CFO at iBAHN. Before iBAHN, he worked for 14 years at Iomega Corporation as vice president of financial planning and analysis, vice president and corporate controller, and interim CFO. Strong has also held executive-level corporate finance positions at Campus Pipeline, Inc., and Pro Image Corp.

Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced that it has appointed Jan Kees van Gaalen to the position of vice president and chief financial officer effective September 1, 2015. Jan Kees van Gaalen replaces Martha Fusco who has served as interim chief financial officer since February 2015. Ms. Fusco will continue in her role as vice president and corporate controller. Prior to joining Kennametal, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Dresser-Rand Group Inc. Previously, he held several financial leadership positions including vice president and treasurer for Baker Hughes, Inc. and vice president finance and chief financial officer for PT Vale Inco TBK (formerly PT Inco TBK), in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Appcelerator announced it has appointed Spencer Punter as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Punter most recently served as CFO of SnapLogic, a cloud app and data integration company. Prior to SnapLogic, he was a Managing Director at Capital Dynamics. He began his career in technology investment banking at Morgan Stanley, and has served as a venture capitalist for Integral Capital Partners and as a General Partner for Bowman Capital. In addition to SnapLogic, he served as an executive for two other venture-backed companies, Aztek Networks and ApexMD.

Synergy Resources Corporation (NYSE MKT: SYRG) announced it has hired James P. Henderson as Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Henderson is the former CFO of Kodiak Oil and Gas Corp. Prior to Mr. Henderson’s time at Kodiak, he spent 17 years at Western Gas Resources and its successor, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Lydall, Inc. (NYSE: LDL) announced that Scott M. Deakin has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lydall, Inc., effective September 8, 2015. Mr. Deakin will be joining Lydall from his position as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc.. Prior to Ensign-Bickford, Mr. Deakin served as a strategy and operations consultant, and held financial leadership and general manager roles with leading diversified companies, including Eaton Corporation and Barnes Group Inc. Image may be NSFW.
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Envysion announced it has hired Calvin K. Quan as its CFO. Most recently Quan was CFO at Providence Corporate Development Company in Littleton, Colorado and President and CFO at Miller Heiman, Inc. Before that, he held senior financial and operations roles at a number of technology and Internet companies, including Verio and Nortel Networks. He is currently a board member at RO Innovation. Quan replaces Michelle Shewchuk, who helped recruit him to the company upon her retirement.

Namely announced the hire of Radhika Samant, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rhadika joins from EnterpriseDB.

First Banks, Inc. (NYSE: FBSPrA), parent company of First Bank, announced that Lisa K. Vansickle, formerly the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Ms. Vansickle initially joined the Company in 1997 and has served in roles of increasing responsibility including Director of Internal Audit and Controller prior to her election as Chief Financial Officer in 2007. The company also announced that Michael J. Normile, previously the Company’s Senior Vice President and Controller, will succeed Ms. Vansickle as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Normile joined the Company in 2007 and, as a key member of the finance team, was promoted to Controller in 2008. Immediately prior to joining the Company, Mr. Normile was a Director at McGladrey & Pullen LLP (now known as McGladrey LLP) after beginning his career with KPMG LLP in St. Louis, Missouri where he last served as a Senior Manager.

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Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) [Columbus, OH] announced that Timothy Johnson was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Johnson has been with Big Lots for 15 years and held numerous roles with increasing responsibility culminating in his prior role of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) [Houston, TX] announced that Jose Bayardo has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bayardo succeeds Scott Duff, Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining National Oilwell Varco, Mr. Bayardo served as Senior Vice President, Resource and Business Development at Continental Resources, Inc. Prior to Continental, Mr. Bayardo spent nine years with Complete Production Services, Inc., serving in various roles, including the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Bayardo also served in several other roles at Complete, including Vice President – Corporate Development and Investor Relations, and Vice President of a subsidiary’s Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent operations. Prior to joining Complete Production Services, Mr. Bayardo was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan.

Ripple Labs [San Francisco, CA] announced it has appointed Bret Allenbach as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He is the former CFO of Payments and Risk for PayPal and VP of Finance at Visa. Prior to this, Allenbach held a number of other roles during his nine years with the company, including Senior Director of Global Risk Management, Senior Director of Global Risk Analytics, and Director of the Financial Services Group. Previously, he held a number of leadership positions with Visa during a seven-year tenure, including Vice President of Finance. He has also worked in finance related roles for World Savings and Loan Association, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Image may be NSFW.
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The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles [Los Angeles, CA] announced the appointment of David Carroll as senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer. Carroll joins The Foundation from Playworks where he served as chief financial officer. Earlier, Carroll held the positions of chief financial officer and chief operating officer for the Community Foundation of Sonoma County for three years. He previously served as director of finance and operations for the California Association of Food Banks. Additionally, Carroll worked as research director for the California Budget Project and finance policy director for the California Association of Public Hospitals.

Allied Minds (LSE: ALM) [Boston, MA] announced that Joseph Pignato is joining its executive management team as Chief Financial Officer. After gaining experience in accounting at PKF Worldwide and Deloitte, Joe developed expertise in the effective deployment of venture capital for early stage companies during his tenure as CFO of Charles River Ventures; as General Partner, Chief Operating Officer and CFO of Prism Ventures; and as a Board Member of the Slater Technology Fund. Joe also served as Director of Finance at Lightbridge and as CFO at Swipely.

Four Oaks Fincorp, Inc. (OTC: FOFN) [Four Oaks, NC] announced Nancy Wise, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, resigned from her positions. Deanna Hart, the Bank’s Senior Vice President and Controller since January 2014, will serve as acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank.

MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL) [Mountain View, CA] announced that Simon Biddiscombe has been named Chief Financial Officer. Simon has served as interim CFO since May 2015. Most recently he served as Chief Strategy Officer and previously as Interim Chief Financial Officer at ServiceSource International, Inc. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer at QLogic Corp. and as Chief Financial Officer at Mindspeed Technologies.

Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P. announced the election of Paul Sherba, chief financial officer, to its Board of Directors. Paul joined Loomis Sayles in 1987 as assistant controller and was later promoted to controller, and more recently, treasurer. Paul was elevated to chief financial officer earlier this year when previous CFO Kevin Charleston was named president and chief executive officer.

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Clik here to view.ShopKeep [New York, NY] announced the appointment of John Baule as the company’s new CFO. Baule started his career with Peat Marwick and then spent nearly 10 years with Bristol-Myers Squibb. He was also COO and CFO for K12. Most recently, Baule helped to lead ChannelAdvisor through their successful IPO.

ICMA-RCICMA-RC [Washington, DC] announced the appointment of Michael Guarasci as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining ICMA-RC, Mr. Guarasci served as Chief Financial Officer of Infraredx, Inc. Prior appointments include Indus Capital Partners LLC, Bear Stearns Asset Management, and Credit Suisse’s U.S. Asset Management division where he held senior financial management roles.

Davita HealthCare Partners (NYSE: DVA) [St. Petersburg, FL] has named Lauren Edgington as chief financial officer (CFO) for HealthCare Partners’ Florida market. Edgington joins DaVita HealthCare Partners from Aetna, where she was regional chief financial officer. Prior to Aetna, Edgington was CFO of UnitedHealth Group’s New York plan. Earlier in her career, Edgington was an analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Novitex [Stamford, CT] announced the appointment of Robert Rooney as Chief Financial Officer. Rooney comes to Novitex from Affinion Group, where he served for more than 10 years in various leadership positions, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior, Rooney held leadership roles at Sbarro Inc., Discovery Zone and Imagine Films Entertainment.

itBit [New York, NY] announced the appointment of Kim Petry as Chief Financial Officer. Petry joins itBit from her post as CFO of Global Operations and Technology at Broadridge Financial. Prior to that, she served as the CFO and Vice President of Global Commercial/Corporate Card Payment at American Express. She previously held top corporate finance positions at TIAA-CREF and US Trust Corporation/Schwab Corporation.

Community 1st Bank (OTC: CFBN) [Auburn, CA] announced that Kevin Watson has joined as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Watson’s banking career included service at Calnet Business Bank and Feather River State Bank, serving most of those years as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Watson served at North Valley Bank.

Aerohive Networks (NYSE: HIVE) [Sunnyvale, CA] announced that Gordon Brooks, the company’s CFO and senior vice president, has resigned and that John Ritchie has been appointed CFO and senior vice president. Ritchie’s career in finance has included his most recent role as the CFO of Telerik AD and public company CFO roles at Ubiquiti Networks, Electronics For Imaging and Splash Technology Holdings.

Continuum Analytics [Austin, TX] has announced Randy Russell as CFO. Previous roles include CFO of Haas Outdoors, SVP of Financial Services at ePartners, and founder/CEO of 121 Micro.

Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC [McLean, VA] announced Michael Bolton as the company’s new CFO. Prior to working at DISYS, he held senior financial and operational positions at American Traffic Solutions, ACS, Serco, and Dyncorp.

BrightStar Care [Chicago, IL] announced that Tom Lehr joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to BrightStar Care, Lehr was the CFO at Adventures in Advertising Corporation where he was responsible for all financial, legal, vendor relations, systems integration and operational management.

Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE: DW) [Elkhart, IN] announced that David Smith will be joining the Company as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Joseph Giordano, who served in that role since 2008. Smith has served for the past ten years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Key Safety Systems, Inc. Prior to his tenure at KSS, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Key Plastics, LLC.

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR) [Fremont, CA] announced the appointment of Corporate Controller Kenneth Spink as Chief Financial Officer and VP of Finance. He will succeed Gary Larson. Mr. Spink has served at Aehr Test for seven years. He was previously Corporate Accounting Manager at Applied Materials and began his career with accounting firm Deloitte.

The Motorsport Aftermarket Group [Irving, Texas] announced the addition of a new CFO, Rick Walters. Most recently he was CFO of Service King. Prior to Service King, Rick served as a Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners.

Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [Research Triangle Park, NC] announced the appointment of Lyle Lohmeyer as CFO. Previously, Lohmeyer held financial management positions with companies such as AAIPharma, Qualia Networks, Energy Conversion Systems Holdings, Abaco Mobile and NAVTEQ. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

AMERISAFE, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSF) [DeRidder, LA] appointed Neal Fuller as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 2011 through 2013, Mr. Fuller was a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SeaBright Holdings, Inc. From 2010 through 2011, Mr. Fuller served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ICW Group. From 1988 through 2009, Mr. Fuller served in multiple leadership positions ending as Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasurer for Safeco Corporation.

Perseon Corporation (NASDAQ: PRSN) [Salt Lake City, UT] announced that Chief Financial Officer William Barth has advised the Company of his plans to retire.

SourceLink [Chicago, IL] announced the appointment of Don Lewis as Chief Financial Officer. Lewis joined SourceLink in the summer of 2013 as CFO of the SourceLink Carolina location, and has now moved into the Corporate CFO role. Prior to joining SourceLink, Lewis spent 10 years with KPMG serving in the Greenville, SC office and later in their executive offices in NY.

Atlas Energy Group, LLC (NYSE: ATLS) [Philadelphia, PA] announced the appointment of Jeffrey Slotterback as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Slotterback currently serves as Chief Accounting Officer of both Atlas companies, which has been his position since March 2011. In addition, Mr. Slotterback has served in senior financial management positions at Atlas and Atlas predecessor companies since May 2007. Prior to joining Atlas, Mr. Slotterback was a Senior Auditor at Deloitte and Touche, LLP, where he focused on energy and health care clients.

Bookit.com [Panama City Beach, FL] announced that Jack Fraser has left his role as CFO after only six months at the position.

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Clik here to view.Priority Health [Grand Rapids, MI] Michael Freed, president and CEO of the Company and Executive Vice President of Priority Health’s parent company, Spectrum Health, has announced that he plans to retire. Freed has led Priority Health as President and CEO since 2012 and has been a board member of the health plan since 1995. From 1995 through 2013, he also served as the Executive Vice President and CFO of the Spectrum Health System.

MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGPI) [Atchison, KS] announced that Tom Pigott will join the company as vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Pigott’s most recent position was vice president of finance for the Meal Solutions Division of Kraft Foods Group. Between 1994 and 2009, he held a succession of CFO and other financial leadership positions across a wide number of Kraft operating divisions. From 2010 to 2012, Pigott was vice president of finance for Nestle Pizza Division.

Vince Holding Corp. (NYSE: VNCE) [New York, NY] reported that David Stefko assumed the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, a position previously held by Mark Brody. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Stefko held the position of Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners. Prior to joining Sun Capital, he served as SVP, CFO & CAO of Things Remembered.

LeoNovus Inc. (TSX-V: LTV) [Sunnyvale, CA] announced its current board member, Dan Hilton, has been appointed as interim chief financial officer.  David Belgum, the current CFO, is departing the Company.

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AECOM (NYSE: ACM) [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of W. Troy Rudd as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 5. Rudd, a senior vice president concurrently serving as treasurer; chief operating officer, Design Consulting Services (DCS) Americas; and chief financial officer, DCS Global, assumes the CFO role held by AECOM President Stephen M. Kadenacy, who has served as CFO since 2011. Prior to joining AECOM, Rudd was a partner for 10 years with KPMG, where he held leadership roles and served many of the firm’s most-valued clients.

The Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG) [New York, NY] announced that following the spin-off of MSG Networks Inc., which is expected to occur on September 30, 2015, Bret Richter will join the company as chief financial officer. Mr. Richter is joining MSG Networks Inc. from Cablevision Systems Corporation, where he has been serving as executive vice president of corporate finance and development. Mr. Richter previously served as senior vice president of financial strategy and development at Cablevision. Before joining Cablevision in 2005, he served as president of The Richter Consulting Group, Inc., a privately held advisory firm that provided consulting services to early stage media companies. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of finance at NTL Incorporated (a predecessor of Virgin Media), where he took on progressively senior roles, including managing all of NTL’s finance activities as its acting chief financial officer. Mr. Richter was also a member of the media investment banking advisory team at Salomon Brothers Inc.

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) [NIWOT, Colo.] announced that Jeff Lasher, senior vice president and chief financial officer, is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Lasher, who joined Crocs in 2009 and was named chief financial officer in 2011, will remain with the company through early November. Mr. Lasher plans to join West Marine, Inc. as chief financial officer in November. Mike Smith, senior vice president for finance, has been named interim chief financial officer effective October 1st and will work closely with Lasher during a transition period. Smith joined Crocs earlier this year after a long career in finance, including several chief financial officer roles. Smith spent nearly two years as division senior vice president for finance at Wolverine Worldwide and, prior to its acquisition, Collective Brands Performance & Lifestyle Group, which included the Sperry Top-Sider, Saucony, Keds and Stride Rite brands.

CSX [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that Fredrik J. Eliasson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer from his previous position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Frank A. Lonegro has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from his previous position as Vice President-Service Design. Eliasson was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2012. He previously served in key Sales and Marketing and Finance leadership roles, including as vice president of the chemicals and fertilizer business, vice president of emerging markets, vice president of commercial finance, and vice president of financial planning and analysis. He joined the company in 1995. Lonegro was most recently as vice president-service design and before that president of CSX Technology, vice president-mechanical, vice president-internal audit and associate general counsel. He joined the company in 1999.

Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX) [ST. LOUIS] announced Eric Slusser has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Slusser was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. Prior to joining Gentiva in 2009, Mr. Slusser held executive roles with Centene Corporation, including serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of International Development, and Treasurer. Mr. Slusser also served as Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Cardinal Health, Inc. Prior to his career in healthcare, Mr. Slusser, who is a certified public accountant, spent 10 years in a variety of finance roles within the telecommunications industry, and 12 years in public accounting. Jim Havel, the company’s former interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue with Express Scripts as Executive Vice President of Finance for an indeterminate period of time to assist with the transition.

Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT) [TYSONS CORNER, Va.] announced that it has appointed Cynthia Russo as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 28, 2015. Most recently, she was Executive Vice President and CFO of publicly-traded MICROS Systems. During her 19 years at MICROS, she served in a variety of senior finance roles of increasing responsibility, from Director of Financial Reporting to Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, and ultimately to CFO, which she served as for the last five years until MICROS’ acquisition by Oracle in September, 2014.

Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE MKT: GORO) [COLORADO SPRINGS, CO] announced the appointment of John Labate as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Labate has been serving as the Company’s interim CFO since May 11, 2015. His extensive resource industry experience includes previously serving as CFO for Golden Star Resources Ltd., Constellation Copper Corporation and Crown Resources Corporation. Image may be NSFW.
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NORMA Group [AUBURN HILLS, Mich.] announced that Roger Goldbaum has been named chief financial officer and vice president of finance for the Americas Region. Prior to joining NORMA, Goldbaum had been CFO for Willbanks Energy Logistics and previously had served in senior management positions at Visteon and Ford Motor Company.

Merrill Corporation [ST. PAUL, Minn.] has named Tom Donnelly as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Donnelly replaces Bob Nazarian, who is retiring after serving Merrill Corporation for the past 15 years as its CFO. Donnelly joins Merrill from Minneapolis–based OptiMine, where he has served as a director and chief executive officer since 2014. Prior to joining OptiMine, Donnelly led Digital River, where, from 2005 to 2013, he served as the CFO, and later as chief operating officer and president. Donnelly also served as the CFO and later as president and chief operating officer of Net Perceptions, Inc. He has held several other finance and transaction–related positions at technology and financial services companies.

Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRCP) [PLYMOUTH, MI] appointed Dave Watza to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective October 5, 2015. Mr. Watza joins Perceptron from TriMas Corporation, most recently as Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasury. Dave joined TriMas in 2005, holding positions of increasing responsibility and professional growth including Vice President Finance, Business Planning & Analytics; division Finance Officer for Cequent APEA in Australia; and division Finance Officer and Vice President of Finance for Cequent Performance Products.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:  HAIN) [LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Pasquale (“Pat”) Conte as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Stephen J. Smith, who has served as Hain Celestial’s Chief Financial Officer will remain with the Company through September 30, 2015 to ensure an orderly transition. In October, 2014 Pat was named Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, having joined Hain Celestial in July, 2009 after acting as a financial consultant to the Company previously. Pat previously worked at Colgate-Palmolive Company, NYNEX Corporation and Arthur Anderson, LLP.  Prior to joining Hain Celestial, he worked at Motorola, Inc. (formerly Symbol Technologies, Inc.) in a series of financial roles of increasing responsibilities including Tax Director, Vice President and Controller and ultimately, Chief Financial Officer.

Sotera Defense Solutions [HERNDON, Va.] announced that John C. Pitsenberger has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Pitsenberger was Sotera’s Corporate Controller for the past two years. Prior to joining Sotera, Mr. Pitsenberger was the Vice President and Corporate Controller for PAE through 2013. Earlier in his career he has held various accounting, finance, and planning positions at companies including Iron Bow Technologies, Apptis, Deltek, and American Management Systems (now CGI) from 1998 to 2012.

Docker Inc. announced that former Twitter executive Mike Gupta has joined Docker as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Docker has appointed former CFO Eric Bardin to the newly-created role of senior vice president (SVP) of finance and business operations. Before joining Docker, Gupta was SVP of strategic investments at Twitter, where he ran Twitter Ventures. Before taking on this role, he served as Twitter’s CFO, during which he led the company through its very successful IPO. Prior to joining Twitter, Gupta was SVP, finance and treasurer at Zynga, Inc. Prior to that, Gupta spent eight years at Yahoo! Inc. in a variety of financial roles, most recently as SVP of corporate development, finance and treasury.

Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) [MEMPHIS, TN] announced that Allen Campbell will become its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective upon the commencement of his employment with Verso on September 21, 2015. Campbell has over 30 years of financial leadership experience in industrial manufacturing, including 10 years as the chief financial officer of Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (NYSE), the parent company of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. At Cooper Standard, Campbell has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Infrastructure Officer since March 2015, and he previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to March 2015 and in other financial and corporate leadership roles of increasing responsibility from 1998 to 2004. He previously worked at The Dow Chemical Company from 1980 to 1998 in various financial and accounting positions.

General Atlantic [PALO ALTO and NEW YORK] announced today that Robert Swan, former Chief Financial Officer of eBay, Inc., has joined General Atlantic as an Operating Partner. Mr. Swan will be part of the firm’s Resources Group. He will be based in General Atlantic’s Palo Alto office. Mr. Swan joins General Atlantic from eBay where he served since 2006 as Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to eBay, Mr. Swan served as Chief Financial Officer at Electronic Data Systems Corp., TRW, Inc., and Webvan Group, Inc. Mr. Swan began his career at General Electric, serving for 15 years in numerous senior finance roles including as divisional Chief Financial Officer for GE Transportation Systems, GE Healthcare Europe, and GE Lighting. He serves as a member of the board of directors for eBay and Applied Materials, Inc.

Coronal Group LLC [GLENDALE, Calif.] announced that Philip R. Leiber has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Coronal, Mr. Leiber served as the CFO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Prior to that he was CFO at Seattle City Light.

Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) [SCHAUMBURG, Ill.] announced that Joseph G. McCormack has been appointed as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McCormack most recently joined Sparton as a Senior Financial Consultant in June of 2015. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ingenient Technologies Inc. Mr. McCormack was also a partner with Ernst & Young LLP.

Denali Therapeutics Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Steve E. Krognes will join the company as Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2015. Mr. Krognes joins Denali from Genentech, where he has served as CFO and as a member of the Genentech Executive Committee since 2009. Prior to that, he led Roche’s global Mergers & Acquisition team for five years and served on its global finance leadership team. Mr. Krognes has also worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, management consultant at McKinsey & Company and as a venture capitalist in Scandinavia.Image may be NSFW.
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Array BioPharma (NASDAQ: ARRY) [BOULDER, Colo.] announced that it has appointed Patricia Henahan to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Array, Ms. Henahan was Vice President of Finance for Hospira’s U.S. pharmaceutical-focused business. Prior to her role at Hospira, Ms. Henahan was Chief Financial Officer of iPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AstraZeneca Group, from 2009 to 2013.  From 2002 to 2009, Ms. Henahan provided financial leadership to the R&D organizations of AstraZeneca, MedImmune and Eli Lilly.

Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: TYPE) [WOBURN, Mass.] announced it has hired Joseph Hill as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) and executive vice president. Hill succeeds Scott Landers, who will remain as Monotype’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) and is expected to be appointed CEO on January 1, 2016. Hill most recently worked at Metabolix, Inc. where he had worked since 2008 as senior vice president, CFO and treasurer. Prior, he served as senior vice president and CFO of AMICAS. Hill has also served as CFO at Dirig Software, Maconomy Corporation, Datamedic Corporation and Marcam Corporation.

InDemand Interpreting [SEATTLE] announced that Bob Nakahara has joined InDemand as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Previously Bob Nakahara was the Chief Financial Officer for the Washington Health Benefit Exchange. Prior to that position, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Qliance Medical Management, Inc. He was a partner at Tatum Consulting, LLC, the CFO for MedManage Systems, Inc. and the Senior Vice President/CFO of PREMERA Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska. Bob is also serving his seventh consecutive three-year term as a trustee on the Washington State Investment Board.Image may be NSFW.
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Astro Pak Corporation [COSTA MESA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Todd Dean as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Astro Pak, Mr. Dean served in leadership roles in both the private and non-profit sectors. These roles have included working as a CPA with KPMG, Director of Finance for LG&E Energy, Chief Operating Officer of HomeWord, and Executive Pastor of Coast Hills Community Church. Todd served on the Astro Pak Board of Directors for the past 10 years.

SALESWARP [BALTIMORE] announced that Henry Sage has joined the company’s leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Henry was most recently CFO and General Manager of Operations at eBizNET Solutions.

Calysta, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] named Ted Hull as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance. Mr. Hull joins Calysta from posts as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for 3-D Systems and Fusion-io, and six years as Vice President, Finance at Cisco. Previously, Mr. Hull served as CFO at Isola and as Vice President, Finance and CFO for Maxtor.

FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE) [MILPITAS, CA] announced that Michael Berry has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer. Berry is expected to join the company on September 21. Berry most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Informatica Corporation. Berry earlier led finance and other operations for a number of technology companies, including IO, SolarWinds, and i2 Technologies. FireEye also announced that Deepak Ahuja, Tesla’s first CFO, has joined the FireEye board of directors. Prior to joining Tesla, Ahuja had 15 years of global automotive finance experience at Ford, where he held various leadership positions. Berry will replace Frank Verdecanna, who will conclude his service as interim chief financial officer and continue to serve as FireEye’s vice president of finance.

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. [Cheyenne, WY] announced that Michael O. Matthews resigned from his position as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Stan Gadek was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. In 2013, Mr. Gadek founded, and continues to serve as principal of, TreadStohne Group, LLC, a management consulting and turnaround advisory services business which has provided consulting services to the Company. From 2008-2013 he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sun Country Airlines, a Minnesota-based airline.

Vita Coco® [NEW YORK] announced that Armando Amselem joined as Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO), a newly created role. Before joining Vita Coco, Armando spent 20 years at PepsiCo and was most recently General Manager of Tropicana North America. Prior to that, he was General Manager for PepsiCo France. During his accomplished tenure with PepsiCo, Armando held senior financial, strategic planning and management roles in North America, Latin America, France, Switzerland and the UK, including the roles of CFO of PepsiCo France from 2001-05 and Vice President of Strategic Planning and M&A for PepsiCo Europe from 2006-07. Jose Carvalho has the new title and role of Americas CFO and General Manager, Canada. He will continue to be based in New York and oversee the brand’s financial operations in North America and diversify his role by simultaneously managing Vita Coco’s growing Canada business. Jose originally joined Vita Coco in 2010 as CFO.Image may be NSFW.
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GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) [BEDMINSTER, N.J] announced that Nigel Rose has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2015.  Mr. Rose, who is currently GAIN’s Group Finance Director, has served as the Chief Financial Officer of City Index Holdings, Inc. since 2010. GAIN acquired City Index on April 1, 2015. Mr. Rose will succeed Jason Emerson, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will be leaving the firm to pursue other interests. Prior to City Index, Mr. Rose served as Finance Director for over nine years at Blue Square, which was acquired by Rank Gaming Group plc. Prior to his time at Rank Gaming, Nigel held various senior positions in telecoms, media and broking.

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Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC) [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Mark McGivney as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2016. Mark most recently served as SVP of Corporate Finance for Marsh & McLennan, and previously as CFO and COO of Mercer, from 2011 to 2014, and CFO of Marsh, from 2007 to 2011. Mr. McGivney succeeds J. Michael Bischoff, who is retiring after having served as Chief Financial Officer since September 2012. Image may be NSFW.
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Adbrain [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of John Grobstein as COO/CFO. John will be based in London. John previous roles included positions as principal in, and CFO/COO of, Blueslice Networks Inc. Prior to Blueslice, John was a VP at AT&T.

Best Buy Co., Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Karen McLoughlin to its Board of Directors. McLoughlin is the chief financial officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions. McLoughlin joined Cognizant in 2003. She has been the chief financial officer since 2012. Prior to joining Cognizant, McLoughlin spent six years at Spherion Corp. (SFN Group which was acquired by Randstad in 2011) and three years at Ryder System Inc., where she held key financial management positions.

W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA) [COLUMBIA, Md.] announced that Dean P. Freeman has been hired to be Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GCP Applied Technologies Inc., the public company expected to be formed by a spin-off in early 2016 of Grace’s Construction Products segment and its Darex Packaging Technologies business. He will be located at the company’s global headquarters in Cambridge, MA. Previously, Freeman was with Watts Water Technologies (NYSE: WTS) in Andover, MA, where he was interim President and Chief Executive Officer after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Freeman also held senior finance and treasurer roles with Flowserve Corporation and with The Stanley Works Corporation. Prior roles included financial executive and management positions with United Technologies Corporation and SPX Corporation.Image may be NSFW.
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Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO) [BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.] announced that Lisa A. Payne will transition the company’s chief financial officer role to Treasurer and Executive Vice President, Capital Markets, Simon J. Leopold, effective January 1, 2016. Payne will retain her role as vice chairman of the Board until leaving the company in March 2016. Leopold joined Taubman in 2012. Prior to joining Taubman, Leopold spent 13 years as a managing director in the real estate investment banking groups at Deutsche Bank, KBW and UBS. He has also worked in a variety of urban planning and economic development positions in New York City, including in the Office of the Mayor, the Department of City Planning and the Economic Development Corporation.

La Quinta Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LQ) [IRVING, Texas] appointed Keith Cline, the Chief Financial Officer, as interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cline has served as La Quinta’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2013. From 2011 to 2013, prior to joining La Quinta, he was Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Charming Charlie, Inc., and from 2006 to 2011, Mr. Cline was Senior Vice President of Finance at Express, Inc. Mr. Cline began his career at Arthur Andersen & Company and held financial leadership roles at The J.M. Smucker Company, FedEx, Custom Critical, and L Brands, Inc.

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HPP) [LOS ANGELES] announced that Chief Financial Officer Mark Lammas has taken on the additional responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer. Lammas has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since Hudson Pacific’s initial public offering in 2010. Prior to his current roles at Hudson Pacific, Lammas served as a consultant to the firm’s predecessor, Hudson Capital, LLC. Earlier in his career, Lammas was a senior finance executive for Maguire Properties, Inc. and worked as an attorney for Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP.

Medytox Solutions, Inc. (OTC: MMMS) [WEST PALM BEACH, FL] announced the appointment of Jason P. Adams to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Adams served as CFO of West Central Behavioral Health (WCBH). Prior to his position at WCBH, he held similar positions at Alico, Inc. and the Source Interlink Companies, Inc.

First Data [NEW YORK] announced that Himanshu Patel has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for the company. Patel has served as First Data’s Executive Vice President of Strategy, Planning & Business Development since June 2013. Before joining First Data in mid-2013, Patel was at JPMorgan Chase & Co. for 16 years, most recently as a Managing Director leading strategy for the Chase mortgage banking division. Prior to this, from 2001 to 2011, he was a senior equity analyst for JPMorgan.

Paradigm Resource Management Corporation (OTC: PRDC) [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Daniel Otazo as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Otazo will also assume the position of interim Chief Executive Officer. He worked as a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Germany, Switzerland and Spain and assumed senior executive positions in several banks in South and Central America, including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chairman of the Investment Committee, and Vice President of Finance and Controlling. Image may be NSFW.
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Auction.com, LLC [IRVINE and SILICON VALLEY, Calif.] announced the hiring of technology finance veteran Aman Kothari as its chief financial officer. Kothari comes to Auction.com after more than 12 years at Yahoo!, where he most recently served as senior vice president, global controller and chief accounting officer. Before Yahoo!, Kothari was a senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR) [COLUMBIA, Md.] announced the appointment of Gregory Law, to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Law has been employed with Osiris since 2014 as the Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Osiris in 2014, Mr. Law spent over a decade providing consulting services to public and private companies. Before his consulting career, Mr. Law held a number of increasingly responsible finance positions at various public companies, such as XO Communications, MCI and General Electric.

CarGurus [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Jason Trevisan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CarGurus, Trevisan was a General Partner at Polaris Partners.  He previously held various management roles at aQuantive (acquired by Microsoft in 2007) and served as a consultant with Bain & Company.

Crowdtap [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Justin Squezello to Chief Financial Officer. Squezello is a veteran financial executive in the digital media space, with more than 15 years of experience at About.com, IAC/InterActiveCorp and Ziff Davis Media.

GlobalLogic [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Doug Ahrens has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Ahrens comes to GlobalLogic from AppliedMicro, where he served as CFO. Previously, he was vice president of finance at Maxim Integrated.

Gordmans Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMAN) [OMAHA, NE] announced that James B. Brown has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Brown joins Gordmans from Hancock Fabrics, Inc. where he was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President since 2013. Prior to Hancock Fabrics, Mr. Brown spent seven years at Fred’s Inc., in a variety of finance positions of increasing responsibility including Senior Vice President, Finance.

Oncobiologics, Inc. [CRANBURY, N.J.] announced the appointment of Lawrence A. Kenyon as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). His most recent positions were at Arno Therapeutics, Inc. (Chief Operating Officer and CFO) and Tamir Biotechnology, Inc. (interim President, Chief Executive Officer and CFO). Prior to these positions, Mr. Kenyon served as CFO for Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. Prior to his tenure at Par, Mr. Kenyon was CFO at two publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies, Alfacell Corp. and NeoPharm, Inc.

8minutenergy Renewables, LLC has named Marc Atlas as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining 8minutenergy, Atlas simultaneously served as Vice President of Finance and Director of International Development for Invenergy LLC. Atlas includes previously worked for Charles River Associates and Falconwood. Image may be NSFW.
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Pearl Interactive Network, Inc. [COLUMBUS, OHIO] hired Melissa Metzger to lead the financial strategy for the company.

United Natural Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNFI) [PROVIDENCE, R.I.] announced that Michael (“Mike”) Zechmeister has been appointed Senior Vice President. He will succeed Mark Shamber as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective mid-October, 2015. Mr. Zechmeister joins the Company from General Mills, Inc. with over 25 years of experience. Over his tenure with General Mills, Inc., he served in a variety of senior finance roles, including most recently as Vice President, Finance, Yoplait USA. In addition, Mr. Zechmeister was Vice President and Treasurer from 2010 to 2012, Vice President, Finance, US Retail Sales, from 2007 to 2010 and Vice President, Finance, Pillsbury Division, from 2005 to 2007.

Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced that Kevin Waters, formerly Senior Vice President, Finance, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  He succeeds Gregory E. Lichtwardt who retired as Executive Vice President, Operations, and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Waters joined Accuray as its Senior Vice President, Finance, in October, 2013.  Prior to joining Accuray, Mr. Waters was employed by Conceptus Inc. as its Corporate Controller from October, 2006 until January, 2008, and most recently as its Vice President, Finance, from January, 2008, until October, 2013.  Mr. Waters began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Ticketfly [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Derek Yung as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as CFO to several late-stage companies including Nextag and Tria Beauty.

HighTower [CHICAGO] announced the promotion of Chris Curtis to Chief Financial Officer. Chris Curtis joined HighTower in March as Executive Vice President, Finance & Accounting. Mr. Curtis previously worked for Envestnet. Larry Koehler, HighTower’s previous CFO and founding executive since the company’s inception, assumes the newly created role of Chief Administrative Officer and Vice Chairman. Image may be NSFW.
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Stratus Video Interpreting [TAMPA BAY, Fl.] announced that Maureen Huber joined as CFO.

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Kim Drapkin to the position of chief financial officer. Prior to joining Jounce, Ms. Drapkin owned a financial consulting firm where she served as the interim chief financial officer for numerous early stage biotechnology companies, including Jounce. Additional clients included Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc., NinePoint Medical, Inc., Blueprint Medicines Corporation, Warp Drive Bio LLC, Edimer Pharmaceuticals and Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. Previously Ms. Drapkin was chief financial officer at EPIX Pharmaceuticals. Prior to EPIX, Ms. Drapkin was at Millennium Pharmaceuticals where she spent ten years in roles of increasing responsibility within the finance organization. Ms. Drapkin began her career in the technology and life sciences practice at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Makindus, Inc. [DOYLESTOWN, Pa.] announced that Michael Celano has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Celano has served on the Board of Directors and as audit committee chair for Orasure Technologies, Inc. since 2006. He most recently was appointed to the Board of Directors of Performance Health. Prior to joining Makindus, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Drugscan, Inc. and Kensey Nash Corporation. Previously, Mr. Celano was Chief Financial Officer at BioRexis Pharmaceutical Corporation. Mr. Celano was a partner at Arthur Andersen and KPMG during his 24 years in public accounting, and led the U.S Life Sciences Practice.

Invitation Homes [Dallas, TX] announced it has appointed Ernest “Ernie” Freedman as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 14, 2015. Mr. Freedman most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of AIMCO. He experience includes positions with Ernst & Young, General Electric’s Commercial Real Estate Group and HEI Hotels and Resorts. John Schissel, the company’s current CFO, will remain engaged through the transition period.

Apartment Investment and Management Company (“Aimco”) (NYSE: AIV) [DENVER] announced that Ernie Freedman has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aimco to join Invitation Homes. Paul Beldin, Aimco’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2008, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Freedman will remain with Aimco through October 1 to provide for a smooth transition.

CleanSlate Addiction Treatment Centers [NORTHAMPTON, Mass.] announced that Patrick J. Murphy joined as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Before joining CleanSlate, Murphy was one of the Founders at Women’s Health USA. He held numerous positions including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and President. Patrick continues to sit on their Board of Directors.  Murphy was a Founder, Executive Vice President, and Chief Administrative Officer of Evolution1.   Earlier in his career, Murphy was the Assistant Vice President at Value Health. Prior to his position at Value Health, Murphy gained ten years of experience in the insurance and financial services industries at Arthur Andersen.

ThreatTrack Security [RESTON, Va.] appointed Alan Rizek as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Rizek was CFO for MicroLink LLC. Prior to that, he was CFO for Maden Technologies.

PENSCO [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Mark Lee as Chief Financial Officer. Mark most recently served as the CFO and managing director of the Stanford Management Company. Before that he was CFO and Senior Vice President of Schwab Institutional and Asset Management. Earlier in his career, Mark held senior positions at Barclays Global Investors, Goldman Sachs, and Hewlett Packard.

PureTech Health plc (LSE: PRTC) [BOSTON] announced that Michael MacLean has been appointed to PureTech’s management team as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Michael MacLean joins PureTech from Iron Mountain Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer of its North American business. Mr. MacLean was Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Biogen. He also was an audit partner at global public accounting firms including KPMG.

eMagin Corporation (NYSE MKT: EMAN) [HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y.] announced that Paul Campbell, CFO, has resigned from the company to pursue other interests. Mr. Campbell is succeeded by Jeffrey P. Lucas. Mr. Lucas most recently served as the CFO of Transfreight Companies.

Novak Brothers Development [GEORGETOWN, TX] announced the appointment of Deborah A Thomas as its new Chief Financial Officer. Deborah A. Thomas comes to Novak Brothers from Marlin Atlantis (Dallas) where she was CFO and a Founding Partner. Prior to Marlin, Ms.Thomas was a Principal at Thomas Consulting (Dallas) where she provided interim CFO duties, serving top management and Boards for private companies, ranging from software technology to telecom companies. She was Vice President for Merrill Lynch Private Capital in Dallas. Prior to that Ms. Thomas worked for Morgan Stanley in New York after earning her CPA while working at Ernst & Young.

Ygrene Energy Fund Inc. [SANTA ROSA, Calif.] announced that Michael Chan has joined the company as CFO. Prior to joining Ygrene, Michael led the treasury and capital markets function at The Cronos Group. Michael also served as CFO of The Chartres Lodging Group.Image may be NSFW.
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Playwire Media [DEERFIELD BEACH, Fl.] announced the hiring of Chris Giomblanco as Chief Operating Officer. Giomblanco’s most recent position before joining Playwire was at Triad Retail Media where he joined the company as the founding CFO and grew the role to Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL) [LEBANON, Tenn.] announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Lawrence E. Hyatt, plans to retire at the end of the 2016 fiscal year. Hyatt has been CFO since January 2011.

API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: ATNY) [ORLANDO, Fl.] announced that Eric F. Seeton has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining API, Mr. Seeton served as Business Unit Finance Director for Analog Devices. He joined Analog Devices as part of its July 2014 acquisition of Hittite Microwave Corp., where Mr. Seeton served as Hittite’s Director of Finance for three years. Earlier in his career, he served various finance leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble (formerly The Gillette Company). Claudio Mannarino, who has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will transition to another role at API.Image may be NSFW.
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Assess Systems and Chequed.com announced the appointment of Gary Ito as Chief Financial Officer of the newly combined firm. Ito was most recently CFO for Allegro Development Corporation. He previously served as CFO for INTTRA; at Ariba; and CFO of Quadrem. Prior to that, Ito spent nearly 18 years with Nortel.

Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX) [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Vaseem Mahboob to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective October 15, 2015. Mr. Mahboob succeeds Shelley Thunen, who is resigning as part of the Company’s previously announced CFO transition. Vaseem Mahboob joins Endologix after serving in several financial leadership positions at GE Healthcare. His most recent role was Chief Financial Officer of their Global IT business. Prior to this position he was the Chief Financial Officer of their Eastern and African Emerging Markets. Prior to this role, Mr. Mahboob was Chief Financial Officer of GE Healthcare’s Global Ultrasound Business.  Mr. Mahboob also served as CFO of GE Healthcare’s Global Magnetic Resonance (MRI) Business, along with several other global financial leadership positions.

Mirna Therapeutics [Austin, Texas] announced the appointment of Alan Fuhrman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He was most recently the CFO of Ambit Biosciences. Mr. Fuhrman currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Audit Committee for Loxo Oncology. He has also served as the CFO at Naviscan, and Sonus Pharmaceuticals.

Exide Technologies [MILTON, Ga.] announced the appointment of Anthony (Tony) Genito as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Genito was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at Spectrum Brands Holding Inc. Prior to joining the Company, he held roles of increasing responsibility in Spectrum’s financial organization and held various financial management positions at Schering-Plough Corporation. He began his career with the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche.

iQor [ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] announced the appointment of David Kaminsky as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kaminsky joins iQor from Vidyo where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Vidyo, David was Executive Vice President and CFO of NTT Data Inc. (a combination of Keane, Inc., Intelligroup, Inc., MISI Inc., Revere Inc. and Vertex Inc.). Before NTT, David was the CFO of Altegrity, Inc. David spent 12 years at GE where he was the CFO of GE Commercial Finances North American Leasing Operations, CFO of GE Commercial Distribution Finance, CFO of GE Information Technology Services Managed Services Business and European Operations.

Agritek Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: AGTK) [LOS ANGELES, CA] announced that Heather Bush has been appointed by the Board of Directors as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) replacing Barry Hollander. Ms. Bush most recently served as Controller of Medimix Specialty Pharmacy and its affiliated pharmaceutical compounding companies, since September 2014. Ms. Bush’s financial experience includes employment at PSS World Medical Inc., from July 2011 until it was acquired by McKesson Corporation in February 2013. The Company was integrated into the McKesson Medical Surgical business unit, at which point she became the Assistant Controller of the Extended Care division until August 2014.

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Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced that Kevin Waters, formerly Senior Vice President, Finance, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  He succeeds Gregory E. Lichtwardt who retired as Executive Vice President, Operations, and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Mr. Waters joined Accuray as its Senior Vice President, Finance, in October, 2013.  Prior to joining Accuray, Mr. Waters was employed by Conceptus Inc., as its Corporate Controller from October, 2006 until January, 2008, and most recently as its Vice President, Finance, from January, 2008, until October, 2013.  Mr. Waters began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.Image may be NSFW.
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Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) [CHICAGO] announced that Ken Goodman has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Goodman’s financial career began as a Financial Analyst at American Airlines, where he spent more than 6 years in a variety of roles. Subsequently, Mr. Goodman spent 8 years with L Brands. In 2008, Mr. Goodman joined NetJets, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway as Senior Vice President Financial Planning and Analysis.

CrowdStrike Inc. [Irvine, CA] announced that Burt Podbere has been appointed as CrowdStrike’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining CrowdStrike, he served as CFO of OpenDNS, which ultimately led to the acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) earlier this year. In 2013, he played a key role in selling Net Optics to Ixia, and in 2011 Podbere helped lead Epocrates through a successful IPO. Podbere is replacing CrowdStrike’s Co-founder and CFO Gregg Marston, who is retiring.

PetSmart, Inc. [PHOENIX] named Rob Anderson to the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer effective October 5, 2015. Anderson most recently served as the chief financial officer for Save-A-Lot. Before joining Save-A-Lot, Mr. Anderson served as the principal accounting officer, controller and executive director of finance for Chipotle Mexican Grill, for five years. From 2003 to 2005, he worked at the Career Education Corporation as the vice president and chief financial officer, American InterContinental University Division. From 1991 to 2003, Mr. Anderson held several leadership positions with the McDonald’s Corporation including senior director/controller, partner brands; director, finance Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa division; and director, finance, purchasing and IT for Dubai, UAE and Vienna, Austria.

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Carr Properties [WASHINGTON, D.C.] announced that John Schissel will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer and President. John previously served as CFO at Carr Properties from 2004 to 2009. After leaving Carr Properties, Mr. Schissel served as the CFO of BRE Properties, and most recently as CFO of Invitation Homes. Prior to his initial tenure at Carr Properties, John worked at Wachovia Securities. Mr. Schissel is currently transitioning his duties at Invitation Homes and is expected to join Carr Properties during the fourth quarter.

Four Oaks Fincorp, Inc. (OTC: FOFN) [FOUR OAKS, N.C.], the holding company for Four Oaks Bank & Trust Company (the “Bank”), announced that Deanna W. Hart has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective October 1, 2015. Ms. Hart has been serving as the Bank’s Senior Vice President and Controller since January 2014 and acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank since September 1, 2015.

Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Helene Simonet, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has informed the company of her intent to retire effective on February 1, 2016.  Image may be NSFW.
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Porter Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBIB) [LOUISVILLE, Ky.], parent company of PBI Bank, Inc. announced the appointment of James M. Parsons as a board member of Porter Bancorp and PBI Bank. Mr. Parsons is CFO of Ball Homes, LLC. He previously served as President and CEO of ONB Insurance Group and has held various board positions for a variety of companies and charitable organizations, including serving as an advisory board member for two community banks.

Ingleside [WASHINGTON, D.C.] named Timothy L. Myers as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Myers comes to Ingleside after having served eight years as CFO for the Philadelphia-based Kendal Corporation. Prior to Kendal, he spent nearly 10 years as CFO, chief operating officer, and partner for New Life Management and Development of Mount Laurel, N.J. Earlier in his career, he worked a year as director of special projects with Marriott Senior Living Services, and 10 years as a senior manager for KPMG.

Colony American Finance [LOS ANGELES] announced that Christopher Hoeffel has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hoeffel was most recently a Managing Director at Investcorp, where he was head of Real Estate Debt Investments. He also served as Head of Investment Operations and Investor Relations for Real Estate and Corporate Investments in the US and Europe. He joined Investcorp from JP Morgan / Bear Stearns & Co., where he was a senior managing director and global co-head of Commercial Mortgages and founder of a leading Wall Street lending operation. He is a former president of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association (now CREFC) and remains on its Board of Governors.

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. [GLENDALE, Calif.] announced the resignation of Mitch Creem as Chief Financial Officer and a director. Mitch Creem has been named the CEO of Integrity Healthcare, an entity created by New York-based investment firm BlueMountain Capital Management to manage and operate the Daughters of Charity Health System (“DOCHS”).  William Abbott, ApolloMed’s current Controller and Vice President of Finance, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer.

NeighborFavor, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Steven Pho as Chief Financial Officer. Pho was most recently the Senior Vice President of Corporate and Business Development at RetailMeNot, Inc. Prior to RetailMeNot, he served as Vice President of Internet and new media investment banking at Thomas Weisel Partners (now Stifel Nicolaus Weisel) in San Francisco. Previously, he was a member of the technology investment banking group at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin.Image may be NSFW.
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Strategic Financial Solutions [NEW YORK] named Salvatore Tirabassi as Chief Financial Officer.  Tirabassi spent 15 years as a growth equity investor with M/C Partners and Dolphin Equity Partners. Prior to his private equity career, Salvatore was a strategic marketing consultant at FutureBrand, which was acquired by Interpublic Group.

Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ: ERIE) [ERIE, Pa.] announced that Marcia A. Dall, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will depart ERIE on October 9, 2015. Dall has accepted the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Churchill Downs Incorporated. Greg Gutting, ERIE’s current senior vice president, controller, will serve as interim CFO.

Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] announced the appointment of Marcia A. Dall to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Dall succeeds Bill Mudd as CFO. Mudd has served as CFO since October 2007 and was promoted to President & CFO of CDI in August 2014. Mudd will remain President of CDI and will add the title of Chief Operating Officer. Dall joins CDI from Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ: ERIE), where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for six years. Prior to joining ERIE in 2009, Dall served as Chief Financial Officer for the Healthcare division at Cigna Corp. Prior to Cigna, she was a corporate officer and the Chief Financial Officer for the International and U.S. Mortgage Insurance Segments of Genworth, a former subsidiary of General Electric. Dall began her career in 1985 in the Financial Management Program at General Electric and held various leadership roles both in finance and operations over her twenty plus tenure with GE.

PSEG [NEWARK, N.J.] announced that Daniel J. Cregg, currently vice-president of finance for PSE&G, was elected by the Board of Directors to be Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the company effective October 8. He succeeds current CFO, Caroline Dorsa whose previously announced retirement will be effective at that time. Cregg has held the senior financial position at both PSE&G, New Jersey’s largest gas and electric utility, and PSEG Power, a major independent power producer. Cregg joined PSEG in 1991 and has held a variety of financial positions. In 2006, he was named vice president – finance for PSEG Power with critical responsibilities in Power’s development and strategic planning activities. He was named vice president – finance for PSE&G in 2013. Prior to joining PSEG, Cregg spent five years with the accounting and consulting firm of Deloitte and Touche.

Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (“AMTG”) (NYSE: AMTG) [NEW YORK] announced Teresa D. Covello, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of AMTG, has resigned from the Company to pursue other interests. Ms. Covello will remain in her positions until March 15, 2016.

Duke Energy [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the appointment of former Comcast Corp. vice chairman and chief financial officer Michael Angelakis as a new board member, effective Oct. 1, 2015. Angelakis currently is a senior advisor to Comcast’s executive management committee and deputy chairman of the board for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He also serves as a Babson College trustee. He soon will be chairman and chief executive officer of a new strategic company he’s forming, in partnership with Comcast, that will focus on investing in and operating growth-oriented companies, domestically and internationally. Angelakis served as Comcast’s vice chairman and CFO from 2007 to July 2015. On Duke Energy’s board, he will serve on the finance and risk management committee and the audit committee.Image may be NSFW.
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The Advanced Group [CHICAGO, IL] named Jim Johnson Chief Operating Officer (COO),. He will also continue to serve as CFO. Johnson is a 13-year veteran of the Advanced Group and since 2002 he has served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Johnson began his career with Arthur Andersen in 1989. Jim ended his time at Andersen as a Senior Manager in their Enterprise Group before he went to Starbelly.com, which was subsequently acquired by HALO Branded Solutions.

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation (NASDAQ: IPCC) [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] announced the appointment of Robert H. Bateman as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective October 19, 2015.  Mr. Bateman replaces Roger Smith who retired August 31, 2015. Mr. Bateman joins Infinity after serving the previous two years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of COUNTRY Financial.  Prior to his current role with COUNTRY, Mr. Bateman served with Hartford Financial Services in various roles, including SVP & Corporate Controller, and with KPMG as Senior Manager, Audit & Advisory Services.

Acutus Medical, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of John Dahldorf as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dahldorf joins Acutus Medical from Volcano Corporation (formerly Volcano Therapeutics Inc.), where he held positions as the Chief Finance Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, General Manager and Secretary since 2003. Mr. Dahldorf also served in executive roles at Digirad Corporation, Arrow Electronics, Inc., and Baxter Healthcare. Image may be NSFW.
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HEXXU [ATLANTA] hired Ken Dopher as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dopher formerly served as CFO of Sony Online Entertainment and was also Director of Finance & Operations for The Walt Disney Company.

New Residential Investment Corp. (NYSE: NRZ) [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Nicola Santoro, Jr. as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Santoro joins New Residential from FXCM Inc., where he was the Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to his role at FXCM Inc., he was the Chief Financial Officer of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company. Mr. Santoro succeeds Jonathan Brown, who has served as New Residential’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2014. Mr. Brown will remain at New Residential and continue his role as Chief Accounting Officer.

MicroTech [VIENNA, Va.] announced that it has hired David A. Hinson as their Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Hinson will also head the new MicroTech Financial Services Division. Prior to joining MicroTech, David was an Obama Administration Appointee and served as the National Director of the Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). In addition, David was selected to service on the White House Business Council and President’s Interagency Taskforce on Small Business Contracting, among others. Prior to government, Mr. Hinson held various senior level management positions at Wealth Management Network, Envestnet Asset Management, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.

Allegro Commodity Management [DALLAS] announced that it has named Jon McCabe as Chief Financial Officer. McCabe comes to Allegro from SafeNet. He has also held successful finance and business roles at McAfee, Genuity and Verizon/GTE.

Dataminr [NEW YORK] announced the appointment Julio Pekarovic as Chief Financial Officer in August following his role as VP of Finance at Google from 2002 through 2009; and four years as CFO at Quantcast.Image may be NSFW.
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Scottsdale Insurance Company [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] named David Nelson as the leader of Contract Underwriting. David’s most recent position was CFO for the Scottsdale Insurance Group of Companies, Nationwide Agribusiness and Nationwide National Partners.

Dorman Products, Inc. [Colmar, Pennsylvania] announced that Matthew Kohnke advised the company that he intends to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer to pursue personal opportunities. Mr. Kohnke’s resignation will be effective February 26, 2016, and he intends to remain with the Company through that date.

Fairmount Santrol (NYSE: FMSA) [CHESTERLAND, Ohio] announced that Christopher L. Nagel will leave his position as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance effective October 20, 2015, in order to pursue an opportunity in the consumer products industry. Nagel joined Fairmount Santrol as CFO in 2011. Image may be NSFW.
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TAS Environmental [Fort Worth, Texas] announced the appointment of Rob Hurmence to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hurmence has worked with companies including MoneyGram, Zale Corp and EDS.

iCracked [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced that it has hired David Merenbach as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was Principal Financial Officer at Jawbone. Prior to Jawbone, Merenbach spent 14 years at Intuit where he was VP of Finance. Before that he was with several different startups.

Alteva, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ALTV) [PHILADELPHIA, PA] announced that Brian H. Callahan has resigned his position as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Corporate Secretary of Alteva effective October 9, 2015, to pursue another opportunity. Alteva also announced that it has appointed Andrea E. McHugh as the Interim Chief Financial Officer effective October 9, 2015. Ms. McHugh has been with Alteva since January 2013, most recently as Vice President and Controller.