TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. [MENLO PARK, CA] (NYSE: TPVG) announced the appointment of Christopher M. Mathieu as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 26, 2019. Mathieu also serves as Chief Financial Officer of TriplePoint Capital LLC, TPVG’s sponsor. Prior to joining the Company and TriplePoint Capital, Mathieu was a Special Advisor at iCapital Network, Inc. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Mathieu served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of a public-reporting business development company and a closed-end interval fund, and as Managing Director of the alternative asset management firm sponsoring those companies. Prior to that, Mathieu served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of a publicly traded business development company in the venture lending industry and its predecessor funds for more than 10 years. Mathieu has also served as an Audit Manager with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mobileum Inc. [CUPERTINO, CA] announced the appointment of Ilya Cantor as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Mobileum, Ilya served as CFO of Aricent. Prior to his role at Aricent, Cantor served as CFO of EPAM. Ilya also held leadership positions at Dow Jones, serving as the CFO of the Global Wall Street Journal, and later Executive Director of Operations. In addition, he served for three years as a Board Member of CNBC International, a joint partnership between Dow Jones and NBC. Cantor originally began his career as an Audit Manager with Coopers & Lybrand.

Frank Perier, Jr.

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. [STAMFORD, CT] announced the appointment of Frank Perier, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Perier previously served as the CFO of Forest Laboratories, Inc. for ten years, prior to its acquisition by Actavis in 2014. Prior to joining Forest, Perier was with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for approximately nine years, where he worked in corporate and operations finance capacities of increasing responsibilities, including Vice President of Finance and Operations Planning – Americas Medicines Group. Before joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, he was an accounting and auditing partner at Deloitte, where he worked for about 15 years. Perier was a member of the Board of Directors of Concordia International, Inc., until September 2018 where he served on the Audit and the Human Resources and Compensation Committees of the Company.

Keener Investments [HOUSTON] announced the recent promotion of Eric Barnes to Chief Financial Officer. Barnes joined Keener Investments in 2017 and has served as the company’s Corporate Controller since his date of hire. Mr. Barnes has over 20 years of public accounting experience in audit, tax and transactional assistance, serving US public registrants, international reporting entities and privately held companies. His experience in finance and accounting includes mergers and acquisitions, SEC filings, IPO’s, and business development.

Dynasty Financial Partners [ST. PETERSBURG, FL] announced that Justin Weinkle has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior roles for Mr. Weinkle at Dynasty include Director of M&A, SVP of Finance and Head of Strategic Analysis, and Chief of Staff supporting Dynasty’s CEO. Prior to Dynasty, Mr. Weinkle was an Analyst in KKR’s Client & Partner Group.

Root Insurance [COLUMBUS, OH] announced that Daniel Rosenthal will join as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer, effective November 11, 2019. Cindy Powell will continue to serve as CFO until that time and then transition to a new role as Senior Executive Vice President of External Affairs. Rosenthal has been a member of the Board of Directors of the company. Rosenthal has spent most of his career in leadership positions at innovative firms in the aviation industry. In 2009, he co-founded Milestone Aviation Group, till its acquisition by GE Capital in 2015. Subsequently, Rosenthal served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Milestone, as well as EVP of Financing and Products for GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). Prior to Milestone, Rosenthal spent four years at NetJets, where he held various leadership roles, and worked as an attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP.

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE AMERICAN: VISI) announced that Herb Mueller has been appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 24, 2019. After four years, Paul Tomkins will be stepping down from his role as CFO on August 23, 2019, to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Mueller served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Resources Global Professionals, the operating subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc. He was promoted to CFO of RGP in August 2016, after successfully leading a regional practice as a Managing Director. Prior to his roles at RGP, Mr. Mueller was the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Accounting & Administration, and Treasurer of Delta Apparel, Inc. He has also served as a Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of TTA Partners, Inc.

Target Hospitality Corp. [THE WOODLANDS, TX] (NASDAQ: TH) announced that Eric T. Kalamaras has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Kalamaras will succeed Andrew A. Aberdale. Aberdale has agreed to serve as an advisor to the Company for the next year. Kalamaras joins Target Hospitality from American Midstream Partners, L.P., where he served as Executive Vice President and CFO. Kalamaras has held senior finance positions at including Azure Midstream Holdings, AXIP Energy Holdings, Delphi Midstream Partners and Atlas Pipeline Holdings.

SugarCRM Inc. [CUPERTINO, CA] announced the addition of John Donaldson as Chief Financial Officer. Donaldson most recently held the role of CFO at Togetherwork Holdings. Prior to his role at Togetherwork, Donaldson was CFO of Community Investors. He has also held CFO roles at ALPS Holdings and Northstar Exchange Corporation.

AccessOne [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced it has hired Craig Rosato as chief financial officer (CFO) and promoted Tammy Geis to chief operating officer (COO). Rosato has over 30 years of experience in financial services, including 10 years with Ernst & Young and 17 years at Bank of America where he held the roles of corporate chief accounting officer and chief risk officer for the consumer bank, among other upper management roles. Geis is a 20-year healthcare veteran and has been with AccessOne for more than 15 years as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining AccessOne in 2003, Geis worked for Novant Health as a vice president of finance. Additionally, Geis has held positions at Ernst & Young and worked with hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, home health and other healthcare-related entities.

Sea-Land Chemical Company [WESTLAKE, OH] announced the appointment of Ryan Keating as Chief Financial Officer. Keating served as Chief Financial Officer of State Industrial Products since 2015. Prior to joining State Industrial Products, Keating served as the CFO of Matrix Automation.

C.H. Robinson [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CHRW) announced that Mike Zechmeister will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Scott Hagen, who served as Interim CFO, will continue serving in his capacity as Controller. Zechmeister most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods, Inc. Prior to joining UNFI, Zechmeister spent 25 years at General Mills, where he held a variety of finance leadership roles including Vice President of Finance for the Pillsbury Division, Vice President of Finance for U.S. Retail Sales, and Treasurer.

Joel Armijo

Comcast Advertising [NEW YORK] the advertising arm of Comcast Cable, a division of Comcast Corporation announced the appointment of Joel Armijo as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Armijo joins Comcast Advertising from fuboTV. Prior to fuboTV, Armijo was the CFO of AT&T’s AdWorks (now part of Xandr). Armijo moved over from the DirecTV side, where he was vp, revenue, strategy and planning, responsible for special projects. Armijo joined DirecTV from Merrill Lynch, where he was an equity research analyst. He made the transition to Wall Street from Cablevision, where he was head of financial planning for the company’s cable entertainment and regional sports networks and professional sports teams.

GumGum, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] announced both that it has named Patrick Gildea as Chief Financial Officer. Gildea, who fills the CFO position previously held by CEO Phil Schraeder, joins GumGum with extensive experience at a number of retail, e-commerce and media businesses, including Incentium, M-GO/Technicolor, Gracenote and, most recently, Joybird.

Sinclair Research [COLUMBIA, MO] named Gary Jacobson as President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Sinclair, Gary was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of SNBL USA, Ltd. He was principal and director of General Biotechnology, LLC, and previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ricerca Biosciences, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of Harlan Europe. Gary began his career in the banking industry serving as Senior Vice President and Division Manager of LaSalle National Bank and Senior Vice President of American National Bank.

Jeremy Bolling

Conger Construction Group [LEBANON, OH] announced the promotion of Jeremy Bolling to CFO. Bolling joined Conger Construction Group in 2015 as corporate controller.

SAExploration Holdings, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SAEX, OTCQB: SXPLW) announced that Kevin Hubbard, Partner at Ham, Langston & Brezina, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Brent Whiteley, who has been terminated.

Riot Blockchain, Inc. [CASTLE ROCK, CO] (NASDAQ: RIOT) announced that Jeffrey G. McGonegal is being named as Chief Financial Officer of the Company on an interim basis. McGonegal replaces the departing Robby Chang, who joined Riot in February 2018 as its Chief Financial Officer. McGonegal had previously served as Riot’s Chief Financial Officer and he will continue to serve as Riot’s Chief Executive Officer following his appointment as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

United Natural Foods, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, RI] (NYSE: UNFI) announced changes to its senior management team. Mike Zechmeister will resign his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 23, 2019, to pursue an opportunity outside the Company. John W. Howard has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Howard joined UNFI in July as Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting. Howard brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance teams, most recently as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Prime Therapeutics. Before joining Prime, Mr. Howard served as Vice President, Corporate Finance at Valspar Corporation.

Globe Photos, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTCQB: GBPT) appointed Max Scheder-Bieschin as chief financial officer. Scheder-Bieschin succeeds Shamar Tobias, who has been serving as interim CFO and will continue as company controller. Prior to his involvement with technology companies, Scheder-Bieschin spent more than 17 years in the capital markets.

SITO Mobile, Ltd. [JERSEY CITY, NJ] (NASDAQ: SITO) announced the appointment of Gregg Saunders as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SITO Mobile, Saunders was involved an integral member of the XBRL U.S., Inc. team. He was also a partner of KPMG LLP. Saunders replaces Terry Lynn, who resigned from SITO for personal reasons.

Cellectar Biosciences [FLORHAM PARK, NJ] (NASDAQ: CLRB) announced the appointment of Dov Elefant, as its Chief Financial Officer effective as of September 10, 2019. Elefant joins Cellectar after having served as Chief Financial Officer at several companies, most recently at Akari Therapeutics.  Prior to Akari, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Celsus Therapeutics until its merger in September 2015, and at Althera Medical Ltd. Elefant has also been a consultant for a number of companies and was the Corporate Controller at Lev Pharmaceuticals through its acquisition by ViroPharma.

Halcón Resources Corporation [HOUSTON] (OTC PINK: HKRS) announced that Ragan T. Altizer has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Altizer replaces Quentin Hicks, who resigned as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Altizer most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ajax Resources, LLC from October 2015, until it sold substantially all of its assets to Diamondback Energy, Inc. in October 2018. Prior to his tenure at Ajax, he served as US Regional Chief Financial Officer and Global Controller for Hill+Knowlton Strategies. Altizer’s career began with 15 years focused in oil and gas in Houston, first with Coopers & Lybrand’s audit practice serving a number of E&P and oilfield services clients and later serving as Corporate Controller and Treasurer for Brooklyn Union Gas Company’s upstream operations.

Kuebix, LLC [MAYNARD, Mass.] announced the addition of John Rogers to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Kuebix, Rogers was the Chief Financial Officer of ZoomInfo (acquired by DiscoverOrg), and before that ikaSystems (sold to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan) and Arcadia Systems. Rogers has also held the Chief Financial Officer position in public technology companies Cognex and Nuance Communications. He was also the Chief Financial Officer for the venture backed SaaS company, CashEdge (acquired by Fiserv).

EMCORE Corporation [ALHAMBRA, CA] (NASDAQ: EMKR) announced that it has appointed Tom Minichiello as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 26, 2019.  Mark Gordon will continue in his current position as the Company’s Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer until Minichiello joins the Company, at which time Gordon will serve as the Company’s Director of Accounting. Minichiello most recently served as Senior Vice President, CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary for Westell Technologies.  Before that, Minichiello enjoyed a twelve year career for optical networking equipment provider Tellabs.  Previously, he held financial leadership positions for Andrew Corporation, Phelps Dodge, and United Technologies.

Danforth Advisors, LLC [WALTHAM, MA] announced the appointment of Warren Steinberg as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as CFO of BioBridges, LLC. Previously, Warren served as Director of Finance and Accounting at Medical Device Consulting, Inc.

Bonchon [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bryan Shin as Chief Financial Officer. Shin’s prior experience includes senior executive positions and strategic roles at Goose Island Brewing Company, CJ Foodville and YUM! Brands.

Data Age Business Systems [CLEARWATER, FL] announced the appointment of Vanessa Gray to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gray was previously Director of Finance.

Brian Lindstrom

Cielo [BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin] announced it has welcomed Brian Lindstrom as its new Chief Financial & Administrative Officer. Prior to Cielo, Brian served in high-level roles at several healthcare software organizations, including Connecture and Epic, as well as time spent in the other technology companies. He succeeds Joy Krausert, who retired this year.

Gulfport Energy Corporation [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NASDAQ: GPOR) announced that Quentin R. Hicks will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hicks joins Gulfport from Halcón Resources Corporation where he most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to that, he held various leadership roles of increasing responsibility including Executive Vice President of Finance, Capital Markets and Investor Relations. Hicks joined Halcón in August 2012 following the merger of GeoResources with Halcón, where he served as Director of Acquisitions and Financial Planning at GeoResources from 2011 to 2012. From 2004 to 2011, Hicks worked in investment banking with Bear Stearns, Sanders Morris Harris and most recently Madison Williams, where he was a Director in the energy investment banking practice. Prior to that, Hicks worked as Manager of Financial Reporting for Continental Airlines. Mr. Hicks began his career in 1998 as an auditor for Ernst and Young LLP. Hicks succeeds Keri L. Crowell, who is stepping down after a 14-year career with Gulfport.

UPS [ATLANTA] (NYSE: UPS) announced Richard Peretz, UPS Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire. Brian Newman, currently Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations, Latin America for PepsiCo, is appointed UPS Chief Financial Officer, effective September 16, 2019. Newman served in positions of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo over 26 years and has worked in Asia, Europe, Russia and the U.S. in various corporate, regional and sector assignments. He began his career in investment banking prior to joining PepsiCo.

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® fast-casual restaurant brands, named Dirk Montgomery as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Montgomery was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Hooters International. He was previously Chief Financial Officer at Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Montgomery has other related experience as a public company Chief Financial Officer at Health Insurance Innovations, Inc.; and at Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Earlier in his career, Montgomery served as Chief Financial Officer of Con Agra Foods Retail Group, as Chief Financial Officer of Express (previously a division of Limited Brands) and in several senior management positions with Sara Lee Corporation.

Cadent Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of John McBride as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cadent, Mr. McBride was Chief Financial Officer at Syntimmune. Prior to that, he served as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer during his tenure at Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc. In addition, he founded and served as president of Alliance Life Science Advisors, Inc. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as Global Head of Oncology Licensing at Pharmacia Corporation; Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer at CytoTherapeutics, Inc.; and Vice President, Business Development and Treasurer at Phytera, Inc.

RailUSA, LLC [BOCA RATON, FL] has named Barbara Wilson President and Chief Financial Officer. Wilson was the President of Wells Fargo Rail. Earlier in her career, Wilson served as Chief Financial Officer for Helm Financial Corporation.

Citrix Systems, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced that Arlen R. Shenkman has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 9, 2019. Shenkman joins Citrix from SAP. Shenkman will succeed Jessica Soisson, who has served as Citrix’s Interim CFO since April 2019. Soisson will remain at Citrix and will report to Shenkman in her continuing role as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Shenkman most recently served as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Business Development and Ecosystems at SAP. Prior to that role, Shenkman served as CFO of SAP North America. Shenkman previously served as Global Head of Corporate Development for SAP and was a principal architect of SAP’s rapid transformation into a cloud company.

NuTech National [MAITLAND, FL] announced Wayne Kalish is joining NuTech as CFO. He served as Senior Vice President, Accounting and Finance Group Chief Financial Officer at Tavistock Group (US and UK, 3 years) and Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Planning at Darden Restaurants (12 years).

Qualcomm Incorporated [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that Dave Wise has decided to retire after a 23-year tenure at the Company. The company appointed Akash Palkhiwala, SVP of Finance, as interim CFO. Palkhiwala joined Qualcomm in 2001 and has previously held a variety of roles in Finance, including Treasurer and lead for Corporate Finance overseeing Qualcomm’s overall financial planning and analysis. He has been part of the senior finance leadership team for more than 10 years.

Bsquare Corporation [BELLEVUE, Washington] (NASDAQ: BSQR) announced the appointment of Chris Wheaton as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Previously he co-founded and served as CFO and COO of EnerG2. EnerG2 was acquired in 2015 by BASF. Chris has also held the CFO position at Pacific Science Center and served as interim CFO in companies around the Puget Sound. Earlier in his career, he held executive positions at Loudcloud, Inc.

Cielo Global Holdings [LUBBOCK, TX] announced that Chris Pruitt has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pruitt has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance in the private sector as well as in publicly-held companies and accounting firms. He most recently served as CFO for a civil construction company out of New Mexico.

Thomas Crofcheck

Melmark, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] announced the promotion of Tom Crofcheck to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Crofcheck will assume the role in late September from Joseph Zakrzewski who announced his retirement earlier this year. Crofcheck most recently served as Director of Finance for Melmark Pennsylvania and has been an active advocate and mentor through his participation in statewide rate setting advocacy campaigns led by Pennsylvania Advocacy Resources (PAR). 

Lumber Liquidators [TOANO, VA] (NYSE: LL) announced the appointment of Nancy A. Walsh as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective September 9, 2019. Ms. Walsh will replace Interim Chief Financial Officer Timothy Mulvaney who will return to his role as Chief Accounting Officer for the Company. Walsh most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. and in various finance and leadership positions with Tapestry, Inc., formerly known as Coach, Inc.

Erika Wennerstrom

JazzHR [PITTSBURGH] announced the addition of Erika Wennerstrom as Chief Financial Officer. Wennerstrom joins the company from Ellevation Education where she served as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations. Prior to Ellevation Education, Wennerstrom was Director of Finance at Constant Contact.

Todd A. Booth

3D Systems [ROCK HILL, S.C.] (NYSE: DDD) announced that Todd A. Booth will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3. Most recently, he was CFO for Teledyne Marine. Booth replaces John McMullen, who announced his planned retirement earlier this year.

4C Insights [NEW YORK] announced that Lisa Mogensen has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Brent Dobsch, who had been handling those duties as 4C CFO, has been named CFO and COO at Kinetiq after 4C acquired a stake and jointly created the new company, combining iQ Media and Teletrax. Mogensen began her career in investment banking ultimately switching to media with such notable companies as News Corp. and NBC (while under GE ownership). Mogensen was named CFO of TheStreet and then CFO of Forbes Digital. Subsequently, she moved on to be an innovative CFO across multiple industries including technology, SaaS, big data, e-commerce, luxury, media, and professional services.

SEngine Precision Medicine [SEATTLE, Washington] announced it is expanding its senior executive team with the appointment of Tom Neary as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently he was CFO at Space Venture Partners, and prior to that, CFO at Spaceflight Industries.

Pacific Financial Corporation [ABERDEEN, Washington] (OTCQX: PFLC), the holding company for Bank of the Pacific, announced the hiring of Carla Tucker as its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, effective September 1, 2019, succeeding Douglas N. Biddle who recently announced his retirement. Tucker spent the last 15 years with Skagit Bank as their Chief Financial Officer before Skagit Bank sold late last year.

First Bank & Trust Company [ABINGDON, Va.] and its parent holding company, First Bancorp, Inc., announced that Eric Moore will become Chief Financial Officer. Moore replaces Mark Nelson who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Nelson served as Chief Financial Officer for 21 years, from 1998-2019.  Moore has been with First Bank & Trust Company for 15 years where he served as Vice President of Compliance and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer from 2004-2019.  He also worked for First American National Bank and The United Company.

General Mills [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: GIS) announced that Don Mulligan, Chief Financial Officer, will transition to an advisory capacity effective February 1, 2020, and will retire effective June 1, 2020. Kofi Bruce, currently Controller, will be promoted to Vice President, Financial Operations, effective September 1, 2019, and will succeed Mulligan as Chief Financial Officer on February 1, 2020. Bruce joined General Mills in 2009, following 10 years of experience in various finance leadership roles at Ford Motor Company and Ecolab. During his tenure at General Mills, he has served as Treasurer; Vice President, Finance for the U.S. Yogurt operating unit; Vice President, Finance for the Convenience Stores & Foodservice segment and Global Revenue Development; and his most recent role as Controller.

2U, Inc. [LANHAM, MD] (NASDAQ: TWOU) announced that Catherine A. Graham has notified the company that she plans to retire as chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2020 or upon the company’s earlier appointment of her successor.

The Ensign Group, Inc. [SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA] (NASDAQ: ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign group announced the appointment of Jennifer L. Freeman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Pennant Group, Inc., the holding company of all of Ensign’s home health and hospice agencies and substantially all of Ensign’s senior living businesses following completion of the previously-announced spin-off. Freeman has been serving as CFO of Cornerstone Healthcare, Ensign’s home health and hospice portfolio company, since she joined the organization earlier this year. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Freeman was Chief Financial Officer of Northpoint Recovery Holdings, LLC. Freeman has held various other leadership roles within the healthcare industry, including the Chief Financial Officer of Molina Healthcare of Washington, the Vice President of Finance of Coordinated Care Corporation, Chief Financial Officer for Qualis Health, and the Vice President of Finance of MCG Health, LLC.

Campbell Soup Company [CAMDEN, NJ] (NYSE: CPB) appointed Mick Beekhuizen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Sept. 30, 2019. He succeeds Anthony DiSilvestro, who is leaving Campbell on Oct. 15, 2019 to pursue other interests. Beekhuizen, 43, was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Chobani since 2016. Prior to Chobani, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Education Management Corporation, and a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in the merchant banking division.

Marc Juan Lopez

MONAT Global [MIAMI] welcomes Marc Juan Lopez as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining MONAT, Lopez served as Mondelez International’s Latin America Division in Miami as Regional Finance Director where he was responsible for Mondelez Latin America’s accounting and external reporting. He started his professional career with KPMG in Spain and later moved to the UK.

Ed Dunlap

CoolSys [BREA, CA] announced that Ed Dunlap is joining the company as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Dunlap was chief financial officer for Trojan Battery Company. He also previously held leadership roles with GAP Inc., RJR Nabisco, Pepsico and B.F. Goodrich. Dunlap succeeds former CFO Andy Mandell, who will be retiring at the end of September after serving the company for three and a half years.

GTT Communications, Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GTT) announced that Mike Sicoli, GTT’s chief financial officer, will depart the company on September 30, 2019. GTT has named Dan Fraser as the interim chief financial officer, effective upon Mr. Sicoli’s departure. Mr. Fraser currently serves as GTT’s senior vice president, principal accounting officer and global corporate controller, and brings more than 20 years of industry experience to the role, including over five years at GTT.

Sesen Bio [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SESN) announced the appointment of Monica Forbes as its Chief Financial Officer. Forbes will succeed Richard F. Fitzgerald. Forbes previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance.

Caliber Collision [LEWISVILLE, TX] announced the appointment of Judd Nystrom as Chief Financial Officer to replace Bob Gary. Nystrom comes to Caliber from NBG Home. Previously, Nystrom was CFO of At Home. Mr. Nystrom’s past roles have also included senior financial positions at Advance Auto Parts and Best Buy. Judd serves as a Board member for Melissa & Doug.

Imperial Bag & Paper Co LLC [JERSEY CITY, NJ] announced their Chief Financial Officer, Marc Mongulla, will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. Paul M. Cervino, Imperial’s former Chief Financial Officer and current Chief Administrative Officer, will temporarily re-assume the role of CFO.

Cred [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Joe Podulka, joined as Chief Financial Officer. Podulka was CFO, VP Finance at Hearst Communications. Joe also spent 11 years at eBay/PayPal in a variety of roles in the US and abroad.

Adtalem Global Education Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: ATGE) announced that Mike Randolfi has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), succeeding Patrick Unzicker. Randolfi was most recently CFO at Groupon. Prior to his role as CFO at Groupon, Randolfi served as CFO of Orbitz. Prior to Orbitz, Randolfi spent 14 years with Delta Air Lines in a variety of executive financial roles culminating in senior vice president, controller.

Severn Bancorp, Inc. [ANNAPOLIS, MD] and its subsidiary, Severn Bank appointed Vance W. Adkins, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank effective September 16, 2019. From 2016 until the completion of its merger in April 2019, Adkins served as Chief Financial Officer of HomeTown Bankshares Corporation and its banking subsidiary, HomeTown Bank. Before serving as Chief Financial Officer he held the position of Senior Risk Officer of HomeTown Bank from 2010 until 2016.

Spelman College [ATLANTA] annoucned that Dawn Alston, who has had a 20-year career at Spelman, has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president for business and financial affairs. She will succeed Robert “Danny” Flanigan Jr. Flanigan will continue in his role as treasurer and assume the title of chief investment officer.

Mark George

Norfolk Southern [NORFOLK, Va.] (NYSE: NSC) announced that Mark George has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Nov. 1. George succeeds Cynthia “Cindy” Earhart, who will retire from the company on Nov. 1. George joins Norfolk Southern with more than 30 years of experience across multiple commercial business segments of United Technologies Corporation, including as vice president finance and chief financial officer for the past 11 years at Otis Elevator Company and, most recently, Carrier Corporation.

Danusia Dzierzbinski

Orbis International [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Danusia Dzierzbinski as Chief Financial Officer. Dzierzbinski joins from the International Rescue Committee, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer, following serving as Controller from 2006 to 2016. Previously, she was the Associate Director for Financial Planning & Analysis and Acting Internal Audit Director at Save the Children US. She began her career at KPMG LLP. Dzierzbinski will assume the responsibilities of outgoing Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Thomas J. Hill, who retires at the end of August. Dzierzbinski’s appointment is effective September 16, 2019.

NN, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: NNBR) announced the appointment of Thomas DeByle as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, which is anticipated to be effective on or before September 23, 2019. DeByle most recently served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Standex International Corporation. Prior to that, he held various finance and leadership roles at leading industrial manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand as well as at Actuant Corporation and Johnson Controls.

Standex International Corporation [SALEM, NH] (NYSE: SXI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas DeByle will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. Standex recently announced the promotion of DeByle to COO and named Ademir Sarcevic to replace him as CFO effective September 9, 2019.

Paul Moen

Crown Bank [EDINA, Minn.] announced the addition of Paul Moen to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Moen has served as CFO at several major financial institutions and community banks throughout the Midwest.

Triton Pacific [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jill Tregillis has joined its back office operations center, TFA Associates, LLC, as chief financial officer. Tregillis joins Triton Pacific from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she spent nearly 25 years, the last twelve as a partner with the firm.

Children’s Minnesota [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Brenda McCormick as chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance. McCormick joins Children’s from Smiths Medical, where she was CFO and senior vice president of finance. Prior to Smiths, McCormick served as the vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer at Valspar.

Arcadia Biosciences [DAVIS, CA] (NASDAQ: RKDA) announced that Pam Haley has been appointed Arcadia’s new chief financial officer, replacing Matthew Plavan who has been promoted to CEO. Haley joined Arcadia as accounting manager in 2005 and has held several key positions, most recently controller. Haley brings more than 25 years of financial and accounting experience and previously worked in the telecommunications and semiconductor industries, in addition to public accounting, prior to joining Arcadia.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: CBIO) announced that its chief financial officer, Fletcher Payne, will be stepping down from the Company to pursue another opportunity.

SP Plus Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: SP) announced the appointment of Kristopher Roy as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Roy, who has been serving as interim CFO since April 2019, will continue as principal financial officer for the Company. Mr. Roy joined the Company as Vice President, Assistant Controller in 2013, and has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller since his promotion in 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Roy served as the Global Director of Accounting, Consolidation and Financial Systems at CNH Industrial N.V and prior to that role, he worked at Ernst & Young.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: RETA) announced the appointment of Manmeet S. Soni as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President. Jason D. Wilson, who has been with Reata since 2006 and served as CFO, will assume a new role as Executive Vice President of Operations. Most recently, Soni served as the CFO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to Alnylam, Mr. Soni served as the CFO at ARIAD Pharmaceuticals. Before joining ARIAD, Mr. Soni served as CFO at Pharmacyclics. Mr. Soni is currently a board member at Pulse Biosciences and Arena Pharmaceuticals.

Scholar Rock [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SRRK) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Rhonda Chicko, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.

Fox Factory Holding Corp. [BRASELTON, GA] (NASDAQ: FOXF) announced that after more than 10 years with the Company, Zvi Glasman will leave his role as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), to pursue other interests, effective on November 1, 2019.

Internap Corporation [RESTON, VA] (NASDAQ: INAP) announced that Michael T. Sicoli has been named President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2019. As previously announced, Jim Keeley, INAP’s current CFO, will depart the company. Sicoli most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of GTT Communications Inc. Prior to joining GTT in April 2015, he served as principal of MTS Advisors, a consulting and advisory services firm he founded in 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Sidera Networks. From 2005-2010, Mr. Sicoli served as Chief Financial Officer of RCN Corporation.  Prior to that, Mr. Sicoli held various positions at Nextel Communications, Deloitte Consulting, and Accenture. Mr. Sicoli recently served as a director of Lumos Networks.

Schmitt Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: SMIT) announced that Ann M. Ferguson submitted her letter of resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective November 30, 2019.

Independent Bank Corporation [GRAND RAPIDS, MI] (NASDAQ: IBCP), the holding company of Independent Bank, announced that Stephen Erickson has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer, commencing Feb. 1, 2020. Previously, IBCP announced that Robert Shuster, the current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, had notified the organization of his intention to retire on Jan. 31, 2020.  Beginning on Sept. 23, 2019, Mr. Erickson will serve the organization as its Executive Vice President and Treasurer and will succeed Shuster following his retirement on Jan. 31, 2020. Since Mar. 2018, Erickson has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Midland States Bancorp, Inc. (“Midland”).  He joined Midland in 2012 in connection with its acquisition of EnablePay Direct, Inc., a New York based merchant services company of which he was co-founder and President. Prior to becoming the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Erickson served as Midland’s Director of Mergers and Acquisitions from 2015 to 2018, and as President of Midland’s Merchant Services division from 2012 to 2015. Before founding EnablePay Direct, Inc., Mr. Erickson served as Chief Financial Officer of EVO Merchant Services, Inc., He also held the positions of Vice President of Investment Banking – Financial Services, at Bear Stearns & Co. (1999 to 2003), Senior Accounting Officer at Goldman Sachs & Co. (1995 to 1997), and Senior Associate at Coopers & Lybrand, LLP where he began his career in 1993.

Midland States Bancorp, Inc. [EFFINGHAM, IL] (NASDAQ: MSBI) announced that Stephen A. Erickson, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company and Midland States Bank in order to accept a position with another financial institution based in Michigan. The Company also announced that Donald Spring, Corporate Controller for the Company and Midland States Bank, has been promoted to Chief Accounting Officer, and will lead the Company’s finance department on an interim basis. Mr. Spring has more than 35 years of accounting experience and has served as Midland’s Corporate Controller since 2009.

Jacqueline Kato

Roll-Kraft [MENTOR, OHIO] announced that Jacqueline Kato has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Kato comes to Roll-Kraft from Concord Biosciences where she was the Director of Finance and Administration.

Dovel Technologies [MCLEAN, VA] announced Barry Broadus will join as the company’s newly-appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Broadus was most recently CFO with SRI International. He also served in the CFO role for Alion Science and Technology.

Infor [NEW YORK] announced that Kevin Samuelson, who has served as Infor’s CFO, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Jay Hopkins has been promoted from Chief Accounting Officer to CFO.

John Zaun

Sahl Communications Inc. [BETHLEHEM, PA] announced that John Zaun has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer.

ATL Technology [SPRINGVILLE, UT] announced it has named John Scadden as the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Prior to ATL, he served as CFO at Dry, Inc. and Evo, Inc. Additionally, Scadden has also been Treasurer of FEI Company and held finance roles within Novell, Inc.

New Senior Investment Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SNR) announced that David Smith has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to accept another business opportunity. Smith will continue in his current position through the third quarter to ensure a smooth transition for the Company. Bhairav Patel, the Company’s current Executive Vice President of Finance & Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer will assume these additional responsibilities.

Lever [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Ed Tang joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lever, Tang served as VP of Strategic Finance, Operations, and Business Analytics at Box. Tang brings another nine years of experience at Salesforce, where he was involved in business and corporate development.

Larry Heydon

Golden LivingCenters – Indiana [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that Larry Heydon has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Golden LivingCenters – Indiana, Heydon was President and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Memorial Hospital for 11 years. He also served as the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer for six years. Heydon served as the Executive Director of the Mooresville campus of Franciscan St. Francis Health. In addition to his healthcare experience, Heydon has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Citizens Bank – Indiana (Citba Financial Corporation) since 2014.

Synlogic, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SYBX) announced the departure of Todd Shegog, Chief Financial Officer, effective September 18, 2019.

ZeroNorth [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Karen Higgins as chief financial officer (CFO). Higgins served as CFO of Resilient Systems, that was acquired by IBM Security. Following the acquisition, Karen spent over three years at IBM in various financial and operational executive roles, including General Manager of Resilient. Higgins also led operations at IBM Security. Prior to her roles at Resilient and IBM, Higgins held a number of other finance and leadership positions including VP of finance at Veracode, and corporate controller at SupplyScape and Zix Corporation.

Beam Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Terry-Ann Burrell as chief financial officer. Burrell joins Beam from J.P. Morgan, where she was a managing director in the healthcare investment banking group. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Burrell worked in equity research at Citigroup, where she covered specialty pharmaceuticals and generics.

Capitolis [NEW YORK & LONDON & TEL-AVIV] announced that it has appointed Joseph (Joe) A. Molluso as Chief Financial Officer. Joe has spent the past six years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Virtu Financial. He has more than 20 years of financial institutions experience, having previously been a financial technology investment banker and Managing Dìrector at JP Morgan. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Joe Molluso was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and its successor, Credit Suisse.

Ross J. Muken

Click Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ross J. Muken as Chief Financial Officer. Muken joins from Evercore ISI, where he was a Senior Managing Director and Partner. Prior to joining Evercore ISI, Mr. Muken served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities. Previously, Mr. Muken spent time in the Equity Research division of Thomas Weisel Partners and began his career as an M&A Investment Banker at Bank of America Securities.

Encore Wire Corporation [MCKINNEY, TX] (NASDAQ Global Select: WIRE) announced that the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Frank J. Bilban, will retire in May of 2020. His successor, Bret J. Eckert was hired following an intensive search process. Most recently, Bret served as Executive Managing Director for the Houston office of Riveron Consulting LLC, a business advisory firm, from June 2018 to August 2019. Previously he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Atmos Energy Corporation in Dallas for approximately five years. He spent the first twenty-two years of his career with Ernst & Young LLP where he was a partner for ten years. Bret has been appointed as a Vice President-Finance of Encore Wire Corporation. Frank Bilban will remain a Vice President-Finance and our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary through December 31, 2019 while transitioning to Bret. Bret will take over as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary on January 1, 2020. Frank will stay on as a Vice President-Finance until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May to assist Bret as needed.

Bojangles’, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced that Reese Stewart has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Reese comes to Bojangles’ after a nearly 15-year career with CKE Restaurants, the parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands. Most recently, Reese was Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for CKE. He also previously served as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his time with CKE Restaurants, Reese served as Reporting Director for Infonet Services Corporation.

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (NYSE: UTI) announced that Troy R. Anderson will join the company on September 23, 2019 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, permanently filling the role held on an interim basis by Scott Yessner. Most recently, Anderson was Vice President and Corporate Controller for Conduent, Inc. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Xerox, Inc.’s Public Sector Industry Group.

Tim McHugh

Welltower Inc. [TOLEDO, Ohio] (NYSE: WELL) announced that Tim McHugh has been named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. McHugh has been with the Company since 2016 and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. McHugh joined the Company in 2016 from RREEF Management, currently known as DWS Investments. Prior to RREEF, Mr. McHugh was an equity research analyst at Northern Trust.

Jed Gold

Mister Car Wash [TUCSON, Ariz.] announced that Jed Gold has joined as CFO. Gold joins Mister Car Wash with 20 years of financial and accounting experience. His roles with the world’s largest restaurant company (KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell) included Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for KFC Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.

Crystal Spoor

Ref-Chem [HOUSTON], a Burns & McDonnell company, announced that Crystal Spoor has joined as chief financial officer. Spoor replaced Rodney Page who retired in June.  Since 2014, Spoor has conducted financial planning and analysis for Burns & McDonnell in the firm’s largest revenue-producing region, with offices in Houston and Austin, Texas, as well as Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 2018, she played a part in the firm’s acquisition of Ref-Chem.

Sungard® Availability Services [WAYNE, PA] (Sungard AS) named Terrence J. (TJ) Anderson as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Anderson was executive vice president – corporate development and finance at Broadview Networks. Prior to Broadview, Anderson was vice president, banking and corporate financing, for the media and communications group at Chemical Banking Corporation, and worked in financial roles at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, in both New York and Switzerland.

Shorelight [BOSTON] announced the hiring of Lynnet Conley as Chief Financial Officer. Conley most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Vistra. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer at Vistra, Conley held several leadership positions advancing global organizations, including Radius, Inc., Automatic Data Processing, Inc., ES-Major Account Services and Employer Services International.

Stealth BioTherapeutics [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: MITO) announced the appointment of Robert Weiskopf as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Weiskopf had a 12-year tenure at ArQule, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2015 to 2019. Weiskopf previously held financial management positions at Aware, Inc., Lightbridge Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq and Ernst & Young LLP.

Scott Magnano

Medicx Media Solutions [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Scott Magnano joins the company as Chief Financial Officer. Magnano joins the company from CNA National Warranty, where he served as Assistant Vice President for Financial Planning and Analysis. Before that, Magnano was the Director, Financial Planning, and Analysis at LifeLock. Magnano also held senior financial roles for Travelers and The Hanover. Magnano began his career at The Hartford leading the financial direction of several business segments.

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: XOG) announced that Russell T. Kelley, Jr., Extraction’s Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company, effective September 15, 2019, to pursue other interests. Tom Brock has been designated to assume the role of principal financial officer of the Company and will continue in his current role as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Brock has served as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, since 2016 and has over 21 years of energy-focused accounting experience. Brock began his career with KPMG LLP, where he held various positions serving clients in the energy industry.

Selecta Biosciences, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: SELB) announced the appointment of Brad Dahms as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Selecta Biosciences, Dahms was a Senior Vice President in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Prior to joining Cantor, Dahms worked as an investment banker at RBC Capital Markets, covering the healthcare sector. Previously, he worked in the Corporate and Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan.

Virtu Financial, LLC [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: VIRT) announced that Alex Ioffe will be joining Virtu as its Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2019.  Alex will succeed Joseph Molluso, Virtu’s current Chief Financial Officer since 2013, who has decided to depart Virtu following a transition period in order to pursue other interests.  Alex most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.  He previously served in senior financial roles at Datek and Bertelsmann and as an information technology consultant at Accenture.

Dasan Zhone Solutions, Inc. [OAKLAND, Calif.] (NASDAQ: DZSI) announced that Michael Golomb, the Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Treasurer and Corporate Secretary informed the Company that he intends to resign his employment with the Company, to pursue another opportunity.

Comstock Mining Inc. [VIRGINIA CITY, NV] (NYSE American: LODE) announced the appointment of Juan Carlos “JC” Giron Jr., as its Chief Financial Officer and President. Giron worked in financial and capital market roles for UBS Global Wealth Management and in strategic development roles for Hydrus Technology Holdings.

Jon Kunkle

Somatus [VIENNA, VA] announced the appointment of Jon Kunkle as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kunkle was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic. Prior to that, he held executive leadership positions at Aetna and Coventry Health Care.

Scott McGuire

Nexus [MINNEAPOLIS] hired Scott McGuire as Chief Financial Officer. McGuire brings over 20 years of financial leadership experience, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ecumen. Prior to that, McGuire worked at Sysco Corporation as Market CFO and Vice President of Finance.

Bijal Patel

Synamedia [London and Atlanta] appointed Bijal Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Bijal joins Synamedia from HotSchedules, where he served as CFO for three years. Prior to this, he was CFO at Aptean and before that he was Vice President of Finance at Finastra and subsequently interim CFO. Bijal spent the early part of his career at IBM.

Unifi, Inc. [GREENSBORO, NC] (NYSE: UFI) announced the appointment of Craig A. Creaturo as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Christopher A. Smosna, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since December 2018, will continue in his role as Vice President & Treasurer. Creaturo recently served as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Administration of Chromalox, Inc., from February 2015 to March 2019. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of II-VI Incorporated, from 2004 to 2014.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop [DALLAS] named Jessica Wescott as Chief Financial Officer. Wescott previously served as the Executive Vice President of Finance. Wescott began her career in wealth management before moving into the franchising world and working her way up to Vice President of Development & Finance with MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes.

John T. Greene

Discover Financial Services [RIVERWOODS, IL] (NYSE: DFS) announced that John T. Greene has been named executive vice president, chief financial officer and a member of the company’s executive committee effective Sept. 18. Greene succeeds R. Mark Graf, who will remain with the company as an executive advisor until his retirement in early 2020. Greene most recently served as CFO at Bioverativ. Prior to that, he was CFO for Willis Group Holdings from 2014 to 2016, which was preceded by more than eight years at HSBC Holdings, where he held CFO positions for several divisions, including retail bank and wealth management; insurance and consumer and mortgage lending. He also held various CFO roles in his 12-year tenure with General Electric from 1993 to 2005.

Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: WISA) announced that George Oliva has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Gary Williams will assume the role of Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Finance. Most recently, Oliva was a partner with Hardesty LLC. Oliva has held CFO positions, including Penguin Computing, StorCard, and StreamLogic. Prior to serving in such roles, Oliva was responsible for financial planning and analysis and operational support as the operations controller for Conner Peripherals and Read-Rite Corporation.

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. [FREMONT, CA] (NASDAQ: ICHR) announced that Larry J. Sparks will join Ichor as its chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 7, 2019. Sparks will take over this role from Jeff Andreson, who was promoted to president of Ichor in April 2019. Sparks joins Ichor from Applied Materials, Inc. where he has served in various financial management, controller and operational roles since 1994. Most recently Mr. Sparks served as vice president finance, silicon worldwide operations. Previous roles at Applied Materials included vice president finance and segment CFO of the Inspection Products and Display businesses, as well as earlier corporate and divisional controller positions and as vice president finance of Applied Global Services. From 2006 until 2007, Sparks left Applied Materials to become vice president finance of FormFactor, Inc., and prior to joining Applied Materials he served in various finance roles at Unisys Corporation from 1985 until 1994.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced the death of Paul R. Flanders on September 7, 2019, who had served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Carrols since 1997. Flanders’ duties are currently being assumed and performed by the existing finance and accounting team until his replacement is named.

Astute [COLUMBUS, OH] announced the addition of Phil Hoey who will serve as CFO. Hoey’s previous financial leadership roles include NBC, AOL, LexisNexis, and most recently Two Labs.

Bluegreen Vacations Corporation [BOCA RATON, FL] (NYSE: BXG) announced that Anthony M. Puleo has informed the Company that he will be retiring as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer effective September 30, 2019. Puleo will stay on with the Company in a consulting role as Advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer. Effective September 30, 2019, the Company has appointed Raymond S. Lopez as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Lopez will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BBX Capital Corporation (NYSE: BBX), the owner of 90.3% of Bluegreen Vacation’s common stock. Prior to joining BBX, Mr. Lopez served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company from 2005 through 2015 and as Controller from 2004 to 2005.

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. [MIDDLETON, WI] (NYSE: SPB) announced that Jeremy W. Smeltser will join the Company on October 1 as Executive Vice President. Smeltser will succeed Doug Martin as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on or prior to December 20, 2019. Smeltser most recently was Vice President and CFO from 2015-2018 for SPX FLOW, Inc. (NYSE: FLOW) following its spinoff from SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPXC), where he was Vice President and CFO from 2012-2015. Prior to his role at SPX Flow, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SPX Corporation, where he held various roles, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Flow Technology, and became an officer of SPX Corporation in April 2009. He joined SPX Corporation in 2002 from Ernst & Young LLP, where he was an audit manager in Tampa, Florida. Prior to that, he held various positions with Arthur Andersen LLP, in Tampa, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] (NYSE: RRTS) announced that Patrick (Pat) J. Unzicker has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Unzicker served Adtalem Global Education in Chicago for the past 13 years, most recently as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. His 26 years of financial leadership experience also includes management positions with increasing scope and responsibilities with Whitehall Jewelers, Inc., Galileo International and Ryerson, Inc. He began his career at Price Waterhouse LLP in Chicago.

Carrier [PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL] announced the appointment of Timothy McLevish as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1. McLevish served as a public company CFO at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Kraft, Ingersoll-Rand and Mead Corp.

UBEO Business Services [AUSTIN, TX] announced that William “Bill” Gardner has joined as chief financial officer. Most recently, Gardner served as vice president of distribution operations and integration at Masonite International. Prior to that position, he held roles of increasing responsibility over his decade with Masonite International, serving as vice president of global business services, senior director of finance, finance director of NA door and division controller.

Capital Park Holdings Corp. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Andrew M. Barker as CFO. Prior to joining Capital Park, Barker has served in both operational and advisory roles within global consultancy firms and investments banks as well lead as operating businesses based in the U.S., Mexico, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Soligenix, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] (NASDAQ: SNGX) announced that it has appointed Jonathan Guarino, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Corporate Controller for Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). Previously, he worked as Controller and senior manager of technical accounting for Suite K Value Added Services LLC and Covance, Inc. Prior to these positions, he held accounting and finance positions of increasing importance with several companies, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, BlackRock, Inc. and Barnes & Noble, Inc.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that Dominic Piscitelli has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ORIC, Mr. Piscitelli was CFO of AnaptysBio. Prior to AnaptysBio, Piscitelli was Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations at Medivation. Previously, he served in roles of increasing responsibility at Astellas Pharma and OSI Pharmaceuticals.

Sonim Technologies, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] (NASDAQ: SONM) appointed Bob Tirva as interim CFO, replacing Jim Walker who has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sonim. Previously, Tirva served as CFO of Intermedia. Prior to Intermedia, Tirva was Corporate Controller at Dropbox. Before Dropbox, Tirva spent nearly 14 years at Broadcom Corporation, where he held a range of finance roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance. Tirva also has career experience with IBM Corporation, Navistar Financial Corporation and Ernst & Young. He currently serves on the board of directors of Resonant.

Sarah Nelms

Syndicate Claim Services Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that Sarah Nelms has joined the organization as the Chief Financial & Strategic Operations Officer. Her most recent position was Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at the Kinney Group. Previously, Ms. Nelms has served in several senior level and executive roles in numerous industries, including insurance, technology, media, healthcare and hospitality.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SLRX) announced the appointment of Scott Jordan to the new role of Chief Business Officer and the appointment of Mark Rosenblum to the position of Executive Vice President Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Jordan first joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in 2016. Prior to joining Salarius, Mr. Jordan served as Chief Financial Officer of Beta Cat Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Chief Investment Officer of Stingray Therapeutics. Mr. Jordan has also served as co-founder and advisor at Healthios Xchange and served as Vice President of Healthios Capital Markets, LLC. Rosenblum first joined Salarius as a financial consultant to assist in the recent merger of Flex Pharma, Inc. and Salarius Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Rosenblum served as Chairman and Chief Executive Office of ActiveCare, Inc., and has served in the role of Chief Financial Officer for several publicly traded companies.

Syapse [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Fletcher Payne has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Payne joins Syapse from Catalyst Biosciences where he served as CFO since January 2015. Previously, he served in senior financial positions at CytomX Therapeutics, Plexxikon Inc., Rinat Neuroscience Corporation, Dynavax Technologies Corporation, Cell Genesys, Abgenix, Sun Microsystems, and IBM.

Jim Edwards

Sharonview Federal Credit Union [FORT MILL, S.C.] announced its new Chief Financial Officer – Jim Edwards. Prior to coming to Sharonview, Edwards served as CFO for Chartway Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He also previously spent 13 years in strategic leadership roles – CFO and Chief Risk Officer – within BB&T’s mortgage unit. Edwards replaces outgoing CFO Steve Smith, who announced earlier in 2019 his plans to retire at year-end and after more than 20 years with Sharonview.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) [FREMONT, CA] has named Grant Fitz as its new chief financial officer. Fitz replaces long-time EFI executive Marc Olin, who will assume the COO role at EFI. Fitz comes to EFI from Valassis, where he also served as the CFO. Prior to that, he was the corporate vice president and CFO at Xerox Technology. Fitz also held a number of senior leadership positions at General Motors, both in Europe and the United States, and served as GM’s first chief risk officer. He also worked as the senior vice president and CFO of Nexteer Automotive.

Paycor [CINCINNATI, Ohio] announced it has appointed Adam Ante as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ante joined Paycor in March 2017 as Vice President of Finance. Since December 2018, Adam has served as interim CFO.  Previously, Ante was CFO of the Merchant Bank Channel at Worldpay (formerly known as Vantiv). Prior to CFO, Ante served many years in senior finance roles at the company, where he was responsible for business and enterprise valuation, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations support, forecasting and planning and business case development, among others. Ante began his career in retirement services with Union Central Life Insurance Company. Ante served eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: ALRN) announced that Don Dougherty, its current Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving Aileron. All financial responsibilities are being transitioned to Richard Wanstall, who has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Operations and principal accounting officer since 2018. Prior to joining Aileron, Wanstall held roles as Vice President, Finance at Moderna Therapeutics, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Global Finance at Stream Global Services, Inc.; and management roles in finance, accounting and SEC reporting for several other technology and financial services companies.

Renodis [ST PAUL, MN] announced it has named David Steichen as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions and Chief Financial Officer. Steichen has been a financially focused advisory member of the Renodis Executive Team for the past four years. Prior to his role at Renodis, Steichen was co-founder of Mayday Capital Advisors, LLC. With over 30 years as a business leader, Steichen is a 13-year veteran of Deloitte and has extensive experience serving as Chief Financial Officer and in other executive roles for large and small companies both public and private.

Thomas Leggett

Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas (Tommy) Leggett as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Leggett joins Black Diamond from Axcella Health. Before joining Axcella, Tommy was Treasurer and Head of Business Development Finance at Purdue Pharma, L.P. Previously, he was an investment banker for the healthcare groups at J.P. Morgan Securities, Lazard Frères & Company, and UBS Securities, respectively.

Curis, Inc. [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: CRIS) announced the promotion of Bill Steinkrauss to Chief Financial Officer. Steinkrauss joined Curis in August 2016 and most recently served as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Curis, he served as Director of Technical Accounting and Reporting at Ovascience, Inc. and Senior Manager of Technical Accounting at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, Mr. Steinkrauss worked within the transaction services and assurance practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Investview Corporation [SALT LAKE CITY] (OTCQB: INVU) announced Jayme McWidener as the new Chief Financial Officer. Jayme McWidener through her firm MAC Accounting has played an instrumental role since April of 2017 in assisting the Company through the last ten quarters and two annual audits. William Kosoff, former CFO, will become Investview’s Corporate Secretary. McWidener became an auditor for Cahaba GBA in 2001 before joining HJ & Associates, LLC (“HJ”) in January 2004 as an audit staff member, eventually being promoted to an audit senior and audit manager before she became a partner at HJ in January 2014.  Ms. McWidener spent just over 2 years as a partner with HJ and with its successor, Haynie & Company. In April of 2016 she established Mac Accounting Group, LLP.

Ideanomics [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: IDEX) announced the appointment of Conor McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Most recently, McCarthy was CFO for OS33. Previous positions include CFO roles with Intent, Convergex Group, and 9 years as CFO of the Americas for GFI Group, Inc.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. [MONTREAL AND CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: MIST) announced the appointment of Amit Hasija as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Hasija most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer at Fulcrum Therapeutics. Prior to Fulcrum, he spent five years at Sanofi, most recently serving as Vice President of Integrated Care. While at Sanofi, he also served as Vice President of North America Pharmaceutical Business Development. Prior to joining Sanofi, Mr. Hasija spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. He began his career at Merck as a Planning and Logistics Analyst and Operations Manager.

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: BCLI) announced that Preetam Shah, Ph.D., M.B.A., has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to his appointment as BrainStorm’s CFO, Dr. Shah served as Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Barclays Capital Plc, where he focused on Life Sciences and Medical Device sectors.  Prior to his role at Barclays, Dr. Shah served as Vice President of Healthcare Investment Banking at Canaccord Genuity Inc., from July 2013 to May 2016. Dr. Shah founded and served as Managing Director of Saisarva LLC., a healthcare financial consulting firm from January 2010 to June 2013. From October 2006 to December 2009, Dr. Shah served as Vice President, U.S. Operations and Investments at Reliance Capital USA Ventures LLC., an affiliate of Reliance ADA Group Companies.

Rahim Lakhani

letgo [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Rahim Lakhani as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lakhani was most recently Chief Operating Officer and CFO at OfferPad. Prior to that he was CFO, India/Southeast Asia at Anheuser-Busch InBev, and a Vice President at Deutsche Bank.

Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced the appointment of Dan Lochner as its Chief Financial Officer. Lochner joins Oyster Point Pharma after spending nearly 15 years, most recently as a Managing Director, at Goldman Sachs asset management focused on healthcare equity investing and fund management.

Jason Tyler

Northern Trust Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: NTRS) announced that Chief Financial Officer S. Biff Bowman will step down from his role as CFO effective January 1, 2020, and retire from Northern Trust on February 28, 2020. Jason Tyler, currently Chief Financial Officer of Northern Trust’s Wealth Management business, will succeed Bowman as Chief Financial Officer for the Corporation and serve as a member of the Management Group, effective January 1, 2020. Tyler, who joined Northern Trust in 2011, has served in prior roles including Global Head of the Institutional Group at Northern Trust Asset Management, and Global Head of Corporate Strategy. Tyler joined Northern Trust from Ariel Investments, where he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Research Operations. Previously, he worked as First Vice President and Manager in Corporate Planning at Bank One/American National Bank in Chicago.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ALXN) announced plans for the transition of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Paul Clancy later this year. He will be succeeded by Aradhana Sarin, M.D., who is currently the Chief Strategy and Business Officer. Clancy will remain at Alexion and continue to serve as a senior advisor through the middle of 2020. Dr. Sarin has been with Alexion since November 2017. She is currently a member of Alexion’s executive committee, serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Business Officer, and was previously Senior Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Strategy. Sarin had more than 20 years of experience at global financial institutions prior to joining Alexion.

Lauren Cooks Levitan

Faire [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Lauren Cooks Levitan has been appointed as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Faire, Lauren was most recently the CFO at Fanatics. She has served on the board of directors (Audit Committee member) for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE: ELF) since 2016.

Union Bank [GREENVILLE, NC] (OTCQX: UBNC) announced that Scott C. (Mac) McLean will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Union Bank effective November 1, 2019. Doyle Thigpen has served as the Bank’s CFO for the past 21 years, since it was founded in 1998, and will retire as CFO on that same date. Thigpen will assume a part-time role with the Bank, effective November 1, 2019. McLean has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including as a regulator with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and as CFO for two other community banks.

DermTech, Inc. [LA JOLLA, CA] (NASDAQ: DMTK) announced that Kevin Sun has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. From 2008 to 2018, Mr. Sun served in various executive and management roles for DexCom, Inc., including most recently as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasury, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President, Finance. Prior to DexCom, Mr. Sun held various roles of increasing responsibility at Biosite Incorporated.

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Allan Reine, M.D., as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Reine joins Foghorn from Pieris Pharmaceuticals where he has served since August 2017 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that he was a healthcare portfolio manager at Lombard Odier Asset Management from 2012 through early 2017. Before joining Lombard Odier, Dr. Reine served as a healthcare portfolio manager at various funds, including SAC Capital Advisors and Alexandra Investment Management. Dr. Reine began his career in 2001 at CIBC World Markets where he worked in both biotechnology investment banking and biotechnology equity research.

Celonis [NEW YORK CITY & MUNICH] announced that Guido Torrini will join as its Chief Financial Officer. Torrini most recently held roles at Gympass, where he was CFO and Groupon, where he advanced his role to become General Manager of the Groupon+ business unit after serving as CFO for Global Commercial Finance. Earlier in his career, Torrini has held leadership positions across the US and EMEA at both Dell and Cisco.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced that it has named Timothy “Tim” J. LaLonde as interim Chief Financial Officer, interim Treasurer, and interim Vice President. LaLonde was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at Dinosaur Restaurants, LLC from 2017 until earlier this year. Previously, he was Vice President, Controller at Carrols from 1997 until 2017. Earlier in his career, he was Controller at Fay’s Incorporated, from 1992 to 1997, and Senior Audit Manager at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touché LLP, where he was employed since 1978.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CLMT) announced that West Griffin, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since January 2017, will be leaving his role as CFO by the end of the year.

Marla Jackson

Goodwill Industries International (GII) [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced that Marla Jackson has been named as chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 4. Jackson has served in various leadership capacities, including CEO and CFO, for local Goodwill® organizations. Since April 2019, she has served as director of consultative services for GII, overseeing a number of operational consultations, including CARF accreditation and assurance for the 158 community-based nonprofit Goodwill organizations throughout the United States and Canada. Prior to GII, she ran her own consulting company, leading contract work for several Goodwill organizations, such as Goodwill of Central Missouri and Eastern Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Before that, she was senior vice president and CFO for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona (Phoenix) from 2016 – 2017. She was also president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of San Antonio (TX). In addition, she was CFO and COO of Goodwill Industries of the Valleys (Roanoke, VA). Prior to joining Goodwill, she held various CFO positions at Danaher Corporation, Sandvik AB/Tamrock OY and Ingersoll Rand. Jackson replaces Jeffrey McCaw, former CFO for GII. McCaw has a 14-year tenure with GII, having served as the CFO for nine years and as controller for six years prior to that.

Richard J. Whitby

ALTR Created Diamonds [NEW YORK] has bolstered its leadership team with the addition of Richard J. Whitby as chief financial officer. Whitby joins ALTR following more than a decade with De Beers, including six years as CFO for the company’s Diamond Trading Company group sales operations.

Tara Marszewski

Waterton [CHICAGO] announced the hiring of Tara Marszewski as its new chief financial officer (CFO). She will replace Doug Denyer, who will remain with the company for the next six to eight weeks to ensure a smooth transition prior to his planned retirement. Prior to joining Waterton, Marszewski was CFO of Brookfield Properties’ retail group. She was previously chief accounting officer of General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP), which later merged with Brookfield, and prior to that spent 10 years in the real estate audit practice at KPMG.

NTN Buzztime, Inc. [CARLSBAD, CA] (NYSE American: NTN) announced that CFO Allen Wolff will serve as interim CEO while the board conducts a search for a permanent CEO. Wolff joined Buzztime in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was the Chief Financial Strategist at PlumDiggity. Allen started PlumDiggity after various roles in high growth companies, including PaySimple, which he co-founded in 2005.

Holly Lim

Rokt [NEW YORK] appointed Holly Lim as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Lim joins Rokt from CFO positions at TuneIn and SoundCloud, and previously served as Group Finance Lead/Operations and Strategy at Google’s Advanced Technologies and Projects (ATAP) group.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. [ORLANDO, FL] (NYSE: SEAS) announced that Marc Swanson, who serves as Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer. Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy, who serves as Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Gulacsy will retain her role as Chief Accounting Officer. Swanson has most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since August 2017. Prior to that Mr. Swanson served as Chief Accounting Officer since 2012 and served as interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2015 until September 2015 and as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from August 1, 2017 until his permanent appointment later that same month. Previously, he was 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. Gulacsy has most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since August 2017. Gulacsy also served as Corporate Vice President, Financial Reporting, a position she was promoted to in 2016 after serving as Director, Financial Reporting from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining SeaWorld, Ms. Gulacsy served from 2011 to 2013 as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller for Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., where she also served as Director of Corporate Accounting from 2006 to 2011, and Assistant Controller from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that time, Ms. Gulacsy was an Audit Manager for Ernst & Young LLP.

Modern Aviation [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Daniel Reinheimer as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Modern Aviation, Reinheimer worked as the CFO of asTech. Prior to that, Reinheimer was the CFO for Hawaii Gas, a company owned by Macquarie Infrastructure Group (NYSE:MIC), and Atlantic Aviation, a FBO services company with approximately 70 FBOs, also owned by MIC. Previously, as CFO of Dental One. Additional leadership roles at Level 3 and Frontier Communications round out Reinheimer’s successful career experience.

Unisys Corporation [BLUE BELL, PA] (NYSE: UIS) announced the appointment of Mike Thomson as permanent chief financial officer (CFO). Thomson, who joined Unisys in December 2015 as corporate controller and principal accounting officer, was named interim CFO in April 2019.

Rahul Ghai

Otis Elevator Co. [FARMINGTON, Conn.] announced the appointment of Rahul Ghai as Chief Financial Officer. Ghai most recently served as senior vice president and CFO of Harris Corporation. Prior to Harris, he served in executive-level finance roles at Aetna and United Technologies Corp.

Nuvectra Corporation [PLANO, TX] (NASDAQ: NVTR) announced the appointment of Jennifer Kosharek as Chief Financial Officer. Kosharek will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer after having served as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2019. Kosharek joined Nuvectra in January 2016 as Executive Director, Corporate Controller, and was appointed Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, in June 2018. Prior to joining Nuvectra, Ms. Kosharek was the Corporate Controller and subsequently served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Interphase Corporation from 2011 to 2015. Preceding her position at Interphase, she served as Senior Accountant – External Reporting and later as Accounting Manager at Sabre Holdings from 2008 to 2011. She began her career at Grant Thornton, LLP.

StoneMor Partners L.P. [TREVOSE, PA] (NYSE: STON) announced it has elevated Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey DiGiovanni to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, combining the roles of Chief Accounting and Chief Financial Officer. DiGiovanni replaces Garry Herdler, who will transition to a consulting role with the Partnership through the end of the year.  DiGiovanni, prior to joining StoneMor, was Managing Director at a leading accounting and transaction advisory firm with offices in Philadelphia, New York City and Princeton, N.J.

Justin Andrews

IZEA Worldwide, Inc. [Orlando, Florida] (NASDAQ: IZEA) announced the appointment of Justin Andrews as Chief Financial Officer. Andrews previously served as Vice President of Finance, acting as the division CFO for multiple portfolios of ESW Capital (Trilogy), since 2018. Prior to his role at ESW Capital (Trilogy) he served as Director of Finance for Mobi Corp., which was later acquired by BSM Technologies, a publicly traded SaaS Geotab company. Prior to joining Mobi Corp., Mr. Andrews served as Head of Finance for Vantage Administration Services and United Payment Services.

Nxt-ID, Inc. [SEBASTIAN, FL] (NASDAQ: NXTD) announced the appointment of the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Vincent S. Miceli, as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director.

DISQO [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Jean-Philippe Durrios as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Most recently, Durrios served as VP of Strategic Finance & Operations at ServiceTitan. He also held positions as SVP of Global Operations at MarketShare and VP of International Marketing Services at Neustar. Earlier in his career, Durrios was a Business Manager for Yahoo.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. [South Easton, MA] (OTCQB: PBIO) announced that Daniel J. Shea has joined the Company as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  Since January 2017, Shea has operated Woodcliff Advisors LLC. Through Woodcliff, Shea personally filled CFO roles at public and private companies in the financial services and technology industries. From 1998 to 2016, he was a Senior Vice President at Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

Auth0 [BELLEVUE, Washington] announced Barry Plaga as chief financial officer (CFO). Previously, Plaga served as the CFO and COO of Guidance Software.

Katerra [MENLO PARK, CA] announced that Matthew Marsh has been appointed as chief financial officer. Marsh is replacing Joanne Solomon, who is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. Marsh brings more than two decades of international financial management to his role at Katerra, including a 16-year career at General Electric Company. Prior to Katerra, Marsh was CFO and executive vice president for James Hardie Industries.

athenahealth, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] announced that Luis Borgen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Luis most recently served as CFO for Vistaprint. Borgen has 22 years of experience in finance, serving as CFO for nine of those years. Prior to his work at Vistaprint, he served as CFO of DAVIDsTEA, Inc. Earlier in his career, Borgen served as CFO of DaVita, and held senior finance leadership roles at Staples, Inc.

Stereotaxis, Inc. [ST. LOUIS, MO] (NYSE American: STXS) announced that Kimberly Peery has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2019. Martin Stammer, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2013, has accepted a position as the CFO of a large professional services firm headquartered in the St. Louis area and will resign from the Company, effective September 30, 2019. Peery joined Stereotaxis in 2003 and currently serves as Vice President of Finance. Prior to Stereotaxis she served as a controller at various private companies.

Protective Insurance Corporation [CARMEL, Indiana] (NASDAQ: PTVCA, PTVCB) announced John Barnett as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2019. Barnett has most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of First Acceptance Corporation, since October 2018 and served as Senior Vice President, Finance from May 2007 to March 2013. Barnett served as Vice President, Finance of Broadcast Music, Inc. from March 2013 to October 2018 and has served in various other management and manufacturing roles during his career, including as Senior Manager, Planning and Analysis of Anheuser-Busch Companies from 1999 to 2007.

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: STAF) announced that David Faiman, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be leaving the Company by December 31, 2019 and will assist in the orderly transition of his CFO responsibilities.

A-Mark Precious Metals [EL SEGUNDO, CA], Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRK) appointed Executive Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary Kathleen Simpson-Taylor as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 30, 2019. Simpson-Taylor will replace Cary Dickson, who has served as CFO of A-Mark since November 2015. Simpson-Taylor was appointed Executive Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary in November 2017, after serving as Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary since January 2016. Prior to A-Mark, Simpson-Taylor held various executive positions at Mattel, Inc. from 2000 to 2015, including Vice President, Mattel Division Finance and Vice President, USA Finance, and served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mattel Federal Credit Union from 2002 to 2004.

Pixelworks, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: PXLW) announced the appointment of Elias N. Nader as chief financial officer. Nader succeeds Steven L. Moore, who previously held the role for more than 12 years. Moore will remain engaged as a consultant to the Company through February 2020 to assist with the transition. Nader most recently served as the interim president and CEO of Sigma Designs, Inc. He also served as the company’s chief financial officer during his tenure at the company, in addition to being appointed to the Board of Directors of Sigma Designs in early 2018. Before joining Sigma Designs, Nader was the chief financial officer for Imperial Holding as well as a financial consultant to several global companies in Europe and the Middle East. He previously held positions as corporate controller of Dionex Corporation, which was acquired by Thermo-Fisher, and vice president of finance at InterWave Communications, which was acquired by Alvarion, Inc., as well as served in a number of roles with leading companies such as Adaptive Broadband, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), VeriFone and Seagate. Nader currently serves as a member of the audit committee on the Board of Directors of LMP Motors, based in Florida.  From 2016 to 2018, he was a member of the audit committee on the Board of Directors of YuMe, Inc., which was acquired by RhytmOne.

Burlington Stores, Inc. [BURLINGTON, NJ] (NYSE: BURL) announced that Marc Katz has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer/Principal, to pursue other professional opportunities. John Crimmins, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer.  Crimmins has been with the Company since 2011, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining Burlington Stores, Mr. Crimmins held various roles at The Timberland Company including Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 2002 to 2009.

Aleksander Baryś

RTB House [NEW YORK,] announced that Aleksander Baryś  has been selected to serve as Chief Financial Officer and as a board member. Baryś joins RTB House from Boryszew S.A., where he served as chief financial officer and board member. Prior to holding that position, from 2009 to 2016, he was associated with the CIECH Group and held the following positions: head of finance and accounting (2009-2014), president of the management board of the Soda Deutschland CIECH Group (2014-2016), group management director of CIECH S.A. and a member of the supervisory boards of CIECH Group companies (2016). In addition, from 2003 to 2008, Baryś was a financial controller for Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sp.z o.o. and deputy director for Unipetrol at PKN ORLEN S.A, part of PKN ORLEN Capital Group.

Xilinx, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced that Lorenzo Flores, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is stepping down from his position to pursue another executive opportunity. Flores plans to leave Xilinx following the company’s second quarter fiscal year 2020 earnings on October 23, to ensure a smooth transition.

Standard Motor Products, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SMP) announced that Nathan Iles has been named the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. As previously announced, Jim Burke, who served as CFO since 1999, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and will assist in the transition of CFO duties to Mr. Iles. Iles most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at UCI International Holdings. Throughout his eight years with UCI, Mr. Iles held various leadership roles including Chief Financial Officer of UCI’s ASC/Airtex subsidiary and Vice President Corporate Finance. Prior to that time, Mr. Iles served in other finance positions at Sears Holdings Corporation and Deloitte & Touche.

PREIT [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: PEI) announced its intention to promote Mario C. Ventresca, Jr., Executive Vice President – Operations, to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will replace current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bob McCadden who will leave the Company effective December 31, 2019. Ventresca spent the first ten years of his career in accounting and finance positions. He joined PREIT in 1994 and currently serves as Executive Vice President of Operations overseeing the Company’s Leasing, Asset and Property Management functions.

AIM ImmunoTech Inc. [OCALA, FL] (NYSE American: AIM) named Ellen Lintal as its new Chief Financial Officer. Lintal succeeds Adam Pascale, who stepped down after more than two decades with the company. Lintal joined the company – then named Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. – in 2018 as Vice President of Finance & Control, before being promoted to Chief Accounting Officer earlier this year. Before joining AIM ImmunoTech, Lintal spent a decade at an international non-profit organization, serving as Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Finance & Control. Her more than 25-year career also includes public company accounting experience at Corning Inc., Carlisle Companies and AGY.

Dave Metzger

Cresa [WASHINGTON] named Dave Metzger as Chief Financial Officer. Metzger joins Cresa from Frontpoint Security, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. From 2007 to 2016, Metzger acted as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at RE/MAX Holdings.

Noble Midstream Partners LP [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NBLX) announced that Thomas W. Christensen was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner. Christensen will continue to serve as Principal Accounting Officer of the General Partner. Christensen was appointed interim Chief Financial Officer in July 2019 and has held the position of Chief Accounting Officer of Noble Midstream since August 2016. He previously served as Corporate Finance Manager in Noble Energy Inc.’s Treasury group. Mr. Christensen joined Noble Energy Inc. upon its acquisition of Rosetta Resources in July 2015. While at Rosetta, he served in positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as its Assistant Controller.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. [WYOMISSING, PA] (NASDAQ: PENN) announced that William J. (“BJ”) Fair, will be stepping down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) at the conclusion of his current employment contract term, which expires March 31, 2020.

Impact [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced the appointment of Joo Mi Kim as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kim served as CFO of Aera Technology. Prior to Aera, Kim served as the Vice President of FP&A and Investor Relations at Qualys.

Hibbett Sports, Inc. [BIRMINGHAM, Alabama] (NASDAQ/GS: HIBB) announced that Scott R. Humphrey is joining the Company as Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Christine Skold who fulfilled her contract term and has accepted a full-time permanent position in Nashville. Humphrey most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Ciner Resources, LP. Prior to joining Ciner Resources, Humphrey served in senior treasury positions with Schweitzer-Mauduit International and HYCO International, Inc.

Scott Roberts

HealthStream [NASHVILLE, TN] (NASDAQ: HSTM) announced that it appointed Scott A. Roberts as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Senior Vice President. Roberts had been serving as Interim CFO & Vice President of Accounting and Finance since his appointment to that position in February 2019. Following his service in multiple positions and accompanying promotions in HealthStream’s Finance and Accounting Department after joining the Company in 2002, Roberts was promoted to Vice President, Accounting and Finance in 2015.

AeroVironment, Inc. [SIMI VALLEY, CA] (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced that senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) Teresa Covington will resign to become CFO of a private company, effective October 18, 2019. Brian Shackley, AeroVironment vice president and controller, has been appointed interim chief financial officer, effective October 18, 2019. Shackley joined AeroVironment in January 2016 and has served as vice president and corporate controller since December 2017. He previously served as the company’s director of SEC reporting from January 2016 to December 2017. Shackley has 18 years of experience in various accounting and finance roles, including approximately 9 years in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Los Angeles, California, where he served as an audit senior manager.

Clay Myers

Quorum Software [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Clay Myers to Chief Financial Officer. Myers most recently he served as chief financial officer and chief operations officer of One Technologies. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at HyperCube LLC.

Enterra Solutions [NEWTOWN, PA] announced that Kevin Cunningham has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Cunningham has over 30 years of investment management experience, most recently serving 7 years as Managing Director and the head of Global Capital Markets with the CPP Investment Board. While at CPPIB, he chaired the Credit Investment Committee and served on the Investment Planning Committee, Liquidity Committee, and Public Markets Management Committee. Prior to CPPIB, he spent 12 years with Goldman Sachs where he held positions globally in New York, Tokyo, and Toronto, and specialized in trading Fixed Income Derivative Securities.

OnKure, Inc. [BOULDER, COLORADO] announced the appointment of R. Michael Carruthers as Chief Financial Officer. Carruthers joins OnKure from Nivalis Therapeutics where he served as Interim President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Prior to working at Nivalis, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Array BioPharma, Chief Financial Officer of Sievers Instruments, Treasurer and Controller of the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation, and an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.

Bridg [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Seth Klein to Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Klein served as Chief Financial Officer of All Def Media. Klein also played a key role in scaling Stylehaul. Prior to Stylehaul, Klein spent six years with IAC Interactive where he was Vice President of Finance for Emerging Business and later Chief Financial Officer of CityGrid Media.

Vertical Wellness [LOS ANGELES] announced it has appointed John Philpott as Chief Financial Officer. Philpott’s most recent position was CFO of a sports training and medical facility. Prior that position, he held CFO and Advisory roles in a number of different companies.

Culta LLC [SILVER SPRING, MD] announced Jonathan Clark is joining as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jonathan joins Culta from CAVA Group, Inc. where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CAVA, Jonathan was the Chief Financial Officer for Honest Tea.

MRC Global Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: MRC) announced Kelly Youngblood is joining MRC Global, effective November 18, 2019. Mr. Youngblood will initially hold the title of Executive Vice President until the retirement of James E. Braun, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), on March 1, 2020, at which time, Mr. Youngblood will assume the role of Executive Vice President and CFO. Youngblood joins MRC Global from BJ Services, LLC where he serves as Executive Vice President and CFO. Prior to being CFO at BJ Services, Youngblood was the Senior Vice President and CFO at Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Before that, he held a variety of finance and accounting positions of increasing responsibility at Halliburton, including Vice President of Investor Relations.

Union Pacific [OMAHA, Nebraska] announced Rob Knight, chief financial officer since 2004, plans to retire Dec. 31. Union Pacific appointed Jennifer Hamann to succeed Knight, effective Jan. 1. Currently senior vice president – Finance, Hamann previously held leadership positions in Investor Relations and Marketing and Sales, formerly served as general auditor and also worked in Workforce Resources. Hamann joined Union Pacific in 1992 as corporate auditor.

Citizens, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NYSE: CIA) announced that it has promoted Jeffery P. Conklin to Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Conklin previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since March 2019, in addition to his existing roles as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of the Company since September 2017. Prior to assuming his positions as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Conklin served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer from May 2017 to September 2017. Conklin came to the Company with over 20 years of life insurance and financial reporting experience, having worked at American International Group, Inc. from 2004 to 2017 in various capacities, including Vice President of Financial Reporting and Vice President of Special Projects.

Karim Damji

WorkBoard [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that Karim Damji has joined the company’s leadership team as its first Chief Financial Officer. Damji joins WorkBoard after more than seven years at SurveyMonkey where he served as the company’s Vice President of Finance. He also held leadership positions in the company’s treasury and procurement functions, and M&A activities. Prior to SurveyMonkey, Damji held several finance positions at Yahoo! and worked in both the M&A advisory and assurance practices at PwC.

HOF Village, LLC [CANTON, OH] announced that Jason Krom has been named Chief Financial Officer. Krom most recently served as CFO of Outdoor Products Group at Stanley Black & Decker. He joined Stanley Black & Decker as the company’s Vice President of FP&A before being promoted to CFO of Outdoor Products Group in October 2018. Mr. Krom previously served as CFO of the Hollister Brand at Abercrombie & Fitch. Prior to that, he served as the Finance lead for Global Marketing and R&D at The Hershey Company. Krom has also held several other financial positions with companies including Philips Electronics, Novartis, and Johnson & Johnson.

SourceMedia [NEW YORK] announced that Debra S. Mason has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mason was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Questex. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer of Questex, she served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for ALM Media LLC. Her previous leadership positions include nine years as Chief Financial Officer for the Americas region of Ipsos, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of X Plus One Solutions, and six years with Interpublic Group, where she served as the global Chief Financial Officer of several divisions. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of Wolf Group.

Vivek Bedi

Nestlé Waters North America [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that Vivek Bedi will be appointed to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective December 1, 2019. Bill Pearson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire, effective December 31, 2019. Bedi was formerly Senior Vice President, Finance, Control and Investments at Nestlé Waters North America. Bedi has been with Nestlé for more than 20 years. He joined as a management trainee in the Nutrition Division. From 1997 to 2000, Bedi led restructuring projects in North America as a member of Nestlé’s Operations Improvement Team. He joined Nestlé Purina in 2001 and steadily increased his responsibilities. Prior to joining NWNA in 2018, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nestlé Purina PetCare Latin America & Caribbean.

Canal Insurance Company [GREENVILLE, SC] announced the addition of John Rzepinski to its senior leadership team as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer. Rzepinski was most recently serving as the CFO of CapSpecialty, a role he held since 2013, after serving in roles of increasing responsibility within that company since 2005. Prior to that, he held various positions at other companies in the commercial insurance industry, including Strickland Insurance Group, Universal Insurance Company, and Occidental.

Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) [NEW YORK] announced it has hired Chris Corrini as Chief Financial Officer. Corrini’s corporate resume includes a 10-year tenure as Chief Financial Officer at Brink’s as well as the publicly traded Brink’s Group, which included Brink’s and Brink’s Home Security. Following that, he was CFO at Edison Learning. Other experience includes senior financial roles at ITT Corporation, Akzo Nobel, Chiquita Brands and Ernst & Young.

Intercare Holdings, Inc. [ROCKLIN, CA] has appointed Don Nguyen to be Chief Financial Officer. Don joins Intercare from serving as CFO of Easter Seals.

Spartan Motors, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, MI] (NASDAQ: SPAR) announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Frederick Sohm will be stepping down from his position for non-business related reasons.

Kaleido Biosciences [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: KLDO), announced that Joshua Brumm will step down as Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer effective October 11, 2019, to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of a biotechnology company. Richard Scalzo, Corporate Controller, has been appointed to serve as Principal Accounting Officer and, in the interim, will assume certain of Mr. Brumm’s responsibilities. Mr. Brumm will continue as an advisor to Kaleido through December 31, 2019.

ThinkHR and Mammoth HR [PLEASANTON, Calif. and PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Mark Tisdel has joined the companies as chief financial officer. Tisdel has spent the last decade as a CFO for both public and private companies, most recently at Orion Health and Model N. Earlier in his career, Tisdel held finance and accounting leadership positions at organizations including PeopleSoft, prior to its acquisition by Oracle.

Visteon Corporation [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI] (NASDAQ: VC) announced that Christian Garcia, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has resigned from the company to accept another position based in Houston, Texas. Garcia will continue in his current position through Oct. 31, 2019, to ensure a smooth transition for the company. William Robertson, former vice president and treasurer of the company, has been appointed interim CFO.

Comprehensive Pharmacy Services [MEMPHIS, TN] announced that Benjamin R. Hansen has joined as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining CPS, he most recently served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer for Avaap. He has also been Vice President Finance for Thermo Fisher Scientific Clinical Diagnostics Division, President of ReMedPar for Aramark and CFO for Masterplan.

AgJunction [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (TSX: AJX) appointed Scott Steinman as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of Daystar Products. Prior to Daystar Products, Steinman was VP of finance for the Advanced Surgical division of ConMed. Steinman previously held various senior level finance roles at Stryker, and Curtiss-Wright. Steinman replaces Peter Newton, who was serving as interim CFO.

Robert Hughes

Overstock.com, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that Chief Financial Officer Greg Iverson has resigned. The company has appointed its previous principal financial officer, Robert Hughes, as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Rob was the company’s SVP of finance and risk management for five years and VP and Controller for four years. Hughes will continue to serve in his current role as president of Medici Land Governance.

Equity Trust Company [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Matt Gardner as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Equity Trust, he spent the last 23 years of his career at Key Bank, with roles of increasing responsibility in Finance, Corporate Treasury, and Investor Relations. His most recent role was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Key’s Corporate Bank.

Matt Miller

Showpad [CHICAGO] announced Matt Miller as its Chief Financial Officer. Miller most recently served as the CFO of Centro. Prior to this role, he was a co-founder and president of two international real estate lending platforms. Matt spent the first part of his career in several corporate finance roles, most recently in investment banking.

Syndio [NEW YORK] announced that the Company has appointed Laurie Cansler as Chief Financial Officer. Cansler joined Syndio from Concentric Advisors, Inc., where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Concentric Advisors, she also served as Chief Financial Officer at 98point6. Additionally, Ms. Cansler held similar roles at VoloMetrix, Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft, and at Likewise Software, Inc., which was acquired by EMC.

R1 RCM Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RCM) announced that it appointed Richard B. Evans, Jr., Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, as interim Chief Financial Officer. Evans’ appointment follows the resignation of Christopher Ricaurte, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Evans joined R1 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer in January 2015. From July 2001 until September 2014, he was an audit partner at KPMG LLP, and joined KPMG in 1990.

Kespry [MENLO PARK, CA] announced the appointment of Langley Eide as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Eide was previously Chief Strategy Officer at Alteryx from 2015 to 2019. Prior to Alteryx, Eide served as Vice President, Finance and Strategy at ServiceNow. Before ServiceNow, Eide was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Capital Markets group. Earlier in her career, Eide was a buy-side equity research analyst.

BioAdaptives, Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTC BB: BDPT) announced the appointment of Ron Lambrecht as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. For the past 25 years Lambrecht has operated a financial services business in addition to facilitating a number of technology acquisitions and joint venture transactions.

Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that the Company has hired David Smith as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Smith joins Treehouse from New Senior Investment Group, Inc. where he most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2019 to September 2019. Prior, Mr. Smith served as a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Fortress Investment Group from 2014 to 2018. Prior to Fortress, Mr. Smith held various finance, capital markets and investor relations roles at Ventas and Aviv REIT, after beginning his career in the real estate investment banking group at A.G. Edwards.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. [CAPE CORAL, FL] (OTCQB: LEAI) announced it has appointed Vanessa Guzmán-Clark as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), replacing Michael English who resigned as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Guzmán-Clark joined the company in January 2019 and was previously Vice President of Finance & Accounting and Senior Corporate Controller. She began her career as an accountant for a medium-sized banking services entity. Later, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as an external auditor of various multinational and international entities in banking, brokerage, manufacturing, construction, insurance, not-for-profit, retail, and advertising. After leaving public accounting, Guzmán-Clark moved on to various Controller and CFO roles in middle-market sized entities.

Doug Robinson

Solidia Technologies [PISCATAWAY, NJ] announced the appointment of Doug Robinson as chief financial officer. Previously, Doug was an investment banker for 17 years with Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. Early in his career, Doug was a reservoir engineer for Shell.

Danielle Murcray

AttackIQ [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced Danielle Murcray has joined the company’s executive team as chief financial officer. Prior to AttackIQ, Murcray served as CFO at Evident.io (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) and Skyhigh Networks (acquired by McAfee), and served as vice president, corporate controller at IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco). She has also held various management roles at Drobo, Packeteer, Brio Software and Arthur Andersen.

Steve Sparks

Black Bear Diner [REDDING, CA] announced the appointment of Steve Sparks as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Black Bear Diner President Anita Adams previously served as CFO in addition to her role as President. Sparks’ most recent position was CFO at American Blue Ribbon Holdings. His previous experience includes a progression of financial planning and analysis roles with both American Blue Ribbon Holdings and O’Charley’s Inc., where he has worked with restaurant brands including O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine, Village Inn, Bakers Square, Max & Erma’s and Stoney River.

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [ATLANTA] (OTCQX: WLMS) announced the appointment of Randall R. Lay as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lay most recently was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. from December 2017 to August 2019, when GEO was acquired by CPS Performance Materials. During the previous ten years, Lay served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lazy Days’ R.V. Center, Inc. Prior to Lazy Days, Mr. Lay held several leadership positions at various companies including Buccino & Associates, Inc., Universal Access Global Holdings Inc., Metromedia Fiber Networks, Inc., and International Specialty Products Inc. Early in his career, Mr. Lay was a regional controller for Otis and progressed to director of financial planning at United Technologies Corporation.

Alert 360 [TULSA, OK] announced it has promoted Vickie Catina to the position of chief financial officer. Catina most recently served as chief accounting officer. Catina joined Alert 360 in 2014 as director of information systems and was named chief accounting officer last year. Prior to Alert 360, Catina served as vice president of billing and credit at Protection One for 18 years, where Ginsburg also served as president and CEO. Current CFO, Harry Schenk, who is one of the original founders of Alert 360 (formerly Central Security Group) and is approaching retirement, will continue as a special advisor to the CFO and serve on the Alert 360 board of directors.

Allied Esports Entertainment [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: AESE) announced the appointment of Anthony A. Hung as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Hung replaces Kenneth DeCubellis. Before joining the Company, he served as the CEO and CFO of Audio Design Experts. Prior to his role at Audio Design Experts, Hung was Senior Vice President, Business Development and Sales for Cooking.com. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Golden Eye Dealership Solutions. Prior to this, he was General Partner at DynaFund Ventures, and he also held positions of increasing responsibility in finance and strategy at The Walt Disney Company. He began his career as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities.

Limbach Holdings, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: LMB) announced the appointment of Jayme Brooks as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Brooks replaces John Jordan. Mrs. Brooks previously held a number of positions at Capstone Turbine Corporation, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She joined Capstone in September 2005 and, in addition to her most recent position, she served in various roles including: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (April 2015 to September 2019). Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (November 2008 to April 2015), Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis (February 2008 to November 2008), and Director of Financial Reporting (September 2005 to February 2008). Prior to joining Capstone, Brooks was Vice President and Controller of Computer Patent Annuities North America LLC.

Purple Innovation, Inc. [ALPINE, UT] (NASDAQ: PRPL) announced that Craig Phillips has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Phillips has served as Chief Financial Officer for several privately held companies at the regional and national level in the service, distribution, entertainment, and restaurant industries, and most recently served as the Managing Director at FTI Consulting. In that role, Mr. Phillips has been serving since March of 2019 as Purple’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Kate Farms [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced the appointment of Tom Beecher to Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Beecher comes to Kate Farms after ten years at Cartera Commerce, where he was the Chief Executive Officer and President and led the successful sale of the company to Ebates/Rakuten in 2017, continuing to lead the company until 2019. Previously Beecher held a number of leadership roles at Imagitas where he was hired as a Product Manager in 1996, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2001 and became the CEO in 2005 after leading the sale of the company to Pitney Bowes. He started his career at Bain & Company in 1989, moving to product management at Fleet Bank in 1992.

Jim Morris

North 6th Agency (N6A) [NEW YORK] announced that Jim Morris has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Morris previously served as N6A’s Senior Vice President of Finance, a position he held since joining the firm in 2017. Prior to joining N6A in 2017, Morris spent nearly three decades in the financial services industry. From 2005-2017 Morris worked for JP Morgan Chase, where he rose to become Executive Director and CFO of the firm’s Global Wealth Management and Technology Division. Prior to his tenure with JP Morgan Chase, Morris held financial management positions with Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers.

Centrus Energy Corp. [BETHESDA, MD] (NYSE American: LEU) announced that Philip O. Strawbridge has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Treasurer of the company. From 2010 to 2013, he served as an executive adviser at Court Square Capital. Mr. Strawbridge served in various executive positions including Chief Financial Officer at EnergySolutions, from 2006 to 2010. He was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of BNG America, from 1999 until BNG America was acquired by EnergySolutions in early 2006. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Strawbridge was Chief Financial Officer of OHM/IT Corporation. He also worked in several executive roles at the Fluor Corporation from 1986 to 1995. Early in his career, Mr. Strawbridge held various executive positions within the United States General Services Administration. He began his career as a United States Marine.

FCB (Foote, Cone & Belding) [NEW YORK] announced that Mark Jungwirth moves from Chicago CFO to North American CFO.

Conformis, Inc. [BILLERICA, MA] (NASDAQ: CFMS) announced that Paul Weiner, Chief Financial Officer, has notified the Company that he will be departing the Company on October 18, 2019 to become the Chief Financial Officer at a privately-owned business in Fremont, CA.

GCP Applied Technologies Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NYSE: GCP) announced that Dean P. Freeman, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity. Craig A. Merrill, Vice President, Finance, Analytics and Strategy, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Merrill currently serves as GCP’s Vice President, Finance, Analytics and Strategy. Previously, Merrill served in a variety of commercial, marketing and general management roles with P&L responsibility. Following GCP’s separation from W. R. Grace & Co. in 2016, he served as the Company’s Vice President, Global Marketing and Vice President & General Manager, Global Cement and Emerging Markets. At W. R. Grace & Co., he served as Vice President & General Manager in the Specialty Construction Chemicals division prior to the commencement of his service with the Company. Merrill has 30 years of experience in the global building products and specialty chemicals industries.

Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc [PHILADELPHIA AND OXFORDSHIRE, UK] (NASDAQ: ADAP) announced the appointment of Michael Garone as interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Since the early 2000s, Mike has held various CFO positions in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Most recently, Mike was CFO and interim CEO at Immunomedics, Inc. Prior to that, he was CFO at Emisphere Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2016. Mike began his career as an OTC stock trader with Drexel Burnham Lambert in the early 1980s. From there, Mike went on to work at AT&T for twenty years where he held various positions of increasing responsibility including CFO of AT&T Alascom.

Ocugen [MALVERN, PA] (NASDAQ: OCGN) announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Subramanian to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Subramanian brings more than 20 years’ experience in finance and operations strategy to Ocugen, serving most recently as CFO for Aralez Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his service with Aralez, he held leadership positions at Bausch Health Companies and General Motors, including serving as the Managing Director at its Korea division.

eSolutions [OVERLAND PARK, Kansas] announced that James Evans has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Evans was recently at MatrixCare, where he served as executive vice president and CFO.

Scott Wolfe

RoadVantage [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced the addition of Scott Wolfe as CFO. Wolfe acquired a background in banking at JPMorgan Chase (formerly Bank One) and was the Global COO of Fitch Worldwide (a WPP company). Wolfe has served in multiple executive capacities ranging from CFO, COO, to CEO.

Matt Curran

NWN [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that Matt Curran has joined NWN as Chief Financial Officer. Curran was most recently CFO, Partner and Board Member at P&B Intermodal Services. Previously Curran was Founder and Executive Director of The 33 Foundation. He held finance leadership roles at Global Capacity, PerkinElmer and Iron Mountain Digital after beginning his corporate career at EMC.

Springs Window Fashions [MIDDLETON, WI] announced the appointment of Tim Oliver as Chief Financial Officer. Oliver most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Goldstein Group Inc. & Alter Trading. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer of Metavante Technologies, Inc. Leading up to these positions, Oliver had several finance roles with increasing responsibilities at publicly-traded companies including Rockwell Automation, Raytheon Company, AlliedSignal and Bear Sterns.

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) [CHICAGO] has named Julie Hubbard its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hubbard held leadership positions at Easter Seals as the Senior Vice President of Finance, the Spencer Foundation as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Oprah Winfrey Foundation as the Treasurer and Controller. She also worked for Kraft, holding a series of roles beginning with Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis for US Salesforce in 1997 and ending as the Director of Financial Planning, Reporting and Analysis, Cheese Division, ending in 2005.

CNSI [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced that David Adams has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joins CSNI from Endeavor Robotics, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Adams served as CFO at Tribalco LLC and at QinetiQ North America’s Services & Solutions Group, where he served as Chief Financial Officer of its Government Services organization. Prior to QinetiQ, Adams was Vice President of Finance at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Manager of Audit and Business Advisory Services.

Meredith Corporation [DES MOINES, IA] (NYSE: MDP) announced that Chief Financial Officer Joe Ceryanec has decided to retire. Ceryanec has agreed to stay in his role for a transition period through early calendar year 2020.

John Harkavy

Lundberg Family Farms [RICHVALE, Calif.] welcomes John Harkavy as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Harkavy brings with him extensive experience working in both privately and publicly traded companies including PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mervyn’s, Dole and Jelly Belly.

Lear Corporation [SOUTHFIELD, MI] (NYSE: LEA) announced it has appointed Jason Cardew to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Cardew will succeed Jeffrey H. Vanneste who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will be retiring. Since joining the company in 1992, Cardew has served in various operational and commercial finance roles with increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, Interim CFO and, most recently, Vice President of Finance for Lear’s Seating and E-Systems businesses.

Freedom Leaf Inc. [DALLAS, TX] (OTCQB: FRLF) announced the appointment of Brian Moon as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Freedom Leaf, Moon served as CFO at Team ProMark. Moon also previously served as CFO at Digital Media Cartridge, Mumbo Jumbo/United Developers and Microsoft Ensemble Studies Corporation.

Unique Fabricating, Inc. [AUBURN HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: UFAB) announced that Tom Tekiele has tendered his resignation to pursue another professional opportunity. In the interim, Doug Cain, the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer and a seasoned financial executive and holder of an active CPA license, will fill the role on a temporary basis.

Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. [BELOIT, WI] (OTCQX:BHWB) announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, Mary McGovern. Todd James, the company’s President & CEO will assume the CFO duties on an interim basis.

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. [NEW YORK] (TSX-V: GLXY) announced that it has appointed Ashwin Prithipaul as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prithipaul is taking over the role from Donna Milia, who is assuming the role of senior advisor at the Company. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Prithipaul has been the Chief Accounting Officer at Galaxy Digital since August 2018. Before joining Galaxy Digital, Prithipaul was the Director of Financial Reporting at Assured Guaranty. Previously, he was a senior manager in the Banking and Capital Markets practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York and London.

AMC Entertainment [LEAWOOD, Kansas] (NYSE: AMC) announced the hiring of Sean Goodman, currently CFO of Asbury Automotive Group, who will commence working with AMC as Executive Vice President – Finance on December 2, 2019. Current AMC CFO Craig Ramsey will retire on February 28, 2020, in a long-envisioned move. Goodman has more than 30 years of finance experience including leading Financial Planning and Analysis as well as Business Development at Home Depot in Atlanta, was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in London and worked for Deloitte & Touche in South Africa and New York.

Palladio Biosciences, Inc. [NEWTOWN, PA] announced the appointment of Marella Thorell as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Thorell served as CFO/COO and an Executive Director of Realm Therapeutics which was acquired by ESSA Pharma in July 2019, having previously held a number of other senior positions within Realm. Thorell was appointed a director of ESSA following the acquisition. Thorell also worked at Campbell Soup Company, in several financial and management roles. She began her career and earned her CPA qualification with Ernst & Young LLP.

Kohl’s [MENOMONEE FALLS, WI] (NYSE: KSS) announced that Bruce Besanko has decided to retire from Kohl’s at the end of the fiscal year and will step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1. At that time, Jill Timm, Kohl’s Executive Vice President of Finance, will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Timm joined Kohl’s in 1999, holding progressive leadership positions across several areas of finance, most recently as Executive Vice President of Finance.

Emily A. Weaver

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. [MILWAUKEE,] (NYSE: GDI) announced the appointment of Emily A. Weaver as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective December 1, 2019. Weaver joins Gardner Denver from Fortive Corporation where she is currently its Chief Accounting Officer, and brings to Gardner Denver more than 25 years of experience with companies including Fortive, Danaher and General Electric. Weaver will succeed Neil Snyder, Gardner Denver’s current CFO, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities.

Innovest Global Inc. [CLEVELAND] (OTC Markets: IVST) announced the appointment of Indrani Egleston as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mike Yukich, Innovest Global’s prior Chief Financial Officer will remain on in a consulting role to help ensure a seamless transition through the 2019 financial reporting cycle. Egleston joined Innovest Global as the Executive Vice President, Finance & Controls in August 2019. She has held various strategic leadership financial roles including Internal Audit, Controlling, Financial Planning and Analysis and Mergers and Acquisitions throughout her tenured career at Covia Holdings Corp., Nordson Corporation, and PWC LLP.

GMS Inc. [TUCKER, GA] (NYSE: GMS) announced that Scott M. Deakin has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21, 2019. Lynn Ross, who has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue in her role as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Deakin most recently served as the President of the Thermal Acoustical Solutions segment of Lydall, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Lydall, Inc. Deakin previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. Earlier in his career he also held the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Barnes Group, Inc. and various operating and finance roles during his 12 years at Eaton Corporation. He began his career at Deloitte and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP.

GRAIL, Inc. [MENLO PARK, CA] announced that Matthew P. Young has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer effective October 28, 2019. Young joins GRAIL from Jazz Pharmaceuticals, where he most recently served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Young worked in investment banking for approximately 20 years in positions at Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Lehman Brothers Inc. Currently, he sits on the board of PRA Health Sciences, Inc., where he currently serves on the compensation and audit committee. He also serves as Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the audit committee of CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.

New York Life [NEW YORK] announced that Eric Feldstein has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Feldstein joins New York Life from Health Care Service Corporation, where he was CFO from 2016 to 2019. From 2010 to 2016, he served as an Executive Vice President with American Express. Feldstein began his career in finance with General Motors where he held a variety of roles with increasing responsibility. He served as Treasurer from 1997 to 2002, and subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of GMAC Financial Services from 2002-2008. Feldstein replaces Joel Steinberg, who was serving as interim CFO following the retirement of the company’s former CFO John Fleurant earlier this year. Steinberg will resume his full-time role as Chief Risk Officer.

AEON Biopharma [NEWPORT BEACH, CA] announced that it has named Chris Carr as Chief Financial Officer. Carr most recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Finance and IT and Board Member of Dendreon Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his time at Dendreon, Carr has held financial management positions across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including Abbott Laboratories, PerkinElmer and Genzyme Corporation.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: THC) announced that Brendan Strong has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for the company’s Massachusetts market. Strong will lead the finance and accounting functions at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester and Metro West Medical Center with locations in Framingham and Natick. Strong is currently Tenet’s Vice President of Investor Relations and has served in this role since 2015.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. [DULUTH, GA] (NYSE: ABG) announced that Sean Goodman provided notice of his intention to resign from the position of Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective November 15, 2019, to accept the position of Chief Financial Officer of another publicly-traded company outside of the auto retail industry. The Company also announced that William Stax, Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, was appointed interim Principal Financial Officer effective November 16, 2019.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. [PORTLAND, Oregon] (NASDAQ: EAST) announced the resignation of Steve Shum as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Franworth [ANN ARBOR, MI] named David Taccolini as chief financial officer. Taccolini began his career at Domino’s Pizza, assisting franchisees with obtaining financing and later went on to serve as CFO of Service Brands International (SBI) for 14 years.

Target Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TGT) announced that Michael Fiddelke has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Nov. 1. In more than 15 years at Target, Fiddelke has served in a variety of roles across finance, merchandising, human resources, and operations. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President of Operations. Prior to Target, Fiddelke worked at Deloitte Consulting, LLP.

Edwin Scholte

Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Edwin Scholte as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Edwin will join the company on November 4, 2019. He joins Blackboard from Best Merchant Partners, where he served as Managing Director. Prior to joining Best, Edwin served as CFO and as COO of the higher education, professional and international divisions of McGraw-Hill Education. Earlier he held senior finance and operating executive roles at LexisNexis/Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, as well as a privately-owned boutique incubator of Internet and corporate services start-ups in The Netherlands.

Port Tampa Bay [TAMPA, FL] announced the hiring of David M. Delac as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Delac most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer/Budget Officer for Galveston County, Texas. Prior to that role, Delac served as the Controller for WFN Consulting in Marietta, Georgia, as Budget Manager of West Palm Beach as well as the Deputy of Finance Director /Treasurer for the City of Roswell, Georgia.

Galera Therapeutics, Inc. [MALVERN, PA] announced Christopher Degnan has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21, 2019. Degnan most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Verrica Pharmaceuticals. Previously, Degnan held senior positions at Endo International plc, most recently as Vice President of Finance, Corporate FP&A and International Pharmaceuticals Segment Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Endo, Degnan spent more than 10 years at AstraZeneca plc, in roles of increasing responsibility which culminated in the position of Senior Finance Director, U.S. Commercial Finance.

Dean Butler

Synaptics Incorporated [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: SYNA) announced the appointment of Dean Butler as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to be effective on October 21, 2019. Butler most recently served as VP of Finance at Marvell. Butler also held key financial positions at Broadcom and Maxim Integrated. Effective October 21, 2019, Kermit Nolan has resigned his role as interim Chief Financial Officer and will resume his previous role as Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

NexTech AR Solutions Corp. [NEW YORK & TORONTO] (OTCQB: NEXCF, CSE: NTAR) announced that it has appointed Kashif Malik as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Kashif began his professional career working at Deloitte in Ottawa, Canada specializing in technology and public entities. After leaving Deloitte, Kashif went to work for Merck in Bermuda leading the transition of their operations to different international locations. Kashif then joined Real Matters in Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining NexTech, he worked consulting various SaaS organizations which led him to joining Leonardo as Vice President Finance and Board Member through a restructuring.

Northwest Pipe Company [VANCOUVER, Washington] (NASDAQ: NWPX) announced that Robin Gantt will retire as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) on March 31, 2020. The company appointed Aaron Wilkins to succeed Ms. Gantt as CFO on April 1, 2020, in connection with Northwest Pipe’s planned succession process. Gantt joined Northwest Pipe Company (the “Company”) in 2010 and has served as CFO since 2011. Wilkins has served as Corporate Controller since joining the Company in 2014 and Vice President of Finance since 2016.

United States Steel Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: X) announced that Kevin Bradley has informed the company of his intention to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer of U. S. Steel effective Nov. 4.  Bradley will remain with the company as Executive Vice President and Adviser to the CEO through year-end. Bradley will be succeeded by Christine (Christie) Breves, currently Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Support and Chief Supply Chain Officer. Breves joined U. S. Steel in 2013 to oversee the enhancement and execution of the company’s global procurement and sourcing strategy.  Since then, Breves has assumed responsibility for the company’s logistics services organization; Transtar, U. S. Steel’s short-line railroad subsidiary; sales and operations planning (S&OP); information technology; commercial support; engineering; corporate quality; and leadership of U. S. Steel’s asset revitalization and reliability centered maintenance programs.  Prior to joining U. S. Steel, Breves spent fourteen years at Alcoa, culminating with her role as Chief Procurement Officer from 2004 through 2012. Prior to Alcoa, Breves held positions in accounting, maintenance, and procurement at Alumax, Inc., an integrated aluminum manufacturer that was acquired by Alcoa in 1998.

American BriVision Holding Corporation [FREMONT, CA] (OTCQB: ABVC) announced that Chihliang “Andy” An was appointed as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. An served as the Managing Director – Investment Team at Yinyai Investment in Hong Kong. Before that, he served as a Senior Director of Sales and Operations at Goertek and as a consultant and Director of Finance at BioKey, Inc., which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  Additionally, he was also a Global Program Manager at Flextronics (now Flex Ltd.), an Investment Banking Analyst at Chardan Capital, and a Financial Analyst at Optoplex.

Diane Parham

CU Service Network [LAKEWOOD, Colorado] announced that it has selected Diane Parham as its new CFO. Most recently as the SVP at Members Choice Credit Union in Houston, Texas, Parham has held positions of both CFO and CLO. Previously, Parham was the Finance Manager at American Airlines Federal Credit Union in Fort Worth, Texas.

SOCIAL HOUSE Vodka [RALEIGH, NC] announced Jeff Eakes as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining SOCIAL HOUSE® Vodka, Eakes served as the senior director of corporate treasury at SAS.

CPG Beyond Inc. [ASHBURN, VA] announced that Ben Pawson has joined CPG as its new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ben most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Presidio.

Bruce Snyder

Unico Properties LLC [SEATTLE], a subsidiary of Unico Investment Group LLC, announced that Bruce Snyder was named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Recently, he served as CFO for the Qiddiya Investment Company, a wholly-owned closed joint-stock company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), leading the finance team.

Jean-Philippe Kouakou-Zebouah

Vida Ventures [BOSTON] announced that Jean-Philippe (“JP”) Kouakou-Zebouah has joined in the dual role of Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer. JP joins Vida from Versant Ventures where he was Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to Versant, he served as Senior Director and Head of Finance for the U.S. Bio-Oncology Business Unit at Genentech.

Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Mike Wilhelms, is departing the Company for personal reasons and has appointed Gerhard Lombard, currently Chief Financial Officer of Crescent Capital Group LP, to succeed Mr. Wilhelms and serve as the Chief Financial Officer of Crescent BDC. Lombard will also remain Chief Financial Officer of Crescent Capital. Gerhard Lombard joined Crescent Capital in 2016 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Crescent Capital, Mr. Lombard served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Whitehorse Finance Inc., a publicly traded business development company that is managed by H.I.G. Capital. Prior to his time with H.I.G. Capital, Mr. Lombard was Group Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Churchill Financial Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lombard spent approximately 11 years at Ernst & Young LLP, rising to the level of Senior Manager.

Collabra Technology [SPOKANE] hired James Rouse as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rouse’s recent experience includes serving for six years as division CFO at Cumulus Media. James joined the company as interim CFO in Q2.

RedSeal [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Greg Straughn as its chief financial officer (CFO). He was previously CFO of A10 Networks. Additionally, he held CFO positions at Kabira Technologies and AT&T/Pacific Bell Internet Services. Straughn also served as a principal at Meridian Business Systems.

Silvergate Bank [La Jolla, CA] named Antonio “Tony” Martino as Chief Financial Officer. Martino was most recently Chief Financial Officer of LendingPoint. He began his professional career at Ernst & Young where he was responsible for audit, tax, and consulting services. Martino then transitioned to a senior manager role at BMO Bank of Montreal, followed by 17 years with Citigroup, Inc. in various senior finance and chief financial officer roles in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

BioDerm, Inc. [LARGO, FL], announced the appointment of Marc Garofani as Chief Financial Officer. Garofani has worked with several respected companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, First Advantage Corporation and Chromalloy Casting Tampa, Corp. Prior to BioDerm, Inc., Garofani worked with TouchPoint Medical, Inc. as Americas Finance Director. Garofani also worked with STERIS Corporation as the Global Finance Director & Director of Customer Economic Support. Additionally, Garofani held the position of Global Finance Director with Synergy Health PLC.

Enrique Mayor-Mora

CarMax, Inc. [RICHMOND, VA] (NYSE: KMX) announced that Enrique Mayor-Mora, who has served as CarMax’s treasurer since 2016, will be promoted to senior vice president and CFO. Tom Reedy, who has served as CFO since 2010 and as executive vice president since 2012, will become executive vice president of finance. Mayor-Mora will continue to report to Reedy. Mayor-Mora joined CarMax in 2011 as vice president of finance and in 2016 moved into the treasurer role. Prior to joining CarMax, he served as vice president of financial planning and analysis and investor relations at Denny’s Corporation from 2005 to 2011. He also served in financial positions of increasing responsibility at Gap, Inc. from 2001 to 2005.

Arkose Labs [SAN FRANCISCO] recently hired Sam Francis as Chief Financial Officer. Francis brings more than 25 years of experience providing financial leadership, raising capital and managing both buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions.

Alaska Communications [ANCHORAGE, AK] (NASDAQ: ALSK) named Laurie Butcher chief financial officer. Butcher joined Alaska Communications in 1997, and has served as senior vice president of finance since October 2015 and principal financial and accounting officer since November 2015. Butcher’s prior roles include controller for Teamsters Local 959 and public accounting at Price Waterhouse and Deloitte & Touche.

AngioDynamics, Inc. [LATHAM, NY] (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced that Michael C. Greiner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be departing the Company. Stephen A. Trowbridge, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer in addition to his current responsibilities.

Databricks [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Dave Conte as Chief Financial Officer. Conte was Splunk’s CFO for the last eight years. Prior to Splunk, he was the CFO at Opsware. Conte has also served as a member of the board of directors at Anaplan since 2016.

EFG Companies [DALLAS] announced that Neha Parikh assumes the role of Chief Financial Officer. Neha’s managerial and consulting experience spans companies like GoDaddy, ADP, Verint, Cox Enterprises and AT&T, where she served in various capacities ranging from Executive Director to Business Unit CFO.

Oncorus, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of John McCabe as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Oncorus, McCabe served as CFO of Flex Pharma, Inc., which is now known as Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Flex Pharma in 2014, McCabe served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer with ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2013 to 2014, which was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., and is now part of Takeda Oncology Company. Previously, McCabe served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at Charles River Associates from 2009 to 2013. McCabe also previously served as Director and Strategic Business Unit Controller at Biogen. McCabe began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co., and he later held financial positions at Performance Technologies, Inc. and IP.com.

Sernova Corp. [LONDON AND ONTARIO, CA] (TSX-V: SVA, OTCQB: SEOVF) announced that David Swetlow has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Swetlow held various senior management, board, and advisory roles for companies, including multiple TSX and Nasdaq listed biotech companies amongst them QLT Inc. and Protox Therapeutics Inc. Swetlow replaced Sernova’s outgoing CFO, Sean Hodgins.

Toby O’Brien

Raytheon Company [WALTHAM, MA] (NYSE: RTN) announced that Anthony “Toby” O’Brien was named chief financial officer for the future Raytheon Technologies Corporation. He currently serves as vice president and chief financial officer of Raytheon Company. Prior to his current position, O’Brien was vice president of finance and chief financial officer for Raytheon IDS. He has also served as Raytheon vice president of finance, CFO of Raytheon Aircraft Company and has held other senior finance positions across Raytheon. O’Brien joined Raytheon in 1986.

First Financial Bankshares, Inc. [ABILENE, TX] (NASDAQ: FFIN) announced that J. Bruce Hildebrand intends to retire in August 2020 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Amgen [THOUSAND OAKS, CA] (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced the planned retirement of David W. Meline, who has served as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) since 2014. The company also announced that Peter H. Griffith has joined Amgen as executive vice president, Finance, and will be Meline’s successor as CFO as of Jan. 1, 2020. Griffith joins Amgen from Sherwood Canyon Group, LLC, where he served as president. Previously, he retired from EY (formerly Ernst & Young), after a distinguished career there, including almost 22 years as a partner. Most recently, Griffith served as EY’s Global Vice Chair, Corporate Development. He previously served as EY’s Global Managing Partner, Finance and Corporate Development and, before that, as Global Managing Partner, Operations and Finance. Prior to EY, he was Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Wedbush Securities.

Resideo Technologies, Inc.  [AUSTIN, TX] (NYSE: REZI) announced that Robert (Bob) Ryder has been named interim chief financial officer, effective Nov. 7, 2019. Bob will succeed Joseph Ragan, who is leaving the company on Nov. 6, 2019, to pursue other opportunities. Ryder previously served as CFO of Constellation Brands.

THINK Surgical, Inc. [FREMONT, CA] announced the appointment of Paul Weiner as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Weiner served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Conformis, Inc. Prior to joining Conformis, Weiner spent 18 years at Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President among other positions during his tenure.

Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: OBLN) announced that William J. Plovanic has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer, from his prior position of President and Chief Financial Officer. In conjunction with this change, Nooshin Hussainy, previously Vice President of Finance, has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Hussainy has been with Obalon since 2011, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Ms. Hussainy is a seasoned financial professional with over 18 years’ experience serving as a Corporate Controller or Assistant Controller with companies including GenMark Diagnostics, ACTIVE Network, DexCom, and Thermolase Corporation.

Schmitt Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: SMIT) announced the appointment of Regina (“Gina”) Walker as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Prior to joining Schmitt, Walker served as CFO of TEC Equipment, Inc. Walker will work closely with Ann Ferguson, who previously submitted her resignation, effective November 30, 2019, to ensure a smooth transition.

Catalyte [BALTIMORE] announced that Vivek Khanna has joined Catalyte as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently Khanna was CFO of Discovery Communications’ U.S. operations. He has also served as a trusted advisor to management teams while at Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Deloitte.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Haig Kazazian to Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Kazazian was most recently FHLBank Atlanta’s Treasurer, a position he has held since June 1, 2013. Prior to that, he served as First Vice President in the Financial Management Division. Kazazian joined the Bank as a credit analyst in 1992, and later earned promotions to manager of National Accounts and Product Development in 2001, manager of National Accounts and Capital Markets Trading in 2009, and manager of Treasury Analysis and National Accounts Sales and Trading in 2011.

Elizabeth T. Beale

Old Point Financial Corporation [HAMPTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: OPOF) announced that Elizabeth T. Beale has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Old Point National Bank. Beale has served as Old Point’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since July of this year. Beale joined Old Point in April 2018 as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer following Old Point’s acquisition of Citizens National Bank. She served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Citizens National Bank for 15 years and prior to that as Corporate Accountant for 4 years at James River Bankshares, Inc.

Inxeption [BRISBANE, CA] announced that Faisal Chughtai has joined Inxeption as the chief financial officer. Faisal was most recently an executive vice president at Web.com and prior to that, he was a senior investment banker at J.P.Morgan and RBC Capital Markets.

Andrew Kaufman

CRITICALSTART [PLANO, Texas] announced the appointment of Andrew Kaufman as its first Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of STRAIT. Prior to that, Kaufman served as vice president of finance for Armor Defense. Earlier in his career, he held various accounting and financial roles at PeopleMatter, Blackbaud, Aprima Medical Software and Enterprise Holdings.

Varian [PALO ALTO, CA] (NYSE: VAR) announced that effective December 1, 2019 , Gary E. Bischoping, Jr. , currently senior vice president, Finance & chief finance officer, will take on a new role as president, Interventional Oncology Solutions; J. Michael Bruff, currently senior vice president, Finance and Investor Relations, will succeed Bischoping as senior vice president, Finance & chief finance officer. Bruff joined Varian two years ago. Prior to joining Varian, Bruff held a series of senior international and domestic roles, including business segment CFO, and roles in financial planning, accounting and internal audit at Dell Technologies. He also held leadership positions in corporate reporting at MCI Telecommunications and served as vice president, Services Accounting and Finance at CA, Inc.

Snapsheet [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Susan Sell to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she served as CFO for PRA Business Events. Prior to PRA, Sell served as CFO at Fieldglass. Prior to Fieldglass, Sell held senior finance positions at Rewards Network and Technology Solutions Company.

A&R Logistics [LOUISVILLE, KY] named Taimur Sharih as its new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Sharih succeeds Tony Lenhart, who now leads A&R’s corporate development function.

Donald “Shawn” Jordan

First Community Corporation [LEXINGTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: FCCO), the holding company for First Community Bank, announced that Chief Financial Officer, Joseph G. “Joe” Sawyer, will retire on December 31, 2019. Donald “Shawn” Jordan has been selected as First Community’s new Chief Financial Officer and will assume this position upon the retirement of Mr. Sawyer. Jordan’s most recent role was with IBERIABANK, where he served as Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Analytics.  Prior to joining IBERIABANK, Jordan worked with AloStar Bank of Commerce where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jordan will join the company on November 12, 2019 to provide time with Mr. Sawyer and ensure a smooth transition of the Chief Financial Officer responsibilities.

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. [BRISBANE, CA] (NASDAQ: SGMO) announced the appointment of Sung Lee as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lee joins Sangamo from Gilead Sciences, where he spent nearly 14 years, most recently as Senior Vice President leading the financial planning & analysis (FP&A) and investor relations functions. Prior to this role, Mr. Lee held roles of increasing responsibility at Gilead, including Head of Europe Finance and Head of R&D FP&A.

Trinity Merger Corp. [HONOLULU & SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: TMCX) and the Broadmark real estate lending companies announced that David Schneider will join Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 9, 2019. Schneider previously served as Chief Accounting Officer of New Residential Investment Corp., and as a Managing Director of its external manager. Previously, Mr. Schneider served in various other senior financial and regulatory reporting roles. These include Vice President of Corporate Accounting Policy at JPMorgan Chase.

LICT Corporation [RYE, NY] (OTC Pink: LICT) announced that Daniel E. Hopkins will serve LICT as President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 11, 2019. Hopkins most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2007 with MTPCS, LLC

Mattel, Inc. [EL SEGUNDO, CA] (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that Chief Financial Officer Joseph J. Euteneuer will leave the Company after a transition period of up to six months.

Sidecar Health [LOS ANGELES] announced that Stuart Battersby now serves as Chief Financial Officer. He comes from Amerigroup Washington, a fully owned subsidiary of Anthem, where he served as CFO and COO before becoming President of its Washington Medicaid health plan.

Victory Park Capital [CHICAGO] (“VPC”), announced that Olibia Stamatoglou has been appointed chief financial officer. Stamatoglou assumes the role from Jeff Schneider, who joined the firm as chief financial officer in 2010. In January 2018, Schneider was promoted to chief operating officer, continuing to serve in his role as chief financial officer, until the firm could find a replacement. Stamatoglou will take over the role of chief financial officer, effective October 28, and Schneider will continue to act as chief operating officer and chief compliance officer for VPC. Most recently, Stamatoglou served as vice president of finance at Valor Equity Partners, Prior to Valor, Stamatoglou served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of First National Assets. She joined First National Assets from Aurora Investment Management where she progressed through several accounting roles.

Altice USA [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ATUS) announced that Michael Grau has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Grau succeeds Charles F. Stewart who, in a separate announcement made today, was named Chief Executive Officer of Sotheby’s. Stewart will continue as a member of the Altice USA Board of Directors and serve as a special advisor to the CEO on M&A and related strategic matters. Grau joined Altice USA in 2016 and most recently was Executive Vice President of Financial Planning & Control at the Company. Prior to this, Grau held various leadership roles in finance at Cablevision for more than 15 years. Earlier in his career he held senior financial positions at Winstar Communications, Health Professionals Inc, and Deloitte & Touche.

KidKraft, Inc. [DALLAS] announced Todd Whitbeck has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Whitbeck was most recently CFO and Head of Business Development, Sales, Marketing and Administrative Functions for CANarchy. Previously he was Executive Vice President, CFO & Business Development for Water Pik, Inc.  He was CFO for JP Energy, Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC) in the hard goods business units and off-mall retail selling formats, and CompUSA, where he elevated his oversight to CFO through various finance roles as the company grew and was acquired. He is a board member for Tufts Health Plan Board of Directors.

NetAbstraction, Inc. [CHANTILLY, VA] announced that Ron Kolson has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was CEO/CFO at 24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network, LLC; VP/Chief Financial Officer at FiberGate, Inc.; and Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer at MICROS Systems, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Kolson has served as an independent member on various Boards of Directors, including most recently as a member of the Board for Precision Auto Care, Inc.

FS/KKR Advisor, LLC [PHILADELPHIA] a partnership between FS Investments and KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC, announced that Steven Lilly, who joined FS Investments as a Managing Director in October, will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer of certain business development companies (BDCs) advised by FS/KKR in mid-November. In his role, Mr. Lilly will help strategically lead and will oversee the finance, investor relations and capital markets functions at FS KKR Capital Corp. (NYSE: FSK), FS Investment Corporation II, FS Investment Corporation III, and FS Investment Corporation IV (together, the BDCs). Previously, Lilly served for 13 years as Chief Financial Officer of Triangle Capital Corporation, a publicly traded BDC. Prior to joining Triangle, Lilly spent seven years as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at SpectraSite Communications. He began his career in the media and communications capital markets group at First Union, now part of Wells Fargo. Effective with Lilly’s appointment, William Goebel, who currently serves as the BDCs’ Chief Financial Officer, will become the BDCs’ Chief Accounting Officer.

Sovos Brands [BERKELEY, CA] announced the appointment of Chris Hall as the company’s Chief Financial Officer starting November 11th. Hall was most recently the CFO at Woodbolt Distribution LLC (Nutrabolt). Prior to joining Nutrabolt, Hall was at PepsiCo Inc. for more than 20 years in various financial leadership positions. His highlights at PepsiCo Inc. include working through the creation of PepsiCo Foods Canada; serving as the CFO for Quaker Foods North America and as the CFO for the Sabra Dipping Company.

Instructure [SALT LAKE CITY] (NYSE: INST) announced that Steve Kaminsky, chief financial officer, will retire in 2020 after nearly eight years of service.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CLMT) named H. Keith Jennings as the Partnership’s Executive Vice President (EVP) & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jennings will assume EVP and CFO duties on January 1, 2020 following an orderly transition with the current EVP & CFO, West Griffin, who announced he will leave the organization effective January 1, 2020. Jennings joins Calumet from Eastman Chemical Company where he served most recently as Vice President, Finance. Prior to this, he served as Vice President and Treasurer for Eastman. Prior to this, Jennings was Vice President and Treasurer of Cameron International Corporation. Earlier in his career, Jennings held progressively responsible finance leadership roles in Alghanim Industries, PepsiCo, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand and Pharmacia.

Questex LLC [NEW YORK] announced Patrick Nohilly has joined as its new Chief Financial Officer. Nohilly joins Questex from Messe Frankfurt North America, where he was President and CFO. Earlier, Nohilly had a long career at United Business Media and held several senior management positions where he was responsible for finance, mergers & acquisitions operations and centralized services, with his last position as SVP Central Operations and Finance.

Flexera [ITASCA, IL] announced that its Chief Financial Officer Joe Freda plans to retire from the company in 2020 after over a decade in the role.

Passage Bio [PHILADELPHIA] announced the appointment of Richard Morris as chief financial officer. Morris joins Passage Bio from Context Therapeutics, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to his position at Context, Richard was chief financial officer of Vitae Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he was vice president, global financial planning and strategy at ViroPharma Inc.

Assembly Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: ASMB) announced the appointment of Thomas J. Russo as Chief Financial Officer. Russo joins Assembly from Gilead, where he spent seven years in finance and commercial operations roles, including Vice President, Head of Commercial Finance. Previously, Mr. Russo was Equity Research Senior Analyst covering biotechnology for investment bank, Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. He also spent nine years with Merck & Co. in roles of increasing responsibility within the manufacturing division.

Sandspring Resources Ltd. [DENVER AND VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (TSX-V: SSP, OTCQX: SSPXF) appointed Bassam Moubarak as Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Moubarak has also been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Most recently Moubarak was CFO of Lithium X Energy Corp. Prior to this Moubarak was CFO of Goldrock Mines Corp. He was Chief Financial Officer of Petaquilla Minerals Ltd.

ePac Flexible Packaging [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of James Braun as Chief Financial Officer. For 12 years of his career, Jim was CFO of two international printing companies.

Swiss Post Solutions [NEW YORK] (SPS) announced the appointment of Ralf Schulz as Chief Financial Officer for North America. Ralf replaces John Chestnut, who held the position since 2014, who moves onto another role at SPS. Ralf comes to SPS, North America from Bern, Switzerland, where he has held the role of Head of Global Financial Reporting for Swiss Post Solutions since 2015. Prior to joining SPS, Ralf was the Divisional CFO, Agriculture Commodity Trading and Processing, at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in Switzerland.

Peter Faubert

Evolv Technology [WALTHAM, MA] announced the hiring of Peter Faubert as CFO. Peter joins Evolv from SeaChange International, Inc., where he spent the last three years. Peter served with eight public and private technology companies over the last 20 years, five of them as CFO. Prior to his CFO roles at SeaChange International, Inc., This Technology Inc., Vision Government Solutions, Inc., JNJ Mobile (MocoSpace), and Turbine, Inc., he has held various senior finance positions with Viisage Technology Inc., Burntsand Inc. and Ariba Inc.

Personify Inc. [AUSTIN, TEXAS] hired Joe Hermes as Chief Financial Officer. Hermes joins Personify from Marketo, where he served as head of Financial Planning and Analysis.

nCino [WILMINGTON, NC] announced the appointment of David Rudow as Chief Financial Officer. In his most recent position, Rudow served as the SVP of Finance for CentralSquare Technologies. Prior to that, he held Senior Analyst roles for several leading investment banking and asset management firms, including Thrivent Asset Management, Piper Jaffray and J.P. Morgan.

ReShape Lifesciences Inc. [SAN CLEMENTE, CA] (OTCQB: RSLS) announced the appointment of Thomas Stankovich as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stankovich spent the past nine years as the Global Senior Vice President and CFO of MP Biomedicals. Prior to MP Biomedicals, Tom served as CFO at Response Genetics. Additionally, he served as CFO for Cobalis Corporation and for Ribapharm. Tom also held CFO positions at ICN International, which later changed names to Valeant Pharmaceuticals.

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. [ROCHESTER, NY] (NASDAQ: JRSH) announced the recent passing of Richard J. Shaw. Mr. Shaw had served as Chief Financial Officer since 2017.

Retail Value Inc. [BEACHWOOD, OH] (NYSE: RVI) announced the resignation of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Matthew Ostrower, effective on November 27, 2019, to pursue a new opportunity. Following his departure, Christa Vesy will serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Vesy has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of RVI since February 2018 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of SITE Centers Corp., the parent of RVI’s external manager, since March 2012. Prior to joining SITE Centers, Vesy worked for The Lubrizol Corporation, where she served as manager of external financial reporting and then as controller for the lubricant additives business segment. Prior to joining Lubrizol, from 1993 to September 2004, Vesy held various positions with the Assurance and Business Advisory Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including Senior Manager from 1999 to September 2004.

NortonLifeLock [TEMPE, AZ] (NASDAQ: NLOK) announced that Vincent Pilette, NortonLifeLock’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Matthew Brown, NortonLifeLock’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Brown joined Symantec in October 2015 and has held multiple positions in the finance team of increasing leadership before becoming the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer in January 2019. Prior to that, he served as Symantec’s Vice President, Finance from August 2016 to January 2019 and as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Blue Coat, Inc. from October 2015 until Symantec acquired that company in August 2016. Previously, he served in various positions at NETGEAR, Inc., a computer networking hardware company, from 2010 to October 2015, most recently as Senior Director, Assistant Controller.

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. [HAYWARD, CA] (NASDAQ: PLSE) announced that Sandra (“Sandy”) Gardiner will be joining as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 18, 2019. Brian Dow has elected to resign as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests, he will continue as CFO until November 18, 2019 and will continue with the Company in a transitional role until December 31, 2019. Gardiner was most recently Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Cutera, Inc. Prior to that, Gardiner served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tria Beauty, Inc. Prior to these roles, Gardiner held a series of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer positions with both publicly traded and privately held companies.

Ekos [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced the addition of Chief Financial Officer Chris Rosbrook to its executive team. Rosbrook joins Ekos from MapAnything, where he served as CFO. Prior to MapAnything, he served as managing director at Piper Jaffray Companies, and spent nine years at Edgeview Partners. He began his career at MAGMA Foundry Technologies, Inc.

Applicaster [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bennett Theimann as Chief Financial Officer. Theimann started his career in traditional media at Gruner+Jahr. Prior to Applicaster, Theimann was the CFO at Conductor, having also served as COO, and subsequently CEO, of the global mobile display company, Mojiva.

Cresset [CHICAGO]announced that Michael Costabile has been named as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Cresset Asset Management, an SEC registered investment advisor. Costabile joins Cresset as CFO of Cresset Asset Management after most recently serving as CFO of Moneta Group. Prior to that role, he was the CFO and Chief Human Resources Officer of Intalere (formerly Amerinet).

Guess?, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: GES) announced that Katie Anderson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective December 2, 2019. Anderson will replace Sandeep Reddy, who will be leaving the Company on December 1, 2019. Ms. Anderson joins Guess? from California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), where she has served as Chief Financial Officer since November 2016. Between 2010 and 2016, Anderson held other finance roles at CPK including Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. After leaving CPK in February 2016 to become the CFO of Sprinkles Cupcakes, she returned to CPK as its CFO. Anderson began her career in investment banking at Citi and then Moelis & Company.

SITE Centers Corp. [BEACHWOOD, OH] (NYSE: SITC) announced the resignation of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Matthew Ostrower, effective on November 27, 2019, to pursue a new opportunity. Following his departure, Ostrower will be replaced by Conor Fennerty, who joined SITE Centers in April 2017, serving since then as Senior Vice President of Capital Markets.

Canterbury Group [GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands & DALLAS, Texas] announced the addition of Scott Mills as Chief Financial Officer. Mills joins Canterbury from Dean Foods, where he spent the past four years as Vice President of Commercial Finance. Mills has experience leading finance, accounting and supply chain operations in private-equity owned companies, including working as CFO for Genesis Today and as Vice President of Finance and Operations at Advanced Beauty. Mills began his finance career at PepsiCo’s Frito Lay division, where he spent 12 years in roles of increasing responsibility, lastly as Director of Operations Finance, Strategy and Sustainability. Mills previously also held financial posts at Radio Shack and Brinker International. Mills will be based out of the company’s newly-established office in Dallas, Texas.

BioDuro, LLC [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Jeffery Blazevich as the new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BioDuro, Jeff was the CFO for Zest Dental Solutions. From 2008 to 2013, he served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller for DJO Global. Prior to DJO Global, Jeff held CFO positions at Vativ Technologies Inc. Staccato Communications, and Applied Micro Circuits Corporation.

Legacybox [CHATTANOOGA, TN] announced it has promoted Emily Holesinger to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Holesinger, who has nearly 15 years’ experience across finance and accounting, joined Legacybox earlier this year as Controller. Prior to joining Legacybox, Holesinger served as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at U.S. Xpress, Inc.

AppLovin [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that Herald Chen joined the company as President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and remains on the AppLovin board. Chen was most recently head of Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) in the Americas at KKR, where he led the firm’s investment in AppLovin. He rejoined KKR in 2007, having previously worked for the firm from 1995 to 1997, and served as Chairman of the Board for several companies, including BMC, Epicor Software, Optiv Security and Mitchell International. In addition to AppLovin, Chen will continue to serve on the Board of Directors of WebMD, Internet Brands, GoDaddy, Teach for America-Bay Area and the University of Pennsylvania’s Management and Technology Program. His operational experience includes roles as CEO of ACMI Corporation and Co-founder and CFO of Jamcracker, Inc.

Bluebird Network, LLC [COLUMBIA, MO] welcomed Carla Cooper as its new Chief Financial Officer. Cooper will play a key role in the strategic direction of Bluebird and will oversee all aspects of finance. She is a versatile leader bringing three decades of experience across various industries and is dedicated to supporting the vision, values and culture that leads to success. Cooper previously served Fidelity Communications Co. as the Vice President of Finance/CFO and Director of Regulatory Accounting. She also serves on the Board of Directors of EMPAQ Group Inc. and the Sullivan Educational Foundation.

CBD Brands [JUPITER, FL] announced that it has hired Douglas McKinnon as CFO. Before joining the company, McKinnon served in multiple c-level executive positions in both the private and public sectors, including Chairman, CEO and CFO.

Reid Sullivan

Entertainment Studios [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Reid Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer of Allen’s motion picture division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures. Sullivan comes directly to Entertainment Studios after 11 years as Chief Financial Officer of CBS Films. Sullivan started his career in the audit division of Arthur Andersen & Company.  He then served as Director of Financial Operations for the Sony’s Columbia Pictures, and then as Vice President and Controller for Sony’s Columbia Tri-Star Film Distributors International unit.  More recently, Sullivan held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. [LAKE SUCCESS, NY] (NASDAQ: HAIN) announced Javier H. Idrovo is joining the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective December 2, 2019. Prior to joining Hain Celestial, Mr. Idrovo held leadership positions at The Hershey Company, serving most recently as Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to becoming Chief Accounting Officer, he served in the roles of Senior Vice President, Finance and Planning as well as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development. Prior to joining The Hershey Company, Idrovo held roles of increasing responsibility at Dole Food Company, Inc. including Chief Financial Officer and then President of Dole Packaged Foods. Earlier in his career, Mr. Idrovo worked at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Idrovo will succeed James Langrock, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer for the past several years.

Qualcomm Incorporated [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced the appointment of Akash Palkhiwala as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Palkhiwala has been serving the Company as interim CFO since August. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and finance lead for QCT. Palkhiwala joined Qualcomm in 2001 and has held a variety of roles in Finance, including Treasurer and lead for Corporate Finance overseeing Qualcomm’s overall financial planning and analysis.

Optoro [WASHINGTON] announced the addition of Katy McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer. McCarthy, Optoro’s new CFO, was previously CFO and then Chairman and CEO of Geeknet (GKNT), the parent company of ThinkGeek.com. McCarthy previously spent 18 years at GE, rising to the executive ranks running corporate audit and also was the CFO of GE Healthcare.

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. [MIDLAND, Texas] (NYSE: NGS) announced that G. Larry Lawrence, the Company’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary will retire from the Company effective November 15, 2019. He will also relinquish his position as Principal Accounting Officer. Coincident with the retirement of Larry Lawrence, the NGS Board of Directors has appointed James (“Jim”) R. Lawrence as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective November 16, 2019. Mr. Lawrence will also assume the role as Principal Accounting Officer. Jim Lawrence joined the Company on October 1, 2019. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Bold Energy III LLC. Prior to joining Bold, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President-Finance and Treasurer for Legacy Reserves LP, from 2010 to 2014. Prior to joining Legacy, Mr. Lawrence worked for nine years in investment banking, including the last six years in the Energy Investment Banking Group at Raymond James & Associates, where he served as a Vice President. (James R. Lawrence is not related to G. Larry Lawrence).

CorMedix Inc. [BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.] (NYSE American: CRMD) announced that the Company and Robert Cook, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, have mutually agreed not to renew his employment agreement, which expires on January 31, 2020.

Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: KLDO) announced the appointment of William Duke as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 25, 2019. Duke joins Kaleido from Pulmatrix, Inc. where he has been CFO. Prior to Pulmatrix, he served as CFO of Valeritas, Inc. Duke also was senior director of finance at Genzyme Corporation, and director of finance/accounting at Haemonetics Corporation. Earlier in his career he held CFO positions at G8wave, and OTF Group, Inc.

Christopher Ross

AK Steel [WEST CHESTER, Ohio] (NYSE: AKS) said that Jaime Vasquez, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will retire effective November 30, 2019. Christopher J. Ross, AK Steel Vice President and Treasurer, has been named Vice President, Treasurer and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Chris was named Vice President and Treasurer in January 2018.  Prior to that role he served as Treasurer since 2016 and General Manager, Cash Management since 2012.  Chris has served in a number of financial and strategic roles since joining the company over 20 years ago, including strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, products and marketing, investor relations and accounting.  He began his AK Steel career in 1997 as a Cost Accountant at Middletown Works.  Outside of his AK Steel career, Chris served as Director of Investor Relations for Omnicare, Inc. and held Credit and Portfolio Manager positions with U.S. Bank and J.P. Morgan.

Astec Industries, Inc. [CHATTANOOGA, TN] (NASDAQ: ASTE) announced that Rebecca Weyenberg will join the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 4, 2019.  Weyenberg succeeds David Silvious, who will be leaving the Company at the end of the year to pursue other interests. Prior to joining Astec, Weyenberg served as VP Global Financial Operations at Welbilt Inc. Prior to joining Welbilt, Weyenberg led Business Transformation efforts at the AGCO Corporation as its Vice President, Global Processes, Standard and Shared Services.

Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] announced that James M. O’Brien has joined the Company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Cognition, he served as the executive vice president of finance at Enzo Biochem, Inc. Before Enzo, O’Brien was vice president and corporate controller at Actavis PLC (now Allergan, Inc.). Earlier in his career, he held positions with increasing responsibilities at life sciences companies including Nycomed and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and spent close to a decade at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Penn Virginia Corporation [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: PVAC) announced that Russell T. Kelley, Jr. has been named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective November 13, 2019. Kelley previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Prior to joining Extraction Oil & Gas, Mr. Kelley ran the Oil & Gas practice of Moelis & Company. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was a Senior Vice President.

Reed’s Inc. [NORWALK, CT] (NASDAQ: REED) announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Iris Snyder, who is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity, and the appointment of Joann Tinnelly as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Tinnelly has served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Reed’s Inc. since July 2018. Prior to joining Reed’s she served at Assistant Controller of Steel Excel, Inc. a subsidiary of Steel Partners Holdings. Tinnelly also served as Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis and as Assistant Corporate Controller at USI Insurance Services, Assistant Vice President of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group, served in multiple financial roles at Momentive Performance Materials and financial auditing at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Carla Luke

MGT Consulting Group [TAMPA, FL] announced that Carla Luke has joined MGT as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining MGT, Luke worked at Vector Solutions as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Vector Solutions, Luke served as the CFO at Greenway Health. Prior to her nearly 14 years with Greenway Health, Luke worked in financial leadership roles at Comdial Corporation, Vicorp, and Danka Business Systems after starting her career in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Farmer Bros. Co. [NORTHLAKE, TX] (NASDAQ: FARM) announced the appointment of Scott Lyon as interim principal financial and accounting officer. David Robson has departed the Company. Lyon joined Farmer Brothers in August 2018 as its Assistant Controller and has served in the role of Corporate Controller since October 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Lyon served as Assistant Controller of ION Geophysical, from April 2016 to August 2018. Prior to that, Lyon served as SEC Reporting Manager from September 2013 to April 2016, of Ensco Plc.

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [OAK BROOK, IL] (NYSE: THS) announced that William J. Kelley, Jr., currently Senior Vice President, Corporate and Operations Finance, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer of TreeHouse. He replaces Matthew Foulston, who after a three-month transition period will be pursuing other career opportunities. Kelley joined TreeHouse in 2016 as Corporate Controller. He was previously Head of Global Audit for Kraft Heinz Company, where he worked from 2014-2016. Before that, he spent two years as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Hillshire Brands, the spin-off successor company to Sara Lee Corporation. From 2010 to 2012, he was Vice President and Corporate Controller at USG Corporation. He spent the previous ten years in a variety of increasingly senior finance roles at PepsiAmericas. His earlier career service included key finance and accounting roles at Arthur Andersen and Cargill.

FGL Holdings [DES MOINES, IA] (NYSE: FG) announced the appointment of John Fleurant as Chief Financial Officer. Fleurant succeeds Dennis Vigneau, who previously announced his intention to retire at the end of 2019. Most recently, Fleurant served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for New York Life since 2013, after previously serving as Senior Vice President of Finance and Controller from 2010 to 2013. Previously, John spent 15 years at Prudential in a number of leadership roles. In John’s latest tenure at Prudential, he occupied the positions of Corporate Controller and Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Businesses. John began his career at Deloitte.

Scott Javor

Rhapsody International Inc. [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Scott Javor as senior vice president, chief financial officer. Most recently, Javor held the position of managing director at FTI Consulting and FTI Capital Advisors. Previously, he served as the Vice President of GE Capital’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business.

Patrick Donoghue

Truckstop.com [BOISE, Idaho] announced that Patrick Donoghue has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Donoghue joins Truckstop.com from Trilogy Education Services.  Donoghue’s last several CFO positions were in EdTech. Prior to that, Donoghue held senior finance roles with CCC Information Services. Donoghue replaces Mark Robinson. Robinson retired in October to spend time with his family.

Inkling [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Eileen Treanor has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to Inkling, she served as the CFO of Lever, and the vice president of Finance for Wikia. She has also held senior-level finance positions at Virgin America and Yahoo!.

McDermott International, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: MDR) announced the appointment of Chris Krummel as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Krummel joined McDermott in 2016 and previously served as the company’s Global Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. He replaces Stuart Spence, who has resigned from McDermott to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining McDermott, Krummel served as: a consultant of American Industrial Partners, a firm engaging in private equity investments in industrial businesses in the United States and Canada; Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of EnTrans International, LLC; and Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President and Corporate Controller/Vice President of Finance of Cameron International.

Mike Burnett

Offerpad [PHOENIX] announced the hiring of Mike Burnett to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Offerpad, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AV Homes, Inc. Previously, Burnett worked for JDA Software Group, Inc. as Group Vice President, Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations. During his career, Burnett has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for American Traffic Solutions Inc. and Senior Vice President, Treasurer at Allied Waste Industries, Inc.

Jody Johnson

SeQuel Response [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] announced the promotion of Jody Johnson to Chief Financial Officer. Johnson joined SeQuel in August 2018 as the Vice President of Finance. Johnson brings more than a decade of experience in various financial leadership roles at organizations such as NovuHealth, HealthFitness, Convey Compliance Systems and CHS.

Banc of California, Inc. [SANTA ANA, CA] (NYSE: BANC), the holding company for Banc of California, N.A., announced the appointment of Lynn M. Hopkins as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective December 9, 2019. Ms. Hopkins succeeds Executive Vice President and CFO John Bogler, who resigned from the Company effective November 13, 2019. Mike Smith, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed interim CFO until Ms. Hopkins joins the Company on December 9, 2019. Hopkins joins the Company from First Choice Bank, located in Cerritos, California. From 2002 to 2017, Hopkins served as Executive Vice President of PacWest Bancorp and Pacific Western Bank, the subsidiary bank of PacWest Bancorp, in a number of finance and corporate governance leadership roles. Hopkins served as Chief Accounting Officer of PacWest from 2014 to 2017, as Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Western Bank from 2002 to 2014, as Corporate Secretary from 2009 to 2014, and as a Director of Pacific Western Bank from 2002 to 2006. Earlier in her career, Ms. Hopkins held senior finance positions at California Community Bancshares and Western Bancorp. She began her career as a CPA with KPMG in Los Angeles and London.

Ingram Micro Inc. [IRVINE, CA] announced the promotion of Mike Zilis as Ingram Micro’s next executive vice president and CFO, effective January 1, 2020. Zilis will succeed Gina Mastantuono, who is leaving to take the role of CFO for a US publicly traded company. Zilis currently serves as Ingram Micro executive vice president and group president of Asia Pacific. Prior to this role, he served as executive vice president and group president with oversight for the company’s operations in Latin America, Eastern Europe, ASEAN and Hong Kong markets. Zilis also previously led the company’s Latin American Technology Solutions business as executive vice president and president Latin America. Zilis joined Ingram Micro in 2006 as senior vice president and corporate controller. Prior to joining Ingram Micro, Zilis was vice president and corporate controller for Avnet, Inc.

Joel Sendek

Sema4 [STAMFORD, CT] announced the appointment of Joel Sendek as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Sendek served as Chief Financial Officer at Spero Therapeutics for more than two years and held the same position at Forward Pharma the three years before that. He spent more than 15 years as a senior equity research analyst at Stifel Financial Corp. and Lazard. Prior to his career in equity research, Sendek worked as a Senior Director of Corporate Development at Progenics Pharmaceuticals and as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Moog Inc. [EAST AURORA, NY] (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) announced that Donald R. Fishback, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his intention to retire as CFO effective January 2, 2020. He will continue to serve as a director on Moog’s Board, a position he was first elected to in 2015. Moog’s Directors elected Jennifer Walter Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 2, 2020. She currently holds the position of Vice President – Finance, and previously held the role of Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. She joined Moog in 2000 after working as a certified public accountant for KPMG.

SilverBow Resources, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SBOW) announced the resignation of the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, G. Gleeson Van Riet, effective November 11, 2019. Effective November 12, 2019, the Company appointed Christopher M. Abundis as Chief Financial Officer in addition to his existing duties at SilverBow. Accordingly, Mr. Abundis will now serve as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Abundis has served in progressive roles of responsibility at SilverBow after joining the Company in 2005, most recently as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2017. Through the course of his employment at SilverBow, he has served the Board of Directors as Secretary and managed the Company’s Legal, Human Resources and Corporate Services departments. Prior to beginning his legal career, Abundis worked for KPMG LLP.

The Trade Desk [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: TTD) announced the retirement of its Chief Financial Officer, Paul Ross, and the appointment of Blake Grayson to succeed him. Grayson joins The Trade Desk from Amazon.com, where he most recently was Vice President, Finance, for the International Consumer business, as well as worldwide finance teams for Automated Marketing, Kindle Content/Books and Global Payments. Over more than a decade at Amazon, he also led finance for the company’s worldwide Marketplace business, and various finance functions for North America Consumer, Amazon Web Services and Global Payments. Prior to Amazon, he worked for Washington Mutual/JP Morgan Chase leading Payments finance and FP&A functions, and previously worked in the wireless and financial services industries.

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced that Oliver Horbelt has been named Chief Financial Officer. Since 2015 Horbelt has served as head of Munich Reinsurance America’s Capital Partners Americas business unit. Horbelt joined Munich Re in 2009 as a Senior Executive Manager responsible for the organization’s global center of competence for retroactive reinsurance based in Munich, Germany. In the past, Horbelt has held a number of leadership roles including President and CEO of Centre Solutions, Principal at ILS Solutions, Managing Director at Swiss Re, and Analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston.

National Health Investors, Inc. [MURFREESBORO, TN] (NYSE: NHI) announced that it appointed John L. Spaid, its current Executive VP of Finance, as Chief Financial Officer. Spaid joined NHI in March 2016 with over 30 years of experience in private equity, real estate, finance and senior housing. Previously, Spaid was with Emeritus Senior Living as their Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis from 2012 to 2014. Prior to Emeritus, Spaid was an independent financial consultant from 2010 to 2011. He also served as the CFO of a regional assisted living and memory care provider in Redmond, Washington from 2008 to 2009.

Regis Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: RGS) announced the appointment of Kersten D. Zupfer as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Zupfer will replace Andrew H. Lacko, who is leaving the Company for another opportunity. Zupfer has served in accounting and finance roles of increasing leadership at Regis for more than 12 years. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since November 2017, prior to which she served as Vice President, Corporate Controller, Chief Accounting Officer since December 2014.

Weatherford International plc [HOUSTON] (OTC PINK: WFTIQ) announced that Christoph Bausch stepped down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Stuart Fraser, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer until January 6, 2020, when the new Chief Financial Officer will begin. Fraser joined Weatherford in 2015 and has served in various senior financial roles including Vice President and Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance and Purchasing, Sourcing and Logistics. Prior to joining Weatherford, he served a 19-year career with Schlumberger Ltd., where he held senior financial positions in global and regional capacities. Christian Garcia has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 6, 2020. Garcia recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Visteon Corporation, and served as a board member of Keane Group. Prior to these roles, he served as acting Chief Financial Officer of Halliburton, where he held a variety of leadership positions of increasing responsibility.

Vireo Health International, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS]  (CNSX: VREO; OTCQX: VREOF) announced that Shaun Nugent will be joining as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) on December 2, 2019. Nugent has previously served as the CEO and CFO of several major private and public companies, including Life Time Fitness, AllOver Media, Champps Entertainment, and Sun Country Airlines. The Company’s current CFO, Amber Shimpa, will be assuming a newly created role of Chief Administrative Officer. Ms. Shimpa will continue to serve on Vireo’s Board of Directors and as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

Tucker Marshall

The J. M. Smucker Company [ORRVILLE, Ohio] (NYSE: SJM) announced that Mark Belgya, Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has communicated his decision to retire September 1, 2020. Following a comprehensive internal and external search, Tucker Marshall, Vice President, Finance, has been elected to succeed Belgya as CFO. Effective November 25, 2019, Marshall will become Senior Vice President and Deputy CFO and an elected Officer of the Company. He will succeed Belgya following the completion of the current fiscal year on May 1, 2020. Belgya will continue as Vice Chair until his retirement, ensuring a seamless transition. Marshall joined the Company in 2012 following a career in investment banking and private equity. During his tenure at Smucker, he has established a leadership role in the finance organization, with responsibility for corporate accounting and financial reporting, accounting shared services and technology solutions, internal audit and compliance, financial planning and analysis, and investor relations.

Sgsco [LOUISVILLE, KY] announced that the company has appointed Jim Bresingham as the new chief financial officer effective November 18, 2019. Steve Goertz will step down as chief financial officer to pursue other career interests. Bresingham joins sgsco from Truck Hero, Inc., where he was chief financial officer. Before joining Truck Hero, Jim was chief financial officer at Pampered Chef. Prior to Pampered Chef, Bresingham held a number of roles at Sirva Worldwide, Inc., including vice president of business development (mergers & acquisitions), chief accounting officer and ultimately chief financial officer.

Aflac Incorporated [COLUMBUS, GA] (NYSE: AFL) announced that Frederick J. Crawford, who currently serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be promoted to president and chief operating officer of Aflac Incorporated. Max K. Brodén, who currently serves as senior vice president; deputy chief financial officer and treasurer of Aflac Incorporated, will be promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Aflac Incorporated. These changes will become effective January 1, 2020. Brodén joined Aflac in 2017 as senior vice president and treasurer, bringing more than 15 years of experience and leadership managing global financial and insurance portfolios. Earlier this year, he was promoted to senior vice president; deputy chief financial officer and treasurer of Aflac Incorporated. Before joining Aflac, Brodén served as senior portfolio manager at Norges Bank, managing an equity portfolio of global financial and insurance stocks.

Donor Alliance [DENVER] announced Matt Lovetro as its new chief financial officer. Before joining Donor Alliance, Lovetro served as director of finance at United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) for 16 years. Prior to UNOS, he held positions in the hospitality and healthcare industries.

Rakuten Medical, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] appointed Brenton Keath as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Keath previously served as head of Finance for Rakuten Commerce. During his tenure at Rakuten USA, Inc., he also built and led the company’s post-merger integration team as its VP of Mergers & Acquisitions Integration. Earlier in his career, Keath held M&A and financial positions at KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Gevo, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NASDAQ: GEVO) announced the appointment of Lynn Smull to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smull is expected to start in this new role effective December 16, 2019. Prior to joining Gevo, Mr. Smull most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of One Energy Enterprises, LLC. Mr. Smull has thirty years of finance and commercial experience on corporate, investment banking, and private equity platforms including Calpine Corporation, Bank of America, Salomon Brothers, and Bechtel.

Varvara Alva

BenchPrep [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Varvara Alva as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Alva was the Vice President, Treasurer, Head of Investor Relations at Gogo and helped lead its IPO in 2013. Prior to Gogo, Alva played a significant role with eCollege.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: EYPT) announced the appointment of George O. Elston as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Elston most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at Enzyvant Therapeutics. He previously was President and Chief Executive Officer at 2X Oncology, Inc. He has also held senior executive roles at Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KBI Biopharma and Optherion, Inc. Elston began his career in public accounting at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

CytoDyn Inc. [VANCOUVER, WA] (OTC.QB: CYDY) announced the appointment of Craig S. Eastwood as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joined CytoDyn in April 2019, and previously served as its Vice President and Controller. Michael Mulholland, the Company’s previous CFO, will remain at CytoDyn and will report to Eastwood in a newly created role of Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining CytoDyn, Eastwood was a CFO for two publicly traded startup companies. He started his career as an auditor at Deloitte. His experience includes over three years at PPD, a formerly publicly traded global Contract Research Organization, where he served as Director of Accounting and later led the Investor Relations function.

Pfenex, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] Pfenex Inc. (NYSE American: PFNX) announced that Susan Knudson has resigned for personal reasons from her role as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, but will continue to support the company by providing transition services until February 1, 2020.

CPI Aerostructures, Inc. [EDGEWOOD, NY] (NYSE American: CVU) announced the appointment of Dan Azmon as Chief Financial Officer effective November 18, 2019, replacing Vincent Palazzolo, who has left the Company. Most recently, Azmon served as vice president, controller, and principal accounting officer of L3 Technologies, Inc. until the merger between L3 and Harris Corporation, now L3Harris Technologies, Inc.  Before joining L-3 in 2000, Azmon held a number of financial management and financial reporting positions at ASARCO Incorporated and Salomon Brothers, Inc., and was a manager in the audit practice at Coopers & Lybrand LLP.

Midland States Bancorp, Inc. [EFFINGHAM, IL] (NASDAQ: MSBI) announced that Eric T. Lemke has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Midland States Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary. Lemke joined Midland in 2018 as Director of Assurance and Audit. Immediately prior to joining Midland he was the Chief Financial Officer of Metropolitan Capital Bancorp, Inc. and Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust, located in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to that he was a partner in the Financial Services Practice of RSM US LLP, having first joined RSM in 1993.

Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. [TAMPA, FL] (NASDAQ: HIIQ) announced the planned transition from Michael Hershberger as Chief Financial Officer to Erik Helding.  Hershberger will continue to be employed with HIIQ until December 31, 2019 to assist with the transition.  Helding is now Chief Financial Officer. Helding was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO). Prior to that, he served in various financial leadership positions at CNO. He joined CNO in 2004 as Director of Finance for Bankers Life and Colonial Penn. Prior to joining CNO, Mr. Helding held finance positions with GE Capital from 1999-2004.

NBT Bancorp Inc. [NORWICH, NY] (NBT) (NASDAQ: NBTB) announced that John V. Moran has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining NBT, he was Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Development & Strategy for Old National Bancorp. He was previously employed by Macquarie Securities from 2010 to 2017 and, prior to that, by Cohen & Company and Ryan Beck & Co. Moran is succeeding Michael J. Chewens, who is retiring following a successful 25-year career with the company. Chewens will continue to be employed by NBT through March 31, 2020 and will assist with the transition.

EVO Payments, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: EVOP) announced that Tom Panther has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Panther joins EVO after working for over 19 years at SunTrust Banks, Inc. where he served in numerous leadership roles including Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller, Director of Corporate Finance, and Head of Capital Planning & Analysis.

Suuchi Inc. [CARLSTADT, NEW JERSEY] announced the appointment of Mark Herman as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Herman served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Secretary at Folio Dynamics Inc. Before that, Mr. Herman worked to scale companies across technology, product development, and SaaS software industries at companies such as Ringleader Digital Inc., mFormation Technologies, Inc., and PWC.

Rick Hasselman

Podium [LEHI, UT] announced the appointment of Rick Hasselman as Podium’s first Chief Financial Officer. Hasselman most recently served as VP of Finance and Operations for Sumo Logic. Prior to Sumo Logic, he served in several roles at Google including leading large acquisitions and divestitures and working with CapitalG, Google’s growth equity investment arm. Before Google, Hasselman was a director at PwC.

Laurie Doran

Health Alliance Plan [DETROIT] named Laurie Doran senior vice president and chief financial officer. During her career, she served as chief financial officer and chief customer officer of BMC HealthNet Plan. She also spent 12 years at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in Massachusetts, where she led a variety of finance teams including medical economics, actuarial systems, reporting and analysis.  Earlier in her career, she held positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs/ Veterans Health Administration, Group Health Incorporated, The Bristol Group, Inc. and Massachusetts General Hospital.

First Choice Bancorp [CERRITOS, CA] (Nasdaq Capital Markets: FCBP) announced that Lynn M. Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company and First Choice Bank in order to accept a position with another financial institution based in California. The Company also announced that Diana Hanson, Chief Accounting Officer for the Company and First Choice Bank, has been promoted to interim Chief Financial Officer. Hanson has over 25 years of experience in corporate accounting for the financial services industry, including as the SVP/Director of Accounting Policy at Pacific Western Bank, and has served as First Choice’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2019.

Workhorse Group Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: WKHS) announced that Paul Gaitan has stepped down from his position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. In the interim Workhorse Controller Greg Ackerson has assumed operating responsibilities of the CFO on an interim basis.

Mesirow Financial [CHICAGO] announced that Natalie Brown has been named Chief Financial Officer. Natalie also serves on the firm’s Board of Directors. Natalie joins Mesirow from Nuveen where she served as Managing Director, Head of Nuveen Advisory Services Finance. Prior, she worked at Kraft Foods and KPMG in accounting and finance roles.

Office Depot, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (NASDAQ: ODP) announced that Joseph T. Lower, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company, effective January 10, 2020, to assume the role of chief financial officer at AutoNation, Inc.

John Kimble

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.  [SANTA MONICA, CA] (NASDAQ: JAKK) announced the appointment of John Kimble as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kimble worked for over 12 years in various VP / leadership positions at The Walt Disney Company covering Finance, Strategy, Operations, and Business Development. More recently, Kimble spent six years at Mattel, Inc. where he held several positions, including Vice President & Head of Corporate Development, Licensing Acquisitions, M&A. In between his service at Disney and Mattel, John spent a couple of years as an entrepreneur at a start-up gaming company. He began his career as a consultant for Mars & Co.

Middlefield Banc Corp. [MIDDLEFIELD, OH] (NASDAQ: MBCN), the holding company of The Middlefield Banking Company, announced that Michael C. Ranttila has been named Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of The Middlefield Banking Company. Ranttila has served as Senior Vice President of Finance of the Bank since October, 2017. Ranttila replaces Donald L. Stacy as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. Mr. Stacy will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Bank, as well as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of MBCN. Ranttila first joined the Bank as Controller, in March 2011 and has extensive experience in financial reporting. Ranttila previously worked for Crowe as an auditor of community banks.

Bill Koefoed

OneStream Software [ROCHESTER, MI] appointed Bill Koefoed its new Chief Financial Officer. Before joining OneStream, Koefoed was the CFO for online retailer Blue Nile and prior to that a partner and the CFO for BCG Digital Ventures – part of The Boston Consulting Group. He also served as CFO for Puppet Inc. He was the CFO of Microsoft’s Skype Division and before that, the general manager for investor relations at Microsoft. He is currently a board member and the audit committee chair for Bank OZK.

Civeo Corporation [HOUSTON & CALGARY] (NYSE: CVEO) today announced that Carolyn J. Stone, currently the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Civeo. Frank C. Steininger will remain with Civeo until his retirement in March 2020. Prior to joining Civeo, Stone served as the CFO of Synagro Technologies Inc. Prior to Synagro, Ms. Stone served in multiple roles at Dynegy Inc., including Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she worked in the firm’s audit practice.

Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) [PADUCAH, KY] (OTCQX: CSVI) announced that Brian K. Brown has been appointed the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Brown previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance at CSI. He replaces Andras Q. Bende who announced plans to pursue other career opportunities. Before joining CSI, Brown served as Vice President, Finance & Accounting Manager for FCB Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Farmers Capital Bank Corp. He previously served as an internal auditor for Farmers Capital Bank and a Financial Institutions Examiner for the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions.

MercuryGate® International, Inc. [CARY, NC] announced that Mark Huebeler will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently he was Vice President of Finance at Valassis Digital. Prior to that he worked in LexisNexis’s Legal Software Solutions division as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and then as CFO and Chief Operations Officer (COO). Earlier in his career, Huebeler held progressively responsible positions in accounting and finance operations at Red Hat, Nortel Networks and Constellation Energy. He began his career as an Auditor at Deloitte.

Gina Mastantuono

ServiceNow [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NYSE: NOW) announced that Gina Mastantuono will join ServiceNow as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 13, 2020. Mastantuono joins the company from Ingram Micro, where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2016, she has served as CFO of Ingram Micro. Prior to Ingram Micro, Mastantuono was Revlon’s SVP, chief accounting officer, controller and international CFO from 2007 to 2013. Mastantuono also held various executive finance roles at InterActiveCorp., and Triarc Companies, Inc. She began her career at Ernst & Young in the entrepreneurial services group.

Cutera, Inc. [BRISBANE, CA] (NASDAQ: CUTR) announced the appointment of Fuad Ahmad to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ahmad is a partner at FLG Partners.

AVITA Medical [VALENCIA, California] (ASX: AVH, NASDAQ: RCEL) announced the appointment of David McIntyre as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Interim CFO Tim Rooney will continue in his role as AVITA Medical’s Chief Administrative Officer. Most recently, McIntyre served as a Partner with Apple Tree Partners (ATP). At ATP Mr. McIntyre was responsible for ATP’s medical device portfolio, together with various operating and Board functions, including acting as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Technical Operations at Braeburn, Inc. Prior to ATP, Mr. McIntyre was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at HeartWare® International, Inc. Prior to HeartWare, Mr. McIntyre practiced as a senior attorney in private practice specializing in corporate, mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets with Baker & McKenzie and KPMG as well as holding various senior financial roles in multi-national companies, including within the Rio Tinto Group of companies.

Jim Hinson

1955 Capital [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that Jim Hinson joined as Chief Financial Officer. Jim Hinson is currently the Venture Capital Practice Lead at Greenough Consulting Group (GCG), and a consulting CFO for several firms, including 1955 Capital. Prior to GCG, Hinson was the COO of Rogers Venture Partners. Before that, he led the financing and accounting teams at Tenaya Capital, Lehman Brothers, and APV Technology Partners. In addition, Hinson served on the board of eight portfolio companies.

Marco Vanderlaan

The Doctors Company [NAPA, Calif.] announced the promotion of Marco Vanderlaan to chief financial officer (CFO) and chief risk officer. Vanderlaan has held a variety of senior leadership positions with The Doctors Company for 18 years, most recently serving as senior vice president, business assessment, a role he has held since 2010. He has also held executive positions in finance, reinsurance, and strategic planning. Vanderlaan succeeds David Preimesberger, who assumes new roles as senior vice president for strategic planning and chief ethics officer. Prior to his service with The Doctors Company, Vanderlaan was vice president of finance for Move.com (now Move, Inc.) and a senior manager with Deloitte & Touche (now Deloitte).

Trimble [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced that David G. Barnes will be joining Trimble on December 2, 2019 and will serve as its chief financial officer (CFO) effective January 4, 2020. Barnes served as CFO at MWH Global Inc. Following the sale of MWH to Stantec Inc., Barnes assumed operational responsibility for Stantec’s businesses outside North America. Prior to being CFO at MWH, Barnes held financial leadership positions at Western Union, Coors, and YUM Brands. He began his career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company.

Algolia [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that appointment of Iain Hassall as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Algolia as CFO, Hassall spent nine years at Zuora, where he held several roles including VP of Finance and Head of Sales Operations and Strategy. Hassall also spent 15 years with KPMG’s audit and assurance practice, in both the U.S. and Australia.

Kyle Bunstein

Reiter Affiliated Companies [OXNARD, CA] announced the appointment of Kyle Bunstein as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bunstein most recently served as the Vice President, Treasurer.

TalentGuard [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced that Pete Pearson has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was Director of the Startup Services Division at Bridgepoint Consulting. Pearson brings 20+ years of varied experience in financial management, business leadership and corporate strategy. 

AutoNation, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] (NYSE: AN) announced that Joseph Lower, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 13, 2020. Most recently, Mr. Lower served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Office Depot, Inc. Prior to joining Office Depot, Mr. Lower served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at B/E Aerospace, Inc. He held a number of management level positions at The Boeing Company, including Vice President – Business Development and Strategy and also served in numerous positions of increasing seniority within the investment banking industry.

Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. [BELOIT, WI] (OTCQX: BHWB) announced that Matthew McDonnell has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Blackhawk Bank. McDonnell began his career in public accounting, working for Grant Thornton, LLP. He was most recently with a larger regional bank where he held various positions in finance and operations.

Kevan Krysler

Pure Storage [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NYSE: PSTG) announced that Kevan Krysler will join the company as CFO in early December. Krysler joins Pure from VMware, where he has served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to VMware, he was a partner with KPMG.

SharpSpring, Inc. [GAINESVILLE, FL] (NASDAQ: SHSP) announced that Brad Stanczak will step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, effective December 2, 2019, and will be replaced by Michael Power. Prior to his appointment, Power was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for ConnectWise. Prior to that, Power served as Vice President and Controller for CHUBB, formerly ACE Limited.

Entera Bio Ltd. [BOSTON AND JERUSALEM] (NASDAQ: ENTX) announced that it has established a U.S. Headquarters in the Boston area and has hired Jonathan Lieber as its U.S.-based CFO. Lieber currently serves as a managing director of Danforth Advisors, and most recently served as CFO of Histogenics (NASDAQ: HSGX). He additionally held the roles of CFO for Metamark Genetics and CFO and Treasurer of Repligen.  Previously, Jon was an investment banker for ten years at Cowen and Salomon Brothers.

Mercurys Coffee Co. [BELLEVUE, Washington] announced the appointment of Richard Sariraksa as Chief Financial Officer. In the past, he has served as Chief Financial Officer for several companies in the Seattle area; most recently as Director of Operations and CFO for KGF Holdings.

Ken Stelzer

Button [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ken Stelzer as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ken was the Chief Financial Officer of Zocdoc, prior to which he served as CFO of Bankrate and Integreon.

PatientPop [SANTA MONICA, CA] announced Nick Bellomo as Chief Financial Officer. Bellomo previously served as Chief Financial Officer at AOL and most recently at Tastemade.

Motion Recruitment Partners [BOSTON] announced that it has hired Brad Page as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Motion Recruitment Partners, Page was with Randstad USA where he spent the last 22 years leading the finance function beginning with IT staffing company, Vedior, before ultimately being acquired by Randstad where he last held the position of Senior Vice President of Finance.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. [BOSTON] announced that Daniel Cunha has joined the farmer-owned cooperative as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cunha joins Ocean Spray from Tangram Partners where he was a Co-Founder. Prior to co-founding Tangram, Cunha was CFO of two businesses at Kraft Heinz (i.e., CFO of Heinz North America prior to Kraft’s acquisition, and later CFO of Beverages and Snack Nuts BU after Kraft’s acquisition). Before joining Kraft Heinz, Cunha worked at GP Investments and McKinsey and Company.

Jarrod Yahes

Shutterstock, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SSTK) announced Jarrod Yahes is joining the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 9th, 2019. Since October 2016, Yahes has served as the Chief Financial Officer at Zeta Global. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Jackson Hewitt, and he has served in multiple capacities at ExlService Holdings, where he advanced to Senior Vice President, Controller. Earlier, Yahes worked at Citi in the Global Technology Investment Banking group and started his career with Ernst & Young LLP.

Luna Innovations Incorporated [ROANOKE, VA] (NASDAQ: LUNA) announced that Gene Nestro will join the company effective December 2, 2019 and will be named as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Nestro will succeed current CFO Dale Messick, who has agreed to assist the company through mid-2020 to ensure a smooth transition. Nestro comes to Luna from Cree, Inc., where he held the position of Vice President, Corporate Finance. Prior to Cree, Mr. Nestro worked in senior finance positions at TE Connectivity, Arthur Anderson, LLP and Ernst & Young, LLP.

Intersect ENT, Inc. [MENLO PARK, CA] (NASDAQ: XENT) announced the appointment of Richard A. (Randy) Meier as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Meier previously served as the Chief Financial Officer and senior executive of Owens & Minor, Inc., including as President-International and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Owens & Minor from 2013 to 2018, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2013 to 2015. Prior to joining Owens and Minor, Meier served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Teleflex, Inc., from 2010 to 2012. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., from 2007 to 2009, when the company was acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. Meier joined Advanced Medical Optics, as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2002 and continuously served as Chief Financial Officer while simultaneously performing in a variety of finance and operations roles between 2002 and 2007. Meier also worked for ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc., now Bausch Health, from 1998 to 2002, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and as Treasurer. Meier serves on the board of BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he is Lead Independent Director.

Grid Dynamics International, Inc. [SAN RAMON, CA] announced the appointment of Anil Doradla as Chief Financial Officer. Doradla most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Airgain, Inc., from February 2018 until November 2019. Prior to Airgain, Doradla was an equity research analyst at William Blair from June 2008 through January 2018. Prior to William Blair, Doradla held a range of senior finance, strategy and technology roles with Caris and Company, Deutsche Bank AG, AT&T Labs, and LCC International.

Hostess Brands, Inc. [KANSAS CITY, MO] (NASDAQ: TWNK, TWNKW) announced that Tom Peterson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, transitioning to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Strategy and M&A. Brian Purcell will join the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. These changes are effective January 6, 2020. Most recently Purcell served as Chief Financial Officer of Rawlings Sporting Goods. Prior to this, for nearly ten years, Mr. Purcell held both field and corporate senior and executive finance leadership roles at PepsiCo across multiple segments of its businesses, culminating in a Regional Chief Financial Officer position for a multi-billion dollar business in North America. Earlier in his career, Mr. Purcell worked in finance at Argosy Gaming Company.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO, None] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced that Anil Doradla, Chief Financial Officer, left the company to pursue other opportunities.

HanesBrands [WINSTON-SALEM, NC] (NYSE:HBI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Barry A. Hytinen has notified the company of his decision to leave Hanes to accept another career opportunity outside of the apparel industry. Hytinen will continue to serve as Hanes chief financial officer until the end of the fiscal year, Dec. 28, 2019.

Peter Zarrella

Segra [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced that Peter Zarrella has joined the company and will serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Zarrella served as Senior Vice President at Lightower Networks and most recently as Vice President of Finance – Fiber for Crown Castle’s Fiber Division. In addition, Peter has served in accounting and finance roles at Honeywell and Serono Laboratories.

Axcella Health [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: AXLA) announced that it has appointed Laurent Chardonnet as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Chardonnet joins the company following a 15-year tenure at Incyte Corporation. While at Incyte, Chardonnet served as Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer as well as the Head of Finance and Administration for the company’s European division. Most recently he was Incyte’s Vice President of Alliances. Prior to Incyte, Chardonnet served as Controller, Vice President of Finance and acting Chief Financial Officer of DrugAbuse Sciences, and as a senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He began his career working within the finance organizations at Guerbet Biomedical and Sanofi-Aventis.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced that it has appointed Anthony “Tony” E. Hull as the Company’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer effective January 2, 2020. Tim LaLonde will continue serving as our Interim CFO until January 2, 2020 when Tony will start as CFO and will serve in a transitionary role for a period of time after January 2, 2020. Hull most recently served a Senior Advisor on corporate strategy and capital markets projects at Realogy Holdings Corp. and previously was the company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer from 2006 to 2018.  Previously, Hull served as Executive Vice President, Finance at Cendant Corporation from 2003 to 2005. Earlier in his career, Hull was Head of Finance, Accounting and IT at DreamWorks, LLC from 1996 to 2003; Chief Financial Officer at King World Productions, Inc. from 1994 to 1995; and Corporate Vice President, Financial Planning at Paramount Communications, Inc. from 1990 to 1994. He began his career at Morgan Stanley & Co. in the mergers and acquisitions department, where he served as Associate and later Vice President from 1984 to 1990. Hull currently sits on the Board of Directors for Landis Technologies.

Carolina Dybeck Happa

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE:GE) announced that Carolina Dybeck Happe, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE, effective in early 2020. Dybeck Happe spent 16 years at Assa Abloy, including seven as CFO. She also serves on the Boards of Directors of E.ON and Schneider Electric.

Fuling Global Inc. [WENLING, China and ALLENTOWN, PA] (NASDAQ: FORK) announced that Gilbert Lee has relinquished his position as Chief Financial Officer and will remain with Fuling Global as a consultant. Mr. Lee had been CFO since before the Company’s initial public offering in 2015. The Company also announced it has named Meihong Pan as Fuling Global’s interim CFO.

Owl Labs [BOSTON] announced that John Stevens has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Owl Labs, Stevens held the roles of Head of Finance at Skycatch, Consulting CFO at Brenner Group and CFO at BitYota Inc. Stevens held a nearly 15-year tenure at Yahoo! as VP of Price and Yield Management and Finance Operations.

Iron Mountain Incorporated [BOSTON] (NYSE: IRM) announced that Barry A. Hytinen has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2020. Hytinen will succeed Stuart Brown, who will be stepping down from the CFO role on December 31, 2019 to pursue other interests. Hytinen has served as HanesBrands’ Chief Financial Officer since October 2017. Prior to joining HanesBrands, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Tempur Sealy International, Inc. He also served in a range of finance, corporate development, financial planning and investor relations roles at Tempur Sealy, including Corporate Development and Finance. Before joining Tempur Sealy, Hytinen served as Chief Financial Officer of Fogbreak Software. Earlier in his career, he held finance and corporate development positions at Vignette and General Electric Company.

DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc. [OAKLAND, CA] (NASDAQ: DZSI) announced that Tom Cancro has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He recently served as Controller of GE Research, General Electric’s technology research and IP-licensing business unit.  Prior roles include executive positions at Verizon, including Chief Financial Officer of Verizon’s joint venture with AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, and an executive role in Verizon’s Treasury organization. Tom also served as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of GFI Group, Inc., and as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of MasTec, Inc.

ReneSola Ltd. [STAMFORD, CT] (NYSE: SOL) announced that Mr. Ke Chen was appointed to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Chen will continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Xiaoliang Liang, who had served as Chief Financial Officer since June 2018, left ReneSola to pursue other opportunities. Chen He has over 13 years of experience in the global capital markets, including investing in solar industry in China. Prior to joining Shah Capital, Ke worked in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and was an inventor that holds four patents.

Penumbra, Inc. [ALAMEDA, CA] (NYSE: PEN) announced the appointment of Maggie Yuen as CFO of Penumbra. Lambert Shiu, who joined Penumbra in 2015 prior to the company’s IPO and most recently served as VP of Finance, will be promoted to chief accounting officer. Most recently, Yuen was at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. serving as Vice President, Finance of the Genetic Science Division. Prior to Thermo Fisher, Yuen held leadership positions with increasing responsibility at Mirion Technologies, and senior finance roles at Boston Scientific, Glu Mobile, and Johnson & Johnson.

CentralSquare Technologies [LAKE MARY, FL] announced the appointment of Todd Dooley as chief financial officer. Dooley joins CentralSquare from BDP International, where he served as CFO. Prior to BDP, Dooley held a leadership role at H&R Block. Additional leadership roles include senior vice president at Ceridian, and ultimately became division CFO for the U.S. business; senior finance manager at IBM; and earlier at 3M where he held roles in audit and accounting.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, NY] (NYSE: TARO) announced that it has accepted the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer, Mariano Balaguer, effective January 3, 2020.

Paul Parrish

Secureworks [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: SCWX) announced the appointment of Paul Parrish as its new Chief Financial Officer. Parrish joins Secureworks from CIOX Health LLC, where he served as CFO. Parrish succeeds Wayne Jackson who has served as CFO of Secureworks for more than four years. Jackson’s planned move was announced in March, and he will stay on to assist in the transition through the end of the company’s fiscal year 2020. Before joining CIOX, he was CFO of Brightree LLC, and he was previously CFO of S1 Corporation.

Avalara, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NYSE: AVLR) announced that its chief financial officer (CFO), Bill Ingram, will retire March 31, 2020, and he will join the Board of Directors. Ingram will be succeeded as CFO by Ross Tennenbaum, Avalara’s executive vice president of strategic initiatives. Tennenbaum’s experience was built over a 10-year investment banking career at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, including working with Avalara for more than five years and leading its IPO in 2018.

KKR & Co. Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: KKR) announced that Robert H. Lewin will be appointed Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective January 1, 2020. Lewin will succeed William (“Bill”) J. Janetschek who will be retiring from KKR at the end of the year. Since joining KKR in 2004, Lewin has held a number of positions. These include as an investor in private equity, helping launch KKR’s Asia business, co-leading the firm’s credit and capital markets businesses, and serving as Treasurer and Head of Corporate Development with oversight of KKR’s balance sheet. For the last two years, Lewin served as Head of Human Capital & Strategic Talent. Prior to joining KKR, Lewin was at Bear Stearns & Company. Lewin currently serves on the board of Answer the Call.

Alation Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of Eric Chan as Chief Financial Officer. Chan brings more than two decades of senior financial leadership to the company, having served as CFO at Optymyze, Formation Data Systems and Syncplicity by EMC, where he was responsible for the spinout to Skyview Capital. Prior to Syncplicity by EMC, Eric has also held various leadership positions at SuccessFactors and VMware. The CFO role at Alation had previously been held by Max Ochoa, who will continue as the company’s General Counsel.

EpicentRx, Inc. [LA JOLLA, CA] announced the appointment of Franck Brinkhaus, Ph.D., as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Brinkhaus is CEO & Founder of Biotech Alliances International, Inc. Previously, Dr. Brinkhaus was Managing Director of Woodside Capital Partners.

Flowserve Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: FLS) announced that John E. (Jay) Roueche, III, Flowserve’s vice president, treasurer and investor relations, assumed the role of interim chief financial officer. Roueche’s appointment follows Lee S. Eckert’s departure from Flowserve as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Roueche has served as vice president, treasurer and investor relations, since October 2012. In addition, he served as Flowserve’s interim chief financial officer from February 2017 to October 2017. Prior to joining Flowserve, Roueche served in progressive accounting and finance roles with a variety of multinational companies.

Iteris, Inc. [SANTA ANA, CA] (NASDAQ: ITI) announced that Douglas L. Groves joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Groves served as vice president, CFO and treasurer of Ducommun, Inc., having joined the company in January 2013. Through December 2012, Mr. Groves held the position of corporate vice president and chief information officer at Beckman Coulter, following a series of financial roles at the company beginning in January 1998. Prior to joining Beckman Coulter, Groves was corporate controller of a privately held civil engineering firm, and senior auditor and consultant at Deloitte & Touche. Groves will replace Andy Schmidt, whom Iteris has appointed as a senior advisor.

Repare Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA and MONTREAL, QUEBEC] announced that Steve Forte is appointed as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Forte was CFO of Clementia Pharmaceuticals until its recent sale to Ipsen. His experience includes nearly a decade at Aptalis Pharma Inc., where he was responsible for the overall corporate controllership function. Prior to Clementia, Steve was CFO of Thinking Capital Financial Corporation.

Builders Insurance Group [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Ellen G. Smith to the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Smith was currently serving as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis with Builders. Smith served as interim CFO over the last eight months. Smith joined Builders in 2010 as Financial Reporting Manager before assuming her most current position as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining Builders, Smith served as Audit Manager within the Insurance Practice at KPMG.

Venture Metals International [DALLAS] announced that it has appointed Michael (“Mike”) Ramirez as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Venture Metals, Ramirez was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Materials, Inc. Before that, Ramirez was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PSC, LLC.

Precision Optics Corporation [GARDNER, MA] (OTCQB: PEYE) announced the promotion of Daniel Habhegger to Chief Financial Officer. Habhegger initially joined Precision Optics in September 2019 as Director of Finance. Habhegger will succeed Don Major. Habhegger has held positions of Accounting Supervisor, Controller, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and CFO for various companies including, SmartBear Software, AgaMatrix, Inc., and Weather Services International (an IBM Business).

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts [PARSIPPANY, NJ] (NYSE: WH) announced that David B. Wyshner has decided to step down as Chief Financial Officer, and move into a senior advisory role until March 1, 2020. The Company announced the promotion of its Treasurer and Executive Vice President, Michele Allen, to succeed Wyshner as CFO. Allen, who began her career at Deloitte & Touche, is a 20-year veteran of Wyndham Hotels, Wyndham Worldwide and Cendant Corporation – having been the global Senior Vice President of Finance and Controller for the former Wyndham Hotel Group, and Senior Vice President of Finance for Wyndham Worldwide.

America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. [OMAHA, NE] (NASDAQ: ATAX) announced that Craig S. Allen informed of his intent to retire and leave the Partnership in his capacity as its Chief Financial Officer on December 31, 2019. The Partnership appointed Jesse A. Coury, the Partnership’s current Corporate Controller, to serve as the Partnership’s interim Chief Financial Officer, effective on January 1, 2020. Coury has served as the Partnership’s Corporate Controller since 2017.

Hi-Crush Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: HCR) announced that Laura C. Fulton, Chief Financial Officer, will resign as Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the Company effective December 31, 2019. Phil McCormick, Vice President of Finance has been appointed by the Board of Directors to the role of Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer effective January 1, 2020. McCormick joined Hi-Crush in August 2018. Prior to joining Hi-Crush, McCormick served in various senior level positions at KBR, Inc. from 2009 to 2018, including Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Prior to that, he -held various senior level roles at LyondellBasell from 1998 to 2009, including Director, Internal Controls. McCormick began his career as an Audit Manager at Coopers & Lybrand in 1990.

Innovative Cellular Therapeutics (ICT) [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced the appointment of Morten Marott, who joined ICT as Chief Financial Officer in July 2019. Before joining ICT, Marott was Chief Financial Officer of Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S. Previously, Marott was a senior investment banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank in New York. Prior to this, he was with the Healthcare Investment Banking Groups of RBC Capital Markets and Citigroup.

Terry Murphy

Kenna Security [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] named Terry Murphy as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Murphy was CFO of WhiteHat Security. He also led Finance at WhiteHat, Luminate, and GoBeam.

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: RAPT) announced the appointment of Rodney Young as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer of Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. Previously, he served as chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration of StemCells, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and SG Cowen.

Andrew Lacko

ClubCorp Holdings Inc. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Andrew Lacko as Chief Financial Officer. Lacko joins ClubCorp from Regis Corporation where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2017. Before joining Regis Corporation, Lacko served as Sr. Vice President of Global Financial Planning and Analysis and Corporate Development at Hertz Global Holdings. Prior to Hertz Global Holdings, Lacko held positions of increasing Financial Planning and Analysis, Corporate Development and Investor Relations responsibilities at First Data Corp., Best Buy, UnitedHealth Group and Northwest Airlines.

AlgoSec [RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ] announced the appointment of Ilan Erez as Chief Financial Officer and General Manager. Most recently, he served as GM of 3D Systems’ software business unit. Prior to that, he spent a decade with Cimatron Ltd. as CFO and VP Operations before their acquisition by 3D Systems. Earlier in his career, he was CFO and VP Operations of Silicom Ltd., a controller of Biodar Ltd. and auditor for Kesselman & Kesselman (a member of PwC).

Aspen Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ASPU) announced that it has named Frank J. Cotroneo Chief Financial Officer. Cotroneo has been a Board member of Aspen Group since 2018 and served as Chair of its Audit Committee. Cotroneo previously served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Netspend (currently a subsidiary of Global Payments Inc.), as well as Chief Financial Officer of Acxiom Corporation (currently LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.), H&R Block, and MasterCard International Inc.

Reed’s Inc. [NORWALK, CT] (NASDAQ: REED) announced the appointment of Thomas J. Spisak as Chief Financial Officer. Spisak held numerous positions in multiple divisions of Diageo, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance and Controller of North America. Previously, he held positions of Vice President of Commercial Finance, Director of Business Performance and Senior Finance Director of Marketing and Innovation Decision Support, as well as other roles in finance. Prior to Diageo, Spisak served at International Masters Publishers, Inc. Joann Tinnelly, who served as Interim Chief Financial Officer during the transition, will resume her role as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Reed’s Inc. and take on an expanded role in Finance and Corporate Strategy reporting directly to the CFO.

Greg Wookey

Boulevard [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Greg Wookey as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Boulevard, he served as the CFO for Inbenta. Before Inbenta, he spent nearly seven years at MINDBODY, Inc., where he served as the CFO and SVP of Merchant Processing Division.

LYNKD [MOUNT LAUREL, NJ] named Bob Daglian as Chief Financial Officer. Daglian began his career with Holman Enterprises, more than 35 years ago and has held a wide-range of financial and accounting positions across the organization’s various subsidiaries including ARI and Auto Truck Group. Daglian joins LYNKD from Flexdrive, a joint venture between Holman Enterprises and Cox Automotive, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Expedia Group [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced the resignation of Alan Pickerill as CFO. Eric Hart, the Company’s Chief Strategy Officer, will serve as acting CFO.

Capstone Turbine Corporation [VAN NUYS, CA] (NASDAQ: CPST) announced the appointment of Frederick (Eric) Hencken III, the Company’s current Interim Chief Financial Officer, to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 1, 2020. Hencken will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, and principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company. Hencken was appointed to Interim Chief Financial Officer of Capstone effective October 1, 2019. Mr. Hencken has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since April 2019 and served as the Company’s Controller from October 2017 to April 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Hencken held various roles in Finance and Accounting with InnoVista Sensors, previously Custom Sensors and Technologies, Inc., from 2012 to 2017. While employed at InnoVista Sensors, Mr. Hencken’s various roles included the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, International Controller, and Director of Finance and Administration, North America. Prior to InnoVista Sensors, Hencken served as the Manager of Financial Reporting from 2008 to 2011 and Director of Financial Reporting in 2012, for THQ Inc. Prior to THQ Inc., Hencken was employed by McGladrey, LLP, from 2001 to 2008.

Aparna Ramesh

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) [WASHINGTON] (NYSE: AGM) announced the selection of Aparna Ramesh as its Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, starting January 6, 2020. Ramesh joins Farmer Mac with over two decades of financial experience, most recently with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where she served in increasingly complex and senior finance roles culminating in her appointment as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Boston Fed, Ms. Ramesh spent ten years in commercial banking at M&T Bank and Cambridge Savings Bank in roles spanning product management, asset-liability management, and profitability.

SparkCognition [AUSTIN, TX] announced that Jeffrey R. Lass has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Lass has over 25 years of leadership experience in finance and operations with companies including GE Oil and Gas, Dover Corporation, Dresser, Inc., Pavilion Technologies, Trilogy Software, and PwC.

Matt Bates

Zenoss Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced Matthew Bates as the company’s new chief financial officer. Prior to joining Zenoss, Bates spent more than 17 years at Rackspace. Most recently, he served as chief operating officer (Americas). Prior to Rackspace, Bates was an investment banker in North America and Asia for Deutsche Bank.

Origin USA [FARMINGTON, ME] announced that Don Miller has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Miller joins Origin USA after having served a nine-year tenure with BackOffice Associates (now “Syniti”), where he served in multiple leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including Controller, Director of Financial Operations, and Vice President of Corporate Planning and Analysis. Don also recently served as Interim CFO with Glivinski & Associates. Prior to BackOffice Associates, Don was an integral member of the financial and operational leadership teams at TDS Telecom, and GTE Corporation, where he held multiple positions of increasing responsibility in Finance, Treasury, Accounting, and Internal Audit.

N2 Biomedical [BEDFORD, MA] announced the appointment of Heidi DeGrazia to the role of Chief Financial Officer. DeGrazia has worked extensively in both the healthcare and manufacturing industries, including financial leadership positions at Avantor, Integra Companies, and Access TCA.

Berlin Packaging L.L.C. [CHICAGO] announced Amath Fall has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Fall most recently acted as the CFO for FleetPride. Prior to FleetPride, he served as CFO for several distribution companies including Ryan Herco Flow Solutions and Performance Team.

Africa Asset Finance Company [NEW YORK and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates and ADDIS ABBABA, Ethiopia] announced the appointment of Christine D. Gagnon as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Gagnon served as a Director at Ernst & Young LLP in various leadership roles, including CFO and COO of EMEIA Financial Crime and COO of Financial Services Africa. She also held leadership positions at OneWest Bank, N.A., serving as First Vice President in the Offices of the CEO and Vice Chairman, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as a Senior Manager.

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. [ROCHESTER, NY] (NASDAQ: JRSH) announced the appointment of Gilbert K. Lee as Chief Financial Officer. Lee previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Fuling Global Inc., from August 2015 until November 2019. Previously, from August 2011 through May 2015, Lee served Tanke Biosciences Corporation, first as its U.S.-based Chief Financial Officer and then as its Vice President of Business Development. He has also served as Director of Finance at Two’s Company, and as Director of Finance and Marketing at Essilor of America. Early in his career, Lee served as a Plant Controller for a roofing materials manufacturer.

James (Jim) H. Welch

Cognoa [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that James (Jim) H. Welch has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Welch comes to Cognoa from Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, where he served as CFO. Prior to Eiger Pharmaceuticals, Welch was CFO at AcelRx. He also worked at Rigel Pharmaceuticals.

Harborside Inc. [OAKLAND, CA and TORONTO, Ontario] (CSE: HBOR) announced that it has appointed Tom DiGiovanni as Chief Financial Officer. Keith Li will remain with the Company as the Vice President of Finance. DiGiovanni most recently was a founding partner and the CFO at Canndescent.  Prior to joining Canndescent, DiGiovanni served in multiple executive roles in finance and operations, including as CFO of Mainstream Energy.

Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) [PADUCAH, KY] (OTCQX: CSVI) announced that Brian K. Brown has been appointed the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Brown previously served as interim CFO. Brown joined CSI in 2012 and was previously Senior Vice President of Finance and most recently interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CSI, Mr. Brown served as Vice President, Finance & Accounting Manager for FCB Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Farmers Capital Bank Corp. He previously served as an internal auditor for Farmers Capital Bank and a Financial Institutions Examiner for the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions.

Horizon Global Corporation [TROY, MI] (NYSE: HZN) announced that it appointed Richard J. Jok as interim Chief Financial Officer. Jok replaces outgoing Chief Financial Officer Jamie G. Pierson, who stepped down from the role. Jok has served as the Company’s Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, since August 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Jok served as the Chief Financial Officer of OE Automotive Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Crowne Group, LLC, from March 2016 to February 2018. In February 2018, Crowne Group spun off OE Automotive Group, LLC to form Vari-Form Group, LLC. Jok served as Chief Financial Officer of Vari-Form from February 2018 to May 2018. Previously, Jok was employed by Nexteer Automotive Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility from January 2003 to January 2015, ultimately serving as its Chief Financial Officer, Saginaw Division, from March 2011 to January 2015.

Community Health Systems, Inc. [FRANKLIN, TN] (NYSE: CYH) announced that Thomas J. Aaron, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from his executive management position on December 31, 2019. Aaron joined Community Health Systems in November 2016 as Senior Vice President of Finance and has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since May 2017. Kevin Hammons, who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Assistant Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will be appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer immediately following Aaron’s retirement, effective January 1, 2020. Hammons joined Community Health Systems in 1997 and has held numerous financial leadership roles during his more than 20-year tenure. Hammons was appointed Assistant Chief Financial Officer in 2017 and has served as the Company’s Treasurer since 2018. He has also previously served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Community Health Systems, Hammons served for ten years in various positions in the Assurance and Advisory Services practice at Ernst & Young.

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: HPP) announced the promotion of Mark Lammas, who most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and Harout Diramerian is being promoted from Chief Accounting Officer to Chief Financial Officer. Lammas has held a variety of leadership positions at Hudson Pacific since its initial public offering in 2010, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. He also consulted for the company’s predecessor, Hudson Capital, LLC. Prior to that, Lammas was a senior finance executive for Maguire Properties, Inc. and an attorney for Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP. Diramerian has been with Hudson Pacific since 2010, most recently serving as Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Hudson Pacific, Diramerian was a vice president of finance and analysis at Thomas Properties Group and worked in the real estate practice groups at Nanas, Stern, Biers, Neinstein and Co. LLP, Arthur Andersen LLP and KPMG LLP.

Nordson Corporation [WESTLAKE, OH] (NASDAQ: NDSN) announced that Gregory A. Thaxton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire in 2020 after thirty successful years with the company, with the last 12 years as CFO.

Aina Konold

Nautilus, Inc. [VANCOUVER, WA] (NYSE: NLS) announced that Aina Konold has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Konold held several executive level finance positions during her 20-year career with Gap, Inc. including senior leadership roles across financial planning and analysis, real estate strategy, and investor relations. Most recently, she was the founding CFO for Gap Inc. in China.

Fortive Corporation NewCo [EVERETT, WA] (NYSE: FTV) announced the appointment David H. Naemura as Chief Financial Officer of NewCo, a global industrial company that Fortive previously announced it will form as part of its planned separation into two independent, publicly traded companies. Naemura will assume their respective roles with NewCo in the first quarter of 2020. Fortive continues to expect to complete the separation in the second half of 2020. Naemura joins NewCo from Gates Industrial Corporation, where he has served as CFO for five years. Prior to his time at Gates, Naemura held numerous financial leadership positions at Danaher Corporation, including VP of Finance and Group CFO overseeing many of the businesses within the NewCo portfolio.

Schlumberger Limited [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SLB) announced that Simon Ayat, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down from this position effective January 22, 2020. Ayat, who joined the Company in 1982, will remain with Schlumberger as Senior Strategic Advisor to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for a period of two years. Ayat will be replaced by Stephane Biguet as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In a 24-year career with Schlumberger, Biguet has held senior positions in finance and operations at the field and headquarters levels. Prior to his current assignment he held the position of Vice President, Finance of Schlumberger Limited.

Standard Solar, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced the promotion of Dan Dobbs to chief financial officer. Dobbs moves into the CFO role from Executive Vice President, Structured Finance. He joined the organization in December 2018, coming to Standard Solar from SunEdison and Solar Grid Storage.

Ian Halifax

Riverbed [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Ian Halifax has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Halifax most recently served as CFO at ON24, He also held public company CFO roles at: Macrovision (now TiVo); Micromuse (acquired by IBM); Wind River Systems; and at Tintri. Halifax has held private company CFO roles at Host Analytics and Grass Valley. In the early part of his career, he held finance positions at Sun Microsystems and KPMG. Halifax also spent time at IBM following its acquisition of Micromuse, and at Intel following its acquisition of Wind River Systems.

Earnin [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that Sean Delehanty has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Delehanty comes to Earnin from Symantec where he was Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to that, he was a 13-year veteran of Silver Lake.

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: NLY) announced that it has appointed Serena Wolfe as Chief Financial Officer. The Company also announced that Glenn Votek, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and interim Chief Executive Officer and President, has stepped down from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Votek will continue to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer and President and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Wolfe most recently served as a Partner at Ernst & Young (“EY”) since 2011 and as its Central Region Real Estate Hospitality & Construction (“RHC”) leader from 2017 to November 2019. Wolfe was previously also EY’s Global RHC Assurance Leader.

Evaluate Ltd. [LONDON & BOSTON & TOKYO] announced the appointment of Martyn Hindley as Chief Financial Officer. Hindley succeeds Nick Southwell, who joined Evaluate as Interim CFO in December 2016, prior to being appointed as CFO in September 2017. Hindley most recently served as CFO of Global Reach Group, and also held executive roles at Equiniti Group Ltd., Quadriga Worldwide Ltd, Aquascutum and Emap International Ltd.

Nilanshu Raja

Super [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the appointment of Nilanshu Raja as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Raja served as the SVP Finance & Operations at Kidaptive. He has spent more than 15 years in global finance and operations across early stage and FORTUNE 100 companies, including Microsoft. He was also founder of MediCorp, a healthcare startup that was later acquired.

Alert Logic [HOUSTON] announced that Amanda Nevins has joined as Chief Financial Officer.

DHI Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: DHX) announced that Kevin Bostick has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Bostick most recently served as partner and CFO of Level 5 Capital Partners. Bostick has a long career of serving as Chief Financial Officer for a number of companies in Denver including 365 Data Centers (where he was also president), Elevation DC, Local Insight Media and New Global Telecom. The Company also announced Luc Grégoire, who has served as CFO since November 2016, is leaving the Company by mutual agreement. Mr. Grégoire will continue to be employed by the Company in an advisory capacity during the transition through February 2020.

William Atkins

One Concern [MENLO PARK, CA] has hired William Atkins as Chief Financial Officer. Atkins served as CFO at a number of successful technology companies – including companies with public listings as well as those backed by venture capital and private equity interests. Atkins previously worked at Morgan Stanley for nearly a decade and held several leadership roles there, including serving as deputy head of investment banking in Tokyo.

Northwest Biotherapeutics (NW Bio) [BETHESDA, MD] (OTCQB: NWBO) announced the addition of Jean M. Davis as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and interim Chief Information Officer. Ms. Davis comes to NW Bio from BDO USA LLP, where she was a Risk Advisory Senior Manager.

Tom Fitzgerald

Planet Fitness, Inc. [HAMPTON, NH] (NYSE: PLNT) announced that Tom Fitzgerald has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, joining the company in January. Fitzgerald will succeed Dorvin Lively who has served as Planet Fitness’ Chief Financial Officer since July 2013, and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and President in April 2017. Lively will be continuing in his role as President. Prior to joining Planet Fitness, Fitzgerald was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Potbelly Sandwich Works. Prior to Potbelly, he served in varying leadership roles at Charming Charlie Inc. including President and Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer. Previously, Fitzgerald served as Chief Administrative Officer of Sears Canada. Additionally, he held several leadership positions at Liz Claiborne, was Chief Financial Officer at Burlington Coat Factory, and served as Chief Operating Officer of Bath & Body Works. Fitzgerald began his career at PepsiCo, where he held various leadership roles in finance and planning.

Stanadyne LLC [WINDSOR, CT] announced that Costas Loukellis has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Stephen Langin, Chief Financial Officer, who retired from the company on December 1. Loukellis most recently served as Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies (UTC) where he spent 38 years prior to retiring in January 2019. Loukellis served in a number of global financial executive roles during his career at UTC including Vice President, Operations Finance and CFO of Aerospace Power Systems, both at Hamilton Sundstrand, and Operations Finance Director at Carrier.

Waud Capital Partners [CHICAGO] announced Shay Gonen as Chief Financial Officer. Gonen was previously with Intralinks, and previously served as CFO/COO of ClickSoftware.

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. [BETHESDA, MD] (NYSE: HST) announced that Michael D. Bluhm, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down at the end of 2019 to resume his career in investment banking as Managing Director and Global Head of Lodging for Morgan Stanley, based in Los Angeles. Brian G. Macnamara, Host’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, will serve as principal financial officer on an interim basis, effective January 1, 2020.

Potbelly Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced that Tom Fitzgerald is stepping down from his position to accept a senior leadership position with another company. Fitzgerald will continue in his current position as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) until December 27, 2019 to ensure a smooth transition.

Admera Health, LLC [SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ] welcomed Omar Karame as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Admera Health, Karame was CFO of an energy technology company in addition to heading M&A activities for several different businesses, including a Fortune 500, NYSE listed contractor, an NYSE listed healthcare company and a $1.4 billion industrial holding company. In addition, Mr. Karame spent several years in private equity, venture capital, and investment banking.

PeerStream, Inc. [NEW YORK, NY] (OTCQB: PEER) announced the appointment of Kara Jenny as Chief Financial Officer. Alexander Harrington has been serving as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer since May 2019, in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer. Jenny served as a financial consultant to the Company since May 2019. Most recently, and since 2014, Jenny was Chief Financial Officer of Walker Innovation.  Previously, she was the Chief Financial Officer of Bluefly, Inc. Ms. Jenny began her career at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Replimune Group Inc. [WOBURN, MA] (NASDAQ: REPL) announced the appointment of Jean M. Franchi as Chief Financial Officer. Franchi spent 16 years at Genzyme, and spent her final eight years at Genzyme as the Senior Vice President of Finance for all nine business units and then Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance working alongside the Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ms. Franchi served as the Chief Financial Officer for Merrimack Pharmaceuticals.

Garth Hankinson

Constellation Brands, Inc. [VICTOR, N.Y.] (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B) announced that Garth Hankinson has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective January 13, 2020. Hankinson succeeds David Klein, who will leave his role with Constellation Brands on January 13 to become Chief Executive Officer at Canopy Growth, which is anticipated to be effective January 14. Hankinson joined Constellation Brands in 2001. In his most current role, he serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Prior to joining Constellation Brands, Hankinson served in a number of roles spanning more than eight years in strategy and finance at Xerox and Citi.

Fourth Enterprises, LLC, parent company of HotSchedules [AUSTIN, TX and LONDON] announced the appointment of John Whitmarsh as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the team, Whitmarsh served as the CFO of Vyze, which was recently acquired by MasterCard. Previously, Whitmarsh was the CFO for Zenoss Inc. He also held CFO roles at Century Payments (Worldpay), Misys Transactions Services (Allscripts), Digital Motorworks (ADP) and MessageOne (Dell).

Eastman Chemical Company [KINGSPORT, TN] (NYSE: EMN) announced that, after nearly 25 years of service, Curtis E. Espeland, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be succeeded on Feb. 28, 2020 by current Vice President, Finance William T. McLain, Jr. Espeland will continue to serve as Executive Vice President to assist the Executive Team with finance organization transition, corporate strategy, and portfolio optimization until his retirement in mid-2020. McLain joined Eastman in 2000. Most recently, McLain has served as Vice President, Finance. He has previously served as Corporate Controller; Treasurer; and Director, Finance for Asia Pacific. Prior to Eastman, McLain worked for public accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Gates Industrial Corporation plc [DENVER] (NYSE: GTES) announced that David Naemura, Chief Financial Officer, will depart the company effective January 31st, 2020. Mr. Naemura is leaving to become the CFO of a new company to be formed by Fortive in association with its planned separation into two independent publicly traded companies. David Wisniewski, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the responsibility of interim CFO while the company conducts its search for a new CFO. Wisniewski joined Gates in April of 2018 and is well qualified to serve in this interim role. Prior to joining Gates, he held roles of increasing responsibility in the finance and accounting functions at General Motors Company, most recently as Global Business Services CFO, and was previously a partner at Ernst & Young.

Iota Communications, Inc. [ALLENTOWN, PA] (OTCQB: IOTC) announced the appointment of Jim Dullinger as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Prior to joining Iota, Dullinger served as Director of Finance and Accounting Advisory Services at Centri Business Consulting. Dullinger began his career in public accounting with 10 years of combined experience at KPMG and PwC.

National CineMedia, Inc. [CENTENNIAL, CO] (NASDAQ: NCMI) announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Katie Scherping is retiring as of March 12, 2020.

E-Scape Bio, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Tony Rimac as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rimac joins E-Scape Bio from Chrono Therapeutics Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Prior to Chrono, he also served as CFO of Aldea Pharmaceuticals, Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Aerovance, Inc.

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: APOG) announced the planned retirement of James S. Porter, the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

STAAR Surgical Company [LAKE FOREST, CA] (NASDAQ: STAA) announced that Chief Financial Officer Deborah Andrews plans to retire from the company in 2020.

Doug Allen

Green Rabbit [BRAINTREE, MA] announced the appointment of Doug Allen as chief financial officer. Allen has served as the chief financial officer at companies, including SmartPak Equine, LLC and KUIU, LLC. Previously, he held several senior financial and operations roles at companies such as Granite Telecommunications, Outpost International, LLC, True Partners, LLC and J. Jill.

Don Newman

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: ATI) announced that effective January 6, 2020, Don P. Newman will join ATI as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Pat DeCourcy, who will remain as Senior Vice President and Special Advisor to the CEO until his previously announced retirement on March 31, 2020. Most recently, Newman was Chief Financial Officer at Stelco Holdings Inc. Prior to Stelco, Newman served for six years as Chief Financial Officer of Headwaters Inc. In previous roles, Newman served as Vice President – Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer at Boart Longyear Limited, and Chief Accounting Officer at ACI Worldwide. At NRG Energy, Inc., Newman held leadership roles in accounting and finance over 12 years. Newman began his career as an auditor at Deloitte LLP.

Sterling Trading Tech [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Ben Mathews as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mathews most recently was a Controller for a global workplace efficiency training solutions firm.

Roku, Inc. [LOS GATOS, CA] (NASDAQ: ROKU) announced that Chief Financial Officer Steve Louden plans to step down.

Aaron Akerman

Immersion Corporation [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: IMMR) announced the appointment of Aaron Akerman as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will begin his employment on January 13, 2020. Akerman joins Immersion from Hypertec Group, where he was its CFO. Earlier in his career, Aaron was the CFO of Lasik MD Group and the VP of Finance for OZ Communications.

Covetrus [PORTLAND, ME] (NASDAQ: CVET) announced that Stuart B. Gleichenhaus has been named interim chief financial officer. Christine T. Komola has departed as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Gleichenhaus most recently served as senior managing director in the Office of the CFO Solutions practice at FTI Consulting and led the Merger Integration & Carve-outs practice.

TCF Financial Corporation [DETROIT] (NASDAQ: TCF) announced that Dennis Klaeser will step down from his role as chief financial officer on October 1, 2020. At that time, Brian Maass, deputy chief financial officer and treasurer, will assume the role of chief financial officer. Maass assumed the role of executive vice president, deputy CFO and treasurer at TCF following the closing of the merger of equals on August 1, 2019. Prior to the merger, he served TCF as its CFO for nearly four years, and treasurer and chief investment officer for three years. Maass previously held leadership roles at Wells Fargo and Crowe LLP.

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals [NEW YORK & SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Melissa Epperly as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Epperly most recently served as CFO at PsiOxus Therapeutics, and prior to that, CFO and Head of Business Development at R-Pharm US. Previously, Melissa was a Director at Anchorage Capital Group; a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in equity research in New York and London; and a management consultant with Bain & Company. She began her career at Morgan Stanley in New York in healthcare investment banking.

BGC Partners, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: BGCP) has named Steven Bisgay as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective January 1, 2020. He will replace Sean A. Windeatt, who was Interim CFO. Windeatt will remain in his role as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of BGC. Since 2015, Bisgay was CFO of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. Prior to his time at Cantor, Bisgay was CFO at KCG Holdings, Inc. and prior to that, he served as CFO and COO, Head of Business Development, Group Controller, and Director of Internal Audit at Knight Capital Group, Inc. Mr. Bisgay was previously a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Insteel Industries, Inc. [MOUNT AIRY, NC] (NASDAQGS: IIIN) announced that Michael C. Gazmarian, Insteel’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. [MELVILLE, NY] (NYSE: MSM) announced that Rustom Jilla, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to step down from his position with MSC effective January 17, 2020 to become chief financial officer of a public global manufacturing company. Greg Clark, the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, will assume the position of Interim CFO effective following Jilla’s departure. Clark has held various finance positions with the Company since 2003.

C.A. Fortune [CHICAGO] announced Dave Cox as Chief Financial Officer. Cox has 20 years of experience in corporate finance and is joining C.A. Fortune after 15 years working with CareerBuilder, most recently as Vice President of Global Financial Planning and Analysis.

Chris Ricuarte

VillageMD [CHICAGO] announced it hired Chris Ricaurte as chief financial officer (CFO). Ricaurte has more than 20 years of senior executive finance experience and previously served in financial and operational roles at General Electric, Applied Materials and Nortel Networks. Most recently, Ricaurte was the CFO of R1. VillageMD’s current CFO, Ross Levine, will become the company’s chief strategy officer.

Libbey Inc. [TOLEDO, OH] (NYSE American: LBY) announced the appointment of Juan Amezquita as the Company’s senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, effective January 13, 2020. Amezquita will succeed James C. Burmeister, who has served as Libbey’s CFO since March 2017. Burmeister will remain at Libbey and will continue to serve as senior vice president, chief operating officer. Amezquita joins Libbey from Owens-Illinois, where he has served as vice president of strategy and integration since April 2019. Amezquita previously held roles of increasing responsibility in O-I’s finance and treasury functions, beginning in 2005 as Colombia treasurer and culminating in his roles as vice president and treasurer from 2012 to 2015 and vice president of finance and corporate controller from 2016 to April 2019. Amezquita’s earlier experience includes serving as chief financial officer for companies in the business services and health care industries in Colombia, as well as working as an IT system analyst.

Cars.com Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CARS) announced the resignation of Becky Sheehan, Chief Financial Officer, effective Jan. 10, 2020. Becky has served as CFO of CARS since January 2017. The Company has appointed Jandy Tomy, Vice President of Treasury and Investor Relations, to serve as interim CFO. Jandy has been at CARS since March 2017 and has more than 20 years of public company experience in various financial and accounting roles.

NexTier Oilfield Solutions [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NEX) announced that Kenneth Pucheu, previously Vice President of Finance, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Pucheu succeeds Jan Kees van Gaalen, who is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Pucheu served as Vice President of Finance at Keane Group Inc. since 2016 and NexTier since October 2019, following the merger of Keane and C&J Energy Services, Inc. Previously, he worked at Schlumberger Limited for fifteen years in various senior-level positions, including Head of Finance for Drilling and Measurements, and Director of Finance for North America Offshore.

Nicholas W. Alexos

Univar Solutions Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] (NYSE: UNVR) announced the appointment of Nicholas W. Alexos as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 6, 2020.  Nick will succeed Carl J. Lukach who will transition into the role of executive vice president of corporate development. Alexos joins Univar Solutions after serving as executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer at Dentsply Sirona, Inc. Previously he served as a managing director of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC.

Oconee State Bank [WATKINSVILLE, GA] (OTCQX: OSBK) announced the addition of Jim McLemore as its new Chief Financial Officer. McLemore most recently was CEO of MidSouth Bank. Prior to MidSouth, he was the CFO of Security Bank. Earlier in his career, McLemore also served as CFO for the The Independent Bankers Bank and IberiaBank, as a staff accountant for the Securities and Exchange Commission and as an audit manager at Mauldin & Jenkins.

Abed Abdo

ALSAC [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, announced that Abed Abdo has joined its team as chief financial officer. Abed was previously the vice president of finance, Americas, at ConvaTec. Prior to that he spent 19 years with Abbott Laboratories, in leadership positions of increasing responsibility where he led the global finance function as division controller of Abbott Molecular Diagnostics and served as area finance director of Latin America for Abbott Nutrition.

RGC Resources Inc. [ROANOKE, VA] (NASDAQ: RGCO) announced Randall “Randy” Burton will join the company effective January 16, 2020 and will be appointed Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. In his previous role as a partner at Brown, Edwards and Company, L.L.P., Burton, served both public and private companies in all areas of assurance and advisory responsibilities. Prior to joining Brown Edwards, Burton was a partner at Cherry Bekaert LLP and a Senior Manager at KPMG. Prior to his extensive public accounting tenure, Burton held several key positions at Advance Auto Parts, Inc. after beginning his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Freshpet, Inc. [SECAUCUS, NJ] (NASDAQ: FRPT) announced that Dick Kassar, Freshpet’s CFO, will transition into the newly created advisory role of Vice Chairman, effective September 30, 2020. In support of this planned CFO transition, Freshpet also announced today the appointment of Heather Pomerantz, currently Vice President of Finance, North America for The Nature’s Bounty Company, to the newly created role of Executive Vice President of Finance, effective January 13, 2020, transitioning into the role of CFO, effective October 1, 2020. Prior to Mrs. Pomerantz’s role at The Nature’s Bounty Company, she had a lengthy career at Unilever and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Her roles at Unilever included oversight and leadership of many key finance and operations responsibilities, including sales and marketing finance, financial services, controller, supply chain finance and information technology.  At PriceWaterhouseCoopers she was a consultant responsible for ERP implementations.

Jerome Rouquet

Visteon Corporation [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI] (NASDAQ: VC) announced that Jerome Rouquet has been appointed senior vice president, finance, effective Jan. 21, 2020. Rouquet will become Visteon’s chief financial officer following the filing of the company’s fiscal 2019 financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing William R. Robertson, who has served as interim CFO since Nov. 1, 2019. Rouquet had a 23-year career at Federal-Mogul, where he served as vice president, chief accounting officer and controller from July 2010 to January 2016, and senior vice president and chief financial officer from January 2016 to September 2018. Following the acquisition of Federal-Mogul by Tenneco Inc., Rouquet most recently served as senior vice president, finance, Motorparts, for Tenneco, from October 2018 to December 2019.

Schmitt Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: SMIT) announced that Regina Walker has tendered her resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 15, 2020.

Aurora Spine Corporation [CARLSBAD, CA] (TSX-V: ASG) announced the appointment of Jana F. Kiena as their Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kiena began her career with Arthur Anderson and has managed accounting operations in large, mid-sized and start-up companies, both publicly traded and private. Former CFO Sarina Mason resigned from the Company to pursue other opportunities.

Lantern Pharma [DALLAS AND KEARNY, NJ] announced the appointment of David Margrave as Chief Financial Officer. Margrave joins Lantern after having served at BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Margrave served in various positions during his time at BioNumerik, including as President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel.

Vishal Chhibbar

Epiq [NEW YORK] announced that Vishal Chhibbar has joined Epiq as president and chief financial officer. Chhibbar most recently served for 10 years as the executive vice president and chief financial officer for EXL Services. Prior to his role at EXL, Chhibbar has served in numerous leadership roles across the financial sector, including at GE Capital, American Express Bank, and Xerox and has directed initiatives in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, and India.

WidePoint Corporation [FAIRFAX, VA] (NYSE American: WYY) appointed Kellie Kim as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Kim has served in a range of senior finance roles throughout her career, including as CFO of Witt O’Brien’s, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seacor Holdings, CFO of Opus Group, and CFO of Astrium Services Government, a subsidiary of Airbus Defence and Space.

Emerald Scientific, LLC [SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA] announced the appointment of its new Chief Financial Officer, Leigh White. White spent 14 years as a Silicon Valley venture capital investor, starting as a partner with Sunrise Capital, and later leading her own venture lending fund, Contare Ventures. In 2010, White acquired a scientific consulting firm, Alertness Solutions, and served as President until negotiating the 2015 sale of the company to CurAegis Technologies. White then served as Executive Vice President of Business Development for CurAegis until 2018.

Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company [FARMINGTON HILLS, MI] announced its new chief financial officer (CFO) and treasurer, Chris Spaude. Spaude previously served Amerisure as the vice president of finance since 2017. Prior to that, Spaude held numerous other roles in Amerisure’s financial services department including: director of financial planning & analysis and treasury; manager of financial planning & analysis; senior financial analyst; and budget analyst.

Iterable [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Will Johnson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Johnson held leadership positions at Workday, DemandTec, GuideSpark and others.

Stonebranch Inc. [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Felix Lademacher to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, he led finance, legal and HR for Stonebranch’s EMEA region. His experience includes progressive roles in both M&A advisory and the corporate finance industry.

Ed Bass

Equitus Corporation [CLEARWATER, FL] announced the appointment of Ed Bass as President and Chief Financial Officer. Bass joins Equitus from Xerox, where he was President of Xerox Business Solutions (XBS), the largest and most successful subsidiary of Xerox. Ed has held several other leadership positions within XBS, including General Manager and CFO. During his career, Ed has also held leadership positions within CP Ships and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Freddie Mac [McLean, VA] announced that James G. Mackey, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, notified the company that he is stepping down from his position. Donald Kish, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer, in addition to his current role. Kish has served as Freddie Mac’s Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer since May 2018. Previously, he served as Vice President, Single-Family Controller, from 2014 to 2018 and as Vice President with responsibility for various accounting and control matters, in support of both the Single-Family Business Division and the Investments and Capital Markets Division, from 2004 to 2014. He joined Freddie Mac in April 2002.

Workhorse Group Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: WKHS) appointed Steve Schrader as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to his appointment, Schrader was CFO of Fuyao Glass America. He was also CFO of Oncology Hematology Care (OHC). He started his career working for utilities that are now part of Duke Energy. His last position there was Vice President and CFO of Cinergy’s Regulated Business prior to Duke’s acquisition in 2006.

Laboratory for Advanced Medicine [IRVINE, CA] announced the appointment of Aarif Nakhooda as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Nakhooda led the launch of Amazon retail in Singapore where he was CFO of the business, as well as a member of Amazon Asia Pacific’s Board of Directors. He spent 7 years at Amazon in several leadership roles, including head of finance for Amazon worldwide transportation and worldwide Prime reporting to the CFO. Prior to that, Nakhooda held leadership and strategy roles at EY and at various PE portfolio companies.

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: ALRN) announced the promotion of Richard J. Wanstall to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Wanstall has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Operations and principal accounting officer since 2018. Prior to joining the Aileron team in 2018, Wanstall served as Vice President of Finance at Moderna Therapeutics, Inc.  Prior to Moderna, Wanstall served as Senior Vice President of Global Finance at Stream Global Services, Inc., from 2010 until 2014.  Previously, Wanstall also served in management roles in finance, accounting and SEC reporting for several technology and financial services companies.  Wanstall began his career at Coopers & Lybrand, LLC.