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CFO Moves – week ending January 10, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Oshkosh Corporation Guidewire Software, Inc. Impinj, Inc.
Atrium Hospitality Flowserve Corporation VirtualHealth
ASRC Industrial Paxxal Inc. ivWatch
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. Aramark AVEO Oncology
Gannett Co., Inc. ECC Examity
The Columbus Organization Smith Land & Improvement Corporation Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.
Varsity Brands Peabody COMSovereign Holding Corp.
Chico’s FAS, Inc. Alaska Air Group TI Fluid Systems
Maxeon Solar Technologies Cumulus Media Inc. BBQ Holdings, Inc.
Party City Holdco Inc. NexImmune, Inc. Prime Capital Investment Advisors
Zageno Sprouts Farmers Market Saia, Inc.
Perceptron, Inc. Vyome Therapeutics Inc. Blucora, Inc.
Mercy College HealthcareSource® LRES Corporation
Abott Laboratories ALX Oncology Diversey
Prime Therapeutics LLC Barings ArcherDX, Inc.
WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. Kubient Bright Health
RealNetworks, Inc. NetSTREIT

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Oshkosh Corporation [OSHKOSH, WI] (NYSE: OSK) announced that David M. Sagehorn, who has served the Company for two decades, including 12 years as Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire effective April 3, 2020. Sagehorn will serve as an external advisor for a year after his retirement date to ensure a smooth transition. Michael E. Pack, Vice President of Finance in the Fire & Emergency segment at Oshkosh, will succeed Sagehorn as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Pack has served as Vice President of Finance in Oshkosh’s Fire & Emergency segment since 2012. Pack has been with the Company since 2006 and has held finance roles of increasing responsibility with the Fire & Emergency, Access Equipment, Commercial and Corporate teams. Prior to joining Oshkosh, he was a Senior Audit Manager at Grant Thornton.

Guidewire Software, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] (NYSE: GWRE) announced that Chief Financial Officer, Curtis Smith is resigning for personal reasons. Smith is transitioning into a consulting role with the company effective in March 2020.

Impinj, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: PI) announced that Cary Baker will join the company as Chief Financial Officer effective February 17, 2020. Baker comes to Impinj from RealNetworks, where he had been Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2017. Prior to RealNetworks Baker served as CFO of HEAT Software, as CFO of NetMotion Software, and as VP of Finance with Clearwire Corporation. Baker’s earlier experience includes financial leadership roles at Boost Mobile and Sprint Corporation.

Chris Dunne

Atrium Hospitality [ALPHARETTA, GA] announced the appointment of Chris Dunne to chief financial officer (CFO). Dunne worked for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for more than 18 years with his most recent role being the vice president operations finance, Americas for IHG in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to joining IHG in 2000, Chris started his career with Bristol Hotels & Resorts working in a variety of positions.

Amy B. Schwetz

Flowserve Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: FLS) announced that Amy B. Schwetz has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective February 24, 2020. Schwetz joins Flowserve having been the executive vice president and chief financial officer at Peabody. Throughout her 14-year career at Peabody, she served in roles of increasing responsibility including vice president, capital and financial planning; vice president, investor relations; senior vice president finance – Australia; and for the past four years, chief financial officer. Prior to her tenure at Peabody, Schwetz spent eight years in various roles at Ernst & Young. Schwetz serves on the Board of Directors for Dril-Quip, Inc.

VirtualHealth [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Tomer Benami to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Benami was hired as VirtualHealth’s Vice President of Finance in 2016 and was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President of Finance. Previously, Benami was employed by Apploi. Before that, he spent several years within the accounting practice at KPMG.

Tony Spagnola

ASRC Industrial (AIS) [CONCORD, CA] announced the addition of Tony Spagnola as Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Spagnola joins AIS from RGP where he served as a business consultant. Prior to RGP, Spagnola held senior operational and financial leadership roles with Mastec Utility Services, Quanta Power and SelectBuild Mid-Atlantic. Previous Spagnola worked in the consulting practices of both Deloitte and PwC.

Paxxal Inc. [NOBLESVILLE, IN] announced the appointment of Jeffrey M. Barlow as Chief Financial Officer. Barlow most recently served as a Founding Partner at Brigadier Consulting Group. Previously, Barlow was a Principal at Norbridge Inc., and also worked for The Avicon Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ivWatch [NEWPORT NEWS, VA] announced the appointment of Teresa (Terry) Blevins as Chief Financial Officer. Blevins most recently served as the Interim CFO at Psionic Lidar. Prior to that, she served as CFO of Landmark Media Enterprises. She has held additional leadership roles in manufacturing with several Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric and Borg Warner.

Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC], a wholly owned subsidiary of Highland Therapeutics Inc., announced the appointment of Dave Lemus as Chief Financial Officer. Lemus has held several Executive Management roles including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Lemus has also held Non-Executive Board roles in private and publicly traded companies in both Europe and North America.

Tom Ondrof

Aramark [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: ARMK) announced that Thomas Ondrof joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Steve Bramlage who will remain with the Company until April 3, 2020 in the role of Executive Advisor to assist in this transition. Ondrof previously served as Chief Financial Officer with Performance Food Group. Prior to PFG, Ondrof spent 24 years at Compass Group North America, where he served in a variety of financial and business development leadership roles, including Chief Development Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his time at Compass, Ondrof worked in planning and development at ITT Rayonier. He began his career as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

AVEO Oncology [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: AVEO) announced the appointment of Erick Lucera as chief financial officer. He most recently served as chief financial officer of Valeritas. Prior to Valeritas, Lucera served as the chief financial officer, treasurer, and secretary of Viventia Bio (acquired by Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc., now Sesen Bio). He also previously served as vice president, corporate development at Aratana Therapeutics. Previously, Lucera was vice president, corporate development at Sunshine Heart (now CHF Solution). Prior to Sunshine Heart, Lucera spent over 15 years in investment management as a healthcare analyst at Eaton Vance, the portfolio manager of the Triathlon Life Sciences Fund at Intrepid Capital, and as head of the healthcare research team at Independence Investments. He began his career as a staff auditor and accountant at Price Waterhouse & Co. (now PwC).

Gannett Co., Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GCI) announced that Alison (Ali) K. Engel, Chief Financial Officer, will depart the Company at the end of the first quarter to pursue other opportunities. Mark Maring, current Treasurer of Gannett, is expected to lead the finance function on an interim basis after Ms. Engel’s departure. Maring had most recently served as the Treasurer of GateHouse Media for 10 years prior to the merger.

ECC [BURLINGAME, CA] announced that Bradley Graham joined our company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Graham held positions as Vice President of Controller and Vice President of Financial Operations at DynCorp International; and as Vice President of Operational Finance and Corporate Controller at Granite Construction. He also served as an Auditor at Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Anderson.

Examity [NEWTON, MA] announced the appointment of Nicholas Malone as Chief Financial Officer. Malone served as CFO of Wayfair, since 2005. Malone served in leadership roles at high-growth startups and tech companies, including Siemens and Zagster.

The Columbus Organization [WAYNE, PA] appointed Mike Celano as CFO. Celano spent the first 20 years of his career in public audit and accounting, and the last 15 years since that time in the CFO role for various healthcare organizations. Additionally, Celano has served on various Boards and is currently Chairman of the Board for a medical diagnostic device company.

Dallas J. Zulli

Smith Land & Improvement Corporation [CAMP HILL, PA] appointed Dallas J. Zulli to Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer. Zulli most recently was vice president, senior commercial relationship manager with F&M Trust in the Capital Region.

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: RLMD) announced that Maged Shenouda has been appointed the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Relmada’s current CFO, Charles Ence, will assume a new role in the expanded financial team as the Company’s Chief Accounting and Compliance Officer. Most recently, Shenouda served as CFO and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for AzurRx BioPharma. Prior to his tenure at AzurRx, Shenouda was Senior Vice President and Head of Business Development and Licensing at Retrophin, Inc. Previous to this, Shenouda spent the bulk of his career on Wall Street as an equity research analyst. He held senior level positions at UBS, JP Morgan and Stifel Nicolaus. Shenouda started his sell-side equity research career at Citigroup and Bear Stearns. Before entering Wall Street, he was a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers Pharmaceutical Consulting practice and also spent time in pharmaceutical sales, having worked as a hospital representative and managed care specialist for Abbott Laboratories Pharmaceutical Products Division.

Varsity Brands [DALLAS] announced that John Hutchinson has joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hutchinson joins Varsity Brands from Apple Leisure Group (“ALG”), where he served most recently as President with responsibility for ALG’s resort management, vacation club, and tour operator businesses. Hutchinson joined Apple Leisure Group as Chief Financial Officer in 2013. Prior to his tenure at ALG, Hutchinson served with American Airlines for 24 years, progressing through several finance and planning roles including Senior-Vice President of Planning and Chief Financial Officer of American Eagle, Managing Director of Corporate Development, and Managing Director of International Planning at American Airlines.

Peabody [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: BTU) announced that the company has named Mark Spurbeck as Interim Chief Financial Officer replacing Amy Schwetz. Spurbeck most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Peabody in early 2018, Mark was Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Coeur Mining, Inc. He also previously held multiple positions at Newmont Mining Corporation over an eight-year period, including Group Executive, Assistant Controller. Mark served in several financial positions at First Data Corporation and Deloitte LLP.

COMSovereign Holding Corp. [DALLAS] (OTCQB: DRNE) (formerly Drone Aviation Holding Corp.) announced that it has appointed Brian T. Mihelich as Chief Financial Officer. Kendall W. Carpenter, the Company’s prior Chief Financial Officer, will remain with the Company and retain responsibility for the financial matters relating to its Drone Aviation business operations. Mihelich most recently served as Vice President, Managed Services, and as Head of Operations of the Vodafone account at Ericsson. His experience in the telecom sector includes senior management responsibilities for numerous business relationships including AT&T, Sprint, Vodafone, Napster, Google and Facebook. In addition, he has served with distinction in the U.S. Air Force and has also worked for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chico’s FAS, Inc. [FORT MYERS, FL] (NYSE: CHS) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Todd E. Vogensen has resigned, effective January 17, 2020, to accept a CFO position with another company. Jennifer Ellis, Senior Vice President, Finance, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective February 3, 2020. Ellis has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance since July 2018 and prior to that served in various finance roles at the Company, including Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis from April 2016 to July 2018 and Senior Director, Finance from October 2015 to April 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Ellis served as Vice President, Finance of Tailored Brands, Inc. from March 2013 to October 2015.

Alaska Air Group [SEATTLE] announced that Brandon Pedersen, Chief Financial Officer since 2010, plans to retire on March 2. Shane Tackett, currently Alaska’s executive vice president of planning and strategy will succeed Pedersen. Tackett joined Alaska in 2000 and has led in many capacities across the company. In 2010, Tackett became vice president of labor relations at Alaska Airlines. In 2015, he became responsible for the revenue management and e-commerce functions for Alaska and managed relationships with key commercial technology partners. He was promoted to executive vice president of planning and strategy in 2018.

Ron Hundzinski

TI Fluid Systems [AUBURN HILLS, MI] announced that Ron Hundzinski has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of the Company. Hundzinski is joining the Company from Tenneco, Inc. where he was Executive Vice President ‑ Finance. During the prior thirty-five years, he has held a variety of leadership positions in finance at Emerson Electric, GKN, Meridian Automotive and BorgWarner. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of BorgWarner from 2012 through 2018. Ron is also a Non-Executive Director of Gentherm. Ron succeeds Tim Knutson, who has elected to step down from the position to pursue other interests outside of the Company.

Maxeon Solar Technologies [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Joanne Solomon has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, a planned spin off of SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR). Solomon most recently served since 2017 as CFO for Katerra Inc. Prior to this, she worked for 16 years at Amkor Technology, Inc., in various roles including CFO. Solomon began her career at Price Waterhouse.

Cumulus Media Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced that John Abbot, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the Company at the beginning of March after it reports its full-year 2019 financial results.

BBQ Holdings, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: BBQ) announced the appointment of Jim Gilbertson as the new Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Over the past 20 years Gilbertson has been the Chief Financial Officer of a number of public companies including Children’s Broadcasting Corporation (Radio AAHS), Navarre Corporation, and Granite City Food & Brewery. He also served as Vice President of Business Development and Cable Distribution at iMedia Brands, Inc. and Executive Business Advisor and Board Member of rareEARTH. He most recently served as the CFO of Bluespire, Inc.

Party City Holdco Inc. [ELMSFORD, NY] (NYSE: PRTY) announced that Todd Vogensen has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Party City Holdco Inc. (“PCHI”), effective February 3, 2020. From June 2014 to January 2020, Vogensen served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chico’s FAS. Prior to joining Chico’s, Todd spent over four years with Michaels Stores from 2005 to 2009 as Corporate Controller, Vice President of FP&A, and Vice President of Merchandising Finance. He previously held finance management positions at Gap, Inc. and Hewlett Packard Company.

NexImmune, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, MD] announced that John Trainer has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Trainer most recently served as Vice President and Head of Partnering & Strategy for MedImmune, the biologics-focused R&D unit of AstraZeneca. Previous to that role, Trainer was Vice President, Corporate Development for AstraZeneca and the commercial leader for AstraZeneca’s Infection, Neuroscience and Gastrointestinal group globally.

Prime Capital Investment Advisors [OVERLAND PARK, KS] hired Brian Dillbeck as its first chief financial officer. Most recently, he was the chief financial officer at Lockpath. Prior to Lockpath, Dillbeck held senior financial positions with American Italian Pasta Company and started his financial career with J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services in 2001.

ZAGENO [CAMBRIDGE, MA and BERLIN] announced that Robert Cruickshank joined the company as chief financial officer. Most recently Cruickshank has spent more than four years at ezCater, where he held roles as chief administrative officer and CFO. Prior to this, Cruickshank spent almost four years at Amazon Robotics (formerly Kiva Systems) as its CFO and corporate controller. Over nearly a decade, Cruickshank was VP of finance for Aspen Technology.

Sprouts Farmers Market [PHOENIX] (NASDAQ: SFM) announced that Denise Paulonis will join the company as chief financial officer, effective February 21, 2020. Paulonis most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Michaels Companies. Paulonis joined Michaels in 2014 and prior to her service as executive vice president and chief financial officer from 2016 to 2019, served in various finance roles within the organization, including senior vice president of finance and treasurer, and vice president of corporate finance, investor relations and treasury. Prior to joining Michaels, Paulonis held various senior level positions with PepsiCo from 2009 to 2014, including vice president of financial planning and analysis of the Frito Lay division, vice president of finance and strategy of PepsiCo U.S. Sales, and vice president of corporate strategy and development. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Paulonis held various senior positions with McKinsey & Company and Bank of America.  Paulonis currently serves on the board of directors of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Saia, Inc. [JOHNS CREEK, GA] (NASDAQ: SAIA) announced that Douglas Col has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Col replaces Robert Chambers who returned to his prior employer in a senior executive position after eight months with Saia. Col joined Saia in 2014 as Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining Saia, Col spent over twenty years working with transportation-related businesses as an investment analyst, equity fund manager and investment banker.

Perceptron, Inc. [PLYMOUTH, MI] (NASDAQ: PRCP) announced that Bill Roeschlein has been named Interim Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Intermolecular until its recent acquisition by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.  Earlier, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Power Integrations and Selectica, Inc.  He has also served in multiple finance leadership roles with other global companies.  He started his career at Coopers & Lybrand.

Vyome Therapeutics Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced the appointment of Craig Tooman as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to his position at Vyome, Tooman served as Chief Executive Officer of Aratana Therapeutics. He also spent six years as the Chief Financial Officer and treasurer of Aratana. Previous to Aratana, Tooman served as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Avanzar Medical, Inc. Prior to his time at Avanzar, Tooman served as Chief Financial Officer at Ikaria Inc. and Enzon Pharmaceuticals. Tooman has served on several company boards, including Insite Vision, Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, and Aratana Therapeutics, and currently serves on the Board of CureVac.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Davinder Athwal, Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his role at the company, effective January 31, 2020, and will then be available in an advisory capacity through 2020.

Brett M. Carroll

Mercy College [DOBBS FERRY, NY] appointed Brett M. Carroll as Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He will join the College on February 1. Carroll currently serves as the Associate Vice President and Treasurer at the University of Hartford. Previously, Carroll spent several years in the financial services industry where he served as Director at UBS Global Asset Management in Hartford, CT, as well as Manager at Landmark Partners in Simsbury, CT. Carroll began his career at Coopers and Lybrand.

HealthcareSource [WOBURN, MA] announced the appointment of Sean Bridgeo as Chief Financial Officer. Bridgeo joins HealthcareSource from TimeTrade, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations. Prior to TimeTrade, he was CFO of Cure Forward. Previously, Bridgeo was CFO of NaviNet. Earlier, he held financial management positions with Coventry Healthcare and TJX Corporation.

Todd Taylor

LRES Corporation [ORANGE, CA] announced the addition of Todd Taylor as CFO. Taylor previously served as CFO of a publicly traded financial services firm.

Abott Laboratories [Abbott Park, IL] announced that Brian B. Yoor, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, informed Abbott that he will retire as an officer of the company, effective February 29, 2020. The company has appointed Robert E. Funck, Jr. as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2020. Funck has served as Abbott’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Controller since 2018 and served as Vice President, Controller from 2013 to 2018, as Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer from 2009 to 2013, as Vice President, Internal Audit from 2007 to 2009, and as Vice President and Treasurer from 2005 to 2007. He joined Abbott in 1987 and became a corporate officer in 2005.

ALX Oncology [DUBLIN, Ireland and BURLINGAME, CA] announced the appointment of Peter S. García as Chief Financial Officer. García most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PDL BioPharma.

Diversey [FORT MILL, SC] announced that Philip R. Wieland has become interim Chief Executive Officer. Wieland most recently served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Wieland is succeeded in the CFO role by Todd Herndon, who is returning to the Company after holding a series of positions of increasing responsibility over eight years at Diversey Care, including general manager of the Building Care core business, and Vice President of Finance at the time of its acquisition by Sealed Air Corporation. He has since held the CFO role at Gardner Denver. Herndon also served as CFO at Capital Safety.

David Schlett

Prime Therapeutics LLC [EAGAN, MN] welcomed David Schlett as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Schlett held finance leadership positions at Medco and served as Express Scripts’ senior vice president of finance. Most recently Schlett worked for Cambridge Advisory Group, and operated his own independent consultancy.

Barings [CHARLOTTE, NC] appointed Patrick Hoefling to a new role as Chief Financial Officer. Patrick brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and has held a number of senior leadership roles at Barings, including: Treasurer; Head of the Financial Planning and Analysis Group; and a member of Barings’ Global Investment Services Group. Prior to Barings, he worked at Mangan & McColl Partners, and was a consultant in Deloitte’s Private Client Advisory Tax Group.

Mark Massaro

ArcherDX, Inc. [BOULDER, CO] announced Mark Massaro has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mark served as Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst covering the Diagnostics and Life Sciences Tools sector at Canaccord Genuity.

Andy Reinland

WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. [SEATTLE] announced that Andy Reinland has been appointed as the chief financial officer (CFO) of WatchGuard. Reinland spent the last 20 years of his career with F5 Networks, where he eventually became CFO. Reinland replaces Rich Barber, who has served as WatchGuard’s CFO for nearly 10 years.

Kubient [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Josh Weiss as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Kubient, Weiss served as VP Finance for a privately-held global investment firm focusing on information services, education and technology. Previously, he was Senior Audit Manager – SEC & Transaction Services Practice Group, Assurance Services at Marcum, LLP.

Bright Health [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Cathy R. Smith is joining as its new chief financial officer. Smith served most recently as CFO of Target Corporation. Prior to joining Target, she was the executive vice president and CFO at Express Scripts. She has also held CFO positions in several other companies, including Walmart International and GameStop.

RealNetworks, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: RNWK) announced that Cary Baker informed the Company of his decision to step down as CFO to pursue a new opportunity. In addition, the Company announced the hiring of Mike Ensing to replace Baker on an interim basis. Ensing most recently served as Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2019 of Savers/Value Village. Previously, Mr. Ensing served in Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer roles at Knowledge Universe, from 2012 to 2014, and in several financial leadership positions at Microsoft Corporation, from 2004 to 2012. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ensing served in various roles at consulting companies, including McKinsey & Co. and Deloitte Consulting.

NetSTREIT [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Andrew P. Blocher as its Chief Financial Officer. Blocher was previously with First Potomac Realty Trust where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to his tenure at First Potomac, Blocher served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Federal Realty Investment Trust.


CFO Moves – week ending January 17, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Machine Zone Emerald Expositions Events, Inc. Tallgrass Energy, LP
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. HanesBrands Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Airgain, Inc. Theo Chocolate Island Hospitality Management
Disarm Therapeutics Citi Trends, Inc. Australis Capital Inc.
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. Eightfold.ai Tampa General Hospital
The Instant Group CUJO AI Avellino Labs
Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. Nielsen Holdings plc Sequent Software, Inc.
Graycor Inc. Wabash National Corporation Progress Software Corporation
RelaDyne Tooling Tech Group Ageless Innovation LLC
CortiCare Inc. Stryve Parker University
QBE North America Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust, Inc. Athersys, Inc.
Fundbox Schmitt Industries, Inc. Vonage Holdings Corp.
Ceres Global Ag Corp.

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Machine Zone [PALO ALTO, CA] (MZ) announced the hiring of Roie Chizik as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Chizik most recently held the title of CFO at Zūm. Prior to Zūm, Chizik was the Vice President of Finance at Amazon company, A9.com. Chizik additionally served as Vice President at Walt Disney’s mobile and social games unit, along with working at EA for more than five years.

Emerald Expositions Events, Inc. [SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA] (NYSE: EEX) announced that David Doft will become its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) following the conclusion of the Company’s reporting of financial results and filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Doft will be joining the Emerald team as a full-time employee on January 16 and officially assuming the CFO role later in February. Philip Evans, the Company’s current CFO, will continue in that role through such date in order to allow for a smooth and successful transition of responsibilities and reporting of full year 2019 results. Evans will stay on with the Company as an employee through March 31, 2020. Before joining Emerald, Doft served as Chief Financial Officer of MDC Partners, since 2007.

Tallgrass Energy, LP [LEAWOOD, Kansas] (NYSE: TGE) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Gary J. Brauchle has informed the Board of Directors of the general partner (“the Board”) of his intent to resign as Chief Financial Officer on February 14, 2020. The Board has appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Gary D. Watkins, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, also effective February 14, 2020. Watkins will retain his current role as Chief Accounting Officer. Watkins has served as the Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of TGE’s general partner from February 2015 until March 2019, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of TGE’s general partner from March 2019 until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer. In addition to his service at TGE, Watkins has served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the general partner of Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP since April 2014. Previously, he served as Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of DCP Midstream Partners, LP and DCP Midstream, LLC from May 2011 until his departure in April 2014.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, CA] (NASDAQ: MIRM) announced the promotion of Ian Clements to Chief Financial Officer. Clements joined Mirum in March 2019 and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Communications. Prior to joining Mirum, Clements served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Dermira, Inc. Previously, Clements served as Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Tobira. Prior to that, he was head of investor relations and corporate communications at Avanir Pharmaceuticals. Clements has also held leadership positions at Sequenom, and The Trout Group.

HanesBrands [WINSTON-SALEM, NC] (NYSE: HBI) announced that current Chief Accounting Officer and Controller M. Scott Lewis will serve as interim chief financial officer. Lewis has served as chief accounting officer and controller since May 2015. He has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 2006 from KPMG.

John Jacunski

Pixelle Specialty Solutions [SPRING GROVE, PA] named John P. Jacunski Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Pixelle, Jacunski served P.H. Glatfelter Company from 2003 until 2019 in positions of increasing responsibility, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, President of the Specialty Papers Business Unit, and Vice President and Controller. Previously, he served WCI Steel as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and also worked for KPMG.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced the appointment of David Lyle as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Airgain, Lyle was the CFO of Sunniva, Inc. Prior to Sunniva, he was CFO at Maxwell Technologies, Inc. for four years, which was acquired by Tesla in 2019. Lyle also served as the CFO of Entropic Communications, Inc., which was acquired in 2015 by MaxLinear. Prior to Entropic, he served as the CFO of RF Magic, acquired by Entropic in 2007, Zyray Wireless, acquired by Broadcom in 2004, and Mobilian, acquired by Intel in 2003. Notably, he served in corporate finance positions at large global companies, including Intel and Broadcom.

Theo Chocolate [SEATTLE] welcomes Mark Rieland as their new Chief Financial Officer. Rieland served in various finance leadership roles including at General Mills as a Financial Analyst, Syngenta Seeds as the Global Controller in Switzerland, and Lenox Group as the Managing Director of Finance and Operations. Most recently, Rieland was based in Minneapolis where he was CFO/COO at Peace Coffee, LLC.

Island Hospitality Management [WEST PALM BEACH, FL] announced that it has promoted Roger Pollak to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Pollak joined Island Hospitality Management’s predecessor as controller in 1995 and has held progressive positions within the company, including director of financial reporting and controller, as well as senior vice president-accounting. Prior to joining Island, Pollak held similar positions with various companies, including a large real estate developer and property management firm.

Disarm Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Scott Holmes as Chief Financial Officer. Holmes comes to Disarm from Kiadis Pharma, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he spent four years as Chief Financial Officer of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals. Holmes was also previously Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Citi Trends, Inc. [SAVANNAH, GA] (NASDAQ: CTRN) announced that Stuart C. Clifford, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire effective March 29, 2020.

Australis Capital Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (CSE: AUSA, OTC: AUSAF) announced that Michael Carlotti had his employment with the Company as Chief Financial Officer has been terminated. The Company appointed Alex Han as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: REXR) announced that Adeel Khan, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to step down from his current role as CFO. Khan will remain at Rexford and will continue to serve as CFO until a new CFO assumes the role.

Eightfold.ai [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the appointment of Celia Poon as Chief Financial Officer. Poon served as Chief Financial Officer at both Wag Labs, Inc. and Highfive. Prior to her roles as CFO, Poon served as VP of Finance at Twitter for four years, as well as VP of Corporate Finance at Zynga and VP of Corporate Finance and Treasury at Yahoo.

Mark Runyon

Tampa General Hospital [TAMPA, FL] named Mark Runyon its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Runyon begin his new role on March 2, 2020. For the last five years, Runyon has been the vice president of operational finance at Intermountain Healthcare, Inc. Prior to joining Intermountain Healthcare, Runyon served as the senior vice president of operations Finance at Inova Health System.

The Instant Group [CHICAGO] announced that Nestor Eliadis has joined the firm as its Americas Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Eliadis most recently served at Walgreen Co. for nine years in the real estate and finance divisions.

CUJO AI [EL SEGUNDO, CA] announced the appointment of Tuomas Laine as Chief Financial Officer. Laine most recently served as the Vice President of Finance at F-Secure Corporation. Prior to F-Secure, Tuomas served as Regional Finance Manager at GE/Genworth Financial for Northern Europe.

Avellino Labs [MENLO PARK, CA] announced that Chris Lehman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lehman has led or supported finance at companies including Coherus Biosciences, Quintiles, and Genencor International, and most recently served as CFO for Eureka Therapeutics.

Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. [CONROE, TX] (NASDAQ: STXB), the bank holding company for Spirit of Texas Bank, announced that Jeffrey A. Powell unexpectedly passed away on January 13, 2020. Mr. Powell had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its banking subsidiary, Spirit of Texas Bank, since July 2017. The Company has named Allison Johnson, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, as its interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Johnson has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2016, and began her career in the financial services industry as an auditor at Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Linda Zukauckas

Nielsen Holdings plc [NEW YORK] (NYSE: NLSN) announced that Linda Zukauckas will join the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 3, 2020. Linda Zukauckas has been with American Express since 2011, most recently serving as the Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer. At the time of the separation, Linda will remain as Chief Financial Officer of Nielsen’s Global Media business. Zukauckas also held roles at American Express as the Chief Accounting Officer and Global Controller and served on the Board of Directors of American Express Global Business Travel, a 50/50 JV, for five years. Prior to American Express, Zukauckas held various senior leadership roles at Ally Financial (formerly GMAC Inc). She serves on the board of MTS Systems Corporation, where she is on the Audit and the Governance & Nominating committees.

Raaj Shah

Sequent Software, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced the hiring of Raaj Shah as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Shah was most recently founder and CIO at Matchpoint Investment Management Asia Limited. Shah began his career as a financial analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette.

Monique Ruiz

Graycor Inc. [OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL] announced that Monique Ruiz has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Graycor, Ruiz served in corporate and operational finance leadership roles for global firms in manufacturing, banking, and public accounting, both in the U.S. and overseas.

Wabash National Corporation [LAFAYETTE, IN] (NYSE: WNC) announced the appointment of Mike Pettit as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Pettit served as Senior Vice President and Group President, Final Mile Products since January 1, 2018, following Wabash National’s acquisition of Supreme Industries in late 2017. He previously served as Wabash National’s Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations (2014–2018) and Director of Finance, Commercial Trailer Products (2012–2014). Prior to Wabash National, from 1998 to 2012, Pettit held various finance positions with increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company.

Progress Software Corporation [BEDFORD, MA] announced the upcoming retirement of its Chief Financial Officer, Paul Jalbert, and the appointment of Anthony Folger to succeed him. Jalbert has served as CFO since March 2017, will retire as CFO on January 31, 2020. Folger will join Progress as CFO on January 31, 2020 and Jalbert will remain with Progress until April 2020 to assist Folger in the transition. Folger was previously Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Carbonite, Inc. from January 2013 until Carbonite was acquired by OpenText Corporation in late December 2019. From June 2006 to December 2012, Folger held senior leadership positions at Acronis, including Chief Financial Officer from October 2008 to December 2012. Prior to Acronis, Folger held senior finance positions at Starent Networks Corp., and served as an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Brian Robinson

RelaDyne [CINCINNATI] welcomed its new Chief Financial Officer, Brian Robinson. Robinson’s hire comes after the retirement of Paul Helton. Robinson joins RelaDyne from DuBois Chemicals, where he was the CFO. Robnson worked at companies including General Cable, Getronics and Deloitte.

Jeff Johnson

Tooling Tech Group [MACOMB, MI] (TTG) announced Jeff Johnson as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO for Universal Fiber Systems.

Ageless Innovation LLC [PAWTUCKET, RI] announced James Waddell has joined as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Waddell joins Ageless Innovation from Bose Corporation, where he was Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Bose, he was the internal audit director at Teradyne, internal audit director at Talbots Corporation and a member of the National Retail Federation’s Internal Audit Board of Directors.

Aron Stern

CortiCare Inc. [CARLSBAD, CA] announced that Aron Stern has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Stern has held CFO and VP Finance positions with several companies including Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc., 4-D Neuroimaging, Vital Therapies, Inc., and most recently, Immutrix & Intrinsic Materials.

Stryve [PLANO, TX] welcomed Billie Winkle as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the company, Winkle served as the Vice President of Accounting, Tax and Treasury at KidKraft.

Parker University [DALLAS] announced the hiring of Clint Gilchrist as its new CFO. Gilchrist was previously controller for Southern Methodist University.

QBE North America [NEW YORK], an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited, announced the appointment of Christopher Castaldo as Chief Financial Officer. Castaldo will assume his new role effective March 2020. Castaldo has been with QBE for eight years. He spent five in the North America division where he served as a leader in both the FP&A and corporate development functions. Prior to joining QBE, Chris spent 5 years at AIG in a series of roles including Director, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. In 2017, he was appointed Group Head of FP&A.

Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust, Inc. [LADERA RANCH, CA] announced its promotion of Michael Crear to chief financial officer. Previously, he served as vice president and controller of the REIT. In addition to his role as chief financial officer of Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust, Crear will continue to serve as vice president of accounting for its sponsor, SmartStop Asset Management, LLC. Prior to joining the SmartStop family of companies, Crear was vice president of finance and accounting for PADI Worldwide Inc., and held various positions with Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc., including vice president of corporate finance. Crear also spent seven years with Deloitte and Touche LLP.

Athersys, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: ATHX) announced the addition of Ivor Macleod as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 31, 2020. Prior to joining Athersys, Macleod served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Eisai Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese company, Eisai Ltd. He has held key leadership positions at Merck & Co., F. Hoffmann-La Roche, and Boehringer Mannheim Therapeutics, among others.

Marten Abrahamsen

Fundbox [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Marten Abrahamsen has been named as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Fundbox, Abrahamsen was a senior member of the investment team at The Chernin Group (TCG). Before his role at TCG, Abrahamsen was a senior investment professional at Coatue Management’s private company investment fund. Abrahamsen also worked as a private equity technology investor with Vector Capital and started his career as an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs.

Schmitt Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: SMIT) announced the appointment of Jamie Schmidt as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Schmidt most recently served as Controller from October 2019 through January 2020. Prior to his role as Controller he served as Business Development and Financial Analyst since February 2019. Prior to Schmitt Mr. Schmidt was an analyst at Sententia Capital Management from 2016-2019. Prior to joining Sententia, Schmidt was an analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Craig-Hallum Capital Group.

Vonage Holdings Corp. [HOLMDEL, NJ] (NASDAQ: VG) announced the retirement of David Pearson, who has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2013. He will serve as CFO through May, and then as a special advisor to ensure a smooth transition to his successor.

Ceres Global Ag Corp. [MINNEAPOLIS, MN] (TSX: CRP) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Kyle Egbert, will leave Ceres in February, 2020 to pursue a new opportunity. The Company also announced that John Haug joined Ceres and will replace Egbert as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, on an interim basis, effective February 1, 2020. Most recently, Haug led the finance and accounting function for Cargill, Incorporated’s energy, transportation, metals and financial services businesses.

CFO Moves – week ending January 24, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

AeroVironment, Inc. Penn National Gaming, Inc. Katabat
Lighter Capital Naturally Slim Grove Collaborative
WekaIO StimGuard ThoughtSpot
Oilfield Water Logistics Hyland Atlis Motor Vehicles
Dreem PNM Resources, Inc. WineBid
CHS Inc. Singlepoint Zoom Telephonics, Inc.
Numerated Complia Health G2 Integrated Solutions
Dutch Bros Coffee ComplyAdvantage Aerion
Latter and Blum Property Management Praxsyn Corporation Easterseals
Casa Systems, Inc. MediaMath

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AeroVironment, Inc. [SIMI VALLEY, CA] (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced the appointment of Kevin McDonnell as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective February 10, 2020. Brian Shackley, who served as interim chief financial officer, will remain vice president and controller. Prior to joining AeroVironment, McDonnell served as chief financial officer of JAMS, Inc. McDonnell held various senior financial roles at Teradata Corporation. McDonnell also served as CFO of Digital Insight.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. [WYOMISSING, PA] (NASDAQ: PENN) announced the appointment of David (“Dave”) Williams, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 3, 2020. Williams succeeds William (“B.J.”) Fair, who in September 2019, announced his intention to step down from his role at the Company. Since 2012, Mr. Williams has served as Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Apple Inc.’s Claris division (formally known as FileMaker).

Katabat [WILMINGTON, DE] hired Guy Abramovitz as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Katabat, he served as the CFO of Workarea (formerly WebLinc). At Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP), Abramovitz directed the finance team. Prior to VPP, Abramovitz worked for several national accounting and consulting firms, specializing in transaction services.

Joe Silver

Lighter Capital [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Joe Silver to Chief Financial Officer. Silver had served as Lighter’s Vice President of Finance since 2015. Silver began his career in the Financial Management Program at GE Capital and later spent six years in the microfinance and impact investing sectors. Prior to Lighter, he managed treasury and capital markets at CAN Capital.

Naturally Slim [DALLAS] announced it has appointed Emily Buxton Taylor as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Naturally Slim, Taylor served as chief financial officer of Paradigm Tax. Previously, she held numerous financial positions including chief financial officer at National HME, chief accounting officer at Northstar Anesthesia, and chief financial officer at Orthofix Medical, Inc.

Grove Collaborative [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Servaes Tholen as Chief Financial Officer. Tholen joins Grove from Thumbtack, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for over four years. Prior to Thumbtack, Servaes was Chief Financial Officer of Elance and Upwork. Earlier in his career, he held various finance roles at eBay in the Netherlands, UK and US, including Chief Financial Officer of the North America business unit.

Intekhab Weka

WekaIO [CAMPBELL, CA] (Weka) announced the appointment of Intekhab Nazeer as Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Nazeer comes to WekaIO from Unifi Software (acquired by DELL Boomi), where he was CFO. Prior to Unifi Software, his professional experience includes CFO and Chief Operations Officer (COO) appointments at Tribal Planet; HCL Group; Solix Group; Platfora (acquired by Workday); Greenplum (acquired by EMC); Appcelerator (acquired by Axway); and Pelikan Technologies.

StimGuard [POMPANO BEACH, FL] announced the appointment of Stephen Deitsch as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Deitsch most recently was Chief Financial Officer at BioScrip, Inc. Gil Bao, who has served as Interim CFO, will assume the role of Director of Strategy. Previously, Deitsch served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Lanx Inc. Prior to Lanx, Deitsch held numerous executive finance roles at Zimmer including Vice President, Finance, Europe, Middle East & Africa. Deitsch also presently serves on the Board of Directors of Green Sun Medical, since October 2017.

ThoughtSpot [SUNNYVALE, CA] appointed Mohit Daswani as Chief Financial Officer. Daswani was previously Head of Finance & Strategy at Square.  Prior to Square, Daswani was CFO of the Payments, Risk and Technology businesses at PayPal.

Oilfield Water Logistics [DALLAS] (OWL) announced the appointment of Price Moncrief as Chief Financial Officer. Moncrief joins OWL from Concho Resources Inc. where he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Midstream. From 2012 through 2018, Moncrief was Senior Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Capital Markets. Prior to joining Concho in 2010 as Director of Corporate Development, Moncrief was an investment banker at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. and J.P. Morgan.

Nancy Person

Hyland [CLEVELAND, OH] announced the forthcoming retirement of Christopher J. Hyland, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hyland, and the promotion of Nancy Person as Hyland’s new CFO effective April 2, 2020. Mr. Hyland will continue to hold his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the company. Mr. Hyland is retiring after a successful 28-year career with the company and 25 years as its CFO. Person is currently Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Hyland and brings more than 25 years of experience to her new appointment. Person joined Hyland in 2010 having previously worked at KeyBank, Charter One Bank and Deloitte.

Michael Konstas

Atlis Motor Vehicles [MESA, AZ] announced the appointment of Michael Konstas as Atlis’s new Chief Financial Officer. Konstas most recently worked as Vice President of Finance Shared Services at American Express Global Business Travel. At American Express he also served as VP of Global FP&A and Divisional CFO of Global Accounts & Sales.

Sebastien Preel

Dreem [NEW YORK and PARIS] announced the hire of Sebastien Preel, who is joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Preel previously served as Vice President of Finance at BlaBlaCar.

PNM Resources, Inc. [ALBUQUERQUE, NM] (NYSE: PNM) announced that Chuck Eldred, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been named Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Finance. Don Tarry, currently Vice President, Controller and Treasurer, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PNM Resources. Don joined PNM Resources in 1996. Prior to his current position, Don held the role of Vice President, Customer Service and Chief Information Officer.

Matt Torrie

WineBid [SEATTLE] welcomes Matt Torrie as CFO. Torrie joins from Zulily. He began his career at Deloitte.

Olivia Nelligan

CHS Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CHSCP) announced it has named Olivia Nelligan as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Nelligan served as founder and chief executive officer of Inish Enterprises. Prior to that, Nelligan served as chief executive officer of Nasco, LLC. After serving as Nasco’s CEO, she served as non-executive chair of the company’s board. Before being named Nasco’s CEO, Nelligan was the company’s chief financial officer. Prior to joining Nasco, Nelligan spent 14 years at Kerry Group where she held finance and strategy leadership positions, including serving as global chief financial and strategic planning officer for the Taste & Nutrition division and chief financial officer for the Americas Ingredients & Flavors division.

SinglePoint [PHOENIX, AZ] (OTCQB: SING) announced that Corey Lambrecht rejoined as their new CFO, Lambrecht was a founding investor in the predecessor company to SinglePoint, Lifestyle Wireless and served on the Board of Directors post merger with Carbon Credits International. Lambrecht has served as an independent public company board member and continues to serve on various audit and compensation committees. Lambrecht previously served as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Earth911 Inc., a subsidiary of Infinity Resources Holdings Corporation, from January 2010 to July 2013.

Zoom Telephonics, Inc. [BOSTON, MA] (OTCQB: ZMTP) announced Frank Manning’s retirement as CEO and acting CFO effective February 1, 2020.  Jacquelyn Barry Hamilton will become acting CFO on that date.

Numerated [BOSTON] announced the addition of Duncan Perry as Chief Financial Officer. Perry joins Numerated from Klaviyo. During his time at Klaviyo, Perry served as VP of Finance and VP of Operations. Perry’s other experience includes as CFO at PeopleCube and Senior Director of Finance at Charles River Development.

Complia Health [SCHAUMBURG, IL] welcomed Dawn Drella as Chief Financial Officer. Drella’s experience includes serving as an Operational CFO of a division of a software company.

G2 Integrated Solutions [HOUSTON] announced that Tom Wilkins has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining G2-IS, Tom served as the Senior VP of Operations Finance for C&J Energy Services.  Preceding his role at C&J Energy Services, Tom held numerous CFO positions at privately held companies in the broader energy industry.

Charles Jemley

Dutch Bros Coffee [GRANTS PASS, OR] named Charles Jemley chief financial officer. Jemley most recently, he served as CFO of CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc., the operator of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. Jemley has served in numerous senior finance positions at global companies, including Starbucks, Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut.

ComplyAdvantage [NEW YORK, LONDON, AND SINGAPORE, None] announced the appointment of Vatsa Narasimha as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Narasimha is the former President and CEO of OANDA Global Corporation (OANDA). Prior to OANDA, Narasimha spent eight years as a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group.

Aerion [RENO, NV] announced that Matthew Mejía has joined Aerion as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy & Investor Relations. Prior to Renaissance Strategic Advisors, Matthew held leadership positions with the aerospace practices at Booz & Company and Charles River Associates. He also spent eight years as an investment banker at First Equity Development.

Billy Landreneau

Latter and Blum Property Management [NEW ORLEANS] announced that Billy Landreneau has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Landreneau held the position of Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), Billy comes to Latter & Blum Property Management after having spent the majority of his 15-year career as Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young, a Big 4 accounting firm, and Assistant Controller at Hornbeck Offshore Services.

Praxsyn Corporation [WEST PALM BEACH, FL] announced that it has appointed Daniel Oswald as Chief Financial Officer for Praxsyn Corporation and Praxsyn Capital. Oswald began his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions group of Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking Division in New York. He returned to California where he worked in corporate finance roles for PC Mall, Countrywide/Bank of America, and Prospect Mortgage. Since his last corporate role, Oswald has run his own consulting firm.

Easterseals [CHICAGO] named Glenda Oakley its Chief Financial Officer. Oakley was most recently Executive Director and Regional Chief Financial Officer at Aetna Medicaid in Illinois.

Casa Systems, Inc. [ANDOVER, MA] (NASDAQ CASA) announced that Maurizio Nicolelli, Chief Financial Officer, has notified the company of his intention to resign to pursue a CFO opportunity outside of the communications technology industry. Nicolelli will remain with the company until January 31, 2020. Scott Bruckner was appointed as interim CFO. Bruckner is currently SVP Strategy and Corporate Development, which he joined in November 2017 after a more than 20-year career as an investment banker.

Milena Alberti-Perez

MediaMath [NEW YORK] announced that Milena Alberti-Perez has joined the company as chief financial officer. Alberti-Perez most recently served as CFO of Penguin Random House.

CFO Moves – week ending January 31, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

WWE Medin Technologies, Inc. Motus
Mediafly The Scion Group Questionmark
Spartech Six One Commodities LLC Trivest Partners
Digital River PeerStreet Tennant Company
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Effectual Spirit AeroSystems
Realty Income Corporation Connors Group Subsplash
Spartan Motors, Inc. Agrify Corporation Cardiff Lexington
ExlService Holdings, Inc. Infinity Federal Credit Union OrderMyGear
Nobis Rehabilitation Partners SR Homes Business.com
TI-TRUST, Inc. Insmed Incorporated Vimeo
Cooks Venture Lightspeed Systems DC Housing Finance Agency
Brillient Corporation

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WWE [STAMFORD, CT] (NYSE: WWE) announced the appointment of Frank A. Riddick III, who has served as a member of WWE’s Board of Directors for more than 11 years, as interim Chief Financial Officer. Riddick previously served as CEO for FloWorks International, LLC, JMC Steel Group, Formica Corporation, and Triangle Pacific Corp., and President/COO of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. He has also served in executive management positions, including Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Treasurer, and Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions during a career that spans 40 years. Riddick also served as Compensation Committee Chairman and member of the Audit Committee as a part of WWE’s Board of Directors.

Medin Technologies, Inc. [TOTOWA, NJ] announced the appointment of Jim Engler as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Medin Technologies, Engler served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance at Preferred Display, Inc. and IPC Systems, Inc. and held executive financial roles at the LeFrak Organization and Medical Resources, Inc.

Motus [BOSTON] announced that Tim Brown, Chief Financial Officer, is transitioning to Chief Corporate Development Officer. Brown has been at the financial helm of Motus since 2013. Brown joined Motus after serving as the Chief Financial Officer of ConnectEDU (CDU). Prior to CDU, Brown led the corporate development/M&A function at EducationDynamics. He was also a principal at Halyard Capital.

Mediafly [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Keith Parrish as Chief Financial Officer. Parrish is replacing John Evarts who previously held both CFO and COO roles. Prior to Mediafly, Parrish was the CEO of iPresent. Following Mediafly’s acquisition of iPresent in August 2019, Parrish joined the team as EVP of European Operations.

The Scion Group [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Monte J. Huber as the company’s first-ever chief financial officer.  Huber served the past six years in the roles of chief accounting officer, chief financial officer and senior vice president of strategic initiatives for Blackstone at its multi‐family platform (LivCor) and its asset management platform (Revantage Corporate Services). He previously held positions at Equity Residential (EQR) and Strategic Hotels & Resorts.

Questionmark [TRUMBULL, CT] welcomed Peter Rooken-Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Questionmark, Peter was Finance Director at Vizolution, Ascom Network Testing and Financial Controller at Argo Interactive.

Roger Sim

Spartech [ST. LOUIS] announced that Roger Sim has been named new Chief Financial Officer. Sim replaces Bob Robison, who is retiring. Prior to joining Spartech, Sim was CFO for Custom Windows Systems. He previously served in similar leadership capacities for Backyard Products LLC, Innocor Inc.; Tyden Group; Global Closure Systems; Silgan Holdings; Silgan Closures; Thatcher Tubes LLC; Courtaulds Packaging/Akzo Nobel; and Arthur Andersen.

Six One Commodities LLC (61C) [NEW YORK] announced Joshua Bailey joined as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bailey joins 61C from Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI) where he was the CFO of the Assets group. Prior to being CFO at CCI, Bailey held various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance organization at Noble Americas Corp (NAC). Bailey started his career in the Financial Services Assurance practice at Ernst & Young LLP.

Trivest Partners [MIAMI] announced that Dan Rogan has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Dan joined Trivest in 2014 as Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Trivest, he worked for L Catterton and Deloitte Tax LLP.

CJ Bermander

Digital River [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Christopher (CJ) Bernander as the company’s chief financial officer. Bernander most recently was vice president of finance at Renaissance Learning. Prior to his role at Renaissance Learning, Bernander spent nine years at Digital River in various financial leadership roles, including accounting, finance and corporate development functions. His prior experience includes experience in public accounting at EY.

Ellen Coleman

PeerStreet [LOS ANGELES] promoted Ellen Coleman to Chief Financial Officer. Coleman joined the company a year ago as EVP of Finance. Prior to joining PeerStreet in 2019, Coleman held positions as Managing Director at Countrywide Financial Corp, Treasurer at Stearns Lending, and Executive Vice President and Treasurer at both Nationstar Mortgage and Homeward Residential, Inc.

Tennant Company [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TNC) announced that Keith Woodward, Tennant’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, will take a temporary medical leave of absence. In Woodward’s absence, Tennant has appointed Andy Cebulla to act as the Company’s interim CFO. He joined Tennant over two years ago and is currently the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller.

Dave Raszeja

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company [HORSHAM, PA] announced that Dave Raszeja, senior vice president, financial management and chief risk officer, has been promoted to senior vice president, chief financial officer, effective March 1. Raszeja will move into the role and take over responsibilities from Sue Deakins, who announced her retirement early last year. Raszeja joined Penn Mutual in July 2001 as an actuarial analyst.

Effectual [HOBOKEN, NJ] announced that Robert Doherty has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer. He held progressively senior positions at PaineWebber, Salomon Brothers, and Citigroup and led finance teams at Metromedia Fiber Networks, FiberMedia, and vXchnge.

Spirit AeroSystems [WICHITA, KS] (NYSE: SPR) announced the appointment of Mark Suchinski as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. This follows the resignations of Jose Garcia, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Suchinski served in various financial leadership roles at Spirit since 2006. Since 2019, Suchinski served as Spirit’s Vice President, Quality. Before that he was Vice President, Boeing 787 Program, from 2018 to 2019. From 2014 to 2018, he was Spirit’s Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, having previously held numerous roles within Spirit’s finance organization including Vice President, Treasurer and Financial Planning; Vice President, Finance and Treasurer; Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Contracts; and Controller, Aerostructures Segment. Prior to joining Spirit, he was at Home Products International, where he served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer from 2004 to 2006, and Corporate Controller from 2000 to 2004. Prior to that, he held financial leadership positions of controller and senior finance manager at other companies.

Realty Income Corporation [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: O) announced that its EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Paul Meurer is leaving the company. To ensure a smooth transition, Meurer will serve as a senior advisor to the company through March 31, 2020. Sean Nugent, the company’s Senior Vice President, Controller, will serve as Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer on an interim basis.

Connors Group [CANONSBURG, PA] announced that Rocco Romano, a former partner at accounting firm Urish Popeck & Co. has joined Connors Group as CFO.

Lara Rickard

Subsplash [SEATTLE] announced that Lara Rickard has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Rickard was previously with Zumobi and Avocent.

Spartan Motors, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, MI] (NASDAQ: SPAR) announced the appointment of its incoming chief financial officer, Jonathan C. Douyard, effective no later than March 31, 2020. Douyard most recently served as the vice president of finance and CFO of Fluke Corporation, an operating company within Fortive, a Danaher Industrial spin-off. Prior to joining Fluke, he held key financial leadership positions at Sikorsky Aircraft, a United Technologies Company; and General Electric. Rick Sohm, the Company’s current CFO, previously announced he was stepping down for non-business reasons in September 2019.

Agrify Corporation [BURLINGTON, MA] announced the appointment of Niv Krikov as its chief financial officer. Krikov joins Agrify after two years as chief financial officer at Desalitech, which was acquired by DuPont. Previously, he held the same position at PeerApp. Krikov also served as chief financial officer at NTS from 2007 to 2014.

Cardiff Lexington [FT. LAUDERDALE, FL] Corporation (OTC: CDIXBB) announced that Steven Healy has agreed to join the senior management team as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Healy founded Dania Solutions, and served as CFO of NetTalk.COM, Inc. He was CFO of National Molding, LLC and CFO of Imperial Industries, Inc.

EXL [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: EXLS) announced the appointment of Maurizio Nicolelli to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Nicolelli’s most recent role was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Casa Systems, which he joined in 2019. Prior to that, he served 23 years at FactSet Research Systems, where he was Senior Vice President, Principal and Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2018.

Bob Leger

Infinity Federal Credit Union [Westbrook, ME] hired Bob Leger as its chief financial officer (CFO). Leger was previously CFO for York County Credit Union and Town & Country Federal Credit Union. He most recently held the position of controller for Aroma Joe’s Franchising.

Leonid Rozkin

OrderMyGear [DALLAS] announced that Leonid Rozkin has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to OMG, Rozkin was Vice President at Francisco Partners.

Nobis Rehabilitation Partners [ALLEN, TX] announced that Jerry Huggler joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this role, he was the SVP/Controller of AccentCare, Inc.

Mark Willis

SR Homes [CUMMING, GA] announced Mark Willis as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Willis previously worked with Rausch Coleman Homes, Baessler Homes and Cooper Homes.

Business.com [WALTHAM, MA] announced that Jason Teebagy has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Teebagy previously worked for General Electric, Vistaprint, and PerkinElmer.

TI-TRUST, Inc. [HINSDALE, IL] announced that Julie Kenning has been named as the Chief Financial Officer for the company. Kenning is the Executive Vice President of Operations, and will assume the role of CFO in addition to her current duties. Kenning has been with the company for over 20 years.

Insmed Incorporated [BRIDGEWATER, NJ] (NASDAQ: INSM) announced the appointment of Sara Bonstein as Chief Financial Officer. Bonstein most recently served as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer of OncoSec Medical Incorporated. Prior to joining OncoSec, Bonstein served as the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Executive Vice President at Advaxis, Inc. Before Advaxis, Bonstein was a Six Sigma Champion & Black Belt at Eli Lilly & Company. She also held key finance positions at ImClone Systems and Johnson & Johnson.

Narayan Menon

Vimeo [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Narayan Menon as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Vimeo, Mr. Menon served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary at Prezi. Previous leadership roles include Corporate Vice President at Intuit, Senior Director of Finance at Microsoft, and Senior Director at Skype.

Cooks Venture [NEW YORK] announced the hire of Ankur Agrawal as chief financial officer. Most recently, Agrawal served as the VP of Finance at SeatGeek. Agrawal was also at Blue Apron, where he worked for over three years. Prior to Blue Apron, Ankur worked at Pepsico in a variety of Finance roles.

Lightspeed Systems [AUSTIN, TX] announced that is has appointed Kirk Orgeldinger to the newly created positions of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Most recently, he served as the CFO of Accruent. Previously, he worked for Three Rivers Operating Company, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems.

Steve Clinton

DC Housing Finance Agency [Washington, DC] has a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Steve Clinton. Prior to joining the DCHFA, Clinton was a Senior Housing Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. At the Treasury Department, he also served as an advisor to the FISCAL Bureau of the Office of Domestic Finance and later was a Senior Advisor to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Capital Access. Before Clinton joined the U.S. Treasury Department, he spent 25 years at Freddie Mac where he was Senior Vice President. Other roles during his 25 years included Senior Vice President of Single-Family Operations, Director of Single-Family Mortgage Credit Pricing, and bond trader.

Jill McFarlane

Brillient Corporation [RESTON, VA] announced that they welcomed Jill McFarlane to the team as their new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Brillient, Jill served in a variety of leadership roles including SVP, CFO and Controller.

CFO Moves – week ending February 7, 2020

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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. CIRCOR International, Inc. Management Registry, Inc.
Elevate Security AngioDynamics, Inc. Resources Connection, Inc.
INBRACE Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Jackson National Life Insurance Company
JDA Software, Inc. PPB Capital Partners PSST, LLC
iRobot Corporation McorpCX, Inc. Nuvaira
Gracie Point LLC BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Art’s Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Ankura PenFed Credit Union Northrop Grumman Corporation
Conformis, Inc. PSAV Allegheny Health Network
ResMan United Natural Foods, Inc. Plus Therapeutics, Inc.
Donuts Inc. Gates Industrial Corporation plc Potrero Medical, Inc.
Cipherloc Corporation MCTC Holdings, Inc. InfuSystem Holdings Inc.
AmeriPro EMS Innovation

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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. [LOWELL, Arkansas] (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced that effective March 1, 2020, David G. Mee will retire from his current duties as executive vice president, Finance and Administration and chief financial officer. John Kuhlow, currently senior vice president of Finance, controller and chief accounting officer, will assume the role of interim chief financial officer on that date.

CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, MA] (NYSE: CIR) announced that Chadi Chahine, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to step down from CIRCOR effective March 2, 2020.

Management Registry, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, KY] announced the appointment of Michael Steinmetz as Chief Financial Officer. Steinmetz most recently held the position of Vice President of Finance and VP of Shared Services, North America for ManpowerGroup.

Elevate Security [BERKELEY, CA] announced the appointment of Nicholas (Nick) Telford as chief financial officer. Most recently he was chief financial officer at Bugcrowd. Before Bugcrowd, Telford was previously chief financial officer of Perforce Software (acquired by Summit Partners) and his background includes AmberPoint (acquired by Oracle) and Ernst & Young.

AngioDynamics, Inc. [LATHAM, NY] (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced that it has appointed Stephen Trowbridge to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Trowbridge has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since October 22, 2019, in addition to his responsibilities as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Trowbridge joined AngioDynamics as Corporate Counsel in 2008, was promoted to Vice President and General Counsel in 2010, and subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel in 2013. Prior to AngioDynamics, Trowbridge served as Corporate Counsel at Philips Healthcare and Intermagnetics General Corporation. Trowbridge began his career with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP.

Jennifer Ryu

Resources Connection, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: RECN) announced the appointment of Jennifer Ryu as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ryu served as the Company’s Interim CFO since August 2019. Ryu joined the Company in April 2019, serving first as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting. Prior to joining the Company, from 2014 to 2019, Ryu was Chief Accounting Officer for Young’s Holdings. From 2007 to 2014, Ms. Ryu served as Director of External Reporting for Kaiser Aluminum. Ryu began her career in public accounting at Deloitte.

INBRACE [IRVINE, CA] announced the addition of Kevin Cousins as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Former CFO Kenny Chang has moved into a new executive role as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Development.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Jeffrey Trigilio as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Amylyx, Trigilio most recently served as Vice President of Finance at BlueRock Therapeutics. Previously, Trigilio held roles of increasing responsibility at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, most recently serving as Executive Director, Strategic Decision Analysis.

Jackson National Life Insurance Company [LANSING, MI] announced that Axel André has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Jackson. André most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Individual Retirement at AIG and will assume his new role effective Feb. 24, 2020. André joined AIG in 2013 and initially served as Chief Risk Officer for Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, and Institutional Markets. He was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Individual Retirement at AIG in 2018. Prior to his time at AIG, André served in a variety of leadership roles on the Global Insurance Strategies team at Goldman Sachs. André’s arrival coincides with the announcement that current Jackson CFO, Chad Myers, will be moving into the newly created role of Vice Chair of Jackson Holdings, LLC.

JDA Software, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] announced the appointment of Sue Savage Pirri as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Pirri joins JDA from Autodesk where he was Vice President of Finance. Earlier in her career Pirri held positions at Digital Island, Electronic Arts, AirTouch Communications and Coopers & Lybrand.

PPB Capital Partners [CONSHOHOCKEN, PA] welcomed Lance Baker as PPB’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PPB, Baker was the Chief Financial Officer for Hatteras Funds, and previously served as Vice President of Operations at Smith Breeden Associates, and earlier as a manager at the accounting firm, BDO.

PSST, LLC [LOUISVILLE, KY] announced that it hired Mark Lattis as Chief Financial Officer. Lattis was previously Assistant Controller for Yum! Brands. Prior to Yum! Mark was a Senior Accountant with Strothman and Company. He began his financial career with Invesco, ultimately rising to Partner and Portfolio Manager.

iRobot Corporation [BEDFORD, MA] (NASDAQ: IRBT) announced that the company is appointing current vice president of finance Julie Zeiler as its next executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 4, 2020. She will succeed Alison Dean, the company’s CFO since 2013. Zeiler joined iRobot in 2017. Prior to iRobot, Julie served in a number of positions over a 20-year-tenure at Boston Scientific Corporation as well as financial management roles at Digital Equipment Corporation.

McorpCX, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSXV: MCX, OTCQB: MCCX) appointed Barry MacNeil to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, upon receiving notice that the Company’s previous Chief Financial Officer, Tricia Tomko, intended to pursue other endeavors. MacNeil has previously served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. MacNeil has been appointed to serve as a director on the Company’s board of directors.

Nuvaira [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Tom Griffin has joined Nuvaira as Chief Financial Officer. Griffin was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Avedro, Inc. Prior to joining Avedro, Tom served as the Chief Financial Officer of Entellus Medical, Inc., from 2007 to May 2016.

Gracie Point Holdings, LLC [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joseph Sevely as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was Chief Financial Officer of Aspen Group, Inc. Previously he was Chief Financial Officer of Cutwater Asset Management. Earlier in his career he was Treasurer and Head of Market Risk at MBIA Inc. and worked at major Wall Street firms. He was Controller of Merrill Lynch’s Global Fixed Income Sales and Trading Division and also led teams responsible for derivative and structured finance product development at Bankers Trust.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. [SAN RAFAEL, CA] (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced the transition of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dan Spiegelman, who will remain as an employee and senior advisor until September 1, 2020 to assist with the transition. After that, he plans to pursue other interests. Brian R. Mueller, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, has assumed the role of acting Chief Financial Officer. Mueller is a veteran at BioMarin with 17 years of experience at the company, Mueller is a member of the board of directors and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Art’s Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. [ARMSTRONG, IA] (NASDAQ: ARTW) announced that Michael Woods has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this position, Woods served as the Vice President of Finance for Art’s Way and he initially joined Art’s Way in 2016. Woods began his career in public accounting at Brinkman and Reed, CPAs and worked at XPO Logistics.

Ankura [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Christina Wong as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Ankura, Wong spent more than 20 years at American Express where she most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Merchant Services. Wong succeeds Ben Seto, who will remain with Ankura in a consulting capacity until May to ensure a seamless transition.

Jill Streit

PenFed Credit Union [TYSONS, VA] welcomed Jill Streit as Chief Finance Officer and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining PenFed, Streit was chief financial officer and treasurer, executive vice president at TIAA Bank. She previously held positions at EverBank, Prudential Network Realty and Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Northrop Grumman Corporation [FALLS CHURCH, VA] (NYSE: NOC) appointed David F. Keffer as corporate vice president and chief financial officer, effective Feb. 17, 2020. Keffer succeeds Kenneth L. Bedingfield. Keffer served as a general partner for Blue Delta Capital Partners, a role he held since 2018. Previously, he was chief financial officer for CSRA, Inc. and chief financial officer for SRA International.

Conformis, Inc. [BILLERICA, MA] (NASDAQ: CFMS) announced that the Company has appointed Bob Howe as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Howe spent nearly five years at NxStage Medical, Inc., as VP of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to this, Howe served at Lake Region Medical as VP, FP&A – Cardio & Vascular Division, where he progressed from Senior Director of FP&A for its Advanced Surgical Division. Before this, he served for 17 years at Boston Scientific where he held financial leadership roles in three of the company’s operating divisions as well as senior roles in manufacturing and corporate finance.

PSAV [SCHILLER PARK, IL] announced that Becky Sheehan has been named Chief Financial Officer. Sheehan fills the vacancy left when former CFO Ben Erwin was promoted to President in October 2018. Sheehan spent the last three years as Chief Financial Officer for Cars.com. Previously, she spent 10 years with FTD Companies, Inc., as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

James Rohrbaugh

Allegheny Health Network [PITTSBURGH] announced that James Rohrbaugh has been named the organization’s Chief Financial Officer. Rohrbaugh succeeds former AHN CFO Jeffrey Crudele, who retired at the end of 2019. Rohrbaugh joined AHN in 2014 as vice president of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Jefferson Hospital and was appointed Senior Vice President of Financial Operations for AHN in 2018. Prior to joining AHN in 2014, Rohrbaugh served in various financial and executive leadership positions at Ascension Health’s Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia. He also spent three years in the healthcare regulatory consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ResMan [PLANO, TX] announced that Brad Almond has been appointed chief financial officer. Almond previously served as Vertex’s chief financial officer from 2013 to 2019 and currently serves on the company’s board of directors. Before Vertex, Almond was chief financial officer of Cambium Learning Group.

United Natural Foods, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, RI] (NYSE: UNFI) announced that John Howard, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2019 , has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Howard joined UNFI in July 2019 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting. Howard brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance teams including senior finance positions with the Valspar Corporation prior to its merger with Sherwin-Williams in 2018.

Plus Therapeutics, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NASDAQ:  PSTV) announced that Andrew J. Sims has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Sims previously held Chief Financial Officer roles at several private equity-backed companies. Previously, Sims was Partner at Mazars.

Donuts Inc. [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Randy Haas as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Haas joins Donuts from Rhapsody/Napster where he was CFO. Previously, Randy had a long career at Microsoft, including serving as General Manager/CFO of the Internet Advertising Business Group. He also held senior leadership roles in Finance for the Sales and Marketing and internet platform areas.

L. Brooks Mallard

Gates Industrial Corporation plc [DENVER] (NYSE: GTES) announced that L. Brooks Mallard has been appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and will join Gates effective February 24, 2020.  Prior to Gates, Mallard was chief financial officer of Henniges.  Prior to Henniges he was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Jeld-Wen.  He also has held senior financial leadership roles with TRW, Cooper Industries, Thomas & Betts and Briggs & Stratton during his 25-year career.

Potrero Medical, Inc. [HAYWARD, CA] announced that Jeff Mack is joining its executive leadership team as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Mack led finance at Outset Medical.

Cipherloc Corporation [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (OTCQB: CLOK) announced the appointment of Ryan Polk as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Polk served in CFO roles at Generation Next and Cellpoint Corporation. Prior to those appointments, he filled executive roles for six years in the portfolio companies owned by Lacy Diversified, a family office based in Indianapolis. Additionally, Polk served as the Vice President for Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis for Brightpoint. He began his career at Ernst & Young.

MCTC Holdings, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTC PINK: MCTC) announce it has added Robert L. Hymers III as its Chief Financial Officer. Hymers is the Managing Partner of Pinnacle Tax Services and was previously Chief Financial Officer and Director of Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (OTC: MCOA).

InfuSystem Holdings Inc. [ROCHESTER HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: INFU) announced that Gregory Schulte, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of InfuSystem, and the Company have agreed to a mutual separation. The Company has appointed Wesley W. Winnekins as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Winnekins previously worked with the Company as a financial consultant.

Amber Diver

AmeriPro EMS [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Amber Diver as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Diver held various executive finance roles in privately held organizations. Most recently, Diver served in a leadership role at Bennet Thrasher.

Rick Hans

Innovation [JOHNSON CITY, NY] hired Rick Hans as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Innovation, Hans served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Fred’s. Previously, Hans served in senior finance, real estate, and treasury roles with Walgreen Company, ending with a six-year tenure as vice president, investor relations and finance. He also served as trustee of Walgreens Profit Sharing Plan.

CFO Moves – week ending February 14, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Mutual of Omaha Cognex Corporation Yelp Inc.
Varex Imaging Corporation Casey’s General Stores, Inc. Flowhub
Aura Jumo Health PDF Solutions, Inc.
Vivex Biologics, Inc. ArTara Therapeutics Green Stream Holdings Inc.
Bradley-Morris/RecruitMilitary TriNet Group, Inc. Amyris, Inc.
PJM Interconnection TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Infrascale
iStar Inc. America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. Blink Charging Co.
XPO Logistics, Inc. Mid-Southern Bancorp, Inc. Sonasoft Corp.
Amazing Energy Oil and Gas Co. Welch’s

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Mutual of Omaha [OMAHA, NE] named Rick Hrabchak to the dual role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Hrabchak joined Mutual in 2016 as Chief Investment Officer, and last August he assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis. Prior to joining Mutual, Hrabchak spent 29 years with Prudential Financial Inc., where he held a variety of investment management and finance positions including Chief Investment Officer of the U.S. Retirement Business.

Paul Todgham

Cognex Corporation [NATICK, MA] (NASDAQ: CGNX) announced the appointment of Paul Todgham as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 9, 2020. Most recently, Todgham spent six years at Levi Strauss & Company, where he served in a range of senior leadership positions, including leading finance for the company’s Global Supply Chain, Distribution, Merchandising, Planning, Design and Marketing teams. Prior to his time at LS&Co., Todgham was Vice President of Finance for Ross Stores, Inc. where he led FP&A, Treasury and merchandise finance. Earlier in his career, he worked at Boston Consulting Group.

Yelp Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: YELP) announced the appointments of David Schwarzbach as Chief Financial Officer. Schwarzbach joins Yelp from Optimizely, where he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He joined Optimizely in 2015 from eBay, where he held senior finance positions including Vice President and CFO for the North America marketplace. Prior to eBay, Schwarzbach was the CFO of a cleantech startup in Colorado and earlier served as an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Global Capital Markets division. Schwarzbach will be replacing James Miln, who has been serving as interim CFO since September 2019. Miln will resume his role leading Financial Planning and Analysis at Yelp.

Varex Imaging Corporation [SALT LAKE CITY] (NASDAQ: VREX) announced that Clarence Verhoef has informed the company of his intention to retire as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Verhoef will remain in his current role until a successor is named.

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. [ANKENY, IA] (NASDAQ: CASY) announced that Bill Walljasper, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company later this year. Walljasper  joined the company in 1990 as a Risk Manager and his career developed through leadership roles in Risk Management, Human Resources and eventually Vice President of Human Resources in 1998. In 2003, he was named Vice President of Finance, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2004.

Flowhub [DENVER] announced the appointment of Craig Gomulka as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Gomulka served as CFO at Health Fidelity and earlier Vice President of Finance at Highmark Health.

Will Porter

Aura [BURLINGTON, MA] announced the appointment of Will Porter as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aura, Porter was Chief Financial Officer of ObserveIT (acquired by Proofpoint), BlueTarp Financial (acquired by Capital One), and Signiant, Inc.

Jumo Health [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Raymond N. Altieri as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Jumo Health, Altieri served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BlueCrest. Altieri has held numerous executive positions such as CEO and CFO, sat on boards of directors, and worked in business development, as well as the deal management side. These positions were held within private equity, Fortune 500, and start-up companies alike.

PDF Solutions, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NASDAQ: PDFS) announced the appointment of Adnan Raza as Chief Financial Officer. Raza is currently EVP, Finance with the Company, having joined in January 2020 and will succeed Christine Russell, who will focus on board service for technology companies. Prior to joining the Company, Raza served as an independent strategy consultant for private and public companies and served in various roles at Synaptics Inc., including as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, technology investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Investment Bank, strategic advising at Blackreef Capital, engineering and marketing at Azanda Network Devices, and engineering at Lucent Technologies.

Vivex Biologics, Inc. [ATLANTA AND MIAMI] announced the appointment of Chad Kolean as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Vivex, Kolean served as CFO and treasurer for Titan Spine, Inc. Kolean previously served as CFO and treasurer for Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. Kolean also served as CFO and treasurer for Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. Kolean held leadership positions of increasing responsibility for a number of other companies both within the healthcare space and beyond, including Tomotherapy, Inc., Metavante Corporation, Snap-On, Inc., Herman Miller, Inc., Kaydon Corporation and Arthur Andersen, LLP.

ArTara Therapeutics [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: TARA) announced the appointment of Blaine Davis as chief financial officer effective February 11, 2020. Prior to joining ArTara, Davis served as vice president, head of investor relations and corporate communications at Insmed starting in July 2017. Previously, Davis held multiple executive leadership positions at Endo International, including senior vice president and general manager, specialty pharmaceuticals; president of Endo Ventures; and senior vice president, investor relations and corporate communications. Prior to Endo, Davis held positions in corporate and business development and investor relations at Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Green Stream Holdings Inc. [PACIFIC PALISADES, CA] (OTC: GSFI) welcomed Mike Sheikh as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Sheikh began his civilian career as a stock broker with Dean Witter and with broker/dealer National Securities before becoming research analyst and publisher of reports in the aerospace sector.

Bradley-Morris/RecruitMilitary [NORFOLK, VA] announced the appointment of Dale Young as Chief Financial Officer. Young previously served in senior leadership roles at The First Group, Diamond Resorts International, Universal Studios, the Ritz Carlton Club and Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

TriNet Group, Inc. [DUBLIN, CA] (NYSE: TNET) announced that Chief Financial Officer, Richard Beckert, is transitioning from the Company to pursue professional and personal interests. Mr. Beckert will transition effective May 15, 2020.

Han Kieftenbeld

Amyris, Inc. [EMERYVILLE, CA] (NASDAQ: AMRS) announced that Han Kieftenbeld is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer effective March 16, 2020. Most recently, Kieftenbeld served as Chief Financial Officer of Innophos Holdings, Inc. Prior to Innophos, Han held finance and operations roles of increasing reach and impact, including serving as Global Chief Financial Officer of AB Mauri in the UK, Global Chief Procurement Officer of Ingredion Incorporated, and Global Chief Financial Officer of National Starch.

Lisa Drauschak

PJM Interconnection [VALLEY FORGE, PA] announced that Lisa M. Drauschak has been promoted to Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Drauschak joined PJM in 1999. Her promotion will be effective February 26, 2020.

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [OAK BROOK, IL] (NYSE: THS) announced the appointment of William J. Kelley Jr. (Bill) as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kelley has been serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer since November 2019. Kelley joined TreeHouse in 2016 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Corporate and Operations Finance in 2018. Prior to joining TreeHouse, he was 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 operating finance roles at PepsiAmericas. His earlier career service included key finance and accounting roles at Arthur Andersen and Cargill.

Infrascale [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Robert Peterson as Chief Financial Officer.

Jeremy Fox-Geen

iStar Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: STAR) announced that Jeremy Fox-Geen will join as Chief Financial Officer at both iStar and Safehold at the end of March. Fox-Geen was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of McKinsey & Co.’s North American business. He previously held senior leadership roles at PwC, Citigroup and McKinsey, as both a management consulting leader, advising financial services clients on corporate finance, growth strategy and business transformation, and as a finance officer.

America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. [OMAHA, NE] (NASDAQ:  ATAX) appointed Jesse A. Coury to serve as the Partnership’s permanent Chief Financial Officer. Coury has been serving as the Partnership’s interim Chief Financial Officer since January 1, 2020. Coury served as the Partnership’s Corporate Controller from 2017 to 2019 and served as the Director of Internal Audit for ATAX’s former ultimate parent entity, Burlington Capital LLC, in 2016.  Prior to joining the ATAX organization, Coury held various positions with RSM US LLP from 2009 to 2015, most recently as an Assurance Manager.

XPO Logistics, Inc. [GREENWICH, CT] (NYSE: XPO) announced that David Wyshner has been appointed chief financial officer, effective March 2, 2020, replacing Sarah Glickman who was acting chief financial officer. Glickman will continue as senior vice president, corporate finance and transformation. Prior to joining XPO, Wyshner served as CFO of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a spin-off of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation. Earlier, he was president and CFO of Avis Budget Group, Inc. Earlier, he was instrumental in executing Cendant Corporation’s strategic split into four independent companies and led the spin-off of a multi-billion-dollar Cendant subsidiary. He began his career in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch.

Mid-Southern Bancorp, Inc. [SALEM, IN] (NASDAQ: MSVB), the holding company for Mid-Southern Savings Bank, FSB, announced that Robert W. DeRossett has been hired as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Sonasoft Corp. [SAN JOSE, CA] (OTCQB: SSFT) announced the appointment of Rob Baumert as CFO. Following a engineering career in the hydrogen fuel cell industry, where he rose to the position of Head of Test Engineering for XCellsis USA (a joint venture of Ford Motor Company, Daimler Chrysler and Ballard Power Systems), Rob pivoted to a business career. Along with two MBA classmates, he formed Grattan Group Capital (GGC Pty Ltd.), a niche investment firm focused on new media start-ups in Australia. In 2010 Rob was recruited by Redbubble to take on the role of CFO/COO in Melbourne. In 2011, Rob moved to San Francisco to establish the US branch of this global marketplace, with global responsibility for Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Support and Data Analytics. Rob left Redbubble a year later to become the CFO of X-Company.

Amazing Energy Oil and Gas Co. [PLANO, TX] (OTCQB: AMAZ) announced that the Company has hired Benjamin Jacobson III as its new CFO upon the departure of Marty Dobbins who resigned for personal reasons. Prior to joining Amazing Energy, Jacobson co-founded ICP, LLC. Previously Ben spent over a decade as an alternative investment manager and Specialist with New York Stock Exchange Member firm, Benjamin Jacobson & Sons where he was a partner and subsequently 6 years as Vice President of Goldman Sachs after its purchase in 2001.  He directed the trading operations and risk management activities while serving a clientele of major global corporations. Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Denver. Ben serves on the staff of his church as well as certain charitable organizations.

Chris Caswell

Welch’s [CONCORD, MA] appointed Chris Caswell as chief financial officer. Caswell has been serving as such in an interim capacity for Welch’s since September 2019. Prior to joining Welch’s, Caswell was the chief operating and financial officer for Clarks Americas. Previously he held a number of roles at Keurig Green Mountain (now Keurig Dr. Pepper), including chief financial officer of the international division and chief audit executive. Caswell began his career in consulting and auditing, including several years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

CFO Moves – week ending February 21, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Silvaco, Inc. Xcel Energy NIKE, Inc.
Groupon ThreatConnect, Inc. Leanplum
Billtrust House of Saka, Inc. MedLite ID, Inc.
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. Tile
Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc Digital Hands
Vendavo Engineered Tax Services Inc. Green Hygienics Holdings Inc.
DuPont Trilogy Real Estate Group API Technologies Corp.

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Silvaco, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced the appointment of Howard Hideshima as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hideshima was previously at Super Micro Computers, where he was Sr. VP and CFO, and led a successful IPO in 2007. Hideshima has more than 30 years of experience, including senior management roles in companies such as Force10 Networks (acquired by Dell), Virtual Silicon Technology (acquired by MOSAID), Internet Corporation, and ESS Technology.

Xcel Energy [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: XEL) announced that Bob Frenzel will be named president and chief operating officer and that Brian Van Abel will be the company’s chief financial officer, both effective March 31. Frenzel is currently serving as chief financial officer. Van Abel is currently serving as senior vice president, Finance and Corporate Development. .

NIKE, Inc. [BEAVERTON, OR] (NYSE: NKE) announced that Andy Campion, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will become Chief Operating Officer, effective April 1. Matthew Friend, currently CFO of Operating Segments and Vice President of Investor Relations, will become the new CFO for NIKE, Inc. Campion joined Nike in 2007 as VP of Global Planning and Development and served in senior finance and strategy roles before becoming CFO in 2015. Prior to joining Nike, he held leadership roles in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, operations planning, investor relations, and tax at The Walt Disney Co. from 1996 to 2007. Friend joined Nike in 2009, working on Corporate Strategy and Corporate Development, before being appointed CFO of Emerging Markets (now APLA) in 2011. He has served as CFO of Global Categories, Product and Functions; CFO of Global Brands and Functions; and CFO of the Nike Brand. As of 2019, Friend has served as CFO of Operating Segments and VP of Investor Relations. Prior to joining Nike, he worked in the financial industry including roles as VP of investment banking and mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Melissa Thomas

Groupon [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: GRPN) announced that interim Chief Financial Officer Melissa Thomas assumes the role on a permanent basis. Thomas joined Groupon in 2017 as vice president of Commercial Finance and currently also serves as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Previously, she was vice president of Finance at Surgical Care Affiliates and spent nearly nine years at Orbitz Worldwide in a variety of positions including vice president of Finance. She has served as interim CFO since August 2019.

ThreatConnect, Inc. [ARLINGTON, VA] announced the hiring of Daniel Moser as CFO.Moser joins ThreatConnect with over 20 years of finance and operational leadership in the technology space. Moser had held CFO positions at ExecVision and Surefire Local.

Leanplum [SAN FRANSISCO] announced the appointment of Sheri Huston as chief financial officer (CFO). Huston has held CFO positions at Comscore Networks and LiquiBox, and senior financial leadership roles at Rockwell Automation and IRI.

Mark Shifke

Billtrust [LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ] announced the appointment of Mark Shifke as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Shifke served as CFO of Green Dot, also holding General Manager, Government Programs and Vice President, Special Projects positions at the fintech firm. Previously, he served as Managing Director, M&A and Corporate Finance Advisory at J.P. Morgan and as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. He has also served as a Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a law firm and a Principal at KPMG LLP.

Sue Bachorski

House of Saka, Inc. [NAPA VALLEY, CA] announced the addition of Sue Bachorski to the role of Chief Operating and Financial Officer. Prior to joining House of Saka, Bachorski spent nearly three decades as a Senior Operations and Finance Executive at Constellation Brands, Inc. Most recently, Sue served as SVP, Operation Services, Global Wine & Spirits. Her prior roles include serving as SVP, CFO Constellation Wines North America and SVP & CFO Pacific Wine Partners.

MedLite ID, Inc. [ST. GEORGE, UT] announced that Steven Savage has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer. Savage was most recently CEO of Executive Performance group.

Vincent K. Petrella

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: LECO) announced that Vincent K. Petrella, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will be succeeded by current Executive Vice President, Finance, Gabriel Bruno, effective April 22, 2020. Petrella will continue to serve as Executive Vice President to assist the Executive Team with the transition of the finance and corporate strategy organization until his retirement later this year. Bruno joined Lincoln Electric in 1995 and has held numerous leadership positions in finance, information technology and human resources, including Corporate Controller, Chief Information Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer and most recently, Executive Vice President, Finance. Prior to Lincoln Electric, Bruno worked in the audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. [FARMERS BRANCH, TX] (NASDAQ: AEY) announced that Kevin Brown, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company effective March 6, 2020. Brown accepted a new opportunity in Houston where he and his family reside. Scott Francis, who serves as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and former CFO, will serve as the company’s Principal Financial Officer in the interim.

Tile [SAN MATEO, CA] announced the appointment of Rob O’Hare as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Tile, O’Hare served as Chief Financial Officer for Spark Networks SE and held financial leadership roles at Square and Pandora.

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: STAF) announced that it has appointed Mark Gibbens to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Gibbens replaces interim CFO Chris Powers. Gibbens’ most recent experience includes being the CFO at Arysta LifeScience. Prior to this, Gibbens was Head of Corporate Development and CFO at Aligned Energy. At Affinion Group Holdings, Gibbens was CFO among other executive positions. At Alcatel-Lucent, Gibbens was Head of Corporate Finance and Global Chief Investment Officer. At Alcatel-Lucent Investment Management Co., he held the position of Chief Investment Officer. At General Motors Corporation, Gibbens was Director, Mergers & Acquisitions and Director, Domestic Finance in addition to various positions.

Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc [PHILADELPHIA AND OXFORDSHIRE, UK] (NASDAQ: ADAP) announced the appointment of Gavin Wood as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 1, 2020. Most recently, Wood served as the CFO and a director of Abcam plc from September 2016 through February 3, 2020. Before that, Wood held a series of roles at Affymetrix Inc, from 2006 to 2016, including serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2013 through March 2016, until the company was acquired by ThermoFisher Scientific. Michael Garone, who is serving as Interim CFO, will step down on March 31, 2020.

Digital Hands [TAMPA, FL] announced the addition of a new CFO, Wayne Nelson. Before his current role, Nelson lead numerous capital market transactions, including debt offerings, initial public offerings and restructurings with global finance company Cofinity and global technology service provider Syniverse Technologies.

Vendavo [DENVER] announced the addition of Dayton Kellenberger as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as CFO for Four Winds Interactive.

Engineered Tax Services Inc. (ETS) [WEST PALM BEACH, FL] announced that Michael Preslo joined as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Preslo comes from a large Private Institution where he worked as the controller; his prior work was as an external auditor for a regional firm.

Green Hygienics Holdings Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (OTCQB: GRYN) announced the appointment of Todd Mueller  as Chief Financial Officer. For the past 15 years, Mueller has worked as a fractional CFO for a variety of client companies.

DuPont [WILMINGTON, DE] (NYSE: DD) announced that Lori D. Koch, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, is named Chief Financial Officer, replacing Jeanmarie Desmond. Over a 17-year career at DuPont, Koch has held finance leadership roles with increasing responsibility spanning business units, the science and technology organization and corporate functions. She led finance for several multi-billion-dollar business units including Packaging & Industrial Polymers, Performance Polymers and Performance Materials before becoming head of Investor Relations and Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis. Earlier in her career, Koch served in key finance roles at Comcast Business Communications and Lucent Technologies. She currently serves as a Director of Aceto Corporation.

Trilogy Real Estate Group [CHICAGO] announced that Matt Leiter has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Immediately prior to joining Trilogy, Leiter served as executive vice president of equity markets at GK Development Inc.

Mark McClanahan

APITech™ (API Technologies Corp.) [MARLBOROUGH, MA] announced Mark McClanahan as our Chief Financial Officer (CFO). McClanahan held senior finance roles with Dover Corporation, Ingersoll Rand, Honeywell, and most recently with Corning where he was the Finance Leader of the Optical Connectivity Solutions Division.

CFO Moves – week ending February 28, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Infotech Viatris Charles River Associates
Kinetica Consonance Capital Management EZCORP, Inc.
Kosmos Energy Ltd. Kingsway Financial Services Inc. Comerica Incorporated
CNA Hunt Oil Company Invesco Ltd.
CyberScout SPX Corporation Delek US Holdings
Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc. Krystal Biotech, Inc. Spoonflower
Power Digital Marketing Inc. Driven Brands Vislink Technologies, Inc.
Zilliant Meredith Corporation SouthStar Capital
Zoom Telephonics, Inc. Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

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Andrew Uelsmann

Infotech [GAINESVILLE, FL] announced the appointment of Andrew Uelsmann as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Uelsmann was promoted to this role after a 12-year career with the company. Prior to Uelsmann’s appointment the responsibilities of the CFO were shared between the organizations Co-CEO’s, Dr. Tom Rothrock and Dr. Jim McClave, former Controller Chuck Engeman, and Uelsmann.

Viatris [HERTFORDSHIRE, England & PITTSBURGH & NEW YORK], the new company that will result from the planned combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a division of Pfizer, announced that Sanjeev Narula, current chief financial officer (CFO) of Upjohn, has been named incoming CFO of , the new company. Narula’s 16-year history with Pfizer encompasses several financial leadership positions. He previously served as Vice President, Finance, for Pfizer’s Essential Health Business. Since joining Pfizer in 2004, Narula has also served as the Finance lead for the Primary Care Business Unit; led the creation and expansion of a centralized business services unit; and also has diversified experiences in controllership, external reporting, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), business development and audit functions from Pfizer and previous experience. Prior to joining Pfizer, Narula had financial and operational leadership roles at American Express and Xerox.

Charles River Associates [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: CRAI) announced plans to divide the responsibilities of its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Corporate Development Officer into two executive officer positions. Chad Holmes, who has been CFO since 2014 and has led CRA’s corporate development efforts since 2009, will transition to the new role of Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer.

Kinetica [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Dean Neese as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Kinetica, Neese spent several years as CFO of Qubole. Prior to Qubole, Neese was the CFO of Shape Security. Neese was previously the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at DocuSign.

Consonance Capital Management (CCM) [NEW YORK] announced that Gabriela Franco-Boland has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Franco-Boland previously served as CCM’s Vice President of Finance. Franco-Boland joined Consonance Capital Management in November of 2006 as an Operations and Investor Relations Associate. Prior to joining Consonance, Gabriela was a Marketing Assistant at the New York Knicks and a Floor Director at the New York Rangers.

EZCORP, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NASDAQ: EZPW) announced that it has appointed Jason A. Kulas as President and Chief Financial Officer. Kulas has been serving as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2019 and a member of the Audit Committee since July 2019. Prior to joining EZCORP, Kulas spent over 25 years in financial analysis, investment banking and executive-level finance and operations roles with a variety of companies, most recently Santander Consumer USA Inc., where he served in a series of roles, including Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer and a member of the company’s Board of Directors from 2007 to 2017. Since leaving Santander Consumer USA in 2017, Kulas has been a private investor and business advisor. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Exeter Finance. Prior to joining Santander Consumer USA, Kulas was a Managing Director in Investment Banking with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., where he was employed from 1995 to 2007.

Kosmos Energy Ltd. [DALLAS] (NYSE: KOS, LSE: KOS) announced that Thomas P. Chambers, who has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer since November 2014, has informed the company that he will retire in May 2020. Chambers will be succeeded by Neal D. Shah, currently senior vice president and deputy chief financial officer. Shah has been with Kosmos since 2010, serving in a series of roles of increasing responsibility in finance, investor relations and, most recently, in international operations as head of the Equatorial Guinea business unit. Prior to Kosmos, Shah was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley.

Kingsway Financial Services Inc. [ITASCA, IL] (NYSE: KFS) announced that Kent A. Hansen has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company, following the resignation of William A. Hickey, Jr. Hansen joined the Company’s indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Kingsway America Inc. (“KAI”), as its Chief Financial Officer in December 2019. Prior to joining KAI, Hansen worked for LSC Communications, Inc., most recently as its Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, from September 2016. Before LSC, Hansen served as Vice President, Assistant Controller, of Baxalta, Incorporated from 2015 to 2016, after serving in various finance and accounting roles (including Director of Accounting and SEC Reporting, Assistant Controller, and Group Chief Financial Officer) with Scientific Games Corporation (formerly WMS Industries, Inc.) from 2006 to 2015. Hansen’s previous experience includes roles in accounting and financial reporting at Accenture and as an auditor at Ernst and Young LLP.

Jim Herzog

Comerica Incorporated [DALLAS] (NYSE: CMA) announced that James J. Herzog, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Herzog has been serving as the interim CFO since September 2019. Herzog joined Comerica in 1984 and has held numerous Finance positions of increasing scope and responsibility.

Al Miralles

CNA [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Al Miralles as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Miralles succeeds James Anderson, who announced his resignation from the Company to pursue other opportunities. Miralles joined CNA in 2011 as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Investments. In 2014, he became President of the Long Term Care business. In early 2018, he was appointed to the role of Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer of CNA. Prior to joining CNA, Miralles was the Chief Financial Officer for the Investments Division of Nationwide Insurance.

Hunt Oil Company [DALLAS] announced that Travis Armayor, Senior Vice President, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Armayor joined Hunt in 2009 as Vice President of Corporate Development and was Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Business Development prior to his current position. Prior to joining Hunt, he was an energy investment banker primarily at Merrill Lynch and predecessors to JPMorgan.

Invesco Ltd. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: IVZ) announced that Allison Dukes, former Chief Financial Officer for SunTrust Banks, Inc. (now Truist Financial Corporation), will join the firm as Deputy Chief Financial Officer on March 10, reporting to Loren M. Starr, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dukes will remain Deputy CFO at Invesco through Aug. 1, 2020, at which time she will become Senior Managing Director and CFO. Dukes will also join the firm’s Executive Management Team immediately. Starr will take on a new role as Vice Chair, effective Aug. 1, 2020, where he will remain until he retires on March 1, 2021. Dukes most recently served as CFO of SunTrust Banks, Inc. Prior to this role, Dukes served in a series of leadership roles throughout her 20 years with SunTrust, including head of Commercial & Business Banking; CEO of the Atlanta Division; co-head of Private Wealth Management; and managing director and head of syndicated finance originations for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Dukes serves on the board of directors for Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.

CyberScout [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] announced the appointment of Heather Zorge as Chief Financial Officer. Zorge comes to CyberScout from Western Windows Systems. She brings two decades of experience including an eight-year tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers and more than three years at a large refining company in Switzerland.

SPX Corporation [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NYSE: SPXC) announced that Scott Sproule, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer plans to retire in late 2020 or early 2021.

Delek US Holdings, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, TN] (NYSE: DK) and Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) announced that Assi Ginzburg, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed them that he will not renew his employment contract to pursue other opportunities. Ginzburg will remain in his current role until May to ensure a smooth transition.

Robert K. Ho

Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: NLTX) announced the appointment of Robert Ho as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 16, 2020. Kamran Alam, interim CFO of Neoleukin Therapeutics, will continue as a senior strategic advisor to assist in transition activities. Ho brings two decades of financial experience to Neoleukin. He is a former Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he was an associate in the Healthcare Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch & Co. Most recently, Ho served as Senior Finance Director at DaVita, Inc.

Krystal Biotech, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: KRYS) announced that Tony Riley has resigned as chief financial officer.

Brad Schomber

Spoonflower [DURHAM, NC] announced Brad Schomber joined as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Schomber most recently served as CFO at Diveplane. Prior to that, he held positions as CFO of MaxPoint, and Chief Accounting Officer at ChannelAdvisor.

Power Digital Marketing Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced today the hiring of Milton Goss as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Goss previously worked for ProSites as CFO.

Driven Brands [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced Tiffany Mason joined the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before Driven Brands, Mason served as interim CFO at Lowe’s, where she also led the Treasury, Investor Relations, Tax, M&A, and Corporate Planning departments. Before joining Lowe’s, Mason was vice president, SEC reporting at Bank of America.

Zilliant [AUSTIN, TX] announced Bob Davis as the company’s new chief financial officer. His experience includes serving as the chief financial officer of CA, Inc. and Open Solutions. Bob also supported the financial functions at companies including Saatva.

Meredith Corporation [DES MOINES, IA] (NYSE: MDP) announced that Jason Frierott has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 9, 2020. He succeeds Joe Ceryanec, who is retiring effective March 31. Frierott joins Meredith following 21 years at GE, including more than 10 years as a Chief Financial Officer for several of GE’s large business units. This included stints as a senior financial executive at GE Transportation, GE Power & Water and GE Energy. He also spent eight years in an executive role on GE’s Corporate Audit staff.

SouthStar Capital [MOUNT PLEASANT, SC] announced that Paul Evangelist is the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SouthStar Capital, Evangelist worked at companies including B2B CFO Partners LLC, Nova Management Inc., Cummins Turbo Technologies LTD, Technica LLC, ARS Service Express, and CertainTeed Corporation of Charleston.

Zoom Telephonics, Inc. [BOSTON] (OTCQB: ZMTP) announced that it has appointed Jacquelyn Barry Hamilton full-time CFO following her initial role with the Company as “acting” CFO. Hamilton joined the Company in January 2020 as a consultant. Prior to joining the Company, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Modo Labs, and Chief Financial Officer of Netcracker Technology. Hamilton also served as Chief Financial Officer of Intronis, and Chief Financial Officer, Technology Division of Monster Worldwide.

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: HALO) announced that Elaine D. Sun has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer. Sun will succeed Laurie Stelzer, who has resigned to pursue another opportunity. She most recently served as chief financial officer and chief strategy officer at SutroVax, Inc. Previously, Sun served as Managing Director and Head of West Coast Healthcare for Evercore Partners and Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Sun currently serves on the board of directors of Cirius Therapeutics.


CFO Moves – week ending March 6, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

HomeStreet, Inc. Electromed, Inc. Red River
Datto, Inc. NetApp TravelCenters of America Inc.
Ambyint WeWork MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation
Diamanti WindMIL Therapeutics Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
Hobsons The Amynta Group Invoca
Piston Group Zeta Global Medifast, Inc.
Eastside Distilling, Inc. SVB&T Corporation Kinsta Inc.
Criteo S.A. Cashmere Agency Domio
New England Peptide

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HomeStreet, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: HMST), the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark R. Ruh has tendered his resignation from HomeStreet, effective June 5, 2020. The company also announced that it has appointed John M. Michel as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4, 2020. Prior to joining HomeStreet, Mr. Michel was the Chief Financial Officer of First Foundation, Inc. His prior experience includes chief financial officer and senior finance roles at other banks and specialty finance companies, and he was also a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche.

Electromed, Inc. [NEW PRAGUE, MN] (NYSE American: ELMD) announced that CFO Jeremy Brock has elected to pursue other opportunities and the Company and Brock have established a transition plan. Brock will continue in the role of CFO until July 1, 2020.

Red River [CLAREMONT, NH & RESTON, VA] announced that Jason D. Juranek has been named Chief Financial Officer. Juranek most recently served as both CEO and CFO of Globecomm. Prior to Globecomm, Juranek was the CFO of Harris CapRock Communications.

Datto, Inc. [NORWALK, CT] announced that John F. Abbot has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Abbot joins Datto from Cumulus Media Inc. where he was CFO. Prior to Cumulus Media, he served as the CFO at Telx Holdings Inc., as well as Insight Communications. Abbot also spent 12 years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he began his financial career, and Morgan Stanley & Co., where ultimately he was a managing director.

Mike Berry

NetApp [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced the appointment of Mike Berry as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective March 16. Berry joins NetApp from McAfee, LLC, where he was also executive vice president and chief financial officer. Berry will succeed Ron Pasek, who served as NetApp’s executive vice president and chief financial officer for four years and announced his intent to retire earlier this year. Before he joined McAfee in February 2017, Berry was executive vice president, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer at FireEye. Previous to that position, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Informatica. Before his work at Informatica, Berry had led finance and other operations for several technology companies, including SolarWinds and i2 Technologies.

TravelCenters of America Inc. [WESTLAKE, OH] (NASDAQ: TA) announced that Peter J. Crage has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Crage succeeds William E. Myers, who has resigned from the company.  Most recently, Crage served as Chief Financial Officer of Diamond Resorts. He also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Seaworld Entertainment Inc., and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.

Blake McLean

Ambyint [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Blake McLean as chief financial officer. His background includes 14 years at industry-leading energy investment bank Simmons & Company International and three years at independent natural gas producer EQT Corp., most recently as senior vice president of investor relations and strategy.

Kimberly Ross

WeWork [NEW YORK] announced that Kimberly A. Ross will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 16. Ross was SVP and CFO at Baker Hughes for three years, prior to its merging with GE’s oil and gas division in 2017. She had previously served in the same capacity at Avon Products from 2011 to 2014 after spending a decade at what is now Ahold Delhaize, where she spent four years as SVP, CFO after serving in a series of senior treasury and tax roles. Earlier in her career, she held finance roles at Anchor Glass and Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, and was a senior manager in the risk and regulatory practice of Ernst & Young. Ross currently sits on the Board of Directors of PQ Corporation, Chubb Insurance Group and Nestlé S.A.

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation [SEOUL, South Korea and SAN JOSE, CA] (NYSE: MX) announced that Jonathan Kim, MagnaChip’s Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, is stepping down effective March 27, 2020 to pursue an executive opportunity outside of the semiconductor industry. Kim is expected to continue to serve in a consulting role for the Company through May 2020 to assist in the transition.

Diamanti [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of Jony Hartono as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hartono joins Diamanti from Instart, where he served as CFO. Prior to that he served as CFO at Capriza. Previously Hartono held senior finance and corporate development roles with MobileIron, Rackable Systems/SGI and Atrica.

WindMIL Therapeutics [PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE] announced the appointment of Patrick Fabbio as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 30. Fabbio is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. Before that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of electroCore Medical, LLC. Fabbio was also Vice President of Finance for NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Vice President of Finance, Innovation and Growth at Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.; and Chief Financial Officer at Ikano Therapeutics. His other prior financial positions include roles at Sanofi, UniPath Diagnostics, BioMatrix and Coopers & Lybrand.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. [NOVATO, CA] (NASDAQ: RARE) announced that Shalini Sharp will step down from her position as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President by September 2, 2020.

Hobsons [ARLINGTON, VA] announced the addition of Thomas Laurin to the senior leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Laurin joins the company from Genscape, where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, Tom served in various leadership roles at Thomson Reuters.

The Amynta Group [NEW YORK]announced the appointment of Erin E. Mulloy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mulloy joins Amynta from Ernst & Young LLP, where she served as a Partner in the Insurance Practice.

Invoca [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced that Michael DiFilippo has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. DiFilippo worked with companies like MuleSoft and AppDirect, as well as more mature, public companies like Citrix.

Gordon R. Fournier

Piston Group [DETROIT] announced that Gordon R. Fournier has been named chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Fournier’s role is effective March 16, 2020. Previously, Fournier served as president of Masco Cabinetry, a subsidiary of Masco Corporation. He also held the role as the company’s chief financial officer of the company. Prior to joining Masco, Fournier held numerous financial leadership roles with Johnson Controls Inc. including vice president of finance positions for Automotive Global Complete Seat, Automotive Electronics & Interiors, and Automotive Seating Americas. He also served as executive director, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis; and vice president and chief financial officer, Varta Autobatterie GmbH in Germany.

Chris Greiner

Zeta Global [NEW YORK] announced that Chris Greiner has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Greiner was previously CFO at LivePerson. He was also formerly CFO and COO at Inovalon, and spent thirteen years with IBM with roles including CFO and COO of their analytics division, leadership positions in their Asia Pacific region, Global Technology Services and corporate headquarters.

Medifast, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NYSE: MED) announced that Timothy G. Robinson, Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his position at the company on March 31, 2020. Joseph Kelleman, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Kelleman joined Medifast in 2012, serving in a series of senior financial roles in that time including Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance. He also served as interim Chief Financial Officer of the company prior to the appointment of Robinson in 2013.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: EAST) announced the appointment of G. Stuart Schreiner as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Schreiner has been a financial consultant with Tatum, LLC, C-Squared Solutions and GSS Consulting LLC since 2002. During and prior to that time, he has additionally held various senior level positions, including Director of Finance or Chief Financial Officer, with Hands-On Labs, Inc., Melco Industries, Inc., AirCell, Inc., Nathan Wechsler CPA, Cablecom-General, Translogic Corporation, Fischer Imaging, and Century International.

SVB&T Corporation [FRENCH LICK, IN] (OTCQX: SVBT), the bank holding company of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, announced the retirement of Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Darrell Blocker on March 31, 2020. During his tenure, Darrell also served as Treasurer & CFO of SVB&T Corporation.

Kinsta Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of R. D. David Young as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel (“CFO & GC”). During his career, Young has specialized in taxation, international transactions, finance, and management consulting while serving in professional roles at Ernst & Young, Pepper Hamilton, Raytheon, KPMG, and in his own private consulting practice. Kinsta co-founder and former CFO Tom Zsomborgi will become Kinsta’s Chief Business Officer.

Criteo S.A. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CRTO) announced that Chief Financial Officer Benoit Fouilland plans to depart from Criteo at the end of the second quarter 2020.

Eric Enjem

Cashmere Agency [LOS ANGELES] announced Eric Enjem as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Enjem has nearly 25 years of direct finance experience – half of them serving the creative industry, working with agencies like OMD USA, Zambezi, and 180LA.

Jim Mrha

Domio [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Jim Mrha as Chief Financial Officer. Mrha most recently led Americas Operations Finance at Hilton Worldwide. Prior to Hilton, Mrha spent five years as the Chief Financial Officer of MGM Hospitality, and over 25 years with Marriott International serving in senior leadership roles in the US, Europe and Asia.

New England Peptide [GARDNER, MA and LOUISVILLE, KY] announced the appointment of David Gavlik to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Gavlik has 25 years of experience, with roles such as Vice President of Finance at Comark and Lista International, as well as leadership roles at Stanley Black and Decker.

CFO Moves – week ending March 13, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

CIRCOR International, Inc. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Komodo Health
OneMedNet Corporation FedEx Corp. iFresh Inc.
Royal Financial, Inc. BlueLinx Corporation Ogilvy Health
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. Workscape Inc. T5 Data Centers
Remitter USA Inc. InfuSystem Holdings Inc. WideOpenWest, Inc.
AlphaSense Udacity Minimizer
CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc. PDL BioPharma, Inc. Claire’s Stores, Inc.
WalkMe

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CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, MA] (NYSE: CIR) announced the appointment of Abhishek Khandelwal as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 6, 2020. Since 2010, he has held a number of senior finance roles at IDEX, most recently serving as VP, Corporate Finance and Operations CFO. Prior to IDEX, he held a range of financial leadership positions at Stanley Black & Decker and General Electric.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, NJ] (NYSE: AMRX) announced it has appointed Tasos Konidaris as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Konidaris succeeds Todd Branning. Konidaris most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and as a board member of Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development of Ikaria, Inc. Konidaris also previously served seven years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, as well as held various roles of increasing responsibility at Schering-Plough Corporation, Pharmacia Corporation, Novartis Corporation and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Komodo Health [SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK] announced the appointments of Eileen Tobias as Chief Financial Officer. Tobias most recently served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Dropbox. Prior to Dropbox, Tobias spent 12 years in finance leadership at NetSuite, and also worked at Brocade Communications, Hewlett-Packard, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Jon Freeman

OneMedNet Corporation [EDEN PRAIRIE, MN] announced that Jon Freeman has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Freeman’s leadership experience in Healthcare/Life Sciences include progressive roles at: Fluke/Danaher, ev3/Covidien, Medafor (acquired by C.R. Bard), HistoSonics, and Gila Therapeutics.

Michael C. Lenz

FedEx Corp. [MEMPHIS, TN] (NYSE: FDX) announced that Alan Graf, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire effective December 31, 2020. Mike Lenz, corporate vice president and treasurer, has been named his successor. Graf will serve as CFO until September 22, 2020 and remain at the company as executive vice president and senior advisor through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Lenz will become executive vice president and CFO-Elect effective June 1 and will assume the role of CFO for FedEx Corporation on Sept. 22, 2020. Lenz joined FedEx in 2005 as vice president of finance at FedEx Office. He became staff vice president of strategic finance at FedEx Corporation in 2010, followed by a promotion to his current role as corporate vice president and treasurer in 2012. Prior to joining FedEx, Lenz worked at American Airlines, where he held positions in several finance and commercial areas including investor relations, financial planning and analysis, international planning and fleet planning.

iFresh Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that it appoints Amy Xue as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Xue succeeds Chang Kao (Eddie) Chiang. Xue has served as Partner, CFO Services of Wall Street CPA Services, LLC in New York since October 2010 where she, among other professional services, worked as CFO for XT Energy Group, Inc., and CFO for General Agriculture Corp. and Vice President in Finance for Huifeng Bio-Pharmaceutical Technology. Previously, Xue was a senior manager of SEC Audit Services at Acquavella, Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP in New York from September 2007 and October 2010.

Royal Financial, Inc. [CHICAGO] (OTCQX: RYFL), the bank holding company for Royal Savings Bank, announced the promotion of Colleen Thomiszer to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Bank. Thomiszer has served the Company and Bank as the Accounting Officer and Controller since 2017.  She joined the Company as Staff Accountant in 2014.

BlueLinx Corporation [MARIETTA, GA] (NYSE: BXC) announced that Susan O’Farrell, its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, will be retiring. O’Farrell will remain with the Company until April 12, 2020. The Company also announced that Kelly C. Janzen will join the Company as its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, effective April 13, 2020. Janzen brings over 25 years of experience in various financial roles, most recently as the Chief Accounting Officer of WestRock Company. Before joining WestRock, Janzen served as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer for Baker Hughes Inc., Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for McDermott International Inc., and served in various leadership roles within the Controllership function with General Electric.

Ogilvy Health [NEW YORK], part of Ogilvy, announced the promotion of Ripal R. Patel from SVP, Client Financial Services to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Patel has assumed the role of CFO from Robert Saporito, who announced his impending retirement at the end of 2019. Patel joined Ogilvy Health in 2007 as Director of Client Financial Services and was elevated to SVP, Client Financial Services in 2009.

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. [WEST LAFAYETTE, IN] (NASDAQ: BASI), operating as Inotiv, announced the appointment of Beth A. Taylor as Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Taylor succeeds Jill C. Blumhoff, who had served as the Company’s Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer since May 2016. Prior to joining Inotiv, Taylor held progressively responsible VP of Finance, Controllership and other financial leadership positions at Endocyte, Inc., Author Solutions, Inc., Harlan Laboratories, Inc., Republic Airways Holdings and Rolls-Royce Corporation.

Workscape Inc. [PITTSBURGH] announced that Abigail Slovonic has been promoted to CFO. Prior to starting at Workscape, she was the director of grants management at a private New York foundation supporting brain research before becoming Director of Finance and Operations at BAW Plastics.

Peter Almond

T5 Data Centers [ATLANTA] announced that Peter Almond recently joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He served as a Managing Director in Leveraged Finance most recently for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and previously for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Jennifer Cummings

Remitter USA Inc. [PHOENIX] announced the hire of Jennifer Cummings as Chief Financial Officer.

InfuSystem Holdings Inc. [ROCHESTER HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: INFU) announced that Barry G. Steele has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Steele replaces interim CFO Wes Winnekins. Steele previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Horizon Global Corporation. Prior to Horizon, Steele served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Gentherm Incorporated from 2004 to 2018. From 1997 to 2004, Steele held various finance positions with Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC, including Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller, Treasurer and Financial Reporting Manager.  From 1993 to 1997, Steele was Senior Auditor with Price Waterhouse LLP.

WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone (NYSE: WOW) [ENGLEWOOD, CO] announced that Rich Fish, chief financial officer will leave the company effective April 1.

AlphaSense [NEW YORK] announced that Joseph Hill has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Hill was the CFO of Greenway Health. Previously, he was CFO at Monotype, CFO at Metabolix, and CFO at AMICAS.

Seamus Hennessy

Udacity [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the appointment of Seamus Hennessy as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Udacity, Hennessy spent eight years as CFO at Ruckus Wireless. He has also held CFO positions at Big Switch Networks, Cohesity and Aerohive Networks.

Tony Henningson

Minimizer [BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN] hired Tony Henningson as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Henningson served as VP of Finance for KTM North America.  He also held leadership roles at Pillsbury, Polaris, Genmar, and PBH Marine Group.

CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc. [VALLEY COTTAGE, NY] (OTCBB: CRMZ) announced that Lawrence Fensterstock, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company of his intention to retire effective June 30, 2020, and will be resigning as Chief Financial Officer on March 31, 2020. The company appointed Steven Gargano as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 1st. Gargano previously served as both a Chief Financial Officer and a Risk Manager for such entities as the 1199 Pension and Benefit Funds, LUX Fund Technology & Solutions, Artivest Advisors, US Bancorp Fund Services, Mariner Investment Group and Gabelli Asset Management.

PDL BioPharma, Inc. [INCLINE VILLAGE, NV] (NASDAQ: PDLI) announced the appointment of Edward A. Imbrogno as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Imbrogno joined PDL as Vice President of Finance in October 2018. Imbrogno was appointed as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer in June 2019 and assumed the additional responsibilities as Acting Chief Financial Officer in November 2019.

Claire’s Stores, Inc. [HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL] announced that Michael Schwindle has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Schwindle most recently served as CFO for Fleet Farm. Previously, he held multinational and domestic CFO roles at Payless ShoeSource, Harry & David, and Musician’s Friend. Schwindle started his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and subsequently held both operational and financial leadership roles at Home Depot, Limited Brands, and The Longaberger Company.

Andrew Casey

WalkMe [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Andrew Casey as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Casey most recently served as senior vice president of finance and customer operations at ServiceNow. He has 29 years of experience at HP, Symantec, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.

CFO Moves – week ending March 20, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. YGC CuriosityStream
OmniTRAX Charles River Associates Flexsteel Industries, Inc.
Aura Catasys, Inc. Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
Elara Caring American Tower Corporation Stonewall Kitchen, LLC
Cumulus Media Inc. Overstock.com, Inc. First Northwest Bancorp
UNITIL Corporation Blucora, Inc. Farmer Bros. Co.
Accruit Dunbar Security Solutions UpKeep
Cardinal Health MiMedx Group, Inc. Tenneco Inc.
SVB&T Corporation

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AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Daniel Pacicco, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Pacicco will succeed Adam Karkowsky, who was promoted to AmTrust President. Pacicco joins AmTrust from Assurant, Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since June 2017. Prior to Assurant, Pacicco served as Senior Vice President, Finance for the North American operations of Chubb Limited, after holding many roles in over two decades with The Chubb Corporation. Before Chubb, Pacicco spent over ten years at Ernst & Young.

YGC [Austin, TX] announced that Chris Ragland has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was with Noble Capital as Partner and Chief Operating Officer.

Jason Eustace

CuriosityStream [SILVER SPRING, MD] announced that Jason Eustace has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this role, Eustace served as the Head of Finance for Bluemercury, Pet360 and Discovery Communications-US Networks.

OmniTRAX [DENVER] an affiliate of The Broe Group, announced Robert Walker has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. For the past 10 years, Walker served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer at The Madison Companies and affiliates. Prior to joining The Madison Companies, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of property operations and redevelopment at Apartment Investment and Management Company, and as Senior Vice President and CFO for Miller Global Properties. Walker started his career in audit and advisory services at Ernst & Young and served as Global Controller for GE Capital Real Estate.

Charles River Associates [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: CRAI) announced the appointment of Daniel K. Mahoney as Chief Financial Officer effective March 30, 2020. Mahoney most recently served as Senior Vice President, Head of Finance at BrightSphere Investment Group. Mahoney assumes the role from Chad Holmes, who will be CRA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer. Mahoney was most recently at BrightSphere Investment Group where he served as SVP and Head of Finance. Prior to BrightSphere, Mahoney was Chief Accounting Officer at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

Flexsteel Industries, Inc. [DUBUQUE, IA] (NASDAQ: FLXS) announced that Derek P. Schmidt will join Flexsteel and assume the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer on April 6, 2020. Schmidt most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Crescent Electric Supply Co. Prior to joining Crescent Electric Supply Co., Schmidt held multiple executive positions with HNI Corporation (HNI). From 2016 – 2018, Schmidt held the position of Vice President & General Manager, Transactional – The HON Company, an HNI operating company. From 2014 – 2016, Mr. Schmidt held the position of Vice President, Finance for The HON Company. From 2013 – 2014, Schmidt held the position of Vice President, Finance – HNI Leveraged Furniture Operations. From 2011 – 2013, Schmidt held the position of Treasurer and Vice President, Corporate Finance and led M&A, treasury, investor relations and corporate planning. Prior to joining HNI, Schmidt held financial leadership positions with companies such as Silgan Plastics Corporation, MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc., and General Mills Inc.

Anne M. Myong

Aura [SAN FRANCISCO] named Anne M. Myong as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aura, Myong served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Walmart’s Global eCommerce business. She joined Walmart in 2011 as Chief Administrative Officer of its retail operation in China and became CFO the following year. During her tenure with Walmart, Ms. Myong served as a member of the board of directors of Walmart Mexico and was a member of the CEO’s advisory board of women leaders. Prior to Walmart, Myong held a variety of finance, strategy and investment roles in start-up and Fortune 500 technology companies in Silicon Valley and China. Myong started her career with McKinsey & Company in Washington, DC and New York. In addition, Myong is a member of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors at Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) and a Board Director, Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee of Goodwill Industries International.

Catasys, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] (NASDAQ: CATS) announced the appointment of Brandon H. LaVerne as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining, Laverne was CFO of PCM, Inc. Prior to PCM, Inc., LaVerne was an Accounting Supervisor at Computer Sciences Corporation. Previously, he was a Senior Auditor at Deloitte and Touche LLP.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] (NYSE: EPRT) announced the appointment of Anthony K. Dobkin, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Hillary P. Hai, the Company’s former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will leave the Company on April 30, 2020.

Elara Caring [ADDISON, TX] announced that Bruce Jarvie has been named Chief Executive Officer (CFO). Jarvie previously served as CFO at EmblemHealth. He also held a divisional CFO position at Optum (part of UnitedHealth Group), and served in senior finance roles at BAE Systems, Inc. and UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines.

American Tower Corporation [BOSTON] (NYSE: AMT) announced that Rod Smith, the Company’s current Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer will become the new Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Tom Bartlett who has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer, Smith has been with the Company for more than ten years, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s U.S. Tower Division.

Stonewall Kitchen, LLC [YORK, ME] announced that Rick Lees has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lees was Ocean Spray’s Chief Financial Officer for 8 years. Prior to Ocean Spray, Lees held other key executive positions for well-known companies such as Pillsbury, Dannon and Gillette.

Cumulus Media Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced that Frank Lopez-Balboa has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lopez-Balboa served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Univision Communications Inc. Prior to Univision, Lopez-Balboa spent more than 20 years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.

Adrianne Lee

Overstock.com, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (NASDAQ: OSTK) announced the appointment of Adrianne Lee as its Chief Financial Officer. Lee will assume the role on March 31, 2020. Lee joins Overstock from The Hertz Corporation where she was senior vice president and CFO of the company’s North American Rental Car unit. Prior to that, she served as vice president of global financial planning and analysis and corporate development for Hertz. Before joining The Hertz Corporation, Lee led financial planning and analysis for Best Buy’s e-commerce business, and held several roles in finance, strategic planning, accounting and financial reporting, investor relations and audit at PepsiCo, Allianz Life and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

First Northwest Bancorp [PORT ANGELES, WA] (NASDAQ: FNWB), the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Port Angeles, announced that Regina Wood resigned as Chief Financial Officer, to pursue another business opportunity.  Geri Bullard, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Treasurer, assumed the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Bullard joined the bank earlier this year as SVP and Treasurer. Prior to joining First Federal, Bullard served as Controller at Salal Credit Union, located in Seattle, from August 2018 to January 2020, and Chief Financial Officer of First Sound Bank, also in Seattle, from February 2017 to August 2018.

UNITIL Corporation [HAMPTON, NH] (NYSE:UTL) announced the resignation of Christine L. Vaughan, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Treasurer. The Company has appointed Laurence M. Brock as the interim CFO and Treasurer. Brock has been Unitil’s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since June 2005, and was Vice President and Controller from 1995 until 2005.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Mimi Carsley has been named interim Chief Financial Officer. A member of the Blucora team since 2018, Carsley has held a number of leadership roles inside the company including as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and as CFO of its Avantax Wealth Management business unit. Her Blucora experience also includes having served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Integration Management Office. Carsley’s distinguished career has included senior roles at leading companies, including serving as Chief Financial Officer for the Specialized Devices and Applications business group at Microsoft Corporation. While at Microsoft, she also held the roles of Director of Corporate Development and Strategy, Director of Strategic Corporate Finance, and Director of Portfolio Management. Prior to joining Blucora, Carsley held various leadership roles at LPL Financial Holdings, including as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer as well as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff. Before that, she was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Bluewater Global Ltd. Earlier in her career, Carsley was Assistant Vice President of Financial Security Assurance Inc. and as Assistant Portfolio Manager with JPMorgan Chase.

Farmer Bros. Co. [NORTHLAKE, TX] (NASDAQ: FARM) announced the appointment of Scott Drake as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Scott Lyon will continue to serve in his role as Farmer Brothers’ Vice President, Controller. Most recently, Drake served as GameStop Corp.’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer. Prior to that, Drake served as 7-Eleven, Inc.’s Vice President, Finance Strategy and Communications from 2001 to 2015. Prior to 2001, he held finance and accounting positions with Arthur Andersen, La Madeleine French Bakery and Café, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Coopers & Lybrand.

Accruit [DENVER] announced the addition of Steve Holtkamp as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Holtkamp most recently was Chief Strategy Officer for Hotel Engine. Prior to Hotel Engine, Holtkamp spent ten years with Morgan Stanley.

Dunbar Security Solutions (DSS) [HUNT VALLEY, MD]  and Dunbar Security Products (DSP) jointly announce that Jeff Berg, formerly the Vice President of Finance at DSS, is now the Chief Financial Officer for both companies. Berg has been with the Dunbar family of companies since 2008 where he started as a senior member of the Finance Department at Dunbar Armored. He became the Vice President of Finance at DSS in 2016, and now as CFO.

Jim Lightsey

UpKeep [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jim Lightsey has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Jim served as Chief Financial Officer of Leanplum. Prior to Leanplum, Jim was Chief Financial Officer with InsideView. Jim also served as President and Founder of emindhealth, and was Director of Corporate Development for Homestore.com.

Jason Hollar

Cardinal Health [DUBLIN, OH] (NYSE: CAH) announced that it appointed Jason Hollar as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 12. Hollar most recently served as the chief financial officer of Tenneco Inc. Hollar joined Tenneco in June 2017 from Sears Holding Corporation, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to Sears, Hollar worked with both Delphi Automotive and Navistar in a number of senior finance roles. He served as Delphi’s corporate controller and as vice president of finance for the company’s powertrain systems division. At Navistar, he held finance positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s engine group, South America operations and corporate financial planning and analysis.

MiMedx Group, Inc. [MARIETTA, GA] (OTC PINK: MDXG) announced that Peter M. Carlson, Executive Vice President of Finance, has been named as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Carlson joined MiMedx in December 2019. Carlson served as Chief Operating Officer at Brighthouse Financial, Inc. Carlson was the Chief Accounting Officer at MetLife, Inc. for eight years. Prior to joining MetLife in 2009, Carlson was the Corporate Controller at Wachovia Corporation. Carlson currently serves as a director of White Mountains Insurance Company.

Tenneco Inc. [LAKE FOREST, IL] (NYSE: TEN) announced that Kenneth R. Trammell has been appointed to the role of interim Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2020. Trammell’s appointment follows Jason Hollar‘s decision to leave the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in order to accept an equivalent role at a Fortune 100 company. Trammell previously served as chief financial officer of Tenneco Inc. from 2003 to 2018. Prior to that position, he held a number of finance roles at the Company, where he was responsible for financial and operational accounting, financial reporting, planning and analysis and all audit functions. He joined Tenneco in 1996 as assistant controller and was promoted to corporate controller the following year and served as vice president and controller, beginning in November 1999.

SVB&T Corporation [JASPER, IN] (OTCQX:SVBT), the bank holding company of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, announced the appointment of Ryan Heim as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. He is superseding Darrell Blocker who announced his plans to retire March 31, 2020. Additionally, Heim will be responsible for the financial operations of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company as Senior Executive Vice President, CFO and cashier. Heim began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst with Dresner Partners Investment Banking in Chicago and was previously employed with Springs Valley Bank & Trust as an Investment Analyst with the Financial Advisory Group before transitioning to the Accounting Department as a Financial Analyst. Heim was most recently employed with Kimball Electronics as Financial Planning & Analysis Manager before rejoining Springs Valley as Vice President and Financial Planning Manager in January 2019.

CFO Moves – week ending March 27, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Regional Management Corp. Edgewater Midstream, LLC Recursion
STANLEY Security Landec Corporation Menlo Therapeutics Inc.
CytomX Therapeutics Inc. KBP BioSciences McClatchy
RealNetworks, Inc. DTE Energy Impartner
Dynatronics Corporation Latham Pool Products Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
PDS Biotechnology Corporation

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Regional Management Corp. [GREENVILLE, SC] (NYSE: RM) announced that it has promoted Robert W. Beck, the company’s EVP and Chief Financial Officer, to be its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, Michael S. Dymski, the company’s VP and Chief Accounting Officer, has been named interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his promotion to interim CFO, Dymski served as the company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller since 2013. From 2011 through 2013, he was the Director of Finance, South USA with TD Bank. From 2000 through 2010, Dymski was employed by The South Financial Group in varying roles, including Vice President and Controller of Finance and Accounting and Senior Vice President of Finance.

David Anders

Edgewater Midstream, LLC [HOUSTON] announced David Anders has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Anders comes to Edgewater after a 17-year tenure in Bank of America’s Energy Investment Banking Group. Anders most recently served as managing director in Bank of America’s Natural Resources Group.

Recursion [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Michael Secora, Ph.D., as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Recursion, Dr. Secora was Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets and Venture at Laurion Capital.

STANLEY Security [INDIANAPOLIS] appointed Chadi Chahine as Chief Financial Officer on March 18. Most recently, Chahine was CFO at Circor International.

Landec Corporation [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NASDAQ: LNDC) named Brian McLaughlin as its permanent CFO, following his post as interim CFO since January 2020.

Menlo Therapeutics Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, NJ] (NASDAQ: MNLO) appointed Andrew Saik as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Saik was most recently CFO at PDS Biotechnology, Inc. (formerly Edge Therapeutics). Prior to PDS he was CFO at Vertice Pharma, LLC. Previously, he was CFO at Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Auxilium, he was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Endo Health Solutions, Inc. Prior to Endo, Saik served in senior financial management roles with increasing responsibility at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, including Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO of the Specialty Pharmaceutical Business which included its dermatology franchise.

CytomX Therapeutics Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: CTMX) announced the appointment of Carlos Campoy as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Campoy held the position of chief financial officer at Alder BioPharmaceuticals, which was acquired in October 2019 by Lundbeck A/S. Prior to Alder, Campoy held the role of vice president of finance, international at Allergan plc. Prior to joining Allergan, over the course of an 18-year tenure at Eli Lilly and Company, Campoy held senior financial leadership positions including most recently as chief financial officer of Eli Lilly Japan K.K.

KBP BioSciences [PRINCETON, NJ] announced the appointment of Nick Hart as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer at Temptime Corporation. From 2008 to 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer and Acting President at HemCon Medical Technologies. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer of Alltracel Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, he worked at venture capital firms Porton Capital Ltd and BioScience Managers Ltd (BML). He previously served in a variety of leadership roles, including CFO and COO at Cantab Pharmaceuticals.

Peter Farr

McClatchy [SACRAMENTO, CA] (OTC: MNIQQ) announced the appointment of Peter Farr as McClatchy’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Farr has served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) since joining McClatchy in 2018 and will continue in his role as CAO. He succeeds Elaine Lintecum who will serve as Special Advisor to the CEO until her retirement on June 30, 2020. Prior to joining McClatchy, Farr held leadership roles in accounting at The Boeing Company, Allianz SE and Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Judd Lee

RealNetworks, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: RNWK) announced the hiring of Judd Lee as Senior Vice President. Lee starts at Real on Thursday, March 26th and will become Real’s new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer early in the second quarter of 2020, succeeding Mike Ensing. Lee served as Chief Financial Officer at SignalSense. Prior to that, he held senior finance roles at investment firms, including venture capital firm Maveron, and technology companies, including Microsoft.

DTE Energy [DETROIT] (NYSE: DTE) announced the appointment of David Ruud as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4.  Ruud, who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development at DTE, will succeed Peter Oleksiak, who will be retiring from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Oleksiak will remain with DTE through the end of the year as a special advisor to DTE President and Chief Executive Officer Jerry Norcia. During his 15-year career at DTE Energy, Ruud has served in several senior leadership roles across the organization, including most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development.

Jonathan Spira

Impartner [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Jonathan Spira as CFO. Spira replaces long-time Impartner CFO Bert Young, who is retiring in June. Spira brings a proven track record of CFO positions, including leading a host of SaaS and software companies from BROWZ to Untangle to Blinkx to Autonomy.

Dynatronics Corporation [COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT] (NASDAQ: DYNT) announced the appointment of John A. Krier as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds David A. Wirthlin as Dynatronics’ CFO, who will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Krier was Vice President of Marketing at Breg, Inc. Prior to joining Breg, Krier was President of Viscent, LLC, an orthopedic bracing supplier acquired by Breg in October 2014. Krier began his career as a Certified Public Accountant for Deloitte.

Latham Pool Products [ALBANY, NY] announced that it has appointed Mark Borseth as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Latham, Mark most recently served as CEO of Ranpak, after previously serving as the company’s CFO. He started his career in sales and warehouse management at Condux International and also served as Operating Partner at Turnspire Capital Partners. He was CFO at Constar and Eclipse Aviation, in addition to holding various positions of increasing responsibility over the course more than 20 years at 3M.

Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Phillip Juhan as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Juhan served as Vice President of Business Operations for the Company since Aug. 2018. Juhan brings a number of years of progressive experience in both financial and entrepreneurial leadership roles, including more than ten years in the Investment Banking Divisions of Prudential Financial and the Bank of Montreal where he led consumer-focused research within the Financial Services (Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging) and Consumer (Broadlines Retail and Restaurants) sectors. The company also announced that Helen Van Ness will no longer serve as interim Chief Financial Officer for the Company. 

PDS Biotechnology Corporation [PRINCETON, NJ] (NASDAQ: PDSB) announced that Andrew Saik has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a director of the board to pursue other professional opportunities.  The Company appointed Frank Bedu-Addo, Ph.D., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as interim Principal Financial Officer and Janetta Trochimiuk, PDS Biotech’s Controller as interim Principal Accounting Officer. Trochimiuk is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of experience, serving as Controller and CFO of private and publicly listed companies.

CFO Moves – week ending April 3, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

SiFive, Inc. Nine Energy Service, Inc. Valmont Industries, Inc.
Bloom Energy Hibbett Sports, Inc. Forestar Group Inc.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Pulse Systems BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Homeowners Trinity Industries, Inc. Aviat Networks, Inc.
Pure Cycle Corporation Contegix Unique Fabricating, Inc.
VisitPay Footprint Surge Holdings, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. TapClicks

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Shubham Maheshwari

SiFive, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] announced that Shubham “Sam” Maheshwari has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before SiFive, he served for 6 years as CFO and later as CFO & COO of Veeco. Previous notable positions also include SVP, Finance, for Spansion. Maheshwari was also VP of mergers and acquisitions for KLA-Tencor and served as Corporate Controller.

Nine Energy Service, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NINE) announced that Clinton Roeder, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has departed the Company by mutual consent. Guy Sirkes, Vice President, Strategic Development, has assumed the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company in March 2019, Sirkes was an Executive Director with J.P. Morgan’s Energy Investment Banking Group.

Avner Applbaum

Valmont Industries, Inc. [OMAHA, NE] (NYSE: VMI) announced that Avner Applbaum joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Applbaum succeeds Mark Jaksich, who previously announced his plans to retire and will remain with the Company until December 26, 2020 to ensure a smooth transition. Applbaum joins Valmont having most recently been the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Double E Company. In addition to holding several CFO roles for private equity-backed companies, he also spent over 15 years in senior financial and operational roles in publicly traded manufacturing companies, including Ametek, Belden, and TE Connectivity, formerly Tyco Electronics. Earlier in his career, Mr. Applbaum worked for Ernst & Young.

Bloom Energy [SAN JOSE, CA] (NYSE: BE) announced the appointment of Gregory Cameron as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Cameron will replace Bloom Energy’s EVP and CFO Randy Furr, who previously announced his intention to retire. Cameron was most recently president and CEO, Global Operations, GE Company. Previously, Cameron held a number of other senior executive roles at GE, including serving as president and CEO, Global Legacy Solutions for GE Capital, and CFO, Americas for GE Capital. In the earlier stages of his career with GE, Cameron held roles as CFO of GE Capital Solutions, CFO of Corporate Financial Services, and CFO of Healthcare Financial Services. He also held multiple roles in FP&A, served on the Corporate Audit Staff, and was an associate of the Financial Services Training Program.

Hibbett Sports, Inc. [BIRMINGHAM, AL] (NASDAQ/GS: HIBB) announced the upcoming appointment of Robert J. Volke as its new Chief Financial Officer. Volke’s employment with the Company will begin April 13, 2020 in the position of Senior Vice President of Accounting and Finance. Immediately following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020, he will become the Chief Financial Officer. Volke will replace Scott R. Humphrey, who has been serving as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Volke was most recently employed with Fleet Farm, LLC since August 2018, most recently serving in the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer, and prior to that, as its Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Controller. Prior to his service at Fleet Farm, Volke held various positions of increasing responsibility with Tractor Supply Company from May 2007 to August 2018, serving most recently as its Vice President and Controller from March 2017 to August 2018.

Forestar Group Inc. [ARLINGTON, TX] (NYSE: FOR) announced that James (Jim) D. Allen has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Forestar. Allen most recently served as a Senior Operating Partner at Palm Beach Capital. Prior to joining Palm Beach Capital, he served as CFO of Hollander Sleep Products and held a variety of executive roles at both private and public companies, including Operating Vice President and Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners, Chief Administrative Officer at Mattress Firm Inc. and a variety of C-Suite roles at Tandycrafts Inc. after spending 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he began his career.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: JEF) announced that Peg Broadbent, the CFO of Jefferies Group LLC, has passed away from coronavirus complications. Teri Gendron, CFO of Jefferies Financial Group, has been appointed as the interim CFO and Chief Accounting Officer of Jefferies Group LLC.

Pulse Systems [CONCORD, CA] announced the the appointment of Chris Buresch as CFO. Buresch previously served as CFO at Precision Wire Components — now known as TE Connectivity.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] (NASDAQ: BCRX) announced the appointment of Anthony Doyle as senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Doyle joins BioCryst from Worldwide Clinical Trials, where he has served as CFO since 2014. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Doyle held a series of increasingly responsible roles at General Electric (GE), moving through FP&A, controller, audit, tax and commercial finance rotations in the GE Financial Management and Corporate Audit Staff finance and leadership training programs. He then led risk and pricing for GE Healthcare’s U.S. diagnostic imaging business and served as global program manager for GE Healthcare Solutions. From 2012 to 2014, he was CFO of World Book, a Berkshire Hathaway company.

Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOAIC) [IRVING, TEXAS] announced that Richard B. Runyan has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Runyan joins HOAIC from Centauri Insurance Group where he was CFO. Prior to his most recent position at Centauri Insurance Group, Runyan was Vice President and Controller at Geovera Holdings, Inc. In addition to that position, he’s also held various titles such as Corporate Controller, Director of Accounting, and Division Controller at prior companies.

Trinity Industries, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: TRN) announced that Eric R. Marchetto has been appointed Trinity’s Chief Financial Officer succeeding Melendy E. Lovett, who will return to her previous position as Chief Administrative Officer. Marchetto was previously Group President, TrinityRail. Previous to this, he was Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Aviat Networks, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NASDAQ: AVNW) announced the promotion of Eric Chang to Chief Financial Officer. Chang joined Aviat in February 2016 and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Aviat Networks, Chang served as senior director and corporate controller at Micrel, Incorporated from 2013 to 2016 until it was acquired by Microchip Technology. Before that, Chang served as senior director, assistant corporate controller and business unit controller at Atmel Corporation from 2007 to 2013. Chang was at Ernst & Young LLP from 2003 to 2007, where he last served as senior audit manager.

Pure Cycle Corporation [DENVER, CO] (NASDAQ CM: PCYO) announced the addition of Kevin McNeill as the Company’s Vice President with appointment to Chief Financial Officer effective in early April 2020. McNeill began his career with Ernst &Young in Denver in the Audit and Advisory Business Services group. After being promoted to Audit Manager, McNeill transitioned to corporate accounting and served in various positions including as Controller of Pure Cycle from 2004 through 2012 when he left to be Controller for First Western Financial, Inc. Most recently Mr. McNeill was the VP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for a privately held wealth management company in Austin, Texas.

Mike Dunn

Contegix [DULLES, VA] announced that it has named Mike Dunn as its new chief financial officer. Prior to Contegix, Dunn was the CFO of NeoSystems, LLC. Before NeoSystems, Dunn was the CFO of Siteworx. Prior to that, Mike was the CFO of Recovery Point Systems.

Unique Fabricating, Inc. [AUBURN HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: UFAB) announced it has appointed Brian P. Loftus as Chief Financial Officer. For the last 18 months, Loftus served as the Corporate Controller for Wabash National Corporation. Prior to Wabash, Loftus was the Corporate Controller for Horizon Global Corporation. Loftus has also held various positions with TriMas Corporation, including Controller for TriMas’ former subsidiary Cequent Performance Products, Inc., Segment Financial Manager, and Corporate Audit Manager.

Tom Ryden

VisitPay [BOISE, ID] announced the addition of Tom Ryden as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Ryden was chief operating officer of AppDetex. Before AppDetex, Ryden held CFO and similar positions at Mapp Digital, Clarivate Analytics, Thomson Reuters, MarkMonitor and SCP Global Technologies.

Footprint [GILBERT, AZ] announced the appointment of Brad Lukow as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lukow joins Footprint from Sprouts Farmers Market, where he held the position of interim co-CEO and CFO. Lukow also previously served as executive vice president and CFO of Shoppers Drug Mart. Prior to his experience as CFO, he held roles of increasing responsibility within the financial functions at Shoppers and spent several years in public accounting at Arthur Young International and Ernst & Young.

Surge Holdings, Inc. [MEMPHIS, TN] (OTCQB: SURG) announced the appointment of Anthony Evers as Chief Financial Officer. Evers replaces Brian Speck, who will continue to serve as a consultant to the Company. Most recently, Evers served as Chief Financial Officer for Vista Health System. He has also served as CFO for organizations including Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital, KSB Hospital, Norwegian American Hospital, and Horizon Homecare and Hospice.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CNP)  announced that it has appointed current Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Kristie L. Colvin as interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to succeed Xia Liu, who will be leaving the company to pursue another career opportunity following a transition period. An over 30-year veteran of CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies, Colvin has served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer since September 2014.

TapClicks [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Kevin Thompson has joined TapClicks as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Thompson served as CFO of Selligent. He was also CFO for Elastica (acquired by Blue Coat), HEAT Software (acquired by Clearlake Capital), and Vitria Technology.

CFO Moves – week ending April 10, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Macy’s, Inc. Reputation.com Clearwater Paper Corporation
Delek US Holdings, Inc. Engage3 Xilinx, Inc.
Erie Street Core BTS K12 Inc.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC Morphic Therapeutic
Gannett Co., Inc. SmartDrive Systems Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
CallisonRTKL GTT Communications, Inc. Bigfinite, Inc.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. Kemin Industries Cynosure, LLC
Aludyne Ebix, Inc. Duolingo
PJ SOLOMON

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Macy’s, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: M) announced that Paula Price, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has made the decision to leave the company as of May 31, 2020. She will continue in her current role until that date, and in order to support a well-ordered transition, Price will remain an advisor to the company through November 2020. Price has served in her current role with Macy’s, Inc since July 2018.

Amir Jafari

Reputation.com [REDWOOD CITY, CA] named Amir Jafari as the company’s new CFO. Jafari most recently spent five years at ServiceNow, where he helped create the Finance and Legal business unit, which he ultimately led as the VP and general manager. Prior to this, he served as the company’s vice president of finance and corporate controller. Jafari also served as senior director of finance and assistant controller at Atmel Corp., and director of financial planning and analysis at InvenSense. Jafari has also held financial positions at Magellan Navigation, AppliedMicro and Memec.

Clearwater Paper Corporation [SPOKANE, WA] (NYSE: CLW)  announced the appointment of Michael (Mike) J. Murphy as senior vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Robert (Bob) G. Hrivnak who will be leaving the company.Murphy joins Clearwater Paper from NxEdge, Inc., where he served as CFO. Prior to NxEdge, he held senior finance, risk management, and strategy positions with Kapstone Paper and Packaging and Boise, Inc. In addition to his industry experience, Mr. Murphy has over 17 years in investment banking with J.P. Morgan Securities and John Nuveen & Co.

Delek US Holdings, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, TN] (NYSE: DK) and Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) announced that Reuven Spiegel will be appointed EVP and assume the role of CFO following the departure of Assi Ginzburg in May. Spiegel has served as a member of the Board of our general partner since July 2014, as a member of the Audit Committee and Conflicts Committee since September 2014 and as a member of the EHS Committee since its inception in October 2016. Prior to joining the Board, Spiegel served as Chief Executive Officer of Israel Discount Bank Ltd. from 2011 through 2014 where he had previously held the position of Executive Vice President from 2001 through 2005. Mr. Spiegel also served as Chief Executive Officer of IDB Bank of NY from 2006 to 2010. He also has experience as an executive in the real estate industry. Spiegel will maintain his position on the Board of DKL and Assi Ginzburg will assist in transitioning responsibilities to Spiegel through first quarter results.

Robert Andrews

Engage3 [DAVIS, CA] announced that Robert Andrews has joined the team as its new Chief Financial Officer. Andrews has spent more than fifteen years in SaaS companies as CFO and COO in industries as varied as manufacturing and biotech. Some of the companies he has worked for include Worcester Controls Corporation, iRobot Corporation, and Mirror Image Internet.

Brice Hill

Xilinx, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced it has appointed Brice Hill to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Hill joins Xilinx from a 25-year tenure at Intel Corporation, where he most recently served as the CFO and COO, Technology, Systems and Core Engineering Group. Prior to that, Hill was Corporate Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Unit finance, including the Data Center, PC, and IoT business units. Hill had also previously held senior finance roles in capacity strategy, PC desktop and chipsets, and the data center at Intel. Prior to Intel, Hill worked at General Motors Corporation where he held various finance positions.

Erie Street [CHICAGO] announced the hire of Matt Hallgren as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Erie Street, Matt served as Chief Financial Officer of Glencoe Capital. Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Press Ganey, and has also held leadership roles at Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., Boeing, and Deloitte.

Kevin Thimjon

Core BTS [NEW YORK] added Kevin Thimjon as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Core, Thimjon served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Lids Sports Group. Prior to Lids Sports Group, Thimjon served in executive leadership roles for a variety of organizations, including chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of Just Marketing, Inc., president and chief financial officer of Bell Industries, Inc. and executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of ISR Solutions, Inc.

K12 Inc. [HERNDON, Va.] (NYSE: LRN) announced the appointment of Timothy Medina as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) while James Rhyu will take on the newly formed role of President – Corporate Strategy, Marketing, and Technology. Rhyu has served as K12’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013 and was performing the dual roles of CFO and President of Products and Technology. Medina most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TPx Communications. Prior to his role at TPx Communications, Medina served as CFO of ECI Conference Call Services. He has also served as CFO, and in senior leadership positions for Independent Wireless One Holdings, Verizon Communications, CTI Holdings, CANTV, and GTE Corporation.

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. [PETALUMA, CA] announced the appointment of B. John Lindeman as its new Chief Financial Officer. Lindeman most recently he served as chief financial officer and corporate secretary at Calavo Growers, Inc. Prior to joining Calavo in 2015, he held various leadership positions within the finance and investment banking industries, including serving as managing director at Sageworth Trust Company, managing director and co-head of the consumer and retail group at Janney Montgomery Scott, managing director at Stifel Nicolaus and principal at Legg Mason. Prior to joining Legg Mason, he was a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Michael Garamoni

Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC [VERO BEACH, FL] appointed Michael Garamoni as Chief Financial Officer. Garamoni has spent the past 13 years in finance, reporting and planning, which included roles as Vice President of Global Finance for Ryan Specialty Group, LLC., and at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP.

Morphic Therapeutic [WALTHAM, MA] (NASDAQ: MORF) announced the appointment of Marc Schegerin, M.D., as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Dr. Schegerin was most recently chief financial officer of ArQule. Prior to this role, Dr. Schegerin served in various senior healthcare investment banking roles at CitiGroup and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Gannett Co., Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GCI) announced the appointment of Douglas E. Horne as our new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Horne served as Global Controller for The We Company (WeWork). He previously spent eight years at Warner Media LLC (formerly Time Warner Inc.), most recently as Senior Vice President and Controller. Before joining Warner Media LLC, he served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer for AOL Inc.

Christopher Saunders

SmartDrive Systems [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Christopher Saunders as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently CFO at Capsule Technologies, Saunders previously held senior level and CFO responsibilities for a variety of Qualcomm companies, including Qualcomm Life, Snaptracs, Qualcomm Labs, FLO TV and Qualcomm Ventures over a 14-year period. Prior to Qualcomm, he was vice president of finance at SupplyPro.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, NY] (NYSE: TARO) announced the appointment of Daphne Huang as Vice President, CFO and Chief Accounting Officer. Huang has over 20 years of senior executive experience in finance; most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at Humanwell Healthcare USA & Puracap International. Prior to Humanwell, Huang held progressively responsible positions in the financial service sector and debt capital markets working for companies such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, FleetBoston, GE Capital and HSBC.

Ashraf M. Fahmy

CallisonRTKL [Washington, DC] announced that Ashraf M. Fahmy joined the practice as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Fahmy joins CallisonRTKL from CHA Inc. in Atlanta where he was Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to his time with CHA Inc. he was CFO of International Engineering and Construction for AMEC Foster Wheeler and Regional Controller for URS Corporation.

GTT Communications, Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GTT) announced that Steven Berns has joined the GTT leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining GTT, he served as Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Shutterstock. Prior to his tenure at Shutterstock, Berns served in several executive leadership roles, including as Chief Financial Officer at the Tribune Media Company, and Revlon.

David Merino

Bigfinite, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that David Merino has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Bigfinite as CFO, David Merino was the Managing Director for Novartis Integrated Services Limited, after spending five years as part of their Corporate CFO Leadership program. Prior to that, he served as CFO for Novartis Ringaskiddy Limited.

Aaron Deer

Columbia Banking System, Inc. [TACOMA, WA] and Columbia Bank (NASDAQ: COLB) announced that Aaron Deer has been appointed Columbia’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective on or before April 30, 2020. Deer’s appointment is the result of an extensive national search following the departure of Greg Sigrist in February 2020. Deer was most recently a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Sandler. Prior to Piper Sandler, Deer provided research coverage on a variety of regional and national banks for RBC Capital Markets, and he supervised research and valuation teams for a middle-market M&A boutique. Mr. Deer began his career serving in a variety of frontline and back-office positions at community banks.

Patrick Wood

Kemin Industries [DES MOINES, IA] appointed Patrick Wood, formerly Vice President of Finance for Kemin Nutrisurance, as Chief Financial Officer. Wood joined Kemin in 2013 as a senior accountant before becoming an accounting manager a year later. The following year, he was promoted to controller for Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – North America, and in 2015 became finance director for the business unit. In 2018, Wood took on the position of Vice President of Finance for Kemin Nutrisurance. Wood succeeds Tammi Guldenpfennig, a longtime Kemin leader who spent 30 years with the company.

Cynosure, LLC [WESTFORD, MA] announced the appointment of David Long as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Until recently, Long served as CFO at Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. Prior to his time at Corindus, Long spent nearly a decade at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he held the position of Vice President of Finance of the Laboratory Equipment Division.

Conrad M. Hein

Aludyne [SOUTHFIELD, MI] announced that Conrad M. Hein has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Hein served as the Vice President of Finance – Global Manufacturing and Vice President of Finance – North America for Cooper Standard.

Ebix, Inc. [JOHNS CREEK, GA] (NASDAQ: EBIX) announced an addition to its leadership team with the appointment of Steven M. Hamil (Steve) as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer. Hamil joins Ebix from Regions Financial Corporation where he began in 2013 as Senior Vice President and Managing Director. Hamil has extensive experience in banking and capital markets with NationsBanc Capital Markets (now Bank of America) and Wachovia Capital Markets (Wells Fargo). Through his career, Hamil has held senior financial and accounting leadership roles as Vice President and Controller and subsequently being appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Movie Gallery, Inc. Robert Kerris, former CFO, will remain with the company reporting to Mr. Hamil and will oversee Ebix’s SEC reporting and financial planning and analysis.

Duolingo [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of Matt Skaruppa as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Skaruppa comes to Duolingo with more than 15 years of finance and operations experience, most recently as a senior member of Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. Prior to that, he spent five years as an operating executive for KKR Capstone.

Andrew Fascia

PJ SOLOMON [NEW YORK], a leading financial advisory firm and independently operated affiliate of Natixis, announced that Andrew Fascia has joined as the firm’s new Chief Financial Officer. Fascia most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of boutique investment bank Greentech Capital Advisors. Prior to that, he was a senior associate in the finance team at Citadel Investment Group. He began his career in audit at Ernst & Young.

CFO Moves – week ending April 17, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Mohawk Industries, Inc. Shutterfly, Inc. Lexmark
Altria Group, Inc. Momentive Performance Materials Immunic, Inc.
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. Incident IQ, LLC Wheel
U.S. Oral Surgery Management Motus Altamira Technologies Corporation
Beacon Controlled Contamination Services Potbelly Corporation
MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC Woodward, Inc.

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Mohawk Industries, Inc. [CALHOUN, GA] (NYSE: MHK) announced the appointment of Frank H. Boykin as chief financial officer. Boykin previously served as Mohawk’s chief financial officer from 2005 to 2019. He initially joined the Company as corporate controller in 1993. Boykin retired in 2019 and has continued to support the business as a senior consultant for the past year. Glenn Landau, former chief financial officer, left the Company to pursue other interests.

Vivian Liu

Shutterfly, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA]  announced the appointment of Vivian Liu as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Vivian was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Lexmark International. Prior to Lexmark, Vivian served as vice president of finance, Enterprise BG, for Huawei Technology Inc. Before that, Vivian spent eight years in finance positions with Cisco Systems based in the Silicon Valley, most recently as director of finance, U.S. Enterprise Segment Sales and Service. Earlier in her career, Vivian held finance positions with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, Goldman Sachs, and Deloitte & Touche LLP in Connecticut, New York and San Francisco. She began her career with China Merchants Bank in Shanghai.

Chuck Butler

Lexmark [LEXINGTON, KY] announced that Chuck Butler has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. Butler succeeds Vivian Liu, who has decided to pursue another opportunity outside Lexmark. Most recently Butler served as vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior roles include vice president of Sales Operations and Business Analytics, director of Corporate Finance, and senior manager of Financial Planning and Analysis. He joined Lexmark in 2004 as a senior financial analyst. Prior to joining Lexmark, Butler worked in finance roles at Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, LG&E and KU Energy, and the J. Peterman Company.

Altria Group, Inc. [RICHMOND, VA] (NYSE: MO) announced that upon the promotion of Billy Gifford to serve as Altria’s CEO from his most recent role as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, the company appointed Salvatore Mancuso Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Manucuso was Senior Vice President, Finance and Procurement.

Momentive Performance Materials [WATERFORD, NY] named Cris Barros as its new Chief Financial Officer. Barros came to Momentive after 12 years with The Mosaic Company, most recently serving as VP of Finance, responsible for Controllership and Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior roles include Business Unit CFO, VP – Finance for Commercial, VP – Corporate Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and Director of Business Development. Before Mosaic, Cris held multiple finance and business roles with companies such as Carval Investors, Cargill, Banco Boavista Interatlantico, and BancoFrances e Brasileiro.

Immunic, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: IMUX) announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Sanjay S. Patel who has resigned to pursue opportunities in the nonprofit sector. Glenn Whaley, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller, has been promoted to the position of Vice President Finance.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. [DULUTH, GA] (NYSE: ABG) announced that Patrick (“PJ”) Guido will join the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 11, 2020. Guido joins the Company from lululemon athletica inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer since April 2018. Prior to that, Guido spent seven years at VF Corporation. During his seven-year tenure at VF Corporation, he served as Treasurer and Vice President of Corporate Development. Previously, Guido served in roles of increasing responsibilities at The Home Depot, Inc. and Saks Incorporated.

Incident IQ, LLC [ATLANTA] announced that Mike Hickey has been named to the company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Incident IQ, Hickey worked for ScanSource where he served in various leadership roles for the last 20 years. Previously, Hickey co-founded a cloud tech company—the startup was later acquired by ScanSource. Prior to these experiences Hickey began his career in finance as an accountant for a Manhattan CPA firm.

Wheel [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of chief financial officer Chris Donus. Donus comes to Wheel from Lyft and Silvercar, where he served as Vice President of Express Drive and President and Chief Operating Officer, respectively.

Henry H. Moomaw III

U.S. Oral Surgery Management (USOSM) [IRVING, TEXAS] named Henry H. Moomaw III as chief financial officer. Previously, Moomaw served as CFO for Excalibur Resources and TEAK Midstream in the energy sector. Prior to that, he spent 13 years as VP controller for Animal Health International. Moomaw also served as controller for Fireboard Corp, assistant controller for Hadson Corp, a senior analyst for Electronic Data Systems and an auditor with Arthur Andersen.

Motus [BOSTON] announced it has appointed Karen O’Byrne as Chief Financial Officer. O’Byrne joins Motus following former CFO Tim Brown’s transition to Chief Corporate Development Officer at Motus earlier this year.

Altamira Technologies Corporation [MCLEAN, VA] announced that Adam Omar has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Adam has been the CFO at two successful equity-backed companies and held leadership positions at large systems integrators and software firms, including SAIC, Software AG, and LexisNexis.

Beacon [HERNDON, VA] (NASDAQ: BECN) announced the appointment of Frank A. Lonegro as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lonegro will join Beacon on April 20, 2020 and assume his role as Chief Financial Officer on or about May 15, 2020 as current Chief Financial Officer Joseph Nowicki transitions his duties. Prior to joining Beacon, Lonegro had a career at CSX Corporation, where he served for nineteen years, culminating as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2015-2019. Prior to joining CSX, Lonegro practiced law for seven years.

Chris Reinmiller

Controlled Contamination Services [SAN DIEGO] announced Chris Reinmiller as the new Chief Financial Officer for the company. Reinmiller comes to CCS from CW Wright Construction where he served as the CFO. Prior to that Reinmiller was the Vice President of Business Operations for PrimeLine Utility Services. Chris also worked for Microsoft’s Data Center Construction group.

Potbelly Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced that Steven W. Cirulis joined as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Cirulis has been with Potbelly since December 2019, serving in a strategic planning, finance and analytical consulting role. Most recently, Cirulis served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects at Panera Bread. Prior to his role at Panera Bread, Cirulis was the Global Vice President, Corporate Strategy at McDonald’s, Senior Director of Strategy, Business Development and Insights, Gap Brand at Gap, Inc., and was Associate Partner at Prophet, Inc.

MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Josh Guenser as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Guenser joins MOD after spending the last 10+ years at Starbucks, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Finance, Americas. During his tenure at Starbucks, he also held vice president and director-level roles in finance – focused on retail operations, global supply chain and reporting. Prior to Starbucks, Guenser was at KPMG for over seven years.

Woodward, Inc. [FORT COLLINS, CO] (NASDAQ: WWD) announced that Robert (“Bob”) F. Weber, Jr., resumed the role of Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer. Concurrently, Jonathan (“Jack”) W. Thayer, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, will depart the Company. Weber has 15 years of service with Woodward and over 40 years of industry experience. He served as Chief Financial Officer from August 2005 until September 2019 and as Vice Chairman since October 2011. Mr. Weber previously announced his intention to retire in 2020, but in January 2020, the Company announced that he had postponed his retirement indefinitely, and he remained with the Company as Vice Chairman.


CFO Moves – week ending April 24, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Tangoe Blucora, Inc. Casper Sleep Inc.
TerrAscend Corp. Sunrun First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
Hub Group Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Daseke, Inc.
USA Truck Inc. Applied Molecular Transport Catalina
CSW Industrials, Inc. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Hayward Industries, Inc.
GTB Crenlo Engineered Cabs Sierra Pacific Mortgage
Trex Company, Inc. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

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Arun Shivdasani

Tangoe [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] announced the appointment of Arun Shivdasani as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, he has held leadership roles at Geller & Co, where he served as CFO of Bloomberg Government and CFO of Bloomberg Global Data. Before Geller & Co, he served as the VP of Finance at Laureate Online Education and CFO at Walden University. Early in his career, he also worked at Marriott International, E*Trade Financial, Progress Energy and HDFC Bank.

Keith Stauffer

TerrAscend Corp. [TORONTO & NEW YORK] (CSE: TER, OTCQX: TRSSF) announced the appointment of Keith Stauffer as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Most recently, Stauffer served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Global Consumer Beauty Division at Coty, Inc. Prior to his role at Coty, Stauffer spent 10 years at The Hershey Company holding various senior financial positions, including Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the international business. Prior to Hershey, Stauffer held various positions at Dell Technologies and Procter & Gamble.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Marc Mehlman joined Blucora as Chief Financial Officer and will succeed interim CFO Mimi Carsley who will remain with Blucora as Treasurer and SVP of FP&A and Procurement. Mehlman served in various leadership positions over the last 15 years at Thomson Reuters Corporation. Most recently he was General Manager. Prior to that he served as Managing Director of ONESOURCE Direct Tax; Vice President Finance/Operations of ONESOURCE; Vice President Investor Relations; Vice President Business Development; Head of Financial Strategy – Sales & Trading; and Director of Finance – Scientific Division. Before joining Thomson Reuters, Mehlman served as a portfolio manager at investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein.

Casper Sleep Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: CSPR) announced that Greg Macfarlane, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, will depart the Company effective May 15, 2020 in order to assume a senior executive role outside of the Sleep industry. Stuart Brown is joining the Company to assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 15. Previously, Brown served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Iron Mountain Inc., from July 2016 to February 2020. Prior to that, Brown served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., from September 2011 to July 2016.

Sunrun [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: RUN) announced that Tom vonReichbauer will be joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was a Vice President at Google after serving as Chief Business Officer of Nest from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, vonReichbauer served as the CFO of Nest from 2013 to 2015. vonReichbauer previously held management roles in the finance organization at Tesla from 2008 into 2013. Prior to Tesla, vonRiechbauer was in the finance organization at Ford Motor Company.

James R. Gordon

First Financial Bankshares, Inc. [ABILENE, Texas] (NASDAQ: FFIN) announced James R. Gordon as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to replace J. Bruce Hildebrand upon his previously announced retirement in August 2020.  Gordon most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of FB Financial Corporation. Other banking experience includes Union Planters Corporation, National Commerce Financial Corporation and The South Financial Group. His public accounting experience includes serving as an assurance and advisory services partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, BDO and HORNE.

Hub Group [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NASDAQ: HUBG) announced that Terri Pizzuto, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has decided to retire effective June 30, 2020. Pizzuto will remain an employee of the company until June 30, 2021 to assist with the transition of her duties. Hub Group also announced that Pizzuto will be succeeded by Geoff DeMartino as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of July 1, 2020. DeMartino joined Hub Group in 2016 as Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, and has led the acquisitions of Estenson Logistics and CaseStack and the divestiture of Mode Transportation.  Prior to joining Hub, DeMartino spent over 15 years in a variety of financial roles including corporate development and investment banking.

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ESRT) announced the appointment of Christina Chiu as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Chiu will join Empire State Realty Trust following an 18-year career at Morgan Stanley, where she had been a Managing Director since 2014. She currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Global Listed Real Assets business at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. She began her career as a real estate investment banking analyst where she worked on both principal investing and strategic advisory transactions.

Daseke, Inc. [ADDISON, Texas] (NASDAQ: DSKE) announced that it has named Jason Bates as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bates joins Daseke from USA Truck, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2017. Prior to joining USA Truck, Bates served as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations Officer at Swift Transportation Company, holding a variety of finance, treasury and accounting roles with increasing scope and responsibility since joining the company in 2003. Bates began his career in corporate finance at Honeywell International, in the Aerospace Division.

USA Truck Inc. [VAN BUREN, Ark.] (NASDAQ: USAK) announced that Zachary King has been appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. King has served as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2017 and has been with the Company since 2015. He succeeds Jason Bates, who is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining USA Truck, King served in a variety of finance and accounting roles for ABB Ltd, Samson Resources Corporation, and Deloitte.

Applied Molecular Transport [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Shawn Cross as the company’s chief financial officer. Prior to this appointment, Cross was at JMP Securities where he served as managing director and co-head of healthcare investment banking. Previously, Cross held various investment banking roles at top financial institutions in New York, London and San Francisco including managing director in healthcare investment banking at Deutsche Bank Securities, managing director and head of biopharmaceutical investment banking at Wells Fargo Securities, amongst others. Cross also brings operational experience from his time on the executive management team at GT Biopharma.

Bob Reich

Catalina [ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] announced Robert “Bob” Reich joined as Chief Financial Officer. For the last five years, Reich served as EVP and CFO of Tampa-based Syniverse Holdings, Inc. Previously, he was SVP and CFO for Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. from 2007-15. Before that, he served as VP, Controller and Treasurer for McLeodUSA from 2002-07, and as Assistant VP, Corporate Financial Planning and Assistant Controller at Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation from 1993-2002.

CSW Industrials, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: CSWI) announced that James E. Perry will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following the issuance of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020. To ensure a seamless transition, Perry will assist the Company in a consulting capacity until he assumes the CFO role.  Gregg Branning, the current CSW Industrials CFO, will depart the Company at the end of May 2020 after four years of dedicated service. Perry most recently served as CFO of Trinity Industries, from 2010 to 2019. Prior to his role as CFO, Perry held various roles of increasing responsibility at Trinity, including in Finance and Treasury. Prior to that, he was a senior financial executive at RMH Teleservices, including serving as CFO. Perry began his career at JP Morgan Chase & Co. in the investment banking division, spent time in a consulting group at Ernst & Young LLP.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: AEO) announced that Mike Mathias has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bob Madore, AEO’s current Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company. He will remain with AEO in a senior advisory role reporting to Jay Schottenstein, Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, through September 2020. Since 2017, Mathias has served as AEO’s Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. Mike started his career with AEO in 1998 as Manager of Finance for stores and operations, rising through the organization with progressive leadership positions across finance and operational areas including e-commerce, store finance, Aerie planning, strategy and business development. From 2016 to 2017, he departed AEO to serve as VP, Financial Planning and Analysis at General Nutrition Centers, Inc. Mike began his career at the May Company.

Hayward Industries, Inc. [BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.] announced that Eifion S. Jones has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Anthony Colucci, who is departing to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining Hayward, Jones was CFO of Cornerstone Chemical Company for 9 years. Prior to Cornerstone, he spent 21 years with Akzo Nobel, where he held financial and managerial leadership roles in the Americas and Europe, including EVP and General Manager for their Americas Oil & Gas protective coatings business and prior to that, EVP and CFO for their Americas industrial coatings business. He began his financial career with Courtaulds Plc in their European fibers businesses prior to its sale to Akzo Nobel.

Kevin Krupski

GTB [DEARBORN, Mich.] announced that Kevin Krupski has been named global chief financial officer. Prior to this appointment, Krupski’s role was SVP, client finance lead at Digitas for both the Boston and Detroit offices as well as group client finance lead for a top holding company assignment. Prior to that role, he was in operations at Boston Consulting Group.

John Lenga

Crenlo Engineered Cabs [ROCHESTER, Minn.] announced John Lenga has been named Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Crenlo, Lenga served as the North America CEO and CFO for Autoneum. Previously, Lenga served as the leader of Financial Planning & Operational Analysis at AGG Tower International, and began his career as a Financial Analyst at Ford Motor Company.

Curtis Dair

Sierra Pacific Mortgage [Folsom, CA] announced the hiring of Curtis Dair as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). For the past seven years, Dair held that title of CFO for Opes Advisors, Inc./ Opes Advisors, a Division of Flagstar Bank. Dair also served as Director of Operational Risk Management and Controller for Rabobank, N.A., serving the food and agriculture industry. Prior to Rabobank, Dair spent seven years at Golden 1 Credit Union, first as Controller and later as Chief Lending Officer. In addition, Curtis was CFO for Bancorp Financial Services. Curtis spent four years in various positions with IndyMac Bank and seven years with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Trex Company, Inc. [WINCHESTER, Va.] (NYSE: TREX) announced that it has named Dennis Schemm to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Schemm succeeds Bryan H. Fairbanks, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will assume the position of President and Chief Executive Officer on April 29, 2020. Most recently, Schemm served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Continental Building Products from 2015 until its acquisition by CertainTeed, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, in early 2020. Previously, he held senior financial roles at Armstrong Flooring and Danaher Corporation, following a 15-year career at Monsanto Company.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield [Baltimore] hired Jenny Smith as the organization’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CareFirst, Smith spent 20 years at Kaiser Permanente, with her latest role as CFO for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan for the Northwest United States.

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. [TALLAHASSEE, FL] (CSE: TRUL, OTC: TCNNF) announced that it has appointed Alex D’Amico as its Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2020.  The Company’s Controller and Director of Financial Reporting, Ryan Blust, has been appointed Interim CFO effective April 24, 2020, and will lead the finance department and activities until D’Amico joins Trulieve. Most recently, D’Amico was the VP Finance/Controller for Telaria. Previously, he held a senior finance role at Cognizant, a NASDAQ-listed global IT services company, as well as several publicly traded technology and healthcare firms such as Quest Diagnostics, and Synvista Therapeutics. Blust joined Trulieve in September 2018. Prior to that Blust served as the Controller at Vector Solutions. Blust previously served as CFO for Honeycomb Company of America, and as Assistant Controller for Marinemax. The Company also announced that it has accepted the resignation of Mohan Srinivasan, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves – week ending May 1, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Branch Ceres Global Ag Corp.
Zosano Pharma Corporation Blue Bird Corporation Vista Outdoor Inc.
Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. ImageWare® Systems, Inc. CSC
Equity Bancshares, Inc. Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. Costar Technologies, Inc.
Arlo Technologies, Inc. Health Partners Plans First Northwest Bancorp
EmblemHealth NetDocuments Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, Inc.
oneZero Financial Systems Planful, Inc. The Pohlad Companies
Integral Ad Science Agilyx Corporation Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
High Point Jewelry Gotransverse ViewRay, Inc.
BVI Eventus Systems, Inc. Sera-Brynn, LLC

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. [UNION, NJ] (NASDAQ: BBBY) announced the appointment of Gustavo Arnal as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Treasurer.  Arnal joins the Company following his previous role as Group CFO of Avon, prior to which he held senior positions at Walgreens Boots Alliance and Procter & Gamble. Bed Bath & Beyond’s current CFO & Treasurer Robyn D’Elia is departing the Company. Prior to Avon, Arnal was CFO, International Divisions and Global Functions at Walgreens Boots Alliance.  He previously served in senior positions at Procter & Gamble, including CFO of India, Middle East and Africa, CFO Global Fabric and Home Care, and CFO Global Personal Beauty.

Brian Whalen

Branch [Minneapolis] announced the appointment of Brian Whalen as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Branch, he served as the CFO and co-founder of Blispay, a point of sale company that was acquired by Alliance Data Systems in 2019. Prior to Blispay, he was the Chief Financial Officer of NetworkForGood.com. Whalen has also served as the CFO of Global Credit for PayPal, the Head of North American Business Development at PayPal, and he was part of the founding team of BillMeLater in 2000, which was subsequently acquired by PayPal in 2008.

Ceres Global Ag Corp. [MINNEAPOLIS] (TSX: CRP) announced the hire of Jay Bierley to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Bierley replaces Interim Chief Financial Officer John Haug. Haug will remain with Ceres in an advisory role to assist with Mr. Bierley’s transition and a variety of other matters until the end of the fiscal year. Bierley joins Ceres from Bunge where he worked across North America and Asia in regional and global CFO and financial leadership roles for 18 years.

Zosano Pharma Corporation [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ZSAN) announced the appointment of Christine Matthews as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Matthews was most recently the interim CFO at Zosano, a position she was appointed to after having served as the company’s vice president and corporate controller. Previously, Matthews was as an accounting and financial consultant with RGP. Her past positions include senior director of financial planning & analysis at Cepheid, as well as group director of finance at Cadence Design Systems. Matthews began her career with Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Blue Bird Corporation [MACON, Ga.] (NASDAQ: BLBD) announced the appointment of Jeff Taylor as CFO, effective June 1, 2020. Phil Tighe will be stepping down as CFO effective June 1, 2020. Most recently Taylor served as Chief Financial Officer at Wabash National Corporation.

Sudhanshu Priyadarshi

Vista Outdoor Inc. [ANOKA, Minn.] (NYSE: VSTO) announced the appointment of Sudhanshu Priyadarshi as Vista Outdoor’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Priyadarshi succeeds Mick Lopez, who will be leaving the Company after a transition period. Priyadarshi most recently worked as CFO of Flexport and before that, VP of Finance for Walmart’s e-commerce business.  Priyadarshi began his career at PepsiCo, spending 14 years there in a variety of finance, planning and strategy-related roles, concluding as CFO for PepsiCo’s Global R&D and Global Nutritional Platforms.

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NYSE American: IMH) announced that Paul Licon, the Company’s current Chief Accounting Officer / Controller has assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer as part of a planned transition. Licon has been with Impac since April 2016. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Manager and as a Principal with the accounting firms KPMG and Squar Milner, respectively. Chief Financial Officer Brian Kuelbs has stepped down effective April 30, 2020 to pursue other professional opportunities.

ImageWare® Systems, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (OTCQB: IWSY) announced the appointment of Jonathan D. Morris as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). His career includes key leadership positions with a large private family office in New York. He also had key roles with the Blackstone Group, Credit Suisse, Gain Capital, and Lombard, Odier et Cie. Most recently, he joins ImageWare from American Patriot Brands, where he served as the CFO.

CSC [WILMINGTON, Del.] announced that Tom Porth, executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), has communicated his plan to retire in early July 2020. EJ Dealy, executive vice president and head of Corporate Development, has been elected to succeed Porth as CFO. Effective April 27, 2020, Dealy became the CFO. Dealy joined CSC in 2010 following a career in manufacturing and consulting.

Eric Newell

Equity Bancshares, Inc. [WICHITA, Kan.] (NASDAQ: EQBK), the holding company of Equity Bank, announced the hire of Eric R. Newell as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Chief Financial Officer Gregory H. Kossover is now Chief Operating Officer. Newell will join Equity on April 30, 2020 and assume CFO duties after the completion of the second quarter reporting period and following the filing of Equity’s second quarter 10-Q, after June 30, 2020. Newell joins Equity after most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at United Bank, a subsidiary of United Financial Bancorp, Inc.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. [KAPALUA RESORT, Hawaii] appointed Michael S. Hotta as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 26, 2020. Prior to joining Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., he served as Chief Operating Officer of DK Restaurants in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Costar Technologies, Inc. [COPPELL, Texas] (OTC Markets Group: CSTI) announced that Sarah Ryder has been named Chief Financial Officer. Ryder joined Costar as the Corporate Controller in 2015. She held previous positions at CBIZ, Inc., Cricket Communications Inc., and RSM.

Arlo Technologies, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NYSE: ARLO) announced that Christine Gorjanc, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will retire from her role, effective June 15, 2020. Gordon Mattingly, Arlo’s Senior Vice President, Finance since July 2018, will take over Gorjanc’s roles, effective as of Gorjanc’s retirement. Mattingly previously served in various senior leadership roles in Finance and Operations at Netgear over the past decade and was an instrumental part of the separation and launch of Arlo. Ms. Gorjanc has agreed to remain in the CFO role until June 15 to ensure a smooth transition.

Kevin Clancy

Health Partners Plans (HPP) [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Kevin Clancy joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Clancy served as vice president and chief financial officer for UnitedHealthcare/Rocky Mountain Health Plans in Colorado. Previously, Clancy was vice president, finance, chief financial officer and interim chief operating officer at FamilyCare. Prior to FamilyCare, Clancy served as the vice president, finance for Anthem/Amerigroup in Houston, Texas.

First Northwest Bancorp [PORT ANGELES, Wash.] (NASDAQ: FNWB), the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Port Angeles, announced the promotion of Geri Bullard to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Bullard had been serving as Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of First Federal. Bullard joined the bank earlier this year as SVP and Treasurer and was promoted to Interim Chief Financial Officer following the departure of Regina Wood in March 2020. Prior to joining First Federal, Bullard served as Controller at Salal Credit Union, located in Seattle, from August 2018 to January 2020, and Chief Financial Officer of First Sound Bank, also in Seattle, from February 2017 to August 2018. She also served as a Bank Examiner for the State of Idaho from February 2012 to October 2014.

The EmblemHealth family of companies [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Heather Tamborino as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Finance for Highmark Inc. and CFO of Gateway Health Plan.

NetDocuments [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the addition of Hugo Doetsch as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining NetDocuments, Hugo served as Head of Finance, Investor Relations, and Strategy & Corporate Development for Ping Identity and previously was Global Head of Services Investment Banking for Citigroup in New York, NY. Doetsch replaces Pete Childs, who retired from his position as NetDocuments CFO in April.

Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] announced Paul Evans has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Sevan, he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Hill International, Chief Financial Officer at MYR Group, Chief Executive Officer at Conex Energy Corporation and Treasurer at NorthWestern Energy.

oneZero Financial Systems [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Fraser McHardy has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. McHardy’s experience includes prior financial leadership roles at State Street Corporation where he was CFO for the Global Markets, Global Exchange and CRD business units, which included the FX technology platforms Currenex and FX Connect. Prior to State Street, McHardy held senior financial positions at BNY Mellon, Bank of Scotland and Deloitte.

Planful, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that Shane Hansen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Planful, Hansen served as Divisional CFO for Vivint Smart Home, where he had previously served as Vice President (VP) of Finance, Strategy, Innovation & Business Development. Before that role, Hansen held several key financial analytics, go-to-market, and value creation leadership positions with security software leader Symantec, steadily rising through the ranks to become the VP of Finance, Enterprise Security.

Dennis Goetz

The Pohlad Companies [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Dennis Goetz has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Goetz has nearly 30 years of experience in finance and accounting roles in both public and private companies, including Carlson Companies, Buca di Beppo, and United Sports Brands. Most recently, Goetz was the founder and principal of Boyd Consulting Group, LLC.

Eu-Gene Sung

Integral Ad Science (IAS) [NEW YORK] announced Eu-Gene Sung has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Sung joins IAS after spending three years as the Chief Financial Officer of BSE Global. Prior to BSE Global, Sung spent nearly eleven years within Interpublic Group in various roles. She was also previously CFO of McCann New York.

Agilyx Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced the addition of Russell Main as Chief Financial Officer. Main will be assuming the CFO position from William Cooper, who has held a dual role as CFO and SVP of Corporate Strategy and Development for the past three years. This move allows Cooper to focus on the growing business development pipeline and growth opportunities the Company is supporting.

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. [VICTORIA, British Columbia & ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NASDAQ: AUPH, TSX: AUP) announced the appointment of Joe Miller as Chief Financial Officer. Dennis Bourgeault will be retiring from that role after serving the Company for more than two decades. Most recently, Miller served as Chief Financial Officer, Principal Executive Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Cerecor, Inc. Miller currently serves as a director on Cerecor’s Board. Prior to Cerecor, Miller was the Vice President of Finance at Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Sucampo, he served in various progressive finance and management roles at QIAGEN, Eppendorf and KPMG LLP.

High Point Jewelry [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Pam Donner, formerly CFO, moves to CEO. Kelly Arnold, formerly Controller, moves to CFO.

Sean Daniel

Gotransverse [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Sean Daniel would assume the role of Chief Financial Officer for the company. Daniel joined Gotransverse in 2018 as Vice President of Finance. Before joining Gotransverse, Sean held leadership roles with Upland Software, Dell, and Continental Airlines.

ViewRay, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: VRAY) announced that Zach Stassen has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective May 18, 2020. Most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Bolder Surgical. Prior to Bolder Surgical, he held various finance and business development roles at Spectranetics, including Vice President of Finance, before its acquisition by Royal Philips. Previously, Stassen was Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer at Emerge Medical, which was acquired by Cardinal Health. He also spent time with the Piper Sandler (formerly Piper Jaffray) medical technology investment banking group. Stassen replaces interim CFO Brian Knaley.

BVI [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that it has named David Murray as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, David served as Chief Financial Officer of Alcon AG from 2015 until its spin-off from Novartis Group AG in 2019.  During his 19 years with Novartis, David also served as CFO for its Vaccines & Diagnostics division, as well as several other senior finance leadership roles within the Pharma division. Prior to Novartis, he held senior leadership roles at General Motors, Swiss Bank Corp, and British Petroleum.

Eventus Systems, Inc. [AUSTIN] announced the appointment of Perry Barth as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Barth served most recently for four years as Vice President and CFO for Alchemy Systems. Previously, he was Vice President and CFO for Uplogix Inc. Earlier roles included Vice President of Finance and Worldwide Corporate Controller for Borland Software and Senior Controller of Cisco Systems Inc.

Samuel P. Morthland

Sera-Brynn, LLC [SUFFOLK, Va] announced it has promoted Samuel P. Morthland to the role of Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves – week ending May 8, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

PlanSource Curtiss-Wright Corporation SHRM
HawkEye 360 Inc. Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Oligomerix, Inc.
Venbrook Group, LLC Del Real Foods Unity Bancorp, Inc.
Nordson Corporation R1 RCM Inc. Northpointe Bank
West Cancer Center & Research Institute Lodo Therapeutics Corp. Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd.
VIZIO, Inc. NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Usermind
EVERSANA CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. AZZ Inc.
Central States Water Resources Aware, Inc. HF Foods Group Inc.
Freshworks Inc. SutroVax Spruce Biosciences
The Doe Run Company FogPharma Immunocore
Insteel Industries, Inc. Neenah, Inc.

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Harsh Chugh

PlanSource [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced that Harsh Chugh has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Chugh was VP and Functional COO for Global Markets with IBM. Harsh joins PlanSource from IBM, where he held various leadership positions, most recently as functional Chief Operating Officer for global sales-driving sales operations and transformation. Prior to this role, Chugh operated as CFO & COO of its Digital Business Group.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation [DAVIDSON, N.C.] (NYSE: CW) announced that Glenn E. Tynan, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire after a distinguished 20-year career with the Company, with the past 18 years as CFO. Tynan will continue to serve as a Vice President of the Company to assist the Executive Team with the transition until his retirement this fall. K. Christopher Farkas has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Farkas has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since 2017. Farkas was named Vice President of Finance of Curtiss-Wright Corporation in December 2017. Previously, he held the positions of Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2014, and also served as Assistant Corporate Controller since May 2009. Prior to joining Curtiss-Wright, he spent more than 17 years in financial, technical and operational roles of increasing responsibility within Fortune 50/250 industrial companies including United Technologies Corporation and Parker Hannifin.

SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced Keith Green as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. At Deutsche Bank/Bankers Trust, Keith served as chief of staff to the CEO. Before joining SHRM, Green was an independent consultant providing strategic advisory services for SHRM’s businesses. Previously, Green held executive positions in strategy, human resources, business operations, and consulting at organizations including Aurea Software, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Freddie Mac, and McKinsey.

David Farnsworth

HawkEye 360 Inc. [HERNDON, Va.] announced that David Farnsworth has been named HawkEye 360’s Chief Financial Officer. Farnsworth started at Raytheon in 1982 and worked his way up the company to become Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Integrated Defense Systems. Previously, he was the CFO for the Intelligence, Information and Services segment of Raytheon and worked at Raytheon Corporate headquarters. In 2007, Farnsworth was appointed CFO for Raytheon Technical Services Company. Prior to that, he was vice president and deputy director of Integrated Communications Systems for Raytheon Network Centric Systems and CFO of the company’s former government and defense business.

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DRNA) announced that Douglas Pagán will become Dicerna’s chief financial officer (CFO), effective May 26, 2020. Dicerna previously announced the retirement of its current CFO, Jack Green, who will continue with the Company in a consulting capacity to ensure a successful transition. Pagán is currently completing his service as CFO and secretary of KSQ Therapeutics. Prior to KSQ, Pagán served for five years as CFO of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Paratek, Pagán held roles of increasing responsibility at Acceleron Pharma, Inc., Biogen Idec (now Biogen), Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. He also worked in the investment banking division at J.P. Morgan Securities early in his career. Pagán serves on the Board of Directors of Ziopharm Oncology.

Oligomerix, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Robert Foerster has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Foerster had experience across numerous financial, therapeutic and functional areas during his 28 years with Pfizer. His roles included Senior Director Commercial Development for Emerging Markets, Senior Director Business Development – Japan. He was Director/Team Leader – Neuroscience for New Product Development, which included the development of Chantix, and Director of Financial Operations for the Africa Middle East region.

Joseph Orlando

Venbrook Group, LLC [WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.] welcomes Joseph Orlando as new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Venbrook Group, Orlando’s 25 year career included CFO roles at Concord Blue Energy, Hyman, Inc., and Suncor Capital.

Del Real Foods [MIRA LOMA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Manuel Martinez as its new Chief Financial Officer. Martinez most recently served as CFO of Nellson Nutraceutical, and as EVP and CFO of Windsor Quality.

Unity Bancorp, Inc. [CLINTON, N.J.] (NASDAQ: UNTY), parent company of Unity Bank, announced that Anthony L. Cossetti will be joining the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 8, 2020.  Cossetti has over 25 years of finance and accounting experience, most recently at Beneficial Bancorp, Philadelphia, PA, as Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer.  Cossetti currently serves as a Finance Committee Member for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, where he was previously an Audit Committee member.  He also served as an Advisory Board Member to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

Joseph P. Kelley

Nordson Corporation [WESTLAKE, Ohio] (NASDAQ: NDSN) announced that Joseph P. Kelley has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2020. Kelley succeeds Gregory A. Thaxton, who previously announced his plans to retire. Upon Kelley’s start date, Thaxton will become Executive Vice President to the Company until he retires on August 28, 2020. Since 2015, Kelley has served as chief financial officer of Materion. Previously, he had a career with roles of increasing responsibility at Materion, PolyOne and Lincoln Electric.

R1 RCM Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RCM) announced the appointment of Rachel Wilson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective June 1, 2020. Most recently, she was the Chief Financial Officer for Iron Mountain Data Centers. Before joining Iron Mountain, she served as Vice President, Financial and Investor Relations, and Vice President of Corporate Development and Financial Relations for the Jarden Corporation.

Northpointe Bank [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] announced that Brian Kuelbs will join the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to Northpointe Bank, Kuelbs’ served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer for public and privately held depository institutions, private-equity-backed ventures and specialty real estate finance companies.  His most recent position was with Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer, and prior to that, he held senior positions with The Banc of California, Home Point Financial Corporation, Aurora Bank FSB, Countrywide Financial Corporation and GMAC Financial Services.

Matt Johnson

West Cancer Center & Research Institute [GERMANTOWN, TENN.] announced that Matt Johnson joined the leading regional cancer center as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Johnson joins West from Medical Anesthesia Group, where he served as the Practice Administrator and Chief Operating Officer. Matt comes to West with over 12 years experience in finance; holding previous positions with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, iBank and HealthChoice, a joint venture between Methodist Healthcare and MetroCare Physicians.

Lodo Therapeutics Corp. [NEW YORK] announced that Donald R. Marvin has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Marvin recently became Chairman of Concentric, after five years as President and CEO. Previously, he was President and CEO of IdentiGEN. Marvin was a co-founder of Orchid BioSciences, where he served as Chief Operating Officer, CFO and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Earlier, Marvin was President and CEO of Diatron Corporation.

Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ANCN) announced it has appointed Steve DiPalma as its Chief Financial Officer. DiPalma has served as a Senior Financial Advisor to Anchiano by agreement with Danforth Advisors since 2018; he will succeed Jonathan Burgin, who is leaving the Company as part of the planned closure of the Company’s Israel offices and facilities. DiPalma brings more than 30 years of experience in life sciences and healthcare and has served as a Senior Financial Advisor to Anchiano by agreement with Danforth since 2018. DiPalma has served as the Chief Financial Officer and finance lead for eight public companies prior to and since joining Danforth, and has served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer or Director of eight privately-held companies.

Adam Townsend

VIZIO, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that Adam Townsend has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining VIZIO, Townsend most recently served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Showtime Networks Inc. Previously, Adam held multiple roles at CBS Corporation, including Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations.

NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [EMERYVILLE, Calif.] (NYSE American: NBY) announced the appointment of Andrew D. Jones as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Jones replaces Lynn Christopher, who assumed these positions on an interim basis in April 2020 and will continue to work with NovaBay to support a smooth transition. Jones most recently served as an independent consultant. He previously served as Vice President, Finance of MyoScience, Inc. Prior to MyoScience, Jones was Senior Director of Finance at Armetheon, Inc., and Corporate Controller of Asante Solutions, Inc. and Genelabs Technologies, Inc.

Usermind [SEATTLE] announced that Jessica Lanier has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Usermind, Lanier co-founded multiple companies including Chatter Inc. and most recently a venture-backed SaaS platform Tonic Health, where she also served as CFO.

Kelly Baker

EVERSANA™ [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Kelly Baker to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, she led Finance at DuPage Medical Group in Illinois.

CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: CSTR) announced the hiring of Michael J. Fowler as Chief Financial Officer. Fowler will succeed Robert B. Anderson who will remain with CapStar through June 30, 2020 to ensure a smooth transition. Fowler will join CapStar subject to the legal close of the pending First Horizon National Corp. and IBERIABANK Corporation merger where he has served as IBERIABANK’s Executive Vice President Financial Risk since 2013.

AZZ Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: AZZ) announced that Paul W. Fehlman, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company on May 31, 2020 to pursue other business opportunities.  The Company has appointed Philip Schlom, the Company’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, to assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Schlom served at major publicly-traded companies including Exterran Corporation, and Parker Drilling Company. Schlom has also held numerous accounting and leadership roles at Shared Technologies, Inc.; Flowserve Corporation; and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

Marty Moore

 

Central States Water Resources (CSWR) [ST. LOUIS]  announced the addition of Marty Moore as chief financial officer (CFO). Moore most recently led finance and corporate services as CFO of Gardner Capital. Moore’s extensive senior-level finance and operational experience includes serving as CFO of Baldwin Technology Co. Prior, Moore held senior leadership positions with Summit Marketing, Consolidated Terminals, Barnhill’s Buffet Inc., and Global Materials Services. He began his career at Arthur Andersen.

Aware, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AWRE) announced that David Barcelo has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Barcelo served as Vice President of Strategic Marketing of IDEMIA (OT-Morpho) from November 2017 to May 2020. Barcelo previously served as Vice President of Business Operations for MorphoTrust USA LLC from 2011 to 2017 and as Corporate Director of Financial Planning and Strategic Operations of L-1 Identity Solutions from 2006 to 2011.

HF Foods Group Inc. [CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: HFFG) appointed Victor Lee as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) effective May 1, 2020. Lee is replacing Peter Zhang, who has served as the company’s CFO and co-CEO since the merger of HF Foods Group and B&R Global Holdings in November 2019. Lee joined HF Foods in December 2019 as chief corporate finance and strategy officer. Lee began his career at Citibank N.A., in 1993, handling small- and medium-sized corporate finance and progressed to a vice president position in the International Personal Banking Division. In 1999, he moved to Deutsche Bank AG as a vice president. In 2004, he was promoted to managing director and Singapore Market Head in the Private Wealth Management Division. From 2007 until 2009, he was with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management and most recently served as executive director and head of Singapore/Malaysia markets. Since February 2012, Lee has served as president and chief executive officer of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Lee is also the managing director of Tertius Financial Group Pte Ltd, which he founded in February 2009.

Freshworks Inc. [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Tyler Sloat as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Sloat served as CFO at Zuora, Inc. Prior to Zuora, Sloat held executive finance roles at a variety of companies including NetApp Inc. and Siebel Systems, Inc.

Andrew Guggenhime

SutroVax [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] announced the appointment of Andrew Guggenhime as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Guggenhime joins SutroVax from Dermira, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer from April 2014 through the acquisition of the company by Eli Lilly and Company in February 2020. Prior to Dermira, Guggenhime served as Chief Financial Officer for CardioDx, Inc. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and as Chief Financial Officer for Facet Biotech Corporation. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of PDL BioPharma, Inc. until Facet Biotech was spun off from PDL BioPharma in December 2008. Prior to joining Facet Biotech, Guggenhime served as Chief Financial Officer for Neoforma, Inc. Guggenhime began his career in financial services at Merrill Lynch & Co. and Wells Fargo & Company. He currently serves on the board of directors of Metacrine, Inc.

Spruce Biosciences [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointments of Samir Gharib as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Spruce, Gharib was Chief Financial Officer of Stemedica Cell Technologies, and prior to Stemedica, held executive finance roles at Revance Therapeutics and Talon Therapeutics. Gharib began his career in the Audit and Advisory practice at KPMG LLP, and subsequently in the Corporate Finance practice at CRC LLP.

The Doe Run Company [ST. LOUIS, MO.] (Doe Run) announced the promotion of Tony Bogolin to vice president finance, CFO and treasurer. Bogolin joined Doe Run in 2019 as treasurer. Prior to joining Doe Run, he held positions with executive-level responsibilities for finance, accounting, operations and management of IT systems. Most recently, Bogolin served as the CFO at Jesse Creek Mining LLC.

FogPharma [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Tony Gibney as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Prior to joining FogPharma, Gibney served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before Achillion,  Gibney was a partner and co-head of Biotechnology Investment Banking at Leerink Partners LLC. Gibney also previously worked in the Healthcare Group at Merrill Lynch, Inc. Gibney began his professional career as an analyst in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Lehman Brothers Inc.

Immunocore [OXFORD, England & CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. & ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced that Brian Di Donato has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy. Most recently, Di Donato was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He previously help positions of Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager at Sorin Capital Management, President and Chief Investment Officer at Capmark Investments, Executive Director in fixed-income capital markets at Morgan Stanley and Vice President at UBS Securities.

Insteel Industries, Inc. [MOUNT AIRY, N.C.] (NASDAQGS: IIIN) announced the appointment of Mark A. Carano as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective May 18, 2020. Carano will be succeeding Michael C. Gazmarian, who will be continuing with the Company through July 31, 2020 to assist with the leadership transition. Carano joins Insteel from Big River Steel, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Big River, he served in senior management roles with Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, including Senior Vice President, Finance and Controller of their Industrial Segment, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, and Corporate Treasurer. Mr. Carano also has 14 years of investment banking experience serving as a Managing Director with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and in various roles of increasing responsibility with Deutsche Bank and First Union Securities.

Neenah, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] (NYSE: NP) announced that Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer Bonnie Lind has communicated her plans to retire. Lind will remain with Neenah through an October 1 retirement date to ensure a smooth transition. The Company further announced today that it had appointed Paul DeSantis as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer.  DeSantis most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at OMNOVA Solutions, and was in this role from 2014 until the company was acquired earlier this year.

CFO Moves – week ending May 15, 2020

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Covetrus Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. Life360, Inc. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
Nucleix Criteo S.A. Mapp
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. IsoPlexis AbSci
Red Lion Hotels Corporation Vx Capital Partners Calavo Growers, Inc.
CorMedix, Inc. Reliance Partners Dril-Quip, Inc.
Output Services Group Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. NatureSweet® Tomatoes
AgJunction Iron Vine Security

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Matthew Foulston

Covetrus [PORTLAND, ME] (NASDAQ: CVET) announced that Matthew Foulston will become global chief financial officer effective June 1, 2020, replacing Stuart Gleichenhaus, who has been serving in that role on an interim basis since December 2019. Foulston most recently was the chief financial officer for Treehouse Foods and Compass Minerals. Foulston spent the earlier part of his career at Ford, Mazda and Navistar.

Thomas D. Savage

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) [DARIEN, CT] announced the appointments of Thomas D. Savage as Chief Financial Officer. Savage was previously Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer. He has worked in finance and mergers & acquisitions since joining G&W in 2005 and has been responsible for G&W’s treasury functions since 2012. Savage succeeds Timothy J. Gallagher, who departed G&W following its sale to Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC, which resulted in G&W becoming a private company.

Steve Bramlage

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. [ANKENY, IA] (NASDAQ: CASY) announced the appointment of Steve Bramlage as chief financial officer, effective June 1, 2020. Bramlage succeeds former Chief Financial Officer Bill Walljasper, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Bramlage was most recently the CFO at Aramark. Prior to Aramark, Bramlage was CFO at Owens-Illinois, and held several financial leadership roles at PPG Industries, Eli-Lilly and Ernst & Young.

David D. Quinn, Sr.

Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NASDAQ: ATCX) announced that David D. Quinn, Sr. has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Quinn has served as Atlas’ Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs since September 2019. Quinn will succeed Walter Powell, who will relinquish his previous dual roles as CFO & Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) and retain his role as CAO. Prior to joining Atlas, Quinn held multiple executive level roles at the Shaw Group and Atkins North America, most recently in Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer capacities.

Russell Burke

Life360, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (ASX: 360) announced Russell Burke as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining Life360, he held roles as chief financial officer of Mandalay Media Inc., chief executive officer of Weight Watchers Australia and New Zealand, as well as Pressplay and Magic Leap.

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. [NEW ENTERPRISE, PA] announced the planned May 31, 2020 retirement of Al Stone, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. In the interim, the CFO role will be shared by Paul Detwiler, III, President and CEO, together with several members of the Company’s accounting and finance staff, led by Daryl Black, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, who has been with the Company for 9 years.

Nucleix [SAN DIEGO & REHOVOT, ISRAEL] announced the appointment of Todd Myers as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Nucleix, Myers was the chief financial officer of Astute Medical, which was acquired in 2018 by bioMérieux. Prior to Astute, Myers was the chief financial officer at SGX Pharmaceuticals, until its acquisition by Eli Lilly & Company. He was also the Director of Finance at CombiChem, Inc., which was acquired by DuPont Pharmaceuticals. Myers began his career as an auditor in the San Diego office of Ernst & Young.

Criteo S.A. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CRTO) announced the appointment of Dave Anderson as interim Chief Financial Officer for a six-month engagement in replacement of Benoit Fouilland. Anderson was the prior CFO of Nielsen Holdings and Honeywell International.

Jamie Gunn

Mapp [SAN DIEGO and LONDON] announced the appointment of Jamie Gunn as Chief Financial Officer. Gunn joins Mapp from SmartFocus, where he worked as Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer for three years. Previous to SmartFocus, Gunn worked in leadership positions at Realeyes, Masternaut Group, and Picsolve.

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. [WASHINGTON, DC] (NASDAQ: CCOI) announced that Sean Wallace has been appointed Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cogent. Thaddeus G. Weed, stepped down from his role of Chief Financial Officer. To facilitate an orderly transition, Weed will remain with Cogent as Senior Vice President – Audit & Operations. Jean-Michel Slagmuylder, who had been serving as Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cogent since March 17, 2020 during Weed’s temporary medical leave of absence, stepped down from that role on May 11, 2020 and will return to his position of Chief Financial Officer for European Operations. Prior to joining Cogent, Wallace was an investor and operator of residential and industrial real estate projects from 2015. He was also, from 2008 to 2015, a senior manager at Standard Chartered Bank where he led their Corporate Finance and Wholesale Origination efforts on a global basis. He also worked at J.P. Morgan from 1998 to 2007 where his roles included being Co-Head of their Investment Banking efforts in the Asia Pacific region as well as leading their North American Telecom Banking efforts.

IsoPlexis [BRANFORD, CT] announced the appointment of John Strahley as Chief Financial Officer. Strahley previously served as a Managing Director of Ironwood Capital. Prior to Ironwood, Strahley was a Senior Vice President at Webster Bank. He was also a Principal at a high-growth venture finance company where he managed the sales and credit operations.

AbSci [VANCOUVER, Washington] announced the appointment of Greg Schiffman as Chief Financial Officer. Schiffman’s track record includes his previous role as CFO at publicly-traded biotechnology companies including Iovance, StemCells, Inc., Dendreon, and Affymetrix, as well as his role as CFO at Vineti. Schiffman also headed up a variety of global finance and manufacturing operations at Hewlett Packard. He is on the board of directors of BioEclipse, Nanomix and DropCar.

Red Lion Hotels Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced that its current Chief Financial Officer, Nate Troup, is leaving the Company to join Twilio as its Vice President, Global Controller. Troup’s last day with the Company will be May 29, 2020. RLHC has engaged Gary A. Kohn, a financial consultant with extensive public company chief financial officer experience, as interim CFO.

Vx Capital Partners [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Sean Sullivan as its Chief Financial Officer. Sullivan was previously Head of Americas at AerCap. Sullivan previously held senior positions at International Lease Finance Corporation, Allco Finance Group, and Bank of America Leasing and Capital.

Kevin Manion

Calavo Growers, Inc. [SANTA PAULA, CA] (Nasdaq-GS: CVGW) announced that Kevin Manion, a veteran finance executive, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Calavo, Manion held financial leadership positions with companies including Century Snacks, Young’s Market Company, Bolthouse Farms, Hostess Brands, Nestle USA and Kraft General Foods.

CorMedix, Inc. [BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ] (NYSE American:  CRMD) announced that it has appointed Matt David, M.D. as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David was most recently Head of Strategy at Ovid Therapeutics. David has more than 15 years of experience in finance as a healthcare investment banker and earlier as an equity analyst covering the pharma sector.

Reliance Partners [CHATTANOOGA, TN] announced the addition of Thom Albrecht as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Revenue Officer. Albrecht served most recently as Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Financial Officer with Celadon Group. He previously served as President of Sword & Sea Transport as well as Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets.

Dril-Quip, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: DRQ) announced the promotion of Raj Kumar to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kumar has served as Dril-Quip’s Vice President – Finance and Chief Accounting Officer since February 2019, prior to which he was Vice President and Treasurer since he joined the Company in June 2017.

Davinder Athwal

Output Services Group (OSG) [RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ] announced that Davinder Athwal has joined OSG as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining OSG, Athwal served as CFO at Blucora. Previously, he was CFO at UGI International. He began his career at PwC in Silicon Valley and then held progressively senior financial roles at IBM and Nortel.

William P. Quinn

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of William P. Quinn as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Bolt, Quinn served as the chief financial officer and senior vice president, finance and corporate development, of Sunesis (SNSS). Prior to Sunesis, Quinn served as the chief executive office of Bullet Biotechnology. Quinn was with Jazz Pharmaceuticals as head of corporate development. Before Jazz, Quinn was the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Novation Biosciences.

Frederic Steunou

NatureSweet® Tomatoes [SAN ANTONIO, TX] announced that Frederic Steunou joined as Chief Financial Officer. Frederic joins NatureSweet® from Mars, where he was CFO for Latin America Petcare. Steunou also serves as a board member and Shareholder for ASG Studio.

AgJunction Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (TSX: AJX) announced that it has reappointed Peter Newton as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, replacing Deborah Mack who has left the Company. Newton served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company from May 11, 2019 to November 15, 2019.

Iron Vine Security [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Jim Brinkman as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Iron Vine, Brinkman served as CFO at Clark Enterprises.

CFO Moves – week ending May 22, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Axiom ConocoPhillips Organon & Co.
Scientific Games Corporation Exela Technologies, Inc. AgeX Therapeutics , Inc.
Republic Services, Inc. AdaptHealth Corp. Ulrich Barn Builders
Seer, Inc. Ascent Resources, LLC FabFitFun
Vx Capital Partners 3D Systems Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc.
Avidity Biosciences Science 37 Toast Distillers, Inc.
Advisor Group Amerant Bancorp Inc. Electromed, Inc.
The Muncy Bank and Trust Company American Kennel Club Self Financial
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. Cadiz Inc. OODA Health
CORAVIN, Inc.

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Sloane Googin

Axiom [NEW YORK] announced it has named Sloane Googin its next CFO. Since 2018, Googin has served as the CFO for Dynata. Prior to Dynata, Googin spent 10 years at The Nielsen Company, where he last served as SVP of Global Financial Planning and Analysis. He also served as CFO to various Nielsen business units, including the Global Business Services Division. Prior to his time at Nielsen, he held various executive finance positions at General Electric Company and General Electric Capital.

ConocoPhillips [HOUSTON] (NYSE: COP) announced the retirement of Don E. Wallette, Jr. as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective on Aug. 31, 2020. In conjunction with Wallette’s retirement, the company also announced that William (Bill) L. Bullock, Jr., currently president, Asia Pacific Middle East, will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer on Sept. 1, 2020.

Organon & Co. [KENILWORTH, NJ], the intended spinoff of its women’s health, legacy brands and biosimilars businesses of Merck (NYSE: MRK), announced the appointment of Matthew Walsh as Chief Financial Officer. Walsh will join Organon from Allergan where he served as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Allergan, he served as CFO at Catalent. The spinoff transaction is planned for the first half of 2021.

Michael Eklund

Scientific Games Corporation [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: SGMS) announced that Michael Eklund will become its Chief Financial Officer on June 1, 2020. Eklund spent more than 20 years at Dell Technologies in both financial and operational roles. Most recently, he has served as CFO of IRI. Michael Quartieri will remain full time with the Company until June 30, 2020 and will serve in a consulting role through December 31, 2020.

Exela Technologies, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: XELA) announced that Shrikant Sortur, who has served as Exela’s Executive Vice President, Global Finance since 2017, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer as part of the Company’s succession planning process. Jim Reynolds, who has served as CFO since 2017, will remain a non-employee member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Sortur previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Finance of SourceHOV Holdings, Inc. from 2016 until SourceHOV’s business combination with Novitex Holdings, Inc. in July 2017. Sortur served in positions of increasing responsibility at predecessor companies to SourceHOV from 2002 until July 2017.

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. [ALAMEDA, CA] (NYSE American: AGE) announced that Andrea Park has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Park replaces Russell Skibsted who served in that role since the Company was organized in 2017. Park served as our Vice President of Finance and Controller since October 2019. Before joining AgeX, she served as Vice President of Finance and Controller of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

Brian DelGhiaccio

Republic Services, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NYSE: RSG) announced that Charles F. “Chuck” Serianni, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has provided the Company one-year notice of his intent to retire, effective June 1, 2021. Serianni will be succeeded on June 1, 2020 by current executive vice president and chief transformation officer, Brian DelGhiaccio. Serianni will stay on as a special advisor to the CEO until his retirement in 2021 and will also work closely with DelGhiaccio to ensure a seamless transition. DelGhiaccio joined Republic Services in 1998 and has since held roles of increasing responsibility across the finance organization, including accounting, financial planning & analysis, investor relations, treasury and risk management. Prior to joining Republic, Mr. DelGhiaccio worked at Arthur Andersen as a senior consultant.

AdaptHealth Corp. [PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA] (NASDAQ: AHCO) announced the appointment of Jason A. Clemens as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 3, 2020. Clemens will succeed Gregg Holst. Clemens joins AdaptHealth from MEDNAX, Inc. where he currently serves as Senior Vice President and Operations Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MEDNAX, Clemens gained experience with the United States Army, supporting the Republic of Korea Army in Wonju, South Korea. He later served in progressive roles within operations management and finance at Accenture, Lennar, and Ryder.

Ulrich Barn Builders [FORT WORTH, TX] that after serving as interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2019, Ken Hensley has been appointed CFO.

David R. Horn

Seer, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of David R. Horn as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Seer, Horn worked at Morgan Stanley for over 20 years, where he served as a Managing Director in the firm’s Global Healthcare Group within the Investment Banking Department. Horn was responsible for Morgan Stanley’s global Life Science Tools and Diagnostics practice and oversaw the Western Region Healthcare practice. In addition, Horn previously spent time working in the medical device and life science sectors where he served as Vice President of Business Development at RITA Medical Systems and, prior to that, in the same role at Chemdex Corporation.

Ascent Resources, LLC [OKLAHOMA CITY] announced that Brooks M. Shughart has been named Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer. Shughart will replace Jennifer M. Grigsby, who is leaving Ascent to pursue other interests. Shughart joins Ascent from First Reserve, where he worked for eight years, serving in various roles including his most recent position as Managing Director. Prior to First Reserve, Shughart worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group for Credit Suisse. Prior to Credit Suisse, he held positions in the energy groups of Lazard Freres and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette / CS First Boston.

FabFitFun [LOS ANGELES] announced that J. Scott Di Valerio has joined the company as the first Chief Financial Officer. Di Valerio most recently served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer for Spiceworks. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer for RetailMeNot and Chief Executive Officer for Outerwall. Earlier in his career, Di Valerio held various leadership roles at Lenovo Group, Microsoft Corporation, The Walt Disney Company and Mindwave Software, Inc.

Vx Capital Partners [SAN FRANCISCO] hired Sean Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer. Sullivan was previously Head of Americas at AerCap.Sullivan previously held senior positions at International Lease Finance Corporation, Allco Finance Group and Bank of America Leasing and Capital.

Wayne Pensky

3D Systems [ROCK HILL, SC] (NYSE: DDD) announced that Wayne Pensky, former chief financial officer of Hexcel Corporation has been appointed interim CFO, replacing Todd Booth who has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities. Pensky retired in 2017 after 24 years with Hexcel. Prior to that, he held a variety of financial leadership roles including head of Finance, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Pensky began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co, where he served 14 years.

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio) [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] announced the appointment of Tim Trost as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AskBio, Trost most recently served as CFO at Chimerix. Previous to Chimerix, he was CFO at Argos Therapeutics. Prior to that, he was CFO at InteCardia. Previous to InteCardia, Mr. Trost served as CFO of Coastal Physician Group, after having joined the company as Vice President of Corporate Development. His earlier career included positions as Vice President of Finance at Morganite North America and Senior Manager at PwC.

Avidity Biosciences [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Michael MacLean as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, MacLean served as Chief Financial Officer of Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to Akcea, MacLean served as Chief Financial Officer of PureTech Health, plc, as well as Chief Accounting Officer of Biogen Inc.

Science 37 [LOS ANGELES] announced that Mike Zaranek has joined the company as its chief financial officer (CFO). Zaranek joins Science 37 from IQVIA’s Contract Sales and Medical Solutions, where he served as vice president of finance for the global business unit. Previously, Zaranek spent almost two decades in corporate development roles.

David Garretson

Toast Distillers, Inc. [MIAMI] announced that David Garretson was appointed CFO of the company. Prior to joining Toast Distillers, Inc., Garretson served as CFO for Invest Hospitality, an investment group based out of Houston, Texas, with ownership of U.S. Joël Robuchon hospitality assets. Before his tenure at Invest Hospitality, he was employed as senior vice president of finance for The ONE Group Hospitality, parent company of the world-renowned STK Steakhouse.

Advisor Group [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Jon Frojen as Chief Financial Officer. Frojen brings CFO experience from United Capital and, prior to that, Cetera Financial Group.

Carlos Iafigliola

Amerant Bancorp Inc. [CORAL GABLES, FL] (NASDAQ: AMTB and AMTBB) announced that Carlos Iafigliola has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Iafigliola has served as interim CFO since March 16, 2020 and has been with Amerant since 2004. Prior to being appointed interim CFO, Iafigliola served in various management positions, including Senior Vice President and Treasury Manager since 2015.

Electromed, Inc. [NEW PRAGUE, MN] (NYSE American: ELMD) announced that it has appointed Michael J. MacCourt as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his most recent role as Senior Director of Commercial Finance at Starkey Hearing Technologies, MacCourt spent over nine years at Medtronic in roles of increasing responsibility; concluding as Divisional CFO of the Lung Health business for the last five years. MacCourt also has consulting experience primarily at PricewaterhouseCoopers. MacCourt started his career at Procter & Gamble and then ConAgra Foods, where he held Financial Analyst, Cost Analyst and Business Analyst positions.

The Muncy Bank and Trust Company [MUNCY, PA] (OTC: MYBF) announced that Joseph K. O’Neill, Jr. has joined the company as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Muncy Bank, O’Neill was a Senior Manager at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP.

American Kennel Club [NEW YORK] appointed Theodore (Ted) E. Phillips as Chief Financial Officer.  Phillips was the former Director of Finance of United Church Funds and prior to that served as Director of Finance of Carnegie Hall for nine years, and as Vice President and Controller of the Merrill Lynch Corporate and Family Foundations.

Adam Chibib

Self Financial [Austin, TX] announced the appointment of Adam Chibib as Chief Financial Officer. Chibib previously served as a member on Self’s board for five years. Prior to joining Self, Chibib was a Partner at Silverton Partners. In his most recent operating role, he was President and CFO of Multimedia Games. Chibib also served as founder and CFO of BroadJump (acquired by Motive), CFO of Waveset (acquired by Sun Microsystems), CFO of TippingPoint Technologies (acquired by 3Com), and as CFO of NetSpend.

Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: AKCA) announced that Michael D. Price has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before joining Akcea, Price served as executive vice president and chief financial officer and was elected to the company’s board of directors of Novelion Therapeutics. Before that, Price served as vice president and chief financial officer at Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from 2007 to 2016. Prior to Noven, he was at Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 1992 to 2006, serving as vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary. He also was a member of Bentley’s board of directors for nine years.

Cadiz Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: CDZI) announced that current CFO Timothy Shaheen, has become Director of Development. Stan Speer, who has been a financial consultant to the Company for five years, will take over as Chief Financial Officer. Speer brings decades of financial management experience to this position, including previous tenure as Cadiz CFO from 1997-2003, and roles as a Managing Director with global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, and as a partner with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he spent 14 years.

OODA Health [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Brian Meewes is joining the company in the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Meewes joins OODA Health from Alto Pharmacy. Prior to Alto, Brian was VP and Head of Finance at Symphony Commerce, and previously was head of strategic finance and analytics at BigCommerce. Brian previously spent seven years at Amazon as finance leader for their fulfillment center and worldwide supply chain analytics, as well as several of their growth business lines, including Amazon Fresh and Amazon.com grocery.

CORAVIN, Inc. [BEDFORD, MA] announced the appointment of Jeff Lasher as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lasher joins Coravin with significant prior public company CFO experience at Crocs, Inc. and West Marine Inc., as well as the privately held International Car Wash Group. His professional career experience began at Ford Motor Company.

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