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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) [BENTONVILLE, Ark.] announced that Brett Biggs will succeed Charles Holley, who has elected to retire as the company’s chief financial officer. The change will be effective Dec. 31, 2015, and Holley will stay on until Jan. 31, 2016, to help with the transition. Holley has served as Walmart’s executive vice president and chief financial officer since December 2010. Prior to his current role, Biggs served as chief financial officer of Walmart U.S. from January 2012 until January 2014, and as senior vice president, Sam’s Club Operations, from September 2010 until January 2012. Previously, he served in a variety of roles since joining the company in 2000, including senior vice president and chief financial officer of Sam’s Club, senior vice president corporate finance and assistant treasurer, and senior vice president, international strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Before Walmart, Biggs worked at Leggett & Platt, Incorporated on its mergers and acquisitions team. Prior to that, he was an accountant at Phillips Petroleum Company, now ConocoPhillips, and an auditor at Pricewaterhouse LLP, now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) [NEEDHAM, Mass.] announced that Ernst Teunissen will join the company as chief financial officer, effective November 9^th. Teunissen is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cimpress N.V., f/k/a Vistaprint N.V. He joined Cimpress in 2009 as vice president, corporate strategy. Before joining Cimpress, Teunissen was a founder and director of two corporate finance and management consulting firms: Manifold Partners and ThreeStone Ventures Limited.  Prior to that, he worked in investment banking, as an executive director in Morgan Stanley’s Telecoms and Media Group in London and as a senior associate director for Deutsche Bank in London and Singapore. Teunissen has also been a consultant at Monitor Company. Julie Bradley, the company’s current chief financial officer, has agreed to stay with the company through November 20^th in order to assist in the transition.

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Chief Financial Officer Kathryn Mikells is stepping down to pursue another professional opportunity. Mikells will remain with Xerox until Oct. 31, 2015 in order to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Leslie Varon, vice president of Investor Relations, will serve as interim chief financial officer.

Ciphrex Corp. [SAN DIEGO] announced that Carrie McQueen has joined its executive leadership team as CFO. McQueen started her career as a financial analyst on the early Qualcomm team, then led Websense from startup through their IPO. She has since served as CFO for several fast growing companies, including Social Reality, LifeVantage and Mast Therapeutics. McQueen served as VP Finance and Administration for Websense Inc.

The J.G. Wentworth Company® (NYSE: JGW) [RADNOR, Pa.] announced the appointment of Scott Stevens as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stevens brings wide-ranging experience with companies such as Western Union, Meritor and Ford Motor Company. Most recently, Scott was Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer for the Western Union Company. Prior to Western Union, Scott also spent 19 years with Ford Credit and Ford Motor Company both domestically and internationally.  John Schwab, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company for an opportunity in the automotive finance industry.

Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. [ATLANTA] hired Patrick T. Oakes as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Capital and its wholly owned subsidiary, Atlantic Capital Bank. Oakes served as CFO at Square 1 Financial, Inc., Durham, North Carolina from 2012 until 2015. He previously was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Encore Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas and was Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas. Oakes succeeds Carol Tiarsmith who has resigned to pursue a new professional opportunity. Tiarsmith served as Atlantic Capital’s Chief Financial Officer since its inception in 2007.

Goodman Networks Incorporated [PLANO, Texas] announced the appointment of Joy L. Brawner as its new Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Brawner served as Goodman Networks’ Chief Accounting Officer the past two years, and replaces interim CFO Geoff Miller. Prior to joining Goodman Networks, Brawner served as audit partner at McGladrey LLP. Ms. Brawner began her audit career at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Fidelis Cybersecurity [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced the appointment of Richard Darer as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President. Most recently, Rick consulted with rising technology companies including Rapid7, Dyn and Everbridge. He was also CFO of Gomez Inc., he led the company’s successful sale to Compuware and before that, he grew Unica Corp fivefold resulting in a successful IPO and later sale to IBM. His career spans finance and operational positions at Computervision and General Electric among others.

Selectica, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLTC) [SAN MATEO, CA] appointed John K. Nolan as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nolan was most recently President of the government contractor Quadel Consulting. Prior to Quadel Consulting, Mr. Nolan held executive financial positions at MCI Communications, including Vice President of Corporate Finance. Todd Spartz has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Solix Algredients, Inc. [FORT COLLINS, Colo.] appointed Robert D. Kelly to its board of directors. Mr. Kelly has held a range of senior financial management positions including Chief Financial Officer of SolarCity Corporation; CFO of Calera Corporation; and CFO and Executive Vice President of Calpine Corporation. His financial experience includes various roles with Lloyds Bank PLC and The Bank of Nova Scotia.

Mechanics Bank [WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] announced the appointment of C.J. Johnson as the new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has been with Ford Financial Fund, which recently acquired a majority interest in the bank, and previously, was Senior Vice President and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Santa Barbara Bank & Trust. He has a strong background in private equity and investment banking, having also previously worked at private equity firm Flexpoint Ford (not related to Ford Financial Fund). He started his career as an investment banking analyst with Credit Suisse.

Knight Insurance Group [LOS ANGELES] recently appointed David Keum as its Chief Financial Officer. Keum served as Knight’s interim CFO and has previously worked with Knight on a consultancy basis. Prior to working with Knight Insurance Group, Keum was a senior manager at JLK Rosenberger LLP. He began his career at KPMG’s Los Angeles office.

Novan Therapeutics [DURHAM, N.C.] announced the addition of Richard Peterson as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Peterson joins Novan after a nearly 20-year career at Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation where he held roles in finance, accounting and business development.  Most recently, Mr. Peterson served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the NYSE-traded company until its acquisition in 2012 by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.  Prior to joining Medicis, Mr. Peterson was a senior financial auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers.  He currently serves as a Director at Universal Insurance Holdings, Incorporated.

CNM LLP announced the appointment of Razmig (“Raz”) Bolkorjian as Practice Leader for its Accounting and Transaction Advisory Services and Compliance and Risk Advisory Services practices. Prior to joining CNM, Mr. Bolkorjian was senior vice president and deputy chief financial officer of Cathay Bank in El Monte, CA, a subsidiary of Cathay General Bancorp. Prior to Cathay Bank, he was a senior manager with the audit services practice of KPMG in Los Angeles.

Lycera Corp. [NEW YORK and ANN ARBOR, Mich.] announced the appointment of Alex G. Howarth as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Lycera Corp., Mr. Howarth most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of moksha. Previously, Mr. Howarth was Chief Business Officer at Vitae Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this, Mr. Howarth held a variety of senior positions in finance and corporate development at GSK and latterly served as Head, Venture Partnerships.  Before this, Mr. Howarth worked at KPMG, where he qualified as a chartered accountant.

Apollo Education Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) [PHOENIX] announced the promotion of Gregory Iverson to serve as the company’s chief financial officer, effective October 26, 2015. Mr. Iverson succeeds Joseph D’Amico, who has been serving as interim CFO since May. Greg Iverson, serving as an officer of Apollo Education Group, is currently vice president of finance, chief accounting officer and treasurer. He began his tenure at Apollo in April 2007 as vice president and controller. Prior to joining the organization, he was the director of financial reporting for US Airways, and director and assistant controller at EaglePicher Inc. He began his career in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen.

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKDA) [DAVIS, Calif.] announced that chief financial officer Thomas O’Neil will be leaving the company to pursue other professional interests. Steve Brandwein, vice president of finance and administration and a 13-year veteran of the company, will serve as interim CFO. Mr. Brandwein has served as Arcadia’s vice president of finance and administration since the company’s founding in September 2002, and served as the company’s secretary from September 2002 until June 2014. Prior to joining Arcadia, he built a broad base of experience in both the public and private sectors, including work for the Department of Treasury and more than a decade as an executive with Dial Corporation in both the U.S. and Europe.

Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OESX) [MANITOWOC, Wis.] announced that it has appointed William T. Hull to Chief Financial Officer. Scott Jensen will remain with the company as Controller/Vice President. Mr. Hull was most recently at RTI International Metals, where he served as Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining RTI, he was the Corporate Controller with Stoneridge, Inc.

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ: VDSI) [OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.] announced that Mark Hoyt has joined the company. He will serve as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer commencing on the first day immediately following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2015. Cliff Bown, VASCO Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will remain with VASCO in a consulting capacity through his planned retirement in May, 2016. Hoyt has held a number of senior finance positions in the technology field, most recently serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Groupon, Inc. operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa based in Switzerland. Hoyt was promoted by Groupon in 2012 from the position of Vice President of International Financial Operations based in Chicago.

Catalina [ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] announced that Shelly Schaffer has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Schaffer comes to Catalina from Simply Hired, Inc., where she served as EVP and CFO. Previously she served as EVP and CFO at Support.com; VP of Corporate Operations Finance at Yahoo! Inc.; and in a variety of financial roles of increasing responsibility for Mercury Interactive, which was acquired by Hewlett Packard during her tenure. She has also held financial leadership positions for The Coca Cola Company and the Nestle Beverage Company.

Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) [LOS ANGELES] announced that Joseph P. Bellino, vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, has decided to retire effective December 31, 2015. As part of its long-range succession plan, the Company announced that Douglas L. Groves, currently vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, will succeed Mr. Bellino on January 1, 2016. Mr. Groves joined Ducommun in January 2013 as vice president of accounting and moved into the vice president, controller and chief accounting officer role later that year. He has more than 25 years of management experience, most recently at Beckman Coulter, Inc., where he served as corporate vice president and chief information officer.

Voip-Pal.Com Inc. (OTC Pink: VPLM) [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of D. Barry Lee as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lee has over 30 years of experience working with public and private companies.

Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. [Basking Ridge, NJ] promoted Joseph Talamo to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Talamo was the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from June 2011 until his promotion to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1996 to 2010, Mr. Talamo held various senior positions at OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and most recently served as its Vice President and Corporate Controller from 2006 to 2010 and its Corporate Controller from 2002 to 2006. Prior to OSI, Mr. Talamo worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1995 to 1996 in the Financial Reporting and Consolidations Group, and at KPMG from 1993 to 1995 in the Health Care and Life Sciences Audit Group. Robert S. Vaters, the Company’s former President and Chief Financial Officer has resigned.

Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) [CHICAGO] announced that Chief Financial Officer Rick Poulton has been promoted to President. Poulton will maintain the CFO title and responsibilities until a new CFO is appointed.

Aran Insurance Services Group [ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y.] announced that David Carey has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He will provide group-level oversight of subsidiaries MiniCo Insurance Agency, LLC; HRMP, LLC; and Aran Insurance Underwriters as well as continue in his roles as Chief Financial Officer of HRMP, LLC, and Aran Insurance Underwriters. Mr. Carey joined HRMP, LLC, in 1993 where he has held multiple positions including Senior Staff Accountant, Managing Director and Controller, and Chief Financial Officer.

The MIL Corporation (MIL) [BOWIE, Md.] announced the appointment of William P. Loomis as its newly appointed Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Loomis served as EVP and CFO of Centennial. In addition, he served as CEO and CFO of FileTek. He began his career with Ernst & Young.

Spirit Aeronautics [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced the appointment of John Williamson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Williamson’s professional experience includes positions as Assistant Director of Accounting for Franklin University, Accounting Software/Business Development Manager for AccuNet/ITS, Franchise Owner of Fryer Management Services and Senior Auditor for Deloitte.

TerraForm Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLBL) [BETHESDA, Md.] announced that Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez has been appointed as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hernandez will continue in his capacity as EVP and CFO of TerraForm Power, Inc. Mr. Hernandez has served as the CFO of TerraForm Power since September 2014. Previously, Mr. Hernandez was Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Hernandez replaces Mr. Jeremy Avenier, who will return to SunEdison as Head of SunEdison’s Corporate FP&A function.

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Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) [RICHMOND, Va.] announced that it has named Kelly L. Groh executive vice president and chief financial officer.  She succeeds Martin P. Klein, who resigned to take a senior leadership role at another financial services company. Groh, presently the company’s controller and principal accounting officer, has been with Genworth since prior to its initial public offering in 2004, serving in leadership roles including senior vice president of investment portfolio management, CFO of the company’s previous Retirement and Protection segment and various finance roles for predecessor companies.  Prior to joining the company, Groh was employed by Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP.

Under Armour (NYSE: UA) [BALTIMORE] announced that Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Brad Dickerson will be stepping down to pursue another professional opportunity outside of the athletic performance industry.  Mr. Dickerson has been with Under Armour since 2004, serving as CFO since 2008, and more recently gaining the title of COO in early 2015. Mr. Dickerson will remain with Under Armour until February 2016.

Blue Apron [NEW YORK] announced that Brad Dickerson will join the company as Chief Financial Officer.  Brad is currently the CFO and COO of Under, and will transition to Blue Apron in early 2016. Brad spent the last eleven years at Under Armour, joining initially as its controller and then eventually becoming CFO and then COO.  Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Macquarie Aviation North America from 2003 to 2004 and Chief Financial Officer of Network Building & Consulting from 1998 to 2003. Along with the hire of Dickerson as CFO, Blue Apron announced today that Julie M.B. Bradley, CFO of TripAdvisor, will join Blue Apron’s Board of Directors.  Bradley also serves on the board of Wayfair and Constant Contact.

Zift Solutions [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] announced that Nicole Wicker has joined the company’s executive leadership team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Directly prior to joining Zift, Wicker was the CFO of TearScience, from 2011 to 2013. Wicker’s successful career history also includes serving as Interim CFO for Motricity, Controller for SmartPath, Senior Manager for Ernst & Young (EY) as well as contract CFO for a number of companies.

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SINO) [ROSLYN, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Ms. Tuo Pan as the Company’s new Acting Chief Financial Officer (“Acting CFO”). Ms. Pan will replace Anthony S. Chan who served as the Company’s Acting CFO, Director and Executive Vice President since October 31, 2013. Mr. Chan is stepping down only as Acting CFO and will remain on the Board of Directors and retain his position as Executive Vice President. Since 2008, Ms. Pan has overseen the finance and accounting functions of Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd. From August 2007 to July 2008, Ms. Pan worked as Project Manager of Baker Tilly China Ltd.

Sunspire Health [LYNDHURST, NJ] named Bryan J. Carey as EVP and CFO. Carey was most recently the President and CFO of 21st Century Oncology. Prior to 21st Century Oncology, Bryan served as Managing Director of Vestar Capital Partners. He also served as a director, consultant, and interim executive, including CEO, COO and/or CFO for various portfolio companies. Bryan also held lead executive roles at Aearo Corporation and Manufacturers Hanover Venture Capital.

iSystems, LLC [BURLINGTON, Vt.], the company behind Evolution HCM, announced the hiring of Theodore I. Les as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Les held executive management positions with renowned Internet pioneer Bolt Beranek & Newman (BBN Corp.) and GTE.  For the past 15 years, Les served as the CFO for technology innovator Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi) and Agreements Based Billing market leader MetaTech Corp.

Bovie Medical Corporation (NYSE: BVX) [CLEARWATER, Fla.] announced that it has named Jay Ewers to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ewers has served as interim CFO since mid-June of this year and was previously the Company’s Corporate Controller.

Remedy Pharmaceuticals [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Richard I. Steinhart as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was employed by MELA Sciences, Inc. as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Prior to joining MELA, Richard was a Managing Director of Forest Street Capital/SAE Ventures. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Richard’s other experience includes seven years at CW Group, Inc., where he was a General Partner and Chief Financial Officer. He began his career at Price Waterhouse, now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The Suddath Companies [JACKSONVILLE, FLA.] announced that chief financial officer, Jim Barnett, will retire in January 2016, after 41 years of dedicated service. Barnett joined Suddath in 1974 and assumed the CFO position in 2002. Kevin Gannon, chief financial officer for the Suddath operating companies, will assume the role for the parent company following Barnett’s transition.

Wimbledon Health Partners [BOCA RATON, FLORIDA] announced the hire of Ron Levitt as Chief Financial Officer.

Argan, Inc. (NYSE: AGX) [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced the appointment of David Watson as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position held by Board member, Cynthia Flanders since the retirement of the former CFO in late 2014. Ms. Flanders will continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors and assist with the transition. Most recently Mr. Watson was the CFO and Treasurer of Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Capital Corporation. Prior to that he served as Director of Portfolio Accounting of MCG Capital from July 2007 until January 2010.

i-5 Publishing [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of David Katzoff as chief financial officer. Prior to joining i-5, Katzoff served as vice president of finance at Local Corporation, for 11 years.

Sysorex (NASDAQ: SYRX) [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced it has named Kevin Harris as Chief Financial Officer. Harris’ most recent role was CFO of Response Genetics. Harris began his financial career at KPMG. He assumes the CFO role from Wendy Loundermon who has served as Sysorex’s interim CFO since January, 2015 and before that as Sysorex’s CFO from 2002 to November, 2014. Loundermon will continue with Sysorex as Vice President of Finance and President of the company’s government services unit.

Surgical Affiliates Management Group [SACRAMENTO, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Theresa Hylen to the position of Chief Financial Officer. In her most recent position, Hylen served as the CFO/Finance Executive for Sutter Medical Foundation, North Division. Prior to that position, Hylen served as CFO for Sutter Amador Hospital. Additional positions within the Sutter organization included Director of Finance for Sutter North Medical Foundation and Finance Director/Accounting Manager for Sutter Medical Foundation. Before joining Sutter, she was a Senior Auditor with Ernst & Young LLP.

Masonite International Corporation (NYSE: DOOR) [TAMPA, Fla.] announced the appointment of Russell Tiejema as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 2, 2015. Mr. Tiejema is joining Masonite from Lennox International, where he has served as the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of LII Residential, the largest reporting segment of Lennox International, since 2013. From 2011 to 2013 he served as the Vice President, Business Analysis & Planning, of Lennox International. Prior to joining Lennox in 2011, he spent 20 years with General Motors in a variety of financial leadership roles across a number of operating units and staffs, including Finance Director for GM Fleet & Commercial and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. (OTCQB: ESDI) [PORTLAND, OR] announced that Steve Shum has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Eastside, Mr. Shum spent approximately five years as Chief Financial Officer of a publicly-traded global renewable energy company.

Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDOR) [Norfolk, NE] announced that Jonathan J. Gantt will join Condor as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on October 27, 2015.  Mr. Gantt served as Director, Treasury, Capital Markets and M&A of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. from July 2013 to October 2015.  As previously announced, Corrine L. Scarpello, who joined Condor in 2005, and who served as CFO since August 2009, will be leaving the company with the appointment of Mr. Gantt as CFO.

Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS) [WYOMISSING, Pa.] announced that Damon Audia has been named Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Tim Lain will resume his position as Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer. For the last ten years, Damon has been with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance for the company’s North America division. He also led the finance group for Goodyear’s Asia Pacific Region business unit while based in Shanghai, China and was Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development. Earlier in his career with Goodyear, Damon served as the company’s Vice President & Treasurer. His prior experiences include positions with Delphi Corporation and General Motors.

Fastenal Company [Winona, Minnesota] appointed the current CFO, Daniel Florness as the Company’s president and chief executive officer effective January 1, 2016. Mr. Florness has served as the Company’s chief financial officer since June 1996 and as an executive vice president of the Company since December 2002.

General American Investors Company, Inc. [NEW YORK] reported that Henry Schirmer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Unilever North America, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Schirmer has held prior positions at Unilever operations in Germany, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland and several other consumer and industrial organizations.

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Phillips 66 [Houston, Texas] reported that Greg G. Maxwell, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer announced his intention to retire from this position with the Company effective December 31, 2015. The Company appointed Kevin J. Mitchell as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2016. Mr. Mitchell has served as the Company’s Vice President, Investor Relations, since joining the Company in September 2014. Prior to joining the Company, he served as the General Auditor of ConocoPhillips from May 2010 until September 2014 and Vice President, Exploration and Production – Strategy, Administration and Technical Services from April 2009 until April 2010. Mr. Mitchell joined Conoco in 1991 and held a variety of finance and accounting positions with Conoco and ConocoPhillips, including General Manager of Upstream Finance, Strategy and Planning; Vice President, Finance and Administration for ConocoPhillips Alaska; and Manager of Treasury Services.

Quintiles [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced that Kevin Gordon, currently serving as Executive Vice President, Operations and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and that Michael McDonnell is expected to join Quintiles in December 2015 as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Gordon will continue to serve as Quintiles CFO until Mr. McDonnell joins the company. Mr. McDonnell joins Quintiles from Intelsat, where he has served as CFO since 2008. Previously, McDonnell held CFO positions at MCG Capital Corporation, and EchoStar Communications, formerly known as DISH Network Corporation. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. McDonnell also served as a member of the board of directors of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) [NEW YORK] announced that Scott T. Parker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the Company in November to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. Parker joined CIT in July 2010.

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LEAF) [EVANSVILLE, Ind.] announced that Scott T. Parker will join the company on or prior to November 15, 2015 as Executive Vice President. He will assume the title of Chief Financial Officer of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) on the later of his start date with the Company or the business day following the date on which Holdings files its Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2015. He will be succeeding Minchung (Macrina) Kgil as Chief Financial Officer of Holdings while Ms. Kgil will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s subsidiaries. Parker joins Springleaf from CIT Group, Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2010. Prior to CIT, Parker served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company LLC, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, LP. Before joining Cerberus in 2006, he spent 17 years in various financial leadership roles within the industrial and financial services businesses at General Electric Company, most recently as the Chief Financial Officer for GE Capital Solutions. Prior to GE Capital Solutions, Parker was Chief Financial Officer of GE Corporate Financial Services.

PG&E Corporation [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Kent M. Harvey, senior vice president and chief financial officer has notified the company of his intention to retire in 2016.

U.S. Legal Support Inc. [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Vince Ekleberry as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining U.S. Legal Support, Ekleberry was CFO for Professional Directional Enterprises, Inc. Earlier in his career, Ekleberry was CFO of global operations for Wood Group Gas Turbine Services.

Allegro Ophthalmics, LLC [SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.] announced that Scott Cooper has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Cooper recently served as the CFO of WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc., joining the company in 2007. Prior to WaveTec, Mr. Cooper was Corporate Controller at IntraLase Corp.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida [BELLE GLADE, Fla.] announced that Brian R. Lohmann has been named Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of. He succeeds Juan Tellechea in this position upon his retirement on Sept. 30, 2015 after 32 years of service. Lohmann joined the Cooperative in 2008 as supervisor of the accounting department. Prior to joining the Cooperative, Lohmann worked for Pioneer Growers as the Director of Replenishment in managing the Wal-Mart account for the eastern United States. He also owned his own accounting firm in Pahokee and Belle Glade for 16 years.

EnterpriseDB [BEDFORD, MA] announced that Paul Blondin has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Before joining the company, Blondin was a managing partner of KickStart Partners, LLC. In the early 2000s, he was the Founder, Executive Chairman of the Board and CEO of Pactolus Communication Software. Prior to this, Blondin held executive positions at various technology companies, including network security company Netect Ltd., Open Development Corporation and Cascade Communications Inc. Blondin has served as a board member or advisor to more than 20 public and private companies. His current directorships include Revitas, Inc. of Philadelphia, PA and Bin1 ATE LLC of Northborough, MA.

PhyMed Healthcare Group [NASHVILLE, Tenn.]  announced that Sam E. Daniel has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to PhyMed, Daniel was CFO of Comprehensive Pharmacy Solutions, and he has also served as CFO at American Pathology Partners. He has also held leadership roles at various laboratory and specialty pharmacy companies throughout his career. Daniel is working with Mark Bogovich, PhyMed’s CFO since 2012, to transition into the new role.

Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RXN) [MILWAUKEE] announced that Theodore D. Crandall joined the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Crandall will also serve on the Audit Committee. Mr. Crandall, currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc., a position he has held since 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Crandall served in various management positions at Rockwell and related companies.

Datablink, Inc. [TYSONS CORNER, Va.] announced it appointed Kurt Haufler as its Chief Financial Officer. Haufler most recently served as CFO of RapidAdvance. Previously, Haufler served as vice president of finance at SkyTerra Communications.  Other previous positions include director of finance at Motient Corporation and leading the financial planning at SMCo, a manufacturing and engineering division of Raytheon.

SynerMed, Inc. [MONTEREY PARK, Calif.]  announced that it has named Timothy J. Spillane as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Spillane joins SynerMed from his own advisory firm where he served as a strategic advisor, board member and investor in healthcare services companies and to numerous private equity groups. Previously, Mr. Spillane held the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Amerigroup Corporation. While at Amerigroup, Mr. Spillane also served as Interim CFO of Amerigroup’s New York Health plan.

Novelis Inc. [ATLANTA] announced that Steve Pohl, Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer. Pohl assumes the CFO duties from Steve Fisher who was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in August. Pohl joined Novelis in 2009 as Vice President of Finance for North America. From 2011 to 2012, he served as Vice President, Global Business Services, and was then named Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, in July 2012. Prior to Novelis, Steve spent 28 years with PPG Industries.

PowerSecure International, Inc. (NYSE: POWR) [WAKE FOREST, N.C.] announced that it has appointed Eric Dupont as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Chris Hutter, who previously served as the company’s CFO and chief operating officer (COO), will continue to serve as the company’s executive vice president and COO. Mr. Dupont was previously executive vice president of finance and administration at PowerSecure.

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) [HOUSTON] announced that it has hired Joseph T. Leary as its Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Leary has held various executive positions within the energy industry and was formerly the Chief Financial Officer of KCS Energy, Inc. (2003 – 2006), Energy Partners, Ltd. (2007 – 2009) and Tarpon (2011 – 2014).

Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: HSDT) [NEWTOWN, Pa.] appointed Joyce LaViscount as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Joyce has extensive experience in finance and operations roles after spending the last 28 years in the pharmaceutical industry, including Endo Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Aptalis. Joyce joins Helius from MediMedia Health where she was CFO and COO. Joyce has been a member of Helius’ Board of Directors since March 2015. Ms. LaViscount fills the vacancy created by the resignation of the Company’s former CFO, Amanda Tseng.

Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) [PITTSBURGH] announced that current Chief Financial Officer, Steve Schott, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of the newly formed Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Equipment (AMME) Division. Replacing Steve Schott as CFO, will be Robert Fortwangler, currently the Vice President of Finance. Fortwangler joined the Calgon Carbon finance group in 2001. In 2008 he was promoted to Director of Finance, and held various positions including manager of planning, assistant controller and assistant treasurer.

Quaker Chemical Corporation (NYSE: KWR) [CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.] announced that Mary Dean Hall has been appointed as Quaker’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective November 30, 2015.  Ms. Hall will be joining Quaker from Eastman Chemical Company where since 2009 she was the Vice President and Treasurer.  Prior to that role, Ms. Hall held various senior financial and treasury positions of increasing responsibility with Eastman since 1995.  Before her career at Eastman, she held financial and banking positions with Nalco Chemical and various banks, including Citibank.

Icertis [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Dan Kaltenbach as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Kaltenbach comes to Icertis from Blue Box. Before that, he served as the CFO for two global digital marketing agencies, POSSIBLE and ZAAZ. Kaltenbach has also worked in various finance roles at Intel and Starbucks, and co-founded a startup called ServiceStop.com.

Navigator Energy Services, LLC [DALLAS] announced the addition of Jeffrey Allen to its senior leadership team as chief financial officer and senior vice president. Prior to Navigator, Allen spent two years with JP Energy Partners where was a co-founder and the chief financial officer. Additionally, Allen spent three years as a senior vice president and chief financial officer for Lonestar Midstream Partners. He also has done financial consulting work for Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Saudi Aramco.

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) [CUPERTINO, Calif.] announced that David H. Morton, Jr.  has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Patrick O’Malley, Seagate’s current chief financial officer, will remain with the company as executive vice president with responsibility for a broad range of strategic and operational issues. Morton most recently served as Seagate’s senior vice president, treasurer and principal accounting officer responsible for overseeing Seagate’s corporate finance, treasury and accounting activities. He joined Seagate in 1995 and over the last twenty years has held multiple leadership roles in both the US and Asia, each increasing in scope within the Company’s global finance organization including corporate financial planning, revenue consolidation, manufacturing, pricing, and sales operations.

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) [WORCESTER, Mass.] announced that David B. Greenfield, the company’s chief financial officer, passed away over the weekend, following a health event late last week. Greenfield joined The Hanover in 2010 and was named executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2011. Prior to joining The Hanover, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a multi-national, publicly-traded insurer based in Bermuda. Previously, he worked at KPMG LLP for 22 years, rising to senior partner of the firm’s financial services practice, global sector leader of the firm’s insurance practice, and a member of its global financial services leadership team. The Hanover’s board of directors has appointed Frederick H. Eppinger, president and chief executive officer at The Hanover, to serve as acting chief financial officer and Warren Barnes, vice president and corporate controller, to serve as acting principal accounting officer.

MYR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MYRG) [Rolling Meadows, Ill.] announced the appointment of Betty R. Johnson as MYR’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ms. Johnson has been a member of MYR’s Board of Directors since 2007 and for that time has served on the Board’s Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Effective October 19, 2015, Ms. Johnson resigned from the Board and all Board committees on which she served so that she could commence employment with MYR. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Johnson served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Faith Technologies, Inc. since 2015. From 2009 to 2014, Ms. Johnson served as the Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Sloan Valve Company. Prior to this, Ms. Johnson was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Block and Company, Inc. from 2003 to 2009. From 1999 to 2003, she served as the Vice President Operations/Finance with Encompass Services Corporation. Ms. Johnson served as MYR’s Controller from 1992 to 1998 and Vice President and Controller from 1998 to 1999. In addition, Ms. Johnson has 11 years of experience in various auditing roles within Deloitte and Touche’s construction industry group. Ms. Johnson will replace Paul J. Evans as MYR’s Chief Financial Officer.

University of Rochester [Rochester, NY] announced that Holly G. Crawford has been named the senior vice president for administration and finance, chief financial officer and treasurer. She will begin in the roles on Jan. 15, 2016. Crawford, who is the senior associate vice president for budgets and planning and who has served as deputy to the senior vice president and CFO for eight years, was selected after a national search. She succeeds Ronald Paprocki, who announced his intent to retire on Jan. 15, 2016 after more than 45 years at the University.

Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) [WASHINGTON & RESTON, Va.] announced that Joseph M. Squeri has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors effective immediately. In connection with this appointment, Mr. Squeri will no longer serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective as of November 25, 2015. Mr. Squeri has accepted a position as Managing Director with SunBridge Capital Management, LLC (“SunBridge”), a private investment management firm supported by the Bainum family, a prominent Washington, DC family with investment interests that include Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) and Comstock. Effective November 25, 2015, Christopher L. Conover will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company in addition to his current role as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Accounting and Finance. Mr. Conover has been the Company’s Senior Vice President, Accounting and Finance since joining the Company in 2012. He was previously with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) from 2007 to 2011, serving in their Financial Services Assurance practice.

Westmoreland Coal Company (NasdaqGM: WLB) [Englewood, CO] announced that Kevin A. Paprzycki, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer effective as of January 1, 2016. Jason Veenstra, who also joined Westmoreland in April 2014 as part of the Canadian acquisition, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 1, 2016. Mr. Paprzycki joined Westmoreland as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer in June 2006 and was named Chief Financial Officer in April 2008. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation and held senior level positions at Applied Films Corporation, Baker Hughes and Ernst and Young. Mr. Veenstra joined Westmoreland in April 2014 as CFO – Canada. At Sherritt International, he held roles which included Director of Business Development and Chief Financial Officer for the coal division.

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Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) [CAMP HILL, Pa.] announced that Darren Karst has been promoted to the combined role of senior executive vice president and chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. Karst joined Rite Aid in August, 2014 as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer.

MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) [DALLAS] announced that Lawrence Angelilli has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Angelilli succeeds W. Alexander Holmes, who will assume MoneyGram’s chief executive role on the same date. Mr. Angelilli joined MoneyGram in August 2011 as Senior Vice President, Treasurer. Prior to MoneyGram, he was Director, Underwriting for Hudson Advisors/Lone Star Funds.  From 1998 to 2009, Angelilli was Senior Vice President, Finance at Centex Corporation.  His professional experience also includes tenures with NationsBank Corporation, Chrysler Financial Corporation and The National Bank of Detroit.

Spectrum Equity [BOSTON & SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Brian Regan has joined the firm as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Regan served as Chief Financial Officer at Shutterfly, Inc. Prior to joining Shutterfly in 2012, Mr. Regan served as CFO at Nextag, as well as EVP and CFO of Ticketmaster Entertainment. Earlier in his career, he held finance leadership positions at LendingTree and later Expedia, Inc., where he last served as SVP Finance overseeing Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire, and TripAdvisor.

Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced it has appointed Mike Pope as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Pope will become chief financial officer on November 6, 2015. Brian Regan will transition his duties to Mike Pope and remain chief financial officer through November 6, 2015. Mr. Pope joins Shutterfly Inc. from Clean Power Finance, where he served as chief financial officer. He has also held the position of chief operating officer and chief financial officer at MarketTools, vice president at BearingPoint, president and chief operating officer at Network General, president and chief executive officer at DigitalThink, and chief financial officer and chairman of the audit committee at Dionex (acquired by Thermo Scientific).

TIBCO Software Inc. [PALO ALTO, CA] announced it has appointed Tom Berquist as chief financial officer. Berquist career includes roles as CEO of Corel, CFO of Ingres, and most recently, CEO of Saba Software. Prior to that, he spent 10 years on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Piper Jaffrey, and six years at Deloitte.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) [NEWPORT NEWS, Va.] announced that it has appointed Christopher D. Kastner to succeed Barbara A. Niland as the company’s chief financial officer and corporate vice president, business management, effective with Niland’s retirement on March 1, 2016. Kastner currently serves as corporate vice president and general manager, corporate development. Prior to being named to his current position in August 2012, he served as vice president and CFO for HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. He also served as vice president, business management, and CFO for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Gulf Coast and as vice president, contracts and risk management, for Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. He began his career at Northrop Grumman working on the B-2 program and had various business management positions.

Asset Risk Management (ARM) [HOUSTON] announced it has appointed Michael Christopher as chief financial officer and chief investment officer. Prior to joining ARM, Christopher spent nearly 13 years at ArcLight Capital Partners. Christopher began his career in Citigroup’s Global Energy and Power Group.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIND) [NEW YORK] announced it has named John McClain as its Chief Financial Officer.  He will join Lindblad on November 10, 2015.   Mr. McClain most recently served as the chief financial officer of The Jones Group Inc. until its sale to Sycamore Partners in April 2014. Prior to Jones, he held senior positions at Avis Budget Group, Inc., Cendant Corporation, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., ITT Corporation and Arthur Andersen & Co. Current Chief Operating Officer Ian Rogers, who previously also held the CFO title, will continue as COO.

VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Don McCormack as new Chief Financial Officer. He will join VAALCO effective November 1, 2015 as Vice President of Finance and will assume the title of Chief Financial Officer following the filing of the Company’s third quarter 2015 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Most recently, Mr. McCormack was Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer for Rosetta Resources, Inc. from December 2013 until their acquisition by Noble Energy in June 2015. Mr. McCormack joined Rosetta as Vice President and Treasurer in August 2012. Prior to joining Rosetta, he served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Concho Resources Inc. from 2010 until 2012. Mr. McCormack also served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Red Oak Capital Management LLC from 2007 to 2010. Prior to joining Red Oak Capital Management LLC, Mr. McCormack held various leadership and managerial positions with Burlington Resources and ConocoPhillips. Gregory Hullinger has elected to retire as Chief Financial Officer following the upcoming filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.

SnapLogic [SAN MATEO, CA] announced the appointment of Robert J. Parker as chief financial officer. Prior to joining SnapLogic, he held vice president positions in corporate FP&A, M&A and operations at NetApp; and leadership positions in finance and operations at Sun Microsystems, MFS Datanet and Ford Aerospace.

Enable Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENBL) [OKLAHOMA CITY] announced the appointment of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Rodney (Rod) J. Sailor as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective Jan. 1, 2016. Prior to joining Enable, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at WPX Energy. He also served as vice president and treasurer for The Williams Companies where he was instrumental in the formation of two master limited partnerships.

ArroHealth [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced it has hired healthcare financial expert Walter Hosp as Chief Financial Officer.

NOWDiagnostics Inc. [SPRINGDALE, Ark.] announced the addition of Ann G. Bordelon as Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer. Before joining NOWDx, Ann Bordelon spent nearly 13 years with Walmart. During her time she served as Chief Financial Officer for Walmart’s Sam’s Club division and CFO of the Asia region. She also served as Global Chief Audit Executive. Prior to joining Wal-Mart, Bordelon worked for Ernst & Young’s Assurance and Advisory Services Business. She also previously worked for Tyson Foods in a variety of finance and accounting positions.

Hexion Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced the planned retirement of William H. Carter, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, at the end of the year and the appointment of George F. Knight as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2016. Mr. Knight is the current Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasurer for Hexion and has served in that role since 2005. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Knight served in senior finance roles with, Borden Foods Corporation, Borden Inc., and Borden Chemical Inc. Mr. Knight also previously held international finance leadership positions with Duracell International Inc. and has more than a decade of public accounting experience with Deloitte & Touche.

ezCater [BOSTON] announced that Bob Cruickshank, as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to ezCater, Bob served as CFO at Amazon Robotics (formerly Kiva Systems). Most recently before that, Bob was VP of Finance at Aspen Technology.

Metalogix [WASHINGTON, DC] announced that Nick Margarites has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Metalogix, Margarites held Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer positions at Sourcefire Inc. Prior to Sourcefire, Nick was Controller of Paratek Microwave Inc.

HomeCare Connect [MAITLAND, Fla.] announced that Gail Kasmir has joined as its Chief Financial Officer. Kasmir has worked with HomeCare Connect on an outsourced CFO basis for the past four years. Most recently, Kasmir owned and managed Forensic, Litigation, and Accounting Consultants, PLLC in Orlando.

iSqFt [CINCINNATI] announced the addition of Phil Hoey as Chief Financial Officer. Hoey has held executive-level positions at various organizations, including NBC, AOL, GE Capital, Epsilon and LexisNexis. Prior to joining iSqFt, he served as CFO for SourceLink.

Cesca Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: KOOL) [RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Michael Bruch Chief Financial Officer. Bruch was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer in May 2015. Prior to that he had served as Controller since joining the Company in 2003. Bruch has over 25 years of experience in various financial and managerial roles including General Electric and Dada Micro Scan (now Siemens Healthcare).

Star2Star Communications, LLC [Sarasota, FL] announced that John R. McGovern, currently Executive Vice President of Accounting and Finance, transitioned to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McGovern has been CFO of publicly traded and private equity backed small to mid-sized companies and has been divisional CFO for multi-billion dollar enterprises.

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced Carolyn Aver, chief financial officer, is leaving the company. Harold “Hal” Covert has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer. Mr. Covert has stepped down from Harmonic’s board to assume the CFO position. He has served as CFO of Lumos Networks, Silicon Image, Openwave and Adobe, and on the board of directors of several public companies including Lumentum, JDS Uniphase and Harmonic. Carolyn Aver is leaving Harmonic to join her husband in running their family winery.

Atlassian [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Murray Demo as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Demo replaces Erik Bardman whose departure is related to matters with a past employer and not related to his work at Atlassian. Demo has served on the company’s board of directors for the past four years, and as the audit committee chair. He resigned his board seat to assume the role of CFO. Demo has served as the CFO of Adobe Systems, Dolby Laboratories, LiveOps and Postini. Demo also has served on a number of public and private technology company boards as audit committee chair.

DGSE Companies, Inc. (NYSE MKT: DGSE) [DALLAS] announced that C. Brett Burford has tendered his resignation from the positions of Chief Financial Officer, and Director of DGSE Companies, Inc., to be effective November 4, 2015. Mr. Burford has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer of Eyemart Express, LLC. Mr. Burford has been Chief Financial Officer of DGSE since August of 2012, and a director of the Company since April 2014. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors has named Nabil J. Lopez, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President and Controller, to replace Mr. Burford in the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lopez has been with the Company since September of 2012, and prior to DGSE served as Director of Financial Reporting and Internal Controls for Zale Corporation.

Foresight Energy LP (NYSE: FELP) [ST. LOUIS] announced that Oscar Martinez, Foresight’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will resign on November 13. His departure is part of the integration plan that combined the corporate functions of Foresight and Murray Energy Corporation resulting from the partnership formed earlier this year. Foresight also announced that James Murphy, Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the duties of Principal Financial Officer effective November 6.

MemorialCare Health System‘s Long Beach Memorial, Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach and Community Hospital Long Beach [LONG BEACH, Calif.] announced that Yair Katz has been named Chief Financial Officer. Katz was most recently Assistant Vice President and Associate University Controller for University of Southern California (USC), and will fill the position vacated by John Bishop, who became Chief Executive Officer of the three Long Beach hospitals in June.

Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) [ROGERS, Conn.] announced that Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, David Mathieson, is retiring effective December 31, 2015.

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PBH) [TARRYTOWN, N.Y] announced the appointment of David Marberger to the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Company. Mr. Marberger fills the CFO role formerly held by Ron Lombardi, who was named President and Chief Executive Officer on June 1, 2015. Mr. Marberger joins the company from Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for seven years. Prior to that, he held positions of increasing financial responsibility with Tasty Baking Company, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Campbell’s Soup Company, where he last held the position of Vice President, Finance, Food and Beverage Division.

SGI (NASDAQ: SGI) [MILPITAS, CA] announced that Robert J. Nikl, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President of Finance, will be retiring from SGI. Mr. Nikl has served as Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO since joining SGI in May of 2012. Nikl will continue in his CFO role until the filing of the company’s quarterly report on SEC Form 10-Q for the fiscal first quarter of 2016, and will serve in an advisory capacity through the end of the calendar year. Concurrently, the company announced the appointment of Mekonnen (Mack) Asrat to the position of Senior Vice President and CFO of SGI. Mr. Asrat currently serves as Vice President, Finance, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of SGI and has been with the company since June 2012. Previously, he worked as Senior Director and Corporate Controller at Advantest America as well as at Verigy, Ltd. Prior to that, he held a variety of accounting and financial management roles with Agilent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard and Ernst & Young.

Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE MKT: UEC) [CORPUS CHRISTI, TX] announced the appointment of Pat Obara, the Company’s current Vice President, Administration, as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Obara is replacing Mark Katsumata who is resigning to pursue other interests. Mr. Obara served as the Chief Financial Officer of UEC from August 2006 to January 2011.  Previously, Mr. Obara worked as a consultant to several private companies in the areas of corporate management, finance and administration.  Additionally, Mr. Obara has served as the Chief Financial Officer and a director of various public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange where he was involved in the restructuring, organizing and management of these companies which were involved in the resource and technology sectors.

A1 Group Inc. (OTC PINK: AWON) [FT. LAUDERDALE, FL] announced that Timothy Hart, CFO of TBG Holdings, will become CFO of A1 Group Inc.

Flushing Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FFIC) [UNIONDALE, N.Y.]  the parent holding company for Flushing Bank announced that David Fry will retire as Senior Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 5, 2016. Mr. Fry joined the Company as Controller in 1998, and has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank since July 2004. Susan Cullen, who joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in 2015, will be named to succeed Mr. Fry as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective upon his retirement. Ms. Cullen was most recently an EVP/SEC Reporting and Investor Relations Officer at Hudson Valley Bank, which was acquired by Sterling Bancorp. Susan had joined Hudson Valley Bank in 2012 as an EVP/Chief Risk Officer, prior to which she was employed by Grant Thornton LLP as an Audit Partner specializing in financial institutions.

Monster Worldwide, Inc. [Weston, Mass.] announced that James M. Langrock has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Michael B. McGuinness has been appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 29, 2015. Michael B. McGuinness served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Global Controller from February 2012 to October 2015 and as Vice President and Assistant Global Controller from July 2008 to January 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McGuinness served as the Director of Corporate Accounting at Verint Systems Inc. from March 2007 to July 2008. Prior to that, he was the Senior Manager of External Reporting and Technical Accounting at Symbol Technologies, Inc., from January 2004 to March 2007, and Manager of Internal Audit from 2002 to 2004.

Frequency Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEIM) [MITCHEL FIELD, N.Y.] announced that Alan Miller will step down as Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer as of December 31, 2015.  From January 1, 2016, Mr. Miller will serve as the Company’s interim CFO until the appointment of a successor CFO.

STG, Inc. [RESTON, Va.] announced the appointment of Charles ‘Chuck’ Cosgrove as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). His appointment is effective from November 6, 2015. Most recently, Mr. Cosgrove was CFO with CRGT, Inc. Prior to his tenure with CRGT, Mr. Cosgrove was CFO of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, and held senior positions with several government-focused public companies, including KBR, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) and Planning Research Corporation (PRC).

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Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that its Chief Financial Officer David Lee is resigning as CFO and departing the company on December 11, 2015. Michelle Quejado, Zynga’s Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as interim CFO. Quejado joined Zynga in March 2015 as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, and in June was appointed as Zynga’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Zynga, Quejado held various financial roles at Lam Research Corporation, between 1999 and 2015, most recently serving as its Assistant Corporate Controller. Before joining Lam Research Corporation, Quejado was as an auditor for the United States Department of Defense from 1989 through 1998.

Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX: TPX) [DENVER & MONTREAL] announced that David Heede, currently Chief Financial Officer, Molson Coors Europe (MCE), has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer, Molson Coors, on an interim basis, effective 16 November 2015. As interim Chief Financial Officer, Heede will sit on the Molson Coors Executive Leadership Team (ELT) until completion of the process to select a new permanent successor for Gavin Hattersley, CFO of Molson Coors and CEO of MillerCoors. Heede has held senior leadership positions with Molson Coors in Sales, Strategy, Finance and Procurement across more than 30 years’ experience with the organization. He was Finance Director on the UK Board of Molson Coors before taking up his current role as Chief Financial Officer, Molson Coors Europe, in 2013.

99 Cents Only Stores LLC [CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif.] announced that Felicia Thornton has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ms. Thornton’s appointment is part of a broader Operating Advisor agreement with Ares Management, L.P., the company’s majority shareholder. Interim CFO Michael Fung will continue in his position as a member of the company’s Board of Directors and will return to his position as head of the Board’s Audit Committee. Ms. Thornton served in senior leadership positions at DSM, Inc., Albertsons, and The Kroger Company. Most recently at DSM, Inc., she served as Co-Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer of the supermarket chain, and prior to that, she was Chief Executive Officer of Knowledge Universe U.S. At Albertsons, she served as Chief Financial Officer for over five years. For eight years prior to that, Ms. Thornton served in a variety of executive strategic and financial roles at Ralphs and Fred Meyer, both of which eventually became part of The Kroger Company, where she continued as Group Vice President responsible for retail operations.

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) [NIWOT, COLORADO] announced that Carrie Teffner has been named executive vice president, chief financial officer of Crocs, Inc. and is expected to join the company on December 16, 2015. Teffner was appointed to Crocs’ board of directors in June 2015. Prior to joining Crocs’ board of directors, she served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for PetSmart. Prior to her position at PetSmart, Teffner served in the chief financial officer role for Weber-Stephen Products, and for Timberland. Teffner spent the first 21 years of her career in various business and leadership roles for Sara Lee Corporation. Mike Smith will continue to serve as interim CFO until Teffner joins the company in December.

PG&E Corporation [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Jason P. Wells as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2016. Wells will succeed Kent Harvey, who is retiring in the first half of 2016 after 33 years with PG&E. To facilitate an effective transition, Wells will assume his new role on January 1, and Harvey will serve as Senior Vice President, Finance, for PG&E Corporation until his retirement. Currently, Wells is Vice President, Business Finance for Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Wells began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC, where he led audit teams for a variety of energy and utility clients. In 2007, Wells joined PG&E as the director of technical accounting; he was promoted to senior director of corporate accounting and assistant controller in 2008. Wells was appointed to his current role in October 2011.

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) [HOUSTON and LONDON] announced that Thomas Aebischer has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective Jan. 1, 2016. Mr. Aebischer joins LyondellBasell after having served in a variety of positions, including CFO, over a nearly 20-year career with Holcim. Holcim merged with Lafarge in 2015.

Meadows Behavioral Healthcare [WICKENBURG, AZ] announced that Kyle Wescoat has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Rick Flaherty who is retiring. Wescoat comes to the Meadows with more than 25 years of CFO experience in a variety of well-regarded public and private companies, including Emulex, VIZIO and Vans. He also has previous experience in the field of behavioral health as the former Executive Vice President and CFO of Aspen Education Group.

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids [NEW YORK] welcomes Gina Samson as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Gina was the Director of Finance and Administration for Women Deliver, Inc. She has previously held top finance positions with Comprehensive Development, Inc.; National MS Society, Southern NY Chapter; and Draft – Foote, Cone & Belding.

Invitae Corporation (NYSE: NVTA) [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Christine M. Gorjanc to its Board of Directors. Christine currently serves as chief financial officer at NETGEAR, Inc.  Prior to joining NETGEAR as vice president of finance in November 2005, Ms. Gorjanc served as vice president, controller, treasurer, and assistant secretary for Aspect Communications Corporation, from September 1996 through November 2005. From October 1988 through September 1996, she served as the manager of tax for Tandem Computers, Inc. From June 1987 through October 1988, Ms. Gorjanc served as the manager of tax operations for Xidex Corporation.

NextDecade LLC [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Benjamin Atkins has joined NextDecade as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining NextDecade, Atkins was a senior vice president with GE Capital for 10 years. Prior to his tenure at GE Capital, he served New York and Boston financial services clients at McKinsey & Co and worked as a risk manager in State Street Corporation’s Securities Finance division.

Pristine Sun [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has hired Doran Hole to serve as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hole comes to Pristine Sun from Deutsche Bank.

Getty Realty Corp. (NYSE: GTY) [JERICHO, N.Y.] announced that Christopher J. Constant, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has been selected by the Board of Directors to succeed as President and Chief Executive Officer as of December 31, 2015. Mr. Constant has served Getty in a number of capacities since he joined the Company in November 2010 as Director of Planning and Corporate Development. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2013 after previously being named Getty’s Treasurer (May 2012) and, more recently, Vice President (May 2013). Mr. Constant joined Getty from Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. where he served as Vice President in the corporate finance department.

TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE: TSLX) [NEW YORK] announced that Ian Simmonds will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 30, 2015. Mr. Simmonds will succeed the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, Bob Ollwerther, who has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis. Before joining TSLX, Mr. Simmonds spent over 10 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group, including as an advisor to TSLX for the past three years in that capacity.

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that Jason Wheeler will be Tesla’s next Chief Financial Officer. Jason joins Tesla after 13 years at Google Inc. where he was Vice President of Finance and led Google’s global finance function. Jason will replace Deepak Ahuja, who announced his intention to retire from Tesla earlier this year. Jason will assume his new role on November 30, 2015, with Deepak remaining at Tesla for the next few months to ensure a smooth transition.

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE: MTW) [MANITOWOC, Wis.] announced that John O. Stewart has been appointed chief financial officer of Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc. Most recently, John Stewart was executive vice president, chief financial officer, and chief administrative officer of Hostess Brands, Inc. Prior to that, John was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. Earlier in his career, John held various finance roles in North America and Europe in both the food and beverage divisions of Diageo PLC.

Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Gregory W. Hunt to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, effective March 15, 2016. Mr. Hunt will assume these titles from Teresa Covello, who informed the Board of Directors of her resignation in September. Ms. Covello has agreed to work with Mr. Hunt to transition her responsibilities over the next several months. Mr. Hunt currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV). Mr. Hunt will continue to serve as CFO and Treasurer of Apollo Investment when he assumes his roles at AMTG. Mr. Hunt began his term as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Apollo Investment in May 2012. Previously, Mr. Hunt was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Yankee Candle which he joined in April 2010. Prior to joining Yankee Candle, Mr. Hunt served as the Executive Vice President of Strategic and Commercial Development for Norwegian Cruise Lines from 2007 to 2009. Prior to joining Norwegian Cruise Lines, Mr. Hunt served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc. from 2006 to 2007 and Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive of Syratech Corporation from 2001 to 2006. Prior to Syratech, Mr. Hunt held several senior financial leadership positions including Chief Financial Officer of NRT Inc., Culligan Water Technologies, Inc. and Samsonite Corporation. Mr. Hunt also serves as a Director of LogicSource, Inc. and as a member of the Board of Advisors for the University of Vermont School of Business.

BioHiTech Global, Inc. (OTC: BHTG) [CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Brian C. Essman as Chief Financial Officer. Essman has over 20 years of financial management experience, starting as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior manager, followed by a CFO role at a Fidelity Capital (the Private equity arm of Fidelity Investments) portfolio company. He has held various executive level positions from 1997 through 2014 at several Havas operating companies, including most recently, the CEO of Data Communique.

Libertate Insurance [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced the addition of Ray Bailey as Chief Financial Officer. Ray worked for the Brown and Brown organization for eighteen years where he served numerous roles to include Operations Leader and Accounting Leader.

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU) [STATESVILLE, N.C.] announced that Thomas D. Hull III has joined the Company as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer.  In addition, Mr. Hull has been elected by the Board of Directors to the position of Secretary and Treasurer of the corporation.  Mr. Hull replaces D. Michael Parker, who recently retired from Kewaunee after 25 years of service. Mr. Hull held several management positions with Ernst & Young in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Charlotte, North Carolina from 1998 through 2011.  Since 2011, he has been the Vice President of Finance, Accounting, and Information Technology with ATI Specialty Materials, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Lucinda (Cindy) Baier will join the Company as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Baier is expected to start on December 1, 2015. As previously announced, Mark Ohlendorf, the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down as Chief Financial Officer upon Ms. Baier’s joining the Company and will continue to serve in his role as President. Ms. Baier most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Navigant Consulting, Inc. since March 2013.  Prior to that, she was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Central Parking System, Inc., having previously served as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Baier also previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Movie Gallery, Inc. and as Chief Financial Officer of World Kitchen, LLC.  In addition, Ms. Baier serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

Markwins International [LOS ANGELES] announced the recent appointment of Leslie H. Hernandez, as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hernandez was promoted from her previous position as Markwins International Senior Vice President of Finance, a position that she held for the past three years. Prior to that, Ms. Hernandez served for eight years in a similar role for Physicians Formula. During her time at Physicians Formula, Ms. Hernandez also spent a year as Corporate Secretary on the Board of Directors, a role which resolved when the company was acquired by Markwins International in December of 2012.

Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AST) [MENLO PARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Georgia Erbez to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Ms. Erbez joins Asterias after serving as a financial consultant to numerous biotechnology companies and previously serving as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer of Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp.  Ms. Erbez served as Raptor’s CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer from 2012 to 2014.  Prior to Raptor, Ms. Erbez was a Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking at Collins Stewart, a senior level investment banker at Beal Advisors, Jeffries & Company, Inc. and Cowen and Company.  She has also held positions of increasing responsibility at the investment banks Hambrecht & Quist and Alex, Brown & Sons Inc.

WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX) [SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine] announced that Roberto Simon will be appointed chief financial officer, on or about February 26, 2016. Steve Elder, WEX’s current chief financial officer, will remain with WEX to assume the newly created position of senior vice president, investor relations. Mr. Simon joins WEX from Revlon, Inc., where he most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to this role, Mr. Simon served as senior vice president, global finance, at Revlon. Mr. Simon joined Revlon as part of the Company’s acquisition of The Colomer Group, where he most recently served as chief financial officer and formerly held global leadership roles managing financial reporting and operations for the Americas, Africa, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom. Prior to joining The Colomer Group in 2002, Mr. Simon held various finance and accounting roles, including senior financial consultant at the Michael Page International Group.

EnerBank USA [SALT LAKE CITY] has named Charlie Knadler, current Executive Vice President and CFO of the Bank, as President and CEO to replace the incumbent who will retire at the end of the year. Knadler joined EnerBank in 2004 and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2010. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer.

Calabrio [MINNEAPOLIS, MN] hired Theresa McGlothlen to serve as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She previously served as CFO of Convey Compliance Systems, and prior to that served as CFO of Wizmo Inc.

Corporate Visions, Inc. [PLEASANTON, Calif.]  announced the appointment of Gloria Fan as CFO. Fan most recently served as CFO at ClearEdge Power, Inc. Prior to ClearEdge Power, she spent seven years in the solid-state lighting industry where she was CFO for both Pinecone Energies and Bridgelux. Previously, Fan spent seven years at UTStarcom as VP of finance and global business operations.

PureSnax International, Inc. (OTC PINK: PSNX) [WOODBRIDGE, NJ]  announced the appointment of Mark S. Engler as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mark began his career with the Internal Revenue Service Agency (IRS) as a Senior Field Revenue Agent. Since leaving the IRS in 1977, Mark has been in private practice using his knowledge and expertise to help his corporate clients navigate the stringent rules and regulations of corporate tax law.

ABILITY Network [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that John A. Gappa has joined the organization as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ABILITY, Gappa served as the Senior Vice President and CFO for MOM Brands Company. Gappa also served four years as Senior Vice President and CFO of Universal Hospital Services (UHS). Before that, Gappa served for nine years as SVP, CFO and General Manager of Red Line HealthCare Corporation. While at Red Line, Gappa also held the position of General Manager of the company’s Medicare billing division. He also held progressive financial and accounting management positions with The Pillsbury Company over nine years.

Pacific Capital Group and Winnick & Company [LOS ANGELES] announce that after 17 years of service, Gregg Ritchie has decided to retire.

Holly Energy Partners (NYSE: HEP) [DALLAS] announced Rich Voliva, previously Vice President, Corporate Development of Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C., was appointed as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HLS. Prior to joining HLS in April 2014, Mr. Voliva worked as an analyst in the institutional investment business in the energy sector, and prior to that as Vice President, Energy Equity Research for Deutsche Bank Securities in New York, NY.

Biota Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOTA) [ATLANTA, GA] announced the appointment of Mark P. Colonnese as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Biota, Mark was Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Stealth BioTherapeutics, Inc. Previously, Mark served as Executive Vice President (EVP) and CFO at Transgenomic. He has also served as EVP, commercial operations and CFO at AtheroGenics. Mark has also held a number of executive and management positions at Schering-Plough Corporation.

Warren Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: WRES) [DENVER] announced the appointment of Brian Gelman as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Stewart P. Skelly, the current Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned, in order to pursue other opportunities in connection with the relocation of his family to Ireland. Mr. Gelman served as Warren’s Controller immediately prior to his appointment as Interim CFO and has been with the Company in various financial and accounting roles since 2002. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Gelman was an audit senior with Eisner LLP.

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CUNA Mutual Group [MADISON, Wis.] announced that Tom Merfeld has been named chief financial officer. Merfeld joined the company in 1994 and most recently served as the company’s chief market risk officer. He will replace Alastair Shore who held the role since 2012. Before joining, Merfeld served as the chief financial officer for Savers Life Insurance Company in Kansas City, Mo., as an investment analyst for Franklin Savings Association in Ottawa, Kan., and as an assistant economist for the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City, Mo.

Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE: HTZ) [ESTERO, Fla] announced that its Barbara Brasier has joined Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC) as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Brasier was previously Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasury, for Mondelez International, Inc.

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE: SWM) [ALPHARETTA, GA ] announced that Allison Aden has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ms. Aden served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Americold. She also held the Chief Financial Officer role at Recall.

Bevolution Group [CHICAGO, Ill] announced the appointment of David Prill as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Prill has over 20 years of leadership experience and has held positions as Chief Financial Officer in companies such as Mistica Foods, LLC, Quantum Foods, as well as Vice President of Finance LLC in Agri-Best Holdings LLC and Specialty Foods Group, Inc.

Workfront [SILICON SLOPES, Utah] announced Pete Childs joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer and a member of the executive leadership team. Prior to Workfront, Childs was the Chief Financial Officer at Cvent. Childs also held leadership positions at HCR ManorCare and Towers Watson.

Essendant Inc. (NASDAQ: ESND) [DEERFIELD, Ill] appointed Earl Shanks as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shanks currently serves as a director of Verint, and has previously served as the chief financial officer at Convergys Corporation, from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Shanks held various financial leadership roles with NCR Corporation from 2001 to 2003. In addition, Mr. Shanks previously served as the vice president and treasurer of Farley Industries and Fruit of the Loom Inc.

LILEE Systems [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Karen Willem has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Karen joins LILEE Systems from iPass, where she was CFO. Prior to iPass, she was CFO of Xsigo Systems. Karen held executive management positions at Openwave Systems, Cassatt Corporation and Brio Software IPO.

New Jersey Resources (NYSE: NJR) [WALL, N.J.] announced the promotion of Patrick Migliaccio as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2016. He joined NJR as Controller of Unregulated Operations in April 2009. He was named Corporate Controller in January 2012 and Treasurer in August 2013. He joined New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) as a Management Engineer in 1989, and has held the position of Vice President of Marketing and Energy Efficiency since July 2007. Previously, he also served as Treasurer of NJNG, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and President of NJR Home Services.

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CKP) [THOROFARE, N.J.] announced the appointment of James M. Lucania as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Lucania has been Acting Chief Financial Officer since March 19, 2015. Previously, Mr. Lucania served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of the Company since 2012. Prior to joining the Company, he worked at Miller Buckfire, where he served most recently as a Vice President.

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) [RYE, N.Y.] announced that Jon Grisham, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire next year in calendar 2016 to launch the next phase of his life, after a successful career spanning 36 years, including service in the United States Navy, public accounting and the last 22 years at Acadia.

Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE:REG) [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] reorganized its senior executive management team, with Lisa Palmer to serve as President, directing acquisitions and dispositions, in addition to her responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer which shall become effective January 1, 2016. Lisa has performed multiple key roles with the company for nearly 20 years.

Acendre [ARLINGTON, Va.] (formerly known as NGA.NET) announced Josh Steele as Chief Financial Officer, following a highly successful background in scaling mid-cap organizations for the past 20 years. Prior to joining Acendre, Josh served in a number of executive leadership and strategic advisory roles through his consulting practice, Flywheel Associates. Prior to that he served as the Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Rosetta Stone and Vice President of FP&A and Treasurer of MicroStrategy.

Banc of California, Inc. (NYSE: BANC) [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the promotion of James McKinney to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McKinney previously served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining the Company, Mr. McKinney served as Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). Previously he held positions at RBS Asset Finance, KPMG and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Unwired Planet, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPIP) [LOS ALTOS, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jim Wheat as chief financial officer. Mr. Wheat joins Unwired Planet from ASSIA, Inc., where he served as chief financial officer since 2013. Prior to serving as CFO at ASSIA, Inc., Mr. Wheat was chief financial officer with Silicon Graphics (formerly Rackable Systems) from 2008-2012. He has more than 30 years of experience with companies such as Lam Research, Raychem Corporation and Honeywell.

HomeServe USA [NORWALK, Conn.] announced the recent appointment of Rich Gannon as Chief Financial Officer. For the past two years Gannon served as Chief Operating Officer for Consumer Reports and prior to that he was the company’s Chief Financial Officer for ten years. Before joining Consumer Reports in 2003, Gannon held a series of senior leadership positions at Gartner Inc., with executive roles including Chief Operating Officer for Research & Advisory Services, North America Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller.

InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC [HOUSTON, TX] announced the appointment of David Scheiderich as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Scheiderich was most recently the Sr. Vice President & Director of Accounting for Houston-based Envoy Mortgage.

Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE: DAN) [MAUMEE, Ohio] has appointed Rodney R. Filcek, Dana’s current senior vice president and chief accounting officer, to serve as interim chief financial officer, in addition to his current role.  His appointment is effective Dec. 1, 2015. Mr. Filcek has served in his current role since May 2011.  From January 2005 to May 2011, he served as Dana’s vice president of finance. Mr. Filcek joined Dana in 1987 as corporate accounting manager for its former commercial credit unit and has served in various financial management positions throughout nearly three decades with the company.

Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) [ROGERS, Conn] announced that Janice Stipp has been appointed the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Stipp brings more than 29 years of financial leadership to Rogers, including 10 years in CFO roles, most recently, she served as Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer at Tecumseh Products Company. Prior to that, she spent 13 years with General Motors.

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Ronald A. Ballschmiede has been named Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ballschmiede brings nearly 40 years of accounting and financial management experience to Sterling, most recently with Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE: CBI) where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from June 2006 to March 2015. Prior to joining CB&I, Ron was a Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, joining the firm in 2002. Previously, he had been with Arthur Andersen since 1977, becoming a Partner in 1989.

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (NYSE:WMS) [HILLIARD, Ohio] appointed Scott A. Cottrill as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Cottrill most recently held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Jeld-Wen. Prior to Jeld-Wen, Mr. Cottrill held various financial and accounting positions with Goodrich Corporation, including from 2005 to 2012 the positions of Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.

SYSPRO USA [COSTA MESA, Calif.] hired Doug Garnhart to fill the CFO position.

P+R Architects [LONG BEACH, CA] appointed Ian Denny as CFO. Ian Denny joins P+R from Deltek where he served most recently as Director of Data Services.

Roka Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKA) [WARREN, N.J.] announced the appointment of Lars Boesgaard as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Boesgaard, who joined Roka in 2009 and currently serves as Vice President, Finance and Controller, succeeds Steven Sobieski. Boesgaard joined Roka in October 2009 as Controller and was promoted to Vice President, Finance in January 2012.  Previously from 2007 to 2009, Mr. Boesgaard served as Vice President, Finance at Insulet Corporation.  From 2004 to 2007, he was Senior Director, Financial Services at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Boesgaard served in various financial roles at The Nielsen Company.  From 1995 to 2000, he served in various financial roles at Novo Nordisk A/S.

Xplore Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: XPLR) [AUSTIN, Texas] announced it has appointed Tom Wilkinson as CFO. Wilkinson has been Xplore’s acting interim CFO since August 2015. Wilkinson was a founding partner of PMB Helin Donovan and left the firm as Managing Partner in December 2013, after twelve years. He left PMB Helin Donovan to become CFO of Amherst Holdings. Prior to co-founding PMB Helin Donovan, Wilkinson worked for Dell and then as CFO of Credit Suisse First Boston subsidiary Calmco Servicing.

Syntel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNT) [TROY, Mich] announced the upcoming retirement of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Arvind Godbole. Syntel’s General Manager of Finance, Anil Agrawal, will serve as acting CFO while the search for a permanent replacement for Mr. Godbole takes place. Mr. Agrawal joined Syntel in 2001 and served as Head of Finance for Syntel’s India operations from 2007 to 2011, and as Head of Corporate Financial Planning and Analytics since 2012.

Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ: ALOG) [PEABODY, Mass.] announced the appointment of Mark Frost as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, effective November 30, 2015. Mark comes to Analogic from AngioDynamics where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2012. Before that, he was senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer of Albany Molecular Research Incorporated. Prior to joining AMRI in 2004, Mark held various financial roles at Smith+Nephew and General Electric.

MELA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELA) [HORSHAM, Pa.] announced that Christina L. Allgeier has been promoted to the post of Chief Financial Officer of MELA Sciences, Inc. Ms. Allgeier joined MELA as a result of the recent acquisition of the XTRAC and VTRAC business. Ms. Allgeier has over 15 years of experience in the medical laser field. She replaces Robert Cook.

America’s Test Kitchen [BROOKLINE, MA] announced that Jackie McCauley Ford will join the company on Dec. 1, as Chief Financial Officer. Ford joins America’s Test Kitchen after serving as a Director of Corporate Finance Group, Inc., a financial consulting firm in Boston.

Azure Midstream Energy, LLC (NYSE: AZUR) [DALLAS, TX] announced that Mandy Bush, Azure’s VP of Strategic Planning and Human Resources will be stepping up to be interim CFO, after Eric Kalamaras is stepping down. Mandy has previously served as CFO for Marlin Midstream Partners, LP.

StarTek, Inc. (NYSE: SRT) [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo] appointed Don Norsworthy as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Norsworthy succeeds Lisa Weaver. Norsworthy joins STARTEK after serving as CFO and executive vice president of ACCENT Marketing Services, which was acquired by STARTEK in May 2015. Prior to ACCENT, Norsworthy held several CFO positions of CKS Packaging, Integrity Solution Services and Portrait Corporation of America. Norsworthy also served as president and CEO of Protocal Global Solutions.

American Gilsonite Company, Inc. [BONANZA, Utah] announced that Steven Granda succeeds Doug Maughan as CFO. Mr. Granda previously served as CFO at Charter Chemical Company in Houston, Texas, and he served as CFO and Vice President for Business Development at Green Earth Fuels in Houston prior to his time at Charter Chemical.

Dynasil Corporation of America (NASDAQ: DYSL) [NEWTON, Mass] announced Robert J. Bowdring, the Company’s current corporate controller, will assume the CFO position on February 1, 2016, succeeding Thomas C. Leonard. Prior to joining Dynasil, Mr. Bowdring served as the CFO for INVO Bioscience, from 2008 until 2013, where he continues as a member of the Board of Directors. He also served CFO of Cyphermint, Inc. from 2003 to 2008, and as Vice President and Corporate Controller for Lifeline Systems from 1989 to 2003.  Prior to 1989, Mr. Bowdring held positions of increasing responsibility at Remanco, Inc., Warburton’s Inc., Cyborg Corporation, and Technogenics, Inc.

WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: WSFS) [WILMINGTON, Del.] the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced that Kevin L. Thompson will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 7, 2015. Mr. Thompson most recently served as Senior Vice President in Corporate Finance at Zions Bancorporation and prior to that served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of American Express Centurion Bank. Prior to joining American Express Centurion Bank, Mr. Thompson relocated to Buenos Aires, Argentina to serve as the Latin American Controller for AgReserves Inc.

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ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) [HUNTSVILLE, Ala.] announced it has appointed Roger D. Shannon as its senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining ADTRAN, Shannon served as CFO and treasurer at Steel Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Nucor Corporation since July 2006, also serving as its principal accounting officer. Prior to his nine-year tenure at Steel Technologies, Shannon directed global treasury for Brown-Forman Corporation.

Microline Surgical [Beverly, MA] announced the appointment of Joseph Falcao as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Microline Surgical, Joe worked for several well-known Boston companies including; Cabot Corporation, Dunkin Brands, Invensys, iBasis and McCue.

Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: PEBO) [MARIETTA, Ohio] announced the appointment of John C. Rogers to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Peoples and its banking subsidiary, Peoples Bank, National Association (“Peoples Bank”), effective November 30, 2015. Rogers worked most recently for PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 2001 until October of 2015. He served as Risk Executive from 2011 to 2015. From 2003 to 2011, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Retail Business Banking, and from 2001 to 2002 he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Consumer Lending. Rogers replaces Edward G. Sloane who resigned in order to pursue other career opportunities.

Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) [TEMPE, Ariz.] announced that Pete Perrone has informed the company of his intent to resign his duties as chief financial officer effective December 4, 2015. Sajid Malhotra, Limelight’s chief strategy officer, has been named interim CFO, effective December 4, 2015. Mr. Malhotra joined the company in April 2014 as the senior vice president in charge of strategy, facilities, investor relations and procurement. He was promoted to chief strategy officer in June 2015.

Trion Solutions, Inc. [TROY, Mich.] has named Andrew W. Kirk as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Trion, Kirk served as an advisor to nonprofit firms, and emerging businesses. Kirk previously served as President of the Michigan-based Belle Tire Distributors, Inc.

BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT and TASE: BTX) [ALAMEDA, Calif.] announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Russell Skibsted to the position of Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Robert Peabody. Prior to joining the BioTime team, Russell was CFO at Proove Biosciences. Previously he was Senior Vice President, CFO, and Secretary of Aeolus Pharmaceuticals. He also served as SVP and Chief Business Officer of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, Mr. Skibsted was Partner and CFO at Asset Management Company. 

The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN) [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Christa Quarles has been named Chief Executive Officer of OpenTable. Quarles has served as the Chief Financial Officer of OpenTable since May 2015 and as interim CEO since September of 2015 when former CEO Matt Roberts moved into the role of Chairman, OpenTable. Prior to joining OpenTable in 2015, Quarles served as the Chief Business Officer for Nextdoor. Previously, she served as the SVP and General Manager at Disney where she led the Mobile and Social Games divisions within Disney Interactive.

Shorr Packaging Corp. [AURORA, Ill.] announced the promotion of Kevin Vrba to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Vrba began working at Shorr as the Controller in March 2014.  Prior to that, he held senior finance roles at Coopers Hawk, TopGolf, and Bar Louie, after spending 12 years in public accounting at Crowe Horwath.

Seegrid [PITTSBURGH, Pa.] announced it has appointed Ed Henry to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Vista Resources, Inc., and as Director of Finance at Thermo Fisher Scientific before joining the company.

EndoGastric Solutions [REDMOND, Wash.] announced that Michael K. Burke has been named Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Landauer, Inc. Prior to this, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Albany International Corp., and as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Intermagnetics General Corporation.

NantKwest, Inc. (NASDAQ: NK) [CULVER CITY, Calif.] announced the appointment of Angela Wilson as chief financial officer (CFO). Wilson first joined NantKwest in October 2015 as vice president, finance. Previously, Wilson served as vice president, finance and controller for Virgin Galactic. She began her professional career and served for 18 years with Ernst & Young (EY).

Spectralink Corporation [BOULDER, CO] announced that Casey Hofmann has joined the company’s management team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Spectralink, Casey served as CFO for Sun Capital Partners portfolio company American Recreation Products LLC and its newly formed entity, Exxel Outdoors LLC. Earlier she held various other CFO and financial management positions for technology manufacturing and consumer products companies.

Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) [LAS VEGAS] announced that Scott D. Schweinfurth, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, will be retiring from the Company.

Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: SGYP) [NEW YORK] announced that Gary Sender has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Gary Sender previously served as Senior Vice President, Finance, of Shire plc. Prior to joining Shire, he was the founding CFO of Tengion. Before that he spent 15 years in a number of leadership roles within Merck.

Bracket [WAYNE, Pa.] announced the addition of J. Matthew Bond as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Matt co-founded and served as the CFO of Aptiv Solutions. Previously, Matt was Executive Vice President and CFO of a global, growth oriented CRO.

Impossible Foods, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced today that David Lee will become the company’s new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Lee served most recently as CFO of Zynga. Prior to that he served as the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Finance for Best Buy. During his eight years at Del Monte, he held several leadership positions across finance and general management including Senior Vice President of Strategy, and earlier served as Senior Vice President of Consumer Products.

Lantronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRX) [IRVINE, CA.] announced that Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Whitaker has been appointed interim chief executive officer of the company. Whitaker will continue to serve as chief financial officer of the company, a position he has held since September 2011. Before joining the company as chief financial officer, he served as vice president, corporate controller at Mindspeed Technologies from January 2011 to September 2011. Prior to that, Whitaker served in a number of finance and accounting roles at Lantronix from August 2005 to January 2011, including as vice president of finance and accounting, senior director of finance, and director of finance and accounting.

Clutch [PHILADELPHIA] recently brought on Mark S. Pollock as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Clutch, Pollock spent three years with MNG Direct. Prior to that he worked for an array of start-up, growth, and turnaround companies like Portico, Avanceon, and Vertical Alliance.

Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW) [EVANSVILLE, Ind.] announced that Michael A. Hajost will join Accuride as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Michael previously served as Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations for Carpenter Technology Corp. Previously, he had served as Vice President, Treasurer JBS Swift & Company of Greeley, Colo. He began his corporate career with Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Ind., after completing five years of service as an officer in the U.S. Army.

The WhiteWave Foods Company (NYSE: WWAV) [DENVER, Colo.] announced that Chief Financial Officer Kelly Haecker has decided to leave the company effective March 31, 2016, to spend more personal time with his family. Haecker will ensure a smooth transition of his responsibilities to Greg Christenson, who will be promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of WhiteWave, effective April 1, 2016. Christenson  has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Americas Foods & Beverages since June 2013. Prior to joining WhiteWave, Christenson was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oberto Brands, from January 2011 to June 2013. Before that Christenson spent 14 years at Kraft Foods, Inc., most recently as Director of Finance, Cheese.

Hanmi Financial Corporation [Delaware] reported that Romolo “Ron” C. Santarosa was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank. Mr. Santarosa has served as Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and Strategy of the Company and the Bank since June 8, 2015. Most recently, from June 2013 – June 2015, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Opus Bank. Before that he served as the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at First California Financial Group, Inc. and its bank subsidiary, First California Bank, from November 2002 to May 2013.

CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) [Washington, DC] announced the appointment of Scott Wheeler as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective January 11, 2016. Wheeler, has served in various roles with Experian since 2006, including his most recent role of Chief Financial Officer – Experian North America and Global Technology Services. From 2008 through 2012, Mr. Wheeler served as Chief Financial Officer – Experian North America; Director – SalesShare and Innovation. From 2006 through 2007, Mr. Wheeler served as Chief Financial Officer – Experian Americas. Mr. Wheeler comes to CoStar with thirty years of financial and leadership experience, including ten years with Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Francesca’s Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: FRAN) [HOUSTON] announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Mark Vendetti, has resigned. Cindy Thomassee, Francesca’s® current VP of Accounting, has been appointed to the role of Interim CFO.

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Politico (Arlington, VA) named Vinay Mehra as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mehra served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the PBS/NPR media organization WGBH. Earlier in his career, Mehra spent eight years in operating roles as a Principal with Zero Stage Capital.  He began his professional career and served for ten years with PwC.

Owens-Illinois (NYSE: OI) [Perrysburg, Ohio] announced the appointment of Jan Bertsch as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Bertsch served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Sigma-Aldrich. Prior to joining Sigma-Aldrich in 2012, Bertsch was Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at BorgWarner. She also spent nearly 30 years at Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Company in various roles of increasing responsibility in Finance, Treasury and Information Technology. She also serves on the BWX Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors.

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) [NEW YORK] announced William Oplinger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alcoa, will serve as the Upstream Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

SRS Distribution [McKinney, TX] announced that Jeff Richard was appointed Chief Financial Officer in October 2015. Prior to joining SRS he most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Checkpoint Systems. Before Checkpoint, Jeff was the EVP/CFO of Safety-Kleen Systems from 2010 to 2013. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Richard served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Pavestone Company. Previously, Mr. Richard was Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Electronic Data Systems Corp; and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Americas Operations at Jacuzzi, Inc. Earlier in his career he worked as Chief Financial Officer at Tyco International Ltd.

Calabrio [MINNEAPOLIS] hired veteran finance executive Theresa McGlothlen to serve as Chief Financial Officer. She previously served as CFO of Convey Compliance Systems, and prior to that served as CFO of Wizmo Inc.

Medea, Inc. [Pleasanton, CA] announced the appointment of David Largen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Largen was most recently with Steelwedge, Inc. where he served as Chief Financial Officer. His background also includes global operational, planning and accounting roles at Salesforce.com, PeopleSoft, Inc. and Ernst & Young, LLP.

CEC Entertainment, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] announced the appointment of Dale Black as Chief Financial Officer. He recently served as CFO of Great Wolf Lodge. Before Great Wolf, Mr. Black’s experience includes CFO roles at Isle of Capri Casinos, Trump Entertainment Resorts, and Argosy Gaming. Mr. Black will replace Temple Weiss, who will be pursuing other opportunities outside CEC.

AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) [WEST CHESTER, Ohio] announced that Jaime Vasquez has been named Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2016. Prior to joining AK Steel, he was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for the Performance Engineered Products Group of Carpenter Technology Corporation. Mr. Vasquez also previously held positions as:  Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations for Pillowtex Corporation; Assistant Treasurer and Investor Relations at Guilford Mills, Inc; Research Analyst for the bank GZ-Vienna; and Credit Analyst in Corporate Banking for Credit Suisse.

SOCi [SAN DIEGO] announced the hiring of Michael Massey as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Massey joins SOCi’s having served as Chief Financial Officer for iMatrix. From 1998 until 2009, Massey served as Assistant VP of Operations for Premier Dealer, a subsidiary of public company Great America Insurance. From 1988 until 1998, Massey held a series of senior finance and management positions.

LifeMap Solutions [SAN JOSE, Calif] announced the appointment of Robert W. Peabody as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Peabody brings over 30 years of early stage company experience to LifeMap Solutions, having participated in the founding of Geron Corporation, Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. and Asterias Therapeutics, Inc.

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) [DALLAS, TX] announced the appointment of Jeffrey Liaw as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 4, 2016. Mr. Liaw has served as the Chief Financial Officer of FleetPride, Inc., since January 2013. From August 2005 to December 2012, he was a principal of TPG Capital Management, L.P.

InvenTrust Properties Corp. [OAK BROOK, Ill] announced that Michael E. Podboy, current Executive Vice President – Chief Investment Officer of InvenTrust, has been appointed Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Podboy has served in his current role since March 12, 2014.  Prior to joining the company, Mr. Podboy worked in the field of public accounting and was a senior manager in the real estate division for KPMG LLP.

Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) [BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.] announced the appointment of Matthew M. Partridge as Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 11, 2016. Mr. Partridge currently serves as Vice President of Finance at Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.  Prior to joining Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Mr. Partridge held positions at Phillips Edison & Company and at Huron Consulting Group.

Prime Risk Partners [ATLANTA] announced that Robert (Bob) Schneider has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bob has held senior financial executive roles, including CFO, at Ascension Insurance, Inc., USI Holdings, Inc., Anthem, Inc. and Acordia, Inc. amongst others.

Lee Company [NASHVILLE, TN] announced the appointment of Rob Ivy as Chief Financial Officer following previous CFO Roy Osborne’s retirement. Ivy comes to Lee Company after serving as CFO of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee since November 2010.

SolarCity Corporation (NASDAQ: SCTY) [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that CFO Brad Buss plans to retire in 2016. Buss will remain as CFO through the completion of SolarCity’s financial reporting for the fiscal year 2015—expected in early February—and will remain in an advisory role until later in 2016 to ensure a smooth transition.

Array BioPharma Inc. [Boulder, Colorado] announced that Patricia Henahan notified Array that she will be resigning as Chief Financial Officer of Array, and the company announced the appointment David Horin as interim CFO effective November 19, 2015. Mr. Horin served as Array’s interim Chief Financial Officer from February 2015 until September 2015 and has served as a Managing Partner of Chord since June 2012. From March 2008 to June 2012, Mr. Horin was the Chief Financial Officer of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. From March 2003 through March 2008, Mr. Horin was the Chief Accounting Officer at Jefferies Group, Inc. Prior to his employment at Jefferies Group, Inc., from 2000 to 2003, Mr. Horin was a Senior Manager in KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice in New York (“National Office”).

TCF Financial Corporation (NYSE: TCB) [WAYZATA, Minn.] announced Brian W. Maass, currently treasurer, has been promoted to chief financial officer and treasurer of the corporation. Maass most recently served as executive vice president and treasurer of TCF National Bank as well as treasurer and chief investment officer of the corporation. Prior to joining TCF in 2012, Maass held several accounting and finance leadership roles with Wells Fargo and Company, including senior vice president within corporate treasury.

Imation Corp. [OAKDALE, MINNESOTA] announced the appointment of Barry L. Kasoff the Company’s Chief Restructuring Officer to also serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kasoff was Interim President of Imation from August 19, 2015 to October 14, 2015 at which time he was appointed Chief Restructuring Officer.

Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) [Rochester, NY] appointed Richard Childs to be interim CFO. In the private sector, he served for six years as Vice President, Director of Finance and Internal Security for Deak-Perera. In the government sector, he has served as a fraud investigator for the Office of the (NJ) Attorney General; the Supervising Accountant for the Essex County (NJ) Division of Accounts and Control; and, most recently, as the Chief of the Union County (NJ) Sheriff’s Department Economic Crime/Inspection Bureau.

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Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) [GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.] announced the promotion of John W. Garratt to executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Garratt has served as Dollar General’s interim CFO since June 2015 and previously served as its senior vice president of finance and strategy since joining the Company in October 2014. Prior to joining Dollar General in 2014, Garratt held various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance organization of Yum! Brands between May 2004 and October 2014, and held leadership positions in corporate strategy and financial planning. Most recently, he was vice president, finance and division controller for KFC. Prior to Yum! Brands, Garratt served as Plant Controller for Alcoa from April 2002 to May 2004. He also spent three years with General Electric in various financial management roles with increasing responsibility. He started his career at Alcoa where he worked for approximately nine years from May 1990 to March 1999.

J.Crew Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that it has named Michael J. Nicholson President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 11, 2016 Mr. Nicholson was Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ANN INC. from December 2012 until August 2015.  Previously, from 2007 to 2012, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ANN INC. Prior to that, Mr. Nicholson spent seven years at Limited Brands, Inc. holding various executive positions including Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Victoria’s Secret Beauty Company.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Nicholson held senior positions at Colgate Palmolive and Altria Group, Inc.

Performance Sports Group Ltd. (NYSE: PSG) [EXETER, NH] announced that it has appointed Mark Vendetti as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 14, 2015. Vendetti will assume CFO responsibilities from Amir Rosenthal, who was named President, PSG Brands in May 2015. Vendetti is currently the CFO of Francesca’s Holdings Corporation. Prior to this, Vendetti held the position of Vice President, Finance for Abercrombie & Fitch from 2009-2013 and served as Senior Vice President for XM Satellite Radio Inc. from 2005-2008. Vendetti began his career with General Electric and held numerous positions of increasing responsibility with The Proctor & Gamble Corporation from 1989-2001, before joining the Sears Credit Division and Citigroup Inc.

Ingenious Med [ATLANTA] has named David Lamm as its new chief financial officer. Before joining Ingenious Med, Lamm was chief financial officer and treasurer of United Allergy Services. He also has held several leadership positions at a number of healthcare enterprises including Kaiser Permanente and McKesson Corporation.

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE: DEI) [SANTA MONICA, Calif] announced that Mona Gisler, its Chief Accounting Officer, will become its Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2016, replacing Theodore Guth who will retire as CFO December 31, 2015. Ms. Gisler joined Douglas Emmett in 2014 after 19 years at Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she was a partner in the real estate group.

MVB Financial Corp. (OTCQB: MVBF) [FAIRMONT, W.Va.] announced the appointment of Donald T. Robinson to the position of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Robinson succeeds Bret S. Price to the position of CFO. Prior to joining the company, Robinson served as: a community market president and state commercial lending leader for Huntington Bancshares, Inc. and Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting officer for Linn Energy, Inc.

Herio Capital [NEW YORK] announced Sonny Cheng as its new Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was a key executive in Goldman Sach’s Prime Brokerage and Fund Administration groups. Cheng began his career at Ernst & Young.

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBIO), [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that Chris Thorn has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Chris Thorn is also Controller of Turing Pharmaceuticals and his previous experience includes being Controller of Kamdon Corp and Audit Manager with KPMG LLP.

FusionOps [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced Travis Adlman as Chief Financial Officer. He joins FusionOps from AnchorFree, where he was CFO. Previously, he led the finance and operational organizations for Kosmix before its successful acquisition by Walmart. Prior to Kosmix, he was the senior executive overseeing finance, operations and legal for Buzzwire and Wallop.

Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) [NEW YORK] announced that it appointed Timothy Salvemini to serve as chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary. Most recently, from 2014 to 2015, Mr. Salvemini served as chief administrative officer of Rouse Properties, Inc. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Salvemini was Vice President – Finance and Accounting of Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. 2010, Mr. Salvemini served in various roles at Crystal River Capital Inc.

MissionHUB [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] has appointed Theresa A. Matacia as its Chief Financial Officer. Matacia worked at companies including ADP, Scient, and Declara.

Sequa Corporation [PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.] announced the appointment of Keith Howe as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Donna Costello, Sequa’s former Chief Financial Officer, who resigned. Howe has served as the top financial leader for several portfolio companies of the Carlyle Group, including Qualicaps, and Vought Aircraft.  Prior to that, he worked for more than 25 years at FMC Corporation and its successor company, United Defense Limited Partnership, in various roles that included General Manager of the Armament Systems division, CFO of the FNSS joint venture in Turkey, Controller of Armament Systems, and Business Manager of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle program.

Social Solutions Global [BALTIMORE] announced Tricia Benedix as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Tricia succeeds Steve Egan, who retired 8 years after joining Social Solutions. Tricia was previously CFO of Relias Learning and Mitratech. She also held financial leadership roles at Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., and Misys Healthcare Systems.

Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AXN) [JERSEY CITY, N.J] announced that Wilfred Chow has resigned from his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Guoan Zhang, Aoxing Pharma’s Senior Vice President for Finance, will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer.

C2 Education [ATLANTA] announced that Martin A. Moore has joined the company as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Newgistics [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that it has named Ben Wade as Executive Vice President and CFO, effective January 1, 2016. He will be replacing Michael Twomey, who served as CFO and will be retiring at the end of the year. Wade joined Newgistics in 2013 as Vice President and Controller. Before joining Newgistics, Wade founded and served as CFO of ProspX. Earlier in his career, he was finance director at Trilogy, and was an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Evans Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE MKT: EVBN) [Hamburg, NY] announced that it has named John B. Connerton Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Connerton joined Evans in 2002 and was most recently Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Controller.

Warren Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: WRES) [Denver, Colorado] announced Frank T. Smith, Jr. has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective November 25, 2015. Brian Gelman, who served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since November 6, 2015, has stepped down from this role and will continue as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Mr. Smith has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dune Energy, Inc. since 2007 and as Secretary since January 2012. Prior to his appointment at Dune Energy, Inc., he served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Sonoran Energy, Inc. From 2004 through 2006, Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President—Finance and Corporate Secretary of Remington Oil and Gas Corp. From June 1997 through 2003, Mr. Smith served as Executive Vice President and Manager of energy lending at the Bank of Texas. From 1990 through 1997, Mr. Smith served as Director in the energy and utilities division of the First National Bank of Boston. Prior to 1990, Mr. Smith held positions of increasing responsibility in the energy banking departments of other major, publicly-traded United States financial institutions.

Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI) [MINNEAPOLIS] announced, effective Dec. 8, 2015. Scott J. Robinson will be joining Donaldson as vice president and chief financial officer. Robinson joins Donaldson from Imation Corporation, where he was most recently the chief financial officer. During his 11 years with Imation, he also served as the investor relations officer, corporate controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to Imation, Robinson held positions at Deluxe Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Innophos Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS) [CRANBURY, N.J.] announced that Mark Feuerbach, the Company’s current Vice President, Investor Relations, Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Feuerbach succeeds Robert Harrer, who is resigning as Chief Financial Officer.

Pernix Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PRXG) [LOMBARD, IL] announced Marco A. Martinez as its newly-appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he spent 18 years at MYR Group Inc., eight of which he served as CFO.

Artel Video Systems [Westford, MA] announced the appointment of David Traverse as vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Artel, Traverse served as vice president of finance at Scratch Wireless Inc. Previously, at AccuRev Inc. Prior to that, he facilitated multiple successful acquisitions at SoundBite Communications.

MonoSol Rx [WARREN, N.J.] announced that the Company has appointed Joanne M. Leonard as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Leonard was previously COO of Epigenesis Pharmaceuticals where she also served as CFO and Treasurer for nine years. Prior to joining Epigenesis, Ms. Leonard was CFO and Treasurer of Memory Pharmaceuticals and of V.I. Technologies. Early in her career, she was employed eight years with KPMG.

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American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) [NEW YORK] announced that David Herzog will continue as Chief Financial Officer through the filing of AIG’s 2015 Form 10-K. Sid Sankaran will continue as Chief Risk Officer until he becomes Chief Financial Officer.

Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) [BETHESDA, Md.] announced that Carl Berquist, Marriott’s executive vice president and chief financial officer for the past seven years, will retire as CFO on December 31, 2015, remaining with the company as a special adviser through March 2016.  Leeny Kelly Oberg, a 16-year Marriott veteran, and currently chief financial officer for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marriott, will become Marriott’s chief financial officer on January 1, 2016, succeeding Mr. Berquist. Leeny Oberg assumed her current position at Ritz-Carlton in 2013. Previously, Ms. Oberg served in a range of financial leadership positions with Marriott.  From 2008 to 2013, she was the company’s senior vice president, corporate and development finance.  From 2006 to 2008, Ms. Oberg served in London as senior vice president, international project finance and asset management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and also as the region’s senior finance executive.   Ms. Oberg first joined Marriott as part of its investor relations group in 1999. Prior to joining Marriott, Ms. Oberg held a variety of financial leadership positions with such organizations as Sodexo (previously Sodexo Marriott Services), Sallie Mae, Goldman Sachs and Chase Manhattan Bank.

United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) [FARMINGTON, Conn.] announced Fredric G. Reynolds, former Chief Financial Officer of CBS Corporation has been elected to UTC’s Board of Directors, effective Jan. 1. Reynolds served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CBS Corporation from January 2006 until his retirement in August 2009. Earlier, he served as President and CEO of Viacom Television Stations group; as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Viacom Inc.; as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CBS Corp. and its predecessor, Westinghouse Electric Corporation; and at PepsiCo Inc. for 13 years in various financial roles, including Chief Financial Officer. He is currently a director of Hess Corporation and Mondelez International, and previously served on the board of AOL Inc.

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] announced that Patrick Grismer, intends to resign as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 19, 2016. Grismer has served as CFO of YUM since 2012. Prior to that, he served in a number of senior finance and planning positions since 2002.

Greenway Health [CARROLLTON, Ga.] appointed Robert R. Ellis as its new chief financial officer. Ellis joined Greenway Health from over two years as a managing director at Vista Equity Partners. Previous to being employed by Vista, he was the senior vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer and chief operating officer at Agilysys. Earlier, Ellis was vice president of accounting and financial operations/principal accounting officer and former corporate controller from 2003-11 at Radiant Systems, along with earlier positions with Deloitte Consulting; Kreischer, Miller & Co.; and Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATK) [ELKHART, Ind.] announced that Andy L. Nemeth, Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the position of President, and Joshua A. Boone, Director of Corporate Finance, will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2016.  Prior to assuming the position of Executive Vice President of Finance, Secretary-Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer in May 2004, Mr. Nemeth served as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary-Treasurer from 2003 to 2004, and Secretary-Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2003.  Mr. Nemeth joined the Company in 1996. Mr. Boone joined the Company as its Director of Corporate Finance in July 2014.  Prior to his role at Patrick, Mr. Boone served as Chief Financial Officer for Pretzels, Inc.  Prior to his tenure at Pretzels, Inc., he served in several leadership positions in finance and accounting at Brunswick Corporation.

The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) [PARSIPPANY, N.J.]  announced that Glenn Sblendorio, President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company effective March 31, 2016. As of January 1, 2016, Mr. Sblendorio will be relinquishing his seat on the Board of Directors and his operational responsibilities will be assumed by others within the company. William O’Connor, Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer, who has been with The Medicines Company since 2006, will succeed Mr. Sblendorio as Chief Financial Officer.

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bea Ordonez as Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Ordonez most recently served as the Chief Operations Officer (“COO”) and a Managing Director at Convergex Group, where she served for 16 years. Beginning in 1999, Ms. Ordonez served for three years as the Chief Financial Officer at G-Trade Services, later being appointed as G-Trade’s Director of Operations.  Thereafter, she served as Convergex’s COO with oversight over the firm’s global operations.

eBags [DENVER] announced that Scott Henry, Chief Financial Officer at Magic Leap has joined eBags’ Strategic Advisory Board. Prior to Magic Leap, Henry held CFO roles at Beats Music and Beats by Dr. Dre. He joined Beats in 2011 and led the company’s transition from a licensing company to an independent global manufacturer. In early 2014, Henry transitioned to the CFO position at Beats Music. Before Beats, Henry served as CFO at several major companies, including Borders Group and Las Vegas Sands.  Earlier in his career, Henry worked as an investment banker for some of the world’s largest financial institutions including Salomon Brothers, ABN Amro, ING Barings and Prudential Securities.

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Mary Twinem, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be retiring on February 29, 2016. Twinem joined Buffalo Wild Wings in 1994.

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) [WESTON, Mass.] announced the appointment of Gillian Munson, Chief Financial Officer, XO Group Inc., to its board of directors. Prior to joining XO Group, Munson served as Managing Director at Allen & Company LLC, from 2007 to 2013. Munson also served as Vice President, Business Development at Symbol Technologies from 2003 to 2007. Prior to joining Symbol, Munson was an Executive Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Morgan Stanley. Munson began her career as a Research Associate at Hambrecht & Quist.

Frank Miller Lumber [UNION CITY, Ind.] has named Steven P. James as president and chief executive officer, and JoEllen Johnston as chief financial officer. In his previous role, James was chief financial officer at Frank Miller Lumber, a position he held for more than three years. In 2012, James came to Frank Miller Lumber from DMAX-Ltd., where he spent approximately three years as CFO. In years prior, James held positions ranging from controller/finance team leader to lead financial analyst. Johnston joined Frank Miller Lumber in 2000 as controller.

Bluefin Payment Systems [ATLANTA] announced the addition of Huib Dekker as CFO and will be succeeding Michael Brady in this position, who is retiring. Mr. Dekker previously served as the CFO of GlobalCollect since 2012. Previous to GlobalCollect, Mr. Dekker held the CFO role at Telfort B.V., Wind- Hellas Telecommunications in Greece and the VoiceCash group of companies, including its bank in Malta.

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America [MINNEAPOLIS] promoted Bill Gaumond to chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Gaumond succeeds Giulio Terzariol, who will join Allianz SE (Allianz Life’s parent company) in Munich to lead Group Planning and Controlling. Gaumond has held several leadership roles with Allianz Life and Allianz SE since 2004. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of Asset Liability and Investment Risk Management. Prior to that, Gaumond was a senior member with Group Planning and Controlling at Allianz SE in Munich. Gaumond also previously held various leadership roles in the Finance division at Allianz Life. He began his career in the audit division of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC in Minneapolis.

Transdermal Delivery Solutions Corporation (TDSC) [PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.] announced that pharmaceutical entrepreneur Edward J. Borkowski has joined its Board of Directors as Chair of the Audit Committee. Borkowski has held the title of Chief Financial Officer for a myriad of multi-billion dollar healthcare organizations such as Mylan, Inc., Carefusion Corporation, ConvaTec, and is currently CFO at Amerigen Pharmaceuticals.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SC) [DALLAS] named Ismail “Izzy” Dawood as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Jennifer Davis, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since July 2015, will continue to serve as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dawood served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Investment Services Division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”). He also served BNY Mellon as Executive Vice President and Director of Investor Relations and Financial Planning and Analysis, and as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to his tenure at BNY Mellon, Mr. Dawood held various senior roles at Wachovia Corporation, including Managing Director of Structured Treasury Activities and Managing Director of Corporate Development.

Associated Capital Group (NYSE: AC) [RYE, N.Y.] announced that Patrick Dennis has been named the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dennis was formerly the Global Head of Operations/Hedge Fund Administration at JP Morgan Chase and C.F.O – Liquid Markets at Fortress Investment Group. Mr. Dennis was previously a Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Raptor Capital Management, (a spinout from Tudor Investment) and the Chief Financial Offer of Eton Park Capital Management. Prior to Eton Park, Mr. Dennis was a Partner with Ernst & Young, LLP.

Rentech, Inc. (NASDAQ:RTK) [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jeffrey R. Spain has been appointed as chief financial officer of Rentech and the general partner of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P. (NYSE: RNF). Mr. Spain replaces Dan J. Cohrs, who is leaving the companies to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Spain served as Rentech’s senior vice president of finance, accounting and administration for Rentech’s wood fibre group immediately prior to his appointment as CFO. Mr. Spain has held various senior financial and accounting roles at Rentech since 2011, and he most recently played a critical role in the financial turnaround of Fulghum Fibres. His past employers include Credit Suisse First Boston, LeadPoint, Inc. and eNutrition, Inc., and Kimberly-Clark Corporation.

Evolution Petroleum Corporation (NYSE MKT: EPM) [HOUSTON] announced that Randy Keys, the current President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. Randy joined the Company in January 2014 as Senior Vice President and CFO and was appointed to the additional position of President in September 2014. David Joe, the current Vice President, Controller, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and will serve as the Principal Financial Officer. David joined the Company in 2005 as Accounting Manager, was promoted to Controller and Corporate Secretary in 2007 and in 2014 was given the additional responsibilities of Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer.

RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNET) [HOUSTON] announced that Charles E. “Chip” Schneider has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Marty Jimmerson, who, as previously announced, is leaving at the end of the year. Schneider most recently was vice president and chief financial officer for the Engineering & Construction – Americas division at KBR, Inc. In addition to his role in KBR’s largest business unit, previous roles at KBR have included vice president – finance and treasurer, vice president – corporate development, and interim chief financial officer.

Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI) [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Scott J. Robinson will be joining Donaldson as vice president and chief financial officer.  Robinson joins Donaldson from Imation Corporation, where he was most recently the chief financial officer. During his 11 years with Imation, he also served as the investor relations officer, corporate controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to Imation, Robinson held positions at Deluxe Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. (OTCQB: LEAI) [CAPE CORAL, Fla.] appointed Peter W. Harper as an independent director of its Board. Mr. Harper was also appointed as chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Harper is currently the President and Chief Financial Officer at Twin-Star International. Prior to joining Twin-Star in 2013, Harper served as CFO at Scottsdale Insurance from 2005 to 2012 and Suntron Corporation from 2000 to 2005. Prior to that he had senior finance positions at Iomega Corporation and General Electric.

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH) [NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.] parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (“LMI”) announced the appointment of Jack Crowley as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crowley replaces John Bakewell, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since June 2014 and has resigned from the Company to accept another position. Mr. Crowley joined the Company in September 2010 as Director of Accounting. He was promoted to Vice President of Finance in April 2013 and to Chief Accounting Officer in March 2015. Mr. Crowley joined the Company from Biogen Idec where he served in the roles of Director of Finance and Assistant Corporate Controller and Director of External Reporting. Previously, Mr. Crowley was the Director of Accounting at Fisher Scientific International.

Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN) [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that SVP and Chief Financial Officer Alan Black has informed the company and board of directors of his plans to depart the company during 2016. Black, who joined Zendesk in 2011, will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer until a replacement is identified.

MSA (NYSE: MSA) [PITTSBURGH] appointed Kenneth D. Krause to the position of Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  In this new role, Mr. Krause, a 10-year veteran of MSA, succeeds interim CFO Kerry Bove, who will resume his normal responsibilities as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.  Mr. Bove was appointed to the interim CFO role in August following the departure of Stacy McMahan, who resigned from the company to accept a CFO position at a medical device and life-sciences company. Mr. Krause began his career with MSA in 2006 as Director of Internal Audit.  In 2009 he was promoted to Director of Decision Support. From 2013 to August of this year, Mr. Krause served as Executive Director of Global Finance and Assistant Treasurer. In August he was elected an officer of the company and promoted to the position of Vice President, Strategic Finance and Treasurer.

Galena Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: GALE) [SAN RAMON, Calif.] announced the departure of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Ryan Dunlap, effective December 31, 2015.

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) [FORT MILL, SC] announced the election of Mary A. Winston to its board of directors. From 2012 until August 2015, Ms. Winston served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Before joining Family Dollar, Ms. Winston served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Giant Eagle, Inc.  Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Scholastic Corporation. Ms. Winston has also held executive-level positions with Visteon Corporation and with Pfizer, Inc. Ms. Winston currently serves on the board of directors and is chair of the audit committee of Dover Corporation. Ms. Winston also serves on the board of directors, the nominating and corporate governance committee and the audit committee of Plexus Corp.

Transcat, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNS) [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] announced that John J. Zimmer, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from Transcat in 2016. The Company also announced that MichaeI J. Tschiderer has joined Transcat as Vice President of Finance and will succeed Mr. Zimmer as Chief Financial Officer on March 27, 2016.

UserZoom [SAN JOSE, CALIF.] announced that Deborah Eudaley joins UserZoom as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Deborah served as CFO & COO at Lyris. Her prior experience includes GoldenGate Software (acquired by Oracle in 2009), Oracle and SGI, as well as several venture and private equity-backed companies.

MedImpact Holdings, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced that Dave Wheeler, EVP and Chief Financial Officer has separated from MedImpact. Jim Gollaher, VP of Accounting and Controller, will serve as interim CFO.

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The Wendy’s Company (NASDAQ: WEN) [DUBLIN, Ohio] announced that current Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Todd Penegor has been appointed CEO.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) [STAMFORD, Conn] announced that Alan M. Schnaid, currently Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Starwood, will be appointed Chief Financial Officer, replacing Thomas B. Mangas, who was promoted to CEO. Schnaid joined Starwood in 1994 and has been Starwood’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer since 2005. Prior to that, Schnaid was Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller since 1998 and Vice President and Controller since 1996. Prior to joining Starwood, Schnaid held accounting positions with Mazars and Company, Kenneth Leventhal and Company and Laventhol & Horwath.

Tuesday Morning Corporation (NASDAQ: TUES) [DALLAS, TX] announced that Stacie R. Shirley will join the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining Neiman Marcus Group, Ms. Shirley served in areas of increasing responsibility at CompUSA, Inc., including Vice President – Finance and Treasurer (1999-2001), Senior Director – Financial Initiatives (1998-1999), Director of Investor Relations (1996-1998), and Regional Accounting Manager (1993-1996).

Diageo [NORWALK, Conn] announced the appointment of Jakob Ripshtein as Chief Financial Officer for Diageo North America, replacing Greg Kryder. Ripshtein began his career with Diageo in 2008 as VP Finance for Canada. In 2010, he moved to London to take on a role as Global Pricing Director for several years before returning to North America as SVP of Finance for Open States. Ripshtein has been President of Diageo Canada since 2014.

Sotheby’s [NEW YORK] has named Dennis M. Weibling its Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weibling, a member of Sotheby’s Board of Directors since 2006, and the current Chair of the Board’s Audit Committee, succeeds Patrick S. McClymont, who has been Sotheby’s Chief Financial Officer since October 2013. Mr. Weibling has served as the Managing Director of Rally Capital, LLC, since 2004. He served as a board member and Chairman of Telesphere Networks Ltd from 2006 to 2014. From October 1993 to December 2001, Mr. Weibling served as President of Eagle River, Inc. and then as Vice Chairman of Eagle River Investments until November 2003. Beginning in 1995, Mr. Weibling served as a director of Nextel Partners, Inc. and Nextel Communications, Inc.

Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS) [MADISON, Wis] announced the appointment of John K. Bakewell as chief financial officer. Most recently, he was CFO at Lantheus Holdings Inc. Bakewell serves as a director of two medical technology companies, including serving as a member of the audit committee of Entellus Medical and as chairman of the audit committee at Keystone Dental.

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) [PASADENA, Calif.] announced that it has named Mark Shifke to the position of Chief Financial Officer. recently, Mr. Shifke served as Managing Director, M&A and Corporate Finance Advisory at J.P. Morgan. Prior to joining JP Morgan in 2007, he was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in Principal Investing and in M&A Structuring and Advisory. Previously, he served as a Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a law firm and a Principal at KPMG LLP.

Jaguar Animal Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAGX) [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Karen Wright as chief financial officer, replacing John Kallassy, Jaguar’s former CFO, will continue to serve the Company as chief operating officer. Karen was most recently she was the head of finance for Clene Nanomedicine. She also served as vice president of finance and corporate controller at multiple other private and public companies, including Veracyte and Intermune, which was acquired by Roche.

Iconixx [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of William J. Getchell as Chief Financial Officer.  He joins Iconixx after having spent several years as Chief Financial Officer at Motion Computing, Inc. and Phunware, Inc.

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRNA) [CAMBRIDGE, Mass] announced the appointment of John “Jack” Green as interim chief financial officer (CFO). He replaces James Dentzer. Concurrently to serving as part-time, interim CFO at Dicerna, Mr. Green will continue in a part-time capacity as CFO of Verastem, Inc. (VSTM). Previously, he served for more than 15 years as CFO of GTC Biotherapeutics (formerly Genzyme Transgenics).

Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) [LAS VEGAS] announced the promotion of Michael Quartieri to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary, succeeding Scott Schweinfurth. Michael recently served nine years with Las Vegas Sands Corp., ending his tenure as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Global Controller. Previously, he had a 13-year tenure at Deloitte & Touche LLP, attaining the position of Director of Audit and Assurance Services.

5miles [DALLAS, TX] has named Garwin Chan as its chief financial officer. Chan previously was a managing director at Founder H Fund, in China. Before that, he was vice president of Bain Capital. Chan began his career as an investment professional at Sankaty Advisors.

Preston Hollow Capital [DALLAS] announced that it has hired Paige Deskin as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Deskin replaces the retiring Mike Cousins. Before joining PHC, Ms. Deskin was Vice President – Finance with SWK Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SWKH). Prior to joining SWK Holdings Corporation, she was Controller of ORIX USA Corporation for eight years. Before entering the private sector, Ms. Deskin was a manager in KPMG’s audit practice.

Production Resource Group LLC [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ryan Schroeter as its Chief Financial Officer, replacing Scott Hansen, who had previously served as both Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Asset Strategy, will now focus on the asset side of PRG’s business. Prior to joining PRG, Schroeter was Vice President Corporate Finance at Intrepid Aviation. Before that he held the role of Assistant Treasurer at JetBlue Airways.

Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) [NEWTON, Mass.] announced the appointment of Richard W. Siedel, Jr. as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Richard A. Doyle, Jr. Mr. Siedel has been Chief Accounting Officer of Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) since 2014 and previously was Controller of The RMR Group since 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Siedel held various accounting leadership positions, including Corporate Controller, at Sensata Technologies Holdings NV (NYSE: ST) from 2010 to 2013 and as an auditor at Ernst & Young LLP from 2001 to 2010.

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) [NEWTON, Mass] announced the appointment of Richard A. Doyle, Jr. as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Paul V. Hoagland. Mr. Doyle has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) since 2007. He was previously the Director of Financial Reporting for Five Star beginning in 2005. Prior to that, he was employed by Sun Life Financial in positions involving finance and accounting for 10 years.

eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc., [SAN DIEGO] announced that Alana McNulty will be its full-time chief financial officer. Prior to eFFECTOR, Ms. McNulty served as CFO at Lumena Pharmaceuticals, acquired by Shire in 2014, and Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, acquired by Pfizer in 2011. Previously, Ms. McNulty served in a similar capacity at BrainCells and Elitra Pharmaceuticals. Before those roles, she served as General Manager of the Advanced Tissue Sciences/Smith and Nephew JV. She began her career as an Associate at Bear Stearns.

Mojix, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Carey Tokirio as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Apriso, he worked in accounting, auditing, treasury, taxes and operations capacities at several other technology firms, including Critical Path and QAD.

Alacare Home Health & Hospice [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] has named Corrie Hall as its new Chief Financial Officer. Hall assumes the responsibility as Gene Sykes retires after more than 20 years with Alacare. Before Hall came to Alacare in November 2014, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Kare-In-Home Health in Gulfport, Mississippi, for 10 years and worked at Hattiesburg’s South Mississippi Home Health for 27 years, ultimately becoming a Vice President in Finance.

Femasys Inc. [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Todd A. Creech as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Creech previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of ZS Pharma, Inc., from August 2013 until June 2015. Prior to ZS Pharma, Mr. Creech was CFO and Vice President of Business Development at SARcode Bioscience. Prior to SARcode, Mr. Creech was CFO of Sirion Therapeutics. Prior to that Mr. Creech worked with NovaQuest, the investment group within Quintiles, Inc. Prior to his work with NovaQuest, he cofounded Centice, in 2003.

CardioDx, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of Timothy Henn as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Prior to joining CardioDx, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Crescendo Biosciences, which was acquired by Myriad Genetics. Henn has also worked in senior finance positions in leading clinical diagnostic and life science companies, including Monogram Biosciences and Incyte Corporation.

Third Avenue Management LLC [NEW YORK] has named Vincent Dugan as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

PLUMgrid [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced Marty Bradford as it’s new chief financial officer. Most recently, Bradford served as CFO at Quorum. Previously, Marty was CFO at InMage Systems (acquired by Microsoft) and SeeCommerce (acquired by NCR/Teradata).

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (NYSE: RPT) [FARMINGTON HILLS] announced the appointment of Geoffrey Bedrosian as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bedrosian joins Ramco-Gershenson following a successful 20-year career in real estate investment banking, most recently as Managing Director of Global Real Estate and Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Yuma Energy, Inc. (NYSE MKT: YUMA) [HOUSTON, TX] announced the appointment of James J. Jacobs as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Kirk F. Sprunger. Mr. Jacobs served as Yuma’s Vice President – Corporate and Business Development immediately prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer and has been with the Company since 2013. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Houston America Energy Corp. for seven years prior to joining Yuma in 2013. In 2001, Mr. Jacobs worked as an Energy Analyst at Duke Capital Partners. In 2003, Mr. Jacobs worked as a Vice President of Energy Investment Banking at Sanders Morris Harris. From 2006 through 2013, Mr. Jacobs was the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary at Houston America Energy Corp.

Shiloh Industries (NASDAQ: SHLO) [PLYMOUTH, Mich.] announced that W. Jay Potter has joined the company in the newly created position of senior vice president, chief financial officer. Potter brings over 30 years of financial leadership in complex manufacturing and service businesses.

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM) [Boston, Massachusetts] announced that Frank H. Smalla will be assuming the position of Chief Financial Officer when current Chief Financial Officer William F. Urich steps down from the role in 2016. Mr. Smalla previously worked in various senior financial roles for Kraft Food Groups, Inc. of Northfield, Illinois from 1995 through 2015, most recently as Senior Vice President, Finance of U.S. Business Units, U.S. Sales, Integrated Supply Chain, RDQ and Marketing Services. He held the positions of Senior Vice President of Finance from 2012-2015 and Vice President of Finance from 2010-2012.

Cardtronics Inc. (NASDAQ: CATM) [HOUSTON] announced that Edward H. West will join the Cardtronics team as chief financial officer, succeeding Chris Brewster. West held the role of chief financial officer at three companies – Delta Air Lines, Internet Capital Group and Education Management Corporation. West most recently served as CEO of Education Management. West joined Education Management in 2006 as chief financial officer and became CEO in 2012. Prior to his time there, West joined Internet Capital Group as chief financial officer in 2000. In 2002, West transitioned to Internet Capital Group’s largest subsidiary, ICG Commerce, where he served as chief executive officer until 2006. He also served as chief financial officer at Delta Air Lines from 1999 to 2000, after having joined the company in 1994. West began his career in financial services at SunTrust.

Bit9 + Carbon Black [WALTHAM, Mass] announced the appointment of Mark Sullivan as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Sullivan was executive vice president and CFO of AspenTech. Sullivan has more than 25 years of financial management and executive leadership experience, including 14 years with Fidelity Investments, where his positions included executive vice president and CFO for Fidelity Employer Services Compan. Sullivan’s prior positions include chief operating officer for Westerbeke Corporation, consulting manager at Coopers & Lybrand, and financial leadership roles with Analog Devices.

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.  [ALPHARETTA, Ga] announced that Lisa Sundstrom, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Sundstrom, was formerly interim Chief Financial Officer as of July 2015. Ms. Sundstrom has over 23 years of financial and accounting experience, including the last nine years with SANUWAVE. Her previous positions include senior financial and accounting roles at ADP and Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics.

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Under Armour (NYSE: UA) [BALTIMORE] announced Chip Molloy as its new Chief Financial Officer, replacing Brad Dickerson. Mr. Molloy served as EVP and CFO for PetSmart from 2007 until 2013, where in 2011 he was named Institutional Investor’s CFO of the Year for Specialty Retail. Most recently he served as a Senior Advisor for Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Group since October 2014 and has served on a number of public company boards of directors.

Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB) [TROY, MI] announced the appointment of Olivier Thirot as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Thirot managed several key finance functions at Bacardi Ltd. and L. Raphael, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to being named acting CFO of Kelly Services, he was senior vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer, responsible for the finance functions in Kelly’s EMEA and APAC regions. He joined the Company in 2008.

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [South San Francisco, CA] confirmed that Christopher Thorn, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer announced his resignation. The Company is conducting a nationwide search to fill the CFO position.

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM) [BOSTON, MA] announced that Frank H. Smalla will be joining the Company as Senior Vice President, Finance, replacing William F. Urich. Before joining the company, Mr. Smalla had been Senior Vice President, Finance for Kraft Food Groups, Inc. of Northfield, Illinois since 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Smalla held a number of senior financial positions at Kraft from 1995-2012, including as Vice President of Finance from 2010-2012.

Pharm-Olam International Ltd. [HOUSTON] announced the promotion of Natalie Gassen to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Natalie started with Pharm-Olam as the Director of Global Finance and Accounting. Prior to coming to Pharm-Olam, Natalie was the Chief Financial Officer for ApoCell Inc.

Ameriflight, LLC [DALLAS] announced the appointment of David W. Moore as Chief Financial Officer replacing David DeRose. Mr. Moore comes to Ameriflight from Loomis US, where over the past seven years he has held various District and Regional Controller positions. Prior to Loomis, David was CFO of Alliance Systems, LTD. where he served as Vice President of Finance and Controller.

Innovatient Solutions, Inc. [HARTFORD, Conn.] has named Henry Schaffer as chief financial officer. Schaffer was recently executive vice president and CFO for InSite One, Inc. Before that, as a director with Oracle Corporation. He has also served as CFO of OutlookSoft, FitLinxx, The Custom Foot, Exxon and Compaq Computer Corporation.

TierPoint [ST. LOUIS] announced that Mary Meduski was promoted to President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Meduski was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Suddenlink Communications, recently acquired by the Altice Group. Prior to that she worked at AAT Communications, starting in 2003.

Signostics [KIRKLAND, Wash] announced the appointment of Jeffrey Markwood to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Administration. In 2009 Mr. Markwood became the Senior Director of Corporate Planning & Finance at Sonosite. Prior to SonoSite, Mr. Markwood spent 9 years at AT&T Wireless as Director of Financial Planning & Development. Mr. Markwood later joined Cyrk, where he spent five years as Controller overseeing the company’s international operations.

Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT) [Charleston, S.C.] announced that Milt Alpern, its Chief Financial Officer, retiring. Mr. Alpern joined Benefitfocus in 2012 from ITA Software, Inc. where he managed the successful sale of the company to Google in 2011.

Scientific Drilling International [HOUSTON] announced Dana Armstrong as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to SDI, Dana was employed at Ion Geophysical Corporation since 2007, most recently serving as VP & Global Treasurer. From 1998 until 2007, Dana was employed with Thermo Fisher Scientific, holding a variety of key senior financial positions.

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Citrix Systems, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced the election of Graham Smith, former CFO at Salesforce, to its board of directors. Mr. Smith has served as a director of Splunk since 2011 and was previously the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Salesforce, where he held other senior executive positions beginning in 2007. Prior to Salesforce, he served as chief financial officer at Advent Software. He sits on the boards of MINDBODY, Inc. and Xero, Inc. Mr. Smith, will serve on the Compensation Committee.

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NYSE: ANH) announced that Thad M. Brown, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, will retire effective December 31, 2015. The Company also announced that Charles J. Siegel has been appointed by the board of directors of the Company to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, effective January 1, 2016. Mr. Siegel joined the Company in October 2004 and has served as Senior Vice President-Finance since January 2005 and also as Assistant Secretary since May 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Siegel served as Chief Financial Officer with various mortgage originators for over 30 years. Mr. Siegel began his career with KPMG.

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. [NOGALES, AZ] (NYSE MKT: APT) announced that effective January 4, 2016, Lloyd Hoffman will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and will also join the Company’s Board of Directors. Colleen McDonald will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hoffman, who currently serves as CFO, has been with the Company since 1991, two years after the Company was founded. Ms. McDonald, who currently serves as Corporate Controller, has served with the Company for 20 years.

Prime Meridian Holding Co. [TALLAHASSEE, FL] (OTCQX: PMHG) and Prime Meridian Bank have appointed R. Randy Guemple to serve as CFO and principal financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2016, coinciding with the retirement of their current CFO, Kathleen C. Jones. Guemple is Executive Vice President of PMHG’s whollyowned subsidiary, Prime Meridian Bank, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2010 and the Board of Directors of the Bank since 2007. He will continue to serve in those capacities. Guemple has worked closely with Jones since July, 2015, as part of the planned transition. Guemple was formerly Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of First Bank of Florida in West Palm Beach, Florida where he also served on both the Bank and Holding Company Boards of Directors. He is a member and Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc. He is a Director Emeritus of Elder Care Services, Inc. and served as the Executive Director of the Leon County Educational Facilities Authority.

HRG Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] appointed George C. Nicholson to the additional position of Acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nicholson’s appointment as Acting Chief Financial Officer will be effective as of January 4, 2015. Prior to such appointment, Mr. Nicholson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.

LSB Industries, Inc. [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NYSE: LXU) announced that it has appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer Daniel D. Greenwell as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Greenwell has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since September 2015. Mr. Greenwell has served as a Partner and Chief Financial Officer of a private equity investment and advisory firm since September 2014. Mr. Greenwell previously served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Sabre Industries Inc. from April 2013 until May 2014. From January 2012 until March 2013, Mr. Greenwell served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tronox Limited. Prior to that, Mr. Greenwell served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Terra Industries, Inc., from 2005 until its acquisition by CF Industries Holdings, Inc. in April 2010. He also served on the Board of Directors of Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P., a Master Limited Partnership, from March 2008 until April 2010. Mr. Greenwell has held various executive leadership positions at a number of public companies, including Belden Inc., Zoltek Companies Inc., and Sigma Chemical Company.

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RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.  [DENVER] (NYSE: RMAX)  appointed Karri Callahan, Vice President and Corporate Controller, to the position of CFO, after former CFO and COO Dave Metzger is retiring. Ms. Callahan joined RE/MAX in April 2013 as Senior Manager of SEC Reporting and was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Controller in June 2014. She served as the Company’s Acting Chief Accounting Officer from November 6, 2014 to January 26, 2015 and as Acting Chief Financial Officer from December 31, 2014 through January 26, 2015. Prior to joining RE/MAX, Ms. Callahan worked at Ernst & Young, LLP most recently as Senior Manager since 2008.

RetailMeNot, Inc.  [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: SALE) announced that J. Scott Di Valerio was appointed as its chief financial officer, replacing interim CFO Louis Agnese. In 2010, Scott joined Outerwall as the company’s chief financial officer, and served in that role until he was appointed CEO in late 2013. Prior to Outerwall, Scott served as president of the Americas for the Lenovo Group Limited, and he held senior positions at Microsoft Corporation as corporate vice president of Microsoft’s OEM division and as corporate vice president of finance and administration and chief accounting officer. Previously Scott served in management positions at The Walt Disney Company and Mindwave Software Inc., and as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Clean Harbors, Inc.  [NORWELL, Mass] (NYSE: CLH) announced the appointment of Michael L. Battles, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as part of a planned transition. James M. Rutledge, the Company’s CFO since 2005, will remain in his role as Vice Chairman and President. Mr. Battles has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 2013. Prior to Clean Harbors, Mike spent 12 years in a variety of senior financial positions at PerkinElmer Inc.  Most recently, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PerkinElmer’s Human Health business. Prior to his role in Human Health, he served as Chief Accounting Officer for several years and Acting Chief Financial Officer during a one-year search period. Prior to PerkinElmer, Mike held several positions at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1990 to 2001.

GSE Environmental [HOUSTON] announced that Thomas Wright will be the company’s new CFO. Thomas was formerly CFO and EVP of Sterling Construction. Previously, Thomas was CFO of St. Mary’s/CBM. Additionally, he has also held senior management positions with Boart Longyear, a drilling services and products manufacturer, Allied Signal, and others.

Oak Valley Bancorp [OAKDALE, CA] (NASDAQ: OVLY)  announced the promotion of Jeff Gall as CFO, replacing Rick McCarty. Jeff has been the Vice President of Finance and Accounting for the Bank since 2006.

North Highland [ATLANTA] welcomes Beth Schiavo to the firm’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Schiavo served as assurance partner at Ernst & Young.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK [LANSING, Mich] announced the promotion of Jeff Wesley from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Executive Officer.

Evolving Systems, Inc.  [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NASDAQ: EVOL) announced that Dan Moorhead, formerly Vice President, Finance and Administration, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Previously Mr. Moorhead held various management positions at High Country Club, Convergent Communications and the public accounting firm of Malouff and Co.

Compeat [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Kerry Carney joined the executive team as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carney joins Compeat from Profiles International.

Infoblox Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NYSE: BLOX) announced that Janesh Moorjani has joined Infoblox as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Moorjani joins Infoblox from VMware. Prior to VMware, Moorjani had a successful finance and sales career at Cisco. Previously, Moorjani worked at Goldman Sachs, rising to vice president in the firm’s merchant banking division in Silicon Valley.

Sage Growth Partners (SGP) [Baltimore, MD] announced the appointment of Melissa Pitchford as the firm’s first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining SGP in 2014, Ms. Pitchford was the CFO of Katzen Eye Group. From 2002-2011, Pitchford earned multiple promotions, shareholder status, and ultimately a position as chair of the medical practice group for KatzAbosch.

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.  [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: ALSN) announced that David S. Graziosi, currently Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to the additional role of President. Graziosi joined Allison in November 2007 as Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer, shortly after the Company’s sale by General Motors to The Carlyle Group and Onex Corporation. The company begins its search for a new CFO.

Hancock Fabrics, Inc. [BALDWYN, Miss.] (OTC: HKFI)  announced the appointment of Rebecca I. Flick as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Flick currently serves as the Chairman – Finance Committee of the Marcus Autism Center Board of Trustees and is a director of the National Monuments Foundation Board and a member of the University of Tennessee Finance Department Advisory Board. From 2013 to September 2014, she served as Global Vice President – Finance and Treasurer at Recall Corporation, and from 2012 to 2013, she served as Enterprise Vice President – Finance and Treasurer at ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. 2011 to 2012, Ms. Flick served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SecurAmerica, LLC. Prior to that she spent approximately 14 years at The Home Depot, Inc., in various positions, including Vice President – Finance and Treasurer.

Envision Business Consulting [DENVER] announced the addition of Colleen Kasch as its first official Chief Financial Officer. Kasch, a CPA, has worked with many mid-sized construction, development, service, architectural, venture capital, and other companies as CFO, Controller, and/or Consultant.

Protective Life Corporation [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] announced that Steven G. Walker has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller, replacing Richard J. Bielen, who has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Walker will continue leading the accounting function at Protective in addition to his position as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Walker joined Protective Life in 2002 and has served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since 2003.

Ophthotech Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: OPHT) announced that Glenn P. Sblendorio, a leading industry veteran, will be joining the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Michael G. Atieh. Mr. Sblendorio is joining Ophthotech from The Medicines Company, where he most recently served as President and Chief Financial Officer. He has held a variety of senior management positions at Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Eyetech Pharmaceuticals Inc. and MPM Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. Sblendorio has served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee Chairman of Ophthotech.

Codiak BioSciences Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Linda Bain will be its first chief financial officer. Linda Bain joined Codiak from Avalanche Biotechnologies where, as chief financial officer, she led a successful IPO and follow-on financing. She previously served as vice president of finance, business operations and treasurer at Bluebird Bio. Ms. Bain has held senior roles at Genzyme Corporation, including vice president of finance, global manufacturing and operations and vice president of finance of Genzyme Genetics. Earlier in her career, she served in senior finance roles at Fidelity Investments and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche.

Good Start Genetics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass] a commercial-stage molecular genetics information company, announced today that it has appointed Marc Jones to the post of chief financial officer (CFO). Jones joins Good Start Genetics from T2. Previously, Jones served as chief financial officer of Crashlytics, Ivenix and CHiL Semiconductor.

eFileCabinet, Inc. [LEHI, Utah] is pleased to announce Alan Taylor has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer. Taylor assumes the CFO role previously held by Jeff Coulter, who will now serve as COO of the company. Most recently, Taylor comes from Adaptive Computing Enterprises, and also has experience working with companies like Helius, Novell, Honeywell, Ford Motor Company, and Boeing.

BioDuro, LLC [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Ian R Wisenberg as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wisenberg joins the company after having served for the past seven years as Managing Director of BioGlobal Consulting Group where he worked closely with several growth companies including Genalyte, Intrinsic Lifesciences, Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, and more recently Molecular Response and Formex.  Mr. Wisenberg also served as Chief Business Officer for the Biotech Investment Group. From January 2009 to December 2012, Mr. Wisenberg served as Managing Director for ChinaBio Capital Partners.

NetApp, Inc. [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced that its CFO, Nick Noviello has decided to pursue another opportunity. Jeffrey Bergmann, vice president of corporate finance, will assume the role of interim chief financial officer. Jeffrey Bergmann joined NetApp in June 2009 as vice president of global tax. Since August 2015, Mr. Bergman has served as NetApp’s vice president of corporate finance. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Bergman was senior vice president, tax and administration at Verisign, Inc. Prior to 2003, Mr. Bergmann was a federal tax partner at KPMG LLP.

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. [RENO, Nev] (NASDAQ: ERI) Chief Financial Officer, Bob Jones, announced his intention to retire, effective March 15, 2016. Tom Reeg, President of Eldorado Resorts Inc., will assume the additional title and responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer upon Mr. Jones’ retirement.

Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. [WALNUT CREEK, CA] (NYSE MKT: ORM) announced that Bryan Draper, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ORM, has been promoted President and Chief Executive Officer. Melina Platt will be succeeding him as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Ms. Platt has been the Controller of the manager since May 1998 and was previously a Senior Manager with KPMG in the San Francisco Bay Area practice.

EnerBank USA [SALT LAKE CITY] announced Kristin Dittmer will assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Charlie Knadler, who was promoted President and CEO. Dittmer was previously Executive Vice President of Finance and Credit at EnerBank. She joined EnerBank in 2010 as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Previously she served as Chief Credit Officer of BMW Bank of North America. She began her banking career as a Financial Examiner for the Utah Department of Financial Institutions.

eBags [DENVER] announced the appointment of Dan Hogan as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Hogan joins the company with a solid history of executive leadership. He spent nine years at the Coleman Company where he was CFO and COO. Prior to Coleman, Hogan had senior operations roles at Easton-Bell Sports and World Kitchen, whose brands include Corningware, Corelle, Pyrex, Ecko, and Revere. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President, Finance, at a division of Georgia Pacific as well as at the Fort James Corporation.

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced that Stephen Rupolo, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will move to a newly-created position as Vice President – Product Strategy. Rupolo joined SmartSource Rentals as the Corporate Controller in 1987. In 1996, he was named Vice President and in 2004, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). 

Ice Energy [SANTA BARBARA, CA] has hired Charles Costenbader as its new Chief Financial Officer. Costenbader most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Synthesis Energy Systems, based in Shanghai, China. Prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer. He has 25 years of physical asset operations and commodity risk management experience in the power generation, refining, natural gas storage, biofuels, and renewable energy sectors. This includes 10 years in the Structured Finance Group of GE Capital and energy commodities at Macquarie Bank.

VECTRA [ST. LOUIS] formerly OM Group, Inc., announced that Manavendra Sial has been appointed its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Manavendra brings over 20 years of experience from SunEdison, Inc. and General Electric (GE). Most recently, Mr. Sial served as Senior Vice President-Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer for SunEdison. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer for SunEdison’s APAC andSouth Africa business.  Manavendra also held various financial and management positions at GE, most recently as the CFO for GE’s Power Delivery business.

Constellation West [WASHINGTON] announced that Dale Stucke has joined the company as chief financial officer. Stucke is a seasoned finance executive and certified public accountant with more than 25 years of experience with Fortune 500, small and private corporations, including some of the largest leaders in government industry such as BearingPoint, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, GTSI Corp., Unisys and, most recently, USIS.

Scenic Hudson [HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y.] has named Jason Camporese of Hopewell Junction as the nonprofit group’s new chief finance officer. Mr. Camporese began his career in public accounting, where he served as an audit manager and senior auditor during a seven-year tenure with firms in New York City and White Plains. After his time in public accounting, Mr. Camporese spent four years as finance director of the New York City-based nonprofit sports and fitness center Asphalt Green.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. [SUNNYVALE, CA] introduced new chief financial officer (CFO), Nick Noviello, replacing Gregg Hampton. Noviello has over 20 years of leadership experience in financial and operational roles. At NetApp, which he joined in 2008, and was CFO for the last four years. Prior to joining NetApp, Noviello spent eight years at Honeywell International.

DS Healthcare Group [Pompano Beach, Fla.] Mark Brockelman has joined the company and will oversee all aspects of the financial departments within the organization. Prior to joining DS Healthcare, Brockelman served as the Chief Financial Officer for National Dentex Corporation as well as the Senior Vice President/Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of the Miami Dolphins and SunLife Stadium. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer at eScreen, Inc. Prior experience also includes four years as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ascend Media LLC. He previously spent five years at American Media, Inc. (AMI). Mark was AMI’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. In his early career, Brockelman spent seven years at Arthur Andersen LLP in Chicago and West Palm Beach, culminating in his role as a Senior Audit Manager.

Meritage Homes Corporation [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (NYSE: MTH) announced that Larry W. Seay, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire on March 31, 2016, concluding a 30-year career in homebuilding. Mr. Seay will be succeeded by Hilla Sferruzza, Meritage’s current senior vice president and chief accounting officer. Sferruzza joined Meritage in 2006 to be corporate controller in charge of the company’s accounting and financial reporting functions. She was named chief accounting officer in 2010 and senior vice president in 2013.

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FTI Consulting, Inc. [Washington, D.C.] (NYSE: FCN) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, David M. Johnson will leave the Company on February 29, 2016, to accept a position as Chief Financial Officer of the International Rescue Committee. Mr. Johnson will continue as the Chief Financial Officer of FTI Consulting until his departure date and will complete the preparation and filing of the Company’s Annual Report.

TiVo Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: TIVO) has named Naveen Chopra, the company’s chief financial officer, interim chief executive officer, effective January 30, 2016. Mr. Chopra has been with TiVo since 2003, serving most recently as its chief financial officer while also leading the company’s corporate development and strategy initiatives. Before joining TiVo, Chopra held a variety of business development and product marketing roles at HP, Microsoft, Moxi Digital, Ispiri and Ofoto.

Jobvite  [SAN MATEO, CA] announced the appointment of Peter Maloney as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Peter’s previous experience includes: CFO of E2Open, CFO of SNOCAP, Inc. and CFO of Keynote Systems, Inc.

Informatica [Redwood City, Calif.] announced it has appointed Doug Barnett as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Informatica, Barnett was the executive vice president  and chief financial officer at TriZetto Corporation. Prior to TriZetto, Barnett was a managing director and chief financial officer of AlixPartners. Before joining AlixPartners, Barnett was senior vice president of Finance for UGS PLM Software (acquired by Siemens).

Taulia Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] named John Varughese as CFO. Varughese joins Taulia from Perella Weinberg Partners, where he served as a partner in the advisory business. Prior to Perella, Varughese was a managing director at Lehman Brothers, where he led investment banking teams for many of the firm’s largest technology clients.

UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) announced Nakisa Bidarian as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. Bidarian was formerly UFC’s Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Ventures. Prior to joining UFC, Bidarian led international real estate and hospitality investment and asset management for Mubadala Development Company. Before Mubadala, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, specializing in merger and acquisitions.

APQC [HOUSTON] announced that Mike Hinson has joined the organization as chief financial officer. APQC’s longtime CFO Mike Shea will assist with the transition until his retirement on March 1, 2016, after 28 years with the organization. Prior to joining APQC, Hinson spent more than four years as the president and chief executive officer of Wright Therapy Products, Inc. He gained extensive sales, finance, and international experience in leadership roles at Bayer Healthcare (MEDRAD), Sony Electronics, ARCO International Oil & Gas, and KPMG.

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AMCC) announced the appointment of Martin S. McDermut as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McDermut replaces Karen Rogge who served as interim chief financial officer since August 2015. Mr. McDermut was most recently senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation from August 2011 until April 2015, when the company was acquired by Microsemi Corporation. Mr. McDermut also served as chief financial officer for publicly traded companies including Iris International Inc. and Superconductor Technologies Inc. He was a partner at the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), where he was the practice leader of the firm’s Los Angeles Entrepreneurial Advisory Services group.

Church Mutual Insurance Company [MERRILL, Wis.] announced the promotion of Kevin Root to Senior Vice President – Operations and Jeffrey Steffen to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kevin Root joined Church Mutual in September 2012 as vice president and chief financial officer. Jeff Steffen brings 22 years of business and insurance experience to the CFO position, including three years as Church Mutual’s director of financial planning and analysis.

HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (OTC: HEWA) announced that it has appointed Daniel Seliga as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company full time, Mr. Seliga was a Managing Director of Melrose Capital, the Company’s senior lender. From September 2010 to December 2012, he was General Manager and Business Manager for MVI Enterprises. From November 1996 to July 2010, Mr. Seliga was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations for Mae Holding Company. Prior to 1996, Mr. Seliga served as a commercial and real estate lending officer for Bank of New York and PNC Bank.

AMETEK, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: AME) announced the appointment of William J. Burke as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 15, 2016. Mr. Burke currently serves as Senior Vice President, Comptroller & Treasurer. He will replace Robert R. Mandos, Jr. who has announced his retirement after 35 very successful years with AMETEK. Mr. Burke joined AMETEK in 1987 and served in a number of financial, operational and business unit management roles prior to being named Vice President, Investor & Corporate Relations in 1999. He was named Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer in 2007 and in 2012 was elected to his current role as Senior Vice President, Comptroller & Treasurer.

Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of James Budge, former Genesys and Rovi CFO and COO, as its Chief Financial Officer.

Tegile Systems [NEWARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Michael Morgan as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Morgan served as the CFO of Panzura. Before that, he held the CFO position at Model N. Morgan has also served as CFO of BackWeb Technologies, and led two IPOs including Talarian, which was sold to Tibco Software.

Antares Capital [CHICAGO] announced that it hired Barry Giarraputo as chief financial officer. Mr. Giarraputo joins Antares from 40 North Management where he served as chief operating officer. Prior to that role, Mr. Giarraputo was with Apollo Global Management as an executive officer, chief accounting officer and controller, and CFO at various Apollo subsidiaries.

CollabNet [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the addition of Amir Ameri as chief financial officer. Ameri joins CollabNet from Precise Software, where he served as CFO. Prior to Precise, Ameri was CFO of EnergyConnect. He also served as CFO and VP of operations for Aperto Networks and CFO and VP of finance and administration of Resumix.

Crystal Rock Holdings, Inc. [WATERTOWN, CT] (NYSE MKT: CRVP) announced the promotion of David Jurasek to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Jurasek has served the last four years as Crystal Rock’s Vice President of Finance. Beginning at Crystal Rock in 1995, Jurasek has served in various financial and insurance capacities including the merger between Crystal Rock and Vermont Pure in 2000. Prior to Crystal Rock, he worked as Director of Finance for Nuclear Energy Services.

MetricStream [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Bert Clement as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Mr. Clement served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Atrenta. Prior to Atrenta, he held the Senior Vice President, CFO and Controller titles at VeriSign. Mr. Clement has also held executive positions at MCI Telecommunications, Broad Point Communications, and Network Solutions.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. [CAPE CORAL, Fla.] (OTC: LEAI) appointed Christian A. J. Baeza to Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of its Company. Mr. Baeza was formerly the Company’s Interim CFO from June 2015 and Vice President and Corporate Controller from April 2015. From 2008 to 2014, Mr. Baeza held various senior finance positions, including Director of Financial Reporting and Assistant Corporate Controller, at Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. Mr. Baeza held various finance positions from 2003 to 2008 at Spectra Energy Corp.

Catapult Learning, Inc. [CAMDEN, N.J.] announced the promotion of Andrea Vargas to President of the company’s Schools Division. Ms. Vargas most recently served as Corporate Chief Financial Officer, a position she assumed following Catapult Learning’s merger with Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI) in July 2015. From 2004 to 2015, Ms. Vargas held several leadership roles with SESI, including Controller, Chief Accounting Officer, and Vice President of Finance. Prior to her tenure at SESI, she worked in various finance and accounting functions at several large corporations, including United Technologies.

Captivate [NEW YORK] announced Harris Hwang as Chief Financial Officer. Hwang brings 20+ years of financial experience and leadership from top corporations, including Getty Images, BlackRock and Merrill Lynch. Hwang was promoted from Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development.

Hydrocarb Energy Corporation [HOUSTON] (OTC: HECC) announced that K. Andrew Lai has joined the Company’s executive management team as its new Chief Financial Officer. From January 2013 to December 2015, Mr. Lai was an international financial consultant working mainly with oil and gas and real estate investors from China. From January 2011 to December 2012, Mr. Lai was the Chief Financial Officer of Lucas Energy, Inc. in Houston, Texas. From May 2010 to December 2010, Mr. Lai was an international business consultant. From October 2007 to April 2010, Mr. Lai served as Chief Financial Officer with Far East Energy Corporation in Houston.  Mr. Lai joined Far East in 2007 and served as a member of Far East’s management team until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer.  From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Lai held various managerial positions with EOG Resources, Inc., in Houston, including Financial Reporting Director and International Accounting Director.  From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Lai held various positions with UMC Petroleum Corp. (which subsequently merged into Devon Energy).

LiveOps Cloud [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Jeff Byal has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He most recently served as the CFO and Interim CEO at NewComLink. Prior to NewComLink, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at EZCORP, Inc. He has also held CFO roles and other financial leadership positions at companies including MSI Systems Integrators, Pamida, GiftCertificates.com, Gordmans and Appriss.

Nuo Therapeutics, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, Md.] (OTC: NUOT) announced the appointment of the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer, David E. Jorden, as the Company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer.

Anki [SAN FRANCISCO] appointed Dominic Ruso as Chief Financial Officer. Ruso was formerly the CFO at Beats by Dr. Dre. Prior to Beats, Ruso was the Channel Controller for EMEIA and held senior positions in Sales Finance in Cupertino. Before joining Apple, he spent many years at Cisco Systems, Inc., holding various senior positions in Finance and Operations.

Venminder [ELIZABETHTOWN, KY] announced Michael Campbell will join as chief financial officer.

Jaguar Growth Partners [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ian Wilkin as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Jaguar, Mr. Wilkin was Head of Decision Support for Real Estate & Infrastructure at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Prior to ADIA, Mr. Wilkin worked with Ernst & Young (EY) in the United Kingdom.

Healogics, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that David Bassin has joined the company as chief financial officer. Bassin most recently served as chief financial officer at eviCore Healthcare, Inc. (MedSolutions, Inc.). Previously, David was the chief financial officer at Inventiv Health where he spent eleven years progressing in multiple financial roles.

Aquantia [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced Mark Voll has been appointed the company’s chief financial officer. Most recently, he was CFO at Montage Technology Group. Additionally, he was chief financial officer of MoSys, Inc. from June 2002 to November 2005 and also from March 1998 to June 2000.

FusionHealth  [ATLANTA] appointed Mike McCloskey as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining FusionHealth, McCloskey was the CFO for Norcross-based TransCentra, Inc. McCloskey was also CFO of Atlanta-based Parkmobile USA, Inc. Additionally, McCloskey held several senior level finance positions with organizations like Harland Clarke, where he was Vice President of Finance Operations.

SessionM [BOSTON] announced that it has hired Todd Donahue as chief financial officer. Donahue joins SessionM from erecruit, where he served as CFO and COO. Prior to erecruit, Donahue held several senior finance and operating roles including CFO at Livewire Mobile, Chief Accounting Officer at NMS Communications and VP Product Operations and VP Finance at Aspen Technology.

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. [FORT LEE, N.J.] (NASDAQ: PPSI) announced that Thomas Klink, President of Pioneer’s Jefferson Electric Segment and an experienced financial executive, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. He succeeds Andrew Minkow, who has resigned from Pioneer, as both an officer and a director, to pursue other professional opportunities. Most recently, Mr. Klink was President of Jefferson Electric, rising to that position after serving in several positions of increasing responsibility, including chief executive officer, chief financial officer, vice president, treasurer, secretary and chairman of the board of directors. Previously, from 1994 to 1996, Mr. Klink served as a division controller at MagneTek, Inc.

Montefiore Health System (MHS) [NEW YORK] appointed Colleen M. Blye as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Ms. Blye joins Montefiore from Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS), where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Earlier in her career, she was Executive Vice President for Finance and Integrated Services at Catholic Health Initiatives, a health system with 78 hospitals in 20 states.

Vince Holding Corp. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: VNCE) announced the appointment of David Stefko to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Stefko previously held the position of Interim CFO and Treasurer. Mr. Stefko has 28 years of senior finance and executive management experience and until being named Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, held the position of Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners. Prior to joining Sun Capital, he served as SVP, CFO & CAO of Things Remembered.

Education Management Corporation [PITTSBURGH] announced that Mick J. Beekhuizen will be stepping down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 29. Frank Jalufka will replace Mr. Beekhuizen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jalufka most recently served as the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at The Dolan Company.

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced that Sanjay Kapur has joined the company as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President (VP) of Finance. He succeeds CFO Stephen Rupolo, who is now leading corporate product, pricing and asset management strategy in the newly created position of Vice President – Product Strategy. Prior to joining SmartSource Rentals, Kapur spent almost 20 years with Arrow Electronics, Inc., serving most recently as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Director of Finance for A.E. Petsche (an Arrow Electronics Company based in Arlington, TX). In addition to his role as CFO for Petsche, Kapur has held multiple executive operating roles at Arrow in areas of finance, sales management, marketing and procurement.  Prior to Arrow, Kapur spent five years with McKinsey & Company (Houston, TX) and two years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pittsburgh, PA).

U.S. Concrete, Inc. [EULESS, TX] (NASDAQ: USCR) announced that it has hired Joseph C. “Jody” Tusa, Jr. as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tusa was most recently the CFO of Emerge Energy Services LP. Tusa’s diverse financial experience also includes CFO roles at USA Compression Partners, LP, COMSYS IT Partners, Inc., and DSM Copolymer, Inc., along with senior leadership positions at Metamor Worldwide, Inc. and TOTAL American Mining, Inc.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. [ST. LOUIS, MO] (NASDAQ: ISLE) announced that Eric Hausler, Isle’s chief financial officer, will become chief executive officer; Hausler was named chief financial officer in July 2014. Prior to that, he served as chief strategic officer from 2011 to 2014 and senior vice president, strategic initiatives from 2009 to 2011. Before joining Isle, Hausler served as senior vice president of development for another gaming company and held various positions on Wall Street covering the gaming, lodging and leisure industries.

First Business Financial Services, Inc. [MADISON, WI] (NASDAQ: FBIZ) announced the appointment of Edward G. Sloane, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer. Sloane brings to First Business more than 30 years of financial services experience, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer with Peoples Bancorp, Inc. Prior to that, he spent 19 years with WesBanco, Inc., a financial services company in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he held the positions of Senior Vice President – Strategic Planning & Analysis, Senior Vice President – Controller, and other roles. Sloane will replace First Business Chief Financial Officer James Ropella, who will continue in the roles of Senior Vice President and Treasurer to facilitate the transition of the Chief Financial Officer position to Mr. Sloane.

Virtus Pharmaceuticals [TAMPA, Fl.] hired Damian Finio as Chief Financial Officer. Finio was previously SVP Finance at Heritage Pharmaceuticals, and has previous senior finance experience with West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development after spending over 14 year with AstraZeneca in various finance roles.

American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”) [BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ASEI) announced the appointment of Diane Basile as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Treasurer of the Company. Basile succeeds Kenneth Galaznik, who has served in those roles since 2008 and is retiring following the end of the current fiscal year, as previously announced.  Prior to joining the company, Basile served as CFO of Intronis. Previously, she was Vice President of Finance for Nuance Communications’ Healthcare Division, and held senior financial posts at technology firms including Mercury Computer and PerkinElmer.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. [Virginia Beach, VA] (NASDAQ:WHLR) announced that Wilkes Graham will join the Company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Graham will succeed Steven Belote, who will remain with the Company as its Chief Operating Officer. Since 2010 Mr. Graham has worked with Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC where he served as Director of Research and as a Senior Sell-Side Equity Research Analyst. Prior to joining Compass Point, Mr. Graham worked as a Vice President and a Senior Sell-Side Analyst focused on the real estate sector at FBR Capital Markets & Co. Previously, he worked as a Research Associate covering REITs for Raymond James & Associates.

BioBlast Pharma Ltd. [NEW HAVEN, Conn.] (NASDAQ: ORPN) announced that it has appointed Robert (Bob) Cook to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  As previously announced, Udi Gilboa, co-founder of the Company, who until today was the CFO, will now transition to a special advisor role reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and will continue as a member of the Company’s board of directors. Mr. Cook most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strata Skin Sciences, formerly Mela Sciences.  Mr. Cook’s prior pharma experience includes ten years as the CFO of Immune Pharmaceuticals and its predecessor EpiCept Corporation, including one year as Interim President and CEO of EpiCept.  Prior to that he served six years as CFO at Pharmos Corporation.

Commonwealth Engineers, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS, IN] announced the promotion of Ann Dryer to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Corporate Treasurer. Ann has worked for Commonwealth since 2001

Carver Bancorp, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CARV), the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank, announced that David Toner will be stepping down as Chief Financial Officer, effective on or about February 18, 2016, to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Toner will continue to serve as CFO until that time and will assist with the transition. Mr. Toner joined Carver Bancorp, Inc. in 2009 and has served as CFO since 2013.

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. [Englewood, Colorado] announced that Christopher W. Shean resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The Company appointed Brian J. Wendling to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Wendling has been Vice President and Controller of the Company since August 2014.  He has also served as Vice President and Controller of Liberty Media Corporation since January 2013 and Liberty Interactive Corporation for more than the past five years.  Prior thereto, Mr. Wendling held various positions with these companies and their predecessors since 1999.  He has also served as Vice President and Controller of Liberty Broadband Corporation since October 2014.

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Virgin Hotels [MIAMI] announced Dan Mathewes as Chief Financial Officer. Mathewes’ background includes senior financial positions at The World, Kerzner International Holdings Limited, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited.

Evite [LOS ANGELES] announced that Paul Pucino has been named Chief Financial Officer. Pucino brings over 30 years of experience in accounting and financial operations to Evite. For the past 15 years, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer of a number of publicly-traded and privately-held companies including THQ, Digital Insight and Tekelec.

The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (NYSE: PNX) [HARTFORD, Conn.] intends to appoint Ernest McNeill Jr., currently senior vice president and chief accounting officer at Phoenix, as chief financial officer, replacing current CFO Bonnie J. Malley, who plans to retire. Mr. McNeill joined Phoenix in August, 2014 and currently oversees numerous corporate finance functions. He previously held senior accounting and finance positions at Fidelity Investments and the Hartford Financial Services Group.

Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) [ATLANTA] announced that Steven A. Michaels, President, has been named Aaron’s Chief Financial Officer and President of Strategic Operations, succeeding Gilbert L. Danielson. Michaels currently serves as Aaron’s President.  Prior to being named President, Michaels was VP, Strategic Planning and Business Development. Since joining Aaron’s in 1995, Michaels has held various roles within the organization, starting in audit and progressing through the franchise and finance departments.

TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST) [NEW YORK] announced that Eric F. Lundberg has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Richard Broitman, who will cease to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and will continue his employment with the Company as Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Lundberg recently held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ALM Media, LLC, from January 2008 to January 2015. Mr. Lundberg joined ALM Media from Penton Media, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer from November 2006 to January 2008.  Prior to joining Penton Media, Mr. Lundberg held various financial positions within American Lawyer Media (predecessor to ALM Media, LLC), including Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, from 1995-2006.

BioAgilytix [DURHAM, N.C.] added Todd Lynch as SVP and Chief Financial Officer. Lynch has more than 23 years’ experience with companies that include GlaxoSmithKline, Inveresk Research, and most recently, Metabolon.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.], announced that the Company has appointed Allan L. Shaw as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Shaw is a three-time public company Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Shaw served as a Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal. He currently serves on the boards of directors of two public companies, Vivus Inc., and Akari Therapeutics, Plc. Mr. Shaw’s previous experience includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Serono S.A., NewLead Holdings Ltd. and Viatel, Inc. Mr. Shaw was also the founder and senior managing director of Shaw Strategic Capital LLC.

Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) [LOS ANGELES] announced that Douglas L. Groves, a member of the Company’s executive leadership team, has been named vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer, succeeding Joseph P. Bellino, who retired at the end of 2015. Mr. Groves joined Ducommun in January 2013 as vice president of accounting and moved into the vice president, controller and chief accounting officer role later that year. He joined Ducommun from Beckman Coulter, Inc., where he served as corporate vice president and chief information officer after holding a series of progressively responsible finance and accounting management positions, including vice president of finance for the North American operations.

UCP, Inc. (NYSE:UCP) [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that James M. Pirrello has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer, succeeding William J. La Herran, who recently resigned. His experience includes tenures at Pulte Homes, NVR, First Homebuilders of Florida, The Fortress Group, BCB Homes and Sivage Homes.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® [LOS ANGELES] is pleased to appoint Jeff Harris as Chief Financial Officer. Harris was most recently CFO/COO of Purple Wine Company. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer for fashion brands such as Stella & Dot and Gymboree and worked in finance leadership positions for entertainment companies such as Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney.

AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation (NYSE MKT: APHB) [SAN DIEGO] announced that Steve R. Martin has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer, replacing interim CFO, David E. Bosher, who will remain with AmpliPhi as a consultant. Mr. Martin served for three years as the CFO of Apricus Biosciences. Prior to Apricus, he was CFO and interim CEO of BakBone Software. Previously, Mr. Martin was senior consultant to the CEO and Acting Chief Accounting Officer for Leap Communications. Mr. Martin’s leadership experience includes serving as CFO of Stratagene Corporation and as Controller for Gen-Probe. Mr. Martin began his career at Deloitte, where he spent 10 years in its San Diego office, rising to Senior Audit Manager.

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced that Robert Painter, currently a Trimble vice president and general manager of Trimble Buildings, will become its new chief financial officer, replacing Francois Delepine, who will be leaving Trimble to pursue another opportunity. Painter assumed leadership of Trimble’s business development when he joined the company in 2006 and led all acquisition activity for three years. During that time, he played a substantial role in the creation of Virtual Site Solutions, a joint venture with Caterpillar. Subsequently, Painter was general manager for Trimble’s construction services business and then general manager for Intelligent Construction Tools, Trimble’s joint venture with Hilti. In 2015, Painter was appointed vice president for Trimble Buildings, a significant component of the Engineering and Construction segment. Prior to Trimble, he held a variety of management and finance positions at Cenveo, Rapt, Bain & Company, Whole Foods and Kraft.

Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) [IRVING, Texas] announced that its Board of Directors has promoted Mary A. Lindsey to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Barbara R. Smith who has been promoted to COO. Ms. Lindsey joined the Company in September 2009 as Vice President-Tax, and she became the Vice President-Tax and Investor Relations in June 2015. Prior to joining CMC, Ms. Lindsey served as Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel for Albany International Corp, and from January 2005 to March 2006, Ms. Lindsey was an attorney at Baker and Hostetler, a national law firm.  In addition, Ms. Lindsey served in various roles, including Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel, Legal Counsel responsible for global M&A and intellectual property, and General Manager of Corporate M&A, at The Timken Company from January 1985 to January 2005.

Enable Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENBL) [OKLAHOMA CITY] announced that its Board of Directors has named John Laws Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Laws, a 6-year Enable leader, succeeds former CFO Rod Sailor. Prior to being named CFO, Laws served as treasurer at Enable. Before joining Enable in 2010, he served various organizations in a variety of corporate finance leadership roles.

Tintri Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced that John C. Bolger has joined Tintri as its newest board member. John brings more than 30 years of accounting and financial expertise, as well as extensive public company board and senior management experience. Bolger is a retired vice president of finance and administration as well as chief financial officer for Cisco Systems Inc., and has served as audit committee chair on more than 10 boards of a variety of high tech companies.

GSC Logistics, Inc. [OAKLAND, Calif.] has promoted Marc Jensen to CFO. Mr. Jensen joined GSC Logistics in March 2015 as VP of Finance / Corporate Controller, bringing over 30 years of transportation and logistics experience to GSC Logistics. Prior to joining GSC he served as principal for MLJ Consulting LLC. Mr. Jensen previously served as VP, Corporate Controller for Pacer International, where he had earlier served as Pacer International’s head of Internal Audit. His experience also includes American President Lines (APL), APL Logistics, and the original United States Lines, serving in a variety of financial, operational, and information technology roles.

Demandbase [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Steven Klei has joined the company’s board of directors as head of the Audit Committee, in addition to being the chief financial officer at Kabam. Klei has an impressive background, holding chief financial officer positions at a variety of successful SaaS companies including Jigsaw, ProBusiness, Autonomy, Zantaz Inc. and Xactly

Monaker Group (OTC: MKGI) [WESTON, FL] announced that Omar Jimenez has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Mr. Jimenez has held a variety of senior financial management positions including CFO at EpiCenter Development, and President & CFO at American Leisure Holdings, Inc. Mr. Jimenez also served as Director of Operations for US Installation Group, Inc., a selling and installation group for The Home Depot, and CFO and VP of Onyx Group, Inc.

RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ: RP) [CARROLLTON, Texas] announced that Brian Shelton will be named Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer after W. Bryan Hill, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer resigns, to pursue other opportunities and interests. Mr. Shelton previously served as Vice President of Finance for St. Jude Medical, Inc., 2010 to 2014. From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Shelton held various senior financial and operational roles at St. Jude Medical, Inc.

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) [NEW YORK] announced that Robert Qutub, its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has notified the company that he intends to retire. It is expected that Mr. Qutub will remain with the company until the earlier of mid-May and the appointment of his successor.

FireMon [OVERLAND PARK, KS] announced the appointment of Donald Klumb as Chief Financial Officer. Donald Klumb has more than 30 years of management experience including CFO of Cartesian (CRTN). Prior to Cartesian, he was an audit and consulting partner at Deloitte.

Veracity Management Global, Inc. (PINK: VCMG) [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Peter B. Dauterman to its board of directors, and will serve as Chief Financial Officer and a Director.

FCB Financial Holdings, Inc. [WESTON, Fla.] announced the appointment of Jennifer L. Simons to the post of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Simons assumes the post from Paul D. Burner who served in the role of CFO since July 2012, and will continue with FCB in the role of Finance Director. In July 2015 Ms. Simons was promoted to Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Upon joining the Company in 2014 as Chief Accounting Officer, Ms. Simons brought over 20 years financial experience to FCB. Most recently, she was Vice President and Senior Manager at PNC Financial Services Group.

Phononic [DURHAM, N.C.] announced that Tom Werthan has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Werthan comes to Phononic from Solid State Equipment where he was CFO. Previously, he held the CFO position at Sunlogics and Emcore. Werthan has also held finance and accounting leadership positions at Audio Visual Labs.

Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) [Novato, CA,] announced that Brad Forsyth will be resigning as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 18, 2016. Following Mr. Forsyth’s departure and during the Company’s search for a permanent replacement, functions previously performed by Mr. Forsyth will be managed with existing personnel.

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: FDML) [Southfield, Michigan] announced that Jerome Rouquet has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation. Rouquet will replace Raj Shah, Senior Vice President and CFO, Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, who announced his retirement. In addition to assuming the new corporate CFO responsibilities, Rouquet will continue in his role as Senior Vice President, Finance of the Motorparts division.

Mavenlink [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that it has expanded its executive team with the addition of Michael Lin to the position of CFO. Prior to joining Mavenlink, Michael was the CFO of Cake Marketing. Michael has also served as CFO of both Uniloc and Gehry Technologies. Prior to that, he was VP of Finance and Planning at enterprise search company Fast Search and Transfer.

Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ONVO) [SAN DIEGO] announced that Barry Michaels, chief financial officer (“CFO”), will retire after the end of the Company’s current fiscal year.  Michaels, whose outstanding career spans over 40 years, has served as CFO since August 2011.

Restaurant Revolution Technologies, Inc. (RRT) [SAN DIEGO, CA] announced the addition of Jack Fitzpatrick as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Fitzpatrick has over 30 years of experience working with startup and emerging growth companies in a wide variety of industries. Prior to joining RRT, Fitzpatrick was COO and CFO of Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc. Prior to Skylight, Jack was CFO at Discovery Partners (IPO), CFO at Diatek, LP (merger), CFO at Pacific Data Products (merger), and CFO at Syntro Corporation (IPO).

O2 Concepts, LLC [OKLAHOMA CITY, OK] announced the appointment of Cory Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith has held key leadership positions in finance and information technology for over a decade in the surgical device sector. He most recently served as an executive with Endologix (ELGX). Prior to Endologix, Mr. Smith held multiple finance management positions in the healthcare industry.

Integrated Freight Corporation (OTC PINK: IFCR) [DANBURY, CT] announced that its board of directors has appointed Jace Simmons as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Simmons brings over thirty years of CFO-level experience in diverse business segments including both mid and large-cap public companies.

River Valley Community Bank (OTC: RVVY) [YUBA CITY, Calif.] is pleased to announce it has appointed Michael Finn, as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Michael began his career in public accounting with McGladrey & Pullen LLP in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Michael transitioned away from public accounting in 2006 and spent two years as the Controller for a de novo bank, Service1st Bank of Nevada.  He spent the next seven years back in public accounting, including five years with Perry-Smith LLP, where he advanced to the senior manager position, and two additional years with Moss Adams LLP.

REV Group, Inc. [MIAMI, Fla.] announced that Dean Nolden has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). For the past 17 years, Nolden has worked with the Manitowoc Company in Manitowoc, WI. He held positions of increasing responsibility in the finance area, serving most recently as Executive Vice President Finance for Manitowoc’s Crane segment and interim CFO for its Foodservice business. Prior to that, he was Manitowoc’s VP of Finance & Treasurer.

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EMC Corporation [HOPKINTON, Mass.] (NYSE: EMC) announced that Denis Cashman has been named EMC Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1.  Mr. Cashman will succeed Zane Rowe, who will become Chief Financial Officer of VMware, also effective March 1. Mr. Cashman began his professional career with EMC in Ireland in 1988 as the Finance Controller for EMC’s Cork manufacturing facility. Since then, he has held numerous financial positions including European Financial Controller, International Financial Controller, Vice President of International Finance, Corporate Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Finance, and most recently Chief Financial Officer for EMC Information Infrastructure and EMC’s Chief Accounting Officer.

VMware, Inc. [HOPKINTON, Mass.] announced that EMC CFO Zane Rowe will move to become VMware’s Chief Financial Officer effective March 1.  The appointment is made as EMC prepares to complete its previously announced combination with Dell. Once the transaction closes, EMC will be combined with Dell and VMware will remain a publicly-traded company.

Adaptive Insights [PALO ALTO, CA] appointed Jim Johnson as CFO. Prior to joining Adaptive Insights, Johnson was CFO of TIBCO Software. He joined TIBCO through the acquisition of Jaspersoft. Prior to Jaspersoft, Johnson served as the chief financial officer of privately-held MSC Software, and VGH. Johnson’s experience also includes executive-level finance positions at VERITAS (which merged with Symantec in 2005) and 15 years at Sun Microsystems.

Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.] announced that Jeffrey M. Stafeil, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Stafeil has been with Visteon since October 2012.

OpenTable [SAN FRANCISCO], part of The Priceline Group, announced that Jeff McCombs has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining OpenTable, McCombs served as the Chief Financial Officer for Flipboard.  Previously, he served as the Global Head of Business Operations for Facebook’s ad business; Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate and Business Development for Tumri; and in various senior executive roles at Yahoo. He began his career as an investment banker at firms including Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers.

NASDAQ [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced that Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy will retire, effective March 31, 2016. Shavel joined Nasdaq in 2011 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  Shavel has accepted a position to join the Board of Directors of a public company. Ron Hassen, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, Nasdaq, will serve as interim CFO, as the company conducts an active search to fill the role. Mr. Hassen has been with Nasdaq for nearly 15 years and previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer.

Lands’ End, Inc. [DODGEVILLE, Wis.] (NASDAQ: LE) announced that it has named James (Jim) Gooch EVP, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gooch most recently served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Demoulas Supermarkets until December 2014.  Prior to that, Mr. Gooch was an independent consultant  Mr. Gooch previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer, and prior to that Chief Financial Officer, of RadioShack Corporation from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Gooch is currently a member of the board of directors of Sears Hometown and Outlet stores, and has served as the chair of the board’s audit and compensation committees.

Stryker Corporation [Kalamazoo, Michigan] (NYSE: SYK) announced that William R. Jellison will retire from his role as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. He will remain as CFO through the first quarter of 2016 to ensure a smooth transition. Glenn S. Boehnlein, who currently serves as Group CFO for MedSurg & Neurotechnology (MSNT), will assume the role of Vice President, Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2016. Glenn joined Stryker in 2003 as the Vice President of Finance and IT for Stryker’s Endoscopy division and has taken on roles of increasing responsibility, including his current role as Group CFO of MSNT, which he assumed in 2011. He then spent three years with Success TV as the company’s CFO prior to joining Stryker.

Southern New Hampshire Health [NASHUA, N.H.] announced that Michael S. Rose, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will assume the role of President and CEO, effective July 1, 2016. Prior to joining SNHH as CFO in 2007, Rose was Vice President of Finance and Operations at Cooper Health System in New Jersey.

Certent, Inc. [PLEASANTON, Calif.] announced that Wendy Nieto has joined Certent as chief financial officer (CFO). Nieto most notably served as chief financial officer at Intraware, Inc. Prior to Intraware, Nieto held various corporate accounting and finance positions at Chiron Corporation.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. [MADISON, Wis.] announced Gregory Kryder is joining as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective March 1, 2016. Kryder joins Great Wolf Resorts from Diageo North America, where he was CFO. For the last 14 years he has held several leadership positions across key business units at Diageo plc. Prior to joining Diageo plc, he worked for Boston Consulting Group.

Pine Brook [NEW YORK] announced the promotions of Annie Sloyer to chief financial officer. Sloyer joined Pine Brook as controller in April 2010.  Prior to joining Pine Brook, she spent three years as a fund controller with Olympus Capital Holdings Asia, and more than five years as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

STAG Industrial, Inc. [BOSTON] (NYSE: STAG) announced that it and Geoffrey G. Jervis, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, mutually agreed that Mr. Jervis’s employment with the Company would terminate so that Mr. Jervis could pursue other opportunities. The Company also announced the appointment of William R. Crooker as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Crooker has most recently served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Capital Markets.  Prior to the formation of the Company, Mr. Crooker served as the Chief Accounting Officer for the Company’s predecessor, STAG Capital Partners, LLC from 2010 to 2011.  From 2002 to 2010, Mr. Crooker worked for KPMG LLP in its real estate practice focusing primarily on publicly traded real estate investment trusts.

Voce Capital Management LLC [SAN FRANCISCO] formally announced that Mark Shamia has joined as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Family Care Partners [LOS ANGELES & SUMTER, S.C.]  announced that Paul A. Miller has been named Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Miller served as the CFO of Cornerstone Healthcare. Prior to that, he was the CFO for Avizent; and before that was with U.S. Spine. Miller also served as CFO and General Counsel for CompManagement, Inc.

Albemarle Corporation [BATON ROUGE, La.] (NYSE: ALB) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Scott A. Tozier is on a temporary medical leave of absence. Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Matthew K. Juneau will assume management responsibility of Albemarle’s finance and accounting, tax and treasury teams.

Ryerson Holding Corporation [CHICAGO] (NYSE: RYI) announced the appointment of Erich S. Schnaufer to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). Schnaufer was previously the company’s interim chief financial officer, succeeding Edward J. Lehner who took over as president and chief executive officer in 2015. Schnaufer joined Ryerson in 2005 and was promoted in 2007 to controller and chief accounting officer responsible for accounting, tax and financial reporting. Prior to joining Ryerson, Schnaufer held senior financial and accounting management roles at several public companies including Alternative Resources Corporation and Midway Games.

Foros [NEW YORK] announced that Stellar Kim Tucker has joined the firm as Managing Director. Immediately prior to joining Foros, Stellar served as Chief Financial Officer of TCM. Prior to joining TCM in 2011, Stellar was a Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Business Services in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co.

SevOne [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Rafe Brown to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Senior Vice President. Prior to his new role, Mr. Brown served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Senior Vice President at Pegasystems, Inc. He was previously a Senior Vice President in the finance group at Salesforce.com. Prior to Salesforce.com, he spent five years at Cisco Systems, preceded by his public accounting years at PwC and Arthur Andersen. 

White Ops [NEW YORK, NY] announced that it has appointed Barry Chubrik as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, he served as CFO at Get Satisfaction.

FreightCar America, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RAIL) announced that it has appointed Matthew (Matt) S. Kohnke as Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective February 29, 2016. Mr. Kohnke will succeed Charles F. Avery, Jr., who left the Company by mutual consent to pursue new business opportunities. Mr. Kohnke joins the Company from Dorman Products, Inc. where he has served since 2002. He first served as Dorman’s Vice President and Corporate Controller and, in 2011, he assumed the position of Dorman’s Chief Financial Officer.

YourMembership (YM) [ST. PETERSBURG, FL] announced Michael Branca as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Branca joins YourMembership from Intelident Solutions, where he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Johnny Rockets [ALISO VIEJO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Susanne Stover, who will be joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer and member of its executive team. Prior to joining Johnny Rockets, Stover was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the New York Racing Association. Susanne has held leadership positions as the Chief Financial Officer for Rosa Mexicano restaurant chain and Controller at the casual dining restaurant chain California Pizza Kitchen.  Earlier in her career, Stover held positions at The Walt Disney Company, KPMG Peat Marwick and Ernst & Young.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ARI) announced Megan Gaul, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of ARI, resigned from the Company to pursue other interests. Ms. Gaul will remain in her positions until June 2016 and has agreed to assist the Company as it transitions her responsibilities to her replacement.

Qualys, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] (NASDAQ: QLYS) announced that Don McCauley, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company of his intent to resign effective March 1, 2016.

USA Technologies, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NASDAQ: USAT) announced the appointment of Leland “Lee” Maxwell as interim chief financial officer (CFO); he replaces J. Duncan Smith. Mr. Maxwell served as the company’s CFO and treasurer from 1997 to 2003. Previously he has served in the roles of CFO at Nurture, Inc., and controller at MeadWestvaco, and Smurfit Stone Container. He is also Board Chair and co-founder of the DMAX Foundation.

AMERI HOLDINGS, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (OTCQB: AMRH) announced the appointment of Edward O’Donnell as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. O’Donnell has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Radbourne Property Group, Inc.  Prior to Radbourne, Mr. O’Donnell served as Chief Financial Officer of AudioEye, Inc. Mr. O’Donnell served as Vice President of Finance for Augme Technologies, Inc. Mr. O’Donnell also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Carlyle Capital Group LLC. Before Carlyle, Mr. O’Donnell served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations of ACTV, Inc.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. [ITASCA, Ill.] (NYSE: AJG) announced the appointment of Ralph J. Nicoletti to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Nicoletti is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tiffany & Co.  Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for both Cigna Corporation and Alberto Culver, Inc.  He began his career at Kraft Foods, Inc. where he served in various financial leadership roles including Senior Vice President Corporate Audit at Kraft Foods, Inc. and Senior Vice President Finance of Kraft North America.

Optima Healthcare Solutions [PALM CITY, Fla. and ATLANTA] announced that Pat Clark has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Pat has more than twenty years experience as a financial executive in healthcare and other industries, having served as Chief Financial Officer at Wellcentive, Vocalocity and The Weather Channel.

Orangetheory® Fitness [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] announced Tim Tanguay joined the company’s executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Orangetheory Fitness, Tanguay most recently served as chief financial officer for Tropical Smoothie Café.

JetSmarter [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joseph A. Epstein as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his role at JetSmarter, Epstein served as a Director of McGladrey, LLP. JetSmarter’s current Chief Financial Officer, Gennady Barsky has been promoted to President of the company.

Piper Jaffray Companies [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: PJC) announced that Sherry M. Smith joined its board of directors. Most recently, Smith was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of SUPERVALU, INC., where she also held the role of vice president, senior vice president of finance and corporate controller from 1998 to 2002 and treasurer from 2002 to 2005. She is currently an independent director at both Deere & Company and Tuesday Morning Corporation along with a committee member at Realogy Holdings Corp.

Surna Inc. [BOULDER, Colorado] (OTCQB: SRNA) announced that it has terminated the services of Douglas McKinnon as Chief Financial Officer. On January 21, 2016, the Board appointed Ellen White to serve as its Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. White was serving as the Company’s Director of Finance since September 2015. Her prior experience includes CFO at the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD). Prior to NSCD, she was the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Healthgrades in Denver. Ms. White started her career in public accounting at EY and KPMG and then spent 13 years at Microsoft Corporation in a variety of finance and strategy roles.

Juniper Networks [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NYSE: JNPR) announced that Robyn Denholm notified the Company of her intention to resign as chief financial and operations officer following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2015, and is expected to remain at the Company over the next several months to help facilitate a smooth transition. Based on the Company’s succession planning, the Company announced its plans to appoint Ken Miller, the Company’s senior vice president, finance, to succeed Denholm as chief financial officer.

WSFS Financial Corporation [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ:WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced that they are resuming their search for a new Chief Financial Officer. Kevin L. Thompson, who was recently named Chief Financial Officer, has decided to remain with his family in Utah and will not be joining the company. Rodger Levenson, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer who previously served as Chief Commercial Banking Officer, will continue to serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer.

Noxilizer, Inc. [Baltimore, MD] announced David A. Theil as their new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, he worked as interim and contract CFO in the medical device and clinical diagnostics arenas. Previous industry employment appointments include: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Specialty Pharmaceuticals; Psychiatric Genomics, Biotechnology R&D Drug Discovery; and IGEN International, Instrumentation and Diagnostics.

SMTC Corporation [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SMTX), announced the appointment of Roger Dunfield as Chief Financial Officer. He joins SMTC from Sanmina Corporation where he has been employed as Vice President, Finance & Controller in Sanmina’s Interconnect Division since 2010.  Prior to joining Sanmina, he held a number of finance positions of increasing responsibility for Merix Corporation.

Autoscribe Corporation [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that Myles Locke has joined its organization to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Locke was Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Corporate Development responsibilities at Global Payments.

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: COKE) announced that it has appointed Clifford M. Deal, III, as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He succeeds James E. Harris, who has been named Executive Vice President, Business Transformation. Mr. Deal has been the Company’s Vice President and Treasurer since 1999. Mr. Deal served in various other roles since joining the Company in 1993 including roles within the Tax and Human Resources Departments.

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers [NEW YORK] announced today the appointment of Paul Rourke as the organization’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Rourke was EVP/CFO, Finance and Technology at Viacom International Media Networks from 2011 to 2015. Rourke joined MTVN in 2006 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance.  Prior to joining MTVN, Rourke worked as Senior Vice President of Treasury Operations for CBS Radio. Rourke also served as Treasurer of Scient Inc. and held a number of positions at Young & Rubicam Inc.

GoPro, Inc.[SAN MATEO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GPRO) announced Brian McGee as its new CFO. McGee served as CFO of two publicly-traded companies and who joined GoPro in 2015 from Qualcomm will succeed CFO Jack Lazar.

ManpowerGroup [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: MAN) announced that John “Jack” T. McGinnis has been appointed ManpowerGroup Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Michael Van Handel will retire from his role as CFO and become Senior Executive Vice President. McGinnis joins from Morgan Stanley where he was Global Controller. McGinnis was previously CFO, HSBC North America Holdings Inc., and before that was Partner at Ernst & Young LLP.  

Trustpilot [New York] announced the addition of Hanno Damm as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Trustpilot, Hanno was a senior vice president at Bankrate, Inc. Hanno also held relevant positions at Apax Partners and PricewaterhouseCoopers, working on projects across multiple industries.

HackerRank [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the hire of Mike Asher as Chief Financial Officer. Asher has over 20 years of finance experience at small and large companies, both public and private. Most recently Asher served as the CFO of Platfora, and he previously held CFO roles at Appcelerator, Greenplum, and Newscale.

Medgenics, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA, PA] (NYSE MKT: MDGN) announced that Brian Piper will become the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer, following Dr. John Leaman‘s upcoming retirement. Mr. Piper joined Medgenics in April 2014 as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Medgenics, Mr. Piper worked at Shire Pharmaceuticals for 13 years. Prior to joining Shire, Mr. Piper worked at Celera Genomics and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: HR) announced that J. Christopher (“Kris”) Douglas has been appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Scott W. Holmes, the Company’s current CFO. Mr. Douglas has been employed by the Company since 2003. He has served as Senior Vice President, managing the Company’s property acquisition and disposition team since 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Douglas served as Senior Vice President, Asset Administration.

Health Integrated^® [TAMPA, Fla.] announced that Jason Grinstead has joined the organization as chief financial officer. He joins Health Integrated from Care at Home, Inc., where he was chief executive officer. Prior to leading Care at Home, Grinstead worked as a financial executive at Lehman Brothers, JPMorgan Chase, UBS Investment Bank and Hamlin Capital. He also worked on strategy at the wealth management startup, myCFO. Grinstead served on the board of the California Association for Health Services at Home.

Hylant [TOLEDO, Ohio] has promoted Bill Pridgeon to president and chief financial officer. Bill began his career at Hylant in 1994 as the controller of Hylant Administrative. He was then promoted to chief financial officer and executive vice president.

Harris Corporation [MELBOURNE, Fla.] (NYSE: HRS) has named Rahul Ghai, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ghai succeeds Mick Lopez, who is leaving Harris to pursue other opportunities. Ghai joined Harris in March 2015 as Vice President, Finance – Integration and has led all finance activities associated with the integration of Exelis. Ghai joined Harris from Aetna, Inc. where he was most recently Vice President, Financial Planning and Integration. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Aetna International. Prior to joining Aetna, Ghai spent 12 years with United Technologies Corporation, in roles including operations finance, financial planning & analysis, treasury, and CFO. He began his finance career in India in investment banking.

Togo’s Eateries, LLC, [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Susan Koch, former SVP Finance, has been named Chief Financial Officer. In January 1997, Susan became Regional Finance Manager at Allied Domecq Retailing USA, which purchased Togo’s that year. Susan was promoted to VP of Finance at Togo’s in January 2011.

Getty Realty Corp.  [JERICHO, N.Y.] (NYSE: GTY) announced that Danion Fielding has been named Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining Getty, Mr. Fielding held various positions in real estate, finance and investment banking. Most recently he was the Founder and Principal of Wilbraham Capital. Prior to this, Mr. Fielding was Executive Vice President of Finance with the Moinian Group. Mr. Fielding gained his public company experience as Vice President of Finance with Nationwide Health Properties. Prior to joining NHP, Mr. Fielding was an investment banker in the Real Estate, Lodging and Gaming Group at J.P. Morgan Securities and before that was with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Daiwa Securities.

Sanders\Wingo [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Chief Financial Officer Daphne Restovic has been appointed to the position of Partner. Before joining Sanders\Wingo’s El Paso office in 2008, Restovic held senior positions at Rogers Fitzhugh, Nussbaum Torres as well as KPMG.

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Dean Durbin has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Durbin previously served as CFO at American Media, Inc., Vertis Communications and The Thompson Corporation, and held several financial executive positions at The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] (NYSE MKT: AXN) announced that Dr. James Chen has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Guoan Zhang, who had served as Interim CFO, and will continue to serve as Vice President – Finance and Controller for the Company. Before joining Aoxing Parma, Dr. Chen was the CFO of Origin Agritech. Prior to working at Origin, Dr. Chen served as an Investment Manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Prior to ADIA, Dr. Chen spent over five years in sell-side research, most recently as a Senior Research Analyst at Morgan Joseph and previously at BB&T Capital Markets and Fulcrum Global Partners. Dr. Chen started his career at Univation Technologies, a joint venture between ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical.

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. [LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.] (NYSE: GBX) announced that Lorie L. Tekorius, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Mark J. Rittenbaum, who has been promoted to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Commercial, Leasing and Finance. Ms. Tekorius has been with Greenbrier for over 20 years in various financial capacities, most recently as Senior Vice President and Treasurer, a position she has held since 2012.

Fulham Co., Inc. [HAWTHORNE, CA] announced the appointment of James Cooke as chief financial officer (CFO). Cooke joins Fulham from Hytwo Group. Prior to Hytwo Group, he was CFO for Idatech Group. Earlier in his career he held CFO positions at several London-based companies, including: Datong Electronics PLC, Investec Traded Endowments LTD and Network Security LTD.

The Guitammer Company [WESTERVILLE, OH] (OTC: GTMM) announced that Lawrence (Larry) L. Lemoine has been appointed Chief Operating Officer / Acting CFO. He replaces current CFO Richard (Rich) E. Conn. Before joining the Company, Mr. Lemoine was CEO of Wave Entertainment Network. Prior to Wave, he was VP Finance of DIRECTV. In addition, Mr. Lemoine held the Controller post for the 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee, and also served as an executive consultant to various start-ups that include a Paris-based satellite service organization, Daytona Prototype motor racing team (U.S.) and a sports video production organization.

Littelfuse, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: LFUS) announced that Meenal A. Sethna, senior vice president, finance, will be the new CFO, succeeding Philip G. Franklin. Ms. Sethna, has served as senior vice president, finance since joining the company in May 2015. Prior to joining Littelfuse, Ms. Sethna spent four years at Illinois Tool Works as vice president and corporate controller. Previous to that, she worked at Motorola Inc. for six years, most recently as vice president, finance. She began her career at Baxter International, holding a variety of finance roles during her tenure.

NetBase [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has appointed Dave Pefley as chief financial officer (CFO), replacing current CFO Bob Pape, who is retiring. Most recently he was CFO of Adaptive Insights. Prior to that he held CFO or senior financial leadership roles at companies including KLA-Tencor, Yield Dynamics, and Aspect Development.

Mirantis [SUNNYVALE, CA] appointed Rik Thorbecke as its new CFO. Thorbecke was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and most recently CFO of a number of startups such as Meltwater and Plastic Logic. He has also served in executive finance roles at Equinix, Levi Strauss and Electronic Arts.

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.  [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced Melinda D. Whittington has joined the Company as Senior Vice President – Finance and will become the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, after current Chief Financial Officer, Rick Poulton, was promoted to President. Ms. Whittington joined Kraft Foods Group, Inc. in January 2014, after a 20-year career with Procter & Gamble. Her span of leadership responsibilities have included Corporate Controllership and Financial Planning & Analysis at Kraft, including leadership through Kraft’s merger with Heinz in 2015.

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. [Iowa City, IA] (NASDAQ: MOFG) announced that Gary J. Ortale, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is retiring from the Company and that Katie A. Lorenson will assume his duties as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer upon his retirement. Ms. Lorenson joined the Company on May 1, 2015, upon consummation of the Company’s merger with Central Bancshares, Inc. She currently serves as a Vice President of the Company, and has acted as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Central Bank, the Company’s subsidiary subsequent to the merger with Central Bancshares, since 2011. Prior to joining Central, Ms. Lorenson was a Manager with McGladrey in the Financial Institutions practice for over 10 years.

W. R. Grace & Co.  [COLUMBIA, Md.] (NYSE: GRA) announced that Hudson La Force has been named President and Chief Operating Officer. Since 2008, La Force has served as Grace’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Grace, La Force served as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education and served as a member of the President’s Management Council. Previously, he held business and financial leadership positions at Dell, Inc., where he served as a general manager for Dell in China, among other roles. He also held leadership roles at AlliedSignal, Inc. (now Honeywell) and Emerson Electric Co.

Dorman Products, Inc. [Colmar, Pennsylvania] appointed Michael P. Ginnetti as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, Interim Principal Financial Offer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer, following the resignation of Matthew Kohnke. Mr. Ginnetti currently serves as Corporate Controller of the Company. He has served in this position since May 2011 and he will continue to serve in this position while serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ginnetti was employed by Technitrol, Inc., an electronic components manufacturer, from 2001 to 2011, most recently as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Previously, he was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP in the Audit and Business Advisory practice.

Coherent, Inc. [Santa Clara, CA] announced that Kevin Palatnik accepted an offer to become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces outgoing CFO Helene Simonet. Mr. Palatnik has been a private investor since August 2015. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer of Audience, Inc. From 1994 to 1999 and from 2001 to November 2010, he held various positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. From November 2010 to August 2011 he continued as a service provider to Cadence pursuant to a transition services agreement.  He previously spent 14 years at IBM Corporation, where he held various engineering and finance positions. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Adesto Technologies Corporation, since September 2015.

Xcel Energy Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: XEL) announced that Teresa S. Madden will retire during the second quarter, 2016. Madden has been executive vice president and chief financial officer for Xcel Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries since September 2011. Over her 36-year career, Madden has held a variety of roles, including controller and vice president of finance for Customer and Field Operations for Xcel Energy and its predecessor companies. 

Pioneer Bank [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Elizabeth Blose as Chief Financial Officer. Blose has over 15 years of experience in banking, including the position of CFO which she held at Intrust Bank. Prior to banking, she spent 15 years in various finance and operations leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies.

Park Sterling Corporation [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: PSTB) announced that Donald K. Truslow is joining the Company to assume the position of CFO, after David L. Gaines is stepping away from that role. Mr. Truslow’s most recent position was as Chief Risk Officer for M&T Bank Corporation. He joined M&T Bank Corporation after serving as President of the Financial Stability Industry Council of The Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Financial Services Roundtable, he had an extensive 27 year career with Wachovia Corporation, including a tenure as Comptroller and Treasurer. His other roles at Wachovia included serving as Chief Risk Officer, Head of Middle Market Corporate Banking, Chief Credit Officer of Wachovia’s South Carolina Bank, and Manager of Loan Administration in International Banking.

LAIKA [Hillsboro, OR] has appointed Bradley Wald to the post of Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Operations. Mr. Wald’s career highlights include managing NBCU’s highly successful commercial activities surrounding Downton Abbey. Mr. Wald previously was Managing Director/SVP, Europe, Middle East & Africa, at Comcast International Media Group. Previous to NBCU/Comcast, Wald held a senior executive position at Liberty Media’s The Box Worldwide. 

RJ Young [Nashville, Tenn.] announced AJ Baggott as its new chief financial officer. Baggott most recently served as vice president of financial reporting and investor relations for Diversicare Healthcare Services Inc. Prior to joining Diversicare Health Services Inc. he held various positions with Deloitte.

Qorvo, Inc. [Greensboro, North Carolina] Steven J. Buhaly, Chief Financial Officer of Qorvo, Inc. notified the Company of his intention to retire by the end of 2016. Until his retirement, Mr. Buhaly will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer and will perform all duties associated with that role. Mr. Buhaly has served as Chief Financial Officer for the Company from its inception and previously served as Chief Financial Officer for TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. for over seven years.

Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass] (NASDAQ: VYGR) announced it has promoted Jeff Goater, former senior vice president of finance and business development, to chief financial officer. Mr. Goater has served in several executive roles since Voyager’s launch in 2014, including senior vice president of finance and business development and vice president of business development. Prior to Voyager, Mr. Goater spent nearly a decade on Wall Street, most recently as a managing director at Evercore Partners. Mr. Goater began his Wall Street career as an equity research analyst at Cowen and Company.

Abacus Data Systems [SAN DIEGO, CA] announced that Major G. Horton is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer.In addition to recently providing CFO and COO advisory for emerging cloud technology companies, Horton previously served as the CFO & SVP of Corporate Development at Nirvanix, the SVP & CFO for Rackspace Managed Hosting, and the VP of Finance/Divisional Controller for several Dell business units.

The Peabody Essex Museum [SALEM, MA] is pleased to announce the appointment of Nathalie Apchin to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Apchin comes to PEM from Harvard Medical School, where she most recently served as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Harvard Medical School, Apchin served as vice president and CFO of Crittenton Women’s Union.

Excerpt from “CFO Searches Drag On as Demand Takes Off” in the Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2016

Some businesses have lost prime contenders for the finance chief job by waiting too long to make an offer. One industrial company started a CFO search in spring 2015 and identified two finalists late last year. But key decision makers at the company disagreed “over what they really wanted,’’ and their front-runner accepted a job elsewhere, says Samuel Dergel, a recruiter at Stanton Chase, where a colleague handled that hunt.

Company officials “were unhappy that they weren’t able to secure the most appropriate candidate for the role,’’ he added. The company hired the runner-up instead.

You can read the entire article on the Wall Street Journal website here.