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Halliburton Company [HOUSTON] (NYSE: HAL) announced Mark McCollum, resumed his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Christian Garcia, who had assumed Mr. McCollum’s CFO responsibilities on an interim basis, will remain with the Company as Senior Vice President of Finance until August 1, 2016, at which time he intends to take early retirement.

SunEdison, Inc. [MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo.] (OTC PINK: SUNEQ) announced that it has appointed Philip J. Gund as Chief Financial Officer. Gund is an experienced restructuring executive and Senior Managing Director with Ankura Consulting Group, LLC.  Mr. Gund recently served as Chief Restructuring Officer at Vivaro Corporation, and as Advisor to Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, LLC.  Mr. Gund was a Founding Principal of Marotta Gund Budd & Dzera, LLC, which Ankura Consulting Group acquired in 2016.  Prior to forming MGBD, Mr. Gund served as a Principal at Zolfo Cooper, LLC. The Company’s prior Chief Financial Officer designee, Ilan Daskal, resigned from SunEdison on June 27, 2016.

Science Applications International Corp. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: SAIC) announced the appointment of Corporate Controller Maria M. Bishop as interim Chief Financial Officer. Bishop will assume the role of CFO from John R. Hartley, whose departure from the company was announced in March. Bishop has worked for SAIC since 1998, and has been a member of the corporate finance team for the past decade.

Sydney Carey

Apttus [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced Sydney Carey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Carey currently serves on the board of Bazaarvoice.

WaterStone Bank [WAUWATOSA, Wis.] announced the appointment of Mark R. Gerke as the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer of WaterStone Bank and Waterstone Financial, Inc. Gerke joined WaterStone Bank in October of 2005 as corporate controller.  In February of 2014, Gerke was appointed vice president, controller and principal accounting officer of Waterstone Financial, Inc.

Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. [WARRENTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: FBSS) announced that Eric P. Graap, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Fauquier Bank (the “Bank”), is retiring effective September 2, 2016. The Company has appointed Christine E. Headly to succeed Mr. Graap upon his retirement.  Ms. Headly will be Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank.  Since May 2013, Ms. Headly has served as Senior Vice President and Controller of the Bank, and previously served as a Vice President and Controller beginning in 2007 through May 2013.  Ms. Headly joined the Bank in 1999 and over the last 17 years has also served as the Financial Analyst.  Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Headly was an economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Alion Science and Technology [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Kevin L. Cook will become the company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective July 5. Mr. Cook joins Alion from Booz Allen Hamilton, where he has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2014. Mr. Cook began his career in 1978 at Westinghouse Defense and later joined IIT Research Institute, Alion’s predecessor organization. Mr. Cook first joined Booz Allen Hamilton in 1986, and ten years later joined what is now JAMIS Software. He rejoined Booz Allen in 2003 and led various elements of the Finance department including leading the establishment of the company’s shared services infrastructure and playing a leadership role in preparing for and completing the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2010. He became Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2008 and was promoted to CFO in 2014.

KMG Chemicals, Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: KMG) announced that Marcelino Rodriguez, KMG’s Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Rodriguez replaces Mindy Passmore, who has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Since February 2014, Rodriguez has served as KMG’s Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining KMG in 2014, Rodriguez served as Chief Financial Officer of Paul Mueller Company. Prior to that role, Rodriguez was Chief Financial Officer of Lhoist North America.

Zix Corporation [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: ZIXI) appointed David Rockvam as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rockvam joins ZixCorp after 18 years with Entrust, where he served in several executive roles, including Chief Investor Relations Officer and CFO of Asia Digital Media, an Entrust joint venture. He also served as Senior Vice President (SVP) and General Manager of Entrust Certificate Services. Rockvam’s other executive roles at Entrust included Chief Marketing Officer, SVP of Brand and Corporate Communications, and SVP of Product Marketing. Rockvam began his career at Nortel Networks, where he served as a finance manager and a project manager for Entrust’s initial public offering.

Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company [HARRISBURG, Pa.] appointed Lyle Rhodebeck senior vice president and CFO, replacing Gregory Stine, who will retire as senior VP and CFO July 1, which the company announced on Dec. 18. Rhodebeck joins the company July 6. Rhodebeck worked at Shelby Insurance as CFO; Grange Insurance as vice president of Claims and vice president of Personal Lines; and most recently at State Auto as senior vice president — director of operations.

Robert Park

BlueJeans Network [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the hire of Robert Park as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Robert has experience scaling high growth technology companies such as PayPal, Chegg and Practice Fusion, as well as Fortune 100 companies such as McKesson.

Valassis [LIVONIA, Mich.] named Grant Fitz as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Fitz was the corporate vice president and CFO for Xerox® Technology Business where he managed the financial operations for the technology business. Additionally, he was responsible for Xerox Financial Services, the Xerox internal financing business. Prior to his tenure with Xerox, Fitz spent nearly two decades at General Motors (GM) where he held multiple positions with increasing responsibility including chief financial officer of different business units and as the company’s first chief risk officer. He has held various leadership roles at GM in both the United States and Europe. He was also Vice President and CFO at Nexteer Automotive.

Noel N. Samuel

Abt Associates [BETHESDA, MD] named Noel N. Samuel as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO of immixGroup, Inc. He also served as CFO of Dell Computer’s $1+ billion public sector services business unit and was the Senior Vice President of Finance at Perot Systems Government Services.

DEQ Systems Corp. (TSX-V: DEQ) [LAS VEGAS, NV] announced that Christopher Benak has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer to pursue another career opportunity.

Surna Inc. [BOULDER, Colorado] (OTCQB: SRNA) announced Ellen White resigned as chief financial officer.

Janay Standifird

Young Living Essential Oils, LC [LEHI, Utah] announced Janay Standifird was appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer. Standifird was chosen to replace Kevin Pace, who retires on July 15. Standifird joined Young Living in 2012 as controller and most recently held the role of Senior Vice President, Global Controller and Finance. She brings almost two decades of business experience and competence to Young Living, with more than 10 years in the direct selling industry.

Kalytera Therapeutics, Inc. [MANHATTAN BEACH, CA] announced the appointment of Robert Farrell as Kalytera’s President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Farrell has held senior positions with publicly listed companies, including Titan Pharmaceuticals, where he served as President and CEO from 2008 to 2009 and as Chief Financial Officer from 1996 to 2008. Previously, Mr. Farrell served as CFO, Corporate Group Vice President and General Counsel at Fresenius USA and Fresenius Medical Care.

Boxed Wholesale [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Naeem Ishaq as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Prior to joining Boxed, Ishaq was Head of Finance, Strategy, and Risk at Square.  Ishaq also worked at Intel Corporation where he held several operational finance and strategic planning roles, and was the Senior Director of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce.com.

IGEL Technology [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Martin van Os has joined the company as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining IGEL, he was Managing Director of brille24 GmbH. Before his position with brille24, van Os held financial advisor and CFO positions with Soundcloud Ltd, Corporate Finance Partners and KKFnet.

Keener Investments [HOUSTON] announced that Jerry D. Smith has joined as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Prior to joining Keener Investments, Jerry served as Vice President and Controller of Freeport LNG. He joined Freeport LNG from his previous role serving as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Cheniere Energy.

Michael R. Smith

McCormick & Company, Incorporated [SPARKS, Md.] (NYSE: MKC) announced the promotion of Michael R. Smith to Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the company effective September 1, 2016.  On that date, Gordon M. Stetz will continue with the company as Executive Vice President until his retirement on December 31, 2016.  Mr. Stetz served as Executive Vice President & CFO since 2007 and a member of McCormick’s Board of Directors since 2011.  Mr. Smith, who is currently Sr. Vice President, Corporate Finance, joined McCormick in 1991 and served as a financial leader across North America and in the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

DB Schenker [FREEPORT, NEW YORK] announced that Brent Blake is the new Chief Financial Officer for the Americas. Since 2014, Brent has held the role of Vice President of Finance and Information Technology for North America with Del Monte. Prior to this, Blake held increasingly senior roles and responsibilities across finance, IT, and strategy with OHL, United Parcel Service, and Burger King Corporation in the Americas. Donna Hanson Prantl, formerly Vice President of Finance and Shared Services for Schenker, Inc., was appointed to the new role of CFO USA.

Amarin Corporation plc [BEDMINSTER, NJ and DUBLIN, IRELAND] (NASDAQ: AMRN) announced that Michael W. Kalb has joined its senior management team as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Kalb joins Amarin from Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., where he served as chief financial officer and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Taro, Mr. Kalb was a director in the Accounting and Financial Consulting Group of Huron Consulting Group Inc.

Convalo Health International, Corp. (Convalo) [LOS ANGELES] (TSX-V: CXV) announced it has promoted Hector Rivera to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rivera has been with Convalo since its founding, and previously held the position of Senior Controller. Prior to working with Convalo, he was the Senior Controller for a large Los Angeles substance abuse company. Allan Dicks, previous CFO, has been terminated.

Adam Campbell

HouseMaster LLC [SALT LAKE CITY, UT] announced the appointment of Adam Campbell to the HouseMaster Family. Mr. Campbell was a founding employee and the Corporate Controller for Bridge Investment Group Partners in Salt Lake City, UT.

Patient Home Monitoring Corp. [LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA] (TSX-V: PHM) announced that it has appointed Steve Lazarus to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lazarus was previously employed by Deloitte, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and served as CFO of a Federally Qualified Health Center system.

Jennifer W. Harris

Horry County State Bank [LORIS, S.C.] (OTC: HCFB) announced the addition of Jennifer W. Harris as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Ms. Harris served as VP Senior Accountant – SEC Reporting of Park Sterling Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, from September 2014 to May 2016. Prior to that, Ms. Harris served as SEC Financial Reporting Manager of Yadkin Bank in Statesville, North Carolina, from April 2009 to July 2014, when Yadkin Bank, and its holding company, Yadkin Financial Corporation, merged with VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. and Piedmont Community Bank Holdings, Inc.  Ms. Harris also has held various senior accounting roles at community banks across North Carolina.

NioCorp Developments Ltd. [CENTENNIAL, Colo.] (OTCQX: NIOBF) announced that it is has named Neal Shah as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Shah has served as NioCorp’s Interim CFO since April 2015.  Prior to that, he was NioCorp’s Vice President of Finance since joining the Company in September 2014. Previously, he was with Intel for six years, most recently as a Finance Manager in the high-growth wireless business group. Neal brings a wealth of corporate expertise having also worked at IBM, Boeing, and Covidien.

Pzena Investment Management, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: PZN) promoted Jessica R. Doran to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, after having spent several years in various roles at Pzena. Ms. Doran began her tenure at the company in 2005 as a portfolio accountant and has served the company in various roles over the years in functions ranging from operations, internal audit and most recently as the Manager of Financial Reporting.

Bright Mountain Media, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (OTCQB: BMTM) announced the appointment of Dennis W. Healey to the Board of Directors as well as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary positions. Mr. Healey will replace Annette Casacci who resigned from her position. Mr. Healey has provided CFO, accounting and financial reporting services to various private and public companies including As Seen On TV, Inc., a company he was the CFO from November 2007 through October 2011 and a member of Board of Directors from April 2014 until August 2014. Prior to that, from 1980 until October 2007, Mr. Healey served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Viragen, Inc.

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Del Monte Foods [WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] announced that Paul Miller has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Miller joined Del Monte Foods in March 2014 as SVP Controller, and in March 2015 was appointed SVP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer.

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CIE) announced that it has named David D. Powell as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Powell replaces Shannon E. Young, III. Mr. Powell previously served as Chief Financial Officer for BHP Billiton – Petroleum.

The Gorman-Rupp Company [MANSFIELD, Ohio] (NYSE MKT: GRC) announced that Wayne L. Knabel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Company of his decision to retire from the Company. James Kerr will join the Company as Vice President of Finance, and the Company plans to appoint Mr. Kerr as Chief Financial Officer, following Mr. Knabel’s retirement. Mr. Kerr most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Mr. Kerr was with Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. for the last 17 years where he previously held the position of Vice President and Controller until 2006. Mr. Kerr also served from August 2014 to March 2015 as interim Chief Executive Officer in addition to his Chief Financial Officer position.

Western Digital Corp. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced the appointment of Mark Long to oversee the company’s finance organization as executive vice president, finance, in addition to his role as chief strategy officer. Long will succeed Olivier Leonetti as chief financial officer who is retiring. Long has served as the chief strategy officer at Western Digital and HGST over the past three years.

KeHE Distributors, LLC [NAPERVILLE, Ill.] announced the appointment of Timothy J. Wiggins as chief financial officer. Prior to joining KeHE, Tim Wiggins served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at DeVry Education Group.

PrescribeWellness [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that they have hired Chief Financial Officer, Rob Gerger. Gerger most recently was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at TC3 Health/Emdeon.

Pacific Commerce Bancorp [LOS ANGELES] announced that Long T. Huynh has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and the Bank. He replaces Richard Koh, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since October 2006. Mr. Huynh most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of California Business Bank in Irvine, California.

GSE Systems, Inc. [SYKESVILLE, Md] (NYSE MKT: GVP) announced the appointment of Emmett A. Pepe as Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Jeff Hough. Mr. Pepe joins GSE from MicroStrategy, Inc. where he served as the Senior Vice President Finance and Worldwide Controller. Prior to MicroStrategy, Inc., Mr. Pepe held the position of Vice President Accounting and Corporate Controller at BroadSoft, Inc. Prior to BroadSoft, Inc., he held senior finance management positions with various companies including Software AG, webMethods, Inc., British Telecom Inc., Concert Communications Company and MCI Communications Corporation.

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.] (NASDAQ: EGRX) announced that Douglas L. Braunstein, co-founder of Hudson Executive Capital LP and former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Robert Glenning, President Financial Services Division and Chief Financial Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health have joined Eagle’s Board of Directors.

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. [HAYWARD, Calif.] (NASDAQ: UCTT) announced that Casey Eichler, President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down to pursue other opportunities. Sheri Brumm, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Brumm joined UCT in April 2009 as the Senior Director of Finance and has served in progressively more senior financial roles, most recently as UCT’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining UCT, Ms. Brumm was the Corporate Controller, Vice President of Finance and Director of Internal Audit at Credence Systems Corporation. Ms. Brumm also served in various auditing, accounting and finance roles at Protiviti and KLA-Tencor Corporation and as a Manager of Business Process Risk Accounting at Arthur Anderson LLP.

Kesh” Talwar

PayCommerce [EDISON, NJ] announced it has appointed Keshav “Kesh” Talwar as Chief Payments Officer and CFO. Mr. Talwar has led payment strategies, product and business development and finance at firms including Ingenco Group, Global Collect, First Data Corp., MasterCard and Citibank.

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. [MILPITAS, Calif.] announced the election of William D. Waddill, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calithera Biosciences, to the Protagonist Board of Directors. Mr. Waddill began his career in corporate finance, banking and public accounting 30 years ago. Prior to joining Calithera, he was SVP and CFO at OncoMed Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, he was SVP and CFO at Ilypsa. Before joining Ilypsa, Mr. Waddill served as the founder and principal at Square One Finance.

Questar Corporation [Salt Lake City, Utah] announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Kevin W. Hadlock, is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons. The Company has appointed David M. Curtis, Questar Vice President and Corporate Controller, to serve as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) while Mr. Hadlock remains on leave. Mr. Curtis has served as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2011. Mr. Curtis has also served as Vice President and Controller of Questar Gas Company and Questar Pipeline Company since 2003 and of Wexpro Company since 2010.

First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. [MELBOURNE, FL] (OTCQB: FCHS) announced the appointment of Timothy K. Skeldon as Chief Financial Officer. Skeldon will succeed Donald Bittar. For nearly two decades, Skeldon was Chief Financial Officer of Parrish Medical Center. Prior to joining Parrish in 1999, Skeldon served as Vice President and CFO of Central Florida Regional Hospital. Other previous executive posts have included Controller of Lucerne Medical Center, Controller and Director of Financial Planning of Parrish and Director of Corporate Accounting for Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida. He began his career working as a Senior Audit Accountant for Ernst & Young.

Inspira Financial Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX-V: LND) announced that Marc Hecksel, Inspira’s current Chief Executive Officer, will take on the role of interim Chief Financial Officer.

Noble Iron Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX-V: NIR) announced that Suzy Taherian will be stepping down from the position of CFO and will be leaving the company due to personal reasons. On an interim basis, Nabil Kassam, Chairman & CEO, will assume the company’s CFO duties, supported by Noble Iron’s finance team.

SeaChange International, Inc. [ACTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SEAC) announced the appointment of Peter Faubert as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Anthony Dias, who served as SeaChange’s CFO, SVP and Treasurer since September 2013, resigned. Mr. Faubert most recently served as CFO for This Technology, Inc. Mr. Faubert had previously served as CFO for mobile game publisher JNJ Mobile. Earlier he was CFO and Treasurer with Turbine, Inc. He has also held senior finance roles for Vision Government Solutions and Ariba.

Recro Pharma, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NASDAQ: REPH) announced the appointment of Michael Celano as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Celano previously served as CFO at Kensey Nash, and BioRexis. Mr. Celano is also on the board of Orasure Technologies. Mr. Celano has also served as CFO of Makindus, and at Drugscan. Prior to entering the biopharmaceutical industry, Mr. Celano was a Partner at Arthur Andersen/KPMG, where he worked from 1980 until 2004, and led its life sciences practices.

Golden Edge Entertainment Inc. [Miami, Florida] announced Mirsad Jakubovic is the new Chief Financial Officer. Currently, Mr. Jakubovic also serves as Chief Financial Officer of Medifocus for the past 8 years. Previously, Mr, Jakubovic had served as Director of Finance of Havana House Cigar and Tobacco Merchants.

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AAR CORP. [WOOD DALE, Ill.] (NYSE: AIR) announced that Timothy J. Romenesko has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Romenesko will replace Michael J. Sharp, who is retiring from AAR after 20 years with the Company. Romenesko is a 35-year veteran of the Company and currently serves as its Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Expeditionary Services. He previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2007 to 2015. Before that he was Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 1994 to 2007. Romenesko joined AAR in 1981.

James Mikolaichik

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: HLT) announced the appointment of James E. Mikolaichik as chief financial officer (CFO) of Hilton Grand Vacations. Mikolaichik joins HGV from Manning & Napier, Inc. Prior to Manning & Napier, he was with Old Mutual Asset Management as executive vice president, head of strategy and co-head of fund operations, as well as chief risk officer. Mikolaichik also worked for Deloitte LLP in various roles from 1993 to 2004.

Synovus Financial Corp. [COLUMBUS, Ga.] (NYSE: SNV) announced the appointment of Kevin Blair as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Blair currently serves as corporate treasurer of SunTrust Banks. He succeeds Tommy Prescott, who announced his retirement earlier this year after nearly 30 years of service. Prior to becoming corporate treasurer in 2015 and for the past 18 years, Blair served in various capacities with SunTrust, including director of SunTrust’s commercial specialty segment, chairman and chief executive officer of SunTrust’s Georgia/North Florida region. He began his financial services career at Signet Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1995.

Manning & Napier, Inc. [FAIRPORT, N.Y.] (NYSE: MN) announced that it accepted the resignation of James Mikolaichik, Chief Financial Officer.

Barrett Business Services, Inc. [VANCOUVER, WA.] (NASDAQ: BBSI) has appointed Gary Kramer as chief financial officer. Kramer succeeds Interim CFO Tom Carley. Kramer joins the Company from Chubb Global Services. Prior to his current role at Chubb, Kramer served as divisional financial officer for ACE Financial Solutions.

Federal Realty Investment Trust [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced the appointment of Dan Guglielmone to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Guglielmone comes from Vornado Realty Trust where he has served since 2003 as its Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Capital Markets. Prior to his time at Vornado, Dan spent 10 years in Investment Banking in the Real Estate and Lodging Group at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup in New York.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. [PITTSFIELD, Mass.] (NYSE: BHLB) announced that James “Jamie” M. Moses was appointed Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank.  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Josephine Iannelli has chosen to leave the company. Moses joins Berkshire from Webster Bank where he served as Senior Vice President and Asset/Liability Manager.  He joined Webster in 2011 from M&T Bank.  Before that, he was with United Benelux Investments and with Credit Suisse.

Sally Brandtneris

Logicalis [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Sally Brandtneris to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Brandtneris has held positions with Eaton Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand, Sun Microsystems, Apollo Computer, and IBM. Most recently, Brandtneris served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Stefanini IT Solutions.

Sun Orchard [MIAMI] announced the appointment of Carl Colletti as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Colletti joins Sun Orchard from Fanatics, where he served as Chief Accounting Officer & Controller.  Prior to Fanatics, he served as CFO of CIFC Asset Management and as SVP, Finance, of the Blackstone Group’s GSO Capital Partners. Previously, he served as Director and CFO of Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation and as VP and Controller of Financial Reporting for Neuberger Berman. Mr. Colletti began his career at Coopers & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he rose to the position of Manager, Assurance and Business Advisory Services.

Aurora Diagnostics [PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.] announced that it has promoted Michael Grattendick to Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Aurora in 2006, Mr. Grattendick served in a number of healthcare industry positions, including AmeriPath, Palm Beach Gardens, where he served as Regional Controller, Finance Director, and Director of Internal Control; and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, where he was senior accountant.

Creative Learning Corporation [SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL.] announced that it has named Christian Miller as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Miller has been working with the Company consulting on financial issues over the past several months. Prior to joining CLCN, Mr. Miller held a number of significant financial positions, including Controller at Pilot Pen Corporation of America, Corporate Controller at Pinova Holdings, Inc., and Director of Accounting and Reporting at Trailer Bridge, Inc.

American Midstream Partners, LP [DENVER] (NYSE: AMID) appointed Eric T. Kalamaras as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kalamaras succeeds Dan Campbell who served as Chief Financial Officer since 2012. Mr. Kalamaras most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Azure Midstream Partners, LP and Azure Midstream Company, LLC. Prior to Azure, Mr. Kalamaras served as Chief Financial Officer at Valerus Energy Holdings, Delphi Midstream Partners, and Atlas Pipeline Partners, LP. Prior to Atlas Pipeline Partners, he spent a combined 10 years at Wells Fargo and Banc of America Securities. Mr. Kalamaras started his career as a financial analyst at Ford Motor Company.

Ingenu Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced that Dan Halvorson has joined the company’s management team as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Ingenu, Halvorson held chief financial officer positions at several San Diego-based publicly held companies including Novatel Wireless, Inc., DivX, Inc. and OneRoof Energy, as well as executive finance roles at Dura Pharmaceutical and Alliance Pharmaceutical. Halvorson also served as executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer for DivX, Inc.

IRIDEX Corporation [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IRIX) announced that Atabak Mokari will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to joining IRIDEX, Mr. Mokari was a senior investment banker at Wells Fargo Securities from September 2013 to July 2016, at UBS from September 2009 to July 2013, and at Credit Suisse from July 2005 to February 2009. Mr. Mokari also held positions at Olympus Partners, and Bowles Hollowell Conner.

Breakout Capital [MCLEAN, VIRGINIA] announced the appointment of Darwin W. Olympia, formerly of Harris Williams & Co., as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Breakout Capital, Mr. Olympia served as a Director for Harris Williams & Co. and previously as a Vice President for FBR Capital Markets & Co. Mr. Olympia’s prior experience also includes strategy and operational consulting work at A.T. Kearney. Mr. Olympia began his career as a certified public accountant for Arthur Andersen LLP.

Altamira Technologies Corporation [MCLEAN, Va.] announced the appointment of Jeremy Koczan as Chief Financial Officer. Jeremy comes to Altamira from Raytheon.

ChyronHego [MELVILLE, NY] announced the appointment of Neil Foster as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to joining ChyronHego, he served as executive vice president, operations, for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Previously, Foster held a number of roles in the recorded music business, including executive vice president, finance and operations, for the Columbia/Epic Label Group of Sony Music Entertainment, and co-president of Sony Music Entertainment Canada. Foster’s early career included positions at McKinsey & Company Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Marco’s Pizza [TOLEDO, Ohio] appointed Buddy Solomon as Chief Financial Officer.

Clearent [CLAYTON, MO] announced that Chris Knibb has joined company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Knibb joins Clearent from Express Scripts, where he was Vice President of Financial Planning Analysis. Prior to Express Scripts, Knibb spent five years at Patriot Coal Corporation as VP, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer. Before that, Knibb was VP Finance and CFO North America at American Power Conversion and also served as VP Corporate Controller at Savvis, Inc. Prior to moving to St. Louis in 2003 to work at Savvis, Knibb spent eight years in a variety of roles including public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers as well as serving as the Controller of a start-up tech company.

Lisa Mayr

Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Lisa Mayr as Chief Financial Officer. Lisa has served as Vice President of Finance at Blackboard since July 2013 and was recently named interim CFO. She has filled senior leadership positions at large global companies such as LivingSocial, GeoEye (acquired by Digital Globe), Towers Watson and Sunrise Senior Living. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of private equity firms Arlington Capital Partners and Celtic Capital Management. Prior to her corporate roles, Lisa worked with Ernst & Young in their Transaction Advisory Services practice.

Confluent [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced Cheryl Dalrymple as chief financial officer. Prior to Confluent, she was CFO of Polyvore (acquired by Yahoo!), AdMob (acquired by Google), Digital Chocolate, Nextance Inc. (acquired by Trilogy Group), Oblix Inc. (acquired by Oracle) and Lexis Nexis.

Phronesis Partners [BOSTON, MA] announced the appointment of Vivek Sharma as its Chief Financial Officer. Vivek’s previous assignment was Chief Financial Officer of a large conglomerate. Prior to that, as Chief Operating Officer of a research outsourcing firm.

Cetera Financial Group [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jeffrey R. “Jeff” Buchheister has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Buchheister most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for LPL Financial. Prior to that position, during his 13 years at LPL Financial, he held a series of leadership roles at the corporate and business unit levels. Before joining LPL Financial, Mr. Buchheister was a senior manager at Deloitte.

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ConAgra Foods, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CAG) announced that David Marberger has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will succeed John Gehring who retired. Marberger currently serves as chief financial officer at Prestige Brands. Prior to joining Prestige Brands, Marberger served as chief financial officer of Godiva Chocolatier for seven years. Prior to joining Godiva, Marberger served as chief financial officer at Tasty Baking Company and spent 10 years at Campbell Soup Company, where he held finance roles with increasing responsibility. He began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

FTI Consulting, Inc. [WASHINGTON] (NYSE: FCN) announced that it has appointed Ajay Sabherwal as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sabherwal began his career in the telecommunications industry at CNCP Telecommunications, Deloitte, Barclays de Zoete Wedd (“BZW”) Canada and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”) World Markets from 1989 to 1999. Over the next 16 years, Mr. Sabherwal served as Chief Financial Officer of several private and publicly traded companies. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Sabherwal served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Choice One Communications, Inc. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Sabherwal served as Chief Financial Officer of Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Sabherwal served as Chief Financial Officer of Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. In July 2010, Mr. Sabherwal became the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FairPoint Communications, Inc.

The Brink’s Company [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: BCO) announced that Ronald J. Domanico has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Domanico replaces Joseph W. Dziedzic, who served as CFO since 2009. Before joining Brink’s, Domanico served as senior vice president at Recall Holdings Limited. From 2010 to 2014, he was senior vice president and CFO for HD Supply. From 2002 to 2009, he was senior vice president, CFO and a board member at Caraustar Industries. Prior to joining Caraustar, he served in a variety of international financial leadership roles at AHL Services, Nabisco and Kraft.

Joel Jung

Counsyl [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced Joel Jung as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Joel was the Chief Financial Officer of BioNano Genomics. Prior to BioNano, Joel was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of AgraQuest. Before AgraQuest, Joel was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for the Celera Corporation. Joel’s experience also includes working at Chiron Corporation for 11 years in several executive financial positions. He began his finance career at Bank of America.

CafePress Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NASDAQ: PRSS) announced the appointment of Phillip Milliner as Chief Financial Officer following the resignation of Garett Jackson. Milliner joins CafePress from Churchill Downs Incorporated. Milliner served in roles with increasing responsibility at Churchill Downs since 2004. In his time with the company, Milliner served as corporate controller, Vice President, Finance, and Vice President, Business Operations. Prior to that, he held financial leadership and advisory roles at Ventas, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Zillion Group, Inc. [NORWALK, Conn. and BOSTON] announced the promotion of Andy Brooks to Chief Financial Officer. Brooks most recently served as the company’s Vice President of Operations and Finance. Prior to joining Zillion in 2013, Brooks served as a consultant in the healthcare technology sector. He also previously served as the principal financial officer in the public offering and PIPE placement of RedRoller. His past experience includes positions with Crescendo Ventures, J.P. Morgan Securities, Bloomberg LP and other start-ups.

Rythm [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the appointment of Fabrice Cantou as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer at Dailymotion.

NOVA [GLENDALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Seksom Suriyapa as Chief Financial Officer and General Manager. Previously a SuccessFactors executive, Mr. Suriyapa played multiple important leadership roles at the company from 2008-2014, including Global SVP and COO as well as Head of Corporate Development. Prior to his career in operational management, Seksom was an investment banker, serving at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Vodafone Group Plc [LONDON, United Kingdom] and Liberty Global plc [DENVER, Colorado] (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) announced their intention to appoint Ritchy Drost as Chief Financial Officer of the two companies’ proposed 50-50 joint venture business combining Vodafone Netherlands and Ziggo. Ritchy Drost is currently Chief Financial Officer of Ziggo, a position he has held since September 2015. Over a 17-year career with Liberty Global he has held a number of senior management positions including Chief Financial Officer, European Broadband Operations and Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of UPC Netherlands, Liberty’s predecessor Dutch cable operation. Prior to joining Liberty Global, Ritchy was an auditor at Arthur Andersen.

Quotient Technology Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NYSE: QUOT) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Jennifer Ceran, has resigned. Mir Aamir, Quotient’s former CFO and its current Chief Operating Officer and President, will serve as interim CFO until the Company identifies a new CFO.

Jeff Dern

PRIDE Industries [ROSEVILLE, Calif.] announced the promotion of Jeff Dern as Chief Financial Officer. Dern is succeeding Tim Yamauchi who will be stepping down from his role of 14 years. Jeff Dern brings 18 years of experience in accounting, finance and audit roles including positions at Oracle Corporation, Ernst & Young, and Arthur Andersen. He joined PRIDE Industries in 2008 as Controller and in October 2014 he was promoted to VP of Finance.

Central City Concern [PORTLAND] announced that Sarah Chisholm has joined as chief financial officer. Chisholm most recently served as chief administrative officer for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. Her past employment includes positions at Cambia Health Solutions, Metro Regional Government and Intel.

bBooth, Inc. [HOLLYWOOD, CA] (OTCQB: BBTH) announced that Jeff Clayborne has joined as Chief Financial Officer. After honing his skills as a CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick, Mr. Clayborne went on to senior finance positions at Universal Music Group and Walt Disney International.

QASymphony [ATLANTA, GA] announced the appointment of Mike Vandiver to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was CFO at Pindrop Security. Prior to Pindrop, Vandiver served as CFO of Ingenious Med. He also served for 10 years as EVP and CFO of SecureWorks.

Boston Pharmaceuticals [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Ian Sanderson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sanderson joins Boston Pharmaceuticals from Catabasis Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Catabasis, Mr. Sanderson was a senior advisor with JSB Partners. Before JSB Partners, Mr. Sanderson spent 20 years with Cowen and Company, most recently as a Managing Director and Senior Pharmaceuticals Analyst. Prior to his pharmaceuticals research analyst career, Mr. Sanderson was a health care investment banker with Cowen and Houlihan Lokey. He began his healthcare career in the finance group of U.S. Surgical Corporation (now Medtronic).

John Herman

Movable Ink [NEW YORK, NY] announced the appointment of John Herman as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Herman most recently served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations for website and online marketing company Web.com. He was previously Chief Financial Officer for marketing strategy firm Yodle. Before that, he served as Yodle’s Vice President, Corporate Planning and Business Operations. Prior to Yodle, Herman held several senior finance positions at American Express, most recently Vice President, Finance. Before that, Herman was Manager, Business Development for BMW of North America.

Party City Holdco Inc. [ELMSFORD, N.Y.] (NYSE: PRTY) announced the appointment of Daniel J. Sullivan as CFO to succeed Michael A. Correale. The announcement coincides with Mr. Correale’s decision to step down as its global CFO to focus on the newly created position of EVP Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining PCHI, Mr. Sullivan held several senior finance positions with Ahold USA including, most recently, EVP-Finance and CFO and was a member of their Executive Board. Prior to joining Ahold in 2010, Mr. Sullivan spent twelve years at Heineken in executive finance positions both in the United States and Europe, and served as CFO, COO & SVP Strategy for Heineken USA. Earlier in his career in the late 1990s, Mr. Sullivan was a controller for Amscan Inc., the US wholesale division of PCHI, and prior to that he was with KPMG.

Illumio [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Remo Canessa to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Canessa served most recently as the CFO of Infoblox. Earlier CFO assignments included NetScreen Technologies, Bell Microproducts, Raster Graphics Inc., and Infoseek. He is currently a Director at Aerohive Networks.

VSI Global, LLC [CLEVELAND] announced Jesse B. Blackwelder as the new Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Blackwelder joins VSI having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Crown Battery Manufacturing Companies.

Deem [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced David Shiba as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David joins Deem from Vertical Response (a Deluxe Company) and was with Satmetrix, Informative, Travelocity and Arthur Anderson.

Agility Health, Inc. [GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN] (TSX-V: AHI) announced the appointment of Gene Miyamoto as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Miyamoto replaces the interim Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Ma, who resigned. Mr. Miyamoto currently serves as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and, prior to joining Agility Health, acted as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of a large non-governmental healthcare.

Sigma Labs, Inc. [SANTA FE, N.M.] (OTCQB: SGLB) announced that it has hired Murray Williams to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Williams was employed with KPMG until 1997, when he became one of five founding members of Buy.Com, Inc. and served as its chief financial officer and VP of business development. Following Buy.Com’s sale in 2001, he consulted for Newport Capital Holdings and then, in 2003, founded FA Corp, a consulting firm. He has served on the board of directors of fifteen public and private companies and was the chairman of the audit committee on most.

Albireo Limited [BOSTON, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas A. Shea as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shea was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at Epirus Biopharmaceuticals. Prior to Epirus, Mr. Shea served as the chief financial officer of a number of biopharmaceutical companies, including Euthymics, Neurovance, EBI Life Sciences and Tolerx.  Formerly, he was chief financial officer at Cubist Pharmaceuticals for 10 years.

Methode Electronics, Inc. [CHICAGO, IL] (NYSE: MEI) announced John Hrudicka has been named its new chief financial officer and vice president of corporate finance. He succeeds Douglas A. Koman, who is retiring. Mr. Hrudicka recently served as senior vice president of North American Tire at Titan International, Inc. and as Titan’s chief financial officer. Prior, Mr. Hrudicka served at Elkay Manufacturing for seven years in various financial roles, including its chief financial officer. Preceding Elkay, he worked at Baxter International for five years in various roles including operations and finance.

Suncrest Bank [VISALIA, Calif.] (OTCQX: SBKK) announced the appointment of Jean Carandang as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Carandang has been acting as the bank’s interim Chief Financial Officer since April of this year, and replaces Bob Moore who has left the organization to pursue new opportunities. Starting her career as a certified public accountant and auditor with KPMG LLP in Los Angeles, Ms. Carandang then spent the next twelve years in various finance and risk roles at Quaker City Bank in Whittier, CA before joining PFF Bank and Trust, Rancho Cucamonga, CA in 2005 as Senior Vice President and Financial Controller. In 2008, she joined Simplicity Bank inCovina, CA, serving as Chief Financial Officer until its merger with HomeStreet Bank in 2015.

Glaukos Corporation [LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.] (NYSE: GKOS) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Richard L. Harrison, has notified the company of his plans to retire in 2017. Mr. Harrison will remain in his current role until a successor is named and he has agreed to assist with an orderly transition. The company has initiated a search to identify a replacement for Mr. Harrison. Mr. Harrison has been the company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2008.

Frankly, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX VENTURE: TLK) has appointed Chief Operating Officer Lou Schwartz as Chief Financial Officer. Schwartz succeeds Avi Aronvitz who resigned to pursue other opportunities. Schwartz will also continue to serve in his position as COO. Schwartz joined Frankly in August 2015 in connection with its acquisition of Worldnow, where he served as Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to that, Schwartz was the Chief Digital Officer of WWE. Schwartz also served as CEO and general counsel of several leading North America digital video platform companies.

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Waste Management, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WM) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed James C. (Jim) Fish, Jr. to the position of President. Fish retains his existing role as Chief Financial Officer while the Company conducts a search to fill that role. Fish joined Waste Management in 2001. Prior to becoming CFO, he held several key positions with the Company, including Senior Vice President for the Company’s Eastern Group, Area Vice President for Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Market Area General Manager for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Vice President of Price Management and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Before joining Waste Management, Fish held finance or revenue management positions at Westex, a Yellow-Roadway subsidiary; Trans World Airlines; and America West Airlines. He began his professional career at KPMG Peat Marwick.

AngioDynamics [ALBANY, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced the appointment of Michael Greiner as the company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Greiner most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at Extreme Reach, Inc. Prior to his role at Extreme Reach, Greiner held several executive roles, including Senior Vice President Corporate Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Cimpress N.V. (formerly known as Vistaprint N.V.), Global Controller for GE’s Water and Processing Technologies division and leadership roles at Bausch & Lomb and Wyeth.

Jason Haddock

Array BioPharma [BOULDER, Colo.] (NASDAQ: ARRY) announced it has appointed Jason Haddock as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Haddock’s will be replacing David Horin, who had been acting as Array’s interim CFO. Mr. Haddock has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb for over more than 13 years through 2015. Mr. Haddock most recently served as CFO and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of BERG Health.

S&P GLOBAL INC. [New York, New York] announced the departure of the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (and principal financial officer), Jack F. Callahan, Jr.  Robert J. MacKay, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer), will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (and principal financial officer) on an interim basis until such time as a new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (and principal financial officer) is appointed.  Prior to joining S&P Global, Mr. MacKay spent 18 years at PepsiCo, Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President & Controller for PepsiCo Americas Beverages from 2011-2015, Senior Vice President & General Auditor from 2007-2011, and Vice President & Controller for PepsiCo International from 2003-2007 in New York, among other roles.

Crain Communications Inc. [DETROIT] announced that Bob Recchia has been named Chief Financial Officer. Recchia was most recently vice president and CFO at Valassis Communications Inc. Recchia joined Valassis in 1982 as treasurer and became CFO in 1990.

Adeptus Health Inc. [LEWISVILLE, Texas] (NYSE: ADPT) announced Frank R. Williams, Jr. will join Adeptus Health’s executive leadership as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Williams will succeed Timothy L. Fielding, who is resigning. Williams most recently was the Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Director-Acquisitions for Medical Properties Trust (MPT) for the past five years.  Prior to MPT, Williams was a Managing Director in the healthcare investment banking division at Barclays Capital. Before that, he was a Senior Managing Director in the healthcare group at Bear, Stearns & Co, Inc.

Triumph Group [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: TGI)  announced that James McCabe is joining the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. McCabe joins Triumph from Steel Partners Holdings where he last served as Senior Vice President and CFO, and President, Shared Services. Prior to joining Steel Partners Holdings, McCabe served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of American Water’s Northeast Region, and President and CFO of Teleflex Aerospace.

SGI Global, LLC [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced the hiring of Jimmy Viescas as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Viescas was most recently the Director of Finance for Octo Consulting Group. He previously worked for General Dynamics Information Technology in several roles throughout nine years with the company. Mr. Viescas began his career as an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and later as an auditor with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Aaron Coley

MemorialCare Health System [ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.] has named Aaron Coley Chief Financial Officer. Coley joined MemorialCare in 2000 as Orange County’s Director of Decision Support. In 2004, he became system Vice President for Finance and Decision Support, helping guide MemorialCare’s expansion and partnerships. Coley previously served in finance and decision support at Dignity Health and Redlands Community Hospital. Coley was a board member and officer of Green Valley Mutual Water Company.

Gregory Gutting

Erie Indemnity Company [ERIE, Pa.] (NASDAQ: ERIE) has appointed Gregory Gutting executive vice president and chief financial officer. Gutting has served as interim CFO since October 2015. Gutting joined ERIE in 1985 as a corporate accountant. He was named an assistant vice president in 2001 and joined the Corporate Financial Planning Department in 2004 as a senior corporate financial planning analyst II. He became senior vice president of the Controller Division in 2009.

Syncsort [WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.] has tapped Bob Bies to join its executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Bob was most recently CFO of Cannondale Investments. Before that he was EVP, CFO and Treasurer at Greenfield Online.

Biocept, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: BIOC) announced the appointment of Timothy C. Kennedy as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations. He succeeds Mark Foletta, who has served as Interim CFO since August 2015 and will remain as a consultant to the Company. From 2013 to July 2016, Mr. Kennedy served as Chief Financial Officer of Millennium Health.  From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Kennedy was Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of PLUS Diagnostics.  From 1997 to 2008, Mr. Kennedy held an ownership position in Diagnostic Imaging Management. From 1988 to 1997, he held a number of management positions, including Head of Finance, with National Health Laboratories.

UMB Financial Corporation [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NASDAQ: UMBF) announced it has named Ram Shankar as chief financial officer. Prior to joining UMB, Shankar spent five years as managing director of First Niagara Financial Group. Before that, Shankar spent time at FBR Capital Markets as a senior research analyst and at M&T Bank Corporation in the financial planning measurement and corporate finance/M&A group.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: LIND) announced it has named Craig Felenstein as its Chief Financial Officer.   Mr. Felenstein most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategic Finance at Shutterstock, since March 2015.   Prior to Shutterstock, he was at Discovery Communications, LLC, from May 2008 to March 2015, serving in various management roles, including Executive Vice President of Investor Relations.  At the same time, he was part of the executive team for several of Discovery’s businesses including serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Digital, Chief Financial Officer of US Network Revenue and Chief Financial Officer of Animal Planet.  Prior to Discovery Communications, he held senior positions at News Corporation, Viacom Inc., and Arthur Andersen & Co.

Verdezyne, Inc. [CARLSBAD, Calif.] has appointed David Kelsey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kelsey was CFO of Elevance Renewable Sciences from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Sealed Air Corp. From 1973 he held a variety of executive positions with General Electric (NYSE: GE) and GE Capital.

Alliance Health [SOUTH JORDAN, Utah] announced the appointment of Scott Klossner as Chief Financial Officer.

Kevin Posterro

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP [PHOENIX, ARIZ.] announced that Kevin M. Posterro has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, Posterro served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston.

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. [GLENDALE, Calif.] (OTC: AMEH), announced the appointment of Mihir Shah as Chief Financial Officer. He joined ApolloMed as a consultant in March 2016.  Prior to joining ApolloMed, he was CFO of Unitek Information Systems.  Prior to this, from 2013 to 2015, Mr. Shah was Vice President and Controller of Health Essentials, LLC (“HES”). Prior to this, from 2005 to 2013, he was Vice President of Finance and Analytics at Arcadian Health Plan.

Severn Bancorp, Inc. [ANNAPOLIS, Md.] (NASDAQ: SVBI) announced the appointment of Paul B. Susie as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was previously with Hopkins Federal Savings Bank in the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Hopkins Federal, Mr. Susie served as Chief Financial Officer for 1st Mariner Bank. He has also held financial executive positions in biopharmaceutical, manufacturing and marine companies.

Health New England [SPRINGFIELD, Mass.] announced the appointment of Michael Marrone as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Health New England, Mike was Chief Financial Officer-New England Market at Aetna Inc. Mike’s career also includes more than nine years at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Nina Tran

Veritas Investments [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Nina Tran has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Nina was previously CFO at Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust. Before that she was at Prologis, Inc.

InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. [MADISON HEIGHTS] (NYSE MKT: INFU) announced that its chief financial officer, Jonathan P. Foster, has resigned.  The Company will appoint Christopher Downs, its current vice president & treasurer as executive vice president and interim chief financial officer.

Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] announced that Dennis B. Story, its Chief Financial Officer, has resigned.  Raymond August, President and Chief Operating Officer, will serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer until a new Chief Financial Officer is appointed. Mr. August joined Benefitfocus in 2014. He most recently served as the General Manager for the Financial Services division of the Computer Sciences Corp.  In addition, Mr. August previously held a management position at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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GoDaddy Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: GDDY) announced that Ray Winborne has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Winborne assumes the role from Scott Wagner, who is stepping into the new role of GoDaddy President and Chief Operating Officer. Winborne most recently served as CFO for First Data.  Prior to First Data, Winborne held senior financial leadership roles at Delta Air Lines and AT&T, after beginning his professional career at PwC in Atlanta.

Ball Corporation [BROOMFIELD, Colo.] (NYSE: BLL) has selected Daniel J. Heinrich,  former executive vice president and chief financial officer from The Clorox Company, to serve as director of the Corporation. Previous roles include senior vice president and treasurer at Transamerica Finance Corporation; senior vice president, treasurer and controller at Granite Management Company; and senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller at First Nationwide Bank. Heinrich currently serves on the board of directors for ARAMARK and Edgewell Personal Care Company.

Health Dialog [BOSTON] announced Jeff Fields as chief financial officer. Previous positions include chief auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and vice president of accounting and corporate controller at Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA).

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: THS) announced that Dennis F. Riordan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Interim President of Private Brands, will transition to a Senior Advisor role upon the appointment of a successor.

Ron J. Fior

Quotient Technology Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NYSE: QUOT) announced that Ron J. Fior will join Quotient as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Fior was CFO of Good Technology. Prior to Good Technology, Mr. Fior spent a decade as CFO at Callidus Software. Mr. Fior has held additional CFO positions at various technology companies, including at Remedy Corporation. He also spent 13 years at the Thomson Corporation, now Thomson Reuters, as a Vice President and group CFO of several companies and divisions.

Golden Gate University [SAN FRANCISCO, CA.] announced the appointment of Bill Lee as its Vice President for Finance & Administration. For the past five years, he has held CFO positions at two Bay Area nonprofit organizations: the East Meets West Foundation and Meals on Wheels of San Francisco. Before that he was country chief financial officer (CFO) for Citibank-Asia, and co-chief financial officer and senior vice president at Visa International.

Canopy Health [WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] announced Patrick Caster as chief financial officer. Patrick Caster was most recently chief operating and financial officer for PIH Health.

Wingate Healthcare [NEEDHAM, Mass.] announced the hiring of Lisa Burgess as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she was the Senior Vice President of Finance for Post Acute Partners. Prior to that she served as Vice President of Treasury & Portfolio Management for Benchmark Senior Living and was previously the Director of Financial Analysis at Epoch Senior Living. Before entering senior housing, Ms. Burgess held roles as a Real Estate Analyst for Harvard Private Capital Group in Boston, and as a Senior Bond Analyst for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff, LLP, in Los Angeles and New York.

Scott Kokotan

MetaCommunications, Inc. [IOWA CITY, Iowa] announced the appointment of Scott Kokotan as Chief Financial Officer. Previously Kokotan served as the CFO and Vice Chairman for IMM, LLC. Kokotan began his financial career in accounting, consulting and investing before becoming President and CFO of Wasinger Tech.

Zelis Healthcare [BEDMINSTER, N.J. & ATLANTA] announced Charles O. Garner as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining, Mr. Garner served as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for MedAssets, Inc. He also served as MedAssets’ Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Prior to MedAssets, Mr. Garner was responsible for strategic planning and corporate development for Coca-Cola Enterprises. Earlier in his career, Mr. Garner was a management consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Garner began his career in software design and business development at American Management Systems.

Accera, Inc. [BOULDER, Colo.] announced the appointment of C. Evan Ballantyne as chief financial officer. Mr. Ballantyne joins Accera from Agenus, Inc. where he has been the chief financial officer. Prior to Agenus, he was the chief financial officer of Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and before that, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Clinical Data, Inc. Mr. Ballantyne has also held chief financial officer positions at medical technology companies Avedro, Inc. and Zymequest, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as chief operating and chief financial officer at ACNielsen Corporation and held financial positions at IMS Health and Dun & Bradstreet.

True North Therapeutics [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Pamela M. Wapnick as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. Wapnick joins True North Therapeutics from Amgen Corporation where she held senior financial management roles from 2007 to 2016, including Vice President of Finance for Research and Development, and Vice President and Treasurer of Amgen. Prior to Amgen, she held senior financial management positions in the automotive industry, including Federal Mogul Corporation, Delphi Corporation, and General Motors Corporation.

Ophthotech Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: OPHT) announced the election of Ian F. Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Smith has also been elected the Chair of the Ophthotech Audit Committee. Mr. Smith currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex, Mr. Smith served as a partner in the Life Science and Technology Practice Group of Ernst & Young LLP, an accounting firm.

Robert W. Hutchison

FastMed Urgent Care [PHOENIX] has appointed Robert W. Hutchison as Chief Financial Officer. Robert W. Hutchison most recently served as CFO for U.S. HealthWorks.

Phibro [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that it has appointed Joseph Delaney as Chief Financial officer. Mr. Delaney previously co-founded Waterville Capital LLC. He was a Founding Member, Managing Director, and Portfolio Manager of Old Lane, LP. Prior to Old Lane, Mr. Delaney worked for Morgan Stanley & Co. for 16 years, most recently serving as a Managing Director responsible for U.S. Power Trading.

Community Bank [PASADENA, Calif.] has hired J. Duncan Smith as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Duncan started his career in public accounting, became a CPA and worked for several notable firms including Ernst and Young and Grant Thornton. Duncan went on to become the Chief Financial Officer of several Philadelphia area financial institutions including Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (NASDAQ – BMTC), First Chester County Corporation and Security First Bank.

AstroNova, Inc. [WEST WARWICK, R.I.] (NASDAQ: ALOT) announced that Joseph P. O’Connell, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the role of Vice President Business Development. John P. Jordan, formerly Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Zygo Corporation, has been named as AstroNova’s interim CFO. Prior to that Mr. Jordan was Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. for four years. Mr. Jordan also held senior finance roles at Paxar Corporation, Amscan and Bodwell Fashion Group.

Destination Maternity Corporation [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: DEST) announced that David Stern joined the Company as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.  From 2012 until 2016, Mr. Stern served as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack.  Prior to joining Pep Boys, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer of A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts. From 2007 until 2009, Mr. Stern held roles at Coldwater Creek, including Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis and Corporate Controller. From 2000 to 2007, Mr. Stern was the Chief Financial Officer of Petro Services. Mr. Stern began his career as an internal auditor and then as a financial analyst, accounting manager and corporate controller at several companies, including Delhaize America, before joining Petro Services.  Mr. Stern currently serves on the Boards of Beck Suppliers, Inc., and Camp Ockanickon, a not-for-profit camp for children.

Haemonetics Corporation [BRAINTREE, Mass.] (NYSE: HAE) announced that William P. Burke will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Burke will join the Company directly from Medtronic, Inc. where he has served as Chief Integration Officer. Previously, he held various Finance positions of increasing responsibility over a 20-year career with Covidien and predecessor companies, including CFO – Europe, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Portfolio Management, and Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Penn National Insurance [HARRISBURG, Pa.] has elected Jacquelyn Anderson to the position of senior vice president, CFO and treasurer. Prior to her election, Anderson had been serving as the company’s director of Internal Audit, and she had served as interim CFO following the retirement of prior-CFO Gregory Stine, in June. Anderson’s election follows the July 25 resignation of CFO Lyle Rhodebeck, who retired.

Resonant Inc. [GOLETA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RESN) announced that John Philpott, the company’s CFO, has left the company. Ross Goolsby of Bridgepoint Consulting will join the company August 1^stand will become interim CFO.

Atlantic Metro Communications II, Inc. [PARSIPPANY, NJ.] announced the appointment of Roy Ceccato as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Board of Directors for the Company. Mr. Ceccato started with Atlantic Metro in January 2013, as the principal financial representative on the Company’s outside Advisory Committee.

Advantel Networks [SAN JOSE, CA.] announced the appointment of David Black as the new Chief Financial Officer, formerly held by Advantel’s Chief Executive Officer, Tom Vignau. Prior to that, David served as a senior finance executive for GridIron Systems, Tribal Brands, Facetime Communications, and Consenty Networks. He has also served in senior financial roles at Fortinet, Extreme Networks and BEA Systems.

Organovo Holdings, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: ONVO) announced the appointment of Craig Kussman as chief financial officer. Kussman was most recently the chief financial officer at Alphaeon Corporation.  Prior to his current role, Kussman served as chief financial officer of XIFIN, Inc.  Kussman formerly served as chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development for Ascenta Therapeutics.  Kussman has also held senior executive positions at Breach Security, Discovery Partners International, Inc., SYNAVANT Inc., Cognizant Corp., and IMS Health.

Manhattan Associates, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: MANH) announced the reappointment of Dennis Story as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.

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Swift Energy Company [HOUSTON] announced that Alton D. Heckaman, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is retiring. Alton Heckaman has been at Swift Energy since 1982, when he started his career as a Manager of Accounting. Other roles included Controller, Assistant Vice President of Finance, and Vice President of Finance.

National CineMedia, Inc. [CENTENNIAL, Colo.] (NASDAQ: NCMI) announced that Katie Scherping will also serve as CFO of NCM LLC. Scherping comes to NCM from Quiznos, where she had served as interim president and CEO since June of 2016. Previously, she had been a part of the Quiznos management team in the role of chief financial officer since December of 2013. Prior to joining Quiznos, Scherping served as Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ chief financial officer from June 2005 to July 2011. Scherping began her career in Denver as an auditor with Arthur Andersen.

Blow and Drive Interlock Corporation [BEVERLY HILLS, CA] (OTCQB: BDIC) announced that has appointed Abraham Summers, Gnosiis International’s Managing Partner, to be serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Blow & Drive Interlock.

Cambridge Trust Company [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (OTCQB: CATC) announced the retirement of Albert R. Rietheimer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the Bank in 2005, Mr. Rietheimer served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Bancorp Rhode Island (now part of Brookline Bancorp) for nine years. He currently serves as Vice Chairperson of the New England Automated Clearing House (NEACH) and has served as National Chairperson of the Financial Managers Society.

Omni-Lite Industries Canada Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that Tim Leybold has joined the Omni-Lite team as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Most recently Mr. Leybold was CFO of Till Capital Ltd. Tim also served as a Director of Till’s operating subsidiaries.  Previously he was a CFO with Tatum CFO Partners, and also served as CFO for Port Townsend Paper Corp. and its subsidiary Crown Packaging Ltd., the Port Blakely Companies and RLC Industries.

PharMerica Corporation [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NYSE: PMC) announced that David W. Froesel Jr., Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, intends to retire from the Company. Mr. Froesel will continue as Chief Financial Officer through the end of September 2016 to ensure a seamless transition.

hhgregg, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: HGG) announced the internal promotion of Kevin Kovacs to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kovacs is assuming the CFO role from Robert Riesbeck who was recently appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. Since joining hhgregg in 2009, Mr. Kovacs held the roles of Vice President/Controller and Director of Tax and Treasury. Prior to joining the company, he served as Director of Tax and Treasury for Steak n Shake, and as Senior Tax Manager with KPMG, LLP.

Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] announced the appointment of Eric Davis as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Davis previously served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer at CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Davis was the CFO and Operating Officer at Genesis Networks Enterprises, LLC.

Unico American Corporation [CALABASAS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: UNAM) announced that it has appointed Michael Budnitsky to Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company. Mr. Budnitsky most recently served as Vice President of Accounting of the Company. He joined the Company in September 2014. Previously, Mr. Budnitsky worked at HCC Surety Group from May 2005 to September 2014 where he most recently served as Vice President, Controller. Prior to HCC Surety Group, Mr. Budnitsky worked as a financial reporting manager at the Automobile Club of Southern California and as an audit manager at KPMG LLP.

CPI Card Group [LITTLETON, Colo.] (NASDAQ: PMTS) announced that David Brush will resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brush has agreed to remain available to serve as a part time executive consultant to the Company.

Watermill Group [LEXINGTON, Mass.] announced that Principal Michael Fuller is now CFO. Prior to joining Watermill, Mr. Fuller served as Director at Phoenix Management Services, Inc., and as President and CEO of York Manufacturing, Inc. Mr. Fuller is an active member of ACG and the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).

Lending Club [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: LC) announced that Carrie Dolan resigned from her role as CFO to pursue a new opportunity. In response, Lending Club has appointed Bradley Coleman to Principal Accounting Officer and Interim CFO. Mr. Coleman has served as Lending Club’s corporate controller since 2013 and will continue in that role while fulfilling his new duties.

Enphase Energy, Inc. [PETALUMA, CA] announced that Kris Sennesael, vice president and chief financial officer, has resigned. Bert Garcia, currently Enphase’s vice president of finance, has been promoted to succeed Sennesael as Enphase’s vice president and chief financial officer, and he will also serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer. Prior to joining Enphase, Garcia held finance leadership positions of increasing responsibility in several technology companies, including RealNetworks, InfoSpace and Smart Modular Technologies. He began his career in the Silicon Valley with Grant Thornton LLP.

Allen Schweitzer

Superior Controls, Inc. [SEABROOK, NH] announced that Allen Schweitzer will join Superior Controls as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Schweitzer most recently served as Vice President and CFO of Harbor Health Services, Inc.

RapidMiner™ [BOSTON] announced Tim O’Toole as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining RapidMiner, O’Toole served as CFO of Yotta, Dyn, and Rapid7. Earlier in his career, O’Toole was on the senior leadership team at Bladelogic.

Claire’s Stores, Inc. [Hoffman Estates, Illinois] announced that J. Per Brodin notified the Company of his intent to resign as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The Company expects that Mr. Brodin will continue to serve in an advisory role with the Company through October 2016.

Healthways, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: HWAY) announced that Robert E. Dries has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Dries will succeed Alfred Lumsdaine, who is resigning. Dries most recently served as senior vice president, financial operations of Omnicare, Inc.

Rambus Inc. [Sunnyvale, California] announced that Satish Rishi has resigned from his positions as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Rambus Inc. The company has named Martin Pilling as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pilling has served as the Company’s VP Corporate Controller since June 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pilling served as VP of Finance at Aerospike, from March 2015 to April 2016 and Principal Accounting Officer of Turn, from September 2014 to December 2015. From June 2012 to September 2014, he was VP and Corporate Controller of NeoPhotonics Corporation. From September 2011 to June 2012, he served as Business Unit Controller at Symantec Corporation. From January 2007 to June 2011, he served as International Controller at Google Inc.

HSN, Inc. [ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] (NASDAQ: HSNI) announced that Judy Schmeling, currently Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, will assume the role of President of Cornerstone. She will continue to serve in her capacity as COO of HSNi and will remain CFO during this transition until a successor is appointed. Ms. Schmeling joined the company in 1994 as Director of Investor Relations and Treasury. She was promoted to Vice President of Strategic Planning and Analysis in 1998, to Senior Vice President of Finance in 1999, to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2001, and to Chief Financial Officer of HSNi when the Company went public in 2008. She added the role of Chief Operating Officer in 2013.

Southern Concepts Restaurant Group, Inc. [COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.] (OTCQB: RIBS) has named James J. Fenlason Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Heather Atkinson, who resigned. Fenlason has been a Board member since June of 2014 and served as the Co-Chairman.

Coastal Banking Company Inc. [BEAUFORT, SC] has appointed Thomas J. Flournoy as chief financial officer of the company. Most recently, Flournoy served as senior vice president and CFO of First Bank of Georgia and Georgia-Carolina Bancshares, Inc.

Quantenna Communications, Inc. [Fremont, Calif.] announced that Sean Sobers has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Quantenna, Mr. Sobers served as Corporate Vice President of Finance and Controller at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Prior to Cadence, he was Vice President of Finance at Polycom, Inc., and Controller at the Software Group of EMC Corporation. Prior to its acquisition by EMC, Mr. Sobers was Corporate Controller at Documentum.

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. [Coraopolis, PA] announced that Teri List-Stoll is no longer EVP- Chief Financial Officer of the Company. André Hawaux, the Company’s EVP- Chief Operating Officer, will serve as the principal financial officer on an interim basis. Mr. Hawaux became Executive Vice President- Chief Operating Officer in August 2015. From February 2015 to August 2015, Mr. Hawaux served as Executive Vice President- Chief Operating Officer/ Chief Financial Officer. From June 2013 to January 2015, Mr. Hawaux served as Executive Vice President- Finance, Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hawaux served as the President, Consumer Foods of ConAgra Foods, Inc. from January 2009 to May 2013. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Hawaux served as ConAgra Foods’ Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to ConAgra Foods, Mr. Hawaux served as general manager of a U.S. division of PepsiAmericas and previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Pepsi-Cola North America and Pepsi International’s China business unit.

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Andrew Levy

United Continental Holdings, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Andrew Levy as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Levy comes to United following more than thirteen years of leadership at Allegiant Travel Company, having held the roles of president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer.

Unisys Corporation [BLUE BELL, Pa.] (NYSE: UIS) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Janet Haugen will retire from the company, after 20 years of service with the company, including the last 16 years as CFO. Unisys also announced that it has named Inder M. Singh, who currently serves the company as Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, to succeed Haugen as SVP and CFO. Haugen first joined Unisys in 1996 from Ernst & Young LLP, where she was a partner. Prior to being named CFO in 2000, Haugen served as a corporate vice president and Corporate Controller, as well as acting CFO from 1999-2000.

Cold Mountain Capital, LLC [ASHEVILLE, N.C.] announced the appointment of Anthony “Tony” Bergen as Chief Financial Officer. Before Cold Mountain Capital, Bergen spent several years working for Cold Mountain’s sister company, Stony Point Group, Inc. He also served as chief financial officer of TECT Power. Before his time at TECT Power, Bergen worked as a director at Glass & Associates, later Huron Consulting.

Kristin Sherman

VMS BioMarketing [INDIANAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Kristin Sherman as chief financial officer. Sherman comes to VMS BioMarketing from Calibrium, LLC, where she spent three years as the company’s chief financial officer. Immediately prior to Calibrium, Sherman held similar roles for two additional biotech start-ups – Marcadia Biotech and AgeneBio. In addition, Sherman served as the treasurer and vice president of finance for Guidant Corporation during the sale of Guidant to Abbott and Boston Scientific. She also held a variety of management positions including serving as Guidant’s first finance director for emerging markets. Sherman began her career in various finance positions with Eli Lilly and Company and was assistant treasurer during Guidant’s spin-off from Lilly.

Resources Global Professionals [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that current Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Nathan Franke, is retiring. Herb Mueller, Managing Director of RGP’s Atlanta practice, has been promoted internally and will replace Mr. Franke as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mueller has served in a leadership position with RGP over the past four years in the company’s Atlanta, Georgia practice. Prior to joining RGP, Mr. Mueller was the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Accounting & Administration, and Treasurer of Delta Apparel, Inc. He has also served as a Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of TTA Partners, Inc., a holding company focused on investments in the advertising industry.

WAVE Life Sciences Ltd. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: WVE) announced that it has appointed Keith Regnante as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining WAVE, Mr. Regnante was a Vice President of Finance at Shire. Prior to Shire, Mr. Regnante held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Biogen, including leading the finance teams for Corporate Finance, R&D, and Business Development. Earlier in his career, Mr. Regnante was a Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group.

CSS Industries, Inc. [PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.] (NYSE: CSS) announced the resignation of Vincent A. Paccapaniccia as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. David F. McHugh, Vice President – Finance of CSS, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer until a permanent replacement is appointed. Mr. McHugh has served as Vice President – Finance of CSS since joining the company in 2011. Prior to joining CSS, Mr. McHugh served for approximately 13 years as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of ICT Group, Inc.

Christian A. Garcia

Visteon Corporation [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.] (NYSE: VC) announced that Christian A. Garcia has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. William R. Robertson, who has served as Visteon’s interim CFO since March 31, will continue with the company as vice president and corporate controller. Garcia recently was senior vice president, finance, and acting chief financial officer for Halliburton Company. At Halliburton, Garcia progressed through leadership roles as senior director of corporate planning, vice president of operations finance, senior vice president of investor relations, treasurer, and chief accounting officer before being named acting CFO in 2015. He also held a series of senior financial positions with Landmark Graphics, a software and consulting provider that was acquired by Halliburton in 1996. Prior to joining Landmark Graphics, he worked at Bell and Howell and San Miguel Corp. in the Philippines in various roles.

BEARPAW [CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif.] has appointed Jason J. Martini as its new Chief Financial Officer. Martini, joins BEARPAW after a successful ten-year tenure at VF, where he held various positions within the JanSport brand including Controller, Director of FP&A, and most recently Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his stint at VF, he worked at Unilever Ice Cream, General Mills, and W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Changepoint [SEATTLE] announced it has appointed Scott Mahan as Chief Financial Officer.

DEQ Systems Corp. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (TSX-V: DEQ) has named Libby Lamm as its new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Before joining DEQ, Ms. Lamm served as CFO for Red Lake Ventures in Kingman, Arizona, since 2014. Prior to joining Red Lake Ventures Ms. Lamm held various and diversified roles as CFO for KTHLS Limited in Orlando Florida from 2011 – 2014 and CFO for TCS John Huxley – Americas in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2007-2011.

Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jean Hu as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hu joins Marvell from QLogic Corporation, where she was SVP and CFO; she also held the Acting CEO role at QLogic since August 2015. Previously, Ms. Hu held several senior positions at Conexant Systems, Inc. including CFO, Treasurer and SVP of Business Development from 2004 to 2011. Prior to 2004, Ms. Hu held various positions at Conexant and its predecessor company, Rockwell International Corporation.

AMREP Corporation [PRINCETON, N.J.] (NYSE: AXR) announced that Robert Wisniewski has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMREP.  Clifford Martin, currently Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMREP, will become Treasurer of the Company and Chief Financial Officer of its Palm Coast Data LLC subsidiary. Prior to being appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Mr. Wisniewski held senior level accounting and finance positions at various Coperion entities, which are subsidiaries of Hillenbrand, Inc., and at K-Tron International, Inc.  Mr. Wisniewski served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of K-Tron.  He spent 11 years at Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) earlier in his career.

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: AGIO) announced that Andrew Hirsch is joining the company as chief financial officer. Prior to being named president and chief executive officer at BIND, Mr. Hirsch held several other leadership positions at the company, including chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to joining BIND, he was chief financial officer at Avila Therapeutics and held roles of increasing responsibility during his nearly 10-year tenure at Biogen, including vice president of Corporate Strategy and M&A and program executive for the Tecfidera development team.

Lever [SAN FRANCISCO] announces Eileen Treanor as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Lever, Treanor served as Vice President of Finance at entertainment fan site Wikia. She has also held high-level finance positions at Virgin America and Yahoo!

Isola [CHANDLER, Ariz] announced that it has appointed Ken Rizvi as Chief Financial Officer. Rizvi succeeds Interim CFO Donald Colvin. Rizvi joins Isola from Micron, where he served as vice president of finance and corporate treasurer. Prior to Micron, Rizvi was treasurer and vice president of finance at ON Semiconductor. He also served as an associate with Technology Crossover Ventures, and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in New York City and Menlo Park, California.

Valeritas Holdings, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] (OTCQB: VLRX) announced the appointment of Erick J. Lucera as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lucera currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Viventia Bio. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Corporate Development at Aratana Therapeutics. Previously, Mr. Lucera was Vice President, Corporate Development at Sunshine Heart. Prior to this, Mr. Lucera spent over fifteen years in investment management. He began his career in the Philadelphia office of Price Waterhouse & Co.

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Leadspace [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Ed Schaffer joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. He has previous experience with Rimini Street, Monster Worldwide, Intuit and oDesk.

Todd Boney

FPX [DALLAS, Texas] announced that Todd Boney has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boney has served as CFO for two other software companies, Strata Decision Technology and PreVisor, as well as Magnequench International, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Boney founded a consulting business focused on M&A integration for companies owned by private equity firms.

William B. Furr

Hilltop Holdings Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: HTH) announced the appointment of William B. Furr as chief financial officer. Darren Parmenter, Hilltop’s current principal financial officer, will move to the new role of chief administrative officer for Hilltop Holdings. Furr joins Hilltop from Cleveland-based KeyCorp, where he served as executive vice president, community bank CFO. Prior to his tenure at KeyCorp, Furr served in various financial leadership roles at Regions Financial Corporation including business lines CFO and consumer services CFO. Previously, he held several roles with Bank of America Corporation.

Academic Partnerships [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Jeff Dawson to Chief Financial Officer. Dawson comes to AP after more than eight years with Match Group where he held multiple leadership positions. His experience also includes ten years of progressive leadership experience with American Airlines, Airband Communications, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Vanguard Charitable [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] announced that Kevin Cavanaugh will join the organization as chief financial officer. Mr. Cavanaugh, who most recently served as CFO and vice president of finance and administration at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Following nearly 20 years in the private sector, during which he served in various senior financial positions at DuPont and Cephalon, Mr. Cavanaugh transitioned to similar roles in the nonprofit industry, specifically at The Reinvestment Fund, and Clean Energy Group.

Mity Inc. [OREM, Utah] announced the appointment of Craig Judd as Chief Financial Officer. Judd most recently served as the CFO for Blendtec. Additionally, Craig has served in general management and operations leadership roles including Materials Director at McDonnell Douglas and President at Zero Corporation.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GILD) announced that Kelly A. Kramer has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Ms. Kramer is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc. She previously served for 20 years in senior finance positions at General Electric, including as Chief Financial Officer of GE Healthcare’s Healthcare Systems Business.

Anne Huemme

Salary.com [WELLESLEY, MA] announced that Anne Huemme has joined the company as chief financial officer. Huemme most recently held the role of COO and CFO of Lavastorm. Huemme also served as CFO of Kaseya. She previously held the role of CFO at WebLayers, Inc. In addition, Huemme was CFO at companies including Ultimus, Inc., Ardence, Inc, Optical Solutions, Café Odyssey, Inc. and Rare Hospitality.

ESO Solutions, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the hiring of Jennifer Mabe as Chief Financial Officer. She was most recently Chief Financial Officer at DataTrak International. She also held positions as Vice President of Finance and Quality Assurance and as International Director of Quality Assurance while at DataTrak.

Lannie Tonnu

Orthopaedic Institute for Children [LOS ANGELES] announced that Diemlan “Lannie” Tonnu has been appointed chief financial officer. Tonnu comes to OIC from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) where she served the past 25 years as senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: VAR) announced that Judy Bruner, retired Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer of SanDisk Corporation, has been appointed to the Varian Board of Directors. Bruner served as the chief financial officer for SanDisk from 2004 to this year. She also served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Palm, Inc. from 1999 to 2004.  She has held prior management positions in finance and administration with 3Com Corporation, Ridge Computers, Inc. and Hewlett Packard Company.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. [LAVAL, Quebec] (NYSE: VRX) (TSX: VRX) announced that Paul S. Herendeen has been appointed Executive Vice President, Finance and will take over the role of Chief Financial Officer from Robert L. Rosiello.  Mr. Rosiello will remain at Valeant as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to joining Valeant, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Zoetis Inc. for two years. From 2005 to 2013 and from 1998 to 2001, Mr. Herendeen served as CFO at Warner Chilcott. He rejoined Warner Chilcott after four years as EVP and CFO of MedPointe, where he served as CFO from 2001 until 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Herendeen spent nine years as a principal investor at both Dominion Income Management and Cornerstone Partners.  He also spent the early part of his career in banking and public accounting, having held various positions with the investment banking group of Oppenheimer & Company, the capital markets group of Continental Bank Corporation, and as a senior auditor with Arthur Andersen & Company.

Zoetis Inc. [FLORHAM PARK, N.J.] (NYSE: ZTS) announced that Glenn David, Senior Vice President of Finance Operations, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David will succeed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Paul Herendeen, who has resigned. Before the Zoetis IPO, David served in various financial roles at Pfizer, including vice president of Global Finance for Pfizer Animal Health and vice president of Finance for the U.S. Primary Care franchise. Prior to joining Pfizer in 1999, David held financial positions at Bankers Trust, Paine Webber and Credit Suisse.

EXCO Resources, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: XCO) announced that Chris Peracchi, EXCO’s current Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations, and Treasurer, will become Vice President and acting Chief Financial Officer, following the departure of Richard A. Burnett, EXCO’s current Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Chris Peracchi became EXCO’s Treasurer and Director of Finance and Investor Relations in May 2013 and became its Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations in September 2014. Mr. Peracchi served as the Associate Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Nabors Industries from April 2012 to April 2013 and Director of Finance and Investor Relations at Superior Well Services from March 2009 to April 2012. Mr. Peracchi has over 11 years of experience in Energy Investment Banking at KeyBanc Capital Markets and A.G. Edwards & Sons. Mr. Peracchi also spent four years at Coopers & Lybrand.

Bob Tirva

Intermedia [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that Bob Tirva has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Tirva joins Intermedia from Dropbox, Inc. He succeeds departing CFO, Scott Allen. Prior to Dropbox, Tirva spent nearly 14 years at Broadcom Corporation, holding a range of finance roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance. Before Broadcom, Tirva held positions with IBM Corporation, Navistar Financial Corporation and Ernst & Young.

AKHAN Semiconductor [CHICAGO] announced the hiring of Kristie King as Chief Financial Officer.

TapImmune Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Florida] (OTC: TPIV) announced the appointment of Michael J. Loiacono as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. Michael will also act as Corporate Secretary. Michael has served an advisory role to the Company as finance consultant to TapImmune since March 2016. Michael served as CFO of Global Axcess Corporation, from 2006-2013. Prior to Global Axcess/FCTI Michael held various positions of increasing responsibility in finance management through several private and publicly-traded organizations.

Liberty Global plc [DENVER, Colorado] (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK, LILA and LILAK) announced the retirement of Bernie Dvorak who currently serves as EVP and Co-Chief Financial Officer. Charlie Bracken, currently EVP and Co-Chief Financial Officer responsible for finance and treasury operations will assume the sole position of Chief Financial Officer for Liberty Global. Mr. Bracken joined Liberty’s predecessor operations in Europe as CFO in 1999 from Goldman Sachs, and was appointed Co-CFO of Liberty Global at its formation in 2004.

Todd S. Young

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ACAD) announced the appointment of Todd S. Young as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Young joins ACADIA from Baxalta Incorporated, where he served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to Baxalta, Mr. Young worked for over 14 years at Baxter holding multiple leadership roles, including Corporate Vice President and Treasurer, Vice President, International Finance, and Vice President, Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A). Early in his career, Mr. Young practiced as a tax attorney at a major law firm.

Interlink Electronics, Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] announced that David S. Burnett has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Interlink, Mr. Burnett served in various management positions with EnPro Industries, Inc., most recently Vice President and Treasurer. Before EnPro, his history includes a long stint as a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Senior Manager at Grant Thornton LLP.

Marathon Oil Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSE: MRO) announced that J.R. Sult, executive vice president and CFO, has elected to leave the Company for personal reasons. Pat Wagner has been appointed interim chief financial officer while the Company conducts a search for a new CFO.

Boomtown accelerator [BOULDER, Colo.] announced Jason Searfoss as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Boomtown, Searfoss was the CFO and member of the Investment Committee of Longford Capital. He has also worked at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, GE Capital, AEGON, Samsung and JPMorgan Chase.

Michaels Companies, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: MIK) named Denise Paulonis Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Paulonis, currently Senior Vice President – Finance, succeeds Chuck Sonsteby, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sonsteby will continue to serve as Vice Chairman. Ms. Paulonis joined The Michaels Companies in 2014 as Vice President—Investor Relations, Treasury and Corporate Finance and was named Senior Vice President – Finance in November 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Paulonis held various senior positions with PepsiCo and McKinsey & Company.

Moleculin Biotech, Inc. [HOUSTON, TX] (NASDAQ: MBRX) announced the appointment of Jonathan P. Foster as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Moleculin’s CFO, Louis Ploth, Jr. Mr. Foster joins Moleculin from InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, since 2012. Prior to InfuSystem, Mr. Foster served as a consultant to the Chief Financial Officer of LSG Sky Chefs, USA, Inc. Prior to that, from 2000-2012, he was President, CFO and majority owner of United Credit, Inc. & Advance Today, Inc. From 1996-2000, Mr. Foster served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Drypers Corporation. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Dickson Weatherproof Nail Company, Controller & Treasurer of divisions of Schlumberger Industries, and as a Manager in the Middle Market Group of Deloitte & Touche.

National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. [HERNANDO, FL] (OTC: NWMH) announced the appointment of Dali Kranzthor as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining National Waste, Mr. Kranzthor was the director of audit and assurance and valuation services at a boutique accounting firm in St. Petersburg, FL. Prior to working at this firm, he worked as the interim CFO of a public company that develops telecommunications devices and services in Miami, FL. He founded a PCAOB registered accounting Firm in Tampa, FL and worked as a manager at a regional accounting firm located in Tampa and headquartered in New York.

Alert Logic [HOUSTON, TX] announced that the company hired Houston-based John Karnes as the new Chief Financial Officer. Karnes served as CFO for Mariner Energy, KiOR, Houston Exploration, and CyberCash. Earlier in his career Karnes practiced law with the national law firm of Kirkland & Ellis.

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: ABTX) announced that Laurence L. Lehman III, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has resigned from the Bank. Steven F. Retzloff, Chairman of Allegiance Bank and President of Allegiance Bancshares, Inc., has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer and Allegiance has initiated an external search for a permanent successor.

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: ENT) announced the appointment of Tom Severson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Severson replaces Michael Zemetra, who has resigned. Mr. Severson most recently served as CFO of Emerging Markets Communications. Earlier in his career, Mr. Severson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Myxer. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nicklaus Companies. Before his time with Nicklaus Companies, Mr. Severson was CFO of American Media. Very early in his career, Mr. Severson was the Chief Accounting Officer of Sinclair Broadcast Group and worked as a CPA in the audit assurance practice of KPMG.

Rocky Mountain High Brands, Inc. [DALLAS] (OTC PINK: RMHB) announced that the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Jens Mielke to fill the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Rocky Mountain High Brands, Jens was National Partner, Technical Accounting for Aventine Hill Partners.  Immediately prior to Aventine Hill, Jens was Chief Financial Officer for a high-growth, publicly-traded retailer.  Jens spent the majority of his career at Deloitte where he was Audit Partner in the firm’s Dallas office.  He also previously served as senior financial analyst at PepsiCo’s corporate headquarters.

Horizon Technology Finance Corporation [FARMINGTON, Conn.] (NASDAQ: HRZN) announced the resignation of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Christopher M. Mathieu. Horizon has appointed Daniel R. Trolio, currently Horizon’s Vice President and Corporate Controller, as Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer while Horizon conducts a search for Mr. Mathieu’s permanent successor. Mr. Trolio has served as Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2010. Mr. Trolio has also held the same positions with Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC, the Company’s advisor, since 2006. Prior to joining Horizon, Mr. Trolio served as Senior Manager at a regional public accounting firm and has held positions with KPMG LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP.

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Verizon Communications Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) announced that Francis J. (Fran) Shammo plans to retire at the end of 2016 after 27 years with the company. Verizon’s Board of Directors appointed Matthew D. (Matt) Ellis to succeed Shammo as executive vice president and CFO. Prior to Ellis’ current role, he was senior vice president and treasurer for Verizon. Ellis joined Verizon in 2013, after having spent 15 years at Tyson Foods, Inc. in a variety of roles. At Tyson, he was vice president and treasurer. From 2007 through 2010, Ellis was vice president – Finance. From 2005 to 2007, Ellis was vice president – Country Manager. Previously, Ellis worked in England for Dixons Stores Group PLC and Coopers & Lybrand, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Delek US Holdings, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] (NYSE: DK) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Assi Ginzburg has decided to resign his role as chief financial officer.

Liberty Media Corporation [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] (NASDAQ: LSXMA, LSXMB, LSXMK, BATRA, BATRK, LMCA, LMCK) announced that Mark D. Carleton has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Liberty Media’s predecessors, Mr. Carleton served as a partner in the accounting firm of KPMG.

Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. [Carmel, Indiana] (NASDAQ: BWINA) (NASDAQ: BWINB) announced that William C. Vens has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Vens joined the Company in June 2014 as Managing Director of Finance and after that served as Vice President of Strategy and Planning from June 2016 to the present. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Vens served in Merrill Lynch & Co.’s investment banking division from 2002 to 2011.

Davis Spinola

SproutLoud [Sunrise, FL] announced that David Spinola has been tapped as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SproutLoud, David spent 10 at leading private equity firms, including Code Hennessy & Simmons, Brockway Moran & Partners, and Millpond Equity Partners. David also previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Academy Medical, LLC. He began his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Salomon Smith Barney.

Finesse Solutions, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Sara Kaur as chief financial officer. Ms. Kaur has served as vice president of finance since July 2015 and was recently promoted. Prior to joining Finesse, Ms. Kaur was finance director and international controller for Kulicke & Soffa. She has held senior accounting positions at Ameresco Inc., Microsemi Corporation and Varian Inc. Over the course of her career, Ms. Kaur has also consulted at Google, Symantec Corporation and Hercules Capital.

IDEX CORPORATION [LAKE FOREST, Ill.] (NYSE:IEX) announced that Michael J. Yates has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Yates has been at IDEX for 11 years and has served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since 2010. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Controller for five years. Mr. Yates held positions with PriceWaterhouse Coopers and KPMG for 17 years prior to joining IDEX.

Double Eagle Energy Holdings II [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced that Richard A. Burnett has joined the Company to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Burnett was most recently with EXCO Resources, Inc. from 2013-2016, where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Burnett was previously a partner at KPMG LLP where he spent 12 years primarily serving the oil and gas industry. He began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP.

PRG [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joseph T. Cirillo as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PRG, Cirillo was Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Blyth, Inc. Previously he held the role of Vice President, Reporting & Planning at Blyth, Inc.

Eco-Site, Inc. [DURHAM, N.C.] announced that former chief operating officer/chief financial officer of CalStar Products, Inc. Jack Barry has been appointed as chief financial officer.

Brian Bharwani

MakeOffices [WASHINGTON] announced the addition of Brian Bharwani as chief financial officer. He joins MakeOffices from Clarabridge, where he was vice president of financial planning and analysis.

Crown Bioscience [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Ms. Eva Ho has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Ho will take on Mr. Bing Zhu’s previous role, who has now been appointed Chief Operating Officer.

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE MKT: AE) announced that Richard B. Abshire, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, is retiring. Sharon C. Davis, the Company’s current Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Accounting Officer will assume the duties of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on an interim basis.

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SWKS) announced that Kris Sennesael has joined Skyworks as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Sennesael most recently served as chief financial officer for Enphase Energy. Prior to Enphase, Sennesael was chief financial officer at Standard Microsystems, and previously, he held increasingly responsible financial positions at ON, AMI Semiconductor and Alcatel Microelectronics.

Deluxe Corporation [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NYSE: DLX) announced that Edward A. Merritt will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis, effective upon the departure of Terry Peterson, who has resigned to take a similar position at a larger company. Merritt has been Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations of Deluxe since joining Deluxe in August 2013, a position he will continue to hold. From August 2007 to August 2013, he was the Vice President of Treasury, Investor Relations & Corporate Development for Digital River, Inc. Prior to joining Digital River, he spent over 20 years in the retailing industry with the JCPenney Company, Inc.

Communications Systems, Inc. [MINNETONKA, Minn.] (NASDAQ: JCS) announced the appointment of Mark Fandrich as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fandrich succeeds Edwin C. Freeman, who has assumed the position of Treasurer and Vice President of Corporate Development. Mr. Fandrich served as Vice President of Finance for the Company’s Suttle business unit since July 2015. From 2005 to 2015, he was Corporate Controller of The Bergquist Company. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Fandrich served as Director of Finance of Larex Inc. From 1984 to 2000, Mr. Fandrich served in finance and accounting roles at several private and public companies and as a tax accountant for Arthur Andersen & Co.

Stoneridge, Inc. [WARREN, Ohio] (NYSE: SRI) announced that Robert R. Krakowiak has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  He succeeds George E. Strickler, who will remain with the Company as Executive Vice President. Since 2012, Krakowiak has been Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations, for Visteon Corporation.  Prior to that, he served in a number of senior financial roles during his seven years at Owens Corning, including Vice President of Finance for Owens Corning’s Composite Solutions Business and Vice President and Controller of Roofing and Asphalt. In addition, he spent three years as Vice President and Treasurer for Oxford Automotive Inc.  He was also a Divisional Vice President of Finance at Kmart.  Krakowiak began his career at the Ford Motor Company Electronics Division as a product design engineer.

Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (OTCQB Venture Market: INNV) announced that Robert Hoffman will join the management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Hoffman was Chief Financial Officer of AnaptysBio, Inc. He was part of the founding management team of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in 1997, serving as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer until 2015. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Polaris Group, from March 2011 to August 2011. Mr. Hoffman is a member of the board of directors of CombiMatrix Corporation, Kura Oncology, Inc., and MabVax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. He also was a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’sSmall Business Advisory Committee until 2015 and is a member of the steering committee of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers.

Metamason, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that Cliff Sarkin has tendered his resignation as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Les Karpas, Chief Executive Officer of Metamason, will assume responsibility for Mr. Sarkin’s duties on an interim basis.

Ferro Corporation [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: FOE) announced Benjamin Schlater, who has served as Ferro’s Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy since September 2015, has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Jeffrey Rutherford, who stepped down from the position. Mr. Schlater joined Ferro in September 2015. His experience includes serving as treasurer and head of corporate development, strategic and financial planning, and risk management at Veyance Technologies. Prior to Veyance, he was a managing director at FTI Consulting. Prior to that, he was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in its corporate finance practice.

Command Center, Inc. [DENVER] (OTCQB: CCNI) has appointed Colette Pieper to the position of chief financial officer. She replaces Jeff Wilson, whose tenure as CFO ended on September 1. Pieper joins Command Center after serving from 2012 to 2016 as CFO of Life Partners Holdings. From 2006 to 2012, Pieper was an executive director and accounting/financial director for USAA. From 2003 to 2005, she served as CFO of Clark American Checks and from 2000 to 2003 served as vice president and CFO of Checks In The Mail, Inc.

Orchids Paper Products Company [PRYOR, Okla.] (NYSE: Mkt: “TIS”) announced that Rodney D. Gloss will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gloss served between 2011 and 2016 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atna Resources Ltd. In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Gloss served as Corporate Controller of Alacer Gold Corporation. Prior to 2010, Mr. Gloss served in senior financial positions with Intrepid Potash, Inc., and Timminco Ltd.

Jim Cox

Lithium Technologies [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Jim Cox as its new senior vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Mark Culhane. Cox joins Lithium from Advent Software, where he held the title of executive vice president and CFO. Prior to joining Advent, Cox held various roles at UTStarcom Inc and PricewaterhouseCooper.

Digital Turbine, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: APPS) announced the appointment of Barrett Garrison as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Andrew Schleimer. Garrison previously served as Vice President and then Chief Financial Officer of NetSpend Corporation. Subsequent to NetSpend, Mr. Garrison was Chief Financial Officer of Competitor Group. Mr. Garrison was the Financial Controller of Dell Financial Services, from 2007 to 2008.

Brandon Ferguson

Point Inside [BELLEVUE, WA] announced the addition of Brandon Ferguson as CFO. Prior to Point Inside, Brandon Ferguson worked as CFO and director of operations for PicMonkey. He has also served as an advisor for numerous Seattle startups.

Rodan & Fields, LLC [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Chris Newman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Mr. Newman was Chief Operating Officer of Serena & Lily. Prior to joining Serena & Lily, Mr. Newman served as CFO, Executive Vice President and Head of Development at Orchard Supply Hardware and served as its Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to that, he served as the CFO, Senior Vice President and Secretary of Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc., and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Store Operations at Limited Brands, Inc., where he also held various executive positions. He has held various financial positions at PepsiCo, Incorporated. Mr. Newman began his career at J.P. Morgan.

Coastal Banking Company Inc. [BEAUFORT, SC] (OTCQX: CBCO) announced that its board of directors has elected Thomas J. Flournoy executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Cooper Companies, Inc. [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: COO) announced that Gregory W. Matz, senior vice president, chief financial officer and chief risk officer, plans to retire from the company in early 2017 after more than six years of service to the company. As part of his planned transition, Mr. Matz intends to remain in his current role through fiscal year end October 31, 2016, and then act in an advisory capacity until March 2017 to ensure a smooth transition. Albert G. White, III will succeed Mr. Matz as chief financial officer.  Mr. White will assume this role in addition to his current responsibilities as executive vice president and chief strategy officer of Cooper Companies, which includes responsibility for leading CooperSurgical.

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CommutAir [NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio] announced that it had named Sean Frick as its new Chief Financial Officer.  He will replace Missy Kelsen, who will retire in the first Quarter of 2017. Frick comes to CommutAir after serving at ATA Airlines, World Airways and North American Airlines. Frick also led the Airline Marketing team at Bombardier Aerospace.

TaskUs [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced the hiring of Chief Financial Officer Balaji Sekar. Previously, Sekar held senior finance leadership roles at Sutherland Global Services, Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, and most recently at PatientSafe Solutions.

Kyle Messman

Velocify [LOS ANGELES] has hired Kyle Messman as chief financial officer. Messman most recently served as the CFO at Telogis, which sold to Verizon in August of this year. Messman previously handled corporate financial planning for a major semiconductor manufacturer. Messman has also spent several years as an investment banker.

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. [DAVIS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RKDA) announced that Matthew T. Plavan will join the company’s executive team as chief financial officer. Most recently, Plavan served in multiple executive capacities, including CFO, COO and CEO with Cesca Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to Cesca, Plavan served as CFO with venture and private equity-backed technology companies, including Strion Air, Inc. and Reason, Inc. He also held executive finance positions with McKesson Corporation and audit and advisory management positions with Ernst & Young.

Immersion Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IMMR) announced the appointment of Nancy Erba as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Erba was most recently Vice President of Finance, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis at Seagate. During her 22-year tenure with Seagate, Ms. Erba held Vice President positions in Corporate Development, Business Operations and Planning, and Finance. Prior to joining Seagate, she was a Treasury Analyst at Borland International.

iCapital Network [NEW YORK] announced that Tom Iacono joins the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Iacono joins iCapital from General Electric where he spent 12 years in key financial leadership and transaction advisory roles in the GE Energy Financial Services, GE Corporate Aircraft and GE Capital Aviation Services divisions. Previously Mr. Iacono was CFO of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Fund and a Senior Manager at Deloitte.

EnteroMedics Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: ETRM) announced the appointment of Scott Youngstrom as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer.  Scott will succeed Greg Lea, EnteroMedics’ current Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, who will be retiring from the Company. Mr. Youngstrom most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance at Galil Medical. Prior to Galil Medical, from 2009-2014, Mr. Youngstrom served as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer at DGIMED Ortho, Inc. Mr. Youngstrom has previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance with Anulex Technologies, Enpath Medical, Compex Technologies, Acist Medical Systems, and Cardiotronics. Mr. Youngstrom serves on the Board of Directors of InnoVision, Inc.

Allena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] announced that Edward Wholihan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wholihan most recently served as CFO of Medical Specialties Distributors. Prior to MSD, he was the CFO of Generation Health. He also served as CFO and Vice President of Business Development for Inovise Medical. Early in his career, he spent seven years with McKinsey & Company.

BETA Healthcare Group [ALAMO, Calif.] announced that Daniel J. Sevilla, Jr. has been named Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Sevilla most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for the State Compensation Insurance Fund. He also served as Vice President of Financial & Operational Planning & Analysis for CSAA, as well as Senior Vice President of Financial Services and Operations for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.

DJO Global, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Mike Eklund as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Eklund joins DJO Global from Dell where he last served as the Senior Vice President, Dell / EMC Value Creation and Integration Management Office. Prior to his latest role, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Dell’s Client Solutions Business Unit and Global Operations organization. Previously, Mr. Eklund served as Vice President of Strategy, Business Planning and Operations for Dell’s Enterprise Solutions Group. Mr. Eklund began his career in public accounting as a staff accountant in tax and audit, followed by a two year stint in the oil and gas industry.

PaxVax, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced the appointment of Philip K. Moody as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Moody joins PaxVax from BTG PLC, where he served as the Chief Financial Officer for the North American sector. Prior to this role, Mr. Moody was Founder, Board Member and Chief Executive Officer for DOLORANA, Inc. Mr. Moody has also held senior finance roles in a number of public and private companies, including Chiron, where served as Vice President, Finance and Operations.

LifePoint Health, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: LPNT) announced the appointment of Michael S. Coggin as Chief Financial Officer. Coggin, who has served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since 2008, succeeds Leif Murphy, currently Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity. Michael S. Coggin has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for LifePoint since December 2008. Mike previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Specialty Care Services Group. Prior to that, he was a senior vice president in the finance, accounting and internal audit groups of Renal Care Group, Inc. from April 2004 until its acquisition by Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA in March 2006. He began his professional career as an auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Hudson Technologies, Inc. [PEARL RIVER, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: HDSN) announced the appointment of Nat Krishnamurti as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Krishnamurti was previously employed at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Early in his industry experience, over an 11-year tenure, Mr. Krishnamurti held positions of increasing responsibility, including VP, Corporate Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, at inVentiv Heath, Inc. Subsequently, Mr. Krishnamurti served as Chief Financial Officer of two smaller, publicly-traded companies, Applied Minerals, Inc. and most recently at Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.

Francis Barker

Questex [NEWTON, MA] announced the appointment of Francis B. Barker as chief financial officer. Barker’s previous corporate leadership positons include chief financial officer at Alta Colleges Inc., co-founder of Information Services Group and senior vice president for strategy & corporate development at Dex Media. He continues as a board member at Allazo Health. Barker’s investing roles have included managing director for media and information investments at The Carlyle Group. Barker began his career as an investment banker in the media and information sector at Morgan Stanley.

Skorpios Technologies, Inc. [ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.]  announced the addition of Brian R. Griffiths as chief financial officer. Most recently, Griffiths was a senior managing director at Guggenheim Partners, working with companies across the technology industry. Prior to that, he was a managing director at Credit Suisse in New York and London.

Xerox [NORWALK, Conn.] (NYSE: XRX) announced that Brian Webb-Walsh will serve as chief financial officer of Conduent Incorporated. Webb-Walsh is currently the CFO for Xerox Services. Previously he led the finance function for the company’s government healthcare and health enterprise businesses.

Ferro Corporation [Mayfield Heights, Ohio] announced the appointment of Benjamin Schlater as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schlater has served as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy since September 2015.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Schlater was Treasurer and head of corporate development, strategic and financial planning and risk management at Veyance Technologies from August 2007 to May 2015.  Prior to Veyance, Mr. Schlater was a Managing Director at FTI Consulting, and prior to FTI Consulting, Mr. Schlater was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Tower International, Inc. [LIVONIA, Mich.] (NYSE: TOWR) announced that Jeffrey Kersten will succeed James Gouin as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gouin has been appointed as President, and as CEO effective January 1, 2017. Mr. Kersten, joined Tower in 1997.  He has been the Company’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2007; in 2014, he added responsibility for Business Development.  Prior to joining Tower, Mr. Kersten worked seven years at Arthur Andersen.

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Tiffany & Co. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TIF) has appointed Mark Erceg to become its next executive vice president and chief financial officer. Previously, Mr. Erceg has been employed at Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, where he has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer since May 2015. From 2010 – 2015, he was the chief financial officer for Masonite International Corporation. He began his career at The Procter & Gamble Company in 1992.

JetBlue Airways Corp. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: JBLU) announced that Mark Powers, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the CFO role. He will remain an advisor to the company for one year. Jim Leddy, JetBlue’s senior vice president and treasurer, will serve as CFO on an interim basis.

Perley McBride

Frontier Communications Corporation [NORWALK, Conn.] (NASDAQ: FTR) announced that R. Perley McBride will join the Company, and will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following a transition period. Mr. McBride will succeed John Jureller, who is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. Mr. McBride was most recently CFO at Cable & Wireless Communications Plc. Prior to joining Frontier, Perley McBride was the Chief Financial Officer of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc until its May 2016 acquisition by Liberty Global plc. Previously, Mr. McBride served as Chief Financial Officer at Leap Wireless International, from December 2012 through May 2014. Prior to Leap Wireless, he served as Executive Vice President of Finance at The Weather Company, between 2010 and 2012. He served in several senior financial management roles at Frontier between 1999 and 2010, and also between 1994 and 1997.

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. [TARRYTOWN, N.Y.] (NYSE: PBH) announced the appointment of Christine “Chris” Sacco to the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Company. Ms. Sacco joins Prestige following eight years at Boulder Brands, Inc. where she served as Chief Financial Officer for the last four years. Prior to Boulder, for five years she held positions of increasing financial responsibility with Alpharma, Inc., where she last held the position of Vice President, Treasurer.

Thomas Casey

Lending Club [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: LC) announced that Thomas W. Casey will join as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Brad Coleman, who will remain in his role as Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller reporting into Tom Casey. Casey joins Lending Club most recently from Acelity, where he was Executive Vice President and CFO, and has more than two decades of senior financial services leadership experience at GE Capital, Washington Mutual, JP Morgan Chase, and Citicorp.

iPayment Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Robert Purcell as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Purcell will assume the position of CFO upon the departure of Mark Monaco, the company’s current CFO, in November 2016. Purcell joined iPayment in 2012, and currently serves as the company’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. He has held numerous executive leadership positions throughout his career, most recently with Intuit, Inc., where he served as Vice President Finance, Intuit Financial Services. Purcell also served as Executive Director, Finance-Global Operations at Amgen, Inc. and was Audit Senior, Business Assurance and Advisory Services at Deloitte & Touche.

Hawkins, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: HWKN) announced that Kathleen P. Pepski, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer plans to retire. Pepski joined Hawkins in February 2008 as its Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer.  She served as Secretary from February 2008 to November 2008.

Amkor Technology, Inc. [TEMPE, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: AMKR) announced that Megan Faust, Amkor’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller since 2013, has been appointed Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Faust succeeds Joanne Solomon, who has left the Company to pursue other opportunities. Ms. Faust joined Amkor in 2005. Prior to joining Amkor, Ms. Faust served as an auditor with KPMG, LLP for 10 years.

OneSource Virtual [DALLAS] announced the appointment of John D. Bax as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Bax succeeds OSV’s current CFO Melinda Lawrence, who recently made the decision to resign in order to pursue other opportunities. Bax served as VP planning & analysis for Wal-Mart Stores, and has experience as well with Ernst & Young.

American Trucking Associations [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced that Rusty Duckworth has been promoted to the position of chief financial officer. Duckworth has worked for ATA since 1999 in a variety of roles in the accounting and finance department, most recently as senior vice president and controller.

Acelity L.P. Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] announced that Tom Casey, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Acelity, has resigned from his role at Acelity. Todd Wyatt, Vice President, Global Corporate Finance, will serve as interim CFO while Acelity conducts the formal process of identifying Casey’s successor. Wyatt joined the company in 2004 and has previously served as Vice President, Global Corporate Finance.

Visualant, Inc. [SEATTLE] (OTCQB: VSUL) announced that it has appointed Jeff Wilson as Chief Financial Officer. Wilson brings over 12 years of experience at MicroVision, a Redmond. In addition, he previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Command Center, and Acumatica. Earlier in his career, he held senior finance and accounting positions with Siemens Medical Systems, and served as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Stephen J. Webber

Cynosure, Inc. [WESTFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CYNO) announced that Stephen J. Webber will join the Company as Executive Vice President. Mr. Webber will then become Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer.  He will succeed Timothy W. Baker, who in May announced his planned retirement from Cynosure to pursue philanthropic interests. Mr. Webber joins Cynosure from Virtustream, where he was Chief Financial Officer since 2015. He previously served in multiple financial leadership roles at EMC Corporation, Virtustream’s former parent. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Webber was Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations at EMC. During a 19-year career at EMC, Mr. Webber was promoted to leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including corporate finance, international finance, sales finance and operations for Latin America and business partner roles supporting the Enterprise Software Division and Global Services. Before that, he spent four years at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Boston.

North State [HIGH POINT, N.C.] announced that Jon Cage, vice president and chief financial officer, will retire after a 33-year career with the company. Mr. Cage will be succeeded by Scott Toth, who has been appointed vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Toth, who joined North State in 2013, is currently director of finance & business analysis. Prior to joining North State, Mr. Toth held various management positions, including CFO, for companies repositioning themselves within the automotive, transportation and senior living industries. The companies included Arvin Industries, FedEx and Pennybyrn at Maryfield (Maryfield, Inc.). Mr. Toth began his career at Coopers & Lybrand in 1986.

Misonix, Inc. [FARMINGDALE, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: MSON) announced that it appointed Joseph Dwyer as interim Chief Financial Officer.

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. [MARYVILLE, TN] (NYSE: RT) announced the appointment of Sue Briley as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Briley has been serving as interim Chief Financial Officer since June 2016 and prior to that, had been Vice President of Finance since joining Ruby Tuesday in July 2014.

Alex Shvartsburg

Caligor [SECAUCUS, N.J.] announced that it has appointed Alex Shvartsburg as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Mr. Shvartsburg served as Vice President of Finance – Genetic, Medical and Applied Sciences Division (GSD) at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Before that, he was head of Life Technologies Corporate Development Finance Group. He began his career with Johnson and Johnson, progressing in roles of increasing responsibility.

Real Industry, Inc. [SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RELY) announced that it has appointed Michael Hobey as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, succeeding Kyle Ross who had been appointed as President, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Hobey has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Real Alloy Holding, Inc., since the business’ acquisition in February 2015. Prior to joining Real Alloy, Mr. Hobey served as Chief Financial Officer of the predecessor entity known as Global Recycling & Specification Alloys at Aleris International, Inc. (“Aleris”). Mr. Hobey joined Aleris in June 2006, serving as Vice President, Corporate Development, through July 2009 when he was named Vice President and Treasurer. Before joining Aleris, he served as Vice President in the Investment Banking Division at Citigroup Global Markets and held various positions with McDonnell Douglas and Boeing immediately following college.

Regis Corporation [Minneapolis, MN] announced that Steven Spiegel gave notice of his intention to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer. Eric Bakken, current Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, will become Interim CFO upon Mr. Spiegel’s departure.

Matthew Gallatin

Drawbridge [San Mateo, CA] announced the appointment of Matthew Gallatin as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Gallatin most recently served as CFO of OneLogin, and previously as CFO of ShareThis. Gallatin has also held executive roles at Brand.net, Yahoo, and Merrill Lynch.

Lumber Liquidators [TOANO, Va.] (NYSE: LL) announced that Martin “Marty” Agard will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Interim CFO Greg Whirley will remain with the Company in his role as Senior Vice President, Finance. Mr. Agard joins Lumber Liquidators from Kohler Company, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his role at Kohler, Mr. Agard held finance, treasury and controller roles at Georgia Pacific Corporation, as well as financial roles at Procter & Gamble and Eastman Kodak.

RedBrick Health [MINNEAPOLIS, MN] announced that Todd Laddusaw is joining its leadership team as chief financial officer. Mr. Laddusaw will oversee the company’s financial strategy and operations as RedBrick continues to grow and expand opportunities to help its clients improve engagement, well-being and performance across diverse populations. Mr. Laddusaw joins RedBrick from Healthland, Inc., where he was CFO. Prior to Healthland, he served as chief financial officer at Microedge, LL. Mr. Laddusaw has also held financial leadership positions at UnitedHealth Group, Thomson Reuters, PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG.

Timberline Resources Corporation [COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO] (OTCQB: TLRS) announced the appointment of Randal Hardy as Timberline’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. From August 2007 to January 2016, Mr. Hardy served as Timberline’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Timberline, Mr. Hardy served in executive roles at a start-up gold exploration company, a private custom minting firm, and a historic silver mining company. Since January 2016, he has continued to perform Timberline’s CFO responsibilities as a consultant.

SC3 [ALEXANDRIA, VA] has expanded its leadership ranks by promoting David Clark to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clark joined SC3 in 2015, serving as the company’s Vice President of Business Operations. Prior to joining SC3, he was the Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis for ASRC Federal. He also served in increasing roles of responsibilities in various finance and business operations leadership roles in his 13-year career at Lockheed Martin.

Integer Holdings Corporation [FRISCO, Texas] announced that Michael Dinkins, executive vice president and chief financial officer, plans to leave the Company. Mr. Dinkins served on the Greatbatch Board of Directors from 2008-2012. In 2012, he transitioned from a Director into the CFO role.

Mill Steel Co. [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] announced the appointment of Marc Rabitoy as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and partner. Rabitoy was most recently the Field Finance Managing Director of the Consumer Packaged Goods division at Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc. Prior to that, he was promoted to Vice President of Finance for Total Logistics Control, LLC (TLC).

Andrew Miller

iRobot Corp. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: IRBT) announced the addition of Andrew Miller, executive vice president and chief financial officer at PTC, to its board of directors increasing its size to nine members. Prior to PTC, Miller served as vice president and chief financial officer of Cepheid. He has also served in financial leadership roles at Autodesk, MarketFirst Software, Cadence Design Systems, and Silicon Graphics.

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Jennifer Ceran

Smartsheet [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the addition of Jennifer Ceran as the company’s chief financial officer. Ceran, who most recently served as CFO of Quotient Technology Inc., previously was the VP of Finance at Box and Ebay/PayPal, and prior to that was Director of Corporate Finance at Cisco.

Inteliquent, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced that Kurt Abkemeier has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in order to pursue another career opportunity.

W. P. Carey Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: WPC) announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Hisham Kader, is resigning from the position. Ms. Toni Ann Sanzone has been appointed interim CFO of W. P. Carey Inc., having served as its Chief Accounting Officer since 2015. Ms. Sanzone joined W. P. Carey in April 2013 as Global Corporate Controller. Prior to joining W. P. Carey, Ms. Sanzone served as the Corporate Controller at iStar Financial Inc., where she held various senior accounting positions from 2006 to 2013.

Jeffrey M. Farber

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. [WORCESTER, Mass.] (NYSE: THG) announced that Jeffrey M. Farber has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. Farber joins The Hanover after five years with American International Group (AIG), where he served as the organization’s deputy chief financial officer and as chief risk officer. Prior to AIG, Farber served as chief financial officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc. Previously, he held senior accounting and finance roles at The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., most recently as senior managing director, controller and senior vice president. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, rising to partner in the firm.

SecurityScorecard [NEW YORK] announced that Bill Siegel has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Siegel was previously the Head of NASDAQ Private Market following Nasdaq’s acquisition of SecondMarket, where he was CEO.

QuickBase Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Matt Hoogerland will become its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hoogerland will succeed William Markley, who served as QuickBase’s Interim CFO. Previously, Matt was CFO of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics. In addition to his role as CFO of OHL, Hoogerland held several senior finance management positions at Brady Corporation and Metavante Corporation. He also served in a number of progressive finance roles at Grande Cheese Company, Ford Motor Company, and First Chicago NBD.

Medsphere Systems Corporation [CARLSBAD, Calif.] announced that Rita Schaefer has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Schaefer was previously CFO for ChartLogic. Schaefer joined ChartLogic in 2000, later becoming chief financial officer. Earlier in her career, she owned a company that provided accounting and consulting services to medical practices and clinics.

Performance Food Group Company [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: PFGC) announced that Tom Ondrof will join PFG as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Ondrof succeeds Bob Evans, who is retiring after serving as CFO for seven years. Ondrof joins PFG following a 24-year career with Compass Group North America. During his tenure he served as Director of Financial Planning (1991-1996), Corporate Controller (1996-1999) and Chief Financial Officer (1999-2010). He was named Chief Strategy Officer in 2010 before serving in his most recent position of Chief Development Officer from 2013-2015.

James Beer

ForeScout Technologies, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of James Beer to its Board of Directors. Beer currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of McKesson Corporation. Prior to joining McKesson, Beer served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Symantec Corp. and as Chief Financial Officer of AMR Corp. and American Airlines.

Plexure [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that it has appointed Andrew Dalziel as chief financial officer. Dalziel joins Plexure having led financial operations for several high-growth companies. His previous roles include serving as CFO of CricHQ, financial controller for Z Energy, head of International Finance for Telecom New Zealand, financial controller for Barclays and senior tax consultant for PwC.

W2O Group [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Richard Neave as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Neave is replacing Tony Esposito, who has been CFO since 2008 and who will continue to consult for the firm in the near term as he starts his own financial advisory practice. Neave joins from Huntsworth Health where he was global CFO. Prior to Huntsworth, he held top financial positions at Ogilvy, Medialink and Edelman.

Kemper Corporation [CHICAGO] (NYSE: KMPR) announced that James “Jim” J. McKinney will join the company in November as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. McKinney replaces Frank J. Sodaro, who will serve as a senior advisor to the company through the end of 2016. During the transition period, Richard Roeske, Kemper’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer. In his most recent role, McKinney served as Chief Financial Officer for the Banc of California. Prior to joining Banc of California, McKinney was Principal Accounting Officer and Global Corporate Controller for International Lease Finance Corporation (IFLC), a division of AIG. In addition, McKinney worked for RBS Citizens Asset Finance, where he held several senior finance and analytical roles. In his early career, he worked for KPMG, ServiceGas and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Trecora Resources [SUGAR LAND, Texas] (NYSE: TREC) announced that Sami Ahmad will be appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer, replacing Connie Cook.  Ms. Cook will remain as Treasurer and Secretary with the added title of Vice President of Accounting and Compliance.  Mr. Ahmad joins Trecora from Armada Water Assets, Inc. where he was Chief Financial Officer and served on the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Armada Water Assets in 2013, which he helped build from formation, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Southwest Water Company, and as Vice President and Treasurer for Exterran.  Earlier Mr. Ahmad worked for LyondellBasell Industries and Lyondell Chemical Company from 1998 to 2009, where his positions included Director, Corporate Development; Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Finance; and Director, Investor Relations.  From 1991 through 1998 he held various positions with ARCO Chemical Company.

Vincent Migayrou

EasyVista Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Vincent Migayrou has joined EasyVista to assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Migayrou joins EasyVista with more than 30 years of experience in CFO positions for large IT companies (SAP, CGI-Logica and Open Text) and fast growth venture-backed IT businesses (Bewan, Alter Way).

Duck Creek Technologies [COLUMBIA, S.C.] announced Vincent Chippari will join their executive team as its chief financial officer. Mr. Chippari was most recently the managing director and CFO of Interactive Data Corporation. His previous positions include serving as CFO of two private-equity backed pre-IPO technology businesses, FleetMatics Group and NameMedia, Inc., chief strategy officer of Thomson Healthcare, and executive VP and CFO of Information Holdings Inc.

Jordan Copland

Quorum [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Jordan Copland as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Copland succeeds Rick Piacenti. Copland joins Quorum from Omnitracs, LLC, where he held the position of chief financial officer. Before joining Omnitracs, LLC, Copland held CFO positions at Harbor Freight Tools, and GSI Commerce. He also served previously in a host of senior finance and business development positions during his nine-year tenure at The Walt Disney Company.

Deanna Strable-Soethout

Principal Financial Group® [DES MOINES, Iowa] announced that, in preparation for the retirement of current chief financial officer and executive vice president Terry J. Lillis in April 2017, Deanna D. Strable-Soethout (Strable) will assume the role of chief financial officer effective February 14, 2017. In addition, she is promoted to executive vice president of Principal®. She will retain her current position as president of United States Insurance Solutions until her successor is named. In 2015, Strable was named president of the United States Insurance Solutions. Strable joined the company in 1990 as an actuarial assistant. She was appointed actuarial associate in 1992, senior actuarial associate in 1994 and named officer in 1995. In 1999, Strable was promoted to second vice president, and then vice president in 2002. She was named senior vice president in 2005 before assuming her current position in 2015. In addition to her role within Principal, Strable currently serves as chair of the Board of Directors for LIMRA LOMA Global (LL Global, Inc) and is a member of the Board of Trustees for Simpson College. She also serves on various committees for United Way of Central Iowa and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI).

Rambus Inc. [Sunnyvale, CA] (NASDAQ: RMBS) announced that Rahul Mathur has accepted the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Rambus, Mr. Mathur served as senior vice president of finance at Cypress Semiconductor. Prior to that, Rahul served as vice president of finance at Spansion (later acquired by Cypress). Rahul has previously worked at numerous technology companies such as NetSuite and KLA-Tencor, and started his career as a consultant with Arthur Andersen.

ALTIVIA [HOUSTON] announced that Frank J. Hayes will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Hayes will replace the company’s current CFO, Fred Stahelin, who is retiring after 16 years of service with the company. Hayes’ previous assignments at DuPont have included chief financial officer for DuPont Sustainable Solutions, global finance manager for DuPont Building Innovations, and global finance and planning manager for DuPont Fluoropolymers, all based in Wilmington, Delaware.  Hayes also spent four years in Singapore as a finance manager for the Dow-DuPont Elastomers Joint Venture.  Earlier in his career, Hayes worked as a line manufacturing supervisor at DuPont’s Coatings Plant in Moberly, Missouri.

Intel Corporation [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: INTC) announced the appointment of Robert “Bob” H. Swan as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He replaces Stacy Smith, who is taking a broader role within Intel leading manufacturing, sales and operations. Smith served nine years as Intel’s CFO. Swan joins Intel from growth equity firm General Atlantic where he served as an operating partner. Prior to General Atlantic, he served nine years as the CFO of eBay Inc. Before that, he was CFO at Electronic Data Systems Corp and at TRW Inc. He also served as CFO, COO and CEO of Webvan Group Inc. Prior to that, Bob served in a number of senior finance roles at General Electric.

Andy Peoples

eRelevance Corp. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Andrew (Andy) Peoples as Chief Financial Officer. Andy’s most recent post was CFO at Bulldog Solutions. Prior to Bulldog Solutions, Andy held various accounting positions at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Michael Angelo Gourmet Foods, National Instruments, and Britestream Networks.

Sangeeta Kishore

Metropolitan Commercial Bank [NEW YORK] announced that Sangeeta Kishore has joined the Bank’s management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Metropolitan Commercial Bank, Ms. Kishore served as the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Risk Officer at Kish Bank. She also served as the President and CEO of Hanover Community Bank.

Organogenesis Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] announced that Tim Cunningham has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Cunningham has helped to build and develop multiple successful technology companies through their entire growth lifecycles – including Infinium Software and GFI Software.  Earlier in his career, Cunningham was with KPMG in New York.

Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: BNFT) announced that Jeffrey Laborde has been appointed chief financial officer. Laborde has previously served as chief financial officer at both Infor, Inc., and SumTotal Systems. Prior to SumTotal, Laborde served as a managing director in the San Francisco office of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its Technology, Media & Telecom Group. Laborde has also led teams for Credit Suisse First Boston’s Technology Group and prior to that, was staff and senior auditor of Arthur Andersen LLP’s Audit and Business Advisory – Enterprise Group.

Stewart & Stevenson LLC [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Jack L. Pieper to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Jack is currently serving as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer.

Blancco Technology Group [ATLANTA and LONDON] (LON: BLTG) announced it has appointed Keith Butcher as its Chief Financial Officer. Butcher will also join the Board of Directors in October 2016. He replaces the company’s longtime CFO, Jog Dhody, will resign from the company and the Board. Butcher has held CFO roles at several techology and e-commerce companies, including PaySafe Group, Flomerics and DataCash Group.

CreativeDrive [NEW YORK] announced that Louis-Philippe Cavallo has been named CFO. For the past year Cavallo was corporate controller at Dataminr. Prior to Dataminr, Cavallo was managing partner/controller of GroupM where he joined after seven years at Havas North America as CFO and head of Shared Services. Earlier in his career he was with JCDecaux, working first in Paris as International Controller and then in New York as Controller.

Kiersten Saathoff

Simpler Trading [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Kiersten Saathoff as Chief Financial Officer. Kiersten Saathoff was previously the Manager of Finance and Business Operations for Yorktown Technologies. Saathoff was also Strategic Advisor for Rocketmiles, and served on the Advisory Board of Bumbershooot Ventures. After receiving her MPA from the University of Texas at Austin, she went on to hold financial and management consulting positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Navigant.

Pinnacle Advanced Reliability Technologies [PASADENA, TX] announced the appointment of Stephen T. Powers as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PinnacleART, Powers served as Vice President of Corporate Development – Canyon Offshore at Helix Energy Solutions Group. Powers has served in a variety of finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility at PwC Consulting, Koch Capital Markets, Aggreko and Rosetta Resources.

Urban Airship [PORTLAND, OR] announced Scott Allen as CFO. Previously, Scott served as the CFO of Intermedia. Prior to Intermedia, Scott was vice president and CFO of Citrix Online. Prior to Citrix, Scott held a variety of positions in finance at ADP, culminating as vice president and general manager.

Kleo Pharmaceuticals Inc. [NEW HAVEN, CT] announced the appointment of Roy Prieb as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Mr. Prieb will also serve on the company’s Board of Directors. He is a co-founder of Kleo Pharmaceuticals. Roy Prieb has helped launch, fund, and grow several digital ventures including Saaspire, Kellogg Media Group, Qiosk.com, and JibJab.com. Earlier in his career, Mr. Prieb was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group.

Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the appointment of Alexander Pease as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. This follows the planned retirement of Rick Puckett as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Puckett remain with the Company in a consulting role for a period of time to ensure a smooth transition. Mr. Pease joins the Company from McKinsey & Co. Mr. Pease spent a total of ten years with McKinsey & Co. in various roles, including tenures prior to and subsequent to his role at EnPro. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Pease held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EnPro Industries (NPO).

Rapid Micro Biosystems [LOWELL, Mass.] announced the addition of Richard Kollender as Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kollender was most recently,a Managing Partner of Quaker Partners, and served as an active Chairman or Board Member of more than a dozen private and publicly traded companies, including Rapid Micro Biosystems.  Previously, he held positions in sales, marketing, global business development, and venture capital at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and its corporate venture arm, S.R. One.  Mr. Kollender began his career as a Certified Public Accountant initially with KPMG, and subsequently with Rudolph, Palitz.

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Citizens Financial Group, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, R.I.] (NYSE: CFG) announced that Chief Financial Officer Eric Aboaf is departing to become CFO of State Street Corporation. Aboaf has been CFO since April 2015. Former Citizens Financial Group CFO John Fawcett, who retired in April 2015 after the Citizens initial public offering, will come out of retirement and serve as interim CFO, subject to regulatory approval, post Aboaf’s departure until a successor has been found.

State Street Corporation [BOSTON] (NYSE: STT) announced that Eric Aboaf will join State Street as executive vice president and a member of its Management Committee. Aboaf will succeed Mike Bell as chief financial officer in March 2017. Aboaf joins State Street from Citizens Financial Group where he was CFO. Prior to this role he was with Citigroup for 12 years, most recently as global treasurer. Prior to that, he was CFO of Citigroup’s institutional client group.

American Eagle Outfitters [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: AEO) announced that Bob Madore has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bob Madore served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ralph Lauren Corporation from April 2015 to September 2016. Prior to that role, he held a number of key financial and operational roles at the Ralph Lauren Corporation, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance from December 2010 to March 2015, and Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of its retail division from 2004 to December 2010. Before joining Ralph Lauren, Bob was Chief Financial Officer for New York & Company from 2003 to 2004, and served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of FutureBrand, from 2001 to 2003. Before that, he held various executive management positions at Nine West Group, Inc. from 1995 through 2000. Bob began his career in 1987 at Deloitte & Touche until 1995.

Progress [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PRGS) announced the appointment of Kurt J. Abkemeier as its new chief financial officer. Abkemeier succeeds Chris E. Perkins. Prior to joining Progress, from January 2014 to September 2016, Abkemeier served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Inteliquent, Inc. Previously, Abkemeier served as the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Cbeyond, Inc. from 2005 to 2012. Abkemeier has also held various senior management positions within telecommunications-related companies and was a senior sell-side research analyst at J.P. Morgan & Co.

Falling Colors Technology [SANTA FE, N.M.] announced that Leon David Lopez has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lopez joined the firm of Waddell & Reed, Inc., as a Financial Advisor. In 2009, Lopez accepted a position as a Financial Advisor and Insurance Agent with New York Life. In 2010, Lopez took a position with the Christus St Vincent Sobering Center/Care Connection, then one with the Christus St Vincent Department of Community Health. Following his work with Christus St Vincent, Leon Lopez worked for the State of New Mexico Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) as their Quality Improvement Manager. In 2014, Lopez was promoted to Deputy Director of Finance and Contracts, as well as Chief Financial Officer of the Behavioral Health Collaborative.

SolarCity Corporation [SAN MATEO, Calif,] (NASDAQ: SCTY) announced that it has promoted Executive Vice President of Global Capital Markets Radford Small to the role of Chief Financial Officer. He replaces President Tanguy Serra, who will be leaving the company. Mr. Small originally joined SolarCity from Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for the Clean Technology and Renewables group.

David Faugno

Beepi, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced it hired David Faugno as its chief financial officer. Faugno joins Beepi from Barracuda Networks where he led as CFO for a decade.

WebMD Health Corp. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: WBMD) announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Blake DeSimone, its Senior Vice President of Finance, as its Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. DeSimone succeeds Peter Anevski who is leaving the Company. Mr. DeSimone joined WebMD as its Senior Vice President of Finance in June 2015. Prior to joining WebMD, Mr. DeSimone was Chief Financial Officer of D+M Holdings. Prior to that, he was President and CFO of Advogent Group, Inc. He also served in other executive roles at Cardinal Health and Boron Lepore & Associates, Inc.  Mr. DeSimone started his career in Arthur Andersen’s Assurance Practice.

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NASDAQ: AGFS) announced that chief financial officer Margo Loebl will be leaving the company to pursue other professional interests.  She will be replaced by Katherine Harper. Most recently, Ms. Harper was the CFO of Tronox. Prior to joining Tronox, she served as a Product Group Chief Financial and Business Development Officer within the Rio Tinto Group.  Her early career spanned financial positions of increasing responsibility for such organizations as Gulbrandsen Group, General Chemical Corporation, Security Bureau and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Drew Industries Incorporated [ELKHART, Ind.] (NYSE: DW) announced that David M. Smith, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.  Mr. Smith joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer in September 2015.  The Company also announced that it has named Brian Hall as interim Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Hall will serve in this role until the Board elects Mr. Smith’s replacement.  Mr. Hall joined the Company in March 2013, and has served as Corporate Controller since June 2013.  Prior to joining the Company, he spent more than 16 years in public accounting, most recently as a Senior Manager at Crowe Horwath LLP.

Jay Amond

Nebraska Book Holdings, Inc. [LINCOLN, Neb.] (OTC PINK: NEEB) welcomed Jay Amond as chief financial officer. Amond was recently senior vice president and chief financial officer with Follett Higher Education Group, Inc. for almost 9 years. In addition, Amond spent many years in the retail sector in various financial executive roles.

ALLETE [DULUTH, Minn.] (NYSE: ALE) announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer Steve DeVinck. DeVinck will remain at the company until spring 2017. DeVinck joined ALLETE in 1997 after fourteen years with the U.S. operations of Enbridge, Inc. where he held the position of chief accountant. He was promoted to assistant controller in 1999, named director, non-utility business development in 2004, and served as ALLETE controller from 2006 to 2013 before assuming the CFO role.

Tom Tran

Sentry Data Systems [DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.] announced Tom Tran as the organization’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Tran has been with Sentry since May 2016, recently accepted the position of CFO and COO. Prior to Sentry, Tran served for more than six years as CFO of WellCare Health Plans. Prior to that, Tran was president, COO and CFO of CareGuide, Inc. He also served as CFO of Uniprise, Inc. Tran has also served as CFO of ConnectiCare, Inc., as well as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and as Vice President of Finance and Controller for CIGNA HealthCare.

MapAnything, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced Chris Rosbrook has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Managing Director at Piper Jaffray Companies. Prior to that, he spent nine years at Edgeview Partners. Rosbrook started his career with a computer-aided-engineering software startup.

Williams Companies, Inc. [TULSA, Okla.] (NYSE: WMB) announced that Peter Ragauss, former Chief Financial Officer of Baker Hughes and current Board director at Apache Corporation, have been appointed to the Williams Board of Directors. Mr. Ragauss retired from Baker Hughes in November 2014 after serving eight years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joined the Board of Directors of Apache Corporation in December 2014. From 2003 to 2006, prior to joining Baker Hughes, Mr. Ragauss was controller, Refining and Marketing, for BP Plc. From 2000 to 2003, he was chief executive officer for Air BP. From 1998 to 2000, he was assistant to group chief executive for BP Amoco. Earlier in his career, from 1996 to 1998, Mr. Ragauss served as vice president of Finance for El Paso Energy International. He held positions of increasing responsibility at Tenneco Inc. from 1993 to 1996, and Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated from 1987 to 1993.

Alliant Energy Corporation [MADISON, Wis.] (NYSE: LNT) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tom Hanson will retire from the company. Alliant Energy has named Robert Durian as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Robert has been with the company since 1992 and has held a variety of leadership roles. He was named Controller in 2010, Chief Accounting Officer in 2011 and Vice President in 2015. He was named Treasurer earlier this year.

TechTarget, Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TTGT) announced that Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Janice O’Reilly has resigned. She will remain with the Company until December 31, 2016 to assist with the recruitment and transition to a new Chief Financial Officer. O’Reilly has been with TechTarget since June 2011.

Pacific Life Insurance Company [NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.] announced that Adrian Griggs, currently executive vice president and chief financial officer has been appointed chief operating officer. Darryl Button will join Pacific Life from Aegon N.V. to serve as chief financial officer. Mr. Button has been with Aegon N.V. since 1999, serving in an executive role for the past 11 years, including as CFO and a member of the executive board.

Sovrn [BOULDER, Colo.] announced the addition of Tim Connor to its Board of Directors. Tim is currently the CFO of Code42. Immediately prior to joining Code42, Tim was CFO at Datalogix.

Christine Neal

Unified Grocers, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Michael F. Henn is retiring. Christine Neal will be promoted to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Neal joined Unified in 2003, and in her previous roles she was responsible for Finance, Treasury, Strategic Planning and Human Resources. Prior to the joining the Company, Neal served for several years as a financial consultant to Unified. She also served as Chief Financial Officer for the California Restaurant Association, and was Controller for Gelson’s Markets. Neal began her career at the Cincinnati office of Arthur Young & Company, where she worked for eight years as an accountant and audit manager.

Gladstone Commercial Corporation [McLean, VA] (NASDAQ: GOOD) reported that Danielle Jones, has resigned her position as Chief Financial Officer.

International Speedway Corporation [DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.] (NASDAQ: ISCA) announced that Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Daniel W. Houser will retire.  Mr. Houser will be succeeded by Gregory S. Motto.  Mr. Motto currently serves as the Company’s Vice President, Finance and Accounting and Controller. Mr. Motto has been with ISC since 2000. He was promoted to Vice President in April 2015 and has served as Controller for the Company since 2008.  During his time with ISC, Motto has served in a number of roles of increasing responsibility within the finance and accounting functions including Financial Analyst, Assistant Controller and Director of Strategic Planning.

Kristina Campbell

PayNearMe Inc. [SUNNYVALE, CA] appointed Kristina Campbell as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PayNearMe Inc., Campbell served as the General Manager of GoBank.

Sonendo Inc. [LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.] announced the appointment of John (Jack) Glenn as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Sonendo, Glenn most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Armetheon Corporation. Prior to this, Glenn served as Chief Financial Officer of Solta Medical. Previously Glenn served as Chief Financial Officer at Cholestech, and also served as Chief Financial Officer at Invivo Corporation.

Marla Beckham

EPIC Fuels [IRVING, TX] announced the appointment of Marla Beckham as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Beckham joins EPIC Fuels from Atlantic Aviation. Prior to her tenure at the FBO network, Marla worked in the oil, gas and power industries in various finance positions at TXU Energy and Shell Trading North America Gas & Power. Marla also worked for accounting firm Deloitte & Touche.

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Gerard Griffin

Zynga Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: ZNGA) announced that the Company has appointed Gerard Griffin as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Zynga, Griffin spent more than 10 years at Electronic Arts, Inc. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Finance where he was the finance leader for EA’s Studios, Marketing and Publishing organizations. Before that, he spent more than six years in Geneva, Switzerland as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for EA International. Prior to joining EA, Griffin held a number of senior finance roles domestically and internationally at technology and media companies, including NBC and Primedia, as well as in public accounting with KPMG.

Big Switch Networks [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced it has appointed Wendell Laidley as Chief Financial Officer. Laidley was previously VP of Finance, Investor Relations and Treasury at AppDynamics.

Cytovance Biologics, Inc. [OKLAHOMA CITY, OK] announced the appointment of Jenny Chen to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cytovance, she was the Corporate Controller for Maxcess International.

Claire’s Stores, Inc. [HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill] announced the appointment of Scott Huckins, as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Scott joins Claire’s from Sears Holdings where he served as Vice President, Treasurer and President for Sears Re for the last four years. Prior to that role, he served as Vice President, Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations for RSC Holdings, Inc. Scott has also served in a variety of key executive roles while at Koch Industries for seven years including Chief Financial Officer for their Capital Markets Division as well as President and CEO for Koch Financial Products, LLC.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. [ROANOKE, Va.] (NYSE: AAP) announced it has appointed Tom Okray as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Okray will succeed Mike Norona, who will remain with the Company in an advisory role until the end of the year. Most recently, Mr. Okray served as Vice President, Finance, Global Customer Fulfillment at Amazon. Prior to joining Amazon, Mr. Okray spent the majority of his career at General Motors (GM) in a variety of finance and supply chain related roles. He was most CFO, Global Product Development, Purchasing & Supply Chain. Prior to that, he held a variety of finance roles supporting GM’s operations, vehicle development, supplier and partner base around the world.

Wayside Technology Group Inc. [EATONTOWN, NJ] (NASDAQ: WSTG) announced that Michael Vesey will join as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as Vice President of SEC Reporting for OTG Management, Inc., from January to September 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Vesey served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to 2015, and Vice President Corporate Controller from 2006 to 2011, for Majesco Entertainment Company. He began his career with the accounting firm KPMG.

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. [ARDSLEY, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ACOR) announced that Chief Financial Officer Michael Rogers has left the company. Andrew Hindman, Acorda’s Chief Business Development Officer, has assumed responsibility for Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations. Mr. Rogers will serve as a consultant to the Company through the end of the year as part of this transition.

Florida East Coast Industries [CORAL GABLES, Fla.] announced the hiring of M. Bruce Snyder as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Snyder most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting for Related Companies. He also held leadership positions with global mining leader Rio Tinto including Chief Financial Officer of Rio Tinto Palabora Mining Company and Chief Financial Officer of Rio Tinto Minerals. His career has also included executive positions with the St. Joe Company, CarrAmerica Realty, and Charles E. Smith Cos.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, N.Y.] (NYSE: TARO) announced the appointment of Mariano Balaguer as Vice President, CFO and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Balaguer has nearly 20 years of senior management experience in finance with global companies such as Novartis Consumer Health, Nestle and most recently, the Global Strategic Portfolio Division of Henry Schein.

Armstrong Flooring, Inc. [LANCASTER, Pa.] (NYSE: AFI) announced the appointment of Michael W. Malone to its board of directors. The board also appointed Mr. Malone to its Audit Committee. Mr. Malone served more than 30 years at Polaris Industries Inc., most recently as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from January 1997 through July 2015, retiring from the company in March 2016. From January 1997 to January 2010, he also served as Corporate Secretary of Polaris. Mr. Malone was Vice President and Treasurer of Polaris from December 1994 to January 1997 and was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the predecessor company of Polaris from January 1993 to December 1994. He joined Polaris in 1984 after four years with Arthur Andersen LLP. Since 2011, Mr. Malone has served as a member of the board of directors of Don Stevens LLC.

Healthcare Associates of Texas LLC [DALLAS] announced that Jeffrey M. Vines has joined the company as chief financial officer. Vines was previously with Adeptus Health Inc., where he served as vice president of finance and corporate controller.

Andy Kim

Participant Media [LOS ANGELES] has named Andy Kim its Chief Financial Officer. Kim will replace long-time veteran CFO Bob Murphy, who spent nine years at the company. Kim joins Participant from The Weinstein Company, where he has worked since 2005, and served as CFO since 2010. Prior to his tenure at TWC, Kim was Sr. Vice President, Finance, at Miramax Films and Assistant Vice President at Marsh (subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies).

Truett-Hurst, Inc. [HEALDSBURG, Calif.] (NASDAQ: THST) announced the appointment of Evan B. Meyer as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Paul Forgue. Mr. Meyer recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Avantel SAS. Prior to Avantel, he was the Chief Financial Officer of PaymentOne Corporation in Campbell, California from 2005 to 2015.  Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration at PaymentOne Corporation, from 2000 to 2004.  From 1994 to 1998, he served as Senior Manager and Principal Consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP in San Francisco, California.

StorageCraft Technology Corp. [DRAPER, Utah] announced that Matthew Crumley is its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining StorageCraft, Crumley spent six years at inContact, Inc. prior to that, Crumley spent five years at Overstock as the director of accounting and SEC reporting and seven years as the manager of business assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: DKS) announced that Lee J. Belitsky has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Belitsky assumes the responsibilities from André Hawaux, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, who has served as the principal financial officer on an interim basis since August 2016. Mr. Hawaux will continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Belitsky joined DICK’S as Vice President, Controller in 1997 and was appointed Treasurer in 2005. Since that time, he has held a number of leadership positions, including Senior Vice President, Distribution/Transportation; Senior Vice President, Store Operations and Distribution/Transportation; Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Analysis and Treasury Services; Senior Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer; and Senior Vice President, Product Development. Most recently, Mr. Belitsky served as Executive Vice President, Product Development and Merchandise Planning, Allocation and Replenishment. Prior to DICK’S, Mr. Belitsky served as Chief Financial Officer for Domain, Inc., from 1993-1997. Prior to that, he spent over seven years with Morse Shoes, Inc., where he rose to Vice President, Controller and Treasurer, and nearly four years in audit at KPMG.

A. Schulman, Inc. [AKRON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: SHLM) announced that John W. Richardson has joined the Company initially as Executive Vice President – Finance. He will succeed Joseph J. Levanduski as Chief Financial Officer on November 1, 2016 to ensure a seamless transition of financial responsibilities. Richardson most recently served as chief financial officer at Qwest Communications International in 2008, having joined the company in 2003 as senior vice president & controller and also serving as chief accounting officer. He had previously served in progressively senior financial roles at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, including vice president – corporate finance and chief accounting officer, and as chairman and general manager of the company’s British subsidiary, spanning a 35-year career at Goodyear. Richardson retired from Goodyear in 2002.

TriNet Group, Inc. [SAN LEANDRO, Calif.] (NYSE: TNET) announced that its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bill Porter, plans to retire from the company after six years of service.

Relayware [JERSEY CITY, N.J. & OXFORD, England] announced that Jennifer Fleissner has been appointed as chief financial officer. Having served as the CFO at four companies prior, Fleissner comes to Relayware from Archive Systems and Soleil Securities.

Encina Solutions, LLC [CORAL GABLES, Fla.] announced the appointment of Charles Costenbader to the position of President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Costenbader brings strong international experience during his work in Shanghai, China as the Chief Operating Officer of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors for several energy companies in the United States.

Savage [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that Kimo Esplin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Huntsman Corporation, will be joining the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to his appointment as Huntsman Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer in 1999, Mr. Esplin served as Huntsman’s Treasurer from 1994 to 1999. He was previously a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Esplin also serves as a Director of Nutraceutical International Corporation.

Premier Commercial Bancorp [HILLSBORO, OR] (OTC PINK: PRCB) announced that it has hired Jason Wessling, as the new Chief Financial Officer for the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Premier Community Bank. He replaces the Company’s prior Chief Financial Officer of eight years, Bob Ekblad, who has transitioned to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Wessling was a former three year employee of Premier Community Bank.

Dynatronics Corporation [COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah] (NASDAQ: DYNT) announced the appointment of David A. Wirthlin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Wirthlin will succeed Terry M. Atkinson, who will continue with Dynatronics as Director of Accounting. For 12 years, Wirthlin was Chief Financial Officer of ArmorWorks Enterprises, LLC, from June 2004 until January 2016.  Most recently, Wirthlin worked for ArmorWorks as a consultant on a contract basis.  Mr. Wirthlin previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Integrated Information Systems, Inc. and SkyMall, Inc.  He also brings seven years of public accounting and consulting experience from his time at Arthur Andersen in San Francisco and Salt Lake City.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NASDAQ: EGLE) announced that Frank De Costanzo will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Mr. De Costanzo succeeds Adir Katzav who has decided to step down to pursue other professional opportunities. Mr. De Costanzo most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Catalyst Paper Corporation.  Mr. De Costanzo also previously served as Vice President and Global Treasurer at Kinross Gold Corporation. Earlier in his career, Mr. De Costanzo served in positions of increasing responsibility at Pitney Bowes Inc., including Assistant Treasurer, Director of Internal Audit and Finance Director, International, for Pitney Bowes Software.  He also worked at The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Union Bank of Switzerland.

Josephine Iannelli

Bar Harbor Bankshares [Bar Harbor, Maine] appointed Josephine Iannelli as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and the Bank. She replaces the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer Bradford Kopp. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Iannelli served as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (“Berkshire”), having previously served Berkshire as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since January 2014. She was the principal financial and accounting officer of Berkshire, having joined as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer in March 2013. Previously, Ms. Iannelli had senior accounting policy responsibilities at several banks, including PNC Financial, National City Corporation and KeyCorp.

DAS Group of Companies [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Robert B. Lorfink to global chief financial officer. Prior to this promotion, Lorfink was DAS CFO of the Americas and immediately preceding that, he was president and COO of Ketchum.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts [BOSTON] has named Andreana Santangelo as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Santangelo replaces Allen Maltz who will retire at the end of 2016. Before joining Blue Cross, Santangelo held various leadership roles at CIGNA. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Santangelo is also a member of the board of directors at Junior Achievement of Northern New England.

Track Group, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (OTCQX: TRCK), announced that Mark Attarian informed the Company of his intention to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Attarian joined the Company as Chief Administrative Officer on July 11, 2016, and was appointed Chief Financial Officer on September 12, 2016.

MPLX LP [FINDLAY, Ohio] (NYSE: MPLX) announced that Pamela K.M. Beall, MPLX executive vice president of Corporate Planning and Strategy, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of MPLX GP LLC. Beall replaces Nancy K. Buese, who is retiring to pursue other opportunities. Beall brings substantial financial experience to the CFO role, as her career has included numerous finance, accounting and commercial roles at Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) and MPLX.

Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. [NEW YORK, NY] (NASDAQ: LBIO) announced the appointment of Gregory T. Schiffman as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Most recently, Mr. Schiffman was Executive Vice President and CFO of StemCells, Inc. Prior to StemCells, Mr. Schiffman was the Executive Vice President and CFO of Dendreon Corporation. Before entering the healthcare industry, Mr. Schiffman held roles of increasing responsibility during his eleven year term with Hewlett Packard, including serving as controller of its European personal computer manufacturing and distribution operations in Grenoble, France, and as manufacturing manager and controller of its Netmetrix Division.

Kareo [IRVINE, CA] announced the hiring of Gregg Waldon as the company’s new chief financial officer. Prior to Kareo, Waldon spent seven years as the CFO at RedBrick Health. Gregg also spent three years at SoftBrands, seven years at Stellent, and seven years at GalaGen.

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Suellen Ravanas

JLL (NYSE: JLL) announced the appointment of Suellen Ravanas as Chief Financial Officer, Americas. Ravanas comes from Publicis Groupe, where she held the role of North American Chief Financial Officer for all creative agencies, including Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi and Publicis. She previously was North American CFO of Leo Burnett. Prior to Leo Burnett, Ravanas spent seven years at PepsiCo in finance and corporate strategy roles across the Tropicana, Gatorade and Quaker Oats brands. Prior to PepsiCo, she was a principal consultant for eight years with A.T. Kearney in the United States and Europe.

International Paper [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NYSE: IP) announced Carol L. Roberts, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire. She has been serving as chief financial officer since 2011. Glenn R. Landau has been named Senior Vice President, Finance, and will become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Landau joined International Paper in 1991 and held positions of increasing responsibility within the Company. Landau served as vice president, Investor Relations, from 2011 to 2013.  In April 2013, he was named president, IP Latin America, and became a Senior Vice President in November 2014.

Ewout Steenbergen

S&P Global [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SPGI) announced that Ewout Steenbergen has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Rob MacKay, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since August. Mr. Steenbergen will join S&P Global from Voya Financial, Inc., where he serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2010. Prior to his role as Voya’s CFO, Mr. Steenbergen was CFO and Chief Risk Officer for ING Asia-Pacific and held a number of management roles for ING Group, including serving as regional general manager in Hong Kong and as a Chief Executive Officer of RVS. He has also held other international roles such as CEO of ING’s Retail Business in the Czech and Slovak Republics and CEO of ING Nationale-Nederlanden Slovak Republic.

Seth Klein

Icon Media Direct [LOS ANGELES, CA] announced the addition of Seth Klein as the company’s Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operations Officer. Previously, Klein consulted for Cargomatic, and was the CFO of StyleHaul. Previously, he spent six years at IAC as the VP of Finance for the emerging business and media segment and CFO of CityGrid Media. In addition, he has served in various finance roles at companies such as News Corp, DirecTV and the New York Times.

Kissner Group Holdings LP [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that it has appointed Michael Lenox to the position of Chief Financial Officer. He replaces outgoing Chief Financial Officer Michael Poole.  Mr. Lenox most recently served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of USA Compression Partners, LP. He has also served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Inergy, LP, and held senior roles at Ernst & Young in its Assurance and Advisory Services department.

Resonant Inc. [GOLETA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RESN) announced that its board has appointed Jeff Killian as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kilian will succeed Interim CFO Ross Goolsby. Since 2010, Mr. Killian was Chief Financial Officer at Cascade Microtech, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Killian held several positions of increasing responsibility at TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. over an 11 year span, as well as US Bank for 20 years.

NGDATA™ [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Didier Van der Coelden as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In his previous position, he served as founder of CONFI-dence, an advisory service. Prior to that, Van der Coelden served as CFO of Capco.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: IFF) announced that Richard O’Leary, the Company’s current Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. This announcement comes as Alison A. Cornell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, since July 2015, Mr. O’Leary has served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Previously, he served as IFF’s Interim Chief Financial Officer from November 2014 to July 2015; Vice President and Corporate Controller from May 2009 to November 2014; Interim Chief Financial Officer from July 2008 to May 2009; and Vice President, Corporate Development from July 2007 to May 2009. Before joining IFF, Mr. O’Leary spent 21 years at International Paper Company where he held finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility with assignments in Brazil, Belgium, France and the United States. Prior to International Paper Company, Rich was a Senior Auditor with Arthur Young & Co.

Michael S. Smith

Voya Financial, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: VOYA), announced that Michael S. Smith has been named chief financial officer (CFO).  Smith will continue to serve on Voya’s Executive Committee. Smith succeeds Ewout Steenbergen, who has served as CFO of Voya since 2010 and has decided to depart the firm. Smith, who joined Voya in 2009, has previously served as CEO of Insurance Solutions at Voya. Smith has also served as Voya’s chief risk officer (CRO) and, prior to that, held the roles of CEO, CFO and CRO for Voya’s Annuities business. Prior to joining Voya, Smith held several leadership positions at Lincoln Financial Group, where he ultimately served as head of profitability and risk management of the company’s retirement solutions business.  He also served as CFO & CRO of Lincoln Lifeand Annuities, from 2004 to 2006, and as CFO for Lincoln Financial Distributors, from 2003 to 2004.

CALIBRE Systems, Inc. [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced that Jeffrey E. Giangiuli has been promoted to Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer from Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Giangiuli will also serve as CALIBRE’s Corporate Treasurer and Secretary. He is assuming these corporate roles upon the announced retirement of Jack Mutarelli.

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: BWLD) announced the appointment of Harmit Singh, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Levi Strauss & Co., will join the Company’s Board. Prior to joining Levi Strauss & Co. in January 2013, Mr. Singh served as chief financial officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Before Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Mr. Singh held various global leadership roles at Yum! Brand foods, including chief financial officer of Pizza Hut.

Howard Hughes Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: HHC) announced that David R. O’Reilly has been appointed to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. O’Reilly replaces Andrew Richardson. O’Reilly served as Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer of Parkway Properties, Inc. from November 2011 through October 2014 and Chief Financial Officer since August 2012. He served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer from May 2012 through August 2012. Previously, O’Reilly served as Executive Vice President of Banyan Street Capital, from August 2011 through October 2011 and as director of Capital Markets for Eola Capital LLC from August 2009 through May 2011. He served in the investment banking industry as Senior Vice President of Barclays Capital Inc. from September 2008 through June 2009 and in a similar capacity for Lehman Brothers from August 2001 through September 2008.

Kleinfelder [SAN DIEGO] announced that John A. Murphy has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Prior to joining Kleinfelder he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Europe, Middle East, India, and Africa (EMEIA) division of WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff. He has also served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Chief Executive Officer of the Irving Transportation Group and Executive Vice President and Finance Director for the E&C Division of Kvaerner ASA in London.

NICE [PARAMUS, N.J.] (NASDAQ: NICE) announced that Beth Gaspich, CFO of NICE Actimize, the Company’s financial crime and compliance business unit, has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer at NICE. Ms. Gaspich has been the CFO of NICE Actimize since September 2011. Prior to joining NICE, Ms. Gaspich served as the CFO of Archive Systems, and previous to that role she was a founding member of the RiskMetrics Group.

Michael Farrow

Vendini [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Michael Farrow has been appointed CFO and head of Finance at Vendini. Michael was most recently CFO at PipelineRx. Prior to joining PipelineRx in 2014, he was CFO of CloudMade. From 2009 to 2011, Michael was CFO of NetShelter Technology Media. Farrow started his career in the entertainment industry working for several media companies including Time Warner and Viacom.

Patheon N.V. [DURHAM, N.C.] (NYSE: PTHN) announced that its executive vice president and chief financial officer, Stuart Grant, plans to retire.

Black Stone Minerals, L.P. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: BSM) announced today that Marc Carroll will retire as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Marc has been with Black Stone for the past 12 years.

Dennis Sullivan

Western Area Power Administration [LAKEWOOD, Colorado] announced that Dennis Sullivan has been named Acting Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Sullivan has been the Chief Strategy Integrator for WAPA since February 2015. He spent 14 years in the Department of Defense and 10 years as a management consultant.

Sanchez Energy Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SN) announced it has appointed Howard Thill as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Sanchez Energy, Thill served as Senior Vice President of Communications and Investor Relations at Devon Energy. Prior to Devon, Thill served as Vice President of Corporate, Government and Investor Relations at Marathon Oil Corp.  He began his career with Phillips Petroleum Company in 1982 as a drilling fluids engineer and subsequently held positions of increasing responsibility in natural gas operations, federal and international tax, international finance and business development before moving to investor relations.

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Time Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TIME) announced that Jeff Bairstow, EVP and CFO, will depart the company after a transition. He will remain as EVP and CFO until November 7, 2016. Thereafter, he will stay on in an advisory capacity until March 1, 2017, to ensure a smooth transition of his responsibilities. Sue D’Emic, SVP, Controller, will succeed Bairstow as EVP and CFO.

WESCO International, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: WCC) announced the appointment of David S. (Dave) Schulz as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. After 15 years in financial leadership roles with Procter & Gamble and the J. M. Smucker Company, David joined Armstrong World Industries in 2011 as Vice President – Finance of the Armstrong Building Products division.  He was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2013.  Most recently, Mr. Schulz was the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Armstrong Flooring, Inc. Mr. Schulz began his career as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

Sears Holdings [HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.] (NASDAQ: SHLD) announced that Jason Hollar has been promoted to chief financial officer.  The company previously announced in May that Robert A. Schriesheim would be departing from his position with the company. Mr. Hollar, 43, joined Sears Holdings in October 2014 as senior vice president. Prior to joining Sears Holdings, Mr. Hollar was at Delphi Automotive, where he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to Delphi, Jason spent the bulk of his career at Navistar International.

Endo International plc [DUBLIN & Malvern, PA] (NASDAQ: ENDP) (TSX: ENL) announced that Suketu Upadhyay, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company. Blaise Coleman, Endo’s Senior Vice President of Global Finance Operations, will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Chuck Cioffi

Bambeco, Inc. [BALTIMORE, MD] announced the appointment of Charles Cioffi as both the company’s Chief Financial Officer and its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Bambeco, Cioffi served as SVP, COO and CFO of The Robert Allen Group, Inc. Prior to that, Cioffi held the role of VP, Chief Performance Officer for HDA, Inc. He began his career at Ernst & Young in its Entrepreneurial Services practice.

ITT Inc. [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] (NYSE: ITT) announced that it has elected Nicholas C. Fanandakis to its Board of Directors. Fanandakis is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont). Fanandakis formerly served as Group Vice President of DuPont Applied BioSciences and Vice President of Corporate Plans, as well as in a variety of operational, marketing and product management roles in the Petrochemicals, Chemical & Pigments, Specialty Chemicals and Industrial Solutions areas.

Myers Industries, Inc. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: MYE) announced that Matteo Anversa has been appointed as Executive Vice President, CFO and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Anversa joins Myers from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. where he was Vice President, Group FP&A. Mr. Anversa began his business career with General Electric Corporation and held various leadership roles during his 16-year tenure including CFO, GE Appliances, Consumer Home Services; CFO, GE Consumer & Industrial, Asia Pacific; and most recently CFO, GE Gas Engines. Mr. Anversa joined Fiat Chrysler in 2013 as the CFO, Ferrari SpA. He subsequently moved to Fiat Chrysler as Vice President, Group FP&A in 2015.

Dynatrace [BOSTON] announced the expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Kevin Burns as chief financial officer. Prior to Dynatrace, Olesen served as senior vice president and general manager of cloud solutions at Splunk. He also led at McAfee and the software-as-a-service business at HP. Burns has experience in technology organizations, including as CFO of iCAD, Inc. and AMICAS, Inc.

Drew Hamer

Sungevity, Inc. [OAKLAND, Calif.]  announced the appointment of Drew Hamer to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hamer joins Sungevity from ON24 where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Hamer was Chief Financial Officer of Keynote Systems, Inc.

Brett Fennell

Cox Media Group [ATLANTA] is promoting Brett Fennell, currently CMG’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to CFO & Executive VP of National Ad Platforms, which includes CoxReps, Gamut and Videa. Before joining CMG, Fennell was VP of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) at Manheim. His other Cox career highlights include Assistant Vice President of FP&A at Cox Enterprises, Director of Commercial Operations at Cox Communications, and Director of FP&A at Cox Communications.

SiteSpect, Inc. [BOSTON] announced that Mike Earley has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Enevate Corporation [IRVINE, Calif.] announces that Sameer V. Rao has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Sameer comes to Enevate from MaxLinear Inc. where he was a finance executive. In addition to his most recent role at MaxLinear, Sameer served as a financial leader responsible for the Operations and Manufacturing finance functions for Broadcom Corporation. While there, he also served as product and program manager for the Power Management unit of the Mobile and Wireless Group. Prior to his roles at Broadcom, he served as a management consultant at PRTM. He began his career as a highly respected technical team member on several successful engineering projects at Rockwell International and Conexant Systems.

Tronox Limited [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NYSE: TROX) announced that it has named Timothy C. Carlson as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Carlson will also serve as a company officer and as a member of the Tronox executive management team. Carlson most recently served as the chief financial officer of Precision Valve Corporation. He joined the company in July 2015. From September 2007 to May 2014, Carlson was the executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer of ATMI, Inc. Earlier in his career Carlson held a series of finance, strategic planning, and auditing roles at various divisions of Campbell Soup Company.

FCI [CHANTILLY, Va.] announced that Daniel Muse has joined FCI as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining FCI, Mr. Muse worked as Chief Financial Officer at Sevatec, Inc.

Berlin Packaging [CHICAGO] announced that Steven M. Spiegel has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Neil Schwab, who served as Berlin’s CFO for 16 years until retiring this year. Spiegel comes to Berlin Packaging from Regis Corporation, where he spent almost four years as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Regis, Spiegel spent seven years as Vice President of Finance at Alberto-Culver and Unilever. Spiegel also spent ten years in executive finance posts at several private-equity sponsored businesses in the consumer packaged goods industry, five years at Continental Grain Company, and seven years at Deloitte & Touche, most recently as an Audit Manager.

Lukas Wickart

AutoGravity [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Lukas Wickart as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AutoGravity, he worked at Surf Airlines as vice president of corporate strategy and finance. Before Surf Airlines, he served as project leader at The Boston Consulting Group.

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [Brisbane, CA] has appointed David L. Tousley as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Tousley replaces Dean “Kip” Witter III, who has ceased to serve as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tousley has served as an independent consultant to the Company since May 2016. Prior to his work with the Company, Mr. Tousley served as acting Chief Financial Officer and then Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of pharmaceutical company DARA Biosciences, Inc. from March 2012 through DARA’s acquisition by Midatech Pharma PLC in December 2015, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DARA’s successor Midatech Pharma US Inc. from December 2015 through March 2016. Mr. Tousley also served as Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of PediatRx, Inc. from July 2010 until October 2012 and as Principal of Stratium Consulting Services, from 2007 through March 2013. Previously, Mr. Tousley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of airPharma, LLC and held senior management positions at PediaMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AVAX Technologies, Inc. and Pasteur Meriux Connaught.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. [WYOMISSING, Pa.] (NASDAQ: PENN) announced the appointment of William J. (“B.J.”) Fair, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fair has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer since 2014. Mr. Fair’s appointment follows today’s announced retirement at the end of this year of Saul V. Reibstein, who has served as Penn National’s CFO since December 2013. Mr. Reibstein will assume a transitional role with Penn National through mid-2017 to ensure a seamless transfer of his CFO responsibilities to Mr. Fair. Prior to joining Penn National, B.J. Fair served for 30 years in executive management positions in the hospitality industry, including American Skiing Company, Universal Studios and Disney Development Company. Mr. Fair previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Skiing Company. Prior to American Skiing, Mr. Fair was President and Director of Universal Studios Port Aventura. Mr. Fair also served in executive management roles with the Universal Creative Division of Universal Studios and with the Disney Development Company.

Cognosante [MCLEAN, VA] announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Aaron Daniels, will retire at the end of October. In a planned transition, Cognosante’s Chief Accounting Officer, Tom Hohman, will succeed Aaron as CFO. Tom joined the company in June 2015. Aaron will remain involved with the company on an ongoing basis in an advisory capacity, allowing for a deliberate and seamless transition. Prior to joining Cognosante, Tom served as CFO of Compressus, Inc. He previously served as founding CFO of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: VYGR) announced a transition process for Jeff Goater, Voyager’s chief financial officer, who has advised the Company of his plans to pursue other career opportunities.

POET Technologies Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (OTCQX: POETF) (TSX: PTK) announced that Thomas R. Mika has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mika replaces Kevin Barnes, who will remain with the Company as Corporate Controller and Treasurer. Mika currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Rennova Health, the successor company to CollabRx and its predecessor, Tegal Corporation. Since 2005, he has been the President and CEO, and at times the Acting Chief Financial Officer of CollabRx and Tegal, retaining those positions following its merger with Rennova Health in November 2015. Previously, Mika co-founded IMTEC, taking on the role of CEO in several ventures. Earlier in his career, Mika was a managing consultant with Cresap, McCormick & Paget and a policy analyst for the National Science Foundation.

New Age Beverages Corporation [DENVER, CO] announced that Charles “Chuck” Ence has been promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer for New Age Beverages Corporation. For the past 13 years, Mr. Ence served as the Chief Financial Officer and part owner for New Age Beverages, LLC, until its acquisition by Bucha, Inc. on June 30, 2016. Prior to New Age, Chuck was a senior executive, Planning Manager and Director of Finance for Quantum Corp. Following Quantum he served as a Director of Finance and Investor Relations at On Command Corp. Mr. Ence began his career at PepsiCo. During his 12 years at Pepsi, Mr. Ence served as a financial analyst, planning supervisor, planning and analysis manager and ultimately controller.

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Al Mistysyn

Sherwin-Williams Company [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: SHW) announced that its Board of Directors has elected Allen J. Mistysyn to serve as Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mistysyn has served as Sherwin-Williams’ Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller since October 2014 and will assume the CFO duties currently held by Sean P. Hennessy. Mr. Hennessy will remain with the Company in the role of Senior Vice President – Corporate Planning, Development and Administration. Mr. Mistysyn has held a variety of operational and corporate finance leadership positions since joining Sherwin-Williams in June 1990. Prior to his appointment as Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller, he served as Vice President – Corporate Controller from May 2010 to October 2014. Mr. Mistysyn also served as Vice President – Assistant Corporate Controller from August 2009 to May 2010, Vice President – Controller, Paint and Coatings Division from November 2006 to August 2009, and Vice President – Controller, Consumer Division from February 2003 to November 2006. Additionally, Mr. Mistysyn served in various roles in our Paint Stores Group and Product Finishes Division.

Nordstrom [SEATTLE] announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mike Koppel has shared his plans to retire from the company in spring 2017. Koppel joined Nordstrom in 1999 and has been the company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2001.

Gigamon Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NYSE: GIMO) announced that Rex S. Jackson is joining the company as chief financial officer. Rex previously served as CFO for four public companies including Rocket Fuel, JDS Uniphase, Symyx and Synopsys. He replaces Mike Burns, Gigamon’s CFO since July 2014.

Rocket Fuel, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FUEL) announced that Stephen Snyder will join the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Snyder takes over from interim CFO Henrik Gerdes, who will resume his role as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer. Mr. Snyder previously served as CFO for Trilliant. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Adobe Systems, most recently as VP of Finance in the office of the CFO and before that as VP and GM for Adobe’s Channel Sales business. He also spent 13 years with Hewlett Packard in a series of increasingly senior global finance roles.

ALLETE, Inc. [DULUTH, Minn.] (NYSE: ALE) Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President of Energy-Centric Businesses Bob Adams has been promoted to ALLETE Chief Financial Officer. He will replace current CFO Steve DeVinck, who recently announced his intention to retire in the spring of 2017. Adams joined the Duluth-based company in 1987 as a financial analyst. He was named chief risk officer and vice president of business development in 2008, promoted to vice president of energy-centric businesses in 2014 and added the title of senior vice president of energy-centric businesses in 2015. The role of CFO is familiar to Adams, having served in that capacity in the past for Minnesota Power and Split Rock Energy.

Scott Mahoney

MagneGas Corporation [TAMPA, Florida] (NASDAQ: MNGA) announced the appointment of Scott Mahoney to the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company. Luisa Ingargiola, the Company’s current CFO, will remain on the Board of Directors and will remain actively involved in operations and capital markets activities for the Company. Prior to joining MagneGas, Mr. Mahoney served as Chief Financial Officer of Phoenix Group Metals, LLC. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer of several oil and gas companies and as Vice-President of JP Morgan Chase.

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: OAK) announced that David Kirchheimer has decided to retire as Oaktree’s Chief Financial Officer and member of its Board of Directors. He will transition to serving as an Advisory Partner for the firm. Daniel Levin, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Finance and Chief Product Officer, will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Oaktree in 2011, Mr. Levin was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

USA Truck, Inc. [VAN BUREN, Ark.] (NASDAQ: USAK) announced the appointment of James D. Reed as chief financial officer. Mr. Reed joins USA Truck from Interstate Distributor Company, where he served as CFO of Interstate and as president of its subsidiary Interstate Distributor Logistics. Mr. Reed joined Interstate in 2012 and served for a time as its senior vice president, sales. Prior to joining Interstate, Mr. Reed was senior director, finance and division CFO for EMC Corporation. Mr. Reed began his career with Intel Corporation in 1997.

Will Wescott

The Mountain [KEENE, N.H.] has announced that Will Wescott has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.

Steve Snyder

Source Support Services [LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.] announced it has appointed Steve Snyder as its new chief financial officer. Snyder started his career with accounting firm KPMG. He then accumulated nearly 20 years of experience as the CFO of several public and private high-tech companies: Digi International; Gearworks, Inc.; X-IO Technologies, and Ancor Communications.

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] has named Alan R. Stewart Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SPA, Mr. Stewart was the CFO for Vistronix. Before that, Mr. Stewart served as the CFO for Oceus Networks and ICF International.

TruWest [CLEVELAND] announced the hiring of new Chief Financial Officer Brent R. Leslie. Mr. Leslie joins TruWest from the Port of Cleveland. Mr. Leslie began his career at professional services firm PricewaterHouseCoopers LLP in Washington, DC.

Energy Hunter Resources, Inc. [DALLAS] announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Roger Burks as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Roger Burks is currently executive managing director and CEO of WG Consulting, LLC. He has experience from over 20 years with Deloitte & Touche and 14 years as a senior executive in the energy industry.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: CLF) announced that it has appointed Eric M. Rychel to its Board of Directors. Mr. Rychel is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Aleris Corporation. He joined Aleris in 2012. Mr. Rychel was a managing director in the Industrials Group at Barclays Capital, Inc. between 2010 and 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Rychel was a managing director at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., from 1998 to 2009. Mr. Rychel began his career as an analyst at LSG Advisors.

NetBrain Technologies Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] announced the addition of Jeffery Basile as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Jeff served as Chief Financial Officer for PeopleFluent. Jeff began his career as senior auditor at Coopers & Lybrand and held the positions of Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance at high-tech companies including Starent Networks, Viisage Technology, and Aspect Software.

Newmont Mining Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: NEM) has appointed Nancy K. Buese to succeed Laurie Brlas as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as part of a planned transition. Ms. Buese most recently served as Executive Vice President and CFO for MPLX. Prior to MPLX’s acquisition of MarkWest Energy Partners in 2015, Ms. Buese served for 11 years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MarkWest. Ms. Buese also is a former Partner with Ernst & Young.

Varian Medical Systems [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: VAR) announced that Elisha W. Finney has informed the company of her intention to retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation [IRVING, TX] announced that the Company has appointed Michael R. Koy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Magnum Hunter, Mr. Koy served as Chief Executive Officer of Denali Energy, LLC since 2014. Prior to his service at Denali Energy, Mr. Koy held several positions at EdgeMarc Energy, LLC. Mr. Koy served in various midstream and business development leadership roles at EdgeMarc Energy, prior to his appointment as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Koy began his career at BP in 1995. After a brief time with Maersk Oil in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mr. Koy joined Talisman Energy Inc. in 2009 as Vice President – Commercial for the North America Organization.

Demandbase [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Tony Russo has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Demandbase, he served as CFO at Moovweb, and Efficient Frontier.

MISSION [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Michael Abbott to Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MISSION, Abbott was the Chief Operating Officer for Specialized Bicycle Components. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Burton Snowboards.

EXCO Resources, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: XCO) announced that Tyler Farquharson, EXCO’s current Vice President of Strategic Planning, will become EXCO’s acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, following the departure of Chris Peracchi, EXCO’s current Vice President, acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Farquharson will continue to serve as EXCO’s Vice President of Strategic Planning.

DataGravity [NASHUA, N.H.] announced that Becky Zehr has joined the executive team as chief financial officer. Zehr has held numerous executive leadership positions at emerging companies including OneCloud Software, GTxcel and Exagrid.

PlanSource [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced that Michael Cooper has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PlanSource, Michael served as a senior executive at Filtration Group and CFO at several companies such as Con-Air Industries, Empower Software Solutions, Connextions, and PSS World-Medical. Michael began his financial career at Ernst & Young.

Black Stone Minerals, L.P. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: BSM) announced that Jeffrey P. Wood will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following the previously announced departure of Marc Carroll. Mr. Wood was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Siluria Technologies, Inc. Prior to Siluria, Mr. Wood was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eagle Rock Energy Partners. Prior to Eagle Rock, Mr. Wood spent 11 years at Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. Mr. Wood started his career in public accounting with Price Waterhouse LLP.

AltheaDx, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Andrew Jackson as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AltheaDx, Mr. Jackson was Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Celladon Corporation. Prior to Celladon, Mr. Jackson held senior finance positions at various life science and technology companies.

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: BWLD), announced the appointment of Alexander (Alex) H. Ware as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Buffalo Wild Wings, Ware served as executive chairman of MStar Holding Corp. From 2010 to 2015, Ware served as executive vice president (EVP) of strategic development and senior advisor for the Pohlad Companies. From 2005 until its sale in 2010, he served as EVP and chief financial officer of PepsiAmericas. Previously, Ware served PepsiAmericas as senior vice president, worldwide planning and corporate development. He began his Pepsi career in 1994 and held several progressive roles with PepsiCo, including strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and field finance operations. Prior to PepsiCo, Ware was a management consultant with Booz, Allen and Hamilton. Ware began his career in banking with Manufacturers Hanover Trust (now JP Morgan Chase).

Stratix [NORCROSS, Ga.] announced that Jim McCormick will join the company as chief financial officer. McCormick was previously chief financial officer for Silverpop. A certified public accountant and former strategic management consultant with Accenture, McCormick was also chief financial officer for Harbinger and for Knology.

Viega LLC [BROOMFIELD, CO] announced John Sullivan as its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining to Viega, Sullivan worked as the vice president of finance for Applied Water Systems and CFO of Flow Control divisions at Xylem, a director of financial planning and analysis at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and a director of finance at Tufts Health Plan.

Paul Lundstrom

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. [SACRAMENTO, Calif.] (NYSE: AJRD) announced that Paul R. Lundstrom will join the company as vice president of Finance and chief financial officer. Lundstrom previously spent 19 years with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), most recently serving as vice president of Investor Relations. In prior positions with UTC, Lundstrom was vice president of finance and CFO for the Building & Industrial Systems and Climate, Controls & Security businesses in Asia. He also served as vice president of finance and CFO for Carrier’s commercial HVAC business in North America. Before moving to Carrier in 2006, Lundstrom served in a variety of finance leadership positions for UTC’s aerospace and defense business, Hamilton Sundstrand.

Sientra, Inc. [SANTA BARBARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SIEN)  announced that Patrick F. Williams has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, and Treasurer. He succeeds Matthew Pigeon, who is stepping down from his role as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Most recently, Mr. Williams served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ZELTIQ Aesthetics. Mr. Williams was at ZELTIQ for approximately four years. Prior to ZELTIQ, Mr. Williams served as Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations, and Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at NuVasive. Mr. Williams  currently serves on the Board of Directors of Miramar Labs.

Gladstone Commercial Corporation [MCLEAN, Va.] (NASDAQ: GOOD) announced that Michael Sodo has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sodo most recently served as a CFO, Treasurer and Executive Vice President of VEREIT from October 2014 through October 2015.  Mr. Sodo, a Certified Public Accountant, started his career at KPMG in the audit function before spending 11 years at Capital Automotive where he rose to Senior Vice President of Financial Reporting and Treasurer.

MINDBODY, Inc. [SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: MB) announced the appointment of Cipora Herman to its Board of Directors. Herman served as Chief Financial Officer for the National Football League’s San Francisco 49ers for four seasons. Prior to joining the 49ers, Herman served as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance at Facebook. Before Facebook, Herman served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for Yahoo! and has held finance and banking positions at Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle), Hewlett-Packard Co., Agilent Technologies and Goldman Sachs.

Diversified Restaurant Holdings, Inc. [SOUTHFIELD, Mich.] (NASDAQ: SAUC) announced that Phyllis A. Knight has joined Diversified Restaurant Holdings as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ms. Knight most recently served as EVP and CFO of Polar Corporation. Prior to that Ms. Knight spent eleven years at Champion Enterprises, Inc. and Champion Enterprises Holdings, LLC, the bulk of which as EVP and CFO.

ITUS Corporation [LOS ANGELES, CA] (NASDAQ: ITUS), announced that Michael Catelani has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Catelani replaces Henry Herms, who will retire at the end of December after 21 years with the company. Previously, Mike cofounded Tacere Therapeutics, Inc., and served as its Chairman, President & Chief Financial Officer until its sale. Prior to Tacere, Mike served on the Board of Directors and was the Chief Financial Officer of Benitec Biopharma Limited. Mike was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Axon Instruments. Previously, he was the Vice President of Finance for Media Arts Group, Inc. Mike has also worked with several early stage start-ups and has served as a contract CFO to a number of established businesses in the biotech field.

Agilysys, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] (NASDAQ: AGYS) announced that Chief Financial Officer Janine Seebeck has notified the Company that she is resigning from her position. Tony Pritchett, the Company’s Senior Director of Operations, will serve as Interim CFO until the appointment of a permanent successor. Mr. Pritchett is a certified public accountant who joined Agilysys in 2012 as Controller of the Retail Solutions Group and has subsequently served as the Company’s Controller as well as in his current role as Senior Director of Operations.

Ellie Mae [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: ELLI) announced that its CFO, Ed Luce has announced his intention to retire. Matt LaVay, senior vice president of finance, will become CFO. Mr. LaVay joined Ellie Mae in 2012. Prior to joining Ellie Mae, Matt held senior finance positions with Taleo Corporation, Scientific Learning Corporation, Salesforce.com, PeopleSoft, Inc. and Arthur Andersen LLP.

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. [FLINT, Mich.] (NYSE: DPLO) announced that Sean Whelan will step down from his role as chief financial officer and a director on Diplomat’s Board of Directors. Robin Johnson, vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Diplomat’s Specialty Infusion Division, will take on an expanded leadership role until a formal replacement has been appointed.

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General Cable Corporation [HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky.] (NYSE: BGC) announced the appointment of Matti Masanovich as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Matti was recently at Delphi Automotive PLC where he was Vice President, Finance. Prior to that, Matti held executive roles across finance disciplines including audit, FP&A, shared services and accounting at companies such as Dura Automotive, Emcon Technologies, Collins & Aikman, Federal-Mogul, and ProBuild Holdings. Matti began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Gap Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: GPS) announced that executive vice president and chief financial officer Sabrina Simmons will be leaving the company. Since joining Gap Inc. in 2001, Simmons has progressed through positions of increasing responsibility from vice president and treasurer to executive vice president. Simmons has served as the company’s CFO since late 2007.

Symantec Corp. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SYMC) announced that Thomas Seifert, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of his plans to step down as CFO at the end of the month. Symantec’s Board of Directors has appointed Nick Noviello, formerly CFO of Blue Coat, as Executive Vice President and CFO. Nick Noviello joined Symantec as chief integration officer in August 2016, following its acquisition of Blue Coat. Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Noviello served as CFO of Blue Coat. Previously, Mr. Noviello was executive vice president, finance and operations, and CFO for NetApp, from January 2012 through December 2015. From January 2008 until January 2012, Mr. Noviello held a variety of progressing finance positions at NetApp, including Controller and Global Controller. Prior to joining NetApp, he spent eight years at Honeywell International, where he was CFO of two global business units. Mr. Noviello started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

NRG Yield, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (NYSE: NYLD, NYLD.A) announced the appointment of Chad Plotkin as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Chad Plotkin succeeds Kirkland B. Andrews, who will continue in his role as a member of the Board of Directors of NRG Yield and the Chief Financial Officer of NRG Yield’s parent company, NRG Energy, Inc. Chad Plotkin has been employed by NRG Energy, Inc. for over nine years while most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy for NRG Yield. Prior to leading Finance and Strategy for NRG Yield, Plotkin held numerous roles with NRG Energy, Inc., including as Vice President, Investor Relations, Vice President of Finance, and Vice President, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions.

Rapid7, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: RPD) announced that it has appointed Judy Bruner to its Board of Directors. She has also joined the board’s audit committee. Ms. Bruner served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of SanDisk Corporation from June 2004 until the company’s acquisition by Western Digital Corporation earlier this year. Previously, she was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Palm, Inc., from September 1999 until June 2004. She also held financial management positions at 3Com Corporation, Ridge Computers, and Hewlett-Packard Company.

ADT [BOCA RATON, Fla.] announced that Jeff Likosar has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Likosar joins ADT from Gardner Denver where he served as the CFO. Previous to Gardner Denver, Jeff held various roles at Dell, including Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, and Vice President of Operations Finance. Jeff began his career at GE in their Appliances business in Louisville, Kentucky. He soon became a leader in the organization and, throughout his 15-year tenure, he also held leadership roles in GE Plastics and GE Aircraft Engines.

Jonathan Hall

Krause Holdings [West Des Moines, Iowa] announced that it has hired Jonathan Hall as Chief Financial Officer. Jonathan has held previous positions as the Vice President, CFO for Walmart Services, CFO, Supply Chain for Coca Cola Enterprises, and CFO for Sara Lee Bakery, Retail.

Financial Engines [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FNGN) announced that Ray Sims plans to retire as chief financial officer in 2017.

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: THS) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Matthew J. Foulston Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Foulston was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Compass Minerals International, Inc. Prior to joining Compass Minerals in December 2014, Mr. Foulston was Senior Vice President of Operations and Corporate Finance at Navistar International and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Navistar Truck.  He previously held senior leadership positions at Mazda North America and Ford Motor Company in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Compass Minerals [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: CMP) announced that its chief financial officer, Matthew Foulston, is departing the company. Current vice president and corporate controller, John Craft, has been named interim chief financial officer while the company conducts the process to identify a full-time successor. Prior to joining Compass Minerals, Craft served as chief financial officer at Delphi Connection Systems-Americas. He has also held finance leadership positions at FCI Corporation and D&M Holdings, Inc. Craft was with Ford Motor Company for 20 years, where he held numerous finance and accounting positions with increasing responsibility.

Rentech, Inc. [WASHINGTON] (NASDAQ: RTK) announced that Paul Summers has been appointed as chief financial officer. Mr. Summers will replace Jeffrey Spain, who is leaving the company. Mr. Summers served as Rentech’s vice president and treasurer immediately prior to his appointment as chief financial officer. Mr. Summers has held various finance related roles at Rentech since 2006. Prior to joining Rentech, Mr. Summers worked in investment banking. His past employers include the investment banking divisions of Salomon Smith Barney and Citigroup, Inc. as well as Allied Capital Corporation.

Savara Pharmaceuticals [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the company has appointed David L. Lowrance as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining Savara, Mr. Lowrance served at the CFO for Edgemont Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Edgemont, he served as the CFO and Secretary of Acucela Inc. From 2003 to 2011, Mr. Lowrance was vice president and CFO of Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Actian Corporation [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced that Gregg Hampton will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Gregg Hampton will step into the role of Chief Financial Officer, having served the same role at Blue Coat Systems since August 2013. Prior to the CFO role, Hampton served as Vice President of Business Operations for Blue Coat. Before joining Blue Coat, he served in various roles at HP, including General Manager of Enterprise Software and Vice President of Finance. Hampton also joined HP through its acquisition of Mercury Interactive, where he served as Vice President of Internal Audit/Global Compliance and Corporate Controller.

Ryan Moss

Lucid Energy Group [DALLAS] announced that Ryan Moss has joined the company’s leadership team as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before he joined Lucid Mr. Moss was a partner at Perella Weinberg Partners. Prior to joining Perella Weinberg in 2013, Mr. Moss worked for Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division in Houston. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2006 to co-found the midstream effort. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Moss was a member of the Energy Group at UBS Investment Bank.

Venafi [SALT LAKE CITY] announced Francois Delepine has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Venafi, Delepine was the CFO of Trimble Navigation. Prior to that, Delepine served as Global Business Unit CFO of VMware. Delepine has also held senior finance positions at Google, Hyperion and Apple.

Exterran Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSE: EXTN) announced the appointment of David A. Barta as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Designate. He will succeed Jon C. Biro, who resigned as Chief Financial Officer. From 2013 until joining Exterran, Mr. Barta served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Accudyne Industries. Prior to Accudyne, Mr. Barta served as Chief Financial Officer of Cooper Industries for two years. He joined Cooper from Regal Beloit Corporation, where he served as Chief Financial Officer for six years. Mr. Barta previously spent nine years at Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., where he held various finance roles of increasing responsibility.

CyrusOne [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: CONE) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Gregory R. Andrews, will be leaving the Company and will be succeeded by Diane M. Morefield. Ms. Morefield served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strategic Hotels & Resorts. Ms. Morefield currently serves as a board member and the audit chair for Spirit Realty Capital. Prior to joining Strategic Hotels, Ms. Morefield served in a variety of financial, operating and investor relations roles for leading real estate organizations. She was the Chief Financial Officer of Equity International. Before that, Ms. Morefield was a senior officer with Equity Office Properties Trust. In addition, she spent her early career in real estate banking with Barclays Bank.

Ray Dziesinski

Sheppard Pratt Health System [BALTIMORE] announced the appointment of Ray Dziesinski as vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). He replaces Former CFO Gerald Noll. Dziesinski joins Sheppard Pratt Health System from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he served as chief financial officer of clinical services. Previously, Dziesinski was CFO and chief treasury officer for Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Dziesinski also served as the director of the health industries advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), and has held roles on several boards including the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Texas Chapter and the Georgia Nurses Association/Foundation.

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. [BRANCHVILLE, N.J.] (NASDAQ: SIGI) announced the appointment of Mark A. Wilcox as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wilcox succeeds Dale A. Thatcher, who retired after 16 years as Selective’s CFO. Mr. Wilcox currently serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Mr. Wilcox previously held senior financial positions at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP and Bank of America Corporation.

Healthways [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: HWAY) announced that Glenn Hargreaves, the Company’s longtime Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed by the Healthways Board of Directors as interim CFO. Mr. Hargreaves succeeds Robert E. Dries, who resigned as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hargreaves joined Healthways in 2005, serving initially as Director of Tax before becoming Controller in 2011 and Chief Accounting Officer in 2012.  Prior to joining Healthways, he held tax leadership positions at publicly traded U.S. Oncology and Quorum Health Group, as well as spending five years with KPMG.

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MNTA) announced the appointment of Scott M. Storer as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Storer will replace Momenta’s current Chief Financial Officer, Rick Shea, who will be retiring. Prior to joining Momenta, Mr. Storer was Senior Vice President, Finance at Baxalta, Inc. following its spin-out from Baxter International in July 2015. Previously, Mr. Storer held several positions with Baxter, most recently serving as Vice President of BioScience Finance. Before that he held positions of increasing responsibility at several of Baxter’s international finance divisions. Mr. Storer began his work at Baxter as a financial analyst in 1997.

ManTech International Corporation [HERNDON, Va.] (NASDAQ: MANT) announced that Kevin M. Phillips has been promoted to president and chief operating officer (COO). Phillips has served as ManTech’s chief financial officer (CFO) since 2005. Prior to CFO, Phillips served as corporate vice president, assistant to the chairman, and chief of staff. ManTech also announced that current Senior Vice President and Deputy CFO Judith L. Bjornaas will be promoted to CFO. Bjornaas has over 30 years of experience in defense contracting and previously served as both treasurer and CFO at NCI Information Systems.

Galena Biopharma, Inc. [SAN RAMON, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GALE) announced that Stephen F. Ghiglieri has been appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Galena Biopharma, Mr. Ghiglieri served as CFO of MedData Inc.  Previously, he spent nearly 10 years at NeurogesX, ending his tenure as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and CFO.  Prior to that he served as the CFO of Hansen Medical, Inc.  He also held senior level finance positions at two other healthcare companies: Oacis Healthcare Systems, Inc., and Oclassen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  Additionally, he was also the CFO and Corporate Secretary for two technology software companies: Avolent, Inc., and Andromedia, Inc. Mr. Ghiglieri began his career as an audit manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

JR Thompson

Seed [ARLINGTON, Texas] announced that John Richard “J.R.” Thompson has been named as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. He joins from the Harsco Corporation, where Thompson held internal audit, regional finance manager and business unit controller roles.

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Twitter, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: TWTR) announced that Anthony Noto who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since July, 2014, has been named COO.

Kohl’s Department Stores [MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.] (NYSE: KSS) announced that its chief financial officer, Wesley S. McDonald, intends to retire after 14 years of service with the company.

CA Technologies [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CA) announced that Kieran J. McGrath has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. McGrath joined CA Technologies in 2014 as corporate controller and served in that role until being named interim-CFO in July 2016. Prior to that, McGrath spent more than 30 years at IBM.

Bankwell [NEW CANAAN, Conn.] appointed Penko Ivanov as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Bankwell Financial Group and its subsidiary, Bankwell Bank. Mr. Ivanov’s recent roles includes CFO for the US Operations of Doral Bank, and CFO of Darien Rowayton Bank. He began his career with Ernst & Young and held various accounting/finance positions at PepsiCo, GE Capital and Bridgewater Associates.

Mosaic [OAKLAND, Calif.] announced that the company has appointed Steve Controulis as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Mosaic, Controulis spent 11 years as CFO of Triton Container International Limited. He also held roles at GE Capital, Heller Financial and The First National Bank of Chicago.

EverString [SAN MATEO, CA] announced the addition of Scott Broomfield as CFO. Scott Broomfield joins EverString from Xactly, most recently serving as CMO. Before that, he was CFO of Xactly. He was also the General Manager of Xactly’s emerging SMB business. Additionally, Scott has held leadership positions at Sand Hill Management Partners, Gupta Technologies, and was a managing director at Hickey and Hill.

Miller Industries, Inc. [CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.] (NYSE: MLR) announced that J. Vincent Mish, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire, after more than 25 years of service to the Company. The Company also announced that the Board of Directors has elected Deborah Whitmire to succeed Mr. Mish as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Ms. Whitmire currently serves as Vice President and Corporate Controller of the Company, a position she has held since January 2014.  She has served in various positions of increasing responsibility and leadership in the Company’s finance department since 1996.

TCS Education System [CHICAGO] announced that Mehul Patel has been appointed CFO. Patel joined TCS in early 2015 as associate vice president of financial planning and analysis. Prior to his tenure with TCS, Patel held roles in financial management with Discover Financial Services, in operations strategy with Enova Financial, and in strategy and operations analysis at Deloitte Consulting.

Jeff Elliott

Exact Sciences Corp. [MADISON, Wis.] (NASDAQ: EXAS) announced the appointment of Jeff Elliott as chief financial officer. Mr. Elliott, a former senior research analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., joined Exact Sciences as vice president, business development and strategy, in June 2016. Previously in his career, Mr. Elliott worked in various positions at Walgreens and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.

RiskLens, Inc. [RESTON, Va.] announced the appointments of Dave Sutor to Chief Financial Officer. Barrow joins RiskLens from companies like Symantec, and Eloqua prior to its acquisition by Oracle.

AmWINS Group, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced that Darin K. Stafford has joined AmWINS as its Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Scott M. Purviance. Mr. Stafford joins AmWINS from Remington Outdoor Company where, since 2009, he has served as Vice President, Corporate Controller. Before joining Remington, Mr. Stafford worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 15 years.

Science Applications International Corp. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: SAIC) announced the appointment of Charles A. Mathis as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Interim CFO Maria M. Bishop will resume her duties as corporate controller. Mathis joins SAIC from ScanSource Inc., where he was executive vice president and CFO since 2012. Prior to joining ScanSource, Mathis was executive vice president and CFO for Force Protection Inc. He was also the CFO for Fort Worth-based EFW, Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of the Israeli defense contractor, Elbit Systems.

ScanSource, Inc. [GREENVILLE, SC] (NASDAQ: SCSC) announced that Charles A. Mathis, chief financial officer, has advised the company of his intent to resign. Mr. Mathis has served as the Company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer since December 2012. The company also announced that Gerald Lyons will serve as the Company’s interim chief financial officer. Mr. Lyons had been serving as the Company’s senior vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer. Mr. Lyons joined the Company in April 2007.

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ROCK) announced that Chief Financial Officer Kenneth W. Smith intends to retire from the Company in 2017.

Quantum3D, Inc. [MILPITAS, Calif.] announced that Ron Haskins has been appointed as CFO for Quantum3D Group, the parent company of Quantum3D, Inc. Prior to joining Quantum3D, Ron Haskins was the VP Workplace and Corporate Services for Logitech. He also served as VP Finance WW Sales & Marketing, VP Finance Products Group and in several other senior finance functions in the US as well as Europe with Logitech. Ron’s previous experience includes over 25 years in senior financial management at Dell, NEC, GTE Government Systems and Shell Oil.

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: OSG) announced that Jeffrey D. Pribor will join International Seaways as chief financial officer. Mr. Pribor was Global Head of Maritime Investment Banking at Jefferies & Company, Inc. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of General Maritime Corporation, from September 2004 to February 2013. Prior to General Maritime, from 2002 to 2004, Mr. Pribor was Managing Director and President of DnB NOR Markets, Inc. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Pribor was Managing Director and Group Head of Transportation Banking at ABN AMRO, Inc. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Pribor was Managing Director and Sector Head of Transportation and Logistics investment banking for ING Barings.

iCAD [NASHUA, N.H.] (NASDAQ: ICAD) announced that Richard C. Christopher has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Upon Mr. Christopher’s joining of the Company, interim Chief Financial Officer R. Scott Areglado, will resume his role as Vice President and Corporate Controller. Mr. Christopher currently serves as Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. He joined Caliber I.D. as Chief Financial Officer in 2014 when it was a publicly-traded company and was appointed to the Chief Operating Officer position in 2015. Prior to this, Mr. Christopher was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He joined DUSA in 2000 and held a series of positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as Chief Financial Officer from 2005.

Align Technology, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: ALGN) announced the retirement of David L. White who will step down as CFO. Mr. White will work closely with newly appointed CFO John F. Morici to ensure a smooth transition. White has served as Align’s CFO since 2013. John F. Morici was an executive at NBC Universal for the past nine years where he held several senior management positions in its Universal Pictures Home Entertainment U.S. and Canadian business, including chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and most recently, executive vice president and managing director. Prior to NBC Universal, Morici spent eight years in senior financial management positions at GE Healthcare, including CFO for its Diagnostic Imaging and Global Products units.

JRjr33, Inc. [DALLAS] [NYSE MKT: JRJR] is pleased to announce the appointment of John P. Walker as Chief Financial Officer. Christopher Brooks, who held the position, has resigned.

Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. [SAN CARLOS, CA] (NASDAQ: LBIO) announced that Greg Schiffman was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Lion Biotechnologies, Mr. Schiffman was Executive Vice President and CFO of StemCells, Inc. Prior to that he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Dendreon Corporation.

AltiGen Communications, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (OTCQX: ATGN) announced that Philip M. McDermott plans to retire in the Spring of 2017. Mr. McDermott joined the Company in 1999 and has served as Chief Financial Officer since then.

Builders FirstSource, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: BLDR) announced that Peter Jackson has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will replace Chad Crow as CFO, allowing Mr. Crow to focus on his role as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Jackson joins Builders FirstSource from Lennox International, Inc., where he served in various senior financial roles, most recently VP and CFO – Refrigeration Segment.  Prior to that, Mr. Jackson was Vice President, Finance – FP&A and M&A with responsibility for Lennox’s Corporate Planning and Business Development. He served as Lennox’s Residential Heating & Cooling Segment CFO from 2007-2013. Before joining Lennox, Mr. Jackson served in multiple financial leadership positions at SPX Corporation, General Electric and Gerber Scientific.