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Dhivya Suryadevara

General Motors Co. [DETROIT] announced Chuck Stevens, GM executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer, has indicated his plans to retire after more than 40 years with the company. GM also announced the appointment of Dhivya Suryadevara as Chief Financial Officer. Suryadevara has been vice president, Corporate Finance since July 2017. From 2015 to 2017, Suryadevara served as vice president, Finance and Treasurer. Suryadevara also served as CEO and Chief Investment Officer for GM Asset Management from 2013 to 2017. Suryadevara joined GM in 2005.

Automatic Data Processing [Roseland, New Jersey] announced that Jan Siegmund, Chief Financial Officer, notified the Company of his intention to leave. His departure date has not been determined.

Titan International, Inc. [QUINCY, Ill.] (NYSE: TWI) named David A. Martin as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Titan, Mr. Martin served from 1993 to 2018 in various roles at Aegion Corporation. Mr. Martin’s roles included serving as the company’s Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to November 2017.

Deckers Brands [GOLETA, Calif.] (NYSE: DECK) announced the appointment of Steve Fasching to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fasching previously served as the company’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Planning & Investor Relations. He succeeds Tom George, who will transition concurrent with Mr. Fasching’s appointment. Mr. Fasching held senior finance-related roles at Princess Cruises prior to joining Deckers in August 2011 as Vice President, Strategic Financial Planning. Mr. Fasching was elevated to Vice President, Strategy & Investor Relations in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Planning & Investor Relations in February 2018.

RAMCO [FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.] (NYSE: RPT) announced the appointment of Michael P. Fitzmaurice as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Mr. Fitzmaurice most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance with Retail Properties of America, Inc. Prior to joining RPAI in 2012, Mr. Fitzmaurice held various management roles within capital markets, finance, accounting and investments for GGP and Equity Office Properties.

Kennametal Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: KMT) announced that Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jan Kees van Gaalen will retire from the company. Jan Kees has served the company as CFO since 2015.

WaterBridge Resources LLC [HOUSTON] announced Steve Jones as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jones previously served as founder and CEO of Core Midstream, LLC as well as founder and CFO of PennTex Midstream Partners, LLC, and Managing Director with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

Digi International [MINNETONKA, Minn.] (NASDAQ: DGII) announced that Gokul Hemmady has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the company. Most recently, Hemmady served as an independent technology and telecom consultant based in Los Angeles, California. Previously, he served as President of Nextel Brazil. He has also served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NII Holdings, and prior to that as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ADC Telecommunications.

r21 Holdings, Inc. [WARRENDALE, Pa.] has appointed that Michele Pascoe has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Pascoe succeeds Stephen Coulombe who was named Interim Chief Financial Officer in. Ms. Pascoe joins rue21 from Alvarez & Marsal. Prior to Alvarez and Marsal, from 2013-2017, Ms. Pascoe was the Chief Administration Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Marsh Supermarkets LLC. From 2009 to 2013, Ms. Pascoe was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Charming Shoppes/ Fashion Bug Division. She also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer from 2007-2009 at Rachel Ashwell Designs/Shabby Chic. She began her fashion business career at the Warnaco Group in 1989.

Kate Bueker

HubSpot [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NYSE: HUBS) announced that Kate Bueker will become Chief Financial Officer of HubSpot. She replaces John Kinzer, who will step down as Chief Financial Officer. Bueker joins HubSpot from Akamai Technologies where she most recently served as the senior vice president of business finance and operations. Bueker held a number of finance and business development leadership positions during her 11 years at the company. Prior to Akamai, Bueker spent almost a decade in investment banking at The Blackstone Group, UBS, Credit Suisse and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette.

CPI Card Group Inc. [LITTLETON, Colo.] (NASDAQ: PMTS; TSX: PMTS) announced the appointment of John D. Lowe as Chief Financial Officer. She replaces Lillian Etzkorn, the Company’s current CFO, who is stepping down. John D. Lowe was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SquareTwo Financial Corporation, from August 2014 until June 2017. Prior to his role as CFO, Lowe held multiple leadership roles with SquareTwo including Treasurer, VP of Finance, VP of External Reporting and Director of Technical Accounting. Prior to SquareTwo, Mr. Lowe was Director of Technical Accounting at Archstone, from January 2008 until August 2009. Prior to Archstone, Mr. Lowe was with Deloitte & Touche, LLP in both the Assurance and Capital Markets Practices as an Auditor and Consultant.

Avinger, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AVGR) announced that Mark Weinswig will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weinswig will succeed Matt Ferguson, who is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Weinswig previously served as the CFO of Emcore, One Workplace, and Aqua Metals. Earlier in his career, he was International Financial Controller for Coherent, and held senior financial positions at Oclaro. Mr. Weinswig began his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers and worked at Morgan Stanley as an Equity Research Analyst.

Akonni Biosystems [FREDERICK, Md.] announced the appointment of Lawrence (Larry) Firestone as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Lincoln 1st Bank [LINCOLN PARK, N.J.] announced that Erik J. Terpstra has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President. Prior to his appointment, Terpstra served in public accounting, most recently a member within the financial institution industry group for BDO USA, LLP.

Gregory Perry

Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. [SOMERVILLE, Mass.] announced that it has appointed Gregory Perry as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Finch, Mr. Perry held various senior financial leadership roles at several biotech companies including Novelion Therapeutics, Eleven Biotherapeutics, ImmunoGen, Domantis, and Transkaryotic Therapies. Mr. Perry transitioned to the biotech industry after beginning his career at General Electric, where he served in increasingly senior financial roles over fourteen years. Additionally, Mr. Perry currently serves on the Board of Directors of Merus Therapeutics and Kala Pharmaceuticals.

Hopebridge [Indianapolis, IN] announced that they have chosen Ben Seib as the organization’s next Chief Financial Officer. Seib most recently served as System Chief Financial Officer for Cancer Treatment Centers of America.

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE AMERICAN: AE) announced the election of Tracy E. Ohmart as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Ohmart will replace Sharon C. Davis in her roles as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Ms. Davis will continue in her positions as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. Mr. Ohmart was most recently with Horn Solutions, Inc., and prior to that as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Bulk Terminals USA, Inc., from 2012 to 2016. He was Assistant Controller for Southwestern Energy Company from 2010 to 2012, and from 1989 to 2009 he held various accounting, finance, management and special projects positions with increasing responsibilities with EPCO, Inc., TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and ARCO Pipe Line Company.

Shashank Patel

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. [NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.] (NYSE: WTS) announced the appointment of Shashank Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Patel joins Watts from Xylem Inc., where he most recently served as Vice President of Finance for its Applied Water Systems, Dewatering and America’s Commercial Team. During his career at Xylem, Mr. Patel held several leadership positions, including serving as interim Chief Financial Officer for nine months in 2015 and 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Patel served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance for Xylem’s Applied Water Systems division from 2010 to July 2015. In total, Mr. Patel spent twenty one years working globally at ITT/Xylem and held several leadership positions of increased responsibilities in finance, operations, and engineering. Additionally, Mr. Patel spent eight years working at Ernst & Young and obtained his CPA license in 1987.

SourceMedia [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Sean Kron as CFO. Kron joins SourceMedia from S&P Global Platt’s PIRA Energy Group where he was Head of Finance. Prior to joining SourceMedia, Sean was CFO for PIRA Energy Group. Before PIRA Energy Group, Sean spent 12 years with Thomson Reuters in numerous financial leadership roles.

Internap Corporation [RESTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: INAP) announced the appointment of James C. Keeley as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Keeley succeeds Robert M. Dennerlein. Mr. Keeley’s recent positions include: Chief Financial Officer at Tahzoo, LLC; Financial Consultant and General Manager for satellite operations of Vonage Holdings Corporation, subsequent to Vonage’s acquisition of Icore Networks Inc, where Mr. Keeley was CFO; positions of increasing responsibility at Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (PTGi), including Chief Accounting Officer and CFO and was CFO during Peter Aquino’s tenure as CEO.

Media Partners Corporation [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced that Tom Munro has joined the company as Chief Operating and Financial Officer. Mr. Munro previously held the same COO/CFO title at Glowforge, Inc. He brings a wide range of experience to Media Partners in the digital media space from Photobucket, where he served as Chief Executive Officer for over six years. Prior to Photobucket, Mr. Munro was the Chief Financial Officer at a number of public and private companies.

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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company [AKRON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: GT) announced that Laura K. Thompson, executive vice president and chief financial officer has informed the company of her intention to retire in the first quarter of 2019 after 35 years of dedicated and distinguished service. Thompson joined Goodyear in 1983 and served in a wide range of key finance and business roles of increasing responsibility culminating in her appointment as executive vice president and chief financial officer in 2013. Prior to that, she played a key role in the turnaround of Goodyear’s North America business as vice president of finance. Earlier, she led business development and investor relations for the company.

Luca Zaramella

Mondelēz International [DEERFIELD, Ill.] (NASDAQ: MDLZ) announced that Luca Zaramella, Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and a 20-year veteran of the company, will become EVP, Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Zaramella will replace Brian Gladden, who is leaving the company. Over the past four years, Luca has assumed a range of responsibilities, including Corporate Controller, Treasurer and global head of Financial Planning & Analysis. Zaramella has served as Mondelēz International’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance since 2016 and was the Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Finance of Mondelez Europe. He began his career with the company in Italy before holding positions of increasing seniority in Latin America, Europe and North America.

Frontier Communications Corporation [NORWALK, Conn.] (NASDAQ: FTR) announced that R. Perley McBride, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be resigning from the company for personal reasons, and to return to Atlanta where his family resides. Mr. McBride will remain in his position until August 31, 2018 to help transition responsibilities.

International Paper [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NYSE: IP) announced that Timothy S. Nicholls has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Glenn R. Landau who is leaving the company for personal reasons. Mr. Nicholls, who currently serves as Senior Vice President – Industrial Packaging the Americas, previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from December 2007 through November 2011. Mr. Nicholls has served as Senior Vice President – Industrial Packaging the Americas since November 2014. His previous positions have included Senior Vice President – Printing & Communications Papers the Americas, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joined International Paper in 1999 through the Company’s acquisition of Union Camp Corporation, where he held a series of finance and business planning positions.

Graco Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: GGG) has named Mark W. Sheahan Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Sheahan joined Graco in 1995 and has held senior management positions including Vice President and General Manager, Applied Fluid Technologies Division, since February 2008; Chief Administrative Officer from 2005 to 2008; and Vice President and Treasurer from 1998 to 2005. He was named Treasurer in 1996. Prior to Graco, he was a Senior Tax Manager at KPMG.

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. [EXTON, Pa.] (NYSE: WST) announced it has appointed Bernard J. Birkett to serve as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Birkett will succeed William J. Federici, who announced his intention to retire later this year. Mr. Federici will remain at West in an advisory capacity to oversee a smooth transition. Mr. Birkett joins West from Merit Medical Systems, Inc., where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Birkett served in a number of senior global leadership roles, including Controller for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Vice President of International Finance. Mr. Birkett began his career as an accountant, and has experience working for additional manufacturing and medical device companies, including Inamed Corporation, Strix Limited and SPS Unbrako International.

Kyle Fisher

Community Health Network [Indianapolis] announced Kyle Fisher, its former chief retail and innovation officer and chief executive officer for Visionary Enterprises, Inc. (VEI), has been named the network’s chief financial officer. Fisher joined VEI in 2008 as chief operating officer and assumed the role of CEO in 2009. Prior to joining VEI, he served as executive vice president at Goelzer Investment Management, where he was responsible for new business development and client services. He also has held senior-level leadership positions in the banking industry in the Southeast and here locally with Fifth Third Bank.

GovernmentCIO [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Steve Hughes as chief financial officer. Hughes most recently served three years as executive vice president and CFO at Schafer Corporation. Prior to Schafer, Hughes held various roles at SRA International, Inc. Hughes joined SRA as a systems analyst and spent 15 years at the company before he was promoted to CFO in 1999.

NCI Building Systems, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NCS) announced that Mark E. Johnson, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer has informed the Board of Directors of his retirement from his position with the Company.

Spring-Green Enterprises [Plainfield, IL] announced that Jeff Kastelic has accepted the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kastelic started his financial career in 1991 with Price Waterhouse and went on to become the CFO of a privately-held, family-owned window company in 2000. In 2005, he became the CFO of Strive Logistics.

Maxor National Pharmacy Services, LLC [AMARILLO, Texas] announced the appointment of David G. Wheeler as Chief Financial Officer. Wheeler brings decades of executive leadership experience to Maxor, including more than fifteen years of experience as CFO and Board Member of other leading Prescription Benefit Managers. Wheeler formerly served as CFO and board member of MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. In addition to other Director roles, he contributed his industry expertise as a member of WellDyneRx’s Board of Directors after leaving MedImpact.

Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. [RESTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: CHCI) announced that it has named Christopher Guthrie as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Guthrie will succeed Christopher Conover as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Guthrie has served as Chief Financial Officer of Comstock Partners, LC, since 2013 and brings over 15 years of accounting and finance experience, previously working for Red Zone Capital Management. He has also previously served as an audit and transaction services manager at PwC.

John McGee

Integrated Risk Solutions [WAUKESHA, Wis.] announced that John McGee has joined its leadership team as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer. McGee most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Damage Control, Inc.

Level Access [VIENNA, VA.] announced the appointment of Saul Gates as the company’s chief financial officer. Gates previously served as CFO at companies including Telarix and INRIX. Gates also held a number of finance leadership roles at publicly traded companies including Coinstar, Microsoft, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Alkahest, Inc. [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced the appointment of Michael Byrnes as Chief Financial Officer. Michael joins Alkahest from Ocera Therapeutics where he was Chief Financial Officer prior to Ocera’s acquisition by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals; and he held previous positions of increasing responsibility with Maxygen, NeurogesX, Lipid Sciences, and ADAC Laboratories.

Michaela Mueller

Pharmatech Associates [HAYWARD, Calif.] announced the addition of Michaela Mueller as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Joanne Zongus, who has served as CFO and Vice President of Human Resources, will assume full responsibility for the HR function as VP HR.

Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. [NAPA, Calif.] (OTCBB: CWGL) announced that Karen Diepholz has been named Chief Financial Officer. Diepholz comes to Crimson from Vintage Wine Estates (VWE), where she was the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to VWE, Karen was the Chief Financial Officer of Equinox Payments, and the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis for Hypercom Corporation. Karen also served as the Vice President, Corporate Controller at Fender Musical Instruments and spent her early career in the consumer products industry in a variety of financial and leadership roles at The Dial Corporation, now Henkel U.S.

FIRSTIME DESIGN LIMITED [NEW BERLIN, Wis.] announced the appointment of Nicole Van Den Heuvel as the new Chief Financial Officer of FirsTime and its subsidiaries. Ms. Van Den Heuvel joins FirsTime from Ernst & Young, where she spent the last eight years in accounting and auditing within the manufacturing, retail and consumer products industries. Ms. Van Den Heuvel will succeed Julie Kren, who has served as FirsTime’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013. Julie will continue as a valuable member of the FirsTime team, with alternative duties and responsibilities.

Sonja Nelson

NantKwest, Inc. [CULVER CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NK) announced the elevation of Sonja Nelson, chief accounting officer for the company, to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Nelson first joined NantKwest in 2015. Nelson succeeds Rich Tajak, who had served as the company’s CFO since January 2016. Prior to joining NantKwest in 2015, Nelson served as Vice President & Corporate Controller at AltheaDx, Inc. from 2014 and as Senior Director & Controller at Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2012 to 2014. Nelson also served as Director, General Accounting at Cricket Communications, Inc., between 2008 and 2012.

Stimwave LLC [POMPANO BEACH, Fla.] announced the appointment of Steven Amelio to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Amelio is a senior financial executive with 30 years of experience in the medical device industry, with over his 20 year career with United States Surgical Corporation, Tyco Healthcare Group LP and ultimately Covidien, PLC. Most recently, Amelio was CFO of Paradigm Spine, LLC.

XebiaLabs [BOSTON] announced that Stephen Gregorio has joined the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Stephen Gregorio has served as Chief Financial Officer for several successful software companies. Most recently, he held the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Black Duck Software, which was recently sold to Synopsys.

Alana Sine

Merz North America [RALEIGH, N.C.] announced the appointment of Alana Sine to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Merz North America. Sine has served as interim CFO since March 2018. Prior to joining Merz, Sine held accounting and finance roles at Ernst & Young (now EY) and Lowe’s Food Stores.

The Joint Corp. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: JYNT) reported CFO John Meloun will resign effective July 20, 2018.

Craft Brew Alliance, Inc.  [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: BREW) announced that Joseph K. Vanderstelt, chief financial officer, will be departing the company, effective July 13, 2018.

Eric Schmidt

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Eric Schmidt as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Schmidt comes to Allogene from Cowen and Company, where he served as Managing Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst since 1998. Prior to joining Cowen in 1998, Dr. Schmidt was a Vice President and Research Analyst covering the biotechnology sector for UBS Securities. Before joining UBS, he co-founded Cambridge Biological Consultants.

F+W Media [NEW YORK] announced that Kenneth S. Kharbanda has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr Kharbanda is an executive with more than two decades’ experience, with most recently as CFO of the Daily Racing Form. His prior positions include senior financial roles BizCredit, KGB, Inc., Time Warner, Inc.-AOL, Reed Elsevier, PLC-Lexis-Nexis Group, and GE Capital.

Simon Property Group [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: SPG) announced that Brian McDade will succeed Andy Juster as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on October 1, 2018. Brian has been with the Company for 14 years, serving in various senior finance and accounting roles with increasing complexity and responsibility, most recently serving as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Treasurer.

PolarityTE, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (NASDAQ: COOL) announced that Paul Mann is the new Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mann has nearly 20 years of financial industry experience, most recently as the Healthcare Portfolio Manager at Highbridge Capital Management. Prior to Highbridge, Mr. Mann held positions with Soros Fund Management, UBS Investment Group, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. Notably, Mr. Mann began his career as a scientist at Proctor and Gamble and is named as an inventor on patent applications for skincare compounds and technologies.

Data Intensity [BEDFORD, Mass.] announced that Karl Stubelis has joined Data Intensity as the new CFO. Paul Hausback previously acted as interim CFO. Before joining Data Intensity, Karl served as senior vice president and CFO/COO at Arcadia, and prior to that he was CFO of athenahealth. Karl was also Vice President, Corporate Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer at SapientNitro Corporation.

Quick Base [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Doug Wendell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Quick Base, Wendell was a managing director in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Jefferies LLC. He also spent 13 years at Citigroup, where he was a managing director in their Technology Investment Banking Group. Additionally, he served as a trust officer at Northern Trust Corp. in the firm’s International Client Services Group.

GEE Group Inc. [NAPERVILLE, Ill.] (NYSE American: JOB) announced that it has appointed Kim Thorpe as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GEE. Thorpe joined the Company as Vice President of Finance on May 1, 2018. Prior to joining GEE, Mr. Thorpe served as a senior executive and chief financial officer of both publicly traded and privately-owned organizations. Two of his past positions of note include having served as the CFO of a publicly traded specialty insurance group, and as the CFO and a senior leadership team member of a large insurance and financial services business unit of GE Capital.  Mr. Thorpe also was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Thorpe replaces Andrew J. Norstrud, who is resigning his position as the Company’s chief financial officer to pursue other interests.

Liberty Tax, Inc. [VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.] (NASDAQ: TAX) announced that Michael Piper became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.  Additionally, former Chief Financial Officer of the Company Mark Baumgartner will return to the Company to serve as an outside strategic advisor and consultant. Most recently, Piper served as Chief Financial Officer of CDYNE Corporation. Before that, Piper served as the Company’s Vice President of Financial Products and in other roles at the Company including Director of Finance and Director of Financial Products.  He worked for the Company for 13 years before moving to CDYNE Corporation. Piper also served in senior roles in accounting and finance with three publicly traded companies, and he worked for a time at Ernst & Young. Baumgartner spent more than 10 years with Liberty Tax as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer before retiring in 2014. He currently serves as Audit Committee Chairman of the privately held Business Financial Services, Inc.

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Starbucks Corporation [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced that Scott Maw, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is retiring. A seven-year partner (employee), Maw has been in the role since February of 2014. Maw joined Starbucks as global controller in 2011. Prior to his role as CFO, he served as senior vice president of Corporate Finance.

Andrew Davies

Sprint [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: S) announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Davies most recently served as Group CFO for VEON before stepping down from that role in November 2017. Immediately preceding his role with VEON, Davies spent over a decade with Vodafone Group holding various financial leadership positions in Japan, Turkey, India, and finally as CFO of Verizon Wireless in the U.S. Prior to joining Vodafone Group, Davies started his career with KPMG in Cardiff, Wales before serving in progressively senior finance roles with GE, Honeywell, and the Caudwell Group in both the U.K. and the U.S.

Kalytera Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO and TEL AVIV, Israel] (OTCQB: KALTF, TSX-V: KALY) announced the appointment of Victoria Rudman as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Ms. Rudman served as Chief Financial Officer of Kalytera from March 2015 through June 2016 and continued to serve as Treasurer and Secretary of Kalytera since March 2015. Ms. Rudman previously held various positions in Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns and a number of small cap public companies and startup ventures.

Waystar [ATLANTA & CHICAGO & LOUISVILLE, Ky.] announced Steve Oreskovich has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Steve will assume CFO responsibilities from Jim Lacy, who continues in his role as Waystar’s Counsel and will lead corporate strategy as Chief Strategy Officer. Steve joins Waystar from Merge Healthcare, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to Merge, Steve held progressive financial roles within companies such as Truis, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Sandra Clarke

Blue Shield of California [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Sandra Clarke joins as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Clarke replaces Mick Murray, Blue Shield’s senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2013, who has elected to retire. Clarke joins Blue Shield from Daiichi Sankyo Inc. Clarke served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company. Clarke has also held senior finance roles at Philips Healthcare, where she served as CFO of its North & South America Commercial Group and at Siemens Water Technologies Group, where she was vice president of finance and controller.

Christopher & Banks Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: CBK) announced that Richard Bundy will be joining the Company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Marc Ungerman, who has been serving as the Interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue in his role as Vice President, Controller. Mr. Bundy has served in numerous roles with increasing responsibility in his approximately 10 years at Chico’s FAS, Inc. most recently serving as Vice President, Brand Finance & Strategy. Prior to Chico’s he served as a financial analyst at both Limited Brands, Inc and Albertson’s Inc.

Instart [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jony Hartono as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hartono joins Instart from Capriza, where he served as CFO. He previously served at MobileIron as VP of Finance. He also held a series of corporate development and finance positions at Silicon Graphics International Corp.

Jarett Janik

E2open [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Jarett Janik to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Jarett was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at Forterro.  Prior to Forterro, Janik held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Allegro. He has also held executive and senior finance positions at Infor, as well as Certegy and Netzee, Inc.

Tarsus Entertainment [IRVINE, Calif.] announced Adrien Poirier as Chief Financial Officer. Adrien brings to Tarsus Entertainment over 35 years of experience from the Ford Motor Company, Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young and Loral and the Walt Disney Company. Prior to joining Tarsus Entertainment, Adrien was most recently CFO at VisionMaker. Predating VisionMaker, Adrien was CFO of Baja Fresh, Sweet Factory, Cinnaworks and La Salsa Mexican Restaurants. Adrien was CFO of all the companies held by the same investment group.

Shiloh Industries, Inc. [VALLEY CITY, Ohio] (NASDAQ: SHLO) announced Lillian Etzkorn will join the company’s executive leadership team as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Etzkorn succeeds W. Jay Potter who will be leaving the company. Etzkorn will join Shiloh from CPI Card Group in Denver, Colorado where she serves as chief financial officer. She has extensive automotive experience, having held several senior financial positions with both Dana Incorporated and Ford Motor Company.

Jigisha Desai

Granite [WATSONVILLE, Calif.] (NYSE: GVA) announced that it appointed Jigisha Desai to the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Desai will also serve on the company’s executive committee. Desai will succeed Laurel J. Krzeminski who announced her planned retirement earlier this year. Krzeminski joined Granite as controller in 2008 and has served as CFO since 2010. Desai has been with Granite for 25 years, serving most recently as vice president of corporate finance and treasurer.

Penn Community Bank [DOYLESTOWN, PA.] announced that Charles T. Field has joined the organization to serve as its chief financial officer. Field previously served as chief financial officer and treasurer for a bank holding company in South Central Pennsylvania. Prior to that, Field served as CFO at a newly launched financial institution. Additionally, he has international experience in the banks, telecommunications and manufacturing industries.

ID Agent [BOWIE, Md.] has appointed Hans Morris as its new Chief Financial Officer. Morris has joined ID Agent from Sonatype, where he was Vice President, Finance. Prior to Sonatype, Morris was CFO at InfoSnap. Prior to that, he held senior leadership roles at Spring Mobile Solutions, as well as MSI, Mars Symbioscience and TECORE Wireless Systems, among other companies.

Yvonne Mrha

Live! Casino & Hotel [HANOVER, Md.] announced Yvonne Mrha to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Live! Casino & Hotel. Prior to joining Live!, Mrs. Mrha served as Vice President of Finance at MGM Resorts International, Vice President of Finance for Thunder Valley Casino and Senior Director of Finance for Las Vegas Sands.

Herc Holdings Inc. [BONITA SPRINGS, Fla.] (NYSE: HRI) announced that it has appointed Mark Irion as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Irion joins Herc Holdings with nearly 25 years of experience. For the past 19 years he served as chief financial officer for Neff Corporation. His career experience also includes serving as chief financial officer for a computer component distribution company and audit senior for Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Internet Marketing Inc. [SAN DIEGO] has named Dan Romeo its new CFO. Romeo first joined IMI in September 2014 before leaving in 2016 to lead PIA Agency as their CFO.

Blink Charging Co. [MIAMI BEACH, FL] (NASDAQ: BLNK, BLNKW) announced the appointment of Jonathan New as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). For the last ten years, he was CFO for Net Element. Prior to his experience with Net Element, Mr. New was a CFO consultant and worked with several public and private companies.

EMEX, LLC [HOUSTON] announced the addition of Kurt Keller as Chief Financial Officer. Keller’s work experience includes 10 years with Navasota Energy, seven years at Deloitte and two years at Sonat Energy Services, where he served as project manager.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) [Bethesda, Maryland] announced that it has named Corey Hastings as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Hastings joins HJF from the AARP Foundation, where his first role with the organization was as Senior Management Consultant. He left AARP to be the Executive Manager of the Uniformed Services University’s Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, and later returned to AARP Foundation as Director of Finance and then Vice President, Workforce Programs. Previously, he also held finance and management positions with Development Alternatives, Inc. and HJF, as a Program Manager at Uniformed Services University.

Micheal S. Thompson

Bryn Mawr Trust [BRYN MAWR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: BMTC) announced the appointment of Michael S. Thompson as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Banking Division. Thompson was the CFO at Royal Bank (RBA) from 2012 until it was acquired by BMT in December of 2017. Since then, he has been working with BMT supporting multiple initiatives. While at RBA, Mr. Thompson held several senior roles beginning in 1999, including controller and chief accounting officer.

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Sabre Corporation [SOUTHLAKE, Texas] (NASDAQ: SABR) announced that Doug Barnett will join the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Barnett will succeed Rick Simonson, who previously announced his intention to retire as CFO in 2018. Barnett most recently served as chief financial officer for Informatica. His more than three decades of experience includes previous CFO positions at TriZetto Corporation and UGS Corporation.

United Rentals, Inc. [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NYSE: URI) announced that William Plummer will retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Plummer is the company’s longest-serving CFO, having joined United Rentals in 2008. He will remain with United Rentals until January 31, 2019, in an advisory capacity. The United Rentals board of directors has appointed Jessica Graziano as chief financial officer. Ms. Graziano joined United Rentals in December 2014 as controller and principal accounting officer and was promoted to her current role in March 2017. Ms. Graziano previously served as senior vice president, principal financial officer, chief accounting officer and corporate controller for Revlon Inc. Earlier, she held senior financial positions with UST Inc., Sturm, Ruger & Company Inc. and KPMG LLP.

Cable One, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NYSE: CABO) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Steven Cochran as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Cochran will succeed Kevin Coyle as Chief Financial Officer. Coyle, who previously announced his intention to retire, will remain a Senior Vice President until early January 2019, serving in an advisory role and working closely with Cochran to ensure a seamless transition. Cochran recently spent 15 years at Wide Open West. During his tenure at WOW, Cochran held positions of increasing responsibility, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President and, most recently, Chief Executive Officer. Prior to WOW, Cochran was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Millennium Digital Media.

Northwoods Energy LLC [DENVER] has appointed Nate Wells as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wells most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Jonah Energy LLC. In addition, he has 11+ years of “Big 4” experience at KPMG and Arthur Andersen.

Bharat Mahajan

Daseke Inc. [ADDISON, Texas] (NASDAQ: DSKE) (NASDAQ: DSKEW) announced the appointment of Bharat Mahajan as the company’s new chief financial officer. Mahajan will assume the role of CFO from Scott Wheeler, who was named Daseke’s president earlier this year. Mahajan previously served as CFO for Aveda Transportation and Energy Services, which merged with Daseke in June.

MaxLinear, Inc. [CARLSBAD, Calif.] (NYSE: MXL) announced that Steven Litchfield has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Strategy Officer. Mr. Litchfield most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Microsemi Corporation. Mr. Litchfield served in that position from 2009 until the closing of the acquisition by Microchip, in May 2018. Previously, he served as Microsemi’s Vice President, Analog and Mixed Signal Group from 2006 to 2009, as its Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Business Development from 2003 to 2006, and as its Director, Business Development from 2001 to 2003. Prior to joining Microsemi, Mr. Litchfield was an equity research analyst at Banc of America Securities and a production engineer at Toyota Motor Corporation.

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: DO) announced that Scott Kornblau has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kornblau joined the Company in 1997 as Senior Accountant and has served in several finance and accounting leadership positions since. Most recently, Mr. Kornblau held the acting Chief Financial Officer role in addition to his Vice President and Treasurer position at the Company.

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Rex Jackson

ChargePoint [CAMPBELL, Calif.] announced the appointment of Rex Jackson as its Chief Financial Officer. Jackson brings a wealth of experience with technology companies to ChargePoint, having served as CFO at Gigamon Inc., JDS Uniphase and Symyx Technologies, and held senior executive positions at Synopsys, AdForce and Read-Rite. Jackson is a board member at EMCORE and Energous.

Gigamon Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Dave Arkley is joining Gigamon as its Chief Financial Officer. Arkley has spent the last 11 of his over 20 year career as a CFO, most recently with International Decision Systems, and previously with Vertafore, Edifecs, Parallels and Itron.

Maxar Technologies [WESTMINSTER, Colo.] (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR) announced the appointment of Biggs Porter as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Porter most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Fluor Corporation from 2012 to 2017. He was Chief Financial Officer of Tenet Healthcare from 2006-2012. Previously, he held finance and accounting leadership positions with Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. He began his career as an Audit Principal at Arthur Young and Co.

Cliff Bright

SECUR [PITTSBURGH] announced the hiring of Clifford J. Bright as Chief Financial Officer. Cliff has served as CFO for several waste management firms during his 45-year career. He was Vice President of Finance and Administration and CFO for MHF Logistical Solutions, Inc.

Archrock, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: AROC) announced that Douglas S. Aron has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Aron previously served in various senior roles at HollyFrontier Corporation and its predecessors for more than 15 years, including as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HollyFrontier Corporation from July 2011 to March 2017. Prior to 2011, Mr. Aron served Frontier Oil Corporation as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, from 2009, as Vice President of Corporate Finance, from 2005 to 2009 and as Director of Investor Relations, from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Aron most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nine Energy Service, Inc. during 2017.

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: HJLI) announced that Bob Rankin will be joining the company as its chief financial officer. He assumes the CFO role from Bill Abbott, who will be leaving the company. Prior to joining Hancock Jaffe, Bob served as Chief Financial Officer of Horsburgh & Scott. Before that, he held multiple CFO positions, including at Process Fab, Inc., House of Taylor Jewelry, Inc., Small World Kids, Inc., Cyblime Communications, webcasts.com and DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, Inc.

David DeFelice

Goliath Technologies [PHILADELPHIA] announced David DeFelice as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Previously David has held positions as CFO at PHD Virtual Technologies, Defense Solutions Inc, Celeren Corporation, Octagon Research Solutions and other organizations.

ThirdChannel [BOSTON] announced the appointment of John Reilly as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reilly joins ThirdChannel from Cryptzone where he held the position of Global Controller. Throughout his career, Reilly has also held financial leadership positions at Promisec, Kalido, and ManageSoft.

Superior Industries International, Inc. [SOUTHFIELD, Mich.] (NYSE: SUP) announced Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nadeem Moiz, has resigned for personal reasons.

O’Neil Nalavadi

Engage3 [DAVIS, CALIF.] announced that O’Neil Nalavadi has joined the team as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Nalavadi will lead Engage3’s financial operations and investor relations. He joins Engage3 from Innodata, Inc. where he was the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President from 2009 to 2017. Prior to Innodata, he was Chief Financial Officer for R Systems from 2000 to 2009. Prior to R Systems, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of UBICS, Inc. until 2000.

BrandMuscle [CHICAGO] has hired John Corrigan as Chief Financial Officer.

Aeroflow Healthcare [ASHEVILLE, N.C.] announced that it has appointed Scott Sonnone as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Aeroflow, Scott held financial executive positions at Zealandia Holding Company, Inc. and Cane Creek Cycling Components Inc.

Kim Braxl Cole

Broward Health [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] has named Kim Braxl Cole as chief financial officer of Broward Health North. Cole most recently served as controller of Delray Medical Center. Prior to that, Cole served as vice president and controller at CareGuide in Coral Springs and was also manager of financial services at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale.

Brevet Capital Management, LLC [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Vikram Sodhi as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sodhi joins Brevet from PricewaterhouseCoopers. In his 24 years at PwC, he served financial institutions across banking, capital markets, and alternative asset management.

MobileIron [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: MOBL) announced that Scott Hill has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to MobileIron, Scott served as senior vice president of finance at Symantec. Prior to Symantec, Scott was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan. Scott started his career in the defense industry, with engineering roles at the U.S. Department of Defense and Digital Receiver Technology.

SolomonEdwards [WAYNE, Pa.] has appointed Mario Patone as its Chief Financial Officer. Before working in the private sector, he was the partner-in-charge of Transaction Advisory Services for a top ten national CPA and consulting firm.

Angela Vanderploeg

TB Alliance [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Angela Vanderploeg as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Vanderploeg joins TB Alliance most recently from New Leaders.

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: APTS) announced that the Company has elected John A. Isakson, who currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Capital Officer, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. John Isakson has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Capital Officer of the Company since 2014. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Main Street Apartment Homes, LLC, since its commencement of operations in 2015. Prior to his roles at the Company, he was Chief Executive Officer of Williams Asset Management, from 2006 to 2013. Mr. Isakson serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Tulane University and is on the board of directors of the Atlanta Opera. He has served on the Arthritis Foundation’s national board of directors, as well as the board for the Georgia chapter in various positions

Casa Systems, Inc. [ANDOVER, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CASA) announced that Gary Hall, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has provided notice of his intent to leave the company. The Board of Directors of the Company has appointed Shaun McCarthy, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, to assume the role of interim CFO. Mr. McCarthy has more than 25 years of finance and accounting experience and has served as the company’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since 2014. Prior to joining the company, he served as the Vice President of Finance, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Dynamics Research Corporation, as well as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

Jim Bottorff

IDEMIA [BILLERICA, Mass.] announced the appointment of Jim Bottorff as Chief Financial Officer for North America. Before joining IDEMIA, Mr. Bottorff was Division Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance for twelve years at General Dynamics. Prior to his twelve years at General Dynamics, he held management roles in finance at Anteon. Mr. Bottorff has nearly 30 years of experience in Finance for businesses providing products and services to both federal and civilian clients.

Navy Capital [NEW YORK] announced that it has named Kevin S. Gahwyler as President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gahwlyer joins Navy Capital from Twin Capital Management, where he served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Business Development. Prior to his nine-year tenure at Twin Capital, Mr. Gahwyler was founder of KenCole Capital. Additionally, he has served in senior roles at various hedge funds, including Pequot Capital and Sagamore Hill.

Vulcan Materials Company [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: VMC) announced a succession plan for the chief financial officer position. The Company has named Suzanne H. Wood as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Wood will succeed John R. McPherson, currently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. From 2012 to 2018, Ms. Wood was Group Finance Director and CFO of Ashtead Group plc. Prior to becoming CFO of Ashtead, Ms. Wood was Executive Vice President and CFO of Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. Ms. Wood also previously held CFO positions at Tultex Corporation and Oakwood Homes Corporation. She currently serves on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of RELX Group.

Surna Inc. [BOULDER, Colorado] (OTCQB: SRNA) announced that the Board of Directors  has appointed Mark E. Smiens as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Since August 2017, Mr. Smiens was the Chief Financial Officer of US Fence Solutions, LLC. From April 2015 to August 2017, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Wildcat Minerals, LLC. From January 2010 to April 2015, Mr. Smiens was the Chief Financial Officer for SMA Solar Technology AG. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Smiens was the Finance Director (Worldwide Operations) for Advanced Energy, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Smiens held various controller-level positions with Lextron, Inc. (2004-2007), Veeco, Inc. (2000-2003), and United Agri Products (1992-2000).

BridgeStreet [RESTON, Va.] has named Keith Haas as their new Chief Financial Officer.

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Michael Knott

EQ Office [CHICAGO] announced that Michael Knott will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Knott spent the last 16 years at Green Street Advisors, and most recently served as Managing Director. He held various leadership positions during his Green Street tenure, including co-leading the firm’s overall REIT research team.

Cree, Inc. [DURHAM, N.C.] (NASDAQ: CREE) announced the appointment of Neill Reynolds as chief financial officer (CFO), effective Aug. 27. Reynolds will succeed Mike McDevitt at that time, per the transition plan announced in June. Reynolds joins from NXP Semiconductors N.V., where he serves as senior vice president of finance, strategy and procurement. Prior to NXP, his career includes more than 15 years as a finance leader with international technology companies including General Electric, where he held CFO positions in various businesses and served on management teams.

Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. [LAKEVILLE, Mass. and MIDDLEBORO, Mass.] announced the appointment of Joseph Vanderstelt as SVP, Chief Financial Officer. Vanderstelt most recently was Chief Financial Officer at Craft Brewer Alliance. Prior to joining Craft Brewer Alliance, Joe spent 14 years at MillerCoors and Miller Brewing Company in various strategy and finance roles including Sr. Director Finance and Strategy.

Virginie Costa

Godiva Chocolatier [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Virginie Costa as its Chief Financial Officer, effective August 6. Most recently, she served as Chief Financial & Operations Officer for Burberry Americas. Current Chief Financial Officer Selim Baraz has decided to leave the business at the end of December after six successful years in which he led the Global Finance, IT and Strategy teams.

Ziyen Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Dean Holter as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel to Ziyen Inc. Prior to joining Ziyen, Dean served as General Counsel and CFO to Christensen Global Strategies.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: ADS) announced that Charles Horn, its longtime CFO, has informed the Company of his intent to retire in 2019.

Brian Turcotte

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NYSE: SERV) announced it has promoted Brian K. Turcotte to chief financial officer of American Home Shield, leading up to the spinoff of that business. Most recently, Turcotte served as vice president of investor relations and treasurer for ServiceMaster. Previously he served as the business unit chief financial officer for American Home Shield and the Franchise Services Group, as well as vice president of finance for the consolidated marketing organization. Turcotte came to ServiceMaster after six years at Office Depot, where he served as vice president, finance and investor relations. He also worked at Xylem Global Partners, where he was vice president and equity analyst. Prior to that, Turcotte spent more than 25 years with International Paper holding a variety of leadership positions in investor relations, sales and marketing, global product development, and other functions at locations across the United States.

American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. [BEVERLY, Mass.] (NYSE: ARA) announced the appointment of Jason Boucher as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boucher will succeed Jon Wilcox, who will be leaving the Company for another opportunity. Mr. Boucher currently serves as the Company’s Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Boucher has more than 20 years of leadership experience in finance and accounting roles, including seven years at the Company, and more than eight years with other publicly-traded companies.

Big Switch Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Seamus Hennessy has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Big Switch, Hennessy spent eight years as CFO at Ruckus Wireless. Hennessy has also served in CFO roles at Cohesity, Aerohive Networks and Bubble Motion, as well as VP of Finance at NetScaler.

LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C. [COVINGTON, La.] announced Phil Cossich, LLOG’s current Vice President of Planning and Budgeting, has been named Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Philip LeJeune, LLOG’s current Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, who has been named Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Cossich joined LLOG in 2011.  Prior to joining LLOG, he was an associate at Macquarie focusing on acquisitions and divestitures for upstream E&P companies.  Mr. Cossich began his career at Tristone Capital.

FULLBEAUTY Brands Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bob Riesbeck as Chief Financial Officer. Riesbeck most recently served as CEO and President of HHGregg and was previously CFO. Prior to that leadership role, he served as an Operations Executive at Sun Capital Partners. Riesbeck previously held finance and operations roles at Nike and began his career with Grant Thornton LLP.

Sarah Hagan

ECi Software Solutions [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced the appointment of Sarah Hagan as Chief Financial Officer. She has replaced Glenn Etherington, who is retiring after serving as Chief Financial Officer for more than a decade. Previously, Hagan served as the Chief Financial Officer for Omnitracs. She has also held several senior positions and played a key leadership role at Sabre, and helped lead its successful IPO in 2014. Earlier in her career, she was an auditor with public accounting firm RCO.

Tennant Company [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TNC) announced the planned retirement of Tom Paulson, Tennant’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with an expected effective date in the first quarter of 2019.

Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. [TORRANCE, Calif.] has appointed Kurt Kruger as Chief Financial Officer. Kruger succeeds Willis C. Lee, who will continue as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of Emmaus. Until recently, Mr. Kruger headed up the life sciences investment banking group for WR Hambrecht + Co. Early in his career, he served as a marketing manager for CPI/Guidant, now Boston Scientific.  Kruger then went on to Wall Street where he continued to work in life sciences as a high-profile equities research analyst for two well-regarded investment banks, Hambrecht & Quist and Montgomery Securities (Banc of America Securities).

Re-Bath [PHOENIX] announced the hiring of Derek Fuller as Chief Financial Officer. Fuller joins the Re-Bath family after 16 years as the CFO and Vice President of Primrose Schools.

Fannie Mae [WASHINGTON] (OTCBB: FNMA) announced the promotion of Celeste Brown to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Celeste Brown joined Fannie Mae one year ago as Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer. She joined Fannie Mae following an 18-year career at Morgan Stanley.

VirtualArmour International Inc. [CENTENNIAL, Colo.] (CSE: VAI, OTCQB: VTLR) appointed Michael Panec as its new chief financial officer. Panec most recently served as chief operating officer at Innovest Systems. He earlier served in several roles of increasing responsibilities at Innovest, including as COO of its payment and fulfillment divisions, CFO of the Trust & Wealth division, and as director of technology. Before Innovest, Panec served as technology director at Optech Systems. Panec earlier served as vice president and manager of technology at Bankers Trust Company and Security Pacific National Bank.

Top Image Systems Ltd. [TEL AVIV, Israel and PLANO, Texas] (NASDAQ: TISA) announced the appointment of John London as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Top Image Systems, Mr. London was CFO of Magna5. Before that, he was EVP, Finance & Accounting, CFO, and Operations for Xerox Business Services. Prior to Xerox, Mr. London was CFO of Zenta. Earlier in his career, Mr. London was with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 11 years. Top Image Systems today also announces that Patti Barton will be leaving her position as Acting Chief Financial Officer of Top Image Systems in mid-August.

Kimberly Smith

Wetzel’s Pretzels [LOS ANGELES] announced that Kimberly Smith has joined the team as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Wetzel’s Pretzels, Smith served as PetSmart’s Vice President of Finance. During her nearly eleven years with the retailer, Smith served in various finance roles, including supporting financial planning & analysis. Earlier in her career, she worked in finance for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Smith also previously held a financial leadership position at PepsiCo, serving as Plant Controller and leading the Cost Management Program.

Ayla Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has hired Dave Adams as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Adams previously ran the finance function for ChargePoint; had senior leadership roles at Fastly; was corporate controller for cloud content management at file sharing company Box; and served as a controller for Ion Torrent Systems. Earlier in his career, Adams held finance and accounting roles with VeriSign, Affymetrix, VIAVI Solutions/JDSU, eBay and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Womply [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Tony Grimminck as the company’s first chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Womply, Grimminck was CFO at HotelTonight, served in various executive roles at StubHub, and was a vice president at both Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.

Pathmatics [SANTA MONICA, CALIF] announced that Pushkar Choudhuri joined as CFO. Pushkar most recently was CFO for ForwardLine Financial. Pushkar spent over 10 years with Barclays and Lehman Brothers, most recently as Managing Director for their financial services practice in Los Angeles

GuideSpark [REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.] announced the appointment of Valerie Burman as CFO and SVP Solutions & Strategy. Valerie’s career spans both public software companies such as SAP and Business Objects and private VC-backed SaaS companies such as Mindjet and Spigit.

Intent Solutions [ATLANTA] announced it has hired Nathan Dane as chief financial officer. In 2012, Dane joined EndoChoice.  He later led finance and sales operations for the largest of Carestream Dental’s four global sales regions.

GroupBy Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced it has promoted Srikant Nayak to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to becoming GroupBy’s CFO, Srikant served as VP of Finance and Senior Director of Finance for GroupBy, having joined the company in 2015. Prior to joining GroupBy, Srikant served in various finance leadership roles, most recently serving as director of Homeland Energy Group. Srikant also served as VP of finance for Unit Park.

ProAssurance Corporation [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: PRA) announced that Dana S. Hendricks will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer for the company effective September 1, 2018. Ms. Hendricks is currently the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for the Podiatry Insurance Company of America (PICA), a ProAssurance subsidiary. Ms. Hendricks joined PICA in 2001 and has served in a number of executive-level positions; prior to being promoted to her current position, she was the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller for PICA. Prior to her tenure at PICA, she held various finance and data analysis positions with American General Life & Accident Insurance Company and held finance and accounting positions in both public and non-public companies. Hendricks replaces Ned Rand, who will take on the sole responsibility of being ProAssurance’s Chief Operating Officer.

FactSet [NORWALK, Conn.]  announced that Helen Shan will join as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in September 2018. Shan will join FactSet following her position at Marsh and McLennan Companies, where she was CFO for Mercer. Prior to Mercer, Shan has held the role of Vice President and Treasurer for both Marsh and McLennan Companies and Pitney Bowes Inc. and of Managing Director at J.P. Morgan. There will be a transition period when Shan joins with current CFO Maurizio Nicolelli, who will remain an employee with FactSet through December 2018.

Ravi Mallela

First Hawaiian, Inc. [HONOLULU] (NASDAQ: FHB), the parent company of First Hawaiian Bank, announced that it has appointed Ravi Mallela Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank. Mallela plans to join First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank in September.  Mallela joins from First Republic Bank, where he served as Senior Vice President, Head of Finance and Treasury.

DriveTime [TEMPE, Ariz.] announced the appointment of Mary Leigh Phillips as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Phillips has more than 10 years of banking and capital markets experience with Wells Fargo and most recently served as a Director for Asset-Backed Finance with Wells Fargo Securities. Ms. Phillips specialized in executing lending facilities and capital markets transactions for auto finance companies, including DriveTime, since 2011. Kurt Wood, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will transition out of his role as CFO of the Company. Mr. Wood has served the Company as Chief Financial Officer for four years.

CLS Holdings USA, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTCQB: CLSH) announced the appointment of Frank Tarantino as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CLS, Mr. Tarantino was the COO/CFO of Wild Things. Prior to Wild Things, Mr. Tarantino worked as the Vice President of Finance at Cornerstone Brands. In the early stages of his career, Mr. Tarantino worked as an auditor for Coopers and Lybrand, now Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

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Honeywell International Inc. [MORRIS PLAINS, NEW JERSEY] appointed Greg Lewis, as Tom Szlosek’s successor as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Since May 2018, Mr. Lewis has served as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Finance. From October 2016 to May 2018, Mr. Lewis served as Vice President, Enterprise Information Management. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company’s former Automation and Control Solutions business group. Before that, Mr. Lewis served as Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Process Solutions. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis served as the Company’s Vice President, Business Analysis and Planning. Mr. Lewis began his career at the Company in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer of the former Performance Products business unit. Before joining the Company, Mr. Lewis spent three years in the plastics industry at Tyco International, where he was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the A&E Products division. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis held a number of finance leadership roles at The Stanley Works, including Finance Manager and Global FP&A Manager. Mr. Lewis began his career at Kraft Foods, where he held various operations finance roles, including Plant Controller.

Moody’s Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MCO) announced that Mark Kaye will join the company on August 20^th as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Jeffrey Hare as the company’s Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Kaye joins Moody’s from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), where he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, as well as Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual U.S., the company’s domestic insurance and retirement plan operation. Prior to joining MassMutual in 2015, he held a range of senior finance leadership roles at Voya Financial (formerly ING U.S.) and began his career in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse First Boston. In addition to working in the U.S., Mr. Kaye has had extensive prior work experience in the Asia Pacific region.

Seagate Technology plc [CUPERTINO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: STX) announced that David H. Morton, Jr., executive vice president and chief financial officer at Seagate, will leave the company for a senior finance executive role at another company. Seagate has named Kathryn R. Scolnick interim CFO. Kathryn has been a senior finance executive at Seagate for six years leading the company’s investor relations and treasury operations.

James Anderson

CNA [CHICAGO] announced that James Anderson has assumed the role of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Anderson, who most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Development, succeeds D. Craig Mense, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Anderson joined CNA in 2012 and has been a key member of the Finance leadership team since that time. Before joining CNA, Anderson spent nearly a decade in investment banking focused on the insurance industry, ultimately as a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital. That experience followed five years of consulting at Accenture.

Reveneer [WOBURN, MASS.] welcomed Steven Hill as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Reveneer, Hill served as the CFO of Zoom Information, Inc. Prior to his tenure with Zoominfo, he served as CFO of three other technology companies.

Lifeway Foods, Inc. [MORTON GROVE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: LWAY) announced that it has appointed Neha Clark as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Clark succeeds our interim Chief Financial Officer, Eric Hanson, who will remain with us as our Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. From 2016 until her appointment as Lifeway’s CFO, Neha was employed by Coveris (recently acquired by TC Transcontinental) as the Chief Transformation Officer of Coveris Americas and, previously, as Chief Financial Officer of Coveris’ North American food and consumer flexible packaging business. Prior to joining Coveris, Neha held increasingly senior positions at Kraft Heinz. From 2011 through 2015, Neha was the Director of Finance for Kraft Heinz’s grocery business unit. From 1999 through 2011, she held senior finance positions in Kraft Heinz’s North American commodities business, its marketing services division, its corporate business analysis group, and other grocery categories.

Michael Heald

IZEA, Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NASDAQ: IZEA) announced the appointment of Michael Heald as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 15, 2018. Mr. Heald will fill the vacancy left by current CFO LeAnn Hitchcock, who will be resigning from the role as of August 15, 2018. Mr. Heald was with BDO from 1997 to 2017. In 2017, Mr. Heald founded MRH Accounting & Consulting, LLC to provide financial consulting and temporary CFO services to both private and public companies.

Synacor, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: SYNC) announced the appointment of Tim Heasley as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Bill Stuart, who will be available to Synacor as a senior advisor. Heasley, who joined Synacor as senior vice president of finance in May 2018, has been chief financial officer of three mid-market companies during his 30-plus-year career as a financial executive. Prior to joining Synacor, Heasley served as CFO of National Oak Distributors, a national wholesale distributor. From 2015 to 2016, he was CFO of Motus Integrated Technologies, a global manufacturer for the automotive industry. He previously was CFO of Kaydon Corp. and served in senior finance roles with Gibraltar Industries, MRC Industrial Group and SPS Technologies. Heasley has also served in progressive financial management positions with a diverse group of leading organizations, including Johnson Controls, TRW and the Carborundum Company.

ClinOne [DENVER] appointed R. Michael Carruthers as chief financial officer. Most recently, Mr. Carruthers served as interim president of Nivalis Therapeutics beginning in January 2017 and CFO and secretary since February 2015. Prior to this, Mr. Carruthers served on Array BioPharma Inc.’s executive team as the CFO. Prior to joining Array, Mr. Carruthers served as CFO of Sievers Instrument Inc. and, before joining Sievers, was the treasurer and controller for the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation.

Seth Molod

Lightstone [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Seth Molod as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Lightstone, Mr. Molod was Chair of Real Estate Services and a member of the Executive Committee at Berdon LLP, where he worked for more than 25 years.

FirstEnergy Corp. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: FE) announced that James Pearson, executive vice president, Finance, have accepted FirstEnergy’s Executive Early Retirement Program. Pearson’s retirement date is not expected to be later than April 1, 2019.

aTyr Pharma, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: LIFE) announced that Jill Broadfoot has joined aTyr as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining aTyr, from January 2017 to July 2018, Ms. Broadfoot served as Chief Financial Officer of Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Emerald Health Bioceuticals Inc. Prior to Emerald Health, Ms. Broadfoot served as Vice President, U.S. Corporate Controller at GW Pharmaceuticals plc, from May 2016 to January 2017. Prior to joining GW Pharmaceuticals, Ms. Broadfoot served as Chief Financial Officer of Vical Inc., from October 2004 to March 2013. Before joining Vical, Ms. Broadfoot held various positions at DJO Global, Inc., most recently as Vice President of Finance. Ms. Broadfoot also served as an audit manager at Ernst & Young LLP.

Scott Johnson

defi SOLUTIONS [GRAPEVINE, Texas] announced that Scott Johnson has joined as chief financial officer. Johnson held executive positions most recently at CARite and Compuware Corporation.

Ark Restaurants Corp. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ARKR) reported the passing of the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, Robert J. Stewart. Bob was elected as Chief Financial Officer in June 2002 and joined the Board of Directors in March 2012. In 2013 he was elected President. Prior to joining Ark, Bob was a Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Fortis Capital Holdings and held senior financial and audit positions in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken in their New York, London and Stockholm offices.

Centrexion Therapeutics Corporation [BOSTON] announced that Nick Harvey has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Harvey joins Centrexion Therapeutics most recently from Radius Health, where he served as chief financial officer and senior vice president. Prior to that, Mr. Harvey was managing director at Shiprock Capital, and remains a member of the Board. Previously, he held various senior financial management positions with a number of venture-backed companies, including LifetecNet, Transfusion Technologies, Transcend Therapeutics, and Computer Power Group.

Shaunda Clark

AmeriNat® [LAS VEGAS] announced the appointment of Shaunda Clark as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Prior to joining AmeriNat, Clark served as CFO of Solarity Credit Union.  She also previously served as CFO of Plus Credit Union and as Vice President/Controller at First Security Bank of Nevada.

Roostify [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Eric Amblard has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Amblard comes to Roostify from EverString Technologies, where he also served as CFO. Prior to his role at EverString, Amblard held CFO and finance executive positions with NetBoost, Intel, Ensim, and KXEN.

Robert Fiore

PlusMedia, LLC [DANBURY, Conn.] hired Robert J. Fiore as Chief Financial and Operations Officer. Fiore most recently was CEO and CFO of Private Client Resources.

Agilent Technologies Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NYSE: A) announced that Didier Hirsch, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has decided to retire on Oct 31, 2018. The company has appointed Robert W. McMahon, currently chief financial officer, Hologic, Inc., as his successor. McMahon will join Agilent on August 3, as senior vice president, and will become CFO on Sept. 1, 2018, when Hirsch will step down as CFO. McMahon has been chief financial officer since 2014 for Hologic, Inc. Prior to Hologic, McMahon spent 20 years with Johnson & Johnson, most recently as worldwide vice president of finance and business development for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a division of Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Device and Diagnostics Group. Prior to that he held a variety of financial leadership positions within Johnson & Johnson after joining the company in 1993. McMahon began his career with Harris Corporation in Florida.

Hologic, Inc. [MARLBOROUGH, Mass.] (NASDAQ: HOLX) announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bob McMahon is leaving the Company to become the CFO of Agilent. Company veteran Karleen Oberton, who currently serves as Hologic’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to CFO.  Ms. Oberton joined Hologic in 2006 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Chief Accounting Officer in 2015.  She was appointed to the Company’s new Global Leadership Team in 2017.  Before joining Hologic, she served as Senior Corporate Controller of Immunogen from 2004 to 2006.  Prior to that, she was a Senior Audit Manager in Ernst & Young’s life science practice and in Arthur Andersen’s high technology practice.

Sapience Analytics [PLANO, Texas] announced that Greg Salcido has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Sapience, Salcido spearheaded a management consulting firm. He started his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen and then moved into strategic finance, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Salcido has held financial leadership roles with growth-oriented companies, including Dr Pepper Snapple Group, NCH Corporation and J. Hilburn.

FMS Solutions Holdings LLC [BALTIMORE] announced the addition of Matt Short as CFO. He replaces current CFO David Goggin, who is retiring. Mr. Short was most recently with Weight Watchers Australia/New Zealand, which he joined after his time with E&Y in Sydney. Prior to his time in Australia, Matt earned his degree from the University of Florida and was in the Marine Corp Reserves before getting his CPA License and Joining Deloitte in the US.

XPO Logistics [Greenwich, Conn.] (NYSE: XPO) announced that John Hardig will step down as chief financial officer on August 15, 2018. He will remain available to the company in an advisory capacity through September 15, 2018. Sarah Glickman, senior vice president, corporate finance, will assume the role of acting chief financial officer. Glickman’s more than 25 years of senior finance experience include her position as chief financial officer of business services for Novartis, and executive roles with Honeywell International and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Ben Seto

Ankura [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Ben Seto as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Seto joins Ankura from Avendra, North America’s leading procurement services provider serving hospitality-related industries.  With his appointment, Christopher Balsley will be appointed Ankura’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to serving as Chief Financial Officer of Avendra, Mr. Seto oversaw country and regional finances for AES Corporation, in a series of senior executive positions. He began his finance career in the consumer products industry, with Haagen-Dazs Company and Philip Morris USA.

TransDigm Group Incorporated [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: TDG) announced the appointment of Mike Lisman as Chief Financial Officer. Mike was most recently Vice President of the TransDigm Mergers and Acquisitions team. Prior to this role, he managed the Air & Fuel Valves business unit at AeroFluid Products, a TransDigm operating company. Before joining TransDigm in 2015, Mike worked in private equity and held positions of increasing responsibility in the New York and London offices of Warburg Pincus and the Washington D.C. office of The Carlyle Group. Prior to that he worked in Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division.

Kura Oncology, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: KURA) announced the appointment of Marc Grasso, M.D., as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer, effective August 21, 2018. Dr. Grasso succeeds Heidi Henson, who served as Kura’s Chief Financial Officer since the company’s inception in August 2014. Dr. Grasso joins Kura from Stifel, where he was Managing Director responsible for building and managing Stifel’s west coast life sciences and biotechnology investment banking business. Before joining Stifel in 2013, Dr. Grasso was Managing Director of Investment Banking in the Global Healthcare Group at UBS, focused on the biotechnology sector. Previously, he was Managing Director of Investment Banking at Leerink Swann, where he was instrumental in the west coast expansion of their franchise. Dr. Grasso joined Leerink from Morgan Stanley, where he served as an Executive Director of Investment Banking in the Global Healthcare Group. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was Vice President of Investment Banking in the Global Healthcare Group of Credit Suisse First Boston. He began his career in investment banking at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. Dr. Grasso received his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he also performed research in molecular oncology.

Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ALDX) announced the appointment of Joshua Reed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Reed will succeed Stephen Tulipano, the Company’s outgoing Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aldeyra, Mr. Reed served as Vice President and Head of Finance for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) United States and Puerto Rico operations. Prior to that, Mr. Reed held roles of increasing responsibility at BMS, including positions in financial planning and analysis, supply chain finance, operations finance, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, Mr. Reed was the Vice President, Strategic Business Development at JPMorgan Chase, and held investment banking positions at Credit Suisse First Boston.

Celsius Holdings, Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NASDAQ: CELH) announced the hiring of Edwin F. Negron-Carballo as Chief Financial Officer. This addition to the leadership relieves CEO John Fieldly of his additional duties as Chief Financial Officer; a position which he held for his first six years with Celsius Holdings, Inc. Negron-Carballo’s career spans decades of senior financial management experience in major companies such as: Concurrent Manufacturing Solutions, Sodexo, S.A., Tyco Healthcare-Latin America, Energizer Battery, Frito-Lay and KPMG.

Lee Enterprises [DAVENPORT, Iowa] (NYSE: LEE) has selected Corporate Controller Timothy R. Millage as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Millage succeeds Ron Mayo, who resigned in June of this year. Millage joined Lee in 2010 as assistant corporate controller. He was named the company‘s corporate controller in 2012.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WATERTOWN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EYPT) announced the appointment of David Price as Chief Financial Officer. Price most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Concordia International Corporation. Prior to Concordia, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Bioventus. In addition, Mr. Price served as Chief Financial Officer of Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Mr. Price also served as Chief Financial Officer of EDGAR Online, Inc.

Freshworks [SAN BRUNO, Calif.] hired former AppDynamics Vice President of Finance & Treasury Suresh Seshadri as its chief financial officer.

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PDF Solutions, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PDFS) announced that Christine Russell will replace Gregory C. Walker as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Walker will remain with the Company in an operations role. Ms. Russell brings over 25 years of corporate and financial experience to PDF Solutions having served as Chief Financial Officer at UniPixel, Inc., Vendavo, Inc., Evans Analytical Group, Virage Logic, Ceva and OuterBay Technologies, among other companies and positions. She currently serves as Audit Committee Chair and Director for both QuickLogic Corporation and eGain Corporation.

eMDs Nation [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Iser Cukierman as the new Chief Financial Officer. Iser worked with some great companies such as FISERV, Accenture (formerly Cimation), Ernst & Young, KPMG and Umbel.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. [ORLANDO] (NYSE: HGV) announced that its Board of Directors terminated James E. Mikolaichik as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, for conduct and behavior not consistent with the Company’s policies.

StudyKIK [Costa Mesa, California] announced the addition of Alex Lithwick as Chief Financial Officer.

PeoplesBank [YORK, Pa.] announced that Larry D. Pickett has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pickett will also serve as Treasurer of the Bank’s holding company, Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Pickett was employed by Bay Bank in Columbia, Maryland as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was employed in similar financial and management roles at Susquehanna Bank and Fairfax Savings.

SIFCO Industries, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: SIF) announced that it has named Thomas Kubera as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kubera is the Company’s existing Chief Accounting Officer and has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since July 2017. He also previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer in 2015. His Chief Accounting Officer duties will be absorbed into his Chief Financial Officer role. Mr. Kubera has been with the Company since May 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kubera spent nine years at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., where he held various senior accounting roles, most recently as the Controller, Global Operations Services.

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] (NASDAQ: SNCR) announced the appointment of David Clark as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clark, who recently joined Synchronoss as Executive Vice President of Finance, will replace Lawrence Irving, who has served as Synchronoss’ CFO since rejoining the company in April 2017. Irving, who is re-retiring, will serve in a consultative capacity to the company into early 2019 to ensure an orderly transition. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Clark had served as the CFO of The Meet Group, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the CFO of Nutrisystem from 2007 to 2013 and as CFO of Claymont Steel from 2006 to 2007. Clark’s first CFO role was at Suncom Wireless from 1997 to 2006.

The Fresh Market, Inc. [GREENSBORO, N.C.] has appointed Oded Shein as Chief Financial Officer. Shein recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Stage Stores, Inc. In addition, he has held senior financial leadership positions at Belk, Inc. in Charlotte, NC and Charming Shoppes, Inc. in Bensalem, PA.

Passageways [LAFAYETTE, Ind.] announced the appointment of Colin Cunningham as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Stifel Financial Corp. [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: SF) announced that Jim Marischen was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marischen will take over the CFO role from James Zemlyak, who will now focus exclusively on leading the firm’s Global Wealth Management business, which he has been the head of since 2011. Mr. Marischen most recently served as Stifel Financial Corp.’s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to his roles as CAO and CRO, which he assumed in 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer of Stifel Bank & Trust from 2008 through 2015. Prior to joining Stifel, he worked at KPMG.

Stage Stores, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SSI) announced that Oded Shein, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, resigned his position effective to pursue another opportunity. The company has appointed Jason Curtis as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Curtis has been with Stage since 2011, most recently serving as its Senior Vice President, Finance and Credit since March 2017. Mr. Curtis also held the roles of Group Vice President, Finance and Credit from May 2016 to March 2017, Vice President, Finance and Accounting from November 2013 to April 2016, and Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from May 2011 to November 2013. Prior to joining Stage, Mr. Curtis served in various financial roles at Belk, Inc. and The May Department Stores Company.

GlobalSCAPE, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: GSB) announces the promotion of Karen Young to Chief Financial Officer. Young was appointed to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer in March of this year, and succeeds James Albrecht, who retired in February. Young has served as the Controller for the past three years. Young joined GlobalSCAPE in 2015. Young began her career with Valero Energy Corporation in San Antonio. Prior to joining GlobalSCAPE, Young was the Controller for PIC Business Systems, Inc., and across her career, has served in a variety of finance and accounting roles.

Carpenter Technology Corporation [PHILADELPHIA] announced Timothy (Tim) Lain has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Damon Audia who has decided to leave the Company for another role. Tim has over 20 years of financial experience including 11 years with the Company. He currently serves as Vice President – Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, a role he was appointed to in June 2013. From June 2015 to October 2015, Tim served as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Tim served as Audit Director at McGladrey & Pullen.

Patriot Energy Group [BURLINGTON, Mass.] has named Steve Campbell its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Campbell has a long history of leading finance and operations at some of the region’s top tech firms, including Raytheon, IBM and Progress Software. At Progress Software, Campbell was vice president of finance and operations.

Ladd Watts

TIE Industrial [LAVERGNE, TENN.] announced that Ladd Watts has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Watts held various Sr. Finance roles at SVP Worldwide and Mars incorporated. In addition, he previously headed procurement finance and was plant controller for a Mars manufacturing facility in Texas.

EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc. [PEORIA, Ariz.] (OTC Pink: EVOA) appointed Michael Zientek as chief financial officer. Zientek previously served as a senior consultant to CBIZ, Inc. Prior to CBIZ, Zientek held various financial leadership positions at Gap, Inc., including chief internal auditor, chief financial officer of global supply chain, and VP of Financial Operations.

UroGen Pharma Ltd. [RA’ANANA, Israel, and NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: URGN) announced that Peter P. Pfreundschuh has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Stephen Mullennix, who has served as UroGen’s Interim CFO since June 2018, will continue in his role as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Pfreundschuh previously served as the CFO of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Sucampo, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO of Immunomedics Inc. Before this, Mr. Pfreundschuh was CFO for CircuLite, Inc. His previous roles include leadership positions in finance, commercial operations and business development within the pharmaceutical industry at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, and Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Pfreundschuh is currently a board member of Speratus Therapeutics, Inc., and GitBasic LLC. He has also previously served as an advisor or board member to Immunomedics Inc., CircuLite Inc., and Reproductive Medical Associates of New Jersey, in addition to other companies and private organizations.

The Travelers Companies, Inc. [HARTFORD, Conn.] (NYSE: TRV) announced that, Jay S. Benet will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2002. Benet will remain on the senior leadership team as Vice Chairman. Daniel S. Frey will succeed Benet and become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Frey currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Personal Insurance segment, having served in a number of other key financial management roles across Travelers over the past 15 years. Prior to his current role, Frey served as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Claim and Field Management organizations. Before joining Travelers, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Spalding Sports Worldwide. He began his career in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche.

NETGEAR, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NTGR) announced that Bryan Murray has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Christine Gorjanc, the company’s former Chief Financial Officer, who is assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer at Arlo Technologies, Inc. Bryan Murray has been with NETGEAR for over 16 years serving in various management roles within the Finance organization. Prior to assuming the role of CFO, he served as NETGEAR’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Before joining NETGEAR in 2001, he worked in public accounting at Deloitte.

YapStone [WALNUT CREEK, CALIF.] announced the hiring of Jerry Ulrich as it Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining YapStone, Jerry was the CFO of Blackhawk Network Holdings.

G-CON Manufacturing [COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS] announced that it has appointed Paul Moore to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Moore served as Chief Financial Officer at Zacros America, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Moore also served as Controller for TIC GUMS, Inc. from 2011 to 2014 and as Strategic Controller for Brown International Corporation, LLC from 2008 – 2010.

Startek, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NYSE: SRT) appointed Ramesh Kamath as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Don Norsworthy. Ramesh previously served as CFO of Aegis Global, which was combined with Startek on July 20, 2018. Prior to Aegis, he also led the finance organization of prominent BPOs, including serving as CFO of The Minacs Group and Progeon (now Infosys BPO).

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (OTC: WLMS) announced that Timothy M. Howsman has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Howsman has served as interim CFO since May 2018 and has been with the Company since August 2014. During his tenure with the Company, Mr. Howsman has also served as Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Howsman was the Vice President, Controller of Blue Lynx Media, LLC, the accounting shared service center for Tribune Publishing. Mr. Howsman has held positions of increasing responsibility in operations and financial positions in other businesses, including with Dresser, Inc.

Ambarella, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AMBA) announced the appointment of Kevin C. “Casey” Eichler as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Eichler succeeds George Laplante, who announced his intention to retire earlier this year. Eichler served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. from March 2015 to July 2016 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2009 to February 2015. Prior to joining Ultra Clean Holdings, Mr. Eichler was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Credence Systems Corporation from January 2008 to November 2008, Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of MarketTools, Inc. from March 2006 to December 2007, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MIPS Technologies Inc. from June 1998 to February 2006.  Prior to that, he held management positions with several technology companies, including Visigenic Software, NeXT Software and Microsoft.

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: TCMD) announced the appointment of Brent A. Moen to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective September 2, 2018. Tactile Medical’s current Chief Financial Officer, Lynn L. Blake, will resign from that role effective as of the close of business on September 1, 2018. Ms. Blake will continue to advise the Company in a consulting role until March 2019 in order to facilitate a smooth transition. Mr. Moen most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Entellus Medical, Inc., from May 2016 until the company’s acquisition by Stryker Corporation in February 2018. Prior to joining Entellus Medical, Mr. Moen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ABRA Auto Body & Glass LP, from November 2013 to May 2015. Mr. Moen previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regis Corporation, from January 2011 to December 2012. Mr. Moen held various financial roles of increasing responsibility with Regis Corporation, beginning in 2000.

Sarah VanBeck

National Life Group [MONTPELIER, VT.] announced that Sarah VanBeck was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, replacing Robert Cotton who was appointed Chief Operating Officer.  VanBeck joined National Life last year as Chief Accounting Officer. She has spent 25 years in the insurance industry and was most recently at AIG, where she was Senior Vice President and Controller at AIG Life and Retirement. She began her career as manager of SEC reporting and analysis at American General Corp.

Alterra Mountain Company [DENVER] announced the appointment of Timothy B. Donahue as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Donahue most recently served as head of JPMorgan’s Leveraged Finance Capital Markets Group. Mr. Donahue also spent time as a partner at Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners and as a corporate securities attorney at Battle Fowler LLP.

Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: DORM) announced that Kevin M. Olsen, formerly the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and, effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Olsen will become the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).  The company appointed Michael P. Ginnetti as the Company’s interim CFO. Mr. Ginnetti currently serves as Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company. He has served in this position since May 2011 and he will continue to serve in this position while serving as interim CFO. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ginnetti was employed by Technitrol, Inc., most recently as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.

EVERTEC, Inc. [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] (NYSE: EVTC) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter J.S. Smith has decided to leave the Company effective September 6, 2018 and pursue other opportunities. Current Vice President of Finance, Joaquín Castrillo, will serve as interim CFO. Mr. Castrillo joined the company in 2012 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, currently leading the financial planning and treasury functions.

DigitalTown [SEATTLE and TORONTO] (OTC: DGTW) the appointment of Dave Carter as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2016, Dave has focussed on Blockchain and Cryptoassets, advising startups and most recently 3iQ, a Canadian Investment Fund Manager, and the first regulatory approved multi-cryptoasset manager in Canada.

Superior Group of Companies, Inc. [SEMINOLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SGC) named Michael (Mike) J. Attinella as the Company’s new chief financial officer and treasurer. Attinella succeeds Andrew (Andy) D. Demott, Jr. in the CFO position as Demott shifts his responsibilities to fully focus on his role as chief operating officer of the company. Attinella joins Superior Group of Companies from HSNi, where he served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer of HSNi since 2008, and executive vice president and chief financial officer of HSN since 2013. Attinella began his tenure with HSNi in 2001 as vice president, controller. Previously, Attinella was vice president, controller at Catalina Marketing Corp. He also served various financial and operational responsibilities at Tech Data Corporation.

Ken Williams

Black & Veatch [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that Ken Williams has become the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Karen Daniel, who retired in July after a quarter century at Black & Veatch including the last 18 years as its CFO. Williams rejoins Black & Veatch after previously serving as its Treasurer from 2010 to 2012. His professional experience includes several roles with Fluor, where he was CFO of its government services business unit. He returns to Black & Veatch from Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.]  (NYSE: BKD) announced that Steven Swain will join the Company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Steve is expected to start on September 4, 2018 and will replace the Company’s current Interim Chief Financial Officer, Teresa Sparks. Steve will join the Company after most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of DISH Network Corporation since October 2014 and previously serving in roles of increasing responsibility within the company since 2011. Prior to DISH Network, Steve spent more than 15 years working in the telecommunications sector, where he served in multiple leadership roles in finance and engineering operations.

Ei Companies [LAS VEGAS] announced that Greg Cobb has been named the new Chief Financial Officer. Greg will begin his new role immediately and will be based out of the companies Phoenix offices. Prior to joining the companies, Greg founded Inglenook Financial in Scottsdale, AZ.  Prior to Inglenook, Greg was CFO for US PEACH.   Before entering the Construction Services Industry, Greg was CFO at an Arizona based biotech company. He has also been Managing Director of a San Francisco Bay Area based technology mergers & acquisitions firm.  Greg is also a private equity investor and has managed an Angel investor group.

Borrego Solar Systems [San Diego] announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hall joined Borrego Solar in January 2015 as General Counsel. In August 2015, he became Executive Vice President, responsible for leading Human Resources and Information Technology (IT) as well. In his new role, Hall remains general counsel and retains responsibility for leading IT. Prior to joining Borrego Solar, Hall served as Corporate & Compliance Counsel at Thoratec Corporation, and as an associate attorney at Covington & Burling, LLP and Morrison & Foerster, LLP. Before practicing law, he was a research analyst in the credit risk management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that Chief Financial Officer David Wells plans to step down after helping the company choose his successor. Wells, who joined Netflix in 2004 and has served as CFO since 2010, intends to stay until his successor takes the role to ensure a smooth transition.

The Hershey Company [HERSHEY, Pa.] (NYSE: HSY) announced that Patricia A. Little, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire from the company in the spring of 2019.  Little has served as the company’s CFO since joining in 2015.

Silverline [New York, NY] announced the addition of Ben Golden as Chief Financial Officer. Golden most recently served as CFO for Novantas.

Select Interior Concepts, Inc. [ANAHEIM, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SIC) announced that Nadeem Moiz has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer. Moiz was most recently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Superior Industries International, Inc. Moiz will replace Kendall Hoyd, who will assume the role of President—RDS of SIC. Prior to Superior Industries, Mr. Moiz served as the Chief Financial Officer of DCLI and held leadership positions in Finance and Operations at Graphic Packaging International and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

Sure Shot Holdings [DENVER] announced that Michael Walker joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Michael joins Sure Shot from Great Western Oil & Gas where he served as the company’s Vice President of Finance from 2012 to 2018.

AIVITA Biomedical [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the addition of Scott Burell joins the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AIVITA, Scott served as Chief Financial Officer of CombiMatrix Corporation.

SQUAN [ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY] announced that they have appointed John C. Ferrara as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ferrara has 30 years of experience guiding top financial companies’ initiatives including as CFO for TheStreet, Inc. and SPACE.com. Ferrara has held several other CFO positions including EDGAR Online, Inc.

FAT Brands Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: FAT) announced the hiring of Rebecca D. Hershinger as Chief Financial Officer. Ron Roe will continue as Senior Vice President of Finance for the Company. Hershinger most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer for Genius Brands International, Inc. She gained her experience through roles at JP Morgan Chase & Co., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., SpectrumDNA, Inc., and Genius Brands as well as CFO Advisory Services, Inc.

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company [GLEN ALLEN, Va.] (NYSE: HBB) announced that James H. Taylor, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire at the end of 2018 after 35 years of dedicated service. Taylor joined the Company’s subsidiary, Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., in 1983 as manager of corporate taxation and rose through a number of key accounting and finance roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Taylor was elected to his current position with the Company in 2017, following the completion of the spin-off of the Company from its former parent NACCO Industries, Inc. Prior to the spin-off, Mr. Taylor had served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., since 2013.

Alorica Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] welcomes KJ Tjon as Chief Financial Officer, who replaces newly retired Chief Financial Officer Cindy Fiorillo. Previously, she was COO and President at Scientific Games and served as the CFO and EVP at EPIQ Systems.

VBI Vaccines Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: VBIV) announced the appointment of Christopher McNulty as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Prior to joining VBI, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Business Development and Investor Relations, of Invivo Therapeutics. He also served as the Senior Director of Business Development for Repligen Corporation. Other prior management positions include Director, Corporate Development at Seventh Sense Biosystems, and Associate Director, Business Development at Genzyme Corporation.

Basic Energy Services, Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: BAS) announced the appointment of David Schorlemer as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schorlemer’s appointment will be effective August 27, 2018. Mr. Schorlemer is replacing Alan Krenek, who retired as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, effective August 15, 2018.

C&J Energy Services, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CJ) announced that Jan Kees van Gaalen has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and he is expected to join C&J on September 17, 2018.  Mike Galvan, who has served as C&J’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since March 2018, will continue in his position as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer. Jan Kees van Gaalen served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kennametal, Inc. since September 2015.  Prior to joining Kennametal, Inc., Mr. van Gaalen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Dresser-Rand Group Inc., and he previously held several financial leadership positions including Vice President and Treasurer for Baker Hughes, Inc. and Vice President Financial and Chief Financial Officer for PT Vale Inco TBK (formerly PT Inco TBK), in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Kennametal Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE : KMT) announced that it appointed Damon Audia to the position of vice president and chief financial officer effective September 24, 2018. Audia will succeed Jan Kees van Gaalen, who served as chief financial officer for three years and announced his retirement in June 2018. Audia most recently served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Carpenter Technology Corporation. Prior to Audia’s role at Carpenter Technologies Corporation, he spent ten years in various roles at The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, most recently serving as senior vice president of finance for the company’s North America division. He also led the finance group of Goodyear’s Asia Pacific region business unit while based in Shanghai, China and was senior vice president of corporate business development. In addition, Audia previously served as Goodyear’s vice president and treasurer and held various financial roles at Delphi Corporation and General Motors.

Destination Maternity Corporation [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: DEST) announced that David Stern, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, has departed the Company.

BloomReach, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] hired Dave Pomeroy as Chief Financial Officer. Pomeroy comes to BloomReach from BDNA, following its acquisition by Flexera. He has experience from his CFO roles at BDNA, Symphony Communications and Rhythm NewMedia. In addition, he has held finance leadership positions at Apple, Yahoo! and Microsoft. He began his finance career as an audit supervisor for Ernst & Young in Palo Alto.

Landmark Health [HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.] announced that Brandon Kerns has been hired as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Brandon most recently served as Vice President at General Atlantic. Prior to joining General Atlantic in 2010, Brandon was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley.

Charles Cosgrove

IAP [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] hired Charles “Chuck” Cosgrove to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining IAP, Chuck served as Chief Financial Officer at STG. During his career, Chuck has worked with several Government Services companies including CRGT (currently Salient CRGT), Comtech Mobile Data Corp., KBR, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) and Planning Research Corp.

Intelligent Waves LLC [RESTON, Va.] announced Pat Herrity joined as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Peloton Therapeutics, Inc. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Alan A. Musso as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 4, 2018. Musso joins Peloton from Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where he served as CFO and Treasurer since November 2014. Prior to Bellicum, he was CFO at Targacept. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of key managerial positions in finance and accounting at Osiris Therapeutics, Cato Research, Duramed Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer.

TriCo Bancshares [CHICO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: TCBK) the holding company for Tri Counties Bank, announced that Peter Wiese has been named the Company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wiese replaces Thomas J. Reddish, whose employment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer terminated. Wiese was previously with the Sacramento, California office of the public accounting firm Crowe Horwath LLP, where he was a partner since 2011 specializing in the financial services and banking industries.

W&T Offshore, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WTI) announced the retirement of J. Daniel (“Danny”) Gibbons, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  The Company has appointed Janet Yang as acting Chief Financial Officer. Janet Yang joined W&T in 2008 as Finance Manager and in 2012 became Director, Strategic Planning & Analysis, a position she held until being appointed Vice President, Corporate & Business Development in 2017.  Ms. Yang has over 15 years of finance, investment and strategy experience in the energy industry.  Prior to joining W&T, Ms. Yang held positions in research and investment analysis at BlackGold Capital Management, investment banking at Raymond James and energy trading at Allegheny Energy.

JDA Software, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced the appointment of Kevin Moriarty as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He most recently served as CFO at Avnet. Moriarty spent more than 10 years at Honeywell. Prior to Honeywell, he held accounting and corporate development roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb and was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. [RICHMOND, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EKSO) announced that John (Jack) Glenn has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Glenn replaces Max Scheder-Bieschin, who, as previously announced, is leaving the company. Previously, Mr. Glenn served as Chief Financial Officer for Sonendo, Inc. His prior experience also includes serving as Chief Financial Officer, at several other companies, including Armetheon Corporation; Solta Medical; Cholestech; and Invivo Corporation.

Inspira Financial Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fl.] (TSX-V: LND) announced it has promoted Rodrigo Mera as Chief Financial Officer in advance of a potential sale of its billing company.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. [ROANOKE, Va.] (NYSE: AAP) announced the appointment of Jeffrey W. Shepherd to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Since April, Shepherd served as Advance’s interim CFO in addition to his responsibilities as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. He joined Advance during the first quarter of 2017 from General Motors where he served most recently as Controller for General Motors Europe. Prior to that role, Shepherd served in various accounting and finance leadership roles at General Motors.

RH [CORTE MADERA, Calif.] (NYSE: RH) announced the appointment of Ryno Blignaut as President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Karen Boone has decided to step down from her current role to spend more time with her family. Mr. Blignaut most recently served as the Chief Business Officer of Wheels Up. Prior to that, Mr. Blignaut served in various roles at Xoom Corporation, from May 2005 until December 2015. Mr. Blignaut’s roles at Xoom included Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer through its initial public offering and at the time of its sale to PayPal.

Energy Recovery, Inc. [SAN LEANDRO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ERII) announced the appointment of Josh Ballard as Chief Financial Officer. Ballard most recently held the position of Operating Partner at Orox Capital Management. Additionally, he served as the CFO for Southwest Spirit and Wines. Prior to joining Orox Capital Management, Mr. Ballard was the Managing Director of Lanterne Advisors, LLC, where he held multiple CFO roles with venture-backed companies. He also served as Executive Director of Finance and Investor Relations for SigmaBleyzer Investment Group. Ballard started out his career working on multiple international oil and gas projects, most notably with Fluor Corporation.

SpyCloud [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that it has appointed Jennifer Parker-Snider as chief financial officer. Prior to SpyCloud, she held the post of CFO at NSS Labs. Parker-Snider previously served in leadership finance roles with HP’s Enterprise Security Products Group and other publicly-traded, multinational organizations including Apple and Arthur Andersen.

PM Environmental, Inc. [LANSING, Mich.] announced the promotion of Patricia Perry to Chief Financial Officer. Perry has been with PM for the last five years, having previously spent 20 years as a financial executive for a large, national consulting firm, working out of PM’s Mid-South region.

Excelsior Mining Corp. [Phoenix, Arizona] (TSX: MIN, OTCQX: EXMGF) announced the appointment of Barry Dahl as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Dahl has replaced Carlo Valente who had served as the Company’s Interim CFO. Dahl spent the past five years as the CFO of Klondex Mines. Prior to that Mr. Dahl was CFO of Argonaut Gold.

Continental Mills, Inc. [TUKWILA, Wash.] named Rachel Ruggeri as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.  Prior to joining Continental Mills, Ruggeri spent over 16 years at Starbucks Coffee Company, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Finance, Americas.

United Way of New York City  [NEW YORK] named Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Gina joined United Way of New York City in 2016 as the Vice President and Controller of Finance. Gina most recently worked as Controller of the March of Dimes.

Resonant, Inc. [GOLETA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RESN) announced that Michael Seifert will join the company as Chief Financial Officer on September 4, 2018. Seifert was most recently at Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. Prior to Analogix, Seifert served as CFO at multiple companies, including Multigig, Inc., Decarta, Inc., Xceive Corporation, Southwall Technologies, Inc., Sitesmith, and Virage Logic Corporation. Seifert also served in senior finance roles at Compression Labs, Inc. and PMC-Sierra, Inc. He started his career at Ernst & Young. Seifert replaces Jeff Killian who will retire.

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Nelson Chai

Uber Technologies Inc. [San Francisco, California] announced the appointment of Nelson Chai as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Nelson joins Uber from Warranty Group where he was CEO. Previously, he spent more than five years at CIT Group, where he most recently served as President. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co.; NYSE Euronext, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange; and Archipelago Holdings. Nelson serves on the boards of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Jamere Jackson

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. [ESTERO, Fla.] (NYSE: HTZ) announced that Thomas (Tom) C. Kennedy, Hertz’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has resigned to pursue the next chapter of his career. Hertz also announced that effective on September 10, 2018, Jamere Jackson will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jackson served as Chief Financial Officer of Nielsen Holdings plc from March 2014 to August 2018. Prior to joining Nielsen Holdings, Mr. Jackson was the Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of GE Oil & Gas – Drilling & Surface. He joined GE in 2004 and held a variety of leadership roles in GE Global Business Services, GE Corporate and GE Aviation before joining GE Oil & Gas.  Prior to joining GE, Mr. Jackson held several roles in finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning at The Procter & Gamble Company, Yum! Brands, Inc., First Data Corporation and Total System Services. In the interim period prior to Mr. Jackson formally joining Hertz, Robin Kramer, currently Hertz’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the additional role of Acting CFO. Ms. Kramer joined Hertz in May 2014 as part of the financial leadership team.

Gerry Laderman

United Airlines [CHICAGO] (NYSE: UAL) announced Gerry Laderman, a 30-year United veteran, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Laderman had been serving as acting chief financial officer since May. Previously, Laderman served as senior vice president of finance, procurement and treasurer and as a member of the senior executive leadership team. Laderman previously served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Continental Airlines from 2001 to 2010 and joined Continental in 1988.

Frontier Communications Corporation [Norwalk, Connecticut] announced the appointment of Sheldon Bruha, currently Frontier’s Treasurer, to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer upon the departure of Perley McBride. Bruha joined Frontier in February 2018 as Senior Vice President and Treasurer.  Prior to joining Frontier, Mr. Bruha served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Capital Planning at CDI Corp., from March 2015 to February 2018.  Mr. Bruha served in several capacities at Cable & Wireless Communications PLC from April 2004 to February 2015, most recently as Head, Corporate Finance, Treasury and Tax.

David M. Denton

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. [MOORESVILLE, N.C.] (NYSE : LOW) announced the appointment of David M. Denton as executive vice president, chief financial officer. Denton currently serves as executive vice president and CFO of CVS Health and previously served as senior vice president and controller/chief accounting officer. Prior to that, Denton served as CFO and controller for PharmaCare, CVS Health’s legacy pharmacy benefits manager subsidiary. Additionally, he has held positions in corporate treasury, financial planning and analysis and corporate finance. Denton will join Lowe’s shortly after the closing of the CVS acquisition of Aetna, which is expected in the second half of 2018. Denton is currently a director of Tapestry, Inc. and is chairman of the company’s audit committee. Denton succeeds Marshall A. Croom, whose retirement was previously announced.

99 Cents Only Stores LLC [LOS ANGELES] announced that Ashok (Ash) Walia has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Walia will succeed Felicia Thornton, who will continue in her position as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Number Holdings, Inc., the Company’s direct parent. Most recently, Walia served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance at Starbucks Corporation. Prior to that, he was Starbucks’ Senior Vice President of Global Integrated Logistics/Supply Chain Business Operations. Prior to his roles at Starbucks, Mr. Walia held positions of increasing responsibility at the Kellogg Company culminating as Global Vice President, Finance.

Omnitracs, LLC [DALLAS] announced the hiring of John Hofmann as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Omnitracs, Hofmann was the CFO of Infogroup. Prior to Infogroup, he held leadership roles at known private equity firms Silver Lake Sumeru and GTCR. Hofmann began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

David Oppenheimer

Udemy [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of David Oppenheimer as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Oppenheimer joins Udemy from Planet Labs, where he served as CFO. Prior to Planet, Oppenheimer was CFO at several companies including Ebates, ServiceSource, and Digital Impact.

MEDNAX, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] (NYSE: MD) announced the appointment of Stephen D. Farber as Executive Vice President. The Company anticipates that Mr. Farber will assume the additional role of Chief Financial Officer in November 2018 to succeed Vivian Lopez-Blanco, who recently announced her planned retirement from the Company. Farber most recently was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Farber served as Chief Financial Officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Farber has been involved in various private equity efforts, including as a healthcare executive-in-residence with Warburg Pincus LLC. Farber began his career as an investment banker with J.P. Morgan and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

Accruit [DENVER] announced the addition of Pat Frawley as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Frawley, a veteran of the United States Air Force, spent nine years with Liberty Global where he progressed from senior director of consolidations and reporting to vice president of accounting and finance operations with Unitymedia.

The Providence Service Corporation [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NASDAQ: PRSC) announced that it has appointed Kevin Dotts to serve as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of both Providence and its largest subsidiary, LogistiCare Solutions, LLC.  Mr. Dotts will be based out of LogistiCare’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Dotts recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Birch Communications, Inc. and its successor, FusionConnect. He has spent 14 of those years as a Chief Financial Officer including roles at Internap, Culligan International and EarthLink. Mr. Dotts began his career at General Electric Company (“GE”) and served in increasingly senior financial roles during his 15 years of tenure at GE. Dotts will succeed William Severance, previously Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, who has been appointed as Executive Vice President Finance, Office of the Providence CEO.

Fusion Risk Management, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced that it has named Jim Stewart as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stewart most recently spent three years as CFO at Edmentum.

ORBCOMM Inc. [ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.] (NASDAQ: ORBC) announced the addition of Michael (Mike) W. Ford as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 4, 2018. Ford most recently served as Executive Vice President of Commercial Lending for Emigrant Savings Bank. Prior to that, he spent 13 years with Tyco International where he held several executive management positions at its various subsidiaries, including Vice President of Operations for Tyco Fire Products; Global Chief Financial Officer for ADT Security; President of Tyco Integrated Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa; Chief Financial Officer for Tyco SimplexGrinnell as well as Chief Financial Officer for Tyco Integrated Fire and Security based in Sydney, Australia. In addition, Mr. Ford spent 13 years at Ryder System, Inc. and held several financial management positions, including European Finance Director based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Dean Milcos, who has served as ORBCOMM’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2018, will continue in his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to Mr. Ford.

CellTrak Technologies [Schaumburg, IL] announced the addition of Dan Wacker as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer at companies in the media, entertainment, and technology space – most recently ClubReady, LLC and the Coolfire family of companies. Dan currently sits on the board of MedAware Solutions, Inc. and serves as a mentor for Stadia Ventures in their technology accelerator program.

Varo Money, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the hire of Thibault Fulconis as Chief Financial Officer. Fulconis joins Varo from the executive team of Bank of the West and its holding company BancWest. At Bank of the West, Fulconis served as Vice Chairman, Corporate Functions and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that role, he oversaw the Commercial Banking and National Finance business units of the bank, and the Corporate Development, and served as Vice Chairman in charge of Finance. Before his tenure at Bank of the West, he held various positions, mostly in Finance, with parent company BNP Paribas since 1989. He served as CFO and Head of Development for the International Retail and Financial Services pole of BNP Paribas and as Head of Financial Management for the BNP Paribas Group. Before joining BNP Paribas, Fulconis was a business analyst in the mergers and acquisitions practice with Booz Allen Hamilton in Paris.

Coty Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: COTY) announced the resignation of Patrice de Talhouët, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving Coty to pursue other opportunities. Patrice will remain CFO through mid September 2018 and assist with transition thereafter. Ayesha Zafar, Coty’s Senior Vice President, Group Controller, will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer effective September 15, 2018. Ayesha has been responsible for accounting operations and financial reporting, including as Coty’s principal accounting officer for more than two years, and she brings 30 years of finance experience across several multinational consumer goods and pharmaceuticals companies, including The Hertz Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Campbell Soup Company, PepsiCo, Inc., and Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Allison Aden

Diversified [KENILWORTH, N.J.] announced Allison Aden is joining the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Diversified, Aden led finance teams across several industries including technology integration, data security, professional services, manufacturing production & distribution, and commercial real estate. Aden will succeed Bruce Herman, who has served as the company’s CFO for two years. Herman will continue to be a key member of the Diversified executive team, leading several initiatives for the organization.

QuadraNet [LOS ANGELES] announced the hire of Brian Flowers who has joined the QuadraNet team as the company’s appointed Chief Financial Officer. Flowers’ career began in public accounting with the big four firm, KPMG LLP, before pivoting towards the private technology sector in which assumed the role of Controller and CFO in various start-up and private equity backed technology companies.

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. [NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: LNTH) the parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. announced that it has appointed Robert J. Marshall, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective September 24, 2018. Mr. Marshall succeeds Jack Crowley. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Marshall spent 16 years with Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., where he held various senior leadership roles, including Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer, and most recently as Vice President, Americas Finance, for the U.S., Canadian and Latin American commercial markets. Prior to Zimmer Biomet, Bob was employed with Brown & Williamson Tobacco, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, p.l.c., in Louisville, Kentucky, where he held several positions of increasing responsibility.

RigNet, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: RNET) announced the appointment of Lee M. Ahlstrom as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Ahlstrom served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Paragon Offshore Ltd. and as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, Strategy, and Planning. Previously, he served in executive and leadership roles at Noble Corporation, Burlington Resources, Unocal and as a consultant with McKinsey and Company. Mr. Ahlstrom began his career at ExxonMobil where he held a variety of engineering positions. Ahlstrom succeeds Tonya M. McDermott, who served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer. McDermott will resume her duties as RigNet’s Vice President of Tax and Treasury and will assist in the transition of duties to Ahlstrom.

Lightbridge Corporation [RESTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: LTBR) announced the appointment of Larry Goldman as Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2018. Linda Zwobota, Lightbridge’s current CFO will retire on September 1, 2018. Mr. Goldman first began working in a consulting role with the Company in 2006, taking the position of interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and then became the acting Chief Accounting Officer of the Company in 2008. Mr. Goldman became an employee of Lightbridge on May 1, 2018. Prior to joining Lightbridge Corporation, Mr. Goldman was an Audit Assurance Partner for Livingston Wachtell & Co., LLP, a CPA firm in NYC for over 20 years focusing on assurance, tax and advisory services.

CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NYSE: CIR) announced that Chief Financial Officer Rajeev Bhalla will depart CIRCOR. Mr. Bhalla has agreed to remain in his current role and assist with an orderly transition until a successor has been named.

Rosa Foods [LOS ANGELES], the makers of Soylent, announced that Demir Vangelov joins the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Demir was the Chief Financial Officer of Califia Farms.

Interlink Electronics, Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: LINK) announced that David S. Burnett has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer. He will remain available to the company in an advisory capacity through the end of the calendar year. Steven N. Bronson, CEO of Interlink Electronics, Inc., will assume the role of acting Chief Financial Officer.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. [HOLLISTON, Mass.] (Nasdaq: HBIO) announced the resignation of Robert E. Gagnon, Chief Financial Officer, effective August 31, 2018.

Paytronix Systems, Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] announced that Jerry Cressman has been named to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer.  Jerry comes to Paytronix from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Merchant Services (previously Paymentech) where he held several leadership roles in Accounting, Business Strategy and Finance, including Head of Global Finance.

Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc. [BELGRADE, MT] (NYSE American: XTNT) announced the appointment of Kathie Lenzen as chief financial officer. Most recently, Ms. Lenzen served as the senior vice president and general manager of Astora Women’s Health division. Prior to being in this position, she was the vice president of finance for American Medical Systems.

Athenex, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ATNX) announced the appointment of Randoll Sze as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Since October 2017, Mr. Sze has served as Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations, Asia Pacific. Mr. Sze began his career with Credit Suisse in 2006, and was most recently a Director in its Investment Banking and Capital Markets Division in Hong Kong before joining Athenex.

Keith W. Anderson

American Well [BOSTON] announced that Keith W. Anderson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Anderson previously served as Managing Director and a member of the healthcare investment banking team at Piper Jaffray. Prior to this, he led the healthcare information technology efforts at investment banks in both New York and London.

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ : STRM) announced the hiring of Thomas (Tom) J. Gibson as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company, effective September 10, 2018.  Gibson is the former Chief Financial Officer of Citra Health Solutions and Vivex Biomedical, Inc. Prior to his service with Citra, Mr. Gibson served as the Principal Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at R1 RCM (previously Accretive Health, Inc.).  Mr. Gibson previously served with Greenway Medical Technologies as Chief Accounting Officer and with MedAssets as Senior Vice President, Finance and before that as Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management.

Traditions Health, LLC [COLLEGE STATION, Texas] announced the addition of Alan Blakeney as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Traditions, Blakeney served as Chief Financial Officer of Camellia Healthcare.

Ryan J. Damask

Pinnacle Climate Technologies [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] announced that Ryan J. Damask has been hired as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Pinnacle Climate Technologies, Ryan was employed with Archway Marketing Inc., & Subsidiaries as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Archway, Ryan held various financial, operational, and information technology responsibilities within Compass Group PLC, Rio Tinto Alcan, and International Paper throughout the United States, Europe, and South America.  Moreover, Ryan served in the United States Army Reserve for eight years.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: HPE) announced that Tarek Robbiati has been appointed chief financial officer, effective Sept. 17, 2018. Robbiati will succeed current CFO Tim Stonesifer, who is stepping down. Robbiati most recently served as CFO at Sprint Corp. Prior to Sprint, Robbiati served as CEO at Flexigroup. He previously held senior business and finance roles at Telstra Corporation. Robbiati was also CEO at CSL Ltd. Earlier in his career, he spent five years with Lehman Brothers as a senior analyst and more than a decade with Accenture as a partner.

NCR Corporation [ATLANTA] (NYSE: NCR) announced that Andre Fernandez has joined the company’s Executive Leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Bob Fishman, who previously announced his forthcoming retirement. Andre began his career on Wall Street in investment banking with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and Merrill Lynch International in New York and London. He also enjoyed a 12-year career at the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), holding CFO positions across several business units in multiple countries. Earlier in his career, he was Treasurer and FP&A Manager for a manufacturing and services division of United Technologies in Brazil. Most recently, Andre was the President & CEO of CBS Radio. Prior to joining CBS Radio, he was with Journal Communications where he served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Finance and Strategy. Andre is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board at Froedtert Health, where he is also the Chair of the Finance Committee. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Buffalo Wild Wings (Nasdaq: BWLD), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), and the FCC’s Advisory Committee on Diversity & Digital Empowerment (ACDDE).

Florian Bezault

Maestro Health [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Florian Bezault to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bezault joins the Maestro Health team from AXA Mexico, where he was the Head of Care Coordination. Bezault joined AXA in 2008 where he worked in the central finance team, assisting in international acquisitions projects. By 2010, Bezault held a role on the AXA investor relations team where he was elevated to Vice President in 2014. He took his position with AXA Mexico in 2016. This appointment comes six months after Maestro Health announced its acquisition by AXA Group.

At Home Group Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: HOME) announced that Judd Nystrom, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving At Home after a transition period. The Company is naming Jeffrey R. Knudson. Knudson most recently served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Retail Controller for CVS Health Corporation since 2012. Prior to his most recent role, he also served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting at CVS Caremark, Director, Treasury/Mergers and Acquisitions at Limited Brands, Inc., and previously Director, Mergers and Acquisitions, at Express Scripts, Inc.

Verastem, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: VSTM) announced the appointment of Robert E. Gagnon as Chief Financial Officer. Gagnon was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Prior to this, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Clean Harbors, Inc., as well as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Biogen Idec, Inc. Earlier, he worked in a variety of senior positions at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, and Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP.

ARC Group Worldwide, Inc. [DELAND, Fla.] (NASDAQ: ARCW) announced Aaron Willman will join the Company’s management team to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Mr. Willman succeeds R. Brian Knaley, who will leave the Company. Willman has previously served as General Manager of the Company’s ARC Stamping subsidiary since 2014, also known as Kecy Metal Technologies.  Prior to his affiliation with Kecy in 2013, Mr. Willman was employed by Plante Moran from 2008 to 2012.

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. [RADNOR, Pa.] (NYSE: SFE) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David Kille has submitted his resignation to pursue another professional opportunity and will leave the Company on September 21.

Bill Chatterton

StarCompliance [ROCKVILLE, MD.] announced that Bill Chatterton joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was CFO of xG Health Solutions. He has held executive leadership positions with multiple technology companies including HandySoft Global, Kastle Systems, MicroStrategy and Quadramed during his career.

Potbelly Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced the resignation of Michael Coyne, Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving Potbelly to accept a senior leadership position with another company. Mr. Coyne will continue in his current position as Chief Financial Officer until September 21, 2018.

CSS Industries, Inc. [PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.] (NYSE: CSS) announced the resignation of John M. Roselli as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and the appointment of Keith W. Pfeil as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Since joining CSS in 2003, Mr. Pfeil has served in various CSS financial, audit and business leadership positions, most recently serving as Senior Vice President – Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations. Starting in June 2003 as a manager of financial analysis with our Paper Magic subsidiary, Mr. Pfeil steadily increased his leadership position within the Company, serving in capacities such as Director of Internal Audit, Director of Financial Analysis, and Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to his employment with CSS, Mr. Pfeil worked for Arthur Andersen LLP/KMPG LLP in their assurance practice and for Ernst & Young in their transaction advisory practice.

PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that Debbie Schleicher, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Treasurer, will be leaving the Company for personal reasons. Peter Limeri will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer, interim Treasurer and interim Controller. Peter Limeri has over 25 years of financial experience, including his previous service with PRGX as Chief Financial Officer from November 2014 to May 2018 and from February 2006 until May 2009.  Mr. Limeri’s previous experience also includes serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of LCG, LLC and serving as President and Chief Financial Officer of Physiotherapy Associates.

Patrick M. Worsham

Tierra Nueva Technologies [MIAMI] named Patrick M. Worsham Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Worsham is also partner and CFO of Tampa, Fla.-based ProspEquity Partners (PEP), and played a significant role in executing PEP’s acquisition of a majority stake in Tierra Nueva earlier this year. Worsham served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Coca-Cola North America, as well as Coca-Cola’s Vice President and Controller and internal audit director.

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NASDAQ: AGFS) announced that Graham Miao will be joining the company as chief financial officer. He will be replacing Katherine Harper, who is leaving the company to pursue other professional interests. Most recently, Miao was president and chief financial officer of Pernix Therapeutics Holdings. Prior to joining Pernix, he served as the executive vice president and CFO of Interpace Diagnostics, Inc. (formerly known as PDI, Inc., or PDI). Miao’s career has included a broad range of senior financial positions in other life sciences companies, as well as earlier roles at Dun & Bradstreet and J.P. Morgan & Co.

Foundation Gaming & Entertainment, LLC [GULFPORT, Miss.] announced that Donn Mitchell will be joining the Company as chief financial officer and Principal. Mr. Mitchell has over 20 years of gaming industry experience, with most of that at senior corporate finance positions.

Thomas Tuchscherer

Snowflake Computing [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that Thomas Tuchscherer has joined Snowflake as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Snowflake, he spent eight years at Talend, serving as CFO since 2012. Before Talend, he held senior finance and strategy positions at SAP, Business Objects and Cartesis.

InvenTrust Properties Corp. [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] announced that Michael Podboy has informed the company of his intention to resign his positions as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer to pursue other opportunities outside the Company. Adam M. Jaworski, InvenTrust’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the role of the Company’s Interim Principal Financial Officer.

Healthx, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Mark Rapoport as CFO. Rapoport held CFO positions at Visioneering Technologies, Inc. (VTI) and Capsule Technologie SAS, as well as President & CEO of Thomas, Thomas & Walsh, Inc., and COO and CFO of Landacorp, Inc.

Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARCT) announced that it has appointed Andrew Sassine as Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sassine has served on Arcturus’ Board of Directors since May 2018 and will continue to serve on Arcturus’ Board of Directors. In addition to serving on the Arcturus board, Mr. Sassine serves on the boards of iCAD, Inc. and Gemphire Therapeutics. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of privately-held ComHear Inc. Sassine previously served on the board of Acorn Energy, Inc., CNS Response, Inc. and FluoroPharma Medical, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sassine served in various positions at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2012, most recently as portfolio manager.

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: COKE) announced that it has appointed Scott Anthony as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective December 31, 2018.  Mr. Anthony will succeed Dave Katz who will transition to his new role of President and Chief Operating Officer on December 31, 2018.  Mr. Anthony is expected to join the Company on November 30, 2018 and will serve as Senior Vice President, Treasurer until he assumes the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anthony will join Coca-Cola Consolidated after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ventura Foods since 2011.  Prior to Ventura Foods, Mr. Anthony spent 21 years with Coca-Cola Enterprises in a variety of roles, including as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, North America.

Nielsen [NEW YORK] announced that David J. Anderson joined Nielsen and will become Chief Financial Officer as of September 10, 2018. From 2003 to 2014, Anderson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell International Inc. Anderson succeeds Jamere Jackson, who served in the role since 2014 and has resigned to pursue an opportunity outside of the company. Previously, Anderson served as CFO of diversified manufacturer ITT Industries, Inc. and of Newport News Shipbuilding. Anderson also spent five years as a divisional CFO at RJR Nabisco. Anderson has also held key financial roles at Kraft, and The Quaker Oats Company. Most recently, he served as CFO of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of David Morton Jr. as chief financial officer, effective Monday, September 10, 2018. In his most recent role, Morton was the Chief Accounting Officer at Tesla, and he also spent over 20 years at Seagate Technologies. He has held numerous leadership positions at Seagate, most notably as the EVP and CFO at Seagate Technologies for approximately three years. Morton also served as Seagate’s senior vice president, treasurer and principal accounting officer responsible for overseeing Seagate’s corporate finance, treasury and accounting activities. He joined Seagate in 1995 and over the last twenty years has held multiple leadership roles in both the US and Asia, each increasing in scope within Seagate’s global finance organization including corporate financial planning, revenue consolidation, manufacturing, pricing, and sales operations.

GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.) [NEW YORK] announced that Brian Dockray will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Dockray has nearly 20 years of experience as a CFO, serving most recently as CFO of Ipreo, a position he held for 17 years. He previously worked at NextVenue Inc., Deutsche Bank, NBC, and Deloitte. Dockray begins work September 12, 2018.

Gary Ito

DealerSocket [IRVING, Texas] announced the appointment of Gary Ito as chief financial officer. Most recently, he was the chief financial officer of Outmatch. Prior to Outmatch, he led finance and operations at SAP Ariba and was also the CFO of Quadrem. Ito began his career at Nortel where he held a variety of finance and management positions in both North America and Asia for over 18 years.

Mimecast Limited [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MIME) announced that Peter Campbell, Mimecast’s CFO, has informed the Company of his intention to step down after a seven-month transition period. Mr. Campbell will continue as CFO through March 31, 2019.

Life Fitness [ROSEMONT, Ill.] announced that Marie Graul has joined the Company as its chief financial officer. Most recently, Graul was CFO at the MXD Group, and before that assignment had served as the chief financial officer of Enesco Group Inc. Earlier in her career, she was the vice president of SmartSignal Corp., as well as chief financial officer and treasurer of Patron Systems Inc.  She also has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of NTE, Inc., and chief financial officer and Treasurer for Schwak, Inc.; and vice president and investment analyst of J&W Seligman & Co. Graul started her career at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where she was a financial analyst and presidential fellow. Graul also is a member of the board of directors of Pelican Products.

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Michael Coyne as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1. Most recently, Coyne served as Chief Financial Officer at Potbelly Corporation, which included a period as interim Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Potbelly, he served as Senior Vice President, Small Business at CNA Financial Corporation, and as Chief Financial Officer of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations business. He also spent seven years at Sears Holdings Corporation, culminating as Vice President and Treasurer. Michael also held various financial roles at Schering-Plough Corporation.

PS Business Parks, Inc. [GLENDALE, Calif.] (NYSE: PSB) announced the appointment of Jeffrey D. Hedges as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective September 17, 2018. Hedges joins PS Business Parks from Invitation Homes (formerly known as Starwood Waypoint Homes and prior to that Colony Starwood Homes), where he served as Senior Vice President, Accounting and Reporting, since 2015. Previously, Mr. Hedges was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP, where he served in the Transaction Advisory Services and Assurance (Audit) groups.

Incyte Corporation [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: INCY) announced that David Gryska, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire at the end of 2018 and that Incyte has launched a search for his replacement. Dave plans to remain at Incyte until the end of this year and will provide support during the transitional period.

CoPeace [HIGHLAND’S RANCH, COLO.] has hired Hanan Levin as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hanan has served as Director of Capital Markets at Bank of the West. Hanan also founded Advanced Sustainable Technologies in Israel.

TicketGuardian [LOS ANGELES] announced Scott Matulich as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Matulich joins TicketGuardian from Wells Fargo Bank where he held senior finance roles as Vice President and Regional Finance Manager.

AuditBoard [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Karen Gift as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gift served as an advisor to the company prior to joining its executive leadership team. Prior to joining AuditBoard, Gift served as the Vice President of Finance for Blackline. Gift also held a Vice President of Finance role with talent management cloud software firm Cornerstone OnDemand.

Rich Garcia

OEConnection (OEC) [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Rich Garcia as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining OEC, Garcia served as Chief Financial Officer at Koroseal Interior Products, LLC,. Garcia has over 30 years of financial leadership experience, including holding top positions at Avtron Holdings, LLC, Wastequip, Inc., and Nacco Industries.

Vestmark [WAKEFIELD, Mass.] announced Mark Donohue as the firm’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Vestmark, Donohue served nearly three years at Rapid7 in numerous executive roles including Vice President of Finance, Corporate Development, and Treasury & Investor Relations. Before this, Donohue held multiple Director level positions at Cisco Systems and Starent Networks. He also gained experience through his senior roles at IDC, Ferris Baker Watts, Teradyne, and Quantum.

Mavenlink [IRVINE, Calif.] announced it hired Piero Broccardo as Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to Mavenlink, Broccardo spent six years as CFO at Accurate Background. Prior to Accurate Background, Broccardo was CFO at Alchemy. Broccardo has also held key senior leadership roles encompassing pricing, strategic planning, and SEC reporting at Hines Nurseries, Lantronix and Ziba.

Songtradr [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced Clare Nicholls as its Chief Financial Officer. Nicholls worked for Salomon Brothers (now part of Citigroup), UBS Warburg and ABN Amro. Nicholls is also an advisor to the Marine Transport International.

Marlin Business Services Corp. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] (NASDAQ: MRLN) announced that W. Taylor Kamp has left his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kamp will remain with Marlin as a consultant through the end of this year to assist in the transition of the Company’s finance and accounting functions.

Refinitiv [NEW YORK and LONDON] announced that Brian J. West has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective November 5, 2018. Brian will be joining Refinitiv from Oscar Insurance, an innovator in US health care, where he is Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations. Prior to Oscar, Brian spent nine years at Nielsen as Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he held various CFO and other finance leadership positions over 16 years at General Electric.

Mark El-Tawil

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) [PHOENIX] has named Mark El-Tawil as chief financial officer (CFO). El-Tawil joins BCBSAZ from P3 Health Group, where he served as CFO. He previously served as West Division Leader for Humana, where he worked for nearly 10 years.

Kasasa [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of Amy Gililland as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, she held positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nortel Networks and Kony, Inc.

Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] announced the appointment of Graeme Bell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President. Mr. Bell formerly served in CFO roles at Intellia Therapeutics, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, and at Merck & Co., Inc. in US and UK operations.

Aura Biosciences [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Julie Feder has joined the company’s leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Feder joins Aura from Verastem, where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Verastem, Ms. Feder spent six years at the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) as Chief Financial Officer.

Diversicare Healthcare Services, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: DVCR) announced the appointment of Kerry D. Massey as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 10, 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Massey served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Compassus for the past six years. Mr. Massey also spent seven years collectively at M*Modal and its predecessors, where he served as Director of Accounting and SEC Reporting and was ultimately promoted to Vice President and Corporate Controller.

Josie Mok

Skanska [NEW YORK] added Josie Mok as Chief Financial Officer for its USACommercial Development business unit. Mok replaces Axel Wingard who moved into a global position for the company based in Stockholm. Prior to joining Skanska, Mok served as the Senior Vice President for Financial Planning & Analysis in Forest City Realty Trust’s Brooklyn, NY office.

Talend [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: TLND) announced it has appointed Adam Meister, former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 17, 2018. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was a Vice President in the Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan. He also served in various roles at Visa, Deutsche Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

IEC Electronics Corp. [NEWARK, New York] (NYSE AMERICAN: IEC) announced the appointment of Thomas L. Barbato as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Barbato has had a successful 23-year career at Xerox Corporation, where he held a variety of high level finance and operational positions, most recently serving as Vice President, Finance – North America Operations Pricing and Contracting.  Prior to that he was Vice President, Finance – U.S. Large Enterprise Operations. Before joining Xerox, Mr. Barbato served as Senior Auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Rochester, New York.

Aspen Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ASPU) announced the appointment of Joseph Sevely as Chief Financial Officer. Janet Gill, AGI’s previous CFO, will move to the newly created position of Chief Accounting Officer. Sevely recently served five years as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Cutwater Asset Management. He was previously Treasurer, Head of Market Risk Management and Head of Consumer Asset Backed Securities New Business at MBIA Inc. Earlier in his career, Sevely held positions of increasing responsibility at major Wall Street firms. Sevely served as Controller of Merrill Lynch’s Global Broker/Dealer Division, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis for Chemical Bank’s Capital Markets Division and he also led teams responsible for derivative and structured finance product development and client marketing at Bankers Trust.  He started his professional career at the Boston Consulting Group.

AlphaPoint [New York] announced the appointment of Kevin Held as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Most recently, Held was the CFO of OEMS provider TradingScreen. Held’s previous experience also includes executive and senior roles at the global institutional trading network Liquidnet, Sandler O’Neill and Partners, and a number of boutique securities firms serving the private equity, institutional and investment banking arenas.

Detroit [DETROIT, Michigan] announced that its Chief Financial Officer, John W. Hill, has informed the Mayor and City Council that he will be leaving his post by the end of December.

University of Pittsburgh [PITTSBURGH] has named Hari Sastry to serve as senior vice chancellor and chief financial officer. Sastry currently serves as the director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources at the U.S. Department of State. Sastry previously served as deputy assistant secretary for resource management in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Sastry worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget as chief of the Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch. Arthur Ramicone, who has served as CFO since 2010, announced his retirement in February.

FactSet Research Systems Inc. [Norwalk, Connecticut] announced that Maurizio Nicolelli stepped down from his position as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Nicolelli, who has been with FactSet since 1996 and had been in his current role since 2009, will remain with the Company until December 31, 2018. FactSet appointed Helen Shan as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her appointment as FactSet’s new CFO, Ms. Shan, served as the CFO for Mercer, from 2014 to 2018. From 2013 to 2014, Ms. Shan held the position of Vice President and Treasurer at Marsh and McLennan Companies. Prior to 2013, Ms. Shan served as Vice President and Treasurer of Pitney Bowes Inc. for eight years. Between 1993 and 2004 she worked in various roles within J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., with her most recent experience as Managing Director.

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K2 [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the hiring of John Ederer as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ederer has more than twenty years of corporate management and investment banking experience. Prior to K2, Ederer oversaw financial planning and analysis at MobileIron and has also held strategic finance and operational roles at companies including TIBCO Software, SAP BusinessObjects, and Concur.

AmerisourceBergen Corporation [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] (NYSE: ABC) announced that Tim G. Guttman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire from the Company. James F. Cleary, Jr., Executive Vice President and Group President, Global Commercialization Services and Animal Health, will succeed Guttman as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Guttman will step down as Chief Financial Officer on November 9, 2018 and continue in an advisory capacity further into fiscal year 2019 to ensure a smooth transition. Cleary joined AmerisourceBergen in February 2015 following the Company’s acquisition of MWI Veterinary Supply, where he served as chief executive officer for over a decade. Following the acquisition, Cleary served as Executive Vice President & President, AmerisourceBergen Animal Health for over two years until taking on responsibility for AmerisourceBergen’s pharmaceutical commercialization solutions for manufacturers and animal health as Executive Vice President & Group President, Global Commercialization Services & Animal Health in June 2017.

Mark A. Kempa

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. [MIAMI] (NYSE: NCLH) announced the appointment of Mark A. Kempa as executive vice president and chief financial officer (“CFO”). Kempa had been serving as the Company’s interim CFO since March 2018. A twenty-year veteran of Norwegian, Kempa held several positions of increasing responsibility in Norwegian’s finance organization, playing an instrumental role in several of the Company’s key milestones, including its successful initial public offering in 2013 and the acquisition of Prestige Cruises International, Inc. in 2014. In addition, he spent three years representing the financial interests of the Company’s expansive newbuild program while positioned overseas in Germany, and also held various roles in accounting and internal audit. Prior to joining the Company, Kempa served as the Assistant Controller for International Voyager Media, a travel portfolio company.

iGov [RESTON, Va.] announced the promotion of Mark Valentine to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Valentine, is an eight-year veteran of iGov where he served as controller. Valentine served as the financial controller of various organizations and joined iGov in 2010 in the same capacity.

Isola Group [CHANDLER, Ariz.] announced it has promoted Troy Ruhrer, formerly Vice President, Finance to the role of Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Leadership Team. Ruhrer joined Isola in 2007 as Director of Accounting and then became Director of Worldwide Accounting and Financial Reporting in 2014. In 2016 he was promoted to Chief Accountant and then to Vice President, Finance in 2017. Prior to joining Isola he served as Vice President of West Coast Operations for Amandi Services, Inc. Prior to his role at Amandi Services, Inc., Mr. Ruhrer held various financial management positions at several public and private companies.

Kulesh Bansal

Infogain [LOS GATOS, Calif.] appointed Kulesh Bansal as Chief Financial Officer. Bansal was formerly the Finance Head of Global Infrastructure Services for Wipro Limited. Prior to Wipro, Bansal held the position of Finance and Commercial Manager for Mahindra Satyam’s Australia and New Zealand operations.

Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. [MIAMI, FL] (OTC Pink: AZFL) announced that the Company has hired Carlos Martinez as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Martinez will also be a new Board Member and head the new Financial Committee for the Company. Martinez has been officer and director at several large well-known banking institutions as a top financial officer for more than 30 years.

Telenav, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Michael Strambi, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Company.  Mr. Strambi has agreed to remain with the Company in his current role until January 2, 2019 to facilitate an orderly transition.

Joseph Johnson

HYLETE, Inc. [SOLANA BEACH, CALIF.] announced that Joseph Johnson has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer. Joseph joins HYLETE from prAna Living, a subsidiary of Columbia Sports Company, where he worked as the Corporate Controller from May 2012 to July 2018. Before his time at prAna Living, Joseph held the CFO position at Kelomar Inc.

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: GIFI) announced the appointment of Westley Stockton as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Stockton previously served in various senior financial roles at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (“CB&I”) for more than 15 years. Mr. Stockton most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for CB&I and previously held senior leadership positions within financial operations and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining CB&I, Mr. Stockton worked in public accounting for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen.

Asurint [CLEVELAND] announced the addition of Brent Sisson as its Chief Financial Officer. Brent served in executive management positions at PAYCOR, Inc. for 17 years. Recently, he served as CFO & COO for Aegis Protective Services.

Heidi S. Magnelia

The Software Engineering Institute [PITTSBURGH] announced the hiring of Heidi S. Magnelia as its new chief financial officer. Magnelia replaces Peter Menniti, who retired in January. Prior to joining the SEI, she served in a number of fiscal roles at MITRE Corp. in McLean, Va., including Intel finance business partner, audit and compliance manager, and corporate accounting manager. Magnelia also served as a senior financial manager with Booz Allen Hamilton and group controller with SAIC. She has additional prior experience in Department of Defense-sponsored FFRDCs as controller, assistant treasurer, and director of business services at the Center for Naval Analyses in Arlington, Va.

Motivo, Inc. [MILWAUKEE] announced it has hired Michael C. Lenzie as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Motivo, Lenzie served in various management roles at several industrial companies including NABCO Entrances, Inc., Aqua-Chem, Inc., and Cleaver-Brooks Inc.

CEC Entertainment, Inc. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of James “Jim” A. Howell as Chief Financial Officer. Howell will replace Dale Black, who is retiring effective Sept. 21, after many contributions to the company. Most recently, Howell was the Chief Financial Officer of Australian retailer Billabong International Limited and prior to that served in senior financial positions at Nordstrom, Inc. and Blockbuster, Inc.

Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: HCFT) announced that David Oston, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company, has indicated his intention to retire.  Mr. Oston stepped down from his role as CFO and Treasurer on September 6, 2018.  The Company has appointed James A. Briggs as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.  Briggs currently also serves as the Chief Accounting Officer for Hunt Real Estate Capital, LLC and several other Hunt affiliates.  Prior to his role at Hunt, Mr. Briggs was the Chief Accounting Officer for Centerline Capital Group.  Prior to that, Mr. Briggs was the Director of Finance at MRU Holdings.  Mr. Briggs has fifteen years of experience from JP Morgan Chase & Co. and its predecessor companies in a variety of accounting and finance roles, including as Head of Valuation Control and CFO for Emerging Markets.

Mark Davis

IT’SUGAR [DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.] announced that it has appointed Mark Davis to Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer. Prior to joining IT’SUGAR, Davis spent almost 20 years at Party City. During that time Mark held the positions of Controller, Vice President of Internal Audit, Vice President of Planning and Allocation, Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Inventory Officer and Chief Operating Officer.  Prior to Party City, Mr. Davis held positions as Director of Financial Systems and Internal Audit Manager for Toys R Us.

Interactions, LLC [FRANKLIN, Mass.] announced that Bruce Bowden has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Bruce is a 20-year technology and telecommunications veteran, at companies including Nokia and most recently Nuance.

UnitedLex [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced the appointment of Nicholas (Nick) Hinton as chief financial officer (CFO). Hinton joins UnitedLex from Cunningham Lindsey where he served for four years as CFO. Previously, Hinton led global Finance, IT, and Operations teams at Marsh.

Andrew Kelso

Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US LLC (METUS) [SUWANEE, Ga.] announced that Andrew Kelso has been named CFO. Kelso was previously the vice president of finance at Ingersoll Rand, and assumed the role of CFO upon the formation of METUS. Kelso’s experience spans multiple positions within Ingersoll Rand, as well as a stint as finance leader at Trane.

First Choice Bancorp [Cerritos, CA] (NASDAQ: FCBP) announced that Lynn M. Hopkins has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hopkins succeeds Yvonne Chen, who will now serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Finance. Ms. Hopkins joins First Choice most recently from Commercial Bank of California,  where she served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. From 2002 to 2017, Ms. Hopkins served as Executive Vice President of PacWest Bancorp and Pacific Western Bank, the subsidiary bank of PacWest Bancorp, in a number of finance and corporate governance leadership roles. Ms. Hopkins served as Chief Accounting Officer of PacWest from 2014 to 2017, as Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Western Bank from 2002 to 2014, as Corporate Secretary from 2009 to 2014, and as a Director of the Pacific Western Bank from 2002 to 2006. Earlier in her career, Ms. Hopkins held senior finance positions at California Community Bancshares and Western Bancorp.

Extreme Networks Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EXTR) announced that Drew Davies, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, will leave the company to pursue a senior executive finance position outside of the networking industry. Matt Cleaver, Extreme’s Vice President of Finance, will assume the role of interim CFO. Cleaver joined Extreme in 2012, and brings 19 years of experience in the areas of finance planning, accounting and internal auditing to the Company. Prior to Extreme, Cleaver served as Vice President, Finance & Controllership at Cree, Inc.

Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [HANOVER, Md.] (OTC: PCSA) announced that James Stanker was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Stanker served in a financial leadership role as an audit partner at Grant Thornton, the Global Head of Audit Quality for Grant Thornton International, as well as Chief Financial officer for both a NASDAQ listed technology company and a privately-held life science company. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Audit Committee of GSE Systems, Inc.

Reputation Institute (RI) [Boston, MA] announced David Stack as Chief Financial Officer.  Before joining Reputation Institute, he served as the CFO of HubSpot, Qstream, Localytics, and Vice President of Finance for EMC and RSA Security. Currently he serves as Financial Advisor and Board Member for several organizations, with an expertise in scaling profitable companies.

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Darren R. Wells

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company [AKRON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: GT) announced that Darren R. Wells has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Wells returns to the company he joined in 2002 as vice president and treasurer. He progressed through a series of finance leadership roles and served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for five years from 2008-2013. Wells later served as president of Goodyear’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business for two years before leaving the company in early 2016. He is currently Executive in Residence and MBA Coach at the University of South Florida’s Muma College of Business. Wells succeeds Laura Thompson, who in June announced her intention to retire in the first quarter of 2019 following a 35-year career with the company.

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated [CHICAGO] (NYSE: JLL) announced that Christie Kelly has resigned as Chief Financial Officer in order to pursue other opportunities. Chief Administrative Officer Trish Maxson will expand her remit to become interim CFO until a permanent successor is in place.

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. [RADNOR, Pa.] (NYSE: SFE) announced that Mark A. Herndon will join the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding David Kille, who recently resigned to pursue another professional opportunity.  Herndon, 49, is a former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP partner.

Ken Tanji

Prudential Financial, Inc. [NEWARK, N.J.] (NYSE: PRU) announced the appointment of Ken Tanji to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Tanji has served as senior vice president and treasurer since 2013. Before becoming treasurer, Tanji served as chief financial officer of Prudential’s International Businesses. In his 30-year tenure with the company, he has held a variety of finance leadership positions, including within Prudential Annuities, Prudential Investment Management (now PGIM) and Prudential Securities.

Lux Global Label [Lafayette Hill, PA] announced that Christopher (Chip) Game is joining the Company as the Chief Financial Officer.  From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Game was the chief financial officer of Aqua-Chem, Inc. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Game was the chief financial officer & chief operating officer of Contour Industries, Inc. From 2008 to 2012, he served as Chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Asia for DelStar Technologies. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Corporate Controller & Director of Business Development and Strategic Planning of American LaFrance. Mr. Game started his career with Behr America in 1996.

Iverify [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced that Steve Martin has joined the company as their chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Steve has served as vice president and assistant secretary for Allied Universal’s operating companies. He has also served as the company’s vice president of finance, corporate controller, shared services and acquisitions. Prior to Universal Services, he was a controller, director of accounting and financial reporting, and began his finance career with KPMG as a senior auditor. Tony Temprile, the company’s prior CFO, is now the company’s chief of staff, reporting directly to the CEO.

Samuel Rehm

Enhanced Resource Centers (ERC) [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that Samuel Rehm has joined the executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rehm comes to ERC after eight years as the CFO of Faneuil. Prior to his role at Faneuil, Rehm held senior level positions at STC Inc., Draper Holdings, Bird’s Eye Foods, and Delmarva Business Systems.

Code42 [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that John Emerick joined the company as its chief financial officer. Emerick served as chief financial officer at CyberGrants, LLC and International Decision Systems, Inc. as well as chief financial officer and chief operating officer at NorthStar Capital Markets Services, Inc. His previous positions also include executive posts at Fair Isaac Corporation, CIT Group Inc. and Ovation Communications, Inc.

Resonant Inc. [GOLETA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RESN) announced that its chief financial officer, Michael Seifert, has resigned and will be replaced by Resonant’s former chief financial officer and current company consultant, Jeff Killian, who has been appointed as the company’s interim chief financial officer.

Kristopher R. Westbrooks

TimkenSteel Corporation [CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: TMST) named Kristopher R. Westbrooks as executive vice president and chief financial officer to succeed current CFO Christopher J. Holding, who is leaving the company. Westbrooks was most recently with A. Schulman, Inc., where he served as vice president, chief accounting officer and corporate controller. Westbrooks had been with A. Schulman since 2011. Prior to joining A. Schulman, he served as global accounting consultation manager and senior financial analyst for The Procter & Gamble Company.

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NASDAQ: SONA) announced that Jeffrey L. Karafa has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Southern National. Mr. Karafa most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The National Capital Bank of Washington, in Washington, D.C.  Mr. Karafa was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations of Fidelity Bank and Dearborn Bancorp, Inc. in Dearborn, Michigan from 1994 until 2012.

Point72, L.P. [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that Gavin O’Connor will become the Point72 Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. O’Connor will succeed Tim Shaughnessy, who told the Firm last year that he intended to retire at the end of 2018. Mr. O’Connor most recently served as the COO of its Investment Management Division (IMD). While at Goldman, Mr. O’Connor also served as co-chair of the firm-wide New Activity Committee, was a member of the IMD Client and Business Standards Committee, and was part of the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Operating Group. Before assuming his role as IMD’s COO, Mr. O’Connor was Goldman’s Corporate Controller. He was named a Managing Director in 2001 and a Partner in 2006.

Robert Panaro

Saint-Gobain [MALVERN, Pa.] announced the appointment of Robert Panaro to Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Saint-Gobain North America. Panaro previously served as Vice President and CFO of CertainTeed Corporation, Saint-Gobain’s largest subsidiary in North America. Panaro assumed the position earlier this year, succeeding Philippe Nouailhac as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Saint-Gobain North America.

Blue Ridge Mountain Resources, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (OTCPK: BRMR) announced the appointment of Michael Hodges to Senior Vice President of Finance. Effective upon the successful completion of the Company’s proposed merger with Eclipse Resources Corporation (NYSE: ECR) (“Eclipse”), Michael will assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eclipse from Matthew DeNezza, who is currently serving in such capacity with Eclipse. Michael joins Blue Ridge from PayRock Energy II (an EnCap portfolio company). Previously, Michael was the Chief Financial Officer for Ward Energy Partners. Prior to joining Ward Energy Partners, Michael was the Chief Financial Officer for Rex Energy Corporation. Michael began his career with Chesapeake Energy Corporation and subsequently worked for SandRidge Energy, Inc. in various accounting roles of increasing responsibility.

Sprague Resources LP [PORTSMOUTH, N.H.] (NYSE: SRLP) announced that Gary A. Rinaldi will be retiring from his position as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of its General Partner, a position he has held with Sprague since July 2011 and with our predecessor since April 2003.  Sprague also announced that David Long will replace Mr. Rinaldi as Chief Financial Officer of its General Partner.  Mr. Long will join Sprague on December 3, 2018 and will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2019. Mr. Long is currently Senior Vice President with Kinetico Incorporated, a subsidiary of Sprague’s Sponsor, Axel Johnson, Inc.  In June 2013, Mr. Long assumed responsibility for Kinetico’s marketing, sales and business development activity in North America.  From February 2008 through June 2013, Mr. Long served as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Kinetico where he led the finance and accounting organization.  Prior to Kinetico, from 1998 through 2008, Mr. Long held a variety of roles at Sprague’s Predecessor, most recently as Managing Director of Sales, Refined Products.

Jill Hansen

STATS [CHICAGO] announced the hiring of Jill Hansen as its new Chief Financial Officer. Hansen joins STATS from Vista Consulting Group (VCG). Prior to VCG, Hansen worked as Vice President of International Finance & Business Development at Omnitracs. Before her time with Omnitracs, Hansen also served in various operational and leadership roles at XRS Corporation, Deloitte and RSM.

Lumicell, Inc. [WELLESLEY, Mass.] announced the addition of Kevin Hershberger as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hershberger most recently served as CFO of ReWalk Robotics (RWLK). Prior to ReWalk, he held leadership roles with NxStage Medical as the Vice President of Finance, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Hershberger also spent nearly ten years in positions of increasing responsibilities at Boston Scientific.

Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW HAVEN, Conn.] (NASDAQ: MLNT) announced that the company has appointed Peter Milligan as its new Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed current CFO Paul Estrem, who is retiring from Melinta on October 1, 2018. Milligan most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of G&W Laboratories. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Exelis, Inc. (NYSE: XLS). Prior to that he held various senior finance roles within ITT, Inc. He also spent over 10 years at AT&T in roles of increasing responsibility within their finance function.

Stephen Gledhill

POSaBIT [SEATTLE] announced that Stephen Gledhill has been named Chief Financial Officer. Gledhill serves as president and CEO of Keshill Consulting Associates.

Wentworth Management Services, LLC [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Michael Breath. Breath comes to Wentworth from SunTrust Bank to serve as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the holding company. Prior to joining Wentworth, Breath served as CFO for the Consumer Segment of SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, Georgia. While at SunTrust, Mr. Breath was also CFO for Retail Banking and Private Wealth Management.

AmeriGas Propane, Inc. [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] (“AmeriGas” or the “General Partner”), the general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APU), announced that Hugh J. Gallagher, currently AmeriGas Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed to the President and Chief Executive Officer position. Mr. Sheridan has also resigned as a director of the General Partner but will remain an employee of AmeriGas until January 2019 to assist with the transition. Ted J. Jastrzebski, UGI Corporation Chief Financial Officer (UGI is the ultimate parent of the General Partner), will serve as AmeriGas principal financial officer on an interim basis until Mr. Gallagher’s successor is named.

Rogers Corporation [CHANDLER, Ariz.] (NYSE: ROG) announced that Michael M. Ludwig has been appointed to serve as the Company’s new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ludwig most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FormFactor, Inc.

Paul Fletcher

Simplus [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Paul Fletcher as chief financial officer, effective July 9, 2018. Fletcher served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Presidio, Inc. from August 2007 to January 2017. Previously, Fletcher served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Trex Company, Inc. from July 2003 to September 2007 and as its principal accounting officer until September 2007.

Natus Medical Incorporated [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NASDAQ: BABY) announced the appointment of Drew Davies as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2018. Sharon Villaverde, who has served as Interim CFO since July 11, 2018, will continue in her role as Vice President of Finance. Davies most recently served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Extreme Networks. Prior to that he served as Vice-President and Corporate Controller at Marvell Semiconductor Inc. and previously served in senior level financial positions at several leading semiconductor companies.

Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the hiring of CFO Susan Boehnlein. Boehnlein brings 20 years of experienced financial leadership in the VC industry with firms like Granite Ventures and Kranz. At Kranz and Associates, Susan was responsible for 17 venture funds with investments worldwide in sectors such as technology, communication and medical devices. Prior to Kranz and Associates, Susan was with Granite Ventures in San Francisco.

Blumberg Capital [SAN FRANCISCO and TEL AVIV] announced the appointment of Steve Gillan as COO and CFO.  Gillan previously served as the CFO at Azure Capital Partners. He was previously CFO at Mercantila, CFO/COO at Fathom Online and CFO at Alibris.

Ryan Haas

Bonded Logistics [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced that Ryan Haas has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Haas, currently a member of Bonded’s Board of Advisors, previously served as CFO of the family-owned business from 2011-2013 after having been a consultant to the company for a number of years. Before rejoining Bonded, Haas led all aspects of corporate strategy including sales, marketing, manufacturing operations, logistics, HR and administration for Carrington Court, a furniture manufacturer in Hickory, NC from 2015 until 2018. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Finance for LiftOne, LLC.

OfferUp [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Rodrigo Brumana as Chief Financial Officer. Brumana most recently served as head of finance & analytics for eBay Americas. Previously, Brumana was vice president of finance at RetailMeNot, and held finance executive positions with HP and Palm (acquired by HP for $1.2 billion in 2010).

Creative Learning Corporation [ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.] (OTCPK: CLCN) announced that Christian Miller has resigned as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer to return to his family business.  The Company has appointed Bart Mitchell to assume these positions. Bart Mitchell became a de facto director of the Company in July 2017, formally effectuated in August of 2017. Mr. Mitchell is a founding member and partner of Greenbrier Academy for Girls (“GBA”), a residential therapeutic boarding school. He served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer from June 2007 through August 2016. Prior to his time at GBA, Mr. Mitchell was an officer and managing member of TAS Development, LLC from 2005 until 2007. From 2002 until 2005, he was department director for the Alldredge Academy. Previously, Mr. Mitchell served as a manager for Xlear Inc., from 2000 until 2002. Prior to joining Creative Learning Corporation, he and his wife built Escape Game Coeur d’Alene, which quickly became the most successful escape room business in the region.

Superior Industries International, Inc. [SOUTHFIELD, Mich.] (NYSE: SUP) announced the appointment of Matti Masanovich as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Superior, Mr. Masanovich was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at General Cable Corporation from November 2016 to July 2018. Previously, Mr. Masanovich served as the Vice President and Controller of International Automotive Components from August 2016 to October 2016. From November 2013 to April 2016, Mr. Masanovich served as Global Vice President of Finance, Packard Electrical and Electronic Architecture (E/EA) Division in Shanghai, China at APTIV (formerly Delphi Automotive).

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J. C. Penney Company, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: JCP) announced that Jeffrey Davis has informed the Company that he is resigning from his position as executive vice president and chief financial officer to pursue another opportunity. Jerry Murray, senior vice president of finance, will assume the position of interim chief financial officer, reporting directly to the Office of the CEO. Murray joined the Company in Feb. 2016 after serving as chief financial officer for Valassis.

Ryder System, Inc. [MIAMI] (NYSE: R) announced that Art Garcia, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company on April 30, 2019. Mr. Garcia has had a 20-year career with Ryder and has been in the role of CFO since 2010.

Dan Schuller

Aqua America Inc. [BRYN MAWR, Pa.] (NYSE: WTR) announced that Daniel Schuller will assume the role of chief financial officer for the company effective Oct. 1, 2018. Schuller succeeds David Smeltzer, CFO since 1999, who last spring announced plans to retire after a 32-year career with Aqua. Since June of this year, Schuller has been serving as deputy CFO. Schuller previously served as Aqua’s executive vice president of strategy and corporate development.

CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NASDAQ: CASI) announced the appointment of George Chi to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chi most recently served as Vice President of Finance at Flavors Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated and the parent entity of Merisant Company and Mafco Worldwide Corporation. Prior to joining Flavor Holdings, he was Chief Financial Officer at BPL Plasma, a subsidiary of UK-based Bio Products Laboratory. Previously, George served as finance director at Unilever.

CherryRoad Technologies Inc. [MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.] announced that Nicholas Visco has joined the organization’s Executive Leadership team as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining CherryRoad, Visco was the CFO of SEAL Consulting Inc.

HyreCar, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: HYRE) announced the appointment of Scott Brogi as its Chief Financial Officer. Brogi previously led finance and operations for Teaching Channel, Inc. Brogi began his career in corporate banking and finance with Chase Manhattan Bank, and afterwards, led finance and development for successful startups like AccentCare and Pictage. Brogi also has a background in corporate financial planning and analysis for public companies, such as the Apollo Education Group.

Assure Holdings Corp. [DENVER] (TSX-V: IOM; OTCQB: ARHH) appointed Trent Carman as chief financial officer, effective October 22^nd, 2018. Most recently he served as CFO for Vivos Therapeutics and prior to that was CFO at Air Methods Corp. for over 13 years.

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: AEZS, TSX: AEZS) announced the appointment of Leslie Auld as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Auld has over twenty-five years of accounting, finance and pharmaceutical industry experience, with increasingly senior roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Helix BioPharma Corp., Luminex Diagnostics (formerly TM BioScience Corp.), Attwell Capital Inc. (formerly Fralex Therapeutics) and GeneNews Limited. Ms. Auld is replacing James Clavijo, who is leaving Aeterna Zentaris to pursue other interests.

Adam Mostafa

X4 Pharmaceuticals [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Adam Mostafa as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Mostafa was Chief Financial Officer of Abpro Therapeutics. Prior to Abpro, Mr. Mostafa was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Cantor Fitzgerald. Before Cantor, Mr. Mostafa was a senior banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Needham & Company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mostafa was a Vice President in the Biotechnology Investment Banking group at CRT Capital Group and was a Portfolio Management Associate in the Global Stock Selection group at AQR Capital Management. Mr. Mostafa started his career as an analyst in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Salomon Smith Barney.

CenturyLink, Inc. [MONROE, La.] (NYSE: CTL) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Sunit Patel has resigned from CenturyLink after accepting an executive leadership role at another company. Neel Dev, CenturyLink’s group vice president of finance, has been named interim CFO effective upon Patel’s departure. Dev has been part of Patel’s leadership team for 14 years and has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, in both financial and operational roles.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [MELVILLE, N.Y.] (“Comtech”) (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced that Michael Porcelain, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Mr. Porcelain will be succeeded in his role by Michael Bondi, who is currently the Company’s Vice President, Controller. Mr. Porcelain has been Senior Vice President and CFO of Comtech since March 2006 and was previously Vice President of Finance and Internal Audit of Comtech from 2002 to March 2006. Prior to joining Comtech, Mr. Porcelain was Director of Corporate Profit and Business Planning for Symbol Technologies, where he was employed from 1998 to 2002. Previously, he spent five years in public accounting holding various positions, including Manager in the Transaction Advisory Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Bondi has been Vice President, Controller of Comtech since January 2004. Prior to joining Comtech, Mr. Bondi served as Assistant Controller at EDO Corporation (“EDO”). Prior to his experience at Comtech and EDO, Mr. Bondi worked at the Big 4 accounting firm, KPMG from September 1993 to September 2002.

Jim Thompson

Agrinos [DAVIS, Calif.] announced Jim Thompson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Agrinos, Thompson had served since 2000 as CFO for Gold Standard Diagnostics, which was recently acquired by Eurofins.

Integer Holdings Corporation [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: ITGR) announced that Jason Garland joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garland is currently the divisional VP and CFO of the Global Sales division of Tiffany & Co. He previously served in the same capacity for Tiffany’s Diamond & Jewelry Supply division. Before joining Tiffany & Co., he had progressively challenging leadership assignments across multiple complex and diverse GE businesses, including serving as CFO for GE’s Industrial Solutions business, Chief Risk Manager for GE Aviation’s service business and multiple senior financial leadership roles at GE’s Oil and Gas business. Jason was also a member of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff for five years in addition to completing GE’s two year manufacturing leadership program. As previously announced, Jeremy Friedman, executive vice president and interim chief financial officer, plans to retire at the end of 2018.

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. [CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.] (NASDAQ: DFFN) announced that it has appointed William Hornung to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hornung previously served as Chief Business Officer at the Company. Mr. Hornung formerly served in a variety of roles over the course of 12 years at  PTC Therapeutics, Inc., rising from the position of Accounting Manager to Vice President of Finance. Prior to his time at PTC Therapeutics, Mr. Hornung was responsible for strategic planning and operations for the United Kingdom-based European headquarters of The Lipsome Company. The former Chief Financial Officer at Contravir Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Hornung began his career on the business side of clinical research – responsible for financial stewardship and project management of The Hardaradt Group.

Scott Hinkle

Hallstar [CHICAGO] announced that Scott J. Hinkle has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Hallstar recently announced a structural split into Hallstar Beauty and Hallstar Industrial, effective October 1, 2018. These two businesses will be supported by a Global Shared Services organization, which Hinkle will lead as part of his corporate role. Scott was previously CFO for EnviroVac Industrial Services, ANGUS Chemical, and Water and Process Services at Ecolab. Before that, he spent 11 years at Nalco Company as Chief Accounting Officer and CFO for Nalco’s EMEA operation.

Nobilis Health Corp. [HOUSTON] (NYSE American: HLTH) announced it has named current CFO of Operations, Kenny Klein, as the Company’s Interim CFO.  Current CFO of Nobilis Health, David Young, will continue as an advisor through December 31^st, 2018.

Daxor Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE MKT: DXR) announced the appointment of Robert J. Michel as its new chief financial officer. Mr. Michel most recently served as CFO of at Sher-Del Transfer and Relocation Services, and prior spent seven years as CFO of Asta Funding.

Mike Blazes

BillGO [FORT COLLINS, COLO.] announced the addition of Mike Blazes as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Blazes comes to BillGO from Control Company.

MJ Freeway [DENVER] announced the appointment of Ruth Ann Kraemer as its new Chief Financial Officer. From November 2012, Kraemer worked as the CFO of Tempo Financial Holdings, Inc., Tempo Financial US Corporation, and Unidos Financial Services, Inc., subsidiary corporations of Catalina Acquisitions, LLC. From October 2010 through June 2012, Kraemer worked for Linc Energy Operations, Inc., as its Divisional CFO. From 2006 through 2010, Kraemer held the position of CFO for Allegro Multimedia, Inc.  In addition to her past CFO roles, Kraemer worked as the Chief of Operations/Compliance for Providence Investment Management, LLC and Agilis Capital Management, LLC. Kraemer also has held positions including VP of Financial Operations for Convergent Communications; Director of Decision Support for JD Edwards Software Development; CFO of the Telecom Division of American Management Systems. From 1983 through 1994, Ms. Kraemer served in varying controller and senior accounting roles for Deloitte and Touche, Okland Oil Company, Trison Properties, and Qualmed Plans for Health.

Marina Biotech, Inc. [Research Triangle Park, NC] (OTCQB: MRNA) announced the appointment of Eric Teague as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Teague most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Board Member for Arca Technologies. Prior to joining Arca, Mr. Teague was Chief Business Development Officer with Pavlov Media and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wavelength. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Teague as Chief Financial Officer, Amit Shah, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since October 2017, resigned from such position to pursue other opportunities.

Michael J. Carlotti

Australis Capital Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (CSE: AUSA) announced the appointment of Michael J. Carlotti as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carlotti joins Australis Capital from MGM Resorts International, where he served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer since 2016. His professional experience encompasses over 10 years in investment banking, three years of buyside hedge fund management, and, more recently, 10 years of senior corporate finance experience in large publicly traded companies. Mr. Carlotti succeeds Cam Birge, who has served as Australis’s CFO since June 2018. Mr. Birge will continue with the company as a strategic advisor.

Huttig Building Products [ST. LOUIS] (Nasdaq: HBP) announced the appointment of Philip W. Keipp as Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Keipp most recently served as a Senior Financial Consultant for the Company since August 6, 2018 and previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Huttig from July 2009 through June 2015.  Prior to joining Huttig in 2009, Mr. Keipp served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for HD Supply Waterworks.

CipherHealth [NEW YORK] announced it has named Jake Pyles as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pyles has helped various software companies achieve great success, with the most recent being Paradigm (now Emerson). Prior to Paradigm, Pyles was the CFO for Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT).

Krish Venkataraman

KnowBe4 [TAMPA BAY, Fla.] announced that it has named Krish Venkataraman as chief financial officer. Venkataraman most recently served as CFO of Dealogic. Prior to Dealogic, Venkataraman served as CFO and COO of Syncsort. Earlier roles included serving as CFO for information technology for NYSE Euronext; chief administrative officer for U.S. equities for Lehman Brothers; and as a strategist for both American Express and Deloitte Consulting.

REGI U.S., Inc. [Spokane, Washington] (OTCMKTS: RGUS) and its wholly owned subsidiary, RadMax Technologies, Inc., announced that Jeff White, Chief Financial Officer has departed the company.  It was also announced that Paul Chute, currently Chairman of the Board will have his responsibilities expanded to include the CFO role.  Paul Chute was the former CEO / CFO of RadMax.

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Boyden [NEW YORK] announced it has named Victor Escandón as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Escandón served four years as Senior Director of Corporate Finance for Daymon Worldwide. Previously, Escandón served 13 years in financial management roles with PepsiCo and Frito-Lay including Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Corporate Treasury, Finance Operations and Global Procurement. He began his career in various financial roles with JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, First Boston, Merrill Lynch and Bankers Trust.

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Rutherford, as interim chief financial officer. He replaces Chris Chapman, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Rutherford joins the firm from Edgewater Technology (NASDAQ: EDGW).  Prior to Edgewater, he has held the chief financial officer position at a number of companies, including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max.

Qurate Retail Group [WEST CHESTER, Pa.] announced that Jeffrey A. Davis will join the Group as Chief Financial Officer. He will also serve as CFO for QVC, Inc. Davis will assume his new role on October 15, 2018. Davis joins Qurate Retail Group from J. C. Penney Company, Inc., where he held the position of EVP and CFO. Prior to J. C. Penney Company, Inc., Davis served as CFO at Darden Restaurants. Davis previously spent nine years at Walmart Inc., where he held various finance leadership positions, including EVP and CFO of Walmart U.S., EVP and Treasurer of Walmart Inc., and VP of Finance in the U.S. Specialty Division. Davis previously served in top financial roles at Lakeland Tours, LLC; McKesson Corporation; private investment holding company The Hillman Co.; and KPMG.

Two Harbors Investment Corp. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TWO) announced Brad Farrell’s intention to resign from his position as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in order to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Farrell has agreed to stay on with the Company through January 31, 2019 to assist in the transition of his duties and responsibilities. The company has appointed Mary Riskey to serve as Vice President, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and intends to appoint Ms. Riskey as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer upon the effectiveness of Mr. Farrell’s resignation. Ms. Riskey joined Two Harbors in 2011 as Director, Loan Accounting. From 2013 to 2016, Ms. Riskey served as Director, Corporate Controller of the company. Since 2016, Ms. Riskey has served as Managing Director, Chief Accounting Officer of the company. From 2000 to 2011, Ms. Riskey served in leadership roles at GMAC ResCap, advancing to Senior Director, Accounting and Reporting. From 1995 to 2000, Ms. Riskey held several positions at Arcadia Financial LTD, serving most recently as Assistant Controller.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. [JACKSON, Miss.] (NASDAQ: CALM) announced that Max P. Bowman has been named vice president and chief financial officer. Bowman was also elected to the Company’s Board of Directors at the annual meeting of shareholders. Bowman will replace Tim Dawson, from the Company. Prior to joining the company he was CFO of  Southern States Utility Trailer Sales, Inc. and H & P Leasing, Inc. from October 2014 until June 2018. From 2003 to 2014, Mr. Bowman was co-founder, president and director of Tenax LLC and Tenax Aerospace, LLC.   Mr. Bowman also served as a board member and executive officer of WGS Systems, LLC.  From 1997 until 2003 he served as the Chief Financial Officer for ChemFirst, Inc.

Humacyte [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced the appointment of Douglas L. Blankenship as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Humacyte, Mr. Blankenship was Chief Financial Officer of Dova Pharmaceuticals, and previously held financial leadership positions as Director of Finance for Genentech, Inc., Executive Director of Finance for Amgen, and Director of Finance and Treasurer for Onyx Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Blankenship will transition CFO responsibilities from Paul Boyer.

Primoris Services Corporation [DALLAS] (NASDAQ Global Select: PRIM) announced the planned retirement of its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Peter J. Moerbeek, after ten years of service to Primoris.  Mr. Moerbeek will resign as a director on November 2, 2018, he will step down as Chief Financial Officer after the filing of the Company’s third quarter Form 10-Q and earnings call; and he will be entering into a 12-month consulting agreement. The Company also announced that it promoted Ken Dodgen, Corporate Controller, from Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President, and he will become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer following the third quarter earnings call. Mr. Stricker has been the Vice President of Finance for Primoris since June 2017.  Before joining Primoris, he spent over fifteen years with CB&I, most recently as Vice President, Financial Operations for its global Engineering & Construction segment.  He also served as CB&I’s Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 2006 to 2008.  Prior to CB&I, Mr. Stricker spent time working with a domestic construction contractor and an oil field service company.

Adam Bryson

LIXIL Americas [PISCATAWAY, N.J.] announced that Adam Bryson has been appointed the chief financial officer. Bryson previously served as the chief financial officer for GROHE in Dusseldorf, Germany. He served on the GROHE AG Board of Management with global statutory responsibilities, as well as directed joint ventures in the Middle East and Africa. He honed his experience in finance, accounting, treasury, and tax through roles of increasing responsibility at GROHE that included senior vice president, commercial finance and vice president, controlling. Before joining LIXIL, Bryson served at Diageo as global business support partner and regional business performance manager, Africa, successfully implementing financial performance and accountancy improvements in those roles. Earlier in his career, he held various financial positions at Seagram and Nestle.

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: WHG) announced the promotion of their Vice President of Finance, Murray “Terry” Forbes III to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Terry takes over from Tiffany Kice who is resigning to pursue another business opportunity. Tiffany will oversee the filing of our third quarter Form 10-Q and will assist in the transitioning of her responsibilities until her October 31, 2018 departure date. Terry joined Westwood in December 2014 as Vice President of Finance. Prior to Westwood, Terry served as Senior Director and Assistant Controller of CEC Entertainment, Inc. From September 2000 to December 2012, Terry was at KPMG LLP.

Radius Bank [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Mike Lenahan as Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lenahan has served in senior leadership roles at Investors Financial Services Corporation, State Street Corporation, and most recently as an Executive Director in the Corporate and Investment Bank at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Lenahan succeeds the former CFO, James Malerba.

GRAIL, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Renée Galá as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 3, 2019. Galá joins GRAIL from Theravance Biopharma where she has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2014, following the company’s spinout from Theravance, Inc. Ms. Galá joined Theravance (now Innoviva, Inc.) in 2006 and held various roles in the finance organization before leading the company’s spin-out transaction. Before Theravance, Ms. Galá worked at Eli Lilly and Company, where she held positions of increasing responsibility in global treasury, pharmaceutical sales, and corporate strategy/business development. Prior to joining Eli Lilly, she spent seven years in the energy industry in the United States and internationally in positions focused on corporate finance, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions. She is a member of the board of directors of Corcept Therapeutics Inc.

InterGen [BURLINGTON, Mass.] announced the appointment of Paul Teague as chief financial officer, effective 1 November 2018. Paul will replace Gregory A. Pratt who left the company on 31 August. Since joining InterGen in late 2015 as finance director, Paul has had responsibility for managing the regional finance team in the UK, as well assuming greater responsibility for managing the finance organization transition to the new headquarters based in Edinburgh. In 1996 Paul qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and, prior to joining InterGen, was a Divisional CFO at Deluxe Entertainment Services.

Ameresco, Inc. [FRAMINGHAM, Mass.] (NYSE: AMRC) announced that it has appointed Mark Chiplock as Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Chiplock joined the Company as Corporate Controller in June 2014 and has served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since April 2016. Prior to Ameresco, he served as Vice President, Finance of GlassHouse Technologies, a data center infrastructure consulting firm, from June 2012 to May 2014. This appointment follows the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, John Granara.

Tim MacCarrick

OutSystems [BOSTON & ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Tim MacCarrick as its new Chief Financial Officer. MacCarrick’s background includes both chief financial officer and chief operating officer positions at companies including Xerox, Crane Co, De Lage Landen, and most recently at QLIK technologies.

Revint Solutions [CHADDS FORD, Pa.] announced that Jennifer Hall has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Jennifer served as Chief Financial Officer at PT Solutions Physical Therapy in Atlanta, GA.

ElmTree Funds, LLC [ST. LOUIS] announced Kerry Gawrych has been promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Gawrych joined ElmTree Funds in 2015 as its Controller. Prior to ElmTree Funds, she was the Controller/Director of Accounting for Koch Development Co., Inc. Ms. Gawrych has also held leadership roles at THF Realty, The John Buck Company, General Growth Properties and Midland Development Group.

Science 37 [LOS ANGELES] announced that Niv Caviar joined the company as their Chief Financial Officer. Caviar’s prior roles include CEO of Suneva Medical; Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial officer of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co.; and Vice President of Business Development and then Head of Marketing for the medical dermatology business of Allergan. Caviar is a former U.S. Air Force officer and solid rocket motor engineer in the U.S. Space Command.

CBB Bancorp, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTCQB: CBBI), the parent company of Commonwealth Business Bank, announced that J. Duncan Smith has been hired as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. He started his career in public accounting and worked for several notable firms including Ernst and Young and Grant Thornton. Mr. Smith went on to become the Chief Financial Officer of several Philadelphia area financial institutions including Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation and most recently with Community Bank in Pasadena, CA (recently purchased by CVB Financial Corporation Bank).

Kite Realty Group Trust [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: KRG) announced the appointment of Heath R. Fear as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fear is expected to join the Company on November 5, 2018. Mr. Fear joins KRG from GGP Inc., a member of the S&P 500 until its recent privatization, where Mr. Fear currently serves as CFO. Previously, Mr. Fear was CFO at Retail Properties of America, Inc. from 2015 to 2017.

Stein Mart, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SMRT) announced that its chief financial officer, Gregory W. Kleffner, plans to retire from the Company next spring.  Kleffner will continue in his current role until his successor is appointed.

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction [CHARLESTON, S.C.] announced that David Kelley has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SIB, Kelley provided on-demand CFO services to technology and tech-enabled businesses at various growth stages and specialized in transformative and growth-oriented ventures. He has held senior leadership roles in private equity portfolio companies, family office ventures, publicly held businesses and foreign companies doing business in the US.

Iconic Brands, Inc. [AMITYVILLE, NY] (OTC PINK: ICNB) announced the addition of David Allen as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. From December 2014 to January 2018, Mr. Allen served as Chief Financial Officer of WPCS International, Inc., a NASDAQ listed Construction Service Company. From June 2006 to June 2013, Mr. Allen was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration for Converted Organics, Inc. Previously, Mr. Allen served as Chief Financial Officer (1999 – 2003) and President and Chief Executive Officer (2003 – 2004) for Millbook Press, Inc. and as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration of JDM, Inc. Mr. Allen has also previously worked for DeAgostini USA Inc., Contiki Travel and Arthur Andersen & Co.

Kevin Connor

Broadvoice [LOS ANGELES] tapped Kevin Connor as CFO. Prior to joining Broadvoice, he spent eight years in financial roles at TPx Communications. Most recently he was vice president of finance.

GMS Inc. [TUCKER, Ga.] (NYSE: GMS) announced that Doug Goforth, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), plans to depart the company to explore leadership opportunities outside of GMS. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Goforth plans to continue to serve as CFO of GMS until December 31, 2018 or until a successor is named and as an advisor to the company through March 31, 2019.

Provation [MINNEAPOLIS and SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced that Tom Monteleone has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Provation, Mr. Monteleone was most recently CFO for Ancile. He also previously served as CFO for AirVersent Inc., Corestar Financial Group, and AscendOne Corporation.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. [NILES, Ill.] (NASDAQ: PPIH) announced the appointment of D. Bryan Norwood as Vice President and CFO effective November 01, 2018. Bryan replaces long time financial executive Karl J. Schmidt who informed the board of his retirement from PPIH effective October 31, 2018. Bryan joins us from Key Energy Services, Inc. Prior to that, Bryan served at API Perforating, LLC, Dupre’ Energy Services, LLC, HydroChemPSC Environmental Services, and Shawcor.

Exactuals [LOS ANGELES] has hired Andrew Mauritzen as its new CFO and Head of Insurance Industry. Prior to his position at Exactuals, Mauritzen was CFO of ACSIA Partners. Before joining ACSIA, he worked in investment banking, including having served as a Managing Director for both ICP Securities and Sandler O’Neill & Partners. Mauritzen currently serves as a director for Veristone Capital, ioCurrents, and Agent Review.

John Deere & Company [MOLINE, Illinois] (NYSE: DE) announced that Raj Kalathur has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, effective November 15.

FM Restaurants HoldCo, LLC [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ned Algeo as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Algeo previously served as the Senior Director of Finance and interim Chief Financial Officer of Real Mex Restaurants from 2016 through June 2017. Most recently, Mr. Algeo served as Vice President of Finance at Mobilitie.

DURECT Corporation [CUPERTINO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: DRRX) announced the appointment of Michael H. Arenberg to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective October 15, 2018. Mr. Arenberg replaces outgoing Chief Financial Officer, Matthew J. Hogan.  Mr. Arenberg has been with DURECT since 1999, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development.

Breakout Capital Finance [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Tim Buzby has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Buzby started his finance career as an auditor and consultant focused on financial services for KPMG. He spent 17 years at Farmer Mac, in a variety of executive positions culminating as CEO.

QMC Telecom International [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] announced the appointment of Ricardo Zubieta as Chief Financial Officer. Zubieta joins QMC from Barclays where as Managing Director of the bank’s Global Technology, Media & Telecom group he led Barclays’ Global Telecom M&A practice.

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Square, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: SQ) announced that Sarah Friar has informed the company of her intention to step down as Chief Financial Officer of Square in order to accept an offer to become Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor. Friar will stay at Square into December to ensure an orderly transition.

Patrick Grismer

Starbucks Corporation [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced Patrick Grismer has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer (cfo). Grismer succeeds Scott Maw, who will retire on November 30. Maw will remain a senior consultant through March 2019 to ensure a smooth transition, with Grismer joining the company on November 12 and assuming the role of cfo on November 30. Grismer joins Starbucks from his current position as cfo of Hyatt, which he has held since joining the company in March 2016. Prior to Hyatt, Grismer held a variety of leadership positions at Yum! Brands over 14 years, including cfo. Before Yum! Brands, Grismer served in a number of finance and strategy positions at The Walt Disney Company over a ten-year period, including vice president of business planning and development for The Disneyland Resort. Grismer began his career as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation [CHICAGO] (NYSE: H) announced that Patrick Grismer has resigned as chief financial officer, effective November 2, 2018, in order to assume the CFO position at Starbucks Corporation. Upon his departure, Grismer will be succeeded by Joan Bottarini, currently senior vice president of finance for the Americas at Hyatt. Bottarini has been with Hyatt since 1999 and held a number of finance positions over her career, including vice president of hotel finance for Asia Pacific, vice president strategic financial planning and analysis, and director financial communications.

Tupperware Brands Corporation [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: TUP) announced that Michael S. Poteshman plans to retire from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Poteshman will continue in his role until March 1, 2019, following the Company’s fiscal year 2018 financial closing process.

CVS Health [Woonsocket, RI] (NYSE: CVS) announced that following the completion of the transaction, Eva C. Boratto, currently CVS Health’s Executive Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CVS Health. Shawn M. Guertin has decided to step away for personal and family reasons but will remain with CVS Health until June 2019 to help the combined company with integration and financial planning strategy. Boratto has an extensive financial background that spans more than 20 years and includes senior positions in both the pharmaceutical manufacturing and PBM industries, along with other health care finance roles. She joined CVS Health in 2010 as Senior Vice President, PBM Finance and most recently has served as CVS Health’s Executive Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining CVS Health, Ms. Boratto served in a number of executive positions at Merck & Co., including Vice President, U.S. Market Finance Leader, with responsibility for financial oversight of Merck’s U.S. pharmaceutical market, and Vice President, Investor Relations.

Steven Gatoff

8×8, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NYSE: EGHT) announced the appointment of Steven Gatoff as Chief Financial Officer. Mary Ellen Genovese will remain as Chief Financial Officer through the Company’s Form 10-Q filing for the second quarter of fiscal 2019 and will host 8×8’s second fiscal quarter earnings conference call on October 29, 2018. Steven Gatoff will join 8×8 on October 15, 2018. Prior to 8×8, Gatoff has been Chief Financial Officer at Elementum, PagerDuty, Rapid7 and iPass. Prior to these positions, Gatoff held senior finance roles at United Online, Sterling Commerce, and VeriSign. Earlier in his career, Gatoff was an investment banker at several Wall Street firms including Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley. Mary Ellen Genovese, who has served as 8×8’s Chief Financial Officer since November 2014, has been appointed as Managing Director of European Operations.

Doctor On Demand [SAN FRANCISCO] hired Jeff McCombs as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Doctor On Demand, Jeff served as the Head of Global Business Operations at Facebook, the Chief Financial Officer at Flipboard, Inc., and most recently OpenTable’s Chief Financial Officer.

Revance Therapeutics, Inc. [NEWARK, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RVNC) announced the appointment of Tobin C. Schilke as chief financial officer, effective November 5th. Schilke joins Revance from Achaogen, Inc., where he was chief financial officer since 2016. Prior to Achaogen, he spent 13 years at Roche/Genentech in a variety of senior finance and operational roles including CFO of Roche Products Limited in the United Kingdom, director of commercial FP&A for Genentech’s BioOncology business, and M&A project manager for a number of successful acquisition, spin-out and business development deals for Roche.

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: PTIE) announced that Eric Schoen will join its management team as Chief Financial Officer, effective on or before November 7, 2018. Most recently, he was SVP, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer of Vermillion, Inc. Mr. Schoen also spent nine years with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Manitex International, Inc. [BRIDGEVIEW, Ill.] (NASDAQ: MNTX) announced that Laura R. Yu has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Manitex International, Inc. Ms. Yu joined Manitex International in May 2018, as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller. Her most recent position prior to Manitex was Director, Corporate Finance at Tenneco. Ms. Yu spent more than ten years at Tenneco, having started as a Senior Financial Analyst there in 1999.  She was also Division Finance Manager and Controller during her seven-year career at Filtran, LLC. Her prior experience also includes five years at Quaker Oats and MS Management.

Todd Sanders

Planview [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Todd Sanders as Chief Financial Officer. Sanders joins Planview from Symphony RetailAI, a global Artificial Intelligence-enabled decision platforms and solutions provider, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2013. Sanders began his financial career at Fujitsu, followed by positions at StoreNext, Retalix (now NCR), and Aldata.

Albireo Pharma, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ALBO) announced the appointment of Simon Harford as Chief Financial Officer. Harford will succeed Tom Shea, who is stepping down from the role. Harford most recently was Chief Financial Officer at Parexel International Corporation. Previously, Harford was SVP Finance, Global Pharmaceuticals at GlaxoSmithKline plc. Overall, Harford’s career spans more than 30 years including numerous senior leadership roles across finance and investor relations at GlaxoSmithKline plc., Avon Products, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company both in the United States and internationally.

Noodles & Company [BROOMFIELD, Colo.] (NASDAQ: NDLS) announced that Ken Kuick has been named the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective November 12, 2018. Most recently, he was Chief Accounting Officer for VICI Properties, a real estate investment trust that was spun out of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Mr. Kuick also served as Chief Accounting Officer for Caesars Entertainment from 2014 to 2017, and as Vice-President, Assistant Controller beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he served a dual role as Chief Financial Officer for Transamerica Investment Management and Controller for Aegon USA Investment Management under Aegon N.V. He has also held leadership roles at Calamos Asset Management and Alberto-Culver Company.

Higher Logic [WASHINGTON] announced Tricia Benedix has joined the leadership team as new chief financial officer. Previously, Benedix held several executive roles for private equity-backed technology companies, serving as chief financial officer for Social Solutions, Relias Learning, and Mitratech. She also held numerous financial roles for Sunquest Information Systems and Misys Healthcare Systems.

Denise D. Beckles

Revolution Foods [OAKLAND, Calif.] appointed Denise D. Beckles as Chief Financial Officer. Beckles previously served as Chief Strategy Officer of Global Business, Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, and Chief Financial Officer at Godiva North America. Her prior experience also includes leading business development at Pernod Ricard USA and financial planning at General Electric Company.

Dominion Energy [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: D) announced that Mark F. McGettrick, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire on Jan. 1, 2019, capping a 38-year career at the company. Effective Nov. 1, 2018, McGettrick will step down as chief financial officer. James R. “Jim” Chapman, senior vice president-Mergers & Acquisitions and treasurer, will succeed McGettrick as CFO. Chapman, 49, came to Dominion Energy in 2013 after more than 20 years in investment banking and corporate finance, principally related to the utility and energy sector. Among his roles, he was managing director and head of Asia Pacific Power & Utilities Investment Banking at Barclays plc, as well as holding similar senior roles at Barclays and its predecessor firm, Lehman Brothers in New York and overseas. Chapman assumed his current post in February 2016. Once he becomes the company’s chief financial officer, he is expected to retain his role as treasurer.

Ryan Spohn

Sikich [CHICAGO] hired Ryan Spohn as its chief financial officer. Before joining Sikich, Spohn was the international chief financial officer for InnerWorkings. Spohn also served as InnerWorkings’ interim chief financial officer and senior vice president and corporate controller. Prior to his time at InnerWorkings, Spohn was director of finance for Siemens’ healthcare diagnostics division.

Synergy Medsales [DALLAS] announced the addition of Mike McDonald, previous COO of Thermi Aesthetics, to their dynamic executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  McDonald joins from previous executive roles from Thermi Aesthetics to PrimCogent and SBMI (Erchonia Zerona).

Prevalent, Inc. [WARREN, N.J.] announced the appointment of James DeBlasio as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations. Mr. DeBlasio joins Prevalent from technology startup, Kiswe Mobile, where, as an Investor, he held the roles of Chief Financial Officer, Head of Sales, and Head of Strategy. From 2013 to 2016, DeBlasio was the Executive Vice President of Operations for York Telecom Corporation, a Unified Communications Company. Prior to that, Mr. DeBlasio was the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member at Internap Network Services Corporation, a position he held since 2005.

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John Murphy

The Coca-Cola Company [ATLANTA] announced a succession plan for the chief financial officer. John Murphy, who currently serves as president of the company’s Asia Pacific group, will become senior vice president and deputy CFO on Jan. 1, 2019. He will be elevated to executive vice president and CFO on March 16, 2019, following the retirement of Kathy Waller. Waller assumed the role of CFO in 2014. Murphy took his current role as head of the Asia Pacific group in 2016. He is also responsible for the company’s Bottling Investments Group. He has worked in the Coca-Cola system since 1988 and has served in a number of senior finance, strategy and operations roles around the world.

Spirit Airlines, Inc. [MIRAMAR, Fla.] (NYSE: SAVE) announced that it has promoted Scott M. Haralson to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Haralson has over 18 years of airline experience and most recently served as Spirit’s Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis and Corporate Real Estate.  Haralson succeeds Edward (Ted) Morgan Christie as CFO.  Christie was promoted to President earlier this year and will become Spirit’s Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2019.  Haralson joined Spirit in 2012 as its Vice President Financial Planning and Analysis.  He began his professional career in corporate banking working primarily on structured finance deals.  Haralson began his airline career at America West Airlines (and what would become US Airways) where he served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility. He has also held financial management positions with Frontier Airlines, Swift Aviation, and Dish Network.

Christina Spade

CBS Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced that Christina Spade has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Spade has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Strategy for Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI) since February 2013. Previously, she was Senior Vice President, Affiliate Finance and Business Operations for Showtime Networks Inc. Spade has worked in different capacities at Showtime Networks during her over 22 years with the Company, including programming finance leadership and as a key steward of the successful implementation of various financial, operational and reporting systems. Prior to joining Showtime Networks, Spade was an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Entertainment, Media and Communications practice.

Adam Townsend

Showtime Networks Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Adam Townsend has been named to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Townsend will be replacing Christina Spade, who now serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, CBS Corporation. Townsend joined CBS in July 2008 as Executive Vice President, Investor Relations. In January 2016, he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, CBS Corporation. Before joining CBS, Townsend served as Managing Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy for the E*TRADE Financial Corporation. Townsend was a Vice President in Equity Research at Hambrecht & Quist and JP Morgan from 1999-2002 in the firm’s Financial Institutions Group. Prior to JP Morgan, Townsend held various positions at Franklin Templeton Investments.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Douglas L. Ludwig, has tendered his resignation due to personal health reasons.  The Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, Nate Troup, will serve as Principal Financial Officer while the Company in the interim.

ServiceSource [DENVER] (NASDAQ: SREV) announced that Richard G. Walker, currently a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and an experienced financial executive, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective November 12, 2018. His appointment follows Robert N. Pinkerton’s decision to accept an opportunity outside of ServiceSource. Mr. Walker will remain a member of the Company’s Board. Walker has served as a member of the ServiceSource board of directors since October 2017. In October 2016, he founded The Bison Group, LLC. Prior to founding The Bison Group, Mr. Walker was Executive Vice President – Strategy and Corporate Development for Ascent Capital Group, Inc. From December 2013 to December 2016, he served as a Director and Chairman of the Board of Trusted Media Brands, Inc. (formerly known as Readers Digest Association). Previous to Ascent, from 2006 to February 2014, Mr. Walker served as a core member of the executive leadership team at IHS (now IHS Markit Ltd.), including in roles as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and then as Executive Vice President of Global Finance.

Catherine Hunt Ryan

Bechtel [RESTON, Va.] appointed Catherine Hunt Ryan has been appointed chief financial officer. Hunt Ryan succeeded Peter Dawson, who was chief financial officer for 14 years. Dawson will become a non-executive director on the BGI board on January 1, 2019. Hunt Ryan was with Bechtel for 11 years and, previously, in project finance at the World Bank and other organizations. Prior to assuming her new role, Hunt Ryan was the chief financial officer of Bechtel’s Oil, Gas & Chemicals business unit.

Roll-Kraft [MENTOR, OHIO] announced the appointment of Ken Fruscella to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Fruscella replaces the recently retired Chief Financial Officer, Rich Lazar, who retired after more than 30 years of service. Fruscella has held previous positions as Chief Financial Officer with Soundwich and Horsburgh & Scott.

AMERI Holdings, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: AMRH) announced the appointment of Barry Kostiner as its Chief Financial Officer. Kostiner succeeds Viraj Patel, who will remain with the Company through December 15, 2018. Most recently, Mr. Kostiner was an advisor on capital markets and business development matters to LinKay Technologies and an advisor on data analytics and mergers and acquisitions strategy for a national skilled nursing facilities company.

Chris Sands

MineralTree [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Chris Sands as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sands has a diverse background in a number of finance and related functions – from Treasury and FP&A to Investor Relations and Investment Banking at leading firms including PwC, Barclays, and J.P. Morgan. Most recently, Sands held senior leadership roles at EnerNOC and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Ruffalo Noel Levitz [CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA] announced that Mike Evans will join the firm as chief financial officer. Evans comes to RNL from Renaissance. Previously, he was senior vice president and general manager of Pearson’s K-12 reading and math business lines.

Trans World Entertainment Corporation [ALBANY, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: TWMC) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, John Anderson, died on October 10, 2018.

Michelle Mosier

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company [GLEN ALLEN, Va.] (NYSE: HBB) announced that Michelle Mosier will join the Company on October 29, 2018 and, effective January 1, 2019, will succeed James H. Taylor as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ms. Mosier most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for United Sporting Companies. Prior to that, she was Controller for Reynolds Group Holdings, Limited, and before that was Chief Financial Officer for Reynolds Consumer Products.  Ms. Mosier also previously served as Vice President and Controller for Circuit City Stores, Inc., and as Corporate Controller for Tredegar Corporation. She began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and served as a partner.

WageWorks, Inc. [San Mateo, California] appointed Ismail (Izzy) Dawood as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Mr. Dawood has served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer (“Interim CFO”) and principal financial officer of the Company since April 9, 2018. Prior to his service as the Interim CFO of the Company, Mr. Dawood served as the Chief Financial Officer of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. from December 16, 2015 to September 29, 2017. Prior to joining Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., Mr. Dawood served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Investment Services division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) beginning in April 2013; he served as Executive Vice President and Director of Investor Relations and Financial Planning and Analysis of BNY Mellon from June 2009 to March 2013 and as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Development and Strategy of BNY Mellon from November 2006 to May 2009. Prior to his tenure at BNY Mellon, he also served in various senior roles at Wachovia Corporation, where he was employed from 1994 to 2006, including Managing Director of Structured Treasury Activities and Managing Director of Corporate Development. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Promontory Interfinancial Network, LLC.

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NYSE: JELD) announced that John Linker has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) effective November 8, 2018, replacing L. Brooks Mallard, who will leave the company the same day to pursue other career interests. Mr. Linker currently serves as JELD-WEN’s senior vice president, corporate development and investor relations. Mr. Linker, who joined JELD-WEN in 2012, previously served as the company’s treasurer and interim finance leader for JELD-WEN’s Europe and Australasia segments. Prior to joining JELD-WEN, Mr. Linker held leadership positions in corporate development and finance with United Technologies Corporation’s Aerospace Systems Division, and its predecessor, Goodrich Corporation.

Evan Fein

Chef [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Evan Fein as its CFO. Fein most recently served as CFO at Impinj from 2000 to 2018. He served as general manager of operations at T-Mobile from 1995 to 2000, where he led financial planning and corporate development activities.

TurboTenant [FORT COLLINS, Colo.] announced the appointment of Andrew Evans to the TurboTenant Team as COO and CFO.

Apttus [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced Gregg Hampton as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gregg brings extensive experience with enterprise organizations and rapid growth technology Hampton will step into the role of Chief Financial Officer, having served the same role at Actian and Blue Coat Systems. 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.

Entertainment Studios, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Ronnie Ng as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Ng has more than 17 years of experience, and comes directly to Entertainment Studios after five years at TCW Group.  At TCW, Ng was Vice President in the Fixed Income Group, where he specialized in media and technology corporate debt and bond investing. Prior to joining TCW Group, Ng was Executive Director of Media & Communications Group with UBS Investment Bank for six years. Before joining UBS Investment Bank, Ng held similar investment banking positions at Deutsche Bank Securities and Houlihan Lokey.

Ryan [DALLAS] announced that David Oldani has joined the management team as senior vice president, chief financial officer. Prior to joining Ryan, he served as senior vice president ‒ Treasurer, Investor Relations, and Financial Planning & Analysis for WhiteWave Foods. His career managing financial operations in major corporations also includes leadership positions with Dean Foods and Wells Fargo Bank.

Orion Group Holdings, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: ORN) announced that Christopher J. DeAlmeida will step down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective November 2, 2018 to pursue a new opportunity with a private company that is not a competitor.  As a result, the Company has named Robert L. Tabb, Orion’s Vice President of Finance, as Interim Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Tabb has served as Orion Group Holdings Vice President Finance since November 2016. Mr. Tabb has over 12 years of public company accounting and financial management experience and has overseen the Company’s financial planning and analysis function since 2014.  Prior to his current role, Mr. Tabb served as the Company’s Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining Orion, Mr. Tabb held progressively responsible positions in accounting, finance, and M&A with Mattress Firm, Inc., MXenergy, Inc., and J. Richard Claywell, CPA.

YES! Communities [DENVER] announced that Julie Elkins has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Julie’s former role as Chief Accounting Officer began three years ago at YES! Communities in 2015.  Prior to YES! Communities Julie held various accounting and finance roles for Aimco and Chateau Communities.  Julie is a CPA and graduated from the University of Colorado. Chris Stopps, who is an original founder of YES! Communities and served as CFO since 2007, will be retiring and serving in an advisory role through December 31, 2018.

BorgWarner [AUBURN HILLS, Mich.] announced the appointment of Thomas J. McGill to the role of interim Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2019.  Mr. McGill will succeed Ron Hundzinski, who will remain with the company through the end of 2018 to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities before retiring from the company effective December 31, 2018. McGill has been with BorgWarner for more than 17 years and currently serves as the company’s Vice President and Treasurer, a corporate position he has held for the past six years.

Zosano Pharma Corporation [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ZSAN) announced the appointment of Greg Kitchener to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Zosano, Mr. Kitchener served as CFO and executive vice president at BioPharmX Corporation. He was also previously a vice president of finance at Cepheid (acquired by Danaher Corporation) and a director of corporate planning at Synopsys, Inc.

Idilus HR [WARRENVILLE, ILL.] announced Lisa Wollersheim as their new Chief Financial Officer. Wollersheim brings over ten years of experience in business and financial management services.

CFO Moves this week include:

AbbVie Inc.	Segment	Twilio
Breather	Harvard Bioscience, Inc.	Wag!
SE Solutions	Hero Digital	Great Western Oil and Gas
Gibson Brands, Inc.	Cadence Aerospace	Zipwhip
TimePayment	Relatient	MidAtlantic Farm Credit
Loot Crate	AIT Therapeutics, Inc.	Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation	Tunnell Consulting	SolarWindow Technologies, Inc.
PowerReviews	Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc.	Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
Kadmon Holdings, Inc.	Amazing Energy Oil and Gas Co.	MeiraGTx Holdings
Hospitality Properties Trust	Government Properties Income Trust	Select Income REIT
RMR Real Estate Income Fund

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AbbVie [North Chicago, Illinois] announced that William J. Chase, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, informed AbbVie that he plans to retire from the company in mid-2019. Effective October 19, 2018, Mr. Chase has been appointed Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Robert A. Michael has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Michael has been AbbVie’s Vice President, Controller, since March 1, 2017 and served as AbbVie’s Vice President, Treasurer from 2015 to 2016, and as Vice President, Controller, Commercial Operations from 2013 to 2015. He joined Abbott Laboratories in 1993 and held numerous positions in the finance organization.

Sandra Smith

Segment [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Sandra Smith has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Smith joins Segment from Twilio, where she served as VP of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) for five years. Prior to Twilio, Smith spent a decade with Akamai Technologies, where she served as CFO of the Emerging Cloud Business Unit and held key roles in finance. She also led Akamai’s investor relations program.

Khozema Shipchandler

Twilio [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: TWLO) announced that Khozema Shipchandler will join as the company’s chief financial officer, effective Nov. 12, 2018. Shipchandler most recently served as GE Digital’s chief commercial officer. Khozema previously served in a variety of positions within GE, including as the chief financial officer and EVP of corporate development at GE Digital and the vice president of corporate audit staff of GE.

Breather [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Mark Frackt as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was inaugural CFO at BuzzFeed.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. [HOLLISTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: HBIO) appointed Kam Unninayar as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 26, 2018. Most recently, she was CFO at Tetraphase Inc. Ms. Unninayar spent more than eleven years at Thermo Fisher Scientific across multiple roles leading financial operations, corporate financial planning and analysis, finance for business strategy, and acquisitions and integrations. During her tenure there, she was Vice President Finance for the Customer Channels group, Laboratory Products and Services segment, and other businesses. Ms. Unninayar replaces Robert E. Gagnon, who resigned the position of Chief Financial Officer effective August 31, 2018.

Wag! [LOS ANGELES] has named Celia Poon as chief financial officer. Most recently, she served as CFO of Highfive and has also held senior financial leadership roles at Twitter, Yahoo! and Zynga.

SE Solutions [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Tom Stepka has been named Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Stepka held leadership roles at Cognosante, ACS/Xerox, Integic, CACI and Unisys.

Nick Gerostathos

Hero Digital [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Nick Gerostathos as its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining Hero Digital, Gerostathos held several key executive positions with companies including PwC, Anheuser-Busch InBev, MasterCard and Revlon, UpWind Solutions and Genesys.

Great Western Oil and Gas [DENVER] has named Brady Parish as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Great Western Oil and Gas, Parish was senior managing director and head of U.S. oil and gas investment banking for Texas-based Macquarie Capital.

Gibson Brands, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced Kim Mattoon as CFO (chief financial officer). The appointment is effective November 1, 2018. joins Gibson with nearly 25 years of experience, most recently as the chief operating officer of Richemont North America. Prior to Richemont, Kim served as CFO at IWC Schaffhausen and Peter Millar – both Richemont portfolio companies – and as Vice President – Finance, Real Estate, and IT at The Body Shop. She began her career and spent 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Joyce Pae

Cadence Aerospace [ANAHEIM, Calif.] announced the appointment of Joyce Pae as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Cadence Aerospace.  Ms. Pae has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Cadence Aerospace since September 10, 2018.  She succeeds Don DeVore, who retired from Cadence Aerospace earlier this year. She joined the Cadence Aerospace Corporate Headquarters team as Vice President, Finance, in 2013.  Ms. Pae came to Cadence Aerospace from Synchronous Aerospace, where she served as the Vice President of Finance. Prior to that, Ms. Pae held positions of increasing responsibility at Baxter International, PharMedium Healthcare Corporation and DLC, Inc.

Zipwhip [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Bob Chamberlain as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Chamberlain served as CFO at Big Fish and PopCap Games.

TimePayment [BURLINGTON, MASS.] announced that Robert K. Moskovitz has joined the company as its Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. For the past 14 years, Mr. Moskovitz was the Chief Financial Officer at LEAF Commercial Capital, until its acquisition by People’s United Bank.

Relatient [FRANKLIN, Tenn.] announced the appointment of Patrick Block as Chief Financial Officer, effective Oct 1, 2018. Block joins Relatient from LeanKit, where he served as Vice President of Finance. Previously, Block was Vice President of Finance at Emma for nine years, a SaaS marketing technology provider recently acquired by Insight Venture Partners.

Brian Rosati

MidAtlantic Farm Credit [WESTMINSTER, MD] announced Brian Rosati as their new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Farm Credit, Rosati served as the Vice President of Finance with Videology for four years. He was also the Director of Finance with Micros Systems, and spent time in public accounting with both Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen.

Loot Crate [LOS ANGELES] announced the hiring of Rob Leff, former Chief Financial Officer and SVP for Fandango, as its Chief Financial Officer. Leff joins Loot Crate from Fandango, where he has been a significant member of the team for over 10 years and its CFO since 2011.  Prior to Fandango, Leff was formerly the 1st vice president of corporate financial planning at Countrywide Financial Corp, which was purchased by Bank of America in 2009.

AIT Therapeutics, Inc. [GARDEN CITY, N.Y., and REHOVOT, Israel] (OTCQB: AITB) announced the appointment of Douglas J. Beck as its Chief Financial Officer effective as of November 1, 2018. Beck most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at JLM Couture, Inc. Prior to JLM Couture, Inc., Mr. Beck was Chief Financial Officer of Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Beck also served as Chief Financial Officer for iBio, Inc., and Lev Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. [New York] announced that David K. Jones, the Chief Financial Officer notified the Company of his intention to resign in order to pursue another business opportunity. Jeffrey Wood, the Company’s current Senior Vice President of Accounting, Tax and Treasurer, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wood has been an employee of the Company since December 2015 and has been its Senior Vice President of Accounting, Tax and Treasurer since June 2018. From October 2012 to December 2015, Mr. Wood was the Vice President of Tax and Treasurer of The Children’s Place, Inc. Mr. Wood is a graduate of Seton Hall University.

Marc Jenkins

Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation [BRYN MAWR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: BMTC) parent of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company (”BMT”), announced that Marc Jenkins has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Wealth Management division. Marc joins BMT from Wells Fargo, where he worked since 2003 and advanced through various roles, including Senior Vice President and Regional Investment Manager, Regional Finance Manager, and Regional Chief Financial Officer. His other previous work includes time at Ernst & Young, LLP; Arthur Anderson, LLP; and JP Morgan & Co., Inc.

Tunnell Consulting [KING OF PRUSSIA, PA.]  announced the promotion of Larry Frattura to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Tunnell in 2016 as Controller, Frattura served as Controller/CFO at Marcum LLP, CFO at Magellan Search and Staffing, and VP of Finance at Yoh Services LLC, a Day and Zimmerman Company.

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (OTC: WNDW) announced the appointment of its Chief Financial Officer, Steve Yan-Klassen, who brings more than 20 years of public company experience.

PowerReviews [CHICAGO] announced that the company has hired Jillian Sheehan as Chief Financial Officer. Most notably, Sheehan spent 10 years at Textura Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and later led the sale to Oracle Corporation in 2016. Most recently, Sheehan served as Chief Financial Officer at Aquilon Energy Services.

Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. [ELOIT, WI] (OTCQX: BHWB) announced that Mary King McGovern has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Blackhawk Bank. Mary has held the chief financial officer position at multiple community banking organizations and has also served as the chief financial officer of a wholly owned subsidiary of a larger regional bank. Her appointment fills the position most recently held by Todd James, who was recently named as the President & CEO of Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc.

Akash Madiah

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] welcomed Akash Madiah as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. Madiah joins MGMA from DaVita Medical Group where he served as market CFO for the Colorado Springs region. Before joining Davita Medical Group, Madiah served in financial leadership roles at a variety of organizations, including Vail Resorts, KPMG LLP and Zolfo Cooper.

Kadmon Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: KDMN) announced that Konstantin Poukalov has notified the company of his intent to step down as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Principal Accounting Officer (PAO). Kyle Carver, the Company’s Controller, has been appointed PAO and will report directly to the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Amazing Energy Oil and Gas Co. [PLANO, TX] (OTCQX: AMAZ) announced that it has appointed Marty Dobbins as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Simultaneous with running his CPA firm for 25 years, Mr. Dobbins also served as President and CEO of K&W Resources, Inc., an oil and gas operator, Managing General Partner of Cafe Adobe Restaurants and Vice-President and CFO of Guardian Fire Protection Co., Inc.. From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Dobbins simultaneously served as President of Franskill, Inc., and as the Chief Global Investment Analyst for Motorskill Venture Group, LLC, the parent company of Franskill. For the past four years, Mr. Dobbins has been the President and CEO of InFocus Venture Group, LLC.

MeiraGTx Holdings plc [LONDON and NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: MGTX) announced that the appointment of Katherine Breedis as chief financial officer. Prior to joining MeiraGTx, Ms. Breedis was a managing director, equity research, and senior analyst for biotechnology and major pharmaceuticals with Stifel Nicolaus & Company.  Prior to joining Stifel Nicolaus & Company in 2015, Ms. Breedis worked for several years in the pharmaceuticals industry. At Pfizer Inc., she served as senior director, corporate strategy. Before that, she was senior director, global external research and development, at Eli Lilly & Company. Earlier in her career, she held a number of positions in the financial industry, including first vice president/healthcare equity analyst at Schroder Investment Management North America; principal and founder of Teewinot Capital Investors, LLC; and vice president, global investment research, and senior analyst, specialty pharmaceuticals at Goldman Sachs & Co. Before that, she held positions at Citigroup Asset Management, General Electric Capital Corporation, Creditanstalt-Bankverein, Dillon, Read & Co. and Citibank, N.A.

Hospitality Properties Trust [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: HPT) announced that Brian E. Donley has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Donley has been HPT’s controller since 2007 and he has served in various finance and accounting leadership roles at The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR) since 1997. Mr. Donley succeeds Mark L. Kleifges who is retiring and therefore resigning from his positions with both HPT and RMR effective December 31, 2018. Mr. Kleifges has been with both HPT and RMR since 2002. Mr. Donley has also been recently appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the RMR Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE American: RIF).

Government Properties Income Trust [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: GOV) announced that Jeffrey C. Leer has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Leer was recently promoted to Senior Vice President of RMR and has been with RMR for over five years in various accounting leadership functions. Prior to joining RMR, Mr. Leer held accounting and finance positions at several Fortune 500 companies as well as practiced for several years in public accounting. Leer succeeds Mark L. Kleifges who is retiring and therefore resigning from his positions at both GOV and RMR effective December 31, 2018. Mr. Kleifges has been with GOV since 2010, and he has been with RMR since 2002. To ensure a smooth transition

Select Income REIT [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SIR) announced that Jeffrey C. Leer has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective December 1, 2018. Mr. Leer was recently promoted to Senior Vice President of RMR and he is currently responsible for the day to day oversight of the accounting and finance support functions of RMR and various affiliates. Mr. Leer has been with The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR) for over five years in various accounting leadership functions. Prior to joining RMR, Mr. Leer held accounting and finance positions at several Fortune 500 companies as well as practiced for several years in public accounting. Leer succeeds John C. Popeo, who is retiring and therefore resigning from his positions with both SIR and RMR, effective November 30, 2018. Leer has also been recently appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Government Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: GOV).

RMR Real Estate Income Fund [NEWTON, Mass.] (NYSE American: RIF) announced that Brian E. Donley has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, both effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Donley has served in various finance and accounting leadership roles at RMR since 1997. Mr. Donley is also a certified public accountant. Mr. Donley has also been recently appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hospitality Properties Trust (Nasdaq: HPT).

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Cargill [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that David Dines will be named chief financial officer, effective December 1, 2018. Dines has previously led global trading businesses in financial and industrial sectors and is responsible for the creation and growth of Cargill’s risk management business. Marcel Smits, currently Cargill’s CFO, will move into a new strategic role, assuming leadership of Cargill Asia Pacific, effective December 1, 2018.

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: JCP) announced that Michael Fung is temporarily joining the Company as interim chief financial officer succeeding Jerry Murray who will resume his responsibilities as senior vice president of finance. Fung recently served as interim chief financial officer for Neiman Marcus Group and 99 Cents Only Stores following his retirement from Walmart Stores. Prior to Walmart, he served in the top finance positions at several large corporations, including vice president and chief financial officer for Sensient Technologies Corporation, senior vice president and chief financial officer for Vanstar Corporation, and vice president and chief financial officer for Bass Pro Shops, Inc.

Wasabi Technologies, Inc. [BOSTON] announced that Michael Bayer joined as Chief Financial Officer. His most recent role was at iZotope Inc. where he served as the CFO.  Prior to that he managed the IPO for MotherNature.com and acquisitions for LightChip and Revivio.  Michael co-founded RPM Communications.

Joaquin Castrillo

EVERTEC, Inc. [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] (NYSE: EVTC) announced the promotion of Joaquin Castrillo to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Joaquin Castrillo most recently served as the interim Chief Financial Officer of Evertec. Previously, he served as Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Evertec in 2012, he worked for PwC in Banking and Capital Markets group in New York and Puerto Rico.

Russell Investments [SEATTLE] hired Jennifer McPeek as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Janus, McPeek was at ING Group where she ran strategic planning and corporate development for the Americas. Earlier in her career, McPeek worked as a consultant and investment banker for McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs, respectively.

Echodyne [KIRKLAND, Wash.] announced that it has added Paul Farmer to its management team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Paul brings 30 years of financial and operational leadership with high growth technology companies along with public company CFO experience.

Manscaped, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the hiring of Katy Hopwood as CFO. Katy joined the corporate workforce of fledgling First Virtual Holdings Inc. in 1994 and quickly rose to become Managing Director of International Business Development. Her career growth landed her as the Vice President of Finance and Operations Sourcefinder, where she was responsible for assisting the CEO in its initial capital raising. Katy was one of the first employees (CFO) at Mobile Media Group. As Director of Operations at Renomics Corporation, Katy was instrumental during the acquisition by TopQuadrant in 2011. Her most recent roles include CFO at PB Microsaving in Beverly Hills, California, and an independent Senior Financial Consultant.

Torque [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Alex Bruni as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Bruni held several leadership positions at Patheon (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), including Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to that, he held strategic Finance and Operations leadership positions at Merz, CombinatoRx, Sepracor, and EMD Serono.

Ron Linares

Sentry Data Systems, Inc. [DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.] announced the addition of Ron Linares as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his role at Sentry, he served as CFO for several companies, including OmniComm Systems, Inc.

The AES Corporation [ARLINGTON, Va.] (NYSE: AES) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Tom O’Flynn, will transition to a new leadership role, focusing on raising third-party capital to systematically and cost effectively help finance AES’ attractive growth opportunities. Current Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Gustavo Pimenta, will become Chief Financial Officer. These changes will be effective as of January 1, 2019. Gustavo served as CFO of several of AES’ Latin American businesses, including the publicly listed Brazilian companies, Eletropaulo and AES Tietê. He became Deputy CFO nine months ago.

Worthington Industries [COLUMBUS, Ohio] (NYSE: WOR) announced that Joseph Hayek has been named vice president and chief financial officer (CFO).  Andy Rose, previously president and CFO will continue as Company president. Hayek joined Worthington Industries in April 2014 as vice president of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In 2017, he was named general manager of the Company’s oil & gas equipment business. Before joining Worthington, Hayek was president of SARCOM, the largest division of PCM, Inc. Joe also led PCM’s M&A and investor relations groups as executive vice president during his six years there. In addition, he spent 10 years in investment banking with Raymond James and Wachovia.

Icertis [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Curt Anderson as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Curt was CFO of startup Chef Software. Prior to Chef, he had a long career at Microsoft, including serving as CFO of the Cloud & Enterprise Division and CFO of the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Group. He also held senior leadership roles in both Finance and Operations for the Enterprise Partner Group and led Investor Relations. Prior to Microsoft, Curt held various roles at Amazon and began his career at Deloitte.

Powell Industries, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: POWL) announced that Michael W. Metcalf has been named Executive Vice President of Powell Industries, Inc. and will be named Chief Financial Officer following the announcement of the Company’s financial results for the quarter and year ended September 30, 2018 and the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2018.  Don R. Madison will remain as the Company’s chief financial officer until that time.  Since 1998 until joining Powell, Mr. Metcalf held financial management positions with General Electric Company.  Most recently, Mr. Metcalf served as CFO Aeroderivative Products, GE Power effective August 6, 2018.  Prior to this role, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Artificial Lift Systems, Baker Hughes, a General Electric company, from August 7, 2017 to August 3, 2018 and CFO of GE Oil & Gas Production Solutions from November 2, 2015 to August 4, 2017.  Mr. Metcalf is also bringing with him both operational and international experience having served as the CFO for GE Oil & Gas Supply Chain Operations from April 18, 2011 to October 30, 2015.

Collibra [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Sebastien Giroux as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Collibra, Sebastien was Chief Accounting Officer at Atlassian. He has also held strategic financial management positions with RingCentral, IBM, BigFix, and Taleo Corporation.

Moogsoft [SAN FRANCISCO] announced it has welcomed Raman Kapur as Chief Financial Officer. Raman was formerly VP of Finance at Splunk.

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC [PINEVILLE, La.] has announced Kazi Hasan as the new chief financial officer (CFO). Hasan has spent the last 20 years with The AES Corporation holding numerous positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as chief risk officer. Hasan replaces the current Cleco CFO, Terry Taylor, who is retiring on Jan. 1, 2019, after 18 years with the company.

Rocky Coppola

Ohio National Financial Services [CINCINNATI] announced the promotion of Rocky Coppola to Chief Financial Officer. Coppola succeeds Anthony W. Dunn. Coppola began his career at Ohio National in 1999 after nine years at Liberty Mutual and one year in consulting. Prior to his promotion to CFO, he held the position of senior vice president, finance and controller since December 2016.

Exabeam [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Manish Sarin to chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Exabeam, he was an executive vice president of Corporate Planning and Development at Proofpoint since 2012. Sarin also led strategy and corporate development efforts for the Software and Security groups at HP and was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan.

FirstClose [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Patrick McClain as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Most recently, he served as CFO at Xplore Technologies and as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer at Falconstar Software. Previously, he served as CFO at Aurea Software and Rules-Based Medicine. Mr. McClain also has held senior operational and financial roles at several financial institutions and FI service providers. He started his career at Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Georgia Erbez

Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Georgia L. Erbez as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Erbez previously served as Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Zosano Pharma. She also served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Asterias Biotherapeutics and Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Raptor Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Raptor, Ms. Erbez was a Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking at Collins Stewart, a Founder and Managing Director at Beal Advisors, and a senior level investment banker at Jefferies & Company, and Cowen and Company. She has also held positions at the investment banks Hambrecht & Quist and Alex. Brown & Sons.

Axial Biotherapeutics [BOSTON & PASADENA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jeffrey Young as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Young most recently served as CFO, Treasurer and Secretary at Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Young served as CFO and Treasurer of OvaScience. Mr. Young was previously the CFO and Treasurer of Transmedics. Before that, he served as CFO and Treasurer at Lantheus Medical Imaging. Mr. Young began his career holding various positions of increasing responsibility in finance at Critical Therapeutics, PerkinElmer, Inc. and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Rapid Micro Biosystems [LOWELL, Mass.] announced the appointment of Sean Wirtjes as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Richard Kollender who has rejoined the company’s Board of Directors. Most recently, Wirtjes served as Vice President, Finance and Controller of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) for Boston Scientific.  Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Boston Scientific, in progressive roles at Varian, Inc. including Vice President and Controller and Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, and as Corporate Controller at Quova.  Wirtjes began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated [GREENFIELD, Ind.] (NYSE: ELAN) named Todd S. Young as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Lucas Montarce, who has been serving as acting Elanco CFO, will return to Eli Lilly and Company as vice president and CFO of Lilly’s International Business Unit. Most recently, Young was executive vice president and CFO for ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. in San Diego. He also spent several years in varying financial leader roles at Baxter International and worked on the spin-off of Baxalta, which he then joined as senior vice president and treasurer. He started his career at law firm Sidley Austin L.L.P.

Sanchez Energy Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SN) announced the appointment of Cameron W. George as Interim Chief Financial Officer.  George joined Sanchez Energy in 2016 as Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and has more than 15 years of investment banking and industry experience. George led the finance team at Linn Energy, LLC from 2005 until joining Sanchez Energy.  Before that, he was an investment banker in the energy group at RBC Capital Markets. George will succeed Howard J. Thill, who resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: NTLA) named Glenn Goddard its executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before Intellia, Mr. Goddard was the chief financial officer at Generation Bio Company. Previously he was the senior vice president of finance and principal financial officer at Agios Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Agios, Mr. Goddard held various senior-level financial management positions at both Archemix and Immunogen.

Bill Kearns

RESIDE Worldwide, Inc. [SEATTLE] announced the hiring of Bill Kearns as the organization’s Chief Financial Officer. Bill joins RESIDE most recently from Zipwhip where he was the VP of Finance. Prior to Zipwhip, Kearns was the Director of Financial Reporting for Alaska Airlines. Kearns has also served as Assistant Director of Financial Reporting for PACCAR, Staff Accountant for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche.

Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. [LAKE FOREST, Ill.] (NASDAQ: ASRT) announced that Phillip B. Donenberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire effective November 30, 2018. Replacing Donenberg will be Daniel A. Peisert, who has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Peisert was previously serving as Senior Vice President, Business Development, for Assertio. Peisert joined Assertio as Vice President, Business Development in September 2017. Most recently he served in the position of Vice President of Concordia International Corp.’s U.S. Legacy Pharmaceuticals business. Prior to this, he was Vice President, Business Development for Concordia. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Peisert was Director of Finance and Business Development for Marathon Pharmaceuticals. Prior to entering the pharmaceutical industry, he was a healthcare equity analyst and portfolio manager for Magnetar Capital and UBS O’Connor and began his career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ACAD) announced that Todd S. Young, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the organization to join another healthcare company. Elena Ridloff, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations will serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES) [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced that Mark Santamaria has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mark was previously the CFO at Mission Essential. He also assumed the role of CFO at AM General LLC, and The SI Organization. Additionally, Mark enjoyed a 24 year career at Lockheed Martin in various positions with increasing responsibilities.

Checkers & Rally [TAMPA, FLA.] announced that Bob Baker has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Baker most recently served as CFO at Benihana, Inc. from 2015 until 2018. Before Benihana, Inc., Baker was President and CFO at Café Rio Mexican Grill. Before his role at Café Rio, and for the majority of his professional career, Baker was with Yum! Brands. For 16 years, Baker worked in various roles with the QSR brand, including positions in financial and strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, accounting and field finance positions.

The Dallas Housing Authority (DHA) [DALLAS] announced that chief financial officer Chetana Chaphekar plans to retire after serving on DHA’s leadership team for the past eight years.

eXp World Holdings, Inc. [BELLINGHAM, Wash.] (NASDAQ: EXPI) announced that Jeff Whiteside is joining the company in a dual role as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Collaboration Officer. Jeff brings more than 30 years of finance and operations experience, including running divisions of General Electric and successfully integrating acquisitions at Pitney Bowes. Alan Goldman, who has been with eXp World Holdings since May 2016, will continue as Chief Financial Officer of eXp Realty and take on the additional role of Chief Accounting Officer of eXp World Holdings.

Site 1001 [SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF.] announced that it has named Dipak Shah as the company’s Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operations Officer. Shah has over 30 years of experience in founding, developing and managing enterprise software, financial technology and SaaS companies.

Resonant, Inc. [GOLETA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RESN) announced Martin “Marty” McDermut as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer effective November 15, 2018. Prior to joining Resonant, McDermut served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, from January 2016 to February 2017 when the company was acquired by MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. Prior to that, McDermut served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, from August 2011 to April 2015 when the company was acquired by Microsemi Corporation. Prior to that, McDermut served as a managing director and consultant at Avant Advisory Group, LLC. He also served as chief financial officer for other publicly traded companies including Iris International Inc. and Superconductor Technologies Inc. He was a partner at the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand LLP (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). McDermut is a member of the board of directors of CDTi Advanced Materials, Inc.

Harvest Oil & Gas Corp. [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Ryan Stash as Vice President and CFO. Stash most recently served as a Managing Director at Regions Securities focused on the energy sector. Prior to that, he spent 11 years in the Energy Investment Banking Group for Wells Fargo Securities in Houston rising to the level of Director. Prior to that, Mr. Stash spent 5 years as an auditor working at Hewlett-Packard and Ernst & Young, LLP.

Windhaven Insurance [MIAMI] named John D. Rosilier to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Windhaven, Rosilier served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in the Property and Casualty Division at National Lloyds Insurance Corporation, a Dallas subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings. Rosilier also spent close to two decades at United Services Automobile Association (USAA), where he was in the Property and Casualty Division as Vice President and CFO and earlier as Assistant VP for Financial and Enterprise Planning and Analysis.

Beneplace, LLC [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that John Pence has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Beneplace, Pence served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Mobi. Prior to Mobi, John worked in various leadership roles for Freescale Semiconductor, Brinkmann International and Allied Riser Communication. He began his career at Arthur Andersen.

Rockwell Medical, Inc. [WIXOM, Mich.] (NASDAQ: RMTI) announced that Angus Smith has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective at the end of November 2018. Mr. Smith will join Rockwell Medical from Pernix Therapeutics, where he currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer and Principal Financial Officer. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Planning, and as Vice President, M&A and Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Pernix, Mr. Smith worked in healthcare investment banking, most recently serving as a Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Realogy Holdings Corp. [MADISON, N.J.] (NYSE: RLGY) announced that Anthony E. Hull, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire from his position effective November 5, 2018. Hull, a 15-year veteran of Realogy and its former parent organization, will remain employed and serve as a senior advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and President until March 31, 2019. As part of this transition, Realogy has appointed Timothy B. Gustavson as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, adding to his duties as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, effective November 5, 2018.

Michelle Newbery

Crowd Cow [SEATTLE] hired Michelle Newbery as chief financial officer. Michelle Newbery comes to Crowd Cow from Lowe’s Companies, where she had a variety of roles including director of corporate accounting, COO and CFO for ATGStores.com and president of The Mine.

Social Life Network, Inc. [DENVER, CO] (OTCQB: WDLF) announced the appointment of Mark DiSiena as its new Chief Financial Officer. DiSiena’s public company background includes Chief Financial Officer at Cherokee Global Brands and 4medica, as well as key financial management roles at Oracle-NetSuite, Lucent Technologies, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, and Senior Auditor at Cooper & Lybrand.