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The New York Times Company [NEW YORK] announced that James M. Follo, executive vice president and chief financial officer, plans to retire in early 2018. Mr. Follo joined The Times in January 2007 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He was named an executive vice president in April 2013.

Dan Sumner

Westinghouse Electric Company [PITTSBURGH] announced that Dan Sumner has been named chief financial officer. He had served as acting chief financial officer since May 2017. In October 2016, Sumner, 36, was named vice president of finance with responsibility for global Product Line & Region Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Accounting, and Global Shared Services. He had previously served as Westinghouse’s chief compliance officer and director of corporate audit. Sumner was instrumental in building Westinghouse’s global corporate audit and Sarbanes-Oxley programs, and has held key roles on several strategic initiatives since joining the company in 2010.

Federal Signal Corporation [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: FSS) announced that its Board of Directors has promoted Ian A. Hudson to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hudson, who has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since March 21, 2017, will continue to serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Hudson joined the Company in August 2013 as Vice President and Corporate Controller. From June 2012 to August 2013, Mr. Hudson served as Groupon Inc.’s Director of Accounting for Latin America and Asia Pacific and prior to that role, he worked at Ernst & Young LLP for 14 years. For several years there, he served as the Senior Audit Manager on the Company’s account.

Selecta Biosciences, Inc. [WATERTOWN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SELB) announced the appointment of John Leaman as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Strategy. Dr. Leaman most recently served as Head of Corporate Development at InfaCare Pharmaceutical Corp. Prior to this, he was Chief Financial Officer of Medgenics, Inc. He also previously held senior roles at Shire plc and Devon Park Bioventures.

Carol Lowe

FLIR Systems, Inc. [WILSONVILLE, Ore.] (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced that Carol P. Lowe will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 27, 2017. Since 2012, Ms. Lowe served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Sealed Air Corporation.  Previously, she worked for Carlisle Companies Inc. for over ten years in numerous executive leadership positions, including President of two business units and Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Lowe also served as a board member of Cytec Industries, Inc. from 2007 to 2015, and currently serves on the board of EMCOR Group, Inc., where she is a member of the Audit Committee.

Express Scripts Holding Company [ST. LOUIS] (NASDAQ: ESRX) announced that James M. Havel, who previously served as Express Scripts’ Executive Vice President, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Eric Slusser, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities, but will stay with the Company through the first quarter of 2018 in order to ensure a smooth transition. Havel joined Express Scripts in January 2015 and served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer until September 2015. Before joining Express Scripts, Havel served as Chief Financial Officer of Major Brands Holdings. He also spent more than 34 years with Ernst & Young LLP, where he began his career in 1976.

FlexPrint LLC [PHOENIX, ARIZONA] announced that Mike Weetman will take the reigns as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mike brings over 30 years of finance leadership at well-known companies like Yahoo, DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox.

Capstead Mortgage Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: CMO) announced that it has appointed Lance J. Phillips as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Secretary. Mr. Phillips joins Capstead from Hunt Utility Services, LLC, where most recently he served as Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller of InfraREIT. Mr. Phillips has served in various executive capacities with the Ray L. Hunt family of companies since 2010, after beginning his career at Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NASDAQ: HAWK) announced that Charles O. Garner has been appointed chief financial officer. Garner will succeed Jerry Ulrich as Blackhawk’s CFO. Garner previously served as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of Zelis Healthcare Corp. Prior to that, Garner held various leadership roles at MedAssets, Inc., including chief financial officer, chief strategy and transformation officer and head of corporate development. Before joining MedAssets, Garner held management positions at Coca-Cola Enterprises, Bain & Company and American Management Systems (now CGI).

Mark R. McCollom

Fulton Financial Corporation [LANCASTER, Pa.] (NASDAQ: FULT) announced that Mark R. McCollom will join the company as Senior Executive Vice President and a member of Fulton Financial’s senior management team. McCollom also will serve as Chief Financial Officer Designee, and assume the role of Chief Financial Officer from Philmer H. Rohrbaugh, the company’s interim CFO. McCollom is currently Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Griffin Financial Group, LLC.

BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: BKCC) announced that Donna Milia, Chief Financial Officer for BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation, has decided to leave for personal reasons. Michael Pungello, Co-Head of BlackRock’s Global Alternatives Operations group assumed the interim CFO position. Mr. Pungello is a member of BlackRock Business Operations as part of Global Fund Administration. Mr. Pungello’s service with the firm dates back to 1998, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, which merged with BlackRock in 2006. Prior to moving to his current role in 2006, Mr. Pungello was the Chief Financial Officer for Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments. Previously he was the Director of Finance, Global Operations, and Technology. He began his career in 1979 at Deloitte & Touche.

Qumu [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: QUMU) announced that CFO Peter Goepfrich will be leaving the company.

Biotricity Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (OTCQB: BTCY) announced it has appointed John Ayanoglou as its new Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as CFO of several publicly traded companies, including Equitable Group Inc, and its subsidiary. He was also the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Xceed Mortgage Corporation.

High Ridge Brands Co. [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced the appointment of Amanda D. H. Allen to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Allen started her career in CPG & Retail investment banking at UBS and subsequently worked in corporate finance and strategic planning leadership roles at Waterworks, PepsiCo and Starwood Hotels. Most recently, Ms. Allen led finance and accounting as the CFO of Edible Arrangements.

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company [DINBURG, Va.] (NASDAQ: SHEN) announced that Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Adele Skolits has informed the company that she is resigning. Ms. Skolits has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer of Buckeye Broadband in Toledo, Ohio. Current Chief Operating Officer Earle A. MacKenzie will delay his announced retirement to assume the responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.  Mr. MacKenzie previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 2003 until Ms. Skolits took over that role in 2007. Mr. MacKenzie will continue his responsibilities with investor relations and business development for the Company.

Neustar, Inc. [STERLING, Va.] announced the appointment of Carolyn Ullerick as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Neustar, Ullerick was Global CFO of the LexisNexis Group. Before that, she was the CFO of Frito-Lay Canada. And before that, at Strategic Insight. While at Southam Newspaper Group, Ullerick led the financial turnaround of four newspaper operations.

Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced it has appointed Emma Reeve as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Emma served as interim chief financial officer and corporate controller of PAREXEL International. Previously, Emma held senior finance roles at major pharma companies including Novartis, Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Emma was also the chief financial officer of two development-stage biotech companies, Inotek Pharmaceuticals and Aton Pharma. In addition to finance, Emma has held senior positions in a number of countries in areas such as marketing, supply chain management and research operations.

ShopOne Centers REIT Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed John Roche as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Roche comes to ShopOne from Devonshire, where he spent the past year serving as a senior finance executive. Prior to Devonshire, Mr. Roche spent time at ROIC serving as Chief Financial Officer; Gramercy Capital Corp serving as Chief Financial Officer; and New Plan serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

John Hart

Great Lakes Management Services Organization [GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.] announced the appointment of John P. Hart as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Hart served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of National Surgical Healthcare, Inc.

SpotHero [CHICAGO] announced that Connie Capone has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Capone served as the CFO and Chief Administrative Officer at GeoDigital. After earning her MBA from Harvard Business School, she spent more than 10 years as a partner at Chicago-based JK&B Capital. Her earlier roles include a wide range of operational, consulting and financial positions at PwC, Baxter and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Gusto [SAN FRANCISCO] announced it has hired Mike Dinsdale as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Mike Dinsdale previously was with DocuSign and DoorDash.

Midland States Bancorp, Inc. [EFFINGHAM, Ill.] (NASDAQ: MSBI) announced that Kevin L. Thompson, Chief Financial Officer, resigned for personal reasons from the Company and Midland States Bank, its wholly-owned subsidiary, effective October 20, 2017.  Jeffrey G. Ludwig, Executive Vice President of the Company, will serve as Chief Financial Officer while the Company in the interim. Mr. Ludwig previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank from November 2006 through November 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ludwig held the positions of Associate Director, Corporate Reporting, for Zimmer Holdings, Inc. from 2005 to 2006; Director of Corporate Accounting for Novellus Systems, Inc. from 2002 to 2005; and Senior Manager—Audit & Advisory Services for KPMG LLP from 1993 to 2002.

VT Group [CHANTILLY, Va.] announced the hiring of Alicia R. Townes as Sr. Vice President and CFO. Alicia has held finance and accounting senior leadership positions at several government contracting companies, including Vistronix, Sotera, GDI, Vangent, and Deltek.

Holly Lim

TuneIn [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Holly Lim to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to TuneIn, Lim served as CFO at Soundcloud since 2016. She held prior senior finance and operations roles at Google, Stetson, Comedy Central & New Line Cinema.

Avaya Inc. [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced it has appointed Patrick O’Malley as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David Vellequette, who has served as Avaya’s CFO for the past five years, will remain as Senior Vice President of Finance until the end of 2017 to ensure a smooth transition. Mr. O’Malley joins Avaya following a 30-year career with Seagate Technology, where he served in a variety of roles, including as CFO from 2008 to 2015.

Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced that it has appointed John Liatos as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Prior to joining Adgero, Mr. Liatos was the Co-Founding Partner at Aceras BioMedical, LLC. Mr. Liatos served as the Co-founder and CFO of Huxley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as well as the Co-founder and CFO of Sherrington Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Liatos also served as the CFO of a life sciences investment fund, Paramount BioSciences, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Liatos served as a Senior Associate at Gefinor (USA), Inc. and as a Senior Associate in the Financial Reporting and Consolidations group at RJR Nabisco, Inc.

X Rail Entertainment, Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTC PINK: XREE) announced the promotion of Wanda Witoslawski to the position of Chief Financial Officer from her Controller position. Ms Witoslawski replaces Wayne Bailey in this position who moves on as CEO of XTRN, a publicly traded company.

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Scholastic Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: SCHL) announced that Kenneth J. Cleary, Scholastic’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, has been named Chief Financial Officer, following termination of Maureen O’Connell‘s employment as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. Kenneth Cleary has been Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer since September 2014.  Prior to that, he was Vice President, External Reporting and Compliance since joining Scholastic in May 2008. Previously, Mr. Cleary was Senior Assistant Controller at Hertz Corporation, Assistant Controller at Engelhard Corporation, and Manager of Financial Reporting at Sequa Corporation, after beginning his career as an auditor for KPMG.

Allegiant Travel Company [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: ALGT) appointed Scott Sheldon to serve as both its chief operating officer and chief financial officer.  Sheldon officially assumed the role of chief operating officer on October 24, 2017.  He had previously served as interim chief operating officer since May 2017. Sheldon has served as Allegiant’s chief financial officer since 2010. He joined Allegiant in 2004 as director of accounting, and served as principal accounting officer from 2007 to 2010 prior to his appointment as CFO. Before joining Allegiant, Sheldon, a certified public accountant, worked for the firm Perry-Smith, LLP in Sacramento, California.

Jon C. Biro

Harte Hanks [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: HHS) announced the appointment of Jon C. Biro as its Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Biro is expected to join the company in mid-November. Mr. Biro was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Exterran Holdings, Inc. and Exterran Corporation. Before his tenure at Exterran, Mr. Biro served as Consolidated Graphics’ Chief Financial Officer for more than six years, concluding with its sale to R.R. Donnelley & Sons. Harte Hanks also announced that upon Mr. Biro’s employment, Robert L. R. Munden, who is currently serving as Chief Financial Officer, will revert to his prior role as the company’s General Counsel and Secretary.

Teradata [ATLANTA] (NYSE: TDC) announced that it has appointed Mark Culhane Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer, effective November 10, 2017. Mr. Culhane succeeds Stephen Scheppmann, who is stepping down as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer for health reasons following the filing of the Company’s third quarter Form 10-Q.  Mr. Culhane serves on the Board of Directors of UserZoom and CallidusCloud, where he is Chair of the Audit Committee. Since 2016, Mr. Culhane has run Culhane Advisory Services. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Culhane was SVP & CFO at Lithium Technologies. From 2001 to 2012, he was EVP & CFO of DemandTec. Previously, Mr. Culhane held CFO positions at iManage and SciClone Pharmaceuticals, and worked in the audit practice of Price Waterhouse.

SCANA Corporation [CAYCE, S.C.] (NYSE: SCG) and its principal subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), announced that Iris Griffin will become Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2018.

NCI, Inc. [RESTON, Va.] announced that James D. (Jamie) Collier has joined the company as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Before joining NCI, Collier served as senior vice president of corporate planning and analysis for Leidos, Inc. While at Lockheed Martin, he held positions of vice president of business operations for several Lockheed Martin operating companies.

Huntley Castner

Farmer Boys Food, Inc. [RIVERSIDE, Calif.], the parent company of the popular fast casual concept, Farmer Boys®, has hired Huntley Castner to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Castner’s extensive experience in the restaurant industry has been instrumental in growing systemwide sales and overseeing the expansion of several notable concepts, including Panda Restaurant Group, Yogurtland, and most recently Lemonade Restaurant Group, where he held the position of CFO.

Kinderhook Bank Corp. [KINDERHOOK, N.Y.] (OTCQB: NUBK), the holding company for The National Union Bank of Kinderhook, has appointed Harry Kabalian as Treasurer of the Company and Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer for the Bank. Kabalian most recently served as Vice President of Accounting and Finance at Trustco Bank Corp. Previous experience includes six years with KPMG where Kabalian provided accounting and auditing expertise to a diverse client base, including banks, and years of private sector accounting and finance experience including five years at GlobalFoundries as Global Financial Systems and Reporting Leader.

Heartland Express, Inc. [NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa] (NASDAQ: HTLD) announced that John P. Cosaert has retired as Executive Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  The Company announced that Christopher A. Strain will become the Company’s Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Strain has served in the Company’s accounting and finance department since 2007.  Mr. Strain has served as the Company’s Vice President, Controller and Secretary since May 2015.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Strain was employed by Deloitte & Touche, LLP from 1997 to 2007 as a certified public accountant.

Michelle Frymire

U.S. Risk, LLC [DALLAS] announced that Michelle Frymire joined as Chief Financial Officer. Frymire spent 14 years in the airline industry with both American Airlines and Continental before becoming Vice President of Finance at Delta Air Lines. Frymire then served as Chief Financial Officer of Starwood Vacation Ownership in Orlando, Florida for five years, before accepting the CFO role for TruGreen Lawncare at The ServiceMaster Companies. Frymire later served as VP of Financial Planning & Analysis at ServiceMaster. Most recently, Michelle served as CFO for Service King Collision Repair.

Invacare Corporation [ELYRIA, Ohio] (NYSE: IVC) announced the resignation of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert K. Gudbranson, who will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity, effective November 26, 2017. Kathleen P. Leneghan, Invacare’s long-standing vice president and corporate controller, will assume the role of interim CFO. Ms. Leneghan has been with Invacare for 27 years, serving in various financial roles in North America and Europe. She has served as vice president and corporate controller since 2003. Prior to joining Invacare, Ms. Leneghan was an audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP.

Vineyard Wind [NEW BEDFORD, Mass.] named Iain Henderson as its CFO. Prior to joining Vineyard Wind, Henderson was the Head of Regulated Transactions for Scottish Power’s Renewables business unit for seven years. He’s been with Scottish Power for a total of 18 years. Scottish Power is a subsidiary of Iberdrola, the utility that also owns Avangrid Renewables, one of the owners of Vineyard Wind.

Jen Ford

TurnKey Vacation Rentals, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Jen Ford as chief financial officer. Jen most recently served as vice president of finance for Snap Kitchen and as senior director of investor relations at HomeAway, Inc.

CONMED Corporation [UTICA, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: CNMD)  announced that Luke A. Pomilio, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire after over two decades of service with the Company.

RADAR, Inc. [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Ben Kaufman has joined the company as its first Chief Financial Officer. Kaufman joins with previous leadership positions as COO and CEO at growth stage technology companies.

Ari S. Milstein

Digital Pi [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] appointed Ari S. Milstein as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Milstein brings over twenty years of executive finance and operations expertise to Digital Pi from leadership positions at Mercury Media, MSL Group, Schwartz Communications, and Adlex where he led the successful acquisition of both Schwartz Communications and Adlex.

Advanced Bifurcation Systems [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Ken Richards as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ABS, Mr. Richards was CEO, a co-founder and partner of York Bridge Capital. Previously, he held the role of Managing Director at CIBC World Markets in Los Angeles and Toronto. He was also a NASD Supervising Principal for CIBC in the United States.

Cotiviti Holdings, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: COTV) announced that Bradley Ferguson was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective November 6, 2017. Adrienne Calderone, who served as Interim Chief Financial Officer, will resume her position as Vice President and Controller on November 6. Mr. Ferguson most recently served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Managing Director, Consumer & Small Business for EarthLink, Inc. (prior to its acquisition by Windstream in February 2017). Prior to that, Mr. Ferguson served as EarthLink’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for six years, and in various other senior financial positions.

Edward Stokx

MBK Real Estate LLC (MRE) [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Edward Stokx as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of MBK Real Estate Companies. Mr. Stokx brings over two decades of experience serving as the Chief Financial Officer for two public real estate companies. Mr. Stokx began his career in public accounting with Deloitte, serving both public and private real estate clients. After which he transitioned to Center Trust as Controller, a publicly traded REIT that owned and managed retail shopping centers. At Center Trust, Mr. Stokx was subsequently promoted to CFO. During his tenure, Mr. Stokx played an integral role in the company’s 2003 merger with Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc. In his most recent role, Mr. Stokx was CFO of PS Business Parks, a publicly listed REIT that owns and manages industrial and office parks throughout the U.S.

Agree Realty Corporation [BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. ] (NYSE: ADC) announced the appointment of Clayton Thelen as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective December 4, 2017. Mr. Thelen is currently the Chief Financial Officer at AJ Capital Partners.  Prior to joining AJ Capital Partners, he held the position of Vice President, Capital Markets, Acquisitions and Treasurer at Strategic Hotels & Resorts, a publicly traded REIT until its sale in 2015.

Dov Goldstein

Schrödinger, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Dov Goldstein as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Goldstein brings to Schrödinger over 20 years of strategic financial experience in the healthcare sector, most recently as a Managing Partner at Aisling Capital.  Before Aisling Capital, Dr. Goldstein was Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Vicuron Pharmaceuticals. He also served as Chief Financial Officer at Loxo Oncology. Previously, Dr. Goldstein was Director of Venture Analysis at Healthcare Ventures.

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Perry Ellis International, Inc. [MIAMI] (NASDAQ: PERY) announced the appointment of Jorge Narino as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Narino is being elevated to the CFO role on an interim basis after serving Perry Ellis for 13 years, including in his current role as Senior Vice President of SEC Financial Reporting.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Narino, who has over 25 years of financial management experience, spent 12 years in public accounting. Mr. Narino is succeeding David Rattner, who will be leaving the Company, effective immediately, to pursue other opportunities.

Muneera Carr

Comerica Incorporated [DALLAS] (NYSE: CMA) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Muneera S. Carr will be named chief financial officer. Carr will succeed David E. Duprey, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who plans to retire, after a 35-year tenure in the financial services industry. Carr joined Comerica in February 2010 as chief accounting officer and controller and her responsibilities have expanded to include tax, planning and forecasting, and management information systems. In addition, she worked on various financial aspects of Comerica’s Growth in Efficiency and Revenue Initiative (GEAR Up) when the project launched in 2016. Prior to Comerica, Carr held leadership positions at SunTrust Banks, Inc., and Bank of America, in addition to various roles of increasing responsibility at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. She also was selected to serve as a Professional Accounting Fellow at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Zenefits [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Shaun Wiley as the company’s chief financial officer. Prior to joining Zenefits, Wiley served as CFO of CoreHR, and as CFO at Torrent Technologies. Wiley spent twelve years in the executive offices at Microsoft. Wiley began his career at Deutsche Bank Capital Markets.

The E.W. Scripps Company [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: SSP) has appointed its chief strategy officer, Lisa Knutson, as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Knutson has been serving as interim CFO since the departure of Tim Wesolowski in early October. Prior to coming to Scripps in 2005, Lisa had worked most of her career at Fifth Third Bank and at Arthur Anderson.

Bill Donnelly

LendUp [San Francisco] announced that Bill Donnelly, former VP of Global Financial Services for Tesla, has joined as its first CFO. Donnelly spent the last four years with Tesla as VP of Global Financial Services. He also served as President of Tesla’s captive finance company, Tesla Finance LLC. Donnelly previously spent a decade with BMW, as CFO and then President of its industrial bank. In addition, Donnelly’s background includes more than 15 years with the credit card, installment loan, and automotive finance divisions of JPMorgan Chase. He was also President and CEO of retail card issuer First Electronic Bank.

Stream [DALLAS] announced the addition of David Faranetta as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Faranetta served as CFO of TXU Energy and electricity generator and wholesaler Luminant. He comes to Stream after serving as Senior Vice President of Planning and Treasury at Dallas-based Vistra Energy.

B&G Foods, Inc. [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] (NYSE: BGS) announced that it is appointing Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Bruce C. Wacha, to Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wacha joined B&G Foods from Amira Nature Foods Ltd. (NYSE: ANFI), where he spent three years as that company’s chief financial officer and executive director of the board of directors. Prior to joining Amira Nature Foods, Mr. Wacha spent more than 15 years at Deutsche Bank Securities, Merrill Lynch and Prudential Securities.

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced the planned retirement of its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer, Alan Dean, after 38 years of service to the company. Cboe plans to promote Brian Schell, currently Deputy CFO, to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. Dean joined Cboe in 1979 and has served in his current capacity since 1988. Schell joined Cboe as part of the company’s acquisition of Bats Global Markets (Bats) earlier this year. He joined Bats as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2011.

True Talent Advisory [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Korhan Kivanc has joined the firm as its Chief Financial Officer. Korhan previously spent eight years at Heidrick & Struggles, first as the CFO of the Americas division, then as the Global Senior VP of Finance. He most recently served as CFO at The Chartis Group.

Laureate Education, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NASDAQ: LAUR) announced the appointment of Jean-Jacques Charhon as its new Executive Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Charhon spent eight years with General Electric (GE) in senior financial positions, culminating in his role as CFO of GE Healthcare for the Americas. He was Hewlett Packard’s CFO of Personal Systems, and then COO of its Enterprise Services division. He worked with Novartis with responsibilities as CFO for Consumer Health and as head of financial planning and analysis, and investor relations. Most recently, Charhon was CFO at Purdue Pharma.

ProtectWise [DENVER] announced Adam Cecil has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Adam was CFO of CommercialTribe. Prior to that, Cecil was CFO at AlchemyAI.

Range Resources Corporation [FORT WORTH, TEXAS] (NYSE: RRC) announced that Roger S. Manny, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer plans to retire. On that same date, the Company plans to appoint Mark S. Scucchi, currently Vice President – Finance & Treasurer to the position of Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mark Scucchi joined Range in 2008. Prior to joining Range, he worked for JPMorgan Securities Inc. Prior to JPMorgan, Mark spent a number of years at Ernst & Young LLP.

VICI Properties Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTC: VICI) announced that David Kieske will join the Company as Special Advisor to Ed Pitoniak, Chief Executive Officer. Subject to obtaining customary regulatory approvals, the Company plans for Mr. Kieske to become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Mary Beth Higgins. Mr. Kieske joins VICI from Wells Fargo Securities / Eastdil Secured where he most recently served as Managing Director in the Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking Group. Prior to Eastdil, he worked in the Real Estate & Lodging Investment Banking Groups at both Citigroup and Bank of America. Early in his career, he was a senior accountant at Deloitte & Touche and Assistant Vice President & Corporate Controller at TriNet Corporate Realty Trust.

Equity Prime Mortgage [ATLANTA] announced their new Chief Financial Officer, Paul Thomas. He joins us from Westrock Company where he served as Director of Finance. Thomas has worked with companies like Haverty’s Furniture and Church’s Chicken in senior financial leadership roles.

David Faugno

Qualtrics [SALT LAKE CITY and SEATTLE] announced the appointment of veteran financial leader David Faugno as Chief Financial Officer. Faugno served as CFO for over 10 years at Barracuda Networks. In addition to his experience at Barracuda Networks, Faugno served as Senior Director of Corporate Finance – M&A at Cisco Systems, was CFO for Actona Technologies and spent 8 years at AT&T, including as CFO of the EMEA region. In 2013, he was awarded Silicon Valley Business Journal’s CFO of the Year.

Jillian Sheehan

Aquilon Energy Services [LISLE, Ill.] hired Jillian Sheehan as its chief financial officer. Sheehan previously served as CFO of Textura Corporation. She also served as CFO of Raise Marketplace, Inc.

Profit Recovery Partners, LLC [COSTA MESA, Calif.] announced that it has named Paul J. Bottiaux the firm’s Chief Financial Officer. Before joining PRP, he served as Vice President of Finance and CFO for Panasonic Avionics Corporation.

G1 Therapeutics, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] (NASDAQ: GTHX) announced that Barclay (Buck) Phillips is joining the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. In his most recent role, Mr. Phillips served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Novavax, Inc.

Rob Rehard

Regal Beloit Corporation [BELOIT, Wis.] (NYSE: RBC) announced that Charles A. (Chuck) Hinrichs, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire. Mr. Hinrichs has served as Regal’s Chief Financial Officer since September 2010. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors appointed Robert J. (Rob) Rehard as the new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rehard, joined Regal in January 2015 as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. In January 2017, Mr. Rehard was appointed Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. Over the last 20 years Mr. Rehard has held leadership roles in the areas of operations accounting, corporate accounting and financial planning & analysis.  Prior to joining Regal, he served in various roles of increasing responsibility with Eaton Corporation, Cooper Industries, Masco Corporation, Emerson Electric and Deloitte & Touche.

Northeast Bancorp [LEWISTON, Maine] (NASDAQ: NBN) announced that J.P. Lapointe has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Lapointe will succeed Interim Chief Financial Officer Brian Pinheiro, who will retain his responsibilities as the Company’s Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Lapointe joins the Company directly from Wolf & Company, P.C. where he worked since 2004.

Brian Kinion

Upwork [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that Brian Kinion has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kinion spent time at Marketo as their CFO. Kinion is currently a member of the Board of Directors and serves as the Audit Committee Chair at Marin Software, Inc. Prior to Marketo, Kinion held finance leadership roles at SuccessFactors, CoTherix, Inc., and DigitalThink, among others.

North American Risk Services, Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] has hired Andrew Charrette as its new Chief Financial Officer. Andrew began his career in the environmental industry as a Field Cost Accountant. He then moved into the insurance industry, quickly moving up the ranks from a Junior Auditor to the Assistant Vice President of Finance at AmTrust North America.

Tyson Foods, Inc. [SPRINGDALE, Ark.] (NYSE: TSN) announced that Stewart F. Glendinning has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Dennis Leatherby, who has served Tyson Foods as Chief Financial Officer since 2008. Glendinning joins Tyson Foods from Molson Coors Brewing Company, where he served as President & CEO, International. He began his career at Molson Coors in 2005 as Chief Financial Officer, UK and subsequently held the positions of Global Chief Financial Officer, President & CEO, UK and President & CEO, Canada. Prior to that, Glendinning served in senior financial positions with The Hackett Group and KPMG.

AAC Holdings, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] (NYSE: AAC) announced that Kirk R. Manz, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will resign as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Manz has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer since joining AAC in January 2012, after serving the company as an independent consultant in 2011. Andrew McWilliams, who currently serves as the company’s Chief Accounting Officer, will be appointed Chief Financial Officer immediately following Manz’s departure. After over a 15-year career with Ernst & Young LLP, Mr. McWilliams joined AAC in August 2014.

Constellis [RESTON, Va.] announced that Deborah Ricci has been appointed as its chief financial officer.  Debbie succeeds Barry Broadus in the CFO role. Prior to her promotion to CFO, Debbie has served as the SVP of Finance and Accounting at Constellis since April 2017, which she joined upon the completion of the acquisition of Centerra Group. Previously, Debbie had served as the CFO of Centerra Group since November 2015. Prior to her CFO role at Centerra, Debbie was the CFO of a leading counterterrorism firm from 2010 to 2015.

Zoom Video Communications [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that it has appointed Kelly Steckelberg as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Steckelberg was CEO of Zoosk, where she previously held positions of CFO and COO. Prior to Zoosk, Steckelberg was the Sr. Director of Consumer Segment Finance of Cisco. Steckelberg has also held various roles in finance at Cisco WebEx, Epiphany, PeopleSoft, and KPMG.

Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. [SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA] (TSX: SEV) announced that Darren Ma has assumed the Company’s CFO role. Mr. Ma is taking over from David Mier, who is retiring from the Company. Mr. Ma brings over 15 years of finance experience from several semiconductor bellwethers, including Intel and Semtech. His most recent role was CFO of GigPeak.

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Marc Spezialy

Kyield [SANTE FE, N.M.] announced that Marc Spezialy has agreed to become CFO of the company. After graduating, Marc joined PwC in Austin as an auditor. Marc then joined a new oil business as CFO. His next role was VP of Finance for a successful aerospace asset management company. While in Austin, Marc was also a board member and treasurer of Habitat for Humanity Texas.

Steep Hill [BERKELEY, Calif.] announced Timothy Cowart has been hired as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Steep Hill, Mr. Cowart had twenty years of experience in corporate M&A and fund-raising activities including cofounding a publicly-traded European satellite communications provider. He has served as a financial consultant to numerous venture-backed companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

GridLiance [DALLAS] announced that Alison Zimlich will be the next Chief Financial Officer. Zimlich joins GridLiance after serving as CFO for the past four years at Panda Power Funds. Prior to that, Zimlich spent 17 years at AES Corporation, where she served in a variety of finance and business development roles, including CFO for AES’s North America Generation division. She started her career with EY.

Cardtronics plc [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: CATM) announced the appointment of Gary W. Ferrera as Chief Financial Officer. Ferrera will succeed Edward H. West as CFO, as West will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer upon current CEO Steve Rathgaber’s retirement. Ferrera joins Cardtronics from DigitalGlobe, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer since early 2015. He previously served in that same capacity for Intrawest Resorts, Great Wolf Resorts, National CineMedia, and Unity Media. Prior to his CFO positions, Ferrera developed his M&A and capital markets expertise with Citigroup and Bear Stearns. Ferrera also has international tax consultant experience while with Arthur Andersen.

Opus Bank [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: OPB) announced that Nicole M. Carrillo, Opus’ Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from her position with Opus and will continue as a consultant. Ms. Carrillo concurrently resigned from her positions as a director of the Opus Community Foundation and Opus Financial Partners. Additionally, Opus announced that Kevin L. Thompson has joined Opus as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and has been appointed to Opus’ Executive Committee. Mr. Thompson joins Opus most recently from Midland States Bancorp, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2016, and earlier from Zions Bancorporation, where he served as Senior Vice President – Corporate Finance, and from American Express Centurion Bank, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

CRISPR Therapeutics [ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CRSP) announced the appointment of Michael Tomsicek as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CRISPR Therapeutics, Mr. Tomsicek most recently served as CFO of Abiomed. Before that, he was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Cubist Pharmaceuticals. He joined Cubist in 2010 and held a series of roles of increasing responsibility at the company. Prior to Cubist, Mr. Tomsicek spent nearly eight years at General Electric Healthcare, as finance manager in global operations, and then as CFO of its ultrasound business.

Hill International [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: HIL) announced the retirement of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Fanelli III and the appointment of Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer, Marco Martinez. Martinez most recently served as Senior Vice President and CFO for Pernix Group, Inc. Prior to joining Pernix, Martinez held several financial leadership positions including Vice President and CFO during nearly an 18-year career at MYR Group.

Piston Group [REDFORD, Mich.] announced that Amit Singhi has been promoted to the position of chief operating and financial officer. Before joining the Piston Group as chief financial officer in August 2017, Singhi had held a variety of management positions at Ford Motor Company and General Motors.  Most recently he was CFO at FLIR Systems.

OncoCyte Corporation [ALAMEDA, Calif.] (NYSE: OCX) announced that Mitch Levine has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining OncoCyte, Mr. Levine was the Managing Partner of Kirby Cove Capital Advisors. In 2002, Mr. Levine founded Enable Capital Management. Prior to founding Enable, Mr. Levine was a founding member of The Shemano Group. He has also worked at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers.

SJV [KENNESAW, GA] announced that Reed Anderson has joined their Executive Team as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Fazoli’s [LEXINGTON, Ky.] announced that it has appointed Rodney Lee as Chief Financial Officer. Rodney Lee joined the company originally back in September 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, having previously served as CFO of 2JR Pizza Enterprises. Lee took a brief hiatus with Fazoli’s, joining The Krystal Company functioning as the brand’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. When an opportunity to return to Fazoli’s unique brand culture became available, Lee rejoined the company in September, reprising his original role.

Markel Corporation [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: MKL) announced that Anne G. Waleski, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to transition from her role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. She will be succeeded by Jeremy A. Noble, currently the Finance Director of Markel International. Jeremy Noble, 41, has served as the Finance Director for Markel International since June 2015. He joined Markel in 2002 and held various roles in the Company’s Accounting and Finance Department, including Assistant Controller, before becoming the Company’s Managing Director of Internal Audit in 2011, a position he held until 2015.

ChikPea [SAN FRANCISCO] welcomes Stephen Deason as new Chief Financial and Operating Officer. Mr. Deason has worked with industry leaders including Oracle, Xerox, Verizon, Sage, and Accenture.

Ciaran Farrell

Bluff Manufacturing [FORT WORTH, TEXAS] welcomes Ciaran Farrell as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ICHR) announced that Jeffrey S. Andreson will join Ichor as its Chief Financial Officer. Since 2014 he has served as CFO of Nanometrics Incorporated. Prior to Nanometrics, Mr. Andreson served for seven years as CFO of Intevac, Inc. Prior to joining Intevac in 2007, Mr. Andreson spent 12 years at Applied Materials, Inc.

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (NYSE: INN) announced that Gregory A. Dowell, its EVP and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire from the Company. Jonathan P. Stanner, EVP and Chief Investment Officer, will succeed Mr. Dowell as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stanner joined the Company in April 2017. Prior to joining Summit, he held various positions at Strategic Hotels and Resorts, including the role of CFO. Mr. Stanner will continue to oversee the Company’s investment activities following the transition.

Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (OTCQB: ARPO) announced that Michael Rogers has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rogers served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of five publicly-traded healthcare companies. He most recently served as CFO at Acorda Therapeutics, from 2013 until 2016. Prior to Acorda Therapeutics, he was the Executive Vice President and CFO of BG Medicine from 2009 to 2012. From 1999 to 2009, Mr. Rogers was the CFO of Indevus Pharmaceuticals. He also served as CFO at Advanced Health Corporation and Autoimmune. Prior to his roles as CFO, Mr. Rogers was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and PaineWebber.

TalentWave [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] announced Jim Hanrahan will be joining the company’s senior leadership as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining TalentWave, Hanrahan was EVP and CFO of Bartech Group. He then served as President and COO of the two combined organizations and led their integration efforts. Prior to Bartech, Hanrahan held a variety of management positions at CDI Corporation.

Boulevard Acquisition Corp. II [NEW YORK and SAO PAULO] (NASDAQ: BLVD) and Estre Ambiental S.A. announced the appointment of Fabio D’Ávila Carvalho as Estre’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carvalho succeeds Roberto Nakagome, who is leaving Estre to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Carvalho most recently served as the CFO of the Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão. Prior to SBT, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Investor Relations Officer for logistics, distribution and transportation services provider Tegma Gestão Logística S.A., following his promotion from CFO. Previously, Mr. Carvalho was a senior executive at Latin America’s largest publishing and printing company Abril S.A., serving in positions of increasing responsibility, including as the CFO, Chief Information Officer and Investor Relations Officer of Abril Educação and as CFO of Abril Media. His previous experiences include leadership roles at Banco Fibra S.A., Banco BVA S.A., ABN Amro Bank Inc., and Banco Pactual S.A.

Molecular Templates, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: MTEM) announced the appointment of Adam Cutler as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Molecular Templates, he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Arbutus Biopharma. From 2012-2015, he was a Managing Director for The Trout Group LLC and Trout Capital LLC. From 2011-2012, he was Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst for Credit Suisse. From 2007-2011, he was Managing Director and Senior Biotechnology Analyst for Canaccord Genuity. Prior to that, he held Biotechnology Analyst positions at JMP Securities LLC and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He also worked in healthcare consulting as an Analyst at The Frankel Group and a Consultant for Ernst & Young LLP. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Inmed Pharmaceuticals.

Purple Innovation, LLC [ALPINE, Utah] announced that Mark Watkins has been named Chief Financial Officer. The announcement follows Purple’s announcement on November 2, 2017 of a definitive merger agreement with Global Partner Acquisition Corp. (“GPAC”) (NASDAQ: GPAC, GPACU, GPACW). Mr. Watkins most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of wood pellet grill pioneer, Traeger Pellet Grills, a post he held from March 2015 through October 2017. Previously, Mr. Watkins held various positions of increasing responsibility at Nu Skin Enterprises, including Vice President of Sales Operations and Vice President of Finance. Mr. Watkins began his career at the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Neda Imbimbo

BigRentz [IRVINE, Calif.] promoted Neda Imbimbo to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Imbimbo was formerly the Vice President of Finance and Operations at BigRentz.

C4 Therapeutics (C4T) [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced it has appointed Ron Kaiser as Chief Financial Officer. Ron also served on C4T’s Board of Directors from January 2016 until October 2017. Over a span of 35 years, Ron has led six companies through IPO funding in multiple roles, including Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and helped manage dozens of major business transactions. He has served as a board member for several public and private entities.

Legends [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joseph M. Cormier as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Legends, Cormier was the CFO of several public and private equity backed enterprises. Most recently he was EVP and CFO of Camber Corporation.

NCWC Inc. [OCEAN, NJ] announced that it has bolstered its team by welcoming Charles K. Miller as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Miller brings a wealth of experience having served on the boards of several notable organizations, including Tekmark Global Solutions, InterCloud Systems and Notis Global Inc. He worked at Tekmark Global as the CFO since 1997. Some of the additional companies he has worked for include JCPenney Catalog, Engelhard Corporation and Concurrent Computer Corporation.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. [JERSEY CITY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: VRSK) announced that Lee M. Shavel has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Eva Huston, senior vice president, will pursue opportunities outside Verisk following a three-month period transitioning responsibilities to Shavel. Shavel most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Nasdaq, Inc., from 2011 to 2016. Before that, he served as managing director and Americas head of Financial Institutions Investment Banking and in other capacities at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 1993 to 2011. He also currently serves as a board director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Investment Technology Group, Inc.

Advantage Insurance Inc. [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] announced that Tamara K. Kravec has been appointed its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Kravec has served as a consultant to Advantage since August 2017 and will be based in Advantage’s San Juan headquarters. Ms. Kravec was most recently the Founder and CEO of BWT Consulting, LLC. Prior to that, she was a Partner, Managing Director, and Senior Equity Research Analyst at NWQ Investment Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments. Ms. Kravec joined NWQ from Banc of America Securities where she was Senior Equity Research Analyst for the Life Insurance sector and also had equity research management responsibilities. Prior to Banc of America Securities, Ms. Kravec held positions in equity research at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston.

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Biogen [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced the appointment of Jeffrey D. Capello as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Beacon Health Options Inc. His previous experience includes founding and running his own company, Monomy Advisors, and serving as Chief Financial Officer of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Perkin Elmer. Earlier in his career he was also a partner in the Boston and Amsterdam offices of PwC.

GP Strategies Corporation [COLUMBIA, Md.] (NYSE: GPX) announced that Michael Dugan has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Sharon Esposito-Mayer, who will be leaving the company. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Dugan served as Senior Vice President, Finance and has held various other roles of increasing responsibility since joining GP Strategies in 1997.

Cloudvirga [IRVINE, Calif.] has appointed Steve DeSantis as its new chief financial officer. Most recently, DeSantis was CFO for ShiftPixy. Prior to joining ShiftPixy, DeSantis was CFO for Predixion Software. He has also held CFO roles for DATAllegro and Nexiant and TCI Solutions.

Salsify [BOSTON] announced that Mary Jefts has joined Salsify as CFO. Previously, she was CFO for Unidesk, Acquia and OpenPages.

Ripple [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Ron Will as chief financial officer (CFO). Ron Will joins Ripple’s management team following nearly three decades as a senior financial executive and investment banker. Will most recently served as CFO of TubeMogul. Prior to TubeMogul, Will served as CFO, CCO and operating partner at Mainsail Partners. Earlier, Will served as CFO at BrightRoll from 2011-2015. Will previously served as vice president of finance and treasurer of Yahoo! for seven years.

Craig Lockwood

ScholarChip [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Craig Lockwood as its president and CFO. Most recently, Lockwood was president of Tuition Management Systems (TMS). Previously, Craig was a management consultant focusing in the investment management industry.

Piper Jaffray Companies [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: PJC) announced the appointment of Tim Carter as chief financial officer. Carter currently serves as senior vice president of finance and treasurer at Piper Jaffray. He has held various leadership positions in finance, including controller, chief accounting officer and treasurer. Carter also provides support and financial expertise to the Piper Jaffray Foundation. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, Carter worked in public accounting at Deloitte.

SoOum Corp. [NEW YORK] (OTCPINK: SOUMD) announced Terence Byrne as Chief Financial Officer.

CTI Industries Corporation [LAKE BARRINGTON, Ill.] (NASDAQ: CTIB) announced that Frank J. Cesario has been appointed and has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Cesario served as Chief Financial Officer of Nanophase Technologies Corporation, from 2009 through October 2017. He has served in senior financial positions for Turf Ventures, Isco International, Outokumpu Copper, Inc. and Material Sciences Corporation.

Atlantic American Corporation [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: AAME) announced that the Board of Directors has appointed J. Ross Franklin to serve as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary, of the Company. He has been serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 1, 2017. Since 2000 he has held various roles of increasing responsibility with Atlantic American and its subsidiaries, serving as Vice President, Accounting and Treasurer of Bankers Fidelity since 2009.

Jessica Traill

Red Classic [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced that Jessica Traill has been named as the company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Traill comes to the company with more than 15 years of financial experience, most recently serving as a Senior Director at the company’s parent, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated. Jessica served in various financial and accounting roles with Duke Energy and Carlisle Companies before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers. Traill worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for seven years serving a variety of large clients, including Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated. In 2011, Traill joined Coca-Cola Consolidated as Senior Director, Reporting & Assistant Controller. In her most recent role, Traill was promoted to Senior Director, System Transformation Finance.

Apex International Energy [HOUSTON] announced that it has appointed Robert Milius as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Apex, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Natural Resources Group for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at Barclays based in Dubai. Previously, he spent 11 years at Lehman Brothers, where he was a Managing Director in the Global Natural Resources Group. He was also Head of the International Energy Project Finance Group during his time at both Lehman Brothers and Barclays.

Aegion Corporation [ST. LOUIS] (NASDAQ: AEGN) announced that David A. Martin has resigned his positions as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The Company further announced that David F. Morris has been appointed as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer to serve until a permanent Chief Financial Officer is hired. During the Company’s search, Mr. Morris will also maintain his current responsibilities with Aegion. David F. Morris has been with Aegion for more than 13 years and currently serves as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Morris joined the Company in January 2005 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Morris was appointed Chief Administrative Officer in August 2007 and Executive Vice President in October 2014.

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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company [EDINBURG, Va.] (NASDAQ: SHEN) announced that James F. Woodward has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Woodward most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Media General, Inc. During his 34 year career with Media General, Mr. Woodward also held positions as Group Vice President, Growth & Performance; Vice President, Human Resources; and other operational and accounting positions.

Athenahealth, Inc. [WATERTOWN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ATHN) announced that Marc A. Levine will join the Company as an Executive Vice President and will become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He replaces John A. “Jack” Kane, who will step down as Interim Chief Financial Officer, and will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Levine most recently served as the executive vice president and CFO of JDA Software Group, Inc. Prior to JDA, Mr. Levine held several senior financial leadership roles over his 25-year career at Hewlett Packard Company, including senior vice president and corporate controller, senior vice president of finance and chief operating officer for HP’s Enterprise Services Business segment, and general manager of Southeast Asia for HP’s medical products business.

ARMO BioSciences, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced the appointment of Herb Cross as Chief Financial Officer, a newly-created position. Before joining ARMO BioSciences, Mr. Cross was the Chief Financial Officer at Balance Therapeutics, Inc. Previously, Mr. Cross was Chief Financial Officer and interim Chief Executive Officer at KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Cross also served as Chief Financial Officer at Affymax. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cross was Vice President, Finance at Facet Biotech Corporation, a spin-off of PDL BioPharma, where he was Executive Director, Finance and Corporate Controller. He began his career at Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Cox Automotive [ATLANTA] named Mark F. Bowser, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Since 2008, Bowser has overseen accounting and financial planning & analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and programming at Cox Communications. Bowser joined Cox in 2006 as vice president of Cox Business. Prior to joining Cox, Bowser was vice president of Dell’s Large Corporate Accounts business division. Bowser began his career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He began his telecommunications career at GTE where he held positions of increasing responsibility in finance until he joined Sprint and several of its predecessor companies. In addition to roles in finance, Bowser also served as president of Sprint’s Enterprise Markets division, and as senior vice president of Sprint’s business sales.

Terry Schmid

Apttus [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Terry Schmid as its Chief Financial Officer. For the past seven years, Terry served as CFO at Imperva. Prior to Imperva, he served as CFO at Coremetrics. Schmid has also held CFO positions at several other privately-held technology companies.

ARC Group Worldwide, Inc. [DELAND, Fla.] (NASDAQ: ARCW) announced the appointment of R. Brian Knaley as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Knaley will replace current Chief Financial Officer, Drew Kelley, who will remain with the Company as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Knaley has held several senior leadership positions with Spectranetics Corporation, Arcelormittal USA, and Caterpillar Tunneling.

Dealer Teamwork [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] announced Joe Skar as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Dealer Teamwork, Mr. Skar was the Chief Financial Officer at Lake Street Capital Markets. Before that, he served as Director of Fund Accounting at Whitebox Advisors. He began his career in public accounting at KPMG.

Mohr Partners, Inc. [DALLAS, TX] has hired Clark White to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. For eight years, White served as the Finance Director for DTZ Americas.

Opengear [PISCATAWAY, NJ] announced the appointment of William Levering as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Levering brings more than three decades of financial management experience to Opengear, including 17 years serving as CFO within several publicly-traded and privately-held technology companies. Prior to joining Opengear, Levering served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at FAST, LLC. Levering had previously held similar positions at NextDocs Corporation, Voxware, Princeton Softech (acquired by IBM), and AXS-One.

Mark Fuller

Physical Rehabilitation Network [CARLSBAD, Calif.] welcomes Mark Fuller as the new Chief Financial Officer of the company. Most recently, Fuller was the Chief Financial Officer for MB2 Dental solutions.

Bioclinica [DOYLESTOWN, PA.] has appointed William Hogan as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Former CFO David Peters is stepping down to pursue other career opportunities. William Hogan joins Bioclinica from Multi Packaging Solutions, where he was CFO for 12 years. Prior to MPS, Hogan held CFO roles in multinational product and services-based businesses.

Tinley Beverage Company Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif. and TORONTO] (CSE: TNY) (OTC: QRSRF) announced that it has appointed David Berman as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Berman brings 18 years of experience, having worked as a financial consultant and CFO for NASDAQ-listed, TSX Venture-listed and private companies during this time.

Grand Havana, Inc. [MIAMI] (OTC: GHAV) announced that Richard Silverman has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Grand Havana, Mr. Silverman served as Chief Financial Officer at Fresh Meal Plan, having joined in June 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Earlier in his career, Mr. Silverman served as Chief Financial Officer at Delivery Lean.

BJ Services [TOMBALL, Texas] announced that Kelly Youngblood will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Youngblood joins the Company with 29 years of experience, having most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Diamond Offshore. Prior to his time with Diamond Offshore, Mr. Youngblood held a variety of executive and leadership positions with Halliburton.

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SNSS) announced the appointment of William Quinn as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development. Willie most recently served as CEO and Co-Founder of the private cancer immunotherapy company Bullet Biotechnology. Prior to Bullet Bio, he led Corporate Development and Strategy at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. He began his career in the life science industry at Novation Biosciences. Willie also has prior investing experience from his time as an Associate Partner at Mobius Venture Capital.

Leaf Group Ltd. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NYSE: LFGR) announced that Jantoon Reigersman has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer, and will start in his new role on December 11, 2017. Most recently, Reigersman was the CFO of Ogin Inc. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the fixed income division where he was an investor and member of the European special situations group. He started his career at Morgan Stanley as an investment banker in their mergers and acquisitions team in London.

CoolSys [BREA, Calif.] announced that Andy Mandell, who was previously chief operating officer for its subsidiary Source Refrigeration & HVAC, has been appointed chief financial officer at CoolSys. Prior to his tenure at Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Mandell spent the past 15 years at Valley Crest, where he served as CFO for the entire company, as well as president and CEO of the Valley Crest Group business segment. Previously, he held a series of senior financial roles at large public companies, including NewsCorp, Universal, ITT Sheraton, the Walt Disney Company, and PepsiCo.

Nicola Allais

DoubleVerify [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Nicola Allais as Chief Financial Officer. Allais joins DoubleVerify after serving as CFO of Penton. Prior to that Allais was CFO of Downtown Music. Allais also previously worked at Primedia, Home Box Office and Ernst and Young.

Dalton J. Axenfeld

Pinnacle Holding Company [SYRACUSE, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Dalton J. Axenfeld to the executive position of Chief Financial Officer.

Viad Corp [PHOENIX] (NYSE: VVI) announced the appointment of Virginia “Ginnie” Henkels as an independent director of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective November 29, 2017. Henkels has also been appointed to serve as a member of the Board’s Audit Committee. Henkels, was formerly Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Swift Transportation Company. Prior to joining Swift Transportation Company in 2004, Henkels held several finance and accounting leadership positions at Honeywell International, Inc. She also serves on the Board of LCI Industries.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: IRWD) announced the promotion of Gina Consylman to senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ms. Consylman joined Ironwood in 2014. Prior to joining Ironwood, she was vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer at Analogic Corporation, served as senior director, corporate accounting at Biogen Inc., and as corporate controller at Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.

Unit Corporation [TULSA, Okla.] (NYSE: UNT) announced that Les Austin has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. The position was held by David T. Merrill, who was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in August 2017. Mr. Austin most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. Previously, from 2008 to 2011, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ram Energy Resources, Inc. In 2011, he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer where he served until his departure in 2012. Before joining Ram Energy Resources, Inc., Mr. Austin was the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Matrix Service Company. He has also held various managerial and financial positions at Flint Energy Construction Co. and Ernst & Young, LLP.

Athenex, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ATNX) announced the planned retirement of its Chief Financial Officer, Nick Riehle, effective December 31, 2017. He will continue to serve as an advisor to the Company with regard to financial matters and related areas of the business.

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Under Armour, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NYSE: UA, UAA) announced that David Bergman has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bergman has served as acting CFO since February 2017. Bergman joined Under Armour in 2004 and has held several senior management roles within the company’s finance and accounting organization, including Corporate Controller and most recently Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. He began his career as a CPA at Arthur Andersen LLP. He then served in senior audit and consulting roles at Ernst & Young LLP prior to joining Under Armour.

Xactly [SAN JOSE, Calif.] has appointed Elizabeth Salomon as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Salomon was CFO at technology and IT service management leader Cherwell Software, where she was responsible for managing finance, accounting, and facilities. She also served as CFO for data and analytics company Marshall & Swift/Boeckh, and its holding company, Decision Insight Information Group. Prior, Salomon held the CFO position at Ontario Systems, and served in senior finance positions at ChoicePoint (now LexisNexis) and Bank of America.

David Stroble

CAM Integrated Solutions, LLC [HOUSTON] announced the promotion of David Stroble as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining CAM, Stroble served as the Team Lead for Production, Capital and OpEx Analysts for Talisman Energy, USA’s Eagleford Division. Prior to Talisman Energy, he served as Vice President at Universal Pegasus International.

SecureLink [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of Chip Pate as chief financial officer. Chip most recently served as the chief financial officer of PDI Software.

One Call [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced the appointment of Fred Pensotti as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently Pensotti served as EVP and Chief Financial Officer for Radial, Inc. (formerly eBay Enterprise). Prior to Radial, Pensotti was the CFO for Interline Brands. He has also held various leadership roles including Treasurer, SVP Finance and Corporate Controller, and CFO of various business units at Sabre Corporation, as well as a variety of financial positions of increasing responsibility at American Airlines.

Brain Corp [San Diego, CA] announced that Dan Halvorson has joined the company’s management team as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Brain, Halvorson held chief financial officer positions at several publicly-held companies including Novatel Wireless, Inc., DivX, Inc., OneRoof Energy, and Ingenu, as well as finance roles at Dura Pharmaceutical and Alliance Pharmaceutical. Halvorson joined DivX in 2007 and served as its Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer.

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. [TAMPA, Fla.] (NYSE: OSG) announced that Richard L. Trueblood was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Trueblood has been serving as OSG’s interim CFO since July. Mr. Trueblood’s experiences includes serving as a Florida CFO Group Partner, as Chief Financial Officer at Heliotrope Technologies, Inc., Advent Solar Inc., and Troon Golf LLC, and as SVP Finance at NYSE listed Promus Hotel Corporation. Mr. Trueblood was a partner at KPMG. He also served as a director for UMB Bank Arizona, N.A. for eight years.

Rich Uncles, LLC [COSTA MESA, Calif.] announced the appointment of John H. Davis as its new chief financial officer. Mr. Davis comes to Rich Uncles after more than four decades with KPMG LLP, where he had served as a partner since 1988.

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: ESIO) announced that Allen Muhich, former COO and CFO of ID Experts, will join as CFO and Corporate Secretary of the Company and will succeed Paul Oldham. Prior to his role at ID Experts, Mr. Muhich served as the Chief Financial Officer of Smarsh, Inc. and as the Chief Financial Officer of Radisys Corporation. He also held progressively responsible positions at Merix, and he spent 15 years in financial management and Tektronix and Xerox.

Avita Medical [VALENCIA, Calif. & PERTH, Australia & LONDON] (ASX: AVH, OTCQX: AVMXY) announced that Dale A. Sander has been appointed Avita’s new Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO, Tim Rooney, has been appointed Avita’s Chief Administrative Officer.

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: TNDM) announced the retirement of its executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), John Cajigas. He will be replaced by Leigh Vosseller, who is currently serving at Tandem’s senior vice president of finance, will be promoted to CFO. Ms. Vosseller joined Tandem in September 2013 as vice president of finance. Prior to that time, she served as vice president and CFO at Genoptix, Inc. beginning in 2011, after initially joining the company in 2008. Prior to that she held a senior finance position at Biosite Incorporated.

Keystone Pacific Property Management [IRVINE, CALIF.] announced that Jared Jones has been chosen to take on the role of Chief Financial Officer for Keystone Pacific Property Management. Jones steps into the role with over 10 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer, most recently for a leading luxury hotel brand headquartered in Southern California.

Kathy Crusco

Kony, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Kathy Crusco as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Kony, Crusco served as the chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Epicor Software Corp. Kathy currently serves as a director on the Calix, Inc. and Mitchell International board of directors.

Connecture, Inc. [BROOKFIELD, Wis.] (OTCQX: CNXR) announced that Brian Lindstrom will join their team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This is part of a planned transition of Vince Estrada, who will be taking a new role within Connecture as EVP of Corporate Development. Brian joins Connecture from Datica Health, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he held roles as Chief Financial Officer and Controller at Influence Health and Epic Systems.

Selligent [REDWOOD CITY, CA and BRUSSELS, BELGIUM] announced the appointment of Kevin Thompson as Chief Financial Officer. Kevin Thompson comes to Selligent with experience as a CFO for several successful Silicon Valley SaaS companies. Most recently, Thompson was CFO at Maravai Life Sciences. Previously, Thompson was CFO at Elastica (acquired by Blue Coat), HEAT Software and Vitria Technology.

AbacusNext [SAN DIEGO] announced it has appointed Mike Skelly as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Major Horton, who has served as AbacusNext CFO for the past two years, and will remain with the company in a strategic support role. Prior to joining AbacusNext, Skelly served as Chief Financial Officer at Trio Health. Prior to his time at Trio Health, Skelly was Chief Financial Officer at UpWind Solutions, backed by KPCB, BP Ventures and Mission Point. Before Upwind Solutions, Skelly served as SVP of Finance at The Active Network.

Anthony W. Dunn

Ohio National Financial Services [CINCINNATI] announced Anthony W. Dunn will become chief financial officer. Dunn succeeds Arthur J. Roberts, who will retire at the end of the year. Dunn joined Ohio National in 2015 as vice president, audit services, and in 2016, was promoted to senior vice president, audit services. Prior to joining Ohio National, Dunn was vice president, financial planning and analysis for The Cincinnati Insurance Company and its subsidiaries.

Limoneira Company [SANTA PAULA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: LMNR) announced that it will name Mark Palamountain as its new Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Palamountain will replace Limoneira’s Chief Financial Officer, Joe Rumley, who announced his decision to pursue other opportunities after serving in this role since 2010. Mr. Palamountain most recently served as Limoneira’s Senior Director of Agriculture Operations and has been with the Company since 2012. Prior to joining Limoneira, Mr. Palamountain was CEO and Founder of Perpetual Power LLC. From 2003 to 2008, he served as a Managing Director, Head of Nasdaq trading for Broadpoint Securities. Between 2001 and 2003, Mr. Palamountain was Principal at Thomas Weisel Partners and from 1997 to 2001, he was a trader at JPMorgan Chase.

Northern Pacific Group [WAYZATA, Minn.] announced the promotion of Corey M. Campbell to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Northern Pacific Group, Corey worked for the Valspar Corporation and Lurie LLP.

InnerWorkings, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: INWK) announced that Charles “Chip” Hodgkins, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Initiatives, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hodgkins’ appointment to the role follows the departure of former Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey P. Pritchett, who resigned from the Company. Since assuming his current role with InnerWorkings in 2014, Mr. Hodgkins has taken on increasing responsibilities in finance and operations. Previously, Mr. Hodgkins led the Company’s global mergers and acquisitions efforts from 2007 to 2013. Before joining InnerWorkings, Mr. Hodgkins worked in investment banking and venture capital.

Castle Biosciences, Inc. [FRIENDSWOOD, Texas] announced the appointment of Frank Stokes as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Stokes most recently served as CFO of Hammock Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Hammock, Mr. Stokes served as a Senior Investment Banker at Leerink Partners, Robert W. Baird, and Wachovia Securities.

ViON Corporation [HERNDON, Va.] announced the appointment of Neill Blue as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ViON, Mr. Blue served as a consulting CFO and COO for Capitol Power Group. Mr. Blue also led the Mission Critical Services Division of Schneider Electric. Prior to that, he was CFO & COO of Lee Technologies.

Callon Petroleum Company [NATCHEZ, Miss.] (NYSE: CPE) announced that James “Jim” Ulm, II has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ulm’s most recent position has been as founder and managing partner of New Vista Energy Partners. Previously, he served as CFO for three private companies, including with Fieldwood Energy, LLC. Prior to these roles, Mr. Ulm served for almost ten years as the CFO for Pogo Producing Company. Earlier in his career, he held finance and accounting leadership roles with Newfield Exploration Company and American Exploration Company.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. [LAKEWOOD, Colo.] (NYSE: NGVC) announced the appointment of Todd Dissinger as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dissinger will assume the CFO role from Sandra Buffa, who, as previously announced, will retire. Mr. Dissinger has served as Vice President, Treasurer of Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc., Natural Grocers’ operating subsidiary, since August 2015. From 1997 to August 2015, Mr. Dissinger served as Senior Vice President – Treasurer, Risk Management and Credit at The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Prior to 1997, Mr. Dissinger had an extensive career in banking, including serving as Vice President – Senior Relationship Manager with PNC Bank.

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: AEZS) (TSX: AEZS) announced the departure of the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey Whitnell.

Ameris Bancorp [MOULTRIE, Ga.] (NASDAQ: ABCB) announced that Nicole S. Stokes has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Ameris Bank. Ms. Stokes joined the Company in December 2010 as Controller and was previously promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ameris Bank in June 2016.

Walter Investment Management Corp. [FORT WASHINGTON, Pa.] (NYSE: WAC.BC) announced that Jerry Lombardo has agreed to join the Company to succeed Gary Tillett as Chief Financial Officer. Jerry Lombardo most recently served as a Managing Director & Treasurer of the Consumer and Community Bank at JP Morgan Chase & Co. Before joining JP Morgan Chase & Co. in 2013, he held a number of senior finance roles including the Global Head of Funding & Liquidity for Ally, Finance Executive at Cerberus Capital Management, Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and Chief Financial Officer of Refco.

PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CRANBURY, N.J.] announced the appointment of Winston Kung as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PMV Pharma, Mr. Kung was Vice President of Business Development and Global Alliances at Celgene, and previously held the position of Chief Business Officer at Celgene Cellular Therapeutics. Prior to joining Celgene, Mr. Kung held senior positions at Citigroup’s Global Healthcare Investment Banking group and at Lehman Brothers’ Global Mergers and Acquisition group.

Cutera, Inc. [BRISBANE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CUTR) announced the appointment of Sandra A. Gardiner to the position of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  Ms. Gardiner has been serving in this role on a consulting basis since July 12, 2017. Immediately prior to joining Cutera, Ms. Gardiner served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer with Tria Beauty, Inc. Ms. Gardiner joined Tria Beauty in April 2015, until its acquisition in April 2017. In addition to Tria Beauty, Ms. Gardiner has been Chief Financial Officer of two publically traded entities, Vermillion and Lipid Sciences, as well as three privately held companies, Asante Solutions, Aptus Endosystems and Ventus Medical. Ms. Gardiner began her career with Advanced Cardiovascular Systems.

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Hearst Newspapers [NEW YORK] recently appointed Barnabas Kui as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He had served as Hearst Newspapers vice president of finance since 2013, and as director of accounting and financial reporting since 2008. Prior to joining Hearst, he was a senior manager in Ernst & Young’s New York City office, and started his career with Arthur Andersen LLP.

PACCAR [BELLEVUE, Wash.] (NASDAQ: PCAR) appointed Harrie Schippers as president and chief financial officer (CFO) effective January 1, 2018. Mr. Schippers has worked at PACCAR for 31 years and is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer at PACCAR’s corporate offices in Bellevue, Washington. Schippers was president of DAF Trucks in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 2010 to 2016.

Spirit Airlines [MIRAMAR, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SAVE) announced that Ted Christie, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the position of President and will join the company’s Board of Directors effective on January 1, 2018. Christie will become Spirit’s Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2019, succeeding Bob Fornaro. Christie joined Spirit in 2012 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and in 2017 assumed the role of Executive Vice President with the additional responsibility of marketing, pricing, revenue management and scheduling.

F5 Networks, Inc. [Seattle, WA] announced that Andrew Reinland, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, informed the Company of his plans to retire during the Company’s third fiscal quarter, which ends June 30, 2018. In the meantime, Mr. Reinland will continue in his current roles at the Company.

Ally Financial Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NYSE: ALLY) announced that Jenn LaClair will be joining the company as chief financial officer designate, effective Dec. 18, 2017, with the intent that she be appointed to succeed Ally’s chief financial officer, Chris Halmy. Halmy will retire as chief financial officer after eight years of dedicated service with Ally, effective March 1, 2018. LaClair joins Ally from PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. where she spent ten years in business and finance roles. Most recently, she served as the head of the business bank and was charged with setting strategy, driving performance and managing risk. Prior to that, she served as chief financial officer for all of PNC’s lines of business. Earlier, she consulted with McKinsey and Company where she focused on strategy, efficiency improvement and operational transformations.

Tamr Inc. [Cambridge, MA] announced Karen Cambray, as Tamr’s first Chief Financial Officer and Operations Lead. Cambray most recently served as CFO for Cartera Commerce. She previously worked as CFO and Head of Operations for Groove Mobile and Zeemote.

Bryan Morris

Kinetica [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Bryan Morris as chief financial officer. Most recently, Morris was CFO at Xamarin.

Atlas Genetics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & BATH, United Kingdom] announced the appointment of Marc Jones as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Jones joins Atlas Genetics from Good Start Genetics, where he served as the COO and CFO. Prior to Good Start Genetics, Jones served as the CFO of T2 Biosystems. Previously, Jones held the CFO position at Crashlytics, Ivenix and CHiL Semiconductor. Earlier in his career, he held a number of corporate finance positions ranging from Fortune 50 companies to high-growth startups.

EmployBridge [ATLANTA] announced that Ms. Chi Nguyen has joined the company’s senior management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Nguyen joins EmployBridge from Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, where she served in several capacities, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She succeeds the company’s retiring Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Shawn W. Poole, who will work with EmployBridge through a transition period and then continue to serve in an advisory role. Ms. Nguyen joined Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services in August 2005 as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, and went on to hold various other financial and functional management positions. She was named Chief Financial Officer of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services in May 2011. Prior to joining Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Chi spent 10 years at General Electric, where she held a series of financial management positions.

Jeffrey Geisenheimer

Estimize Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Jeffrey Geisenheimer has joined as the firm’s first Chief Financial and Operating Officer. Jeff has served as an advisor and Estimize Board member since July 2016, and brings over 30 years of experience working with financial data companies both big and small. He’s held the role of Chief Financial Officer at various companies such as Multex, Moneyline Telerate, Ford Models and most recently Coleman Research Group.

Archrock Partners, L.P. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: APLP) announced that Raymond (Randy) Guba has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer of Archrock Partners’ managing general partner. Guba brings extensive financial executive experience to Archrock Partners having previously served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Global Power; Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at FTS International; and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for Integrated Electrical Services.

CAB Financial Corporation [SPARTANBURG, S.C.] (OTCQX: CABF) announced it has appointed John D. Kimberly as its Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2018.  Mr. Kimberly currently serves as the President of the Corporation and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Carolina Alliance Bank (the “Bank”), the Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary.  Mr. Kimberly succeeds John S. Poole, who recently announced his retirement from CAB Financial Corporation effective as of January 1, 2018. Prior to joining Carolina Alliance in 2014 as its President, Mr. Kimberly was President and Chief Executive Officer of Forest Commercial Bank in Asheville, North Carolina.  Mr. Kimberly has more than 30 years of banking experience, including service as Market President in western North Carolina for SunTrust Bank.

Dan Figenshu

Rocketrip [NEW YORK] announced that Dan Figenshu has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Rocketrip, Figenshu served as Senior Vice President of Finance at Mic Network Inc. Before Mic, Figenshu was Vice President of Finance at TheBlaze.

Nvoicepay [BEAVERTON, ORE.] announced the appointment of John Ewert as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was part of the senior team at Elemental Technologies as CFO and COO.  Elemental Technologies was acquired by Amazon in 2015 and became part of Amazon Web Services. Prior to Elemental Technologies he was part of the executive team that scaled Palo Alto Networks through its initial and secondary public offerings. Ewert has also served in various management positions at other large enterprises including Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, and PwC.

OrthoLite [AMHERST, Mass.] announced the hire of Nino Gilarde as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gilarde spent the majority of his career at Covidien Healthcare where he held several roles of increasing responsibility, including the management of international finance and cost accounting. Additionally, he held the position of Global Business Unit Vice President of Finance and CFO for the company’s Vascular Therapies business. Most recently he was CFO of Vention Medical.

Faction [DENVER] announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the addition of Dan Grote as its Chief Financial Officer. Dan brings over 25 years of software and technology finance and operations experience to Faction, including CFO roles at Recondo, ReadyTalk, and netFactor, and financial leadership roles at Market Force Information and Verio.

Ulteig [FARGO, N.D.] announced the appointment of Jeremy Alinder as Vice President of Finance. After a brief transition period, Mr. Alinder will become the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Alinder joins Ulteig with over twenty years of financial leadership experience. Most recently, he served as CFO – USA Operations for Fluence Corporation, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Alinder held leadership positions in multiple organizations, including Pentair, Ltd. and Hillcrest Capital Partners. He also served as an independent consultant, helping large construction and agriculture companies with growth plans and acquisition strategies. Mr. Alinder’s transition to CFO allows Steve Maag, the company’s current CFO, to assume a new strategic role in the company.

AlloSource [CENTENNIAL, Colo.] announced the appointment of Raime Leeby Muhle as Chief Financial Officer. Leeby Muhle is taking over for current Chief Financial Officer, Olivia Thompson, who is transitioning into retirement to focus on project-based work. Prior to AlloSource, Leeby Muhle served in key leadership positions at Arrow Electronics and Level 3 Communications.

Ellington Financial LLC [OLD GREENWICH, Conn.] (NYSE: EFC) announced that Lisa Mumford, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), is expected to retire from her position with the Company on or about March 30, 2018. Upon Ms. Mumford’s retirement, JR Herlihy, the Company’s Treasurer. Mr. Herlihy joined Ellington Management Group L.L.C. (“Ellington”) in April 2011 and has been the Company’s Treasurer since May 2017. In addition, Mr. Herlihy has been the Treasurer of Ellington’s other public company affiliate, Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE: EARN), since May 2017. Mr. Herlihy is also a Director at Ellington, where he has served in various capacities, including serving as Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Company’s former affiliate, Ellington Housing Inc. (“EHR”), from EHR’s inception in September 2012 through December 2016. Mr. Herlihy also served as EHR’s Interim Chief Financial Officer from March 2015 through January 2016. Prior to April 2011, Mr. Herlihy held various positions in the real estate industry, including at the real estate private equity firm GTIS Partners LP, Capmark Financial Group (formerly GMAC Commercial Mortgage), and Jones Lang LaSalle.

Liberty Tax, Inc. [VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.] (NASDAQ: TAX), the parent company of Liberty Tax Service, announced that Nick Bates will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2018. Mr. Bates will succeed Kathy Donovan, who will provide consulting services to the Company until March 31, 2018, in order to promote a smooth transition. Most recently, he has served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller.  Prior to that, Mr. Bates spent five years at Catapult Learning, LLC, most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Catapult, he held several positions at MedQuist Inc., in various financial roles.

Performance Food Group Company (“PFG”) [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: PFGC) announced the appointment of Jim Hope as Chief Financial Officer effective March 1, 2018. Mr. Hope will succeed Tom Ondrof, who will be transitioning from his position and will become the Strategic Growth Leader, working closely with PFG’s senior management on strategic growth initiatives. Since joining the company in 2014, Mr. Hope has led efforts to streamline PFG’s business operations, strengthen internal best practices, develop the new Specialty business, and guide the Company’s Procurement and Operations strategies. Before joining PFG, he spent 26 years in executive leadership roles at Sysco Corporation, including most recently as Executive Vice President of Business Transformation, after serving as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Before that, Mr. Hope progressed through several financial leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including overseeing Internal Audit and Chief Financial Officer of Sysco Corporation’s Kansas City operating company, prior to becoming President and CEO of that subsidiary.

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RIGL) announced the resignation of Ryan Maynard, executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective December 31, 2017. Nelson Cabatuan, Rigel’s vice president, finance will serve as the company’s interim principal accounting officer.

Duke Energy [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the appointment of Robert Davis, chief financial officer and executive vice president of global services at healthcare company Merck & Co., Inc., as a new board member, effective Jan. 8, 2018. Davis will serve on two Duke Energy board committees: audit, and finance and risk management. Davis joined Merck in 2014. Prior to Merck, he worked for Baxter, International Inc., where he served as the company’s corporate vice president and president of Medical Products from 2010 through 2014. Prior to that position, Davis served as corporate vice president and president of Baxter’s renal business. He served as Baxter’s corporate vice president and chief financial officer from 2006 through 2010, and the company’s treasurer from 2004 through 2006. Prior to joining Baxter, Davis worked at Eli Lilly and Co., where he held numerous positions of increasing responsibility over 14 years. He has served on the board of directors for C.R. Bard, Inc., since 2015, and is a member of its finance, audit, and science and technology committees. He was a member of the board of directors of AdvaMed from 2010 through 2014, and a member of the board of the Baxter International Foundation from 2006 through 2014.

Mark Pedro

Pinnacle Operating Corporation [LOVELAND, Colo.] announce Mark Pedro has been named as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2018. Prior to joining Pinnacle, Mr. Pedro served as CFO for Sonepar, North America. Prior to Sonepar, North America, Mr. Pedro held financial leadership positions across multiple industries most notably Nestle USA, Kraft Foods, Inc. and Univar.

Andrew Oh

Rubius Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Andrew Oh as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Rubius, Mr. Oh served as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Leerink Pharmaceutical Investments, a subsidiary of Leerink Capital Partners. Prior to Leerink, Mr. Oh was a senior analyst covering global pharmaceutical companies and was a portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments for seven years. Mr. Oh managed the Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio fund.

CLS Holdings USA, Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTCQB: CLSH) announced the appointment of David Lamadrid as President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CLS, Mr. Lamadrid was the founder and CEO of Pure Harvest Cannabis Producers, Inc. Between 2012 and 2016, Mr. Lamadrid served first as the CFO and then as a member of the U.S. Senior Executive Management Team at ARRI Rental. From 2002 until 2012, Mr. Lamadrid was CFO of CytoSorbents Corporation.

Edgewell Personal Care Company [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: EPC) announced that Sandy Sheldon, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company.  Elizabeth Dreyer, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as Edgewell’s Interim CFO.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation [Aurora, IL] (NASDAQ: CCMP) announced the appointment of Scott D. Beamer as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed William S. Johnson, who plans to retire after almost 15 years as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Beamer joins Cabot Microelectronics after more than four years as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL). Prior to Stepan, he held various senior finance roles over a 16-year career at PPG Industries, Inc., including serving as its CFO – Europe, and as its Assistant Corporate Controller. Mr. Beamer will assume his role as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on January 15, 2018. Mr. Johnson will remain with the Company for a period of time to assist with a smooth transition.

Coda Octopus Group, Inc. [Orlando, FL] (NASDAQ: CODA) announced that it has appointed Michael Midgley as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Midgley has served as the Company’s Acting CFO since 2013, and has been with the Coda Octopus Group for nearly ten years. In addition to his responsibilities as CFO, Mr. Midgley will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Coda Octopus Colmek, Inc., based in Murray, Utah, a position he has held since 2010. Prior to joining Coda Octopus Group, Mr. Midgley had his own CPA practice based in Salt Lake City, specializing in SEC and Tax practice areas, as well as working for a regional accounting firm. Additionally, from 1995-2008, he served as a software installation consultant, and was an integral part of a JD Edwards system installation for a retail store and warehouse distribution operation. Mr. Midgley served as President and CFO of Covol Technologies, Inc., 1991-1995. Mr. Midgley served as CFO of Human Affairs Inc., 1986-1991, and was an integral part of the acquisition team when the corporation was acquired by Aetna Life and Casualty.

Restoration Robotics, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: HAIR) announced that Mark L. Hair will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 5, 2018. Most recently, Mr. Hair served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at ZELTIQ Aesthetics. Prior to ZELTIQ, Mr. Hair served as Vice President of Finance at Accuray Inc., as a private consultant for St. Jude Medical, and as Vice President & Corporate Controller at Thoratec Corporation. Mr. Hair succeeds Charlotte Holland, who is stepping down from her role as Chief Financial Officer and will assist in the leadership transition.

John Kinzer

OutSystems [Atlanta, GA] announced that John Kinzer, CFO at HubSpot, has been appointed to its board of directors. Prior to HubSpot, John Kinzer served as CFO for Blackboard, Inc.

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Perry Wiggins

APQC [HOUSTON, TEXAS] announced that Perry Wiggins has joined the organization as chief financial officer (CFO). Additionally, he has been named to APQC’s board of directors as Secretary and Treasurer. Wiggins brings with him more than a decade of experience in healthcare and nonprofit finance and accounting. Prior to joining APQC, Wiggins served as CFO for NOVA Recovery; ALTUS Healthcare Management Services; and Mentis Neuro Rehabilitation. Earlier in his career he served in various finance, accounting, and auditing roles with TRS Behavioral Care (Right Step); CHRISTUS Health; and Hospital Corporation of America (HCA).

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CNCE) announced the appointment of Marc Becker as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Concert, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CRISPR Therapeutics from February 2016 to September 2017. Prior to joining CRISPR Therapeutics, Mr. Becker served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of rEVO Biologics, from January 2012 to February 2016. Prior to rEVO, Mr. Becker spent 10 years at Genzyme, most recently serving as Finance Director for the UK and Ireland before returning to the United States to become the Vice President of Finance for Genzyme’s Renal and Endocrine business. Mr. Becker began his career in auditing and commercial lending for financial services firms, KPMG and BankBoston.

Aytu BioScience, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] (NASDAQ: AYTU) announced the appointment of David A. Green as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aytu BioScience, Mr. Green served as Chief Accounting Officer at Intarcia Therapeutics. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Catheter Connections. Preceding Catheter Connections, Mr. Green was CFO at Specialized Health Products International. Prior to his time serving in senior financial leadership roles at commercial-stage specialty life sciences companies, Mr. Green was a Managing Director at Duff & Phelps, for nearly a decade. Mr. Green was also a founding member of Ernst & Young’s Palo Alto Center for Strategic Transactions.

Qumu [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: QUMU) has named David Ristow as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ristow has been Qumu’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since November 7, 2017. Ristow served as CFO for multiple technology businesses.

Atlassian Corporation Plc [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: TEAM) announced that James Beer, executive vice president and chief financial officer at McKesson Corporation, will join the company as chief financial officer. He replaces Atlassian’s current chief financial officer Murray Demo, who is retiring. Prior to his tenure at McKesson, James spent eight years as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Symantec Corporation. Previous to his work at Symantec, James was chief financial officer of AMR Corp. and American Airlines, AMR’s principal subsidiary. He currently serves on the board of directors for Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines and Virgin America, and ForeScout Technologies, Inc. He is also a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Economic Advisory Council.

McKesson Corporation [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: MCK) announced James Beer, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. Britt Vitalone, senior vice president and chief financial officer, U.S. Pharmaceutical and McKesson Specialty Health, will be appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of McKesson. Vitalone has been with McKesson since 2006. Prior to his current role, Vitalone served as senior vice president, corporate financial planning and analysis and M&A finance, and senior vice president and chief financial officer, McKesson Medical-Surgical. Prior to McKesson, Vitalone held a variety of financial leadership positions with companies that include GE Financial Assurance, CarMax and Bausch & Lomb.

Cherokee Global Brands [SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CHKE) announced the resignation of Jason Boling as chief financial officer, and the appointment of Steven Brink. Mr. Brink has held CFO roles at leading public and private global apparel companies, including Quiksilver, Inc. and NYDJ Apparel, LLC.

Ensurge, Inc. [GREEN BAY, Wis.] (OTC: ESGI) announced that the Company has hired Bruce M. Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Bruce Smith has held the positions of CFO, controller, and audit manager for both private and public companies. Most recently, Mr. Smith has been an Attest Partner for BBRS, LLP.

Timothy Sullivan

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CRESTWOOD, Ky. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: APLS) announced the appointment of Timothy Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining as CFO, Sullivan was an observer on Apellis’ board of directors for nearly three years while he was a Partner at AJU IB Investment. Prior to his career as a venture capitalist, Sullivan was an investment banker and served as Managing Director, head of life sciences banking at RBS Citizens, Senior Vice President at Jefferies & Company and Vice President at Bear Stearns. He has also held board positions for companies G1 Therapeutics, Inc. and Molecular Templates, Inc.

Joseph Reppert

Adventist Health [ROSEVILLE, Calif.] announced the recent promotion of Joe Reppert to chief financial officer of the health system. He replaces outgoing CFO Jack Wagner. Reppert previously served as CFO for Adventist Health’s Northern California region. Previously, he served as the CFO for North Mississippi Health Services.

Ivalua [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that John McAdoo is joining its executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). McAdoo brings with him many years of experience working in fast growth, high-tech companies including almost a decade at ARM Holdings.

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. [MEDFORD, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: CEMI) announced the appointment of Neil A. Goldman as Chembio’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Goldman succeeds Richard J. Larkin, who has served as Chembio’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Mr. Larkin announced his intent to retire in August 2017. Mr. Goldman comes to Chembio from J.S. Held LLC. At J.S. Held, Mr. Goldman served as Executive Vice President-Corporate Development and CFO from 2015 to 2017. From 2005 to 2015, Mr. Goldman held senior level positions at Unwired Technology LLC and then Delphi Corp. Mr. Goldman’s positions at Unwired included Executive Vice President-Corporate Development and CFO, and Senior Vice President-Chief Operating & Financial Officer. Prior to Unwired, Mr. Goldman served as CFO of EPPCO Enterprises from 2003 to 2005, and worked from 1989 to 2002 at Ernst & Young and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.

Craig Niemiec

Recondo Technology [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] has brought in Craig Niemiec as the company’s new chief financial officer. Niemiec brings decades of accomplishments acquired from financial leadership positions at companies like McKesson Technology, ALLTEL, and Electronic Data Services. For the past six years, Niemiec has also been a sought after financial executive for private equity entities, lending his strategic expertise to CFO roles at AxisPoint Health and IMD-Soft.

Vermillion, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: VRML) announced it has appointed Bob Beechey to the newly created post of Chief Financial Officer. Bob Beechey has served in numerous financial and operational leadership roles. Most recently, he was Vice President and General Manager of Q Squared Solutions Bioanalytical and ADME Laboratory Operations, and previously he served as Chief Financial Officer for Q Squared Solutions. Prior to the formation of the Q Squared Solutions joint venture, Mr. Beechey served as Quintiles Transnational’s Vice President of Internal Audit and Vice President Finance Global Laboratories. Prior to joining Quintiles, Mr. Beechey was Divisional Vice President Finance at ThermoFisher Scientific. He also held various financial leadership roles at Eastman Kodak Company.

Cinnafilm [ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.] announced the addition of Kelly Baker as Chief Financial Officer. Baker brings a vast range of executive financial experience to Cinnafilm, including development of multi-year financial/operational plans for companies such as XM Satellite Radio, Anteon, and most recently, MIOX.

Quanergy Systems, Inc. [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Mike Healy as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Healy has spent more than three decades in high technology corporate finance positions, including 14 years as a Silicon Valley CFO. Healy most recently served as senior vice president and CFO of ShoreTel, Inc. for 10 years. Healy also previously served as CFO at Genesis Microchip and JamCracker Inc., and held senior finance positions at Exodus Communications and Apple. Healy started his career in public accounting at Deloitte.

The First Bancorp [DAMARISCOTTA, Maine] (NASDAQ: FNLC) announced the retirement of F. Stephen Ward, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, First National Bank (the “Bank”). Mr. Ward will be succeeded as Chief Financial Officer by Richard M. Elder, currently Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Bank.

RigNet, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: RNET) announced that Charles E. (Chip) Schneider, senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), will leave the company to pursue other opportunities.

Sonendo, Inc. [LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.] announced the appointment of Michael Watts as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Sonendo, Michael most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for The HydraFacial company. Michael has held senior financial leadership positions with Johnson & Johnson, Zimmer Holdings, and Danaher Corporation. Early in his career, he spent five years as an auditor in public accounting.

The Midas Companies [CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md.] announced that Amanda Raman has joined its senior executive team as the Chief Financial Officer. Raman most recently served as the CFO for Shapiro & Duncan. Previous roles include financial management roles within Amtrak, as well as Al Hayat Polyclinic.

CommerceHub, Inc. [ALBANY, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: CHUBA) announced that Mark Greenquist has notified the Company of his decision to resign from his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Michael Trimarchi, the Company’s current Chief Commercial Officer and former Chief Accounting Officer, has been named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He will continue to serve as Chief Commercial Officer.

MTGE Investment Corp. [BETHESDA, Md.] (NASDAQ: MTGE) announced that Donald W. Holley, who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will be promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. This, following the promotion of previous CFO, Peter J. Federico, to President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Holley began working with MTGE in 2011 and has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2016.  Mr. Holley was previously the Company’s Vice President and Controller.

Znergy Inc. [TAMPA, FL] (OTC PINK: ZNRG) announced the appointment of William McMahon as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Since early 2017, Mr. McMahon has been a principal in Nperspective CFO & Strategic Services. Since 2012, Mr. McMahon has been providing part-time CFO services to Neptune Minerals, Inc. From August 2015 to September 2016, Mr. McMahon was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Roop K. Lakkaraju

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: BHE) announced the appointment of Roop K. Lakkaraju as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Lakkaraju replaces Don Adam, who will be retiring from the company at the end of the year. Mr. Lakkaraju was most recently CFO at Maana. Prior to that, he has been chief operating officer or chief financial officer for private and public high-technology companies. Mr. Lakkaraju spent more than five years at Solectron Corporation including being their interim chief financial officer. Mr. Lakkaraju was an audit and business advisory manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

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Michel Combes

Sprint [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: S) appointed telecom and cable industry executive Michel Combes as President & Chief Financial Officer. Combes will also be appointed to Sprint’s Board of Directors at a later date. He replaces previous Sprint Chief Financial Officer Tarek Robbiati will leave the company. Combes most recently served as CEO, and previously Chief Operating Officer, of Altice N.V. and advertising, and chairman and CEO of SFR Group. In 2013 he joined Alcatel-Lucent. From 2003 to 2006, Combes held various senior financial positions with France Telecom, including CFO and Senior Executive Vice President for Financial Rebalancing and Value Creation. Combes has also served as CEO of Vodafone Europe and chairman and CEO of TDF. Combes also served as an advisor to Brightstar.

Office Depot, Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NASDAQ: ODP) announced the appointment of Joseph T. Lower as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lower succeeds Stephen E. Hare, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who is retiring after four years in the role. Lower most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at B/E Aerospace, Inc. Prior to joining B/E Aerospace, Inc. in 2014, Lower was Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for The Boeing Company, where he spent 12 years. Among other finance positions, Lower spent six years with Credit Suisse in various investment banking roles including positions in mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: PIR) announced the appointment of Nancy Walsh as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She replaces Darla D. Ramirez, who will step down as Interim Chief Financial Officer, and will continue to serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer and Vice President – Controller of the Company’s operating subsidiaries. Ms. Walsh joins Pier 1 Imports from The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2015. Previously, Ms. Walsh spent 14 years in the finance organization at Tapestry, Inc. She began her tenure with Coach as Chief Financial Officer of the Worldwide Wholesale Division and held positions of increasing responsibility until being named Senior Vice President, Finance, a role she held for six years. Earlier in her career, Ms. Walsh held positions in Finance and Treasury with Viacom, Inc. and Timberland Company.

Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. [YORK, Pa.] (OTCQX: BONT) announced the appointment of Michael Culhane to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He succeeds Nancy Walsh, who is leaving the Company to take a position at another company. Mr. Culhane held several roles at retail companies throughout his career, including as Chief Financial Officer. He was most recently President and Co-founder of TMAG, Inc., providing CFO consulting services.  Prior to TMAG, Inc., he served as Chief Financial Officer at Hudson’s Bay Company and has also held various executive roles with Lord & Taylor and May Department Store Group.

Allstate [NORTHBROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: ALL) announced the promotion of Mario Rizzo to Chief Financial Officer. Rizzo has served as Chief Financial Officer of Allstate Personal Lines as well as corporate Treasurer.

Flexsteel Industries, Inc. [DUBUQUE, Iowa] (NASDAQ: FLXS) announced that Timothy E. Hall, Chief Financial Officer, will be retiring from Flexsteel Industries, Inc. after 23 years of service. Marcus D. Hamilton will join Flexsteel and assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hamilton most recently served as the Global Vice President – Finance for Valspar Paints. He brings over 20 years of experience from his previous roles at Ames True Temper and a decade at Stanley Black & Decker.

Drift [BOSTON] announced that Jim Kelliher has joined as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Drift, Jim served as the CFO of Actifio, which he joined in January 2015. Prior to Actifio, Jim served as the CFO of LogMeIn from 2006 to 2015. Jim serves on the Board of Directors of Adaptive Insights, and previously served on the Board of Fleetmatics Group PLC.

Denovo Biopharma LLC [SAN DIEGO] announced that Michael F. Haller has joined the company in the role of Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Haller was most recently Chief Business Officer at Peloton Therapeutics. Prior to Peloton, Dr. Haller held various positions at Ligand, Anaphore, and Halozyme. Before Halozyme, Dr. Haller was a McKinsey & Company management consultant.

Berry Epley

Krystal Company [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Berry L. Epley. Prior to coming to Krystal, Epley served as the Chief Accounting Officer for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. Other career highlights include more than a dozen years with The Pantry, Inc. In his early career, Epley worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

CONMED Corporation [UTICA, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: CNMD) announced that it has appointed Todd W. Garner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Luke A. Pomilio, previous CFO for the past 3 years. Mr. Garner brings over two decades of senior finance and investor relations experience to CONMED, including 15 years at C. R. Bard, Inc. (Bard), where he most recently served as Vice President, Investor Relations. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Controller (Division CFO) of Bard’s Medical Division, Director of the company’s Corporate Financial Reporting, and Controller for the company’s Reynosa Operations. Prior to joining Bard, he served as Controller and Acting CFO at Echopass Corporation (currently Genesys) and Value Planning Manager at Futura Industries Corporation.

VICI Properties Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTC: VICI) announced that David Kieske is now serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Mary Beth Higgins, who will continue to consult to ensure a seamless transition.

Imperva, Inc. [REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IMPV) announced the appointment of Mike Burns as the company’s chief financial officer. Mr. Burns most recently served as chief financial officer of Gigamon. Prior to that, he served as chief financial officer of Volterra Semiconductor for six years. Earlier in his career, Mr. Burns held several senior finance roles at Intel Corporation, including finance director of Intel Capital.

LogicBio Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced Matthias Jaffe as its new CFO. Jaffe has served as CFO for Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Zafgen, Pervasis Therapeutics and Alantos Pharmaceuticals. Previously he worked consulting at Earlybird Venture Capital and the Boston Consulting Group respectively.

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: JAKK) announced that Joel M. Bennett, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his position at the Company.

Tom Liguori

Avnet [PHOENIX] (NYSE: AVT) announced that Tom Liguori has been named chief financial officer (CFO). He replaces Ken Jacobson, Avnet’s controller, who has been the interim CFO since August. Liguori comes to Avnet from Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., where he has served as CFO for the past two and half years. He also previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of MFLEX.

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. [FORT COLLINS, Colo.] (NASDAQ: AEIS) announced that Tom Liguori , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is resigning to pursue another opportunity. Tom McGimpsey, currently Executive Vice President and General Counsel, will assume the additional role of CFO on an interim basis. Mr. McGimpsey has been with Advanced Energy for 8 years and has worked closely with Mr. Liguori.

Advent International [Boston & Bolingbrook, Ill.] announced that Samuel Allen (“Al”) Hamood has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hamood most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Change HealthCare Corporation. Prior to his role at Change HealthCare, Mr. Hamood served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the TransUnion Corporation. Before those positions, he was a Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Region of Hewlett Packard, and held the positions of Vice President of Investor Relations and Senior Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning. Mr. Hamood also spent seven years with the Walt Disney Company in progressing finance and strategy leadership roles. He began his career with Deloitte and Touche.

EnLink Midstream companies (EnLink), EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC), the General Partner, and EnLink Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENLK), the Master Limited Partnership [DALLAS] announced that EnLink’s Boards of Directors have appointed Eric D. Batchelder to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Batchelder wad most recently Managing Director, Energy Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets, where he served for five years. Prior to RBC, Batchelder spent 10 years at Goldman Sachs & Co. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he spent seven years at Arthur Andersen LLP and is a certified public accountant

TransDigm Group Incorporated [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: TDG) announced that James Skulina, an Executive Vice President of the Company, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Skulina replaces Terrance Paradie, who resigned for personal reasons.

Aduro Biotech, Inc. [BERKELEY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ADRO) announced that Jennifer Lew has been promoted to chief financial officer. Ms. Lew previously served as the company’s senior vice president of finance. She replaces Gregory W. Schafer, who is stepping down from his position as chief operating officer. Jennifer Lew joined Aduro in October 2013 and has served as our Senior Vice President of Finance since January 2015. Prior to joining Aduro, from 2004 to 2013, Ms. Lew held various positions of increasing responsibility at Dynavax Technologies, culminating as Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer. Earlier in her career Ms. Lew served as Assistant Controller and Director of Finance at QRS Corporation, and was a member of the audit practice at Ernst & Young.

Nohla Therapeutics Inc. [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of James (Jim) Johnson as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Johnson joins Nohla after serving for five years as the CFO of NanoString Technologies. Prior to joining NanoString, Mr. Johnson served as Chief Financial Officer of Relypsa, Inc. Prior to Relypsa, Mr. Johnson served for nearly 10 years as CFO of ZymoGenetics, Inc. Previously, he served for seven years as CFO of Targeted Genetics Corporation and as Vice President of Finance at Immunex Corporation.

Coveris [CHICAGO] announced that it has appointed Markus Petersen as Coveris Group Chief Financial Officer. Petersen will be replacing Mike Alger, who will transition to Chief Financial Officer for the Coveris Americas business unit. Petersen began his career with the private equity firm Capiton as a Senior Investment Manager. He later served as the CFO for Schur Flexibles, a position he held for five years. Markus was most recently the CFO of Aenova Group.

Ann Rhoads

Counsyl [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Ann Rhoads, former executive vice president and chief financial officer at pharmaceutical company, Zogenix, to the company’s board of directors. She currently serves as a board member and chair of the audit committee for Globus Medical, and Evoke Pharma. In addition, Ann is a board member and chair of the compensation committee for Iridex Corporation. She most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Zogenix. Prior to Zogenix, Ann served as chief financial officer and senior vice president at Premier. She was previously an investment professional with Sprout Group, and before that a management consultant at Bain & Company.

nLIGHT, Inc. [VANCOUVER, Wash.] announced the appointment of Ran Bareket as vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining nLIGHT, Bareket served as corporate vice president and chief financial officer for Orbotech. Bareket has held multiple positions including corporate vice president and principal accounting officer at Kulicke & Soffa.

Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. [WATERTOWN, Mass.] announced the appointment of Brian Roberts as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Tarveda, Mr. Roberts served as Chief Financial and Operating Officer at Avedro, Inc. During his tenure, he acted as interim Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Insulet Corporation. Prior to Insulet, Brian served as CFO for Jingle Networks. Previously, Mr. Roberts was CFO for Digitas. Mr. Roberts also held finance positions at Idiom Technologies, Inc., the Monitor Group and served as an auditor with Ernst & Young LLP.

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NYSE MKT: RNN) announced the appointment of Douglas J. Swirsky as its President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Swirsky replaces Dr. Tae Heum “Ted” Jeong, Sr. Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary, who informed the Company of his resignation in December to pursue another opportunity. Mr. Swirsky was most recently President, CEO and a director of GenVec, Inc., a position he held from 2013 through 2017. He joined GenVec in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining GenVec, Mr. Swirsky was a Managing Director and the Head of Life Sciences Investment Banking at Stifel Nicolaus from 2005 to 2006 and held investment banking positions at Legg Mason from 2002 until Stifel Financial’s acquisition of the Legg Mason Capital Markets business in 2005. He has also previously held investment banking positions at UBS, PaineWebber and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Swirsky is on the board of directors of Fibrocell Science, Inc., Cellectar Biosciences, Inc., and Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.

EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EYEG) announced the promotion of Sarah Romano from Interim Chief Financial Officer to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Romano joined EyeGate in 2016 serving as Corporate Controller. She was promoted to Interim Chief Financial Officer on February 1, 2017. Prior to joining EyeGate, Ms. Romano served as Assistant Controller at TechTarget and Corporate Controller at Bowdoin Group. Previously, she held financial reporting positions of increasing responsibility at SoundBite Communications, and was a Senior Financial Reporting Analyst at Cognex Corporation. Ms. Romano began her career as an Auditor in the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ReWalk Robotics Ltd. [MARLBOROUGH, Mass. and YOKNEAM ILIT, Israel] (NASDAQ: RWLK) announced the Company has appointed its Corporate Controller, Ori Gon as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), succeeding Kevin Hershberger, who has served as CFO since 2014. Mr. Hershberger is leaving to pursue an outside opportunity. Mr. Gon has served as a Corporate Controller of the Company since July 2015. Previously, he served as Controller at On Track Innovations, Ltd. from 2012 to 2015. He served as an Audit Manager at KPMG from 2008 to 2012. Mr. Gon served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces from 2000 to 2004 and is now a captain in the military reserve.

Kunlun Group Limited [LOS ANGELES] announced that current vice-chairman Wei Zhou has been named as executive vice-chairman and CFO.

Kirstin McMullen

The Money Source Inc. [MELVILLE, N.Y.] hired Kirstin McMullen as chief financial officer. Before joining the company, McMullen was chief financial officer at Computershare Loan Services. McMullen has also held C-suite positions at other companies, including Real Mortgage Systems Inc. and Rosemont Realty.

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Marc Wilson to the executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wilson joins Crinetics from Cidara Therapeutics, where he was Vice President of Finance and Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to Cidara, Mr. Wilson was Director of Accounting and Controller at Trius Therapeutics. Prior to Trius, Mr. Wilson was an Accounting Manager at Neurocrine Biosciences. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and is a certified public accountant.

PDC Energy, Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: PDCE) announced that it has appointed R. Scott Meyers, the Company’s current Chief Accounting Officer, to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Meyers has been the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since April 2009. Prior to joining the Company, he served as a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC and Schneider Downs & Co., Inc., an accounting firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Vera [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced that Sam Wolff has joined the company as its first Chief Financial Officer. Wolff most recently served as the CFO of Birst. Prior to Birst, Wolff was CFO at BlueKai.

Pfenex Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: PFNX) announced the appointment of Susan A. Knudson as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Knudson most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Neothetics, Inc. Prior to her role at Neothetics, Ms. Knudson served as Senior Director of Finance and Administration at Avera Pharmaceuticals.

BioSig Technologies, Inc. [Santa Monica, CA] (OTCQB: BSGM) announced that Steve Chaussy will be joining the company to serve in the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BioSig Technologies, Mr. Chaussy has been the sole proprietor of Anna & Co., Inc. Mr. Chaussy has a background from working for Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. Mr. Chaussy also served as Chief Financial Officer to a number of private and public companies.

Airborne Wireless Network [SIMI VALLEY, Calif.] (OTCQB: ABWN) announced that it has named Kevin L. Spence as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Spence currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Armor Scientific Holdings, Inc. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Remington Designs, LLC. Mr. Spence also currently serves as a consultant to Antarctica Capital Management, LLC.

Kristen Magnuson DeCozio

Innovari, Inc. [PORTLAND, OREGON] announced that Kristen Magnuson DeCozio has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the company. Kristen joined Innovari from Achilles Technology Solutions LLC, where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Her experience includes serving twelve years as the Chief Financial Officer of JDA Software. She also held CFO and board positions at several other technology companies.

INC Research/inVentiv Health [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NASDAQ: INCR) announced that Greg Rush is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to pursue an opportunity at a private company. Jason Meggs, Executive Vice President and CFO, Commercial Solutions, will act as interim CFO.

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IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) [ARMONK, NEW YORK] announced that Martin J. Schroeter, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will take a new role as Senior Vice President, Global Markets.  In addition, James J. Kavanaugh will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Kavanaugh is currently Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations, and served as IBM’s Vice President and Controller from 2008 to 2015.

The New York Times Company [NEW YORK] announced that Rachel Glaser, the chief financial officer of Etsy, Inc., has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Ms. Glaser joined Etsy in June of 2017. Previously, she served in the chief financial officer role at both Leaf Group, and Move, Inc. She was chief operating officer and chief financial officer for MyLife.com and was senior vice president, operations and finance for Yahoo! She began her career at The Walt Disney Company and served in a variety of finance, operations and technology roles over 19 years there.

Sabre Corporation [SOUTHLAKE, Texas] (NASDAQ: SABR) announced that Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson has notified Sabre of his intention to retire from his role as CFO of Sabre.

Hemanext (formerly New Health Sciences) [Bethesda, MD] appointed Lynn Mallett as V.P. and CFO. Ms. Mallett was most recently a finance executive at Baxalta, Inc, where she was Senior Director and Finance Head for both the global Biosimilars Commercial Team and the global R&D Function. Before that, Ms. Mallett held various finance positions at Pfizer, Inc, from 2008 to 2015. Prior to that she served as Head of FP&A at NxStage Medical, Inc., and various Finance Managerial roles at Serono, Inc and Haemonetics.

Adam Garfinkle

Renovate America [SAN DIEGO] announced Adam Garfinkle as Chief Financial Officer. Garfinkle joined Renovate America in 2015 as SVP and Head of Capital Markets. Garfinkle spent 13 years as Head of the Asset Backed & Mortgage Backed Structured Finance Group at Bank of America Securities.

ViralGains [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Vic Pierni as Chief Financial Officer. Pierni previously served as CFO of Global Capacity, Verivo Software and Macgregor, in addition to senior roles at KPMG.

David McCoy

First National Bank and Trust Company [BELOIT, WIS.] announced that David McCoy has been promoted to President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and has been elected as the newest member of the Board of Directors of Centre1 Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of FNBT. Previous CFO Steve Eldred will continue as CEO and Chairman of the Board. McCoy joined the company in October 2016 as EVP and CFO. McCoy came to FNBT from The National Bank & Trust Company, where he was senior vice president (SVP) and CFO. He was director of risk management services for RSM McGladrey from 2005 to 2006, and was on the executive management team as SVP, CFO and enterprise risk management officer for Fifth Third Bank from 1993 to 2004.

Dean Foods Company [DALLAS] (NYSE: DF) announced Jody Macedonio will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Macedonio previously served as the Senior Vice President of Finance for the North America Laundry and Beauty Divisions of Henkel AG, where she served as Senior Vice President, Finance, Planning and Treasurer. Prior to joining Sun Products in 2012, Macedonio was employed at PepsiCo where she held several positions after joining in 1999, including serving as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance for the North Business Unit of Frito-Lay. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Macedonio served in finance positions at Nestlé, SmithKline Beecham and Chemical Bank.

BKF Capital Group, Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] (OTC PINK: BKFG) announced that David S. Burnett has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. In addition to being named Chief Financial Officer at BKF Capital Group, Mr. Burnett was also appointed Chief Financial Officer of Interlink Electronics, Inc. Mr. Burnett was previously Chief Financial Officer of Interlink during 2016 and 2017, and has continued to serve in a consulting capacity since leaving in April 2017. During the interim period, Mr. Burnett was Chief Financial Officer of Palmetto Clean Technology, Inc. Prior to joining Interlink the first time, Mr. Burnett served in various management positions with EnPro Industries, Inc., most recently Vice President and Treasurer. Before EnPro, his history includes a long stint as a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Senior Manager at Grant Thornton LLP.

Interlink Electronics, Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: LINK) announced that David S. Burnett has rejoined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. In addition to being named Chief Financial Officer at Interlink, Mr. Burnett was also appointed Chief Financial Officer of BKF Capital Group, Inc. Mr. Burnett was previously Chief Financial Officer of Interlink during 2016 and 2017, and has continued to serve in a consulting capacity since leaving in April 2017. During the interim period, Mr. Burnett was Chief Financial Officer of Palmetto Clean Technology, Inc. Prior to joining Interlink the first time, Mr. Burnett served in various management positions with EnPro Industries, Inc., most recently Vice President and Treasurer. Before EnPro, his history includes a long stint as a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Senior Manager at Grant Thornton LLP.

Prime Risk Partners [ATLANTA] announced that J. Scott Tofil has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Scott began his career as a CPA with a local public accounting firm in Atlanta followed by his service as the controller at Matrix Resources, from 1992 until 1999. He then served as controller for several startups from 1999 until 2005 before joining Beecher Carlson in May 2005, where he served as Vice President and Controller. Scott served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Beecher Carlson division until joining Prime Risk Partners.

WidePoint Corporation [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: WYY) announced that Kito Mussa has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Mussa served as WidePoint’s Vice President and Controller from January 2012 to October 2017 and then as the Interim Chief Financial Officer from October 2017 to December 2017.

Guidewire Software, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] (NYSE: GWRE) announced that Richard Hart, its Chief Financial Officer, will transition to a new role of Chief Strategy Officer. Succeeding Mr. Hart will be Curtis Smith, who has been the Chief Financial Officer for Keynote Systems, Inc. and Infusion Software, Inc. for the past seven years, and, prior to that, as a finance and strategic advisor to the software industry.

Stephen Nolan

Esterline Corporation [BELLEVUE, Wash.] (NYSE: ESL) announced that Stephen Nolan, Chief Financial Officer for Vista Outdoor, Inc., will succeed Robert George as Esterline’s Chief Financial Officer. George has been with Esterline as Chief Financial Officer for 21 years, and will remain with the company in a special advisory role. Nolan most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Vista Outdoor, Inc. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade in strategic and operational management roles with ATK, including Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development and several business unit leadership positions. Earlier in his career, Nolan served for five years in corporate development and strategy roles at Raytheon Company.

Vixxo [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Travis Chester will take on the role as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Vixxo, Travis served as vice president and chief financial officer of Honeywell International’s Aerospace group. Previous senior leadership roles include Invitrogen Corporation and General Electric Corporation.

Marlette Funding, LLC [WILMINGTON, Del.] announced the appointment of Mark Elbaum as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Mark was the CFO of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America’s Wealth Management business. Prior roles included 18 years in the mortgage industry as CFO of Bank of America’s mortgage lending division. Before that, at Countrywide, he held the position of CFO of the Residential Lending Division. After starting his career at Price Waterhouse, Mark worked at Aames Financial Corp.

Carla Luke

Vector Solutions [TAMPA, FLA] announced that Carla Luke has taken the role of Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Vector Solutions, Luke worked as the CFO at Greenway Health. Luke’s professional experience also includes roles as Chief Accounting Officer at Greenway, VP/Controller at Vitera Healthcare Solutions, Sage Software Healthcare and WebMD. Prior to her nearly 14 years with the company that would become Greenway Health, Luke worked in financial leadership roles at Comdial Corporation, Vicorp, and Danka Business Systems after starting her career in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Eyenovia Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of John Gandolfo as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Eyenovia, Mr. Gandolfo spent more than seven years at Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc., where he served as CFO. He has also served as the CFO at Progenitor Cell Therapy LLC, Power Medical Interventions, Inc., and Bioject, Inc. Mr. Gandolfo started his professional career at Price Waterhouse.

First Hawaiian, Inc. [HONOLULU] (NASDAQ: FHB) announced that Michael Ching, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank, will be leaving the company.  His last day of employment will be January 31, 2018.   He will continue to assist the company on a consulting basis, and, effective February 1, Eric Yeaman, President and Chief Operating Officer, will serve as acting CFO.

Nortech Systems [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: NSYS) has named Connie Beck as vice president and chief financial officer. Beck was vice president of finance and controller for MOCON, Inc. from 2013 to 2017. (MOCON was acquired by AMETEK in June 2017.) Prior to MOCON, Beck held director-level financial reporting positions with public companies Navarre Corporation and Lakes Entertainment, Inc. She also has over 10 years of public accounting experience with Grant Thornton, McGladrey & Pullen and Protiviti.

Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced that Chief Financial Officer Lisa Mayr will be leaving Blackboard at the end of January to pursue an opportunity at a small Washington, D.C.-based tech company. Lisa joined Blackboard in 2013 as Vice President of Finance and was named CFO in August 2016.  Chief Legal Officer Stuart Kupinsky will serve as Interim CFO.

MISTRAS Group, Inc. [PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.] (NYSE: MG) named Edward J. Prajzner its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MISTRAS Group, Mr. Prajzner served as Chief Financial Officer of CECO Environmental Corporation. Prior to serving as CECO Environmental’s CFO, Mr. Prajzner, began his career at Ernst & Young before holding senior finance roles at CDI Corporation (now AE Industrial Partners), and American Infrastructure (now Allan Myers).

Wiser [BOSTON] named Mathieu “Mat” Gagné as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gagne previously served as CFO at Alert Innovation, EBI Consulting and MyWebGrocer.

Bead Industries, Inc. [Cheshire, CT] announced that Kristen Sawyer has been promoted to CFO after serving as Corporate Controller for the past two years at Bead. Prior to that, Sawyer served as Audit Manager for nearly 8 years at CohnReznick. She started her career with EY (formerly Ernst & Young, LLP).

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. [VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.] (NASDAQ: WHLR) announced that Wilkes Graham has notified the Company of his intention to resign as Chief Financial Officer to accept a position with a privately-held real estate development company located in Atlanta, GA.  The resignation will take effect after a transition period, which is expected to end on or before March 4, 2018.

Academy, Ltd. d/b/a Academy Sports + Outdoors [KATY, Texas] announced the appointment of Michael Mullican as Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held on an interim basis since September 2017. Michael joined Academy in February 2017 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel. Prior to Academy, Michael served as the Managing Director of Aureus Health Services, a Meijer specialty pharmacy where he was responsible for leading the organization following the acquisition by Meijer. Before being named Managing Director at Aureus, Michael held several leadership roles at Meijer, including Vice President of Business Development and Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. Additionally, Michael served as Divisional Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Family Dollar Stores, Inc. and Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Horizon Lines, Inc.

Jim Quinn

AmeriLife [CLEARWATER, Fla.] appointed James “Jim” Quinn as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AmeriLife, Quinn served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Marsh & McLennan Agency, the middle market platform of Marsh. He began his career with Goldman Sachs and spent over a decade with Olympus Partners, a middle market private equity firm. Karen Surplus, who has served as AmeriLife’s Chief Financial Officer, will remain with the company in a transitionary role as Senior Vice President of Finance in charge of special projects, supporting the Office of the CFO.

DiamondRock Hospitality Company [BETHESDA, Md.] (NYSE: DRH) announced that Sean M. Mahoney, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the Company on March 31, 2018 to pursue other opportunities.

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals [SAN DIEGO] announced that Alan Fuhrman has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Amplyx. Prior to joining Amplyx, he served as CFO of publicly-traded Mirna Therapeutics, a clinical-stage microRNA company that merged with Synlogic in August 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Fuhrman was CFO of Ambit Biosciences, until its sale to Daiichi Sankyo in 2014. He has also served as the CFO at Naviscan and Sonus Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Fuhrman currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Audit Committee for Loxo Oncology.

Arotech Corporation [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] (NASDAQ: ARTX) announced that it has hired Kelli L. Kellar as Vice President – Finance. Ms. Keller begins her employment with Arotech today, and starting April 1, 2018, Ms. Kellar will take over the role of chief financial officer from current Senior Vice President – Finance and CFO Tom Paup, who will be retiring at the end of March. From November 2013 until accepting this position with Arotech, she was Senior Manager of External Reporting, PP&E Reporting and IFRS Accounting with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. From May 2009 until November 2013, Ms. Kellar was Vice President and controller of Silverpop Systems, Inc. Since 1995 Ms. Kellar has held accounting and finance positions with both public and private companies, including serving from 2007 to 2009 as Chief Accounting Officer with Premier Exhibitions, Inc.

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. [FRANKLIN, Ind.] (TSX-V: IB, OTCQB: IAALF) announced the appointment of James P. Taylor to the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective Monday, January 15, 2018. Mr. Taylor replaces David Anderson, who has resigned as IBC’s Chief Financial Officer.  Currently, Mr. Taylor serves as CFO of Hampson Equities Ltd.  From 2013-2017, Mr. Taylor served as CFO of Para Resources Inc. Prior to that, he served as CFO for Cyber Development Group International, LLC.

Sundance Strategies, Inc. [PROVO, UT] (OTC PINK: SUND) announced the appointment of Karl Farnsworth as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Sundance Strategies, Karl was CFO of Amedica Corporation. He also served as the SVP and Treasurer of Energy Solutions, Inc. (ES) in Salt Lake City, Utah. Prior to relocating to Utah he was the CFO of Alcan Products Corp. of the Rio Tinto Group (RIO). Earlier in his career, Karl was CFO within the Rheinmetall Group (RHM). Additionally, Karl has worked close to a decade in the Oil and Gas Industry with Kerr-McGee Corporation (now Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) and Marathon Oil Company (MRO) as Chief Accountant and International Auditor, respectively.

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VerifyMe, Inc. [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] (OTCQB: VRME) announced it has appointed Jay Cardwell as its chief financial officer. Mr. Cardwell has been the COO of The CFO Squad LLC since July 2015. Prior to The CFO Squad, Mr. Cardwell held CEO, CFO & COO and director roles for companies within the entertainment industry. Mr. Cardwell began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. In addition, Mr. Cardwell continues to serve as a trustee for charitable organizations as well as a treasurer.

Casper [NEW YORK] announced the hire of Greg Macfarlane as Chief Financial Officer.. Previously, Macfarlane served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations and Strategy for H&R Block. Prior to H&R Block, Macfarlane was Executive Vice President and CFO for Ceridian Corporation, and spent more than 14 years in senior leadership roles at GE.

Karl Deonanan

Synteract [SAN DIEGO & RALEIGH, N.C] announced that Karl Deonanan has joined as chief financial officer (CFO). Deonanan joins Synteract from IQVIA (formerly Quintiles) where he was CFO of the organization’s Research and Development Solutions segment. Prior to his role as CFO of IQVIA, Deonanan held key leadership positions with increasing responsibility over his 14 years with the company. These included vice president of Investor Relations; CFO of the Asia and Australia region, based in Singapore; and executive director Finance – Global Data Management and Biostatistics. He started his career in public accounting, working at Dixon Hughes Goodman and later Arthur Andersen.

The NHP Foundation [WASHINGTON] announced that Karen Caldwell has been named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the organization. Previously served as CFO and Executive Vice-President for the New York City Housing Authority. Prior to her work at NYCHA, Caldwell served as president of Hanseatic Management Services, Inc. She is also a former Managing Director, Alternative Investments at Amundi Investments, LLC.

ConsultNet [SOUTH JORDAN, Utah] welcomes Marnie Nuttall as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Nuttall was most recently CFO at Central Logic. Nuttall previously served as CFO at Echopass Corporation.

AstroNova, Inc. [WEST WARWICK, R.I.] (NASDAQ: ALOT) announced that its Board of Directors has elected David S. Smith as Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Joseph P. O’Connell, the Company’s Interim CFO since August 2017, will return to his position as Vice President, Business Development. Mr. Smith has served as CFO for multinational companies Dover Corporation and Crane Co. From 2005 to 2008 he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Standard Microsystems Corporation. Most recently, Mr. Smith was a Managing Partner for S.C. Advisors LLC.

First Northern Community Bancorp and First Northern Bank [DIXON, Calif.] (OTCQB: FNRN) announced that Kevin M. Spink, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President/Corporate Controller, is being promoted to Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining First Northern in 2015, Spink spent seven years with KPMG, LLP, and five years with Rabobank where his last position was Senior Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer.

Jack in the Box Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: JACK) announced that Lance F. Tucker will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Jerry P. Rebel, who has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Jack in the Box Inc. since 2005, and announced in April 2017 his plans to retire from the company when a successor was hired. Tucker is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer for Papa John’s International, Inc. Tucker was promoted to CFO and Treasurer at Papa John’s in February 2011 and added the CAO title and responsibilities in July 2012. From June 2010 to February 2011 he was Papa John’s Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, and he served as its Chief of Staff and Vice President, Strategic Planning from June 2009 to June 2010. Prior to joining Papa John’s in 2009, Tucker served six years as Chief Financial Officer of Evergreen Real Estate in Louisville. From 1999 to 2003, he held leadership positions in finance for several companies engaged in education, technology consulting, online retailing or real estate development. Tucker was previously employed by Papa John’s as Director of Finance from 1994 to 1999. Prior to joining Papa John’s, Tucker was a senior accountant for Ernst & Young, LLC.

Papa John’s International, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NASDAQ: PZZA) announced that Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer Lance Tucker is departing the Company to assume the role of chief financial officer at Jack in the Box Inc.

eHealth, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EHTH) announced that David Francis, the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer, will take on the new role of Chief Operating Officer of eHealth. Mr. Francis will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until his replacement is named.

FLEXcon Company, Inc. [SPENCER, Mass.] announced Aimee Peacock as Chief Financial Officer, FLEXcon North America. Previous CFO, Ethan Goldman will continue to serve as CFO of FLEXcon Holdings, its parent company, which includes FLEXcon North America, FLEXcon Europe, FLEXcon Industrial, Arlon Graphics and Blueshift Materials. Aimee recently served as CFO of Brooks Life Science Systems.

CloudBees, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Matt Parson, former treasurer at Red Hat, Inc., has joined CloudBees as chief financial officer. Parson started his career in public accounting where he spent about six years with three of the Big 4 accounting firms, including Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young and KPMG. Following his years in public accounting, Parson went to Red Hat where he worked his way from director, internal audit to treasurer.

Presidio, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: PSDO) announced that Neil Johnston has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Johnston will succeed Paul Fletcher, who has decided to retire after serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2007. Prior to joining Presidio, Mr. Johnston served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cox Automotive. Before working for Cox Automotive, Mr. Johnston served as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Digital Innovation at Cox Media Group (CMG). Prior to this, he served as Chief Financial Officer of CMG from 2009 to 2012, was the CFO of Cox Radio from 2000 until 2009 and he began his career with Cox Enterprises in 1996. Prior to joining Cox, Mr. Johnston worked for Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. and Deloitte and Touche, LLP.

NetDocuments [SALT LAKE CITY & SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced that Pete Childs has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to NetDocuments, Childs was the Chief Financial Officer for both Workfront, as well as Cvent.

Darling Ingredients Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: DAR) announced that Brad Phillips has become its Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Phillips has served in a number of different capacities for the Company since 1988. Most recently he served as the Vice President – Treasurer since May 2014. Previously, he held the positions of Treasurer from January 1993 to May 2014, Assistant Treasurer from January 1991 to January 1993, and Assistant Controller from October 1988 to January 1991. Prior to Darling, he was the Corporate Accounting Manager at Republic Health Corporation from 1984 to 1988, and from 1982 to 1984 he served in the audit group at Arthur Andersen.

Spiceworks [AUSTIN, Texas] announced J. Scott Di Valerio joined the company as chief operating and financial officer. Scott served most recently as the CFO at RetailMeNot, Inc. Prior to RetailMeNot, Scott was CEO of Outerwall after serving as CFO. Other roles include president of the Americas for the Lenovo Group Limited, executive positions at Microsoft, including corporate vice president of the OEM division, corporate vice president of finance and administration, and chief accounting officer. Scott has also served in executive positions at The Walt Disney Company and Mindwave Software Inc., and as a partner at PwC.

Elastic [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands] announced that it has appointed Janesh Moorjani as Chief Financial Officer. Janesh Moorjani previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Infoblox, Senior Vice President of Finance at VMware and in finance and sales positions at Cisco. Prior to working in the tech industry, Moorjani worked at Goldman Sachs, serving as Vice President in the firm’s merchant banking division.

CS Disco Inc. [HOUSTON] appointed Michael Lafair as Chief Financial Officer. Lafair, DISCO’s new CFO, previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Offers.com. After that, Lafair served as Global Head of Finance, Ziff Davis B2B. Prior to Offers.com, Lafair served as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of All Web Leads, Inc. and Vice President and General Counsel of Interlogix, Inc. and practiced corporate law at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Cole Haan [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Tom Linko as Chief Financial Officer. Linko most recently served as CFO of Kate Spade & Co.

DataPath, Inc. [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Carter Johnson as its Chief Financial Officer. Johnson succeeds Emmett Moore, who served as CFO for nearly four years. Johnson most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Contract Management at Meggitt Training Systems. Additionally, Johnson previously served in progressive finance leadership roles at businesses including Barco/Esterline Technologies, ChoicePoint/LexisNexis, and S1 Corporation.

Imagin Medical [BOSTON, MA] (CSE: IME, OTC PINK: IMEXF) announced that it hired John Vacha as the Company’s new CFO. Most recently, John served as President, CEO and Board Member of Intact Medical Corporation for 7 years. Previously, he served as Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of the company. John also served as Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

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Adobe [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ADBE) announced that Mark Garrett, executive vice president and CFO is retiring. Garrett joined Adobe in 2007.

Kenneth Kroll

The Ad Council [NEW YORK] announced that Kenneth Kroll has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kroll, promoted from SVP, Finance, has been with the Ad Council for ten years. He succeeds Jon Fish who left the organization in 2016. Prior to joining the Ad Council, Kroll served in various roles at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., including Publishing Finance Director, Circulation Business Manager and Television Production Business Manager. He also spent many years as a Production Accountant for major studios and independent producers in the Motion Picture and Television Industry.

David Mehok

Epicor Software Corporation [AUSTIN, Texas] announced David Mehok joins Epicor as chief financial officer. Mehok most recently was the CFO for CLEAResult. Prior to that he spent 18 years at Dell in a variety of finance roles including head of investor relations and finance leader.

Ford Motor Credit Company [DEARBORN, Mich.] named Brian Schaaf as chief financial officer and treasurer. Currently, Schaaf is controller of Ford Motor Company Global Purchasing. He replaces Marion Harris, who has been CFO and treasurer since 2015, and has been named vice president, Ford Mobility Business Group. Prior to becoming Global Purchasing controller, Schaaf was Ford assistant treasurer for seven years. He also served as Ford general auditor and corporate business development director. In addition, he held key positions, such as finance director, controller, and various financial analysis and business strategy roles, in Ford automotive operations, including in the UK. Schaaf joined Ford in 1989, after working as a mechanical engineer.

The Priceline Group (PCLN: NASDAQ) announced the appointment of David Goulden as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Goulden will succeed Daniel J. Finnegan, who announced his retirement as Chief Financial Officer in 2017 after 14 years with The Priceline Group. Mr. Goulden joins The Priceline Group from Dell Technologies, where he most recently served as President of their Infrastructure Solutions Group. Prior to serving as President of Dell’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, Mr. Goulden held numerous posts over a 14-year period at EMC Corporation, including Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2014.

Kevin Jacobsen

The Clorox Company [OAKLAND, Calif.] (NYSE: CLX) announced that Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer Stephen M. “Steve” Robb has announced his decision to retire from the company. Kevin Jacobsen will succeed Robb and has been appointed senior vice president – chief financial officer and a member of the company’s executive management committee. Jacobsen, who joined Clorox in 1995, has served as Clorox’s vice president – Financial Planning & Analysis; since November 2011.

Bluedog [Chicago] announced it has promoted Mark Koenig to the position of CFO. Koenig started with the firm in 2006.

Teligent, Inc. [BUENA, N.J.] (NASDAQ: TLGT) announced that Damian Finio has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Finio is currently the CFO of Virtus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and will succeed Jenniffer Collins, who is leaving Teligent. Mr. Finio began his career at KPMG in 1991. In addition to his role at Virtus, Mr. Finio has held numerous senior financial roles in the healthcare industry, including nearly fourteen years at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in addition to his experience at Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development, West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, and Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Oath [NEW YORK] announced that Vanessa Wittman will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. Wittman previously served as CFO at Dropbox, Motorola, and Marsh & McLennan.

Felix Morgan

Verscend Technologies, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that Felix Morgan has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Morgan joins Verscend from Aetna, where he was CFO for the company’s population health solutions; He has also held senior roles at Henry Schein and Ancestry.com.

Peter Jacobson

BridgeHealth [DENVER] announced that Peter Jacobson has joined its management team as chief financial officer. Jacobson previously served as CFO of National Entertainment Network. He also was CFO at Productive Data Solutions and vice president at KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EBIO) announced that Richard F. Fitzgerald has been appointed as full time Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Fitzgerald had been serving in the role on an interim basis since October 2017.

R9B [COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.] announced the addition of Jack Bruckner as Chief Financial Officer. Jack Bruckner, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bruckner joins from Schryver Medical Sales and Marketing LLC. He served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting. Bruckner has also had significant roles within HukariAscendent, CIBER, Vexcel Corporation, and Northrup Grumman. He is an active member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA).

ShiftPixy, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PIXY) announced the appointment of Patrice H. Launay as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Launay succeeds Stephen DeSantis who resigned from the Company. Mr. Launay began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he spent six years in Paris and Los Angeles.  He then spent two years at Groupe Roullier as Corporate Controller, and the following two years as an audit Manager for the City Auditor Office of the City of Long Beach, California. From 2011 to 2016 Mr. Launay worked for BDO USA. Immediately before joining ShiftPixy, he served as a financial and accounting manager for RxSight, Inc.

Contegix [ST. LOUIS] hired Chuck Cioffi as the company’s new chief financial officer. Cioffi joins Contegix from Bambeco where he served as COO and CFO. Prior to joining Bambeco, Cioffi served in several C-level roles at multiple entrepreneurial companies. Cioffi also served as general manager of Home Decorators Collection. Before that he was CFO of Knights Direct.

Bonti [NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.] announced the appointment of David Ramsay as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Ramsay is currently a Bonti director and was formerly CFO at Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

Rex Energy Corporation [STATE COLLEGE, Pa.] (NASDAQ: REXX) announced that it has appointed Curt Walker, the Company’s current Chief Accounting Officer, to the position of Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Thomas Rajan, the Company’s previous CFO, who has resigned from his position. Mr. Walker has been the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since May 2012. Prior to his promotion, he served as Vice President, Accounting, and has been with Rex Energy since 2007. Prior to joining Rex, Mr. Walker was with YRC Worldwide.

Frank McAnally

InstaMed [PHILADELPHIA & NEWPORT BEACH,Calif.] announced the appointment of Frank McAnally as Chief Financial Officer. McAnally joins InstaMed from Fidelity National Information Systems (FIS) where he was Chief Financial Officer of the Institutional and Wholesale business. Prior to FIS, McAnally was with global FinTech leader SunGard Data Systems for 16 years, rising within the organization to become its Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Gritstone Oncology [EMERYVILLE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Bellemin as Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Actelion Pharmaceuticals USA. He led the long-term strategic process for the finance, project management, information technology and market access functions at Actelion. His previous experience includes various leadership roles within the finance team over 11 years at Actelion in both Europe and the USA, and serving in financial management roles at GUERBET Pharmaceuticals, ELF AQUITAINE, Philips Electronic Company and Credit Lyonnais Bank.

Sunverge Energy [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Jon Bode has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Bode was most recently CFO of Nexant.

Dougherty’s Pharmacy, Inc. [DALLAS] (OTCQB: MYDP) announced that Mark Heil, the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company. Mr. Heil has served as the Company’s President since April 2014 and as its Chief Financial Officer since 2007. James C. Leslie, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, will serve as the Company’s interim President and Chief Financial Officer until the Company’s Board of Directors has determined Mr. Heil’s successor.

Zebit [SAN DIEGO] announced Steve Lapin will be joining the company as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Zebit, he was Head of Capital Markets at LendUp. Prior to LendUp, Steve spent 6 years at Virgo Investment Group.

IndiSoft [COLUMBIA, Md.] has appointed Kenneth (Ken) M. Goins, Jr. as the company’s CFO. Goins joins IndiSoft from TechCXO. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Eugene Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer University. Additionally, Goins was the vice chairman and CEO of Brightwell Payments, Inc., CEO of Prommis Solutions, LLC., COO and CFO of the Lender Services Division of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., and the chairman and CEO of INFO1. He also held executive positions at Caredata.com, Inc., First Data, MicroBilt and Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NASDAQ: CCRN) announced that Christopher R. Pizzi, the Company’s former Corporate Controller, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He replaces William J. Burns, the Company’s former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who has been appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Pizzi joined the Company in December 2014 as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. He has held several senior-level accounting and finance positions over the past 20 years in the financial services, technology and healthcare industries, most recently with Health Management Associates, Inc.

AppRiver [Gulf Breeze, FL] named Kevin Hatch as chief financial officer. Before joining Marlin, Hatch served as director of KPMG’s Transaction and Advisory practice. Previously, he worked within KPMG’s Assurance practice. Hatch also has served on the Board of Directors for several companies.

DPW Holdings, Inc. [FREMONT, CA] (NYSE American: DPW) announced that William B. Horne, a member of the Board of Directors, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for DPW and all its subsidiaries. Mr. Horne will remain a member of the Board of Directors for DPW and replaces Amos Kohn who served as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kohn will remain President and a member of the Board of Directors for DPW.

Osage University Partners [BALA CYNWYD, PA] announced that Claudia Dunnous, former Vice President of Finance, is now Chief Financial Officer. Claudia joined the firm in 2006. Claudia serves as CFO for both Osage University Partners and its sister fund, Osage Venture Partners.

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Moody’s Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MCO) announced that Linda S. Huber is leaving to pursue other opportunities after more than 12 years of service as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Huber joined Moody’s in May 2005 from U.S. Trust Company, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She previously worked in increasingly senior roles at Freeman & Co., PepsiCo, Bankers Trust Company and First Boston Corporation. She also held the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army, where she served from 1980 to 1984.

Airbnb [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Chief Financial Officer Laurence Tosi will be leaving Airbnb.

Danaher Corporation [WASHINGTON] (NYSE: DHR) announced that Matthew R. McGrew, Group CFO of the Company’s Diagnostics and Dental platforms, will succeed Daniel L. Comas as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McGrew has served as a Danaher Group CFO since 2012. He served as Vice President, Investor Relations from 2009 to 2014 and started at Danaher in 2004 as Director, M&A Finance. Prior to joining Danaher, Mr. McGrew was a Director in the Transaction Services Group at KPMG.

GoDaddy Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: GDDY) announced that Mark Garrett has been appointed to its board of directors. Mr. Garrett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Adobe, brings deep financial technology leadership to the board. Mr. Garrett, who will retire later this year, joined Adobe as Executive Vice President and CFO in 2007. He was named “Public Company CFO of the Year” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2015 and, Institutional Investor Magazine ranked him No. 1 in the Best Software CFO category by sell-side analysts in 2017. Prior to Adobe, Mr. Garrett was EVP and CFO at Documentum. Mr. Garrett was also Senior Vice President and CFO of EMC’s software group.

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HRTG) announced that it has appointed Kirk H. Lusk as its Chief Financial Officer. Until April 28, 2018, Mr. Lusk will serve as co-Chief Financial Officer with Steven Martindale, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Martindale’s contract expires on April 28, 2018, and he intends to pursue financial consulting opportunities. Mr. Lusk joined the Heritage team on November 30, 2017, when the Company acquired NBIC Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (collectively, “NBIC”). Mr. Lusk served as Chief Financial Officer for NBIC since January 2013. Prior to NBIC, Mr. Lusk served as International Chief Financial Officer of Aetna, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Alea Group Holdings Bermuda Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer of GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation Global Casualty and GE Capital Auto Warranty Services.

Corey Horsch

Sonic Corp. [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NASDAQ: SONC) announced the promotion of Corey R. Horsch to chief financial officer. He replaces Claudia S. San Pedro, who most recently served the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and was just promoted to President of the company. Mr. Horsch joined Sonic as vice president of investor relations and treasurer in 2015.

Motif Bio plc [NEW YORK] (AIM: MTFB) (NASDAQ: MTFB) announced that Robert Dickey IV has informed the Company of his intention to resign from his role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jonathan E. Gold, currently a Non-executive Director of the Company, has agreed to serve as interim CFO. Mr. Gold has a background of senior financial positions and is currently Managing Director of JEG Capital Partners LLC. He previously was a portfolio manager for the Federated Kaufmann Funds. Prior to that, Mr. Gold was a partner in Amphion Capital and Wolfensohn Partners.

True Temper Sports [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] announced the hiring of Jason Jenne as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jenne recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Fred’s Inc. Mr. Jenne previously served in several senior leadership roles within True Temper Sports during his 18 year career at the company prior to departing in 2016 to pursue other professional leadership opportunities.

Fred’s Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FRED) announced the appointment of Joseph Anto as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anto succeeds Jason Jenne, who is leaving the Company. Previously, Mr. Anto served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and M&A at MediaNews Group, Inc., where he has served in various capacities since 2013. Additionally, he has been working with Fred’s in a consulting capacity over the past seven months.

Automation Anywhere [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Clyde Hosein as Chief Financial Officer. most recently he was Chief Financial Officer at RingCentral. He also served as CFO at Marvell Technology Group, as well as IDTI and Candescent. Prior to this, Hosein spent fourteen years at IBM in various finance, engineering and operational roles.

Connance Inc. [WALTHAM, MASS.] announced that D. Tyler Drolet has been named chief financial officer. Drolet joins Connance from Qvidian, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to Qvidian, he was CFO for Active Endpoints. Drolet began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Fidelis Cybersecurity [BETHESDA, Md.] announced Kurt Abkemeier as chief financial officer of the company. Abkemeier joined the company in July 2017. Prior to joining Fidelis, Abkemeier served as the CFO for Progress Software. Before Progress, Abkemeier was the CFO of Inteliquent. In addition to these two roles, during his career, Abkemeier also held senior executive positions at Cbeyond Inc. and AirGate PCS.

Antonio Martino

LendingPoint [KENNESAW, Ga.] announced that Antonio Martino has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently Antonio was Director, Citi Corporate Treasury. Previously, Martino served as CFO of Citibank in Turkey and across Central Europe, with roles in Istanbul and Budapest, Hungary. In addition, Martino was Finance Director of Citibank Poland’s consumer banking division in Poland and Vice President of Finance within Citibank credit card business in Canada. Martino started his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young.

SOLE Financial [PORTLAND, Ore.] promoted Dawn Koenninger to Chief Financial Officer.

DropCar, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: DCAR) announced the appointment of Paul Commons as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Commons served as Chief Financial Officer for Zipz Inc. He previously worked at WPC Worldwide. He has also held executive positions at Voxware Inc., VPIsystems and RCN Corporation.

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced that Dennis Olis has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Since May of 2017, Olis has been serving as Allscripts interim Chief Financial Officer. Olis joined Allscripts in November 2012 as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Operations. From November 2016 to May 2017, he served as Allscripts Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives.

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. [WESTERLY, R.I.] (NASDAQ: WASH) announced that Ronald S. Ohsberg has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, having previously announced retirement of David V. Devault, who served as Washington Trust’s Vice Chair, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.

The Mosaic Company [PLYMOUTH, Minn.] (NYSE: MOS) announced that Rich Mack will step down from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and leave the company in May of 2018. Anthony T. “Tony” Brausen will serve as Senior Vice President – Finance and interim CFO, until the position is filled permanently. He will also serve as the Company’s designated principal accounting officer. Tony has led Mosaic’s accounting, financial analysis and reporting, treasury, tax, information technology and business unit finance teams.

Quorum Health Corporation [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] (NYSE: QHC) announced that Michael J. Culotta will resign as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Culotta has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since the Company’s spin-off from Community Health Systems, Inc. in April 2016. In connection with Mr. Culotta’s planned departure, Alfred Lumsdaine will be appointed to serve as Executive Vice President of Finance. Mr. Lumsdaine will then succeed Mr. Culotta in the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer immediately following Mr. Culotta’s resignation. Mr. Lumsdaine most recently served as President of Population Health for Sharecare, a position he has held since 2016. Prior to joining Sharecare, Mr. Lumsdaine served as chief financial officer of Tivity Health, Inc. since 2011. Previously, Mr. Lumsdaine was controller and chief accounting officer at Tivity Health, Inc., a role he assumed in 2002 when he first joined the company. Prior to joining Tivity Health, Inc., Mr. Lumsdaine held the position of Treasurer and Controller for Logisco, Inc., which followed senior level financial positions with Aegis Therapies and Theraphysics. Mr. Lumsdaine started his career with the Nashville office of Ernst & Young.

Super Micro Computer, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif](NASDAQ: SMCI) announced that Kevin Bauer has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bauer joined Supermicro in January 2017 and has previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to joining Supermicro, Mr. Bauer was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation from February 2014 until its sale to Diodes Inc. in November 2015 and, thereafter, assisted Diodes with the integration of Pericom until November 2016. Prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer of Exar Corporation from June 2009 through December 2012 and Corporate Controller from August 2004 to June 2009.

Civitas Capital Group [DALLAS] announced Eugene “Gene” Fullam as Chief Financial Officer and a Managing Director. Most recently, Fullam was appointed executive director of economic development and commerce at the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center. Fullam has high-level experience across an array of investment firms, including Citigroup, HSBC, Lehman Brothers, and Standard & Poor’s. He later served as COO and CFO at International Bond & Marine.

Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [DURHAM, N.C.] (NASDAQ: DOVA) announced the appointment of Mark W. Hahn as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Doug Blankenship, who is retiring. Mr. Hahn previously served as the Chief Financial officer of Cempra, Inc. from 2010 until it was acquired by Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. in November 2017. Prior to joining Cempra, from 2008 to 2009, Mark was the Chief Financial Officer for Athenix. Before taking on operating roles at corporations, Mark spent twelve years at Ernst and Young.

Lucas Group [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Mark Hinshaw to the organization’s Chief Financial Officer. Hinshaw previously served as Vice President of Finance, joining Lucas Group in 2016. Throughout his career, Hinshaw has served in various financial roles from Controller to Senior Vice President of Portfolio Analytics.

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation [JERSEY CITY, N.J.] (NYSE: CLI) announced the appointment of David J. Smetana as chief financial officer. Mr. Smetana will begin to perform his duties as chief financial officer upon the departure of Anthony Krug, who will be leaving Mack-Cali to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, David was a managing director and REIT securities analyst on Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Global REIT Securities Team from 2001 to 2017. Previously, Mr. Smetana was a REIT investment banker at Morgan Stanley and was part of Morgan Stanley’s Real Estate Special Situations Fund from 1997 to 2001.

Superior Energy Services, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SPN) announced that it has appointed Westervelt “Westy” T. Ballard, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ballard will succeed Robert S. Taylor, who is retiring after 22 years of service to the Company. Since 2012, Mr. Ballard has served as Executive Vice President. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Corporate Development after joining the Company in 2007. Before joining the Company, he spent eight years as a private equity and M&A professional. Mr. Ballard began his professional career in the United States Marine Corps as an infantry officer.

UniBank [LYNNWOOD, Wash.] announced the appointment of Simon Bai as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins the Bank from Puget Sound Bank where he served as the VP of Financial Reporting and Analytics.

Maria Teresa Hilado

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC [WILMINGTON, N.C.] announced that Maria Teresa Hilado, chief financial officer of Allergan, has been named to PPD’s board of directors. Hilado has served as CFO of Allergan since December 2014, and she plans to retire from the company in the first quarter of 2018. Prior to joining Allergan, Hilado served as senior vice president, finance and treasurer of PepsiCo Inc. from 2009 to 2014. She previously served as vice president and treasurer for Schering-Plough Corp. from 2008 to 2009 and had spent more than 17 years with General Motors Co. in leadership roles of increasing responsibility, including assistant treasurer from 2006 to 2008 and CFO, GMAC Commercial Finance LLC from 2001 to 2005. She began her career with Far East Bank and Trust Co. in Manila, Philippines.

DocuTAP [SIOUX FALLS, S.D.] announced the appointment of Robert Rueckl as Chief Financial Officer. Rueckl’s extensive experience goes well beyond the realm of finance management, having navigated ever-changing market conditions in public, private-equity and multi-national companies. He has also led acquisitions at software-as-a-service companies in both the CFO and CEO roles.

Next Group Holdings, Inc. [MIAMI] (OTCQB: NXGH) announced that Michael Naparstek has joined Next Group Holdings, Inc. as its global Chief Financial Officer after serving as the Lead Engagement Partner if its Independent Registered Accounting Firm the last two years. Michael also served as CFO of a dot.com which went public, and as Director of Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting for a New York Stock Exchange air cargo company. Michael is a former Vice-Chair of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee. Prior to joining the Firm, Michael spent 7 years at a Top 20 New York City-based national accounting firm as Partner in the National Office, as well as a Director in a Big 4 accounting firm’s National Risk and Assurance Office.

BLKBOX [NEW YORK] announced that the Company has appointed Brent Dial as Chief Financial Officer. Dial was the former CFO of Anheuser-Busch InBev North America’s $1bn High-End Business Unit.

Inspira Financial Inc. [BOCA RATON, FLORIDA] (TSX VENTURE: LND) announced that it has appointed Peder Sahlin as the Chief Financial Officer. Peder was previously the CFO for Regulus Alliance, and previously held the CFO position at Avalanche Group and Premier Capital Investors.

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Mark Harris

Heidrick & Struggles [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: HSII) announced that Mark R. Harris joins the firm and will succeed Richard W. Pehlke as Chief Financial Officer when Pehlke retires. Harris had been CFO at Hercules Capital. Formerly, Harris was the Senior Managing Director/Head of Asia, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Asset Management of Avenue Capital Group’s Asia funds. Earlier he had been Corporate Financial Controller at Hutchison Telecom. Previously, he had been Vice President – Finance as well as General Manager for both the Financial Shared Services and Human Resources Solutions lines of business at Vsource in Singapore.

Citrix Systems, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] (NASDQ: CTXS) announced that Andrew “Drew” Del Matto has been appointed executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Mark Coyle, who has served as Citrix’s Interim CFO since July 2017. Andrew joins Citrix from Fortinet, where he has been CFO since 2014. He also served as Symantec’s corporate treasurer and vice president of finance business operations. Prior to Symantec, he held senior finance leadership roles with Inktomi Corporation and SGI Corporation.

Universal Corporation [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: UVV) announced that David C. Moore, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company, plans to retire. The Board of Directors has named Johan C. Kroner, currently Senior Vice President, to succeed Mr. Moore as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kroner has been with the Company since 1993 and has served in numerous positions of increasing responsibilities in finance and operations, including overseas assignments in England and Italy.

Sarah Friar

Walmart Inc. [BENTONVILLE, Ark.] (NYSE: WMT) announced that it has appointed Sarah Friar, chief financial officer of Square, Inc., as a new independent director to the company’s board. Since July 2012, Friar, 45, has served as CFO of Square, Inc. Prior to that, she served as the Senior Vice President of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce. From July 2000 to April 2011, Friar served in various positions at investment banking company The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., including Managing Director in the Equity Research Division. Friar currently serves as a member of the board of directors of computer software company Slack, and at New Relic, Inc.

Valero Energy Corporation [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: VLO) announced that Michael Ciskowski has decided to retire as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Valero has appointed Donna Titzman, currently Senior Vice President and Treasurer, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Titzman was elected as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Valero in 2013.  Ms. Titzman joined Valero in 1986. She held various leadership positions before being elected as Assistant Treasurer in 1997, Treasurer in 1998, and Vice President and Treasurer in 2001. She has also served as a Director and as the Chief Financial Officer of Valero Energy Partners since September 2013.

Akhil Johri

Cardinal Health [DUBLIN, Ohio] (NYSE: CAH) announced that its board of directors has elected Akhil Johri, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies, to the Cardinal Health board. In addition, Johri has been named to the board’s Audit Committee. Akhil Johri has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies since January 1, 2015. Johri returned to United Technologies after serving as Chief Financial Officer for Pall Corporation. Prior to joining Pall Corporation, Johri spent 26 years at United Technologies in various executive positions of increasing responsibility. His most recent role was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems. Before that, he led UTC’s Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis groups. Johri also had senior financial roles at UTC Fire & Security, and Carrier Corporation, including 12 years in the Asia Pacific region.

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CSII) announced that Jeff Points was named Chief Financial Officer. Points succeeds Larry Betterley as CFO. Prior to CSI, he served as Assistant Controller at Empi. Points also held various leadership positions at CliftonLarsonAllen.

FormFactor, Inc. [LIVERMORE, Calif.] (NADAQ: FORM) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Michael Ludwig, has notified the company of his plans to retire.

Jim Lejeal

VictorOps [BOULDER, CO] announced the appointment of Jim Lejeal as chief financial officer. Prior to joining VictorOps, Jim served as CFO at Sphero, Inc. His other roles include CFO at Rally Software Development Corp; co-founder and CFO at Raindance Communications Inc.; corporate vice president of finance at ConferTech International; and advisor at Techstars Central LLC.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced the appointment of Anil Doradla as Chief Financial Officer. Doradla will succeed Leo Johnson, who will remain at Airgain as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Prior to Airgain, Doradla served as an Equity Research Analyst at William Blair & Company. He also previously worked with the equity research groups at Deutsche Bank and Caris & Company. Prior to working on Wall Street, he held a variety of strategic and engineering roles at SBC Labs and LCC International, Inc.

SandRidge Energy, Inc. [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NYSE: SD) announced that Julian Bott, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will depart from the Company. Mike Johnson, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has agreed to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

City of Hope [DUARTE, Calif.] announced the appointment Jennifer Parkhurst as the new chief financial officer. Most recently, Parkhurst served as a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in San Francisco. Before joining PwC, Parkhurst was a partner at PRTM Management Consultants in Mountain View, California, and held several management roles at Eli Lilly.

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Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Rick Essex as Chief Financial Officer. Rick joins Blackboard from Survey Sampling International (SSI), where he served as CFO since 2012. Prior to joining SSI, Rick served as a Principal at Providence Equity Partners. Earlier, he held a variety of roles in private equity, investment banking and public accounting with BCI Partners, Dillon Read & Co (now UBS) and Arthur Andersen.

Cogent Energy Services [HOUSTON] announced David Gutierrez as its chief financial officer.

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (NYSE: SWX) announced that Roy Centrella, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, has announced his retirement from the company and its subsidiaries. Centrella began his career with Southwest Gas Corporation in 1983, has been Southwest’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2010, and became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in connection with our holding company reorganization in January 2017. The Company announced that Gregory Peterson will assume the duties of the Company’s principal financial officer and be promoted to Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and Southwest. Peterson began his career with Southwest in 1993, has been Southwest’s Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2010, and became the Company’s Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in January 2017.

Perion Network Ltd. [TEL AVIV & NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: PERI) announced that Ophir Yakovian has tendered his resignation as Perion’s Chief Financial Officer to pursue new professional business opportunities. Maoz Sigron, Perion’s Vice President of Finance and a senior finance executive has been appointed as Perion’s CFO. Mr. Sigron has served in various finance leadership and senior accounting, in positions at Tnuva Dairy Corporation as well as Allot Communications and Stratasys Ltd. Earlier in his career he served as a CPA with PwC.

Paul C. Schwarzkopf

Broward Health [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] has brought on Paul C. Schwarzkopf to assume the role of chief financial officer at Broward Health Medical Center. Schwarzkopf comes to Broward Health from Tenet Healthcare where he most recently served as senior director of regional finance for its Coastal Division. He began at Tenet in 1991 as CFO of the West Boca Medical Center and has also been director of regional finance for Florida. Prior to that, he was with Universal Health Services as controller of Wellington Regional Medical Center and held various positions at HCA Healthcare.

Central Logic [SANDY, Utah] announced that Brian Lanier has joined the company’s senior leadership team. Prior to National MedTrans Network, Lanier served in financial roles at AutoPoint, Service Repair Solutions, American Residential Services, and Ernst & Young.

Celmatix [NEW YORK] announced that Richard Hofbauer has joined its executive team in the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Celmatix, Hofbauer was COO at Intersection, Inc., having previously served as a Partner at Control Group. Before that, he was the first employee hired at MortgageIT Holdings (MHL).

Kevin Gordon

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced the appointment of Kevin Gordon as President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Gordon served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Quintiles from 2010 to 2015. Before joining Quintiles, Mr. Gordon was Executive Vice President and CFO at Teleflex Incorporated. Mr. Gordon held various management positions with Teleflex, Package Machinery Company and KPMG. He currently serves on the board of Veracyte, Inc.

Omni-ID [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] announced that James Dole has recently retired as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and has been replaced by Mag Saba. Mag Saba joins Omni-ID from American Aerogel Corporation, where he was the Chief Financial Officer. He has held several executive roles at Bausch & Lomb Inc, including CFO positions for their Asia-Pacific, and “America’s” Divisions.

Mutualink, Inc. [WALLINGFORD, Conn.] announced Bill Leimkuhler as Chief Financial Officer. Bill joined Mutualink in November 2017 with over 30 years of experience.

David Zinsner

Micron Technology, Inc. [BOISE, Idaho] (NASDAQ: MU) announced that the company has appointed David Zinsner as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Zinsner succeeds Ernie Maddock, who is retiring from Micron. Zinsner most recently served as president and chief operating officer at Affirmed Networks. Prior to that, Zinsner was senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer for eight years at Analog Devices, and before that, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer for four years at Intersil Corp.

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HRTG) announced that it has appointed Kirk H. Lusk as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lusk will serve as co-Chief Financial Officer with Steven Martindale, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Martindale’s contract expires on April 28, 2018, and he intends to pursue financial consulting opportunities. Mr. Martindale has agreed to remain involved with the Company and has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Lusk joined the Heritage team on November 30, 2017, when the Company acquired NBIC Holdings, Inc. Mr. Lusk served as Chief Financial Officer for NBIC since January 2013. Prior to NBIC, Mr. Lusk served as International Chief Financial Officer of Aetna, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Alea Group Holdings Bermuda Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer of GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation Global Casualty and GE Capital Auto Warranty Services.

Shalin Shah

Corizon Health [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] announced Shalin Shah has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Shah was most recently the CFO of two prominent St. Thomas Health medical centers – Midtown and West.

iboss [BOSTON] announced that it has hired Christian G. Kasper as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining iboss, Kasper was President and CEO of Harvest Power, Inc. He has also served as CFO of several companies, including The Princeton Review, Inc.

Allen Shim

Slack [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the company is naming long-time employee Allen Shim as the company’s first CFO.

Mercury Systems, Inc. [ANDOVER, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced that Michael D. Ruppert, Mercury’s Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, has been named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Ruppert succeeds Gerald D. Haines, who assumed the role of Mercury’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2014 after having joined the company in 2010 as head of Corporate Development. Mr. Ruppert joined Mercury in 2014 as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development.

T2 Biosystems, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TTOO) announced that John Sprague has been named chief financial officer. He replaces Darlene Deptula-Hicks, who is retiring to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Sprague was most recently the chief financial officer at Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Mr. John Sprague spent six years working in several financial positions at GE Healthcare, most recently being the chief financial officer of the US & Canada Core Imaging Division, GE Healthcare’s pharmaceutical business supplying contrast, Spect and PET imaging agents to heath care providers. Mr. John Sprague originally came to GE Healthcare through a merger with Xcellerex, Inc. where he was the chief financial officer.

Kenneth Vanden Berg

Guess & Co. Corporation [Durham, North Carolina] announced that Kenneth Vanden Berg has been named Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Guess & Co. Corporation, Mr. Vanden Berg was Senior Vice-President of Finance for an international manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics and nutritional products with locations in China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Spain and Australia. Mr. Vanden Berg began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he was a Senior Audit Manager for 15 years.

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ImmunoMet Therapeutics [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Allan J. Shaw as Chief Financial Officer. Allan L. Shaw currently serves as a director of VIVUS, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Shaw was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Shaw was Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal LLC. Mr. Shaw’s previous experience includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Serono S.A., NewLead Holdings Ltd. and Viatel, Inc. Mr. Shaw was also the founder and Senior Managing Director of Shaw Strategic Capital LLC.

Allison Dukes

SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: STI) announced that Aleem Gillani, chief financial officer, has announced his plans to retire from the company. He will be succeeded by Allison Dukes, currently head of Commercial Banking.

Twilio Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: TWLO) announced that Lee Kirkpatrick, who has served as Twilio’s Chief Financial Officer since May 2012, has informed the Company and its Board of Directors of his decision to leave the company.

The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc. [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced the appointment of Kerra McDonough to Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. McDonough has been a member of The Motley Fool’s finance team for over 18 years and was formerly serving as Chief Performance Officer. Mrs. McDonough is assuming the role from Ollen Douglass, who held the position for 17 years. Mr. Douglass is moving to a newly created role as Managing Director of Motley Fool Ventures. Prior to joining the company in 2000, Mrs. McDonough was a budget analyst for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Papa John’s International, Inc. [Louisville, Kentucky] appointed Steven R. Coke, the Company’s Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategy, to the positions of principal financial and accounting officer of the Company on an interim basis, effective March 2, 2018, the previously announced date of departure of Lance Tucker, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer.  The Company has commenced a search for a permanent chief financial officer. Steven R. Coke has served as Vice President, Strategic Planning since January 2015, after serving as Senior Director, Strategy since April 2012 and Senior Director, Restaurant Finance since June 2011.  He has served in various director and manager level positions with increasing responsibility in Finance since joining the company in May 1998.

Trinity Industries, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: TRN) announced that Scott Beasley, currently the Group Chief Financial Officer of Trinity’s Construction, Energy, Marine and Components businesses, has accepted a role as the future Chief Financial Officer of the new infrastructure company upon completion of the spin-off. Mr. Beasley, has served in his current role since 2017. Mr. Beasley joined the Company in 2014 and previously served as Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning for Trinity Industries. Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. Beasley was an Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company. Previously, he worked at McMaster-Carr Supply Company for several years as an operations manager.

Gibson Brands, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Benson Woo will return to the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Woo spent his early career at General Motors and then moved onto senior financial positions at more entrepreneurial companies.

TowneBank [SUFFOLK, VA] (NASDAQ: TOWN) announced the promotion of William B. Littreal to the position of Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, following the retirement of Clyde E. McFarland, Jr., who has served as CFO since the founding of the company in 1999. Mr. Littreal joined TowneBank in 2008 and has served in several executive roles as the company’s Finance Director from 2008 – 2011, Chief Operating Officer from 2011 – 2016, and in his current role as Chief Strategy Officer and Director of Investor Relations. Mr. Littreal will continue in his investor relations role when he assumes his new post. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Littreal served as Chief Financial Officer of another publicly-held financial institution.

Cell Medica [HOUSTON & LONDON] announced the appointment of Kevin S. Boyle, Sr. as Chief Financial Officer, based in Houston, TX.

Catastrophe Solutions International [ST. LOUIS, MO.] announced that Andy Kipker has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Andy spent the last 21 years working for Safelite, where his roles included serving as Controller, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, AVP of Credit and Client Services, and for the past 14 years as Vice President of Claims Management and Strategic Planning Services.

Algeco Scotsman Global [BALTIMORE] announced that Sunny Thakrar, its former European Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer following the concurrent resignation of Stephen Bishop, who had served as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer since 2014.

Mills Fleet Farm [APPLETON, Wis. & BRAINERD, Minn.] announced that Michael Schwindle has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Schwindle was most recently CFO at Payless Shoe Source, and previously held CFO positions at both Harry & David and Musician’s Friend. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He has also held financial and operational leadership roles at Home Depot, Limited Brands, and The Longaberger Company.

Ominto, Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NASDAQ: OMNT) announced the appointment of Jim Spielman as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Ominto, Mr. Spielman was the Managing Partner of Sympheron Capital LLC. Prior to Sympheron, Mr. Spielman served as the CFO of Intelligent InSites. Prior to InSites, Mr. Spielman was an M&A and corporate finance investment banker with Houlihan Lokey’s Global Energy Investment Banking Group and Bank of America Securities’ Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group in New York. Earlier in his career, Mr. Spielman spent 10 years in senior roles with Western Digital, Buy.com and Health Care Property Investors. Mr. Spielman started his career as an audit CPA with Arthur Andersen.

Jeff Garte

Globecomm [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced Jeff Garte has joined their executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Globecomm, he served at Hibernia Networks for nearly four years as the senior vice president of corporate development, managing corporate development, FP&A, and procurement. Before Hibernia, Mr. Garte was VP of FP&A at Sterling Infosystems. He also served as VP of finance at AboveNet, where his responsibilities included corporate development, FP&A, investor relations, project cost management and procurement.

Abaco Systems [HUNTSVILLE, Ala.] announced the appointment of William Read as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Read joins Abaco from Harmar, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Read has also held senior financial positions at BBB Industries, Continental Motors and Teledyne Technologies.

Aptinyx Inc. [EVANSTON, Ill.] announced Ashish Khanna, the company’s chief business officer, has also been appointed its chief financial officer. Mr. Khanna has served as chief business officer of Aptinyx since the company’s inception in 2015. He played a central role in forming and spinning out Aptinyx from its predecessor company, Naurex, as part of a transaction with Allergan. He joined Naurex as vice president of corporate development in 2010. Prior to Aptinyx and Naurex, Mr. Khanna served as director of business development at Vanda Pharmaceuticals. He was formerly a member of the cardiology strategic marketing team at Cordis Corporation. Earlier, he was a strategy consultant with the Palladium Group and with the Strategic Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young.

Murphy Oil Corporation [EL DORADO, Ark.] (NYSE: MUR) announced that John W. Eckart, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company of his intention to retire, after nearly 28 years of service.

Deep Green Waste & Recycling, Inc. [MARIETTA, Ga.] (OTC: DGWR) announced the addition of Josh Beckham as Chief Financial Officer. Josh has spent the last 8 years overseeing a succession of financial and analytical departments at AT&T.

Adventist Health [ROSEVILLE, Calif.] announced the planned retirement of its senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), Jack Wagner, after four years of service to the company. Joe Reppert, a recent internal hire will succeed Mr. Wagner as CFO.

Cenveo, Inc. [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NASDAQ: CVO) announced the appointment of Mark S. Hiltwein as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hiltwein succeeds Scott Goodwin, who is departing Cenveo. Mr. Hiltwein rejoins Cenveo from Rand Logistics, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Hiltwein held several senior positions at Cenveo, including Chief Financial Officer, President of the Envelope Group, and President of Field Sales and Manufacturing.

Energy Fuels Inc. [LAKEWOOD, CO.] (NYSE American: UUUU; TSX: EFR) announced that David C. Frydenlund, the Company’s previous Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Frydenlund will replace the Company’s current CFO, Daniel G. Zang, who will be leaving the Company. Mr. Frydenlund has worked in the U.S. uranium mining industry since 1997, including as CFO of International Uranium Corporation from 2000-2005.

ACETO Corporation [PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ACET) announced that it has appointed Edward J.  Borkowski as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Borkowski served as CFO at several healthcare companies including Concordia, where he was also a member of the board, Carefusion and Mylan.  He began his career at Arthur Andersen.

Michael Wainscott

Benson Hill Biosystems [ST. LOUIS] announced that Michael Wainscott has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Wainscott co-founded and served as Chief Financial Officer for Technology Crops International.  Prior to that, he served as CFO for Kings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods, plc.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Davinder Athwal has been named Chief Financial Officer. Athwal succeeds Eric Emans who has been serving in a consulting role with Blucora since stepping down as CFO in late 2017. Emans will remain in his current consulting role through May 31, 2018 to assist with the transition. Athwal most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UGI International. He was previously UGI Corporation’s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer.  Prior to his roles with UGI, he was the global mergers and acquisitions controller for Nortel Networks and before that worked in various corporate finance roles at IBM Corporation. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Information Technology Procurement Sourcing (ITPS) [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of P. Daniel Bunner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Edgewell Personal Care Company [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: EPC) announced the appointment of Rod R. Little as chief financial officer (CFO). Little served most recently as CFO with HSN Inc. and, prior to that, Elizabeth Arden Inc. Earlier in his career, he was CFO for Procter & Gamble’s global salon professional division. He will begin March 5, 2018.

KMG [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: KMG) announced that Marcelino Rodriguez, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will resign in the next few weeks to pursue another opportunity. Monte Green, KMG’s Director of Corporate Development, will assume the additional role of CFO on an interim basis. Prior to KMG, Mr. Green was a senior vice president for Imperial Capital. Mr. Green’s prior career included positions at Lehman Brothers and Bank of America.

Julie Swinehart

Retail Properties of America, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: RPAI) announced that its has promoted Julie M. Swinehart to serve as the Company’s executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Ms. Swinehart joined RPAI in June 2008 and held the position of senior vice president and chief accounting officer from July 2015 through February 2018. Before assuming her role as chief accounting officer in 2015, Ms. Swinehart served as the Company’s senior vice president and corporate controller since April 2013 and held various accounting and financial reporting positions since joining the team in 2008. Before joining RPAI, Ms. Swinehart was a manager of external reporting at Equity Office Properties Trust for two years and she spent eight years in public accounting in the audit practices of Arthur Andersen LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP.

SiFive [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Shiva Natarajan as chief financial officer. Before joining SiFive, Natarajan was vice president of finance at A10 Networks. Earlier in his career, Natarajan served as vice president, corporate controller, chief accounting officer and interim CFO during his eight years at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation.

Patient Home Monitoring Corp. [CINCINNATI] (TSX-V: PHM) announced it has appointed Hardik Mehta as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mehta has worked as a finance professional and an investment banker at Silverstone Capital Advisors for nearly ten years.

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GM Financial [FORT WORTH, TEXAS] announced the retirement of Chris Choate as Chief Financial Officer. Treasurer Susan Sheffield has been named to succeed Choate. Sheffield has served as Executive Vice President and Treasurer since 2014. Prior to her role as Treasurer, Sheffield was SVP of Corporate Finance since 2008. From 2002 to 2008, she led the Structured Finance team. She joined the company in 2001 as VP Investor Relations.

AMRI [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced the appointment of Anthony Mattacchione as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Mattacchione succeeds Felicia Ladin, who announced her intention to leave AMRI in December 2017. Before joining AMRI, Mr. Mattacchione spent five years at Bruker Corp. where he most recently served as their chief financial officer. Before this, he was senior vice president, corporate finance and accounting. Prior to joining Bruker, Mr. Mattacchione served as chief financial officer of EMD Millipore, from 2010 to 2013. Previously, he was vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Millipore Corp. between 2006 and 2010. He also held various financial leadership roles during a 16-year career at Gerber Scientific Inc.

Bruker Corporation [BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced that Anthony Mattacchione, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President of Bruker, has submitted his resignation. Mr. Mattacchione has informed us that he has accepted a position as Chief Financial Officer of Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

QVC, Inc. [WEST CHESTER, Pa.] announced that Ted Jastrzebski will be stepping down as Chief Financial Officer.

UGI Corporation [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] (NYSE: UGI) has named Ted Jastrzebski to the position of Chief Financial Officer, an executive officer of the Company. Mr. Jastrzebski joins UGI after serving since 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the QVC Group of Companies. Prior to QVC, Mr. Jastrzebski held senior-level finance and general management leadership positions at international companies and organizations including The Hershey Company (2004-2013), CARE (2002-2004), Project HOPE (1999-2002), and Procter & Gamble (1985-1999). While with Procter & Gamble, Mr. Jastrzebski had leadership assignments in India, Egypt, and Poland.

American Zinc Recycling LLC [PITTSBURGH] announced that it has named Marcelino Rodriguez as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rodriguez most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of KMG Chemicals.

Invacare Corporation [ELYRIA, Ohio] (NYSE: IVC) announced the appointment of Kathleen P. Leneghan as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Leneghan has been in the role of interim Chief Financial Officer of the company since November 26, 2017. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Leneghan was vice president and corporate controller since 2003. She has been with Invacare for 27 years, serving in various financial roles in both North America and Europe. Prior to joining Invacare, Ms. Leneghan was an audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP.

GulfMark Offshore, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: GLF) announced that Sam Rubio will be promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Sam will replace James (Jay) M. Mitchell. Mr. Rubio joined GulfMark in 2005 and has continued to earn increasing responsibilities within the organization, currently holding the position of Senior Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Sam became Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 2008 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2012.

ClearDATA [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Dennis Hynson has joined as chief financial officer. Hynson joins ClearDATA from IntelliCyt, where he was CFO and Chief Operating Officer.

ITS Logistics [RENO, Nev.] announced that Jamie Lawson has been elevated to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Lawson started at the company in 2014 as Controller before being promoted to Director of Finance, and now to CFO and a position on the executive team. Lawson started out in the accounting field. She has worked in public accounting for CPA firms in Oklahoma, California and Nevada.

Naren Goel

Ephesoft, Inc. [IRVINE, CALIF.] announced that it has appointed Naren Goel as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Murphy Oil Corporation [EL DORADO, Ark.] (NYSE: MUR) announced that David R. Looney has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Looney will succeed John W. Eckart who previously announced his intention to retire from the company later this year.

FormFactor, Inc. [LIVERMORE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FORM) announced that it has appointed Shai Shahar to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. He replaces the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Michael Ludwig, who is retiring. Mr. Shahar is currently serving as the Vice President Finance & Operations of Nova Measuring Instruments. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Shahar served as Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller of PMC-Sierra, Inc., and served as its Vice President Finance, FP&A, from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Shahar was Chief Financial Officer of Wintegra, Inc., from 2006 to 2010.  From 1997 to 2006, Mr. Shahar worked in progressive roles through senior manager at Ernst & Young.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: FET) announced that the company has appointed Pablo G. Mercado to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. James W. Harris, the current Chief Financial Officer, has been leading the Drilling and Subsea segment since September 2017 and will transition full-time to that operating role, serving as Forum’s Executive Vice President – Drilling and Subsea. Pablo joined Forum in 2011 as Vice President, Corporate Development and has held positions with increasing responsibility. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President – Finance, with oversight of Forum’s corporate development, investor relations, accounting, tax and treasury functions. Prior to joining Forum, he was an investment banker in the Oil and Gas Group of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

Campus Life & Style (“CLS”) [NEW YORK] announced that Joseph Hughes has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hughes previously served as CLS’ Senior Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to joining CLS in 2016, Mr. Hughes served as American Campus Communities’ Vice President of Budgeting & Forecasting, a position he held from 2007 to 2015.

FirstEnergy Corp. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: FE) announced Steven E. Strah as the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. Strah, currently senior vice president and president, FirstEnergy Utilities. Strah began his career with The Illuminating Company in 1984 and has specialized in regional operations.  He has been in his current position since 2015.

GoodData [SAN FRANCISCO] has brought on Carol Lee as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining GoodData, Lee was Vice President of Finance for Konica Minolta Business Solutions, 2011 and 2017.

Dan Rieber

UCHealth [Aurora, CO] announced the appointment of Dan Rieber as chief financial officer. Rieber has been serving as the 9-hospital system’s interim CFO since Fall 2017.

Barton Malow Company [DETROIT] announced Lars Luedeman as Chief Financial Officer. Lars Luedeman joined Barton Malow Company in 2012 as Director of Finance after spending 16 years in the investment banking industry.

Scott Richardson

Celanese Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: CE) announced that chief financial officer, Chris Jensen, has tendered his resignation after a successful 12 years with the Company. He will be succeeded as CFO by Scott Richardson, currently Senior Vice President, Engineered Materials. Richardson joined Celanese in 2005 and held a variety of roles at the Company including Vice President and General Manager of Acetyls, and his most recent role as Senior Vice President, Engineered Materials.

Savigent Software, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] has named John Mitchell as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Mitchell served in finance management roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for 18 years in various business units including Applications and Supply Chain & Operations. Prior to HPE, he was the CFO of Rainier Technology. He started his career as a CPA and audit manager at a national accounting firm.

Richard Mazza

National Lutheran Communities & Services [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced that Richard M. Mazza has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mazza was Managing Director at Solar Renewable Energy, LLC. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Pacific Retirement Services, Inc., where he served in a variety of roles including Senior VP of Development and Chief Accounting Officer. Mazza also spent 17 years at KPMG, holding multiple positions including, Director and Senior Manager of Retirement Housing & Long-term Care Consulting Practice and Manager of Assurance Practice.

Giga-tronics Incorporated [DUBLIN, Calif.] (OTCQB: GIGA) announced the appointment of Dr. Lutz P. Henckels as Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Henckels, who joined the Company’s Board of Directors in 2011, is a managing member of Alara Capital AVI II. Dr. Henckels has over 20 years’ experience serving as Chief Executive Officer of both public and private technology companies including, among others, LeCroy Corporation and most recently as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HiQ Solar, Inc.

Otter Media [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jennifer Cho has been named chief financial officer. Cho joins Otter with more than 25 years of experience in banking, corporate finance, treasury, corporate development and financial operations. She has held senior leadership positions at AT&T, DIRECTV and Gap Inc. Most recently she served as CFO of AT&T Entertainment Group’s Technology & Operations division.

Nicholas Financial, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NASDAQ: NICK) announced that Chad Steinorth will be rejoining the Company as Vice President and Interim CFO. Mr. Steinorth originally spent 13 years with Nicholas Financial from November 1993 to November 2006, holding several positions including Controller and Vice President of Finance. Since then, Mr. Steinorth ran his own local auto finance company in the Tampa Bay area before selling it in 2016. Mr. Steinorth most recently served as Vice President of Finance at Platinum Auto Finance.

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: SRC) announced that the Company would not be renewing its employment agreement with Phil Joseph, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Glassdoor [MILL VALLEY, Calif.] announced James (Jim) S. Cox has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Cox joins Glassdoor from Lithium Technologies, where he was CFO. Prior to joining Lithium, Cox was the CFO at Advent Software. Earlier in his career, he worked at UTStarcom and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Ohio, California and New Zealand.

LivePerson, Inc. [New York, New York] announced that it is appointing Christopher Greiner to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Greiner previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Operating Officer of Inovalon Holdings, Inc., from November 2016 to February 2018. Prior to this combined role, Mr. Greiner served as Inovalon’s Chief Product and Operations Officer, a position he held from May 2013 to November 2016. Prior to joining Inovalon in May 2013, Mr. Greiner served as a Vice President at Computer Sciences Corporation, from November 2012 to April 2013. From April 1999 to November 2012, Mr. Greiner served as the combined Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of IBM’s Business Analytics division. Prior to this position, Mr. Greiner was responsible for IBM’s global services business based in Shanghai, China, and Tokyo, Japan. Additionally, Mr. Greiner fulfilled multiple roles in finance and operations both within IBM’s U.S. business and overseas operations in Australia, India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore.

Lydall, Inc. [MANCHESTER, Conn.] (NYSE: LDL) announced that Randall B. Gonzales, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lydall, Inc. Mr. Gonzales will be joining Lydall from his position as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Progress Rail Services Corporation. Prior to joining Progress Rail, Mr. Gonzales held financial and operational leadership roles of increasing responsibilities within Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Prior to that role, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Nissan’s Global Sales & Marketing functions.

iCIMS Inc. [HOLMDEL, N.J.] announced the introduction of Valerie Rainey as chief financial officer (CFO). Rainey previously served as CFO at CMA CGM America, and INTTRA, Inc.

Rubrik [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced Murray Demo as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Rubrik, Demo was CFO at Atlassian. Demo brings decades of experience to Rubrik and has previously served as CFO at Adobe Systems, Postini, LiveOps and Dolby Laboratories.

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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. [EXTON, Pa.] (NYSE: WST) announced William Federici, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has communicated his intention to retire later this year.

Career Education Corporation [SCHAUMBURG, Ill.] (NASDAQ: CECO) announced the appointment of Ashish Ghia as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ghia has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since September 21, 2017. Mr. Ghia joined the Company in June 2008 and has served in various financial planning and analysis roles with increasing responsibility, including as Vice President Finance since February 2016 and Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis from October 2012 through January 2016. Mr. Ghia has also served as Assistant Treasurer of the Company since August 2016. Prior to joining the Company in June 2008, Mr. Ghia was a Business Finance Manager with Sears Holdings Corporation from 2006 to 2008 and also held associate positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young.

LexaGene Holdings Inc. [BEVERLY, Mass.] (OTCQB: LXXGF, TSX-V: LXG) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Mitchell as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Zula Kropivnitski. Before joining LexaGene, he served in positions of increasing responsibility including Controller and Director of Finance for Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. In addition to his many years at Palomar, Mr. Mitchell has served in numerous financial and strategic advisory roles for medical device, imaging, and diagnostic companies.

Sixpoint Partners [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Markus Schmalhofer as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Schmalhofer was Chief Financial Officer for Europe, America and the Middle East at ANZ Securities.

Kevin V. Roberts

Geisinger [DANVILLE, Pa.] has named Kevin V. Roberts its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Roberts succeeds Kevin Brennan who announced his retirement at the end of 2017 after more than 20 years with the health system. Brennan will remain at Geisinger through June when he will become Chair of Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). Roberts joins Geisinger from BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, Missouri, where he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Assist America, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] announced the promotion of Ernesto T. Estillore to Chief Financial Officer. Ernesto joined Assist America in November of 2015 as Director of Finance.

Banner Corporation [WALLA WALLA, Wash.] (NASDAQ GSM: BANR) announced that Lloyd W. Baker will be retiring from both his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Executive Vice President of Banner Bank. Peter J. Conner, currently Executive Vice President of Banner Bank, will assume the same position at the Company following Mr. Baker’s retirement. Lloyd W. Baker joined Banner Bank in 1994 as Asset/Liability Manger. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2000 and of Banner Bank from 2000 to October 2015. He began his banking career in 1973. Peter J. Conner joined Banner Bank in 2015 upon the acquisition of AmericanWest. Prior to joining Banner Bank he was the Chief Financial Officer for SKBHC LLC, and AmericanWest Bank from 2010 until he joined Banner Bank in 2015. Mr. Conner has 28 years of experience in the financial services industry including executive finance positions at Wells Fargo Bank as well as regional community banks. Additionally, he spent time as a managing director for FSI Group.

Poseida Therapeutics Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced that Mark J. Gergen has joined the company as chief business officer and chief financial officer. Mr. Gergen was most recently the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Halozyme Therapeutics. Prior to Halozyme he was executive vice president of Mirati Therapeutics where he had responsibility for all business operations of the company, including functions of both COO and CFO. From 2005 until the sale of Amylin Pharmaceuticals to Bristol-Myers Squibb in August 2012, Mark was the senior vice president of corporate development. Previously, he also held leadership positions with CardioNet, Advance Tissue Sciences, and Medtronic.

Computer Services, Inc. [PADUCAH, Ky.] (OTCQX: CSVI) has named Andras Bende as its next chief financial officer. Bende will replace David Simon, who is retiring in June after twenty-three years of service as chief financial officer. Bende joins CSI after having held a variety of leadership roles at GE Capital. He most recently served as chief financial officer for Bank BPH, in Warsaw, Poland. Prior to his position at Bank BPH, he also held other leadership roles within GE Capital including global chief financial officer for GE Working Capital Solutions and controller (Europe) for GE Corporate Financial Services.

Blade Therapeutics [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Ryan Maynard as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Maynard joins Blade with over 16 years of financial leadership experience, most recently as Executive Vice President and CFO of Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Maynard currently serves on the board of directors for Iovance Biotherapeutics.

Brent Coles

GTreasury [CHICAGO] announced that Brent Coles is its new Chief Financial Officer. Coles comes to GTreasury from BluePay Processing of Naperville, IL, where he had served as CFO since May, 2014. Prior to that, he spent seven years as CFO of Columbus Data Services of Dallas, Texas. He had previously been SVP, Finance with eFunds Corporation of Scottsdale, AZ. He was also a senior manager with Answerthink Consulting of Miami, FL. Coles began his business career with a two-year tenure as a manager at Ernst and Young.

Nanometrics Incorporated [MILPITAS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NANO) announced that Jonathan H. Chou will join Nanometrics as its chief financial officer. Mr. Chou brings to Nanometrics over 25 years of financial leadership and management. He joins after more than seven years with Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. where he served as CFO since 2010 and also served as interim chief executive officer from October 2015 through October 2016. For the three years prior to Kulicke & Soffa, Mr. Chou was the CFO of Feihe International. Prior to his U.S.-listed company CFO roles, Mr. Chou held Asia Pacific Regional CFO roles with companies including Honeywell International, Tyco International and Lucent Technologies. Mr. Chou currently serves on the board of directors of MicroPort Scientific.

SUPERVALU INC. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: SVU) announced that Rob Woseth has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Woseth, who has held the position of EVP, Chief Strategy Officer with the Company since March 2013, has also served as the Company’s interim CFO since July 2017. Woseth joined SUPERVALU’s executive team in 2013. Prior to SUPERVALU, he served as Vice President, Business Development and Strategy at Albertson’s LLC. He has also held financial leadership positions as Vice President, Research, for Water Tower Capital, LLC and as Vice President, Investment Banking, at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray.

CSG [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: CSGS) announced that Randy Wiese, its executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire.

Elizabeth Beem

Healthwise [BOISE, Idaho] announced that Elizabeth Beem will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Beem joined Healthwise in 2014 and previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance. Before joining Healthwise, Elizabeth spent 17 years at Hewlett-Packard, where she held several leadership roles in finance, business planning and analytics, and business operations. Beem previously worked as the assistant controller for Smith Sport Optics and an accounting auditor for Arthur Andersen.

ALM Media [NEW YORK] announced that Mark Fried has joined ALM as Chief Financial Officer and President, Events. Fried joins ALM after serving as President and CEO of Vendome Group.

Avid Bioservices, Inc. [TUSTIN, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CDMO) announced that Paul J. Lytle notified the company of his intent to resign his position as chief financial officer.

Credible [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has appointed Chris Bishko as chief financial officer. With over 20 years of experience in technology and financial services as an investor and investment banker, Mr. Bishko joins Credible from Omidyar Technology Ventures, where he was a partner focused. Mr. Bishko also brings direct experience in marketplace lending, having served as a board member of Prosper Marketplace since 2013. Prior to joining The Omidyar Group, Mr. Bishko worked at JPMorgan as an investment banking client officer. He began his career with JPMorgan Capital Corp.

Sequential Brands Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: SQBG) announced the appointment of Peter Lops as Chief Financial Officer. He assumes the role from President and Interim CFO Andrew Cooper, who will continue to serve as President.  Mr. Lops joins Sequential from Viacom Media Networks where he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for the Distribution and Business Development division. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis of Viacom Media Networks. Before joining Viacom, Mr. Lops was Vice President of Finance for Fox Television Stations, Inc. For nine years, he held financial roles at the National Football League serving as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, Finance Director and Controller. Early in his career, he worked at Andersen LLP.

Isabella Bank Corporation [MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.] welcomes Neil McDonnell as Chief Financial Officer. McDonnell has built his career over 27 years in the financial services industry. He has served as chief financial officer, controller, treasurer, compliance & risk officer, and director of finance at large international banks, local community banks, as well as de novo banks.

Riot Blockchain, Inc. [CASTLE ROCK, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RIOT) announced that it has appointed Rob Chang as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chang comes to Riot from Cantor Fitzgerald, where he served as Managing Director and Head of Metals & Mining. Mr. Chang has previously served as a Director of Research and Portfolio Manager at a Canadian investment firm.

Astreya [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Monica Hushen as Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operations Officer. Monica previously held the CFO/Operations role for Wonder Workshop. Prior to that, Monica has led growth strategies as CFO for 15+ years in both startups and established companies, such as NewRoads, uBeam, HashFast, Soundhawk, and ECS Refining. She has also held Operations/Finance leadership roles at HP, Palm, Apple, and GE.

The Lubrizol Corporation [Cleveland, Ohio] announced the promotion of J. Brian Pitts to corporate vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.  Brian Pitts succeeds Brian Valentine who has announced his decision to leave the organization later this year. Pitts has worked for Lubrizol since 1998 in accounting and finance assignments, including segment controller and positions in business finance, financial planning and analysis, and operations finance. In 2009, Pitts undertook a three-year expatriate assignment in Shanghai as the director of finance – Asia Pacific. From 2012 to 2015, he served as vice president of finance for Lubrizol’s Advanced Materials segment. In 2015, he was named general manager of TempRite® Engineered Polymers.

Maxar Technologies Ltd.  [SAN FRANCISCO and VANCOUVER] (NYSE and TSX: MAXR) announced that William McCombe is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer of Maxar. Anil Wirasekara, who previously served as Chief Financial Officer of MDA from 1994 to October 2017, will assume the duties of Interim Chief Financial Officer of Maxar.

WorkWave [HOLMDEL, N.J.] announced that Bill Fahrbach has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer.

GlobalSCAPE, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE American: GSB) announced that James W. Albrecht, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of the Company, notified the Company of his decision to retire as an officer of the Company. Albrecht and the Company have agreed in principle to an arrangement in which, upon Albrecht’s retirement, he will serve as a consultant to the Company. In conjunction with Albrecht’s retirement, the Company intends to appoint Karen Young as its interim Chief Financial Officer. Young has served as the Company’s Controller since January 2015. From June 2014 to January 2015, Young was the owner of a CPA practice. Previously, Young served as Controller of PIC Business Systems, Inc., where she worked from December 2001 to June 2014. Young began her career at Valero Energy Corporation.

Garden Fresh Restaurants LLC [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Donald Breen as chief financial officer. Breen joins the team from Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, where he served for the past 10 years as chief financial officer and corporate secretary. His prior experience includes chief financial officer and senior management positions with Baja Fresh, Brothers Gourmet Coffee, Jamba Juice and Adolph Coors.

Smead Capital Management [SEATTLE] announced the hiring of Jameson Greenfield to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Greenfield comes to Smead after serving in several leading roles at BlackRock. Most recently, he oversaw the operational support of BlackRock’s Hedge Fund and Private Credit platforms. In addition, Jameson served as a Board member for several Luxembourg-based investment funds and was an active member of BlackRock’s Alternatives Leadership Committee and Alternatives Operating Committee.

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Blue Nile [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Bill Koefoed as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Koefoed acted as Partner and CFO for BCG Digital Ventures. Prior to that, Mr. Koefoed was CFO at Puppet Labs. During his time at Microsoft, from 2005-2013, he led the company’s investor relations group and served as CFO of Skype.

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: AEZS) (TSX: AEZS) announced the appointment of James Clavijo as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Clavijo joins Aeterna Zentaris from Tri-Source Pharma, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to serving as Chief Financial Officer of Tri-Source Pharma, Mr. Clavijo also served for seven years as founder of Capital View Partners, and for five years as the Chief Accounting Officer at Soligenix.

Aqua Metals, Inc. [ALAMEDA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AQMS) announced that Mark Weinswig, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from his position at Aqua Metals. Mr. Weinswig will continue to assist the Company during a transition period. Thomas Murphy, a Founder and the former Chief Financial Officer of Aqua Metals, will rejoin Aqua Metals as Interim CFO.

Medadyn [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of John C. Dong as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

FMC Corporation [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: FMC) announced that Paul Graves, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been appointed chief executive officer for the previously announced new, publicly traded lithium materials company, which will be created by separating FMC’s lithium business in the second half of 2018.  Gilberto Antoniazzi, CFO for FMC Agricultural Solutions, has been appointed CFO for the new lithium materials company. Antoniazzi has served in senior finance roles in the U.S., Latin America and Europe during his 25-year FMC career.

AutoWeb, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AUTO) announced that Kimberly Boren will be stepping down as CFO to pursue another opportunity. Wesley Ozima will assume the role of interim chief financial officer . Wes has served as the company’s senior vice president, controller since January 2017 and as principal accounting officer since 2009.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. [DEERFIELD, Ill.] (NASDAQ: WBA) announced the appointment of James Kehoe, recently chief financial officer and board director of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, as the company’s executive vice president and global chief financial officer. Kehoe will succeed George Fairweather, who has served as Walgreens Boots Alliance global chief financial officer since February 2015. Kehoe has been chief financial officer of Takeda Pharmaceutical since June 2016 and was based in Tokyo. He was appointed to the Takeda Pharmaceutical board of directors in June 2017. Kehoe joined Takeda Pharmaceutical from Kraft Foods Group in the U.S., where he last held the role of executive vice president, chief financial officer. Prior to that, he held a number of finance-related positions over 25 years with assignments based in Ireland, Germany, Italy, U.S., Austria, Switzerland and Canada.

Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. [HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.] (NASDAQ: ADES) announced the appointment of Greg Marken as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marken served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer prior to taking this new position. Mr. Marken has served on ADES’ finance and accounting team since 2015.

Robert J. Doffek

Connecticut Water Service Inc. [Clinton, Conn.] announced that the it named Robert J. Doffek as CFO, Treasurer and Controller. Doffek has served as controller at CTWS since April 2016.

St. George Logistics [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Joseph (Joe) Tomczak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Joe served as CFO at Neovia Logistics. Prior to Neovia, Joe was the CFO for Martin-Brower. Prior to that, Joe was CFO at TDS Logistics/Syncreon International. Following the sale of TDS to Centerbridge Partners, Joe served as an operating partner at Yucaipa.

Credibly [TROY, Mich.] announced the hiring of Michael Seneski as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Seneski joins Credibly with over 28 years of finance and operations experience at Ford Motor Company. He held numerous leadership positions, serving as Director of Mobility, Director of Corporate Strategy, Controller of Global and U.S. Marketing and Sales, and Assistant Treasurer. He also served as the CFO and Treasurer of Ford Motor Credit.

Univision Communications Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Peter H. Lori has been named Chief Financial Officer. Lori, who has served as Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer for UCI, succeeds Francisco (Frank) J. Lopez-Balboa, who has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. Lori, most recently served as Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer for UCI, joined the Company in 2005 and has held a number of senior roles throughout his tenure with the Company. Prior to joining UCI, Lori served as an audit partner at KPMG, LLP for three years, and partner at Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Susan Medick

AACC [WASHINGTON] announce that Susan Medick has been named chief financial officer (CFO) for the association. Prior to joining AACC, she held the position of CFO at the Telecommunications Industry Association. Before that, she served for 20 years as chief financial and operations officer of the Auto Care Association.

Relievant Medsystems [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Christopher Geyen as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Geyen previously served as Chief Financial Officer of NeuWave Medical. After NeuWave’s acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in 2016, he continued on with J&J as a leader in the interventional oncology platform. Prior to NeuWave, Mr. Geyen served as CFO of Celleration. He also served as CFO of Restore Medical, in addition to serving as CFO at Acorn Cardiovascular, and Urologix. Mr. Geyen began his career with accounting firm EY.

OCI Partners LP [NEDERLAND, Texas] (NYSE: OCIP) announced that Fady Kiama resigned as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of the Partnership. Beshoy Guirguis, currently serving at the Partnership’s parent company OCI N.V. as Chief Financial Officer of OCI Americas, was appointed as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the general partner of the Partnership. In addition to this new position, he will continue to serve as CFO of OCI Americas. Mr. Guirguis joined the OCI N.V. Business Development and Investments team in 2010.

Imaging3, Inc. [BURBANK, Calif.] (OTCQB: IGNG) announced the addition of Joe Biehl as CFO. Mr. Biehl has 20 years of experience in leading private, public, and nonprofit companies. He currently serves as CEO of CxCTeams. Prior to implementing his current practice, Biehl served as an executive finance and operations officer of several larger public and private companies. He was the COO and CFO of Integrated Information Systems. He served as EVP and CFO for Sunstone Hotel Investors. He also served as the corporate controller for Starwood Lodging.

Jimmy Cerveaux

CDx Diagnostics [SUFFERN, N.Y.]  announced Jimmy Cerveaux as Chief Financial Officer. Jimmy Cerveaux co-founded, led and sold Unicity Eldercare. Mr. Cerveaux also worked for many years as an Auditor and a Mergers & Acquisitions Consultant at Ernst & Young, and as an equity analyst for a leading investment management firm in the Middle East.

Infoblox Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Hoke Horne as chief financial officer. His most recent role was CFO for Digital River. Horne’s experience also includes serving as CFO at Groupon for North America businesses, CFO for the software division at Juniper and CFO for the Microsoft Windows business and stints earlier in his career with McKinsey and Accenture.

Technica Corporation [DULLES, Va.] announced that Mark Cabrey has been named as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Technica, Mark spent four years at Phacil as their first CFO and later as President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Phacil, he served as the Corporate Controller at Apptis, and led the sale of the company to URS in 2011.

Lisa Lee

Trident Capital Cybersecurity [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Lisa Lee as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Lee was the Chief Financial Officer of Firelake Capital Management. Previously, she was the Controller of Walden International.

MGT Capital Investments, Inc. [DURHAM, N.C.] (OTCQB: MGTI) announced the appointment of Robert S. Lowrey as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of MGT. Prior to joining MGT, he served as a Director of Finance for Bioventus LLC, and as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer for BioCryst Pharmaceutics, Inc. Mr. Lowrey also held various financial roles of increasing reasonability at Dex One, formerly RH Donnelley. As a CPA, he was employed by Ernst & Young, LLP for 11 years.

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NASA [WASHINGTON] announced that Jeff DeWit will serve as agency’s Chief Financial Officer.

The Materials Science Division of DowDuPont [MIDLAND, Mich.] (NYSE: DWDP) announced that the Materials Advisory Committee of the DowDuPont Board of Directors, announced that Howard Ungerleider, Chief Financial Officer of DowDuPont, and Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer for The Dow Chemical Company, will serve as President and Chief Financial Officer of the intended Materials Science Company. Ungerleider joined Dow in 1990. Ungerleider was named Business Director for Dow’s global Wire and Cable Compounds business in 2000, and in 2004, he became the Global Director of Integrated Supply Chain for Plastics, Performance Chemicals and Thermosets. In 2006, he was appointed North American Commercial Vice President for Dow’s $6 billion Basic Plastics business portfolio. He was named President for Dow’s Performance Plastics Division in 2011. In 2012, he was named Executive Vice President of Dow’s Advanced Materials Division and joined Dow’s senior-most executive team. He was elected as CFO by Dow’s Board of Directors in 2014 and was named Vice Chairman in 2015. He was appointed CFO of DowDuPont in May 2016 effective upon the close of the merger transaction between Dow and DuPont, which occurred on August 31, 2017.

David Sisk

Inocucor [DENVER] has hired David Sisk as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration & Chief Financial Officer. David’s previous experience includes leadership roles in global organizations such as Armacell, Platform Specialty Products Corporation and Cheminova A/S.

Redwood Capital Bank [EUREKA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Renee Byers, VP/Controller to VP/Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Fred J. Moore, III who recently resigned from the company. Renee Byers has 25 years of banking experience, including the areas of Customer Service, Back Office Support, Human Resources and Controller.

Universal Resources [WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.] announced that Mikael Lundgren was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Director. Mr. Lundgren has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Broadside since June 11, 2017 and serves on the advisory board of Royal Deals LLC in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Before joining Broadside, Mr. Lundgren was Head of Legal Affairs for the PNYG Group.

Dyadic International, Inc. [JUPITER, Fl.] (OTCQX: DYAI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas L. Dubinski will be on a medical leave of absence. In Mr. Dubinski’s absence, other executive officers will assume many of Mr. Dubinski’s duties while remaining in their current positions. Ping W. Rawson, the Company’s Director of Financial Reporting since June 2016, was promoted to Chief Accounting Officer on March 14, 2018 and will serve as the Company’s principal financial officer and assume responsibility for finance, tax and treasury.

Shai Lankry

Gamida Cell [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Shai Lankry as chief financial officer (CFO). He succeeds Naftali Brikashvili, who will step into the role of vice president, finance and operations at Gamida Cell. Prior to joining Gamida Cell, Mr. Lankry served as a finance director at West Pharmaceutical Services. Previously, he served as CFO and Israeli site manager at Macrocure Ltd. Before joining Macrocure, Mr. Lankry was the finance director at Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lankry was a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in Tel Aviv.

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: ISNS) announced that Richard Ehrich has resigned as its Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors has appointed Todd Slawson as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Slawson has most recently served as Director of Finance and Corporate Controller at ISS. Prior to joining the ISS team, he held various positions at KPMG LLP.

Novavax, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, Md.] (NASDAQ: NVAX) announced the promotion of John J. Trizzino to Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer (CBO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Trizzino has been serving as Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, since 2014. Mr. Trizzino originally joined Novavax in 2009. Previously, he was CEO of Immunovaccine Inc. Prior to his tenures at Novavax and Immunovaccine, Mr. Trizzino had leadership responsibilities at MedImmune, LLC, ID Biomedical and Henry Schein, Inc.

Onapsis [Boston, MA] announced that Gordon Pothier has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer. Pothier is joining Onapsis from Carbon Black. where he recently held the position of Vice President of Finance and Operations, with the prior role of CFO, of Bit9. Pothier joined Bit9 in 2008.

Surge Holdings, Inc. [Las Vegas] (OTCQB: SURG) announced the appointment of Brian Speck as Chief Financial Officer.

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FPRX) announced that Marc Belsky, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to pursue another opportunity.

Turning Point Brands, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NYSE: TPB) announced that Robert Lavan has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lavan will succeed the Company’s previous CFO, Mark A. Stegeman, who has resigned from his positions as Senior Vice President and CFO. In 2017, Mr. Lavan served as Chief Financial Officer of General Wireless Operations, Inc. Before that, Mr. Lavan worked at Standard General LP, The Blackstone Group, SAC Capital and J. Goldman & Co. LP in various analyst and portfolio manager roles.

Judy C. Gavant

Bay Banks of Virginia, Inc. [RICHMOND, Va.] (OTCQB: BAYK) announced that Judy C. Gavant will join the Company and VCB as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Gavant takes over the Chief Financial Officer position from James A. Wilson, Jr., who retired after nearly 30 years at VCB. Ms. Gavant most recently served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Xenith Bankshares, Inc. Prior to joining Xenith in 2010, Ms. Gavant held a variety of positions with Owens & Minor, Inc., Tredegar Corporation and Dominion Energy, Inc., as well as being one of the initial leaders of a start-up technology company. Ms. Gavant began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she served in the firm’s audit and tax practices.

ArbiterSports [SANDY, Utah] announced the addition of John Hopkins as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Hopkins served most recently as CFO of Zions Bancorporation’s Net Deposit Unit and also as an Owner-Operator of two successful McDonald’s restaurant franchises.

Sight Sciences, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jesse Selnick as Chief Financial Officer. Selnick most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and on the Board of Directors of Electric Lightwave. Since 2011, Selnick has served as a General Partner of Sight Sciences Angels, LP. Earlier in his career, Selnick served as a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group for approximately 10 years in its mergers and acquisitions advisory practice.

ORock® Technologies, Inc. [RESTON, Va.] announced that Dale Stucke has joined its executive leadership team in the role of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Dale served as CFO for IT services company Constellation West. Previously, Stucke was VP Finance of USIS Corporation. He also served as VP, Finance and Corporate Controller of GTSI Corporation. Prior positions include internal audit, finance, and operations roles with Unisys Corporation, BearingPoint, Inc., General Dynamics, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Raj Mehra

The Freedom Bank of Virginia [FAIRFAX, Va.] (OTCQX: FDVA) announced that the board of directors has appointed Raj Mehra as executive vice president, chief financial officer. For many years Mehra was CFO of Middleburg Financial Corp. Previously, he served as director of financial risk management at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and held positions at JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse.

Methode Electronics, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: MEI) announced Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Hrudicka has left the Company to pursue other opportunities. Ronald Tsoumas, currently Methode’s controller and treasurer, has been promoted to succeed Hrudicka as CFO. Tsoumas, a 34-year veteran of the Company, most recently served as the Company’s corporate controller and treasurer since July 2007.

OnDeck [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ONDK) announced that the Company will appoint Kenneth (Ken) A. Brause as its Chief Financial Officer replacing current Chief Financial Officer, Howard Katzenberg. Most recently, Brause served as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of CIT Group and CIT Bank. Prior to becoming Treasurer, Brause was Chief Financial Officer for CIT’s North America Banking group. Brause previously served as the President of CIT’s Small Business Lending group. Earlier in his career, Brause was the Investor Relations Officer for The Bank of New York and American General Corporation, and served as the Vice President of Strategy & Development at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. After beginning his career at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Brause spent 13 years at Bankers Trust in various financial roles, including head of Investor & Media Relations and as a Principal in Debt Capital Markets.

ConversionPoint Technologies Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] has appointed Raghu Kilambi as its new Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Kilambi succeeds Jack Thomsen, who will continue as treasurer of ConversionPoint and COO of its consumer direct marketing unit, Branded Response. Previously, Raghu was the Co-Founder, CFO and Chief Strategy Officer of a leading VC-backed ASP. He has also been an investor in portfolio companies that were eventually acquired by Yahoo, eBay and CGI.

Thomas F. Cowhey

Surgery Partners, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: SGRY) announced that Thomas F. Cowhey has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 2, 2018. Cowhey has more than 20 years of experience in a range of financial and strategic roles in the healthcare services sector, most recently having served as Chief Financial Officer of the Institution Business portfolio at Aetna, Inc.

PDC Brands [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that John F. Owen has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of PDC. He replaces Jay Rogers, who will transition from CFO/COO at PDC to a dedicated COO role. Prior to joining PDC, Mr. Owen most recently served as CFO of Beam Suntory. Prior to this role, he served as SVP, Chief Supply Chain officer of Beam Suntory for over two years. Before joining Beam Suntory, Mr. Owen spent the majority of his career at Avon Products Inc., where he served in a variety of U.S. and overseas roles, including CFO of North America, Group VP of Global Finance, and President of the EMEA regions.

Sasser Family Holdings, Inc. [SCHAUMBURG, Ill.] announced that it has named Susan Buchanan senior vice president and CFO. Buchanan began her finance leadership career in 1987 as a senior financial analyst for Navistar Financial Corporation and spent 11 years at Duchossois Industries, Inc. in a variety of financial roles. Prior to joining Sasser, Buchanan was vice president, CFO and treasurer for Carus Group, Inc. Buchanan was a key member of the executive management team. Previously, Buchanan was vice president, Finance and Business Operations, for Nalco Company.

Star Jets International, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTC PINK: JETR) announced that Robert Sheybani has agreed to join the Company as its Chief Financial Officer. With over 30 years of experience in finance and accounting, including working  for Societe Generale and Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sheybani brings an enormous amount of talent to JETR.

Melanie Pereira

Eyeview [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Melanie Pereira as Chief Financial Officer. Pereira was most recently head of Finance at SiteCompli. Previously, she was Vice President Finance, Divisional CFO at AOL Brands. Prior to AOL, she led finance groups within Patch, Daily Beast, MTV and NBCUniversal.

DiscoverReady® [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced that Todd Tennell has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining DiscoverReady, Tennell served as CFO at Morae Global Corporation. He previously led and was responsible for finance operations and human resources at Huron Legal, a division of Huron Consulting Group.

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MRSN) announced that David A. Spellman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Spellman joins Mersana from Vertex where he has spent the past 12 years in roles of increasing responsibility across all aspects of their finance function. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Corporate, Commercial and International Finance. Spellman also served in various financial management positions at Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

Syros Pharmaceuticals [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SYRS) announced the appointment of Joseph J. Ferra as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ferra most recently served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at JMP Securities. Prior to JMP, he was a member of the investment banking groups at UBS and JP Morgan.

Gerald Herman

Bruker [BILLERICA, Mass.] announced that it has appointed Gerald N. Herman to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Herman was recently also appointed as Bruker’s Principal Accounting Officer (PAO), and he will assume his additional responsibilities as Interim CFO upon the departure of current CFO Anthony L. Mattacchione, whose resignation was announced in February 2018. Herman joined the Company in 2016 as Vice President and Corporate Controller.  Prior to joining Bruker, Mr. Herman had served in senior executive positions with various publicly traded companies, including as Corporate Vice President – Clinical Operations of PAREXEL International from 2014 to February 2016, and as Corporate Vice President & Controller-Finance of PAREXEL from 2008 to 2013.  Prior to 2008, Mr. Herman was Vice President – Corporate Controller of Presstek, Inc.  He also served in financial, consulting and accounting roles at various organizations, including as Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen LLP from 1979 to 1987.

Mindseeker, Inc. [ASHBURN, Va.] announced that it has named Andy Zeweri as the company’s new CFO.

MoxiWorks [SEATTLE] welcomed Jim Tarte as CFO. Tarte previously worked as companies including Scout Media, Prepared Response, X10 Wireless, CFO Selections and Moss Adams.

Assembly Biosciences, Inc.  [INDIANAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: ASMB) announced the appointment of Graham Cooper as its new chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO). Cooper will be assuming the roles previously held by David Barrett, one of Assembly’s co-founders. Barrett will continue as a strategic advisor to Assembly. Cooper served most recently as chief financial officer of Receptos. Previously, Cooper had similar roles at Geron and Orexigen Therapeutics. He worked in investment banking and public accounting earlier in his career.

Guy E. Abramovitz

WebLinc [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Guy E. Abramovitz has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Abramovitz served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Veterinary Practice Partners.

Operative [NEW YORK] announced that the company has hired Andrew Lazarus as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Operative, Lazarus was the Finance Director at BAE Systems – Applied Intelligence. Previously, Lazarus served as the CFO at Silver Sky and Genesys.