Schindler Elevator Corporation [MORRISTOWN, NJ] announced that Sneh Virdi has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer for its US Operations. Ms. Virdi joins Schindler from Legrand, where she was Vice President Finance, Electrical Wiring Systems, North and Central America. Prior to Legrand, she held various positions with United Technologies.

Unum Group [CHATTANOOGA, TN] (NYSE: UNM) announced that John F. “Jack” McGarry, executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2015, will retire from the company effective October 31, 2019. Steven A. Zabel, president of Unum’s closed block of business, will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer effective July 1, at which time McGarry will move into a role supporting a smooth transition until his retirement. Zabel joined Unum in 2013 as senior vice president and chief risk officer. He became president of Unum’s closed block of business in 2015. He began his career with Ernst & Young as an auditor of life and health insurance companies, then moved to Americo Life where he was responsible for financial reporting. Later he spent more than 9 years with Genworth Financial in senior finance roles, including chief financial officer for insurance products.

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. [NEW YORK, NY] (NYSE: ESRT) announced that David A. Karp will be stepping down from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for personal reasons, effective August 1, 2019. In accordance with the Company’s bylaws, Andrew J. Prentice, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, will serve as acting chief financial officer while the Company conducts a search for a permanent successor.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. [CAPE CORAL, FL] (OTCQB: LEAI) announced it has appointed Michael English as its Interim Chief Financial Officer (“ICFO”). Mr. English succeeds Christian A.J. Baeza, former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, whose employment with the Company terminated on May 20, 2019. Since October 2016 through April 2019, English served in a variety of CFO and CFO consulting roles including, CFO advisory partner at Aventine Hill Partners, Alternate Health Corp., and Peak Health Corp. From July 2011 to July 2016, he served as CFO for Zix Corporation and Controller from June 2007 to June 2011. Prior to that, Mr. English was Vice President of Finance for Advanced Fiber Communications from March 2004 through June 2005, and Vice President of Finance for Marconi, PLC from June 1999 to February 2004. Previously, he served as Division Controller for the Access Division of RELTEC Corporation, Division Controller at Rockwell Automation and Division Controller at Reliance Electric Company.

Munich Re Life US [NEW YORK, NY] announced that Quentin Marsh has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, US Life and Health. Marsh most recently was Vice President in the Global Financial Solutions unit of Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). Marsh began his career at EY, in the company’s Global Insurance Center and progressed through successive leadership positions before joining RGA in 2012.

Kymeta [REDMOND, Washington] announced that Walter Z. Berger has been hired as President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Berger most recently served as COO and CFO of Nuvectra, Before joining Nuvectra, he served in senior executive positions at AppDynamics, which was acquired by Cisco. He also held senior executive positions at SoftLayer, which was acquired by IBM, and Leap Wireless. Additionally, he has held several executive operating, financial, and general leadership roles in various industry verticals.

Derek Andersen

Snap Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] (NYSE: SNAP) announced the appointment of Derek Andersen, currently Snap’s Vice President of Finance, as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Andersen will take over the responsibilities of interim CFO Lara Sweet. Snap also announced the appointment of Lara Sweet as Chief People Officer. In this new role, Ms. Sweet will continue as Chief Accounting Officer until a replacement is named. Andersen has served as Snap’s Vice President of Finance since July 2018. Andersen was previously employed at Amazon.com, Inc., serving in a variety of roles over seven years, most recently as Vice President of Finance supporting Amazon’s digital video business. Andersen also previously served in roles at Fox Interactive Media, including as Senior Vice President, Finance and Business Operations for IGN, and as Vice President, Finance.

Akhil Sharma

DentaQuest [BOSTON, MA] announced that Akhil Sharma recently became Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Before joining DentaQuest, Sharma was Co-President and CFO of North American Dental Group. Prior to that, he was the President and CFO of Enlivant. He also spent eight years with Fortress Investment Group, primarily focusing on their senior living private equity investments. Sharma started his career in investment banking at Lazard.

DNAnexus, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the appointment of Scott Gibson as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining DNAnexus, Gibson served as CFO at Conviva. Previously, he was CFO at several semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, and networking companies.

GeoStabilization International (“GSI”) [DENVER, CO] announced the appointment of Chris Howard as Chief Financial Officer. Howard was most recently Vice President, Finance at Accudyne, with financial oversight for the Sundyne division. Prior to Accudyne, he spent five years in senior financial positions at Technip FMC plc, ultimately serving as Finance Director for the Surface International business. Previously, Howard held senior finance roles at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. and Precision Castparts Corporation, among other leading industrial companies.

Lannett Company, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA, PA] (NYSE: LCI) announced that the company’s chief financial officer (CFO), Martin Galvan, will retire on August 30, 2019, following the planned submission of the company’s Form 10-K for fiscal year 2019. Galvan will continue in his role as CFO until then and thereafter serve as a consultant, as necessary.

Speakap [NEW YORK, NY] announced the addition of Ralph De Kleermaeker, who will serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. De Kleermaeker most recently served as CFO and COO at Bynder. Prior to Bynder, Ralph was active in private equity for a period of 8 years.

Western Industries Plastic Products LLC [WINFIELD, KS] announced the appointment of Gage Hotchkiss as Chief Financial Officer. Hotchkiss most recently served with Alpha Guardian as Director Manufacturing FP&A and prior to that he was with Sensata Technologies for two years as Director of Finance.  From 2006 to 2016 he served in a series of senior finance roles with CoActive Technologies, most recently as Controller.

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. [SECAUCUS, NJ] (NYSE: VSI) announced that Charles Knight has been appointed Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Knight was most recently Interim Chief Financial Officer for The Vitamin Shoppe, a role he assumed on April 8, 2019.  He joined The Vitamin Shoppe in July 2018 as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller.  Prior to joining the Vitamin Shoppe, Mr. Knight was most recently Senior Vice President-Corporate Controller (2010-2018) at Toys “R” Us, Inc.  He was employed at Toys “R” Us for approximately 28 years, starting as Special Project Analyst in 1990, and held positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President Controller Toysrus.com (2001-2002), Vice President of Toys “R” US Corporate Accounting (2002-2004), Vice President Corporate Controller, Toys “R” Us, Inc. (2004-2010).  Prior to joining Toys “R” Us, he was a Senior Accountant at Deloitte & Touche LLP starting in 1986.

Socket Mobile, Inc. [NEWARK, CA] (NASDAQ: SCKT) announced that Lynn Zhao has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Finance and Administration, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Zhao has served as the Company’s Controller since January 2015 and was appointed as Vice President and Controller in September 2017. Ms. Zhao previously served as the Company’s General Accounting Manager from December 2000 through January 2015.

Towerstream Corporation [MIDDLETOWN, RI] (OTCQB:TWER) announced that John “Jack” Macdonald, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned effective June 7, 2019, to pursue another career opportunity.

Enfission LLC [RESTON, VA],  a joint venture of Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ: LTBR) and Framatome, announced the appointment of Eugene Dongweck as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Enfission, Mr. Dongweck held a variety of senior roles at Framatome, and currently serves as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis. Previously, Mr. Dongweck served as Audit Manager and Senior Accountant at Deloitte.

Finjan Holdings, Inc. [EAST PALO ALTO, CA] (NASDAQ: FNJN) announced that Jevan Anderson will join the company on June 3, 2019 as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Michael Noonan who is departing to explore new pursuits. Anderson recently was Senior Vice President, Corporate Advisory for Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL). Prior to JLL, Jevan spent 10 years as a Managing Director and Co-Head of Technology Mergers & Acquisitions for Wells Fargo and RBC Capital Markets. Prior to his 17 year investment banking career, Jevan held roles in management consulting, strategic planning, corporate development and investor relations.

Roger Blanchette

Skyword [BOSTON, MA] announced it has appointed Roger Blanchette as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Blanchette joins Skyword from NuoDB, a database cloud provider, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Blanchette was also the Chief Financial Officer of Ektron. Blanchette also has served as CFO at medical device companies, Dune Medical and Cadent. Prior to Cadent, he was CFO of DataSynapse. Blanchette succeeds Tyler Hoffman who has served as Chief Financial Officer of Skyword since 2010.

Colony Bankcorp, Inc. [FITZGERALD, GA] (NASDAQ: CBAN) announced that Terry L. Hester, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, has informed the Company that he intends to retire on December 31, 2019, after 42 years of service to Colony. Anticipating his decision, Colony has completed an executive search and has named Tracie Youngblood as Hester’s successor. Youngblood is expected to join the Company in mid-June 2019. Youngblood was most recently Senior Vice President and Controller of Fidelity Bank in Atlanta, which is being acquired by Ameris Bank. She has held similar positions with Square 1 Bank in Durham, North Carolina, and Ameris Bank in Moultrie, Georgia, and Georgian Bank in Atlanta.

CURE Pharmaceutical [OXNARD, CA] (OTC: CURR) announced the addition of Michael Redard, who will serve as CURE’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to CURE, Redard held CFO, vice president and general manager positions with several venture capital and private equity-backed companies, including Inogen, Medical Analysis Systems (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), CDTi Advanced Materials and Abrisa Technologies.

Cantel Medical Corp. [LITTLE FALLS, N.J.] (NYSE: CMD) announced that Peter Clifford has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. As part of this change in leadership, Shaun Blakeman has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Clifford served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company. As a result of Mr. Clifford’s promotion, Blakeman will take on the role of SVP and Chief Financial Officer. Blakeman worked for Cantel from 2016 to 2018 as VP of Finance for Cantel’s Medical division. Most recently, Shaun was Senior Finance Director at Medtronic. Prior to working at Cantel, he held leadership roles with increasing responsibility for almost five years at IDEX Corporation.

Oracle Elevator [TAMPA, Fla.] announced that Rick Morris joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Rick’s background includes five years of consulting as Interim CFO to various companies across the US and England preceded by 12 years as CFO to private equity backed companies in multiple industries. Earlier in his career he held senior finance roles in large multinational companies where he lived and worked in the US, Europe and Asia.

AKHAN Semiconductor [CHICAGO] announced that Robert Mohr will join AKHAN in the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mohr joins AKHAN from his current role of Consultant at CFO Express International.

L&R Distributors [BROOKLYN, N.Y.] hired Craig Zumbo as Chief Financial Officer. His expereince includes Senior Vice President of Finance at Drive Devilbiss Healthcare.

Pine Brook [NEW YORK] announced that Joseph Kopilak has joined the firm as chief financial officer. He is also the chief compliance officer and a partner of the firm. Prior to joining Pine Brook, Kopilak was CFO and CCO of Roundtable Investment Partners/Truvvo Partners. Previously, he spent six years at J.P. Morgan, most recently as the CFO of J.P. Morgan Partners Global Investors fund.

RentPath [ATLANTA] announced that Richard (Rick) Martin, who most recently served as CFO of Symphony Health Solutions, replaces Kim Payne as Chief Financial Officer of RentPath. Martin also held the CFO role at Delta Career Education Corporation. Martin previously served as CFO of several other private-equity-backed companies including DecisionOne Corporation, General Fiber Corporation and Strategic Distribution, Inc. Prior roles include Vice President Finance, Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer for Maxxim Medical, Inc. and Vice President Finance, Treasurer, Secretary (and interim CFO) for Pameco Corporation.

Ivy Ono

Bertram Capital [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] announced the promotion of Ivy Ono to Chief Financial Officer. Ono, previously the Controller at Bertram, has been with the firm for more than 10 years. Bertram also announced the retirement of Partner and Managing Director Ingrid Swenson, effective June 3, 2019.  Ms. Swenson served as both Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for the firm. Ono joined Bertram in 2008 as the firm’s Assistant Controller.  Prior to Bertram, Ms. Ono was a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Investment Management audit practice. Previous to PricewaterhouseCoopers, she was at Novogradac and Company, LLP where she focused on audit and tax work for real estate investments.

First Sound Bank [SEATTLE] (OTCBB: FSWA) announced that Debby K. McDaniel has joined the bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  McDaniel most recently served as CFO of The Bank of Washington. Before her time at The Bank of Washington she was with Mission Bank in Bakersfield, California where she served in the capacity of Senior Vice President of Operations and Information Technology. Prior to her time at Mission Bank, she was with Eastside Commercial Bank in Bellevue as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer.  In addition, she previously served as the CFO of NCW Community Bank in Wenatchee.

Canterbury Park [SHAKOPEE, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CPHC) announced the hiring of Randy J. Dehmer as Chief Financial Officer. Dehmer returns to Canterbury Park where he was employed from 2007 to 2013, serving as controller from March 2012 to August 2013. Dehmer will be leaving a position as financial controller at Clearfield, Inc. to join Canterbury on May 30, 2019. Dehmer began his career at Ernst & Young, serving there as senior accountant until he first joined Canterbury Park.

Centage Corporation [NATICK, Mass.] announced that Jason Lin has joined as chief financial officer. Lin takes over from John Orlando, who recently announced his retirement from the company where he served over 15 years as CFO and executive vice president. Prior to joining Centage, Lin held financial leadership positions at Zoominfo, Monster Worldwide, IkaSystems and TripAdvisor.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. [DEERFIELD, IL] (NYSE: CF) announced that Dennis P. Kelleher, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has informed the company he will retire from CF effective September 1, 2019. Christopher D. Bohn, senior vice president, manufacturing and distribution, has been selected to succeed Kelleher as chief financial officer effective September 1, 2019. Bohn has held roles of increasing responsibility at CF including senior vice president, supply chain, and vice president, corporate planning. Prior to joining CF, Bohn served as chief financial officer for Hess Print Solutions. Earlier in his career, he was vice president, global financial planning and analysis for Merisant Worldwide, Inc.

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. [LOWELL, MA] (NASDAQ: MTSI), announced the appointment of John F. Kober as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kober has over 25 years of accounting and finance experience, and has served as MACOM’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2015. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer at CIRCOR International Inc.

OrthoLite [AMHERST, MA] announced the hiring of Milton Brice as Chief Financial Officer. Brice has previous experience in managing emerging markets both in Asia and South America with The Hershey Company. He also held international and domestic positions with brands such as DICK’s Sporting Goods, Nike and Under Armour, among others.

Bento for Business [CHICAGO & SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Paula Bachman as Chief Financial Officer. Bachman comes to Bento from Networked Insights.

Nicole Sauk

Ametros [WILMINGTON, MA] has promoted Nicole Sauk to Chief Financial Officer. Sauk joined Ametros in 2014; most recently she served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations.

TFF Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Kirk Coleman as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2012, Mr. Coleman has also served as an executive officer of Steelhead Capital Management, LLC, and Bios Partners, LP. From 1998 to 2008, he was Treasurer for EFO Holdings, LP.

Jamie Vincent

Harrison Poultry [BETHLEHEM, GA] announced James I. Vincent has joined as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Harrison Poultry, Vincent was the Controller for Wayne Farms LLC. Before joining Wayne Farms, Vincent spent ten years at ChoicePoint, Inc. in positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as VP and CFO of the company’s Government Services Segment and of its Public Records Group. Before joining ChoicePoint, Vincent was with Equifax, Inc. for five years, and before that spent five years with Arther Andersen LLP.

D.A. Davidson Companies [SEATTLE] announced that Scott Witeby has been named the company’s chief financial officer and a member of D.A. Davidson’s executive leadership team. Witeby joins D.A. Davidson from Lincoln Financial Group, where he served as CFO of Lincoln Financial Network, Lincoln’s retail wealth management business. He previously held senior finance roles during 10 years with LPL Financial, and began his career as a public accountant with Ernst & Young. Witeby replaces Tom Nelson, who has announced his plan to retire in 2020. Nelson has served as the firm’s CFO since 2001.

Buchanan & Edwards Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced that it has appointed Carter Wood as chief financial officer. Most recently, Wood was director of financial reporting for Cognosante. Earlier, Wood served as CFO with Buchanan & Edwards from 2010 to 2015. Prior positions include director of accounting for CGI and working as a public accountant and senior auditor with Deloitte.

StorONE [NEW YORK] named Gil Vassoly as its new CFO. Vassoly comes to StorONE from Gibbs International Inc., where he served as the COO and CFO. Prior to Gibbs International, he served as a principal The Gore Group. Previously, Vassoly worked in a variety of management and executive positions within KLA and was an audit manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Semma Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced that it has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Mary Kay Fenton as Chief Financial Officer. Fenton most recently was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Achillion Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Achillion, Fenton was with PricewaterCoopers LLP.

Blue Canyon Technologies [BOULDER, CO] announced the appointment of Sam Francis as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to AVL he was a principal at Tatum, LLC.

Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. [KING OF PRUSSIA, PA] announced the hiring of Fabrizio Ferronato as Chief Financial Officer. Ferronato joined RDC following two years as the Chief Financial Officer at BridgeTower Media and numerous finance leadership roles at Thomson Reuters.

George Platisa

Pelican Products, Inc. [TORRANCE, CA] announced that George Platisa has been hired as Chief Financial Officer. Platisa has worked at companies such as Belkin International, Price Waterhouse, Walt Disney Company, Broadband Sports, and Ascent Media Corporation.

Intelsat [LUXEMBOURG & MCLEAN, VIRGINIA],(NYSE: I) announced the appointment of David M. Tolley as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tolley most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of OneWeb. Prior to OneWeb, Tolley served as a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group at Blackstone, where during this period he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of NewSkies Satellites N.V. Prior to Blackstone, he was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Division. Tolley currently serves on the board of directors of ExteNet Systems and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Tolley replaces Jacques Kerrest, the retiring CFO.

Michael Steuert

Fluor Corporation [IRVING, TX] (NYSE: FLR) announced that D. Michael Steuert has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) , succeeding Bruce Stanski, who will support the office of the chief executive officer (CEO) focused on analyzing the company’s investments and joint ventures in line with the previously announced strategic review. Steuert served as Fluor’s CFO from 2001 to 2012. Prior to his previous stint at Fluor, Steuert served as SVP and CFO of Litton Industries, and as CFO of GenCorp, Inc. from 1990 to 1999. He was formerly a member of the National Financial Executives Institute and the Carnegie Mellon Council on finance.

LyondellBasell [HOUSTON and LONDON] (NYSE: LYB) announced that Thomas Aebischer, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2019. Aebischer joined LyondellBasell in January 2016.

Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. [TORRANCE, CA] announced the appointment of Joseph “Jay” C. Sherwood III to succeed Kurt Kruger as Chief Financial Officer. Kruger will stay on as a consultant to the company. Mr. Sherwood has over 30 years of investment banking experience, most recently as the Los Angeles Partner at G.C. Andersen Partners, LLC. Prior to joining G.C. Andersen Partners, Mr. Sherwood was Senior Managing Director at McGladrey Capital Markets. Prior to McGladrey, he was Senior Managing Director at FTI Capital Advisors, a subsidiary of FTI Consulting, Inc.

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. [NEWARK, CA] (NASDAQ: PTGX) announced the appointment of Don Kalkofen as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Protagonist Therapeutics team, Kalkofen served in an advisory role as Senior Advisor, Finance, to the Company. Kalkofen has had an extensive consulting career and held positions including the Chief Financial Officer at App Annie; Assistant Controller at Align Technology; Vice President of Finance at Simplifier Corporation and Chief Financial Officer of Innovative Bank. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kalkofen served as the Chief Financial Officer for West Coast Bancorp, Pinnacle Bank and DecisionPoint Applications. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Vistra Energy Corp. [IRVING, TX] (NYSE: VST) announced the appointment of David A. Campbell as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Campbell replaces outgoing CFO, J. William “Bill” Holden, who has announced his resignation to pursue other opportunities. Campbell previously worked for Vistra’s predecessor companies. Campbell most recently served as the president and chief executive officer of InfraREIT, Inc., from August 2014 through May 2019. Prior to his role at InfraREIT, he was president and chief operating officer of Bluescape Resources. Campbell also previously served as chief executive officer of Luminant when it was a subsidiary of Vistra’s predecessor parent company, Energy Future Holdings. He originally joined TXU Corp., the predecessor to EFH, in 2004 as executive vice president of corporate planning, strategy, and risk, and became chief financial officer of TXU in 2006. Prior to joining TXU, Mr. Campbell was a principal in the Dallas office of McKinsey & Company.

Sirnaomics, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, MD] announced the appointment of Allan L. Shaw as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Shaw currently serves on the board of directors of Vivus Inc., as well as being involved with a portfolio of healthcare activities. Previously Mr. Shaw took Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. public as its Chief Financial Officer and also served as Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal, and led their biopharmaceutical consulting practice.  Mr. Shaw has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Serono S.A., NewLead Holdings Ltd. and Viatel, Inc.

Conn’s, Inc. [WOODLANDS, TX] (NASDAQ: CONN) announced that Lee Wright has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Wright joined Conn’s in June 2016 as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. George Bchara was promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Bchara joined Conn’s as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in December 2016. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of BankUnited, from March 2013 to December 2016, and served as Vice President and Loan Controller from June 2011 to February 2013. Prior to BankUnited, Bchara was a Manager with the global professional services firm, PwC, where he worked from January 2007 until May 2011.

Neology, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Charles Padgett as Chief Financial Officer and Member of its Board of Directors. Prior to joining Neology, Padgett was the Chief Financial Officer for Verimatrix, Inc. Padgett has held executive positions at Kofax, EMC, Captiva, Boeing, Wireless Facilities, Inc., The Walter Group and KPMG.

Lamar Advertising Company [BATON ROUGE, LA] (NASDAQ: LAMR) announced that Jay Johnson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2019. Johnson has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE: DRH) since April 2018. Prior to joining DiamondRock, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Host Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HST). Johnson will succeed Keith Istre, who announced in January his intent to retire from Lamar on December 31, 2019. Istre will become Chief Financial Officer Emeritus on October 1, 2019. Prior to Host Hotels & Resorts, Johnson served in a variety of banking roles at KeyBank Real Estate Capital and Bank of America. Prior to those roles, he was in the management consulting practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the investment banking group at Prudential Securities and the industrial markets trading division of Enron Corporation.

Capsule8 [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Scott Kenerly as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kenerly joins from Argyle Executive Forum, LLC, where he most recently served as the firm’s CEO. Previously, Scott had successful tenures at several companies, including with ThreatGRID, Inc. (acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc.).

Ed Hoganson

Crestline Hotels & Resorts [FAIRFAX, VA] announced the appointment of Edward Hoganson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Investment Officer for the Company.  Ed rejoins Crestline from Hospitality Investors Trust, Inc. (HIT) where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ed began his career with Deloitte & Touche before joining Marriott International where he held various finance positions.

Noel B. Watson

TrueCar, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] (NASDAQ: TRUE) announced that Noel B. Watson has been appointed EVP and Chief Financial Officer. Watson joins TrueCar after spending the last thirteen years with TripAdvisor, where his current role is VP Finance & Chief Accounting Officer. Watson began his career as a CPA at Arthur Andersen and subsequently held management positions at ArrAy Inc. and Way Systems prior to joining TripAdvisor in 2006.

Steve Helmbrecht

Stay Alfred [SPOKANE, WA] announced the addition of Steve Helmbrecht as President and CFO. Helmbrecht is former CFO of Itron, Inc.

Frank’s International N.V. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: FI) announced that Melissa Cougle has been named Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). She succeeds Kyle McClure, who has decided to leave the Company to pursue other opportunities. Cougle most recently served as CFO of National Energy Services Reunited (NESR). She previously worked 13 years for Ensco plc (ESV), where she held multiple senior positions in treasury, capital management, finance and administration, corporate accounting, internal audit, management reporting and financial systems. Cougle began her career in the audit and consulting practices of Arthur Andersen LLP which became Protiviti.

CSX Corporation [JACKSONVILLE, FL] (NASDAQ: CSX) announced the departure of executive vice president and chief financial officer, Frank A. Lonegro. The company appointed Kevin Boone as interim chief financial officer. Boone joined CSX in September 2017 as vice president of corporate affairs and chief investor relations officer and most recently was vice president of marketing and strategy. Boone has held various positions in organizations such as Janus Capital, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young.

Navigating Cancer [SEATTLE] announced the hiring of Jeff Groh as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Groh served as CFO at SCI Solutions and Clarity Health, which was acquired by SCI in late 2015. He has held other CFO positions at several public and privately held companies in the insurance technology and financial technology industries.

Dentsply Sirona Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: XRAY) announced that Nicholas W. Alexos, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company in connection with the relocation of its headquarters.

Cipherloc Corporation [AUSTIN, TX] (OTCQB: CLOK) announced the appointment of Gino J. Mauriello as Chief Financial Officer. Mauriello replaces Jim Sullivan, who resigned as CFO. Mauriello has run his own CPA firm since 2003. He previously served as a Director and CFO for Cipherloc during 2016 and 2017. He is currently Cipherloc’s controller.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced the appointment of Dr. Richard D. Katz as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, he served as CFO at Argos Therapeutics.  Prior to his time at Argos, Dr. Katz served as CFO at several biopharmaceutical companies including Viamet Pharmaceuticals and Icagen, Inc. Dr. Katz had worked as a vice president in the healthcare group of the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Company.

DiamondRock Hospitality Company [BETHESDA, Md.] (NYSE: DRH) announced that Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Jay Johnson, will be stepping down from his role effective August 31, 2019, in order to assume the position of Chief Financial Officer of Lamar Advertising Company. Johnson has served as DiamondRock’s Chief Financial Officer since April 1, 2018.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced that upon completion of the company’s pending merger with Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG), David Elkins, who is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Celgene, will be appointed the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Elkins has a long career in finance, including roles of increasing responsibility at Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca and as the Chief Financial Officer of Becton Dickinson. Upon appointment, Elkins will be replacing current CFO, Charles Bancroft who will continue with the company as Executive Lead for Integration, until he retires from the company during 2020 after 35 years of service.

Ducommun Inc. [Santa Ana, California] announced that Douglas L. Groves departed the Company and ceased to serve as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. In connection with Mr. Groves’ departure, Christopher Wampler, who currently serves as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, was appointed as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Treasurer. Wampler has served as the Company’s Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 2016. Wampler was Vice President and Assistant Controller for several of the Company’s subsidiaries from 2013 to 2015. Wampler was previously the Controller of Just Fabulous, Inc., from 2012 to 2013, and the Division Controller of the A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co. from 2004 to 2012. In addition to serving as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Wampler will continue to serve as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.

Horizon Global Corporation [TROY, MI] (NYSE: HZN) announced it has named Jamie G. Pierson as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 10, 2019. Prior to joining Horizon Global, Pierson served as CFO of PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. Prior to that, he was CFO of YRC Worldwide Inc. Prior to joining YRC Worldwide, he served as Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal. The Company also announced that Barry Steele, who had been serving as CFO for Horizon Global since February 18, 2019, will be leaving the Company for personal reasons.

Discover Financial Services [RIVERWOODS, IL] (NYSE: DFS) announced that R. Mark Graf, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has informed the company of his intent to retire in 2020. Graf will remain in his current role until a successor is appointed.  to ensure that management and the Board of Directors have the appropriate time to evaluate a full slate of candidates for the company’s next CFO. Graf will participate in the process and will remain an employee of the company until early 2020 to ensure a smooth transition for this critical role.

Clearwater Analytics [BOISE, ID] announced today that Jim Cox has joined as Chief Financial Officer to oversee the company’s global financial operations. Previously, he served as CFO of Glassdoor. Prior to Glassdoor, Jim served as CFO at Lithium Technologies and Advent Software. Earlier in his career, Jim held management positions at the multinational firms UTStarcom and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ohio, California, and New Zealand.

Outset Medical [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of Rebecca Chambers as Chief Financial Officer. Chambers joins Outset from Illumina, where she led numerous financial functions including treasury, clinical financial planning and analysis and investor relations (IR). Prior to Illumina, she led IR and corporate communications at Myriad Genetics, as well as various roles at Life Technologies, now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, now Takeda Pharmaceuticals. “

Progenity, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the hire of Eric d’Esparbes as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, he was the CFO and interim Principal Executive Officer of Innoviva, Inc. Prior to this, he held leadership positions as CFO for Joule Unlimited, Vice President of Finance for global energy company, AEI, Inc., and CFO for Meiya Power Company (now CNG New Energy).

BigTime Software, Inc. [CHICAGO & BOSTON,] announced the addition of Peter Dedes as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Big Time, Dedes was the Chief Financial Officer at Hireology.

Scott Klossner

Kount [BOISE, ID] announced that Scott Klossner has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Klossner served as CFO for Backcountry.com.

Noel Marsden

CareCloud [MIAMI] announced the appointment of Noel Marsden as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining CareCloud, Marsden was SVP, Treasurer & Head of Finance for Logic, Halo and Flex Services at Brightstar Corp. Prior to Brightstar, he held executive roles in finance and treasury at Syneos Health Clinical Solutions, Brightpoint and Aearo Technologies.

Sigilon Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the hiring of Glenn Reicin as Chief Financial Officer. Reicin previously served as President and Founder of Greyrock Biomedical Advisors. Prior to Greyrock, Mr. Reicin was a Managing Director at Skyline Ventures. Reicin also worked as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, heading their Healthcare Equity Research team.

Synovus Financial Corp. [COLUMBUS, GA] (NYSE: SNV) announced the appointment of Jamie Gregory as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective June 24. He currently serves as executive vice president and head of corporate financial strategy for Regions Financial Corporation. Gregory succeeds Kevin Blair, who has served as acting CFO since December 2018, when he was appointed chief operating officer of Synovus. Gregory joined Regions in 2009 and served as chief investment officer, assistant treasurer, head of corporate development and profitability, and head of finance and corporate development before being named head of corporate financial strategy earlier this year. Before joining Regions, Gregory was with Wachovia for 10 years, where he held a number of corporate investment and portfolio management positions.

QBE North America [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kris Hill as President, Alternative Markets, effective immediately. Hill joined QBE in January 2017 as Chief Financial Officer. Christopher McGrath, Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining QBE, McGrath most recently served as Director of Finance for Multinational and Commercial Claims/Operations at AIG after having served as the Global CFO for AIG’s Specialty business worldwide. Before that, he served in various finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility at AIG as well as Aon, Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen.

Ernie Fiorante

Hilco Global [NORTHBROOK, IL] announced that Ernest (Ernie) M. Fiorante has been appointed the new Chief Financial Officer.  Fiorante will be taking over this role from John Chen, who has been managing these duties in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer. Since 2016, Fiorante served as Chief Financial Officer at The Inland Real Estate Group LLC. Prior to joining Inland, Mr. Fiorante spent over 20 years holding positions of increasing responsibility at Jones Lang Lasalle Inc., and ultimately serving as JLL’s CFO for the Americas.

Ideal Image MedSpa [TAMPA, FL] announced that Adam Greenberg joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Greenberg comes to Ideal Image from Weight Watchers International, where he was the Senior Vice President, Head of US Finance and North America Supply Chain.

The Chemours Company [WILMINGTON, DE] (NYSE: CC) announced the promotion of Mark Newman to the newly created role of chief operating officer. Newman previously served as the company’s chief financial officer. Vice president of business finance and treasurer Sameer Ralhan has been promoted to the position of senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.  Ralhan joined Chemours in November 2014 from Goldman Sachs & Co. where he was a managing director in the Global Natural Resources Group.  He began his career as a chemical engineer and brings chemical industry operating experience from his time at Aspen Technology, Inc.

Thomas Noh

Farmers Insurance [WOODLAND HILLS, CA] announced Thomas Noh, who joined Farmers in 1996, as the new chief financial officer of the Farmers Insurance Exchanges, three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange) owned by their policyholders. Noh is replacing Ron Myhan who is retiring after nearly 40 years of service with Farmers.  Noh has held a number of positions in Finance, having started as a specialist in the accounting department. His most recent position was head of Claims Analytics and Exchange Finance Strategy. Prior to joining Farmers, he worked at Executive Life, Transamerica and Allianz. Noh also served in the United States Army Reserve, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, after 24 years as a finance and civil affairs officer.

Sean McLaughlin

Timbers Resorts [WINTER PARK, FL] announced the appointment of Sean McLaughlin as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. He joins Timbers Resorts from SunGate Capital, LLC, a single-family private equity and investment office where he served as the Chief Investment Officer.  Prior to SunGate Capital, McLaughlin served for ten years as the Chief Investment Officer at CNL Holdings, LLC. In addition to his role at CNL, Mr. McLaughlin simultaneously served the company’s founder in overseeing the activities of JDS Holdings, his private family office. Prior to joining CNL, Mr. McLaughlin served as a Principal for Lockheed Martin Corporation. Before moving to Florida, Sean served as a Global Director for A.T. Kearney, and as the chief financial officer for ActiveSky. Sean started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ApprioHealth [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Dinesh Pai as chief financial officer (CFO). Pai most recently served as vice president of finance for Bon Secours Medical Group Virginia. His vast professional experience includes financial leadership positions at Novant Health, Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) and other organizations.

Matthew Stauffer

Account Control Technology Holdings Inc. [WOODLAND HILLS, CA] announced the promotion of Matthew Stauffer to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stauffer’s career spans more than 25 years, including the last 20 years in financial leadership positions within Convergent’s (an ACT Holdings company) healthcare division. Stauffer joined Convergent in 1999 as Controller over the Peoria, IL, healthcare office. In 2005, Matt was promoted to Director of Finance. Matt was then promoted to SVP Finance and Strategy in 2016.

Excel Orthopedic Physical Therapy [HACKENSACK, NJ] announced that George Merhi has joined the organization as its Chief Financial Officer. Merhi most recently served as chief financial officer for a company providing patient care in the behavioral health industry. Prior to that, he was chief financial officer for a company providing outpatient physical therapy.

Hireology [CHICAGO] announced it has appointed Kevin Knapp as Chief Financial Officer. Knapp previously served as Chief Financial Officer at CareerBuilder LLC for 14 years during which time he also added the Chief Operating Officer title for the final two years. Prior to joining CareerBuilder, Knapp was part of the original leadership team that launched Cars.com, and served as its Vice President of Strategy and Operations. Knapp began his career with KPMG.

Patrick Coyle

Eisai Inc. [WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.], the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., announced the appointment of Patrick Coyle as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Eisai, he served as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis at INSMED Inc. Previously, he held positions of increasing responsibility in the Finance departments at Novartis, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Sun Chemical and Computer Horizons Corporation.

Patrick Bonnaure

Telestax [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Patrick Bonnaure has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.  Bonnaure brings nearly 20 years of experience in financial operations and leadership for SaaS companies, including TrustRadius, 

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. [LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.] (NYSE: GBX) announced that its Senior Vice President and Acting Chief Financial Officer, Adrian Downes, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.  Before joining Greenbrier in 2013 as its Chief Accounting Officer, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Knowledge Universe.  Downes previously held various senior financial executive positions of progressively increasing responsibility for Fortune 200 publicly held organizations including SUPERVALU, Albertson’s, Gap, Inc. and Pacific Telesis.  He began his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. [CARY, N.C.] (the “Company”) (NYSE: CNR) announced that it appointed Jeffrey S. Lee as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 17, 2019. Lee will assume the role from Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Shawn K. Poe, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Mr. Lee currently holds the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wilsonart International Holdings LLC.

Shopoff Realty Investments [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that the company has appointed Edward Morrell as its new chief financial officer. Morrell joined Shopoff Realty Investments in August 2016 and has served as the company’s vice president of financial reporting. Prior to joining Shopoff in 2016, he most recently served as controller for Kairos Investment Management. Previous to this position, Morrell served as controller for LBA Realty.

Amyris, Inc. [EMERYVILLE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AMRS) announced the appointment of Kathleen Valiasek, formerly Chief Financial Officer, to Chief Business Officer. The company also announced today that it has appointed Jonathan Wolter as Interim CFO. Since 2004 Wolter has served as a partner with FLG Partners where he has been retained as CFO by the boards of multiple public and private companies. Prior to joining FLG, Wolter was International Controller with KPMG Consulting where he also served as CFO of the firm’s Latin America operations. Previously, he held CFO and controller roles with public and private companies and also served as senior audit manager with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Dixie Brands Inc. [DENVER] (CSE: DIXI.U, OTC: DXBRF) announced that Greg Robbins will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer effective June 24th. Mr. Robbins most recently served as Vice President of Finance at the U.S. headquarters of leading energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull.  He held increasingly senior financial management roles at Red Bull North America for more than a decade, culminating in the VP Finance position from 2013-2019. From 2000-2008, Robbins held several financial management positions at multinational communications company Nokia Mobile Phones, including Global Controller, Enterprise Solutions Sales and Marketing. He spent the first six years of his career with Ernst & Young LLP. James Feehan, who has served as Dixie’s Interim CFO since September 2018, will remain with the Company to facilitate an orderly transition.

Debbie Clifford

SurveyMonkey [SAN MATEO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SVMK) announced that Debbie Clifford will join its leadership team on July 8 as chief financial officer.  Clifford spent the past 13 years in several finance positions at design software company Autodesk, most recently serving as vice president of financial planning and analysis. Prior to Autodesk, she held positions at Virage, Inc. and Ernst & Young. Clifford serves on the boards of Harmonic, and GeoHazards International.

Ellen Johnson

Interpublic Group [New York] (NYSE: IPG) announced that Frank Mergenthaler, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has elected to retire effective December 31, 2019. Mr. Mergenthaler will continue with the company in an advisory role through March 31, 2020. Mr. Mergenthaler became IPG’s Chief Financial Officer in August 2005. The company also announced that Ellen Johnson, currently the company’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, and Global Chief Financial Officer of IPG Mediabrands, will succeed Mr. Mergenthaler, to become Interpublic’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2020. Ms. Johnson joined IPG’s treasury group in 2000, and prior to that, held senior finance leadership roles at Revlon.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation [FARMINGDALE, NJ] (NYSE: CHMI) announced the promotion of Michael Hutchby to Chief Financial Officer, from Controller. Hutchby succeeds Martin Levine, who will remain in his role as President of Aurora Financial Group, Inc., Cherry Hill’s wholly-owned mortgage servicing subsidiary. Prior to joining Cherry Hill, Hutchby was Vice President of Capital Markets for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, specializing in M&A, corporate development and capital raising. Before Freedom Mortgage, he held multiple positions within the investment banking and financial consulting sectors at Sterne, Agee & Leach, Madison Place Partners and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Hutchby worked at Sungard Energy Systems (SES) as a Senior Consultant, Product Manager and Quality Assurance Specialist, managing the development, deployment and support of complex energy commodities trading and risk analysis systems.

Keen Decision Systems [DURHAM, NC] announced Ellen Grantham has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Keen Decision Systems, Grantham served as CFO of K4Connect.

Ouster [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has appointed Oliver Hutaff as its first Chief Financial Officer. Hutaff was previously COO/CFO at Electric Imp from 2013 to 2019 and CFO at Roku Inc. from 2010 to 2012.

Charah Solutions, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, KY] (NYSE: CHRA) announced the appointment of Roger D. Shannon as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer, effective June 17, 2019. Current Interim CFO and Treasurer, Nicholas Jacoby, will remain with the Company as Vice President of Finance. Shannon joins Charah Solutions from ADTRAN, where he held various roles including CFO, Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Head of Corporate Development since 2015. Prior to his time at ADTRAN, Shannon served as CFO and Treasurer for Steel Technologies for more than nine years. Earlier in his career, he performed a variety of senior finance roles at Brown-Forman and British American Tobacco, as well as accounting positions at Vulcan Materials Company, Lexmark International and KPMG.

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] announced the appointment of Bill Larkin as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Larkin takes on the chief financial officer role from Rhonda Longmore-Grund, who was promoted to chief executive officer in November of 2018. Over the last ten years, Bill has served as chief financial officer of both public and privately held companies at Fuel Systems Solutions, Westport Innovations and SouthWest Dealer Services Inc.

Frontier Communications Corporation [NORWALK, CT] (NASDAQ: FTR) announced that Sheldon Bruha has been named permanent Chief Financial Officer, effective June 3, 2019. Bruha joined Frontier in February 2018 as Senior Vice President and Treasurer and had been serving as interim Chief Financial Officer since September 1, 2018. Prior to joining Frontier, Bruha’s career in global finance included positions at CDI Corp. and senior financial positions heading corporate finance, treasury, tax, and investor relations for Cable & Wireless Communications in Miami and London. He started his financial career at Lehman Brothers, and held senior investment banking positions in its New York and London offices, focusing on the telecommunications industry.

RRA Capital [PHOENIX] named Bill Stasiulatis as Chief Financial Officer. Stasiulatis joins RRA Capital after 20 years at Torchlight Investors, where he served as a Partner and Portfolio Manager, as well as a member of the Board of Directors, Operating Committee, and Investment Committee.

Payer Compass [PLANO, TX] announced the appointment of Matthew Thompson as Chief Financial Officer. Thompson most recently served as CFO of HealthSmart Holdings. Prior to that, he served as CFO of American CareSource Holdings, Inc. He also held financial management positions with Tyler Technologies, Inc. and started his career with Ernst & Young LLP.

One Network Enterprises [DALLAS, Texas] announced that Robert Curry has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining One Network, Robert served as Managing Director for vcfo. Previously, he held CFO and COO positions with a variety of companies, such as ThinkTank, Inc., ProofHQ Limited, Adgile, Inc., and HRSmart, Inc. He started his career as an auditor and tax accountant with Ernst & Young.

Thommen Medical USA [CLEVELAND, Ohio] announced that Joe Galea has joined as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Operations.  Galea was most recently the Corporate Controller of a durable medical equipment company in the Cleveland area.

Kareo [IRVINE, CA]announced the appointment of David Justus to chief financial officer. Prior to joining Kareo, Justus served as CFO of Avetta. Prior to that, he was CFO of The Retail Equation.

Gregg Taylor

Purple Land Management [FORT WORTH, TX] announced the addition of Gregg Taylor as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Taylor served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer for Energy Alloys. He also served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for GSE Environmental.

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. [STAMFORD, CT] (NASDAQ: RVLT) announced that Joan Nano has agreed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective as of June 14, 2019. Nano has served as a financial consultant to the Company since March 27, 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Nano served as Managing Director of Finance Solutions, LLC, since 2008. From 2001 to 2007, Nano served as the Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Crane Co.

Unum Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: UMRX) announced that Matthew Osborne will be joining as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 24, 2019. Most recently, he was vice president of corporate affairs, communications and investor relations at Voyager Therapeutics, and he also served as global head of investor relations at Shire plc (now Takeda) during its acquisitions of Baxalta Inc. and Dyax Corp., vice president of corporate communications and investor relations at Synageva BioPharma from its public inception through its acquisition by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and investor relations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals as part of an Institutional Investor highly-ranked investor relations team. He also worked on Wall Street at Lazard Capital Markets and Leerink Swann (now SVB Leerink).

MJ Holdings Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTC: MJNE) appointed Laurence Ruhe as its new Chief Financial Officer.  Ruhe joins MJ Holdings with over 30 years of finance experience, most recently as the CFO of Freedom Leaf. Ruhe previously held senior finance positions at BMM International, Progressive Gaming and Konami Gaming. Mr. Ruhe has also worked in international banking, including positions at Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and Banca CRT. Ruhe is replacing Rocky Wheeler who resigned from the Company at the end of May.

Pacific Financial Corporation [ABERDEEN, Washington] (OTCQB: PFLC), the holding company for Bank of the Pacific, announced that Douglas Biddle will retire from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 31, 2019.

Altimmune, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, MD] (NASDAQ: ALT) announced it has appointed Will Brown as Chief Financial Officer. Brown has been serving as the Acting Chief Financial Officer since May 2018. Brown has been a consultant to several private and public companies in a variety of accounting and tax matters both independently and as the managing partner of Redmont CPAs. Prior to his consulting role, he was an audit manager at PwC and a Division Controller at Rheem.

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. [FRANKLIN, Indiana] (TSX-V: IB, OTCQB: IAALF) announced the appointment of Toni Wendel to the position of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Corporate Secretary.  Ms. Wendel has served as IBC’s Corporate Controller since December of 2018, and replaces James Taylor, who has served as IBC’s Interim CFO since January of 2018.  Before serving as IBC’s Corporate Controller, Ms. Wendel served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer for North American operations for PMG Corp., a joint venture of the powder metal divisions of Plansee and Mitsubishi Materials Global.  Prior to that, she spent 15 years in various positions overseeing the finance activities of Diamet Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Materials.

Noble Iron Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX-V: NIR) announced the appointment of Mariam Chaudhry as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mariam joined Noble Iron as a Controller in November 2018, and previously worked in senior finance roles at companies in business process outsourcing, digital media, real estate and property management.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines [DES MOINES, IA] announced the promotion of Joelyn Jensen-Marren who was named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The change in leadership follows an announcement made earlier this year that Joseph E. Amato, executive vice president and CFO, will be leaving the Bank. Jensen-Marren has been a part of the FHLB Des Moines team for the last 20 years. Her previous responsibilities included supporting the mortgage lending and other needs of members, including risk management. She began her tenure with the Bank as a Senior Risk Analyst and has experience in market risk, financial risk and most recently portfolio strategy.

NV5 Global, Inc. [HOLLYWOOD, FL] (NASDAQ: NVEE) announced the appointment of Edward Codispoti as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Spark Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON, TX] (NASDAQ: SPKE) announced the appointment of James G. Jones II as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, following Mr. Jones’ resignation from Spark’s Board. He will also assume the role of Spark’s Chief Risk Officer. Jones and has served on Spark’s Board and chaired the Audit Committee and Special Committee since our IPO in 2014..

Stephanie Koster

Vector [TUCSON, AZ] announced Stephanie Koster will join the team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Koster joins Vector from Blue Origin where she spent nearly seven years as Director and Treasurer of its domestic and international affiliates. Koster has also held senior leadership roles at The Boeing Company.

Mel Tucker

Genesco Inc. [NASHVILLE, TN] (NYSE: GCO) announced that it has appointed Mel Tucker senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, effective June 24, 2019.  Tucker succeeds Mimi E. Vaughn, who recently was promoted to chief operating officer.  Most recently, Tucker served as chief financial officer of New York-based Century 21 Department Stores. In addition, he was chief financial officer at Bass Pro Shops, senior vice president of finance with PetSmart, and vice president of financial planning and analysis with Circuit City.  He began his career with Home Depot where he held various progressively more responsible corporate accounting and finance positions from 1990 to 2005, including vice president of finance.

Renew Financial [OAKLAND, CA] announced that Mary Kathryn Lynch, who was previously serving as Renew Financial’s Executive Vice President of Finance, was officially named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lynch spent ten years in the clean energy industry, working with organizations such as Sunrun and VoteSolar. Prior to that, she worked at UBS Investment Bank, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, as well as other institutions.

GreenLight Biosciences, Inc. [MEDFORD, MA] welcomes Susan Keefe as chief financial officer. Most recently, she served as financial consultant to a range of life science companies with Danforth Advisors. For five years, Susan worked with Aushon Biosystems, Inc., as vice president of finance and administration and corporate treasurer. Her experience also includes roles at SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., Procter & Gamble, and PwC.

Quanex Building Products Corporation [HOUSTON, TX] (NYSE: NX) announced that Scott M. Zuehlke, the Company’s current Vice President – Investor Relations and Treasurer, has been named interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Brent L. Korb.

Verus International, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, MD] (OTC: VRUS) announced that Christopher Cutchens has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Chris served as the Managing Partner of Cutchens Group, LLC, and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of DirectView Holdings, Inc. In addition, Chris has served in various leadership positions at private companies, including: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Financial Officer of MidAmerica Administrative & Retirement Solutions, LLC; and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aspire Financial Services, LLC. Chris has also held various leadership positions at public companies, including: Corporate Controller of Watsco, Inc.; and Director of Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting at MarineMax, Inc.

Chuck Garner

Veeam^® Software [BAAR, Switzerland and ATLANTA, Georgia] announced that it has appointed Charles O. Garner as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Before joining Veeam, Mr. Garner served as the CFO of Blackhawk Network. Mr. Garner’s experience includes having served as: the CFO and later the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of MedAssets; a management consultant with Bain & Company; and, in software design and business development roles at American Management Systems (now CGI).

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] (NYSE: RRTS) announced that Terence R. Rogers, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is resigning from the company effective at the end of August.

CSS Industries, Inc. [PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA] (NYSE: CSS) announced the resignation of Keith W. Pfeil as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective August 2, 2019. Mr. Pfeil is leaving the Company to become the chief financial officer for a larger, publicly traded company in the medical device industry.

InsideSales.com [SILICON SLOPES, UT] announced the appointment of John Markovich as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining InsideSales.com, Markovich was the CFO of OmniGuide Holdings, Inc. and previously held CFO positions at Veritone, Inc., NanoH2O, Inc., EMCORE Corporation, Pictos Technologies, Optical Coating Laboratories, and AutoByTel.com.

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [ATLANTA, GEORGIA] (OTCQX: WLMS) announced that its chief financial officer, Tim Howsman, has retired to spend more time with his family at home in Arkansas. Tracy Pagliara, President and CEO, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Pagliara began his career in public accounting. During the last 20 years, he has been an officer for multiple public companies, including his service in various executive roles with the Company since April 2010. He also currently serves as a director for the Company and Westwater Resources (NASDAQ: WWR), where he is a member of its Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.

Chris Turner

Yum! Brands, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, KY] (NYSE: YUM)  announced that Chris Turner will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 8, 2019. Turner joins Yum! Brands from PepsiCo, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Manager leading PepsiCo’s retail and ecommerce businesses with Walmart in the U.S. and more than 25 countries and across PepsiCo’s brands in the beverage, snack and nutrition categories. Prior to leading PepsiCo’s Walmart business, Turner served as Senior Vice President of Transformation for PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America business. Previously, he led the long-term strategic planning processes related to growth acceleration, category expansion and M&A as Senior Vice President of Strategy for Frito-Lay. Chris previously spent more than 13 years at McKinsey & Company, where he served as a Partner in the firm’s Dallas office.

Daniel J. Busch

InvenTrust Properties Corp. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] announced that Daniel J. Busch has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective September 3, 2019. Adam M. Jaworski, who has served as the Company’s Interim Principal Financial Officer since August 2018, will continue in his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Busch most recently served as Managing Director, Retail at Green Street Advisors. Prior to serving as Managing Director, Mr. Busch served in increasingly senior roles at Green Street. Previously, Mr. Busch served as an equity research analyst at Telsey Advisory Group and worked in a corporate capacity at Petco Animal Supplies Inc.

HSBC North America Holdings Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kavita Mahtani as Chief Financial Officer. The appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2019. Mahtani joins HSBC from Citigroup, where she has most recently served as Head of Asset and Liability Management for Citi Corporate Treasury. She has held a number of significant strategic roles at Citigroup, including Chief Financial Officer, Global Corporate & Investment Banking; Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis; and Director, Investor Relations. Before joining Citigroup in 2006, she held key roles at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

Marty Meyer

GAN Integrity [NEW YORK] announced Marty Meyer as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Meyer joins GAN Integrity after serving as CFO at Sailthru. Meyer additionally served as CFO at Shapeways, President at Corero Network Security, and as Vice President and COO at ExtendMedia Corporation.

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. [RICHMOND, VA] (NYSE: APLE) announced the appointment of Rachael Rothman to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company. Rothman will succeed Bryan Peery as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As previously announced, Mr. Peery plans to retire from the Company in the first quarter of 2020. Mr. Peery will continue as Executive Vice President and, effective July 1, 2019, will become Chief Accounting Officer for the Company. Rothman most recently served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategy for Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. From 2010 until 2018, Ms. Rothman served as a Senior Analyst for Susquehanna International Group, LLP (“SIG”). Prior to joining SIG, she held several positions of increasing responsibility within Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. covering various public lodging, restaurant and gaming companies. Ms. Rothman’s career began in the lodging industry, where she held various roles in hotel operations, including general manager.

Merchant Investment Management [NEW YORK] announced that Amit Grover will join the private partnership as Chief Financial Officer. Grover has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry during which he has held various management positions at firms including Dynasty Financial Partners, Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney and Citibank.

CureMatch [SAN DIEGO] announced that Katie Breitenbach has joined as chief financial officer. Breitenbach has held positions as CFO, VP of finance, and director of finance.

Elios Therapeutics, LLC [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Phillip Johnson as chief financial officer. Johnson joins Elios after having served as an executive and consultant for a number of publicly traded, privately held, private equity and pre-IPO companies. Prior to consulting, Mr. Johnson served as chief financial officer for Xeris Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Xeris, Mr. Johnson was vice president and corporate controller at ArthroCare Corporation. Earlier in his career, he served in several key finance and leadership roles at Maverick Tube Corporation, SAVI, LLC and Primary Webworks.

Big Lots, Inc. [COLUMBUS, OH] (NYSE: BIG) announced that Jonathan Ramsden has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, effective August 5, 2019. Ramsden will succeed Timothy A. Johnson, who will transition away from his roles effective August 5, 2019, to pursue other opportunities. Ramsden spent over seven years with Abercrombie & Fitch Co., joining as Chief Financial Officer in 2008 and later serving as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to A&F, he spent ten years as Chief Financial Officer of TBWA Worldwide, a global marketing services group, after having served as Controller of TBWA’s parent, the Omnicom Group Inc.

PDL BioPharma, Inc. [INCLINE VILLAGE, NV] (NASDAQ: PDLI) announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer, Peter Garcia, who will be leaving the Company effective August 15, 2019.

Shutterstock, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SSTK) announced that Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Steven Berns will depart from his roles at Shutterstock to pursue other opportunities. The Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, Steve Ciardiello has been appointed to the role of interim Chief Financial Officer.

Vista Gold Corp. [DENVER, COLORADO] (TSX & NYSE American: VGZ) announced the appointment of Douglas Tobler as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He succeeds Jack Engele, who is retiring as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, following 6 ½ years of service with the Company. Tobler most recently was CFO of Lydian International. Prior to Lydian, Tobler was CFO of Alacer Gold Corp.

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. [OCALA, Fla.] (NYSE American: HEB) announced that Adam Pascale is retiring from the position of Chief Financial Officer after nearly a quarter century with the company. Pascale joined Hemispherx in 1995 as an accounting manager, rising to the position of Chief Accounting Officer before being named CFO in 2016.

Globus Medical [AUDUBON, PA] (NYSE: GMED) announced the appointment of Keith W. Pfeil as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective August 19, 2019. Pfeil joins Globus Medical after almost 16 years at CSS Industries, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Independent Bank Corporation [GRAND RAPIDS, MI] (NASDAQ: IBCP), the holding company of Independent Bank, announced that Robert Shuster, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, has notified the organization of his intention to retire on or about Jan. 31, 2020. Mr. Shuster has served as the Chief Financial Officer since May 2001 and prior to that served as the President and CEO of a subsidiary bank of the Corporation from September 1999 to May 2001.  Mr. Shuster first joined Independent Bank Corporation in September 1999, when the Corporation acquired Mutual Savings Bank, where he had served as President and CEO since November 1994.

Energy Focus, Inc. [SOLON, OH] (NASDAQ: EFOI) announced that Tod A. Nestor joined the company as its President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Nestor served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alumni Ventures Group. Between 2013 and 2016, Mr. Nestor served as the Chief Financial Officer of Merchants Automotive Group, Inc. Previously, Mr. Nestor also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Penn Traffic Company, and Chief Financial Officer for Fairway Holdings Corp. Earlier in his career, Nestor held other senior leadership roles across a wide array of functions in large organizations such as American Eagle Outfitters, HJ Heinz, and WR Grace.

Trevena Inc. [CHESTERBROOK, PA] (NASDAQ: TRVN) announced the appointment of Barry Shin as Chief Financial Officer. Shin was previously Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Mizuho Securities.  Prior to joining Mizuho Securities, he was a Managing Director in Guggenheim Securities’ Healthcare Investment Banking Group from 2012 to 2017.  From 2005 to 2012, he served in positions of increasing responsibility within the Healthcare Investment Banking Group of Piper Jaffray.  From 2001 to 2005, he advised healthcare and technology companies in financing and M&A transactions as a corporate attorney.

Mala Murthy

Teladoc Health, Inc. [PURCHASE, NY] (NYSE: TDOC) announced that it has named Mala Murthy as chief financial officer. Most recently, Murthy was CFO of the Global Commercial Services Segment of American Express. Prior to that, she held various leadership positions with PepsiCo, most notably leading high growth business units with oversight of financial planning and analysis, corporate and international treasury, and corporate strategy.

Carrie Anderson

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation [PLAINSBORO, N.J.] announced the promotion of Glenn Coleman to the newly-created role of chief operating officer (COO) and appointed Carrie Anderson as chief financial officer (CFO). Coleman most recently served as CFO and corporate vice president, responsible for Integra’s international business.  In this role, Mr. Coleman oversaw accounting and financial reporting, budgeting, internal audit, tax, treasury, investor relations and IT while also leading our international business.  Prior to joining Integra as CFO in 2014, Glenn spent 25 years in financial management positions of increasing responsibility with leading global businesses, including Curtiss-Wright and Alcatel-Lucent. Anderson most recently served as chief accounting officer and corporate controller at Dover Corporation. In addition, she served as chief financial officer for two of Dover’s multi-billion dollar segments.  Prior to Dover Corporation, Ms. Anderson spent over a decade at Aptiv (formerly Delphi), serving in various finance functions, including capital planning and investor relations, and ultimately, global segment chief financial officer.  She began her career with General Motors in 1991.

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) [EDINBURG, VA] (NASDAQ: SHEN) announced that Jim Volk has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Volk most recently served as Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations of Uniti Group Inc., from 2016 to 2018.  Prior to joining Uniti, he served as Chief Financial Officer of multiple public and private telecommunications companies, including PEG Bandwidth from 2012 to 2016, Hargray Communications Group from 2010 to 2012, and UbiquiTel Inc. from 2001 to 2006.  He previously held senior finance positions with AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless and SBC Wireless) and Comcast. Volk began his professional career as a Senior Accountant with Deloitte.

Ed Sitar

Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc [RALEIGH, NC] (NASDAQ: INNT) announced the appointment of Ed Sitar as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Sitar was the chief financial officer of Ammon Labs and Cancer Genetics. He previously has served as the financial leader for a variety of other healthcare companies, including ActiveHealth Management and Cadent Holdings.

Morae Global Corporation [HOUSTON, TEXAS] announced James Rojas has been named Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Rojas spent the first 15 years of his career as a consultant and transitioned into senior leadership roles at companies, including Huron Consulting Group, HBR, US Foodservice and Stop & Shop and Giant grocery chains.

John Scott

Market Force Information [PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA] announced that it has appointed John Scott as its Chief Financial Officer. Scott was most recently the CFO for Network Twentyone International.

Ouster [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has appointed Oliver Hutaff as its first Chief Financial Officer.  Hutaff was previously COO/CFO at Electric Imp from 2013 to 2019 and CFO at Roku Inc. from 2010 to 2012.

Edward Kinsey

Robomart [MILPITAS, Calif.] announced the addition of Edward P. Kinsey to the role of CFO. Kinsey is a serial entrepreneur and senior executive. He was the co-founding CFO of e-commerce giant Ariba. Kinsey most recently served on the Advisory Board of Docusign.

Impel NeuroPharma [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of John Leaman as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Leaman most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at Selecta Biosciences. His prior appointments include serving as Head of Corporate Development at InfaCare Pharmaceutical Corp., Chief Financial Officer of Medgenics Inc., and senior roles at Shire plc. and Devon Park Bioventures. John began his career serving a range of life sciences companies as an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company.

Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. [SHIPPENSBURG, PA] (NASDAQ: ORRF), the parent company of Orrstown Bank and Wheatland Advisors, Inc., announced that Thomas R. Brugger will join the Company and the Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 15, 2019. Most recently, Brugger served as the Chief Financial Officer of Sun National Bank and, prior to his approximately six year tenure at Sun National, served as CFO of Customers Bank, following 15 years as EVP/Corporate Treasurer of Sovereign Bank (now Santander).

Chris Nagel

Leaf Home Solutions [HUDSON, Ohio] announced the appointment of Christopher Nagel as Chief Financial Officer. Nagel joins Leaf Home Solutions from Fairmount Santrol, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Larry Napolitan, who has been CFO since 2016, will remain at Leaf Home Solutions under the newly created position of Vice President of Finance.

Dyadic International, Inc. [JUPITER, FL] (NASDAQ: DYAI) announced the appointment of Ping Rawson to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Rawson was previously the Chief Accounting Officer of Dyadic and joined the Company in 2016. Prior to joining Dyadic, Ms. Rawson has served in a variety of finance and accounting management roles in several publicly-traded companies.

Karl Jaeger

Artivest [NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Karl Jaeger as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Artivest, Jaeger was CFO of Strategic Insight. He previously served as CFO of Fundtech, and as CFO and Chief Operating Officer of Wall Street Systems. Earlier in his career, he spent 14 years with Thomson Financial (now Thompson Reuters), where he last served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Development.

ComplySci [NEW YORK] named Bill Fahrbach as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ComplySci, Fahrbach held the CFO position at Watermark, Workwave and Mobile Commons. He also served as Senior Director of Corporate Development and Product Operations for Oragenics, Inc.

MSA Security [NEW YORK] announced that former Chief Financial Officer, Michael Kennedy, has been named Chief Administrative Officer. Dean Gels has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MSA, Gels most recently served as CFO at OVH US. Prior to OVH, he served as the Vice President of Corporate Development at Borderfree.

Ian Chomat

Monarch Private Capital (MPC) [ATLANTA] announced that Ian Chomat has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer for the organization. Chomat moves into the role after serving as the Controller. Prior to joining MPC, Chomat worked as Controller for a company which specialized in the development, construction, and syndication of low income housing tax credits. He’s held various positions including Chief Financial Officer and was a consultant for both privately held and publicly traded companies. Chomat’s career began in public accounting where he practiced both tax and assurance services for privately held companies.

Ameresco, Inc. [FRAMINGHAM, MA] (NYSE: AMRC) announced that Doran Hole will join the company as its Chief Financial Officer, effective July 29, 2019. Mark Chiplock, who has served as interim CFO since October 1, 2018, will continue to serve as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and will act as the company’s principal accounting officer. Previously, Mr. Hole served as the Chief Executive Officer, North America and Group Vice President, Strategy, at ReneSola Ltd. He has served in the North American CEO role since 2017, and previously was the company’s US CFO. Prior to ReneSola, Mr. Hole was the CFO at solar developer Pristine Sun. He spent the first two decades of his career in various senior finance and capital markets roles on Wall Street. At Deutsche Bank, he served as a Director in the Global Structuring, Illiquid and Corporate Credit Group. He was a Director in the Financial Engineering group at ING Capital and also served as an Associate Director in the Corporate and Structured Finance Division at Macquarie Corporate Finance. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hole worked at Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. and Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.

Mitchell Chan

Viela Bio [GAITHERSBURG, MD] announced the appointment of Mitchell Chan as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Chan served as Viela’s Vice President, Head of Finance & Corporate Strategy. Prior to joining Viela in 2018, he served as Director of Investor Relations for AstraZeneca, North America. Previously, Mr. Chan held various roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech-Roche, including in BioOncology Commercial Finance, R&D Finance, and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Jay Malave

L3Harris Technologies [MELBOURNE, FL] (NYSE: LHX) named Jesus “Jay” Malave, Jr. as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Malave was elected CFO of the new L3Harris following the close of the merger between L3 and Harris, and succeeds former L3 and Harris CFOs, Ralph D’Ambrosio and Rahul Ghai, who have decided for personal reasons to pursue new opportunities. Malave joins L3Harris from United Technologies Corporation, where he spent more than 20 years in roles of increasing responsibility, including VP & CFO of the UTC Aerospace Systems business; VP, Financial Planning & Treasury at Hamilton Sundstrand; four years as VP, Investor Relations; and most recently as VP & CFO of the Carrier business segment.  .

Ankang Li

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, California & SHANGHAI] announced the appointment of Ankang Li as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Terns, Dr. Li was the Executive Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, where he was responsible for Asia ex-Japan investment banking and led many high-profile IPOs for biotechnology and other healthcare clients. Before that, Dr. Li was a Director at the Asia Pacific Innovation Hub at Merck (known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada), overseeing business development and licensing transactions in the region. Dr. Li also worked at both Davis Polk and Ropes & Gray, advising clients on capital markets and M&A transactions. Early in his career, he conducted biomedical research at the Salk Institute.

Commercial Metals Company [IRVING, TX] (NYSE: CMC) announced that Mary A. Lindsey has announced her retirement as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of August 31, 2019. Lindsey joined the Company in September 2009 as Vice President-Tax. She was appointed Vice President-Tax and Investor Relations in June 2015, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2016 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2017. The Company also announced that effective September 1, 2019, Paul J. Lawrence will assume the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company. Lawrence joined the Company in February 2016 as Vice President of Finance. He was appointed Vice President of Finance and Treasurer in September 2016 and his role was expanded to include Financial Planning and Analysis in January 2017. Prior to joining the Company, from 2003 to 2016, Mr. Lawrence worked for both Gerdau Long Steel North America, , and Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, where he held a variety of financial roles, including Assistant Vice President and Corporate Controller, and Deputy Corporate Controller. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Lawrence held several financial positions with Co-Steel Inc., which was acquired by Gerdau SA.

DISH Network [ENGLEWOOD, CO] promoted Paul W. Orban to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Orban, a 23-year veteran of DISH, had served as the company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Controller. Orban joined DISH in 1996 as a member of the financial reporting team. He has since held various leadership positions with increasing responsibility including Director of Accounting and Vice President of Accounting. In 2006, Orban was named Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller for DISH. He also served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller at EchoStar Corporation from 2008 to 2012. Before joining DISH, Paul was an auditor at Arthur Andersen LLP. A CPA, Paul holds his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Colorado.

Kirkland’s, Inc. [NASHVILLE, TN] (NASDAQ: KIRK) announced that it has named Nicole Strain as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She has served as Kirkland’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2017. Prior to her appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Strain served as Controller from November 2016 to April 2017. Prior to joining Kirkland’s, she served as the Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer for Logan’s Roadhouse, Inc., from 2005 through July 2015. While at Logan’s, she also served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

Alleghany Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE:Y) today announced that Jack Sennott has been appointed Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Alleghany’s wholly-owned subsidiary, CapSpecialty, Inc. Sennott previously served as Senior Vice President and chief financial officer of Alleghany. Kerry Jacobs has been appointed Senior Vice President and chief financial officer of Alleghany. Ms. Jacobs previously served as Alleghany’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Risk Officer.

Neuronetics , Inc. [MALVERN, PA] (NASDAQ: STIM) announced that Stephen Furlong will become its new Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, replacing Peter Donato, who will be leaving the Company after a transition period. Mr. Furlong will assume the role of CFO and Secretary effective July 22, 2019. Furlong most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Secretary at Metabolon. Prior to joining Metabolon, Furlong served as Chief Financial Officer of Rapid Micro Biosystems. Before joining Rapid Micro Biosystems, Mr. Furlong spent 14 years at Hologic, where he held a number of roles of increasing responsibility, most recently Senior Vice President, Finance and Sales Administration. Additionally, Mr. Furlong held positions at Safety 1st, Stratus Computer Inc., and Raytheon Company.

Greenfields Petroleum Corporation [HOUSTON, Texas] (TSX VENTURE: GNF) announces the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Jose Perez-Bello, who has served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Greenfields since June 2017 and a director of the Company since 2018, stepped down from these roles with the Company.  Sanjay Swarup has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Swarup is based in London, and is also Chief Executive Officer of SKS Business Services Limited, an accounting and audit group that specializes in providing an outsourced finance function to small and mid-size companies in diverse sectors, unlisted or listed in the UK and Canada.  Swarup has worked in the planning department of the Exploration and Production division of BP plc at their head office in London.

Glenn Keeler

TRI Pointe Group [IRVINE, Calif.] (NYSE: TPH) announced that Mike Grubbs, co-founder, chief financial officer and treasurer, will retire on January 1, 2020, concluding a 32-year career in homebuilding and real estate finance. Grubbs will be succeeded by Glenn Keeler, current chief accounting officer, also effective January 1, 2020. Keeler joined TRI Pointe in 2013 as corporate controller, and was named chief accounting officer in 2014. Keeler started his career at Ernst & Young LLP and previously held executive finance roles with other publicly traded companies prior to joining TRI Pointe Group.

Penn Virginia Corporation [HOUSTON, Texas] (NASDAQ: PVAC) announced that Steven A. Hartman, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (“CFO”), will be stepping down from his role.

Francesca’s Holdings Corporation [HOUSTON, TX] (NASDAQ: FRAN) announced that Kelly Dilts, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Company of her plans to resign from her position effective July 19, 2019 to pursue another opportunity. The Company has named Cindy Thomassee, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, to assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Cindy joined the Company in December 2007 after serving as the Controller at LRG Furniture, LLC, a retail subsidiary of Bassett Furniture Industries, for over 8 years.  She also previously served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer from May 2012 to March 2013 and from December 2015 to April 2016.

LDM Global [DENVER, Colorado] today announced Vivek Sharma as its new Chief Financial Officer. Sharma worked for PwC, Citigroup, Tele 2 and Digicel.

Corporate Spending Innovations [BONITA SPRINGS, FL] (CSI) announced the appointment of Olivier Raguis as the Chief Financial Officer. Raguis joins CSI in continuity of his extensive experience as Chief Financial Officer of several Edenred business units since 2010.

Bridgeline Digital, Inc. [BURLINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: BLIN) announced the appointment of Mark G. Downey as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company(“CFO”). Downey comes to Bridgeline with more than 25 years of finance and operations experience and has held CFO and COO positions at several public and privately held companies. Mark began his career as a CPA with Coopers & Lybrand. Downey will succeed Carole Tyner, who has served as Bridgeline’s Chief Financial Officer since September 2018.

MTX Group [FRISCO, TX], Inc announced the addition of Christina Bailey as their Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MTX, she was appointed as the CFO of Humphreys & Partners Architects.

InvestCloud [LOS ANGELES] appointed Rebeca Sanchez Sarmiento as its Chief Financial Officer. Sanchez Sarmiento joins the firm from ATTOM Data Solutions, where she served as CFO. Sanchez Sarmiento has held a variety of senior finance roles within Smart & Final, Deutsche Bank, and Citigroup.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: ALNY) announced that Jeff Poulton joined the Company on July 11, 2019 and has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 13, 2019. Jeff will join Alnylam with nearly 25 years of experience, including serving as Executive Vice President and CFO of Shire plc. Manmeet S. Soni has decided to resign to pursue other interests; he will continue as CFO of Alnylam through August 12, 2019 providing a smooth transition. Prior to Poulton’s CFO role at Shire he held a variety of financial roles and also served in a general management capacity while leading Shire’s rare disease commercial operations in North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Prior to his fifteen-year tenure at Shire, Jeff led corporate finance and business development initiatives in both the energy and materials manufacturing sectors, in financial leadership positions at Cinergy Corp and PPG industries. He also served as a U.S. Navy Commissioned Officer. Poulton is a member of the Board of Directors of EIP Pharmaceuticals.

MiX Telematics [BOCA RATON, FL] (NYSE: MIXT, JSE: MIX) announced the appointment of John Granara as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Executive Vice President. Granara will succeed Paul Dell, who has filled the role of interim CFO since early 2017. Mr. Dell will continue at MiX Telematics in an alternative senior role. Most recently, Granara held the position of CFO at Ameresco  Prior to that he was VP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at GT Advanced Technologies.

Annexon Biosciences [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the addition of Jennifer Lew as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lew served as Chief Financial Officer of Aduro Biotech. Ms. Lew previously held various finance leadership roles at Dynavax Technologies Corporation, and she began her career at Ernst & Young.

Bsquare Corporation  [BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON] (NASDAQ: BSQR) announced that Peter Biere, CFO, will resign from his position following a transition period that will include the appointment of a new CFO. Mr. Biere, who has served as CFO since December 2016, will continue as CFO until his replacement is identified and on-boarded.

Patrick J. Murphy

United Rheumatology [HAUPPAUGE, NY] announced the appointment of Patrick Murphy as Chief Financial Officer. Patrick most recently served as the CFO at CleanSlate Centers. Prior to CleanSlate Centers, Patrick was one of the Founders at Women’s Health USA. He held numerous positions including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and President. He was also a Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Evolution1. Earlier in his career he had various roles at Value Health and Arthur Andersen.

Ceros [NEW YORK] announced the hire of Rob Bender as Chief Financial Officer. Rob most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at Salute Safety. Prior to Salute Safety Systems, Rob spent 15 years as the CFO of financial technology company Axioma. Before Axioma, Rob led mergers & acquisitions for Primedia Enthusiast Group. He also worked in product management and consulting roles at Deloitte Consulting and W.L. Gore & Associates. http://ceros.com

Aflac Global Investments [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Stephen Scott as managing director; chief financial officer. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Scott most recently served as chief financial officer for BNY Mellon Investment Management. Prior to that, he served as BNY Mellon Investment Management’s Global Head of FP&A. Scott previously held positions with UBS and Lloyds Treasury Group.

Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NYSE American: AMPE) announced that Dan Stokely has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, since 2012, Dan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sentynl Therapeutics, which was sold to Cadila Healthcare Ltd. in January 2017. From 2004 to 2012, Dan served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Victory Pharma. Dan served as the Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Wireless Facilities, Inc. (currently Kratos Defense & Security Solutions). From 1994 to 2001, Dan served as Corporate Controller of Dura Pharmaceuticals.

Procore Technologies, Inc. [CARPINTERIA, CA] announced the appointment of Paul Lyandres as Chief Financial Officer. Lyandres joined Procore in 2014. Prior to joining the Procore team, Lyandres was as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Windhaven® Insurance [MIAMI, FL] and The Hearth Insurance Group announced that Susan Wollenberg has been selected to serve as Chief Financial Officer for the companies. Wollenberg has been a member of the Board Directors at Windhaven since its founding in the early 2000s. Wollenberg served at Spencer Capital Holdings; Personalized Brokerage Services, an Allianz subsidiary; and E.W. Blanch. She also held leadership roles in Financial Planning and Business Development at Kansas City Southern and GE Insurance. Wollenberg began her career as a Certified Public Accountant at Deloitte.

IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: IDYA) announced the promotion of Paul A. Stone as Chief Financial Officer. Paul previously served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Operations. Prior to joining IDEAYA, Paul was with 5AM Ventures in various capacities including as Partner, General Counsel, and Chief Operating Officer, and held early management and operating roles in companies launched at 5AM Ventures, including IDEAYA Biosciences (NASDAQ: IDYA), Homology Medicines, Cidara Therapeutics, and Entrada Therapeutics. Paul earlier served in management roles at Ethos Pharmaceuticals, Ilypsa (acquired by Amgen), and Symyx Technologies.

Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, SC] (NASDAQ: BNFT) announced the appointment of Stephen M. Swad as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Swad, who will be joining the Company on July 22nd.  He is a current member of the Benefitfocus Board of Directors and since 2013 has served on the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees, as well as Chair of the Compensation Committee. He joins the company from Vox Media, where he has served as CFO since January 2016. Prior to Vox Media, from February 2012 until April 2015, Swad was President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a director of Rosetta Stone. He formerly served as Rosetta Stone’s CFO beginning in November 2010. Prior to joining Rosetta Stone, Swad was the Executive Vice President and CFO of Comverse Technology, Inc. Swad has held various senior financial management positions at AOL, Inc. (now part of Oath Inc.), Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner. He was a partner at KPMG LLP and also served as the Deputy Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Swad previously served on the Board of Eloqua, before it was purchased by Oracle.

Tito Lima

CNB Financial [CLEARFIELD, PA] announced the appointment of Tito L. Lima to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CNB Financial Corporation and CNB Bank. Throughout the years he has held various positions in New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Lancaster and Butler, and has served in roles as a Senior Executive or Chief Financial Officer since 2002 in financial institutions.

TrackX Holdings Inc. [DENVER, Colorado] (TSX-V: TKX; OTC: TKXHF) announced that John Katzenberg has joined the TrackX team as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, John was the Chief Financial Officer of Johnson Storage & Moving Company. Prior to joining Johnson, he led all accounting and finance activities for Corporex Colorado. Previously, John was a Managing Director and one of the founding members of the private equity coverage group in the investment bank at Citigroup. Katzenberg is replacing Gene McConnell as CFO.

Annovis Bio, Inc. [BERWYN, PA] announced that Jeffrey McGroarty has been appointed the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Annovis, Jeff was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Safeguard Scientifics. Before joining Safeguard, Jeff served in a variety of financial roles with a number of publicly traded companies, including Cephalon and Exide Technologies. Jeff started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Better Choice Company, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: BTTR) announced the appointment of Andreas Schulmeyer as its Chief Financial Officer. Schulmeyer previously served in CFO roles at both WalMart and PepsiCo. Schulmeyer previously served as CFO – Global e-Commerce and CFO – Asia, at Walmart. Additionally, he was former CFO, China Beverages, at PepsiCo. Schulmeyer joins Better Choice from his private consulting business, Faultline Solutions LLC.

ICU Medical, Inc. [SAN CLEMENTE, CA] (NASDAQ: ICUI) announced that Scott E. Lamb, its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has informed the Company of his intention to retire from the Company effective after filing the FY2019 10-K, following over 16 years of service with the Company. After retirement as CFO, Mr. Lamb will serve in an advisory role to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Following the change, current Corporate Vice President, Brian Bonnell will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Brian Bonnell joined ICU Medical in 2018 and is currently responsible for the Treasury and Tax functions. Prior to joining ICU, Mr. Bonnell was Treasurer and Head of FP&A for Alere Inc. from 2015 until its acquisition by Abbott. Prior to Alere, Mr. Bonnell spent seven years at CareFusion Corporation, as both SVP of Tax and Treasury and as VP of Finance for Medical Systems. Prior to its spin-off of CareFusion, Mr. Bonnell spent seven years in a variety of Finance roles for Cardinal Health. Mr. Bonnell started his career in 1995 and spent seven years in the audit practice of Arthur Andersen LLP.

Dentsply Sirona Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: XRAY) announced the appointment of Jorge M. Gomez as Chief Financial Officer. Gomez served as Chief Financial Officer of Cardinal Health since January 2018.  Prior to that, Jorge was Chief Financial Officer of the Medical and Pharmaceutical segments, and Treasurer and Corporate Controller at Cardinal Health.  Before joining Cardinal Health, Jorge held multiple executive and leadership roles at General Motors and the Smurfit-Kappa Group.

Telenav [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NASDAQ: TNAV) selected Adeel Manzoor to become the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Manzoor comes to Telenav after serving as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Storage & Big Data; Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Mission Critical Systems & High Performance Compute and as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Converged Infrastructure for HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise] . Manzoor succeeds Fuad Ahmad, who has served as Telenav’s consulting interim CFO since January 2019. Ahmad, a partner of consulting firm FLG Partners, LLC, plans to continue to provide financial consulting services to the company until the end of September for transition purposes. Prior to joining HP, Manzoor worked for Big Four accounting and professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP in the assurance and advisory practice.

ReversingLabs US, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] named Angiras Koorapaty its Chief Financial Officer. Koorapaty brings more than 25 years of experience collaborating with senior management teams and boards, leading finance and administration at many startup and growth stage technology companies with substantial international operations, including Visual IQ, (acquired by The Nielsen Company), NitroSecurity (acquired by Intel/McAfee), Core Security Technologies, Webhire (acquired by Kenexa Corp./IBM), and Corechange (acquired by Open Text Corp.).

Fareportal [NEW YORK] announced that following the retirement of Ken West, the previous Chief Financial Officer, the Company announced Glenn Cusano as his successor. Cusano is a veteran of the Airline business with over 16 years of service at JetBlue Airways. In his most recent role with the airline, he served as their Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasury.

Fareed Khan

Surterra Wellness [ATLANTA] announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the appointment of Fareed Khan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Khan joins Surterra from the Kellogg Company where he was CFO. Khan previously served as Division CEO of a multi-billion-dollar revenue operating unit at USG Corporation after 12 years of steady ascent through key operating roles at the company. Early in his career, Khan was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. James Whitcomb, who has served as CFO of Surterra since helping launch the company in 2016, will become Executive Director of Corporate Development.

Q-Centrix [CHICAGO] announced today the addition of Todd Seiffer as its Chief Financial and Operations Officer. Before arriving at Q-Centrix, Seiffer spent more than four years as Chief Financial Officer of Businessolver. His previous roles include Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., in Chicago.

Suk Shah

Guaranteed Rate [CHICAGO] has hired Suk Shah as its Chief Financial Officer. Shah joins the Guaranteed Rate team from his former position of nearly five years at a high-growth financial technology company. Before that, Suk was the CFO of the US and Canadian divisions of a Global Commercial Bank. Shah began his career with General Electric and spent over eight years with the company in various finance and operating roles.

Conviva [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] announced the addition of Greg Ayers as CFO. Greg’s career has included finance leadership that led to 8 IPOs and multiple M&A deals.

symplr  [SANTA MONICA, Calif. and HOUSTON] announced that Jordan Copland has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Tres Thompson, who previously served as symplr’s COO and CFO, will focus on the COO role going forward. Most recently, Copland served as CFO and EVP of Finance and Operations at Quorum Business Solutions and, prior to that, was CFO at Omnitracs. Earlier in his career, Mr. Copland served as Vice President of Finance and Planning at Disney Consumer Products, and he served as Executive Vice President and CFO, and as EVP – Strategic Development, at GSI Commerce.

Chet Kwasniak

CareerBuilder [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Chet Kwasniak as Chief Financial Officer. Kwasniak most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at MW Industries. Prior to that, Kwasniak was Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas.

EIP Pharma, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Noel Donnelly as CFO. onnelly joins EIP Pharma from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining EIP, Noel spent the last seven years within Shire, recently acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Before moving into R&D, Noel held a number of positions of increasing responsibility within the Finance organization in areas such as Commercial, Technical Operations, and ultimately as the Head of R&D Finance at Shire HGT. Prior to that Noel worked for twelve years in financial planning and analysis in financial services and industrial companies.

Chris Clayton

JPI [IRVING, TX] announced Chris Clayton as the company’s new chief financial officer. Clayton comes to JPI from Forest City Realty Trust, where he most recently served as the company’s executive vice president, head of capital markets and treasurer.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] (NYSE: PIR) announced the appointment of Robert Riesbeck as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Riesbeck succeeds Deborah Rieger-Paganis, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since April 2019. Diemoz most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Crate & Barrel and previously held the role of Chief Development Officer at Restoration Hardware as well as leadership positions at Williams-Sonoma, The Gap, Inc. and MEXX.

Stimwave Technologies [POMPANO BEACH, FL] announced the appointment of James M. Rallo as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Rallo previous role was president and CFO of Liquidity Services, Inc. Prior to that, Rallo served as CFO, treasurer and chief administrative officer of Sleep Services of America, Inc. and as an investment banker in the healthcare group at Deutsche Bank.

Jim Grube

Vacasa [PORTLAND, OR] added Jim Grube as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Grube most recently served as CFO for online pet retailer, Chewy. Prior to Chewy, Grube served for six years as Hilton’s SVP of Finance and FP&A.

Whiting Petroleum Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: WLL) announced that Correne S. Loeffler has been named Chief Financial Officer effective August 1, 2019. Loeffler previously served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer for Callon Petroleum Company, from April 2017 to July 2019. She also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Callon Petroleum Company from June 2017 to December 2017. Prior to that, Ms. Loeffler was Executive Director with JPMorgan Securities, LLC where she was employed in the Corporate Client Bank Group from 2006 to 2017. She also was an Associate in Bank of America’s Global Corporate & Investment Bank from 2005 to 2006 and a Consultant at Accenture from 1999 to 2003.

Regional Management Corp. [GREENVILLE, SC] (NYSE: RM) announced that it has appointed Robert (“Rob”) W. Beck as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. His predecessor, Don Thomas, will remain with Regional to assist with a smooth and orderly transition before officially retiring from the Company on August 31, 2019. Most recently, Beck was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of Citibank’s US Retail Bank, after previously serving as Chief Financial Officer of Citibank’s US Consumer and Commercial Bank.

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) [ATLANTA] appointed Christian Struwe to the position of vice president & CFO. Struwe replaces Harald Henn who left the company for a position with Mercedes-Benz UK. Struwe’s most recent post was director of controlling for Mercedes-Benz Cars in Stuttgart, Germany. Struwe started his career in the associate program with Daimler in Berlin in 1997. After several stations in operations at Juiz de Fora (Brazil) and corporate controlling at MBUSI (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), he assumed responsibility for production strategy and the key account Mercedes-Benz within corporate strategy in Stuttgart. In 2005, he was appointed CFO of Mercedes-Benz high performance engines in Brixworth (UK) and returned to Stuttgart 4 years later to take over the responsibility for development controlling powertrain, subsequently in 2012 becoming director controlling RD & material cost MBC. In 2016, he was placed in charge of controlling RD and funding MBC.

NCI Information Systems, Inc. (NCI) [RESTON, VA] announced Charles (Chuck) Hicks Jr. has joined the company as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Before joining NCI, Hicks served as the CFO for Cresa Global, Inc. Prior to this, he was executive vice president for strategic growth, chief operating officer and CFO for SC3, which is now part of General Dynamics Information Technology. He also served in executive leadership roles at ASRC Federal, SAIC and USIS. Hicks’ career also includes having worked at Ernst & Young and serving in the U.S. Navy.

Lithia Motors, Inc. [MEDFORD, OR] (NYSE: LAD) announced that Tina Miller has been promoted to Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer. Miller has held a variety of accounting, financial and audit leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Lithia for nearly 15 years. Most recently she served as Chief Accounting Officer and interim Principal Financial Officer.

Cross River Bank [FORT LEE, NJ] announced that it has appointed Melissa Ballenger as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Ballenger joins Cross River from State Street Corporation, where she served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to that, Ms. Ballenger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Santander Bank, N.A., before becoming EVP, Chief Business Control Officer for Santander US. Previously, she held senior leadership positions in other public companies, including EVP, Deputy Chief Financial Officer for TD Bank, N.A.; Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at MasterCard Worldwide and at Washington Mutual Bank; and senior financial positions at Freddie Mac. Ms. Ballenger began her career with Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C., rising to audit manager serving institutions in a variety of industries.

ThriftBooks [SEATTLE] hired Ross Mignoli as the company’s chief financial officer. Mignoli is a former partner at Arthur Andersen. He has also served as CFO of Performance Driven Brands.

Pacific Oak Capital, LLC [IRVINE, CA] announced the appointment of Michael Bender as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Pacific Oak Capital, Bender served in a similar capacity with Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., and Kamal Osman Jamjoom, LLC. Bender began his finance career as a senior audit manager at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Windsor Advantage [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Jeff Nogle as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Director of Risk Management. Prior to joining Windsor, Jeff worked for Charles River Associates.

FARO [LAKE MARY, FL] (NASDAQ: FARO) announced that Allen Muhich has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective July 26, 2019. Muhich joins FARO from Electro Scientific Industries, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Muhich was previously of ID Experts, Smarsh, Inc. and Radisys Corporation. Mr. Muhich was also Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Merix Corporation. Prior to that Mr. Muhich spent 15 years in financial management in the office printing business at Tektronix, Inc. and Xerox Corporation. Muhich will succeed Robert Seidel, who has served as FARO’s Chief Financial Officer since December 2016 and who will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company until July 25, 2019 and then will continue as a FARO employee for a transition period.

TrialCard Incorporated [MORRISVILLE, NC] announced the appointment of Karen L. Russell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Russell will assume the role from Interim CFO Mark Bogovich. Russell most recently served as CFO for Evidera. Prior to that, she enjoyed a long and distinguished career in finance at GSK, where her last role was VP, Finance for the Respiratory Business Unit, US Pharma.

Pappas Capital [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] announced that Matthew Boyer has been named Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Ford Worthy who will continue with the firm as a Partner and Senior Advisor. Boyer joined Pappas Capital as Controller in 2013 and has served as Director of Finance since 2017. Previously, he held finance and accounting positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fidelity Investments and State Street Global Advisors.

Immunic, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: IMUX) announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Patel replaces Tamara A. Seymour, who has served as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since April 26, 2019. From 2014 to 2016, Patel served as Chief Financial Officer of Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Patel was Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking at Cantor Fitzgerald. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Patel worked with the William J. Clinton Foundation as Manager, Global Malaria Program, Drug Access Team. Prior to that, from 2007 to 2008, Mr. Patel was Vice President, Global Healthcare Investment Banking at Cowen and Company. Mr. Patel spent the prior five years as a Financial Analyst at Sectoral Asset Management. His entry into investment banking began in 1998 at UBS Warburg, where he served for three years as Associate Director, Global Healthcare Group.

Agile Therapeutics, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (NASDAQ: AGRX) announced the appointment of Dennis P. Reilly as Chief Financial Officer effective August 5, 2019. Most recently, from 2017 to 2019, he served as Chief Financial and Operations Officer of Invisible Sentinel, Inc.  From 2009 to 2017, Mr. Reilly was the Chief Financial Officer of NeoStrata Company, Inc. Prior to that, from 2005 to 2008, he served as the Chief Financial Officer, and prior to that role as Controller, of Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. Reilly was the Corporate Controller at the Medicines Company from 2002 to 2005.

Legacy Housing Corporation [BEDFORD, TX] (NASDAQ: LEGH) announced that Cornelius (Cork) Van Den Handel has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer. Van Den Handel most recently served as the Managing Principal of Vector Enterprises, LLC. Mr. Van Den Handel was previously CFO of three different companies, including Aviall, Inc. Van Den Handel replaces Jeff Burt, who, as part of the management reorganization, will remain with Legacy as the Chief Accounting Officer.

EVO Transportation & Energy Services [PEORIA, AZ] (OTC Pink: EVOA) appointed Eugene Putnam as chief financial officer, succeeding Michael Zientek. Most recently, Putnam served as an advisor to a major private equity firm performing due diligence on a potential acquisition. Previously, Putnam was president and CFO at Universal Technical Institute. Prior to Putnam’s role at Universal Technical Institute, he served in several executive and senior leadership roles for notable banking institutions, including Aegis Mortgage, Coastal Securities, Sterling Bancshares, SunTrust Bank, and Crestar Financial.

Matthew Chiappa

Anthony & Sylvan Pools [DOYLESTOWN, PA] announced that it has hired Matthew Chiappa as its Chief Financial Officer. Chiappa will be taking the financial reins from Martin Iles, Anthony & Sylvan’s Chief Financial Officer since 2007. Chiappa was most recently the CFO at Preferred Sands, where he held various financial roles during his 10-year tenure, including Vice President of Finance and Business Operations.

Michelle Tanner

MasterControl [SALT LAKE CITY, UT] announced that Michelle Tanner will assume the role of CFO for the organization. Most recently, she held executive positions with InsideSales and Venafi.

Exactus Inc. [DELRAY BEACH, Fla.] (OTCQB: EXDI) announced that Kenneth E. Puzder has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Exactus as a Board Member in January 2019, Mr. Puzder served as Chief Financial Officer of Ceed2Med, LLC. Prior to 2018, he served as a Co-Founder, Managing Member, and CFO of the Lukens Group, LLC. From January of 2007 to December of 2017, Mr. Puzder was president of his own consulting firm, Kenneth E. Puzder Consulting. From July of 2003 through December of 2006, he served in various positions with the Arby’s Restaurant Group (“ARG”) family of companies, including: Chief Financial Officer of AFA Service Corporation (a sister company to ARG), VP of Accounting and Finance for Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., and Regional Controller for RTM, Inc. (a subsidiary of ARG). From August of 2000 through April of 2003, Mr. Puzder served as Controller of Panera Bread Company. From January of 1999 through August of 2000, he served as Vice President and Secretary of the Linder Funds, a series of mutual funds. Prior to serving that position, from March of 1998 through August of 2000, he was Financial Operations Principal and Assistant Secretary of Lindner Asset Management, the asset management firm for the Linder Funds. From February of 1996 until March of 1998, he was an audit manager with KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP.

Eargo [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the hiring of Adam Laponis as CFO. Laponis joins Eargo from Tesla, Inc., where he served as VP, WW FP&A and Business Operations. Laponis was also previously VP Finance, CFO Cardiovascular Care at Cardinal Health, and Senior Director of Finance at Johnson & Johnson.

Karl Noone

Logically [PORTLAND, MAINE] named Karl Noone as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Noone was the SVP and Corporate Controller for Global Capacity. Prior to Global Capacity, Karl held financial executive positions with several technology companies including, Atlantic Tele-Network, Digitas, Lightbridge, CentrePath and CMGI.

Russ Clark

FMG Suite [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Russ Clark as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he held CFO positions with Certona and Mitek Systems.

Kymera Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced that Bruce Jacobs has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Jacobs previously was Managing Partner for Westfield Capital Management. Jacobs was also a Director with Alex Brown & Sons/Deutsche Bank and part of the health care investment banking group and the equity research team.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. [HOLLISTON, MA] (NASDAQ: HBIO) announced that Michael Rossi has been named Chief Financial Officer. Rossi most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Laborie Medical Technologies. Prior to serving as Chief Financial Officer of Laborie Medical Technologies, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Medical Specialties Distributors. Prior to that role, Rossi held finance roles of increasing responsibility at various public companies, including Haemonetics Corporation, The Princeton Review, Inc., American Tower Corporation, Sonus Networks and Manufacturers’ Services Limited.

Valley National Bank [NEW YORK, NY] (NASDAQ: VLY), the holding company for Valley National Bank, announced the appointment of Michael D. Hagedorn to Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective August 10, 2019.  Hagedorn is succeeding former CFO, Alan Eskow, who as previously announced will take on a Senior Advisory role at the Bank. Most recently, Hagedorn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of UMB Bank and Vice Chairman of UMB Financial Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri for over four years.  Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for UMB Financial Corporation since 2005.  Prior to UMB Financial, Hagedorn held various positions of increasing responsibility with Norwest Bank and Wells Fargo.

Compeat [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Paul Willson as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Compeat, Willson served in senior financial planning and analysis roles at Evity, BMC Software, Convio, Blackbaud, and most recently as Senior Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis and Treasurer of Bazaarvoice. Willson will succeed Kerry Carney, who served as CFO of Compeat since 2016.

Glooko [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the appointment of Stephen Lien as Chief Financial Officer. Lien comes to Glooko having served most recently as CFO of PipelineRx. Prior to PipelineRx, Lien successfully served as CFO at several other companies, including Smart Tuition and SmartCare. Prior to that, as CFO of Skrill Limited—Moneybookers, Inc,

Willamette Valley Vineyards [SALEM, Oregon] (NASDAQ: WVVI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Rich Goward has notified the Company of his intention to retire from his role as CFO of Willamette Valley Vineyards by the end of 2019.

Micron Solutions, Inc. [FITCHBURG, MA] (NYSE American: MICR) announced the appointment of Wayne M. Coll as its Chief Financial Officer. Coll previously served as Chief Financial Officer in various companies in the medical device industry, including National Dentex Corporation, Modern Dental Laboratory USA and Keystone Dental, Inc.

Piero Broccardo

SYSPRO [COSTA MESA, CA] announced that Piero Broccardo has joined SYSPRO USA as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), North America. Piero comes to SYSPRO as CFO from MavenLink. Prior to MavenLink, Piero spent six years as CFO at Accurate Background.

Strava [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Christine Park as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Strava, Christine was Chief Operating Officer at Goodwater Capital and COO and CFO at Chloe + Isabel in New York City.

Giant Oak [ARLINGTON, VA] announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer, Karelle Joun.  Prior to joining Giant Oak, Joun served as Vice President of Finance for TrackMaven, which was recently acquired by Skyword, and as Senior Director of Finance for Telarix, acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: BHF) announced that Edward (Ed) Spehar will join Brighthouse Financial on July 29, 2019 and will assume the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective August 12, 2019. Spehar will succeed Conor Murphy, who was named interim chief financial officer in February 2019. Murphy will continue as the Company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Spehar joins Brighthouse Financial from MetLife, where he most recently served as treasurer. Prior to his role as treasurer, Spehar was chief financial officer of MetLife’s Europe, Middle East and Africa segment, where he was responsible for all financial management matters for the segment. Previously, he was head of investor relations for MetLife. Spehar joined MetLife from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was a sell-side equity research analyst focused on the insurance industry.

Best Buy Co., Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: BBY) announced that Matt Bilunas, the company’s Senior Vice President of Enterprise and Merchandise Finance, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Bilunas fills the role that was previously held by Best Buy Chief Executive Officer Corie Barry. Bilunas joined Best Buy in 2006 as a Director of Territory Finance based in the Los Angeles area. He later served as a Director of International Finance, Senior Director of Enterprise Finance, Vice President of E-commerce and Marketing Finance and Vice President of Merchandise, E-commerce, Marketing and Re-commerce Finance. Prior to Best Buy, Bilunas worked at Carlson Companies, NRG Energy, Inc., Bandag, Inc. and KPMG.

Mike Eklund

IRI® [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Mike Eklund as chief financial officer. Eklund joins IRI from DJO Global. Prior to DJO Global, Eklund had a 20-year career with Dell Technologies, where he last served as the senior vice president of the Dell/EMC Value Creation and Integration Management Office. He also held the role of chief financial officer of Dell’s Client Solutions Business Unit and Global Operations organization. He also served as vice president of Strategy, Business Planning and Operations for Dell’s Enterprise Solutions Group. Eklund began his career in public accounting as a staff accountant in tax and audit, followed by a two-year stint in the oil and gas industry in a variety of staff accounting and finance roles. He succeeds Brian Coderre, who has served as acting CFO and will continue to serve as IRI’s North American CFO.

Sid Nayar

National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS) [ANAHEIM, CA] announced that Sid Nayar has joined NTS as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Nayar joins NTS after serving as CFO at Nautilus. Prior to Nautilus, Nayar held positions of Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO at Congoleum Corporation.

Tom Kurrikoff

REGO Restaurant Group [DENVER] announced that former TGI Fridays Chief Financial Officer Tom Kurrikoff has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to TGI Fridays he was SVP at Blockbuster Inc., Pizza Hut Inc. and Burger King Corp,

Eos Energy Storage [EDISON, NJ] announced Mack Treece as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Eos, Mack was the CEO of Viridity Energy Solutions, Inc. as well as COO and CFO of Viridity,

VTS [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bob Bies as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bies joins VTS from Syncsort where he served as CFO for over two years. Prior to Syncsort, Bies served as CFO at Cannondale Investments, Inc., post-exit advisor at Microsoft, executive vice president and CFO at Greenfield Online, Inc., and CFO at JGI. Bies began his career at Deloitte in New York City.

Tortoise [LEAWOOD, Kansas] has named Senior Managing Director Michelle Kelly Johnston as Chief Financial Officer. Johnston joined Tortoise in 2006 and most recently served as Tortoise’s Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to joining Tortoise, Johnston was an investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its industrial and natural resources group in Chicago and its financial institutions group in New York.

Epizyme, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: EPZM) announced the appointment of Paolo Tombesi as chief financial officer, effective August 2019. Tombesi most recently served as the chief financial officer at Insmed, Incorporated. Prior to his role at Insmed, Incorporated, Tombesi served as the chief financial and administration officer at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in the U.S. He joined Novartis in 2006 as chief financial officer, Europe, oncology, and held several positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as managing director and chief financial officer of Novartis Japan. Prior to joining Novartis, Tombesi held various financial positions with Bristol-Myers Squibb, including senior finance director, EMEA. He also previously held various positions with Unilever NV and Johnson & Johnson.

Guest Services, Inc. [FAIRFAX, VA] announced the appointment of Daniel Stoltzfus as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, as Chief Financial Officer of Fundation Group LLC.

MGIC Investment Corporation [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: MTG) announced that Timothy Mattke, formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed CEO and to the board of directors. Nathaniel Colson, former Vice President – Finance, has been appointed to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mattke has been with the company since 2006. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2014 and as Controller from 2009-2014. Previously, Mattke held other positions within the company’s accounting and finance departments. Before joining the company, Mattke was an Audit Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Colson has been with the company since 2014. He served as Vice President– Finance since 2019 and previously as Assistant Treasurer and other positions within the company’s finance and risk departments. Before joining the company, Colson was a Senior Audit Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Obsidian Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Ryan Daws as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Daws most recently served as a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Robert W. Baird & Co. with a focus on life sciences companies. Prior to Baird, Mr. Daws was the Chief Financial Officer of Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Daws was a life science-focused investment banker at Stifel and Cowen.

Juan Carlos Alvarez

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (Santander US) [BOSTON] and Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (SC)  (NYSE: SC) announced that Juan Carlos “JC” Alvarez will become Santander US and SBNA CFO, effective Sept. 16, 2019. Alvarez currently serves as the CFO at SC, a role he has held since 2017. Alvarez succeeds Duke Dayal in his capacity as Santander US CFO. Fahmi Karam, SC’s Head of Pricing and Analytics, will succeed Alvarez as CFO of SC, effective Sept. 16, 2019. Karam will continue to lead the Pricing and Analytics group in addition to his new role.

CAN Capital [KENNESAW, GA] announced the hiring of John McNeill as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). McNeill joins CAN from Ocwen Financial Corporation where he served as Senior Vice President of Servicing Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations. Before that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Home Loan Servicing Solutions, and has also worked in various financial capacities at WestRock and KPMG.

AutoNation, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,] (NYSE: AN) announced that Cheryl Miller, AutoNation’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and President. The Company also announced that Christopher Cade, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer.

Spectacular Solar, Inc. [RAHWAY, NJ] (OTCPK: SPSO) announced that Antonio Perez has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Perez served previously as Financial Controller and Director at Stressbar Systems International LLC and prior to that as Chief Operating Officer at World T.V. Entertainment.

ascena retail group, inc. [MAHWAH, NJ] (NASDAQ: ASNA) announced that Dan Lamadrid, SVP, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 4, 2019, replacing Robb Giammatteo, who informed the company that he intends to leave ascena at the end of August.  Lamadrid joined ascena in 2017 as SVP, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, after serving as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer at Vitamin Shoppes and VP/Controller at Ralph Lauren.  Prior to these roles, Mr. Lamadrid held finance leadership roles at Hartz Mountain Corporation and Toys R Us after starting his career in public accounting.

3Gtms [SHELTON, CT] announced that Jeff Ritter has been named chief financial officer. His prior experience includes serving as chief financial officer of TMW Systems for more than 15 years. Prior to TMW, Ritter held positions with KPMG Peat Marwick, and ITS, Inc., and ASAP, Inc.

Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ZIOP) announced that Satyavrat “Sath” Shukla has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Shukla most recently was Vice President and global Head of Corporate Finance for Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Vertex, Shukla was a Principal at Cornerstone Research. Prior to Cornerstone, he worked for finance consulting firms LECG and Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett.

Funko, Inc. [EVERETT, Washington] (NASDAQ: FNKO) announced the appointment of Jennifer Fall Jung as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 13, 2019. Fall Jung will succeed Russell Nickel, whose planned departure was previously announced on April 16, 2019. During her tenure at Gap, Inc., Ms. Fall Jung also served in several roles at Old Navy, including Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Old Navy Global and Head of International. Other previous roles include Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Gap North America and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Strategy and Real Estate for Gap, Inc. Outlet.

Hickory Farms [CHICAGO, None] announced that Kevin Rule has been named the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Hickory Farms, Kevin served as Vice President Finance & Controller, Business Unit Chief Financial Officer for the North American Division of Consumer Paint at the Sherwin-Williams Company. From 2015-2017 he held the role of Senior Director and Head of Finance, North America Consumer Paint for the Valspar Corporation. Prior to Valspar, Kevin spent 17 years at Kraft Foods where he held a variety of financial positions that supported multiple verticals including manufacturing and supply chain, in addition to corporate financial planning and analysis.

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [EXTON, PA] (NASDAQ: IDRA) announced the and the promotion of John J. Kirby to Chief Financial Officer. Kirby has led Idera’s finance department as Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer since October 2018.  Kirby has been the Company’s Vice President of Finance since July 2018.  Before joining Idera in 2015, Mr. Kirby served as Assistant Controller at Endo Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to joining Endo, Mr. Kirby served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at ViroPharma Incorporated. Mr. Kirby began his career at KPMG, LLP and served as a Regional Audit Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals prior to joining ViroPharma.

John Hart

NES Financial [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of John Hart as Chief Financial Officer. His prior experience includes senior management assignments at Varian, Apple and Dell.

Doug Hansen

Access Healthcare [DALLAS] announced that Doug Hansen has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Hansen has vast experience in these roles with a portfolio such as MedSynergies, Inc (now a part of Optum, a division under United Healthcare), Accelion Health, and Dell (formerly known as Perot Systems), under the Healthcare division.

IWCO Direct [CHANHASSEN, MN] announced the retirement of its long-time president and chief financial officer, Joe Morrison. Jake Hertel has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO. He previously held the position of vice president of finance and joined IWCO Direct in 2007 as manager, financial planning and analysis.

Enservco Corporation [DENVER, CO] (NYSE American: ENSV) announced the appointment of Marjorie Hargrave as Chief Financial Officer. Hargrave succeeds Dustin Bradford, who will remain with the Company to assist in the transition prior to pursuing other interests. Hargrave is the former Chief Financial Officer of CTAP, LLC.  Prior to CTAP, Hargrave was Chief Financial Officer of High Sierra Energy, LP.  Prior assignments include VP of Finance at Black Hills Corporation, Finance Consultant with Xcel Energy, Vice President Investment Banking with Merrill Lynch, Financial Analyst with Commercial Union Capital, and Portfolio Administrator and Research Analyst with Franklin Research & Development.

VERA [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that Bill Gadala is joining as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Gadala was the VP of Financial Planning and Analysis at Innovative Interfaces. Prior to that, he led the FP&A team through the IPO of FXalliance, and led the integration of the Finance function at Softek and Internet Security Systems while at IBM.

Lakeland Industries, Inc. [RONKONKOMA, NY] (NASDAQ: LAKE) announced the appointment of Allen E. Dillard to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective August 12, 2019. Mr. Dillard replaces Teri W. Hunt who resigned on May 10, 2019. For the past 4 years Dillard served as Chief Financial Officer of Digium, Inc. For the preceding 12 years, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Mobular Technologies, having been promoted from COO while also serving as a member of its Board of Directors. Earlier, he served as Treasurer and Director of Corporate Communications at Wolverine Tube, Inc. (WLV). Previously he served as Corporate Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Nichols Research Corporation.

Envision Solar International, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: EVSI) announced that Katherine H. McDermott has joined the executive team as chief financial officer. Prior to her appointment at Envision Solar, she was the chief financial officer for Steico Industries, a subsidiary of global aerospace company Senior plc. Prior to that, she served for 10 years as chief financial officer for LRAD Corporation. She also served in leadership positions in the financial departments of National Pen, Lantronix, Inc., Bausch & Lomb and with a component division of General Motors.

ARC Group, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, FL] (OTCQB: RLLY) announced the appointment of Alex Andre as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Andre will also be appointed as General Counsel once licensing and registration requirements are completed in the state of Florida. Prior to joining ARC Group, Mr. Andre served as the Co-Founder and Co-Manager of THS Ventures, LLC. He also served as a financial, legal and business consultant for a variety of public and private companies, including ARC Group. Prior to that, Mr. Andre served as the Chief Financial Officer, and later Chief Executive Officer, of HMS, LLC. During his career, Mr. Andre served as the Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel for a national healthcare membership company, and served as the Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel for a biotech company that he co-founded. Earlier in his career, Mr. Andre served as a corporate and securities attorney for the international law firms of Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Duane Morris LLP, and served as an accountant for KPMG LLP.

Remark Holdings, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: MARK) announced that Alison Davidson, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), will step down on August 2, 2019. Ms. Davidson will be relocating to the East Coast with her family and will therefore pursue other endeavors. The Company also announced that it is in the final stages of the CFO search process and expects to name a new CFO soon.

Aptean Inc. [ALPHARETTA, GA] announced the appointment of Kevin McAdams as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, McAdams served as the CFO of Premiere Global Services Inc. (PGi). Throughout his tenure at PGi, he also held roles including Senior Vice President of Global Financial Planning and Analysis, Corporate Controller and CFO for North America. McAdams has over 30 years of experience in business analysis, accounting, financial planning and financial management. McAdams began his career with KPMG, followed by leadership roles at Verizon Wireless, McKesson Corporation, MedQuest Associates and PGi.

High Brew Coffee [AUSTIN, TX] hired Bill Blankemeier as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Blankemeier worked at companies including Serenova, Periscope Holdings and NurturMe.

Don Elsey

Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] announced that Don Elsey will join as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Elsey most recently was Chief Financial Officer of Senseonics, Inc. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Regado Biosciences Corporation, and of LifeCell Corporation. Elsey was Chief Financial Officer of Emergent Biosolutions Corporation. Earlier in his career, he held senior financial positions at BioVeris Corporation, Igen, Inc. and PE Corporation (Applera). Elsey currently serves on the boards of directors of OpGen, Inc. and RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Jack McClunn

Bidtellect [DELRAY BEACH, FL] announced the appointment of Jack McClunn as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Bidtellect, Jack served as CFO of Tilting Point Media, before which he served as CFO of DoubleVerify for five years. Prior to DoubleVerify, McClunn held CFO positions at SelectMinds Inc., later acquired by Oracle Corporation; and SpaFinder Inc.

Fraser Allan

Fisher & Paykel [COSTA MESA, CA] announced the appointment of Fraser Allan as Chief Financial Officer. Allan joined Fisher & Paykel in April 2017 and most recently has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer in New Zealand. Prior to Fisher & Paykel, Allan held several finance roles at companies such as KPMG and Spark New Zealand Limited.

ExtraHop [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Bill Ruckelshaus as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Ruckelshaus  was CEO and President at Blucora. Prior to Blucora, Ruckelshaus held CFO and COO positions with companies including Expedia and AudienceScience. His experience also includes leadership roles at financial institutions including Credit Suisse and Prudential.

Rachael Methal

Somos, Inc. [EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.] announced the hiring of Rachael Methal as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Methal most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at ClickPay.

Gayle Anderson

One Technologies, LLC [DALLAS] announces the appointment of Gayle Anderson as Chief Financial Officer. Anderson spent six years at Match.com, where she served as executive vice president of corporate development, CFO, and vice president of global finance. She also worked at DigiWorksCorp, Dallas Zoo Management, International Rectifier Corp., and The Walt Disney Co.

Ygrene Energy Fund [PETALUMA, CA] announced the appointment of Greg Saunders as Chief Financial Officer. Saunders joins Ygrene from CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital Inc.  where he served as CleanFund’s Chief Executive and Financial Officer. Previously, Saunders served in CFO and COO roles at publicly traded and venture-backed specialty finance companies, most recently as the Chief Financial Officer at Project Frog Inc., and Tioga Energy Inc. Saunders succeeds Tim Condon, who is retiring.

CHS Inc. [ST. PAUL, MN] (NASDAQ: CHSCP) announced that Tim Skidmore, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is retiring effective December 31, 2019.

Quovant [NASHVILLE, TN] announced that Scott Craighead has joined as chief financial officer and brings more than 20 years of professional experience in public and privately owned entities.

ShiftPixy, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: PIXY) announced the hiring of Domonic “DJ” Carney as chief financial officer, replacing Patrice Launay who is leaving the company. Over the course of his impressive career, since serving as senior auditor at Deloitte & Touche in the early 1990s, Carney has twice served as Chief Financial Officer and has worked with an impressive group of public and private companies, from large corporations to high-growth startups spanning the high technology, contract manufacturing, advanced materials, and energy sectors.

Infinera Corporation [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: INFN) announced the appointment of Nancy Erba as Senior Vice President, Strategic Finance, and her subsequent appointment as Infinera’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 26, 2019. Erba will replace Brad Feller. Erba was CFO for Immersion Corporation. Prior to Immersion, she held numerous global leadership positions spanning functions and markets at Seagate Technology. These roles included Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, Division CFO and Vice President of Finance for Strategic Growth Initiatives, and Division CFO and Vice President of Finance of the Consumer Solutions Division.

Northrop Grumman Corporation [FALLS CHURCH, VA] (NYSE: NOC) appointed Todd Ernst, vice president of investor relations, reporting to Ken Bedingfield, corporate vice president and chief financial officer. Ernst succeeds Steve Movius, who will continue to serve as corporate vice president and treasurer until his planned retirement in early 2020. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Ernst served as vice president of investor relations at GE. Previously, he was vice president of corporate development at Raytheon, and led investor relations for seven years. Ernst joined Raytheon in 2010 as director, competitive assessment for corporate strategy. Ernst has also held senior positions at Balyasny Asset Management and Neuberger Berman.

DigitalOcean [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Bill Sorenson as its new Chief Financial Officer, who will help scale the company’s global finance organization. Most recently, Sorenson was the CFO at Enernoc. Previously, Sorenson served for five years as the CFO of Qlik.

Revature [RESTON, VA] announced the hiring of Arjun Ganesan as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Revature, Ganesan spent nearly 15 years at ITG, as the Global Head of Corporate Development, Strategy and Financial Planning & Analysis.

AML RightSource [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Todd Ayers as Chief Financial Officer. Ayers previously was Vice President of Finance.

John R. Freeman

BioLabs [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced that John R. Freeman joined as Chief Financial Officer. Freeman was most recently as CFO of the Lumeon. He also led the Boston office of Tonneson + Co.

NuCurrent [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Stephen G. Wasko as its chief financial officer. Wasko led Illinois Superconductor Technology Corporation, where he was the founding CFO of a company. Wasko also served as CFO for Nanosphere, Inc. Wasko recently served as President/COO/CFO of ViMedicus, Inc.; as CFO and head of business development for Perceptual Robotics, Inc.; and as President/COO of Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.

SKOUT CYBERSECURITY [NEW YORK] announced it has appointed Don O’Neill as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Operations at Datto Inc. O’Neill also previously served as Datto’s Controller and interim CFO and played a leadership role during Vista Equity’s acquisition of the company and its subsequent merger with Autotask.

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: TPTX) named Yi Larson as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 26. Larson joins the company from Goldman Sachs & Co. where she worked for more than 12 years and most recently served as managing director of Healthcare Investment Banking.

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE: GE) announced that GE Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jamie S. Miller will transition from her role as CFO. Ms. Miller joined GE in 2008 as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. She went on to become GE’s Chief Information Officer. After two and a half years in that role, she became the President and CEO of GE Transportation. Ms. Miller was appointed SVP and Chief Financial Officer of GE in October 2017.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: MXIM) announced that Brian C. White will join Maxim on August 12, 2019. He will be appointed chief financial officer (CFO) after the filing of Maxim’s fiscal year 2019 Annual Report, estimated to be filed on August 16. Maxim Integrated’s current CFO, Bruce Kiddoo, will serve in an advisory role through October 2, 2019, after which he will retire to support non-profit causes. Most recently, White was the CFO at Integrated Device Technology (IDT) for almost six years. Prior to his role as CFO, he served as IDT’s vice president of finance and treasurer for six years. Additionally, Mr. White has held a variety of financial and operational management positions at companies including Hitachi GST, IBM and Deloitte.

Lou Martinez

Exide Technologies [Milton, GA] announced the appointment of Lou Martinez as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Martinez succeeds Tony Genito, who is retiring from Exide. Martinez joined Exide in 2005 and most recently held the position of Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to that, Mr. Martinez served as Corporate Controller for AirGate PCS, Cotelligent and Aegis Communications Group.

Regulus Therapeutics Inc. [LA JOLLA, CA] (NASDAQ: RGLS) announced the appointment of Cris Calsada as its new Chief Financial Officer effective August 30, 2019. Calsada joins Regulus from Sanifit where she has served as Chief Financial Officer since December 2017. Prior to her employment with Sanifit, Ms. Calsada was self-employed as a finance consultant to various life sciences companies. From 2004 until its acquisition in 2015, she served in positions of increasing responsibility with Ambrx, most recently serving as its Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Finance. Prior to Ambrx, she worked for Sony Online Entertainment as its Executive Director of Finance and Controller.

Craig Connop

SME [SOUTHFIELD, Mich.] announced the hiring of Craig Connop as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Connop served as the Vice President of Finance at Stoneridge Control Devices. Previously, Craig was the CFO and VP of Finance and IT at GKN Driveline Americas.

Lannett Company, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: LCI) announced the appointment of John Kozlowski as chief financial officer (CFO), effective August 31, 2019. He succeeds Martin Galvan, who, as previously announced, will retire on August 30, 2019, following the planned submission of the company’s Form 10-K for fiscal year 2019. Kozlowski presently serves as the company’s chief of staff and strategy officer. Prior to joining Lannett, Kozlowski held senior finance positions with Finisar Australia (formerly Optium Australia) and Optium Corporation.

Kentik [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Alfred Yu as chief financial officer. Yu joins Kentik with over 20 years of experience, including senior positions at Bill.com and Evernote.

Curvature [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced the appointment of Sreekant Kasibhatta as the company’s new CFO. Previously, Kasibhatta served as CFO for RGIS. Prior to that, Kasibhatta held roles of increasing scope and seniority during 14 years at Tyco International. He also served as VP and CFO of Tyco’s Growth Markets. Additionally, Kasibhatta was the VP and CFO of Tyco Integrated Security, formerly ADT Commercial, a division of Tyco’s North American Installation & Services.

MATH Venture Partners [CHICAGO] announced the addition of Josh Leavitt as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Josh was a Market President for Green Thumb Industries and the Co-Founder & CEO of Zoku Technologies. Prior to that, from 2007 to 2016, Josh was the CFO of a Chicago-based hedge fund.

Eventbrite [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: EB) announced the appointment of Lanny Baker as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Baker will succeed Randy Befumo, who has held key executive roles with Eventbrite since 2013 and served as Eventbrite’s Chief Financial Officer since 2016. Befumo will move into the role of Chief Strategy Officer for the company. Baker joins Eventbrite from Yelp, where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Yelp, he served as Chief Executive Officer of ZipRealty and Chief Financial Officer for Monster Worldwide. Baker has also served as a Board director for public companies including HomeAway, XO Group and Leaf Group.

Yelp Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: YELP) announced that Charles “Lanny” Baker will step down as Chief Financial Officer of Yelp, effective September 2, 2019, in order to accept an executive position at another company. Finance Vice President James Miln will become interim Chief Financial Officer upon Baker’s departure. Miln currently leads Financial Planning and Analysis at Yelp, brings to the role more than a decade of leadership experience spanning companies including eBay, Yahoo!, and Unilever.

Don Eldert

SG360° [WHEELING, Ill.] announced that Don Eldert is joining the company and its Board of Directors as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining SG360°, Eldert held a dual role as EVP, COO-CFO of Frontline Tooling Solutions. Eldert’s previous roles also include president and co-CEO of Micronics Industrial Filtration, EVP and CFO of ASG, CFO of Atlas Materials Testing, and other senior-level financial and operational leadership positions in Fortune 200 companies such as Bayer AG and FMC.

Leggett & Platt [CARTHAGE, Mo.] announced that Jeffrey L. Tate will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 3, 2019. Jeff brings 27 years of senior-level finance, operating, and general management experience with The Dow Chemical Company. In his most recent role, Jeff served as Vice President and Business CFO for Dow’s largest operating segment, Packaging & Specialty Plastics. In prior roles, Jeff served as Chief Audit Executive leading Dow’s global Internal Audit/Investigation activities and was also Director of Investor Relations.

Amy Seibel

CrossCountry Consulting [MCLEAN, VA.] announced that Amy Seibel has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Seibel most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Knowland. Prior to her role at Knowland, Ms. Seibel served as CFO at BIA Digital Partners, and for many years as business unit CFO at JPMorgan Chase Vastera. Ms. Seibel began her career in the technology audit practice at Arthur Andersen LLP.

GigCapital, Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: GIG, GIG.U, GIG.RT, and GIG.WS) announced that Brad Weightman has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Weightman replaces Tara McDonough who is departing the company at her personal choice to pursue other interests. Most recently, Weightman was Senior Business Controller at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT), prior to IDT being acquired by Renesas Electronics Corp. Previously, Weightman was Corporate Controller at GigPeak Inc., formerly GigOptix, prior to GigPeak being acquired by IDT. Additionally, Brad has held various finance and accounting positions at Echelon Corporation, as well as large corporations such as AMD and Xerox.

Veridocs Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Andrea Oprosko has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Andrea has been with the company for nine years.

Enfusion [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Steve Dorton as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as CFO at Quinnox and held leadership roles prior at Invision Capital, NAVTEQ and the Walt Disney Company.

Standex International Corporation [SALEM, N.H.] (NYSE: SXI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas DeByle is being promoted to Chief Operating Officer, a newly created position in the Company.  DeByle will be succeeded by Ademir Sarcevic. Sarcevic will be joining Standex from Pentair plc where he has been serving as its Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. These appointments are effective September 9, 2019. Previously, Mr. Sarcevic held several senior financial roles at Pentair plc including Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the Pentair Valves and Controls segment.  Prior to that, he worked in several finance, controllership and audit roles at Eisai Inc. and Tyco International.

SQZ Biotechnologies [WATERTOWN, Mass.] announced the appointment of Teri Loxam as chief financial officer. Loxam most recently served as senior vice president of investor relations and global communications at Merck & Co. Prior to Merck, Ms. Loxam served as vice president of investor relations at IMAX Corporation. Ms. Loxam also spent eleven years at Bristol-Myers Squibb, where she held positions of increasing responsibility across strategic planning and portfolio management, treasury and investor relations.

Rite-Solutions [MIDDLETOWN, R.I.] promoted Chad Seelig to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Seelig most recently as the company’s Corporate Finance and Administration Manager. Before joining Rite-Solutions, Mr. Seelig was a Financial Officer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC). He was also a Senior Financial Analyst at SAIC for eight years prior to NUWC.

Codexis, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CDXS) announced the appointment of Ross Taylor as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Codexis CFO Gordon Sangster will remain with the company through the end of August, at which time he will retire. Taylor served as CFO at Abaxis, Inc. from 2015 through the sale of the company to Zoetis in July 2018. Prior to his position as CFO, Mr. Taylor was Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations at Abaxis. Previously, Mr. Taylor served for more than 20 years in equity research at various Wall Street firms including CL King & Associates, UBS, and Smith Barney.

ShootProof [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Lisa Hyde as its chief financial officer. Hyde joins ShootProof from Bluefin. During nearly four years with the company, she held roles of SVP of Operations and VP of Financial Planning and Control. Prior to Bluefin, Hyde served as SVP of Finance and Accounting at Veracity Payment Solutions and previously held executive finance and operations positions at Elavon.

Kelly Savoca

Sheppard Pratt Health System [BALTIMORE] announced the appointment of Kelly Savoca as its new vice president and chief financial officer. Savoca has developed her career at Sheppard Pratt over the last 16 years, serving as a controller and financial analyst before taking the role of CFO. Previously, Savoca worked in wealth management and accounting at Legg Mason.

insitro [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] announced Mary M. Rozenman, Ph.D., has joined as the company’s chief financial officer and chief business officer. Prior to joining the insitro team, she served as the senior vice president of corporate development and strategy at Aimmune Therapeutics. Before Aimmune, Dr. Rozenman was a vice president at Longitude Capital, where she focused on biotechnology investments and participated in multiple therapeutics investments and boards of directors, including observing on Aimmune’s board. Dr. Rozenman was also previously a junior partner at McKinsey & Company, focused on pharmaceuticals and corporate finance. Her scientific work has been published in premier scientific journals, and she is a named inventor on several patents.

American Oncology Network, LLC (AON) [Fort Myers, FLA.] has named Nathan H. Walcker as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AON, Walcker was a member of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s healthcare investment banking group.

Rodin Therapeutics [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Ajim Tamboli as chief financial officer. Tamboli comes to Rodin from Asymmetry Capital Management where he was focused on life sciences investing. He previously was a partner at Endurant Capital Management, which he co-founded and spun out from Columbia Management. Earlier in his career, Tamboli led coverage of multiple biopharma companies and executed dozens of IPOs and follow-on offerings as an equity analyst at Lehman Brothers. He also worked as a biotech and healthcare analyst at Credit Suisse and Lazard Freres.

BioVentrix, Inc. [SAN RAMON, Calif.] announced the appointment of William Abbott as Chief Financial Officer. Abbott has been a CFO for 15 years for companies such as Hancock Jaffe, Apollo Medical, and Cardiogenesis, and prior to that served in various VP of Finance/Accounting roles for another 15 years.

ZOOM+Care [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Kyle Dean has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Dean previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer at the Portland Bottling Company.

Vectrus, Inc. [COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.] (NYSE: VEC) announced that Susan Lynch has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer.  Lynch was most recently executive vice president and chief financial officer for Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS). Before joining Sungard AS, Lynch was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Hitachi Data Systems (now Hitachi Vantara). Prior to Hitachi Data Systems, Lynch served as vice president and chief financial officer for Raytheon Technical Services Company. Prior to Raytheon, she held a broad range of senior management roles at Honeywell International including Assistant Corporate Controller, Global Business Services; Director of Business, Analysis and Planning; and CFO for the Latin American region.

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: ATI) announced that Patrick J. DeCourcy, who has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer since 2013, intends to retire on March 31, 2020.

DiamondRock Hospitality Company [BETHESDA, Md.] (NYSE: DRH) announced the appointment of Jeffrey J. Donnelly as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective August 19, 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Donnelly was the Managing Director of Equity Research at Wells Fargo Securities. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Donnelly was Assistant Vice President at AEW Capital Management.

Aprea Therapeutics [BOSTON and STOCKHOLM] announced the appointment of Scott Coiante as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Scott Coiante joins Aprea from Agile Therapeutics, where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Agile, he was from 2002 Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Medarex, Inc.

Sonic Foundry [MADISON, Wisconsin] announced Chief Financial Officer Ken Minor will retire effective Oct. 1 after 22 years with the company. Minor will continue to serve as a consultant for Sonic Foundry as Interim Chief Financial Officer until a transition of his duties are complete and will continue as a Senior Financial Advisor through Sept. 30, 2020.

ReShape Lifesciences Inc. [SAN CLEMENTE, CA] (OTCQB: RSLS) announced Scott Youngstrom will resign as Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2019.

John P. Hart

Promises Behavioral Health [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that John P. Hart has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Hart has more than 25 years of experience as a senior financial executive including more than 15 years in the healthcare industry. His previous positions include Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer at National Surgical Healthcare and Senior Vice President of Finance at Surgery Partners as well as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at NovaMed.

Heavenly Rx Ltd. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] announced Bill Wolz as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining HeavenlyRx, Bill served as the CFO of Vision Group Holdings, the CFO and Chief Operating Officer of Shoes for Crews, and CFO of Pabst Brewing Company. Bill has also held senior leadership roles with Aon Hewitt, RR Donnelley and AT&T.

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. [MENLO PARK, CA] (NYSE: TPVG) announced the appointment of Christopher M. Mathieu as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 26, 2019. Mathieu also serves as Chief Financial Officer of TriplePoint Capital LLC, TPVG’s sponsor. Prior to joining the Company and TriplePoint Capital, Mathieu was a Special Advisor at iCapital Network, Inc. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Mathieu served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of a public-reporting business development company and a closed-end interval fund, and as Managing Director of the alternative asset management firm sponsoring those companies. Prior to that, Mathieu served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of a publicly traded business development company in the venture lending industry and its predecessor funds for more than 10 years. Mathieu has also served as an Audit Manager with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mobileum Inc. [CUPERTINO, CA] announced the appointment of Ilya Cantor as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Mobileum, Ilya served as CFO of Aricent. Prior to his role at Aricent, Cantor served as CFO of EPAM. Ilya also held leadership positions at Dow Jones, serving as the CFO of the Global Wall Street Journal, and later Executive Director of Operations. In addition, he served for three years as a Board Member of CNBC International, a joint partnership between Dow Jones and NBC. Cantor originally began his career as an Audit Manager with Coopers & Lybrand.

Frank Perier, Jr.

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. [STAMFORD, CT] announced the appointment of Frank Perier, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Perier previously served as the CFO of Forest Laboratories, Inc. for ten years, prior to its acquisition by Actavis in 2014. Prior to joining Forest, Perier was with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for approximately nine years, where he worked in corporate and operations finance capacities of increasing responsibilities, including Vice President of Finance and Operations Planning – Americas Medicines Group. Before joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, he was an accounting and auditing partner at Deloitte, where he worked for about 15 years. Perier was a member of the Board of Directors of Concordia International, Inc., until September 2018 where he served on the Audit and the Human Resources and Compensation Committees of the Company.

Keener Investments [HOUSTON] announced the recent promotion of Eric Barnes to Chief Financial Officer. Barnes joined Keener Investments in 2017 and has served as the company’s Corporate Controller since his date of hire. Mr. Barnes has over 20 years of public accounting experience in audit, tax and transactional assistance, serving US public registrants, international reporting entities and privately held companies. His experience in finance and accounting includes mergers and acquisitions, SEC filings, IPO’s, and business development.

Dynasty Financial Partners [ST. PETERSBURG, FL] announced that Justin Weinkle has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior roles for Mr. Weinkle at Dynasty include Director of M&A, SVP of Finance and Head of Strategic Analysis, and Chief of Staff supporting Dynasty’s CEO. Prior to Dynasty, Mr. Weinkle was an Analyst in KKR’s Client & Partner Group.

Root Insurance [COLUMBUS, OH] announced that Daniel Rosenthal will join as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer, effective November 11, 2019. Cindy Powell will continue to serve as CFO until that time and then transition to a new role as Senior Executive Vice President of External Affairs. Rosenthal has been a member of the Board of Directors of the company. Rosenthal has spent most of his career in leadership positions at innovative firms in the aviation industry. In 2009, he co-founded Milestone Aviation Group, till its acquisition by GE Capital in 2015. Subsequently, Rosenthal served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Milestone, as well as EVP of Financing and Products for GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). Prior to Milestone, Rosenthal spent four years at NetJets, where he held various leadership roles, and worked as an attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP.

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE AMERICAN: VISI) announced that Herb Mueller has been appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 24, 2019. After four years, Paul Tomkins will be stepping down from his role as CFO on August 23, 2019, to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Mueller served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Resources Global Professionals, the operating subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc. He was promoted to CFO of RGP in August 2016, after successfully leading a regional practice as a Managing Director. Prior to his roles at RGP, Mr. Mueller was the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Accounting & Administration, and Treasurer of Delta Apparel, Inc. He has also served as a Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of TTA Partners, Inc.

Target Hospitality Corp. [THE WOODLANDS, TX] (NASDAQ: TH) announced that Eric T. Kalamaras has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Kalamaras will succeed Andrew A. Aberdale. Aberdale has agreed to serve as an advisor to the Company for the next year. Kalamaras joins Target Hospitality from American Midstream Partners, L.P., where he served as Executive Vice President and CFO. Kalamaras has held senior finance positions at including Azure Midstream Holdings, AXIP Energy Holdings, Delphi Midstream Partners and Atlas Pipeline Holdings.

SugarCRM Inc. [CUPERTINO, CA] announced the addition of John Donaldson as Chief Financial Officer. Donaldson most recently held the role of CFO at Togetherwork Holdings. Prior to his role at Togetherwork, Donaldson was CFO of Community Investors. He has also held CFO roles at ALPS Holdings and Northstar Exchange Corporation.

AccessOne [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced it has hired Craig Rosato as chief financial officer (CFO) and promoted Tammy Geis to chief operating officer (COO). Rosato has over 30 years of experience in financial services, including 10 years with Ernst & Young and 17 years at Bank of America where he held the roles of corporate chief accounting officer and chief risk officer for the consumer bank, among other upper management roles. Geis is a 20-year healthcare veteran and has been with AccessOne for more than 15 years as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining AccessOne in 2003, Geis worked for Novant Health as a vice president of finance. Additionally, Geis has held positions at Ernst & Young and worked with hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, home health and other healthcare-related entities.

Sea-Land Chemical Company [WESTLAKE, OH] announced the appointment of Ryan Keating as Chief Financial Officer. Keating served as Chief Financial Officer of State Industrial Products since 2015. Prior to joining State Industrial Products, Keating served as the CFO of Matrix Automation.

C.H. Robinson [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CHRW) announced that Mike Zechmeister will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Scott Hagen, who served as Interim CFO, will continue serving in his capacity as Controller. Zechmeister most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods, Inc. Prior to joining UNFI, Zechmeister spent 25 years at General Mills, where he held a variety of finance leadership roles including Vice President of Finance for the Pillsbury Division, Vice President of Finance for U.S. Retail Sales, and Treasurer.

Joel Armijo

Comcast Advertising [NEW YORK] the advertising arm of Comcast Cable, a division of Comcast Corporation announced the appointment of Joel Armijo as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Armijo joins Comcast Advertising from fuboTV. Prior to fuboTV, Armijo was the CFO of AT&T’s AdWorks (now part of Xandr). Armijo moved over from the DirecTV side, where he was vp, revenue, strategy and planning, responsible for special projects. Armijo joined DirecTV from Merrill Lynch, where he was an equity research analyst. He made the transition to Wall Street from Cablevision, where he was head of financial planning for the company’s cable entertainment and regional sports networks and professional sports teams.

GumGum, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] announced both that it has named Patrick Gildea as Chief Financial Officer. Gildea, who fills the CFO position previously held by CEO Phil Schraeder, joins GumGum with extensive experience at a number of retail, e-commerce and media businesses, including Incentium, M-GO/Technicolor, Gracenote and, most recently, Joybird.

Sinclair Research [COLUMBIA, MO] named Gary Jacobson as President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Sinclair, Gary was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of SNBL USA, Ltd. He was principal and director of General Biotechnology, LLC, and previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ricerca Biosciences, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of Harlan Europe. Gary began his career in the banking industry serving as Senior Vice President and Division Manager of LaSalle National Bank and Senior Vice President of American National Bank.

Jeremy Bolling

Conger Construction Group [LEBANON, OH] announced the promotion of Jeremy Bolling to CFO. Bolling joined Conger Construction Group in 2015 as corporate controller.

SAExploration Holdings, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SAEX, OTCQB: SXPLW) announced that Kevin Hubbard, Partner at Ham, Langston & Brezina, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Brent Whiteley, who has been terminated.

Riot Blockchain, Inc. [CASTLE ROCK, CO] (NASDAQ: RIOT) announced that Jeffrey G. McGonegal is being named as Chief Financial Officer of the Company on an interim basis. McGonegal replaces the departing Robby Chang, who joined Riot in February 2018 as its Chief Financial Officer. McGonegal had previously served as Riot’s Chief Financial Officer and he will continue to serve as Riot’s Chief Executive Officer following his appointment as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

United Natural Foods, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, RI] (NYSE: UNFI) announced changes to its senior management team. Mike Zechmeister will resign his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 23, 2019, to pursue an opportunity outside the Company. John W. Howard has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Howard joined UNFI in July as Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting. Howard brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance teams, most recently as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Prime Therapeutics. Before joining Prime, Mr. Howard served as Vice President, Corporate Finance at Valspar Corporation.

Globe Photos, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTCQB: GBPT) appointed Max Scheder-Bieschin as chief financial officer. Scheder-Bieschin succeeds Shamar Tobias, who has been serving as interim CFO and will continue as company controller. Prior to his involvement with technology companies, Scheder-Bieschin spent more than 17 years in the capital markets.

SITO Mobile, Ltd. [JERSEY CITY, NJ] (NASDAQ: SITO) announced the appointment of Gregg Saunders as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SITO Mobile, Saunders was involved an integral member of the XBRL U.S., Inc. team. He was also a partner of KPMG LLP. Saunders replaces Terry Lynn, who resigned from SITO for personal reasons.

Cellectar Biosciences [FLORHAM PARK, NJ] (NASDAQ: CLRB) announced the appointment of Dov Elefant, as its Chief Financial Officer effective as of September 10, 2019. Elefant joins Cellectar after having served as Chief Financial Officer at several companies, most recently at Akari Therapeutics.  Prior to Akari, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Celsus Therapeutics until its merger in September 2015, and at Althera Medical Ltd. Elefant has also been a consultant for a number of companies and was the Corporate Controller at Lev Pharmaceuticals through its acquisition by ViroPharma.

Halcón Resources Corporation [HOUSTON] (OTC PINK: HKRS) announced that Ragan T. Altizer has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Altizer replaces Quentin Hicks, who resigned as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Altizer most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ajax Resources, LLC from October 2015, until it sold substantially all of its assets to Diamondback Energy, Inc. in October 2018. Prior to his tenure at Ajax, he served as US Regional Chief Financial Officer and Global Controller for Hill+Knowlton Strategies. Altizer’s career began with 15 years focused in oil and gas in Houston, first with Coopers & Lybrand’s audit practice serving a number of E&P and oilfield services clients and later serving as Corporate Controller and Treasurer for Brooklyn Union Gas Company’s upstream operations.

Kuebix, LLC [MAYNARD, Mass.] announced the addition of John Rogers to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Kuebix, Rogers was the Chief Financial Officer of ZoomInfo (acquired by DiscoverOrg), and before that ikaSystems (sold to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan) and Arcadia Systems. Rogers has also held the Chief Financial Officer position in public technology companies Cognex and Nuance Communications. He was also the Chief Financial Officer for the venture backed SaaS company, CashEdge (acquired by Fiserv).

EMCORE Corporation [ALHAMBRA, CA] (NASDAQ: EMKR) announced that it has appointed Tom Minichiello as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 26, 2019.  Mark Gordon will continue in his current position as the Company’s Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer until Minichiello joins the Company, at which time Gordon will serve as the Company’s Director of Accounting. Minichiello most recently served as Senior Vice President, CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary for Westell Technologies.  Before that, Minichiello enjoyed a twelve year career for optical networking equipment provider Tellabs.  Previously, he held financial leadership positions for Andrew Corporation, Phelps Dodge, and United Technologies.

Danforth Advisors, LLC [WALTHAM, MA] announced the appointment of Warren Steinberg as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as CFO of BioBridges, LLC. Previously, Warren served as Director of Finance and Accounting at Medical Device Consulting, Inc.

Bonchon [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bryan Shin as Chief Financial Officer. Shin’s prior experience includes senior executive positions and strategic roles at Goose Island Brewing Company, CJ Foodville and YUM! Brands.

Data Age Business Systems [CLEARWATER, FL] announced the appointment of Vanessa Gray to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gray was previously Director of Finance.

Brian Lindstrom

Cielo [BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin] announced it has welcomed Brian Lindstrom as its new Chief Financial & Administrative Officer. Prior to Cielo, Brian served in high-level roles at several healthcare software organizations, including Connecture and Epic, as well as time spent in the other technology companies. He succeeds Joy Krausert, who retired this year.

Gulfport Energy Corporation [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NASDAQ: GPOR) announced that Quentin R. Hicks will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hicks joins Gulfport from Halcón Resources Corporation where he most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to that, he held various leadership roles of increasing responsibility including Executive Vice President of Finance, Capital Markets and Investor Relations. Hicks joined Halcón in August 2012 following the merger of GeoResources with Halcón, where he served as Director of Acquisitions and Financial Planning at GeoResources from 2011 to 2012. From 2004 to 2011, Hicks worked in investment banking with Bear Stearns, Sanders Morris Harris and most recently Madison Williams, where he was a Director in the energy investment banking practice. Prior to that, Hicks worked as Manager of Financial Reporting for Continental Airlines. Mr. Hicks began his career in 1998 as an auditor for Ernst and Young LLP. Hicks succeeds Keri L. Crowell, who is stepping down after a 14-year career with Gulfport.

UPS [ATLANTA] (NYSE: UPS) announced Richard Peretz, UPS Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire. Brian Newman, currently Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations, Latin America for PepsiCo, is appointed UPS Chief Financial Officer, effective September 16, 2019. Newman served in positions of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo over 26 years and has worked in Asia, Europe, Russia and the U.S. in various corporate, regional and sector assignments. He began his career in investment banking prior to joining PepsiCo.

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® fast-casual restaurant brands, named Dirk Montgomery as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Montgomery was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Hooters International. He was previously Chief Financial Officer at Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Montgomery has other related experience as a public company Chief Financial Officer at Health Insurance Innovations, Inc.; and at Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Earlier in his career, Montgomery served as Chief Financial Officer of Con Agra Foods Retail Group, as Chief Financial Officer of Express (previously a division of Limited Brands) and in several senior management positions with Sara Lee Corporation.

Cadent Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of John McBride as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cadent, Mr. McBride was Chief Financial Officer at Syntimmune. Prior to that, he served as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer during his tenure at Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc. In addition, he founded and served as president of Alliance Life Science Advisors, Inc. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as Global Head of Oncology Licensing at Pharmacia Corporation; Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer at CytoTherapeutics, Inc.; and Vice President, Business Development and Treasurer at Phytera, Inc.

RailUSA, LLC [BOCA RATON, FL] has named Barbara Wilson President and Chief Financial Officer. Wilson was the President of Wells Fargo Rail. Earlier in her career, Wilson served as Chief Financial Officer for Helm Financial Corporation.

Citrix Systems, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced that Arlen R. Shenkman has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 9, 2019. Shenkman joins Citrix from SAP. Shenkman will succeed Jessica Soisson, who has served as Citrix’s Interim CFO since April 2019. Soisson will remain at Citrix and will report to Shenkman in her continuing role as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Shenkman most recently served as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Business Development and Ecosystems at SAP. Prior to that role, Shenkman served as CFO of SAP North America. Shenkman previously served as Global Head of Corporate Development for SAP and was a principal architect of SAP’s rapid transformation into a cloud company.

NuTech National [MAITLAND, FL] announced Wayne Kalish is joining NuTech as CFO. He served as Senior Vice President, Accounting and Finance Group Chief Financial Officer at Tavistock Group (US and UK, 3 years) and Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Planning at Darden Restaurants (12 years).

Qualcomm Incorporated [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that Dave Wise has decided to retire after a 23-year tenure at the Company. The company appointed Akash Palkhiwala, SVP of Finance, as interim CFO. Palkhiwala joined Qualcomm in 2001 and has previously held a variety of roles in Finance, including Treasurer and lead for Corporate Finance overseeing Qualcomm’s overall financial planning and analysis. He has been part of the senior finance leadership team for more than 10 years.

Bsquare Corporation [BELLEVUE, Washington] (NASDAQ: BSQR) announced the appointment of Chris Wheaton as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Previously he co-founded and served as CFO and COO of EnerG2. EnerG2 was acquired in 2015 by BASF. Chris has also held the CFO position at Pacific Science Center and served as interim CFO in companies around the Puget Sound. Earlier in his career, he held executive positions at Loudcloud, Inc.

Cielo Global Holdings [LUBBOCK, TX] announced that Chris Pruitt has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pruitt has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance in the private sector as well as in publicly-held companies and accounting firms. He most recently served as CFO for a civil construction company out of New Mexico.

Thomas Crofcheck

Melmark, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] announced the promotion of Tom Crofcheck to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Crofcheck will assume the role in late September from Joseph Zakrzewski who announced his retirement earlier this year. Crofcheck most recently served as Director of Finance for Melmark Pennsylvania and has been an active advocate and mentor through his participation in statewide rate setting advocacy campaigns led by Pennsylvania Advocacy Resources (PAR). 

Lumber Liquidators [TOANO, VA] (NYSE: LL) announced the appointment of Nancy A. Walsh as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective September 9, 2019. Ms. Walsh will replace Interim Chief Financial Officer Timothy Mulvaney who will return to his role as Chief Accounting Officer for the Company. Walsh most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. and in various finance and leadership positions with Tapestry, Inc., formerly known as Coach, Inc.

Erika Wennerstrom

JazzHR [PITTSBURGH] announced the addition of Erika Wennerstrom as Chief Financial Officer. Wennerstrom joins the company from Ellevation Education where she served as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations. Prior to Ellevation Education, Wennerstrom was Director of Finance at Constant Contact.

Todd A. Booth

3D Systems [ROCK HILL, S.C.] (NYSE: DDD) announced that Todd A. Booth will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3. Most recently, he was CFO for Teledyne Marine. Booth replaces John McMullen, who announced his planned retirement earlier this year.

4C Insights [NEW YORK] announced that Lisa Mogensen has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Brent Dobsch, who had been handling those duties as 4C CFO, has been named CFO and COO at Kinetiq after 4C acquired a stake and jointly created the new company, combining iQ Media and Teletrax. Mogensen began her career in investment banking ultimately switching to media with such notable companies as News Corp. and NBC (while under GE ownership). Mogensen was named CFO of TheStreet and then CFO of Forbes Digital. Subsequently, she moved on to be an innovative CFO across multiple industries including technology, SaaS, big data, e-commerce, luxury, media, and professional services.

SEngine Precision Medicine [SEATTLE, Washington] announced it is expanding its senior executive team with the appointment of Tom Neary as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently he was CFO at Space Venture Partners, and prior to that, CFO at Spaceflight Industries.

Pacific Financial Corporation [ABERDEEN, Washington] (OTCQX: PFLC), the holding company for Bank of the Pacific, announced the hiring of Carla Tucker as its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, effective September 1, 2019, succeeding Douglas N. Biddle who recently announced his retirement. Tucker spent the last 15 years with Skagit Bank as their Chief Financial Officer before Skagit Bank sold late last year.

First Bank & Trust Company [ABINGDON, Va.] and its parent holding company, First Bancorp, Inc., announced that Eric Moore will become Chief Financial Officer. Moore replaces Mark Nelson who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Nelson served as Chief Financial Officer for 21 years, from 1998-2019.  Moore has been with First Bank & Trust Company for 15 years where he served as Vice President of Compliance and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer from 2004-2019.  He also worked for First American National Bank and The United Company.

General Mills [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: GIS) announced that Don Mulligan, Chief Financial Officer, will transition to an advisory capacity effective February 1, 2020, and will retire effective June 1, 2020. Kofi Bruce, currently Controller, will be promoted to Vice President, Financial Operations, effective September 1, 2019, and will succeed Mulligan as Chief Financial Officer on February 1, 2020. Bruce joined General Mills in 2009, following 10 years of experience in various finance leadership roles at Ford Motor Company and Ecolab. During his tenure at General Mills, he has served as Treasurer; Vice President, Finance for the U.S. Yogurt operating unit; Vice President, Finance for the Convenience Stores & Foodservice segment and Global Revenue Development; and his most recent role as Controller.

2U, Inc. [LANHAM, MD] (NASDAQ: TWOU) announced that Catherine A. Graham has notified the company that she plans to retire as chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2020 or upon the company’s earlier appointment of her successor.

The Ensign Group, Inc. [SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA] (NASDAQ: ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign group announced the appointment of Jennifer L. Freeman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Pennant Group, Inc., the holding company of all of Ensign’s home health and hospice agencies and substantially all of Ensign’s senior living businesses following completion of the previously-announced spin-off. Freeman has been serving as CFO of Cornerstone Healthcare, Ensign’s home health and hospice portfolio company, since she joined the organization earlier this year. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Freeman was Chief Financial Officer of Northpoint Recovery Holdings, LLC. Freeman has held various other leadership roles within the healthcare industry, including the Chief Financial Officer of Molina Healthcare of Washington, the Vice President of Finance of Coordinated Care Corporation, Chief Financial Officer for Qualis Health, and the Vice President of Finance of MCG Health, LLC.

Campbell Soup Company [CAMDEN, NJ] (NYSE: CPB) appointed Mick Beekhuizen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Sept. 30, 2019. He succeeds Anthony DiSilvestro, who is leaving Campbell on Oct. 15, 2019 to pursue other interests. Beekhuizen, 43, was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Chobani since 2016. Prior to Chobani, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Education Management Corporation, and a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in the merchant banking division.

Marc Juan Lopez

MONAT Global [MIAMI] welcomes Marc Juan Lopez as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining MONAT, Lopez served as Mondelez International’s Latin America Division in Miami as Regional Finance Director where he was responsible for Mondelez Latin America’s accounting and external reporting. He started his professional career with KPMG in Spain and later moved to the UK.

Ed Dunlap

CoolSys [BREA, CA] announced that Ed Dunlap is joining the company as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Dunlap was chief financial officer for Trojan Battery Company. He also previously held leadership roles with GAP Inc., RJR Nabisco, Pepsico and B.F. Goodrich. Dunlap succeeds former CFO Andy Mandell, who will be retiring at the end of September after serving the company for three and a half years.

GTT Communications, Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GTT) announced that Mike Sicoli, GTT’s chief financial officer, will depart the company on September 30, 2019. GTT has named Dan Fraser as the interim chief financial officer, effective upon Mr. Sicoli’s departure. Mr. Fraser currently serves as GTT’s senior vice president, principal accounting officer and global corporate controller, and brings more than 20 years of industry experience to the role, including over five years at GTT.

Sesen Bio [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SESN) announced the appointment of Monica Forbes as its Chief Financial Officer. Forbes will succeed Richard F. Fitzgerald. Forbes previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance.

Caliber Collision [LEWISVILLE, TX] announced the appointment of Judd Nystrom as Chief Financial Officer to replace Bob Gary. Nystrom comes to Caliber from NBG Home. Previously, Nystrom was CFO of At Home. Mr. Nystrom’s past roles have also included senior financial positions at Advance Auto Parts and Best Buy. Judd serves as a Board member for Melissa & Doug.

Imperial Bag & Paper Co LLC [JERSEY CITY, NJ] announced their Chief Financial Officer, Marc Mongulla, will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. Paul M. Cervino, Imperial’s former Chief Financial Officer and current Chief Administrative Officer, will temporarily re-assume the role of CFO.

Cred [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Joe Podulka, joined as Chief Financial Officer. Podulka was CFO, VP Finance at Hearst Communications. Joe also spent 11 years at eBay/PayPal in a variety of roles in the US and abroad.

Adtalem Global Education Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: ATGE) announced that Mike Randolfi has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), succeeding Patrick Unzicker. Randolfi was most recently CFO at Groupon. Prior to his role as CFO at Groupon, Randolfi served as CFO of Orbitz. Prior to Orbitz, Randolfi spent 14 years with Delta Air Lines in a variety of executive financial roles culminating in senior vice president, controller.

Severn Bancorp, Inc. [ANNAPOLIS, MD] and its subsidiary, Severn Bank appointed Vance W. Adkins, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank effective September 16, 2019. From 2016 until the completion of its merger in April 2019, Adkins served as Chief Financial Officer of HomeTown Bankshares Corporation and its banking subsidiary, HomeTown Bank. Before serving as Chief Financial Officer he held the position of Senior Risk Officer of HomeTown Bank from 2010 until 2016.

Spelman College [ATLANTA] annoucned that Dawn Alston, who has had a 20-year career at Spelman, has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president for business and financial affairs. She will succeed Robert “Danny” Flanigan Jr. Flanigan will continue in his role as treasurer and assume the title of chief investment officer.

Mark George

Norfolk Southern [NORFOLK, Va.] (NYSE: NSC) announced that Mark George has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Nov. 1. George succeeds Cynthia “Cindy” Earhart, who will retire from the company on Nov. 1. George joins Norfolk Southern with more than 30 years of experience across multiple commercial business segments of United Technologies Corporation, including as vice president finance and chief financial officer for the past 11 years at Otis Elevator Company and, most recently, Carrier Corporation.

Danusia Dzierzbinski

Orbis International [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Danusia Dzierzbinski as Chief Financial Officer. Dzierzbinski joins from the International Rescue Committee, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer, following serving as Controller from 2006 to 2016. Previously, she was the Associate Director for Financial Planning & Analysis and Acting Internal Audit Director at Save the Children US. She began her career at KPMG LLP. Dzierzbinski will assume the responsibilities of outgoing Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Thomas J. Hill, who retires at the end of August. Dzierzbinski’s appointment is effective September 16, 2019.

NN, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: NNBR) announced the appointment of Thomas DeByle as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, which is anticipated to be effective on or before September 23, 2019. DeByle most recently served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Standex International Corporation. Prior to that, he held various finance and leadership roles at leading industrial manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand as well as at Actuant Corporation and Johnson Controls.

Standex International Corporation [SALEM, NH] (NYSE: SXI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas DeByle will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. Standex recently announced the promotion of DeByle to COO and named Ademir Sarcevic to replace him as CFO effective September 9, 2019.

Paul Moen

Crown Bank [EDINA, Minn.] announced the addition of Paul Moen to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Moen has served as CFO at several major financial institutions and community banks throughout the Midwest.

Triton Pacific [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jill Tregillis has joined its back office operations center, TFA Associates, LLC, as chief financial officer. Tregillis joins Triton Pacific from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she spent nearly 25 years, the last twelve as a partner with the firm.

Children’s Minnesota [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Brenda McCormick as chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance. McCormick joins Children’s from Smiths Medical, where she was CFO and senior vice president of finance. Prior to Smiths, McCormick served as the vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer at Valspar.

Arcadia Biosciences [DAVIS, CA] (NASDAQ: RKDA) announced that Pam Haley has been appointed Arcadia’s new chief financial officer, replacing Matthew Plavan who has been promoted to CEO. Haley joined Arcadia as accounting manager in 2005 and has held several key positions, most recently controller. Haley brings more than 25 years of financial and accounting experience and previously worked in the telecommunications and semiconductor industries, in addition to public accounting, prior to joining Arcadia.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: CBIO) announced that its chief financial officer, Fletcher Payne, will be stepping down from the Company to pursue another opportunity.

SP Plus Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: SP) announced the appointment of Kristopher Roy as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Roy, who has been serving as interim CFO since April 2019, will continue as principal financial officer for the Company. Mr. Roy joined the Company as Vice President, Assistant Controller in 2013, and has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller since his promotion in 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Roy served as the Global Director of Accounting, Consolidation and Financial Systems at CNH Industrial N.V and prior to that role, he worked at Ernst & Young.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: RETA) announced the appointment of Manmeet S. Soni as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President. Jason D. Wilson, who has been with Reata since 2006 and served as CFO, will assume a new role as Executive Vice President of Operations. Most recently, Soni served as the CFO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to Alnylam, Mr. Soni served as the CFO at ARIAD Pharmaceuticals. Before joining ARIAD, Mr. Soni served as CFO at Pharmacyclics. Mr. Soni is currently a board member at Pulse Biosciences and Arena Pharmaceuticals.

Scholar Rock [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SRRK) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Rhonda Chicko, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.

Fox Factory Holding Corp. [BRASELTON, GA] (NASDAQ: FOXF) announced that after more than 10 years with the Company, Zvi Glasman will leave his role as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), to pursue other interests, effective on November 1, 2019.

Internap Corporation [RESTON, VA] (NASDAQ: INAP) announced that Michael T. Sicoli has been named President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2019. As previously announced, Jim Keeley, INAP’s current CFO, will depart the company. Sicoli most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of GTT Communications Inc. Prior to joining GTT in April 2015, he served as principal of MTS Advisors, a consulting and advisory services firm he founded in 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Sidera Networks. From 2005-2010, Mr. Sicoli served as Chief Financial Officer of RCN Corporation.  Prior to that, Mr. Sicoli held various positions at Nextel Communications, Deloitte Consulting, and Accenture. Mr. Sicoli recently served as a director of Lumos Networks.

Schmitt Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: SMIT) announced that Ann M. Ferguson submitted her letter of resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective November 30, 2019.

Independent Bank Corporation [GRAND RAPIDS, MI] (NASDAQ: IBCP), the holding company of Independent Bank, announced that Stephen Erickson has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer, commencing Feb. 1, 2020. Previously, IBCP announced that Robert Shuster, the current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, had notified the organization of his intention to retire on Jan. 31, 2020.  Beginning on Sept. 23, 2019, Mr. Erickson will serve the organization as its Executive Vice President and Treasurer and will succeed Shuster following his retirement on Jan. 31, 2020. Since Mar. 2018, Erickson has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Midland States Bancorp, Inc. (“Midland”).  He joined Midland in 2012 in connection with its acquisition of EnablePay Direct, Inc., a New York based merchant services company of which he was co-founder and President. Prior to becoming the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Erickson served as Midland’s Director of Mergers and Acquisitions from 2015 to 2018, and as President of Midland’s Merchant Services division from 2012 to 2015. Before founding EnablePay Direct, Inc., Mr. Erickson served as Chief Financial Officer of EVO Merchant Services, Inc., He also held the positions of Vice President of Investment Banking – Financial Services, at Bear Stearns & Co. (1999 to 2003), Senior Accounting Officer at Goldman Sachs & Co. (1995 to 1997), and Senior Associate at Coopers & Lybrand, LLP where he began his career in 1993.

Midland States Bancorp, Inc. [EFFINGHAM, IL] (NASDAQ: MSBI) announced that Stephen A. Erickson, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company and Midland States Bank in order to accept a position with another financial institution based in Michigan. The Company also announced that Donald Spring, Corporate Controller for the Company and Midland States Bank, has been promoted to Chief Accounting Officer, and will lead the Company’s finance department on an interim basis. Mr. Spring has more than 35 years of accounting experience and has served as Midland’s Corporate Controller since 2009.

Jacqueline Kato

Roll-Kraft [MENTOR, OHIO] announced that Jacqueline Kato has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Kato comes to Roll-Kraft from Concord Biosciences where she was the Director of Finance and Administration.

Dovel Technologies [MCLEAN, VA] announced Barry Broadus will join as the company’s newly-appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Broadus was most recently CFO with SRI International. He also served in the CFO role for Alion Science and Technology.

Infor [NEW YORK] announced that Kevin Samuelson, who has served as Infor’s CFO, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Jay Hopkins has been promoted from Chief Accounting Officer to CFO.

John Zaun

Sahl Communications Inc. [BETHLEHEM, PA] announced that John Zaun has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer.

ATL Technology [SPRINGVILLE, UT] announced it has named John Scadden as the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Prior to ATL, he served as CFO at Dry, Inc. and Evo, Inc. Additionally, Scadden has also been Treasurer of FEI Company and held finance roles within Novell, Inc.

New Senior Investment Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SNR) announced that David Smith has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to accept another business opportunity. Smith will continue in his current position through the third quarter to ensure a smooth transition for the Company. Bhairav Patel, the Company’s current Executive Vice President of Finance & Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer will assume these additional responsibilities.

Lever [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Ed Tang joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lever, Tang served as VP of Strategic Finance, Operations, and Business Analytics at Box. Tang brings another nine years of experience at Salesforce, where he was involved in business and corporate development.

Larry Heydon

Golden LivingCenters – Indiana [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that Larry Heydon has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Golden LivingCenters – Indiana, Heydon was President and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Memorial Hospital for 11 years. He also served as the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer for six years. Heydon served as the Executive Director of the Mooresville campus of Franciscan St. Francis Health. In addition to his healthcare experience, Heydon has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Citizens Bank – Indiana (Citba Financial Corporation) since 2014.

Synlogic, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SYBX) announced the departure of Todd Shegog, Chief Financial Officer, effective September 18, 2019.

ZeroNorth [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Karen Higgins as chief financial officer (CFO). Higgins served as CFO of Resilient Systems, that was acquired by IBM Security. Following the acquisition, Karen spent over three years at IBM in various financial and operational executive roles, including General Manager of Resilient. Higgins also led operations at IBM Security. Prior to her roles at Resilient and IBM, Higgins held a number of other finance and leadership positions including VP of finance at Veracode, and corporate controller at SupplyScape and Zix Corporation.

Beam Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Terry-Ann Burrell as chief financial officer. Burrell joins Beam from J.P. Morgan, where she was a managing director in the healthcare investment banking group. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Burrell worked in equity research at Citigroup, where she covered specialty pharmaceuticals and generics.

Capitolis [NEW YORK & LONDON & TEL-AVIV] announced that it has appointed Joseph (Joe) A. Molluso as Chief Financial Officer. Joe has spent the past six years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Virtu Financial. He has more than 20 years of financial institutions experience, having previously been a financial technology investment banker and Managing Dìrector at JP Morgan. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Joe Molluso was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and its successor, Credit Suisse.

Ross J. Muken

Click Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ross J. Muken as Chief Financial Officer. Muken joins from Evercore ISI, where he was a Senior Managing Director and Partner. Prior to joining Evercore ISI, Mr. Muken served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities. Previously, Mr. Muken spent time in the Equity Research division of Thomas Weisel Partners and began his career as an M&A Investment Banker at Bank of America Securities.

Encore Wire Corporation [MCKINNEY, TX] (NASDAQ Global Select: WIRE) announced that the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Frank J. Bilban, will retire in May of 2020. His successor, Bret J. Eckert was hired following an intensive search process. Most recently, Bret served as Executive Managing Director for the Houston office of Riveron Consulting LLC, a business advisory firm, from June 2018 to August 2019. Previously he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Atmos Energy Corporation in Dallas for approximately five years. He spent the first twenty-two years of his career with Ernst & Young LLP where he was a partner for ten years. Bret has been appointed as a Vice President-Finance of Encore Wire Corporation. Frank Bilban will remain a Vice President-Finance and our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary through December 31, 2019 while transitioning to Bret. Bret will take over as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary on January 1, 2020. Frank will stay on as a Vice President-Finance until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May to assist Bret as needed.

Bojangles’, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced that Reese Stewart has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Reese comes to Bojangles’ after a nearly 15-year career with CKE Restaurants, the parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands. Most recently, Reese was Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for CKE. He also previously served as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his time with CKE Restaurants, Reese served as Reporting Director for Infonet Services Corporation.

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (NYSE: UTI) announced that Troy R. Anderson will join the company on September 23, 2019 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, permanently filling the role held on an interim basis by Scott Yessner. Most recently, Anderson was Vice President and Corporate Controller for Conduent, Inc. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Xerox, Inc.’s Public Sector Industry Group.

Tim McHugh

Welltower Inc. [TOLEDO, Ohio] (NYSE: WELL) announced that Tim McHugh has been named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. McHugh has been with the Company since 2016 and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. McHugh joined the Company in 2016 from RREEF Management, currently known as DWS Investments. Prior to RREEF, Mr. McHugh was an equity research analyst at Northern Trust.

Jed Gold

Mister Car Wash [TUCSON, Ariz.] announced that Jed Gold has joined as CFO. Gold joins Mister Car Wash with 20 years of financial and accounting experience. His roles with the world’s largest restaurant company (KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell) included Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for KFC Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.

Crystal Spoor

Ref-Chem [HOUSTON], a Burns & McDonnell company, announced that Crystal Spoor has joined as chief financial officer. Spoor replaced Rodney Page who retired in June.  Since 2014, Spoor has conducted financial planning and analysis for Burns & McDonnell in the firm’s largest revenue-producing region, with offices in Houston and Austin, Texas, as well as Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 2018, she played a part in the firm’s acquisition of Ref-Chem.

Sungard® Availability Services [WAYNE, PA] (Sungard AS) named Terrence J. (TJ) Anderson as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Anderson was executive vice president – corporate development and finance at Broadview Networks. Prior to Broadview, Anderson was vice president, banking and corporate financing, for the media and communications group at Chemical Banking Corporation, and worked in financial roles at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, in both New York and Switzerland.

Shorelight [BOSTON] announced the hiring of Lynnet Conley as Chief Financial Officer. Conley most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Vistra. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer at Vistra, Conley held several leadership positions advancing global organizations, including Radius, Inc., Automatic Data Processing, Inc., ES-Major Account Services and Employer Services International.

Stealth BioTherapeutics [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: MITO) announced the appointment of Robert Weiskopf as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Weiskopf had a 12-year tenure at ArQule, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2015 to 2019. Weiskopf previously held financial management positions at Aware, Inc., Lightbridge Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq and Ernst & Young LLP.

Scott Magnano

Medicx Media Solutions [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Scott Magnano joins the company as Chief Financial Officer. Magnano joins the company from CNA National Warranty, where he served as Assistant Vice President for Financial Planning and Analysis. Before that, Magnano was the Director, Financial Planning, and Analysis at LifeLock. Magnano also held senior financial roles for Travelers and The Hanover. Magnano began his career at The Hartford leading the financial direction of several business segments.

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: XOG) announced that Russell T. Kelley, Jr., Extraction’s Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company, effective September 15, 2019, to pursue other interests. Tom Brock has been designated to assume the role of principal financial officer of the Company and will continue in his current role as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Brock has served as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, since 2016 and has over 21 years of energy-focused accounting experience. Brock began his career with KPMG LLP, where he held various positions serving clients in the energy industry.

Selecta Biosciences, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: SELB) announced the appointment of Brad Dahms as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Selecta Biosciences, Dahms was a Senior Vice President in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Prior to joining Cantor, Dahms worked as an investment banker at RBC Capital Markets, covering the healthcare sector. Previously, he worked in the Corporate and Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan.

Virtu Financial, LLC [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: VIRT) announced that Alex Ioffe will be joining Virtu as its Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2019.  Alex will succeed Joseph Molluso, Virtu’s current Chief Financial Officer since 2013, who has decided to depart Virtu following a transition period in order to pursue other interests.  Alex most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.  He previously served in senior financial roles at Datek and Bertelsmann and as an information technology consultant at Accenture.

Dasan Zhone Solutions, Inc. [OAKLAND, Calif.] (NASDAQ: DZSI) announced that Michael Golomb, the Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Treasurer and Corporate Secretary informed the Company that he intends to resign his employment with the Company, to pursue another opportunity.

Comstock Mining Inc. [VIRGINIA CITY, NV] (NYSE American: LODE) announced the appointment of Juan Carlos “JC” Giron Jr., as its Chief Financial Officer and President. Giron worked in financial and capital market roles for UBS Global Wealth Management and in strategic development roles for Hydrus Technology Holdings.

Jon Kunkle

Somatus [VIENNA, VA] announced the appointment of Jon Kunkle as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kunkle was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic. Prior to that, he held executive leadership positions at Aetna and Coventry Health Care.

Scott McGuire

Nexus [MINNEAPOLIS] hired Scott McGuire as Chief Financial Officer. McGuire brings over 20 years of financial leadership experience, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ecumen. Prior to that, McGuire worked at Sysco Corporation as Market CFO and Vice President of Finance.

Bijal Patel

Synamedia [London and Atlanta] appointed Bijal Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Bijal joins Synamedia from HotSchedules, where he served as CFO for three years. Prior to this, he was CFO at Aptean and before that he was Vice President of Finance at Finastra and subsequently interim CFO. Bijal spent the early part of his career at IBM.

Unifi, Inc. [GREENSBORO, NC] (NYSE: UFI) announced the appointment of Craig A. Creaturo as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Christopher A. Smosna, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since December 2018, will continue in his role as Vice President & Treasurer. Creaturo recently served as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Administration of Chromalox, Inc., from February 2015 to March 2019. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of II-VI Incorporated, from 2004 to 2014.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop [DALLAS] named Jessica Wescott as Chief Financial Officer. Wescott previously served as the Executive Vice President of Finance. Wescott began her career in wealth management before moving into the franchising world and working her way up to Vice President of Development & Finance with MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes.

John T. Greene

Discover Financial Services [RIVERWOODS, IL] (NYSE: DFS) announced that John T. Greene has been named executive vice president, chief financial officer and a member of the company’s executive committee effective Sept. 18. Greene succeeds R. Mark Graf, who will remain with the company as an executive advisor until his retirement in early 2020. Greene most recently served as CFO at Bioverativ. Prior to that, he was CFO for Willis Group Holdings from 2014 to 2016, which was preceded by more than eight years at HSBC Holdings, where he held CFO positions for several divisions, including retail bank and wealth management; insurance and consumer and mortgage lending. He also held various CFO roles in his 12-year tenure with General Electric from 1993 to 2005.

Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: WISA) announced that George Oliva has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Gary Williams will assume the role of Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Finance. Most recently, Oliva was a partner with Hardesty LLC. Oliva has held CFO positions, including Penguin Computing, StorCard, and StreamLogic. Prior to serving in such roles, Oliva was responsible for financial planning and analysis and operational support as the operations controller for Conner Peripherals and Read-Rite Corporation.

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. [FREMONT, CA] (NASDAQ: ICHR) announced that Larry J. Sparks will join Ichor as its chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 7, 2019. Sparks will take over this role from Jeff Andreson, who was promoted to president of Ichor in April 2019. Sparks joins Ichor from Applied Materials, Inc. where he has served in various financial management, controller and operational roles since 1994. Most recently Mr. Sparks served as vice president finance, silicon worldwide operations. Previous roles at Applied Materials included vice president finance and segment CFO of the Inspection Products and Display businesses, as well as earlier corporate and divisional controller positions and as vice president finance of Applied Global Services. From 2006 until 2007, Sparks left Applied Materials to become vice president finance of FormFactor, Inc., and prior to joining Applied Materials he served in various finance roles at Unisys Corporation from 1985 until 1994.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced the death of Paul R. Flanders on September 7, 2019, who had served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Carrols since 1997. Flanders’ duties are currently being assumed and performed by the existing finance and accounting team until his replacement is named.

Astute [COLUMBUS, OH] announced the addition of Phil Hoey who will serve as CFO. Hoey’s previous financial leadership roles include NBC, AOL, LexisNexis, and most recently Two Labs.

Bluegreen Vacations Corporation [BOCA RATON, FL] (NYSE: BXG) announced that Anthony M. Puleo has informed the Company that he will be retiring as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer effective September 30, 2019. Puleo will stay on with the Company in a consulting role as Advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer. Effective September 30, 2019, the Company has appointed Raymond S. Lopez as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Lopez will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BBX Capital Corporation (NYSE: BBX), the owner of 90.3% of Bluegreen Vacation’s common stock. Prior to joining BBX, Mr. Lopez served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company from 2005 through 2015 and as Controller from 2004 to 2005.

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. [MIDDLETON, WI] (NYSE: SPB) announced that Jeremy W. Smeltser will join the Company on October 1 as Executive Vice President. Smeltser will succeed Doug Martin as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on or prior to December 20, 2019. Smeltser most recently was Vice President and CFO from 2015-2018 for SPX FLOW, Inc. (NYSE: FLOW) following its spinoff from SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPXC), where he was Vice President and CFO from 2012-2015. Prior to his role at SPX Flow, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SPX Corporation, where he held various roles, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Flow Technology, and became an officer of SPX Corporation in April 2009. He joined SPX Corporation in 2002 from Ernst & Young LLP, where he was an audit manager in Tampa, Florida. Prior to that, he held various positions with Arthur Andersen LLP, in Tampa, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] (NYSE: RRTS) announced that Patrick (Pat) J. Unzicker has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Unzicker served Adtalem Global Education in Chicago for the past 13 years, most recently as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. His 26 years of financial leadership experience also includes management positions with increasing scope and responsibilities with Whitehall Jewelers, Inc., Galileo International and Ryerson, Inc. He began his career at Price Waterhouse LLP in Chicago.

Carrier [PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL] announced the appointment of Timothy McLevish as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1. McLevish served as a public company CFO at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Kraft, Ingersoll-Rand and Mead Corp.

UBEO Business Services [AUSTIN, TX] announced that William “Bill” Gardner has joined as chief financial officer. Most recently, Gardner served as vice president of distribution operations and integration at Masonite International. Prior to that position, he held roles of increasing responsibility over his decade with Masonite International, serving as vice president of global business services, senior director of finance, finance director of NA door and division controller.

Capital Park Holdings Corp. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Andrew M. Barker as CFO. Prior to joining Capital Park, Barker has served in both operational and advisory roles within global consultancy firms and investments banks as well lead as operating businesses based in the U.S., Mexico, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Soligenix, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] (NASDAQ: SNGX) announced that it has appointed Jonathan Guarino, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Corporate Controller for Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). Previously, he worked as Controller and senior manager of technical accounting for Suite K Value Added Services LLC and Covance, Inc. Prior to these positions, he held accounting and finance positions of increasing importance with several companies, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, BlackRock, Inc. and Barnes & Noble, Inc.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that Dominic Piscitelli has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ORIC, Mr. Piscitelli was CFO of AnaptysBio. Prior to AnaptysBio, Piscitelli was Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations at Medivation. Previously, he served in roles of increasing responsibility at Astellas Pharma and OSI Pharmaceuticals.

Sonim Technologies, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] (NASDAQ: SONM) appointed Bob Tirva as interim CFO, replacing Jim Walker who has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sonim. Previously, Tirva served as CFO of Intermedia. Prior to Intermedia, Tirva was Corporate Controller at Dropbox. Before Dropbox, Tirva spent nearly 14 years at Broadcom Corporation, where he held a range of finance roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance. Tirva also has career experience with IBM Corporation, Navistar Financial Corporation and Ernst & Young. He currently serves on the board of directors of Resonant.

Sarah Nelms

Syndicate Claim Services Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that Sarah Nelms has joined the organization as the Chief Financial & Strategic Operations Officer. Her most recent position was Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at the Kinney Group. Previously, Ms. Nelms has served in several senior level and executive roles in numerous industries, including insurance, technology, media, healthcare and hospitality.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SLRX) announced the appointment of Scott Jordan to the new role of Chief Business Officer and the appointment of Mark Rosenblum to the position of Executive Vice President Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Jordan first joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in 2016. Prior to joining Salarius, Mr. Jordan served as Chief Financial Officer of Beta Cat Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Chief Investment Officer of Stingray Therapeutics. Mr. Jordan has also served as co-founder and advisor at Healthios Xchange and served as Vice President of Healthios Capital Markets, LLC. Rosenblum first joined Salarius as a financial consultant to assist in the recent merger of Flex Pharma, Inc. and Salarius Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Rosenblum served as Chairman and Chief Executive Office of ActiveCare, Inc., and has served in the role of Chief Financial Officer for several publicly traded companies.

Syapse [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Fletcher Payne has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Payne joins Syapse from Catalyst Biosciences where he served as CFO since January 2015. Previously, he served in senior financial positions at CytomX Therapeutics, Plexxikon Inc., Rinat Neuroscience Corporation, Dynavax Technologies Corporation, Cell Genesys, Abgenix, Sun Microsystems, and IBM.

Jim Edwards

Sharonview Federal Credit Union [FORT MILL, S.C.] announced its new Chief Financial Officer – Jim Edwards. Prior to coming to Sharonview, Edwards served as CFO for Chartway Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He also previously spent 13 years in strategic leadership roles – CFO and Chief Risk Officer – within BB&T’s mortgage unit. Edwards replaces outgoing CFO Steve Smith, who announced earlier in 2019 his plans to retire at year-end and after more than 20 years with Sharonview.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) [FREMONT, CA] has named Grant Fitz as its new chief financial officer. Fitz replaces long-time EFI executive Marc Olin, who will assume the COO role at EFI. Fitz comes to EFI from Valassis, where he also served as the CFO. Prior to that, he was the corporate vice president and CFO at Xerox Technology. Fitz also held a number of senior leadership positions at General Motors, both in Europe and the United States, and served as GM’s first chief risk officer. He also worked as the senior vice president and CFO of Nexteer Automotive.

Paycor [CINCINNATI, Ohio] announced it has appointed Adam Ante as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ante joined Paycor in March 2017 as Vice President of Finance. Since December 2018, Adam has served as interim CFO.  Previously, Ante was CFO of the Merchant Bank Channel at Worldpay (formerly known as Vantiv). Prior to CFO, Ante served many years in senior finance roles at the company, where he was responsible for business and enterprise valuation, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations support, forecasting and planning and business case development, among others. Ante began his career in retirement services with Union Central Life Insurance Company. Ante served eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: ALRN) announced that Don Dougherty, its current Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving Aileron. All financial responsibilities are being transitioned to Richard Wanstall, who has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Operations and principal accounting officer since 2018. Prior to joining Aileron, Wanstall held roles as Vice President, Finance at Moderna Therapeutics, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Global Finance at Stream Global Services, Inc.; and management roles in finance, accounting and SEC reporting for several other technology and financial services companies.

Renodis [ST PAUL, MN] announced it has named David Steichen as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions and Chief Financial Officer. Steichen has been a financially focused advisory member of the Renodis Executive Team for the past four years. Prior to his role at Renodis, Steichen was co-founder of Mayday Capital Advisors, LLC. With over 30 years as a business leader, Steichen is a 13-year veteran of Deloitte and has extensive experience serving as Chief Financial Officer and in other executive roles for large and small companies both public and private.

Thomas Leggett

Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas (Tommy) Leggett as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Leggett joins Black Diamond from Axcella Health. Before joining Axcella, Tommy was Treasurer and Head of Business Development Finance at Purdue Pharma, L.P. Previously, he was an investment banker for the healthcare groups at J.P. Morgan Securities, Lazard Frères & Company, and UBS Securities, respectively.

Curis, Inc. [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: CRIS) announced the promotion of Bill Steinkrauss to Chief Financial Officer. Steinkrauss joined Curis in August 2016 and most recently served as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Curis, he served as Director of Technical Accounting and Reporting at Ovascience, Inc. and Senior Manager of Technical Accounting at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, Mr. Steinkrauss worked within the transaction services and assurance practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Investview Corporation [SALT LAKE CITY] (OTCQB: INVU) announced Jayme McWidener as the new Chief Financial Officer. Jayme McWidener through her firm MAC Accounting has played an instrumental role since April of 2017 in assisting the Company through the last ten quarters and two annual audits. William Kosoff, former CFO, will become Investview’s Corporate Secretary. McWidener became an auditor for Cahaba GBA in 2001 before joining HJ & Associates, LLC (“HJ”) in January 2004 as an audit staff member, eventually being promoted to an audit senior and audit manager before she became a partner at HJ in January 2014.  Ms. McWidener spent just over 2 years as a partner with HJ and with its successor, Haynie & Company. In April of 2016 she established Mac Accounting Group, LLP.

Ideanomics [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: IDEX) announced the appointment of Conor McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Most recently, McCarthy was CFO for OS33. Previous positions include CFO roles with Intent, Convergex Group, and 9 years as CFO of the Americas for GFI Group, Inc.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. [MONTREAL AND CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: MIST) announced the appointment of Amit Hasija as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Hasija most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer at Fulcrum Therapeutics. Prior to Fulcrum, he spent five years at Sanofi, most recently serving as Vice President of Integrated Care. While at Sanofi, he also served as Vice President of North America Pharmaceutical Business Development. Prior to joining Sanofi, Mr. Hasija spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. He began his career at Merck as a Planning and Logistics Analyst and Operations Manager.

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: BCLI) announced that Preetam Shah, Ph.D., M.B.A., has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to his appointment as BrainStorm’s CFO, Dr. Shah served as Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Barclays Capital Plc, where he focused on Life Sciences and Medical Device sectors.  Prior to his role at Barclays, Dr. Shah served as Vice President of Healthcare Investment Banking at Canaccord Genuity Inc., from July 2013 to May 2016. Dr. Shah founded and served as Managing Director of Saisarva LLC., a healthcare financial consulting firm from January 2010 to June 2013. From October 2006 to December 2009, Dr. Shah served as Vice President, U.S. Operations and Investments at Reliance Capital USA Ventures LLC., an affiliate of Reliance ADA Group Companies.

Rahim Lakhani

letgo [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Rahim Lakhani as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lakhani was most recently Chief Operating Officer and CFO at OfferPad. Prior to that he was CFO, India/Southeast Asia at Anheuser-Busch InBev, and a Vice President at Deutsche Bank.

Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced the appointment of Dan Lochner as its Chief Financial Officer. Lochner joins Oyster Point Pharma after spending nearly 15 years, most recently as a Managing Director, at Goldman Sachs asset management focused on healthcare equity investing and fund management.

Jason Tyler

Northern Trust Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: NTRS) announced that Chief Financial Officer S. Biff Bowman will step down from his role as CFO effective January 1, 2020, and retire from Northern Trust on February 28, 2020. Jason Tyler, currently Chief Financial Officer of Northern Trust’s Wealth Management business, will succeed Bowman as Chief Financial Officer for the Corporation and serve as a member of the Management Group, effective January 1, 2020. Tyler, who joined Northern Trust in 2011, has served in prior roles including Global Head of the Institutional Group at Northern Trust Asset Management, and Global Head of Corporate Strategy. Tyler joined Northern Trust from Ariel Investments, where he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Research Operations. Previously, he worked as First Vice President and Manager in Corporate Planning at Bank One/American National Bank in Chicago.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ALXN) announced plans for the transition of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Paul Clancy later this year. He will be succeeded by Aradhana Sarin, M.D., who is currently the Chief Strategy and Business Officer. Clancy will remain at Alexion and continue to serve as a senior advisor through the middle of 2020. Dr. Sarin has been with Alexion since November 2017. She is currently a member of Alexion’s executive committee, serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Business Officer, and was previously Senior Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Strategy. Sarin had more than 20 years of experience at global financial institutions prior to joining Alexion.

Lauren Cooks Levitan

Faire [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Lauren Cooks Levitan has been appointed as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Faire, Lauren was most recently the CFO at Fanatics. She has served on the board of directors (Audit Committee member) for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE: ELF) since 2016.

Union Bank [GREENVILLE, NC] (OTCQX: UBNC) announced that Scott C. (Mac) McLean will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Union Bank effective November 1, 2019. Doyle Thigpen has served as the Bank’s CFO for the past 21 years, since it was founded in 1998, and will retire as CFO on that same date. Thigpen will assume a part-time role with the Bank, effective November 1, 2019. McLean has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including as a regulator with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and as CFO for two other community banks.

DermTech, Inc. [LA JOLLA, CA] (NASDAQ: DMTK) announced that Kevin Sun has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. From 2008 to 2018, Mr. Sun served in various executive and management roles for DexCom, Inc., including most recently as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasury, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President, Finance. Prior to DexCom, Mr. Sun held various roles of increasing responsibility at Biosite Incorporated.

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Allan Reine, M.D., as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Reine joins Foghorn from Pieris Pharmaceuticals where he has served since August 2017 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that he was a healthcare portfolio manager at Lombard Odier Asset Management from 2012 through early 2017. Before joining Lombard Odier, Dr. Reine served as a healthcare portfolio manager at various funds, including SAC Capital Advisors and Alexandra Investment Management. Dr. Reine began his career in 2001 at CIBC World Markets where he worked in both biotechnology investment banking and biotechnology equity research.

Celonis [NEW YORK CITY & MUNICH] announced that Guido Torrini will join as its Chief Financial Officer. Torrini most recently held roles at Gympass, where he was CFO and Groupon, where he advanced his role to become General Manager of the Groupon+ business unit after serving as CFO for Global Commercial Finance. Earlier in his career, Torrini has held leadership positions across the US and EMEA at both Dell and Cisco.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced that it has named Timothy “Tim” J. LaLonde as interim Chief Financial Officer, interim Treasurer, and interim Vice President. LaLonde was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at Dinosaur Restaurants, LLC from 2017 until earlier this year. Previously, he was Vice President, Controller at Carrols from 1997 until 2017. Earlier in his career, he was Controller at Fay’s Incorporated, from 1992 to 1997, and Senior Audit Manager at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touché LLP, where he was employed since 1978.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CLMT) announced that West Griffin, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since January 2017, will be leaving his role as CFO by the end of the year.

Marla Jackson

Goodwill Industries International (GII) [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced that Marla Jackson has been named as chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 4. Jackson has served in various leadership capacities, including CEO and CFO, for local Goodwill® organizations. Since April 2019, she has served as director of consultative services for GII, overseeing a number of operational consultations, including CARF accreditation and assurance for the 158 community-based nonprofit Goodwill organizations throughout the United States and Canada. Prior to GII, she ran her own consulting company, leading contract work for several Goodwill organizations, such as Goodwill of Central Missouri and Eastern Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Before that, she was senior vice president and CFO for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona (Phoenix) from 2016 – 2017. She was also president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of San Antonio (TX). In addition, she was CFO and COO of Goodwill Industries of the Valleys (Roanoke, VA). Prior to joining Goodwill, she held various CFO positions at Danaher Corporation, Sandvik AB/Tamrock OY and Ingersoll Rand. Jackson replaces Jeffrey McCaw, former CFO for GII. McCaw has a 14-year tenure with GII, having served as the CFO for nine years and as controller for six years prior to that.

Richard J. Whitby

ALTR Created Diamonds [NEW YORK] has bolstered its leadership team with the addition of Richard J. Whitby as chief financial officer. Whitby joins ALTR following more than a decade with De Beers, including six years as CFO for the company’s Diamond Trading Company group sales operations.

Tara Marszewski

Waterton [CHICAGO] announced the hiring of Tara Marszewski as its new chief financial officer (CFO). She will replace Doug Denyer, who will remain with the company for the next six to eight weeks to ensure a smooth transition prior to his planned retirement. Prior to joining Waterton, Marszewski was CFO of Brookfield Properties’ retail group. She was previously chief accounting officer of General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP), which later merged with Brookfield, and prior to that spent 10 years in the real estate audit practice at KPMG.

NTN Buzztime, Inc. [CARLSBAD, CA] (NYSE American: NTN) announced that CFO Allen Wolff will serve as interim CEO while the board conducts a search for a permanent CEO. Wolff joined Buzztime in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was the Chief Financial Strategist at PlumDiggity. Allen started PlumDiggity after various roles in high growth companies, including PaySimple, which he co-founded in 2005.

Holly Lim

Rokt [NEW YORK] appointed Holly Lim as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Lim joins Rokt from CFO positions at TuneIn and SoundCloud, and previously served as Group Finance Lead/Operations and Strategy at Google’s Advanced Technologies and Projects (ATAP) group.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. [ORLANDO, FL] (NYSE: SEAS) announced that Marc Swanson, who serves as Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer. Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy, who serves as Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Gulacsy will retain her role as Chief Accounting Officer. Swanson has most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since August 2017. Prior to that Mr. Swanson served as Chief Accounting Officer since 2012 and served as interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2015 until September 2015 and as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from August 1, 2017 until his permanent appointment later that same month. Previously, he was Vice President, Performance Management and Corporate Controller of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment from 2011 to 2012, the Corporate Controller of Busch Entertainment Corporation from 2008 to 2011 and the Vice President of Finance of Sesame Place from 2004 to 2008. Gulacsy has most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since August 2017. Gulacsy also served as Corporate Vice President, Financial Reporting, a position she was promoted to in 2016 after serving as Director, Financial Reporting from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining SeaWorld, Ms. Gulacsy served from 2011 to 2013 as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller for Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., where she also served as Director of Corporate Accounting from 2006 to 2011, and Assistant Controller from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that time, Ms. Gulacsy was an Audit Manager for Ernst & Young LLP.

Modern Aviation [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Daniel Reinheimer as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Modern Aviation, Reinheimer worked as the CFO of asTech. Prior to that, Reinheimer was the CFO for Hawaii Gas, a company owned by Macquarie Infrastructure Group (NYSE:MIC), and Atlantic Aviation, a FBO services company with approximately 70 FBOs, also owned by MIC. Previously, as CFO of Dental One. Additional leadership roles at Level 3 and Frontier Communications round out Reinheimer’s successful career experience.

Unisys Corporation [BLUE BELL, PA] (NYSE: UIS) announced the appointment of Mike Thomson as permanent chief financial officer (CFO). Thomson, who joined Unisys in December 2015 as corporate controller and principal accounting officer, was named interim CFO in April 2019.

Rahul Ghai

Otis Elevator Co. [FARMINGTON, Conn.] announced the appointment of Rahul Ghai as Chief Financial Officer. Ghai most recently served as senior vice president and CFO of Harris Corporation. Prior to Harris, he served in executive-level finance roles at Aetna and United Technologies Corp.

Nuvectra Corporation [PLANO, TX] (NASDAQ: NVTR) announced the appointment of Jennifer Kosharek as Chief Financial Officer. Kosharek will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer after having served as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2019. Kosharek joined Nuvectra in January 2016 as Executive Director, Corporate Controller, and was appointed Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, in June 2018. Prior to joining Nuvectra, Ms. Kosharek was the Corporate Controller and subsequently served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Interphase Corporation from 2011 to 2015. Preceding her position at Interphase, she served as Senior Accountant – External Reporting and later as Accounting Manager at Sabre Holdings from 2008 to 2011. She began her career at Grant Thornton, LLP.

StoneMor Partners L.P. [TREVOSE, PA] (NYSE: STON) announced it has elevated Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey DiGiovanni to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, combining the roles of Chief Accounting and Chief Financial Officer. DiGiovanni replaces Garry Herdler, who will transition to a consulting role with the Partnership through the end of the year.  DiGiovanni, prior to joining StoneMor, was Managing Director at a leading accounting and transaction advisory firm with offices in Philadelphia, New York City and Princeton, N.J.

Justin Andrews

IZEA Worldwide, Inc. [Orlando, Florida] (NASDAQ: IZEA) announced the appointment of Justin Andrews as Chief Financial Officer. Andrews previously served as Vice President of Finance, acting as the division CFO for multiple portfolios of ESW Capital (Trilogy), since 2018. Prior to his role at ESW Capital (Trilogy) he served as Director of Finance for Mobi Corp., which was later acquired by BSM Technologies, a publicly traded SaaS Geotab company. Prior to joining Mobi Corp., Mr. Andrews served as Head of Finance for Vantage Administration Services and United Payment Services.

Nxt-ID, Inc. [SEBASTIAN, FL] (NASDAQ: NXTD) announced the appointment of the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Vincent S. Miceli, as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director.

DISQO [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Jean-Philippe Durrios as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Most recently, Durrios served as VP of Strategic Finance & Operations at ServiceTitan. He also held positions as SVP of Global Operations at MarketShare and VP of International Marketing Services at Neustar. Earlier in his career, Durrios was a Business Manager for Yahoo.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. [South Easton, MA] (OTCQB: PBIO) announced that Daniel J. Shea has joined the Company as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  Since January 2017, Shea has operated Woodcliff Advisors LLC. Through Woodcliff, Shea personally filled CFO roles at public and private companies in the financial services and technology industries. From 1998 to 2016, he was a Senior Vice President at Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

Auth0 [BELLEVUE, Washington] announced Barry Plaga as chief financial officer (CFO). Previously, Plaga served as the CFO and COO of Guidance Software.

Katerra [MENLO PARK, CA] announced that Matthew Marsh has been appointed as chief financial officer. Marsh is replacing Joanne Solomon, who is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. Marsh brings more than two decades of international financial management to his role at Katerra, including a 16-year career at General Electric Company. Prior to Katerra, Marsh was CFO and executive vice president for James Hardie Industries.

athenahealth, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] announced that Luis Borgen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Luis most recently served as CFO for Vistaprint. Borgen has 22 years of experience in finance, serving as CFO for nine of those years. Prior to his work at Vistaprint, he served as CFO of DAVIDsTEA, Inc. Earlier in his career, Borgen served as CFO of DaVita, and held senior finance leadership roles at Staples, Inc.

Stereotaxis, Inc. [ST. LOUIS, MO] (NYSE American: STXS) announced that Kimberly Peery has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2019. Martin Stammer, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2013, has accepted a position as the CFO of a large professional services firm headquartered in the St. Louis area and will resign from the Company, effective September 30, 2019. Peery joined Stereotaxis in 2003 and currently serves as Vice President of Finance. Prior to Stereotaxis she served as a controller at various private companies.

Protective Insurance Corporation [CARMEL, Indiana] (NASDAQ: PTVCA, PTVCB) announced John Barnett as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2019. Barnett has most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of First Acceptance Corporation, since October 2018 and served as Senior Vice President, Finance from May 2007 to March 2013. Barnett served as Vice President, Finance of Broadcast Music, Inc. from March 2013 to October 2018 and has served in various other management and manufacturing roles during his career, including as Senior Manager, Planning and Analysis of Anheuser-Busch Companies from 1999 to 2007.

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: STAF) announced that David Faiman, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be leaving the Company by December 31, 2019 and will assist in the orderly transition of his CFO responsibilities.

A-Mark Precious Metals [EL SEGUNDO, CA], Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRK) appointed Executive Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary Kathleen Simpson-Taylor as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 30, 2019. Simpson-Taylor will replace Cary Dickson, who has served as CFO of A-Mark since November 2015. Simpson-Taylor was appointed Executive Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary in November 2017, after serving as Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary since January 2016. Prior to A-Mark, Simpson-Taylor held various executive positions at Mattel, Inc. from 2000 to 2015, including Vice President, Mattel Division Finance and Vice President, USA Finance, and served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mattel Federal Credit Union from 2002 to 2004.

Pixelworks, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: PXLW) announced the appointment of Elias N. Nader as chief financial officer. Nader succeeds Steven L. Moore, who previously held the role for more than 12 years. Moore will remain engaged as a consultant to the Company through February 2020 to assist with the transition. Nader most recently served as the interim president and CEO of Sigma Designs, Inc. He also served as the company’s chief financial officer during his tenure at the company, in addition to being appointed to the Board of Directors of Sigma Designs in early 2018. Before joining Sigma Designs, Nader was the chief financial officer for Imperial Holding as well as a financial consultant to several global companies in Europe and the Middle East. He previously held positions as corporate controller of Dionex Corporation, which was acquired by Thermo-Fisher, and vice president of finance at InterWave Communications, which was acquired by Alvarion, Inc., as well as served in a number of roles with leading companies such as Adaptive Broadband, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), VeriFone and Seagate. Nader currently serves as a member of the audit committee on the Board of Directors of LMP Motors, based in Florida.  From 2016 to 2018, he was a member of the audit committee on the Board of Directors of YuMe, Inc., which was acquired by RhytmOne.

Burlington Stores, Inc. [BURLINGTON, NJ] (NYSE: BURL) announced that Marc Katz has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer/Principal, to pursue other professional opportunities. John Crimmins, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer.  Crimmins has been with the Company since 2011, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining Burlington Stores, Mr. Crimmins held various roles at The Timberland Company including Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 2002 to 2009.

Aleksander Baryś

RTB House [NEW YORK,] announced that Aleksander Baryś  has been selected to serve as Chief Financial Officer and as a board member. Baryś joins RTB House from Boryszew S.A., where he served as chief financial officer and board member. Prior to holding that position, from 2009 to 2016, he was associated with the CIECH Group and held the following positions: head of finance and accounting (2009-2014), president of the management board of the Soda Deutschland CIECH Group (2014-2016), group management director of CIECH S.A. and a member of the supervisory boards of CIECH Group companies (2016). In addition, from 2003 to 2008, Baryś was a financial controller for Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sp.z o.o. and deputy director for Unipetrol at PKN ORLEN S.A, part of PKN ORLEN Capital Group.

Xilinx, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced that Lorenzo Flores, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is stepping down from his position to pursue another executive opportunity. Flores plans to leave Xilinx following the company’s second quarter fiscal year 2020 earnings on October 23, to ensure a smooth transition.

Standard Motor Products, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SMP) announced that Nathan Iles has been named the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. As previously announced, Jim Burke, who served as CFO since 1999, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and will assist in the transition of CFO duties to Mr. Iles. Iles most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at UCI International Holdings. Throughout his eight years with UCI, Mr. Iles held various leadership roles including Chief Financial Officer of UCI’s ASC/Airtex subsidiary and Vice President Corporate Finance. Prior to that time, Mr. Iles served in other finance positions at Sears Holdings Corporation and Deloitte & Touche.

PREIT [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: PEI) announced its intention to promote Mario C. Ventresca, Jr., Executive Vice President – Operations, to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will replace current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bob McCadden who will leave the Company effective December 31, 2019. Ventresca spent the first ten years of his career in accounting and finance positions. He joined PREIT in 1994 and currently serves as Executive Vice President of Operations overseeing the Company’s Leasing, Asset and Property Management functions.

AIM ImmunoTech Inc. [OCALA, FL] (NYSE American: AIM) named Ellen Lintal as its new Chief Financial Officer. Lintal succeeds Adam Pascale, who stepped down after more than two decades with the company. Lintal joined the company – then named Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. – in 2018 as Vice President of Finance & Control, before being promoted to Chief Accounting Officer earlier this year. Before joining AIM ImmunoTech, Lintal spent a decade at an international non-profit organization, serving as Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Finance & Control. Her more than 25-year career also includes public company accounting experience at Corning Inc., Carlisle Companies and AGY.

Dave Metzger

Cresa [WASHINGTON] named Dave Metzger as Chief Financial Officer. Metzger joins Cresa from Frontpoint Security, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. From 2007 to 2016, Metzger acted as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at RE/MAX Holdings.

Noble Midstream Partners LP [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NBLX) announced that Thomas W. Christensen was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner. Christensen will continue to serve as Principal Accounting Officer of the General Partner. Christensen was appointed interim Chief Financial Officer in July 2019 and has held the position of Chief Accounting Officer of Noble Midstream since August 2016. He previously served as Corporate Finance Manager in Noble Energy Inc.’s Treasury group. Mr. Christensen joined Noble Energy Inc. upon its acquisition of Rosetta Resources in July 2015. While at Rosetta, he served in positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as its Assistant Controller.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. [WYOMISSING, PA] (NASDAQ: PENN) announced that William J. (“BJ”) Fair, will be stepping down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) at the conclusion of his current employment contract term, which expires March 31, 2020.

Impact [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced the appointment of Joo Mi Kim as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kim served as CFO of Aera Technology. Prior to Aera, Kim served as the Vice President of FP&A and Investor Relations at Qualys.

Hibbett Sports, Inc. [BIRMINGHAM, Alabama] (NASDAQ/GS: HIBB) announced that Scott R. Humphrey is joining the Company as Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Christine Skold who fulfilled her contract term and has accepted a full-time permanent position in Nashville. Humphrey most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Ciner Resources, LP. Prior to joining Ciner Resources, Humphrey served in senior treasury positions with Schweitzer-Mauduit International and HYCO International, Inc.

Scott Roberts

HealthStream [NASHVILLE, TN] (NASDAQ: HSTM) announced that it appointed Scott A. Roberts as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Senior Vice President. Roberts had been serving as Interim CFO & Vice President of Accounting and Finance since his appointment to that position in February 2019. Following his service in multiple positions and accompanying promotions in HealthStream’s Finance and Accounting Department after joining the Company in 2002, Roberts was promoted to Vice President, Accounting and Finance in 2015.

AeroVironment, Inc. [SIMI VALLEY, CA] (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced that senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) Teresa Covington will resign to become CFO of a private company, effective October 18, 2019. Brian Shackley, AeroVironment vice president and controller, has been appointed interim chief financial officer, effective October 18, 2019. Shackley joined AeroVironment in January 2016 and has served as vice president and corporate controller since December 2017. He previously served as the company’s director of SEC reporting from January 2016 to December 2017. Shackley has 18 years of experience in various accounting and finance roles, including approximately 9 years in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Los Angeles, California, where he served as an audit senior manager.

Clay Myers

Quorum Software [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Clay Myers to Chief Financial Officer. Myers most recently he served as chief financial officer and chief operations officer of One Technologies. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at HyperCube LLC.

Enterra Solutions [NEWTOWN, PA] announced that Kevin Cunningham has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Cunningham has over 30 years of investment management experience, most recently serving 7 years as Managing Director and the head of Global Capital Markets with the CPP Investment Board. While at CPPIB, he chaired the Credit Investment Committee and served on the Investment Planning Committee, Liquidity Committee, and Public Markets Management Committee. Prior to CPPIB, he spent 12 years with Goldman Sachs where he held positions globally in New York, Tokyo, and Toronto, and specialized in trading Fixed Income Derivative Securities.

OnKure, Inc. [BOULDER, COLORADO] announced the appointment of R. Michael Carruthers as Chief Financial Officer. Carruthers joins OnKure from Nivalis Therapeutics where he served as Interim President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Prior to working at Nivalis, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Array BioPharma, Chief Financial Officer of Sievers Instruments, Treasurer and Controller of the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation, and an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.

Bridg [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Seth Klein to Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Klein served as Chief Financial Officer of All Def Media. Klein also played a key role in scaling Stylehaul. Prior to Stylehaul, Klein spent six years with IAC Interactive where he was Vice President of Finance for Emerging Business and later Chief Financial Officer of CityGrid Media.

Vertical Wellness [LOS ANGELES] announced it has appointed John Philpott as Chief Financial Officer. Philpott’s most recent position was CFO of a sports training and medical facility. Prior that position, he held CFO and Advisory roles in a number of different companies.

Culta LLC [SILVER SPRING, MD] announced Jonathan Clark is joining as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jonathan joins Culta from CAVA Group, Inc. where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CAVA, Jonathan was the Chief Financial Officer for Honest Tea.

MRC Global Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: MRC) announced Kelly Youngblood is joining MRC Global, effective November 18, 2019. Mr. Youngblood will initially hold the title of Executive Vice President until the retirement of James E. Braun, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), on March 1, 2020, at which time, Mr. Youngblood will assume the role of Executive Vice President and CFO. Youngblood joins MRC Global from BJ Services, LLC where he serves as Executive Vice President and CFO. Prior to being CFO at BJ Services, Youngblood was the Senior Vice President and CFO at Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Before that, he held a variety of finance and accounting positions of increasing responsibility at Halliburton, including Vice President of Investor Relations.

Union Pacific [OMAHA, Nebraska] announced Rob Knight, chief financial officer since 2004, plans to retire Dec. 31. Union Pacific appointed Jennifer Hamann to succeed Knight, effective Jan. 1. Currently senior vice president – Finance, Hamann previously held leadership positions in Investor Relations and Marketing and Sales, formerly served as general auditor and also worked in Workforce Resources. Hamann joined Union Pacific in 1992 as corporate auditor.

Citizens, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NYSE: CIA) announced that it has promoted Jeffery P. Conklin to Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Conklin previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since March 2019, in addition to his existing roles as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of the Company since September 2017. Prior to assuming his positions as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Conklin served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer from May 2017 to September 2017. Conklin came to the Company with over 20 years of life insurance and financial reporting experience, having worked at American International Group, Inc. from 2004 to 2017 in various capacities, including Vice President of Financial Reporting and Vice President of Special Projects.

Karim Damji

WorkBoard [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that Karim Damji has joined the company’s leadership team as its first Chief Financial Officer. Damji joins WorkBoard after more than seven years at SurveyMonkey where he served as the company’s Vice President of Finance. He also held leadership positions in the company’s treasury and procurement functions, and M&A activities. Prior to SurveyMonkey, Damji held several finance positions at Yahoo! and worked in both the M&A advisory and assurance practices at PwC.

HOF Village, LLC [CANTON, OH] announced that Jason Krom has been named Chief Financial Officer. Krom most recently served as CFO of Outdoor Products Group at Stanley Black & Decker. He joined Stanley Black & Decker as the company’s Vice President of FP&A before being promoted to CFO of Outdoor Products Group in October 2018. Mr. Krom previously served as CFO of the Hollister Brand at Abercrombie & Fitch. Prior to that, he served as the Finance lead for Global Marketing and R&D at The Hershey Company. Krom has also held several other financial positions with companies including Philips Electronics, Novartis, and Johnson & Johnson.

SourceMedia [NEW YORK] announced that Debra S. Mason has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mason was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Questex. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer of Questex, she served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for ALM Media LLC. Her previous leadership positions include nine years as Chief Financial Officer for the Americas region of Ipsos, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of X Plus One Solutions, and six years with Interpublic Group, where she served as the global Chief Financial Officer of several divisions. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of Wolf Group.

Vivek Bedi

Nestlé Waters North America [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that Vivek Bedi will be appointed to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective December 1, 2019. Bill Pearson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire, effective December 31, 2019. Bedi was formerly Senior Vice President, Finance, Control and Investments at Nestlé Waters North America. Bedi has been with Nestlé for more than 20 years. He joined as a management trainee in the Nutrition Division. From 1997 to 2000, Bedi led restructuring projects in North America as a member of Nestlé’s Operations Improvement Team. He joined Nestlé Purina in 2001 and steadily increased his responsibilities. Prior to joining NWNA in 2018, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nestlé Purina PetCare Latin America & Caribbean.

Canal Insurance Company [GREENVILLE, SC] announced the addition of John Rzepinski to its senior leadership team as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer. Rzepinski was most recently serving as the CFO of CapSpecialty, a role he held since 2013, after serving in roles of increasing responsibility within that company since 2005. Prior to that, he held various positions at other companies in the commercial insurance industry, including Strickland Insurance Group, Universal Insurance Company, and Occidental.

Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) [NEW YORK] announced it has hired Chris Corrini as Chief Financial Officer. Corrini’s corporate resume includes a 10-year tenure as Chief Financial Officer at Brink’s as well as the publicly traded Brink’s Group, which included Brink’s and Brink’s Home Security. Following that, he was CFO at Edison Learning. Other experience includes senior financial roles at ITT Corporation, Akzo Nobel, Chiquita Brands and Ernst & Young.

Intercare Holdings, Inc. [ROCKLIN, CA] has appointed Don Nguyen to be Chief Financial Officer. Don joins Intercare from serving as CFO of Easter Seals.

Spartan Motors, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, MI] (NASDAQ: SPAR) announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Frederick Sohm will be stepping down from his position for non-business related reasons.

Kaleido Biosciences [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: KLDO), announced that Joshua Brumm will step down as Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer effective October 11, 2019, to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of a biotechnology company. Richard Scalzo, Corporate Controller, has been appointed to serve as Principal Accounting Officer and, in the interim, will assume certain of Mr. Brumm’s responsibilities. Mr. Brumm will continue as an advisor to Kaleido through December 31, 2019.

ThinkHR and Mammoth HR [PLEASANTON, Calif. and PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Mark Tisdel has joined the companies as chief financial officer. Tisdel has spent the last decade as a CFO for both public and private companies, most recently at Orion Health and Model N. Earlier in his career, Tisdel held finance and accounting leadership positions at organizations including PeopleSoft, prior to its acquisition by Oracle.

Visteon Corporation [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI] (NASDAQ: VC) announced that Christian Garcia, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has resigned from the company to accept another position based in Houston, Texas. Garcia will continue in his current position through Oct. 31, 2019, to ensure a smooth transition for the company. William Robertson, former vice president and treasurer of the company, has been appointed interim CFO.

Comprehensive Pharmacy Services [MEMPHIS, TN] announced that Benjamin R. Hansen has joined as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining CPS, he most recently served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer for Avaap. He has also been Vice President Finance for Thermo Fisher Scientific Clinical Diagnostics Division, President of ReMedPar for Aramark and CFO for Masterplan.

AgJunction [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (TSX: AJX) appointed Scott Steinman as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of Daystar Products. Prior to Daystar Products, Steinman was VP of finance for the Advanced Surgical division of ConMed. Steinman previously held various senior level finance roles at Stryker, and Curtiss-Wright. Steinman replaces Peter Newton, who was serving as interim CFO.

Robert Hughes

Overstock.com, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that Chief Financial Officer Greg Iverson has resigned. The company has appointed its previous principal financial officer, Robert Hughes, as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Rob was the company’s SVP of finance and risk management for five years and VP and Controller for four years. Hughes will continue to serve in his current role as president of Medici Land Governance.

Equity Trust Company [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Matt Gardner as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Equity Trust, he spent the last 23 years of his career at Key Bank, with roles of increasing responsibility in Finance, Corporate Treasury, and Investor Relations. His most recent role was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Key’s Corporate Bank.

Matt Miller

Showpad [CHICAGO] announced Matt Miller as its Chief Financial Officer. Miller most recently served as the CFO of Centro. Prior to this role, he was a co-founder and president of two international real estate lending platforms. Matt spent the first part of his career in several corporate finance roles, most recently in investment banking.

Syndio [NEW YORK] announced that the Company has appointed Laurie Cansler as Chief Financial Officer. Cansler joined Syndio from Concentric Advisors, Inc., where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Concentric Advisors, she also served as Chief Financial Officer at 98point6. Additionally, Ms. Cansler held similar roles at VoloMetrix, Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft, and at Likewise Software, Inc., which was acquired by EMC.

R1 RCM Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RCM) announced that it appointed Richard B. Evans, Jr., Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, as interim Chief Financial Officer. Evans’ appointment follows the resignation of Christopher Ricaurte, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Evans joined R1 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer in January 2015. From July 2001 until September 2014, he was an audit partner at KPMG LLP, and joined KPMG in 1990.

Kespry [MENLO PARK, CA] announced the appointment of Langley Eide as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Eide was previously Chief Strategy Officer at Alteryx from 2015 to 2019. Prior to Alteryx, Eide served as Vice President, Finance and Strategy at ServiceNow. Before ServiceNow, Eide was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Capital Markets group. Earlier in her career, Eide was a buy-side equity research analyst.

BioAdaptives, Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTC BB: BDPT) announced the appointment of Ron Lambrecht as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. For the past 25 years Lambrecht has operated a financial services business in addition to facilitating a number of technology acquisitions and joint venture transactions.