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CFO Moves – week ending March 6, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

HomeStreet, Inc. Electromed, Inc. Red River
Datto, Inc. NetApp TravelCenters of America Inc.
Ambyint WeWork MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation
Diamanti WindMIL Therapeutics Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
Hobsons The Amynta Group Invoca
Piston Group Zeta Global Medifast, Inc.
Eastside Distilling, Inc. SVB&T Corporation Kinsta Inc.
Criteo S.A. Cashmere Agency Domio
New England Peptide

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HomeStreet, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: HMST), the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark R. Ruh has tendered his resignation from HomeStreet, effective June 5, 2020. The company also announced that it has appointed John M. Michel as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4, 2020. Prior to joining HomeStreet, Mr. Michel was the Chief Financial Officer of First Foundation, Inc. His prior experience includes chief financial officer and senior finance roles at other banks and specialty finance companies, and he was also a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche.

Electromed, Inc. [NEW PRAGUE, MN] (NYSE American: ELMD) announced that CFO Jeremy Brock has elected to pursue other opportunities and the Company and Brock have established a transition plan. Brock will continue in the role of CFO until July 1, 2020.

Red River [CLAREMONT, NH & RESTON, VA] announced that Jason D. Juranek has been named Chief Financial Officer. Juranek most recently served as both CEO and CFO of Globecomm. Prior to Globecomm, Juranek was the CFO of Harris CapRock Communications.

Datto, Inc. [NORWALK, CT] announced that John F. Abbot has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Abbot joins Datto from Cumulus Media Inc. where he was CFO. Prior to Cumulus Media, he served as the CFO at Telx Holdings Inc., as well as Insight Communications. Abbot also spent 12 years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs & Co., where he began his financial career, and Morgan Stanley & Co., where ultimately he was a managing director.

Mike Berry

NetApp [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced the appointment of Mike Berry as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective March 16. Berry joins NetApp from McAfee, LLC, where he was also executive vice president and chief financial officer. Berry will succeed Ron Pasek, who served as NetApp’s executive vice president and chief financial officer for four years and announced his intent to retire earlier this year. Before he joined McAfee in February 2017, Berry was executive vice president, chief financial officer, and chief operating officer at FireEye. Previous to that position, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Informatica. Before his work at Informatica, Berry had led finance and other operations for several technology companies, including SolarWinds and i2 Technologies.

TravelCenters of America Inc. [WESTLAKE, OH] (NASDAQ: TA) announced that Peter J. Crage has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Crage succeeds William E. Myers, who has resigned from the company.  Most recently, Crage served as Chief Financial Officer of Diamond Resorts. He also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Seaworld Entertainment Inc., and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.

Blake McLean

Ambyint [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Blake McLean as chief financial officer. His background includes 14 years at industry-leading energy investment bank Simmons & Company International and three years at independent natural gas producer EQT Corp., most recently as senior vice president of investor relations and strategy.

Kimberly Ross

WeWork [NEW YORK] announced that Kimberly A. Ross will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 16. Ross was SVP and CFO at Baker Hughes for three years, prior to its merging with GE’s oil and gas division in 2017. She had previously served in the same capacity at Avon Products from 2011 to 2014 after spending a decade at what is now Ahold Delhaize, where she spent four years as SVP, CFO after serving in a series of senior treasury and tax roles. Earlier in her career, she held finance roles at Anchor Glass and Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, and was a senior manager in the risk and regulatory practice of Ernst & Young. Ross currently sits on the Board of Directors of PQ Corporation, Chubb Insurance Group and Nestlé S.A.

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation [SEOUL, South Korea and SAN JOSE, CA] (NYSE: MX) announced that Jonathan Kim, MagnaChip’s Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, is stepping down effective March 27, 2020 to pursue an executive opportunity outside of the semiconductor industry. Kim is expected to continue to serve in a consulting role for the Company through May 2020 to assist in the transition.

Diamanti [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of Jony Hartono as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hartono joins Diamanti from Instart, where he served as CFO. Prior to that he served as CFO at Capriza. Previously Hartono held senior finance and corporate development roles with MobileIron, Rackable Systems/SGI and Atrica.

WindMIL Therapeutics [PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE] announced the appointment of Patrick Fabbio as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 30. Fabbio is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. Before that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of electroCore Medical, LLC. Fabbio was also Vice President of Finance for NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Vice President of Finance, Innovation and Growth at Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.; and Chief Financial Officer at Ikano Therapeutics. His other prior financial positions include roles at Sanofi, UniPath Diagnostics, BioMatrix and Coopers & Lybrand.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. [NOVATO, CA] (NASDAQ: RARE) announced that Shalini Sharp will step down from her position as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President by September 2, 2020.

Hobsons [ARLINGTON, VA] announced the addition of Thomas Laurin to the senior leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Laurin joins the company from Genscape, where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, Tom served in various leadership roles at Thomson Reuters.

The Amynta Group [NEW YORK]announced the appointment of Erin E. Mulloy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mulloy joins Amynta from Ernst & Young LLP, where she served as a Partner in the Insurance Practice.

Invoca [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced that Michael DiFilippo has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. DiFilippo worked with companies like MuleSoft and AppDirect, as well as more mature, public companies like Citrix.

Gordon R. Fournier

Piston Group [DETROIT] announced that Gordon R. Fournier has been named chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Fournier’s role is effective March 16, 2020. Previously, Fournier served as president of Masco Cabinetry, a subsidiary of Masco Corporation. He also held the role as the company’s chief financial officer of the company. Prior to joining Masco, Fournier held numerous financial leadership roles with Johnson Controls Inc. including vice president of finance positions for Automotive Global Complete Seat, Automotive Electronics & Interiors, and Automotive Seating Americas. He also served as executive director, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis; and vice president and chief financial officer, Varta Autobatterie GmbH in Germany.

Chris Greiner

Zeta Global [NEW YORK] announced that Chris Greiner has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Greiner was previously CFO at LivePerson. He was also formerly CFO and COO at Inovalon, and spent thirteen years with IBM with roles including CFO and COO of their analytics division, leadership positions in their Asia Pacific region, Global Technology Services and corporate headquarters.

Medifast, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NYSE: MED) announced that Timothy G. Robinson, Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his position at the company on March 31, 2020. Joseph Kelleman, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Kelleman joined Medifast in 2012, serving in a series of senior financial roles in that time including Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance. He also served as interim Chief Financial Officer of the company prior to the appointment of Robinson in 2013.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: EAST) announced the appointment of G. Stuart Schreiner as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Schreiner has been a financial consultant with Tatum, LLC, C-Squared Solutions and GSS Consulting LLC since 2002. During and prior to that time, he has additionally held various senior level positions, including Director of Finance or Chief Financial Officer, with Hands-On Labs, Inc., Melco Industries, Inc., AirCell, Inc., Nathan Wechsler CPA, Cablecom-General, Translogic Corporation, Fischer Imaging, and Century International.

SVB&T Corporation [FRENCH LICK, IN] (OTCQX: SVBT), the bank holding company of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, announced the retirement of Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Darrell Blocker on March 31, 2020. During his tenure, Darrell also served as Treasurer & CFO of SVB&T Corporation.

Kinsta Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of R. D. David Young as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel (“CFO & GC”). During his career, Young has specialized in taxation, international transactions, finance, and management consulting while serving in professional roles at Ernst & Young, Pepper Hamilton, Raytheon, KPMG, and in his own private consulting practice. Kinsta co-founder and former CFO Tom Zsomborgi will become Kinsta’s Chief Business Officer.

Criteo S.A. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CRTO) announced that Chief Financial Officer Benoit Fouilland plans to depart from Criteo at the end of the second quarter 2020.

Eric Enjem

Cashmere Agency [LOS ANGELES] announced Eric Enjem as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Enjem has nearly 25 years of direct finance experience – half of them serving the creative industry, working with agencies like OMD USA, Zambezi, and 180LA.

Jim Mrha

Domio [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Jim Mrha as Chief Financial Officer. Mrha most recently led Americas Operations Finance at Hilton Worldwide. Prior to Hilton, Mrha spent five years as the Chief Financial Officer of MGM Hospitality, and over 25 years with Marriott International serving in senior leadership roles in the US, Europe and Asia.

New England Peptide [GARDNER, MA and LOUISVILLE, KY] announced the appointment of David Gavlik to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Gavlik has 25 years of experience, with roles such as Vice President of Finance at Comark and Lista International, as well as leadership roles at Stanley Black and Decker.


CFO Moves – week ending March 13, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

CIRCOR International, Inc. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Komodo Health
OneMedNet Corporation FedEx Corp. iFresh Inc.
Royal Financial, Inc. BlueLinx Corporation Ogilvy Health
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. Workscape Inc. T5 Data Centers
Remitter USA Inc. InfuSystem Holdings Inc. WideOpenWest, Inc.
AlphaSense Udacity Minimizer
CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc. PDL BioPharma, Inc. Claire’s Stores, Inc.
WalkMe

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CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, MA] (NYSE: CIR) announced the appointment of Abhishek Khandelwal as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 6, 2020. Since 2010, he has held a number of senior finance roles at IDEX, most recently serving as VP, Corporate Finance and Operations CFO. Prior to IDEX, he held a range of financial leadership positions at Stanley Black & Decker and General Electric.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, NJ] (NYSE: AMRX) announced it has appointed Tasos Konidaris as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Konidaris succeeds Todd Branning. Konidaris most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and as a board member of Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development of Ikaria, Inc. Konidaris also previously served seven years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, as well as held various roles of increasing responsibility at Schering-Plough Corporation, Pharmacia Corporation, Novartis Corporation and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Komodo Health [SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK] announced the appointments of Eileen Tobias as Chief Financial Officer. Tobias most recently served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Dropbox. Prior to Dropbox, Tobias spent 12 years in finance leadership at NetSuite, and also worked at Brocade Communications, Hewlett-Packard, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Jon Freeman

OneMedNet Corporation [EDEN PRAIRIE, MN] announced that Jon Freeman has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Freeman’s leadership experience in Healthcare/Life Sciences include progressive roles at: Fluke/Danaher, ev3/Covidien, Medafor (acquired by C.R. Bard), HistoSonics, and Gila Therapeutics.

Michael C. Lenz

FedEx Corp. [MEMPHIS, TN] (NYSE: FDX) announced that Alan Graf, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire effective December 31, 2020. Mike Lenz, corporate vice president and treasurer, has been named his successor. Graf will serve as CFO until September 22, 2020 and remain at the company as executive vice president and senior advisor through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Lenz will become executive vice president and CFO-Elect effective June 1 and will assume the role of CFO for FedEx Corporation on Sept. 22, 2020. Lenz joined FedEx in 2005 as vice president of finance at FedEx Office. He became staff vice president of strategic finance at FedEx Corporation in 2010, followed by a promotion to his current role as corporate vice president and treasurer in 2012. Prior to joining FedEx, Lenz worked at American Airlines, where he held positions in several finance and commercial areas including investor relations, financial planning and analysis, international planning and fleet planning.

iFresh Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that it appoints Amy Xue as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Xue succeeds Chang Kao (Eddie) Chiang. Xue has served as Partner, CFO Services of Wall Street CPA Services, LLC in New York since October 2010 where she, among other professional services, worked as CFO for XT Energy Group, Inc., and CFO for General Agriculture Corp. and Vice President in Finance for Huifeng Bio-Pharmaceutical Technology. Previously, Xue was a senior manager of SEC Audit Services at Acquavella, Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP in New York from September 2007 and October 2010.

Royal Financial, Inc. [CHICAGO] (OTCQX: RYFL), the bank holding company for Royal Savings Bank, announced the promotion of Colleen Thomiszer to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Bank. Thomiszer has served the Company and Bank as the Accounting Officer and Controller since 2017.  She joined the Company as Staff Accountant in 2014.

BlueLinx Corporation [MARIETTA, GA] (NYSE: BXC) announced that Susan O’Farrell, its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, will be retiring. O’Farrell will remain with the Company until April 12, 2020. The Company also announced that Kelly C. Janzen will join the Company as its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, effective April 13, 2020. Janzen brings over 25 years of experience in various financial roles, most recently as the Chief Accounting Officer of WestRock Company. Before joining WestRock, Janzen served as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer for Baker Hughes Inc., Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for McDermott International Inc., and served in various leadership roles within the Controllership function with General Electric.

Ogilvy Health [NEW YORK], part of Ogilvy, announced the promotion of Ripal R. Patel from SVP, Client Financial Services to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Patel has assumed the role of CFO from Robert Saporito, who announced his impending retirement at the end of 2019. Patel joined Ogilvy Health in 2007 as Director of Client Financial Services and was elevated to SVP, Client Financial Services in 2009.

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. [WEST LAFAYETTE, IN] (NASDAQ: BASI), operating as Inotiv, announced the appointment of Beth A. Taylor as Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Taylor succeeds Jill C. Blumhoff, who had served as the Company’s Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer since May 2016. Prior to joining Inotiv, Taylor held progressively responsible VP of Finance, Controllership and other financial leadership positions at Endocyte, Inc., Author Solutions, Inc., Harlan Laboratories, Inc., Republic Airways Holdings and Rolls-Royce Corporation.

Workscape Inc. [PITTSBURGH] announced that Abigail Slovonic has been promoted to CFO. Prior to starting at Workscape, she was the director of grants management at a private New York foundation supporting brain research before becoming Director of Finance and Operations at BAW Plastics.

Peter Almond

T5 Data Centers [ATLANTA] announced that Peter Almond recently joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He served as a Managing Director in Leveraged Finance most recently for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and previously for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Jennifer Cummings

Remitter USA Inc. [PHOENIX] announced the hire of Jennifer Cummings as Chief Financial Officer.

InfuSystem Holdings Inc. [ROCHESTER HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: INFU) announced that Barry G. Steele has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Steele replaces interim CFO Wes Winnekins. Steele previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Horizon Global Corporation. Prior to Horizon, Steele served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Gentherm Incorporated from 2004 to 2018. From 1997 to 2004, Steele held various finance positions with Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC, including Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller, Treasurer and Financial Reporting Manager.  From 1993 to 1997, Steele was Senior Auditor with Price Waterhouse LLP.

WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone (NYSE: WOW) [ENGLEWOOD, CO] announced that Rich Fish, chief financial officer will leave the company effective April 1.

AlphaSense [NEW YORK] announced that Joseph Hill has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Hill was the CFO of Greenway Health. Previously, he was CFO at Monotype, CFO at Metabolix, and CFO at AMICAS.

Seamus Hennessy

Udacity [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the appointment of Seamus Hennessy as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Udacity, Hennessy spent eight years as CFO at Ruckus Wireless. He has also held CFO positions at Big Switch Networks, Cohesity and Aerohive Networks.

Tony Henningson

Minimizer [BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN] hired Tony Henningson as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Henningson served as VP of Finance for KTM North America.  He also held leadership roles at Pillsbury, Polaris, Genmar, and PBH Marine Group.

CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc. [VALLEY COTTAGE, NY] (OTCBB: CRMZ) announced that Lawrence Fensterstock, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company of his intention to retire effective June 30, 2020, and will be resigning as Chief Financial Officer on March 31, 2020. The company appointed Steven Gargano as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 1st. Gargano previously served as both a Chief Financial Officer and a Risk Manager for such entities as the 1199 Pension and Benefit Funds, LUX Fund Technology & Solutions, Artivest Advisors, US Bancorp Fund Services, Mariner Investment Group and Gabelli Asset Management.

PDL BioPharma, Inc. [INCLINE VILLAGE, NV] (NASDAQ: PDLI) announced the appointment of Edward A. Imbrogno as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Imbrogno joined PDL as Vice President of Finance in October 2018. Imbrogno was appointed as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer in June 2019 and assumed the additional responsibilities as Acting Chief Financial Officer in November 2019.

Claire’s Stores, Inc. [HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL] announced that Michael Schwindle has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Schwindle most recently served as CFO for Fleet Farm. Previously, he held multinational and domestic CFO roles at Payless ShoeSource, Harry & David, and Musician’s Friend. Schwindle started his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and subsequently held both operational and financial leadership roles at Home Depot, Limited Brands, and The Longaberger Company.

Andrew Casey

WalkMe [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Andrew Casey as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Casey most recently served as senior vice president of finance and customer operations at ServiceNow. He has 29 years of experience at HP, Symantec, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.

CFO Moves – week ending March 20, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. YGC CuriosityStream
OmniTRAX Charles River Associates Flexsteel Industries, Inc.
Aura Catasys, Inc. Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
Elara Caring American Tower Corporation Stonewall Kitchen, LLC
Cumulus Media Inc. Overstock.com, Inc. First Northwest Bancorp
UNITIL Corporation Blucora, Inc. Farmer Bros. Co.
Accruit Dunbar Security Solutions UpKeep
Cardinal Health MiMedx Group, Inc. Tenneco Inc.
SVB&T Corporation

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AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Daniel Pacicco, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Pacicco will succeed Adam Karkowsky, who was promoted to AmTrust President. Pacicco joins AmTrust from Assurant, Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since June 2017. Prior to Assurant, Pacicco served as Senior Vice President, Finance for the North American operations of Chubb Limited, after holding many roles in over two decades with The Chubb Corporation. Before Chubb, Pacicco spent over ten years at Ernst & Young.

YGC [Austin, TX] announced that Chris Ragland has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was with Noble Capital as Partner and Chief Operating Officer.

Jason Eustace

CuriosityStream [SILVER SPRING, MD] announced that Jason Eustace has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this role, Eustace served as the Head of Finance for Bluemercury, Pet360 and Discovery Communications-US Networks.

OmniTRAX [DENVER] an affiliate of The Broe Group, announced Robert Walker has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. For the past 10 years, Walker served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer at The Madison Companies and affiliates. Prior to joining The Madison Companies, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of property operations and redevelopment at Apartment Investment and Management Company, and as Senior Vice President and CFO for Miller Global Properties. Walker started his career in audit and advisory services at Ernst & Young and served as Global Controller for GE Capital Real Estate.

Charles River Associates [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: CRAI) announced the appointment of Daniel K. Mahoney as Chief Financial Officer effective March 30, 2020. Mahoney most recently served as Senior Vice President, Head of Finance at BrightSphere Investment Group. Mahoney assumes the role from Chad Holmes, who will be CRA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer. Mahoney was most recently at BrightSphere Investment Group where he served as SVP and Head of Finance. Prior to BrightSphere, Mahoney was Chief Accounting Officer at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

Flexsteel Industries, Inc. [DUBUQUE, IA] (NASDAQ: FLXS) announced that Derek P. Schmidt will join Flexsteel and assume the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer on April 6, 2020. Schmidt most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Crescent Electric Supply Co. Prior to joining Crescent Electric Supply Co., Schmidt held multiple executive positions with HNI Corporation (HNI). From 2016 – 2018, Schmidt held the position of Vice President & General Manager, Transactional – The HON Company, an HNI operating company. From 2014 – 2016, Mr. Schmidt held the position of Vice President, Finance for The HON Company. From 2013 – 2014, Schmidt held the position of Vice President, Finance – HNI Leveraged Furniture Operations. From 2011 – 2013, Schmidt held the position of Treasurer and Vice President, Corporate Finance and led M&A, treasury, investor relations and corporate planning. Prior to joining HNI, Schmidt held financial leadership positions with companies such as Silgan Plastics Corporation, MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc., and General Mills Inc.

Anne M. Myong

Aura [SAN FRANCISCO] named Anne M. Myong as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aura, Myong served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Walmart’s Global eCommerce business. She joined Walmart in 2011 as Chief Administrative Officer of its retail operation in China and became CFO the following year. During her tenure with Walmart, Ms. Myong served as a member of the board of directors of Walmart Mexico and was a member of the CEO’s advisory board of women leaders. Prior to Walmart, Myong held a variety of finance, strategy and investment roles in start-up and Fortune 500 technology companies in Silicon Valley and China. Myong started her career with McKinsey & Company in Washington, DC and New York. In addition, Myong is a member of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors at Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) and a Board Director, Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee of Goodwill Industries International.

Catasys, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] (NASDAQ: CATS) announced the appointment of Brandon H. LaVerne as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining, Laverne was CFO of PCM, Inc. Prior to PCM, Inc., LaVerne was an Accounting Supervisor at Computer Sciences Corporation. Previously, he was a Senior Auditor at Deloitte and Touche LLP.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] (NYSE: EPRT) announced the appointment of Anthony K. Dobkin, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Hillary P. Hai, the Company’s former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will leave the Company on April 30, 2020.

Elara Caring [ADDISON, TX] announced that Bruce Jarvie has been named Chief Executive Officer (CFO). Jarvie previously served as CFO at EmblemHealth. He also held a divisional CFO position at Optum (part of UnitedHealth Group), and served in senior finance roles at BAE Systems, Inc. and UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines.

American Tower Corporation [BOSTON] (NYSE: AMT) announced that Rod Smith, the Company’s current Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer will become the new Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Tom Bartlett who has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer, Smith has been with the Company for more than ten years, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s U.S. Tower Division.

Stonewall Kitchen, LLC [YORK, ME] announced that Rick Lees has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lees was Ocean Spray’s Chief Financial Officer for 8 years. Prior to Ocean Spray, Lees held other key executive positions for well-known companies such as Pillsbury, Dannon and Gillette.

Cumulus Media Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced that Frank Lopez-Balboa has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lopez-Balboa served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Univision Communications Inc. Prior to Univision, Lopez-Balboa spent more than 20 years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.

Adrianne Lee

Overstock.com, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (NASDAQ: OSTK) announced the appointment of Adrianne Lee as its Chief Financial Officer. Lee will assume the role on March 31, 2020. Lee joins Overstock from The Hertz Corporation where she was senior vice president and CFO of the company’s North American Rental Car unit. Prior to that, she served as vice president of global financial planning and analysis and corporate development for Hertz. Before joining The Hertz Corporation, Lee led financial planning and analysis for Best Buy’s e-commerce business, and held several roles in finance, strategic planning, accounting and financial reporting, investor relations and audit at PepsiCo, Allianz Life and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

First Northwest Bancorp [PORT ANGELES, WA] (NASDAQ: FNWB), the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Port Angeles, announced that Regina Wood resigned as Chief Financial Officer, to pursue another business opportunity.  Geri Bullard, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Treasurer, assumed the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Bullard joined the bank earlier this year as SVP and Treasurer. Prior to joining First Federal, Bullard served as Controller at Salal Credit Union, located in Seattle, from August 2018 to January 2020, and Chief Financial Officer of First Sound Bank, also in Seattle, from February 2017 to August 2018.

UNITIL Corporation [HAMPTON, NH] (NYSE:UTL) announced the resignation of Christine L. Vaughan, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Treasurer. The Company has appointed Laurence M. Brock as the interim CFO and Treasurer. Brock has been Unitil’s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since June 2005, and was Vice President and Controller from 1995 until 2005.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Mimi Carsley has been named interim Chief Financial Officer. A member of the Blucora team since 2018, Carsley has held a number of leadership roles inside the company including as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and as CFO of its Avantax Wealth Management business unit. Her Blucora experience also includes having served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Integration Management Office. Carsley’s distinguished career has included senior roles at leading companies, including serving as Chief Financial Officer for the Specialized Devices and Applications business group at Microsoft Corporation. While at Microsoft, she also held the roles of Director of Corporate Development and Strategy, Director of Strategic Corporate Finance, and Director of Portfolio Management. Prior to joining Blucora, Carsley held various leadership roles at LPL Financial Holdings, including as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer as well as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff. Before that, she was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Bluewater Global Ltd. Earlier in her career, Carsley was Assistant Vice President of Financial Security Assurance Inc. and as Assistant Portfolio Manager with JPMorgan Chase.

Farmer Bros. Co. [NORTHLAKE, TX] (NASDAQ: FARM) announced the appointment of Scott Drake as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Scott Lyon will continue to serve in his role as Farmer Brothers’ Vice President, Controller. Most recently, Drake served as GameStop Corp.’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer. Prior to that, Drake served as 7-Eleven, Inc.’s Vice President, Finance Strategy and Communications from 2001 to 2015. Prior to 2001, he held finance and accounting positions with Arthur Andersen, La Madeleine French Bakery and Café, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Coopers & Lybrand.

Accruit [DENVER] announced the addition of Steve Holtkamp as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Holtkamp most recently was Chief Strategy Officer for Hotel Engine. Prior to Hotel Engine, Holtkamp spent ten years with Morgan Stanley.

Dunbar Security Solutions (DSS) [HUNT VALLEY, MD]  and Dunbar Security Products (DSP) jointly announce that Jeff Berg, formerly the Vice President of Finance at DSS, is now the Chief Financial Officer for both companies. Berg has been with the Dunbar family of companies since 2008 where he started as a senior member of the Finance Department at Dunbar Armored. He became the Vice President of Finance at DSS in 2016, and now as CFO.

Jim Lightsey

UpKeep [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jim Lightsey has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Jim served as Chief Financial Officer of Leanplum. Prior to Leanplum, Jim was Chief Financial Officer with InsideView. Jim also served as President and Founder of emindhealth, and was Director of Corporate Development for Homestore.com.

Jason Hollar

Cardinal Health [DUBLIN, OH] (NYSE: CAH) announced that it appointed Jason Hollar as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 12. Hollar most recently served as the chief financial officer of Tenneco Inc. Hollar joined Tenneco in June 2017 from Sears Holding Corporation, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to Sears, Hollar worked with both Delphi Automotive and Navistar in a number of senior finance roles. He served as Delphi’s corporate controller and as vice president of finance for the company’s powertrain systems division. At Navistar, he held finance positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s engine group, South America operations and corporate financial planning and analysis.

MiMedx Group, Inc. [MARIETTA, GA] (OTC PINK: MDXG) announced that Peter M. Carlson, Executive Vice President of Finance, has been named as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Carlson joined MiMedx in December 2019. Carlson served as Chief Operating Officer at Brighthouse Financial, Inc. Carlson was the Chief Accounting Officer at MetLife, Inc. for eight years. Prior to joining MetLife in 2009, Carlson was the Corporate Controller at Wachovia Corporation. Carlson currently serves as a director of White Mountains Insurance Company.

Tenneco Inc. [LAKE FOREST, IL] (NYSE: TEN) announced that Kenneth R. Trammell has been appointed to the role of interim Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2020. Trammell’s appointment follows Jason Hollar‘s decision to leave the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in order to accept an equivalent role at a Fortune 100 company. Trammell previously served as chief financial officer of Tenneco Inc. from 2003 to 2018. Prior to that position, he held a number of finance roles at the Company, where he was responsible for financial and operational accounting, financial reporting, planning and analysis and all audit functions. He joined Tenneco in 1996 as assistant controller and was promoted to corporate controller the following year and served as vice president and controller, beginning in November 1999.

SVB&T Corporation [JASPER, IN] (OTCQX:SVBT), the bank holding company of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company, announced the appointment of Ryan Heim as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. He is superseding Darrell Blocker who announced his plans to retire March 31, 2020. Additionally, Heim will be responsible for the financial operations of Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company as Senior Executive Vice President, CFO and cashier. Heim began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst with Dresner Partners Investment Banking in Chicago and was previously employed with Springs Valley Bank & Trust as an Investment Analyst with the Financial Advisory Group before transitioning to the Accounting Department as a Financial Analyst. Heim was most recently employed with Kimball Electronics as Financial Planning & Analysis Manager before rejoining Springs Valley as Vice President and Financial Planning Manager in January 2019.

CFO Moves – week ending March 27, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Regional Management Corp. Edgewater Midstream, LLC Recursion
STANLEY Security Landec Corporation Menlo Therapeutics Inc.
CytomX Therapeutics Inc. KBP BioSciences McClatchy
RealNetworks, Inc. DTE Energy Impartner
Dynatronics Corporation Latham Pool Products Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.
PDS Biotechnology Corporation

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Regional Management Corp. [GREENVILLE, SC] (NYSE: RM) announced that it has promoted Robert W. Beck, the company’s EVP and Chief Financial Officer, to be its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, Michael S. Dymski, the company’s VP and Chief Accounting Officer, has been named interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his promotion to interim CFO, Dymski served as the company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller since 2013. From 2011 through 2013, he was the Director of Finance, South USA with TD Bank. From 2000 through 2010, Dymski was employed by The South Financial Group in varying roles, including Vice President and Controller of Finance and Accounting and Senior Vice President of Finance.

David Anders

Edgewater Midstream, LLC [HOUSTON] announced David Anders has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Anders comes to Edgewater after a 17-year tenure in Bank of America’s Energy Investment Banking Group. Anders most recently served as managing director in Bank of America’s Natural Resources Group.

Recursion [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Michael Secora, Ph.D., as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Recursion, Dr. Secora was Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets and Venture at Laurion Capital.

STANLEY Security [INDIANAPOLIS] appointed Chadi Chahine as Chief Financial Officer on March 18. Most recently, Chahine was CFO at Circor International.

Landec Corporation [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NASDAQ: LNDC) named Brian McLaughlin as its permanent CFO, following his post as interim CFO since January 2020.

Menlo Therapeutics Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, NJ] (NASDAQ: MNLO) appointed Andrew Saik as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Saik was most recently CFO at PDS Biotechnology, Inc. (formerly Edge Therapeutics). Prior to PDS he was CFO at Vertice Pharma, LLC. Previously, he was CFO at Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Auxilium, he was Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Endo Health Solutions, Inc. Prior to Endo, Saik served in senior financial management roles with increasing responsibility at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, including Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO of the Specialty Pharmaceutical Business which included its dermatology franchise.

CytomX Therapeutics Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: CTMX) announced the appointment of Carlos Campoy as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Campoy held the position of chief financial officer at Alder BioPharmaceuticals, which was acquired in October 2019 by Lundbeck A/S. Prior to Alder, Campoy held the role of vice president of finance, international at Allergan plc. Prior to joining Allergan, over the course of an 18-year tenure at Eli Lilly and Company, Campoy held senior financial leadership positions including most recently as chief financial officer of Eli Lilly Japan K.K.

KBP BioSciences [PRINCETON, NJ] announced the appointment of Nick Hart as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer at Temptime Corporation. From 2008 to 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer and Acting President at HemCon Medical Technologies. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer of Alltracel Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, he worked at venture capital firms Porton Capital Ltd and BioScience Managers Ltd (BML). He previously served in a variety of leadership roles, including CFO and COO at Cantab Pharmaceuticals.

Peter Farr

McClatchy [SACRAMENTO, CA] (OTC: MNIQQ) announced the appointment of Peter Farr as McClatchy’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Farr has served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) since joining McClatchy in 2018 and will continue in his role as CAO. He succeeds Elaine Lintecum who will serve as Special Advisor to the CEO until her retirement on June 30, 2020. Prior to joining McClatchy, Farr held leadership roles in accounting at The Boeing Company, Allianz SE and Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Judd Lee

RealNetworks, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: RNWK) announced the hiring of Judd Lee as Senior Vice President. Lee starts at Real on Thursday, March 26th and will become Real’s new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer early in the second quarter of 2020, succeeding Mike Ensing. Lee served as Chief Financial Officer at SignalSense. Prior to that, he held senior finance roles at investment firms, including venture capital firm Maveron, and technology companies, including Microsoft.

DTE Energy [DETROIT] (NYSE: DTE) announced the appointment of David Ruud as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4.  Ruud, who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development at DTE, will succeed Peter Oleksiak, who will be retiring from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Oleksiak will remain with DTE through the end of the year as a special advisor to DTE President and Chief Executive Officer Jerry Norcia. During his 15-year career at DTE Energy, Ruud has served in several senior leadership roles across the organization, including most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development.

Jonathan Spira

Impartner [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Jonathan Spira as CFO. Spira replaces long-time Impartner CFO Bert Young, who is retiring in June. Spira brings a proven track record of CFO positions, including leading a host of SaaS and software companies from BROWZ to Untangle to Blinkx to Autonomy.

Dynatronics Corporation [COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT] (NASDAQ: DYNT) announced the appointment of John A. Krier as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds David A. Wirthlin as Dynatronics’ CFO, who will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Krier was Vice President of Marketing at Breg, Inc. Prior to joining Breg, Krier was President of Viscent, LLC, an orthopedic bracing supplier acquired by Breg in October 2014. Krier began his career as a Certified Public Accountant for Deloitte.

Latham Pool Products [ALBANY, NY] announced that it has appointed Mark Borseth as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Latham, Mark most recently served as CEO of Ranpak, after previously serving as the company’s CFO. He started his career in sales and warehouse management at Condux International and also served as Operating Partner at Turnspire Capital Partners. He was CFO at Constar and Eclipse Aviation, in addition to holding various positions of increasing responsibility over the course more than 20 years at 3M.

Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Phillip Juhan as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Juhan served as Vice President of Business Operations for the Company since Aug. 2018. Juhan brings a number of years of progressive experience in both financial and entrepreneurial leadership roles, including more than ten years in the Investment Banking Divisions of Prudential Financial and the Bank of Montreal where he led consumer-focused research within the Financial Services (Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging) and Consumer (Broadlines Retail and Restaurants) sectors. The company also announced that Helen Van Ness will no longer serve as interim Chief Financial Officer for the Company. 

PDS Biotechnology Corporation [PRINCETON, NJ] (NASDAQ: PDSB) announced that Andrew Saik has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a director of the board to pursue other professional opportunities.  The Company appointed Frank Bedu-Addo, Ph.D., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as interim Principal Financial Officer and Janetta Trochimiuk, PDS Biotech’s Controller as interim Principal Accounting Officer. Trochimiuk is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of experience, serving as Controller and CFO of private and publicly listed companies.

CFO Moves – week ending April 3, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

SiFive, Inc. Nine Energy Service, Inc. Valmont Industries, Inc.
Bloom Energy Hibbett Sports, Inc. Forestar Group Inc.
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Pulse Systems BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Homeowners Trinity Industries, Inc. Aviat Networks, Inc.
Pure Cycle Corporation Contegix Unique Fabricating, Inc.
VisitPay Footprint Surge Holdings, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. TapClicks

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Shubham Maheshwari

SiFive, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] announced that Shubham “Sam” Maheshwari has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before SiFive, he served for 6 years as CFO and later as CFO & COO of Veeco. Previous notable positions also include SVP, Finance, for Spansion. Maheshwari was also VP of mergers and acquisitions for KLA-Tencor and served as Corporate Controller.

Nine Energy Service, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NINE) announced that Clinton Roeder, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has departed the Company by mutual consent. Guy Sirkes, Vice President, Strategic Development, has assumed the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company in March 2019, Sirkes was an Executive Director with J.P. Morgan’s Energy Investment Banking Group.

Avner Applbaum

Valmont Industries, Inc. [OMAHA, NE] (NYSE: VMI) announced that Avner Applbaum joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Applbaum succeeds Mark Jaksich, who previously announced his plans to retire and will remain with the Company until December 26, 2020 to ensure a smooth transition. Applbaum joins Valmont having most recently been the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Double E Company. In addition to holding several CFO roles for private equity-backed companies, he also spent over 15 years in senior financial and operational roles in publicly traded manufacturing companies, including Ametek, Belden, and TE Connectivity, formerly Tyco Electronics. Earlier in his career, Mr. Applbaum worked for Ernst & Young.

Bloom Energy [SAN JOSE, CA] (NYSE: BE) announced the appointment of Gregory Cameron as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Cameron will replace Bloom Energy’s EVP and CFO Randy Furr, who previously announced his intention to retire. Cameron was most recently president and CEO, Global Operations, GE Company. Previously, Cameron held a number of other senior executive roles at GE, including serving as president and CEO, Global Legacy Solutions for GE Capital, and CFO, Americas for GE Capital. In the earlier stages of his career with GE, Cameron held roles as CFO of GE Capital Solutions, CFO of Corporate Financial Services, and CFO of Healthcare Financial Services. He also held multiple roles in FP&A, served on the Corporate Audit Staff, and was an associate of the Financial Services Training Program.

Hibbett Sports, Inc. [BIRMINGHAM, AL] (NASDAQ/GS: HIBB) announced the upcoming appointment of Robert J. Volke as its new Chief Financial Officer. Volke’s employment with the Company will begin April 13, 2020 in the position of Senior Vice President of Accounting and Finance. Immediately following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020, he will become the Chief Financial Officer. Volke will replace Scott R. Humphrey, who has been serving as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Volke was most recently employed with Fleet Farm, LLC since August 2018, most recently serving in the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer, and prior to that, as its Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Controller. Prior to his service at Fleet Farm, Volke held various positions of increasing responsibility with Tractor Supply Company from May 2007 to August 2018, serving most recently as its Vice President and Controller from March 2017 to August 2018.

Forestar Group Inc. [ARLINGTON, TX] (NYSE: FOR) announced that James (Jim) D. Allen has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Forestar. Allen most recently served as a Senior Operating Partner at Palm Beach Capital. Prior to joining Palm Beach Capital, he served as CFO of Hollander Sleep Products and held a variety of executive roles at both private and public companies, including Operating Vice President and Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners, Chief Administrative Officer at Mattress Firm Inc. and a variety of C-Suite roles at Tandycrafts Inc. after spending 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he began his career.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: JEF) announced that Peg Broadbent, the CFO of Jefferies Group LLC, has passed away from coronavirus complications. Teri Gendron, CFO of Jefferies Financial Group, has been appointed as the interim CFO and Chief Accounting Officer of Jefferies Group LLC.

Pulse Systems [CONCORD, CA] announced the the appointment of Chris Buresch as CFO. Buresch previously served as CFO at Precision Wire Components — now known as TE Connectivity.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] (NASDAQ: BCRX) announced the appointment of Anthony Doyle as senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Doyle joins BioCryst from Worldwide Clinical Trials, where he has served as CFO since 2014. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Doyle held a series of increasingly responsible roles at General Electric (GE), moving through FP&A, controller, audit, tax and commercial finance rotations in the GE Financial Management and Corporate Audit Staff finance and leadership training programs. He then led risk and pricing for GE Healthcare’s U.S. diagnostic imaging business and served as global program manager for GE Healthcare Solutions. From 2012 to 2014, he was CFO of World Book, a Berkshire Hathaway company.

Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOAIC) [IRVING, TEXAS] announced that Richard B. Runyan has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Runyan joins HOAIC from Centauri Insurance Group where he was CFO. Prior to his most recent position at Centauri Insurance Group, Runyan was Vice President and Controller at Geovera Holdings, Inc. In addition to that position, he’s also held various titles such as Corporate Controller, Director of Accounting, and Division Controller at prior companies.

Trinity Industries, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: TRN) announced that Eric R. Marchetto has been appointed Trinity’s Chief Financial Officer succeeding Melendy E. Lovett, who will return to her previous position as Chief Administrative Officer. Marchetto was previously Group President, TrinityRail. Previous to this, he was Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Aviat Networks, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NASDAQ: AVNW) announced the promotion of Eric Chang to Chief Financial Officer. Chang joined Aviat in February 2016 and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Aviat Networks, Chang served as senior director and corporate controller at Micrel, Incorporated from 2013 to 2016 until it was acquired by Microchip Technology. Before that, Chang served as senior director, assistant corporate controller and business unit controller at Atmel Corporation from 2007 to 2013. Chang was at Ernst & Young LLP from 2003 to 2007, where he last served as senior audit manager.

Pure Cycle Corporation [DENVER, CO] (NASDAQ CM: PCYO) announced the addition of Kevin McNeill as the Company’s Vice President with appointment to Chief Financial Officer effective in early April 2020. McNeill began his career with Ernst &Young in Denver in the Audit and Advisory Business Services group. After being promoted to Audit Manager, McNeill transitioned to corporate accounting and served in various positions including as Controller of Pure Cycle from 2004 through 2012 when he left to be Controller for First Western Financial, Inc. Most recently Mr. McNeill was the VP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for a privately held wealth management company in Austin, Texas.

Mike Dunn

Contegix [DULLES, VA] announced that it has named Mike Dunn as its new chief financial officer. Prior to Contegix, Dunn was the CFO of NeoSystems, LLC. Before NeoSystems, Dunn was the CFO of Siteworx. Prior to that, Mike was the CFO of Recovery Point Systems.

Unique Fabricating, Inc. [AUBURN HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: UFAB) announced it has appointed Brian P. Loftus as Chief Financial Officer. For the last 18 months, Loftus served as the Corporate Controller for Wabash National Corporation. Prior to Wabash, Loftus was the Corporate Controller for Horizon Global Corporation. Loftus has also held various positions with TriMas Corporation, including Controller for TriMas’ former subsidiary Cequent Performance Products, Inc., Segment Financial Manager, and Corporate Audit Manager.

Tom Ryden

VisitPay [BOISE, ID] announced the addition of Tom Ryden as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Ryden was chief operating officer of AppDetex. Before AppDetex, Ryden held CFO and similar positions at Mapp Digital, Clarivate Analytics, Thomson Reuters, MarkMonitor and SCP Global Technologies.

Footprint [GILBERT, AZ] announced the appointment of Brad Lukow as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lukow joins Footprint from Sprouts Farmers Market, where he held the position of interim co-CEO and CFO. Lukow also previously served as executive vice president and CFO of Shoppers Drug Mart. Prior to his experience as CFO, he held roles of increasing responsibility within the financial functions at Shoppers and spent several years in public accounting at Arthur Young International and Ernst & Young.

Surge Holdings, Inc. [MEMPHIS, TN] (OTCQB: SURG) announced the appointment of Anthony Evers as Chief Financial Officer. Evers replaces Brian Speck, who will continue to serve as a consultant to the Company. Most recently, Evers served as Chief Financial Officer for Vista Health System. He has also served as CFO for organizations including Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital, KSB Hospital, Norwegian American Hospital, and Horizon Homecare and Hospice.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CNP)  announced that it has appointed current Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Kristie L. Colvin as interim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to succeed Xia Liu, who will be leaving the company to pursue another career opportunity following a transition period. An over 30-year veteran of CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies, Colvin has served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer since September 2014.

TapClicks [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Kevin Thompson has joined TapClicks as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Thompson served as CFO of Selligent. He was also CFO for Elastica (acquired by Blue Coat), HEAT Software (acquired by Clearlake Capital), and Vitria Technology.

CFO Moves – week ending April 10, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Macy’s, Inc. Reputation.com Clearwater Paper Corporation
Delek US Holdings, Inc. Engage3 Xilinx, Inc.
Erie Street Core BTS K12 Inc.
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC Morphic Therapeutic
Gannett Co., Inc. SmartDrive Systems Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
CallisonRTKL GTT Communications, Inc. Bigfinite, Inc.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. Kemin Industries Cynosure, LLC
Aludyne Ebix, Inc. Duolingo
PJ SOLOMON

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Macy’s, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: M) announced that Paula Price, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has made the decision to leave the company as of May 31, 2020. She will continue in her current role until that date, and in order to support a well-ordered transition, Price will remain an advisor to the company through November 2020. Price has served in her current role with Macy’s, Inc since July 2018.

Amir Jafari

Reputation.com [REDWOOD CITY, CA] named Amir Jafari as the company’s new CFO. Jafari most recently spent five years at ServiceNow, where he helped create the Finance and Legal business unit, which he ultimately led as the VP and general manager. Prior to this, he served as the company’s vice president of finance and corporate controller. Jafari also served as senior director of finance and assistant controller at Atmel Corp., and director of financial planning and analysis at InvenSense. Jafari has also held financial positions at Magellan Navigation, AppliedMicro and Memec.

Clearwater Paper Corporation [SPOKANE, WA] (NYSE: CLW)  announced the appointment of Michael (Mike) J. Murphy as senior vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Robert (Bob) G. Hrivnak who will be leaving the company.Murphy joins Clearwater Paper from NxEdge, Inc., where he served as CFO. Prior to NxEdge, he held senior finance, risk management, and strategy positions with Kapstone Paper and Packaging and Boise, Inc. In addition to his industry experience, Mr. Murphy has over 17 years in investment banking with J.P. Morgan Securities and John Nuveen & Co.

Delek US Holdings, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, TN] (NYSE: DK) and Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) announced that Reuven Spiegel will be appointed EVP and assume the role of CFO following the departure of Assi Ginzburg in May. Spiegel has served as a member of the Board of our general partner since July 2014, as a member of the Audit Committee and Conflicts Committee since September 2014 and as a member of the EHS Committee since its inception in October 2016. Prior to joining the Board, Spiegel served as Chief Executive Officer of Israel Discount Bank Ltd. from 2011 through 2014 where he had previously held the position of Executive Vice President from 2001 through 2005. Mr. Spiegel also served as Chief Executive Officer of IDB Bank of NY from 2006 to 2010. He also has experience as an executive in the real estate industry. Spiegel will maintain his position on the Board of DKL and Assi Ginzburg will assist in transitioning responsibilities to Spiegel through first quarter results.

Robert Andrews

Engage3 [DAVIS, CA] announced that Robert Andrews has joined the team as its new Chief Financial Officer. Andrews has spent more than fifteen years in SaaS companies as CFO and COO in industries as varied as manufacturing and biotech. Some of the companies he has worked for include Worcester Controls Corporation, iRobot Corporation, and Mirror Image Internet.

Brice Hill

Xilinx, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced it has appointed Brice Hill to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Hill joins Xilinx from a 25-year tenure at Intel Corporation, where he most recently served as the CFO and COO, Technology, Systems and Core Engineering Group. Prior to that, Hill was Corporate Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Unit finance, including the Data Center, PC, and IoT business units. Hill had also previously held senior finance roles in capacity strategy, PC desktop and chipsets, and the data center at Intel. Prior to Intel, Hill worked at General Motors Corporation where he held various finance positions.

Erie Street [CHICAGO] announced the hire of Matt Hallgren as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Erie Street, Matt served as Chief Financial Officer of Glencoe Capital. Prior to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Press Ganey, and has also held leadership roles at Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., Boeing, and Deloitte.

Kevin Thimjon

Core BTS [NEW YORK] added Kevin Thimjon as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Core, Thimjon served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Lids Sports Group. Prior to Lids Sports Group, Thimjon served in executive leadership roles for a variety of organizations, including chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of Just Marketing, Inc., president and chief financial officer of Bell Industries, Inc. and executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of ISR Solutions, Inc.

K12 Inc. [HERNDON, Va.] (NYSE: LRN) announced the appointment of Timothy Medina as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) while James Rhyu will take on the newly formed role of President – Corporate Strategy, Marketing, and Technology. Rhyu has served as K12’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013 and was performing the dual roles of CFO and President of Products and Technology. Medina most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TPx Communications. Prior to his role at TPx Communications, Medina served as CFO of ECI Conference Call Services. He has also served as CFO, and in senior leadership positions for Independent Wireless One Holdings, Verizon Communications, CTI Holdings, CANTV, and GTE Corporation.

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. [PETALUMA, CA] announced the appointment of B. John Lindeman as its new Chief Financial Officer. Lindeman most recently he served as chief financial officer and corporate secretary at Calavo Growers, Inc. Prior to joining Calavo in 2015, he held various leadership positions within the finance and investment banking industries, including serving as managing director at Sageworth Trust Company, managing director and co-head of the consumer and retail group at Janney Montgomery Scott, managing director at Stifel Nicolaus and principal at Legg Mason. Prior to joining Legg Mason, he was a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Michael Garamoni

Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC [VERO BEACH, FL] appointed Michael Garamoni as Chief Financial Officer. Garamoni has spent the past 13 years in finance, reporting and planning, which included roles as Vice President of Global Finance for Ryan Specialty Group, LLC., and at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP.

Morphic Therapeutic [WALTHAM, MA] (NASDAQ: MORF) announced the appointment of Marc Schegerin, M.D., as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Dr. Schegerin was most recently chief financial officer of ArQule. Prior to this role, Dr. Schegerin served in various senior healthcare investment banking roles at CitiGroup and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Gannett Co., Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GCI) announced the appointment of Douglas E. Horne as our new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Horne served as Global Controller for The We Company (WeWork). He previously spent eight years at Warner Media LLC (formerly Time Warner Inc.), most recently as Senior Vice President and Controller. Before joining Warner Media LLC, he served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer for AOL Inc.

Christopher Saunders

SmartDrive Systems [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Christopher Saunders as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently CFO at Capsule Technologies, Saunders previously held senior level and CFO responsibilities for a variety of Qualcomm companies, including Qualcomm Life, Snaptracs, Qualcomm Labs, FLO TV and Qualcomm Ventures over a 14-year period. Prior to Qualcomm, he was vice president of finance at SupplyPro.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, NY] (NYSE: TARO) announced the appointment of Daphne Huang as Vice President, CFO and Chief Accounting Officer. Huang has over 20 years of senior executive experience in finance; most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at Humanwell Healthcare USA & Puracap International. Prior to Humanwell, Huang held progressively responsible positions in the financial service sector and debt capital markets working for companies such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, FleetBoston, GE Capital and HSBC.

Ashraf M. Fahmy

CallisonRTKL [Washington, DC] announced that Ashraf M. Fahmy joined the practice as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Fahmy joins CallisonRTKL from CHA Inc. in Atlanta where he was Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to his time with CHA Inc. he was CFO of International Engineering and Construction for AMEC Foster Wheeler and Regional Controller for URS Corporation.

GTT Communications, Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GTT) announced that Steven Berns has joined the GTT leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining GTT, he served as Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Shutterstock. Prior to his tenure at Shutterstock, Berns served in several executive leadership roles, including as Chief Financial Officer at the Tribune Media Company, and Revlon.

David Merino

Bigfinite, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that David Merino has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Bigfinite as CFO, David Merino was the Managing Director for Novartis Integrated Services Limited, after spending five years as part of their Corporate CFO Leadership program. Prior to that, he served as CFO for Novartis Ringaskiddy Limited.

Aaron Deer

Columbia Banking System, Inc. [TACOMA, WA] and Columbia Bank (NASDAQ: COLB) announced that Aaron Deer has been appointed Columbia’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective on or before April 30, 2020. Deer’s appointment is the result of an extensive national search following the departure of Greg Sigrist in February 2020. Deer was most recently a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Sandler. Prior to Piper Sandler, Deer provided research coverage on a variety of regional and national banks for RBC Capital Markets, and he supervised research and valuation teams for a middle-market M&A boutique. Mr. Deer began his career serving in a variety of frontline and back-office positions at community banks.

Patrick Wood

Kemin Industries [DES MOINES, IA] appointed Patrick Wood, formerly Vice President of Finance for Kemin Nutrisurance, as Chief Financial Officer. Wood joined Kemin in 2013 as a senior accountant before becoming an accounting manager a year later. The following year, he was promoted to controller for Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – North America, and in 2015 became finance director for the business unit. In 2018, Wood took on the position of Vice President of Finance for Kemin Nutrisurance. Wood succeeds Tammi Guldenpfennig, a longtime Kemin leader who spent 30 years with the company.

Cynosure, LLC [WESTFORD, MA] announced the appointment of David Long as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Until recently, Long served as CFO at Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. Prior to his time at Corindus, Long spent nearly a decade at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he held the position of Vice President of Finance of the Laboratory Equipment Division.

Conrad M. Hein

Aludyne [SOUTHFIELD, MI] announced that Conrad M. Hein has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Hein served as the Vice President of Finance – Global Manufacturing and Vice President of Finance – North America for Cooper Standard.

Ebix, Inc. [JOHNS CREEK, GA] (NASDAQ: EBIX) announced an addition to its leadership team with the appointment of Steven M. Hamil (Steve) as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer. Hamil joins Ebix from Regions Financial Corporation where he began in 2013 as Senior Vice President and Managing Director. Hamil has extensive experience in banking and capital markets with NationsBanc Capital Markets (now Bank of America) and Wachovia Capital Markets (Wells Fargo). Through his career, Hamil has held senior financial and accounting leadership roles as Vice President and Controller and subsequently being appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Movie Gallery, Inc. Robert Kerris, former CFO, will remain with the company reporting to Mr. Hamil and will oversee Ebix’s SEC reporting and financial planning and analysis.

Duolingo [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of Matt Skaruppa as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Skaruppa comes to Duolingo with more than 15 years of finance and operations experience, most recently as a senior member of Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. Prior to that, he spent five years as an operating executive for KKR Capstone.

Andrew Fascia

PJ SOLOMON [NEW YORK], a leading financial advisory firm and independently operated affiliate of Natixis, announced that Andrew Fascia has joined as the firm’s new Chief Financial Officer. Fascia most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of boutique investment bank Greentech Capital Advisors. Prior to that, he was a senior associate in the finance team at Citadel Investment Group. He began his career in audit at Ernst & Young.

CFO Moves – week ending April 17, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Mohawk Industries, Inc. Shutterfly, Inc. Lexmark
Altria Group, Inc. Momentive Performance Materials Immunic, Inc.
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. Incident IQ, LLC Wheel
U.S. Oral Surgery Management Motus Altamira Technologies Corporation
Beacon Controlled Contamination Services Potbelly Corporation
MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC Woodward, Inc.

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Mohawk Industries, Inc. [CALHOUN, GA] (NYSE: MHK) announced the appointment of Frank H. Boykin as chief financial officer. Boykin previously served as Mohawk’s chief financial officer from 2005 to 2019. He initially joined the Company as corporate controller in 1993. Boykin retired in 2019 and has continued to support the business as a senior consultant for the past year. Glenn Landau, former chief financial officer, left the Company to pursue other interests.

Vivian Liu

Shutterfly, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA]  announced the appointment of Vivian Liu as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Vivian was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Lexmark International. Prior to Lexmark, Vivian served as vice president of finance, Enterprise BG, for Huawei Technology Inc. Before that, Vivian spent eight years in finance positions with Cisco Systems based in the Silicon Valley, most recently as director of finance, U.S. Enterprise Segment Sales and Service. Earlier in her career, Vivian held finance positions with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, Goldman Sachs, and Deloitte & Touche LLP in Connecticut, New York and San Francisco. She began her career with China Merchants Bank in Shanghai.

Chuck Butler

Lexmark [LEXINGTON, KY] announced that Chuck Butler has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. Butler succeeds Vivian Liu, who has decided to pursue another opportunity outside Lexmark. Most recently Butler served as vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior roles include vice president of Sales Operations and Business Analytics, director of Corporate Finance, and senior manager of Financial Planning and Analysis. He joined Lexmark in 2004 as a senior financial analyst. Prior to joining Lexmark, Butler worked in finance roles at Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, LG&E and KU Energy, and the J. Peterman Company.

Altria Group, Inc. [RICHMOND, VA] (NYSE: MO) announced that upon the promotion of Billy Gifford to serve as Altria’s CEO from his most recent role as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, the company appointed Salvatore Mancuso Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Manucuso was Senior Vice President, Finance and Procurement.

Momentive Performance Materials [WATERFORD, NY] named Cris Barros as its new Chief Financial Officer. Barros came to Momentive after 12 years with The Mosaic Company, most recently serving as VP of Finance, responsible for Controllership and Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior roles include Business Unit CFO, VP – Finance for Commercial, VP – Corporate Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and Director of Business Development. Before Mosaic, Cris held multiple finance and business roles with companies such as Carval Investors, Cargill, Banco Boavista Interatlantico, and BancoFrances e Brasileiro.

Immunic, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: IMUX) announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Sanjay S. Patel who has resigned to pursue opportunities in the nonprofit sector. Glenn Whaley, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller, has been promoted to the position of Vice President Finance.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. [DULUTH, GA] (NYSE: ABG) announced that Patrick (“PJ”) Guido will join the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 11, 2020. Guido joins the Company from lululemon athletica inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer since April 2018. Prior to that, Guido spent seven years at VF Corporation. During his seven-year tenure at VF Corporation, he served as Treasurer and Vice President of Corporate Development. Previously, Guido served in roles of increasing responsibilities at The Home Depot, Inc. and Saks Incorporated.

Incident IQ, LLC [ATLANTA] announced that Mike Hickey has been named to the company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Incident IQ, Hickey worked for ScanSource where he served in various leadership roles for the last 20 years. Previously, Hickey co-founded a cloud tech company—the startup was later acquired by ScanSource. Prior to these experiences Hickey began his career in finance as an accountant for a Manhattan CPA firm.

Wheel [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of chief financial officer Chris Donus. Donus comes to Wheel from Lyft and Silvercar, where he served as Vice President of Express Drive and President and Chief Operating Officer, respectively.

Henry H. Moomaw III

U.S. Oral Surgery Management (USOSM) [IRVING, TEXAS] named Henry H. Moomaw III as chief financial officer. Previously, Moomaw served as CFO for Excalibur Resources and TEAK Midstream in the energy sector. Prior to that, he spent 13 years as VP controller for Animal Health International. Moomaw also served as controller for Fireboard Corp, assistant controller for Hadson Corp, a senior analyst for Electronic Data Systems and an auditor with Arthur Andersen.

Motus [BOSTON] announced it has appointed Karen O’Byrne as Chief Financial Officer. O’Byrne joins Motus following former CFO Tim Brown’s transition to Chief Corporate Development Officer at Motus earlier this year.

Altamira Technologies Corporation [MCLEAN, VA] announced that Adam Omar has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Adam has been the CFO at two successful equity-backed companies and held leadership positions at large systems integrators and software firms, including SAIC, Software AG, and LexisNexis.

Beacon [HERNDON, VA] (NASDAQ: BECN) announced the appointment of Frank A. Lonegro as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lonegro will join Beacon on April 20, 2020 and assume his role as Chief Financial Officer on or about May 15, 2020 as current Chief Financial Officer Joseph Nowicki transitions his duties. Prior to joining Beacon, Lonegro had a career at CSX Corporation, where he served for nineteen years, culminating as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2015-2019. Prior to joining CSX, Lonegro practiced law for seven years.

Chris Reinmiller

Controlled Contamination Services [SAN DIEGO] announced Chris Reinmiller as the new Chief Financial Officer for the company. Reinmiller comes to CCS from CW Wright Construction where he served as the CFO. Prior to that Reinmiller was the Vice President of Business Operations for PrimeLine Utility Services. Chris also worked for Microsoft’s Data Center Construction group.

Potbelly Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced that Steven W. Cirulis joined as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Cirulis has been with Potbelly since December 2019, serving in a strategic planning, finance and analytical consulting role. Most recently, Cirulis served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects at Panera Bread. Prior to his role at Panera Bread, Cirulis was the Global Vice President, Corporate Strategy at McDonald’s, Senior Director of Strategy, Business Development and Insights, Gap Brand at Gap, Inc., and was Associate Partner at Prophet, Inc.

MOD Super-Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Josh Guenser as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Guenser joins MOD after spending the last 10+ years at Starbucks, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Finance, Americas. During his tenure at Starbucks, he also held vice president and director-level roles in finance – focused on retail operations, global supply chain and reporting. Prior to Starbucks, Guenser was at KPMG for over seven years.

Woodward, Inc. [FORT COLLINS, CO] (NASDAQ: WWD) announced that Robert (“Bob”) F. Weber, Jr., resumed the role of Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer. Concurrently, Jonathan (“Jack”) W. Thayer, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, will depart the Company. Weber has 15 years of service with Woodward and over 40 years of industry experience. He served as Chief Financial Officer from August 2005 until September 2019 and as Vice Chairman since October 2011. Mr. Weber previously announced his intention to retire in 2020, but in January 2020, the Company announced that he had postponed his retirement indefinitely, and he remained with the Company as Vice Chairman.

CFO Moves – week ending April 24, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Tangoe Blucora, Inc. Casper Sleep Inc.
TerrAscend Corp. Sunrun First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
Hub Group Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Daseke, Inc.
USA Truck Inc. Applied Molecular Transport Catalina
CSW Industrials, Inc. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Hayward Industries, Inc.
GTB Crenlo Engineered Cabs Sierra Pacific Mortgage
Trex Company, Inc. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

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Arun Shivdasani

Tangoe [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] announced the appointment of Arun Shivdasani as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, he has held leadership roles at Geller & Co, where he served as CFO of Bloomberg Government and CFO of Bloomberg Global Data. Before Geller & Co, he served as the VP of Finance at Laureate Online Education and CFO at Walden University. Early in his career, he also worked at Marriott International, E*Trade Financial, Progress Energy and HDFC Bank.

Keith Stauffer

TerrAscend Corp. [TORONTO & NEW YORK] (CSE: TER, OTCQX: TRSSF) announced the appointment of Keith Stauffer as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Most recently, Stauffer served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Global Consumer Beauty Division at Coty, Inc. Prior to his role at Coty, Stauffer spent 10 years at The Hershey Company holding various senior financial positions, including Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the international business. Prior to Hershey, Stauffer held various positions at Dell Technologies and Procter & Gamble.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Marc Mehlman joined Blucora as Chief Financial Officer and will succeed interim CFO Mimi Carsley who will remain with Blucora as Treasurer and SVP of FP&A and Procurement. Mehlman served in various leadership positions over the last 15 years at Thomson Reuters Corporation. Most recently he was General Manager. Prior to that he served as Managing Director of ONESOURCE Direct Tax; Vice President Finance/Operations of ONESOURCE; Vice President Investor Relations; Vice President Business Development; Head of Financial Strategy – Sales & Trading; and Director of Finance – Scientific Division. Before joining Thomson Reuters, Mehlman served as a portfolio manager at investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein.

Casper Sleep Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: CSPR) announced that Greg Macfarlane, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, will depart the Company effective May 15, 2020 in order to assume a senior executive role outside of the Sleep industry. Stuart Brown is joining the Company to assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 15. Previously, Brown served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Iron Mountain Inc., from July 2016 to February 2020. Prior to that, Brown served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., from September 2011 to July 2016.

Sunrun [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: RUN) announced that Tom vonReichbauer will be joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was a Vice President at Google after serving as Chief Business Officer of Nest from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, vonReichbauer served as the CFO of Nest from 2013 to 2015. vonReichbauer previously held management roles in the finance organization at Tesla from 2008 into 2013. Prior to Tesla, vonRiechbauer was in the finance organization at Ford Motor Company.

James R. Gordon

First Financial Bankshares, Inc. [ABILENE, Texas] (NASDAQ: FFIN) announced James R. Gordon as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to replace J. Bruce Hildebrand upon his previously announced retirement in August 2020.  Gordon most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of FB Financial Corporation. Other banking experience includes Union Planters Corporation, National Commerce Financial Corporation and The South Financial Group. His public accounting experience includes serving as an assurance and advisory services partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, BDO and HORNE.

Hub Group [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NASDAQ: HUBG) announced that Terri Pizzuto, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has decided to retire effective June 30, 2020. Pizzuto will remain an employee of the company until June 30, 2021 to assist with the transition of her duties. Hub Group also announced that Pizzuto will be succeeded by Geoff DeMartino as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of July 1, 2020. DeMartino joined Hub Group in 2016 as Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, and has led the acquisitions of Estenson Logistics and CaseStack and the divestiture of Mode Transportation.  Prior to joining Hub, DeMartino spent over 15 years in a variety of financial roles including corporate development and investment banking.

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ESRT) announced the appointment of Christina Chiu as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Chiu will join Empire State Realty Trust following an 18-year career at Morgan Stanley, where she had been a Managing Director since 2014. She currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Global Listed Real Assets business at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. She began her career as a real estate investment banking analyst where she worked on both principal investing and strategic advisory transactions.

Daseke, Inc. [ADDISON, Texas] (NASDAQ: DSKE) announced that it has named Jason Bates as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bates joins Daseke from USA Truck, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2017. Prior to joining USA Truck, Bates served as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations Officer at Swift Transportation Company, holding a variety of finance, treasury and accounting roles with increasing scope and responsibility since joining the company in 2003. Bates began his career in corporate finance at Honeywell International, in the Aerospace Division.

USA Truck Inc. [VAN BUREN, Ark.] (NASDAQ: USAK) announced that Zachary King has been appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. King has served as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2017 and has been with the Company since 2015. He succeeds Jason Bates, who is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining USA Truck, King served in a variety of finance and accounting roles for ABB Ltd, Samson Resources Corporation, and Deloitte.

Applied Molecular Transport [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Shawn Cross as the company’s chief financial officer. Prior to this appointment, Cross was at JMP Securities where he served as managing director and co-head of healthcare investment banking. Previously, Cross held various investment banking roles at top financial institutions in New York, London and San Francisco including managing director in healthcare investment banking at Deutsche Bank Securities, managing director and head of biopharmaceutical investment banking at Wells Fargo Securities, amongst others. Cross also brings operational experience from his time on the executive management team at GT Biopharma.

Bob Reich

Catalina [ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] announced Robert “Bob” Reich joined as Chief Financial Officer. For the last five years, Reich served as EVP and CFO of Tampa-based Syniverse Holdings, Inc. Previously, he was SVP and CFO for Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. from 2007-15. Before that, he served as VP, Controller and Treasurer for McLeodUSA from 2002-07, and as Assistant VP, Corporate Financial Planning and Assistant Controller at Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation from 1993-2002.

CSW Industrials, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: CSWI) announced that James E. Perry will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following the issuance of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020. To ensure a seamless transition, Perry will assist the Company in a consulting capacity until he assumes the CFO role.  Gregg Branning, the current CSW Industrials CFO, will depart the Company at the end of May 2020 after four years of dedicated service. Perry most recently served as CFO of Trinity Industries, from 2010 to 2019. Prior to his role as CFO, Perry held various roles of increasing responsibility at Trinity, including in Finance and Treasury. Prior to that, he was a senior financial executive at RMH Teleservices, including serving as CFO. Perry began his career at JP Morgan Chase & Co. in the investment banking division, spent time in a consulting group at Ernst & Young LLP.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: AEO) announced that Mike Mathias has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bob Madore, AEO’s current Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company. He will remain with AEO in a senior advisory role reporting to Jay Schottenstein, Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, through September 2020. Since 2017, Mathias has served as AEO’s Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. Mike started his career with AEO in 1998 as Manager of Finance for stores and operations, rising through the organization with progressive leadership positions across finance and operational areas including e-commerce, store finance, Aerie planning, strategy and business development. From 2016 to 2017, he departed AEO to serve as VP, Financial Planning and Analysis at General Nutrition Centers, Inc. Mike began his career at the May Company.

Hayward Industries, Inc. [BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.] announced that Eifion S. Jones has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Anthony Colucci, who is departing to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining Hayward, Jones was CFO of Cornerstone Chemical Company for 9 years. Prior to Cornerstone, he spent 21 years with Akzo Nobel, where he held financial and managerial leadership roles in the Americas and Europe, including EVP and General Manager for their Americas Oil & Gas protective coatings business and prior to that, EVP and CFO for their Americas industrial coatings business. He began his financial career with Courtaulds Plc in their European fibers businesses prior to its sale to Akzo Nobel.

Kevin Krupski

GTB [DEARBORN, Mich.] announced that Kevin Krupski has been named global chief financial officer. Prior to this appointment, Krupski’s role was SVP, client finance lead at Digitas for both the Boston and Detroit offices as well as group client finance lead for a top holding company assignment. Prior to that role, he was in operations at Boston Consulting Group.

John Lenga

Crenlo Engineered Cabs [ROCHESTER, Minn.] announced John Lenga has been named Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Crenlo, Lenga served as the North America CEO and CFO for Autoneum. Previously, Lenga served as the leader of Financial Planning & Operational Analysis at AGG Tower International, and began his career as a Financial Analyst at Ford Motor Company.

Curtis Dair

Sierra Pacific Mortgage [Folsom, CA] announced the hiring of Curtis Dair as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). For the past seven years, Dair held that title of CFO for Opes Advisors, Inc./ Opes Advisors, a Division of Flagstar Bank. Dair also served as Director of Operational Risk Management and Controller for Rabobank, N.A., serving the food and agriculture industry. Prior to Rabobank, Dair spent seven years at Golden 1 Credit Union, first as Controller and later as Chief Lending Officer. In addition, Curtis was CFO for Bancorp Financial Services. Curtis spent four years in various positions with IndyMac Bank and seven years with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Trex Company, Inc. [WINCHESTER, Va.] (NYSE: TREX) announced that it has named Dennis Schemm to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Schemm succeeds Bryan H. Fairbanks, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will assume the position of President and Chief Executive Officer on April 29, 2020. Most recently, Schemm served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Continental Building Products from 2015 until its acquisition by CertainTeed, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, in early 2020. Previously, he held senior financial roles at Armstrong Flooring and Danaher Corporation, following a 15-year career at Monsanto Company.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield [Baltimore] hired Jenny Smith as the organization’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CareFirst, Smith spent 20 years at Kaiser Permanente, with her latest role as CFO for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan for the Northwest United States.

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. [TALLAHASSEE, FL] (CSE: TRUL, OTC: TCNNF) announced that it has appointed Alex D’Amico as its Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2020.  The Company’s Controller and Director of Financial Reporting, Ryan Blust, has been appointed Interim CFO effective April 24, 2020, and will lead the finance department and activities until D’Amico joins Trulieve. Most recently, D’Amico was the VP Finance/Controller for Telaria. Previously, he held a senior finance role at Cognizant, a NASDAQ-listed global IT services company, as well as several publicly traded technology and healthcare firms such as Quest Diagnostics, and Synvista Therapeutics. Blust joined Trulieve in September 2018. Prior to that Blust served as the Controller at Vector Solutions. Blust previously served as CFO for Honeycomb Company of America, and as Assistant Controller for Marinemax. The Company also announced that it has accepted the resignation of Mohan Srinivasan, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.


CFO Moves – week ending May 1, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Branch Ceres Global Ag Corp.
Zosano Pharma Corporation Blue Bird Corporation Vista Outdoor Inc.
Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. ImageWare® Systems, Inc. CSC
Equity Bancshares, Inc. Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. Costar Technologies, Inc.
Arlo Technologies, Inc. Health Partners Plans First Northwest Bancorp
EmblemHealth NetDocuments Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, Inc.
oneZero Financial Systems Planful, Inc. The Pohlad Companies
Integral Ad Science Agilyx Corporation Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
High Point Jewelry Gotransverse ViewRay, Inc.
BVI Eventus Systems, Inc. Sera-Brynn, LLC

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. [UNION, NJ] (NASDAQ: BBBY) announced the appointment of Gustavo Arnal as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Treasurer.  Arnal joins the Company following his previous role as Group CFO of Avon, prior to which he held senior positions at Walgreens Boots Alliance and Procter & Gamble. Bed Bath & Beyond’s current CFO & Treasurer Robyn D’Elia is departing the Company. Prior to Avon, Arnal was CFO, International Divisions and Global Functions at Walgreens Boots Alliance.  He previously served in senior positions at Procter & Gamble, including CFO of India, Middle East and Africa, CFO Global Fabric and Home Care, and CFO Global Personal Beauty.

Brian Whalen

Branch [Minneapolis] announced the appointment of Brian Whalen as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Branch, he served as the CFO and co-founder of Blispay, a point of sale company that was acquired by Alliance Data Systems in 2019. Prior to Blispay, he was the Chief Financial Officer of NetworkForGood.com. Whalen has also served as the CFO of Global Credit for PayPal, the Head of North American Business Development at PayPal, and he was part of the founding team of BillMeLater in 2000, which was subsequently acquired by PayPal in 2008.

Ceres Global Ag Corp. [MINNEAPOLIS] (TSX: CRP) announced the hire of Jay Bierley to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Bierley replaces Interim Chief Financial Officer John Haug. Haug will remain with Ceres in an advisory role to assist with Mr. Bierley’s transition and a variety of other matters until the end of the fiscal year. Bierley joins Ceres from Bunge where he worked across North America and Asia in regional and global CFO and financial leadership roles for 18 years.

Zosano Pharma Corporation [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ZSAN) announced the appointment of Christine Matthews as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Matthews was most recently the interim CFO at Zosano, a position she was appointed to after having served as the company’s vice president and corporate controller. Previously, Matthews was as an accounting and financial consultant with RGP. Her past positions include senior director of financial planning & analysis at Cepheid, as well as group director of finance at Cadence Design Systems. Matthews began her career with Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Blue Bird Corporation [MACON, Ga.] (NASDAQ: BLBD) announced the appointment of Jeff Taylor as CFO, effective June 1, 2020. Phil Tighe will be stepping down as CFO effective June 1, 2020. Most recently Taylor served as Chief Financial Officer at Wabash National Corporation.

Sudhanshu Priyadarshi

Vista Outdoor Inc. [ANOKA, Minn.] (NYSE: VSTO) announced the appointment of Sudhanshu Priyadarshi as Vista Outdoor’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Priyadarshi succeeds Mick Lopez, who will be leaving the Company after a transition period. Priyadarshi most recently worked as CFO of Flexport and before that, VP of Finance for Walmart’s e-commerce business.  Priyadarshi began his career at PepsiCo, spending 14 years there in a variety of finance, planning and strategy-related roles, concluding as CFO for PepsiCo’s Global R&D and Global Nutritional Platforms.

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NYSE American: IMH) announced that Paul Licon, the Company’s current Chief Accounting Officer / Controller has assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer as part of a planned transition. Licon has been with Impac since April 2016. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Manager and as a Principal with the accounting firms KPMG and Squar Milner, respectively. Chief Financial Officer Brian Kuelbs has stepped down effective April 30, 2020 to pursue other professional opportunities.

ImageWare® Systems, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (OTCQB: IWSY) announced the appointment of Jonathan D. Morris as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). His career includes key leadership positions with a large private family office in New York. He also had key roles with the Blackstone Group, Credit Suisse, Gain Capital, and Lombard, Odier et Cie. Most recently, he joins ImageWare from American Patriot Brands, where he served as the CFO.

CSC [WILMINGTON, Del.] announced that Tom Porth, executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), has communicated his plan to retire in early July 2020. EJ Dealy, executive vice president and head of Corporate Development, has been elected to succeed Porth as CFO. Effective April 27, 2020, Dealy became the CFO. Dealy joined CSC in 2010 following a career in manufacturing and consulting.

Eric Newell

Equity Bancshares, Inc. [WICHITA, Kan.] (NASDAQ: EQBK), the holding company of Equity Bank, announced the hire of Eric R. Newell as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Chief Financial Officer Gregory H. Kossover is now Chief Operating Officer. Newell will join Equity on April 30, 2020 and assume CFO duties after the completion of the second quarter reporting period and following the filing of Equity’s second quarter 10-Q, after June 30, 2020. Newell joins Equity after most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at United Bank, a subsidiary of United Financial Bancorp, Inc.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. [KAPALUA RESORT, Hawaii] appointed Michael S. Hotta as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 26, 2020. Prior to joining Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., he served as Chief Operating Officer of DK Restaurants in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Costar Technologies, Inc. [COPPELL, Texas] (OTC Markets Group: CSTI) announced that Sarah Ryder has been named Chief Financial Officer. Ryder joined Costar as the Corporate Controller in 2015. She held previous positions at CBIZ, Inc., Cricket Communications Inc., and RSM.

Arlo Technologies, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NYSE: ARLO) announced that Christine Gorjanc, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will retire from her role, effective June 15, 2020. Gordon Mattingly, Arlo’s Senior Vice President, Finance since July 2018, will take over Gorjanc’s roles, effective as of Gorjanc’s retirement. Mattingly previously served in various senior leadership roles in Finance and Operations at Netgear over the past decade and was an instrumental part of the separation and launch of Arlo. Ms. Gorjanc has agreed to remain in the CFO role until June 15 to ensure a smooth transition.

Kevin Clancy

Health Partners Plans (HPP) [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Kevin Clancy joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Clancy served as vice president and chief financial officer for UnitedHealthcare/Rocky Mountain Health Plans in Colorado. Previously, Clancy was vice president, finance, chief financial officer and interim chief operating officer at FamilyCare. Prior to FamilyCare, Clancy served as the vice president, finance for Anthem/Amerigroup in Houston, Texas.

First Northwest Bancorp [PORT ANGELES, Wash.] (NASDAQ: FNWB), the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Port Angeles, announced the promotion of Geri Bullard to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Bullard had been serving as Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of First Federal. Bullard joined the bank earlier this year as SVP and Treasurer and was promoted to Interim Chief Financial Officer following the departure of Regina Wood in March 2020. Prior to joining First Federal, Bullard served as Controller at Salal Credit Union, located in Seattle, from August 2018 to January 2020, and Chief Financial Officer of First Sound Bank, also in Seattle, from February 2017 to August 2018. She also served as a Bank Examiner for the State of Idaho from February 2012 to October 2014.

The EmblemHealth family of companies [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Heather Tamborino as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Finance for Highmark Inc. and CFO of Gateway Health Plan.

NetDocuments [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the addition of Hugo Doetsch as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining NetDocuments, Hugo served as Head of Finance, Investor Relations, and Strategy & Corporate Development for Ping Identity and previously was Global Head of Services Investment Banking for Citigroup in New York, NY. Doetsch replaces Pete Childs, who retired from his position as NetDocuments CFO in April.

Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] announced Paul Evans has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Sevan, he served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Hill International, Chief Financial Officer at MYR Group, Chief Executive Officer at Conex Energy Corporation and Treasurer at NorthWestern Energy.

oneZero Financial Systems [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Fraser McHardy has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. McHardy’s experience includes prior financial leadership roles at State Street Corporation where he was CFO for the Global Markets, Global Exchange and CRD business units, which included the FX technology platforms Currenex and FX Connect. Prior to State Street, McHardy held senior financial positions at BNY Mellon, Bank of Scotland and Deloitte.

Planful, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that Shane Hansen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Planful, Hansen served as Divisional CFO for Vivint Smart Home, where he had previously served as Vice President (VP) of Finance, Strategy, Innovation & Business Development. Before that role, Hansen held several key financial analytics, go-to-market, and value creation leadership positions with security software leader Symantec, steadily rising through the ranks to become the VP of Finance, Enterprise Security.

Dennis Goetz

The Pohlad Companies [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Dennis Goetz has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Goetz has nearly 30 years of experience in finance and accounting roles in both public and private companies, including Carlson Companies, Buca di Beppo, and United Sports Brands. Most recently, Goetz was the founder and principal of Boyd Consulting Group, LLC.

Eu-Gene Sung

Integral Ad Science (IAS) [NEW YORK] announced Eu-Gene Sung has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Sung joins IAS after spending three years as the Chief Financial Officer of BSE Global. Prior to BSE Global, Sung spent nearly eleven years within Interpublic Group in various roles. She was also previously CFO of McCann New York.

Agilyx Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced the addition of Russell Main as Chief Financial Officer. Main will be assuming the CFO position from William Cooper, who has held a dual role as CFO and SVP of Corporate Strategy and Development for the past three years. This move allows Cooper to focus on the growing business development pipeline and growth opportunities the Company is supporting.

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. [VICTORIA, British Columbia & ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NASDAQ: AUPH, TSX: AUP) announced the appointment of Joe Miller as Chief Financial Officer. Dennis Bourgeault will be retiring from that role after serving the Company for more than two decades. Most recently, Miller served as Chief Financial Officer, Principal Executive Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Cerecor, Inc. Miller currently serves as a director on Cerecor’s Board. Prior to Cerecor, Miller was the Vice President of Finance at Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Sucampo, he served in various progressive finance and management roles at QIAGEN, Eppendorf and KPMG LLP.

High Point Jewelry [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Pam Donner, formerly CFO, moves to CEO. Kelly Arnold, formerly Controller, moves to CFO.

Sean Daniel

Gotransverse [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Sean Daniel would assume the role of Chief Financial Officer for the company. Daniel joined Gotransverse in 2018 as Vice President of Finance. Before joining Gotransverse, Sean held leadership roles with Upland Software, Dell, and Continental Airlines.

ViewRay, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: VRAY) announced that Zach Stassen has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective May 18, 2020. Most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Bolder Surgical. Prior to Bolder Surgical, he held various finance and business development roles at Spectranetics, including Vice President of Finance, before its acquisition by Royal Philips. Previously, Stassen was Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer at Emerge Medical, which was acquired by Cardinal Health. He also spent time with the Piper Sandler (formerly Piper Jaffray) medical technology investment banking group. Stassen replaces interim CFO Brian Knaley.

BVI [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that it has named David Murray as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, David served as Chief Financial Officer of Alcon AG from 2015 until its spin-off from Novartis Group AG in 2019.  During his 19 years with Novartis, David also served as CFO for its Vaccines & Diagnostics division, as well as several other senior finance leadership roles within the Pharma division. Prior to Novartis, he held senior leadership roles at General Motors, Swiss Bank Corp, and British Petroleum.

Eventus Systems, Inc. [AUSTIN] announced the appointment of Perry Barth as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Barth served most recently for four years as Vice President and CFO for Alchemy Systems. Previously, he was Vice President and CFO for Uplogix Inc. Earlier roles included Vice President of Finance and Worldwide Corporate Controller for Borland Software and Senior Controller of Cisco Systems Inc.

Samuel P. Morthland

Sera-Brynn, LLC [SUFFOLK, Va] announced it has promoted Samuel P. Morthland to the role of Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves – week ending May 8, 2020

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PlanSource Curtiss-Wright Corporation SHRM
HawkEye 360 Inc. Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Oligomerix, Inc.
Venbrook Group, LLC Del Real Foods Unity Bancorp, Inc.
Nordson Corporation R1 RCM Inc. Northpointe Bank
West Cancer Center & Research Institute Lodo Therapeutics Corp. Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd.
VIZIO, Inc. NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Usermind
EVERSANA CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. AZZ Inc.
Central States Water Resources Aware, Inc. HF Foods Group Inc.
Freshworks Inc. SutroVax Spruce Biosciences
The Doe Run Company FogPharma Immunocore
Insteel Industries, Inc. Neenah, Inc.

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Harsh Chugh

PlanSource [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced that Harsh Chugh has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Chugh was VP and Functional COO for Global Markets with IBM. Harsh joins PlanSource from IBM, where he held various leadership positions, most recently as functional Chief Operating Officer for global sales-driving sales operations and transformation. Prior to this role, Chugh operated as CFO & COO of its Digital Business Group.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation [DAVIDSON, N.C.] (NYSE: CW) announced that Glenn E. Tynan, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire after a distinguished 20-year career with the Company, with the past 18 years as CFO. Tynan will continue to serve as a Vice President of the Company to assist the Executive Team with the transition until his retirement this fall. K. Christopher Farkas has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Farkas has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since 2017. Farkas was named Vice President of Finance of Curtiss-Wright Corporation in December 2017. Previously, he held the positions of Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2014, and also served as Assistant Corporate Controller since May 2009. Prior to joining Curtiss-Wright, he spent more than 17 years in financial, technical and operational roles of increasing responsibility within Fortune 50/250 industrial companies including United Technologies Corporation and Parker Hannifin.

SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced Keith Green as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. At Deutsche Bank/Bankers Trust, Keith served as chief of staff to the CEO. Before joining SHRM, Green was an independent consultant providing strategic advisory services for SHRM’s businesses. Previously, Green held executive positions in strategy, human resources, business operations, and consulting at organizations including Aurea Software, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Freddie Mac, and McKinsey.

David Farnsworth

HawkEye 360 Inc. [HERNDON, Va.] announced that David Farnsworth has been named HawkEye 360’s Chief Financial Officer. Farnsworth started at Raytheon in 1982 and worked his way up the company to become Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Integrated Defense Systems. Previously, he was the CFO for the Intelligence, Information and Services segment of Raytheon and worked at Raytheon Corporate headquarters. In 2007, Farnsworth was appointed CFO for Raytheon Technical Services Company. Prior to that, he was vice president and deputy director of Integrated Communications Systems for Raytheon Network Centric Systems and CFO of the company’s former government and defense business.

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DRNA) announced that Douglas Pagán will become Dicerna’s chief financial officer (CFO), effective May 26, 2020. Dicerna previously announced the retirement of its current CFO, Jack Green, who will continue with the Company in a consulting capacity to ensure a successful transition. Pagán is currently completing his service as CFO and secretary of KSQ Therapeutics. Prior to KSQ, Pagán served for five years as CFO of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Paratek, Pagán held roles of increasing responsibility at Acceleron Pharma, Inc., Biogen Idec (now Biogen), Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. He also worked in the investment banking division at J.P. Morgan Securities early in his career. Pagán serves on the Board of Directors of Ziopharm Oncology.

Oligomerix, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Robert Foerster has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Foerster had experience across numerous financial, therapeutic and functional areas during his 28 years with Pfizer. His roles included Senior Director Commercial Development for Emerging Markets, Senior Director Business Development – Japan. He was Director/Team Leader – Neuroscience for New Product Development, which included the development of Chantix, and Director of Financial Operations for the Africa Middle East region.

Joseph Orlando

Venbrook Group, LLC [WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.] welcomes Joseph Orlando as new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Venbrook Group, Orlando’s 25 year career included CFO roles at Concord Blue Energy, Hyman, Inc., and Suncor Capital.

Del Real Foods [MIRA LOMA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Manuel Martinez as its new Chief Financial Officer. Martinez most recently served as CFO of Nellson Nutraceutical, and as EVP and CFO of Windsor Quality.

Unity Bancorp, Inc. [CLINTON, N.J.] (NASDAQ: UNTY), parent company of Unity Bank, announced that Anthony L. Cossetti will be joining the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 8, 2020.  Cossetti has over 25 years of finance and accounting experience, most recently at Beneficial Bancorp, Philadelphia, PA, as Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer.  Cossetti currently serves as a Finance Committee Member for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, where he was previously an Audit Committee member.  He also served as an Advisory Board Member to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.

Joseph P. Kelley

Nordson Corporation [WESTLAKE, Ohio] (NASDAQ: NDSN) announced that Joseph P. Kelley has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2020. Kelley succeeds Gregory A. Thaxton, who previously announced his plans to retire. Upon Kelley’s start date, Thaxton will become Executive Vice President to the Company until he retires on August 28, 2020. Since 2015, Kelley has served as chief financial officer of Materion. Previously, he had a career with roles of increasing responsibility at Materion, PolyOne and Lincoln Electric.

R1 RCM Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RCM) announced the appointment of Rachel Wilson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective June 1, 2020. Most recently, she was the Chief Financial Officer for Iron Mountain Data Centers. Before joining Iron Mountain, she served as Vice President, Financial and Investor Relations, and Vice President of Corporate Development and Financial Relations for the Jarden Corporation.

Northpointe Bank [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] announced that Brian Kuelbs will join the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to Northpointe Bank, Kuelbs’ served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer for public and privately held depository institutions, private-equity-backed ventures and specialty real estate finance companies.  His most recent position was with Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer, and prior to that, he held senior positions with The Banc of California, Home Point Financial Corporation, Aurora Bank FSB, Countrywide Financial Corporation and GMAC Financial Services.

Matt Johnson

West Cancer Center & Research Institute [GERMANTOWN, TENN.] announced that Matt Johnson joined the leading regional cancer center as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Johnson joins West from Medical Anesthesia Group, where he served as the Practice Administrator and Chief Operating Officer. Matt comes to West with over 12 years experience in finance; holding previous positions with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, iBank and HealthChoice, a joint venture between Methodist Healthcare and MetroCare Physicians.

Lodo Therapeutics Corp. [NEW YORK] announced that Donald R. Marvin has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Marvin recently became Chairman of Concentric, after five years as President and CEO. Previously, he was President and CEO of IdentiGEN. Marvin was a co-founder of Orchid BioSciences, where he served as Chief Operating Officer, CFO and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Earlier, Marvin was President and CEO of Diatron Corporation.

Anchiano Therapeutics Ltd. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ANCN) announced it has appointed Steve DiPalma as its Chief Financial Officer. DiPalma has served as a Senior Financial Advisor to Anchiano by agreement with Danforth Advisors since 2018; he will succeed Jonathan Burgin, who is leaving the Company as part of the planned closure of the Company’s Israel offices and facilities. DiPalma brings more than 30 years of experience in life sciences and healthcare and has served as a Senior Financial Advisor to Anchiano by agreement with Danforth since 2018. DiPalma has served as the Chief Financial Officer and finance lead for eight public companies prior to and since joining Danforth, and has served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer or Director of eight privately-held companies.

Adam Townsend

VIZIO, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that Adam Townsend has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining VIZIO, Townsend most recently served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Showtime Networks Inc. Previously, Adam held multiple roles at CBS Corporation, including Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations.

NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [EMERYVILLE, Calif.] (NYSE American: NBY) announced the appointment of Andrew D. Jones as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Jones replaces Lynn Christopher, who assumed these positions on an interim basis in April 2020 and will continue to work with NovaBay to support a smooth transition. Jones most recently served as an independent consultant. He previously served as Vice President, Finance of MyoScience, Inc. Prior to MyoScience, Jones was Senior Director of Finance at Armetheon, Inc., and Corporate Controller of Asante Solutions, Inc. and Genelabs Technologies, Inc.

Usermind [SEATTLE] announced that Jessica Lanier has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Usermind, Lanier co-founded multiple companies including Chatter Inc. and most recently a venture-backed SaaS platform Tonic Health, where she also served as CFO.

Kelly Baker

EVERSANA™ [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Kelly Baker to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, she led Finance at DuPage Medical Group in Illinois.

CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: CSTR) announced the hiring of Michael J. Fowler as Chief Financial Officer. Fowler will succeed Robert B. Anderson who will remain with CapStar through June 30, 2020 to ensure a smooth transition. Fowler will join CapStar subject to the legal close of the pending First Horizon National Corp. and IBERIABANK Corporation merger where he has served as IBERIABANK’s Executive Vice President Financial Risk since 2013.

AZZ Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: AZZ) announced that Paul W. Fehlman, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company on May 31, 2020 to pursue other business opportunities.  The Company has appointed Philip Schlom, the Company’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, to assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Schlom served at major publicly-traded companies including Exterran Corporation, and Parker Drilling Company. Schlom has also held numerous accounting and leadership roles at Shared Technologies, Inc.; Flowserve Corporation; and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

Marty Moore

 

Central States Water Resources (CSWR) [ST. LOUIS]  announced the addition of Marty Moore as chief financial officer (CFO). Moore most recently led finance and corporate services as CFO of Gardner Capital. Moore’s extensive senior-level finance and operational experience includes serving as CFO of Baldwin Technology Co. Prior, Moore held senior leadership positions with Summit Marketing, Consolidated Terminals, Barnhill’s Buffet Inc., and Global Materials Services. He began his career at Arthur Andersen.

Aware, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AWRE) announced that David Barcelo has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Barcelo served as Vice President of Strategic Marketing of IDEMIA (OT-Morpho) from November 2017 to May 2020. Barcelo previously served as Vice President of Business Operations for MorphoTrust USA LLC from 2011 to 2017 and as Corporate Director of Financial Planning and Strategic Operations of L-1 Identity Solutions from 2006 to 2011.

HF Foods Group Inc. [CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: HFFG) appointed Victor Lee as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) effective May 1, 2020. Lee is replacing Peter Zhang, who has served as the company’s CFO and co-CEO since the merger of HF Foods Group and B&R Global Holdings in November 2019. Lee joined HF Foods in December 2019 as chief corporate finance and strategy officer. Lee began his career at Citibank N.A., in 1993, handling small- and medium-sized corporate finance and progressed to a vice president position in the International Personal Banking Division. In 1999, he moved to Deutsche Bank AG as a vice president. In 2004, he was promoted to managing director and Singapore Market Head in the Private Wealth Management Division. From 2007 until 2009, he was with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management and most recently served as executive director and head of Singapore/Malaysia markets. Since February 2012, Lee has served as president and chief executive officer of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Lee is also the managing director of Tertius Financial Group Pte Ltd, which he founded in February 2009.

Freshworks Inc. [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Tyler Sloat as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Sloat served as CFO at Zuora, Inc. Prior to Zuora, Sloat held executive finance roles at a variety of companies including NetApp Inc. and Siebel Systems, Inc.

Andrew Guggenhime

SutroVax [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] announced the appointment of Andrew Guggenhime as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Guggenhime joins SutroVax from Dermira, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer from April 2014 through the acquisition of the company by Eli Lilly and Company in February 2020. Prior to Dermira, Guggenhime served as Chief Financial Officer for CardioDx, Inc. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and as Chief Financial Officer for Facet Biotech Corporation. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of PDL BioPharma, Inc. until Facet Biotech was spun off from PDL BioPharma in December 2008. Prior to joining Facet Biotech, Guggenhime served as Chief Financial Officer for Neoforma, Inc. Guggenhime began his career in financial services at Merrill Lynch & Co. and Wells Fargo & Company. He currently serves on the board of directors of Metacrine, Inc.

Spruce Biosciences [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointments of Samir Gharib as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Spruce, Gharib was Chief Financial Officer of Stemedica Cell Technologies, and prior to Stemedica, held executive finance roles at Revance Therapeutics and Talon Therapeutics. Gharib began his career in the Audit and Advisory practice at KPMG LLP, and subsequently in the Corporate Finance practice at CRC LLP.

The Doe Run Company [ST. LOUIS, MO.] (Doe Run) announced the promotion of Tony Bogolin to vice president finance, CFO and treasurer. Bogolin joined Doe Run in 2019 as treasurer. Prior to joining Doe Run, he held positions with executive-level responsibilities for finance, accounting, operations and management of IT systems. Most recently, Bogolin served as the CFO at Jesse Creek Mining LLC.

FogPharma [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Tony Gibney as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Prior to joining FogPharma, Gibney served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer of Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before Achillion,  Gibney was a partner and co-head of Biotechnology Investment Banking at Leerink Partners LLC. Gibney also previously worked in the Healthcare Group at Merrill Lynch, Inc. Gibney began his professional career as an analyst in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Lehman Brothers Inc.

Immunocore [OXFORD, England & CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. & ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced that Brian Di Donato has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy. Most recently, Di Donato was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He previously help positions of Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager at Sorin Capital Management, President and Chief Investment Officer at Capmark Investments, Executive Director in fixed-income capital markets at Morgan Stanley and Vice President at UBS Securities.

Insteel Industries, Inc. [MOUNT AIRY, N.C.] (NASDAQGS: IIIN) announced the appointment of Mark A. Carano as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective May 18, 2020. Carano will be succeeding Michael C. Gazmarian, who will be continuing with the Company through July 31, 2020 to assist with the leadership transition. Carano joins Insteel from Big River Steel, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Big River, he served in senior management roles with Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, including Senior Vice President, Finance and Controller of their Industrial Segment, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, and Corporate Treasurer. Mr. Carano also has 14 years of investment banking experience serving as a Managing Director with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and in various roles of increasing responsibility with Deutsche Bank and First Union Securities.

Neenah, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] (NYSE: NP) announced that Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer Bonnie Lind has communicated her plans to retire. Lind will remain with Neenah through an October 1 retirement date to ensure a smooth transition. The Company further announced today that it had appointed Paul DeSantis as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer.  DeSantis most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at OMNOVA Solutions, and was in this role from 2014 until the company was acquired earlier this year.

CFO Moves – week ending May 15, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Covetrus Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. Life360, Inc. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
Nucleix Criteo S.A. Mapp
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. IsoPlexis AbSci
Red Lion Hotels Corporation Vx Capital Partners Calavo Growers, Inc.
CorMedix, Inc. Reliance Partners Dril-Quip, Inc.
Output Services Group Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. NatureSweet® Tomatoes
AgJunction Iron Vine Security

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Matthew Foulston

Covetrus [PORTLAND, ME] (NASDAQ: CVET) announced that Matthew Foulston will become global chief financial officer effective June 1, 2020, replacing Stuart Gleichenhaus, who has been serving in that role on an interim basis since December 2019. Foulston most recently was the chief financial officer for Treehouse Foods and Compass Minerals. Foulston spent the earlier part of his career at Ford, Mazda and Navistar.

Thomas D. Savage

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) [DARIEN, CT] announced the appointments of Thomas D. Savage as Chief Financial Officer. Savage was previously Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer. He has worked in finance and mergers & acquisitions since joining G&W in 2005 and has been responsible for G&W’s treasury functions since 2012. Savage succeeds Timothy J. Gallagher, who departed G&W following its sale to Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC, which resulted in G&W becoming a private company.

Steve Bramlage

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. [ANKENY, IA] (NASDAQ: CASY) announced the appointment of Steve Bramlage as chief financial officer, effective June 1, 2020. Bramlage succeeds former Chief Financial Officer Bill Walljasper, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Bramlage was most recently the CFO at Aramark. Prior to Aramark, Bramlage was CFO at Owens-Illinois, and held several financial leadership roles at PPG Industries, Eli-Lilly and Ernst & Young.

David D. Quinn, Sr.

Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NASDAQ: ATCX) announced that David D. Quinn, Sr. has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Quinn has served as Atlas’ Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs since September 2019. Quinn will succeed Walter Powell, who will relinquish his previous dual roles as CFO & Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) and retain his role as CAO. Prior to joining Atlas, Quinn held multiple executive level roles at the Shaw Group and Atkins North America, most recently in Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer capacities.

Russell Burke

Life360, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (ASX: 360) announced Russell Burke as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining Life360, he held roles as chief financial officer of Mandalay Media Inc., chief executive officer of Weight Watchers Australia and New Zealand, as well as Pressplay and Magic Leap.

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. [NEW ENTERPRISE, PA] announced the planned May 31, 2020 retirement of Al Stone, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. In the interim, the CFO role will be shared by Paul Detwiler, III, President and CEO, together with several members of the Company’s accounting and finance staff, led by Daryl Black, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, who has been with the Company for 9 years.

Nucleix [SAN DIEGO & REHOVOT, ISRAEL] announced the appointment of Todd Myers as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Nucleix, Myers was the chief financial officer of Astute Medical, which was acquired in 2018 by bioMérieux. Prior to Astute, Myers was the chief financial officer at SGX Pharmaceuticals, until its acquisition by Eli Lilly & Company. He was also the Director of Finance at CombiChem, Inc., which was acquired by DuPont Pharmaceuticals. Myers began his career as an auditor in the San Diego office of Ernst & Young.

Criteo S.A. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CRTO) announced the appointment of Dave Anderson as interim Chief Financial Officer for a six-month engagement in replacement of Benoit Fouilland. Anderson was the prior CFO of Nielsen Holdings and Honeywell International.

Jamie Gunn

Mapp [SAN DIEGO and LONDON] announced the appointment of Jamie Gunn as Chief Financial Officer. Gunn joins Mapp from SmartFocus, where he worked as Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer for three years. Previous to SmartFocus, Gunn worked in leadership positions at Realeyes, Masternaut Group, and Picsolve.

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. [WASHINGTON, DC] (NASDAQ: CCOI) announced that Sean Wallace has been appointed Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cogent. Thaddeus G. Weed, stepped down from his role of Chief Financial Officer. To facilitate an orderly transition, Weed will remain with Cogent as Senior Vice President – Audit & Operations. Jean-Michel Slagmuylder, who had been serving as Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cogent since March 17, 2020 during Weed’s temporary medical leave of absence, stepped down from that role on May 11, 2020 and will return to his position of Chief Financial Officer for European Operations. Prior to joining Cogent, Wallace was an investor and operator of residential and industrial real estate projects from 2015. He was also, from 2008 to 2015, a senior manager at Standard Chartered Bank where he led their Corporate Finance and Wholesale Origination efforts on a global basis. He also worked at J.P. Morgan from 1998 to 2007 where his roles included being Co-Head of their Investment Banking efforts in the Asia Pacific region as well as leading their North American Telecom Banking efforts.

IsoPlexis [BRANFORD, CT] announced the appointment of John Strahley as Chief Financial Officer. Strahley previously served as a Managing Director of Ironwood Capital. Prior to Ironwood, Strahley was a Senior Vice President at Webster Bank. He was also a Principal at a high-growth venture finance company where he managed the sales and credit operations.

AbSci [VANCOUVER, Washington] announced the appointment of Greg Schiffman as Chief Financial Officer. Schiffman’s track record includes his previous role as CFO at publicly-traded biotechnology companies including Iovance, StemCells, Inc., Dendreon, and Affymetrix, as well as his role as CFO at Vineti. Schiffman also headed up a variety of global finance and manufacturing operations at Hewlett Packard. He is on the board of directors of BioEclipse, Nanomix and DropCar.

Red Lion Hotels Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced that its current Chief Financial Officer, Nate Troup, is leaving the Company to join Twilio as its Vice President, Global Controller. Troup’s last day with the Company will be May 29, 2020. RLHC has engaged Gary A. Kohn, a financial consultant with extensive public company chief financial officer experience, as interim CFO.

Vx Capital Partners [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Sean Sullivan as its Chief Financial Officer. Sullivan was previously Head of Americas at AerCap. Sullivan previously held senior positions at International Lease Finance Corporation, Allco Finance Group, and Bank of America Leasing and Capital.

Kevin Manion

Calavo Growers, Inc. [SANTA PAULA, CA] (Nasdaq-GS: CVGW) announced that Kevin Manion, a veteran finance executive, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Calavo, Manion held financial leadership positions with companies including Century Snacks, Young’s Market Company, Bolthouse Farms, Hostess Brands, Nestle USA and Kraft General Foods.

CorMedix, Inc. [BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ] (NYSE American:  CRMD) announced that it has appointed Matt David, M.D. as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David was most recently Head of Strategy at Ovid Therapeutics. David has more than 15 years of experience in finance as a healthcare investment banker and earlier as an equity analyst covering the pharma sector.

Reliance Partners [CHATTANOOGA, TN] announced the addition of Thom Albrecht as Chief Financial Officer & Chief Revenue Officer. Albrecht served most recently as Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Financial Officer with Celadon Group. He previously served as President of Sword & Sea Transport as well as Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets.

Dril-Quip, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: DRQ) announced the promotion of Raj Kumar to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kumar has served as Dril-Quip’s Vice President – Finance and Chief Accounting Officer since February 2019, prior to which he was Vice President and Treasurer since he joined the Company in June 2017.

Davinder Athwal

Output Services Group (OSG) [RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ] announced that Davinder Athwal has joined OSG as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining OSG, Athwal served as CFO at Blucora. Previously, he was CFO at UGI International. He began his career at PwC in Silicon Valley and then held progressively senior financial roles at IBM and Nortel.

William P. Quinn

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of William P. Quinn as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Bolt, Quinn served as the chief financial officer and senior vice president, finance and corporate development, of Sunesis (SNSS). Prior to Sunesis, Quinn served as the chief executive office of Bullet Biotechnology. Quinn was with Jazz Pharmaceuticals as head of corporate development. Before Jazz, Quinn was the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Novation Biosciences.

Frederic Steunou

NatureSweet® Tomatoes [SAN ANTONIO, TX] announced that Frederic Steunou joined as Chief Financial Officer. Frederic joins NatureSweet® from Mars, where he was CFO for Latin America Petcare. Steunou also serves as a board member and Shareholder for ASG Studio.

AgJunction Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (TSX: AJX) announced that it has reappointed Peter Newton as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, replacing Deborah Mack who has left the Company. Newton served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company from May 11, 2019 to November 15, 2019.

Iron Vine Security [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Jim Brinkman as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Iron Vine, Brinkman served as CFO at Clark Enterprises.

CFO Moves – week ending May 22, 2020

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Axiom ConocoPhillips Organon & Co.
Scientific Games Corporation Exela Technologies, Inc. AgeX Therapeutics , Inc.
Republic Services, Inc. AdaptHealth Corp. Ulrich Barn Builders
Seer, Inc. Ascent Resources, LLC FabFitFun
Vx Capital Partners 3D Systems Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc.
Avidity Biosciences Science 37 Toast Distillers, Inc.
Advisor Group Amerant Bancorp Inc. Electromed, Inc.
The Muncy Bank and Trust Company American Kennel Club Self Financial
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. Cadiz Inc. OODA Health
CORAVIN, Inc.

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Sloane Googin

Axiom [NEW YORK] announced it has named Sloane Googin its next CFO. Since 2018, Googin has served as the CFO for Dynata. Prior to Dynata, Googin spent 10 years at The Nielsen Company, where he last served as SVP of Global Financial Planning and Analysis. He also served as CFO to various Nielsen business units, including the Global Business Services Division. Prior to his time at Nielsen, he held various executive finance positions at General Electric Company and General Electric Capital.

ConocoPhillips [HOUSTON] (NYSE: COP) announced the retirement of Don E. Wallette, Jr. as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective on Aug. 31, 2020. In conjunction with Wallette’s retirement, the company also announced that William (Bill) L. Bullock, Jr., currently president, Asia Pacific Middle East, will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer on Sept. 1, 2020.

Organon & Co. [KENILWORTH, NJ], the intended spinoff of its women’s health, legacy brands and biosimilars businesses of Merck (NYSE: MRK), announced the appointment of Matthew Walsh as Chief Financial Officer. Walsh will join Organon from Allergan where he served as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Allergan, he served as CFO at Catalent. The spinoff transaction is planned for the first half of 2021.

Michael Eklund

Scientific Games Corporation [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: SGMS) announced that Michael Eklund will become its Chief Financial Officer on June 1, 2020. Eklund spent more than 20 years at Dell Technologies in both financial and operational roles. Most recently, he has served as CFO of IRI. Michael Quartieri will remain full time with the Company until June 30, 2020 and will serve in a consulting role through December 31, 2020.

Exela Technologies, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: XELA) announced that Shrikant Sortur, who has served as Exela’s Executive Vice President, Global Finance since 2017, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer as part of the Company’s succession planning process. Jim Reynolds, who has served as CFO since 2017, will remain a non-employee member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Sortur previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Finance of SourceHOV Holdings, Inc. from 2016 until SourceHOV’s business combination with Novitex Holdings, Inc. in July 2017. Sortur served in positions of increasing responsibility at predecessor companies to SourceHOV from 2002 until July 2017.

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. [ALAMEDA, CA] (NYSE American: AGE) announced that Andrea Park has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Park replaces Russell Skibsted who served in that role since the Company was organized in 2017. Park served as our Vice President of Finance and Controller since October 2019. Before joining AgeX, she served as Vice President of Finance and Controller of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

Brian DelGhiaccio

Republic Services, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NYSE: RSG) announced that Charles F. “Chuck” Serianni, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has provided the Company one-year notice of his intent to retire, effective June 1, 2021. Serianni will be succeeded on June 1, 2020 by current executive vice president and chief transformation officer, Brian DelGhiaccio. Serianni will stay on as a special advisor to the CEO until his retirement in 2021 and will also work closely with DelGhiaccio to ensure a seamless transition. DelGhiaccio joined Republic Services in 1998 and has since held roles of increasing responsibility across the finance organization, including accounting, financial planning & analysis, investor relations, treasury and risk management. Prior to joining Republic, Mr. DelGhiaccio worked at Arthur Andersen as a senior consultant.

AdaptHealth Corp. [PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA] (NASDAQ: AHCO) announced the appointment of Jason A. Clemens as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 3, 2020. Clemens will succeed Gregg Holst. Clemens joins AdaptHealth from MEDNAX, Inc. where he currently serves as Senior Vice President and Operations Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MEDNAX, Clemens gained experience with the United States Army, supporting the Republic of Korea Army in Wonju, South Korea. He later served in progressive roles within operations management and finance at Accenture, Lennar, and Ryder.

Ulrich Barn Builders [FORT WORTH, TX] that after serving as interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2019, Ken Hensley has been appointed CFO.

David R. Horn

Seer, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of David R. Horn as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Seer, Horn worked at Morgan Stanley for over 20 years, where he served as a Managing Director in the firm’s Global Healthcare Group within the Investment Banking Department. Horn was responsible for Morgan Stanley’s global Life Science Tools and Diagnostics practice and oversaw the Western Region Healthcare practice. In addition, Horn previously spent time working in the medical device and life science sectors where he served as Vice President of Business Development at RITA Medical Systems and, prior to that, in the same role at Chemdex Corporation.

Ascent Resources, LLC [OKLAHOMA CITY] announced that Brooks M. Shughart has been named Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer. Shughart will replace Jennifer M. Grigsby, who is leaving Ascent to pursue other interests. Shughart joins Ascent from First Reserve, where he worked for eight years, serving in various roles including his most recent position as Managing Director. Prior to First Reserve, Shughart worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group for Credit Suisse. Prior to Credit Suisse, he held positions in the energy groups of Lazard Freres and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette / CS First Boston.

FabFitFun [LOS ANGELES] announced that J. Scott Di Valerio has joined the company as the first Chief Financial Officer. Di Valerio most recently served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer for Spiceworks. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer for RetailMeNot and Chief Executive Officer for Outerwall. Earlier in his career, Di Valerio held various leadership roles at Lenovo Group, Microsoft Corporation, The Walt Disney Company and Mindwave Software, Inc.

Vx Capital Partners [SAN FRANCISCO] hired Sean Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer. Sullivan was previously Head of Americas at AerCap.Sullivan previously held senior positions at International Lease Finance Corporation, Allco Finance Group and Bank of America Leasing and Capital.

Wayne Pensky

3D Systems [ROCK HILL, SC] (NYSE: DDD) announced that Wayne Pensky, former chief financial officer of Hexcel Corporation has been appointed interim CFO, replacing Todd Booth who has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities. Pensky retired in 2017 after 24 years with Hexcel. Prior to that, he held a variety of financial leadership roles including head of Finance, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Pensky began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co, where he served 14 years.

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio) [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] announced the appointment of Tim Trost as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AskBio, Trost most recently served as CFO at Chimerix. Previous to Chimerix, he was CFO at Argos Therapeutics. Prior to that, he was CFO at InteCardia. Previous to InteCardia, Mr. Trost served as CFO of Coastal Physician Group, after having joined the company as Vice President of Corporate Development. His earlier career included positions as Vice President of Finance at Morganite North America and Senior Manager at PwC.

Avidity Biosciences [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Michael MacLean as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, MacLean served as Chief Financial Officer of Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to Akcea, MacLean served as Chief Financial Officer of PureTech Health, plc, as well as Chief Accounting Officer of Biogen Inc.

Science 37 [LOS ANGELES] announced that Mike Zaranek has joined the company as its chief financial officer (CFO). Zaranek joins Science 37 from IQVIA’s Contract Sales and Medical Solutions, where he served as vice president of finance for the global business unit. Previously, Zaranek spent almost two decades in corporate development roles.

David Garretson

Toast Distillers, Inc. [MIAMI] announced that David Garretson was appointed CFO of the company. Prior to joining Toast Distillers, Inc., Garretson served as CFO for Invest Hospitality, an investment group based out of Houston, Texas, with ownership of U.S. Joël Robuchon hospitality assets. Before his tenure at Invest Hospitality, he was employed as senior vice president of finance for The ONE Group Hospitality, parent company of the world-renowned STK Steakhouse.

Advisor Group [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Jon Frojen as Chief Financial Officer. Frojen brings CFO experience from United Capital and, prior to that, Cetera Financial Group.

Carlos Iafigliola

Amerant Bancorp Inc. [CORAL GABLES, FL] (NASDAQ: AMTB and AMTBB) announced that Carlos Iafigliola has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Iafigliola has served as interim CFO since March 16, 2020 and has been with Amerant since 2004. Prior to being appointed interim CFO, Iafigliola served in various management positions, including Senior Vice President and Treasury Manager since 2015.

Electromed, Inc. [NEW PRAGUE, MN] (NYSE American: ELMD) announced that it has appointed Michael J. MacCourt as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his most recent role as Senior Director of Commercial Finance at Starkey Hearing Technologies, MacCourt spent over nine years at Medtronic in roles of increasing responsibility; concluding as Divisional CFO of the Lung Health business for the last five years. MacCourt also has consulting experience primarily at PricewaterhouseCoopers. MacCourt started his career at Procter & Gamble and then ConAgra Foods, where he held Financial Analyst, Cost Analyst and Business Analyst positions.

The Muncy Bank and Trust Company [MUNCY, PA] (OTC: MYBF) announced that Joseph K. O’Neill, Jr. has joined the company as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Muncy Bank, O’Neill was a Senior Manager at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP.

American Kennel Club [NEW YORK] appointed Theodore (Ted) E. Phillips as Chief Financial Officer.  Phillips was the former Director of Finance of United Church Funds and prior to that served as Director of Finance of Carnegie Hall for nine years, and as Vice President and Controller of the Merrill Lynch Corporate and Family Foundations.

Adam Chibib

Self Financial [Austin, TX] announced the appointment of Adam Chibib as Chief Financial Officer. Chibib previously served as a member on Self’s board for five years. Prior to joining Self, Chibib was a Partner at Silverton Partners. In his most recent operating role, he was President and CFO of Multimedia Games. Chibib also served as founder and CFO of BroadJump (acquired by Motive), CFO of Waveset (acquired by Sun Microsystems), CFO of TippingPoint Technologies (acquired by 3Com), and as CFO of NetSpend.

Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: AKCA) announced that Michael D. Price has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before joining Akcea, Price served as executive vice president and chief financial officer and was elected to the company’s board of directors of Novelion Therapeutics. Before that, Price served as vice president and chief financial officer at Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from 2007 to 2016. Prior to Noven, he was at Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 1992 to 2006, serving as vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary. He also was a member of Bentley’s board of directors for nine years.

Cadiz Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: CDZI) announced that current CFO Timothy Shaheen, has become Director of Development. Stan Speer, who has been a financial consultant to the Company for five years, will take over as Chief Financial Officer. Speer brings decades of financial management experience to this position, including previous tenure as Cadiz CFO from 1997-2003, and roles as a Managing Director with global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, and as a partner with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he spent 14 years.

OODA Health [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Brian Meewes is joining the company in the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Meewes joins OODA Health from Alto Pharmacy. Prior to Alto, Brian was VP and Head of Finance at Symphony Commerce, and previously was head of strategic finance and analytics at BigCommerce. Brian previously spent seven years at Amazon as finance leader for their fulfillment center and worldwide supply chain analytics, as well as several of their growth business lines, including Amazon Fresh and Amazon.com grocery.

CORAVIN, Inc. [BEDFORD, MA] announced the appointment of Jeff Lasher as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lasher joins Coravin with significant prior public company CFO experience at Crocs, Inc. and West Marine Inc., as well as the privately held International Car Wash Group. His professional career experience began at Ford Motor Company.

CFO Moves – week ending May 29, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. Zuora, Inc. WWP
Agilysys, Inc. Freenome Vor Biopharma
Resideo Technologies, Inc. Patrick Industries, Inc. Organic Valley
Breakthru Beverage Group Park Place Technologies Qualys, Inc.
Biofourmis BitSight Histogen Inc
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Applied Therapeutics Yakima Chief Hops
First Light Diagnostics, Inc. Skybox Security Siklu

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Apogee Enterprises, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: APOG) announced that it has selected Nisheet Gupta as the company’s next Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 15, 2020. Gupta will succeed James Porter, who announced his planned retirement last December. Gupta joins Apogee from Land O’ Lakes, Inc.,where he has served as Vice President, Global Finance Operations since 2017. Prior to his role at Land O’ Lakes, Nisheet worked for eight years at Diebold Nixdorf, where he held roles of increasing responsibility in the company’s finance organization. Previously he served in numerous finance leadership roles with leading global companies including FirstData (now FISERV), Novartis, FedEx, and Ernst & Young.

Zuora, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] (NYSE: ZUO) announced Todd McElhatton will join as the company’s chief financial officer, effective June 22, 2020. McElhatton currently serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer of SAP Cloud Business Group. Prior to his role as a member of SAP’s Global Finance Leadership Team, he was the CFO for SAP North America. Before joining SAP, McElhatton held multiple senior finance leadership roles, including as CFO of VMware’s Hybrid Cloud Business, CFO of Oracle’s Cloud Services and CFO for Hewlett Packard Managed Services Business.

Jennifer Adams

WWP [FLORHAM PARK, NJ] hired Jennifer Adams as its Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, she served as EVP COO & CFO for NYDJ Apparel, LLC. Prior to that, she spent nearly five years as CFO for The Collected Group; before that, she served as CFO for select brands of Denver-based VF Corporation.

Agilysys, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, GA] (NASDAQ: AGYS) announced that Dave Wood, will become its Chief Financial Officer on June 1, 2020. The appointment follows the resignation of Tony Pritchett, Current Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Wood has been the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations since June 2019, after having served as Agilysys Vice President – Finance. Wood joined Agilysys in 2011 as the Controller of the Hospitality Division. Since that time, he has led a variety of teams across Operations, Accounting and Finance, serving as Vice President – Finance, and subsequently as Vice President – Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations, Prior to joining Agilysys, Dave was a Senior Manager at NCR and Radiant Systems working on various Finance and Accounting functions.

Freenome [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] appointed William Quirk as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Freenome, Quirk served as a managing director in the equity research division of Piper Sandler.

Vor Biopharma [CAMBRIDGE] announced the appointment of Nathan Jorgensen, PhD, as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Jorgensen has over a decade of experience in the financial industry focused on healthcare and biopharma at the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Calamos Investments and Stifel Nicolaus.

Tony Trunzo

Resideo Technologies, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NYSE: REZI) announced it has selected Tony Trunzo to serve as its chief financial officer, effective June 8, 2020. Trunzo most recently served as a managing director at a leading West Coast private equity firm. From April 2015 to November 2016, Trunzo was executive vice president and CFO of FEI Company, before it was acquired by ThermoFisher Scientific in September of 2016. Prior to that, he served in leadership roles at FLIR Systems, including as senior vice president and CFO from 2010 to 2015, and as senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development from 2003 to 2010. Earlier in his career, Trunzo worked in various capacities at Bank of America Securities and PNC Bank. Trunzo is on the Board of Directors and is the audit committee chair for API Technologies Corporation.

Patrick Industries, Inc. [ELKHART, IN] (NASDAQ: PATK) announced that Joshua Boone, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to accept a senior leadership position with another publicly traded company. The Company has appointed John A. Forbes as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Forbes, who has been a member of Patrick’s Board of Directors since 2011, has extensive senior leadership experience, including as the President of Utilimaster, a business unit of Spartan Motors USA, Inc., from 2010 to 2017, the CFO of Utilimaster from 2009 to 2010, and the CFO of Nautic Global Group LLC from 2007 to 2009. In addition, Mr. Forbes served as the CFO of Adorn Holdings, Inc. from 2003 until its acquisition by Patrick in 2007.

Organic Valley [LA FARGE, WI] announced the appointment of Joseph Eagleeye as chief financial officer of CROPP Cooperative. Eagleeye joined CROPP Cooperative in 2017, most recently serving as vice president of business insight and data science. Prior to joining Organic Valley, Eagleeye was a risk manager for Morgan Stanley’s wealth management program. He previously served as a principal at Premia Capital Management in Chicago. His career has also included insights and risk management roles for Merrill Lynch & Co. and derivative and commodity trading strategies for Putnam Investments.

Breakthru Beverage Group [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Melissa Calderwood as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective June 1, 2020. Calderwood succeeds Gene Luciana, who has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer since the inception of Breakthru Beverage Group after joining Charmer Sunbelt Group in 1992. Most recently Calderwood served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of five operational businesses at iHeartMedia, including financial and strategic oversight for National Sales, the syndicated Networks and the Live Events business. Previously, Calderwood held multiple finance and strategy roles at Diageo, including serving as Finance Director for the Catalyst Division, and as the North American Business Development lead within the Global Business Strategy Group. Prior to Diageo, she has held management roles at the General Motors Treasurer’s Office and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Park Place Technologies [CLEVELAND] announced that Andrew Gehrlein has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Gehrlein most recently served as CFO of Valtris Specialty Chemicals. His previous roles include more than a decade as CFO for ERICO International Corporation, and Controller for Chart Industries, Inc. Gehrlein inherits the role from Tony Tricarichi, who is retiring after serving Park Place as CFO since 2017.

Joo Mi Kim

Qualys, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, CA] (NASDAQ: QLYS) announced the appointment of Joo Mi Kim as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kim will take over from current CFO Melissa Fisher who will depart at the end of the month. Most recently, Kim served as CFO of Impact, a leader in partnership automation, and prior to that was CFO at Aera Technology. From 2016 to 2018, Joo Mi served as the vice president of FP&A and Investor Relations at Qualys.

Biofourmis [BOSTON] named Matt Borowiecki its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Borowiecki served as Head of Capital Transactions and Structuring for MassMutual. Prior to that, he served as Head of Corporate Development for MassMutual. Another role he held with the global company was Head of International Strategy and Corporate Development for MassMutual International, where he was based in Hong Kong.

BitSight [BOSTON] announced it has appointed Tim Adams to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Adams joins BitSight from ObsEva where he held the same role. He also held the roles of CFO at Demandware, and CFO at athenahealth.

Histogen Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: HSTO) announced the appointment of Susan A. Knudson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to coming to Histogen, Knudson most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pfenex Inc. Prior to Pfenex, Knudson held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Neothetics, Inc. Among her previous roles, she served as Senior Director of Finance and Administration at Avera Pharmaceuticals.

NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: NGM) announced the appointment of Siobhan Nolan Mangini as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), which will take effect on July 13, 2020. Nolan Mangini most recently served as President and CFO of Castlight Health. She joined Castlight in 2012 and assumed roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately being appointed CFO in 2016 followed by her additional appointment as President in 2019. Prior to joining Castlight, Nolan Mangini worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company. She began her career at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation as a financial associate responsible for managing the allocation of the foundation’s endowment.

Applied Therapeutics [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: APLT) announced the appointment of Dr. Charles (Chuck) Silberstein as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Dr. Silberstein is replacing Dr. Mark Vignola, who will be moving on to pursue new business opportunities. Dr. Silberstein was formerly Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development at Allergan plc (recently acquired by AbbVie).  Dr. Silberstein brings was a portfolio manager and equity healthcare analyst at The Boston Company Asset Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management and as a senior healthcare equity analyst at JP Morgan Asset Management.

Yakima Chief Hops [YAKIMA, Washington] welcomed new Chief Financial Officer Howard Allred. Allred brings experience with large, leading-edge brands including adidas Golf/Taylor Made, Sports Incorporated and Nike, Inc.

First Light Diagnostics, Inc. [CHELMSFORD, MA] appointed Andrew Wilsack as the company’s new CFO. Wilsack most recently served as a financial consultant at Danforth Advisors. He was previously the Vice President of FPA for Masimo Corporation and was the CFO at Argose Corporation.

Skybox Security [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Charlie Velasquez has joined the company as chief financial officer. Velasquez joins Skybox with an extensive pedigree as CFO in companies including Arxan Technologies, CollabNet, AccelOps and Tidal Software. He also has directed operations and product management for Cisco Systems’ Cloud Solution Management Theater Group.

Ilana Lurie

Siklu [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of Ilana Lurie as New Chief Financial & Chief Operations Officer and Secretary of the Board. Lurie is joining Siklu after her latest position at NovelSat, where she served as CFO. Previous to NovelSat, Lurie held various senior financial executive positions for the Enterprise Services business of HP, and Ness Technologies.  Lurie also serves as Director in Eltek.

CFO Moves – week ending June 5, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Acacia Research Corporation fuboTV Moderna, Inc.
ShootProof 3M Eckhart
Current Health NOW Inc. Reliant Bancorp, Inc.
Camping World Holdings, Inc. First Foundation Inc. TriSalus Life Sciences
TherapeuticsMD, Inc. DoiT International Tasty Restaurant Group
WideOpenWest, Inc. Nevro Corp. Spectrum Gaming Group
Assembly Nielsen Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Sunoco LP iRhythm Technologies, Inc. 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Anika Therapeutics Inc. Freddie Mac Navient Corporation
Flexera RLH Corporation SAExploration
Reltio Sonic Foundry Aligos Therapeutics
Slinger Bag Inc. Applied Research Associates, Inc. AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd.
Surgical Notes 1901 Group, LLC

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Acacia Research Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ACTG) announced that Richard Rosenstein was named Chief Financial Officer. Rosenstein has served in several CFO roles, most recently as CFO of CLEAR since 2017. This follows over 15 years of experience as a research analyst at Goldman Sachs and Baron Capital.

FaceBank Group, Inc. (d/b/a fuboTV) [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: FUBO) announced it named Simone Nardi as chief financial officer. Prior to fuboTV, Nardi served as SVP and CFO, international for Scripps Networks Interactive. He was also a member of the board of directors of Scripps’ joint ventures with the BBC in the UK and with Corus Entertainment in Canada. Previously, Nardi served as SVP and CFO for NBC Universal’s international channels and television production businesses. Previously, he served as CFO of NBC Universal’s business development division in New York. Nardi began his career with General Electric in Italy and the United States.

Moderna, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: MRNA) announced that David Meline has joined Moderna as Chief Financial Officer. Meline joins Moderna from Amgen where he served as Chief Financial Officer and EVP from 2014 through 2019. Prior to Amgen, Meline spent six years at 3M Company, where he most recently served as CFO and Senior Vice President. Previously, Meline held numerous leadership positions at General Motors, including Vice President and CFO for GM North America.

Tom McDermott

ShootProof [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Tom McDermott as its Chief Financial Officer. McDermott most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Gather Technologies. Prior to Gather, McDermott spent nearly a decade at NCR Corporation, where he held various positions culminating as Chief Financial Officer for their Retail Business Unit.

3M [ST. PAUL, MN] (NYSE: MMM) announced that Monish Patolawala is appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1, 2020. Patolawala will succeed Nick Gangestad, who has announced his intention to retire. Patolawala is currently at GE Healthcare, where he has served as chief financial officer since 2015. He has also been working as vice president of operational transformation at GE.

Eckhart [WARREN, MI] named Michael (“Mike”) Stob as Chief Financial Officer. Stob most recently served as Corporate Controller at JR Automation Technologies. Prior to JR, he served as Controller at Century Technology Group/Data Strategy after beginning his career with positions at Meridian Automotive Systems and Plante Moran.

John McLean

Current Health [BOSTON] announced that it has appointed John McLean as its Chief Growth & Chief Financial Officer. McLean joins Current Health from Kyruus. Before Kyruus, McLean served as CFO at Best Doctors.

NOW Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: DNOW) announced that upon the promotion of David (Dave) Cherechinsky to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer, the company selected Mark Johnson to succeed Cherechinsky as Chief Financial Officer. Johnson has served as DNOW’s Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President, Corporate Controller since 2018. Prior to that, he served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Assistant Corporate Controller after the 2014 spin off. He joined NOV in 2008 after working in public accounting and served as Vice President of Finance for the NOV Distribution business group from 2012 until it was spun off in 2014.

Reliant Bancorp, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, TN] (NASDAQ: RBNC), the parent company for Reliant Bank, announced that James Daniel Dellinger has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Reliant Bank in order to pursue other personal business interests. The Company also announced that Gerald (“Jerry”) Cooksey, Jr. has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Reliant Bank to succeed Dellinger. Prior to joining the Company and Reliant Bank as Chief Administrative Officer following the Company’s acquisition of First Advantage Bancorp, Cooksey served as Chief Financial Officer of First Advantage Bancorp and First Advantage Bank.

Camping World Holdings, Inc. [LINCOLNSHIRE, IL] (NYSE: CWH) announced the promotion of Karin Bell to the position of Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Melvin Flanigan, who is resigning from the Company for personal reasons. Flanigan’s resignation will be effective June 30, 2020. Bell’s promotion to the role of Chief Financial Officer will be effective July 1, 2020. Currently, Bell serves as Chief Accounting Officer, a position she has held since September 2019. Bell started with the company in May 2003 as the Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary/Treasurer for FreedomRoads, LLC, a subsidiary of CWH, and became its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary/Treasurer in December 2018. Prior to joining FreedomRoads, Bell was the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of First Security Holding LP from 1992 to 1998. Bell has also held positions with Laventhol & Horwath and Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser, from 1982 thru 1992 leaving public accounting as a Senior Manager.

First Foundation Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: FFWM) announced the appointment of Kevin Thompson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining First Foundation, he was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Opus Bank. Before then, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Midland States Bank, and Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance for Zions Bancorporation. He began his career by serving in senior financial roles as a consultant, auditor, and international controller, before joining American Express Centurion Bank as the Controller. He then went on to become the bank’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Rajesh B. Mistry

TriSalus Life Sciences [DENVER] announced the appointment of Rajesh B. Mistry as Chief Financial Officer. Mistry most recently served as head of Corporate Development at Option Care Health. Prior to Option Care Health, Mistry drove strategic finance, capital raising and M&A efforts at Melinta Therapeutics. In addition, Mistry held various corporate finance and M&A roles of increasing responsibility at Baxter International, and began his career in healthcare investment banking at A.G. Edwards Capital Markets. 

TherapeuticsMD, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (NASDAQ: TXMD) announced the appointment of James C. D’Arecca as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. D’Arecca succeeds Daniel A. Cartwright, who has retired from his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. D’Arecca most recently was Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Allergan plc. Prior to joining TherapeuticsMD, D’Arecca served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Allergan plc (formerly known as Actavis plc) from August 2013 until its merger with AbbVie Inc. in May 2020. D’Arecca joined Actavis from Bausch & Lomb, where he served as its Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to Bausch & Lomb, he served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Merck & Co. Inc. and Schering-Plough in finance and business development. He also spent 13 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

DoiT International [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced the expansion of its leadership team with the naming of Giridhar Premsingh as Global Chief Financial Officer. Premsingh held senior finance roles at both public and private technology companies including as Chief Financial Officer at Onica, Chief Financial Officer at REAN Cloud, and as a senior finance leader at Virtustream Inc.

Tasty Restaurant Group [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Neil Thomson as chief financial officer. Thomson previously served as CFO at Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group. Prior to Del Frisco’s, Thomson spent 15 years working in various senior capacities at Yum! Restaurants International, and its affiliated brands, Pizza Hut and KFC.

WideOpenWest, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NYSE: WOW) announced the appointment of John S. Rego as chief financial officer. Rego recently was CFO for Telaria, Inc. (sold to the Rubicon Project), and prior to that was CFO for Virgin Galactic. He also served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer for Vonage Holdings Corp. for nearly eight years. Rego assumes his role at WOW! on June 29.

Nevro Corp. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] (NYSE: NVRO) announced the appointment of Roderick (“Rod”) MacLeod as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 15, 2020. MacLeod succeeds Andrew Galligan, who is retiring. Most recently MacLeod served as Vice President of Finance of Stryker Endoscopy. Prior to this role, MacLeod was Controller for Stryker Endoscopy. Previously, MacLeod was Vice President of Finance and Administration at Lumenare Networks. Earlier in his career, MacLeod was Financial Manager/Controller at United Airlines and was a Senior Operational and Audit Consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Spectrum Gaming Group [HORSHAM, PA] announced that Juliann Barreto has been named Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrator. Barreto started with Spectrum Gaming Group in 2018. Prior to working at Spectrum Gaming Group, Barreto was the Chief Financial Officer for Aoki Group, Inc. Barreto started in the gaming industry in 2007 working for Ernst & Young.

Assembly [LOS ANGELES] announced that Ben Warner has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Warner most recently served as VP of Finance at Clutter. Prior to Clutter, Warner served as VP of Finance at Omaze.

Nielsen [NEW YORK] (NYSE: NLSN) announced the appointment of Chandler Bigelow as Chief Financial Officer for the Nielsen Global Connect business. Bigelow joins Nielsen Global Connect from Tribune Media Company where he served as the company’s CFO.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: GPI) announced the appointment of Daniel McHenry as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective August 15, 2020. He will replace long time Group 1 CFO John Rickel, who has elected to retire from the company at the end of this year after almost 15 years of service. McHenry has served as Group 1’s UK Finance Director since 2007. McHenry joined Group 1 in 2007 as part of the acquisition of Chandlers BMW in southern England, Group 1’s first venture in the UK. Prior to entering the auto retail business, McHenry had five years of experience with KPMG in the UK.

Sunoco LP [DALLAS] (NYSE: SUN) announced that Thomas R. Miller, Chief Financial Officer, will retire from Sunoco GP LLC, the general partner of Sunoco LP, as of September 1, 2020.

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: IRTC) announced that Douglas Devine has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective June 22, 2020. Devine will succeed Matthew Garrett, who has decided to step down from the role. Devine joins the company from GlobalFoundries, where he has been the Chief Financial Officer.

22nd Century Group, Inc. [WILLIAMSVILLE, NY] (NYSE American: XXII) announced that John Franzino has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining 22nd Century Group, Franzino served as Chief Financial Officer of the West Point Association of Graduates. Additionally, he has experience serving as Vice President of Finance and Controller at Bard College; as Chief Financial Officer of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc.; and as Chief Financial Officer of Labatt USA.

Anika Therapeutics Inc. [BEDFORD, MA] (NASDAQ: ANIK) announced that Sylvia Cheung, Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of her decision, following a period of transition, to step away from her role at Anika effective August 21, 2020.

Freddie Mac [MCLEAN, VA] (OTCQB: FMCC) announced the appointment of Christian M. Lown as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 15, 2020. Lown was previously EVP and CFO at Navient Corporation. He succeeds Donald F. Kish, who has served as Interim CFO since December 2019. Kish will continue serving as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Navient in 2017, Lown was Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley, where he co-led the Global FinTech and North America Banks and Diversified Finance investment banking practices.

Flexera [ITASCA, IL] announced David Zwick as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), taking the reins from retiring CFO Joe Freda. Zwick joins Flexera from Transworld Systems Inc., where he served as CFO for four years. In addition to Transworld Systems, he held CFO positions at Hilco Global and Inteliquent, Inc.  Prior to that, he was a senior investment banker at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers.  He began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced the appointment of Gary A. Kohn as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Red Lion, Kohn was the founder and principal of GAK Advisors.  From April 2016 until December 2018, Kohn held the roles of Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Investor Relations at Westmoreland Coal Company, and served as the Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer for Intrepid Potash from January 2013 until April 2016.  Kohn has held leadership positions at companies including First Data, Western Union, and Ciber.

John A. Simmons

SAExploration [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SAEX) announced the appointment of John A. Simmons as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). John previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Dauphine Energy, a privately held oil and gas company. Prior to that, Mr. Simmons spent 17 years with BHP Petroleum where he held various positions including serving as member of the Executive Leadership Team, Head of Global Planning and Chief Financial Officer of Petrohawk Energy following its acquisition by BHP Petroleum.

Reltio [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of Matt Gallatin as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Reltio, Gallatin served as the Chief Financial Officer at Drawbridge, Inc. He also worked in the Corporate Finance group at Yahoo!, and Applied Materials, and began his career at Merrill Lynch & Co.

Sonic Foundry [MADISON, WI] announced that Kelsy Boyd has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. ­ Boyd joined the company in January as senior vice president of finance. Boyd was CFO of Sani-Matic from 2006 to 2014, and as finance director for the Village of McFarland from September 2015 to October 2017.  She has extensive knowledge of Sonic Foundry’s history, having worked at the company from 1998 to 2001 as the controller and working her way up to senior director of operations until 2003.

Aligos Therapeutics [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the appointment of Lesley Ann Calhoun as chief financial officer. Previously, Calhoun served as vice president of finance at Hyperion Therapeutics Inc. Prior to her time at Hyperion, she served as senior director of finance/corporate controller at Theravance, Inc. Calhoun has also held roles of increasing financial responsibility at Cell Genesys, Inc., Snap Appliances, Inc., Inktomi Corporation and Silicon Graphics, Inc. and was a member of the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Slinger Bag Inc. [BALTIMORE, MD] (OTC: SLBG) named Paul McKeown as chief financial officer. Most recently, McKeown served as vice president of finance for Precor Fitness, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amer Sports Company. Previously, McKeown served as director of Process Integration & Development for North America for Amer Sports Company’s Financial Shared Service operation in Poland and vice president of finance and operations for Wilson Canada. He began his career with 10 years leading the finance, IT and operations teams at Wilson Canada.

Mike Royer

Applied Research Associates, Inc. [ALBUQUERQUE, NM] announced that Mike Royer has been selected as ARA’s new Chief Financial Officer, following the upcoming retirement of Jeff Wilkins. Royer has served as Vice President of Finance for the L-3 Communications Services Group, CFO for SENTEL Corporation, as well as CFO for several small and mid-size GovCon companies.

AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd.  [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: ANPC) announced the appointment of Jinqiu (Edwards) Tang as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Tang will succeed to Yu (Rain) Zhang, who resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company for personal reasons. Tang has served as AnPac Bio’s Corporate Controller since October 2019. Prior to joining AnPac Bio, Tang served as a global internal auditor at Natuzzi S.p.A (Italy) from 2016 to 2019. Previously, he worked for Beijing Dongshen CPAs from 2013 to 2016 and Shanghai De’an CPAs from 2011 to 2013.

Surgical Notes [DALLAS] announced that John M. Carradine, who held financial and operational leadership positions at A-LIGN, HealthAxis, Micrografx, and Intellicall, has been named chief financial officer.

1901 Group, LLC [RESTON, VA] announced that Steve Hamric has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hamric most recently served as the CFO of TeraThink Corporation prior to its acquisition by CGI Federal. Hamric held executive positions serving as Senior Vice President and CFO at MA Federal, Inc (iGov). He also served as the CFO at Athena Technologies, Inc. (now Rockwell Collins).

CFO Moves – week ending June 12, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Everspin Technologies, Inc. Praxis Precision Medicines American Financial Group, Inc.
Neovia Logistics Syniverse Team Cymru
Tradeshift 8×8, Inc. Veeva Systems
A-LIGN EpicentRx, Inc. Tenacore LLC
LeaseAccelerator Services, LLC My Alarm Center Nesco Holdings, Inc.
Green Growth Brands Inc. LHC Group, Inc. Security Federal Corporation
Plus Products Inc. Summit Therapeutics plc Versique Search and Consulting
The Southern Education Foundation Wolfe LLC Advanced Group
TILT Holdings Inc. Interlink Electronics Ardelyx
Global Franchise Group Eastside Distilling, Inc. AutoPets

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Daniel Berenbaum

Everspin Technologies, Inc. [CHANDLER, AZ] (NASDAQ: MRAM) announced that Daniel Berenbaum is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Berenbaum will be relocating to Arizona from Singapore and will start at Everspin on July 15th. Berenbaum joins Everspin from GLOBALFOUNDRIES, where he has held executive finance positions since 2013. He was most recently Asia/Pacific CFO. Previously, he spent a decade on Wall Street in analyst and leadership roles. His earlier experience includes seven years in various technical and management roles at Applied Materials, as well as five years as a nuclear power-trained surface line officer in the United States Navy. Berenbaum is replacing Matt Tenorio who has acted as interim CFO since January. Tenorio will remain as Everspin’s Corporate Controller.

Praxis Precision Medicines [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the promotion of Stuart Chaffee, Ph.D., to chief financial officer. Dr. Chaffee previously served as chief business officer of Praxis since the company’s founding. Prior to Praxis, Dr. Chaffee was an entrepreneur-in-residence with Atlas Venture where he co-founded Kymera Therapeutics. He previously held several senior-level roles in finance, business development, program leadership and corporate strategy at Biogen, and served as an associate at Leerink Partners. Earlier in his career he led several oncology and neurology programs at Amgen.

American Financial Group, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: AFG) announced that it has accepted the resignation of Joseph E. (Jeff) Consolino, AFG’s Executive Vice President and CFO. Consolino will be leaving AFG to pursue another opportunity in the insurance industry. In connection with this transition, Consolino stepped down from AFG’s Board of Directors.

Neovia Logistics [IRVING, TX] announced Craig Holmes was named Chief Financial Officer. Holmes joins Neovia from Global Power Equipment Group where he was CFO and also served as interim President and co-CEO. Prior to Global Power, Craig held CFO and senior leadership positions at Goodman Networks, Digital Generation, and Quickoffice.

Andrew Davies

Syniverse [TAMPA, FL] announced it has appointed Andrew Davies as chief financial and administrative officer (CFAO). He replaces Simeon Irvine, who served as interim chief financial officer (CFO) and who will continue with Syniverse as its chief transformation officer. Davies most recently served Sprint as its CFO from July 2018 until the closing of its merger with T-Mobile USA. Prior to joining Sprint, Davies served as Group CFO for Amsterdam-based VEON. Before joining VEON, Davies spent more than a decade with Vodafone Group holding various financial leadership positions in Japan, Turkey, and India, in addition to his appointment as CFO of Verizon Wireless in the U.S. He started his career with KPMG in Cardiff, Wales, before serving in elevated senior finance roles with GE, Honeywell, and the Caudwell Group in both the U.K. and the U.S.

Team Cymru [ORLANDO, FL] announced the appointment of Darren Bounds as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Team Cymru, Bounds served as Director in the Technology & Services Investment Banking team at Robert W. Baird & Co. Prior to Baird, he served as Vice President of Credit Suisse in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Bounds began his career as a Navy SEAL.

Tradeshift [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that Carrie Dolan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dolan joins from Metromile. Prior to Metromile, Dolan was the CFO of Lending Club. Earlier in her career, Dolan was senior vice president and treasurer for Charles Schwab and CFO for the Schwab Bank. She also held various financial positions at Chevron and launched the Chevron Credit Bank.

8×8, Inc. [CAMPBELL, CA] (NYSE: EGHT) announced the appointment of Samuel (Sam) Wilson to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Wilson succeeds Steven GatoffWilson joined 8×8 in September 2017, most recently serving as Chief Customer Officer and Managing Director of EMEA. Prior to that, Wilson served as Senior Vice President, responsible for global eCommerce and small business, as well as U.S. mid-market sales. Previously, Wilson was at MobileIron.

Veeva Systems [PLEASANTON, CA] (NYSE: VEEV) announced that Brent Bowman will become the company’s next chief financial officer. Bowman will assume the role of CFO after a transition period of approximately 90 days with current CFO Tim Cabral, who previously announced his intent to retire and assume a new role as an advisor to Veeva.

Michael Branca

A-LIGN [TAMPA, FL] announced it has appointed Michael Branca as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). During the past two decades, Branca has served as CFO at five private equity-owned companies: Community Brands (formerly Ministry Brands), YourMembership, SafeNet, Inc., Numara Software, Inc. and Trak Communications.

Franck Brinkhaus

EpicentRx, Inc. [TORREY PINES, CA] announced the appointment of Dr. Franck Brinkhaus as President in addition to his current role as Chief Financial Officer. Brinkhaus has nearly three decades of biotechnology and pharmaceutical finance experience as a Life Sciences Investment Banker.

 

Barbara Bitzer

Tenacore LLC [SANTA ANA, CA] named Barbara Bitzer as chief financial officer.  Bitzer most recently served as chief accounting officer and senior controller for Foundation Building Materials, Inc. She also served as vice president and controller for both Calumet Specialty Products, L.P. and Remy International.

LeaseAccelerator Services, LLC [RESTON, VA] announced that Keith Haas has joined the company as its new chief financial officer. He will succeed David McCullough, who has served as LeaseAccelerator’s CFO since 2014. Haas previously served as the vice president of finance for GeoEye. Prior to GeoEye, Keith served as a key financial leader for K12 Inc.

Evan Flamm

My Alarm Center [NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA] announced the appointment of a new CFO with the promotion of Evan Flamm, currently SVP of Finance, to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Flamm joined My Alarm Center in mid 2019 as Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining My Alarm Center, Evan worked at Connect America as Vice President of Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning, as well as IT strategy consulting at IBM.

Nesco Holdings, Inc. [FORT WAYNE, IN] (NYSE: NSCO) announced that Joshua A. Boone will be joining Nesco as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Nesco, Boone was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Patrick Industries, Inc. He has additional experience as Chief Financial Officer for Pretzels, Inc. and served in several leadership positions in finance and accounting at Brunswick Corporation.

Green Growth Brands Inc. [COLUMBUS, OH] (CSE: GGB, OTCQB: GGBXF) announced that Brian Logan is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 15, 2020. Logan has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company since January 2019.

Robert Williams

LHC Group, Inc. [LAFAYETTE, LA] (NASDAQ: LHCG) announced the promotion of Joshua Proffitt from CFO to president and the hiring of Robert Williams as the company’s new chief financial officer, effective July 13, 2020. Williams was most recently with ChenMed, where he served as vice president of strategic financial operations since 2017. Prior to ChenMed, Williams held various financial leadership positions including chief financial officer with Altegra Health, vice president of finance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, chief financial officer of Active Health Management, and several roles at Barclays PLC including director of business intelligence with Barclays Wealth and chief financial officer with Barclaycard Global Operations and Transformation. Prior to Barclays, he spent 10 years of his career with American Express Company in various financial roles and responsibilities.

Security Federal Corporation [AIKEN, SC] (OTCBB: SFDL), the holding company for Security Federal Bank, announced, effective June 30, 2020, Jessica T. Cummins will be resigning as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, positions she has held since June 2014. Subsequent to her resignation, Cummins will continue to serve on the Company’s and Bank’s Boards of Directors. The Company also announced that Darrell Rains has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank effective June 30, 2020. Rains served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Southeastern Bank Financial Corporation and Georgia Bank & Trust Company, Augusta, Georgia and successors from October 2005 to March 2017.  Rains served as Executive Vice President- Regional Financial Officer for Regions Bank from 1998 to 2005.  From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Rains served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Palfed, Inc. and subsidiaries, including Palmetto Federal Savings Bank of South Carolina, FSB.

Jon Paul

Plus Products Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] (CSE: PLUS, OTCQX: PLPRF) announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Jon Paul, will be retiring at the end of this month, and current Vice President of Finance, Nate Pearson, has been identified as his successor. Pearson is expected to be officially appointed on or around July 1, 2020. Following his time at Ernst & Young, Pearson worked at Tesla Motors as a Senior Financial Analyst and at Lagunitas as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, before ultimately joining PLUS in his role as Vice President of Finance.

Summit Therapeutics plc [Oxford, United Kingdom and Cambridge, MA] (NASDAQ: SMMT) announced that Michael Donaldson has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Donaldson joins Summit from Goldfinch Bio, Inc., where he led finance and accounting as Vice President, Finance, and Corporate Controller. Previously, he served as Vice President, Finance, Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer at ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, he was the Corporate Controller for Hittite Microwave Corporation. Donaldson spent the first 11 years of his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Erik Fortier

Versique Search and Consulting [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the promotion of Erik Fortier to Chief Financial Officer. Fortier joined Versique as Vice President of Finance in May 2019 and brings more than 17 years of diverse Corporate Finance experience in various companies, both public and private in the staffing, retail, hospitality, aerospace, technology, and financial services industries.

The Southern Education Foundation (SEF) [ATLANTA] announced that Leighton O’Sullivan joined SEF as chief financial officer on April 1. Prior to that, he was the chief financial officer at IFS Group. His previous experience includes serving as associate vice president and controller at Clark Atlanta University and controller and director of accounting services at Yeshiva University.

Lee Ann Prosky-Carter

Wolfe LLC [PITTSBURGH] announced the hiring of Lee Ann Prosky-Carter as new Chief Financial Officer. Prosky-Carter has years of finance and accounting experience working with such notable companies as HM Health Solutions, Summa Technologies, and Siemens.

Joe Scott

Advanced Group [CHICAGO] named Joseph Scott as Chief Financial Officer. Scott most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Strategic Finance of PAREXEL where he provided divisional CFO leadership. Prior to his role at PAREXEL, Scott held senior finance and accounting roles at Monster, Thomson Reuters, and EMC.

TILT Holdings Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (CSE: TILT, OTCQB: TLLTF) announced that TILT’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), David Caloia, departed the Company. Brad Hoch, Controller at the Company’s Jupiter Research, LLC business unit, will assume responsibilities as the interim TILT CFO and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining TILT, Hoch served as Division Controller at American Traffic Solutions, Inc. He brings over twenty years of experience in a number of enterprises including TPI Composites Inc. and Gateway Inc.

Ardelyx [FREMONT, CA] (NASDAQ: ARDX) announced the appointment of Justin Renz to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Renz most recently served as the president and chief financial officer of Correvio Pharma. Prior to Correvio, Renz was executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Karyopharm Pharmaceuticals. Before Karyopharm, Renz was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Zalicus Inc. (formerly CombinatoRx, Inc.), which he joined in 2006. Earlier in his career, Renz held numerous positions of increasing responsibility at ArQule, Inc. and Millipore Corporation. Mr. Renz began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP in 1993.

Sam Patterson

Global Franchise Group (GFG) [ATLANTA] named Sam Patterson as their new Chief Financial Officer. Patterson comes to GFG from FOCUS Brands where he served as Senior Vice President of Accounting. Before his time with FOCUS, he was Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller for Movie Gallery/Hollywood Video, Vice President and Corporate Controller for Republic National Cabinet Corporation, and Corporate Controller for Wolverine Tube, Inc.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: EAST) announced that Geoffrey Gwin will step down from his role as a member of the Company’s board and will be appointed Eastside’s Chief Financial Officer. Gwin joined the Eastside board of directors in August 2019. Until March 2020, Gwin was most recently a Member of Quad Capital Management Advisors, LLC and the Managing Member of Group G Capital Partners, LLC. Gwin is a Board Observer of SMArtX Advisory Solutions, Inc. Gwin formed Group G Capital Partners, LLC in 2003 and had continuously managed its related strategies as its Chief Investment Officer. Gwin has held positions at Symphony Asset Management, BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft, and Citibank, Inc. over the last two decades. Gwin replaces G. Stuart Schreiner, who was the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.

AutoPets [AUBURN HILLS, MI] hired Joshua Chandler as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as CFO of ECS Tuning. Previously, Chandler served as Senior Vice President, Finance at Thane International.


CFO Moves – week ending June 19, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Endologix, Inc. Office Depot, Inc. WebPT
BlueNalu, Inc. T-Mobile US, Inc. GoodRx
Cohesity Edmentum NYMBUS
REV Group, Inc. Ingersoll Rand Inc. Cars.com Inc.
Peabody Frontier Waste Solutions Outreach
South Reach Networks Valero Energy Corporation UNITIL Corporation
ABM Industries Incorporated Laredo Petroleum, Inc. LogMeIn, Inc.
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. Key Energy Services, Inc.
LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. SG Contracting Inc.
Mac Papers Akebia Therapeutics White River Bancshares
Venture Global LNG, Inc. Operation HOPE Brunswick Corporation
Kar’s Nuts RenovaCare, Inc.

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Endologix, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: ELGX) announced that Vaseem Mahboob, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be departing the Company effective July 1, 2020 to become CFO of a private global healthcare company. Cindy Pinto, Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer in addition to her current responsibilities.

Office Depot, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (NASDAQ: ODP) announced the appointment of D. Anthony Scaglione as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 20, 2020. Scaglione joins Office Depot from ABM Industries Incorporated where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ABM Industries, Scaglione held executive finance positions at CA Technologies.

WebPT [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Jason Heath as chief financial officer (CFO). Heath formerly served as the CFO and general manager at Leadpages.  He also served as the CFO of Drip, and he held various executive-level roles at GoDaddy before transitioning to CFO at Media Temple, following its acquisition by GoDaddy.

Amir Feder

BlueNalu, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the hiring of Amir Feder as CFO. Most recently, he was CFO of Hughes Marino. Previously, Feder was the Global CFO of Droga5.

T-Mobile US, Inc. [BELLEVUE, WA & OVERLAND PARK, KS ] (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced the company has promoted Peter Osvaldik, T-Mobile’s current senior vice president, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective July 1, 2020. Osvaldik will assume the CFO role as current CFO Braxton Carter plans to retire on July 1, 2020. Osvaldik joined T-Mobile in January 2016 as vice president, External Reporting and Technical Accounting. He was elevated to senior vice president, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer in June 2016. Prior to T-Mobile, Osvaldik held Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and manager roles at Outerwall, Coinstar and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

GoodRx [SANTA MONICA, CA] announced the appointment of Karsten Voermann as Chief Financial Officer. Voermann was previously CFO at Mercer Advisors and Mercury Payment Systems.

Robert O’Donovan

Cohesity [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Robert O’Donovan has joined the company to serve as chief financial officer (CFO). Before joining Cohesity, O’Donovan served as CFO for DataStax. Prior to that, he was CFO at Pivotal Software. O’Donovan has also held finance, operations, and sales roles at Dell/EMC in Europe and Asia Pacific/Japan.

Edmentum [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Frank Jalufka as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Edmentum, Jalufka served as Chief Financial Officer at Education Management Corporation (EDMC); Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer at The Dolan Company; and Vice President Enterprise Finance at Freedom Communications.

NYMBUS [MIAMI] announced Jim Modak has been appointed President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previous to NYMBUS, he held the Chief Operating Officer and CFO roles at companies such as DWL. Additionally, Modak was the CFO at Tradex Technologies. Modak has also work for companies as Datapath and Suniva. He began his career with KPMG.

REV Group, Inc. [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: REVG) announced that Dean Nolden is stepping down as CFO. Replacing Nolden, the company appointed Mark A. Skonieczny chief financial officer. Skonieczny was most recently Vice President and Corporate Controller of Adient PLC. Prior to that, Skonieczny spent 17 years at Johnson Controls in a variety of financial roles including Vice President of Corporate Development, Vice President of Finance, Global Aftermarket -Power Solutions, Vice President of Finance, Middle East, Latin America and NA Systems- Building Efficiency, and Assistant Corporate Controller.

Vikram Vik Kini

Ingersoll Rand Inc. [DAVIDSON, NC] (NYSE: IR) appointed Vikram “Vik” Kini as its senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer. Emily Weaver, current Chief Financial Officer, is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Kini’s experience includes almost 10 years with Ingersoll Rand (formerly Gardner Denver) where most recently he led the global FP&A organization and serving as the head of investor relations. During his time with the company, Kini has also served as the vice president of finance for the Industrials Segment and held leadership positions within treasury and IT. Prior to joining Ingersoll Rand in 2011, Kini held finance roles of increasing responsibility for General Electric and SABIC.

Sonia Jain

Cars.com Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CARS) announced it has appointed Sonia Jain to the role effective July 6, 2020. Jain joins CARS from Redbox, where she served as CFO.  Prior to Redbox, Sonia served as vice president, finance and treasurer with Outerwall. She was previously an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

Peabody [ST. LOUIS] announced Mark Spurbeck has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mark joined Peabody in early 2018 and has most recently served as the company’s Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer since January 2020. In his time at Peabody, he also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Peabody in early 2018, Mark was Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Coeur Mining, Inc. He also previously held multiple positions at Newmont Mining Corporation over an eight-year period, including Group Executive, Assistant Controller. Mark also served in several financial positions at First Data Corporation and Deloitte LLP.

Frontier Waste Solutions [PLANO, TX] hired Alek Orloff as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Frontier, Orloff was the former Chief Financial Officer of Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recycling and most recently the Vice President of Strategic Development at GFL Environmental.

Outreach [SEATTLE] announced the hiring of Melissa Fisher as its chief financial officer. Fisher comes to Outreach from Qualys. Fisher has more than 20 years of experience from her time at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Securities. Fisher also serves as a director on the Board of ModelN Inc.

South Reach Networks [MIAMI] announced that it has appointed Dexter Cartwright as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Chief Strategy Officer (“CSO”). During his career, he worked with companies including Cable & Wireless and Columbus Networks.

Valero Energy Corporation [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: VLO) announced that Jason Fraser, who has served as Valero’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel since January 2019, has been appointed by Valero’s Board of Directors to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 15, 2020. Fraser will succeed Donna Titzman, who will remain as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until her retirement from the position on the same date. Fraser served as Valero’s General Counsel since January 2019 and previously serving as a Senior Vice President with oversight of Valero’s Public Policy, Strategic Planning, Governmental Affairs, Investor Relations and External Communications functions. Previously, Fraser also served as President of European Commercial Operations, and Vice President of Specialty Products Marketing. Fraser began his career with Valero in 1999.

UNITIL Corporation [HAMPTON, NH] (NYSE: UTL) announced the hiring of Robert B. Hevert as Senior Vice President, effective July 23, 2020.  It is anticipated that Unitil’s Board of Directors will appoint Mr. Hevert to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Treasurer of the Company at its upcoming meeting on July 29, 2020. It is also anticipated that Laurence M. Brock, who has served as Unitil’s interim CFO and Treasurer since March 16, 2020, will step down as CFO and Treasurer on July 29, 2020, but will remain as Senior Vice President. Hevert most recently served as Partner and Practice Area Leader of Rates, Regulation and Planning at ScottMadden, Inc., where he has practiced since 2016. Hevert was founder and Managing Partner of Sussex Economic Advisors, LLC from 2012 until 2016, and President of Concentric Energy Advisors, Inc. from 2002 until 2012.  Hevert also served in senior positions at Navigant Consulting, Inc. from 1997 until 2002, and Vice President and Assistant Treasurer at Bay State Gas Company.

ABM Industries Incorporated [NEW YORK] announced the resignation of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, D. Anthony Scaglione. Dean Chin, ABM’s current Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, will be appointed interim Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2020. Chin joined ABM in 2008 and has held the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller since 2010.

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. [TULSA, OK] (NYSE: LPI) named Bryan Lemmerman as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 30, 2020. Michael Beyer will be leaving the Company effective June 17, 2020. Lemmerman previously spent 10 years with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, most recently as Vice President – Business Development and Treasurer. Prior to joining Chesapeake, Lemmerman was a portfolio manager at Highview Capital Management and Ritchie Capital Management.

LogMeIn, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: LOGM) announced that Rich Veldran will join LogMeIn as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) following the October 2019 announcement that current CFO, Ed Herdiech, would be retiring in 2020. Veldran was most recently at Boston Consulting Group as a Senior Advisor and Executive Coach. Prior to that, he was at Dun & Bradstreet, where he served as CFO for nearly eight years. Rich also held the roles of Chief Strategy Officer and SVP Corporate Development, SVP Global Business Process Reengineering and Transformation, Treasurer and Investor Relations Officer, and CFO North America at Dun & Bradstreet during his sixteen-year tenure. Before Dun & Bradstreet, Rich spent seven years with ADP and eight years with Procter & Gamble.

Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the promotion of Hans van Houte to chief financial officer.

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] announced that Steve Swank is joining the Company as its Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2020.  Swank joins from Sears Hometown Stores, Inc., where he was the Vice President, CFO and Treasurer.  Michael Galvan, the Company’s Interim CFO, will remain with Tandy through the completion of the restatement and in a consulting role. Swank brings over 25 years of experience in a broad range of retail companies, including Sears-branded companies, where he spent the last 11 years, Fossil Group and CompUSA.

Key Energy Services, Inc. [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Nelson Haight as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Previously, Haight served as a consultant providing finance and accounting services to the energy industry, most recently as the interim Chief Financial Officer for a privately held environmental commodities firm and, prior to that, for a privately held oilfield service company.  From July 2017 to September 2018, Haight served as the Chief Financial Officer for Castleton Resources LLC, and from 2011 through 2017, Haight served in various capacities from Vice President to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. Marshall Dodson, Key’s President and Chief Executive Officer. will cease to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Treasurer of the Company.

LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. [PLANTATION, FL] (NASDAQ: LMPX) announced the hiring of William E. Myers II as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2020. Since 2018, Myers served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TravelCenters of America, Inc. From 2014 to 2017, Myers served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of TA. Prior to joining TA, Myers worked as Vice President Technical Accounting and Reporting at Eaton Corporation.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: CBIO) announced the appointment of Clinton Musil as its new chief financial officer, effective July 1, 2020. Musil previously held the position of Chief Business Officer at Personalis. Prior to Personalis, Musil was a member of the executive management team at ARMO Biosciences. Earlier in his career, Musil served in various positions at Gilead Sciences and Sanofi.

Ashleigh Pushnig

SG Contracting Inc. [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Ashleigh Pushnig to Chief Financial Officer. Pushnig has 15 years of experience at SG Contracting and her role has continued to expand during this time.

Ron Crowell

Mac Papers [JACKSONVILLE, FL] announced that Ron Crowell has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing retiring CFO Greg Gay. Crowell has over 25 years of financial leadership experience, most recently as CFO for APR Energy. Prior to APR Energy, Crowell served as senior vice president of finance for World Fuel Services for approximately six years. Crowell has also held executive finance positions with KBR and General Electric. He began his career with a 13-year tenure at KPMG.

Akebia Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: AKBA) announced David A. Spellman is joining Akebia as its new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective June 29, 2020. Spellman will join Akebia from Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc., where he is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Spellman will succeed Jason A. Amello, who has served as Akebia’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2013. Prior to joining Intarcia, Spellman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. From February 2006 to March 2018, Spellman served in a series of roles at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., most recently as Vice President, Corporate, Commercial and International Finance. Prior to Vertex, Spellman spent four years at Millennium Pharmaceuticals where he held several positions on the Finance team.

White River Bancshares [FAYETTEVILLE, AR] (OTCQX: WRIV), the holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas, announced the hiring of Edward (“Ed”) P. Riendeau as its new Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Russell W. Nugent, Jr., who recently announced his retirement. Riendeau’s background is diverse, including small private and large public companies in various industries which includes public accounting, retail, distribution and marketing. Since moving to Northwest Arkansas in 2008, he worked for Walmart in both finance and internal audit functions.  Riendeau later became the Senior Vice President of Infrastructure and the Finance leader at Collective Bias.

Venture Global LNG, Inc. [ARLINGTON, VA] announces that Jonathan (Jack) Thayer has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Venture Global, Thayer served as Chief Financial Officer of Exelon Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. He has also held roles in investment banking, first with SBC Warburg, and subsequently with Deutsche Bank Securities. Most recently, Thayer served as Vice Chairman, Corporate Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Woodward, Inc.

Operation HOPE [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Brian Betts as President and Chief Financial Officer. Betts has served as Chief Financial Officer and interim Chief Operating Officer since November 2019. Prior to joining Operation HOPE, Betts worked specifically in the nonprofit industry for 10 years.

Brunswick Corporation [METTAWA, IL] (NYSE: BC) announced that it appointed Ryan M. Gwillim as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  He succeeds William L. Metzger, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will retire from Brunswick effective July 10, 2020. Gwillim most currently served as Brunswick’s Vice President, Finance & Treasurer. Gwillim previously served as Vice President – Investor Relations from 2017 to 2019.  He joined Brunswick in 2011 as Corporate Counsel. Before joining Brunswick, Gwillim was an associate in the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie.

Kar’s Nuts [MADISON HEIGHTS, MI] announced that Herman Brons has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Brons has joined Kar’s from Kronos Foods where he was CFO. Prior to Kronos, he served as CFO at Quantum Foods following 17 years in various finance leadership roles at CSM Bakery Solutions.

Robert W. Cook

RenovaCare, Inc. [ROSELAND, NJ] (OTC: RCAR) announced the appointment of new Chief Financial Officer and Board Secretary, Robert W. Cook Prior to his appointment as RenovaCare CFO, Cook served as Chief Financial Officer of CorMedix Inc., and previously at BioBlast Pharma Ltd., and Strata Skin Sciences. His executive roles at Immune Pharmaceuticals and EpiCept Corporation, included Interim President, CFO, and appointments to the Board of Directors. Previously he served as CFO of Pharmos Corporation. Cook began his career in financial services at Chase Manhattan, and was appointed Vice President in the Healthcare Group at General Electric Capital Commercial Finance.

CFO Moves – Week ending June 26, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Cresco Labs Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Relativity Space
DIH GEON Performance Solutions Mattel, Inc.
Confluent, Inc. Wrike  NCR Corporation
Radiant Ventures, Inc. Central Federal Corporation Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
PlayPower, Inc. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Quontic 
Ribbon Communications Inc. Harvest Health & Recreation Inc.

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Dennis Olis

Cresco Labs [CHICAGO] (CSE: CL, OTCQX: CRLBF) announced that Ken Amann, who has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2015, is retiring effective December 31, 2020. As part of a planned transition, the Company also appointed Dennis Olis to replace Amann as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective July 1, 2020. Olis joins Cresco Labs after previously serving as CFO for Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. Previously, Olis held a variety of senior finance and operations positions at Motorola Inc.

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation [ARLINGTON, TX] (NYSE: SIX) announced that it has appointed Sandeep Reddy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2020. Leonard Russ, who has filled the CFO position on an interim basis since February 2020, will transition to an operational role. Most recently, Reddy was the Chief Financial Officer of Guess Inc. Prior to Guess Inc., he served in finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Mattel Inc.

Relativity Space [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Muhammad Shahzad as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Shahzad most recently served as CFO of The Honest Company. Prior to The Honest Company, Shahzad was a Vice President in the Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Previously, Shahzad founded his own startup and started his career at Accenture and Deutsche Bank.

DIH [NORWELL, MA] announced that it has appointed Vaseem Mahboob as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 9th, 2020. Mahboob joins DIH after serving as CFO of Endologix since 2015. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade at GE Healthcare in several financial leadership positions, most recently as CFO of the Global IT business. Mahboob also previously served as CFO of GE’s Eastern and African Emerging Markets division. Mahboob was CFO of GE Healthcare’s Global Ultrasound business. Mahboob also served as CFO of GE Healthcare’s Global Magnetic Resonance (MRI) Business and served in several other global financial leadership positions across GE, spending a total of 16 years at the company.

Gregg Branning

GEON Performance Solutions [AVON LAKE, OH] announced the appointment of Gregg Branning as its first chief financial officer (CFO). Branning previously was executive vice president and CFO at CSW Industrials, a position he held for four years. Before that, he was senior vice president, corporate secretary of finance and CFO at Myers Industries.

Mattel, Inc. [EL SEGUNDO, CA] (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that Anthony P. DiSilvestro will join the Company as Executive Advisor on June 29, 2020, and will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on the date following the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter 2020, which is anticipated to be filed July 30, 2020. DiSilvestro will succeed Joseph J. Euteneuer, who will leave the Company as part of the Company’s previously announced transition plan. DiSilvestro most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Campbell Soup Company, a role he held from 2014 to 2019. He served in various other financial leadership roles at Campbell Soup Company since 1996, including Senior Vice President – Finance, Treasurer, Controller, Chief Financial Officer of the company’s North America and International divisions, and Head of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development.

Confluent, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced Steffan Tomlinson has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Cheryl Dalrymple, the Company’s former CFO has taken on the roles of chief people officer and head of corporate development. Tomlinson joins Confluent from Google where he was CFO of Google Cloud & Technical Infrastructure. Before Google, Tomlinson was CFO of Palo Alto Networks. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Tomlinson was CFO of Aruba Networks.

Wrike [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Carol Lee is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Lee is joining Wrike from GoodData.

NCR Corporation [ATLANTA] (NYSE: NCR) announced Timothy C. Oliver is joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer effective July 13, 2020. Oliver was President & Chief Financial Officer of the Goldstein Group, and Alter Trading, the largest of its operating companies. Prior, Oliver held CFO and other senior-level finance positions with MEMC Electronic Materials, now known as SunEdison, Metavante Technologies and Rockwell Automation. Earlier in his career, he was VP of Financial Planning for what is now Raytheon Technologies, held several senior roles for Allied Signal, which is now known as Honeywell, and was the VP of Fixed Income Trading at Bear Stearns & Co.

Radiant Ventures, Inc. [SANTA ROSA, CA] announced the hiring of Virender Ahluwalia as Chief Financial Officer. Ahluwalia brings decades of executive financial leadership experience with companies including Shutterfly, Singularity, Vintners, Rafter, iLogistix and most recently, Coastal.

Central Federal Corporation [COLUMBUS, OH] (NASDAQ: CFBK), the parent of CFBank, announced that John W. Helmsdoerfer, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of CFBank and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, will resign from the Company and CFBank for personal reasons effective July 8, 2020. In the interim, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Timothy O’Dell, will work with CFBank’s Controller, Kevin Beerman, to assume the duties as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NYSE: PANW) announced the appointment of Luis Felipe Visoso to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). Visoso will assume the role on July 1, 2020. Visoso most recently served as CFO for Amazon Web Services (AWS), and previously as CFO for Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer division. Before being in a senior finance role at Cisco, Visoso spent more than 20 years at Procter & Gamble. Visoso will take over from Palo Alto Networks CFO Kathy Bonanno, who announced her departure to become business finance officer of Google’s Cloud division.

PlayPower, Inc. [DALLAS, TX] announced that Cary Glay joined as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Glay joined in April 2020 . Prior to PlayPower, Glay served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Q Holding Company. Prior to that, he was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Master Chemical Corporation. Before Master Chemical, Cary worked in a variety of leadership roles with Eaton Corporation and Avery Dennison Corporation. Prior to his career in finance,  Glay was in the U.S. Army and served as a crew chief for a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter serving in combat operations in Operation Desert Storm.

Karen Brennan

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) announced the appointment of Karen Brennan as Chief Financial Officer effective July 15. She succeeds Stephanie Plaines, who has decided to leave JLL for personal reasons after a transition period. Brennan is currently the Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle’s operations in Europe. Prior to that, she was the Head of Americas Custom Accounts.

Quontic [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Karen Wood to Chief Financial Officer. Wood formerly served as Quontic’s Controller for six years and will take over the reins from Don Frain as he begins his retirement.

Ribbon Communications Inc. [WESTFORD, MA] (NASDAQ: RBBN) announced the appointment of Mick Lopez as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial officer. Lopez succeeds Daryl E. Raiford. Lopez most recently served as the CFO of Vista Outdoor Inc. Prior to joining Vista Outdoor, he served as the CFO at Veritas Technologies. Prior to joining Veritas Technologies, he was the CFO for Harris Corporation. From 2011 to 2014, he was the CFO for Aricent Group/KKR Private Equity. Earlier in his career, he gained valuable experience as Vice President, Finance at Cisco Systems and Tyco International, as well as international assignments with IBM and KPMG.

Deborah Keeley

Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. [PHOENIX] (CSE: HARV, OTCQX: HRVSF) announced the appointment of Deborah Keeley as Chief Financial Officer. Keeley joined Harvest in April 2020 as Vice President of Finance and Tax. Most recently, Keeley was the Senior Vice President Finance and Operations of Cultural Experiences Abroad.  Previously, she was a Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Mobile Mini, Inc. Keeley replaces Leo Jaschke, who has resigned as Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves – week ending July 3, 2020

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Armstrong Flooring ViacomCBS Inc. Materion Corporation
PanTheryx Colony Capital, Inc. Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. 
Motorola Solutions, Inc. Smarsh  ITT Inc.
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Siren Care Kyowa Kirin USA Holdings, Inc.
Vireo Health International, Inc. Radiant Ventures, Inc. Aurora Spine Corporation
CTO Realty Growth, Inc. Akari Therapeutics Plc Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
Rubius Therapeutics Mavenlink Perceptyx
Unqork Pinnacle Dermatology Crocker Partners
The Coretec Group, Inc. RF Industries Mechanical Technology, Incorporated
14th Round Inc. HealthEquity, Inc.

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Armstrong Flooring [LANCASTER, PA] (NYSE: AFI) announced the appointment of Gregory D. Waina, as interim chief financial officer. The announcement comes after Armstrong Flooring and Douglas B. Bingham mutually agreed to separate. Waina has advised on multiple business transformation efforts at major brands, including The Wendy’s Company, Hillenbrand, Inc., Red Roof Inn, Inc., DSW Shoe Warehouse, and Express, Inc.

ViacomCBS Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: VIACA, VIAC) announced that Naveen Chopra has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective August 10, 2020. He succeeds Christina Spade, who will transition into an advisory role after the Company’s second quarter earnings call. Chopra joins ViacomCBS from Amazon, where he served as Chief Financial Officer of Amazon’s Devices and Services business. Previously, Chopra spent two years as Chief Financial Officer of Pandora, and served, for a period, as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, he served in a number of senior positions at TiVo, including four years as Chief Financial Officer and a period as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Chopra also spent six years on the board of directors at Vonage Holdings, and is a member of the board of KQED San Francisco, one of the nation’s largest public media organizations. Earlier in his career, Chopra held business development roles at both large enterprises like Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard and early-stage venture-backed companies including WebTV, Ofoto, and Rearden Steel.

Materion Corporation [MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OH] (NYSE: MTRN) announced that it has appointed Stephen F. Shamrock, current Vice President, Corporate Controller and Investor Relations as interim Chief Financial Officer to succeed Joseph P. Kelley, who previously notified the Company on May 1, 2020 that he will be leaving the company to pursue another career opportunity. Shamrock joined the Company in September 2014 as Vice President, Corporate Controller. Shamrock previously held progressively responsible roles over 10 years at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, including Finance Director, Controller European Union, Director of Finance and Strategy, and Director of Global Cash Management. Prior to joining Goodyear, he spent 10 years in the audit practice of KPMG, LLP.

PanTheryx [BOULDER, CO] announced the appointment of Tom Feeley to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Feeley joins PanTheryx from DSM, where he most recently served as Vice President, Nutritional Lipids Category. Prior to DSM, Feeley held various financial and operational leadership roles over a span of 13 years at Martek Biosciences Corporation.

Colony Capital, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: CLNY) announced that Jacky Wu has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. of Colony Capital.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: FET) announced that D. Lyle Williams, Jr. will be the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. effective July 10, 2020. Williams joined Forum in 2007 after previously working for Cameron International. He most recently served as Forum’s Senior Vice President, Operations.

Motorola Solutions, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: MSI) announced that Jason Winkler has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Winkler succeeds Gino Bonanotte, who has decided to retire from Motorola Solutions on December 31, 2020. Winkler has over 19 years of experience with the company. He most recently served as senior vice president leading finance for the products and sales group. Winkler has also held a number of key financial leadership roles within the company, including finance lead for global sales and services, finance lead for North America, chief of staff to the chairman and CEO and senior director of investor relations.

Smarsh [PORTLAND, OR] announced the addition of Barry Allen as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Allen previously served as the CFO of Jama Software. Prior to joining Jama, Allen served at Corbis, where he held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer.

ITT Inc. [WHITE PLAINS, NY] (NYSE: ITT) announced that Emmanuel Caprais will succeed Thomas Scalera as Chief Financial Officer on October 1, 2020, as part of the Company’s planned transition process. Emmanuel is currently Group CFO in charge of the Business Unit Finance teams, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Investor Relations. Caprais joined ITT in 2012 as segment CFO for Motion Technologies, and assumed the same role for the Industrial Process segment in 2017. He was named Group CFO in March of this year in addition to leading the Financial Planning & Analysis and Investor Relations functions for ITT. Prior to joining ITT, Emmanuel held finance leadership roles at Magneti Marelli, and at Valeo in Europe and North America.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. [SAN RAFAEL, CA] (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced the promotion of Brian R. Mueller to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mueller had been serving as Senior Vice President, Acting CFO since February this year. Mueller has been with BioMarin since December 2002. Prior to being Senior Vice President, Acting CFO, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer and as Group Vice President, Corporate Controller. Before joining BioMarin, Mueller worked for KPMG as a senior manager in the firm’s audit practice. Mueller joined KPMG after Arthur Andersen LLP ceased operations in June 2002, prior to which he spent seven years with Arthur Andersen LLP in the firm’s audit and business advisory services practice. From June 2014 to May 2020, Mueller was a member of the board of directors of Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a previously public biopharmaceutical company, where he also served as Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Siren Care [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Philip Preuss as Chief Financial Officer. Preuss spent the past 12 years at Avinger, where he most recently held the Vice President of Marketing and Business Operations position.

Kyowa Kirin USA Holdings, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ], an affiliate of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4151) named Ana Bastiani-Posner as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Bastiani-Posner led the finance and IT functions as Senior Vice President, Finance Administration at the New York Genome Center, Inc. Prior to this, Bastiani-Posner held leadership roles in finance at several large pharmaceutical companies, including Allergan, Novartis and Schering Plough. Bastiani-Posner succeeds Takeshi Masuda, who will continue to support the organization as part of the Company’s Corporate Strategy and Planning Department.

Vireo Health International, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (CNSX: VREO; OTCQX: VREOF) announced that John Heller has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  Heller joins Vireo after serving as Chief Financial Officer of Lift Brands since 2016. He also recently held senior executive positions at Life Time Fitness. Heller’s appointment replaces Shaun Nugent, who has accepted a new role at a company outside of the cannabis industry.

Radiant Ventures, Inc. [SANTA ROSA, CA] announced the hiring of Virender Ahluwalia as Chief Financial Officer. Ahluwalia brings decades of executive financial leadership experience with companies including Shutterfly, Singularity, Vintners, Rafter, iLogistix and most recently, Coastal.

Aurora Spine Corporation [CARLSBAD, CA] (TSX-V: ASG) announced the promotion of Chad Clouse to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clouse has served as the company’s Accounting Manager since 2019.  Former CFO Jana Kiena resigned from the Company.

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. [DAYTONA BEACH, FL] (NYSE American: CTO) announced that its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mark E. Patten, is leaving the Company to join a publicly-traded REIT as its Chief Financial Officer.

Akari Therapeutics Plc [NEW YORK and LONDON] (NASDAQ: AKTX) announced the appointment of Torsten Hombeck, Ph.D., as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Hombeck’s previous positions include Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer and Managing Director at Promethera Biosciences, and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Business Officer at Cytonet where he played an integral role in its acquisition by Promethera in 2016. Dr. Hombeck also served as Chief Financial Officer at both Agennix and GPC Biotech.

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SRPT) announced the retirement of Sandy Mahatme, Sarepta’s executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief business officer, from the company effective July 10, 2020.

Rubius Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: RUBY) announced a planned change to its management team. Andrew Oh, Chief Financial Officer, will depart the Company following completion of a transition period, which will conclude on December 31, 2020.

Cheryl Kim

Perceptyx [TEMECULA, CA] announced that Cheryl Kim has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Kim previously served for five years as CFO of Healthline Media.

Unqork [NEW YORK] announced the hire of its first Chief Financial Officer, Dan Murphy. Murphy previously served as CFO and COO for Namely, and spent nearly seven years as CFO for LivePerson. Prior to that, he served as CFO for the SEO platform, Conductor, Inc.

Pinnacle Dermatology [LOMBARD, IL] announced that Judson Larson has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Larson last served as Chief Financial Officer of Omni Ophthalmic Management Consultants (OOMC).  Prior to joining OOMC, Larson held various senior financial positions in healthcare, insurance, technology, and manufacturing.

Crocker Partners [BOCA RATON, FL] announced that Todd Amara, who has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2005, has retired. As part of a planned transition, the Company promoted Jeremy Beer to succeed Amara as CFO. Beer previously served as the firm’s Director of Finance and has been with the company for almost 25 years.

The Coretec Group, Inc. [ANN ARBOR, MI] (OTC PINK: CRTG) announced it has appointed Matthew Hoffman as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hoffman will transition from his existing role as Director of Finance to CFO, taking the place of Ronald W. Robinson who will be retiring from his position as Coretec’s CFO. Hoffman was appointed as Coretec’s Director of Finance in May 2020. Before joining The Coretec Group, he was the CFO of MI Bioresearch and Executive Director of Finance at Covance, Inc.

RF Industries [SAN DIEGO, CA] (NASDAQ: RFIL) announced that Mark Turfler will be stepping down as CFO, a position he has held since January 2014. Peter Yin, RF Industries Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Yin joined RF Industries in September 2014 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations in November 2019. He previously worked at Sony Corporation of America in Corporate Audit and at Grant Thornton in the Assurance practice.

Mechanical Technology, Incorporated (MTI) [ALBANY, NY] (OTC Pink: MKTY) announced the appointment of Jessica Thomas as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Rick Jones, who had served as the Company’s CFO since 2009, will continue in his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of MTI.

14th Round Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that Paul Bozoki has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Bozoki began his career at Ernst & Young, and most recently served as CFO for Desert Lion Energy Inc., Euclides Technologies Inc., and Acasta Enterprises Inc.

HealthEquity, Inc. [DRAPER, UT] (NASDAQ: HQY) announced that Tyson Murdock has been appointed Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, and will succeed Darcy Mott as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) April 1, 2021. Murdock joined HealthEquity in 2018 as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining HealthEquity, Murdock served as divisional CFO for eBay and Senior Manager at Ernst & Young, LLP.

CFO Moves – week ending July 10, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

WWE NortonLifeLock STAAR Surgical Company
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics UNITY Biotechnology, Inc. Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
Arcus Biosciences, Inc. People’s Bank of Commerce o9 Solutions, Inc.
INAP FastSpring H2O.ai
Tenneco Inc. Zing Health Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
Superior Industries International, Inc. HarbourVest Partners Indigo Agriculture
Harley-Davidson, Inc. Nicholas Financial, Inc. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Oncologie, Inc. Biotalys NV New Fed Mortgage
SkyWater Technology ImmunoMolecular Therapeutics, Inc. uLab Systems
NS1 USA Technologies, Inc. Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Nevada Copper Corp. Rokt

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WWE [STAMFORD, CT] (NYSE: WWE) announced the appointment of Kristina Salen as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 3, 2020. Salen served as the first CFO of Etsy. Salen also held CFO/COO roles with Moda Operandi and Translation Enterprises/United Masters, and managed global media and telecom funds with Fidelity Investments. Earlier in her career, she served in financial analyst positions with Oppenheimer Capital, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Lazard Freres & Co. She sits on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee for both SiriusXM and Cornerstone OnDemand.

Natalie Derse

NortonLifeLock [TEMPE, AZ] (NASDAQ: NLOK) announced the appointment of Natalie Derse as its Chief Financial Officer. Derse joins NortonLifeLock from eBay, Inc., where from July 2011 through July 2020, she served in numerous financial capacities, most recently as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Global Product, Platform, Payments, Risk and Trust. Prior to joining eBay, Derse served in a variety of capacities at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., from February 2008 through July 2011. Before that, Derse spent over ten years in numerous financial roles with General Electric Company. Derse will succeed Matthew Brown, who has served as NortonLifeLock’s interim CFO through the transition.  Brown will return to his Chief Accounting Officer role.

STAAR Surgical Company [LAKE FOREST, CA] (NASDAQ: STAA) announced that Patrick F. Williams has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. His appointment is part of a planned transition following Deborah Andrews’ previously announced retirement. Williams was most recently at Sientra, Inc., where he initially served as the Chief Financial Officer before transitioning to the General Manager of the miraDry® business unit. Prior to Sientra, Williams was Chief Financial Officer of ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc. Williams has also served as Vice President at NuVasive, Inc.

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics [RARITAN, NJ] announced Joseph M. Busky has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Busky previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Vyaire Medical, Inc. Prior to Vyaire, Busky was Chief Financial Officer of FDH Velocitel. From 2008 – 2015, Busky served as Chief Financial Officer of InnerWorkings, Inc. Busky previously held corporate and divisional finance roles for a combined 11 years at Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics / Dade Behring Holdings, Inc., Bayer Diagnostics and Diagnostic Products Corporation, including serving as Chief Accounting Officer at Dade Behring.

UNITY Biotechnology, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (“UNITY”) [NASDAQ: UBX] announced that Bob Goeltz, chief financial officer, will leave the company at the end of July 2020 to pursue a new opportunity. Effective August 1, 2020, Lynne Sullivan, former senior vice president of Biogen, Inc., will become UNITY’s interim chief financial officer. Sullivan worked at Biogen for over 10 years, most recently serving as senior vice president of finance with global responsibility for corporate finance, financial planning and analysis and corporate tax. Sullivan is currently a member of the board of directors, as well as chair of the audit committees, of three publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies: Solid Biosciences, Inc., resTORbio, Inc. and BiomX Inc. Sullivan also serves on the board of Inozyme Pharma, Inc. Ms. Sullivan served as the chief financial officer for Compass Therapeutics.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.  [PRINCETON, NJ] (NYSE: EPRT) announced the appointment of Mark E. Patten as an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective August 10, 2020. Patten has been a Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of CTO Realty Growth, Inc., previously known as Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co., since April 16, 2012. Since November 26, 2019, Patten has been a Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. Previously, from January 2004 until April 2007, Patten was a Senior Vice President and the Chief Accounting Officer of CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc. In connection with Patten’s appointment, Anthony K. Dobkin will resign from his role as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 10, 2020.

Arcus Biosciences, Inc. [HAYWARD, CA] (NYSE: RCUS) announced that Bob Goeltz will join Arcus as Chief Financial Officer on August 1, 2020. Goeltz most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of UNITY Biotechnology and immediately before that as Chief Financial Officer of CytomX Therapeutics. Prior to these positions, Goeltz had an 11-year tenure at Amgen, holding positions including the Chief Financial Officer of Onyx Pharmaceuticals.

People’s Bank of Commerce [MEDFORD, OR] (OTCBB: PBCO) announced that Lindsey Trautman took over the position as the bank’s Chief Financial Officer in May following the retirement of the bank’s former CFO, Russ Milburn, who served since 2007. Trautman has held various positions at the financial institution including credit analyst, accounting specialist, accountant, and most recently controller before earning the position as Chief Financial Officer.

Anand Govind

o9 Solutions, Inc. [DALLAS] announced the promotion of Anand Govind to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Anand was previously EVP of Finance. Prior to joining o9 late last year, Anand spent over a decade in leadership roles in the technology investment banking groups of J.P. Morgan and, most recently as Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. Prior to his investment banking career, he held various senior operating and strategic roles in the technology industry.

INAP [RESTON, VA] announced the appointment of Lisa Mayr as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mayr reports to President and CEO Michael Sicoli, who joined INAP as President and CFO in October 2019 and was appointed to his current role in May. Prior to INAP, Mayr served as CFO of MicroStrategy, and as CFO of two leading education technology firms, EVERFI and Blackboard.

Mark Lambert

FastSpring [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced that Mark Lambert has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lambert played a central role in helping Wrike. Prior to Wrike, Mark served as CFO of multiple high growth venture capital-backed companies. Earlier in his career, Lambert spent seven years at Yahoo.

H2O.ai [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced that Raman Kapur is joining the company’s leadership team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kapur was previously CFO at Moogsoft. Prior to Moogsoft, he was VP of Finance at Splunk.

Tenneco Inc. [LAKE FOREST, IL] (NYSE: TEN) announced that it has appointed Matti Masanovich as chief financial officer, effective August 10, 2020.  He will succeed interim CFO Ken Trammell. Before joining Tenneco, Masanovich was chief financial officer of Superior Industries International, Inc. Prior to that, he was the senior vice president and chief financial officer at General Cable Corporation. Before joining General Cable Corporation, Masanovich served in various roles at IAC (International Automotive Components) as VP & controller, APTIV (formerly Delphi Automotive), an automotive technology company, including the global vice president of finance, Packard Electrical and Electronic Architecture Division in Shanghai, China.  His other automotive supplier experience includes roles at EMCON Technologies, Dura Automotive, Collins and Aikman and Federal-Mogul.

Mete Sahin

Zing Health [CHICAGO] announced Mete Sahin has been named Chief Financial Officer. Sahin previously served as CFO of Advance Health. Prior to his tenure with Advance Health, Sahin was CFO of XLHealth Corp. He was also vice president-finance and controller of Lifemark Corp. before it was absorbed into UnitedHealth.

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: REXR) announced the appointment of Laura Clark as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2020. Clark will succeed Adeel Khan as Chief Financial Officer. Clark most recently served as Senior Vice President, Capital Markets at Regency Centers. Clark has served in such role since 2017, after previously serving as Vice President, Financial Services at Regency Centers since 2012. Prior to that, she held roles in institutional sales and equity research at Green Street Advisors, served as Vice President, Capital Markets at Iron Tree Capital and as Vice President at Inland Capital Markets Group.

Superior Industries International, Inc. [SOUTHFIELD, MI] (NYSE: SUP) announced that Matti Masanovich has resigned from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 6, 2020, to accept a new position at Tenneco Inc.

HarbourVest Partners [BOSTON] announced the hiring of Rob MacGoey as the chief financial officer (CFO) for the Firm’s Management Company. MacGoey will work alongside Karin Lagerlund, current CFO, who will focus on client and fund accounting, treasury and capital markets. MacGoey was previously chief accounting officer and controller at Apollo Global Management. Prior to his time at Apollo, Rob held several senior positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Financial Services Assurance and Advisory Practices.

Indigo Agriculture [BOSTON] announced that Jim Young will join the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Young is currently the CFO of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., and will join Indigo in September.  Since 2014, Young has served as Chief Financial Officer at Broadridge. Prior to joining Broadridge, Young served in senior finance roles at Visa Inc., including as Senior Vice President, Finance leading global financial planning and analysis for Visa’s businesses in North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Central Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Prior to joining Visa in 2006, Young was a finance executive at two early-stage technology companies.

Harley-Davidson, Inc. [Milwaukee] (NYSE: HOG) announced that Chief Financial Officer John Olin has left his role, with current VP Treasurer, Darrell Thomas assuming duties as interim CFO.

Nicholas Financial, Inc. [CLEARWATER, FL] (NASDAQ: NICK) announced the appointment of Irina Nashtatik as Chief Financial Officer. Nashtatik had been serving as Nicholas Financial’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since November of 2019. During her tenure with Nicholas, Irina Nashtatik has served as Controller, Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Nicholas, Nashtatik held several leaderships positions in accounting, finance and treasury at Bankers Financial Corporate, USAmeriBank, and Jabil, Inc.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: BR) announced that Jim Young, Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from his role to pursue an opportunity with Indigo Ag, Inc. Young will continue as CFO through the release of the company’s fourth quarter fiscal year 2020 earnings and will leave Broadridge on August 31, 2020. Matt Connor, Chief Financial Officer of Broadridge’s Global Technology and Operations (“GTO”) business, will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Connor has been CFO of Broadridge’s GTO business since 2015. He joined Broadridge in 2007 and has held a variety of roles in finance and business unit leadership, including leading Broadridge’s fixed income business. Prior to joining Broadridge, he held senior finance roles at Gartmore Global Investments, First USA and CoreStates Bank.

Oncologie, Inc. [WALTHAM, MA] announced the appointment of Matthew Osborne as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the company in 2020, Osborne served as Chief Financial Officer at Unum Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to joining Unum Therapeutics, Osborne served as Head of Corporate Affairs, Communications and Investor Relations at Voyager Therapeutics, Inc., and through similar roles at Shire, Plc, Synageva BioPharma Corp. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. Osborne’s Wall Street experience includes serving as a sell-side analyst at Lazard Capital Markets and Leerink Swann.

Biotalys NV [GHENT, Belgium and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] announced the appointment of Wim Ottevaere as Chief Financial Officer. In addition to his new role at Biotalys, Ottevaere will continue to act as non-executive director for several biotech companies. Prior to joining Biotalys, until September 2018, he was Chief Financial Officer of Ablynx. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Innogenetics. Ottevaere has held various positions in finance and administration prior to joining Innogenetics.

New Fed Mortgage [DANVERS, MA]  announced that Frank Plenskofski has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Plenskofski has been Chief Financial Officer at Rock Financial/Quicken Loans, Opteum Financial Services, Guaranteed Rate and Cross Country Mortgage to name a few. He has held senior executive positions at CIT Group and Trust Company of the West.

SkyWater Technology [BLOOMINGTON, MN] announced that Steve Manko has joined SkyWater as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Steve Wold, former CFO has been appointed as the company’s first Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Manko joins SkyWater as CFO from Riveron Consulting, where he was a Managing Director and led the Financial Advisory Services practice in Minneapolis. Prior to Riveron Consulting, Manko was at Ernst & Young and specialized in the Banking & Capital Markets industries.

ImmunoMolecular Therapeutics, Inc. [WOBURN, MA] announced that Tom Shea has joined as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (CFO/COO). Most recently, Shea served as CFO of ImmusanT. He has served as CFO and has been involved in growth operations of a number of biotech companies, most notably Albireo Pharma, Tolerx, Inc., and Cubist Pharmaceuticals.

uLab Systems [SAN MATEO, CA] announced that Nicola Downes has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Downes served as VP Finance and then CFO of PneumRx, Inc. She was also the CFO of Autonomic Technologies Inc.

NS1 [NEW YORK] hired David Wilson as chief financial officer. Prior to joining NS1, Wilson held CFO roles with Symphony Communications; Ooyala Inc.; ACS; and DirecTV Broadband.

USA Technologies, Inc. [MALVERN, PA] (OTC: USAT) announced that Eugene C. Cavanaugh has been hired as interim Chief Financial Officer. Eugene Cavanaugh assumed the responsibility of interim CFO, taking the place vacated by the departure of former CFO, Michael Wasserfuhr. Most recently, Cavanaugh has worked as a private investor and consultant, providing CFO level financial management and process improvement for portfolio companies of Triple Tree Capital Partners in Minneapolis, and other independent companies. Previously, he was a member of the executive leadership team at UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and was the CFO of its Uniprise business segment. Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group, Cavanaugh managed Arthur Andersen’s finance and accounting outsourcing practice, in Metro Philadelphia.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, MA] (NASDAQ: SNDX) announced the appointment of Daphne Karydas as Chief Financial Officer. Karydas most recently served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and Strategy at Allergan. She will succeed Richard P. Shea, who will be retiring from his role as Syndax’s Chief Financial Officer. Karydas joined Allergan in 2017 as Senior Vice President of Global Investor Relations and Strategy. Prior to joining Allergan, she served as Executive Director and Senior Healthcare Analyst at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Previously, she was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Healthcare Analyst at The Boston Company Asset Management, a BNY Mellon company. Earlier, Karydas was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs Asset Management focused on healthcare, as well as a member of Goldman Sachs’ healthcare investment banking team. Before joining Goldman Sachs, she was a Project Chemical Engineer at Merck & Co.

Nevada Copper Corp. [YERINGTON, NV] (TSX: NCU) announced the appointment of André van Niekerk as Chief Financial Officer. van Niekerk was previously the CFO of Golden Star Resources.

Rokt [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Michael Gordon to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Gordon, was previously Group CFO and MD of Group Services for Greenlit Brands Pty Limited in Australia & New Zealand.

CFO Moves – week ending July 17, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. Jefferies Group LLC Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
Ultimus Fund Solutions Scholar Rock RealPage, Inc.
Health Plus Management AnaptysBio, Inc. C4 Therapeutics, Inc.
Scantron Corporation Gateway Health AccuVein Inc.
Calero-MDSL Eos Energy Storage ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc.
ViaCyte, Inc. Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. EnLink Midstream, LLC
SPX Corporation Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation

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Domino’s Pizza, Inc. [ANN ARBOR, MI] (NYSE: DPZ) announced that Jeffrey D. Lawrence, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, has announced his decision to retire from Domino’s after more than 20 years of service. He has served in his current role for the last five years. Mr. Lawrence has agreed to continue serving as CFO until the company identifies his successor. Once a successor is named, he will step down from his role and will serve as an advisor to Domino’s Chief Executive Officer until the end of 2020.

Jefferies Group LLC [NEW YORK & LONDON & HONG KONG]  announced that, effective August 24, 2020, Matthew Larson will become Jefferies Group’s Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Teresa Gendron, who has been Jefferies Group’s Interim Financial Officer since the untimely illness and death of its former CFO, Peg Broadbent. Larson is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Barclays Americas, as well as CFO of Barclays PLC’s Global Markets business. Previously, Larson was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he held several roles in the Finance Division.

Leo Greenstein

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals [IRVINE, CA] announced the appointment of Leo Greenstein to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Tarsus, he served in finance roles at several publicly-traded companies in the molecular diagnostics, medical device, and pharmaceutical sectors, most recently as Senior Vice President of Finance & Corporate Controller at Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since 2013.

Ultimus Fund Solutions [CINCINNATI] announce that Michael K. Neborak joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Neborak most recently served as EVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at First Data Corporation. and previously served in many executive and CFO roles throughout his career including with Willis Group Holdings plc, MSCI Inc., and Citigroup Alternative Investments. He also worked at Solomon Smith Barney in the Investment Banking Division, and began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Ted Myles

Scholar Rock [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SRRK) announced the appointment of Edward (Ted) Myles, as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations. Myles has served on Scholar Rock’s Board of Directors, including as chair of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee since November 2018. He is stepping down from the Board of Directors in connection with his appointment to the executive leadership team. Myles most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining AMAG, he served as CFO and COO at Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. until its acquisition by Astellas Pharma, Inc. His prior leadership positions include CFO and Vice President of Operations at PrimeraDx, Inc. and Controller of EMD Pharmaceuticals (now EMD Serono, a part of Merck KGaA). Earlier in his career, Mr. Myles was an associate in the healthcare investment banking group at SG Cowen Securities Corporation and was a senior associate in the audit practice of Coopers & Lybrand LLP.

RealPage, Inc. [RICHARDSON, TX] (NASDAQ:RP) announced that Tom Ernst, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of RealPage, plans to resign from his position effective as of August 15, 2020 to pursue new opportunities.

Health Plus Management [UNIONDALE, NY] announced the appointment of Jeff Tarlowe as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was Operating Partner and Group Chief Financial Officer for Zenyth Partners private equity fund. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer, OptumCare Delivery/ProHealth (a UnitedHealth Group company). Jeff began his career at Merck & Co, Inc. where he served in roles of increasing responsibility before spending several years at private equity backed healthcare technology companies.

AnaptysBio, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ANAB) announced the appointment of Dennis Mulroy as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to AnaptysBio, he has served as Chief Financial Officer of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, Taxus Cardium Pharmaceuticals Group, Molecular Imaging and SeraCare Life Sciences.

C4 Therapeutics, Inc. (C4T), [WATERTOWN, MA] announced the addition of William McKee to its leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. McKee currently also serves as Chief Executive Officer of MBJC Associates, LLC. McKee served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for EKR Therapeutics, Inc. from July 2010 until June 2012 when EKR was sold to Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Until March 2010, McKee served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Barr Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited. McKee was also Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Barr from 1996 until its acquisition by Teva. McKee currently serves on the boards of publicly traded companies including Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly known as Depomed, Inc.), Agile Therapeutics, Inc. and Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.

Scantron Corporation [EAGAN, MN] announced the addition of Shaun Nugent as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Scantron, Shaun served as the CEO and CFO of several major private and public companies, including Sun Country Airlines, Life Time Fitness, AllOver Media, and Champps Entertainment.

Ja’Ron Bridges

Gateway Health [PITTSBURGH] announced Ja’Ron Bridges has joined the organization as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bridges is joining Gateway Health from Highmark Health, where he most recently served as Vice President of Financial Strategy, Planning and Analysis. Prior to his time at Highmark Health, Bridges held various financial leadership positions at industry-leading organizations, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Chrysler.

AccuVein Inc. [MEDFORD, NY] announce the hire of Kevin McArdle as Chief Financial Officer. McArdle was formerly with Cheetah Medical, which was purchased by Baxter in 2019. Prior to joining Cheetah Medical he was CFO of Histogenics Corporation. Prior to joining Histogenics, McArdle was contract Chief Financial Officer for Avedro, Inc. and INVO Bioscience, Inc. McArdle also started two seed-stage technologies in the fields of cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Calero-MDSL [PHOENIX and ROCHESTER, NY] announced that has hired Brian Brady as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Brian was the Senior Vice President of FP&A and head of Worldwide Finance at EagleView. Prior to EagleView, Brady spent six years in public accounting at PwC.

Eos Energy Storage [EDISON, NJ] announced the appointment of a Sagar C. Kurada to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Eos, Sagar held previous CFO roles with HighTower Advisors and in multiple GE operating entities, and he also worked in the private equity consulting practice at FCM.

Jarrod M. Watson

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. [CARROLLTON, TX] (NASDAQ: AEY) announced the appointment of Jarrod M. Watson as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ADDvantage Technologies, Watson served as Chief Financial Officer of Southland Holdings. Prior to that, he served as Head of Business Analytics & Forecasting for Pizza Hut US, a Yum! Brands subsidiary. Watson has also held financial leadership roles with increasing levels of responsibility for several companies prior to that.

ViaCyte, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Brittany Bradrick as Chief Financial Officer. Bradrick joins ViaCyte from Insulet Corporation where she was Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. Prior to that, she was Director, Business Development and Alliance Management at Abbott Diabetes Care and served life science companies as an investment banker for over ten years with Chase Securities, Credit Suisse, and Piper Jaffray. She currently serves on the advisory board of AltrixBio and the board of MedExecWomen.

Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [FLORHAM PARK, NJ] (NASDAQ: PHAT) announced that it has appointed Todd Branning as Chief Financial Officer.  Interim CFO, David Socks, will continue with the company as a strategic advisor and remain a member of the Board of Directors. Branning was most recently with Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Teva Pharmaceuticals’ Global Generic Medicines division.  Prior to joining Teva in 2016, he served as Vice President, Finance, for Allergan plc.  Branning has also served in financial leadership roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, PPG Industries, Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc.

EnLink Midstream, LLC [DALLAS] (NYSE: ENLC) announced the appointment of Pablo G. Mercado as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO for Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Prior to that, Mercado was an investment banker with the Oil and Gas Group of Credit Suisse and previously at UBS Investment Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He currently serves on the Board of Directors as a member of the Audit and Governance Committees of Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

SPX Corporation [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NYSE: SPXC) announced the appointment of James (“Jamie”) E. Harris as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective August 17, 2020. Scott Sproule, who is retiring from his role as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, continues to serve as an officer of SPX and will remain with the company during the transition period. Harris joins SPX from Elevate Textiles, Inc. where he served as Chief Financial Officer prior to being promoted to interim Chief Executive Officer in March 2020. Before joining Elevate in 2019, Harris spent over ten years with Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (NASDAQ: COKE), where he served as Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer, eventually becoming Executive Vice President – Business Transformation and Business Services.  His prior executive roles include senior financial positions with MedCath Corporation, Fresh Foods Inc., and The Shelton Companies. He began his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young.

Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation [CORNING, NY] announced that Firouzeh Sarhangi retired as chief financial officer (CFO), treasurer, and corporate secretary of the company. Sarhangi served as CFO since 2006. Charles Lenns joined Corning as vice president, chief financial officer, and corporate secretary. Lenns began his professional career in the tax practice of Ernst & Young, and was a partner with Ernst & Young from 1989 until his retirement in 2012. Lenns then served as vice president-tax for Consolidated Edison Inc. from September 2012 until his retirement in December 2018. Following his retirement from Consolidated Edison, he provided accounting consulting services through Lenns Consulting Group, LLC until he joined Corning.

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