CFO Moves – week ending July 21, 2017

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Vera Bradley, Inc. [FORT WAYNE, Ind.] (NASDDAQ: VRA) announced that John Enwright has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Enwright joined Vera Bradley in 2014 as Senior Director of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and was soon promoted to Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis.  In March 2017, he was named Interim Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Vera Bradley, Enwright spent 15 years with Tiffany & Co. in various financial roles of increasing responsibility.

Bruce Stanski

Fluor Corporation [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: FLR) announced that Bruce Stanski has been appointed as Fluor’s chief financial officer, replacing Biggs Porter. Stanski has served as the president of Fluor’s Government Group since March 2009. Prior to joining Fluor, he served as CFO at another company in the engineering and construction sector.

IntraHealth International [CHAPEL HILL, N.C.] welcomed Rob Murphy as the new vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer. Before joining IntraHealth, Murphy served as chief financial officer/chief compliance officer at FHI 360. He also served in senior roles, including as chief financial officer, at Deloitte Emerging Markets Group, the United Nations Office for Project Services in Denmark, Counterpart International, Development Alternatives, Inc. and the Academy for Educational Development.

Family Room Entertainment Corp. [LOS ANGELES] (OTC PINK: FMYR) announced the departure of its Director, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary, Stanley Tepper.

Arcadia Healthcare Solutions [BURLINGTON, Mass.] has appointed Karl Stubelis as its chief financial officer. Prior to Arcadia, Stubelis served as senior vice president and CFO at athenahealth. Stubelis had previously been vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer at marketing and consulting firm SapientNitro Corporation.

Epix Healthcare [NORCROSS, Ga.] announced the addition of Brian Moore as its chief financial officer. Moore joined Epix after serving as the CFO of Carestream Dental. Prior to Carestream Dental, Moore served in a variety of financial and operational roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Gilsbar [COVINGTON, LA] announced the addition of Becky Pathoumthong to our executive team in the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Pathoumthong previously worked at Arthur Andersen, Stryker Corporation, and Alfasigma USA, Inc. prior to joining Gilsbar.

The Buckle, Inc. [KEARNEY, Neb.] (NYSE: BKE) announced that the Board of Directors has elected Thomas B. Heacock as the Company’s Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Heacock replaces Karen B. Rhoads as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, who in May announced her intention to retire from the Company. Mr. Heacock previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Corporate Controller. He has been employed by the Company since October 2003. Prior to joining the Company, he was employed by Ernst & Young, LLP.

Kim Moehler

Shrimp Basket Restaurants [PENSACOLA, Fla.] announced it has named Kim Moehler its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Ms. Moehler spent 18 years with Office Depot in various finance roles, including Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Divisional CFO roles. Before Office Depot, she was employed with Denny’s Restaurants as a Director of Field Finance.

APTIM [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Mark Crouser has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crouser has served more than 25 years in the engineering, construction and diversified services business as Vice President of Finance for Balfour Beatty Construction and more recently as Chief Financial Officer, Americas Region, for M+W Group.

Good Times Restaurants Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: GTIM), announced the resignation of Jim Zielke as Chief Financial Officer and the hiring of Ryan Zink as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Zink was the Corporate Finance Director and Reporting Leader, and previously Operations Controller for INVISTA Inc., positions he has held since March 2014. From January 2000 to March 2014, he served in various capacities with F&H Acquisition Corp., including Senior Vice President of Finance, and Chief Operating Officer for its Champps concept. Prior to his service with F&H, Mr. Zink worked for KPMG, LLP.

Fred’s, Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FRED) announced the appointment of Jason Jenne as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jenne succeeds Rick Hans, who is stepping down from the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Jenne joined Fred’s Pharmacy in September 2016 as Senior Vice President, Finance. He most recently served as President and CEO of True Temper Sports. He also served as True Temper Sports’ Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ACRX) announced the appointment of Raffi Asadorian as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Amyris, Mr. Asadorian was the CFO for Unilabs. Mr. Asadorian joined Barr Pharmaceuticals as SVP and CFO of its PLIVA subsidiary.

Intelivideo [DENVER] announced the appointment of Scott Heinemann as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at Workforce Insight, Inc.

CalAmp [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CAMP) announced the appointment of Kurtis J. Binder as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Binder succeeds Rick Vitelle. Mr. Binder has spent the majority of his career in financial leadership positions, including most recently as Chief Financial Officer of VIZIO, Inc., and previously served as an Assurance and Advisory Business Services Partner at Ernst & Young LLP.

Amit Singhi

Piston Group [REDFORD, Mich.] announced that Amit Singhi has been named chief financial officer. He began his business career at General Motors as a research engineer in 1989. Five years later he joined Ford Motor Company where he progressed through a series of senior finance positions in North America prior to being named CFO for Ford South America in 2012.

MannKind Corporation [VALENCIA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: MNKD) (TASE: MNKD) announced that Steven Binder has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Binder most recently spent four years at Stryker Corporation, where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Stryker’s International Group, based in Singapore. Prior to Stryker, Mr. Binder served in a series of senior leadership roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. His last four positions at BMS were Vice President, Finance roles over different geographic operating units: United States (2012-2013), Europe (2008-2011), AsiaPacific (2005-2007), and Japan (2003-2005). Prior to his international experience, Mr. Binder served in three senior leadership roles for Oncology Therapeutics Network, Vice President, Strategic Development (2001-2003), Vice President, Customer Operations (2000-2001), and Chief Financial Officer (1997-2000). Before OTN, Mr. Binder progressed through three finance and accounting roles for BMS Worldwide Medicines Group after joining the company in 1992. Before BMS, he worked for Deloitte & Touche.

Performant Financial Corporation [LIVERMORE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PFMT) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Hakan Orvell, passed away. Lisa Im, Chief Executive Officer and Ian Johnston, Chief Accounting Officer, have been handling Mr. Orvell’s duties while he was on a medical leave of absence.

Michael Breslin

NewYork-Presbyterian [New York, New York] has named Michael Breslin chief financial officer. He will succeed Phyllis Lantos, who is transitioning to a new role as a senior advisor to Dr. Steven J. Corwin, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian. Prior to joining NewYork-Presbyterian in 2015, he served as senior vice president, finance at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist (then New York Methodist Hospital). Earlier in his career, he was chief financial officer of Lenox Hill Hospital and also served as president and chief executive officer of Richmond University Medical Center. His relationship with NewYork-Presbyterian began when he worked with the hospital as a partner at the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

Insys Therapeutics, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NASDAQ: INSY) announced that Andrew G. Long has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of Global Finance at Patheon, from 2015 to 2017. Prior to his role at Patheon, Mr. Long spent nine years as Vice President of Global Finance for multiple divisions at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He previously spent five years at BioScience Division of Cambrex Corporation. Previously, Mr. Long also spent almost a decade in various roles at Abbott Laboratories.