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CFO Moves – week ending July 28, 2017

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CFO Moves this week include:

United States Steel Corporation J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Lazard Ltd
J M Smith Corporation Veson Nautical Providence St. Joseph Health
Change Healthcare MariMed Inc. Notal Vision, Ltd
TruGreen Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. Duluth Holdings Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc. Perfecto Neology, Inc.
Promethean MHVC Acquisition Corporation First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Istation

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United States Steel Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: X) announced the appointment of Kevin P. Bradley as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Bradley served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Terex Corporation. Prior to his tenure as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, he served as President of Terex Cranes. He began his career with the Terex Corporation as President of Terex Financial Services. He has over 20 years’ experience in financial services, including positions with GE Commercial Finance, where he served as Chief Asset Management Officer, and with AT&T Capital, in several finance and asset management positions.

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: JCP) announced that Jeffrey Davis is joining the Company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will succeed Andrew Drexler, who has been serving as interim chief financial officer. Davis most recently served as chief financial officer at Darden Restaurants. Prior to Darden, Davis served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Walmart U.S. stores. Upon joining Walmart in 2006, he served as vice president of finance for its U.S. specialty division before assuming positions of increasing responsibility, including senior vice president of finance and strategy, followed by a promotion to senior vice president and treasurer. Before Walmart, Davis held multiple finance-related positions with Lakeland Tours, McKesson Corporation and The Hillman Company.

Lazard Ltd [NEW YORK] (NYSE: LAZ) announced that Evan Russo, Managing Director and Co-Head of Lazard’s Capital Markets and Capital Structure Advisory practice, will become Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Lazard. He is replacing Matthieu Bucaille, CFO of Lazard since 2011, who will become Chief Executive Officer of Lazard International and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Financière Lazard Frères and Lazard Frères Banque in Paris. Prior to Lazard, Mr. Russo worked in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and at Barclays Capital.

J M Smith Corporation [SPARTANBURG, S.C.] has confirmed Philip J. Ryan, III as Chief Financial Officer. Ryan will also assume the role of Treasurer following the retirement of James C. Wilson, Jr. on October 1, 2017. Wilson has been employed with the company since 1987, serving first as controller before being elected Treasurer and then being named CFO. Ryan joined J M Smith Corporation in 2011, following a successful career with Sealed Air Corporation.

Veson Nautical [BOSTON] announced Tim Strudwick as its new Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Veson, Strudwick was the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis for Dynatrace. Previously, he was the Director of Finance & Operations for PTC and served as the Planning and Operations Senior Manager for BT Conferencing and the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager at BT Group. Concurrently, Strudwick volunteers as the Head of Finance/CFO for the Many Brains Project.

Providence St. Joseph Health [RENTON, Wash.] announced the selection of Venkat Bhamidipati as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer. Bhamidipati previously served as managing director for business development and growth strategy at Microsoft.

Samuel Allen Hamood

Change Healthcare [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced the appointment of Samuel Allen (Al) Hamood as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Randy Giles, who will retire from Change Healthcare following a transition period. Mr. Hamood joins Change Healthcare from TransUnion Corporation, where he has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2008. Prior to joining TransUnion, he was Senior Vice President and CFO for the U.S. Region of Electronic Data Systems, as well as Vice President of Investor Relations, and Senior Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hamood spent six years in a variety of finance and strategy roles at the Walt Disney Company, and started his career with the audit practice of Deloitte and Touche.

MariMed Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] (OTCQB: MRMD) has appointed Jon Levine as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.

Notal Vision, Ltd. [MANASSAS, Va.] announced the appointment of Jim Long as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Jim was Interim Chief Financial Officer at MDLIVE. Prior to MDLIVE, he held several key leadership positions at Empresario Partners, Lakeview Health Systems, First Med, MEDai, and CoreSource.

Brian Hamm

TruGreen [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] announced Brian Hamm will be joining the company as chief financial officer. Hamm joins TruGreen from Energizer Holdings, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Brian brings a wealth of experience from a number of global companies including Energizer, PepsiAmericas and Price Waterhouse.

Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DMTX) announced that Jean Franchi, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned. Mary Thistle, who has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, will serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer.

Duluth Holdings Inc. [BELLEVILLE, Wis.] (NASDAQ: DLTH) announced that Dave Loretta has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Loretta will succeed retiring CFO Mark DeOrio and will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Duluth Trading, Dave Loretta served four years as President and Chief Financial Officer of Nordstrom Bank. Previously at Nordstrom, Inc., he served as corporate Vice President and Treasurer overseeing treasury, investor relations and corporate development. Before his 13 years with Nordstrom, Loretta was Director of Planning and Analysis for Restoration Hardware, Inc. Following his time at Nordstrom, Loretta launched and operated his own company, Pacific Time, LLC, from 2014 to 2016.

Dan Durn

Applied Materials, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Dan Durn will join the company as senior vice president and assume the role of chief financial officer. Mr. Durn is currently CFO of NXP Semiconductors. He joined NXP in 2015, having served as CFO of Freescale up until the merger with NXP. Prior to Freescale, he was CFO and executive vice president of finance and administration at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Previously, he was head of M&A and strategy at Advanced Technology Investment Company, and he also served as vice president in technology investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Company and was a member of its merger leadership group.

Perfecto [BOSTON, MA] announced the appointment of Michael Carus as Chief Financial Officer. Michael Carus is the former President and COO of RedVision. Before leading the sale of RedVision to First American at the end of 2016, he served as General Partner, COO and CFO of Jerusalem Venture Partners, and COO and CFO of Fundtech. Prior to that, he was Finance VP of Geotek and Business Assurance Manager at PWC.

Neology, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced that Frank Hettmann has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hettmann previously served as Director of Finance and in various Group and International Controller roles for Microsemi Corporation during the past seven years. Prior to that he held executive roles with small to mid-sized semiconductor and technology companies.

Promethean [Atlanta, Ga.] announced the appointment of Sue Choe as the business’ new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Choe succeeds Louise Ward, who has been with Promethean for the past eight years and served as the CFO since 2015. Recently, Choe served as the Vice President of Finance and Chief Account Officer of RealNetworks, Inc. Before RealNetworks, she held leadership roles with Cardiac Science, Microsoft, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

MHVC Acquisition Corporation [HERNDON, Va.] has named John C. Pitsenberger as chief financial officer. Pitsenberger most recently served as executive vice president and CFO of Sotera Defense Solutions. He previously served as vice president and corporate controller of Pacific Architects and Engineers and Apptis. Previously, he worked at Deltek. Pitsenberger began his career in public accounting at Beers & Cutler, PLLC.

First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. [MELBOURNE, Fla.] (OTCQB: FCHS) announced that it has appointed Phillip J. Keller as its Chief Financial Officer. From 2014 through 2015, Mr. Keller served as SVP of Finance and CFO of RehabCare Inc. Prior to joining RehabCare Inc. in 2014, Mr. Keller served as SVP of Finance of PharMerica, Inc. Other previous executive posts have included SVP of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer of BioScrip, Inc.

Monika Flood

Istation [Dallas, TX] announced the appointment of Monika Flood as Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Flood was SVP of Finance and Strategy for a restaurant-chain holding company.

 

CFO Moves – week ending February 17, 2017

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CFO Moves this week include:

Hallmark Cards, Inc. Vera Bradley, Inc. Cognex Corporation
Freeman QuickLogic Corporation Wood Partners
Carlisle Companies Incorporated Persado Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
Xignite Nephros, Inc. The JBG Companies
Vornado Realty Trust STX Entertainment Terex Corporation
Fasten Exeter Finance Corp BitSight
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. NeuLion, Inc.
Frank’s International N.V. Identiv, Inc. TPC Group

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Sharon McCollam

Hallmark Cards, Inc. [KANSAS CITY] announced that Sharon L. McCollam, former executive vice president and chief administrative and chief financial officer of Best Buy Co., Inc., and former executive vice president and chief operating and chief financial officer of Williams-Sonoma Inc., has been elected to the board of directors. McCollam today serves as a member of the board of directors of Art.com and Sutter Health.

Vera Bradley, Inc. [Roanoke, Indiana] announced that Kevin Sierks, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vera Bradley, will be leaving the Company. John Enwright, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, will assume the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer.  Enwright joined the Company in 2014 and held various financial positions of increasing responsibility at Tiffany & Co. for the fifteen years prior to joining Vera Bradley.

Cognex Corporation [NATICK, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CGNX) has announced the retirement of Richard A. Morin, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, after 18 years with the company. John J. Curran, Cognex’s Senior Vice President of Finance, will succeed Mr. Morin as CFO. Mr. Morin will continue with the company as Secretary of Cognex’s Board of Directors. Mr. Curran joined Cognex in September 2016 after a 21-year career at EMC Corporation, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to that, he was Interim CFO for Pivotal, Inc.

Freeman [DALLAS] announced that Phil Rehkemper has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of the company. Prior to joining Freeman, Rehkemper was chief financial officer for Sensity Systems. Previously, Rehkemper served as the CFO for API Technologies Corp. and was on the management team for International Rectifier as its vice president of finance, was CFO and vice president of finance at Alliance Fiber Optic Products, and was the corporate controller at Calient Networks. Rehkemper also provided financial leadership for Hewlett Packard.

QuickLogic Corporation [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: QUIK) has promoted Sue Cheung to chief financial officer in addition to vice president of finance. Sue Cheung joined QuickLogic in 2007, and has assumed increasing responsibility for the financial management of the company. Most recently, Dr. Cheung was promoted to Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer in August 2016 after having served as Principal Accounting Officer since May 2015. Prior to joining QuickLogic, Dr. Cheung was a Senior Manager of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting at Dell SonicWALL from 2006 to 2007 and was the Senior Accounting Manager at VeriFone System, Inc. from 2005 to 2006. Prior to 2005, Dr. Cheung held various senior accounting and financial management roles in both publicly traded and privately held companies. Dr. Cheung began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) where she served as an auditor and as a tax consultant.

Wood Partners [ATLANTA] announced that Matt Trammell has been named its new Chief Financial Officer. Trammell has worked for Wood Partners for over eight years, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Asset Management.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: CSL) announced the appointment of Robert M. Roche as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Steven J. Ford, who will continue to serve as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company and retain responsibility for managing the Company’s investor relations. Mr. Roche joins Carlisle from Johnson Controls plc where he most recently served as JCI/Tyco Merger Integration Lead. Mr. Roche joined Tyco in 2003 and has held several senior operating and finance positions including Senior Vice President of Finance, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Audit Services.

Persado [NEW YORK, NY] announced the appointment of Grigoris Kouteris as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kouteris was most recently at Upstream, as Upstream’s Managing Director since 2012. Other positions he held at Upstream, which he joined in 2006, included business development, global account management, and commercial operations. Before that at strategy consulting firm Mars & Co. He was also senior consultant at the European Tech Labs of Accenture.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HONOLULU] (NYSE: HE) announced that James A. Ajello, HEI’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will retire.  HEI has named Gregory C. Hazelton, HEI’s Senior Vice President, Finance, as his successor. Ajello will join the board of directors of HEI subsidiary American Savings Bank, F.S.B. (American). Hazelton, has over 25 years’ experience in the power and utility sector commencing with an eight-year career at Portland General Electric as a CPA in a variety of financial roles. Hazelton spent more than 12 years at leading global investment banking firms, including as Managing Director in the Global Power & Utilities Group of UBS Investment Bank. Prior to returning to HEI in October 2016, Hazelton served as Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer for Northwest Natural Gas Company.

Xignite [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that former Microsoft executive Mark Rowe has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Xignite, Rowe was Interim CFO and Vice President, Finance and Operations at 3D Robotics. Previously Rowe spent over ten years at Microsoft in various senior finance leadership roles. Most recently he was Senior Director, Finance Business Intelligence. Prior to Microsoft, Rowe was CFO at Myrio Corporation, and Corporate Controller at Amazon.com.

Nephros, Inc. [RIVER EDGE, NJ] (OTCQB: NEPH) announced that it had hired Andrew Astor as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Astor was most recently President and Chief Financial Officer at Open Source Consulting Group. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Synechron, from 2013 to 2015. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Vice President at Asurion. Mr. Astor was co-founder of the software company EnterpriseDB, and served as its CEO from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Astor was Vice President, Strategic Solutions at webMethods, from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Astor was Vice President of Transactional Products at Dun & Bradstreet from 1998 to 2001. Prior to 1998, Mr. Astor held various roles at American Management Systems, SHL/MCI Systemhouse, and Ernst & Young.

JBG Companies [CHEVY CHASE, Md.] announced that Stephen W. Theriot will serve as Chief Financial Officer of JBG SMITH Properties. Mr. Theriot has served as Chief Financial Officer of Vornado Realty Trust since 2013. Prior to joining Vornado, Mr. Theriot had been a partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP, most recently serving as the Managing Partner of Deloitte’s Northeast real estate practice. He joined Deloitte in 1986 and for many years was Vornado’s lead outside auditor.

Vornado Realty Trust [New York, New York] announced that Joseph Macnow, Vornado’s Executive Vice President – Finance and Chief Administrative Officer and its long-time Chief Financial Officer prior to 2013, will become Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis, following the departure of Stephen W. Theriot, Vornado’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013.

STX Entertainment [BURBANK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Andrew Warren as Chief Financial Officer. Warren comes to STX from Discovery Communications where he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was CFO of Liz Clairborne, Inc. and held senior executive positions at General Electric,  and he led all finance activities at the NBC Network, Studios, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, SciFi and Bravo. Warren began his career in the Financial Management Program at GE.

Terex Corporation [WESTPORT, Conn.] (NYSE: TEX) announced that John D. Sheehan will succeed Kevin Bradley as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sheehan most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mylan, Inc., from 2010 through April 1, 2016. Prior to joining Mylan, Mr. Sheehan worked in a variety of financial positions at Delphi Corporation. During his last two years at Delphi he served as Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, Mr. Sheehan’s experience includes 20 years with KPMG LLP where he was an Audit Engagement Partner.

 

Fasten [BOSTON, MA] announced the addition of David Piperno as Chief Financial Officer. Piperno spent the past three years as vice president of strategy and finance at Zipcar. He joined Zipcar from its parent company Avis Budget Group where he served as vice president and corporate controller. Prior to Avis Budget, he spent more than a decade in senior positions at AIG and Deloitte in finance, risk management and mergers and acquisitions.

Exeter Finance Corp. [IRVING, Texas] announced the appointment of company veteran Brad Nall to Chief Financial Officer. Nall joined Exeter Finance Corp. in July 2012 and has over 25 years of experience in the consumer finance industry. Prior to Exeter, he spent 12 years at Citi’s auto finance and personal loan businesses in various finance roles.

BitSight [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Brian Cohen joins BitSight as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BitSight, Cohen served as CFO of DigitalOcean.

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. [Bridgewater, New Jersey] announced that Karen L. Rosenberger was resigning as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The Company has initiated an external search for a full time successor as Chief Financial Officer.

Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced that it has appointed Jane M. Maida as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance. Ms. Maida joins the Adgero team from her most recent role as Chief Financial Officer of Signum Biosciences, Inc. While at Signum Biosciences, Inc., she also served as the CFO for its subsidiaries, Signum Dermalogix, Inc. and Signum Nutralogix, Inc. Prior to that, Ms. Maida served as the CFO of Abeille Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ms. Maida also served as CFO and Chief Accounting Officer at Physiome Sciences, Inc. Prior to that, she served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Cytogen Corporation. Other positions Ms. Maida has held include Chief Financial and Information Officer at Mustard Seed, and Director of Finance at The Liposome Company, Inc.

NeuLion, Inc. [PLAINVIEW, NY] (TSX: NLN) announced that Tim Alavathil is taking on the role of Chief Financial Officer, replacing Trevor Renfield, who resigned from the position. Mr. Alavathil previously held the position of Chief Accounting Officer since June 2016 and prior to that was Senior Vice President, Finance of the Company since November 2014. Mr. Alavathil also held the position Director, Financial Reporting and Accounting from September 2005 to October 2014.

Frank’s International N.V. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: FI) announced that Jeffrey Bird, Frank’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will leave the Company.  The Company’s Board of Supervisory Directors has named Kyle McClure, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Identiv Inc. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: INVE) announced that Sandra Wallach has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Sandra Wallach follows Steven Finney, who has been serving as Interim CFO since November 2015. Prior to joining Identiv, Ms. Wallach was the VP Finance for MiaSole, as well as CFO for subsidiary Global Solar. Prior to that, she served as CFO of San Francisco-based UBM Tech, a subsidiary of UBM LLC, and VP Finance at Juniper Networks (from 2008 – 2011) as well as holding different financial management positions with Intuit (2003 – 2007). Before joining Intuit, Ms. Wallach served as CFO of General Electric’s (GE) Industrial Systems, Drives & Controls division. Previously, she held a range of financial and management positions since joining GE in 1986.

Bart de Jong

TPC Group [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Bart de Jong as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company. Mr. de Jong has been working with the Company for the past 10 months on a consulting basis. Mr. de Jong began his career in auditing with KPMG, then held various accounting and internal audit positions at ExxonMobil. He spent the majority of his career with LyondellBasell and predecessor companies, with a wide range of experiences and responsibilities in strategic planning, finance, corporate development and human resources. During his time at LyondellBasell, Mr. de Jong served as President of a number of divisions, including inorganic chemicals and fuels, as well as leading LyondellBasell’s Americas businesses and operations. Early in his career, he also served as CFO of a startup technology company.

CFO Moves – week ending January 18, 2013

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CFO Moves this week include:

The San Diego Padres NBCUniversal Terex Corporation
BlueTarp Financial International Bancard First Internet Bank of Indiana
Knoa Software Owens & Minor, Inc. Columbia Laboratories Inc.
Sound Physicians LeanKit AtriCure, Inc.
Dovel Technologies I-Cubed American Water Works Company Inc.
Medline Industries, Inc. Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. EVO Payments
Thor Industries, Inc. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Peerless Systems Corporation
InnSuites Hospitality Trust Command Security Corporation Publicis Healthcare Communications Group
Blu Homes, Inc. Equal Energy Ltd. Rainmaker Systems, Inc.
Life Cycle Engineering Vestin Entities Roomlinx, Inc.
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation Delek US Holdings, Inc. United Surgical Partners International, Inc.
First Financial Bancorp HEI Hotels & Resorts ChemImage Corporation
Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. GlyEco, Inc. Tenneco Inc.
Ecology Coatings, Inc.

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The San Diego Padres announced they have named Ronda Sedillo senior vice president/chief financial officer. She spent the past 12 years at Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (AGIA), most recently serving as chief accounting officer for seven years. Prior to her time at AGIA, Sedillo spent seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving as a tax manager for the final three years of her tenure.Jared DiPalma

NBCUniversal announced that Jared DiPalma has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer for NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media (E&DN/IM). Most recently, DiPalma served as the Senior Vice President of Finance for E&DN/IM, a role he held since June of 2011. DiPalma joined NBCUniversal in 2008 as Vice President, Finance for the Company’s national ad sales organization. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, he was a four year member of General Electric’s prestigious Corporate Audit Staff. He began his career in 2002 as part of the GE Capital Financial Management Program.

Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX) announced that Kevin Bradley, currently President, Terex Cranes, will transition to the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately after the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012. Mr. Bradley was named President, Terex Cranes in January 2011. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Bradley had served as President, Terex Financial Services since joining Terex in 2005. Prior to joining Terex, Mr. Bradley had financial roles of increasing responsibility at GE Capital and AT&T Capital. Terex previously announced that Phil Widman would be retiring as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 31, 2013.

BlueTarp Financial announced it has named Will Porter as its new chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as the CFO at Signiant. Previously, Porter was the vice president of finance at Phase Forward,

International Bancard announced that Joseph Valentic has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining International Bancard, Joe was an independent consultant in the commercial banking space.

First Internet Bank of Indiana, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Internet Bancorp (OTC: FIBP), announced that Kay Whitaker has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Whitaker comes to First Internet Bank following five years as CFO at Central Indiana Community Foundation, where she was named 2012 CFO of the Year in the not-for-profit sector by the Indianapolis Business Journal. Prior to that, Ms. Whitaker was Vice President and CFO/Treasurer at Citizens Energy.

Knoa Software announced the appointment of Kent Jarvi as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Knoa Software, he served as the CFO at Liazon Corporation. He has also served as CFO at GridApp Systems, IGA Worldwide Inc., Ejasent, Driveway Corporation, Fabrik Communications, Optimal Networks, AirSoft and XA Systems Corporation.

Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) announced that Michael W. Lowry, Operating Vice President, Treasurer of Owens & Minor, will assume the roles of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer of Owens & Minor. Lowry has worked at Owens & Minor since 1988, was appointed Treasurer in 2009. Lowry will replace D. Andrew Edwards, Vice President, Controller, Chief Accounting Officer & Acting Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving the company effective February 7, 2013, to pursue a new career opportunity. Edwards joined Owens & Minor in 2009.

Columbia Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRX) announced the appointment of Jonathan B. Lloyd Jones, as Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer and vice president of corporate development at TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Lloyd Jones was vice president of finance at TransMolecular, Inc. During the prior 10 years, he was employed by Genzyme as a senior director of corporate development. Earlier in his career Mr. Lloyd Jones headed banking and financial operations at The Royal Bank of Scotland (Nassau) Ltd., part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Mr. Lloyd Jones replaces Lawrence A. Gyenes, formerly Columbia’s Chief Financial Officer, who will remain with the Company through January 31, 2013.

Sound Physicians announced the appointment of Dena Parker as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. Parker most recently served as chief financial officer and executive vice president of the respiratory division of Apria Healthcare. Prior to Apria, she led acquisition integration as a member of PacifiCare’s corporate development team, served as CFO of a medical management organization and a healthcare technology company, and was Vice President of Finance for a utilization management company.

LeanKit announced the appointment of Leonard Safford to its executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Safford comes to LeanKit after serving as Chief Financial Officer at the start-up Universal Safety Response, Inc.

AtriCure, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRC) that M. Andrew Wade has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Andy has over 15 years of financial experience, the past five with AtriCure building the finance and accounting team. Prior to joining AtriCure, Andy held various financial positions with Macy’s Inc., Saks Inc., and Arthur Andersen.

Dovel Technologies announced the appointment of Ronald B. Alexander as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Alexander held CFO roles with Schafer Corporation, McNeil Technologies and Analex.

I-Cubed has hired Doug Driver as their new CFO and VP of Operations. Driver has worked with Wells Fargo for over 14 years. He began his career with Wachovia Bank’s Institutional Trust group. For the last 10 years he has worked with small and middle-market companies, first as a commercial loan underwriter and then as a relationship manager in the business banking segment.

American Water Works Company Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Ellen Wolf plans to retire during the first half of 2013.Kristofer Howard

Medline Industries, Inc. announced today that Kristofer Howard has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Howard has more than a dozen years of experience in finance and accounting leadership roles at Baxter and KPMG, as well as strong experience in commercial operations also at Baxter.

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. (OTC: QMDT) announced that it has Paul H. Jenssen as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and corporate secretary. He replaces Nam H. Nguyen. He started his career at Deloitte Touche (1978-1984) before becoming Treasurer at Associated Press (1984-1998). In addition to working as a consultant since 1998, he was the CFO, COO and a Senior Managing Director at Rothschild North America investment bank (1998-2006).

EVO Payments International announced today that Kevin M. Hodges has become its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He previously held various senior financial leadership positions at Global Payments Inc. and worked at Deloitte & Touche.

Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE:THO) announced that it has named Dominic Romeo as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective February 4, 2013. Mr. Romeo most recently as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of publicly traded IDEX Corporation. Mr. Romeo began his career as an audit manager and CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He went on to hold key positions with General Electric and AlliedSignal, Inc., and later Honeywell where he served in a number of roles over his nine year tenure, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Aerospace. Mr. Romeo’s board affiliations include Federal Signal Corporation and GSI Group.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ, IDXX) announced that Merilee Raines will retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May 2013. Ms. Raines has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2003 and has been employed by the Company since 1985.

Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: PRLS) has appointed Yi Tsai as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tsai has served as the Company’s principal financial officer under a consulting arrangement since November 7, 2012. He served as Executive Director at Nexos Capital Partners, a private equity firm, from August 2005 until the date of his appointment as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. From April to December 2011, Mr. Tsai also served as Senior Financial Advisor to C-Quest Capital. Between 1992 and 2003, Mr. Tsai held senior positions at a number of private equity and venture capital funds. Mr. Tsai began his career in public accounting, working as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche and Bell & Company, before joining Colgate-Palmolive Company as a corporate auditor.

First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFNM) announced the resignation of Amy E. Essex, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE: IHT) announced the retirement of Anthony Waters who has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Trust since February 2000.

Command Security Corporation (NYSE: MOC) announced the appointment of N. Paul Brost as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Brost served as the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of UNISYS Federal Systems from 2009 until 2010. In addition, from 2001 until 2009, he was the Senior Vice President, Finance for Orbital Sciences Corporation. The Company also announced that Barry Regenstein stepped down as Chief Financial Officer, effective upon Mr. Brost’s appointment. At the same time, Mr. Regenstein agreed to remain with the Company in his role of President through the end of the Company’s current fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2013. Nathalie Le Bos

Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG) announced Nathalie Le Bos was appointed Chief Financial Officer.  Le Bos assumes the role previously held by Ann Garreaud, who was recently appointed Global Chief Financial Officer, Publicis Worldwide in Paris, France. A seven-year veteran of Publicis Groupe, Le Bos recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Europe for PHCG. She also served as Operations Control Director for Publicis Worldwide. Prior to her tenure at Publicis, she worked for TEQUILA (an Omnicom Group company) as Chief Financial Officer and for the Havas Group in several roles.BLU HOMES, INC. GARY MARTELL

Blu Homes, Inc. announced that Gary Martell has joined the company as chief financial officer. He joins Blu from MicroProbe where he served as CFO. Prior to his experience at MicroProbe, Mr. Martell served as the CFO of UPEK and Stion.  He also served as chief operating officer of Cobalt Networks. At Sun Microsystems, Mr. Martell became Vice President of Network Storage Operations. Mr. Martell also spent more than 10 years at Wyse Technology, where he worked in several positions, including CFO and Vice President of Operations.

Equal Energy Ltd. (NYSE: EQU) named Scott Smalling as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smalling was most recently Treasury Manager at a major independent public oil and gas company. Dell Chapman, the current Senior Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will remain with Equal until the company has completed its year-end audit and reporting requirements, and preparations for the 2013 annual shareholder meeting.

Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMKR) announced that it has appointed Mallorie Burak as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Burak will succeed Timothy Burns. Ms. Burak will join Rainmaker from Foodlink, where she was Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Burak has worked as Principal Financial Officer at Southwall Technologies. Before joining Southwall, she was Finance Director for the Communications Global Business Unit at Oracle Corporation. Prior to Oracle, Ms. Burak served as Director of Revenue at Portal Software (acquired by Oracle). She has also held various financial management positions with Silicon Valley companies, including Hewlett Packard, TrueSAN Networks, and Zilog.Robert Bendetti

Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) announced that Robert Bendetti has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Most recently he served as V.P. of Finance at Galey & Lord Industries. Robert’s experience has spanned a variety of industries from consumer packaged goods to global aerospace engineering, including work with Lockheed Martin, Hormel Foods, Diamond Crystal Brands and the Coastal Logistics Group.

Vestin Entities announced that Eric Bullinger resigned his position as Chief Financial officer as Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc., Vestin Realty Mortgage II, Inc and the equivalent of Chief Financial Officer of Vestin Fund III, LLC. Vestin also announced the appointment of Tracee Gress as Chief Financial Officer of Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc., Vestin Realty Mortgage II, Inc. and the equivalent of the Chief Financial Officer of Vestin Fund III, LLC.

Roomlinx, Inc. (OTC: RMLX) announced that Anthony DiPaolo is no longer the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The company appointed Alan Fine as the Company’s interim Principal Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer.  From 2008 through 2011, Mr. Fine served as the Chief Financial Officer of Pearlstine Distributors.  Mr. Fine joined the Company in 2011, assuming the role of Vice President of Finance.

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET) announced upon the departure of its President and CEO, Rich Battista, Frank Elsenbast, the Company’s CFO, has been appointed interim co-CEO.

Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DK) and Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) announced today that Assi Ginzburg, currently an Executive Vice President for both companies, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of both Delek US and the general partner of Delek Logistics. He succeeds Mark Cox, who will continue to serve as an Executive Vice President of both companies through March 31, 2013 to ensure a smooth transition. Mr. Ginzburg has been with Delek US since 2004 and Delek Logistics since its inception in 2012, working in a variety of senior management and financial roles.

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. announced that Jason B. Cagle, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Acquisitions, has been named Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cagle will replace Mark Kopser, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, who was named Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s European business following its spin-off in April 2012. Mr. Kopser will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until the filing of the Company’s 2012 annual report, at which time Mr. Cagle will assume the role. Prior to joining USPI, Mr. Cagle was a corporate attorney with Vinson & Elkins, LLP where, among other things, he worked on USPI’s initial public offering and high-yield bond issue.

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ: FFBC) announced that Anthony M. Stollings, EVP and Chief Risk Officer has been named the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer.  He will succeed J. Franklin Hall, EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Stollings joined First Financial in December 2006 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller.  He has served as EVP and Chief Risk Officer since September 1, 2011.  He previously spent 13 years with Provident Financial Group, Inc., where he was the Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller from 2002 to 2004 and Senior Vice President and Controller from 1998 to 2002.

HEI Hotels & Resorts announced that its Chief Investment Officer Clark Hanrattie has been promoted to Principal & Chief Financial Officer. Hanrattie joined HEI shortly after its formation in 2002. Prior to joining HEI a decade ago, Hanrattie was a partner at Olympus Real Estate Partners, the real estate-affiliate of LBO-firm Hicks Muse Tate & Furst.

ChemImage Corporation announced that Mark C. Brooks has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Brooks came to ChemImage in August of 2012.  Previously with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, he spent four years as the Finance Director.

Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. (OTC: GPXM) appointed Dennis P. Gauger as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company. He previously served as part-time, contract Chief Financial Officer of the Company from January 2004 to January 2008, and has served the Company as an independent accounting and compliance consultant from January 2008 to his current appointment as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company.  From May 2007 through December 2012, Mr. Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary for BSD Medical Corporation.  He also has served several publicly held companies as a part-time, contract chief financial officer, including the following:  from April 2004 until November 2008, Mr. Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer for Cimetrix Incorporated, a publicly held software company; from January 2004 until January 2008, Mr. Gauger served as a director, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary for Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc.; and from November 2001 until March 2007, Mr. Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer for Nevada Chemicals, Inc.  Additionally, over the past fifteen years, he has served several public and private companies in a variety of industries as a part-time, contract financial executive and financial consultant.

GlyEco, Inc. (OTC: GLYE) announced that Kevin J. Conner resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Alicia Williams, Secretary, Controller and VP of Internal Operations, was designated to serve as the Company’s interim principal financial officer.

Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN) announced that Thomas C. Freyman has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Freyman is executive vice president, finance and chief financial officer for Abbott. Freyman has served in his current role – CFO and executive vice president, finance – since 2004, having been first appointed CFO and senior vice president, finance in 2001. From 1999 to 2001, he served as vice president and controller of Abbott’s Hospital Products Division. Prior to that, he held a number of financial planning and analysis positions with Abbott including treasurer for Abbott’s international operations and corporate vice president and treasurer.

Ecology Coatings, Inc. (PINK: ECOC) announced that its CFO, Kevin Stolz, has resigned.

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