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CFO Moves – week ending August 17, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Netflix Inc. The Hershey Company Silverline
Select Interior Concepts, Inc. Sure Shot Holdings AIVITA Biomedical
SQUAN FAT Brands Inc. Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company
VBI Vaccines Inc. Basic Energy Services, Inc. C&J Energy Services, Inc.
Kennametal Inc. Destination Maternity Corporation BloomReach, Inc.
Landmark Health IAP Intelligent Waves LLC
Peloton Therapeutics, Inc. TriCo Bancshares W&T Offshore, Inc.
JDA Software, Inc. Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. Inspira Financial Inc.
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. RH Energy Recovery, Inc.
SpyCloud PM Environmental, Inc. Excelsior Mining Corp.
Continental Mills, Inc. United Way of New York City Resonant, Inc.

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Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that Chief Financial Officer David Wells plans to step down after helping the company choose his successor. Wells, who joined Netflix in 2004 and has served as CFO since 2010, intends to stay until his successor takes the role to ensure a smooth transition.

The Hershey Company [HERSHEY, Pa.] (NYSE: HSY) announced that Patricia A. Little, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire from the company in the spring of 2019.  Little has served as the company’s CFO since joining in 2015.

Silverline [New York, NY] announced the addition of Ben Golden as Chief Financial Officer. Golden most recently served as CFO for Novantas.

Select Interior Concepts, Inc. [ANAHEIM, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SIC) announced that Nadeem Moiz has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer. Moiz was most recently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Superior Industries International, Inc. Moiz will replace Kendall Hoyd, who will assume the role of President—RDS of SIC. Prior to Superior Industries, Mr. Moiz served as the Chief Financial Officer of DCLI and held leadership positions in Finance and Operations at Graphic Packaging International and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

Sure Shot Holdings [DENVER] announced that Michael Walker joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Michael joins Sure Shot from Great Western Oil & Gas where he served as the company’s Vice President of Finance from 2012 to 2018.

AIVITA Biomedical [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the addition of Scott Burell joins the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AIVITA, Scott served as Chief Financial Officer of CombiMatrix Corporation.

SQUAN [ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY] announced that they have appointed John C. Ferrara as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ferrara has 30 years of experience guiding top financial companies’ initiatives including as CFO for TheStreet, Inc. and SPACE.com. Ferrara has held several other CFO positions including EDGAR Online, Inc.

FAT Brands Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: FAT) announced the hiring of Rebecca D. Hershinger as Chief Financial Officer. Ron Roe will continue as Senior Vice President of Finance for the Company. Hershinger most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer for Genius Brands International, Inc. She gained her experience through roles at JP Morgan Chase & Co., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., SpectrumDNA, Inc., and Genius Brands as well as CFO Advisory Services, Inc.

Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company [GLEN ALLEN, Va.] (NYSE: HBB) announced that James H. Taylor, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire at the end of 2018 after 35 years of dedicated service. Taylor joined the Company’s subsidiary, Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., in 1983 as manager of corporate taxation and rose through a number of key accounting and finance roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Taylor was elected to his current position with the Company in 2017, following the completion of the spin-off of the Company from its former parent NACCO Industries, Inc. Prior to the spin-off, Mr. Taylor had served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., since 2013.

Alorica Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] welcomes KJ Tjon as Chief Financial Officer, who replaces newly retired Chief Financial Officer Cindy Fiorillo. Previously, she was COO and President at Scientific Games and served as the CFO and EVP at EPIQ Systems.

VBI Vaccines Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: VBIV) announced the appointment of Christopher McNulty as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Prior to joining VBI, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Business Development and Investor Relations, of Invivo Therapeutics. He also served as the Senior Director of Business Development for Repligen Corporation. Other prior management positions include Director, Corporate Development at Seventh Sense Biosystems, and Associate Director, Business Development at Genzyme Corporation.

Basic Energy Services, Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: BAS) announced the appointment of David Schorlemer as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schorlemer’s appointment will be effective August 27, 2018. Mr. Schorlemer is replacing Alan Krenek, who retired as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, effective August 15, 2018.

C&J Energy Services, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CJ) announced that Jan Kees van Gaalen has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and he is expected to join C&J on September 17, 2018.  Mike Galvan, who has served as C&J’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since March 2018, will continue in his position as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer. Jan Kees van Gaalen served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kennametal, Inc. since September 2015.  Prior to joining Kennametal, Inc., Mr. van Gaalen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Dresser-Rand Group Inc., and he previously held several financial leadership positions including Vice President and Treasurer for Baker Hughes, Inc. and Vice President Financial and Chief Financial Officer for PT Vale Inco TBK (formerly PT Inco TBK), in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Kennametal Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE : KMT) announced that it appointed Damon Audia to the position of vice president and chief financial officer effective September 24, 2018. Audia will succeed Jan Kees van Gaalen, who served as chief financial officer for three years and announced his retirement in June 2018. Audia most recently served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Carpenter Technology Corporation. Prior to Audia’s role at Carpenter Technologies Corporation, he spent ten years in various roles at The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, most recently serving as senior vice president of finance for the company’s North America division. He also led the finance group of Goodyear’s Asia Pacific region business unit while based in Shanghai, China and was senior vice president of corporate business development. In addition, Audia previously served as Goodyear’s vice president and treasurer and held various financial roles at Delphi Corporation and General Motors.

Destination Maternity Corporation [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: DEST) announced that David Stern, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, has departed the Company.

BloomReach, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] hired Dave Pomeroy as Chief Financial Officer. Pomeroy comes to BloomReach from BDNA, following its acquisition by Flexera. He has experience from his CFO roles at BDNA, Symphony Communications and Rhythm NewMedia. In addition, he has held finance leadership positions at Apple, Yahoo! and Microsoft. He began his finance career as an audit supervisor for Ernst & Young in Palo Alto.

Landmark Health [HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.] announced that Brandon Kerns has been hired as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Brandon most recently served as Vice President at General Atlantic. Prior to joining General Atlantic in 2010, Brandon was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley.

Charles Cosgrove

IAP [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] hired Charles “Chuck” Cosgrove to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining IAP, Chuck served as Chief Financial Officer at STG. During his career, Chuck has worked with several Government Services companies including CRGT (currently Salient CRGT), Comtech Mobile Data Corp., KBR, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) and Planning Research Corp.

Intelligent Waves LLC [RESTON, Va.] announced Pat Herrity joined as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Peloton Therapeutics, Inc. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Alan A. Musso as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 4, 2018. Musso joins Peloton from Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where he served as CFO and Treasurer since November 2014. Prior to Bellicum, he was CFO at Targacept. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of key managerial positions in finance and accounting at Osiris Therapeutics, Cato Research, Duramed Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer.

TriCo Bancshares [CHICO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: TCBK) the holding company for Tri Counties Bank, announced that Peter Wiese has been named the Company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wiese replaces Thomas J. Reddish, whose employment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer terminated. Wiese was previously with the Sacramento, California office of the public accounting firm Crowe Horwath LLP, where he was a partner since 2011 specializing in the financial services and banking industries.

W&T Offshore, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WTI) announced the retirement of J. Daniel (“Danny”) Gibbons, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  The Company has appointed Janet Yang as acting Chief Financial Officer. Janet Yang joined W&T in 2008 as Finance Manager and in 2012 became Director, Strategic Planning & Analysis, a position she held until being appointed Vice President, Corporate & Business Development in 2017.  Ms. Yang has over 15 years of finance, investment and strategy experience in the energy industry.  Prior to joining W&T, Ms. Yang held positions in research and investment analysis at BlackGold Capital Management, investment banking at Raymond James and energy trading at Allegheny Energy.

JDA Software, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced the appointment of Kevin Moriarty as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He most recently served as CFO at Avnet. Moriarty spent more than 10 years at Honeywell. Prior to Honeywell, he held accounting and corporate development roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb and was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. [RICHMOND, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EKSO) announced that John (Jack) Glenn has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Glenn replaces Max Scheder-Bieschin, who, as previously announced, is leaving the company. Previously, Mr. Glenn served as Chief Financial Officer for Sonendo, Inc. His prior experience also includes serving as Chief Financial Officer, at several other companies, including Armetheon Corporation; Solta Medical; Cholestech; and Invivo Corporation.

Inspira Financial Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fl.] (TSX-V: LND) announced it has promoted Rodrigo Mera as Chief Financial Officer in advance of a potential sale of its billing company.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. [ROANOKE, Va.] (NYSE: AAP) announced the appointment of Jeffrey W. Shepherd to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Since April, Shepherd served as Advance’s interim CFO in addition to his responsibilities as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. He joined Advance during the first quarter of 2017 from General Motors where he served most recently as Controller for General Motors Europe. Prior to that role, Shepherd served in various accounting and finance leadership roles at General Motors.

RH [CORTE MADERA, Calif.] (NYSE: RH) announced the appointment of Ryno Blignaut as President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Karen Boone has decided to step down from her current role to spend more time with her family. Mr. Blignaut most recently served as the Chief Business Officer of Wheels Up. Prior to that, Mr. Blignaut served in various roles at Xoom Corporation, from May 2005 until December 2015. Mr. Blignaut’s roles at Xoom included Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer through its initial public offering and at the time of its sale to PayPal.

Energy Recovery, Inc. [SAN LEANDRO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ERII) announced the appointment of Josh Ballard as Chief Financial Officer. Ballard most recently held the position of Operating Partner at Orox Capital Management. Additionally, he served as the CFO for Southwest Spirit and Wines. Prior to joining Orox Capital Management, Mr. Ballard was the Managing Director of Lanterne Advisors, LLC, where he held multiple CFO roles with venture-backed companies. He also served as Executive Director of Finance and Investor Relations for SigmaBleyzer Investment Group. Ballard started out his career working on multiple international oil and gas projects, most notably with Fluor Corporation.

SpyCloud [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that it has appointed Jennifer Parker-Snider as chief financial officer. Prior to SpyCloud, she held the post of CFO at NSS Labs. Parker-Snider previously served in leadership finance roles with HP’s Enterprise Security Products Group and other publicly-traded, multinational organizations including Apple and Arthur Andersen.

PM Environmental, Inc. [LANSING, Mich.] announced the promotion of Patricia Perry to Chief Financial Officer. Perry has been with PM for the last five years, having previously spent 20 years as a financial executive for a large, national consulting firm, working out of PM’s Mid-South region.

Excelsior Mining Corp. [Phoenix, Arizona] (TSX: MIN, OTCQX: EXMGF) announced the appointment of Barry Dahl as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Dahl has replaced Carlo Valente who had served as the Company’s Interim CFO. Dahl spent the past five years as the CFO of Klondex Mines. Prior to that Mr. Dahl was CFO of Argonaut Gold.

Continental Mills, Inc. [TUKWILA, Wash.] named Rachel Ruggeri as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.  Prior to joining Continental Mills, Ruggeri spent over 16 years at Starbucks Coffee Company, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Finance, Americas.

United Way of New York City  [NEW YORK] named Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Gina joined United Way of New York City in 2016 as the Vice President and Controller of Finance. Gina most recently worked as Controller of the March of Dimes.

Resonant, Inc. [GOLETA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RESN) announced that Michael Seifert will join the company as Chief Financial Officer on September 4, 2018. Seifert was most recently at Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. Prior to Analogix, Seifert served as CFO at multiple companies, including Multigig, Inc., Decarta, Inc., Xceive Corporation, Southwall Technologies, Inc., Sitesmith, and Virage Logic Corporation. Seifert also served in senior finance roles at Compression Labs, Inc. and PMC-Sierra, Inc. He started his career at Ernst & Young. Seifert replaces Jeff Killian who will retire.

CFO Moves – week ending April 6, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Adobe Park Place Technologies Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
Grainger PriceSmart Inc. Overstock.com, Inc.
Call9 Schneider National, Inc. Macy’s, Inc.
NCI Building Systems, Inc. NextCure, Inc Strategic Funding
Zilliant Neiman Marcus Group SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.
Cable One, Inc. MaxLinear, Inc. Rocket Lab
Genius Brands International JAKKS Pacific, Inc. Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
Abiomed, Inc. Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. FalconStor Software, Inc.
JVM Realty Corp. WiSilica Intralinks
Payspan

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Adobe [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ADBE) announced the appointment of John Murphy as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer. Murphy will assume the CFO role from Adobe EVP and CFO Mark Garrett, who announced his intent to retire earlier this year. Currently Adobe’s SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, Murphy has more than 25 years of experience. Prior to his role at Adobe, Murphy was SVP and Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Qualcomm. Previously he spent 10 years at DIRECTV, ultimately leaving the company as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Murphy also held senior financial positions at Experian and Nestlé and began his professional career at PWC.

Park Place Technologies [CLEVELAND, OH] announced the addition of Tony Tricarichi as its Chief Financial Officer. Tony previously served as a partner at KPMG. He also served as Vice President of Business Integration for CBIZ, Inc., and as Vice President of Rubbermaid, Inc’s., in Housewares Division. Tony previously served as Interim CFO in December 2017 before taking on the position full time.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. [ROANOKE, Va.] (NYSE: AAP) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Tom Okray has decided to leave the organization, effective April 15, 2018. Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer Jeff Shepherd will serve as interim CFO in addition to his current responsibilities. Shepherd joined Advance during the first quarter of 2017 from General Motors where he held various accounting and finance leadership roles, including his most recent role as Controller, General Motors Europe. A certified public accountant, Shepherd also worked at Ernst & Young for more than 15 years and was a partner with the firm.

Grainger [CHICAGO] (NYSE: GWW) announced it has appointed Thomas Okray as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Okray will succeed Ron Jadin who, as previously announced, will retire from Grainger after 20 years with the company, 10 of which as Senior Vice President and CFO. Most recently, Okray served as Executive Vice President and CFO for Advance Auto Parts. Prior to that, Okray was Vice President Finance, Global Customer Fulfillment at Amazon. Okray spent the majority of his career at General Motors in finance and supply chain related roles.

PriceSmart Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: PSMT) announced the appointment of Maarten Jager as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jager will replace John M. Heffner who has served in that role since January 2004 and had previously announced his plans to retire from the Company. Mr. Jager currently serves as Senior Vice President of Walmart International, where he has worked since 2014. During his tenure at Walmart, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sam’s Club from 2015 to 2018 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of its Asia division from 2014 to 2015. Prior to Walmart, from 2013 to 2014, Mr. Jager worked as a consultant to public and private companies. Mr. Jager worked 14 years at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., before devoting six more years to Diageo North America Inc. to oversee many different financial responsibilities.

Overstock.com, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (NASDAQ: OSTK) has named Gregory J. Iverson as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Iverson is replacing Robert Hughes, who is retiring from his current role with Overstock.com in order to become CFO of DeSoto Inc.

Call9 [BROOKLYN, N.Y.] announced the hiring of Rachel Amalfitano as its new chief financial officer. Amalfitano was formerly chief financial officer at VillageCare. Amalfitano has also held financial leadership positions at large New York-based managed care organizations over the past 17 years. Amalfitano started her career at Deloitte.

Stephen L. Bruffett

Schneider National, Inc. [GREEN BAY, Wis.] (NYSE: SNDR) announced Stephen L. Bruffett will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on April 29, 2018. Bruffett replaces Lori A. Lutey, who announced her retirement earlier in the year. Prior to joining Schneider, Bruffett served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Con-way Inc. Before joining Con-way in 2008, Bruffett held senior leadership positions at YRC Worldwide Inc., rising to the role of Executive Vice President and CFO, and American Freightways.

Macy’s, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: M) announced that Karen Hoguet, Chief Financial Officer since 1997, has decided to retire. Hoguet began her career at Federated Department Stores in 1982 and was appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer in 1997.

NCI Building Systems, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NCS) announced that Mark E. Johnson, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer has informed the Board of Directors of his plans to retire.

NextCure, Inc. [BELTSVILLE, Md.] announced the appointment of Steve Cobourn as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Cobourn was the Chief Financial Officer of Vaccinex, Inc. Prior to joining Vaccinex, Mr. Cobourn was Vice President of Finance, Treasurer, and Corporate Officer of Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Strategic Funding [NEW YORK] announced that Anthony Rose has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Rose, who developed strategic and financial initiatives at JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse and most recently, Dime Community Bancshares, brings over 15 years of leadership experience in the finance industry.

Zilliant [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Phil Fraher has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Fraher joins Zilliant from Bask Technologies, where he was President and CFO. Fraher’s experience includes serving as CEO, COO and CFO for FuelQuest. Other roles include President and CEO of Visual Numerics, Inc., COO and CFO of Brightmail, Inc., and financial management positions at Cahners Business Information Electronic Media Division, Pilot Software, and Dun & Bradstreet.

Adam Orvos

Neiman Marcus Group [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Adam Orvos as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Orvos will begin his new position on April 25, 2018. Adam assumes this role from Dale Stapleton, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since June of 2017. Dale has been with Neiman Marcus Group for more than 17 years, and will continue to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, a role he has held since 2010. Adam began his retail career in 1987 with the May Department Stores Company in St. Louis. In 1992, he joined the Foley’s division of May Stores in Houston, and was named Vice President and Controller in 2000 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2004. In 2006, Adam joined Belk Department Stores as Senior Vice President, Finance, Corporate Controller, and in 2009 he became their Executive Vice President of Human Resources. After four years, Adam was appointed Chief Financial Officer, a role he held for three years. Adam was most recently at Total Wine & More where he served as Executive Vice President of Retail and most recently was promoted to Chief Executive Officer.

SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. [HOUMA, La.] (NYSE: SMHI) announced that Matthew R. Cenac has stepped down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. With Mr. Cenac’s departure, the Company announced the appointment of Jesús Llorca as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Llorca has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Development since June 1, 2017 and served as a Vice President of SEACOR Holdings, Inc. from May 2007 to May 2017. Mr. Llorca has over 17 years of industry experience.

Cable One, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NYSE: CABO) announced that Kevin P. Coyle, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire from the company in early 2019. Coyle joined Cable ONE in 2015. Before joining Cable ONE, he served as CFO of Elauwit Networks, Inc.

MaxLinear, Inc. [CARLSBAD, Calif.] (NYSE: MXL) announced that Adam Spice, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has given notice that he will be leaving the Company on May 23, 2018, to become Chief Financial Officer of Rocket Lab.

Rocket Lab [Huntington Beach, California] announced the appointment of Adam Spice as Chief Financial Officer. Spice joins Rocket Lab following seven years at MaxLinear, Inc. Prior to his time at MaxLinear, Mr. Spice held a variety of executive roles at Broadcom Corporation, including Vice President, Finance, Corporate Development, Treasurer, and Vice President and General Manager of its Mobile Power Management Business.  From June 1996 to July 2000, Mr. Spice held Senior Finance Management positions at Intel Corporation in its Planning and Logistics group and Intel Capital. Mr. Spice previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Symwave Corporation. Spice commences his role at Rocket Lab on 24 May 2018.

Robert Denton

Genius Brands International [BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GNUS) announced the appointment of Robert Denton as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 18, 2018.  Denton previously worked alongside Genius Brands’ Chairman and CEO Andy Heyward for five years while serving as CFO of DIC Entertainment. Denton has spent the past six years in the role of CFO/Controller for Atlys Inc. Other previously held executive positions include Chief Operating Officer at Artisan Home Entertainment; Vice President of Finance for LIVE Home Video and VP, Chief Accounting Officer of LIVE Entertainment.  He got his professional start with Ernst & Young’s Century City office most recently as a Senior Manager.

Brent Novak

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: JAKK) announced the appointment of Brent Novak as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Until March 2018, Mr. Novak served as Chief Financial Officer of the Ixia Business Group, a business unit of Keysight Technologies, Inc. Mr. Novak began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, most recently as a Manager in the Emerging Technology Group, before joining Idealab, where he most recently served as its Director of Finance and Corporate Development.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. [NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.] (NYSE: WTS) announced that Todd A. Trapp, its Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Company to pursue a new opportunity. Robert J. Pagano, Jr., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will act as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

Abiomed, Inc. [DANVERS, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ABMD) announced that Todd A. Trapp was appointed as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Trapp joins Abiomed from Watts Water Technologies, Inc., where he served as CFO since 2015. Prior to joining Watts Water Technologies, Mr. Trapp spent 13 years in a variety of financial and operational roles at Honeywell International Inc. At Honeywell, Mr. Trapp served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, Chief Financial Officer of the Airlines Business Unit, Director of Finance for the Transportation Systems Division, Investor Relations Manager and other senior finance positions. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Trapp held several treasury and finance operational roles at United Business Media, Inc. and Pearson, Inc.

Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTC Pink: AMBS) announced the appointment of Barney Monte as interim Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Monte co-founded Ozado Partners LLC. Prior to co-founding Ozado Partners, Mr. Monte’s senior-level investment banking positions included head of International and Asia investment banking for a middle market focused U.S. based broker-dealer.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. [TULSA, Okla.] (NYSE: HP) announced the hiring and appointment of Mark W. Smith as Chief Financial Officer Designate effective May 1, 2018, and that Mr. Smith shall be appointed to succeed Juan Pablo Tardio as Chief Financial Officer upon Mr. Tardio’s retirement from that position, which shall occur on June 30, 2018. Smith previously served in various leadership roles at Atwood Oceanics, Inc., including as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2015 to 2017, Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller from 2014 to 2015, Vice President–Corporate Services from 2011 to 2014, and Director–Internal Audit from 2009 to 2011. Prior to joining Atwood Oceanics, Mr. Smith served as Partner at Calvetti Ferguson P.C. from 2006 to 2009, Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 2003 to 2006, and Consultant at Gunn Partners from 2000 to 2003. Prior to joining Gunn Partners, Mr. Smith served in various roles at Arthur Anderson LLP.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. [BRIDGEVILLE, PA] (NASDAQ: USAP) announced that Christopher T. Scanlon has been named Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Scanlon most recently served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Nasdaq-listed L.B. Foster Company, which he joined in 2012. During his tenure there, Mr. Scanlon served as Acting Chief Financial Officer, from April 2017 until September 2017. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Scanlon was a Division Controller for Education Management Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Scanlon held positions of increasing responsibilities with Bayer Corporation, and previously Nasdaq-listed Respironics, Inc.

Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. [MADISON, Wis.] (NASDAQ: CLRB) announced the appointment of Brian M. Posner as chief financial officer. Mr. Posner joins Cellectar from Alliqua BioMedical, where he was chief financial officer. Prior to Alliqua, he was chief financial officer at Ocean Power Technologies and at Power Medical Interventions. Earlier, Mr. Posner spent nine years at Pharmacopeia, where he rose from director of finance to chief financial officer before the company was acquired by Ligand Pharmaceuticals. Before Pharmacopeia, he was chief financial officer and vice president of operations at Photosynthetic Harvest, and regional chief financial officer at Omnicare.

FalconStor Software, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (OTCQB: FALC) announced the appointment of Brad Wolfe as Chief Financial Officer. In concert with this appointment, Pat McClain, FalconStor’s current Chief Financial Officer, will transition into a senior advisor role in continued support of the Company’s strategic plan execution. Wolfe was most recently serving as CFO for Asure Software.

JVM Realty Corp. (JVM) [OAK BROOK, Ill.] announced the promotion of Jason Kovich to chief financial officer. Kovich joined the company in 2005 as a financial analyst and director of property management software. He subsequently served as an asset manager and controller before being promoted to vice president of finance in 2017.

WiSilica [LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.]  announced the appointment of Scott Poteracki as Chief Financial (CFO) and Operating Officer (COO). Poteracki joins WiSilica from Cubex LLC, where he served as the company’s COO and CFO. Scott has also held CFO positions at Cray Inc., MTI and Nexiant before continuing his career at Broadcom and Motorola.

Intralinks [NEW YORK] announced that Shay Gonen has joined the company as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Intralinks, Gonen was the CFO of ClickSoftware. He also served as CFO of a business unit of Verint Systems. Before that, Gonen held senior positions at MRV Communications, including CFO at its Los Angeles headquarters and general manager of their Israeli operation.

Mark Chapman

Payspan [ATLANTA] announced that it has appointed Mark Chapman as the company’s new President & CFO. Chapman was previously CEO of VoApps. Chapman also has prior experience with Primus Capital, the growth-oriented private equity firm that made a major growth investment in Payspan in December 2016. Prior to his role as CEO of VoApps, he served as CFO of Vendormate, Inc., a Primus-backed SaaS-based healthcare IT company, until it was acquired in November 2014 by GHX, LLC, at the time a Thoma Bravo-backed company.

CFO Moves – week ending October 7, 2016

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CFO Moves this week include:

Zynga Inc. Big Switch Networks Cytovance® Biologics, Inc.
Claire’s Stores, Inc Advance Auto Parts, Inc. Wayside Technology Group Inc.
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. Florida East Coast Industries Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Armstrong Flooring, Inc. Healthcare Associates of Texas LLC Participant Media
Truett-Hurst, Inc StorageCraft® Technology Corp. DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc.
A. Schulman, Inc.  TriNet Group, Inc. Relayware
Encina Solutions, LLC Savage Premier Commercial Bancorp
Dynatronics Corporation Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Bar Harbor Bankshares
DAS Group of Companies Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Track Group, Inc.
MPLX LP Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. Kareo

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Gerard Griffin

Gerard Griffin

Zynga Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: ZNGA) announced that the Company has appointed Gerard Griffin as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Zynga, Griffin spent more than 10 years at Electronic Arts, Inc. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Finance where he was the finance leader for EA’s Studios, Marketing and Publishing organizations. Before that, he spent more than six years in Geneva, Switzerland as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for EA International. Prior to joining EA, Griffin held a number of senior finance roles domestically and internationally at technology and media companies, including NBC and Primedia, as well as in public accounting with KPMG.

Big Switch Networks [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced it has appointed Wendell Laidley as Chief Financial Officer. Laidley was previously VP of Finance, Investor Relations and Treasury at AppDynamics.

Cytovance Biologics, Inc. [OKLAHOMA CITY, OK] announced the appointment of Jenny Chen to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cytovance, she was the Corporate Controller for Maxcess International.

Claire’s Stores, Inc. [HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill] announced the appointment of Scott Huckins, as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Scott joins Claire’s from Sears Holdings where he served as Vice President, Treasurer and President for Sears Re for the last four years. Prior to that role, he served as Vice President, Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations for RSC Holdings, Inc. Scott has also served in a variety of key executive roles while at Koch Industries for seven years including Chief Financial Officer for their Capital Markets Division as well as President and CEO for Koch Financial Products, LLC.

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. [ROANOKE, Va.] (NYSE: AAP) announced it has appointed Tom Okray as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Okray will succeed Mike Norona, who will remain with the Company in an advisory role until the end of the year. Most recently, Mr. Okray served as Vice President, Finance, Global Customer Fulfillment at Amazon. Prior to joining Amazon, Mr. Okray spent the majority of his career at General Motors (GM) in a variety of finance and supply chain related roles. He was most CFO, Global Product Development, Purchasing & Supply Chain. Prior to that, he held a variety of finance roles supporting GM’s operations, vehicle development, supplier and partner base around the world.

Wayside Technology Group Inc. [EATONTOWN, NJ] (NASDAQ: WSTG) announced that Michael Vesey will join as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as Vice President of SEC Reporting for OTG Management, Inc., from January to September 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Vesey served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to 2015, and Vice President Corporate Controller from 2006 to 2011, for Majesco Entertainment Company. He began his career with the accounting firm KPMG.

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. [ARDSLEY, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ACOR) announced that Chief Financial Officer Michael Rogers has left the company. Andrew Hindman, Acorda’s Chief Business Development Officer, has assumed responsibility for Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations. Mr. Rogers will serve as a consultant to the Company through the end of the year as part of this transition.

Florida East Coast Industries [CORAL GABLES, Fla.] announced the hiring of M. Bruce Snyder as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Snyder most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting for Related Companies. He also held leadership positions with global mining leader Rio Tinto including Chief Financial Officer of Rio Tinto Palabora Mining Company and Chief Financial Officer of Rio Tinto Minerals. His career has also included executive positions with the St. Joe Company, CarrAmerica Realty, and Charles E. Smith Cos.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, N.Y.] (NYSE: TARO) announced the appointment of Mariano Balaguer as Vice President, CFO and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Balaguer has nearly 20 years of senior management experience in finance with global companies such as Novartis Consumer Health, Nestle and most recently, the Global Strategic Portfolio Division of Henry Schein.

Armstrong Flooring, Inc. [LANCASTER, Pa.] (NYSE: AFI) announced the appointment of Michael W. Malone to its board of directors. The board also appointed Mr. Malone to its Audit Committee. Mr. Malone served more than 30 years at Polaris Industries Inc., most recently as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from January 1997 through July 2015, retiring from the company in March 2016. From January 1997 to January 2010, he also served as Corporate Secretary of Polaris. Mr. Malone was Vice President and Treasurer of Polaris from December 1994 to January 1997 and was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the predecessor company of Polaris from January 1993 to December 1994. He joined Polaris in 1984 after four years with Arthur Andersen LLP. Since 2011, Mr. Malone has served as a member of the board of directors of Don Stevens LLC.

 

Healthcare Associates of Texas LLC [DALLAS] announced that Jeffrey M. Vines has joined the company as chief financial officer. Vines was previously with Adeptus Health Inc., where he served as vice president of finance and corporate controller.

Andy Kim

Andy Kim

Participant Media [LOS ANGELES] has named Andy Kim its Chief Financial Officer. Kim will replace long-time veteran CFO Bob Murphy, who spent nine years at the company. Kim joins Participant from The Weinstein Company, where he has worked since 2005, and served as CFO since 2010. Prior to his tenure at TWC, Kim was Sr. Vice President, Finance, at Miramax Films and Assistant Vice President at Marsh (subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies).

Truett-Hurst, Inc. [HEALDSBURG, Calif.] (NASDAQ: THST) announced the appointment of Evan B. Meyer as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Paul Forgue. Mr. Meyer recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Avantel SAS. Prior to Avantel, he was the Chief Financial Officer of PaymentOne Corporation in Campbell, California from 2005 to 2015.  Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration at PaymentOne Corporation, from 2000 to 2004.  From 1994 to 1998, he served as Senior Manager and Principal Consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP in San Francisco, California.

StorageCraft Technology Corp. [DRAPER, Utah] announced that Matthew Crumley is its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining StorageCraft, Crumley spent six years at inContact, Inc. prior to that, Crumley spent five years at Overstock as the director of accounting and SEC reporting and seven years as the manager of business assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: DKS) announced that Lee J. Belitsky has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Belitsky assumes the responsibilities from André Hawaux, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, who has served as the principal financial officer on an interim basis since August 2016. Mr. Hawaux will continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Belitsky joined DICK’S as Vice President, Controller in 1997 and was appointed Treasurer in 2005. Since that time, he has held a number of leadership positions, including Senior Vice President, Distribution/Transportation; Senior Vice President, Store Operations and Distribution/Transportation; Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Analysis and Treasury Services; Senior Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer; and Senior Vice President, Product Development. Most recently, Mr. Belitsky served as Executive Vice President, Product Development and Merchandise Planning, Allocation and Replenishment. Prior to DICK’S, Mr. Belitsky served as Chief Financial Officer for Domain, Inc., from 1993-1997. Prior to that, he spent over seven years with Morse Shoes, Inc., where he rose to Vice President, Controller and Treasurer, and nearly four years in audit at KPMG.

A. Schulman, Inc. [AKRON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: SHLM) announced that John W. Richardson has joined the Company initially as Executive Vice President – Finance. He will succeed Joseph J. Levanduski as Chief Financial Officer on November 1, 2016 to ensure a seamless transition of financial responsibilities. Richardson most recently served as chief financial officer at Qwest Communications International in 2008, having joined the company in 2003 as senior vice president & controller and also serving as chief accounting officer. He had previously served in progressively senior financial roles at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, including vice president – corporate finance and chief accounting officer, and as chairman and general manager of the company’s British subsidiary, spanning a 35-year career at Goodyear. Richardson retired from Goodyear in 2002.

TriNet Group, Inc. [SAN LEANDRO, Calif.] (NYSE: TNET) announced that its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bill Porter, plans to retire from the company after six years of service.

Relayware [JERSEY CITY, N.J. & OXFORD, England] announced that Jennifer Fleissner has been appointed as chief financial officer. Having served as the CFO at four companies prior, Fleissner comes to Relayware from Archive Systems and Soleil Securities.

Encina Solutions, LLC [CORAL GABLES, Fla.] announced the appointment of Charles Costenbader to the position of President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Costenbader brings strong international experience during his work in Shanghai, China as the Chief Operating Officer of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors for several energy companies in the United States.

Savage [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that Kimo Esplin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Huntsman Corporation, will be joining the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to his appointment as Huntsman Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer in 1999, Mr. Esplin served as Huntsman’s Treasurer from 1994 to 1999. He was previously a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Esplin also serves as a Director of Nutraceutical International Corporation.

Premier Commercial Bancorp [HILLSBORO, OR] (OTC PINK: PRCB) announced that it has hired Jason Wessling, as the new Chief Financial Officer for the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Premier Community Bank. He replaces the Company’s prior Chief Financial Officer of eight years, Bob Ekblad, who has transitioned to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Wessling was a former three year employee of Premier Community Bank.

Dynatronics Corporation [COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah] (NASDAQ: DYNT) announced the appointment of David A. Wirthlin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Wirthlin will succeed Terry M. Atkinson, who will continue with Dynatronics as Director of Accounting. For 12 years, Wirthlin was Chief Financial Officer of ArmorWorks Enterprises, LLC, from June 2004 until January 2016.  Most recently, Wirthlin worked for ArmorWorks as a consultant on a contract basis.  Mr. Wirthlin previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Integrated Information Systems, Inc. and SkyMall, Inc.  He also brings seven years of public accounting and consulting experience from his time at Arthur Andersen in San Francisco and Salt Lake City.

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NASDAQ: EGLE) announced that Frank De Costanzo will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Mr. De Costanzo succeeds Adir Katzav who has decided to step down to pursue other professional opportunities. Mr. De Costanzo most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Catalyst Paper Corporation.  Mr. De Costanzo also previously served as Vice President and Global Treasurer at Kinross Gold Corporation. Earlier in his career, Mr. De Costanzo served in positions of increasing responsibility at Pitney Bowes Inc., including Assistant Treasurer, Director of Internal Audit and Finance Director, International, for Pitney Bowes Software.  He also worked at The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Union Bank of Switzerland.

Josephine Iannelli

Josephine Iannelli

Bar Harbor Bankshares [Bar Harbor, Maine] appointed Josephine Iannelli as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and the Bank. She replaces the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer Bradford Kopp. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Iannelli served as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (“Berkshire”), having previously served Berkshire as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since January 2014. She was the principal financial and accounting officer of Berkshire, having joined as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer in March 2013. Previously, Ms. Iannelli had senior accounting policy responsibilities at several banks, including PNC Financial, National City Corporation and KeyCorp.

DAS Group of Companies [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Robert B. Lorfink to global chief financial officer. Prior to this promotion, Lorfink was DAS CFO of the Americas and immediately preceding that, he was president and COO of Ketchum.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts [BOSTON] has named Andreana Santangelo as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Santangelo replaces Allen Maltz who will retire at the end of 2016. Before joining Blue Cross, Santangelo held various leadership roles at CIGNA. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Santangelo is also a member of the board of directors at Junior Achievement of Northern New England.

 

Track Group, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (OTCQX: TRCK), announced that Mark Attarian informed the Company of his intention to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Attarian joined the Company as Chief Administrative Officer on July 11, 2016, and was appointed Chief Financial Officer on September 12, 2016.

MPLX LP [FINDLAY, Ohio] (NYSE: MPLX) announced that Pamela K.M. Beall, MPLX executive vice president of Corporate Planning and Strategy, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of MPLX GP LLC. Beall replaces Nancy K. Buese, who is retiring to pursue other opportunities. Beall brings substantial financial experience to the CFO role, as her career has included numerous finance, accounting and commercial roles at Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) and MPLX.

Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. [NEW YORK, NY] (NASDAQ: LBIO) announced the appointment of Gregory T. Schiffman as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Most recently, Mr. Schiffman was Executive Vice President and CFO of StemCells, Inc. Prior to StemCells, Mr. Schiffman was the Executive Vice President and CFO of Dendreon Corporation. Before entering the healthcare industry, Mr. Schiffman held roles of increasing responsibility during his eleven year term with Hewlett Packard, including serving as controller of its European personal computer manufacturing and distribution operations in Grenoble, France, and as manufacturing manager and controller of its Netmetrix Division.

Kareo [IRVINE, CA] announced the hiring of Gregg Waldon as the company’s new chief financial officer. Prior to Kareo, Waldon spent seven years as the CFO at RedBrick Health. Gregg also spent three years at SoftBrands, seven years at Stellent, and seven years at GalaGen.

CFO Moves – week ending May 20, 2016

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CFO Moves this week include:

Frankly Inc. HotSchedules Agaia Home Brands, Inc.
Equity Trust Company Extreme Networks, Inc. Enevate Corporation
SharkReach, Inc. Origin Agritech Ltd. Kite Pharma, Inc.
Electronic Cigarettes International Group, Ltd. The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. Rue La La
INTTRA Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. River City Bank
Concho Resources Inc. Bunge Limited Quantum Health, Inc.
RLJ Entertainment Inc. Hudson Technologies, Inc. erecruit
ComRent International Inspirus Credit Union USA Truck, Inc.
FlexGen Advance Auto Parts, Inc. athenahealth, Inc.

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Frankly Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX-V: TLK) announced that Avi T. Aronovitz will join its senior leadership team as Chief Financial Officer,  replacing Jungsoo Park, formerly serving as Interim CFO, who will continue in his previous role as Vice President in the finance and operations team. Most recently Mr. Aronovitz was CFO for Knowledge Delivery Systems Inc., and he began his career in the audit and business advisory practice of Arthur Andersen LLP.

HotSchedules® [AUSTIN, Texas] has named Bijal Patel Chief Financial Officer. Patel joins HotSchedules from Aptean, where he was Executive Vice President and CFO. Prior to joining Aptean, Patel held several executive finance roles at Misys. Earlier in his career, Patel served over a decade in various finance and commercial leadership positions at IBM.

Agaia, Inc. [FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.] announced that Bob Lee has joined its leadership team as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lee served as the VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Phoenix Packaging Group. Previously, he served as the Financial Emerging Markets Worldwide Controller, Andean Head Trader, and VP Finance and CFO of Cargill deVenezuela. Lee held the positions of Vice President Finance and Latin America Chief Financial Officer before being promoted to VP and General Manager of its Latin America Region Writing Instruments Business Unit.

Equity Trust Company [CLEVELAND, OH] announced the appointment of Mike Smyth to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO of BMO Harris Financial Advisors. Prior to being named CFO, Smyth was the Director of Finance for the U.S. commercial banking unit of BMO Financial Group. He also served as CFO of Harrisdirect, for seven years.

Extreme Networks, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EXTR) announced the appointment of Drew Davies as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces previous CFO Ken Arola. Mr. Davies most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Controller at Marvell Semiconductor Inc. and previously served in senior level financial positions at several leading semiconductor companies, including Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation and Spansion Inc.

Enevate Corporation [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that John B. Kennedy has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Kennedy served as chief financial officer for Sprocket Media and SolarBridge Technologies. Before joining SolarBridge, he served as vice president of finance and administration for Primarion, director of finance for ValueClick, and in other leadership roles.

SharkReach, Inc. [HERMOSA BEACH, Calif.] (OTC: SHRK) announced that Mark J. Gustavson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of SharkReach and its operating subsidiaries. Prior to SharkReach, Mr. Gustavson was President and co-founder of MedicuRx Corporation, a position he held from February 2013 to June 2015. From July of 2012 through January of 2013, he was the President and CEO of ImCure Therapeutics, Inc. From June 2009 through November 2011, Mr. Gustavson served as Executive Vice President at EVP Colmen Group LLC. Mr. Gustavson was a Director of Valdor International Technologies, Inc. from December of 2012 to June of 2013. Mr. Gustavson served as Private Banker at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  From April 1997 through February 1999 Mr. Gustavson was VP of Private Banking.

Origin Agritech Ltd. [DES MOINES, Iowa] announced that Shashank Aurora, as the organization’s new chief financial officer. Aurora most recently served DuPont Pioneer in the capacity of global services finance director.

Kite Pharma, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: KITE) announced the appointment of Paul L. Jenkinson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jenkinson succeeds Cynthia M. Butitta, who continues in her role as Kite’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Jenkinson joins Kite Pharma after nearly a decade at Allergan, where he served most recently as Vice President, Global Commercial and Corporate Finance. Previously, Mr. Jenkinson served in finance positions of increasing responsibility at Black & Decker Corporation (presently Stanley Black & Decker), attaining the position of Vice President, Corporate Officer, at the Kwikset, Baldwin and Weiser Lock Companies. He began his career in finance positions at Deloitte New Zealand and later at a predecessor company of Fonterra.

Electronic Cigarettes International Group, Ltd. [GOLDEN, Colo.] (OTCBB: ECIG) announced that William “Bill” Seamans has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer, following the resignation of Phil Anderson. Most recently, Mr. Seamans was Chief Financial Officer at AppExtremes (dba Conga). Previously, he held CFO positions at several growth companies.Ernest Fiorante

The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] announced that Ernest Fiorante has joined Inland as Chief Financial Officer of the parent company. Fiorante most recently served as CFO of the Americas for Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”). Prior to serving as CFO of JLL, Fiorante served as CFO of CalEast Global Logistics, LLC. During that time, Fiorante also served on the Board of Directors for CenterPoint Properties Trust, including serving as Chairman of its audit committee. Before moving to LaSalle Investment Management, Fiorante served as Assistant Treasurer of the JLL global organization.

Rue La La [BOSTON] announced that Mark Weinberg, formerly the EVP of Corporate Development, will move into the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

INTTRA [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] announced that Jeff White has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy. Mr. White joined INTTRA after serving as CFO Virent, Inc. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Renew Energy. Mr. White was President and later CFO of  RCN Corporation after serving as CFO of New Zealand Telecom.Michael D Becker_Chief Financial Officer_Relmada Therapeutics

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: RLMD) announced the promotion of Michael D. Becker to chief financial officer. Mr. Becker joined Relmada in 2014 as senior vice president of finance and corporate development. Prior to joining Relmada, he was founder and president of the consulting firm MDB Communications LLC since 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Becker served as president, chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors for Cytogen Corporation.  He held positions of increasing responsibility prior to being appointed president and CEO of Cytogen in 2002, including vice president of business development, industry and investor relations and CEO of AxCell Biosciences, a subsidiary of Cytogen.  Prior to his industry career, Mr. Becker spent nine years in the financial services industry, including positions at Wayne Hummer Investments LLC, Kidder, Peabody & Co., Gruntal & Co., and Kemper Securities.Elaine Lintecum

River City Bank [SACRAMENTO, CA]  announced the appointment of Elaine Lintecum to its board of directors. Lintecum currently serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at The McClatchy Company. She serves on the boards of The Seattle Times Co. and Ponderay Newspring Company. Prior to joining McClatchy, Ms. Lintecum was a Certified Public Accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells.

Concho Resources Inc. [MIDLAND, Texas] (NYSE: CXO) announced that Darin G. Holderness, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire from the Company. Jack F. Harper, who is currently Executive Vice President of the Company, has assumed the additional roles of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Bunge Limited [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] (NYSE: BG) announced that Drew Burke, Chief Financial Officer, is retiring. Mr. Burke was named Chief Financial Officer in February 2011, having served as interim Chief Financial Officer since September 2010. He joined Bunge in 2002 as Managing Director, Soy Ingredients and New Business Development. Previously, he was CEO of the U.S. subsidiary of Degussa AG and worked for Beecham Pharmaceuticals and Price Waterhouse & Company.

Quantum Health, Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced Scott Doolittle as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Quantum Health, Doolittle served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for Healthways.Nazir Rostom headshot

RLJ Entertainment Inc. [SILVER SPRING, Md.] (NASDAQ: RLJE) announced that it has named Nazir Rostom as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rostom has served in senior and executive positions with GetWellNetwork, Inc. (“GWN”), from January 2014 to May 2016. Prior to GWN, he was Director of Finance and Assistant Treasurer for GTT Communications, Inc. from September 2011 to January 2014. Previous to GTT, Mr. Rostom led various structured financing deals at National Rural Utilities Electric Cooperative Finance Corporation and CapitalSource, Inc. Mr. Rostom began his career in investment banking at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Securities LLC.

Hudson Technologies, Inc. [PEARL RIVER, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: HDSN) announced that James R. Buscemi has advised the Company of his intention to step down as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

erecruit [BOSTON] announced that Greg Stott has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Greg was with Trimble Navigation Limited. Prior to Trimble, Greg served as the CFO at both SpaceClaim Corporation and Convergence, Inc. Greg also served as the VP of Finance and Treasurer at Telica, Inc. Greg began his career at Ernst & Young.

ComRent International [UPPER MARLBORO, Md.] announced that Lynn Villard has been named chief financial and chief operating officer. Villard joins ComRent from Kiewit Construction, where he served as senior vice president.

Inspirus Credit Union [SEATTLE] announced that Lesley Fox joins the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Inspirus, Fox worked in executive and senior positions with Bellco and Westerra Credit Unions in Denver, Colorado. Fox was also on the supervisory committee for Prevail Credit Union in Seattle, prior to moving to Denver.

USA Truck, Inc. [VAN BUREN, Ark.] (NASDAQ: USAK) announced the resignation of Michael Borrows, Executive Vice President and CFO.Travis Bird

FlexGen® [Houston, TX] announced the hiring of Travis Bird as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining FlexGen®, Travis served as a financial and operational executive, including as CFO of Wireless Seismic, Inc.  Prior to that, he held various roles including: CFO, COO, and Director of Corporate Development in several other emerging growth technology

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. [ROANOKE, Va.] (NYSE: AAP) announced that Mike Norona, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company.

athenahealth, Inc. [WATERTOWN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ATHN) announced that Current Vice President and Controller, Karl Stubelis, is being promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Kristi Matus, currently the company’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Mr. Stubelis has been with athenahealth since 2013 and previously served as acting CFO prior to Ms. Matus’ appointment. Prior to joining athenahealth, he spent nearly a decade in finance leadership roles at Sapient Corporation, and previously held management positions within a range of companies and at accounting firms.

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