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CFO Moves – week ending June 19, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

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

Amir Feder

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

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

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

Robert O’Donovan

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

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

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

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

Vikram Vik Kini

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

Sonia Jain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ashleigh Pushnig

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

Ron Crowell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert W. Cook

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

CFO Moves – week ending April 24, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

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

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Arun Shivdasani

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

Keith Stauffer

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

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

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

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

James R. Gordon

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bob Reich

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

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

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

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

Kevin Krupski

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

John Lenga

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

Curtis Dair

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

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

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

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

CFO Moves – week ending February 7, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. CIRCOR International, Inc. Management Registry, Inc.
Elevate Security AngioDynamics, Inc. Resources Connection, Inc.
INBRACE Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Jackson National Life Insurance Company
JDA Software, Inc. PPB Capital Partners PSST, LLC
iRobot Corporation McorpCX, Inc. Nuvaira
Gracie Point LLC BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Art’s Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Ankura PenFed Credit Union Northrop Grumman Corporation
Conformis, Inc. PSAV Allegheny Health Network
ResMan United Natural Foods, Inc. Plus Therapeutics, Inc.
Donuts Inc. Gates Industrial Corporation plc Potrero Medical, Inc.
Cipherloc Corporation MCTC Holdings, Inc. InfuSystem Holdings Inc.
AmeriPro EMS Innovation

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J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. [LOWELL, Arkansas] (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced that effective March 1, 2020, David G. Mee will retire from his current duties as executive vice president, Finance and Administration and chief financial officer. John Kuhlow, currently senior vice president of Finance, controller and chief accounting officer, will assume the role of interim chief financial officer on that date.

CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, MA] (NYSE: CIR) announced that Chadi Chahine, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to step down from CIRCOR effective March 2, 2020.

Management Registry, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, KY] announced the appointment of Michael Steinmetz as Chief Financial Officer. Steinmetz most recently held the position of Vice President of Finance and VP of Shared Services, North America for ManpowerGroup.

Elevate Security [BERKELEY, CA] announced the appointment of Nicholas (Nick) Telford as chief financial officer. Most recently he was chief financial officer at Bugcrowd. Before Bugcrowd, Telford was previously chief financial officer of Perforce Software (acquired by Summit Partners) and his background includes AmberPoint (acquired by Oracle) and Ernst & Young.

AngioDynamics, Inc. [LATHAM, NY] (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced that it has appointed Stephen Trowbridge to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Trowbridge has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since October 22, 2019, in addition to his responsibilities as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Trowbridge joined AngioDynamics as Corporate Counsel in 2008, was promoted to Vice President and General Counsel in 2010, and subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel in 2013. Prior to AngioDynamics, Trowbridge served as Corporate Counsel at Philips Healthcare and Intermagnetics General Corporation. Trowbridge began his career with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP.

Jennifer Ryu

Resources Connection, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: RECN) announced the appointment of Jennifer Ryu as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ryu served as the Company’s Interim CFO since August 2019. Ryu joined the Company in April 2019, serving first as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting. Prior to joining the Company, from 2014 to 2019, Ryu was Chief Accounting Officer for Young’s Holdings. From 2007 to 2014, Ms. Ryu served as Director of External Reporting for Kaiser Aluminum. Ryu began her career in public accounting at Deloitte.

INBRACE [IRVINE, CA] announced the addition of Kevin Cousins as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Former CFO Kenny Chang has moved into a new executive role as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Development.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Jeffrey Trigilio as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Amylyx, Trigilio most recently served as Vice President of Finance at BlueRock Therapeutics. Previously, Trigilio held roles of increasing responsibility at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, most recently serving as Executive Director, Strategic Decision Analysis.

Jackson National Life Insurance Company [LANSING, MI] announced that Axel André has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Jackson. André most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Individual Retirement at AIG and will assume his new role effective Feb. 24, 2020. André joined AIG in 2013 and initially served as Chief Risk Officer for Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, and Institutional Markets. He was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Individual Retirement at AIG in 2018. Prior to his time at AIG, André served in a variety of leadership roles on the Global Insurance Strategies team at Goldman Sachs. André’s arrival coincides with the announcement that current Jackson CFO, Chad Myers, will be moving into the newly created role of Vice Chair of Jackson Holdings, LLC.

JDA Software, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] announced the appointment of Sue Savage Pirri as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Pirri joins JDA from Autodesk where he was Vice President of Finance. Earlier in her career Pirri held positions at Digital Island, Electronic Arts, AirTouch Communications and Coopers & Lybrand.

PPB Capital Partners [CONSHOHOCKEN, PA] welcomed Lance Baker as PPB’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PPB, Baker was the Chief Financial Officer for Hatteras Funds, and previously served as Vice President of Operations at Smith Breeden Associates, and earlier as a manager at the accounting firm, BDO.

PSST, LLC [LOUISVILLE, KY] announced that it hired Mark Lattis as Chief Financial Officer. Lattis was previously Assistant Controller for Yum! Brands. Prior to Yum! Mark was a Senior Accountant with Strothman and Company. He began his financial career with Invesco, ultimately rising to Partner and Portfolio Manager.

iRobot Corporation [BEDFORD, MA] (NASDAQ: IRBT) announced that the company is appointing current vice president of finance Julie Zeiler as its next executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 4, 2020. She will succeed Alison Dean, the company’s CFO since 2013. Zeiler joined iRobot in 2017. Prior to iRobot, Julie served in a number of positions over a 20-year-tenure at Boston Scientific Corporation as well as financial management roles at Digital Equipment Corporation.

McorpCX, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSXV: MCX, OTCQB: MCCX) appointed Barry MacNeil to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, upon receiving notice that the Company’s previous Chief Financial Officer, Tricia Tomko, intended to pursue other endeavors. MacNeil has previously served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. MacNeil has been appointed to serve as a director on the Company’s board of directors.

Nuvaira [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Tom Griffin has joined Nuvaira as Chief Financial Officer. Griffin was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Avedro, Inc. Prior to joining Avedro, Tom served as the Chief Financial Officer of Entellus Medical, Inc., from 2007 to May 2016.

Gracie Point Holdings, LLC [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joseph Sevely as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was Chief Financial Officer of Aspen Group, Inc. Previously he was Chief Financial Officer of Cutwater Asset Management. Earlier in his career he was Treasurer and Head of Market Risk at MBIA Inc. and worked at major Wall Street firms. He was Controller of Merrill Lynch’s Global Fixed Income Sales and Trading Division and also led teams responsible for derivative and structured finance product development at Bankers Trust.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. [SAN RAFAEL, CA] (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced the transition of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dan Spiegelman, who will remain as an employee and senior advisor until September 1, 2020 to assist with the transition. After that, he plans to pursue other interests. Brian R. Mueller, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, has assumed the role of acting Chief Financial Officer. Mueller is a veteran at BioMarin with 17 years of experience at the company, Mueller is a member of the board of directors and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Art’s Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. [ARMSTRONG, IA] (NASDAQ: ARTW) announced that Michael Woods has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this position, Woods served as the Vice President of Finance for Art’s Way and he initially joined Art’s Way in 2016. Woods began his career in public accounting at Brinkman and Reed, CPAs and worked at XPO Logistics.

Ankura [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Christina Wong as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Ankura, Wong spent more than 20 years at American Express where she most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Merchant Services. Wong succeeds Ben Seto, who will remain with Ankura in a consulting capacity until May to ensure a seamless transition.

Jill Streit

PenFed Credit Union [TYSONS, VA] welcomed Jill Streit as Chief Finance Officer and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining PenFed, Streit was chief financial officer and treasurer, executive vice president at TIAA Bank. She previously held positions at EverBank, Prudential Network Realty and Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Northrop Grumman Corporation [FALLS CHURCH, VA] (NYSE: NOC) appointed David F. Keffer as corporate vice president and chief financial officer, effective Feb. 17, 2020. Keffer succeeds Kenneth L. Bedingfield. Keffer served as a general partner for Blue Delta Capital Partners, a role he held since 2018. Previously, he was chief financial officer for CSRA, Inc. and chief financial officer for SRA International.

Conformis, Inc. [BILLERICA, MA] (NASDAQ: CFMS) announced that the Company has appointed Bob Howe as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Howe spent nearly five years at NxStage Medical, Inc., as VP of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to this, Howe served at Lake Region Medical as VP, FP&A – Cardio & Vascular Division, where he progressed from Senior Director of FP&A for its Advanced Surgical Division. Before this, he served for 17 years at Boston Scientific where he held financial leadership roles in three of the company’s operating divisions as well as senior roles in manufacturing and corporate finance.

PSAV [SCHILLER PARK, IL] announced that Becky Sheehan has been named Chief Financial Officer. Sheehan fills the vacancy left when former CFO Ben Erwin was promoted to President in October 2018. Sheehan spent the last three years as Chief Financial Officer for Cars.com. Previously, she spent 10 years with FTD Companies, Inc., as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

James Rohrbaugh

Allegheny Health Network [PITTSBURGH] announced that James Rohrbaugh has been named the organization’s Chief Financial Officer. Rohrbaugh succeeds former AHN CFO Jeffrey Crudele, who retired at the end of 2019. Rohrbaugh joined AHN in 2014 as vice president of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Jefferson Hospital and was appointed Senior Vice President of Financial Operations for AHN in 2018. Prior to joining AHN in 2014, Rohrbaugh served in various financial and executive leadership positions at Ascension Health’s Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia. He also spent three years in the healthcare regulatory consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ResMan [PLANO, TX] announced that Brad Almond has been appointed chief financial officer. Almond previously served as Vertex’s chief financial officer from 2013 to 2019 and currently serves on the company’s board of directors. Before Vertex, Almond was chief financial officer of Cambium Learning Group.

United Natural Foods, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, RI] (NYSE: UNFI) announced that John Howard, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2019 , has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Howard joined UNFI in July 2019 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting. Howard brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance teams including senior finance positions with the Valspar Corporation prior to its merger with Sherwin-Williams in 2018.

Plus Therapeutics, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NASDAQ:  PSTV) announced that Andrew J. Sims has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Sims previously held Chief Financial Officer roles at several private equity-backed companies. Previously, Sims was Partner at Mazars.

Donuts Inc. [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Randy Haas as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Haas joins Donuts from Rhapsody/Napster where he was CFO. Previously, Randy had a long career at Microsoft, including serving as General Manager/CFO of the Internet Advertising Business Group. He also held senior leadership roles in Finance for the Sales and Marketing and internet platform areas.

L. Brooks Mallard

Gates Industrial Corporation plc [DENVER] (NYSE: GTES) announced that L. Brooks Mallard has been appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and will join Gates effective February 24, 2020.  Prior to Gates, Mallard was chief financial officer of Henniges.  Prior to Henniges he was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Jeld-Wen.  He also has held senior financial leadership roles with TRW, Cooper Industries, Thomas & Betts and Briggs & Stratton during his 25-year career.

Potrero Medical, Inc. [HAYWARD, CA] announced that Jeff Mack is joining its executive leadership team as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Mack led finance at Outset Medical.

Cipherloc Corporation [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (OTCQB: CLOK) announced the appointment of Ryan Polk as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Polk served in CFO roles at Generation Next and Cellpoint Corporation. Prior to those appointments, he filled executive roles for six years in the portfolio companies owned by Lacy Diversified, a family office based in Indianapolis. Additionally, Polk served as the Vice President for Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis for Brightpoint. He began his career at Ernst & Young.

MCTC Holdings, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTC PINK: MCTC) announce it has added Robert L. Hymers III as its Chief Financial Officer. Hymers is the Managing Partner of Pinnacle Tax Services and was previously Chief Financial Officer and Director of Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (OTC: MCOA).

InfuSystem Holdings Inc. [ROCHESTER HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: INFU) announced that Gregory Schulte, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of InfuSystem, and the Company have agreed to a mutual separation. The Company has appointed Wesley W. Winnekins as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Winnekins previously worked with the Company as a financial consultant.

Amber Diver

AmeriPro EMS [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Amber Diver as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Diver held various executive finance roles in privately held organizations. Most recently, Diver served in a leadership role at Bennet Thrasher.

Rick Hans

Innovation [JOHNSON CITY, NY] hired Rick Hans as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Innovation, Hans served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Fred’s. Previously, Hans served in senior finance, real estate, and treasury roles with Walgreen Company, ending with a six-year tenure as vice president, investor relations and finance. He also served as trustee of Walgreens Profit Sharing Plan.

CFO Moves – week ending February 23, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

GM Financial AMRI Bruker Corporation
QVC, Inc. UGI Corporation American Zinc Recycling LLC
Invacare Corporation GulfMark Offshore, Inc. ClearDATA
ITS Logistics Ephesoft, Inc. Murphy Oil Corporation
FormFactor, Inc. Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Campus Life & Style
FirstEnergy Corp. GoodData UCHealth
Barton Malow Company Celanese Corporation Savigent Software, Inc
National Lutheran Communities & Services Giga-tronics Incorporated Otter Media
Nicholas Financial, Inc. Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. Glassdoor
LivePerson, Inc. Lydall, Inc. iCIMS Inc.
Rubrik

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GM Financial [FORT WORTH, TEXAS] announced the retirement of Chris Choate as Chief Financial Officer. Treasurer Susan Sheffield has been named to succeed Choate. Sheffield has served as Executive Vice President and Treasurer since 2014. Prior to her role as Treasurer, Sheffield was SVP of Corporate Finance since 2008. From 2002 to 2008, she led the Structured Finance team. She joined the company in 2001 as VP Investor Relations.

AMRI [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced the appointment of Anthony Mattacchione as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Mattacchione succeeds Felicia Ladin, who announced her intention to leave AMRI in December 2017. Before joining AMRI, Mr. Mattacchione spent five years at Bruker Corp. where he most recently served as their chief financial officer. Before this, he was senior vice president, corporate finance and accounting. Prior to joining Bruker, Mr. Mattacchione served as chief financial officer of EMD Millipore, from 2010 to 2013. Previously, he was vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Millipore Corp. between 2006 and 2010. He also held various financial leadership roles during a 16-year career at Gerber Scientific Inc.

Bruker Corporation [BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced that Anthony Mattacchione, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President of Bruker, has submitted his resignation. Mr. Mattacchione has informed us that he has accepted a position as Chief Financial Officer of Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

QVC, Inc. [WEST CHESTER, Pa.] announced that Ted Jastrzebski will be stepping down as Chief Financial Officer.

UGI Corporation [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] (NYSE: UGI) has named Ted Jastrzebski to the position of Chief Financial Officer, an executive officer of the Company. Mr. Jastrzebski joins UGI after serving since 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the QVC Group of Companies. Prior to QVC, Mr. Jastrzebski held senior-level finance and general management leadership positions at international companies and organizations including The Hershey Company (2004-2013), CARE (2002-2004), Project HOPE (1999-2002), and Procter & Gamble (1985-1999). While with Procter & Gamble, Mr. Jastrzebski had leadership assignments in India, Egypt, and Poland.

American Zinc Recycling LLC [PITTSBURGH] announced that it has named Marcelino Rodriguez as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rodriguez most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of KMG Chemicals.

Invacare Corporation [ELYRIA, Ohio] (NYSE: IVC) announced the appointment of Kathleen P. Leneghan as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Leneghan has been in the role of interim Chief Financial Officer of the company since November 26, 2017. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Leneghan was vice president and corporate controller since 2003. She has been with Invacare for 27 years, serving in various financial roles in both North America and Europe. Prior to joining Invacare, Ms. Leneghan was an audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP.

GulfMark Offshore, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: GLF) announced that Sam Rubio will be promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Sam will replace James (Jay) M. Mitchell. Mr. Rubio joined GulfMark in 2005 and has continued to earn increasing responsibilities within the organization, currently holding the position of Senior Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Sam became Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in 2008 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2012.

ClearDATA [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Dennis Hynson has joined as chief financial officer. Hynson joins ClearDATA from IntelliCyt, where he was CFO and Chief Operating Officer.

ITS Logistics [RENO, Nev.] announced that Jamie Lawson has been elevated to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Lawson started at the company in 2014 as Controller before being promoted to Director of Finance, and now to CFO and a position on the executive team. Lawson started out in the accounting field. She has worked in public accounting for CPA firms in Oklahoma, California and Nevada.

Naren Goel

Ephesoft, Inc. [IRVINE, CALIF.] announced that it has appointed Naren Goel as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Murphy Oil Corporation [EL DORADO, Ark.] (NYSE: MUR) announced that David R. Looney has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Looney will succeed John W. Eckart who previously announced his intention to retire from the company later this year.

FormFactor, Inc. [LIVERMORE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FORM) announced that it has appointed Shai Shahar to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. He replaces the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Michael Ludwig, who is retiring. Mr. Shahar is currently serving as the Vice President Finance & Operations of Nova Measuring Instruments. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Shahar served as Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller of PMC-Sierra, Inc., and served as its Vice President Finance, FP&A, from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Shahar was Chief Financial Officer of Wintegra, Inc., from 2006 to 2010.  From 1997 to 2006, Mr. Shahar worked in progressive roles through senior manager at Ernst & Young.

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: FET) announced that the company has appointed Pablo G. Mercado to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. James W. Harris, the current Chief Financial Officer, has been leading the Drilling and Subsea segment since September 2017 and will transition full-time to that operating role, serving as Forum’s Executive Vice President – Drilling and Subsea. Pablo joined Forum in 2011 as Vice President, Corporate Development and has held positions with increasing responsibility. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President – Finance, with oversight of Forum’s corporate development, investor relations, accounting, tax and treasury functions. Prior to joining Forum, he was an investment banker in the Oil and Gas Group of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

Campus Life & Style (“CLS”) [NEW YORK] announced that Joseph Hughes has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hughes previously served as CLS’ Senior Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to joining CLS in 2016, Mr. Hughes served as American Campus Communities’ Vice President of Budgeting & Forecasting, a position he held from 2007 to 2015.

FirstEnergy Corp. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: FE) announced Steven E. Strah as the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. Strah, currently senior vice president and president, FirstEnergy Utilities. Strah began his career with The Illuminating Company in 1984 and has specialized in regional operations.  He has been in his current position since 2015.

GoodData [SAN FRANCISCO] has brought on Carol Lee as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining GoodData, Lee was Vice President of Finance for Konica Minolta Business Solutions, 2011 and 2017.

Dan Rieber

UCHealth [Aurora, CO] announced the appointment of Dan Rieber as chief financial officer. Rieber has been serving as the 9-hospital system’s interim CFO since Fall 2017.

Barton Malow Company [DETROIT] announced Lars Luedeman as Chief Financial Officer. Lars Luedeman joined Barton Malow Company in 2012 as Director of Finance after spending 16 years in the investment banking industry.

Scott Richardson

Celanese Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: CE) announced that chief financial officer, Chris Jensen, has tendered his resignation after a successful 12 years with the Company. He will be succeeded as CFO by Scott Richardson, currently Senior Vice President, Engineered Materials. Richardson joined Celanese in 2005 and held a variety of roles at the Company including Vice President and General Manager of Acetyls, and his most recent role as Senior Vice President, Engineered Materials.

Savigent Software, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] has named John Mitchell as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Mitchell served in finance management roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for 18 years in various business units including Applications and Supply Chain & Operations. Prior to HPE, he was the CFO of Rainier Technology. He started his career as a CPA and audit manager at a national accounting firm.

Richard Mazza

National Lutheran Communities & Services [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced that Richard M. Mazza has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mazza was Managing Director at Solar Renewable Energy, LLC. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Pacific Retirement Services, Inc., where he served in a variety of roles including Senior VP of Development and Chief Accounting Officer. Mazza also spent 17 years at KPMG, holding multiple positions including, Director and Senior Manager of Retirement Housing & Long-term Care Consulting Practice and Manager of Assurance Practice.

Giga-tronics Incorporated [DUBLIN, Calif.] (OTCQB: GIGA) announced the appointment of Dr. Lutz P. Henckels as Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Henckels, who joined the Company’s Board of Directors in 2011, is a managing member of Alara Capital AVI II. Dr. Henckels has over 20 years’ experience serving as Chief Executive Officer of both public and private technology companies including, among others, LeCroy Corporation and most recently as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HiQ Solar, Inc.

Otter Media [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jennifer Cho has been named chief financial officer. Cho joins Otter with more than 25 years of experience in banking, corporate finance, treasury, corporate development and financial operations. She has held senior leadership positions at AT&T, DIRECTV and Gap Inc. Most recently she served as CFO of AT&T Entertainment Group’s Technology & Operations division.

Nicholas Financial, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NASDAQ: NICK) announced that Chad Steinorth will be rejoining the Company as Vice President and Interim CFO. Mr. Steinorth originally spent 13 years with Nicholas Financial from November 1993 to November 2006, holding several positions including Controller and Vice President of Finance. Since then, Mr. Steinorth ran his own local auto finance company in the Tampa Bay area before selling it in 2016. Mr. Steinorth most recently served as Vice President of Finance at Platinum Auto Finance.

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: SRC) announced that the Company would not be renewing its employment agreement with Phil Joseph, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Glassdoor [MILL VALLEY, Calif.] announced James (Jim) S. Cox has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Cox joins Glassdoor from Lithium Technologies, where he was CFO. Prior to joining Lithium, Cox was the CFO at Advent Software. Earlier in his career, he worked at UTStarcom and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Ohio, California and New Zealand.

LivePerson, Inc. [New York, New York] announced that it is appointing Christopher Greiner to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Greiner previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Operating Officer of Inovalon Holdings, Inc., from November 2016 to February 2018. Prior to this combined role, Mr. Greiner served as Inovalon’s Chief Product and Operations Officer, a position he held from May 2013 to November 2016. Prior to joining Inovalon in May 2013, Mr. Greiner served as a Vice President at Computer Sciences Corporation, from November 2012 to April 2013. From April 1999 to November 2012, Mr. Greiner served as the combined Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of IBM’s Business Analytics division. Prior to this position, Mr. Greiner was responsible for IBM’s global services business based in Shanghai, China, and Tokyo, Japan. Additionally, Mr. Greiner fulfilled multiple roles in finance and operations both within IBM’s U.S. business and overseas operations in Australia, India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore.

Lydall, Inc. [MANCHESTER, Conn.] (NYSE: LDL) announced that Randall B. Gonzales, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lydall, Inc. Mr. Gonzales will be joining Lydall from his position as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Progress Rail Services Corporation. Prior to joining Progress Rail, Mr. Gonzales held financial and operational leadership roles of increasing responsibilities within Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Prior to that role, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Nissan’s Global Sales & Marketing functions.

iCIMS Inc. [HOLMDEL, N.J.] announced the introduction of Valerie Rainey as chief financial officer (CFO). Rainey previously served as CFO at CMA CGM America, and INTTRA, Inc.

Rubrik [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced Murray Demo as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Rubrik, Demo was CFO at Atlassian. Demo brings decades of experience to Rubrik and has previously served as CFO at Adobe Systems, Postini, LiveOps and Dolby Laboratories.