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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.

CFO Moves – week ending February 16, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

ImmunoMet Therapeutics SunTrust Banks, Inc. Twilio Inc.
The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc Papa John’s International, Inc. Trinity Industries, Inc.
Gibson Brands, Inc. TowneBank Cell Medica
Catastrophe Solutions International Algeco Scotsman Global Mills Fleet Farm
Ominto, Inc. Globecomm Abaco Systems
Aptinyx Inc Murphy Oil Corporation Deep Green Waste & Recycling, Inc.
Adventist Health Cenveo, Inc. Energy Fuels Inc.
ACETO Corporation Benson Hill Biosystems Blucora, Inc.
Information Technology Procurement Sourcing Edgewell Personal Care Company KMG
Retail Properties of America, Inc. SiFive Patient Home Monitoring Corp.

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ImmunoMet Therapeutics [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Allan J. Shaw as Chief Financial Officer. Allan L. Shaw currently serves as a director of VIVUS, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Shaw was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Shaw was Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal LLC. Mr. Shaw’s previous experience includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Serono S.A., NewLead Holdings Ltd. and Viatel, Inc. Mr. Shaw was also the founder and Senior Managing Director of Shaw Strategic Capital LLC.

Allison Dukes

SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: STI) announced that Aleem Gillani, chief financial officer, has announced his plans to retire from the company. He will be succeeded by Allison Dukes, currently head of Commercial Banking.

Twilio Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: TWLO) announced that Lee Kirkpatrick, who has served as Twilio’s Chief Financial Officer since May 2012, has informed the Company and its Board of Directors of his decision to leave the company.

The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc. [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced the appointment of Kerra McDonough to Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. McDonough has been a member of The Motley Fool’s finance team for over 18 years and was formerly serving as Chief Performance Officer. Mrs. McDonough is assuming the role from Ollen Douglass, who held the position for 17 years. Mr. Douglass is moving to a newly created role as Managing Director of Motley Fool Ventures. Prior to joining the company in 2000, Mrs. McDonough was a budget analyst for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Papa John’s International, Inc. [Louisville, Kentucky] appointed Steven R. Coke, the Company’s Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategy, to the positions of principal financial and accounting officer of the Company on an interim basis, effective March 2, 2018, the previously announced date of departure of Lance Tucker, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer.  The Company has commenced a search for a permanent chief financial officer. Steven R. Coke has served as Vice President, Strategic Planning since January 2015, after serving as Senior Director, Strategy since April 2012 and Senior Director, Restaurant Finance since June 2011.  He has served in various director and manager level positions with increasing responsibility in Finance since joining the company in May 1998.

Trinity Industries, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: TRN) announced that Scott Beasley, currently the Group Chief Financial Officer of Trinity’s Construction, Energy, Marine and Components businesses, has accepted a role as the future Chief Financial Officer of the new infrastructure company upon completion of the spin-off. Mr. Beasley, has served in his current role since 2017. Mr. Beasley joined the Company in 2014 and previously served as Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning for Trinity Industries. Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. Beasley was an Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company. Previously, he worked at McMaster-Carr Supply Company for several years as an operations manager.

Gibson Brands, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Benson Woo will return to the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Woo spent his early career at General Motors and then moved onto senior financial positions at more entrepreneurial companies.

TowneBank [SUFFOLK, VA] (NASDAQ: TOWN) announced the promotion of William B. Littreal to the position of Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, following the retirement of Clyde E. McFarland, Jr., who has served as CFO since the founding of the company in 1999. Mr. Littreal joined TowneBank in 2008 and has served in several executive roles as the company’s Finance Director from 2008 – 2011, Chief Operating Officer from 2011 – 2016, and in his current role as Chief Strategy Officer and Director of Investor Relations. Mr. Littreal will continue in his investor relations role when he assumes his new post. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Littreal served as Chief Financial Officer of another publicly-held financial institution.

Cell Medica [HOUSTON & LONDON] announced the appointment of Kevin S. Boyle, Sr. as Chief Financial Officer, based in Houston, TX.

Catastrophe Solutions International [ST. LOUIS, MO.] announced that Andy Kipker has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Andy spent the last 21 years working for Safelite, where his roles included serving as Controller, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, AVP of Credit and Client Services, and for the past 14 years as Vice President of Claims Management and Strategic Planning Services.

Algeco Scotsman Global [BALTIMORE] announced that Sunny Thakrar, its former European Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer following the concurrent resignation of Stephen Bishop, who had served as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer since 2014.

Mills Fleet Farm [APPLETON, Wis. & BRAINERD, Minn.] announced that Michael Schwindle has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Schwindle was most recently CFO at Payless Shoe Source, and previously held CFO positions at both Harry & David and Musician’s Friend. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He has also held financial and operational leadership roles at Home Depot, Limited Brands, and The Longaberger Company.

Ominto, Inc. [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NASDAQ: OMNT) announced the appointment of Jim Spielman as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Ominto, Mr. Spielman was the Managing Partner of Sympheron Capital LLC. Prior to Sympheron, Mr. Spielman served as the CFO of Intelligent InSites. Prior to InSites, Mr. Spielman was an M&A and corporate finance investment banker with Houlihan Lokey’s Global Energy Investment Banking Group and Bank of America Securities’ Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group in New York. Earlier in his career, Mr. Spielman spent 10 years in senior roles with Western Digital, Buy.com and Health Care Property Investors. Mr. Spielman started his career as an audit CPA with Arthur Andersen.

Jeff Garte

Globecomm [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced Jeff Garte has joined their executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Globecomm, he served at Hibernia Networks for nearly four years as the senior vice president of corporate development, managing corporate development, FP&A, and procurement. Before Hibernia, Mr. Garte was VP of FP&A at Sterling Infosystems. He also served as VP of finance at AboveNet, where his responsibilities included corporate development, FP&A, investor relations, project cost management and procurement.

Abaco Systems [HUNTSVILLE, Ala.] announced the appointment of William Read as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Read joins Abaco from Harmar, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Read has also held senior financial positions at BBB Industries, Continental Motors and Teledyne Technologies.

Aptinyx Inc. [EVANSTON, Ill.] announced Ashish Khanna, the company’s chief business officer, has also been appointed its chief financial officer. Mr. Khanna has served as chief business officer of Aptinyx since the company’s inception in 2015. He played a central role in forming and spinning out Aptinyx from its predecessor company, Naurex, as part of a transaction with Allergan. He joined Naurex as vice president of corporate development in 2010. Prior to Aptinyx and Naurex, Mr. Khanna served as director of business development at Vanda Pharmaceuticals. He was formerly a member of the cardiology strategic marketing team at Cordis Corporation. Earlier, he was a strategy consultant with the Palladium Group and with the Strategic Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young.

Murphy Oil Corporation [EL DORADO, Ark.] (NYSE: MUR) announced that John W. Eckart, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company of his intention to retire, after nearly 28 years of service.

Deep Green Waste & Recycling, Inc. [MARIETTA, Ga.] (OTC: DGWR) announced the addition of Josh Beckham as Chief Financial Officer. Josh has spent the last 8 years overseeing a succession of financial and analytical departments at AT&T.

Adventist Health [ROSEVILLE, Calif.] announced the planned retirement of its senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), Jack Wagner, after four years of service to the company. Joe Reppert, a recent internal hire will succeed Mr. Wagner as CFO.

Cenveo, Inc. [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NASDAQ: CVO) announced the appointment of Mark S. Hiltwein as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hiltwein succeeds Scott Goodwin, who is departing Cenveo. Mr. Hiltwein rejoins Cenveo from Rand Logistics, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Hiltwein held several senior positions at Cenveo, including Chief Financial Officer, President of the Envelope Group, and President of Field Sales and Manufacturing.

Energy Fuels Inc. [LAKEWOOD, CO.] (NYSE American: UUUU; TSX: EFR) announced that David C. Frydenlund, the Company’s previous Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Frydenlund will replace the Company’s current CFO, Daniel G. Zang, who will be leaving the Company. Mr. Frydenlund has worked in the U.S. uranium mining industry since 1997, including as CFO of International Uranium Corporation from 2000-2005.

ACETO Corporation [PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ACET) announced that it has appointed Edward J.  Borkowski as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Borkowski served as CFO at several healthcare companies including Concordia, where he was also a member of the board, Carefusion and Mylan.  He began his career at Arthur Andersen.

Michael Wainscott

Benson Hill Biosystems [ST. LOUIS] announced that Michael Wainscott has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Wainscott co-founded and served as Chief Financial Officer for Technology Crops International.  Prior to that, he served as CFO for Kings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods, plc.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Davinder Athwal has been named Chief Financial Officer. Athwal succeeds Eric Emans who has been serving in a consulting role with Blucora since stepping down as CFO in late 2017. Emans will remain in his current consulting role through May 31, 2018 to assist with the transition. Athwal most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UGI International. He was previously UGI Corporation’s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer.  Prior to his roles with UGI, he was the global mergers and acquisitions controller for Nortel Networks and before that worked in various corporate finance roles at IBM Corporation. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Information Technology Procurement Sourcing (ITPS) [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of P. Daniel Bunner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Edgewell Personal Care Company [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: EPC) announced the appointment of Rod R. Little as chief financial officer (CFO). Little served most recently as CFO with HSN Inc. and, prior to that, Elizabeth Arden Inc. Earlier in his career, he was CFO for Procter & Gamble’s global salon professional division. He will begin March 5, 2018.

KMG [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: KMG) announced that Marcelino Rodriguez, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will resign in the next few weeks to pursue another opportunity. Monte Green, KMG’s Director of Corporate Development, will assume the additional role of CFO on an interim basis. Prior to KMG, Mr. Green was a senior vice president for Imperial Capital. Mr. Green’s prior career included positions at Lehman Brothers and Bank of America.

Julie Swinehart

Retail Properties of America, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: RPAI) announced that its has promoted Julie M. Swinehart to serve as the Company’s executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Ms. Swinehart joined RPAI in June 2008 and held the position of senior vice president and chief accounting officer from July 2015 through February 2018. Before assuming her role as chief accounting officer in 2015, Ms. Swinehart served as the Company’s senior vice president and corporate controller since April 2013 and held various accounting and financial reporting positions since joining the team in 2008. Before joining RPAI, Ms. Swinehart was a manager of external reporting at Equity Office Properties Trust for two years and she spent eight years in public accounting in the audit practices of Arthur Andersen LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP.

SiFive [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Shiva Natarajan as chief financial officer. Before joining SiFive, Natarajan was vice president of finance at A10 Networks. Earlier in his career, Natarajan served as vice president, corporate controller, chief accounting officer and interim CFO during his eight years at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation.

Patient Home Monitoring Corp. [CINCINNATI] (TSX-V: PHM) announced it has appointed Hardik Mehta as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mehta has worked as a finance professional and an investment banker at Silverstone Capital Advisors for nearly ten years.

CFO Moves – week ending February 9, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Heidrick & Struggles Citrix Systems, Inc. Universal Corporation
Walmart Inc. Valero Energy Corporation Cardinal Health
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. FormFactor, Inc. VictorOps
Airgain, Inc. SandRidge Energy, Inc. City of Hope
Blackboard Inc Cogent Energy Services Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.
Perion Network Ltd. Broward Health Central Logic
Celmatix Liquidia Technologies, Inc. Omni-ID
Mutualink, Inc Micron Technology, Inc. Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Corizon Health iboss Slack
Mercury Systems, Inc. T2 Biosystems, Inc. Guess & Co. Corporation

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Mark Harris

Heidrick & Struggles [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: HSII) announced that Mark R. Harris joins the firm and will succeed Richard W. Pehlke as Chief Financial Officer when Pehlke retires. Harris had been CFO at Hercules Capital. Formerly, Harris was the Senior Managing Director/Head of Asia, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Asset Management of Avenue Capital Group’s Asia funds. Earlier he had been Corporate Financial Controller at Hutchison Telecom. Previously, he had been Vice President – Finance as well as General Manager for both the Financial Shared Services and Human Resources Solutions lines of business at Vsource in Singapore.

Citrix Systems, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] (NASDQ: CTXS) announced that Andrew “Drew” Del Matto has been appointed executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Mark Coyle, who has served as Citrix’s Interim CFO since July 2017. Andrew joins Citrix from Fortinet, where he has been CFO since 2014. He also served as Symantec’s corporate treasurer and vice president of finance business operations. Prior to Symantec, he held senior finance leadership roles with Inktomi Corporation and SGI Corporation.

Universal Corporation [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: UVV) announced that David C. Moore, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company, plans to retire. The Board of Directors has named Johan C. Kroner, currently Senior Vice President, to succeed Mr. Moore as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kroner has been with the Company since 1993 and has served in numerous positions of increasing responsibilities in finance and operations, including overseas assignments in England and Italy.

Sarah Friar

Walmart Inc. [BENTONVILLE, Ark.] (NYSE: WMT) announced that it has appointed Sarah Friar, chief financial officer of Square, Inc., as a new independent director to the company’s board. Since July 2012, Friar, 45, has served as CFO of Square, Inc. Prior to that, she served as the Senior Vice President of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce. From July 2000 to April 2011, Friar served in various positions at investment banking company The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., including Managing Director in the Equity Research Division. Friar currently serves as a member of the board of directors of computer software company Slack, and at New Relic, Inc.

Valero Energy Corporation [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: VLO) announced that Michael Ciskowski has decided to retire as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Valero has appointed Donna Titzman, currently Senior Vice President and Treasurer, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Titzman was elected as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Valero in 2013.  Ms. Titzman joined Valero in 1986. She held various leadership positions before being elected as Assistant Treasurer in 1997, Treasurer in 1998, and Vice President and Treasurer in 2001. She has also served as a Director and as the Chief Financial Officer of Valero Energy Partners since September 2013.

Akhil Johri

Cardinal Health [DUBLIN, Ohio] (NYSE: CAH) announced that its board of directors has elected Akhil Johri, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies, to the Cardinal Health board. In addition, Johri has been named to the board’s Audit Committee. Akhil Johri has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Technologies since January 1, 2015. Johri returned to United Technologies after serving as Chief Financial Officer for Pall Corporation. Prior to joining Pall Corporation, Johri spent 26 years at United Technologies in various executive positions of increasing responsibility. His most recent role was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems. Before that, he led UTC’s Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis groups. Johri also had senior financial roles at UTC Fire & Security, and Carrier Corporation, including 12 years in the Asia Pacific region.

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CSII) announced that Jeff Points was named Chief Financial Officer. Points succeeds Larry Betterley as CFO. Prior to CSI, he served as Assistant Controller at Empi. Points also held various leadership positions at CliftonLarsonAllen.

FormFactor, Inc. [LIVERMORE, Calif.] (NADAQ: FORM) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Michael Ludwig, has notified the company of his plans to retire.

Jim Lejeal

VictorOps [BOULDER, CO] announced the appointment of Jim Lejeal as chief financial officer. Prior to joining VictorOps, Jim served as CFO at Sphero, Inc. His other roles include CFO at Rally Software Development Corp; co-founder and CFO at Raindance Communications Inc.; corporate vice president of finance at ConferTech International; and advisor at Techstars Central LLC.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced the appointment of Anil Doradla as Chief Financial Officer. Doradla will succeed Leo Johnson, who will remain at Airgain as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Prior to Airgain, Doradla served as an Equity Research Analyst at William Blair & Company. He also previously worked with the equity research groups at Deutsche Bank and Caris & Company. Prior to working on Wall Street, he held a variety of strategic and engineering roles at SBC Labs and LCC International, Inc.

SandRidge Energy, Inc. [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NYSE: SD) announced that Julian Bott, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will depart from the Company. Mike Johnson, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has agreed to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

City of Hope [DUARTE, Calif.] announced the appointment Jennifer Parkhurst as the new chief financial officer. Most recently, Parkhurst served as a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in San Francisco. Before joining PwC, Parkhurst was a partner at PRTM Management Consultants in Mountain View, California, and held several management roles at Eli Lilly.

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Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Rick Essex as Chief Financial Officer. Rick joins Blackboard from Survey Sampling International (SSI), where he served as CFO since 2012. Prior to joining SSI, Rick served as a Principal at Providence Equity Partners. Earlier, he held a variety of roles in private equity, investment banking and public accounting with BCI Partners, Dillon Read & Co (now UBS) and Arthur Andersen.

Cogent Energy Services [HOUSTON] announced David Gutierrez as its chief financial officer.

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (NYSE: SWX) announced that Roy Centrella, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, has announced his retirement from the company and its subsidiaries. Centrella began his career with Southwest Gas Corporation in 1983, has been Southwest’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2010, and became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in connection with our holding company reorganization in January 2017. The Company announced that Gregory Peterson will assume the duties of the Company’s principal financial officer and be promoted to Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and Southwest. Peterson began his career with Southwest in 1993, has been Southwest’s Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2010, and became the Company’s Vice President/Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in January 2017.

Perion Network Ltd. [TEL AVIV & NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: PERI) announced that Ophir Yakovian has tendered his resignation as Perion’s Chief Financial Officer to pursue new professional business opportunities. Maoz Sigron, Perion’s Vice President of Finance and a senior finance executive has been appointed as Perion’s CFO. Mr. Sigron has served in various finance leadership and senior accounting, in positions at Tnuva Dairy Corporation as well as Allot Communications and Stratasys Ltd. Earlier in his career he served as a CPA with PwC.

Paul C. Schwarzkopf

Broward Health [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] has brought on Paul C. Schwarzkopf to assume the role of chief financial officer at Broward Health Medical Center. Schwarzkopf comes to Broward Health from Tenet Healthcare where he most recently served as senior director of regional finance for its Coastal Division. He began at Tenet in 1991 as CFO of the West Boca Medical Center and has also been director of regional finance for Florida. Prior to that, he was with Universal Health Services as controller of Wellington Regional Medical Center and held various positions at HCA Healthcare.

Central Logic [SANDY, Utah] announced that Brian Lanier has joined the company’s senior leadership team. Prior to National MedTrans Network, Lanier served in financial roles at AutoPoint, Service Repair Solutions, American Residential Services, and Ernst & Young.

Celmatix [NEW YORK] announced that Richard Hofbauer has joined its executive team in the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Celmatix, Hofbauer was COO at Intersection, Inc., having previously served as a Partner at Control Group. Before that, he was the first employee hired at MortgageIT Holdings (MHL).

Kevin Gordon

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced the appointment of Kevin Gordon as President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Gordon served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Quintiles from 2010 to 2015. Before joining Quintiles, Mr. Gordon was Executive Vice President and CFO at Teleflex Incorporated. Mr. Gordon held various management positions with Teleflex, Package Machinery Company and KPMG. He currently serves on the board of Veracyte, Inc.

Omni-ID [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] announced that James Dole has recently retired as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and has been replaced by Mag Saba. Mag Saba joins Omni-ID from American Aerogel Corporation, where he was the Chief Financial Officer. He has held several executive roles at Bausch & Lomb Inc, including CFO positions for their Asia-Pacific, and “America’s” Divisions.

Mutualink, Inc. [WALLINGFORD, Conn.] announced Bill Leimkuhler as Chief Financial Officer. Bill joined Mutualink in November 2017 with over 30 years of experience.

David Zinsner

Micron Technology, Inc. [BOISE, Idaho] (NASDAQ: MU) announced that the company has appointed David Zinsner as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Zinsner succeeds Ernie Maddock, who is retiring from Micron. Zinsner most recently served as president and chief operating officer at Affirmed Networks. Prior to that, Zinsner was senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer for eight years at Analog Devices, and before that, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer for four years at Intersil Corp.

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HRTG) announced that it has appointed Kirk H. Lusk as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lusk will serve as co-Chief Financial Officer with Steven Martindale, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Martindale’s contract expires on April 28, 2018, and he intends to pursue financial consulting opportunities. Mr. Martindale has agreed to remain involved with the Company and has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Lusk joined the Heritage team on November 30, 2017, when the Company acquired NBIC Holdings, Inc. Mr. Lusk served as Chief Financial Officer for NBIC since January 2013. Prior to NBIC, Mr. Lusk served as International Chief Financial Officer of Aetna, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Alea Group Holdings Bermuda Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer of GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation Global Casualty and GE Capital Auto Warranty Services.

Shalin Shah

Corizon Health [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] announced Shalin Shah has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Shah was most recently the CFO of two prominent St. Thomas Health medical centers – Midtown and West.

iboss [BOSTON] announced that it has hired Christian G. Kasper as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining iboss, Kasper was President and CEO of Harvest Power, Inc. He has also served as CFO of several companies, including The Princeton Review, Inc.

Allen Shim

Slack [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the company is naming long-time employee Allen Shim as the company’s first CFO.

Mercury Systems, Inc. [ANDOVER, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced that Michael D. Ruppert, Mercury’s Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, has been named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Ruppert succeeds Gerald D. Haines, who assumed the role of Mercury’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2014 after having joined the company in 2010 as head of Corporate Development. Mr. Ruppert joined Mercury in 2014 as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development.

T2 Biosystems, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TTOO) announced that John Sprague has been named chief financial officer. He replaces Darlene Deptula-Hicks, who is retiring to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Sprague was most recently the chief financial officer at Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Mr. John Sprague spent six years working in several financial positions at GE Healthcare, most recently being the chief financial officer of the US & Canada Core Imaging Division, GE Healthcare’s pharmaceutical business supplying contrast, Spect and PET imaging agents to heath care providers. Mr. John Sprague originally came to GE Healthcare through a merger with Xcellerex, Inc. where he was the chief financial officer.

Kenneth Vanden Berg

Guess & Co. Corporation [Durham, North Carolina] announced that Kenneth Vanden Berg has been named Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Guess & Co. Corporation, Mr. Vanden Berg was Senior Vice-President of Finance for an international manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics and nutritional products with locations in China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Spain and Australia. Mr. Vanden Berg began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he was a Senior Audit Manager for 15 years.

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