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CFO Moves – week ending January 4, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Netflix Inc. Activision Blizzard, Inc. Square, Inc.
CIRCOR International, Inc. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.
Infogroup Unum Therapeutics Inc. Incyte
Southern Company ImmusanT, Inc. Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Cortexyme PRGX Global, Inc. BlueCrest
Marlin Business Services Corp. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation TELA Bio®, Inc.
Fortis Energy Services, Inc. InnerWorkings, Inc. TILT Holdings Inc.
Diebold Nixdorf Unitil Corporation REVA Medical, Inc.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Calyxt, Inc. Livongo Health
IGM Biosciences, Inc. AAR Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc.
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd.

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Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that Spencer Neumann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Neumann is an accomplished media and financial executive who was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at the The Walt Disney Company. He succeeds David Wells who served as CFO since 2010. Neumann served as Activision Blizzard’s CFO from May 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as the CFO and executive vice president of Global Guest Experience of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, from 2012 until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Neumann worked at the private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held several other roles with Disney, which he initially joined in 1992, including executive vice president of the ABC Television Network from 2001 to 2004 and CFO of the Walt Disney Internet Group from 1999 to 2001.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, reprising the role he held from March 2012 to May 2017. Most recently, Mr. Durkin had been serving as Chief Corporate Officer for the Company. Mr. Durkin replaces Spencer Neumann who was terminated for cause for violating his legal obligations to the Company. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Durkin held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Microsoft Corporation during an over twelve-year period.

Square, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NYSE: SQ) announced that Amrita Ahuja will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Amrita is currently the CFO of Blizzard Entertainment and a division of Activision Blizzard. Amrita has been with Activision Blizzard for over eight years in a number of finance and strategy roles across the company, including SVP of Investor Relations, VP of Finance and Operations, and VP of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to Activision Blizzard, she held various roles at Fox Networks Group, the Walt Disney Company, and Morgan Stanley.

Chadi Chahine

CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NYSE: CIR) announced the appointment of Chadi Chahine as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins CIRCOR from global medical technology company Smith & Nephew, where he was CFO of its U.S. business. Chahine joined Smith & Nephew as CFO, International Markets, in 2012. He was promoted to CFO of Smith & Nephew’s U.S. operations in February 2017. Mr. Chahine began his career in public accounting and spent 13 years at Abbott Laboratories in positions of increasing responsibility within finance and general management. In August 2018, CIRCOR announced the planned departure of CFO Rajeev Bhalla, who agreed to remain in the role until a successor was named.

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced the appointment of Lynn Schweinfurth as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 28, 2019. Guy Constant, Red Robin’s current executive vice president and chief financial officer, will move to lead Company and Franchise operations, development and facilities as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Schweinfurth served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. where she has been since 2012. Prior to her time at Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., Ms. Schweinfurth held various senior finance leadership positions at global restaurant companies including Brinker International, Inc., Yum Brands, Inc. and PepsiCo, Inc.

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® fast-casual restaurant brands, announced that Lynn Schweinfurth, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, and Treasurer, has resigned effective January 25, 2019 to pursue another career opportunity. Cheri Kinder, Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer upon the effective date of Ms. Schweinfurth’s departure.

Infogroup [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andy Goldstein has been named chief financial officer. Most recently he served as chief financial officer at Purch. Goldstein has also held the position of CFO for the NJ Devils, the Prudential Center Arena and Philadelphia 76ers as well as at InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, Inc., and Primedia Inc. Prior experience includes strategic finance positions at sesamestreet.com and The Times Mirror Company.

Unum Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: UMRX) announced that Christiana Stamoulis, President and Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from the Company, effective January 31, 2019, to pursue another opportunity.

Incyte [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: INCY) announced the appointment of Christiana Stamoulis as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 11, 2019. Ms. Stamoulis will succeed David Gryska who, as planned, retired from Incyte at the end of 2018. Stamoulis joins Incyte from Unum Therapeutics, where she was President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Unum, she was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex, she spent nearly 15 years in the investment banking and management consulting industries. She was a Managing Director at Citigroup’s Investment Banking division and prior to that, she was a senior investment banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs, where she spent the majority of her investment banking career. She started her career as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Ms. Stamoulis serves on the Board of Directors of Hologic Inc.

Dan Tucker

Southern Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: SO) announced that Dan Tucker will succeed Beth Reese as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Southern Company Gas. Tucker most recently served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Southern Company. He has been with Southern Company for more than 20 years in various roles within the finance organization, including investor relations, financial planning and accounting. In 2012, he was named vice president of investor relations and financial planning.

ImmusanT, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas A. Shea as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining ImmusanT, Mr. Shea served as CFO for a number of development stage companies, most notably Albireo Pharma, where he was integral in taking the company public via a reverse merger with Biodel in 2016; Tolerx, Inc. from 2005 to 2011; and Cubist Pharmaceuticals from 1993 to 2003.

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. [SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel] (NASDAQ: MLNX) announced the appointment of Doug Ahrens as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ahrens joins Mellanox from GlobalLogic, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to that Mr. Ahrens served as chief financial officer of Applied Micro Circuits. His career demonstrates a strong track record of increasing financial managerial responsibilities at semiconductor companies including Maxim and Intel. He started his career as an environmental engineer at Chevron Corporation. Eric Johnson, who acted as Mellanox’s interim principal financial and accounting officer, will continue in his role as vice president and corporate controller.

Cortexyme [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that Chris Lowe is now the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lowe’s 15+ years of senior management experience include experience as CFO, CBO, and CEO for private and public life sciences companies such as Asthmatx, Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, and Anthera Pharmaceuticals. In January 2014, Lowe became a partner at FLG Partners.

PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that it appointed Kurt Abkemeier as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller. Peter Limeri, who has been serving as the interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller, will remain with the Company until the end of the month. Abkemeier joins PRGX from Fidelis Cybersecurity, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Fidelis, Mr. Abkemeier served as Chief Financial Officer for Progress Software, Inc. Abkemeier previously held senior finance roles at a number of other publicly traded companies, including Inteliquent, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer, Cbeyond, Inc. and Airgate PCS, Inc.  Mr. Abkemeier started his career at JP Morgan.

Marlin Business Services Corp. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] (NASDAQ: MRLN) announced that it has named Michael R. Bogansky as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective on February 1, 2019. Bogansky joins Marlin from PHH Corporation where he was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  PHH was recently acquired by Ocwen Financial Corporation.  Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer of PHH.  Before joining PHH in 2003, Mr. Bogansky was a Senior Audit Associate with Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced the appointment of Sherri Luther as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lattice, Ms. Luther was Corporate Vice President of Finance at Coherent Inc. Prior to Coherent, Ms. Luther held a number of senior finance and accounting positions at companies including Quantum, Ultra Network Technologies and Arthur Andersen.

Paul Kosturos

BlueCrest [DANBURY, Conn.] announced the appointment of Paul Kosturos as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Kosturos will replace former BlueCrest CFO Ray Altieri, who retired at the end of 2018, as Interim CFO. Kosturos is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group, LLC and brings more than 30 years of experience to the role.

TELA Bio®, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] announced that Nora Brennan has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining TELA Bio, Ms. Brennan served as the chief financial officer at Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Xeris, she was employed at Integra Lifesciences Corporation, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer.

Susan Censoni

Fortis Energy Services, Inc. [TROY, MICH.] announced the promotion of Susan Censoni to Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Censoni has over twenty years of experience in both the private sector and in public accounting and has served as the VP Finance since joining Fortis in March 2013. Prior to joining Fortis, she was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP.

InnerWorkings, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: INWK) announced that Donald W. Pearson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Pearson served as Chief Financial Officer of BWAY Corporation, before its sale to Stone Canyon Industries. Prior to BWAY, Mr. Pearson was Chief Financial Officer of AMCOL International Corporation and later Chief Financial Officer of Sparton Corporation. Mr. Pearson will replace interim Chief Financial Officer, Chip Hodgkins.

TILT Holdings Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (CSE: TILT, OTC: SVVTF) announced the appointment of David Caloia as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Caloia joins TILT having spent the first 16 years of his career at GE in finance and operations. While there, he maintained leadership positions in finance across the globe, the last as the CFO of GE Industrial Solutions. Prior to joining TILT, David was the Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis of Beacon Health Options.

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Jeffrey Rutherford, who recently joined the company as interim chief financial officer, will now fill that position on a permanent basis. Rutherford joined the company from Edgewater Technology. Prior to Edgewater, he held the chief financial officer position at a number of companies, including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max.

Unitil Corporation [HAMPTON, N.H.] (NYSE: UTL) announced the planned retirement of Mark H. Collin, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 1, 2019. Mr. Collin has served as Unitil’s corporate Treasurer since 1998 and has been the Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Unitil announced the hiring of Christine L. Vaughan as Senior Vice President, Financial and Regulatory Services, effective January 2, 2019, as Mr. Collin’s planned successor. As part of Unitil’s long term succession plan, Mr. Collin will formally step down as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on March 1, 2019, and will work with Ms. Vaughan in order to assure a smooth transition period prior to his retirement.  Ms. Vaughan will assume the title of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company on March 1, 2019. Ms. Vaughan most recently served as Vice President, Rates and Regulatory and Treasurer for Eversource Energy in Massachusetts, where she had been employed since 2004. Ms. Vaughan previously worked as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little and an engineer at DuPont and BASF.

REVA Medical, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (ASX: RVA) announced the promotion of Leigh Elkolli to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.  She will replace Brandi Roberts, who served as REVA’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary since August 2017 until her resignation effective January 4, 2019.  Ms. Elkolli joined REVA in August 2017 as Senior Director of Finance and Corporate Controller. Elkolli joined REVA from Avidity Biosciences, where she was Director of Finance. Ms. Elkolli started her career with Ernst & Young where she spent seven years in their assurance services practice serving public and private clients in the life science and technologies industries.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. [HERCULES, Calif.] (NYSE: BIO) announced that Christine A. Tsingos has informed the company of her intention to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 30, 2019. Ms. Tsingos will remain in her current role through April 30 and will assist in the orderly transition to a successor.

Calyxt, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CLXT) announced the hiring of William F. (Bill) Koschak, as Chief Financial Officer of Calyxt, effective January 7, 2019. Mr. Koschak will be assuming the responsibilities of current interim CFO, Eric Dutang, who remains CFO of Cellectis, Calyxt’s parent company. Most recently, Koschak was Vice President, Finance for the Brain Therapies business unit of Medtronic and also served as Interim Vice President, General Manager, for one of the units of Brain Therapies for several months. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Koschak also held executive positions at Young America Holdings, where he was CFO, General Mills, and KPMG LLP.

Lee Shapiro

Livongo Health [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that it named Lee Shapiro Chief Financial Officer. Shapiro, who has been on the Board of Livongo since its founding and served as Chair of its Audit Committee, will take his new role in February 2019. Shapiro currently serves on the Board and as member of the audit committee of Medidata Solutions and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tivity Health. He previously served as President of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions from 2001-2012. Subsequently, he co-founded 7wireVentures. Shapiro is Managing Partner of the 7wireVentures Connected Consumer Fund and has served on the boards of many of its portfolio companies.

IGM Biosciences, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Misbah Tahir to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Tahir was Vice President, Head of Finance at Dermira, Inc. Prior to his role at Dermira, Mr. Tahir was Director, Head of Commercial Financial Planning and Analysis at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, he was Associate Director of Revenue at Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGS) and was Chair of the HGS-GlaxoSmithKline Joint Finance Committee. Prior to HGS, Mr. Tahir spent six years at Amgen, Inc. in finance and accounting management roles. He began his professional career at the global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

AAR [WOOD DALE, Ill.] (NYSE: AIR) announced that it has appointed Sean Gillen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gillen will succeed Michael Milligan. Gillen joins AAR from USG Corporation where he served as Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to USG, Mr. Gillen spent nine years in investment banking with Goldman Sachs in their Global Industrials Group.

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. [BEDMINSTER, N.J.] (NYSE AMER: MTNB) announced that it has appointed Keith A. Kucinski as Chief Financial Officer. Kucinski joins Matinas BioPharma having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at RemedyOne. Prior to that, he served as Vice President & Treasurer at Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., an operating company of Endo International plc. Additionally, Mr. Kucinski held various roles at Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including Senior Director, Finance & Corporate Development and Assistant Treasurer & Senior Director, Finance.

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Keith Cummings joined the company as chief financial officer. Dr. Cummings joins Pliant from Citigroup Global Markets where he served as a director in the Investment Banking Healthcare Group. Prior to Citigroup, he worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Barclays in New York.

Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARCT) announced that the Company has appointed Andrew Sassine as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Sassine has been serving as Arcturus’ Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2018 and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since May 2018. In addition to serving on the Arcturus board, Mr. Sassine serves on the boards of iCAD, Inc. and Gemphire Therapeutics . Previously, Mr. Sassine served in various positions at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2012, most recently as portfolio manager.

CFO Moves – week ending December 7, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Sonoco E*TRADE Financial Corporation Everbridge, Inc.
American International Group (AIG) Machine Zone The Nature’s Bounty Co.
ETQ 3PEA International, Inc. MEGA International
MedMen Enterprises Inc. Prevail Therapeutics, Inc. IRIDEX Corporation
Dropoff Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. Senseonics Holdings, Inc.
Potbelly Corporation Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Newgioco Group, Inc. Digital Media Solutions Orchestra BioMed, Inc.
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. TricorBraun IsoRay, Inc.
KEMET Corporation

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Julie Albreicht

Sonoco [HARTSVILLE, S.C.] (NYSE: SON) announced Barry Saunders, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his plans to retire after nearly 30 years with the Company, effective March 1, 2019. Sonoco also announced plans to appoint Julie Albrecht who will be named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective following Saunders’ retirement. Albrecht joined Sonoco in March 2017 and has served as Corporate Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant CFO. Albrecht spent nearly 20 years at Goodrich Corporation/United Technologies Aerospace Systems, progressing through several finance positions, including Assistant Treasurer while at Goodrich. In 2012, Goodrich was acquired by United Technologies, and Albrecht became Finance Director of an $800 million business unit and also led financial planning and analysis for its aftermarket business. Prior to joining Sonoco, she was Vice President, Finance, Investor Relations and Treasurer for Esterline Technologies. Albrecht began her career in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

E*TRADE Financial Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ETFC) announced that Chad Turner will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer for the Company. An E*TRADE veteran with nearly two decades in leadership roles in finance and beyond, Mr. Turner currently oversees the forecasting and performance analysis functions that drive the Company’s strategic direction. Prior to this role, Mr. Turner served as Vice President, Accounting. Prior to joining E*TRADE, Mr. Turner served as Controller for Verestar, Inc. He started his career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen.

Everbridge, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EVBG) announced that Kenneth Goldman, who has served as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer since April 2015, will retire in mid-2019. Patrick Brickley, Everbridge Vice President of Finance & Accounting, will be promoted to the role of Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer upon Goldman’s retirement. Brickley joined Everbridge in May of 2015 as Vice President of Finance and was promoted to VP Finance & Accounting in 2017. Prior to joining Everbridge, Brickley served as the lead finance partner to tech visionaries pursuing a number of innovation initiatives at Google in the roles of Finance Manager and Controller. Before Google, he held several financial leadership roles at ITA Software, which was later acquired by Google.

Mark D. Lyons,

American International Group (AIG) [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AIG) announced that it has appointed Mark D. Lyons to the role of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Lyons succeeds Sid Sankaran, who will remain at AIG in an advisory capacity through the year-end reporting process for fiscal year 2018. Mr. Lyons will remain Chief Actuary, General Insurance, until a successor is named. Mr. Lyons joined AIG in 2018 from Arch Capital Group, Ltd., where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2012. He joined Arch in 2002 and served in various capacities within Arch Insurance U.S. operations, eventually rising to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arch Worldwide Insurance Group. Prior to joining Arch, Mr. Lyons held various positions at Zurich U.S., Berkshire Hathaway and AIG.

Machine Zone [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Dan Nash as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining MZ, Nash was a Managing Director and Head of Internet Investment Banking at Wells Fargo Securities. Prior to Wells Fargo, he served as Director of Internet Investment Banking at BofA Merrill Lynch. He also held multiple investment banking and finance positions at BofA Merrill Lynch, Riverstone Networks and Intel Corp.

The Nature’s Bounty Co. [RONKONKOMA, N.Y.] announced that Ted McCormick is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Mr. McCormick was CFO of Roland Foods LLC. Prior to Roland Foods, Ted held a number of senior finance roles at Unilever across its global Supply Chain, Foods and Home & Personal Care businesses; most notably as CFO at the Pepsi/Lipton Partnership and CFO at Ben & Jerry’s.

Richard Russo

ETQ [Burlington, MA] announced the appointment of Richard Russo as CFO. Russo comes to the company from Epicor Software Corporation, where he spent 10 years as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Finance. Before that, he spent nine years in various financial positions including Senior Director of Corporate FP&A at Solectron Corporation.

3PEA International, Inc. [HENDERSON, Nev.] (NASDAQ: TPNL) has named Mark Attinger as Chief Financial Officer. Attinger began his career at American Express and spent 12 years in various positions in Finance, Performance and Quality Management, and Operations. Subsequently, he held positions as Vice President of Operations at NextCard, Chief Operating Officer at Prudential and Chief Executive Officer of Affina (a business process outsourcer). More recently, Mr. Attinger served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of start-up Zxerex. Former Chief Financial Officer Brian Polan will resume his prior role at 3PEA as Vice President, Corporate Finance.

MEGA International [BOSTON] appointed Eric Roussel as chief financial officer. Prior to joining MEGA, Roussel served as senior manager in Transaction Advisory Services for EY in both the United States and France.

Michael Kramer

MedMen Enterprises Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (CSE: MMEN, OTCQX: MMNFF) announced the hiring of Michael W. Kramer as Chief Financial Officer. Kramer’s three decades of experience include serving as chief financial officer of Apple Retail as well as Abercrombie & Fitch.

Prevail Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Brett Kaplan, M.D., to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Prevail, Dr. Kaplan was a Managing Director at Evercore. Prior to Evercore, he was an Equity Research Analyst at Cowen. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kaplan held senior positions at Cubist and Lilly focused on corporate and business development.

IRIDEX Corporation [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IRIX) announced Chief Financial Officer Atabak Mokari will leave the Company for a senior finance executive role at another company. Mokari will leave the Company effective December 18, 2018.

Dropoff [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced that Rey Madolora will take on the newly created role of Chief Financial Officer. Madolora was on the founding team at Hangar Technology. Prior to that, he was the CFO/COO of DJI North America.

Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. [PHOENIX] (CSE: HARV) announced the appointment of Leo Jaschke as the chief financial officer (CFO). Jaschke comes to Harvest from WTRMLN WTR™ where he served as CFO. Prior to WTRMLN WTR™, Jaschke served as vice president of finance and then CFO of MBHE Holdings (MBHE) from 2006 to 2016. Previous to that, he was the director of finance, treasury and risk management for Ultimate Electronics.

Senseonics Holdings, Inc. [GERMANTOWN, Md.] (NYSE American: SENS) announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer, R. Don Elsey. Mr. Elsey has agreed to remain in his current role and to step down when a replacement is appointed.

Potbelly Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced that Thomas J. Fitzgerald joined as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Fitzgerald served as President and CFO at Charming Charlie, where he had previously served as CAO and CFO. Prior to his roles at Charming Charlie, Mr. Fitzgerald was CAO of Sears Canada, held several leadership positions at Liz Claiborne, Inc., was CFO at Burlington Coat Factory, was COO of Bath & Body Works, and spent the first 16 years of his career at PepsiCo, where he held various leadership roles in finance and planning.

Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: CDTX) announced the appointment of James (Jamie) Levine as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Cidara, Levine held senior executive and Board roles at two biotechnology companies, Sapphire Energy and Verenium Corporation. Previously, Levine was a managing director in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co. in both New York and London.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CNP) announced that following the close of the pending merger with Vectren Corporation, which is expected in the first quarter of 2019, William (Bill) D. Rogers, currently CenterPoint Energy’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, plans to retire for personal and family reasons. He will remain in his current role through the first quarter of 2019 to help ensure a seamless closing of the pending merger and transition to his successor.

Newgioco Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: NWGI) announced that Elizabeth J. (Betsy) MacLean has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) and chief compliance officer (CCO). Ms. MacLean joined Newgioco in September 2018 as Vice President Finance and Accounting. Prior to joining Newgioco, Ms. MacLean had more than 20 years of experience leading Finance teams in a variety of industries in both the United States and the United Kingdom, including serving as Global Lead for Financial Systems and Processes at Progressive Gaming International.

Digital Media Solutions [CLEARWATER, Fla.] announced Randall Koubek has been named its Chief Financial Officer. Koubek will immediately assume the CFO role from Bryan Glaus, who is retiring. Koubek has held executive level roles as CFO at Bonnier Corporation, Thompson Media Group and most recently, Spectrio.

Orchestra BioMed, Inc. [NEW HOPE, Pa.] announced that it has appointed Evan Ballantyne as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Orchestra BioMed, he most recently served as the CFO at Accera, Inc. Mr. Ballantyne previously served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Clinical Data, Inc. He was also CFO of Synthetic Biologics, Inc., and CFO at Agenus, Inc. He also served as CFO of the private medical technology companies Avedro, Inc. and ZymeQuest, Inc. Before entering the healthcare industry, Mr. Ballantyne served as CFO of Knowledge Impact, Inc., a software company whose technology was ultimately acquired by Oracle, Inc., and as COO and CFO at the ACNielsen Corporation. He also held positions in finance at IMS Health and Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EIGR) announced the appointment of Sri Ryali as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ryali was most recently at Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., where he was Vice President of Finance.  Previously, Mr. Ryali led U.S. Financial Planning and Analysis at Jazz Pharmaceuticals and was Head of Corporate Finance at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., until the company was acquired by Amgen, Inc. in 2013.  Following the acquisition, Mr. Ryali continued as Head of R&D, Technical Operations, and Medical Affairs Finance at Onyx.  Mr. Ryali began his career in biopharmaceutical companies at Amgen Inc., where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the finance organization. In connection with Mr. Ryali’s appointment, James Welch, Eiger’s previous Chief Financial Officer, has left the company.

Declan McCarthy

TricorBraun [ST. LOUIS] appointed Declan McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer. McCarthy joins TricorBraun from PLZ Aeroscience where he served as CFO since 2016. Declan began his career at PepsiCo and held finance leadership roles at several distribution companies, including MSC Industrial, Barnes, Phillips Pet Food, and TruckPro.

IsoRay, Inc. [RICHLAND, WASHINGTON] (NYSE American: ISR) announced that Jonathan Hunt has been named Chief Financial Officer. Before joining IsoRay, Hunt was Chief Financial Officer at Vivid Learning Systems. In addition to his prior experience at IsoRay, where he was Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2009, Hunt worked with Hypercom Corporation, where he served as Assistant Corporate Controller from 2005 to 2006.  His financial background also includes positions as a Manager and Director of Financial Reporting and Director of Operational Planning and Analysis for ConocoPhillips and Circle K Corporation and its affiliates from 2000 to 2005 and his work for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1992 to 1999.

CFO Moves – week ending October 26, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

AbbVie Inc. Segment Twilio
Breather Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Wag!
SE Solutions Hero Digital Great Western Oil and Gas
Gibson Brands, Inc. Cadence Aerospace Zipwhip
TimePayment Relatient MidAtlantic Farm Credit
Loot Crate™ AIT Therapeutics, Inc. Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation Tunnell Consulting SolarWindow Technologies, Inc.
PowerReviews Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
Kadmon Holdings, Inc. Amazing Energy Oil and Gas Co. MeiraGTx Holdings
Hospitality Properties Trust Government Properties Income Trust Select Income REIT
RMR Real Estate Income Fund

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AbbVie [North Chicago, Illinois] announced that William J. Chase, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, informed AbbVie that he plans to retire from the company in mid-2019. Effective October 19, 2018, Mr. Chase has been appointed Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Robert A. Michael has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Michael has been AbbVie’s Vice President, Controller, since March 1, 2017 and served as AbbVie’s Vice President, Treasurer from 2015 to 2016, and as Vice President, Controller, Commercial Operations from 2013 to 2015. He joined Abbott Laboratories in 1993 and held numerous positions in the finance organization.

Sandra Smith

Segment [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Sandra Smith has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Smith joins Segment from Twilio, where she served as VP of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) for five years. Prior to Twilio, Smith spent a decade with Akamai Technologies, where she served as CFO of the Emerging Cloud Business Unit and held key roles in finance. She also led Akamai’s investor relations program.

Khozema Shipchandler

Twilio [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: TWLO) announced that Khozema Shipchandler will join as the company’s chief financial officer, effective Nov. 12, 2018. Shipchandler most recently served as GE Digital’s chief commercial officer. Khozema previously served in a variety of positions within GE, including as the chief financial officer and EVP of corporate development at GE Digital and the vice president of corporate audit staff of GE.

Breather [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Mark Frackt as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was inaugural CFO at BuzzFeed.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. [HOLLISTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: HBIO) appointed Kam Unninayar as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 26, 2018. Most recently, she was CFO at Tetraphase Inc. Ms. Unninayar spent more than eleven years at Thermo Fisher Scientific across multiple roles leading financial operations, corporate financial planning and analysis, finance for business strategy, and acquisitions and integrations. During her tenure there, she was Vice President Finance for the Customer Channels group, Laboratory Products and Services segment, and other businesses. Ms. Unninayar replaces Robert E. Gagnon, who resigned the position of Chief Financial Officer effective August 31, 2018.

Wag! [LOS ANGELES] has named Celia Poon as chief financial officer. Most recently, she served as CFO of Highfive and has also held senior financial leadership roles at Twitter, Yahoo! and Zynga.

SE Solutions [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Tom Stepka has been named Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Stepka held leadership roles at Cognosante, ACS/Xerox, Integic, CACI and Unisys.

Nick Gerostathos

Hero Digital [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Nick Gerostathos as its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining Hero Digital, Gerostathos held several key executive positions with companies including PwC, Anheuser-Busch InBev, MasterCard and Revlon, UpWind Solutions and Genesys.

Great Western Oil and Gas [DENVER] has named Brady Parish as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Great Western Oil and Gas, Parish was senior managing director and head of U.S. oil and gas investment banking for Texas-based Macquarie Capital.

Gibson Brands, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced Kim Mattoon as CFO (chief financial officer). The appointment is effective November 1, 2018. joins Gibson with nearly 25 years of experience, most recently as the chief operating officer of Richemont North America. Prior to Richemont, Kim served as CFO at IWC Schaffhausen and Peter Millar – both Richemont portfolio companies – and as Vice President – Finance, Real Estate, and IT at The Body Shop. She began her career and spent 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Joyce Pae

Cadence Aerospace [ANAHEIM, Calif.] announced the appointment of Joyce Pae as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Cadence Aerospace.  Ms. Pae has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Cadence Aerospace since September 10, 2018.  She succeeds Don DeVore, who retired from Cadence Aerospace earlier this year. She joined the Cadence Aerospace Corporate Headquarters team as Vice President, Finance, in 2013.  Ms. Pae came to Cadence Aerospace from Synchronous Aerospace, where she served as the Vice President of Finance. Prior to that, Ms. Pae held positions of increasing responsibility at Baxter International, PharMedium Healthcare Corporation and DLC, Inc.

Zipwhip [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Bob Chamberlain as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Chamberlain served as CFO at Big Fish and PopCap Games.

TimePayment [BURLINGTON, MASS.] announced that Robert K. Moskovitz has joined the company as its Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. For the past 14 years, Mr. Moskovitz was the Chief Financial Officer at LEAF Commercial Capital, until its acquisition by People’s United Bank.

Relatient [FRANKLIN, Tenn.] announced the appointment of Patrick Block as Chief Financial Officer, effective Oct 1, 2018. Block joins Relatient from LeanKit, where he served as Vice President of Finance. Previously, Block was Vice President of Finance at Emma for nine years, a SaaS marketing technology provider recently acquired by Insight Venture Partners.

Brian Rosati

MidAtlantic Farm Credit [WESTMINSTER, MD] announced Brian Rosati as their new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Farm Credit, Rosati served as the Vice President of Finance with Videology for four years. He was also the Director of Finance with Micros Systems, and spent time in public accounting with both Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen.

Loot Crate™ [LOS ANGELES] announced the hiring of Rob Leff, former Chief Financial Officer and SVP for Fandango, as its Chief Financial Officer. Leff joins Loot Crate from Fandango, where he has been a significant member of the team for over 10 years and its CFO since 2011.  Prior to Fandango, Leff was formerly the 1st vice president of corporate financial planning at Countrywide Financial Corp, which was purchased by Bank of America in 2009.

AIT Therapeutics, Inc. [GARDEN CITY, N.Y., and REHOVOT, Israel] (OTCQB: AITB) announced the appointment of Douglas J. Beck as its Chief Financial Officer effective as of November 1, 2018. Beck most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at JLM Couture, Inc. Prior to JLM Couture, Inc., Mr. Beck was Chief Financial Officer of Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Beck also served as Chief Financial Officer for iBio, Inc., and Lev Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. [New York] announced that David K. Jones, the Chief Financial Officer notified the Company of his intention to resign in order to pursue another business opportunity. Jeffrey Wood, the Company’s current Senior Vice President of Accounting, Tax and Treasurer, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wood has been an employee of the Company since December 2015 and has been its Senior Vice President of Accounting, Tax and Treasurer since June 2018. From October 2012 to December 2015, Mr. Wood was the Vice President of Tax and Treasurer of The Children’s Place, Inc. Mr. Wood is a graduate of Seton Hall University.

Marc Jenkins

Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation [BRYN MAWR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: BMTC) parent of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company (”BMT”), announced that Marc Jenkins has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Wealth Management division. Marc joins BMT from Wells Fargo, where he worked since 2003 and advanced through various roles, including Senior Vice President and Regional Investment Manager, Regional Finance Manager, and Regional Chief Financial Officer. His other previous work includes time at Ernst & Young, LLP; Arthur Anderson, LLP; and JP Morgan & Co., Inc.

Tunnell Consulting [KING OF PRUSSIA, PA.]  announced the promotion of Larry Frattura to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Tunnell in 2016 as Controller, Frattura served as Controller/CFO at Marcum LLP, CFO at Magellan Search and Staffing, and VP of Finance at Yoh Services LLC, a Day and Zimmerman Company.

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (OTC: WNDW) announced the appointment of its Chief Financial Officer, Steve Yan-Klassen, who brings more than 20 years of public company experience.

PowerReviews [CHICAGO] announced that the company has hired Jillian Sheehan as Chief Financial Officer. Most notably, Sheehan spent 10 years at Textura Corporation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and later led the sale to Oracle Corporation in 2016. Most recently, Sheehan served as Chief Financial Officer at Aquilon Energy Services.

Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. [ELOIT, WI] (OTCQX: BHWB) announced that Mary King McGovern has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Blackhawk Bank. Mary has held the chief financial officer position at multiple community banking organizations and has also served as the chief financial officer of a wholly owned subsidiary of a larger regional bank. Her appointment fills the position most recently held by Todd James, who was recently named as the President & CEO of Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc.

Akash Madiah

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] welcomed Akash Madiah as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. Madiah joins MGMA from DaVita Medical Group where he served as market CFO for the Colorado Springs region. Before joining Davita Medical Group, Madiah served in financial leadership roles at a variety of organizations, including Vail Resorts, KPMG LLP and Zolfo Cooper.

Kadmon Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: KDMN) announced that Konstantin Poukalov has notified the company of his intent to step down as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Principal Accounting Officer (PAO). Kyle Carver, the Company’s Controller, has been appointed PAO and will report directly to the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Amazing Energy Oil and Gas Co. [PLANO, TX] (OTCQX: AMAZ) announced that it has appointed Marty Dobbins as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Simultaneous with running his CPA firm for 25 years, Mr. Dobbins also served as President and CEO of K&W Resources, Inc., an oil and gas operator, Managing General Partner of Cafe Adobe Restaurants and Vice-President and CFO of Guardian Fire Protection Co., Inc.. From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Dobbins simultaneously served as President of Franskill, Inc., and as the Chief Global Investment Analyst for Motorskill Venture Group, LLC, the parent company of Franskill. For the past four years, Mr. Dobbins has been the President and CEO of InFocus Venture Group, LLC.

MeiraGTx Holdings plc [LONDON and NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: MGTX) announced that the appointment of Katherine Breedis as chief financial officer. Prior to joining MeiraGTx, Ms. Breedis was a managing director, equity research, and senior analyst for biotechnology and major pharmaceuticals with Stifel Nicolaus & Company.  Prior to joining Stifel Nicolaus & Company in 2015, Ms. Breedis worked for several years in the pharmaceuticals industry. At Pfizer Inc., she served as senior director, corporate strategy. Before that, she was senior director, global external research and development, at Eli Lilly & Company. Earlier in her career, she held a number of positions in the financial industry, including first vice president/healthcare equity analyst at Schroder Investment Management North America; principal and founder of Teewinot Capital Investors, LLC; and vice president, global investment research, and senior analyst, specialty pharmaceuticals at Goldman Sachs & Co. Before that, she held positions at Citigroup Asset Management, General Electric Capital Corporation, Creditanstalt-Bankverein, Dillon, Read & Co. and Citibank, N.A.

Hospitality Properties Trust [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: HPT) announced that Brian E. Donley has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Donley has been HPT’s controller since 2007 and he has served in various finance and accounting leadership roles at The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR) since 1997. Mr. Donley succeeds Mark L. Kleifges who is retiring and therefore resigning from his positions with both HPT and RMR effective December 31, 2018. Mr. Kleifges has been with both HPT and RMR since 2002. Mr. Donley has also been recently appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the RMR Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE American: RIF).

Government Properties Income Trust [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: GOV) announced that Jeffrey C. Leer has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Leer was recently promoted to Senior Vice President of RMR and has been with RMR for over five years in various accounting leadership functions. Prior to joining RMR, Mr. Leer held accounting and finance positions at several Fortune 500 companies as well as practiced for several years in public accounting. Leer succeeds Mark L. Kleifges who is retiring and therefore resigning from his positions at both GOV and RMR effective December 31, 2018. Mr. Kleifges has been with GOV since 2010, and he has been with RMR since 2002. To ensure a smooth transition

Select Income REIT [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SIR) announced that Jeffrey C. Leer has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective December 1, 2018. Mr. Leer was recently promoted to Senior Vice President of RMR and he is currently responsible for the day to day oversight of the accounting and finance support functions of RMR and various affiliates. Mr. Leer has been with The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR) for over five years in various accounting leadership functions. Prior to joining RMR, Mr. Leer held accounting and finance positions at several Fortune 500 companies as well as practiced for several years in public accounting. Leer succeeds John C. Popeo, who is retiring and therefore resigning from his positions with both SIR and RMR, effective November 30, 2018. Leer has also been recently appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Government Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: GOV).

RMR Real Estate Income Fund [NEWTON, Mass.] (NYSE American: RIF) announced that Brian E. Donley has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, both effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Donley has served in various finance and accounting leadership roles at RMR since 1997. Mr. Donley is also a certified public accountant. Mr. Donley has also been recently appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hospitality Properties Trust (Nasdaq: HPT).

CFO Moves – week ending October 5, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Boyden Diebold Nixdorf Qurate Retail Group
Two Harbors Investment Corp. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Humacyte
Primoris Services Corporation LIXIL Americas Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.
Radius Bank GRAIL, Inc. InterGen
Ameresco, Inc. OutSystems Revint Solutions
ElmTree Funds, LLC Science 37 CBB Bancorp, Inc.
Kite Realty Group Trust Stein Mart, Inc. SIB Fixed Cost Reduction
Iconic Brands, Inc. Broadvoice GMS Inc.
Provation Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. Exactuals
MOLINE Deere & Co FM Restaurants HoldCo, LLC DURECT Corporation
Breakout Capital Finance QMC Telecom International

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Boyden [NEW YORK] announced it has named Victor Escandón as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Escandón served four years as Senior Director of Corporate Finance for Daymon Worldwide. Previously, Escandón served 13 years in financial management roles with PepsiCo and Frito-Lay including Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Corporate Treasury, Finance Operations and Global Procurement. He began his career in various financial roles with JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, First Boston, Merrill Lynch and Bankers Trust.

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Rutherford, as interim chief financial officer. He replaces Chris Chapman, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Rutherford joins the firm from Edgewater Technology (NASDAQ: EDGW).  Prior to Edgewater, he has held the chief financial officer position at a number of companies, including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max.

Qurate Retail Group [WEST CHESTER, Pa.] announced that Jeffrey A. Davis will join the Group as Chief Financial Officer. He will also serve as CFO for QVC, Inc. Davis will assume his new role on October 15, 2018. Davis joins Qurate Retail Group from J. C. Penney Company, Inc., where he held the position of EVP and CFO. Prior to J. C. Penney Company, Inc., Davis served as CFO at Darden Restaurants. Davis previously spent nine years at Walmart Inc., where he held various finance leadership positions, including EVP and CFO of Walmart U.S., EVP and Treasurer of Walmart Inc., and VP of Finance in the U.S. Specialty Division. Davis previously served in top financial roles at Lakeland Tours, LLC; McKesson Corporation; private investment holding company The Hillman Co.; and KPMG.

Two Harbors Investment Corp. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TWO) announced Brad Farrell’s intention to resign from his position as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in order to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Farrell has agreed to stay on with the Company through January 31, 2019 to assist in the transition of his duties and responsibilities. The company has appointed Mary Riskey to serve as Vice President, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and intends to appoint Ms. Riskey as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer upon the effectiveness of Mr. Farrell’s resignation. Ms. Riskey joined Two Harbors in 2011 as Director, Loan Accounting. From 2013 to 2016, Ms. Riskey served as Director, Corporate Controller of the company. Since 2016, Ms. Riskey has served as Managing Director, Chief Accounting Officer of the company. From 2000 to 2011, Ms. Riskey served in leadership roles at GMAC ResCap, advancing to Senior Director, Accounting and Reporting. From 1995 to 2000, Ms. Riskey held several positions at Arcadia Financial LTD, serving most recently as Assistant Controller.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. [JACKSON, Miss.] (NASDAQ: CALM) announced that Max P. Bowman has been named vice president and chief financial officer. Bowman was also elected to the Company’s Board of Directors at the annual meeting of shareholders. Bowman will replace Tim Dawson, from the Company. Prior to joining the company he was CFO of  Southern States Utility Trailer Sales, Inc. and H & P Leasing, Inc. from October 2014 until June 2018. From 2003 to 2014, Mr. Bowman was co-founder, president and director of Tenax LLC and Tenax Aerospace, LLC.   Mr. Bowman also served as a board member and executive officer of WGS Systems, LLC.  From 1997 until 2003 he served as the Chief Financial Officer for ChemFirst, Inc.

Humacyte [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] announced the appointment of Douglas L. Blankenship as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Humacyte, Mr. Blankenship was Chief Financial Officer of Dova Pharmaceuticals, and previously held financial leadership positions as Director of Finance for Genentech, Inc., Executive Director of Finance for Amgen, and Director of Finance and Treasurer for Onyx Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Blankenship will transition CFO responsibilities from Paul Boyer.

Primoris Services Corporation [DALLAS] (NASDAQ Global Select: PRIM) announced the planned retirement of its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Peter J. Moerbeek, after ten years of service to Primoris.  Mr. Moerbeek will resign as a director on November 2, 2018, he will step down as Chief Financial Officer after the filing of the Company’s third quarter Form 10-Q and earnings call; and he will be entering into a 12-month consulting agreement. The Company also announced that it promoted Ken Dodgen, Corporate Controller, from Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President, and he will become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer following the third quarter earnings call. Mr. Stricker has been the Vice President of Finance for Primoris since June 2017.  Before joining Primoris, he spent over fifteen years with CB&I, most recently as Vice President, Financial Operations for its global Engineering & Construction segment.  He also served as CB&I’s Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 2006 to 2008.  Prior to CB&I, Mr. Stricker spent time working with a domestic construction contractor and an oil field service company.

Adam Bryson

LIXIL Americas [PISCATAWAY, N.J.] announced that Adam Bryson has been appointed the chief financial officer. Bryson previously served as the chief financial officer for GROHE in Dusseldorf, Germany. He served on the GROHE AG Board of Management with global statutory responsibilities, as well as directed joint ventures in the Middle East and Africa. He honed his experience in finance, accounting, treasury, and tax through roles of increasing responsibility at GROHE that included senior vice president, commercial finance and vice president, controlling. Before joining LIXIL, Bryson served at Diageo as global business support partner and regional business performance manager, Africa, successfully implementing financial performance and accountancy improvements in those roles. Earlier in his career, he held various financial positions at Seagram and Nestle.

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: WHG) announced the promotion of their Vice President of Finance, Murray “Terry” Forbes III to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Terry takes over from Tiffany Kice who is resigning to pursue another business opportunity. Tiffany will oversee the filing of our third quarter Form 10-Q and will assist in the transitioning of her responsibilities until her October 31, 2018 departure date. Terry joined Westwood in December 2014 as Vice President of Finance. Prior to Westwood, Terry served as Senior Director and Assistant Controller of CEC Entertainment, Inc. From September 2000 to December 2012, Terry was at KPMG LLP.

Radius Bank [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Mike Lenahan as Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lenahan has served in senior leadership roles at Investors Financial Services Corporation, State Street Corporation, and most recently as an Executive Director in the Corporate and Investment Bank at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Lenahan succeeds the former CFO, James Malerba.

GRAIL, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Renée Galá as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 3, 2019. Galá joins GRAIL from Theravance Biopharma where she has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2014, following the company’s spinout from Theravance, Inc. Ms. Galá joined Theravance (now Innoviva, Inc.) in 2006 and held various roles in the finance organization before leading the company’s spin-out transaction. Before Theravance, Ms. Galá worked at Eli Lilly and Company, where she held positions of increasing responsibility in global treasury, pharmaceutical sales, and corporate strategy/business development. Prior to joining Eli Lilly, she spent seven years in the energy industry in the United States and internationally in positions focused on corporate finance, project finance, and mergers and acquisitions. She is a member of the board of directors of Corcept Therapeutics Inc.

InterGen [BURLINGTON, Mass.] announced the appointment of Paul Teague as chief financial officer, effective 1 November 2018. Paul will replace Gregory A. Pratt who left the company on 31 August. Since joining InterGen in late 2015 as finance director, Paul has had responsibility for managing the regional finance team in the UK, as well assuming greater responsibility for managing the finance organization transition to the new headquarters based in Edinburgh. In 1996 Paul qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and, prior to joining InterGen, was a Divisional CFO at Deluxe Entertainment Services.

Ameresco, Inc. [FRAMINGHAM, Mass.] (NYSE: AMRC) announced that it has appointed Mark Chiplock as Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Chiplock joined the Company as Corporate Controller in June 2014 and has served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since April 2016. Prior to Ameresco, he served as Vice President, Finance of GlassHouse Technologies, a data center infrastructure consulting firm, from June 2012 to May 2014. This appointment follows the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, John Granara.

Tim MacCarrick

OutSystems [BOSTON & ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Tim MacCarrick as its new Chief Financial Officer. MacCarrick’s background includes both chief financial officer and chief operating officer positions at companies including Xerox, Crane Co, De Lage Landen, and most recently at QLIK technologies.

Revint Solutions [CHADDS FORD, Pa.] announced that Jennifer Hall has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Jennifer served as Chief Financial Officer at PT Solutions Physical Therapy in Atlanta, GA.

ElmTree Funds, LLC [ST. LOUIS] announced Kerry Gawrych has been promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Gawrych joined ElmTree Funds in 2015 as its Controller. Prior to ElmTree Funds, she was the Controller/Director of Accounting for Koch Development Co., Inc. Ms. Gawrych has also held leadership roles at THF Realty, The John Buck Company, General Growth Properties and Midland Development Group.

Science 37 [LOS ANGELES] announced that Niv Caviar joined the company as their Chief Financial Officer. Caviar’s prior roles include CEO of Suneva Medical; Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial officer of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co.; and Vice President of Business Development and then Head of Marketing for the medical dermatology business of Allergan. Caviar is a former U.S. Air Force officer and solid rocket motor engineer in the U.S. Space Command.

CBB Bancorp, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTCQB: CBBI), the parent company of Commonwealth Business Bank, announced that J. Duncan Smith has been hired as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. He started his career in public accounting and worked for several notable firms including Ernst and Young and Grant Thornton. Mr. Smith went on to become the Chief Financial Officer of several Philadelphia area financial institutions including Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation and most recently with Community Bank in Pasadena, CA (recently purchased by CVB Financial Corporation Bank).

Kite Realty Group Trust [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: KRG) announced the appointment of Heath R. Fear as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fear is expected to join the Company on November 5, 2018. Mr. Fear joins KRG from GGP Inc., a member of the S&P 500 until its recent privatization, where Mr. Fear currently serves as CFO. Previously, Mr. Fear was CFO at Retail Properties of America, Inc. from 2015 to 2017.

Stein Mart, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SMRT) announced that its chief financial officer, Gregory W. Kleffner, plans to retire from the Company next spring.  Kleffner will continue in his current role until his successor is appointed.

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction [CHARLESTON, S.C.] announced that David Kelley has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SIB, Kelley provided on-demand CFO services to technology and tech-enabled businesses at various growth stages and specialized in transformative and growth-oriented ventures. He has held senior leadership roles in private equity portfolio companies, family office ventures, publicly held businesses and foreign companies doing business in the US.

Iconic Brands, Inc. [AMITYVILLE, NY] (OTC PINK: ICNB) announced the addition of David Allen as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. From December 2014 to January 2018, Mr. Allen served as Chief Financial Officer of WPCS International, Inc., a NASDAQ listed Construction Service Company. From June 2006 to June 2013, Mr. Allen was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration for Converted Organics, Inc. Previously, Mr. Allen served as Chief Financial Officer (1999 – 2003) and President and Chief Executive Officer (2003 – 2004) for Millbook Press, Inc. and as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration of JDM, Inc. Mr. Allen has also previously worked for DeAgostini USA Inc., Contiki Travel and Arthur Andersen & Co.

Kevin Connor

Broadvoice [LOS ANGELES] tapped Kevin Connor as CFO. Prior to joining Broadvoice, he spent eight years in financial roles at TPx Communications. Most recently he was vice president of finance.

GMS Inc. [TUCKER, Ga.] (NYSE: GMS) announced that Doug Goforth, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), plans to depart the company to explore leadership opportunities outside of GMS. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Goforth plans to continue to serve as CFO of GMS until December 31, 2018 or until a successor is named and as an advisor to the company through March 31, 2019.

Provation [MINNEAPOLIS and SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced that Tom Monteleone has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Provation, Mr. Monteleone was most recently CFO for Ancile. He also previously served as CFO for AirVersent Inc., Corestar Financial Group, and AscendOne Corporation.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. [NILES, Ill.] (NASDAQ: PPIH) announced the appointment of D. Bryan Norwood as Vice President and CFO effective November 01, 2018. Bryan replaces long time financial executive Karl J. Schmidt who informed the board of his retirement from PPIH effective October 31, 2018. Bryan joins us from Key Energy Services, Inc. Prior to that, Bryan served at API Perforating, LLC, Dupre’ Energy Services, LLC, HydroChemPSC Environmental Services, and Shawcor.

Exactuals [LOS ANGELES] has hired Andrew Mauritzen as its new CFO and Head of Insurance Industry. Prior to his position at Exactuals, Mauritzen was CFO of ACSIA Partners. Before joining ACSIA, he worked in investment banking, including having served as a Managing Director for both ICP Securities and Sandler O’Neill & Partners. Mauritzen currently serves as a director for Veristone Capital, ioCurrents, and Agent Review.

John Deere & Company [MOLINE, Illinois] (NYSE: DE) announced that Raj Kalathur has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, effective November 15.

FM Restaurants HoldCo, LLC [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ned Algeo as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Algeo previously served as the Senior Director of Finance and interim Chief Financial Officer of Real Mex Restaurants from 2016 through June 2017. Most recently, Mr. Algeo served as Vice President of Finance at Mobilitie.

DURECT Corporation [CUPERTINO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: DRRX) announced the appointment of Michael H. Arenberg to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective October 15, 2018. Mr. Arenberg replaces outgoing Chief Financial Officer, Matthew J. Hogan.  Mr. Arenberg has been with DURECT since 1999, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development.

Breakout Capital Finance [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Tim Buzby has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Buzby started his finance career as an auditor and consultant focused on financial services for KPMG. He spent 17 years at Farmer Mac, in a variety of executive positions culminating as CEO.

QMC Telecom International [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] announced the appointment of Ricardo Zubieta as Chief Financial Officer. Zubieta joins QMC from Barclays where as Managing Director of the bank’s Global Technology, Media & Telecom group he led Barclays’ Global Telecom M&A practice.

CFO Moves – week ending August 24, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Uber Technologies Inc. Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. United Airlines
Frontier Communications Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC
Omnitracs, LLC Udemy MEDNAX, Inc.
Accruit The Providence Service Corporation Fusion Risk Management, Inc.
ORBCOMM Inc. CellTrak Technologies Varo Money, Inc.
Coty Inc. Diversified QuadraNet
Lantheus Holdings, Inc. RigNet, Inc. Lightbridge Corporation
CIRCOR International, Inc. Rosa Foods Interlink Electronics, Inc.
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Paytronix Systems, Inc. Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc.
Athenex, Inc. American Well Streamline Health Solutions, Inc.
Traditions Health, LLC Pinnacle Climate Technologies

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Nelson Chai

Uber Technologies Inc. [San Francisco, California] announced the appointment of Nelson Chai as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Nelson joins Uber from Warranty Group where he was CEO. Previously, he spent more than five years at CIT Group, where he most recently served as President. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co.; NYSE Euronext, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange; and Archipelago Holdings. Nelson serves on the boards of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Jamere Jackson

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. [ESTERO, Fla.] (NYSE: HTZ) announced that Thomas (Tom) C. Kennedy, Hertz’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), has resigned to pursue the next chapter of his career. Hertz also announced that effective on September 10, 2018, Jamere Jackson will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jackson served as Chief Financial Officer of Nielsen Holdings plc from March 2014 to August 2018. Prior to joining Nielsen Holdings, Mr. Jackson was the Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of GE Oil & Gas – Drilling & Surface. He joined GE in 2004 and held a variety of leadership roles in GE Global Business Services, GE Corporate and GE Aviation before joining GE Oil & Gas.  Prior to joining GE, Mr. Jackson held several roles in finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning at The Procter & Gamble Company, Yum! Brands, Inc., First Data Corporation and Total System Services. In the interim period prior to Mr. Jackson formally joining Hertz, Robin Kramer, currently Hertz’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the additional role of Acting CFO. Ms. Kramer joined Hertz in May 2014 as part of the financial leadership team.

Gerry Laderman

United Airlines [CHICAGO] (NYSE: UAL) announced Gerry Laderman, a 30-year United veteran, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Laderman had been serving as acting chief financial officer since May. Previously, Laderman served as senior vice president of finance, procurement and treasurer and as a member of the senior executive leadership team. Laderman previously served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Continental Airlines from 2001 to 2010 and joined Continental in 1988.

Frontier Communications Corporation [Norwalk, Connecticut] announced the appointment of Sheldon Bruha, currently Frontier’s Treasurer, to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer upon the departure of Perley McBride. Bruha joined Frontier in February 2018 as Senior Vice President and Treasurer.  Prior to joining Frontier, Mr. Bruha served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Capital Planning at CDI Corp., from March 2015 to February 2018.  Mr. Bruha served in several capacities at Cable & Wireless Communications PLC from April 2004 to February 2015, most recently as Head, Corporate Finance, Treasury and Tax.

David M. Denton

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. [MOORESVILLE, N.C.] (NYSE : LOW) announced the appointment of David M. Denton as executive vice president, chief financial officer. Denton currently serves as executive vice president and CFO of CVS Health and previously served as senior vice president and controller/chief accounting officer. Prior to that, Denton served as CFO and controller for PharmaCare, CVS Health’s legacy pharmacy benefits manager subsidiary. Additionally, he has held positions in corporate treasury, financial planning and analysis and corporate finance. Denton will join Lowe’s shortly after the closing of the CVS acquisition of Aetna, which is expected in the second half of 2018. Denton is currently a director of Tapestry, Inc. and is chairman of the company’s audit committee. Denton succeeds Marshall A. Croom, whose retirement was previously announced.

99 Cents Only Stores LLC [LOS ANGELES] announced that Ashok (Ash) Walia has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Walia will succeed Felicia Thornton, who will continue in her position as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Number Holdings, Inc., the Company’s direct parent. Most recently, Walia served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance at Starbucks Corporation. Prior to that, he was Starbucks’ Senior Vice President of Global Integrated Logistics/Supply Chain Business Operations. Prior to his roles at Starbucks, Mr. Walia held positions of increasing responsibility at the Kellogg Company culminating as Global Vice President, Finance.

Omnitracs, LLC [DALLAS] announced the hiring of John Hofmann as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Omnitracs, Hofmann was the CFO of Infogroup. Prior to Infogroup, he held leadership roles at known private equity firms Silver Lake Sumeru and GTCR. Hofmann began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

David Oppenheimer

Udemy [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of David Oppenheimer as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Oppenheimer joins Udemy from Planet Labs, where he served as CFO. Prior to Planet, Oppenheimer was CFO at several companies including Ebates, ServiceSource, and Digital Impact.

MEDNAX, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] (NYSE: MD) announced the appointment of Stephen D. Farber as Executive Vice President. The Company anticipates that Mr. Farber will assume the additional role of Chief Financial Officer in November 2018 to succeed Vivian Lopez-Blanco, who recently announced her planned retirement from the Company. Farber most recently was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kindred Healthcare, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Farber served as Chief Financial Officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Farber has been involved in various private equity efforts, including as a healthcare executive-in-residence with Warburg Pincus LLC. Farber began his career as an investment banker with J.P. Morgan and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

Accruit [DENVER] announced the addition of Pat Frawley as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Frawley, a veteran of the United States Air Force, spent nine years with Liberty Global where he progressed from senior director of consolidations and reporting to vice president of accounting and finance operations with Unitymedia.

The Providence Service Corporation [STAMFORD, Conn.] (NASDAQ: PRSC) announced that it has appointed Kevin Dotts to serve as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of both Providence and its largest subsidiary, LogistiCare Solutions, LLC.  Mr. Dotts will be based out of LogistiCare’s headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Dotts recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Birch Communications, Inc. and its successor, FusionConnect. He has spent 14 of those years as a Chief Financial Officer including roles at Internap, Culligan International and EarthLink. Mr. Dotts began his career at General Electric Company (“GE”) and served in increasingly senior financial roles during his 15 years of tenure at GE. Dotts will succeed William Severance, previously Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, who has been appointed as Executive Vice President Finance, Office of the Providence CEO.

Fusion Risk Management, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced that it has named Jim Stewart as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stewart most recently spent three years as CFO at Edmentum.

ORBCOMM Inc. [ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.] (NASDAQ: ORBC) announced the addition of Michael (Mike) W. Ford as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 4, 2018. Ford most recently served as Executive Vice President of Commercial Lending for Emigrant Savings Bank. Prior to that, he spent 13 years with Tyco International where he held several executive management positions at its various subsidiaries, including Vice President of Operations for Tyco Fire Products; Global Chief Financial Officer for ADT Security; President of Tyco Integrated Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa; Chief Financial Officer for Tyco SimplexGrinnell as well as Chief Financial Officer for Tyco Integrated Fire and Security based in Sydney, Australia. In addition, Mr. Ford spent 13 years at Ryder System, Inc. and held several financial management positions, including European Finance Director based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Dean Milcos, who has served as ORBCOMM’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2018, will continue in his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to Mr. Ford.

CellTrak Technologies [Schaumburg, IL] announced the addition of Dan Wacker as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer at companies in the media, entertainment, and technology space – most recently ClubReady, LLC and the Coolfire family of companies. Dan currently sits on the board of MedAware Solutions, Inc. and serves as a mentor for Stadia Ventures in their technology accelerator program.

Varo Money, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the hire of Thibault Fulconis as Chief Financial Officer. Fulconis joins Varo from the executive team of Bank of the West and its holding company BancWest. At Bank of the West, Fulconis served as Vice Chairman, Corporate Functions and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that role, he oversaw the Commercial Banking and National Finance business units of the bank, and the Corporate Development, and served as Vice Chairman in charge of Finance. Before his tenure at Bank of the West, he held various positions, mostly in Finance, with parent company BNP Paribas since 1989. He served as CFO and Head of Development for the International Retail and Financial Services pole of BNP Paribas and as Head of Financial Management for the BNP Paribas Group. Before joining BNP Paribas, Fulconis was a business analyst in the mergers and acquisitions practice with Booz Allen Hamilton in Paris.

Coty Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: COTY) announced the resignation of Patrice de Talhouët, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving Coty to pursue other opportunities. Patrice will remain CFO through mid September 2018 and assist with transition thereafter. Ayesha Zafar, Coty’s Senior Vice President, Group Controller, will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer effective September 15, 2018. Ayesha has been responsible for accounting operations and financial reporting, including as Coty’s principal accounting officer for more than two years, and she brings 30 years of finance experience across several multinational consumer goods and pharmaceuticals companies, including The Hertz Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Campbell Soup Company, PepsiCo, Inc., and Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Allison Aden

Diversified [KENILWORTH, N.J.] announced Allison Aden is joining the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Diversified, Aden led finance teams across several industries including technology integration, data security, professional services, manufacturing production & distribution, and commercial real estate. Aden will succeed Bruce Herman, who has served as the company’s CFO for two years. Herman will continue to be a key member of the Diversified executive team, leading several initiatives for the organization.

QuadraNet [LOS ANGELES] announced the hire of Brian Flowers who has joined the QuadraNet team as the company’s appointed Chief Financial Officer. Flowers’ career began in public accounting with the big four firm, KPMG LLP, before pivoting towards the private technology sector in which assumed the role of Controller and CFO in various start-up and private equity backed technology companies.

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. [NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: LNTH) the parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. announced that it has appointed Robert J. Marshall, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective September 24, 2018. Mr. Marshall succeeds Jack Crowley. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Marshall spent 16 years with Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., where he held various senior leadership roles, including Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer, and most recently as Vice President, Americas Finance, for the U.S., Canadian and Latin American commercial markets. Prior to Zimmer Biomet, Bob was employed with Brown & Williamson Tobacco, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, p.l.c., in Louisville, Kentucky, where he held several positions of increasing responsibility.

RigNet, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: RNET) announced the appointment of Lee M. Ahlstrom as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Ahlstrom served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Paragon Offshore Ltd. and as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, Strategy, and Planning. Previously, he served in executive and leadership roles at Noble Corporation, Burlington Resources, Unocal and as a consultant with McKinsey and Company. Mr. Ahlstrom began his career at ExxonMobil where he held a variety of engineering positions. Ahlstrom succeeds Tonya M. McDermott, who served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer. McDermott will resume her duties as RigNet’s Vice President of Tax and Treasury and will assist in the transition of duties to Ahlstrom.

Lightbridge Corporation [RESTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: LTBR) announced the appointment of Larry Goldman as Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2018. Linda Zwobota, Lightbridge’s current CFO will retire on September 1, 2018. Mr. Goldman first began working in a consulting role with the Company in 2006, taking the position of interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and then became the acting Chief Accounting Officer of the Company in 2008. Mr. Goldman became an employee of Lightbridge on May 1, 2018. Prior to joining Lightbridge Corporation, Mr. Goldman was an Audit Assurance Partner for Livingston Wachtell & Co., LLP, a CPA firm in NYC for over 20 years focusing on assurance, tax and advisory services.

CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NYSE: CIR) announced that Chief Financial Officer Rajeev Bhalla will depart CIRCOR. Mr. Bhalla has agreed to remain in his current role and assist with an orderly transition until a successor has been named.

Rosa Foods [LOS ANGELES], the makers of Soylent, announced that Demir Vangelov joins the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Demir was the Chief Financial Officer of Califia Farms.

Interlink Electronics, Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: LINK) announced that David S. Burnett has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer. He will remain available to the company in an advisory capacity through the end of the calendar year. Steven N. Bronson, CEO of Interlink Electronics, Inc., will assume the role of acting Chief Financial Officer.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. [HOLLISTON, Mass.] (Nasdaq: HBIO) announced the resignation of Robert E. Gagnon, Chief Financial Officer, effective August 31, 2018.

Paytronix Systems, Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] announced that Jerry Cressman has been named to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer.  Jerry comes to Paytronix from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Merchant Services (previously Paymentech) where he held several leadership roles in Accounting, Business Strategy and Finance, including Head of Global Finance.

Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc. [BELGRADE, MT] (NYSE American: XTNT) announced the appointment of Kathie Lenzen as chief financial officer. Most recently, Ms. Lenzen served as the senior vice president and general manager of Astora Women’s Health division. Prior to being in this position, she was the vice president of finance for American Medical Systems.

Athenex, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ATNX) announced the appointment of Randoll Sze as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Since October 2017, Mr. Sze has served as Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations, Asia Pacific. Mr. Sze began his career with Credit Suisse in 2006, and was most recently a Director in its Investment Banking and Capital Markets Division in Hong Kong before joining Athenex.

Keith W. Anderson

American Well [BOSTON] announced that Keith W. Anderson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Anderson previously served as Managing Director and a member of the healthcare investment banking team at Piper Jaffray. Prior to this, he led the healthcare information technology efforts at investment banks in both New York and London.

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ : STRM) announced the hiring of Thomas (Tom) J. Gibson as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company, effective September 10, 2018.  Gibson is the former Chief Financial Officer of Citra Health Solutions and Vivex Biomedical, Inc. Prior to his service with Citra, Mr. Gibson served as the Principal Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at R1 RCM (previously Accretive Health, Inc.).  Mr. Gibson previously served with Greenway Medical Technologies as Chief Accounting Officer and with MedAssets as Senior Vice President, Finance and before that as Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management.

Traditions Health, LLC [COLLEGE STATION, Texas] announced the addition of Alan Blakeney as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Traditions, Blakeney served as Chief Financial Officer of Camellia Healthcare.

Ryan J. Damask

Pinnacle Climate Technologies [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] announced that Ryan J. Damask has been hired as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Pinnacle Climate Technologies, Ryan was employed with Archway Marketing Inc., & Subsidiaries as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Archway, Ryan held various financial, operational, and information technology responsibilities within Compass Group PLC, Rio Tinto Alcan, and International Paper throughout the United States, Europe, and South America.  Moreover, Ryan served in the United States Army Reserve for eight years.

CFO Moves – week ending August 10, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

PDF Solutions, Inc. eMDs Nation Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.
StudyKIK PeoplesBank SIFCO Industries, Inc.
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. The Fresh Market, Inc Passageways
Stifel Financial Corp. Stage Stores, Inc. GlobalSCAPE, Inc.
Carpenter Technology Patriot Energy Group TIE Industrial
EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc. UroGen Pharma Ltd. The Travelers Companies, Inc.
NETGEAR, Inc. YapStone G-CON Manufacturing
Startek, Inc. Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. Ambarella, Inc.
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. National Life Group Alterra Mountain Company
Dorman Products, Inc. EVERTEC, Inc. DigitalTown
Superior Group of Companies, Inc. Black & Veatch Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
Ei Companies Borrego Solar Systems

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PDF Solutions, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PDFS) announced that Christine Russell will replace Gregory C. Walker as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Walker will remain with the Company in an operations role. Ms. Russell brings over 25 years of corporate and financial experience to PDF Solutions having served as Chief Financial Officer at UniPixel, Inc., Vendavo, Inc., Evans Analytical Group, Virage Logic, Ceva and OuterBay Technologies, among other companies and positions. She currently serves as Audit Committee Chair and Director for both QuickLogic Corporation and eGain Corporation.

eMDs Nation [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Iser Cukierman as the new Chief Financial Officer. Iser worked with some great companies such as FISERV, Accenture (formerly Cimation), Ernst & Young, KPMG and Umbel.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. [ORLANDO] (NYSE: HGV) announced that its Board of Directors terminated James E. Mikolaichik as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, for conduct and behavior not consistent with the Company’s policies.

StudyKIK [Costa Mesa, California] announced the addition of Alex Lithwick as Chief Financial Officer.

PeoplesBank [YORK, Pa.] announced that Larry D. Pickett has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pickett will also serve as Treasurer of the Bank’s holding company, Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Pickett was employed by Bay Bank in Columbia, Maryland as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was employed in similar financial and management roles at Susquehanna Bank and Fairfax Savings.

SIFCO Industries, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: SIF) announced that it has named Thomas Kubera as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kubera is the Company’s existing Chief Accounting Officer and has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since July 2017. He also previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer in 2015. His Chief Accounting Officer duties will be absorbed into his Chief Financial Officer role. Mr. Kubera has been with the Company since May 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kubera spent nine years at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., where he held various senior accounting roles, most recently as the Controller, Global Operations Services.

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] (NASDAQ: SNCR) announced the appointment of David Clark as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clark, who recently joined Synchronoss as Executive Vice President of Finance, will replace Lawrence Irving, who has served as Synchronoss’ CFO since rejoining the company in April 2017. Irving, who is re-retiring, will serve in a consultative capacity to the company into early 2019 to ensure an orderly transition. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Clark had served as the CFO of The Meet Group, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the CFO of Nutrisystem from 2007 to 2013 and as CFO of Claymont Steel from 2006 to 2007. Clark’s first CFO role was at Suncom Wireless from 1997 to 2006.

The Fresh Market, Inc. [GREENSBORO, N.C.] has appointed Oded Shein as Chief Financial Officer. Shein recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Stage Stores, Inc. In addition, he has held senior financial leadership positions at Belk, Inc. in Charlotte, NC and Charming Shoppes, Inc. in Bensalem, PA.

Passageways [LAFAYETTE, Ind.] announced the appointment of Colin Cunningham as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Stifel Financial Corp. [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: SF) announced that Jim Marischen was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marischen will take over the CFO role from James Zemlyak, who will now focus exclusively on leading the firm’s Global Wealth Management business, which he has been the head of since 2011. Mr. Marischen most recently served as Stifel Financial Corp.’s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to his roles as CAO and CRO, which he assumed in 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer of Stifel Bank & Trust from 2008 through 2015. Prior to joining Stifel, he worked at KPMG.

Stage Stores, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SSI) announced that Oded Shein, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, resigned his position effective to pursue another opportunity. The company has appointed Jason Curtis as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Curtis has been with Stage since 2011, most recently serving as its Senior Vice President, Finance and Credit since March 2017. Mr. Curtis also held the roles of Group Vice President, Finance and Credit from May 2016 to March 2017, Vice President, Finance and Accounting from November 2013 to April 2016, and Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from May 2011 to November 2013. Prior to joining Stage, Mr. Curtis served in various financial roles at Belk, Inc. and The May Department Stores Company.

GlobalSCAPE, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: GSB) announces the promotion of Karen Young to Chief Financial Officer. Young was appointed to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer in March of this year, and succeeds James Albrecht, who retired in February. Young has served as the Controller for the past three years. Young joined GlobalSCAPE in 2015. Young began her career with Valero Energy Corporation in San Antonio. Prior to joining GlobalSCAPE, Young was the Controller for PIC Business Systems, Inc., and across her career, has served in a variety of finance and accounting roles.

Carpenter Technology Corporation [PHILADELPHIA] announced Timothy (Tim) Lain has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Damon Audia who has decided to leave the Company for another role. Tim has over 20 years of financial experience including 11 years with the Company. He currently serves as Vice President – Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, a role he was appointed to in June 2013. From June 2015 to October 2015, Tim served as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Tim served as Audit Director at McGladrey & Pullen.

Patriot Energy Group [BURLINGTON, Mass.] has named Steve Campbell its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Campbell has a long history of leading finance and operations at some of the region’s top tech firms, including Raytheon, IBM and Progress Software. At Progress Software, Campbell was vice president of finance and operations.

Ladd Watts

TIE Industrial [LAVERGNE, TENN.] announced that Ladd Watts has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Watts held various Sr. Finance roles at SVP Worldwide and Mars incorporated. In addition, he previously headed procurement finance and was plant controller for a Mars manufacturing facility in Texas.

EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc. [PEORIA, Ariz.] (OTC Pink: EVOA) appointed Michael Zientek as chief financial officer. Zientek previously served as a senior consultant to CBIZ, Inc. Prior to CBIZ, Zientek held various financial leadership positions at Gap, Inc., including chief internal auditor, chief financial officer of global supply chain, and VP of Financial Operations.

UroGen Pharma Ltd. [RA’ANANA, Israel, and NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: URGN) announced that Peter P. Pfreundschuh has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Stephen Mullennix, who has served as UroGen’s Interim CFO since June 2018, will continue in his role as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Pfreundschuh previously served as the CFO of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Sucampo, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO of Immunomedics Inc. Before this, Mr. Pfreundschuh was CFO for CircuLite, Inc. His previous roles include leadership positions in finance, commercial operations and business development within the pharmaceutical industry at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, and Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Pfreundschuh is currently a board member of Speratus Therapeutics, Inc., and GitBasic LLC. He has also previously served as an advisor or board member to Immunomedics Inc., CircuLite Inc., and Reproductive Medical Associates of New Jersey, in addition to other companies and private organizations.

The Travelers Companies, Inc. [HARTFORD, Conn.] (NYSE: TRV) announced that, Jay S. Benet will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2002. Benet will remain on the senior leadership team as Vice Chairman. Daniel S. Frey will succeed Benet and become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Frey currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Personal Insurance segment, having served in a number of other key financial management roles across Travelers over the past 15 years. Prior to his current role, Frey served as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Claim and Field Management organizations. Before joining Travelers, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Spalding Sports Worldwide. He began his career in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche.

NETGEAR, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NTGR) announced that Bryan Murray has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Christine Gorjanc, the company’s former Chief Financial Officer, who is assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer at Arlo Technologies, Inc. Bryan Murray has been with NETGEAR for over 16 years serving in various management roles within the Finance organization. Prior to assuming the role of CFO, he served as NETGEAR’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Before joining NETGEAR in 2001, he worked in public accounting at Deloitte.

YapStone [WALNUT CREEK, CALIF.] announced the hiring of Jerry Ulrich as it Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining YapStone, Jerry was the CFO of Blackhawk Network Holdings.

G-CON Manufacturing [COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS] announced that it has appointed Paul Moore to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Moore served as Chief Financial Officer at Zacros America, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Moore also served as Controller for TIC GUMS, Inc. from 2011 to 2014 and as Strategic Controller for Brown International Corporation, LLC from 2008 – 2010.

Startek, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NYSE: SRT) appointed Ramesh Kamath as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Don Norsworthy. Ramesh previously served as CFO of Aegis Global, which was combined with Startek on July 20, 2018. Prior to Aegis, he also led the finance organization of prominent BPOs, including serving as CFO of The Minacs Group and Progeon (now Infosys BPO).

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (OTC: WLMS) announced that Timothy M. Howsman has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Howsman has served as interim CFO since May 2018 and has been with the Company since August 2014. During his tenure with the Company, Mr. Howsman has also served as Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Howsman was the Vice President, Controller of Blue Lynx Media, LLC, the accounting shared service center for Tribune Publishing. Mr. Howsman has held positions of increasing responsibility in operations and financial positions in other businesses, including with Dresser, Inc.

Ambarella, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AMBA) announced the appointment of Kevin C. “Casey” Eichler as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Eichler succeeds George Laplante, who announced his intention to retire earlier this year. Eichler served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. from March 2015 to July 2016 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2009 to February 2015. Prior to joining Ultra Clean Holdings, Mr. Eichler was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Credence Systems Corporation from January 2008 to November 2008, Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of MarketTools, Inc. from March 2006 to December 2007, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MIPS Technologies Inc. from June 1998 to February 2006.  Prior to that, he held management positions with several technology companies, including Visigenic Software, NeXT Software and Microsoft.

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: TCMD) announced the appointment of Brent A. Moen to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective September 2, 2018. Tactile Medical’s current Chief Financial Officer, Lynn L. Blake, will resign from that role effective as of the close of business on September 1, 2018. Ms. Blake will continue to advise the Company in a consulting role until March 2019 in order to facilitate a smooth transition. Mr. Moen most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Entellus Medical, Inc., from May 2016 until the company’s acquisition by Stryker Corporation in February 2018. Prior to joining Entellus Medical, Mr. Moen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ABRA Auto Body & Glass LP, from November 2013 to May 2015. Mr. Moen previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regis Corporation, from January 2011 to December 2012. Mr. Moen held various financial roles of increasing responsibility with Regis Corporation, beginning in 2000.

Sarah VanBeck

National Life Group [MONTPELIER, VT.] announced that Sarah VanBeck was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, replacing Robert Cotton who was appointed Chief Operating Officer.  VanBeck joined National Life last year as Chief Accounting Officer. She has spent 25 years in the insurance industry and was most recently at AIG, where she was Senior Vice President and Controller at AIG Life and Retirement. She began her career as manager of SEC reporting and analysis at American General Corp.

Alterra Mountain Company [DENVER] announced the appointment of Timothy B. Donahue as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Donahue most recently served as head of JPMorgan’s Leveraged Finance Capital Markets Group. Mr. Donahue also spent time as a partner at Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners and as a corporate securities attorney at Battle Fowler LLP.

Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: DORM) announced that Kevin M. Olsen, formerly the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and, effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Olsen will become the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”).  The company appointed Michael P. Ginnetti as the Company’s interim CFO. Mr. Ginnetti currently serves as Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company. He has served in this position since May 2011 and he will continue to serve in this position while serving as interim CFO. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ginnetti was employed by Technitrol, Inc., most recently as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.

EVERTEC, Inc. [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] (NYSE: EVTC) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter J.S. Smith has decided to leave the Company effective September 6, 2018 and pursue other opportunities. Current Vice President of Finance, Joaquín Castrillo, will serve as interim CFO. Mr. Castrillo joined the company in 2012 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, currently leading the financial planning and treasury functions.

DigitalTown [SEATTLE and TORONTO] (OTC: DGTW) the appointment of Dave Carter as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2016, Dave has focussed on Blockchain and Cryptoassets, advising startups and most recently 3iQ, a Canadian Investment Fund Manager, and the first regulatory approved multi-cryptoasset manager in Canada.

Superior Group of Companies, Inc. [SEMINOLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SGC) named Michael (Mike) J. Attinella as the Company’s new chief financial officer and treasurer. Attinella succeeds Andrew (Andy) D. Demott, Jr. in the CFO position as Demott shifts his responsibilities to fully focus on his role as chief operating officer of the company. Attinella joins Superior Group of Companies from HSNi, where he served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer of HSNi since 2008, and executive vice president and chief financial officer of HSN since 2013. Attinella began his tenure with HSNi in 2001 as vice president, controller. Previously, Attinella was vice president, controller at Catalina Marketing Corp. He also served various financial and operational responsibilities at Tech Data Corporation.

Ken Williams

Black & Veatch [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that Ken Williams has become the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Karen Daniel, who retired in July after a quarter century at Black & Veatch including the last 18 years as its CFO. Williams rejoins Black & Veatch after previously serving as its Treasurer from 2010 to 2012. His professional experience includes several roles with Fluor, where he was CFO of its government services business unit. He returns to Black & Veatch from Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.]  (NYSE: BKD) announced that Steven Swain will join the Company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Steve is expected to start on September 4, 2018 and will replace the Company’s current Interim Chief Financial Officer, Teresa Sparks. Steve will join the Company after most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of DISH Network Corporation since October 2014 and previously serving in roles of increasing responsibility within the company since 2011. Prior to DISH Network, Steve spent more than 15 years working in the telecommunications sector, where he served in multiple leadership roles in finance and engineering operations.

Ei Companies [LAS VEGAS] announced that Greg Cobb has been named the new Chief Financial Officer. Greg will begin his new role immediately and will be based out of the companies Phoenix offices. Prior to joining the companies, Greg founded Inglenook Financial in Scottsdale, AZ.  Prior to Inglenook, Greg was CFO for US PEACH.   Before entering the Construction Services Industry, Greg was CFO at an Arizona based biotech company. He has also been Managing Director of a San Francisco Bay Area based technology mergers & acquisitions firm.  Greg is also a private equity investor and has managed an Angel investor group.

Borrego Solar Systems [San Diego] announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hall joined Borrego Solar in January 2015 as General Counsel. In August 2015, he became Executive Vice President, responsible for leading Human Resources and Information Technology (IT) as well. In his new role, Hall remains general counsel and retains responsibility for leading IT. Prior to joining Borrego Solar, Hall served as Corporate & Compliance Counsel at Thoratec Corporation, and as an associate attorney at Covington & Burling, LLP and Morrison & Foerster, LLP. Before practicing law, he was a research analyst in the credit risk management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

CFO Moves – week ending May 11, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Snap Inc. Zillow Group, Inc. WP Engine
Syneos Health FactSet Civilized Worldwide Inc.
Wheels Up The Mosaic Company JFrog
Hunt Mining Corp. APCO Holdings Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.
Better Mortgage Transplace Joseph Phelps Vineyards
Dine Brands Global, Inc. Williamsville Sears Management, Inc. Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.
T-System, Inc. Exelon HighPoint Resources Corporation
The American Urological Association DealCloud US Lighting Group

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Snap Inc. [Venice, California] announced that Andrew Vollero, Chief Financial Officer will be retiring. Mr. Vollero will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until May 15, 2018. Tim Stone will replace Andrew as Chief Financial Officer. Stone has been employed at Amazon.com Inc. since March 1998. Mr. Stone currently serves as Vice President of Finance and served as Vice President of Physical Stores from August 2017 until February 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Stone served as Vice President of Finance from May 2010 until August 2017 in different roles, including Amazon Web Services & Digital Content and Amazon Devices and eBooks.

Zillow Group, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) announced that Chief Financial Officer and Chief Legal Officer Kathleen Philips is retiring from her role as CFO. Jennifer Rock, Zillow Group’s vice president of financial reporting, technical accounting and FP&A, will serve as interim CFO while the company engages an executive recruiting firm to search for a new CFO. Philips joined the company as general counsel in 2010, will step down as CFO and continue to serve as chief legal officer through the end of 2018 and transition toward retirement in 2020.

David Brolsma

WP Engine [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that David Brolsma has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will be succeeding April Downing who, after a five-year tenure, is leaving to become the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Civitas Learning. Brolsma joined WP Engine in 2014 and prior to his promotion served as Vice President of Finance & Accounting. Prior to WP Engine, Brolsma was the Controller and General Manager of Rackspace International, and before that served as Vice President, Controller.

Syneos Health [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NASDAQ: SYNH) announced that Jason Meggs has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Meggs has served as interim CFO of Syneos Health since February 2018. Before that, Meggs joined INC Research, the legacy company of Syneos Health before its merger with inVentiv Health, in 2014 and held senior financial and operational leadership roles, including Executive Vice President and CFO of the Commercial Solutions segment. Before that he gained experience from his work at Quintiles, Deloitte and Arthur Andersen.

FactSet [NORWALK, Conn.] (NYSE: FDS, NASDAQ: FDS) announced that it has entered into a separation agreement with Maurizio Nicolelli, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. The agreement was entered into after Nicolelli and FactSet discussed his transition from his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, to pursue other interests. Nicolelli will remain with FactSet through December 2018. Nicolelli joined FactSet as a Senior Accountant in 1996 and has led the Finance organization since 2009, through his roles as Principal Financial Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Mark Goldhar

Civilized Worldwide Inc. [LOS ANGELES and SAINT JOHN, NB] announced Mark Goldhar as newly appointed chief financial officer. Goldhar was the chief financial officer for Robinson’s Cannabis. He is also financial advisor for Panag Pharma.

Wheels Up [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Eric Jacobs as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Wheels Up, Mr. Jacobs most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Cox Automotive, Inc. and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer of Dealertrack Technologies, Inc., collectively. Eric brings over 15 years of senior executive leadership experience to Wheels Up, previously serving as Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Dealertrack and President of Dealertrack Canada. Prior to working at Dealertrack, Mr. Jacobs was an attorney at O’Melveny & Myers LLP and an audit manager at KPMG LLP.

The Mosaic Company [PLYMOUTH, Minn.] (NYSE: MOS) announced that Clint Freeland has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Freeland most recently was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Dynegy, Inc. Prior to joining Dynegy, Freeland held positions as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Senior Vice President—Strategy and Financial Structure at NRG Energy. Earlier in his career he worked for Enron Corporation, Coral Energy and ABN AMRO Bank.

Jacob Shulman

JFrog [SUNNYVALE, California] announced that Jacob Shulman joins JFrog as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer at Mellanox Technologies Ltd. Prior to Mellanox, Shulman held key finance positions at Atrica, Thyssenkrupp AG, Matav Cable Systems and Ernst & Young.

Hunt Mining Corp. [LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.]  (TSX-V: HMX, OTC: HMXZF) announced the appointment of Kenneth B. Atwood to the position of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), upon the retirement of James N. Meek. Mr. Atwood was appointed the Corporation’s Controller on March 1, 2017. Mr. Atwood is the former Chief Financial Officer for the St. Eugene Golf Resort Casino and was formerly employed as an Assurance Manager with BDO Canada.

APCO Holdings [NORCROSS, Ga.] has named David Vickers as the company’s new chief financial officer. Vickers most recently served as executive vice president and CFO of The Warranty Group. Vickers’ career began with a nine-year stint in the insurance division at Ernst & Young. He has served as CFO for both publicly-held as well as private-equity backed organizations.

Fred Bohley

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: ALSN) announced that it has appointed G. Frederick Bohley III as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Bohley has been with Allison Transmission since 1991 and currently serves as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer.

Better Mortgage [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Howard Katzenberg as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Better, Katzenberg was the CFO of OnDeck, where he joined in 2008 as one of its first employees.

Transplace [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Chris Nester as chief financial officer (CFO). With 18 years of financial experience, Nester was most recently the senior vice president and treasurer of Sabre.

Ami Iadarola

Joseph Phelps Vineyards [ST. HELENA, CALIF.] announced the promotion of Ami Iadarola to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ami joined Joseph Phelps Vineyards in 1998 as Accounting Manager and was quickly promoted to Controller. Ami held positions at both Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and Domaine Chandon prior to joining Phelps.

Dine Brands Global, Inc. [GLENDALE, Calif.] (NYSE: DIN) announced the appointment of Thomas Song as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Song serves as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Innovation of Choice Hotels International, Inc., a position he has held since 2013. Prior to Choice Hotels, Mr. Song served as the Head of Corporate Development and Strategy for the Hanover Insurance Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Song held positions in management consulting and investment banking.

Williamsville Sears Management, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTC Pink: WSML) announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed Amanda Wester as the Chief Financial Officer of Williamsville Sears Management Inc. Amanda has also been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Williamsville Sears Management, Inc. Amanda currently serves as the Group Chief Financial Officer of Palewater Global Management Inc., the parent Company of Williamsville Sears Management, Inc. Most recently, Ms. Wester served as the Chief Financial Officer for Viamedia. Previously, Amanda served as the Chief Financial Officer for Innovative Mattress Solutions.

David Arkowitz

Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: FLXN) announced that David Arkowitz has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Arkowitz succeeds Frederick Driscoll, who has been serving as the company’s financial advisor since announcing his retirement in early 2017. Prior to joining Flexion, Mr. Arkowitz served as Chief Operating Officer and CFO at Visterra, Inc. Since 2014, Mr. Arkowitz has also served on the board of directors and as chair of the audit committee of Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Previously Mr. Arkowitz was CFO at Mascoma Corporation, AMAG Pharmaceuticals and Idenix Pharmaceuticals. Preceding his tenure at Idenix, Mr. Arkowitz spent more than 13 years at Merck & Co., Inc. where he held roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President and Controller of the U.S. operations, Controller of the global research and development division, and CFO.

T-System, Inc. [DALLAS] has hired Steve DeCosta as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). DeCosta joins T-System from Research Now. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade in financial leadership positions with THQ Inc. and Advanced Structures Inc. He began his career in public accounting as a licensed CPA.

Joe Nigro

Exelon [CHICAGO] announced that Joseph Nigro, currently CEO of Constellation, was promoted to Exelon Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Jack Thayer, who becomes Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer. Nigro is a 22-year veteran of Exelon, most recently leading Exelon’s retail and wholesale business.

HighPoint Resources Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: HPR) announced the promotion of William M. Crawford to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crawford has served as Senior Vice President – Treasury and Finance since February 2016, as Vice President – Finance and Marketing from February 2009 until February 2016, and previously served as Director – Finance, Director of Investor Relations and in other finance related functions since joining the Company in 2004. From 1994 through 2003, Mr. Crawford held various domestic and international positions in accounting and finance with several subsidiaries of Schlumberger Limited.

Barbara Hartford

The American Urological Association [BALTIMORE] announced that Barbara Hartford has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Hartford most recently served as AUA Director of Finance. She succeeds Mark Campobello, who recently retired after serving 23 years in the role. Prior to joining the AUA in 2004, Hartford worked in public accounting for KPMG. Hartford has also held financial consulting positions in the healthcare field throughout her 32 years of experience.

DealCloud [NEW YORK] announced that Jim Weber has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Recently, Jim was the CFO at Valiant Solutions. Prior to that, Jim was CFO at Ghostery, Inc., and of iLevel Solutions. Prior to iLevel, Jim was CFO, Treasurer and Vice President of Operations for FalconStor Software.

US Lighting Group [EASTLAKE, Ohio] (OTC: USLG) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Susan Tubbs as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining US Lighting Group, Inc., Ms. Tubbs was CFO of Preferred Acquisitions Company LLC. Prior to that, Ms. Tubbs served as CFO of International Metals.

CFO Moves – week ending July 21, 2017

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CFO Moves this week include:

Vera Bradley, Inc. Fluor Corporation IntraHealth International
Family Room Entertainment Corp. Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Epix Healthcare
Gilsbar The Buckle, Inc. Shrimp Basket Restaurants
APTIM Good Times Restaurants Inc. Fred’s, Inc.
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Intelivideo CalAmp
Piston Group MannKind Corporation Performant Financial Corporation
NewYork-Presbyterian Insys Therapeutics, Inc.

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

Bruce Stanski

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kim Moehler

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amit Singhi

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

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

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

Michael Breslin

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

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

CFO Moves – week ending December 30, 2016

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CFO Moves this week include:

Red Hat, Inc. Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AeroVironment, Inc.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. United Community Bancorp Graham Holdings Company
CalAmp Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. MassRoots, Inc.
National Instruments Fuze TriLumina
TechTarget, Inc. InterGen QBE North America
Stratasys Ltd. Farmer Bros. Co. Spin Games LLC
Amedisys, Inc. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

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Red Hat, Inc. [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NYSE: RHT) announced that Frank Calderoni has notified Red Hat of his decision to step down as Executive Vice President, Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Red Hat. Upon Mr. Calderoni’s resignation in January, Red Hat intends to appoint Eric Shander, Vice President, Finance and Accounting and our principal accounting officer, to act as the CFO of Red Hat, pending a decision on a permanent replacement.

Jeffrey Young

Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: JNP) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Young as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Young will succeed George O. Elston, the Company’s outgoing Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Young most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of OvaScience. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Transmedics. Before that, Mr. Young served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Lantheus Medical Imaging. He joined Lantheus from Critical Therapeutics, where he was Chief Accounting Officer. Early in his career, he worked in various finance roles at PerkinElmer, Inc., and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

AeroVironment, Inc. [MONROVIA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced the appointment of Teresa Covington as chief financial officer. Covington will succeed Raymond Cook, who is resigning as senior vice president and chief financial officer due to medical reasons. Teresa joined AeroVironment in 2011. She served as the company’s interim chief financial officer from February 5, 2015 to July 7, 2015. Prior to joining AeroVironment, Covington served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Line 6.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [NEW HAVEN, Conn.] (NASDAQ: ALXN) announced that David J. Anderson, the former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell for 11 years, has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anderson succeeds Vikas Sinha, who has left Alexion. Most recently, Mr. Anderson was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell International from 2003-2014. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Anderson was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Industries. Prior to joining ITT Industries, Mr. Anderson worked at Newport News Shipbuilding, where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he also held senior financial positions with RJR Nabisco and The Quaker Oats Company.

United Community Bancorp [LAWRENCEBURG, Ind.] (NASDAQ: UCBA) announced that Vicki March, the Company’s and the Bank’s Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, is resigning. The Company also announced that the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank have appointed David Z. Rosen to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer following Ms. March’s departure. Mr. Rosen currently serves as the Bank’s Chief Risk Officer, a role in which he will continue to serve when he becomes Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rosen has been United Community Bank’s Chief Risk Officer since 2014. Prior to that time, he was Chief Financial Officer of The Merchant’s Bank and Trust Company since 2010. From 2005 until 2010, Mr. Rosen served as an Audit Supervisor of financial institutions for two public accounting firms.

Graham Holdings Company [ARLINGTON, Va.] (NYSE: GHC) has announced that senior vice president-finance and chief financial officer, Hal S. Jones will retire from the Company. Wallace R. Cooney has been named to succeed Jones. Wallace R. Cooney has served as the chief accounting officer since 2008. Cooney led the accounting and tax functions at The Washington Post Company. Cooney joined The Washington Post Company in 2001 as controller. From 1997 to 2001, he was director of consolidation accounting and financial reporting at Gannett Co., Inc. He began his career with Price Waterhouse in 1985, serving three years in The Hague, The Netherlands, from 1991 to 1994 and as a senior manager from 1994 to 1997.

CalAmp [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CAMP) announced that its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, Rick Vitelle, plans to retire from the company after sixteen years of service. Mr. Vitelle will remain as CFO until his successor is found, to ensure an orderly and seamless transition. Mr. Vitelle has served as the Chief Financial Officer of CalAmp since 2001. Prior to joining CalAmp, Mr. Vitelle served as Vice President of Finance and Administration and CFO of SMTEK International Inc. (formerly known as DDL Electronics Inc.). Earlier in his career, Mr. Vitelle served as a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: NBIX) announced today that Timothy P. Coughlin will be stepping down from his position as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Coughlin has agreed to continue with the Company through 2017 to facilitate a smooth transition of responsibilities.

Robert “Bob” Pullar

MassRoots, Inc. [DENVER] (OTC: MSRT) announced Robert “Bob” Pullar as Chief Financial Officer. Since November 2006, Mr. Pullar has served as Managing Director of Axis Private Equity Group, LLC.

National Instruments [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: NATI) announced the appointment of John Roiko as interim chief financial officer (CFO). Roiko will report to Alex Davern, NI’s current chief operating officer and CFO, who will soon become chief executive officer of the company. Prior to joining NI, Roiko worked as a product line controller for the defense division at Honeywell before moving to Emerson Process Management as the North America accounting manager. He then pursued start-up opportunities as the CFO for Columbia Scientific and director of accounting for Arrowsmith Technologies. Roiko joined NI in 1998 and served as NI’s worldwide corporate controller prior to being appointed vice president of finance in 2008.

Fuze [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced it has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Brian Day as Chief Financial Officer. Day was most recently at Apperian where he served first as CFO and then President and CEO of the firm. Prior to Apperian, Day held senior leadership roles at Goal.com, Gomez, Inc., and Octave Communications, Inc., among others. He began his career with Fleet Financial Group as a Vice President in the bank’s structured finance group.

TriLumina [ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.] announced the appointment of John B. Kennedy as its Chief Financial Officer. John previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Sprocket Media, Inc. in Pasadena, California as well as SolarBridge Technologies, Inc. Prior to SolarBridge, Kennedy was VP of Finance and Administration for Primarion, Inc. He has also served as Director of Finance at ValueClick, Inc., as well as senior finance and executive positions at Hotpaper.com, Inc., CBR Systems, Inc. and GameTek, Inc.

TechTarget, Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TTGT) announced the appointment of Daniel Noreck as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for the Company. Noreck was previously the CFO and Treasurer of Providence and Worcester Railroad Company, Inc.

InterGen [BURLINGTON, Mass.] announced that Gregory A. Pratt has succeeded Marc T. Stewart as chief financial officer. Stewart has announced that he will leave the company in early January. Pratt has been with InterGen for 21 years leading the company’s strategy and corporate development activities globally since 2008. Previously, he was managing director of InterGen Australia and vice president of corporate development. Prior to joining InterGen, he was a part of J. Makowski Company’s corporate finance department. In addition, Pratt was a member of PaineWebber’s investment banking division in New York.

Kris L. Hill

QBE North America [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kris L. Hill as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hill will also serve as a member of the QBE North America Executive Management Board. Ms. Hill succeeds Richard Dziadzio, who served as Chief Financial Officer from July 2013 to July 2016. Ms. Hill most recently served as Executive Vice President, Field Operations, at Liberty Mutual, Surety, after having served for nearly four years as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Liberty Mutual, Surety, and three years as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Liberty Mutual Safeco Insurance. She previously held several positions of increasing responsibility in accounting, finance and operations at Safeco Corporation, Northstar Communications, and Aetna Life & Casualty.

Stratasys Ltd. [MINNEAPOLIS & REHOVOT, Israel] (NASDAQ: SSYS) announced the appointment of Lilach Payorski, currently Stratasys’ Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, to Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Erez Simha in this role. Following 5 years of service, Mr. Simha, CFO & COO of Stratasys, has recently informed the Company of his desire to step down as of year-end. Mr. Simha will remain with the Company to provide operational and financial support to Management as required. Payorski joined Stratasys in December 2012. Payorksi has served in various finance leadership roles over the past 10 years, in positions at PMC Sierra, CheckPoint Software Technologies and Wind River Systems. Earlier in her career, she served as a CPA with Ernst & Young LLP both in Israel and later in Palo Alto, CA.

Farmer Bros. Co. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NASDAQ: FARM) announced the resignation of Isaac Johnston, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.

Spin Games LLC [RENO, NV] announced that it has appointed Kunal Mishra President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding founder Kent Young who as Chief Executive Officer will continue to focus on the company’s strategic objectives. Most recently Kunal served as Managing Partner of Hayabusa Portfolio LLC. His previous industry roles include serving as General Manager for JCM’s Global Asia Pacific division. Prior to JCM, Kunal served as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Cadillac Jack.

Amedisys, Inc. [BATON ROUGE, La.] (NASDAQ: AMED) announced that Gary D. Willis will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, and Ronald A. LaBorde will continue in his role as Vice Chairman until his retirement on April 2, 2017. Most recently, Willis served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Capella Healthcare Inc. Prior to Capella Healthcare, Willis served as Chief Financial Officer for Martin Ventures. Willis has also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.; and Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for LifePoint, Health, Inc.

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. [ITASCA, Ill.] (NASDAQ NGS: FMBI) announced the appointment of Patrick S. Barrett as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and First Midwest Bank. At that time, Mr. Barrett will assume the duties held by Paul F. Clemens, who currently serves as the Company’s and First Midwest Bank’s Chief Financial Officer. Earlier this year, the Company announced Mr. Clemens’ intention to retire in 2017 when he will turn age 65. Mr. Barrett joins First Midwest from Fulton Financial Corporation, where he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2014. Mr. Barrett held multiple roles with SunTrust Bank in the three years prior to joining Fulton Financial, ending his career at SunTrust as Chief Financial Officer of its Wholesale Bank from 2011 to 2013. Prior to joining SunTrust, Mr. Barrett served in a variety of senior financial roles with JPMorgan Chase & Co., including Managing Director of investor relations.  Previously, Mr. Barrett was an audit partner with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

CFO Moves – week ending December 16, 2016

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CFO Moves this week include:

Purch Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 
FTD Companies, Inc.  Avid® Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.
Inventus Power PointRight Quantopian
Vapor Corp. 1-Page Limited  Pitney Bowes
Voxello Harte Hanks Ayla Networks
TruStar Energy Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Tailored Brands, Inc.
CPI Card Group Zephyr Nimbix
Justworks Spire Capital Partners Farmer Bros. Co.
Neighbors Health, LLC Employers Holdings, Inc. Track Group, Inc.
Darling Ingredients Inc. Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC
Connecture, Inc. Avangate Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
KBR, Inc. The Palisades Group, LLC

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Andy Goldstein

Purch [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Andy Goldstein as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Andy served as executive vice president and CFO of the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Prudential Center Arena. Andy has held positions as EVP/CFO at InterMedia Outdoors, Inc., VP/CFO at Primedia Inc., and Director of Business Affairs at Sesame Street.com.

John F. Woods

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, R.I.] (NYSE: CFG) announced the appointment of John F. Woods as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Woods will succeed interim CFO John Fawcett. Woods joins Citizens from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), where he has served as CFO of the Americas since 2013. Prior to that, he served as Vice Chairman and CFO for the predecessor company of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Woods also has held senior finance leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Johannes H. “Johs” Worsoe as Chief Financial Officer of MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and its banking subsidiary MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Mr. Worsoe succeeds former MUFG Americas Chief Financial Officer John F. Woods, who is leaving the company. Mr. Worsoe joined the company in 2001 and most recently served as Head of Investment Banking & Markets (IB&M). Prior to his most recent role as head of IB&M, Mr. Worsoe was Chief Administrative Officer for the Americas for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Ltd. Mr. Worsoe also served as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Global and Wealth Markets for the former UnionBanCal Corporation and its former primary subsidiary, Union Bank N.A. Prior to 2001, when he joined legacy Union Bank, Mr. Worsoe held various investment banking and capital markets roles in Denmark, Spain and the U.S.

FTD Companies, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: FTD) announced Stephen Tucker has been appointed Executive Vice President. Mr. Tucker also will succeed Becky Sheehan as FTD’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tucker most recently served as Senior Vice President of Financial Operations at AT&T. Prior to AT&T’s acquisition of DIRECTV, Mr. Tucker served in many roles within DIRECTV, including SVP Financial Operations, Field Services, Supply Chain, Service and Repair, and Protection Plan teams, and SVP of Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer for DIRECTV Sports Networks. Prior to joining DIRECTV, Mr. Tucker served as Chief Financial Officer of FUN Technologies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tucker spent 16 years with KPMG.

Avid [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AVID) announced that Brian E. Agle will become Avid’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Ilan Sidi, who served as interim Chief Financial Officer, and will resume his role as the Vice President of Human Resources for the company. Before joining Avid, Mr. Agle served as an Operating Advisor at Francisco Partners. Prior to joining Francisco Partners, Agle served as Chief Financial Officer at Rocket Software. Before joining Rocket, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Activant Solutions. Previously, Mr. Agle spent 14 years at Novell Inc. where he operated in several financial leadership roles including Vice President, CFO of Global Field Operations. Mr. Agle began his career with Ernst & Young.

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: ABTX) announced Paul P. Egge has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both Allegiance Bank and Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. Steven F. Retzloff, Chairman of Allegiance Bank and President of Allegiance Bancshares, Inc., will relinquish his interim Chief Financial Officer position. Most recently, Mr. Egge served as Senior Vice President, Director of Capital Planning and Corporate Development at Cadence Bank. Prior to joining Cadence, Mr. Egge served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (“Baird”), Ryan Beck & Company, and FBR & Co.

Michael Foy

Inventus Power [WOODRIDGE, IL] announced it named Michael Foy as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Inventus Power as CFO in November 2016, Mr. Foy held various roles of increasing responsibility at Cisco Systems and was most recently vice president finance, CFO Americas. Before joining Cisco, Michael worked at Scientific-Atlanta, 3Com, U.S. Robotics, Abbott Laboratories and KPMG.

PointRight [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Michael Laureno as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PointRight, Laureno served as a strategic CFO.

Strategic Insight [NEW YORK & LONDON] announced the appointment of Karl Jaeger as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Jaeger was Chief Financial Officer, Global Transaction Banking Solutions at D+H Corporation and, before that, CFO at FundTech. Prior to FundTech, Mr. Jaeger was CFO at Wall Street Systems, the treasury and FX trading software company.

Quantopian [BOSTON] has hired Marc Volpe as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Quantopian, Mr. Volpe worked for three years as the Chief Financial Officer of Fort Warren Capital Management, LP. He also served as the Chief Compliance Officer at Regiment Capital, and was a manager in the audit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he began his career in 1997.

Vapor Corp. [HOLLYWOOD, Fla.] (OTC Pink: VPCO) announced the Company has appointed John A. Ollet to serve as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ollet previously served as Executive Vice President-Finance for Systemax, Inc. North America Technology Division from 2006 to 2016. His prior chief financial officer experience also includes serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Arrow Cargo Holdings, Inc., and VP Finance/CFO – The Americas – Cargo Division, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

1-Page Limited [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced it has hired Peter Kent as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. During the last ten years, Mr. Kent has been the CEO & CFO of Liquid Holdings Group, Inc., the Managing Partner of Eladian Partners LLC and the COO & CFO of Automated Trading Desk.

Stanley J. Sutula III

Stanley J. Sutula III

Pitney Bowes [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that Stanley J. Sutula III has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Sutula succeeds Michael Monahan, who will continue with Pitney Bowes as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Sutula joins Pitney Bowes from IBM, where he was Vice President and Controller. Mr. Sutula joined IBM in 1998, and has held several leadership positions in the United States and in Europe in accounting and financial strategy. Most recently, Sutula was Vice President and Controller at IBM.

Voxello [CORALVILLE, Iowa] announced that Richard Wieland was appointed as a new member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Wieland will also serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Rich was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial officer of Unilife Corporation. Prior to Unilife he spent six years at two biotech companies in the drug discovery and development field. Previous to that Rich had P&L responsibility for two healthcare companies and was a member of the Board of Directors at Option Care Inc. His first CFO position was with LyphoMed Inc. Rich began his career at Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, OH.

Harte Hanks [SAN ANTONIO, TX] (NYSE: HHS) announced that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Doug Shepard, has resigned from the company. Mr. Shepard served as the company’s EVP and CFO since 2007. While the company conducts a formal search for his replacement, Robert Munden, the company’s EVP and General Counsel, will serve as interim CFO.

Ayla Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has named Tom Clark as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Ayla, he was CFO at Openwave Messaging Inc. Before Openwave, he was director of finance operations for Marlin Equity Partners. Earlier, he served as CFO and managed the worldwide finance operations of CollabNet. Before CollabNet, he worked for seven years at ProBusiness Services. Clark began his career with KPMG LLP.

TruStar Energy [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] announced that it has hired John Snell as its Chief Financial Officer. Snell spent the last 13 years with accounting firm Moss Adams, serving in various audit, consulting, accounting, operations and finance rolls. Most notably, he was named a partner in the firm in 2014.

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced the appointment of Guy J. Constant as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Red Robin, Mr. Constant served as chief financial officer, executive vice president of Finance and treasurer for Rent-A-Center, Inc. He previously served in various executive roles at Brinker International, Inc. including executive vice president and chief financial officer, president of the Chili’s Global Restaurant Division, senior vice president and vice president of Finance and senior director of Executive Compensation. Before his executive tenure at Brinker, he served in various marketing, finance and human resources roles of increasing scope and responsibility at AMR Corporation.

Tailored Brands, Inc. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NYSE: TLRD) announced the appointment of Jack Calandra as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Mr. Calandra succeeds current CFO, Jon Kimmins, who will be leaving to pursue other interests. Mr. Calandra joins Tailored Brands from The Gap, Inc. where he was most recently senior vice president, corporate finance and investor relations. His career at The Gap, Inc. included roles as CFO of Banana Republic Global division and CFO of Gap Direct. Prior to joining The Gap, Inc., Mr. Calandra served 11 years at Unilever’s North America Division.

CPI Card Group [LITTLETON, Colo.] (NASDDAQ: PMTS, TSX: PNT) announced the appointment of Lillian Etzkorn as its Chief Financial Officer, succeeding David Brush who will be ending his service as CFO. Mr. Brush will continue in an advisory capacity to the Company. Ms. Etzkorn joins CPI Card Group from Dana Incorporated, where she served as Vice President, Treasurer since 2011. Prior to Dana Incorporated, Ms. Etzkorn spent nineteen years in financial positions of increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company.

Zephyr [NEWARK, Calif.] announced Robb Ellis as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the team, Ellis was recently at Greenway Health and Agilysys.

Nimbix [RICHARDSON, Texas] announced the appointment of Stacy Repult as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Repult was Vice President of Finance for Omnitracs. Previously, she held the Managing Director position at SLR Consulting Group.

Justworks [NEW YORK, NY] announced the appointment of Michael Greten as chief financial officer. Before joining Justworks, Greten was vice president of Finance & Accounting at iCIMS, Inc. Prior to that, as controller and treasurer of RiskMetrics Group. Earlier roles included AIG and Chase.

Spire Capital Partners [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Mariana Lamson, as CFO. Mariana Lamson has extensive leadership experience in financial roles with KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Harrison Tenney & Associates, and most recently as a divisional CFO for Heartland Payment Systems.

Farmer Bros. Co. [FT. WORTH, Texas] (NASDAQ: FARM) announced the resignation of Isaac Johnston, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.

Neighbors Health, LLC [HOUSTON] has named Tensie Homan Axton its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As the Office Managing Partner of KPMG LLP, Axton was the partner in charge of Transaction Services. Before that she was the Chief Operating Officer of Pinnacle Medical Holdings, LLC.

Employers Holdings, Inc. [RENO, Nev.] (NYSE: EIG) announced the appointment of Michael S. Paquette as its executive vice president, chief financial officer. Paquette previously served as executive vice president, chief financial officer of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. from 2008 to 2015 and chief financial officer of Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. from its inception in 2012 to 2015. Prior to joining Montpelier in 2007, Paquette spent 18 years with White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., and its subsidiaries, in various capacities including senior vice president, controller and 4 years with KPMG as an auditor.

Track Group, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (OTCQX: TRCK) announced Peter Poli is joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Poli joins Track Group after serving as the CFO for over 11 years with Grand Banks Yachts Limited. Prior to Grand Banks Yachts Limited, Mr. Poli held various positions of increasing responsibility in finance at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. and Morgan Stanley Online, FTD.com, and I-Works, Inc.

Darling Ingredients Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: DAR) announced that Patrick C. Lynch will become its Executive Vice President – Chief Administrative Officer.  Mr. Lynch will report to John O. Muse, the Company’s Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Muse has indicated his intent to retire as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in early March 2017, at which time Mr. Lynch will become the Company’s Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lynch has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Interface, Inc., since 2001, and has been a Senior Vice President since 2007. Prior to 2001, he served in various financial leadership positions at Interface since joining the company in 1996, including Assistant Vice President and Corporate Controller.  From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Lynch was a Senior Accountant with BDO Seidman, LLP.

Timothy K. Flanagan

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: CLF)  announced Timothy K. Flanagan has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Flanagan is currently Vice President, Corporate Controller, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer. He also previously served as the Assistant Controller and Director of Internal Audit. Prior to his tenure at Cliffs, Mr. Flanagan spent eight years at Arthur Andersen and Protiviti, respectively.

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC [NEW YORK] (NYSE: OZM) announced that Alesia J. Haas has been named Chief Financial Officer. Och-Ziff also announced that current CFO, Joel Frank has decided to retire. Ms. Haas previously served as CFO and Head of Strategy for OneWest Bank, N.A. Her prior experience includes senior finance, investment and strategy roles with Merrill Lynch and General Electric.

Connecture, Inc. [BROOKFIELD, Wis.] (NASDAQ: CNXR) announced that James P. Purko, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company.

Gregor Morela

Avangate [ATLANTA, GA] announced the appointment of Gregor Morela to the position of Chief Financial Officer. He was most recently the CFO for Linq3 Technologies LLC. Prior to Linq3, Morela held various Vice President of Finance and Controllership roles at Landis+Gyr; CDC Corporation; and Serologicals Corporation. Morela started his career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: NTLA) has appointed Graeme Bell as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bell succeeds Sapna Srivastava, who is transitioning to a senior advisory role within Intellia. Mr. Bell joins Intellia from his role as Chief Financial Officer at Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Anacor, Mr. Bell spent more than 20 years at Merck & Co, Inc., where he held numerous finance and accounting senior-level positions including: CFO of U.S. operations, Controller, Global Pharmaceutical Franchises, CFO United Kingdom subsidiary, and head of investor relations.

KBR, Inc. [HOUSTON, TX] (NYSE: KBR) announced that Mark Sopp will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Current CFO Brian Ferraioli has decided to retire. From 2005 to 2015, Sopp served as CFO and Executive Vice President for Leidos Holdings. Previously, Sopp served in various executive positions with Titan Corporation.

The Palisades Group, LLC [LOS ANGELES] announced the promotion of Sally Kawana to Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Kawana most recently served as Palisades’ Head of Capital Markets and Transaction Management since 2013. Ms. Kawana, prior to Palisades, was a Senior Vice President in the Representations and Warranties Group at Bank of America. Prior to Bank of America, Ms. Kawana was a Managing Director in Bear Stearns’ Mortgage and Asset-Backed Securities Group. Prior to Bear Stearns, Ms. Kawana worked in KPMG’s Financial Services Audit and Structured Finance Consulting practices.

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