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CFO Moves – week ending February 15, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Mastercard Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC Avaya Holdings Corp.
Mimecast Limited FOX Television Stations Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Oscar Arhaus Copper
Chaparral Energy, Inc. Niche Exports The High Companies
National American University Holdings, Inc. Cengage Smith
Moda Operandi Unity Technologies Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
Regional Management Corp. NuZee, Inc. SilverSun Technologies, Inc.
CBB Bancorp, Inc. Global Employment Solutions and Fahrenheit IT RainFocus
Kadmon Holdings, Inc. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. SixAxis
bluebird bio, Inc. Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Meritize
Keweenaw Land Association, Limited Adeptus Health

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Sachin Mehra

Mastercard [PURCHASE, N.Y.] (NYSE: MA) announced that Martina Hund-Mejean, chief financial officer, will retire after more than a decade in the role. Sachin Mehra, chief financial operations officer, will succeed Hund-Mejean as CFO on April 1. Mehra joined Mastercard in 2010 as group executive and treasurer with responsibility for treasury strategy and operations, global settlement, customer credit risk management and enterprise risk management. Prior to joining Mastercard, Mehra held treasury and finance roles of increasing responsibility at the Hess Corporation, General Motors and GMAC in New York, Singapore, Belgium and Shanghai.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Carolyn Burke joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Burke previously worked for Dynegy Inc. where she held the position of executive vice president, Strategy and Administration. Throughout her career, she has held various positions of increasing responsibility in finance and strategic roles for organizations including J.P. Morgan, NRG Energy Inc., University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and Atlantic Richfield Company (now British Petroleum).

Avaya Holdings Corp. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NYSE: AVYA) announced that Kieran McGrath assumed the role of Senior Vice President and CFO of Avaya. McGrath has most recently served as Executive Vice President and CFO at CA Technologies from July 2016 until the company’s acquisition in November 2018. Prior to CA, he served in several key finance and operations leadership roles during a lengthy career at IBM, including six years as the Vice President of Finance for the IBM Software Group.

Mimecast Limited [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MIME) announced the appointment of Rafe Brown to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective March 18, 2019.  Prior to joining Mimecast, Rafe served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SevOne, Inc. Before SevOne, Rafe served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Pegasystems, Inc. Additionally, Rafe served in leadership positions at salesforce.com, inc. for several years, including as a Senior Vice President of Finance. The Company announced in September 2018 that Peter Campbell, the Company’s long-time CFO, would be leaving the Company in March.  Peter has agreed to stay with the Company in an advisory capacity to assist in the transition through the end of May 2019.

Mike Nelson

FOX Television Stations [NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES] announced that Mike Nelson will serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The appointment will be effective on March 1. Currently, Nelson serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Twentieth Century Fox Film. Prior to this, Nelson served as Executive Vice President and Controller for Twentieth Century Fox Film. Previously, he held a variety of executive finance and accounting positions for the film studio.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced a planned transition in leadership within the Company’s finance organization. Ed McGowan, Senior Vice President of Finance, will succeed Jim Benson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2019.  After nine years at Akamai (and seven as Chief Financial Officer), Benson has decided to retire from Akamai to pursue his next set of challenges. He will serve as an Executive Advisor through an extended transition period. McGowan is an 18-year Akamai veteran who began his career at the Company in Finance and Sales Operations and then held executive roles in Corporate Development and Global Media and Carrier Sales.

Oscar [New York] announced the appointment of Sid Sankaran as its new Chief Financial Officer. His first day will be March 1. Sid most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at AIG. Prior to that, he spent five years as AIG’s Chief Risk Officer. Before joining AIG, Sid was a partner in the finance and risk practice at Oliver Wyman Financial Services.

Dawn Phillipson

Arhaus [CLEVELAND] announced that Mark Thompson has been named President & COO of the company.  Dawn Phillipson, formerly the Senior Vice President of Finance for the company, replacing Thompson as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Phillipson joined Arhaus in 2016. In her prior role at Arhaus, Dawn oversaw Financial Planning & Analysis, Budgeting, Operational Finance, Accounting/Audit, Tax, and Fraud Prevention.

Copper [SAN FRANCISCO] recently promoted M.G. Thibaut from senior vice president of finance and operations to CFO. Thibaut joined Copper in July 2017, with experience from companies ranging from Ruby Ribbon, Strava and Revision 3. She also worked within Yahoo!’s business operations and strategy departments for six years.

Chaparral Energy, Inc. [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NYSE: CHAP) announced that Joseph O. Evans, its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, has elected to retire from the Company effective March 15, 2019, following 14 years of service as Chief Financial Officer. Scott Pittman will be joining Chaparral effective February 28, 2019, and will be appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company effective March 16, 2019. Most recently, Mr. Pittman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ursa Resources and the Chief Financial Officer of Aethon Energy Management. He has also served as Vice President-Finance at Cobalt International Energy, and as a Vice President in commercial and investment banking at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. for nine years.

Niche Exports [SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.] announced the appointment of Paul DeFries as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Niche Exports, DeFries owned and operated a diverse portfolio of Indonesian assets with direct experience in transshipping bulk products to clients in China and India. DeFries was also the Trading Head of Dry Bulk at JPMorgan in Singapore responsible for developing the bank’s physical presence throughout Asia and served as Group Head of Risk and Head of Macro Training at Noble.

Karen Biondolillo

The High Companies [LANCASTER, Pa.] announced that Karen Biondolillo has been named chief financial officer. Biondolillo succeeds Mike Van Belle, who has been CFO since 2005 and recently announced his retirement. Biondolillo joined High in 2006. In her most recent position, she was vice president and controller of High Industries Inc., which includes affiliates High Steel Structures LLC, High Concrete Group LLC, High Steel Service Center LLC, High Transit LLC, High Structural Erectors LLC, High Construction Company, and Greenfield Architects Ltd. Previously she served as vice president and controller of High Real Estate Group LLC and its affiliates High Associates Ltd., High Hotels, Ltd., and High Environmental Safety & Consulting Ltd.

National American University Holdings, Inc. [RAPID CITY, S.D.] (OTCQB: NAUH) announced that it has appointed Thomas Bickart as Chief Financial Officer following the resignation of David Heflin earlier this month. Most recently, Bickart assisted EdisonLearning, Inc.  restructure its operations and position the organization for new market growth.  Mr. Bickart previously served as CFO at TCI College of Technology from 2013 to 2016.  From 2008 through 2013, he was CFO at Neumont University.

Cengage [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Bob Munro as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1. Munro has spent the last four years as the Chief Financial Officer at Callcredit Information Group.  Previously, he held multiple senior finance roles at RELX (formerly Reed Elsevier PLC), including CFO of Elsevier Health Sciences, Director of Business Performance, Director of Business Control and Group Chief Accountant.  Munro replaces Interim CFO Rebecca McNamara.

Smith [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Sean Evans to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Sean previously served as interim CFO of Smith since early 2018. Before he stepped into his interim CFO role, Sean served as Smith’s Vice President of Credit & Finance and Director of Credit.

Kristina Salen

Moda Operandi [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kristina Salen as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kristina served as CFO and COO of UnitedMasters. Prior to that Kristina served as CFO of Etsy. Before Etsy, Kristina held positions with Fidelity, Oppenheimer Capital, Merril Lynch, and Lazard Freres. Kristina sits on the Board of Directors for both SiriusXM and Cornerstone OnDemand.

Unity Technologies [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Kim Jabal as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jabal joins Unity from Weebly where she served as CFO, responsible for selling the company to Square in May 2018. Previous to Weebly, Jabal was the CFO at Path, Inc., and held senior leadership positions at Lytro, Inc. and Google. Jabal is a current Board of Directors member for FedEx and SVB Financial Group.

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: PB) announced the retirement of David Hollaway, Chief Financial Officer of Prosperity Bancshares and Prosperity Bank effective April 1, 2019. Mr. Hollaway served as CFO since joining the Bank in 1992.  Following his retirement as CFO, Mr. Hollaway plans to continue to work with the Bank in a reduced capacity for at least two years.

Regional Management Corp. [GREENVILLE, S.C.] (NYSE: RM) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Donald E. Thomas is retiring from Regional, pending the appointment of a new CFO.

NuZee, Inc. [VISTA, Calif.] (OTCQB: NUZE) announced the appointment of Shanoop Kothari as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kothari joins NuZee from B. Riley FBR, where he was Senior Managing Director and Head of E&P investment banking.  Prior to that, he was CFO of Endicott Biofuels and its subsidiary, Sabine Biofuels and spent seven years at Credit Suisse in the energy investment banking group.  Mr. Kothari also held positions of increasing responsibility, including Interim CFO, at BindView Development prior its acquisition by Symantec Corporation in 2005.

SilverSun Technologies, Inc. [EAST HANOVER, NJ] (NASDAQ: SSNT) announced the appointment of Christine Dye as Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Dye will also serve as CFO of SWK Technologies, Inc., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary. Crandall Melvin, who has served as the Company’s CFO since 2015, and has also served as CFO of SWK Technologies since 2007, is retiring. Dye was CFO of Send Word Now, Inc., and later was CFO at On-Net Surveillance Systems. In addition, she was previously Finance Director at Citrix Systems, Inc.

CBB Bancorp, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTCQB: CBBI), the parent company of Commonwealth Business Bank, announced that J. Duncan Smith has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests.

Global Employment Solutions and Fahrenheit IT [DENVER] announced Klaus Geiser has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the Company, Geiser was Global CFO with Pontoon Solutions from 2015 to 2018 and Pontoon’s Financial Controller for the Americas region from 2013 to 2015. Pontoon is a global brand of The Adecco Group. Before his relocation to the U.S. in 2012, Geiser spent more than seven years at Adecco’s Corporate Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

RainFocus [LEHI, Utah] announced the hiring of Michael Olson as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining RainFocus, Olson served as CFO for DigiCert and WorkFront.

Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KDMN) announced the appointment of Steven Meehan as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Meehan has served as a member of the Board of Directors at Kadmon since 2017 and will step down as a member of the Board at Kadmon as he assumes his appointment as CFO. Meehan previously served as a partner in the Healthcare Group of Moelis & Company. Prior to Moelis, Mr. Meehan was Head of Life Sciences within the Global Healthcare Group in the New York office of UBS Investment Bank (UBS). During his tenure at UBS, Mr. Meehan was Chief Executive Officer of UBS Russia and the former Soviet Union. During his investment banking career, Mr. Meehan also held senior roles in M&A, leveraged finance and capital markets at Salomon Smith Barney, NatWest Securities and Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: CLF) announced that Keith A. Koci has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Koci replaces Timothy K. Flanagan, who will be leaving the company. Koci joins Cliffs from Metals USA Holdings Corp., where he served most recently as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that role, Mr. Koci served as Metals USA’s Senior Vice President, Business Development from 2006 to 2013; its Vice President, Corporate Controller from 2004 to 2005; its Director of Budgeting from 2003 to 2004; and its Regional Controller of the Flat Rolled Group from 1998 to 2003.

Peter White

SixAxis [ANDREWS, S.C.] announced the appointment of Peter White to the role of Chief Financial Officer. White most recently served as global controller for 17 companies in his role at Apergy, formerly known as Dover Artificial Lift.

bluebird bio, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: BLUE) announced Chip Baird joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Baird joins bluebird from Amicus Therapeutics, Inc., where he was the CFO for the past seven years. Prior to Amicus, Mr. Baird spent 10 years as CFO of PTC Therapeutics. Previously, Mr. Baird worked in the life science practice at L.E.K. Consulting, and began his career at First Union National Bank in corporate debt underwriting. Baird currently serves as a director of Axcella Health.

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [NEW HAVEN, Conn.] (NASDAQ: ACHN) announced the appointment of Brian Di Donato to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Di Donato previously held positions as Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager at Sorin Capital Management and President and Chief Investment Officer at Capmark Investments. He previously worked in fixed-income capital markets as an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley and Vice President at UBS Securities.

Eugene Ostrovsky

Meritize [FRISCO, Texas] announced the appointment of Eugene Ostrovsky as the company’s new chief financial officer. Meritize co-founder and former CFO Phillip Stegner will take on the newly created role of chief operations officer. Prior to joining Meritize, Ostrovsky most recently served as head of capital markets for Cross River Bank  and Laurel Road (formerly DRB). He also spent several years at Morgan Stanley as a vice president with a focus on student loan asset-backed issuance, following a period at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Keweenaw Land Association, Limited [IRONWOOD, Mich.] (OTC US: KEWL) announced that Claudio Nicoletta has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nicoletta comes to Keweenaw from Boston Scientific Corporation, where he spent the last six years as a Finance Director – Global Operations, in the American Medical Systems Business Unit.  Mr. Nicoletta previously worked for United Health Group, Medtronic, Tennant Company and Steelcase, Inc.

James Hopwood

Adeptus Health [IRVING, Texas] announced that James Hopwood has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer. Hopwood officially joined Adeptus on October 15, 2018. Since 2014, Hopwood has been serving as Chief Financial Officer of Promise Healthcare Group, LLC. Prior to joining Promise, he served as a Managing Director at Focus Management Group. Previously, he served as CFO of Wickes Lumber Company. He began his career as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co.

CFO Moves – week ending February 1, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Symantec Corp. Snap Inc. Norsk Titanium
Snow Software NN, Inc. Two Harbors Investment Corp.
International Youth Foundation MomentFeed VMG Partners
FICO Alula Sunworks, Inc.
Covalent Collective, Inc. GlobalLogic Inc. 888VoIP
DreamBox Learning PCF Insurance Services Horizon Global Corporation
Old Pal Sanmina Corporation Armor Express
Reading International, Inc. Citizens, Inc. USA Technologies, Inc.
Constellation Advisers, LLC Bantek, Inc. Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.

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Symantec Corp. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SYMC) announced that Nicholas Noviello will be stepping down from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in the coming months to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Noviello will continue as CFO until a successor is appointed and will assist in a smooth transition.

Snap Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NYSE: SNAP) announced the appointment of Lara Sweet, Snap’s current Chief Accounting Officer, as interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer. Ms. Sweet’s appointment follows the previously announced departure of Chief Financial Officer Tim Stone, which is planned for February 5, 2019. Sweet joined Snap in 2016 and served in multiple roles in Snap’s finance organization, including Chief Accounting Officer and VP Controller. Prior to joining Snap, Ms. Sweet served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at AOL. She has also held the positions of Senior Director, External Reporting at Freddie Mac and Senior Manager, Internal Audit at Marriott International.

Norsk Titanium [PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.] announced that Stephen L. Littauer has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. After serving as CFO for over three years, Bart van Aalst will return to his position as a member of the Norsk Board of Directors. Littauer most recently served as CFO for Ten Cate Advanced Composites and AIP Aerospace. Prior to his positions as a corporate officer, he spent 17 years as a senior-level financial executive with Eaton Corporation and GE Aviation. Littauer began his career progressing through increasingly responsible finance and contracts management roles at Rockwell and Thiokol.

James Denena

Snow Software [STOCKHOLM & AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of James Denena as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Denena was Vice President of Global Finance & Corporate Development for PROS. He also served more than a decade at Applied Materials in various senior finance, business development, and M&A roles.

NN, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: NNBR) announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas C. Burwell will be departing from the company.

Two Harbors Investment Corp. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TWO) announced the appointment of Mary Riskey as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. The appointment of Ms. Riskey as Chief Financial Officer became effective following the previously announced resignation of Brad Farrell. Ms. Riskey joined Two Harbors in 2011 and has most recently served in the role of Vice President, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, since October 2018.

Yvonna Stevens

International Youth Foundation (IYF) [Baltimore, MD] appointed Yvonna Stevens as their new Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Finance, Administration, and Information Technology. She previously served as IYF’s Director, International Finance and Administration from 2007 to 2018. Prior to this and since joining IYF in 2001, she worked in a variety of roles diversifying her financial and project experience including Project Finance Officer and Assistant Controller.

MomentFeed [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced that Ed Shaughnessy has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining MomentFeed, Shaughnessy was CFO at LogicMonitor. He also spent more than a decade at Intel Corporation in core finance operational positions. In addition to serving as Director, Strategic Business Development in the Software and Solutions Group, Shaughnessy was Mergers & Acquisitions Finance Controller for Intel Capital, playing a key leadership role in Intel’s purchase of McAfee in 2010.

VMG Partners [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Angad Hira has been promoted from his previous role as Vice President to Chief Financial Officer at VMG Partners. Hira will remain on the Board of Directors for VMG portfolio brand, Lily’s Sweets. Prior to joining VMG in 2010, Mr. Hira was an investment banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions group of UBS Investment Bank.

FICO [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NYSE: FICO) announced that Mike Pung, CFO, has announced that he intends to retire from the company December 31, 2019. Pung will remain CFO until a successor is named and will facilitate a smooth transition.

Gregg Waldon

Alula [ST. PAUL, MINN.] announced that Gregg Waldon has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Waldon comes to Alula from Kareo. Before joining Kareo, Waldon served as the CFO at RedBrick Health. He also served a CFO at SoftBrands. Waldon also served for seven years as CFO at Stellent, that was acquired by Oracle. He also served as CFO at GalaGen.

Sunworks, Inc. [ROSEVILLE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SUNW) announced that Phil Radmilovic, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer will resign to pursue other career opportunities. Mr. Radmilovic will continue in his role until February 22, 2019 to ensure an orderly transition of his responsibilities. Sunworks has appointed Paul McDonnel, its Treasurer and CFO from September 2016 – June 2018, to serve as interim CFO until a successor is identified.

Covalent Collective, Inc. [Colorado Springs, Colorado] announced that the Company added Anthony Engel as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Covalent Collective, Mr. Engel served as CFO at Agrium. In addition to his experience at Agrium, Mr. Engel also previously served as Corporate Accounting Manager at Molson Coors.

Scott Brubaker

GlobalLogic Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Scott Brubaker has joined as chief financial officer. Brubaker joins GlobalLogic from TPG Global, where he was an operating partner and managing director for the company’s credit arm. He began his career at accounting firm Arthur Andersen, and spent over ten years at Alvarez & Marsal.

888VoIP [BUFFALO, N.Y.] announced that Peter Crage will assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was Chief Financial Officer for Diamond Resorts. Crage’s previous positions include Chief Financial Officer for Seaworld Entertainment Inc. Additionally, Crage also headed the financial team of Extended Stay America Inc. as the CFO and held the position of EVP and CFO for the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.

DreamBox Learning [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced that Lance Ludman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ludman served as CFO of the Enterprise Markets Group for Blackbaud.

PCF Insurance Services [WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.] announced that Dani Goldsmith has joined the Company as its Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer.  Dani will also serve as a Director on PCF’s Board of Directors. Dani is the former Chief Financial Officer of HUB International.  Dani has held leadership positions with Tenneco, Borg Warner, Owens Corning as well as numerous private equity-sponsored transactions.

Horizon Global Corporation [TROY, Mich.] (NYSE: HZN) announced that Barry Steele has been named the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective February 18, 2019. Steele will be joining Horizon Global from his role as Chief Financial Officer at Gentherm Incorporated. Prior to joining Horizon Global and in addition to Steele’s CFO role at Gentherm Incorporated, he also served in a number of financial roles, including the role of Chief Financial Officer, at Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC. Brian Whittman, a Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC, who has been serving as interim CFO for Horizon Global since November 9, 2018, will continue to serve in that capacity until Steele joins the Company. After stepping down as interim CFO, Whittman will hold the title of Vice President, Finance through the filing of Horizon Global’s 10-K.

Joe Franciskovich

Joe Franciskovich, Chief Financial Officer

Old Pal [LOS ANGELES] appointed Joe Franciskovich as Chief Financial Officer. Franciskovich joins from Live Nation Entertainment where he served as Deputy CFO to Live Nation’s ticketing business, Ticketmaster. Prior to joining Ticketmaster, Joe was a director and investment lead for Steel Partners, LP. Prior to Steel, Franciskovich’s professional experience includes private equity roles with Platinum Equity, investment-banking roles with Citigroup, and five years active duty as an officer in the US Air Force.

Sanmina Corporation [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SANM) announced that Chief Financial Officer, David Anderson, plans to retire from his role to spend more time with his family.  Anderson’s career with the company spans 17 years.  David joined Sanmina in 2002 and has held various financial positions becoming CFO in 2017. To ensure a smooth transition, Anderson will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer until a successor is named, and then will move to an advisory role until March 27, 2020.

Armor Express [CENTRAL LAKE, Mich.] announced the appointment of Thomas (Tom) Thebes, Jr. as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Armor Express, his most recent roles were that of CFO and VP of Finance at Domo Tactical Communications (DTC). Before that, he served as EVP of Operations, General Manager, CFO and VP of Finance at Chemring (Niitek, 3rd Radar, Chemring Detection Systems). Tom also served as CFO and VP of Finance at Protected Vehicles, Inc. and Force Protection, Inc. Earlier in his career, he held various positions including Finance Manager, Controller and Director of Finance, at Spectrum Group, Insilco Technologies, KPMG Peat Marwick, Exide Electronics, and Owens-Corning Fiberglas.

Reading International, Inc. [CULVER CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RDI) announced that Devasis “Dev” Ghose has retired from the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Gilbert Avanes, Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Avanes joined Reading in 2007 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility on the Company’s finance team, including: Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis; Director of Financial Planning and Analysis; Senior Finance Manager; and his current position of Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining Reading, Mr. Avanes served in various finance and accounting roles over the course of a decade at Toronto-Dominion Bank Financial Group.

Citizens, Inc. [Austin, Texas] announced that Kay E. Osbourn will transition to the role of Head of Financial Reporting and step aside as Citizens’ Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, effective upon the Company’s appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer. Since joining the Company in 2008, Mrs. Osbourn has served in several different management roles including Chief Investment Officer, President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, and Vice President, Internal Audit. Mrs. Osbourn, served as Citizens’ Chief Financial Officer from 2009 through 2015 and then assumed the Chief Financial Officer role again in 2017. From 2015 to 2017, Mrs. Osbourn was the Company’s President.

USA Technologies, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NASDAQ: USAT) announced that Glen Goold has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Goold has served as a consultant to USA Technologies since October 2018. Goold served as Chief Financial Officer at Sutron Corporation from 2014 to 2018. Mr. Goold had previously served as the assistant Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance, and then as interim Chief Financial Officer for Sutron Corporation. Prior to that, he spent seven years at The Carlyle Group, where he served as Associate Vice President of Fund Management. Former Chief Financial Officer, Priyanka Singh, stepped down, effective January 7, 2019.

Constellation Advisers, LLC [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Michael Sabatell as its Corporate Chief Financial Officer and Director of Financial and Regulatory Reporting. Sabatell joins Constellation after having spent nearly a decade at Fortress Investment Group where he last was Vice President and Controller. Prior to Fortress, Mr. Sabatell served as a Vice President and Management Company Controller for a global multi-strat hedge fund.

Bantek, Inc. [PINE BROOK, N.J.] (OTCPINK: DRUS) announced that it has selected Jeffrey L. Garon to be its new CFO and to join its board of directors. Jeff held senior positions in the following companies: Mota Group, CVA Partners, Etelos, Kaufman Bros., Tripath Technology, Silicon Storage Technology, Monster Cable Products, Oracle, Ashton-Tate, and Teledyne Microelectronics.

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. [WAKEFIELD, Mass.] (CSE: CURA, OTCBB: CURLF) announced that Neil Davidson was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Davidson most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Deluxe Entertainment Services Group. Prior to that, he spent nine years at Bally Technologies, Inc. where he rose through the ranks to become its Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves – week ending January 25, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Alfresco Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
PTC NextEra Energy, Inc. Vanguard Charitable
Big Blue Swim School Cabaletta Bio, Inc. Dash Financial Technologies
Craig Hospital Parkway Acquisition Corp. Intelligent Systems Corporation
AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Vanderbilt Financial Group OpenX
Biocoat, Inc. TechCare Corp. Mace Security International, Inc.
Apollomics, Inc. Innovex Downhole Solutions

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Steve Buonaiuto

Alfresco [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Steve Buonaiuto as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Buonaiuto was most recently CFO of Digital Guardian. Before Digital Guardian, Buonaiuto served as CFO and Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Sparta Systems. Prior to Sparta Systems, Steve held several leadership roles at CA Technologies, including senior vice president of product development and marketing operations, CFO of EMEA, and CFO of global services. Steve also worked at Oracle as their VP of North America consulting operations. Buonaiuto succeeds Carlton Baab, who was CFO from May 2013 to January 2019.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] (NYSE: AMRX) announced that it has appointed Todd P. Branning as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Branning succeeds Bryan Reasons, who will remain with the company through the end of February 2019. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, for Teva Pharmaceuticals’ Global Generic Medicines division. Prior to joining Teva in 2016, he served as Vice President, Finance, for Allergan plc. Mr. Branning has also served in financial leadership roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, PPG Industries, Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: VRTX) announced that Ian Smith has been terminated as Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Paul Silva, Senior Vice President and the Company’s Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 2008, has been appointed interim CFO.

PTC [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: PTC) announced that Andrew Miller, executive vice president and chief financial officer, plans to retire in Fiscal 2019. To ensure an orderly transition, Miller, who joined PTC four-years ago, will remain in his current role until a successor is in place.

NextEra Energy, Inc. [JUNO BEACH, Fla.] (NYSE: NEE) announced that Rebecca Kujawa, currently vice president, business management, NextEra Energy Resources, will succeed John Ketchum as executive vice president and CFO of NextEra Energy. Kujawa joined NextEra Energy in February 2007 and has held a number of key roles throughout the enterprise, serving as vice president of business management for the Midwest and international region for NextEra Energy Resources and, prior to that, serving as director of investor relations for NextEra Energy. Prior to joining the company, Kujawa worked as senior vice president, research, for Stanford Group Company and senior equity analyst for Avalon Research Group. She started her career as an equity derivatives sales trader for Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York. Kujawa will also become a member of the board of directors of NextEra Energy Partners. This appointment will be effective March 1, 2019.

Vanguard Charitable [MALVERN, Pa.] announced that Mark Froehlich joined the organization as chief financial officer (CFO). Mark is joining Vanguard Charitable after serving in the same role at The Philadelphia Foundation. Previously, Mark managed the accounting and financial reporting functions for William Penn Foundation.

Big Blue Swim School [CHICAGO] named Kevin Bostick as CFO. Bostick is formerly of 365 Data Centers, 365 Parent, LLC, JP Morgan and KPMG.

Cabaletta Bio, Inc. [RADNOR, Pa.] appointed Anup Marda as Chief Financial Officer. Marda was most recently Vice President and Head of Global Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Previously, Mr. Marda spent four years in leadership roles supporting R&D. He was also head of Finance, R&D Portfolio Management, World-wide Commercial and Global Medical. Mr. Marda was also the Assistant Treasurer, Head of Capital Markets as well as Executive Director, Finance of the U.S. Immunoscience business.

Scott Patrick

Dash Financial Technologies [New York] announced the addition of Scott Patrick as Chief Financial Officer. Patrick joins Dash from Brunswick Group, where he served as a Partner, specializing in M&A transactions, IPOs and investor relations matters. Prior to Brunswick, Mr. Patrick was a Managing Director in the Financial Technology Group at investment bank GCA Advisors, and before that he spent over 10 years at Evercore Partners, most recently serving as Head of Payments Investment Banking. He began his career at Morgan Stanley, where he worked for over 12 years, including in roles in M&A and as the firm’s lead equity research analyst covering the Financial Technology industry.

Craig Hospital [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] announced that it has appointed Daniel Frank as its new Chief Financial Officer. Dan will be replacing Julie Keegan, who is retiring in March after serving Craig for the past 13 years as CFO. Dan’s most recent position was CFO of Centura Health’s Longmont United Hospital. Previous to his role at Longmont United Hospital, Dan served as the Director of Accounting and Reimbursement for Exempla Healthcare in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Parkway Acquisition Corp. [FLOYD, Va.] (OTCQX: PKKW), the parent company of Skyline National Bank, announced that Lori Vaught has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Skyline National Bank and Parkway Acquisition Corp. Lori has been with the bank since 2002 – most recently serving as Controller. Ms. Vaught’s promotion follows Blake Edward‘s appointment as President & CEO of Skyline on January 1.

Intelligent Systems Corporation [NORCROSS, Ga.] (NYSE American: INS) announced that Karen Reynolds, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Corporate Secretary, plans to depart the company to explore leadership opportunities outside of Intelligent Systems. The board has elevated Matt White to the position of Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Corporate Secretary. Matt is currently serving as VP Finance and CFO of CoreCard Software, the main operating subsidiary of Intelligent Systems and he will continue to serve in that role. Prior to joining CoreCard Software Matt held various accounting and financial reporting positions at Humana and, most recently, Equifax.

AmeriGas Propane, Inc. [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.], the general partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APU), has named Ann P. Kelly to the position of Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 11, 2019. Ms. Kelly will succeed Ted J. Jastrzebski, who, as previously announced, has been serving as the principal financial officer of AmeriGas on an interim basis. Mr. Jastrzebski will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer of UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI), the parent of the General Partner. Since March 2018, Ms. Kelly has served as UGI Corporation’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. She also served as UGI Corporation’s Assistant Treasurer from 2016 to 2018. Ms. Kelly joined UGI Utilities, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGI Corporation, in 2014, where she served as its Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining the organization, Ms. Kelly held the position of Chief Financial Officer of JGM, Inc., and served as Senior Vice President – Finance for Preferred Sands. She also held roles of increasing responsibility in finance and accounting at Exelon Generation, PECO, Radnor Holdings, Price Waterhouse and Dean Witter.

Vanderbilt Financial Group [WOODBURY, N.Y.] announced the promotion of Megan Plapp to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Megan has been a member of the Vanderbilt team since 2017. Prior to joining Vanderbilt, Megan worked in the Finance and Accounting departments at Peyser & Alexander Management, Gersh Management Services, and West Hills Day Camp, and was a small business owner for seven years in Patchogue, NY.

OpenX [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Rob Leff as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.  Leff has spent the majority of the last decade as the CFO of Fandango.

Steven Bell

Biocoat, Inc. [HORSHAM, Pa.] announced that Steven Bell has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). For the past several years, Steve has acted as a consultant providing outsourced CFO services for various middle market companies. Prior to launching his consulting practice, and for the majority of his professional career, Steve has held senior executive positions as a chief financial officer for middle market, public and privately held companies, including ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, CareScience and The MRC Group.

TechCare Corp. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: TECR) announced that it appointed Tali Dinar, as its new Chief Financial Officer. Before joining TechCare, Dinar served as Chief Financial Officer of MICT Inc., Enertec Systems (2001) Ltd. and Micronet Ltd.

Mace Security International, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (OTCQX: MACE) named Mark Barrus as Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer. Barrus held leadership roles at Covia Holdings Corp., a publicly traded company (CVIA, formerly FMSA), NACCO Industries (NC), and KPMG LLP.

Apollomics, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif. and HANGZHOU, China] announced the appointment of Wilson W. Cheung as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Apollomics, Mr. Cheung was CFO of KBP BioSciences, and an Independent Director of SciClone Pharmaceuticals International Limited. Previously, he served in various positions at Velti plc. Prior to Velti, Mr. Cheung served as CFO at AXT, Inc.

Innovex Downhole Solutions [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Kendal Reed as Chief Financial Officer. Kendal previously served as Vice President at Intervale Capital.

CFO Moves – week ending January 18, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation SJI Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.
Harte Hanks Astreya Avalon Healthcare Solutions
Custom Molded Products WellPet, LLC Suffolk
AxiomSL The Dow Hotel Company Digi International® Inc.
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. RedAwning Group Gravie
RLH Corporation National Partners in Healthcare InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp.
Purple Innovation, Inc. Chart Industries, Inc. Digirad Corporation
Associated Capital Group, Inc. United Site Services A. O. Smith Corporation
Nobilis Health Corp. The&Partnership ProPhase Labs, Inc.
Affinity Gaming DenMat Holdings, LLC Loyola Medicine
Chia Network Huntington Hospital

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Alan Haughie

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: LPX) announced that Alan Haughie has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Haughie succeeds Mike Kinney, who has served as interim CFO since July 2018. Kinney will return to his role as Treasurer and Investor Relations Director. Haughie most recently served as Senior Vice President and CFO of ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. from 2013 to 2017. He joined ServiceMaster after spending 19 years with Federal-Mogul Corp., where he held a number of positions, including Senior Vice President and CFO; Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer; Director of Financial Planning and Analysis; and various financial planning and analysis roles in Federal-Mogul’s European aftermarket business.

SJI [FOLSOM, N.J.] (NYSE: SJI) announced that Cielo Hernandez joined SJI in the role of senior vice president and chief financial officer. Hernandez joins SJI from A.P. Moeller Maersk Line A/S where she served as vice president and chief financial officer for the region of North America.

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. [BROOKLYN, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: DCOM) announced that Avinash “Avi” Reddy was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company and its subsidiary, Dime Community Bank. Mr. Reddy previously served as Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Treasurer at the Company, beginning in 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Reddy held several investment banking roles with firms including Evercore Partners, Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers.

Mark Del Priore

Harte Hanks [NEW YORK] (NYSE: HHS) announced the appointment of Mark Del Priore as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Del Priore succeeds Jon Biro, who decided to step down from the role and has agreed to remain with the company through February 28, 2019, to help facilitate a smooth transition. Mr. Del Priore joined Harte Hanks in November 2018 as its Chief Restructuring Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Del Priore was Chief Financial Officer at SITO Mobile. From 1999 to 2013, Mr. Del Priore served as a Principal at W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C., where he evaluated and oversaw a number of W.R. Huff’s public and private investments.

Astreya [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Andrea Bendzick to Chief Financial Officer. Bendzick was most recently held the position of Senior Vice President of Global Delivery Operations at NTT DATA Services.

Avalon Healthcare Solutions [TAMPA, Fla.] announced the appointment of John Adams as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Adams served as the CFO of Alignment Healthcare. Prior to Alignment, Adams served as the CFO at Accumen.  Other leadership roles held by Adams include EVP & COO at Acxiom; EVP, Business Solutions at Eclipsys; and CFO at AT&T Business Services.  Adams worked in various financial and operational roles for 15 years with EDS in his early career.

Joseph Giordano

Custom Molded Products (“CMP”) [NEWNAN, GA.] announced the appointment of Joseph Giordano as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Giordano assumes the role of CFO from David Brooks, Interim CFO from Tenex Capital Management, investment partner to CMP. Giordano most recently served as CFO at Wencor Group. Prior to Wencor, Giordano was CFO and Treasurer for Drew Industries Incorporated. He began his career at some of the largest accounting firms including KPMG and Deloitte.

WellPet, LLC [TEWKSBURY, Mass.] announced that Bill McDonald has been elevated to the role of Chief Financial Officer. McDonald has been with WellPet for nearly a decade and previously served as Senior Director of Financial Planning and Business Development. His deep roots in finance also include management and financial planning roles for consumer brands and accounting roles for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Suffolk [BOSTON] announced it has hired former GE Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis Puneet Mahajan as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to this position at GE, Mr. Mahajan served as GE’s Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer of GE India, Chief Financial Officer of GE Capital Asia and Chief Financial Officer of GE Consumer Finance Japan.

David Weber

AxiomSL [NEW YORK & LONDON & SINGAPORE & MEDELLIN, Colombia] announced the appointment of David Weber as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Weber joins AxiomSL from Charles River Development (CRD), where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2006. Prior to CRD, Mr. Weber held various roles at Sybase Inc., including Vice President of Worldwide and International Field Operations Finance; Senior Director of Professional Services; and Director of Operations. He was the Chief Financial Officer at Context Integration. Weber succeeds Eyal Amsalem, who has served as AxiomSL’s Chief Financial Officer since 2008. Mr. Amsalem will remain at AxiomSL as its Chief Administrative Officer.

The Dow Hotel Company [SEATTLE] promoted Steve Griffin to executive vice-president & chief financial officer. Griffin most recently was senior vice-president of finance. Prior to joining The Dow Hotel Company, he was chief financial officer for WineBid.com. He also held the same position with Tully’s Coffee Company.

Digi International Inc. [MINNETONKA, Minn.] (NASDAQ: DGII) announced that Gokul Hemmady, the company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, gave notice of his intention to resign effective on or about February 5, 2019. Mr. Hemmady is leaving the company to pursue an opportunity at a start-up business based in Silicon Valley in an emerging industry. The company has appointed Brian Ballenger to serve in the additional roles of Interim Treasurer and acting principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective upon Mr. Hemmady’s departure.

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NASDAQ: BDSI) announced the appointment of Terry Coelho as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ms. Coelho served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Balchem Corporation.  Previously, she served as Chief Operating Office for Diversey, Inc. and held senior finance positions at Diversey Care from 2014 through 2017.  Ms. Coelho has also served in senior finance leadership roles at Novartis from 2007 to 2014.  Ms. Coelho succeeds Ernie De Paolantonio who is retiring from the Company as previously announced.

Josh Baird

RedAwning Group [EMERYVILLE, CALIF.] announced the appointment of Josh Baird as Chief Financial Officer. Baird is the former Vice President of Asset Management at KHP Capital Partners. He is also the former Vice President of Asset Management at Kimpton Hotels and Restaurant chain where he worked for 12 years. Baird is taking over for John Wade, RedAwning CFO since 2010, who is retiring.

Gravie [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Charles Marentette has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Gravie, Marentette served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Walser Automotive Group in Minneapolis. Additionally, he has significant senior executive experience at Ceridian and Best Buy.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced the appointment of Julie Shiflett as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Ms. Shiflett returns to RLH after having been its Chief Financial Officer from 2010 to December 2014. As Principal of NorthWest CFO, an outsourced financial expert consultancy, Ms. Shiflett spent numerous years since December 2014 working with RLH Corporation as a financial consultant. In addition to her history with RLH, Julie serves on the Board of Directors of Northwest Farm Credit Services. Ms. Shiflett began her professional career at with Coopers & Lybrand in 1986 and has held high level financial positions in a variety of industries.  In addition to her tenure as CFO of Red Lion, Ms. Shiflett was CFO of Signature Genomic Laboratories (acquired by Perkin Elmer) from 2009 to 2010, VP of Finance and Administration of Columbia Paint and Coatings, Co. (which was acquired by Sherwin Williams) from 2006 to 2009, and CFO of Riley Creek Lumber Company from 2001 to 2006.

National Partners in Healthcare (NPH) [RICHARDSON, Texas] announced that David Hagey, has joined the leadership team as the Chief Financial Officer.  Hagey comes to NPH from Epic Health Services, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2018.  In March 2018, Epic was merged PSA, also a provider of pediatric home care, and Hagey continued as the Chief Financial Officer of the combined organization until joining NPH. Prior to joining Epic, he served as President and Chief Financial Officer of IntegraCare; Chief Financial Officer of Accuro Healthcare Solutions, and as Vice President and Controller of U.S. Operations for United Surgical Partners.

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: NVIV) announced the appointment of Richard Christopher as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining InVivo, Mr. Christopher was the Chief Financial Officer of iCAD, Inc. Prior to iCAD, Inc., Mr. Christopher was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. Prior to Caliber, Mr. Christopher held various positions of increasing responsibility at DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he ultimately served as Chief Financial Officer through its acquisition and integration into Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

Purple Innovation, Inc. [ALPINE, Utah] (NASDAQ: PRPL) announced that Mark Watkins plans to step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer for personal reasons effective March 15, 2019, after filing the Company’s form 10-K.

Jeffrey R. Lass

Chart Industries, Inc. [ATLANTA, Ga.] (NASDAQ: GTLS) announced that Jeffrey R. Lass has joined as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Lass joins Chart after serving as Vice President of Finance & Operations and Chief Financial Officer of CognitiveScale.  Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dover Fueling Solutions from December 2016 to May 2018, and previously served in various executive roles for Wayne Fueling Systems (both as part of its ownership by General Electric and Riverstone Holdings after its separation from General Electric in 2014) from February 2011 through December 2016.  Lass also previously held Finance roles at Dresser, Inc., Pavilion Technologies, Trilogy Software, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc. and Pricewaterhouse LLP.

Digirad Corporation [SUWANEE, Ga.] (NASDAQ: DRAD) announced that David Noble, Digirad’s current Chief Operating Officer, assumed the additional role of Interim Chief Financial Officer of Digirad. Prior to joining Digirad as Chief Operating Officer in September 2018,  Immediately prior to being appointed Chief Operating Officer of Digirad, Mr. Noble was the Managing Member of Noble Point LLC from October 2017 to August 2018.  Between 2005 and 2017, Mr. Noble served in various capacities at HSBC, including over a decade as Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets (ECM) for the Americas.  Prior to joining HSBC, Mr. Noble served in various capacities at Lehman Brothers between 1997 and 2005, including as Senior Vice President, Equity Capital Markets.

Associated Capital Group, Inc. [RYE, N.Y.] (NYSE: AC) announced that Francis J. Conroy, Interim Chief Financial Officer, has indicated that he will be returning to GGCP, the privately-held parent of AC, as special assistant to the CEO effective April 1 following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-K.

United Site Services [WESTBOROUGH, Mass.] announced the appointment of Scott Jamroz as CFO. Jamroz held the CFO role at BlueLine Rental.

Charles T. Lauber

A. O. Smith Corporation [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: AOS) announced the retirement of John J. Kita and the appointment of Charles T. Lauber as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2019. Lauber has been with the company for 19 years and most recently was SVP of Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to joining A. O. Smith as director of audit and tax in 1999, Lauber held a number of audit and management roles as a senior manager at Ernst & Young LLP.

Nobilis Health Corp. [HOUSTON] (NYSE American: HLTH) announced it has named current SVP of Finance, Brandon Moreno, as the Company’s CFO.Mr. Moreno has 11 years of healthcare financial management experience across the Texas market.  He has been with Nobilis for over 4 years, assisting with the Company’s progression within the finance, accounting and revenue cycle departments.

The&Partnership [NEW YORK] announced it has named Chad Gilchrist as its new CFO, North America. Gilchrist comes to The&Partnership with over 20 years of experience in marketing and advertising, most recently serving as global CFO for Group SJR. Earlier, he held prominent roles at J. Walter Thompson, DraftFCB and Modern Media.

ProPhase Labs, Inc. [DOYLESTOWN, PA] (NASDAQ: PRPH) announced that Monica Brady has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Brady has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since September 2017 and previously served as the Company’s Director of Finance since 2009.

Affinity Gaming [LAS VEGAS] announced the appointment of Mary Elizabeth Higgins as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Higgins has served as the Company’s interim CFO and Chief Operating Officer since June 2018. Before joining Affinity, Higgins was instrumental in establishing VICI Properties, a REIT spinoff from Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. (CEOC), and served as its CFO. From 2014 to 2017, she was CFO of CEOC, the largest subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Earlier in her career, Ms. Higgins served as CFO at companies such as Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., Herbst Gaming, Inc., the predecessor company of Affinity Gaming, and Camco, Inc.

Tim Heher

DenMat Holdings, LLC [Lompoc, CA] announced the appointment of Timothy Heher as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Heher joins DenMat from CIRTEC Medical Systems where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2014. Prior positions include VP of Finance at Zonare Medical Systems, as well as CFO roles at both United Medical Instruments and Allocade, Inc.

Loyola Medicine [MAYWOOD, Ill.] announced that Daniel P. Isacksen, Jr. has been named regional chief financial officer, a promotion from his post as regional senior vice president of finance and assistant treasurer. Isacksen joined Loyola Medicine in 2013. He served as controller and director of finance for the Loyola University Physician Foundation, manager of finance and treasury and financial analyst for Loyola from 1996 to 2000. Isacksen’s prior positions include chief financial officer for Alexian Brothers Health System’s physician enterprise, controller for St. Alexius Medical Center and vice president of finance and controller for St. Anthony Hospital. He started his career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Chia Network [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has brought aboard Mitch Edwards to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Edwards has held top executive positions at Overstock.com, BitTorrent and a range of other leading public and private companies.

Steve Mohr

Huntington Hospital [PASADENA, Calif.] announced that Steven L. Mohr joined as senior vice president, chief financial officer. Mohr joins Huntington Hospital from Providence St. Joseph Health Los Angeles, where he served as chief financial officer since 2014. Prior to Providence St. Joseph, Mohr served as chief financial officer for Loma Linda University Medical Center. Mohr began his career as senior auditor at Ernst & Young.

CFO Moves – week ending January 11, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Rand Logistics, Inc. Armstrong Flooring, Inc. Target Corporation
UiPath Coty Inc. Cummins Inc.
Agero, Inc. Destination Maternity Corporation Angel Island Capital
Lamar Advertising Company VSBLTY Welty Building Company
Perfecta Jackson Healthcare AST
Bioasis Technologies Inc. Cyanotech Corporation Realty ONE Group
Carousel Industries Vertical Chanticleer Holdings, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. CBRE Group, Inc. Senseonics Holdings, Inc.
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. ChemioCare USA Inc. Doximity
Gongos, Inc. RealPage, Inc. Alta Mesa Resources, Inc.
Insulet Corporation NCI Building Systems, Inc. Chase Corporation
BankMobile HireVue The AZEK Company

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J.D. Kern

Rand Logistics, Inc. [Jersey City, NJ] recently hired J.D. Kern as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kern spent four years at FlexiVan, Inc. as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Among his earlier positions, Mr. Kern spent three years as a Controller at Archive Systems and four years as Corporate Controller at Amber Road. His career also includes positions at PTC Therapeutics, Sara Lee Corporation and Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Armstrong Flooring, Inc. [LANCASTER, Pa.] (NYSE: AFI) announced that Douglas B. Bingham, Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, effective January 4, 2019. Bingham succeeds Ronald D. Ford, who resigned from the Company on January 4, 2019 to pursue other interests. Bingham has served as the Company’s Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations since its separation from Armstrong World Industries, Inc., on April 1, 2016. He also managed the Company’s finance teams in China and Australia. Prior to the separation, he served as AWI’s Director, Treasury, and Risk Management since 2014, and as General Manager, Finance, Building Products Asia Pacific from 2011 to 2014. He joined AWI in 2007.

Target Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TGT) announced that Chief Financial Officer Cathy Smith will be retiring from the Company. Smith will continue in her role as Chief Financial Officer until her successor is named, and then move to an advisory role until May 2020 to ensure a smooth transition.

Marie Myers

UiPath [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Marie Myers as its chief financial officer. Myers joins UiPath from HP where she served as the global controller and executive officer. She has spent the majority of her career at HP and Compaq, holding several leadership positions including vice president finance operations, printing and PC division and chief audit executive. UiPath’s previous CFO Mihai Faur will become corporate controller and chief accounting officer.

Coty Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: COTY) announced Pierre-André Terisse has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective February 1, 2019. He spent the majority of his career at Danone, most notably as Group CFO of Danone for seven years and was General Manager of Danone’s Africa Division for three years. Pierre-André will be based in London.

Cummins Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ind.] (NYSE: CMI) announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Pat Ward is retiring after 31 years and Mark Smith is succeeding him. Both moves are effective March 31, 2019. Mark Smith most recently serving as the Vice President of Financial Operations. In addition, Smith led the Investor Relations, Business Planning and Analysis, and Capital Management functions at Cummins.

Bill Gerraughty

Agero, Inc. [MEDFORD, Mass.] announced the appointment of Bill Gerraughty as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Agero, Bill filled the CFO role at several Boston-area technology companies. Most recently, he was CFO at OnProcess Technology. Prior to that, Bill held various finance-related leadership positions at Sparta Systems, NMS Communications, Infinium Software and others. Bill began his career at PwC in Boston and is currently a board member of LiveData, Inc.

Destination Maternity Corporation [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: DEST) announced the appointment of Dave J. Helkey to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, effective January 21, 2019. Mr. Helkey brings more than 20 years of financial and operating expertise to the role, most recently serving as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Things Remembered. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer of two health care companies and worked in the finance department of Limited Brands.

Angel Island Capital [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment Robert Ryan as Chief Financial Officer. Ryan was previously Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Archview Investment Group. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Ketchem Creek Capital Management LP, Chief Financial Officer of Funds at Chilton Investment Company LLC, and spent over seven years as the Controller at Satellite Asset Management LP.

Lamar Advertising Company [BATON ROUGE, La.] (NASDAQ: LAMR) announced that Keith A. Istre, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has informed Lamar of his intent to retire from the company effective December 31, 2019, after more than 40 years of service.

VSBLTY [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Laurette J. Pitts has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining VSBLTY, she worked in the gaming and hospitality industry for 26 years. She held various senior level positions with both public and private companies.

Mary Taylor

Welty Building Company [AKRON, Ohio] announced that Mary Taylor, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Ohio, will join the company January 14 as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Her term as Lieutenant Governor ends January 13. Don Taylor, Mary’s husband of 31 years, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mary Taylor is a recognized tax and auditing expert who, prior to serving as an elected official at the local, state and executive branches of Ohio government, spent 16 years in the private sector, including 12 years with current Welty auditing firm Bober Markey Fedorovich.

Perfecta [SPRINGFIELD, Va.] announced the appointment of Paul Mamros as Chief Financial Officer. Mamros joins Perfecta from Zippy Shell where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2017. Previously, Mamros was Vice President of Finance for Career Education Foundation, and Director of Corporate Accounting, Reporting and Analysis for Verizon. Mamros began his career at Nestle Beverage.

Jackson Healthcare [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Leslie Kurtz as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kurtz was CFO at MedQuest Associates, and prior to that, she worked with multiple companies in accounting and operational finance leadership roles, including such brands as Right Management, Irwin & Browning and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Kurtz is the successor of prior Jackson Healthcare CFO Douglas Kline, who joined the company in 2005, and retired at the end of last month.

Brett D. Weinblatt

AST [NEW YORK] announced that Brett D. Weinblatt has joined as Chief Financial Officer. He was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Corporate Risk Holdings (formerly known as Altegrity). Prior to his time at Corporate Risk Holdings, during which he held multiple senior roles, Weinblatt was Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Avis Budget Group. Before that, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for multiple divisions at Alpharma.

Bioasis Technologies Inc. [GUILFORD, Conn.] (TSX-V: BTI; OTCQB: BIOAF) announced the appointment of Christine Antalik as chief financial officer. Antalik is the managing member of Founders Bridge Advisors, LLC and has served as chief financial officer of Aeromics, Inc. since October 2016. Previously, Antalik served as chief financial officer of SurgiQuest, Inc. Antalik was the vice president of finance and controller at HigherOne, Inc. Prior to HigherOne, Antalik served as controller for Tangoe, Inc. Antalik also previously served as controller and senior manager for Centerprise Advisors, Inc. (currently Marcum, LLP).

Cyanotech Corporation [KAILUA KONA, Hawaii] (NASDAQ CM: CYAN) announced that Brian B. Orlopp has been appointed Vice President Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. He replaces Jole Deal, who has held these positions since 2011. Mr. Orlopp was VP-Finance, Asia Pacific from 2012 for Fresh Del Monte Produce based in Manila. Previously, he was CFO for Sumifru Corporation (joint venture with Sumitomo) based in Singapore. Before that, he was Senior VP/Finance for Hawaii Bioenergy LLC in Honolulu and VP/Strategic Planning for Maui Land & Pineapple Company in Kahului.

Gary Fabian

Realty ONE Group [LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF.] added Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Gary Fabian. Fabian’s experience includes serving as Senior Vice President of Finance at Bank of America/Countrywide Home Loans and CFO of Stearns Lending.

Carousel Industries [EXETER, R.I.] announced it has welcomed Jason Cherry as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cherry occupied a series of critical roles at General Electric, including Chief Financial Officer. Cherry joins us from Nielsen where he held the role of Chief Financial Officer, Lead Markets, along with Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis.

Bill Sutman

Vertical [LOS ANGELES] announced it has appointed Bill Sutman as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Sutman will succeed Jeff Silver, who continues with the company as a strategic advisor. Sutman’s most recent position was EVP, CFO & Treasurer for TEN: The Enthusiast Network. Prior to TEN, Sutman held CFO and Advisory roles in a number of different private companies. Sutman also served in a series of financial positions with NBC Universal, a division of General Electric, and its predecessor companies. He was EVP & CFO for the Media Works Group of NBC Universal which was responsible for NBC’s Broadcast and Network Operations, Universal’s Studios Production Operations and NBC Universal’s Information Technology. He also served as EVP & CFO for Universal Pictures. Sutman started his professional career in the New York office of Price Waterhouse. He then joined Joseph E. Seagram & Sons where he served as Director, European Treasury Operations and Vice President, Internal Audit until he transferred to Los Angeles upon Seagram’s acquisition of Universal Studios.

Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: BURG) announced it has named Patrick Harkleroad as Chief Financial Officer. Harkleroad comes to Chanticleer with over 15 years of CFO experience.  During that time, Harkleroad was a CFO consultant with the Business Enhancement Group of Carolina Financial Group (CFG). Harkleroad served as the Chief Financial Officer for one of CFG’s portfolio companies, Trinity Frozen Foods, LLC.  Prior to his CFO role at Trinity, Harkleroad served as Chief Financial Officer of Landmark Leisure Group.

Woodward, Inc. [FORT COLLINS, Colo.] (NASDAQ: WWD) announced that Robert F. Weber, Jr., Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer has announced his intention to retire effective January 3, 2020, after more than 14 years as the CFO of the company. As part of the company’s succession planning for the Chief Financial Officer role, Jonathan “Jack” W. Thayer has joined the company effective today as Vice Chairman, Corporate Operations. Mr. Thayer will also be appointed to Chief Financial Officer on October 1, 2019, the beginning of Woodward’s fiscal year 2020. Mr. Weber will then transition into a senior consultant role supporting Mr. Gendron and the senior leadership team through his January 2020 retirement date. Thayer served as Chief Financial Officer of Exelon Corporation, from 2012 until his appointment in May 2018 to Chief Transformation Officer. Prior to his role at Exelon, Mr. Thayer served as Chief Financial Officer for Constellation Energy Group, Inc. from October 2008 until its acquisition by Exelon in 2012. Prior to Constellation Energy, Mr. Thayer held financial and investment banking positions at Deutsche Bank and SBC Warburg Dillon Read. Mr. Thayer has also been serving as a member of Woodward’s Board of Directors from 2016 until his resignation, which will become effective January 31, 2019, based upon joining the company’s management team.

CBRE Group, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: CBRE) announced plans to divide the responsibilities of its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) into two senior executive positions. Jim Groch, who has led both financial management and capital deployment functions since early 2014, will transition to focus full-time on capital allocation and deployment. Groch will continue to serve as CFO until a successor is transitioned into the role.

Senseonics Holdings, Inc. [GERMANTOWN, Md.] (NYSE American: SENS) announced the appointment of Jon D. Isaacson as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Concurrently, and as previously announced, R. Don Elsey has stepped down from the position and will continue in an advisory role to ensure an orderly transition and completion of the company’s annual SEC filings for the 2018 fiscal year. Most recently Isaacson served as Chief Financial Officer of Edelman Financial Services. Prior to this role, Mr. Isaacson was a Managing Director at a private equity firm where he led the East Coast healthcare practice.

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] named Darla Moon as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SPA, she served as CFO for the Patriot Group. Before that, Ms. Moon served as Senior Vice President, Business Operations and CFO at ManTech International Corporation

ChemioCare USA Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Chris Chipman as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chipman has been a managing member of Chipman & Chipman, LLC, since November 2000. Mr. Chipman was Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Capital Gold Corporation from 2006 to June 2011.

Doximity [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of James (Jim) S. Cox as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Cox joins Doximity from Glassdoor. Prior to Glassdoor, Cox was CFO at Lithium Technologies and Advent Software.

Debie Pomorski

Gongos, Inc. [ROYAL OAK, Mich.] names Debie Pomorski Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pomorski has operated as Vice President, Finance & Administration since joining the company in 2012.

RealPage, Inc. [RICHARDSON, Texas] (NASDAQ: RP) announced the appointment of Tom Ernst as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining RealPage, Ernst founded Tom Ernst Advisory (TEA) in 2015. Prior to TEA, Ernst led the Goldman Sachs Software Investment Banking Team globally and the Deutsche Bank Software U.S. Equity Research Team. He served as a Nuclear Engineer and Submarine Warfare Officer as well as other positions in the U.S. Navy.

Alta Mesa Resources, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: AMR) announced the appointment of John C. Regan as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vine Oil and Gas LP. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quicksilver Resources Inc., after having served as their Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Regan was also employed by Flowserve Corporation where he held various financial positions of increasing responsibility.

Insulet Corporation [ACTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PODD) announced that Wayde McMillan has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2019, succeeding Michael Levitz. To ensure a smooth and successful transition, Mr. McMillan will join the Company in February and Mr. Levitz will continue with the Company in an advisory capacity for a period following the succession effective date. Most recently, Mr. McMillan served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance of the Minimally Invasive Therapies Group at Medtronic. Prior to Medtronic’s acquisition of Covidien, he held a variety of leadership positions at Covidien, including Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance of the Medical Devices Group & U.S., Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance of the Surgical Solutions Business Unit, and Vice President of Finance and Controller of the Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions Business Unit.

NCI Building Systems, Inc. [CARY, N.C.] (NYSE: NCS) announced that Shawn K. Poe, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer has informed the Company of his plans to retire from his position, effective May 31, 2019.

Chase Corporation [Westwood, MA] (NYSE American: CCF) announced that Kenneth J. Feroldi, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, has retired and that Christian J. Talma will be appointed Chief Financial Officer effective with our annual shareholders meeting scheduled for February 5, 2019. Talma was appointed Chief Accounting Officer in August 2018.

Bob Ramsey

BankMobile [New York] a division of Customers Bank, named Bob Ramsey as Chief Financial Officer. Ramsey joined Customers Bancorp in 2017 serving as Director of Strategic Planning and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Customers Bancorp, Ramsey served as senior equity research analyst at FBR Capital Markets. He previously worked at Wachovia Securities.

HireVue [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that David Bedell has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Bedell was Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at Instructure. Previously, he spent more than 13 years at Intuit, serving as Business Unit CFO for its payroll business unit and then as Head of Operational Finance for the company’s QuickBooks business. Earlier in his career, Bedell was a Senior Financial Analyst at Gateway, Inc.

The AZEK®Company [Chicago, Ill.] announced the appointment of Ralph Nicoletti as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Nicoletti was previously Senior Vice President and CFO at Newell Brands, Inc. He has also held positions at Tiffany & Company, Cigna Corporation, Alberto-Culver Company and Kraft Heinz.

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 21, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

McGraw-Hill Teladoc Health Seagate Technology
The Kroger Co. Stein Mart, Inc. Editas Medicine, Inc.
Combined Insurance Urban Commons Wind River
Social Reality, Inc. Compass Therapeutics Maya Cinemas
AutoWeb, Inc. Generation Bio Trinity Industries, Inc.
Agilence, Inc. Bovie Medical Corporation SeriousFun Children’s Network
SPX FLOW, Inc. NorthStar Medical Technologies, LLC Incipio® Group
Cuentas, Inc. Praxsyn Corporation ThreatX
New Senior Investment Group Inc.

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Mike Evans

McGraw-Hill [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Mike Evans as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective January 1, 2019. Previously, he served as chief operating officer and CFO at Renaissance and as CFO at Ruffalo Noel Levitz. Before that, Mr. Evans led Pearson’s K-12 literacy and math businesses as well as their Student Information business and K-12 technology organization. Before joining Pearson, Mr. Evans held senior positions at BigChalk, The Food Network and Primedia, Inc.

Teladoc Health [PURCHASE, NY] (NYSE: TDOC) that Mark Hirschhorn has resigned as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Teladoc Health, effective January 1, 2019. Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Controller Gabriel Cappucci will coordinate all finance activity, until a permanent replacement is named.

Seagate Technology [CUPERTINO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: STX) announced that Gianluca Romano has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. Romano will join Seagate January 7th, 2019. Gianluca most recently served as corporate vice president, business finance & accounting at Micron Technology. Prior to that, he held executive positions at Numonyx and STMicroelectronics.

Gary Millerchip

The Kroger Co. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: KR) announced its succession plan for Chief Financial Officer. J. Michael Schlotman, Kroger’s Chief Financial Officer since 2000, has decided to retire in December of 2019. Mr. Schlotman will continue as CFO through the end of Kroger’s fiscal 2018 and up to April 3, 2019. He will then remain an executive vice president of the company and continue to sit on the senior leadership team to support the company during this transition period until December 28, 2019. Gary Millerchip, CEO of Kroger Personal Finance, will succeed Mr. Schlotman as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kroger, effective April 4, 2019. Mr. Millerchip came to Kroger in 2010 from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to lead Kroger Personal Finance. Prior to that, Mr. Millerchip was responsible for the Royal Bank of Scotland Personal Credit Card business in the UK. Mr. Millerchip joined RBS in 1987 and held leadership positions in multiple disciplines during his time there.

Stein Mart, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SMRT) announced the appointment of James B. Brown as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Brown joins Stein Mart from Adrianna Papell Group, where he was CFO. He previously held CFO positions at Gordmans Stores and Hancock Fabrics and was Senior Vice President, Finance with Fred’s, Inc. Mr. Brown succeeds Gregory W. Kleffner, whose pending retirement was announced in October.

Editas Medicine, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EDIT) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Hack, will be stepping down from the Company, effective March 1, 2019, to return to the investment industry.

Combined Insurance [CHICAGO] a Chubb company, announced Chris Anderson as the company’s new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Anderson previously held the role of Controller at Combined Insurance. Anderson joined Combined Insurance four years ago and has 30 years of professional accounting and finance experience at a major accounting firm.

Salvatore G. Takoushian

Urban Commons [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Salvatore G. Takoushian, as President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Takoushian was hired ahead of the acquisition of The Wagner at the Battery, New York City (formerly known as The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park). Before Urban Commons, Mr. Takoushian was Managing Director in the Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking Division at Jefferies Group LLC. At Jefferies, he served as trusted advisor to Urban Commons. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Takoushian spent 11 years within the investment banking division of Citigroup Global Markets where he had similar responsibilities.

Wind River [ALAMEDA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Bryan LeBlanc as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of startup Spire Global Inc., a space to cloud analytics company. Prior to Spire, Bryan was CFO of Jive Software for nine years. Previous to Jive, LeBlanc served in various finance positions at companies including Webtrends Inc., Mercury Interactive Corporation, and inSilicon Corporation.

Social Reality, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: SRAX) named Michael Malone as its new Chief Financial Officer. Malone most recently served as VP of Finance for Westwood One, LLC. Prior to Westwood, Malone held positions of rising responsibility at Cumulus Media and Citadel Broadcasting.

Compass Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Lynne Sullivan as chief financial officer. Ms. Sullivan most recently served as senior vice president, finance at Biogen. Prior to Biogen, Ms. Sullivan served as a vice president overseeing tax function for Merck KGaA’s North American operations and was Serono’s Vice President, Tax, Americas and International for seven years. She was a tax partner in the Boston office of Arthur Andersen prior to joining Serono. She currently serves as director and chair of the audit committee for both resTORbio and Solid Biosciences.

Marc Walton

Maya Cinemas [PASADENA, Calif.] recently named Marc Walton as their new Chief Financial Officer. Previous to Maya, Marc worked for Millennia Housing Management, Ltd as their Chief Accounting Officer and for GK Management Co., Inc. as their Chief Financial Officer. Marc’s cinema exhibition experience includes 10 years at Reading International, Inc.

AutoWeb, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AUTO) appointed J.P. Hannan as executive vice president, chief financial officer. Hannan succeeds Interim CFO Wes Ozima, who will remain at AutoWeb in his prior role as senior vice president, controller. Hannan is a media veteran with more than 20 years of public and private CFO experience across various organizations, including Social Reality (SRAX), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Modern Luxury Media and Lincoln Financial Media Company (LNC). Hannan has served on the board of directors for several technology and media companies, including Asian Media, Regent Communications (RGCI), Bullpen Ventures and iBlast Networks. He also currently serves as the chairman of the board of Barefoot Luxury.

Generation Bio [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Tom Graney will be appointed chief financial officer (CFO). Tom joins the Generation Bio team from Vertex Pharmaceuticals where he served as CFO. Prior to Vertex, at Ironwood, he was responsible for finance, accounting, corporate strategy, corporate development, quality, supply chain, IT, corporate communications and investor relations. Before Ironwood, he spent 20 years with Johnson & Johnson, serving in various roles in the U.S. and abroad, most recently as worldwide vice president of finance and CFO for Ethicon Surgical Care. Graney serves on the board of directors of AC Immune SA.

Trinity Industries, Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: TRN) announced that James E. Perry, the Company’s current Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has notified the Company of his decision to transition from employment with the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Perry will remain in the Chief Financial Officer role until Trinity has filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company also announced that Melendy Lovett will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following the filing of the Company’s 2018 Form 10-K. Ms. Lovett’s current role with the Company is Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, and she has oversight of the Company’s railcar leasing business. Prior to joining Trinity as an executive, Ms. Lovett was a member of Trinity’s Board of Directors and had a 20-year career with Texas Instruments (“TI”), most recently as Senior Vice President and President of TI’s education technology business. Prior to joining TI, she was a senior manager with Coopers & Lybrand.

Bruce F. Katz

Agilence, Inc. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] announced the addition of Bruce F. Katz as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Agilence, Bruce held financial leadership positions with a number of technology companies including Datapipe and EnterpriseDB.

Bovie Medical Corporation [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: BVX) announced the appointment of Tara H. Semb as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2, 2019. Prior to joining Bovie Medical, Ms. Semb was the Chief Financial Officer for AVAIL Vapor LLC, from 2015 until 2018. Ms. Semb previously worked for Amsted Industries, in multiple positions of increasing responsibility from 2006 until 2015, culminating in her promotion to Director of Finance for the company’s rail bearings division in 2013. Before joining Amsted Industries as Director of Internal Audit in 2006, she held financial and operational roles at Blyth Industries, and Anixter International. She began her career in 1991 as an auditor at Price Waterhouse.

SeriousFun Children’s Network [WESTPORT, Conn.] named Justin Fusaro as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Over the last 11 years, Fusaro has served in a number of roles at New York University, most recently as Senior Director, Budget and Planning.

SPX FLOW, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NYSE: FLOW) announced the appointment of Jaime Easley as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Easley will succeed Jeremy Smeltser who has resigned from the company after serving as Vice President and CFO over the past three years. Easley served as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since the company’s spin off from SPX Corporation in September 2015. He joined SPX in 2011 and served as Director of Internal Audit for three years and as Chief Financial Officer of the Industrial Products and Services segment of SPX Corporation from June 2014 through September 2015. He began his career in 2000 at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Paul Estrem

NorthStar Medical Technologies, LLC [BELOIT, Wis.] announced the appointment of Paul Estrem as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining NorthStar, Mr. Estrem served as CFO at Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. Previously, he was with Baxter International, Inc. for more than 20 years, where he held both financial and non-financial positions of increasing responsibility. During his tenure at Baxter, his experiences included divisional CFO for various divisions of Baxter, CFO of Baxter’s operations in Japan and serving as the Vice-President of Integration for a large acquisition. Prior to Baxter, Paul was a public accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Incipio Group [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Stephen ‘Steve’ Finney as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Finney served as CFO for KCD Brands, the division of Sears Holdings Corporation. From 2012 to 2015, Finney was the leader for retail businesses in North America markets for Quiksilver. Prior to Quiksilver, Finney had a career of more than 21 years with The Walt Disney Company where he held global positions in global business development, operations, finance and controllership across multiple divisions. At the start of his professional career, Finney held finance and accounting positions in the hotel design and construction divisions with Marriott Corporation and with Clark Construction Group.

Cuentas, Inc. [MIAMI] (OTCQB: CUEN) announced the appointment of Ran Daniel to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Since June 2018, Mr. Daniel has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Maayan Ventures Ltd. Mr. Daniel has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Blue Sphere Corporation from April 2016 through April 2018. From August 2014 to March 2016, Mr. Daniel served as the General Counsel and Head of the Family Office of Elie Tahari Ltd., and from December 2012 to August 2014, he has served as Executive Vice President of IDH Properties LLC, an affiliate of the Elad Group.

Praxsyn Corporation [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTCPK: PYXN) announced that Maxwell J. Korbin, II has agreed to accept the dual positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer as Executive Vice President.

ThreatX [DENVER] announced that David Roshak joined as CFO. Roshak joins ThreatX from Optiv.

New Senior Investment Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SNR) announced the appointment of David Smith as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Smith brings 15 years of REIT experience to the Company. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Smith served as a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Smith held various finance, capital markets and investor relations roles at Ventas and Omega Healthcare Investors, and began his career in the real estate investment banking group at A.G. Edwards.

CFO Moves – week ending December 14, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Avon Lockheed Martin Gentherm
Myers Industries, Inc. Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Owens & Minor, Inc.
Coeur Mining, Inc. TeamSupport Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. Casa Systems, Inc. The Madison Square Garden Company
Spirit AeroSystems Oil-Dri Corporation of America Visioneering Technologies
Nkarta Therapeutics Summit Midstream Partners, LP Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. Wizeline Act-On Software
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. PAS Global LLC Midas
Westmoreland Coal Company Freed-Hardeman University Kenwal Steel Corp.
Franklin Financial Network, Inc. Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. Medallia, Inc.
Cromedy Construction Corporation

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Gustavo Arnal

Avon [LONDON] (NYSE: AVP) announced that Gustavo Arnal has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective during Spring 2019. Jamie Wilson, Avon’s current Chief Financial Officer, has chosen to step down. Gustavo joins from Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), where he has served as Senior Vice President, CFO of International Divisions and Global Functions. Prior to WBA, Mr. Arnal worked for over 20 years with Procter & Gamble (P&G). His responsibilities at P&G included Vice President, CFO India, Middle East and Africa. He was Vice President, CFO of Global Fabric & Home Care. Mr. Arnal was CFO of Global Personal Beauty Care. He was the Finance Director of P&G’s worldwide Financial Planning & Analysis department. Earlier, Mr. Arnal was CFO for all of P&G’s categories in Brazil and was Finance Manager in Mexico for Health and Beauty Care products.

Lockheed Martin [BETHESDA, Md.] appointed Kenneth R. Possenriede as executive vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Bruce L. Tanner, who intends to retire in mid-2019. Possenriede’s appointment is effective Feb. 11, 2019. Possenriede is currently vice president of Finance and Program Management at Aeronautics. Prior to his current role, Possenriede was vice president and treasurer for Lockheed Martin from 2011 to 2016. Previously, he served as vice president of Finance and Business Operations for the corporation’s former Electronic Systems business area; vice president of Finance and Business Operations for Space; and vice president of Finance and Business Management for the prior Mission Systems and Solutions (MS2) line of business. He also served as chief financial officer for Lockheed Martin United Kingdom and from 2001 to 2003 Possenriede was seconded as Interim CEO and EVP CFO at Exostar.

Gentherm [NORTHVILLE, Mich.] (NASDAQ: THRM) announced that Matteo Anversa will join the Company’s leadership team as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on January 1, 2019. Anversa succeeds Barry Steele as Gentherm’s CFO. Steele will step down as the Company’s Vice-President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective upon Anversa’s start date. Steele will provide transition services through February 15, 2019. Anversa joins Gentherm from Myers Industries, Inc. where he was Executive Vice President, CFO since December 2016. Prior to Myers Industries, he was the Vice President, Group FP&A for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. since April 2015. He joined FCA in 2013 as the CFO for Ferrari SpA. Anversa began his career with General Electric Corporation where he held various leadership roles during his 16-year tenure, including CFO, GE Gas Engines; Global FP&A Manager, GE Transportation; and CFO, GE Consumer & Industrial, Asia Pacific.

Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MYE) [AKRON, Ohio] announced that Kevin Brackman, former Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brackman succeeds Matteo Anversa, who is leaving the Company to accept another professional opportunity. Brackman began his career at Coopers & Lybrand LLP in its audit group before moving to Chiquita Brands International. While at Chiquita, Mr. Brackman held various finance and operational roles for more than 10 years. Prior to joining Myers, Mr. Brackman spent six years at Ingersoll Rand, where he oversaw the technical accounting and financial reporting group and later the financial planning and analysis division. Mr. Brackman joined Myers Industries as Vice President, Corporate Controller in 2015 and was promoted to Chief Accounting Officer in 2017.

Atabak Mokari

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: BLCM) announced the appointment of Atabak Mokari as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mokari joins Bellicum from IRIDEX Corporation where he served as Chief Financial Officer and VP Corporate Development. Prior to that, Mr. Mokari served as a senior healthcare investment banker at Wells Fargo Securities from September 2013 to July 2016, at UBS from September 2009 to July 2013, and at Credit Suisse from July 2005 to February 2009. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mokari served as an analyst at private equity firm Olympus Partners, and investment banking firm Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co.

Owens & Minor, Inc. [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: OMI) announced the appointment of Robert K. Snead as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Snead has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since June 2018. Snead joined Owens & Minor in 2010 as Vice President of Corporate Development. Snead also served as Treasurer of the company. Most recently, Snead served Owens & Minor as Group Vice President, Finance for the Global Solutions Strategic Business Unit. Before joining Owens & Minor, Snead served as a director in the mergers and acquisitions group of Barclays Capital in New York.

Coeur Mining, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CDE) announced the appointment of Thomas S. Whelan as Senior Vice President (“SVP”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Whelan will succeed Peter C. Mitchell, who has served as SVP and CFO since 2013. Prior to joining Coeur, Mr. Whelan served as CFO of Arizona Mining Inc. from September 2017 to August 2018, when the company was acquired from South32 Limited. Previously, Mr. Whelan served as CFO for Nevsun Resources Ltd. from January 2014 to August 2017.

TeamSupport [DALLAS] announced that Corbin Baumel has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining TeamSupport, he served in key financial leadership positions at high-growth companies, most recently as Vice President of Finance at RealPage, Inc., where he served as Divisional CFO of the company’s Asset Optimization business after engineering the acquisition of Axiometrics, where he served as CFO. Before that, Baumel held critical leadership roles at Platinum Training, Ecova, and LPB Energy Management.

Christopher Marshall

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: COOP) announced the appointment of Christopher Marshall as Vice Chairman, a newly created officer position, effective January 2, 2019 and as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately following the filing of the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2018. Marshall most recently served as co-founder and CFO of Capital Bank Financial Corp. since 2009. Previously, Marshall served as Chief Restructuring Officer and Senior Advisor to the CEO at GMAC, Inc. and as CFO at Fifth Third Bancorp. Prior to that, Marshall was a member of the management operating committee at Bank of America and held key leadership roles including CFO of the Consumer Products Group and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Consumer and Small Business Bank. Marshall will succeed Amar Patel, who has been serving as interim CFO since March 2017.

Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. [BOTHELL, Wash.] (NASDAQ: ALDR) announced the appointment of Carlos Campoy as Chief Financial Officer. Campoy served as Vice President of Finance, International at Allergan plc. Prior to joining Allergan, Campoy had an 18-year tenure at Eli Lilly and Company, where he held a number of senior financial leadership positions including Chief Financial Officer, Eli Lilly Japan K.K.  He also served as U.S. Senior Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Specialty sales and marketing team.  He most recently served as Partner of Think Forwards.

Casa Systems, Inc. [ANDOVER, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CASA) announced that it has appointed Maurizio Nicolelli as its Chief Financial Officer, beginning in January 2019. Before joining Casa Systems, Nicolelli served as Principal and Chief Financial Officer of FactSet Research Systems Inc. since October 2009. Nicolelli joined FactSet and its finance group in 1996 as the Senior Accountant and served as its Chief Accountant from 1999 to 2001. From 2002-2009, he served as Comptroller and Vice President. Prior to joining FactSet, he was employed at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

The Madison Square Garden Company [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MSG) announced that Victoria Mink, the Company’s current Executive Vice President of Finance, will succeed Donna Coleman as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Coleman will retire as Chief Financial Officer as of January 1 and remain with the Company through March to assist with the transition. Before her appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Mink served briefly as MSG’s Executive Vice President of Finance, where she worked closely with Ms. Coleman. Prior to this, Ms. Mink served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for seven years – first for Cablevision Systems Corporation, which was then bought by Altice USA in 2016, where Ms. Mink continued in her role until joining MSG in October 2018. Ms. Mink joined Cablevision in November 1997 and served in a variety of accounting and finance roles. Before joining Cablevision, Ms. Mink was an audit manager with KPMG LLP.

Jose Ignacio Garcia

Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR) [WICHITA, Kan.] announced that Jose Ignacio Garcia will join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective Jan. 9, 2019. Garcia will succeed Spirit’s current Chief Financial Officer, Sanjay Kapoor, who announced previously his plans to retire in the first quarter of 2019, following a transition period. Garcia’s experience includes CFO roles at GE Energy, GE Latin America, and most recently as VP and CFO of GE Renewable Energy, based in Paris.

Oil-Dri Corporation of America [CHICAGO] (NYSE: ODC) announced that Susan M. Kreh has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Kreh was previously with Johnson Controls International plc, where she served as Chief Financial Officer and VP, Information Technology, of the Power Solutions business, from 2010 to 2017 and Corporate Controller from 2007 to 2010. Prior to Johnson Controls, Ms. Kreh served in finance and operational leadership roles at PPG Industries, Inc. from 1985 to 2007, including Treasurer, General Manager of the global optical materials business and Director, Financial Services and Support of the specialty chemicals business. Ms. Kreh serves on the Board of Directors of TAPCO, Inc.

Visioneering Technologies [ATLANTA] (ASX: VTI) announced that it has named Brian D. Lane as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently he served as CFO with OnePath. Previously, he was Controller of PRGX. Lane began his career with Ernst & Young, LLP.

Nkarta Therapeutics [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that Matthew Plunkett has joined as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Dr. Plunkett was most recently chief financial and business officer of Medeor Therapeutics. Prior to Medeor, from September 2012 to August 2017 he held positions as chief business officer and executive vice president, Corporate Development at CTI BioPharma. He was chief financial officer of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine from November 2011 to August 2012. Dr. Plunkett was the vice president and chief financial officer of iPierian, Inc. from July 2009 to April 2011. From December 2000 to July 2009, Dr. Plunkett held positions at Oppenheimer & Co. and its U.S. predecessor, CIBC World Markets Corp., including serving as managing director, head of West Coast Biotechnology from December 2008 to July 2009, and executive director, head of West Coast Biotechnology from January 2008 to December 2008.

Summit Midstream Partners, LP [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Matthew Harrison, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Summit Midstream Partners, LLC and Summit Midstream GP, LLC will be departing the Company to pursue other interests. Mr. Harrison’s employment with the Company will terminate effective January 4, 2019. Summit Investments announced that it is promoting Marc Stratton to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Mr. Stratton joined Summit Investments as a founding member in 2009 and has held various senior management roles at the Company including, since 2015, Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations.

Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [PETALUMA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SNOA) announced that Frederick (Bubba) Sandford as Sonoma’s Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Sandford transformed Command Center, Inc. Sonoma also announced that Bob Miller resigned from his position as CFO.

GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. [PHOENIX] announced the promotion of Lara Stell to CFO. Stell joined GlobalTranz as VP of finance in October of 2014. Prior to GlobalTranz, she worked with Krug at Swift Transportation and Clear Channel Outdoor. Earlier in her career she was an audit professional at PwC.

Wizeline [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Anthony Conte as Chief Financial Officer. Conte joins the Company from EPAM Systems, where he previously served as CFO, SVP, and Treasurer.

Act-On Software [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced Roger Rowe as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Act-On, he served as Principal of RR CFO Services where he provided fractional CFO Services to multiple growth focused companies. Mr. Rowe previously worked as CEO and CFO for TigerLogic Corporation and held CFO positions with other companies such as Agilyx, as well as at technology companies including Merchandising Technologies, Inc., InFocus Corporation, and Preview Systems.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: AXTA) announced that it has named Sean Lannon as Chief Financial Officer on a permanent basis. He had been serving as Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2018. Before that, he served as Vice President, Corporate Finance and Global Controller of Axalta since 2016, and was Vice President and Global Controller from 2013 until that promotion. He was previously Vice President, Global Controller of Trinseo. Before joining Trinseo in 2011, he was the Senior Manager, Financial Reporting at Endo Pharmaceuticals.

PAS Global LLC [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Tim Taylor as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Tim was at Paradigm, an Emerson company, where he held various leadership roles including Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Sales Management.

Midas [CAPITAL HEIGHTS, Md.] announced the hiring of Pierre-Luc Chicoine as Chief Financial Officer. Chicoine assumed his role in early fall. Chicoine came to Midas from Canam Steel Corporation, where he was Controller for the Heavy Business Unit.

Westmoreland Coal Company [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] (OTCMKTS: WLBAQ) announced that Gary Kohn has informed Westmoreland that, for personal reasons, he is resigning from his position as chief financial officer effective January 4, 2019.

Jeff Loyd

Freed-Hardeman University [HENDERSON, TENN.]  announced the hiring of Jeff Loyd as the university’s chief financial officer. Loyd will begin his new role Jan. 14, 2019. Loyd has worked in financial leadership positions with American Axle Manufacturing, Coca-Cola, Hertz Corporation, Alcoa/Kawneer, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Laura Kowalchik

Kenwal Steel Corp. [DEARBORN, Mich.] announced that Laura Kowalchik has been named CFO. Kowalchik replaces Frank Jerneycic, who retires from Kenwal at the end of this year after 10 years of service. Kowalchik most recently served as CFO of Urban Science. She previously served as vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer of Kaydon Corp., and Dura Automotive Systems LLC, where she held the same title.

Franklin Financial Network, Inc. [FRANKLIN, Tenn.] (NYSE: FSB), the parent company of Franklin Synergy Bank, announced the promotion of Chris Black to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Franklin Financial Network and Franklin Synergy Bank. Black joined the Company on November 16, 2018, as Executive Vice President, Strategy. The Company also announced that Sarah Meyerrose, who is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire from the Company on January 15th. Before joining Franklin Financial Network, Black most recently served as Senior Vice President and CFO, Banking, for Nashville-based FirstBank, having joined FirstBank in May 2016. Previously, Black worked in the investment management and investment research industries, specializing in the banking sector while at Merrill Lynch & Co. and ISI Group, both based in New York City. Prior to working in the private sector, Black served for over nine years as an Officer and pilot in the United States Air Force.

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. [JERICHO, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ESQ) announced that it has hired Michael Lacapria as its new Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Most recently, Mr. Lacapria served as the Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation.  From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Lacapria served in various positions at Cantor Fitzgerald, including as a Director and head of the accounting and finance function for Cantor Commercial Real Estate.  From 2000 to 2014, Mr. Lacapria served in various management capacities for KPMG’s financial services group in New York.

Medallia, Inc. [SAN MATEO, Calif.] hired Roxanne Oulman as Chief Financial Officer. During her 25-year career in finance, Oulman served in leadership roles at CallidusCloud, Thoratec and Zomax. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at CalAmp as an Audit Committee member. Oulman replaces former CFO Mike Kourey.

Cromedy Construction Corporation [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Joseph T. Waninger has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Waninger joined CCC on December 3rd, 2018.

CFO Moves – week ending November 30, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Sharp Electronics Corporation Summer Infant, Inc. Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Newell Brands Tennant Company Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.
Social Reality, Inc. Carolina Partners in Mental HealthCare Syncsort
RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. Mood Media Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc.
Ellie Mae Evive Team, Inc.
TruWest Companies Liquidia Technologies, Inc. Western Digital Corp.
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. The Scoular Company ImmunoGen, Inc.
The Amynta Group Freedom Leaf Inc. J.Jill, Inc.
Robinhood Hill International, Inc. Vivos Therapeutics
Seismic Marker Therapeutics, Inc. Customers Bancorp, Inc.

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Moonsun Park

Sharp Electronics Corporation [MONTVALE, N.J.] today announces that Moonsun Park has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer for Sharp Electronics Corporation. After beginning her career with LG Electronics, Moonsun joined Sharp in 1998 as the manager of the Accounting Department and has since worked in various roles with the company. In March 2009, she was named Senior Manager of Revenue Accounting and in 2014 she was promoted to Corporate Controller. Earlier this year, she was elevated to Senior Vice President.

Summer Infant, Inc. [WOONSOCKET, R.I.] (NASDAQ: SUMR) announced that Paul Francese has been appointed as the Company’s new Senior Vice President and CFO. Mr. Francese replaces William Mote, who has resigned to pursue other professional interests. Francese most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Rain Carbon Inc. which he joined in 2015. From 2012 until 2014, Mr. Francese served as Summer Infant’s CFO and, prior to that, spent eight years as the Chief Financial Officer of OCI Enterprises. During the past 35 years, Mr. Francese has held positions at various levels of increasing responsibility at Cannondale Bicycle Corp., Pitney Bowes, FCI/Berg Electronics Group, Huffy Corporation, Litton Industries, United Technologies, and General Electric.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. [CALHOUN, Ga.] (NYSE: MHK) announced that Frank H. Boykin, chief financial officer, is planning to retire in 2019.  Boykin joined Mohawk in 1993, moving up through various finance roles prior to his appointment as CFO in January 2005.

Newell Brands [HOBOKEN, N.J.] (NYSE: NWL) announced the appointment of Christopher “Chris” H. Peterson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. The company previously announced current Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Ralph Nicoletti’s plans to retire at the close of 2018. Prior to his role at Newell Brands, Chris Peterson was Chief Operating Officer, Operations at Revlon, Inc. Previously he spent four years at Ralph Lauren, recruited as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and ultimately leaving the company as President, Global Brands, while retaining his CFO responsibilities. Prior to Ralph Lauren, Chris spent 20 years at Procter & Gamble in various roles of increasing responsibility, latest of which was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Global Household Care. He began his professional career in investment banking at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co, Inc.

Tennant Company [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TNC) announced the appointment of Keith A. Woodward to the position of Senior Vice President, CFO, effective Dec. 1, 2018. Mr. Woodward replaces Tom Paulson who announced his retirement earlier this year. Mr. Woodward spent the last 26 years with General Mills, Inc., most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Treasurer and prior to that as Senior Vice President, Finance, U.S. Retail for seven years. He currently sits on the Boards of Directors for Seneca Foods Corporation and Phillips Distilling Company.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: HGV) announced the appointment of Daniel J. Mathewes as chief financial officer (CFO). Mathewes joins HGV from Virgin Hotels North America, where he was CFO since 2016. Prior to that role, Mathewes was CFO of The World and previously served as senior vice president of finance and treasury for Kerzner International. During his career, Mathewes also worked in multiple financial leadership capacities with NCL Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Social Reality, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: SRAX) announced that J.P. Hannan will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hannan will continue to work for the Company during a yet to be determined transitional period.  After Mr. Hannan’s last day of employment, Christopher Miglino, the Company’s president and CEO will serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer, on an interim basis, until a successor for Mr. Hannan has been identified.

Carolina Partners in Mental HealthCare [DURHAM, N.C.] has hired Rob Oliveri as its Chief Financial Officer. Rob was CFO for Arizona-based NextCare Urgent Care. Subsequently, Rob joined Raleigh-based FastMed Urgent Care as CFO.

Syncsort [PEARL RIVER, N.Y.] announced that Kristian Talvitie has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Syncsort, Kristian served as CFO at Sovos Compliance, LLC. Before that, he held a variety of positions at PTC (NASDAQ: PTC).

Joe Scarano

RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Joe Scarano to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Scarano served as CFO for Industrial Container Services. Previously, he spent a long tenure in the solid waste management industry, including the CFO position with WCA Waste Corporation.

Mood Media [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Stephen Duggan joined as EVP & Chief Financial Officer. Duggan spent the last six years at media giant Viacom and served in various positions, most recently as the Worldwide General Manager of Global Business Services. Duggan began his career at Arthur Andersen. He moved on to become the Chief Operating & Financial Officer of Publishing Group of America, the CEO of Alpha Media Group, and the President & CEO of Athlon Sports Communications prior to joining Viacom in 2012. Tom Garrett, Mood’s current EVP & Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Mood business and pursuing new opportunities.

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: GDI) announced that Neil Snyder will succeed Todd Herndon as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective January 1, 2019. Herndon will stay on with the company to assist in the transition of the CFO role to Snyder. Snyder is currently Senior Vice President of Global Finance, Business Development & Planning. Snyder joined Gardner Denver in March 2016 as Vice President of Strategy & Planning, Industrials Segment. In January 2017, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Strategy, Business Development & Planning, and in August 2018, he took on expanded responsibilities with the appointment to his current role of Senior Vice President of Global Finance, Business Development & Planning, which includes leadership of the global finance and controllership functions. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Snyder served at Capital Safety Inc. as its Vice President, Head of Financial Planning and Analysis from June 2012 to January 2016, and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa from September 2013 to May 2014. Before Capital Safety, he held various executive roles of increasing responsibility at United Technologies Corporation from 2007 to 2012. Snyder started his career at Ernst & Young LLP in public accounting. Herndon plans to retire later in 2019. Until then, he will stay with the company in an executive capacity and assist in the transition of the CFO role.

Ellie Mae® [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: ELLI) announced that Dan Madden will join the organization as executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on December 20, 2018. Dan currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for Revel Systems. Prior to joining Revel, Dan was the Chief Financial Officer at Cepheid, and VP Finance & Corporate Controller at Symmetricom. Previously, Dan held financial leadership positions at Sonic Solutions, Advanced Fibre Communications, and McKesson. Dan began his career with Ernst & Young.

John McDonnell

Evive [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of John McDonnell to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Evive, McDonnell served as Chief Financial Officer of Infogix.

Team, Inc. [SUGAR LAND, Texas] (NYSE: TISI) announced that Susan M. Ball has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ball will succeed Greg L. Boane who stepped down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and will serve as a special advisor to Team’s Chief Executive Officer, to ensure a seamless transition. Prior to joining Team, Ball served for more than 12 years at CVR Energy, Inc. in various roles of increasing responsibility. In 2012, she was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for CVR Energy and its subsidiaries, CVR Refining, LP and CVR Partners, LP.

Christopher Free

TruWest Companies [WESTLAKE, Ohio] announced the hiring of new Chief Financial Officer Christopher Free. Free brings over 14 years of experience in financial management, mostly recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at Sandridge Foods. Chris has also served as Group Controller and Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at Nordson Corporation and has experience in a variety of roles at Ernst & Young LLP.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.] (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced that Kevin Gordon, President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire from his current role at Liquidia to focus on board and other advisory work. Mr. Gordon has agreed to continue his employment with the company until March 1, 2019.

Western Digital Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that Mark Long, chief financial officer, chief strategy officer and president, Western Digital Capital, has decided he will step down from his current role to pursue opportunities as a private equity investor. Long will remain an active member of the company’s leadership team through June 1, 2019. Long has served as Western Digital’s chief financial officer since 2016. Prior to that, he served as the company’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer since February 2013. Additionally, Long has served as president, Western Digital Capital, a strategic investment fund targeting innovative companies within the data infrastructure and broader technology industry aligned to Western Digital’s strategic plan, since February 2013.

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, Ga.] (NASDAQ: PRTH) announced that Michael Vollkommer will be joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer and that Bruce Mattox will transition from Chief Financial Officer to a new role as Chief Accounting Officer.  Vollkommer most recently served as the CFO of Vesta Corporation, and before that was the CFO of Mueller Water Products. From 2001 to 2006 Vollkommer was EVP and CFO of Certegy Inc.

The Scoular Company [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andrew Kenny will join Scoular as its Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2, 2019. Kenny joins Scoular from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) where he was based in Switzerland serving as the Vice President and CFO of its Global Trade business. Kenny has served in commercial and finance leadership roles of escalating responsibility with ADM for the last eight years, both in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining ADM, Kenny served in domestic and international positions with Deloitte & Touche.

ImmunoGen, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: IMGN) announced that David B. Johnston has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Johnston will remain employed with the Company through the end of 2018 and thereafter will serve as a consultant to provide transitional support. David Foster, Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, will continue to oversee ImmunoGen’s Finance and Accounting functions. Mark Enyedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will serve on an interim basis as the Company’s principal financial officer, as well as lead its Investor Relations function.

The Amynta Group [NEW YORK] announced that Brian Seldess has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Interim CFO Josh Damon will work closely with Brian during a transition period to ensure continuity. Damon will be joining Amynta’s Board of Directors. Seldess joins Amynta from Solera where he was CFO & Regional Managing Director of its Audatex business and the leader of Solera’s global financial planning and analysis function. Prior to Solera, Brian was the Chief Financial and Operating Officer of SunGard Insurance. Brian joined SunGard after many years at Marsh & McLennan Companies where he held various executive positions. Prior to Marsh, he served for ten years as VP Business Development, Analysis and Planning with American Express.

Freedom Leaf Inc. [Las Vegas, NV] (OTCQB: FRLF) announced the promotion of Laurence Ruhe, currently the Company’s Controller, to Chief Financial Officer. Ruhe replaces Richard Groberg, who will remain on the Company’s Board and also serve on the Board’s newly-formed Finance Committee. Mr. Ruhe joined Freedom Leaf in July with over 30 years of finance experience, most recently as SVP of Global Finance at BMM International.  Mr. Ruhe held senior finance positions at Progressive Gaming and Konami Gaming. Mr. Ruhe also worked in international banking, including positions at Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, and Banca CRT.

J.Jill, Inc. [QUINCY, Mass.] (NYSE: JILL) announced that Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operating Officer Dave Biese will be leaving the company on April 30, 2019.

Jason Warnick

Robinhood [Menlo Park, California] appointed Jason Warnick as Chief Financial Officer. Jason joins from Amazon where he spent nearly 20 years, most recently as VP of Finance and Chief of Staff to their CFO.

Hill International, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: HIL) announced the appointment of Todd Weintraub as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Weintraub worked with CFO Outsource, LLC, and prior to that, spent 10 years with Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, serving as CFO for 7 years. Mr. Weintraub’s business experience includes serving on the Board of Directors for International Matex Tank Terminals, Atlantic Aviation, Macquarie Renewable Energy Holdings, Hawaii Gas, and Parking Company of America, where he was Chair. Mr. Weintraub replaces Interim Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer Greg Wolf.

Vivos Therapeutics [DENVER] announced Brad Amman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Vivos Therapeutics Mr. Amman held executive leadership positions at CereScan and LifeVantage. Most recently, he served as CFO/COO at InLight Medical.

Seismic [SAN DIEGO] named John McCauley as their first Chief Financial Officer. McCauley brings more than a decade of experience in leading financial teams at firms including Illumina and ServiceNow.

Anthony H. Kim

Marker Therapeutics, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: MRKR) announced the appointment of Anthony H. Kim as its new Chief Financial Officer. Michael J. Loiacono, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2016, will continue in his role as Marker’s Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Marker Therapeutics, Mr. Kim was an Executive Director in the Healthcare Group at Nomura Securities International, Inc. Before joining Nomura, Mr. Kim was a Senior Vice President at Jefferies in their Healthcare group. Previously, he was an investment banker at Oppenheimer & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities.

Customers Bancorp, Inc. [WYOMISSING, PA] (NYSE: CUBI), the parent company of Customers Bank. announced that Carla Leibold was appointed to serve as the holding company and bank’s Chief Financial Officer, and as a member of the bank’s Office of the Chair. Leibold joined Customers in 2013 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Earlier in 2018, Leibold was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Prior to joining Customers, Leibold served as the principal accounting officer for Farmer Mac where she was the Vice President and Controller from 2010-2013. She also served as the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting of Farmer Mac from 2007-2010. Leibold started her career in public accounting and held various roles of increasing leadership responsibility at Sallie Mae and Freddie Mac before joining Farmer Mac. Leibold replaces Robert Wahlman who is leaving for personal reasons and to pursue other interests.

CFO Moves – week ending November 16, 2018

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CFO Moves this week include:

Partnerize AmerisourceBergen Corporation Halliburton Company
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Actian Tidewater Inc.
Sumo Logic Schrödinger Cactus, Inc.
Cancer Genetics Vets First Choice EQUITYMULTIPLE
Cybereason Lifesize Millendo Therapeutics, Inc.
CURE Pharmaceutical Nexus Frederick Wildman and Sons
Flexport Recall Studios, Inc. Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
Procare Software Bovie Medical Corporation Allied Universal
SPINS Madwire LLC PCTEL, Inc.
Tenneco Inc. MediXall Group Inc. MedMen Enterprises Inc.
Zapproved LLC Harbor Compliance The Children’s Place, Inc.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ContraFect Corporation The Parking REIT, Inc.
Tweddle Group CloudBolt Software, Inc.

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Partnerize [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it hired Mike Lemberg as Chief Financial Officer. Lemberg joined Partnerize after four years at ServiceSource International. Before ServiceSource, Mike’s experience included being the CFO of EcoSmart Technologies, and the VP Corporate Development and Treasurer at Arbinet.  He has held numerous other CFO and senior finance positions at growth stage and technology companies.

AmerisourceBergen Corporation [Chesterbrook, PA] announced that Tim G. Guttman retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the appointment of James F. Cleary, Jr. as his successor became effective. Mr. Cleary has served as an Executive Vice President since joining the Company in March 2015. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer on November 9, 2018, he served as Group President, Global Commercialization Services & Animal Health from June 2017 to November 2018, and as President, MWI Veterinary Supply from March 2015 to June 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cleary was President and Chief Executive Officer of MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. from June 2002.

Halliburton Company [HOUSTON] (NYSE: HAL) announced that Lance Loeffler, previously vice president of Investor Relations, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Chris Weber is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Loeffler joined Halliburton in 2014. He served as vice president of Corporate Development for two years before assuming leadership of Investor Relations. Before joining Halliburton, he held director positions at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and UBS Investment Bank where he focused on the firms’ oil and gas clients.

Christopher J. Eperjesy

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company [FINDLAY, Ohio] (NYSE: CTB) announced that Christopher J. Eperjesy will join the company as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective Dec. 10. Eperjesy will succeed Ginger M. Jones, who as previously announced, is retiring. Eperjesy joins Cooper from The IMAGINE Group (formerly Imagine! Print Solutions), where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that role, Eperjesy was Chief Financial Officer for Arctic Cat, Inc., and served as Chief Financial Officer for more than a decade with Twin Disc, Inc. Earlier in his career, Eperjesy held finance leadership positions with Kmart Corporation and Chrysler Corporation/DaimlerChrysler AG. He began his career in public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Actian [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Lewis Black as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Actian, Black was the General Manager of Nexmo. He has finance and operational leadership experience working with past companies such as AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Avaya and Citrix.

Tidewater Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: TDW) announced that Quinn P. Fanning has stepped down from his position as Tidewater’s Chief Financial Officer. Tidewater’s board of directors has appointed Quintin V. Kneen, who served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GulfMark prior to the recent business combination, as Tidewater’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Sydney Carey

Sumo Logic [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that Sydney Carey, most recently chief financial officer (CFO) of Duo Security, joined Sumo Logic as CFO. Prior to Duo Security, Carey served as CFO of Apttus, Zscaler, MongoDB and TIBCO.

Schrödinger [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joel Lebowitz as chief financial officer. Before joining Schrödinger, Mr. Lebowitz spent much of his career at Merck, serving most recently as global finance lead, project management.

Cactus, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WHD) announced that the Company has appointed Stephen Tadlock, who has served as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 15, 2019. Brian Small, the current Chief Financial Officer, will remain with the Company and transition full-time to a new role as Senior Finance Director. Mr. Tadlock was appointed Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Cactus in March 2018. He joined the Company in June 2017 as Vice President of Corporate Services. He worked with Cactus Wellhead, LLC, the operating subsidiary of Cactus, since its founding in 2011 as a Board observer on behalf of Cadent Energy Partners. Mr. Tadlock previously worked at Cadent Energy Partners LLC from 2007 to 2017, where he most recently served as a Partner from 2014 to 2017. Prior to joining Cadent Energy Partners LLC, Mr. Tadlock was a consultant to Cairn Capital. Previously he was Associate to the CEO of SoundView. Mr. Tadlock began his career as an analyst at UBS Investment Bank in New York, New York.

Cancer Genetics [RUTHERFORD, N.J.] (NASDAQ: CGIX) announced the appointment of Glenn Miles as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 26, 2018. Miles has been a contractor with Cancer Genetics since July 13, 2018. Prior to joining Cancer Genetics, Glenn served as President and CFO of Catalytic Consulting LLC. Previously, he was Biopharma Controller for Europe, Latin America and U.S. oncology at Pfizer. Prior to joining Pfizer, he held various senior-level finance positions at Lehman Brothers and AT&T Mobility. He began his career as a public accountant at Grant Thornton.

Christine Komola

Vets First Choice [PORTLAND, Maine] announced the appointment of Christine Komola as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Komola joined the company from Staples after approximately two decades of service, where she most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

EQUITYMULTIPLE [NEW YORK] announced the hiring of Brett Klein as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to EQUITYMULTIPLE, Mr. Klein was a key senior member of Colony Northstar. He served as Managing Director and Head of Alternative Products, as well as Chief Operating Officer for four public, non-traded companies and as a member of the investment committee for seven public, non-traded companies.

Cybereason [BOSTON] hired Russell Stein as Chief Financial Officer. Stein was most recently at Intellectual Ventures where he worked for more than eight years as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Investments and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch in a variety of roles, including CEO of Merrill Lynch Bank, Managing Director, Head of Global Corporate Finance (Investment Banking Division) and Global Treasurer.

Lifesize [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Matt Hibbard as chief financial officer. Hibbard brings experience in financial leadership roles from companies such as Distil Networks, Xoom, OpenTable and Ernst & Young.

Millendo Therapeutics, Inc. [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] announced the appointment of Louis Arcudi III as Chief Financial Officer. Until recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer at Idera Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Idera, he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for Peptimmune, Inc. Before his time at Peptimmune, Mr. Arcudi served as Senior Director of Finance and Administration at Genzyme Molecular Oncology Corporation, after serving as Director of International Finance and Commercial Operations at Genzyme Corporation from 1998–2000. Earlier in his career, he held finance positions with increasing levels of responsibility at Cognex Corporation, Millipore Corporation and General Motors Corporation.

CURE Pharmaceutical [OXNARD, Calif.] (OTC: CURR) announced it has tapped Alex Katz to be the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Recently, he served as a managing partner for ff Venture Capital and Differential Venture Partners.

Dain Parkinson

Nexus [MINNEAPOLIS] selected Dain Parkinson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Parkinson’s former experience includes CVS, United Health Group, Honeywell, and Morgan Stanley. Before joining Nexus, he served as CFO of Merwin Long Term Care.

Frederick Wildman and Sons [NEW YORK] hired Zaarath Prokop as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Prokop served as director of revenue management at William Grant & Sons, finance director for Disaronno USA and in several commercial finance positions with Remy Cointreau USA. She has held multiple professional finance roles before joining the wine and spirits industry, including with Ford Motor Company.

Flexport [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the addition of Sudhanshu Priyadarshi as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Vice President of Finance for Walmart U.S. eCommerce, driving all retail finance operations for Walmart.com, Hayneedle.com, Shoes.com, Moosejaw.com, Vudu.com, Store No. 8, and Walmart’s partnership with Google. Before Walmart, he was the Global Chief Operating Officer of Cipla and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo’s Global Nutrition Platforms and Global R&D.

Recall Studios, Inc. [New York, NY] (OTCQB: BTOP) announced it appointed Anand Gupta, as Recall’s Chief Financial Officer. During his career within the media and entertainment industry, Mr. Gupta has served as the Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Operations at Al Jazeera America; as Vice-President, Business Planning and Operations at HBO; as Vice-President, Financial Planning at Warner Bros.; and as the Head of Finance and Business Development at Eidos Interactive.

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. [DENVER] (NYSE: BCEI) announced the hiring of Brant H. DeMuth as Chief Financial Officer. He will be assuming the role of principal financial officer from Scott A. Fenoglio, who has served as the Company’s principal financial officer since August 2017. Mr. DeMuth previously served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at SRC Energy Inc. from October 2014 until November 2018. Prior to joining SRC Energy, Mr. DeMuth served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of DJ Resources, LLC from August 2013 to September 2014 and as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development of Gevo, Inc. from June 2011 to May 2013.

Procare Software [MEDFORD, Ore.] announced the appointment of Marc Arseneau as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was the Chief Financial Officer for Oildex, culminating in the successful sale of the company to DrillingInfo, LLC. Prior to Oildex, Marc has held a variety of senior financial positions at industry leading companies like TeleTech, TriZetto, Microsoft and Cap Gemini.

Bovie Medical Corporation [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: BVX) announced that Jay D. Ewers, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, intends to retire.

Andrew Vollero

Allied Universal [SANTA ANA, Calif.] named Andrew Vollero its new Chief Financial Officer. Vollero will replace Bill Torzolini, who will retire in 2019, after serving 15 years in the role. Most notably, Vollero spent 15 years at Mattel, where he was a division CFO and later Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Strategy, and Investor Relations. Following his tenure at Mattel, Vollero became the first CFO of Snap (formerly Snapchat). In the early stages of his career, he held senior posts at PepsiCo and later Yum Brand’s Taco Bell division, including Controller.

SPINS [CHICAGO] announced Bill Razzino has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SPINS, Razzino was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Cheetah Digital. Previously, Razzino has also held a variety of senior finance leadership roles at companies such as CareerBuilder, Tribune Company, Leo Burnett and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Madwire LLC [FORT COLLINS, Colo.] announced that Matt Bryson joined as Chief Financial Officer. Matt Bryson assumes the Chief Financial Officer role from Joe Kellogg, Madwire’s Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and previous Chief Financial Officer. Joe will continue to serve as Madwire’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, the position he has held since founding the company with son, JB Kellogg, in 2009. Bryson joins Madwire from Copley Equity Partners, a private investment firm, where he served as a Principal since 2017 and Vice President since 2013. Prior to his career with Copley Equity Partners, Bryson held various positions in finance and leadership at WilmerHale LLP and Fidelity Investments.

PCTEL, Inc. [BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: PCTI) announced the appointment of Kevin McGowan as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 1, 2018. McGowan joined the Company in 2005, and has served as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller since 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McGowan commenced his career as an auditor for Arthur Anderson for four years and served in various finance and controller roles for a manufacturer of communications network hardware for twelve years.

Tenneco Inc. [LAKE FOREST, Ill.] (NYSE: TEN) announced the appointment of Ron Hundzinski as Executive Vice President of Finance, effective January 1, 2019. Upon completion of all required steps and related board approvals to spin off the new aftermarket ride performance company (the “SpinCo”) in 2019, it is expected that Hundzinski will serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco. Hundzinski recently announced his retirement as Chief Financial Officer for BorgWarner Inc. effective December 31, 2018. Hundzinski has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of BorgWarner Inc. since 2012. During his 13-year career with BorgWarner, he held a range of finance leadership positions including treasurer, principal accounting officer, and vice president of finance for the BorgWarner Turbo Systems business. Prior to joining BorgWarner, Hundzinski held leadership positions in finance at Emerson Electric, GKN and Meridian Automotive. He has been an Independent Director of Gentherm Incorporated since 2016. Jason Hollar will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco until the spinoff and is expected to serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the SpinCo.

MediXall Group Inc. [Fort Lauderdale, FL] (OTCQB: MDXL) announced the appointment of Kuldeep Hajela as CFO of MediXall.com. Most recently, Mr. Hajela was Chief Financial Officer of NationsHearing. Prior to his role at NationsHearing, Mr. Hajela served as Chief Financial Officer of MDLive. Previously, Mr. Hajela served as CFO & COO of MTI America. In addition, Mr. Hajela previously served as CFO and Senior Vice-President of Liberty Medical Supply.

MedMen Enterprises Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (CSE: MMEN, OTCQX: MMNFF) announced that Chief Financial Officer James Parker resigned, and that Jim Miller, the Company’s vice president of accounting, has been appointed interim chief financial officer until Parker’s successor is named. Miller joined MedMen in January 2018. Prior to joining MedMen, Miller held several senior finance and accounting positions at leading entertainment firms such as the Walt Disney Company and Viacom.

Zapproved LLC [PORTLAND, ORE.] announced the addition of Tom Pickett as Chief Financial Officer. Pickett’s most recent role was serving as CFO and Compliance Officer for Curvature.

Steven Coniglio

Harbor Compliance [LANCASTER, PA.] announced the appointment of Steven J. Coniglio as Chief Financial Officer. Coniglio began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, followed by more than two decades with Administrators for the Professions (AFP).

The Children’s Place, Inc. [Secaucus, New Jersey] appointed Michael Scarpa, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Scarpa joined the Company in November 2012 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and/or Chief Financial Officer for the last six years, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. In November 2018, Mr. Scarpa reassumed his former duties as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Scarpa was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of The Talbots, Inc. Previously, Mr. Scarpa spent 25 years with Liz Claiborne, Inc. where he held positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in his appointment as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Scarpa began his career in financial positions with Maidenform, Inc. and Krementz and Company.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSE: APC) announced that Benjamin M. Fink, formerly Sr. Vice President, and President and CEO of the general partners of Western Gas Partners, LP and Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (collectively the “Partnerships”), will succeed Bob Gwin in the role of EVP, Finance & CFO. Gwin has been named President. Fink joined Anadarko in 2007 as Vice President of Finance for Anadarko Algeria Company LLC. He most recently served as Sr. Vice President of Finance of Anadarko since February of 2017, as well as President and CEO of the Partnerships. He previously served as Vice President, Finance of Anadarko, as well as Sr. Vice President and CFO of the Partnerships. Prior to joining Anadarko, Fink served as an independent financial consultant to the company in its former Beijing, China, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, offices.

ContraFect Corporation [YONKERS, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: CFRX) announced the appointment of Michael Messinger as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Messinger previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining the Company in 2012, Mr. Messinger was Director of Finance at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. Before that, Mr. Messinger was Controller at Coelacanth Corporation. Previously, he was an auditor at Ernst & Young.

The Parking REIT, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] announced that it appointed J. Kevin Bland to serve as the company’s chief financial officer. Bland previously served in a series of strategic financial roles in the real estate industry, including as chief financial officer of UMTH General Services L.P. and vice president, controller and principal accounting officer for Pizza Inn, Inc.

Mariam Iskandarani

Tweddle Group [CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.] announced the appointment of Mariam Iskandarani as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Iskandarani has worked for many leading organizations in several industries—including Tier 1 automotive—such as Johnson Controls, TRW Automotive, Dana Corporation and Aramark. Iskandarani succeeds Dan Titus, who served as Tweddle Group’s CFO for 24 years.

CloudBolt Software, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced the appointment of Steve Scribner as CFO. Over his career, Scribner held key leadership roles including CFO at Force 3, VP Finance and Controller at Metastorm and Sequoia Software.

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