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CFO Moves – week ending April 19, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Western Digital Corp. PRIDE Industries JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. deepwatch, Inc. Ensysce Biosciences Inc.
KSQ Therapeutics One Madison Corporation J.Jill, Inc.
SunTrust Banks Inc. Georgia Power CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Tweddle Group OpenWorks The Millennia Companies
The Hershey Company Funko, Inc. StoneMor Partners L.P.
InCloudCounsel CMI/Compas Unisys
Rennova Health, Inc

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Western Digital Corp. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced the appointment of Robert Eulau as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Eulau will formally take over the CFO role from Mark Long on May 9, 2019, who will be leaving the company in June 2019. Eulau was most recently CEO at Sanmina Corporation where he previously served for eight years as CFO. Previously, Eulau held chief financial officer positions at Alien Technology Corporation and Rambus Incorporated, and held a number of financial leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard Company.

Everett Crane

PRIDE Industries [ROSEVILLE, CA] announced the appointment of Everett Crane as Chief Financial Officer. Everett Crane is succeeding Jeff Dern, who was promoted to President of PRIDE Industries in 2018. In his prior position, Crane served as the CFO of the Young Automotive Group in Layton, UT.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. [NEW YORK, NY] (NYSE:JPM) announced that Jennifer Piepszak, currently Chief Executive Officer of its Card Services business, will become Chief Financial Officer for the company and a member of its Operating Committee, effective May 1, 2019. Ms. Piepszak succeeds Marianne Lake, who will become Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Lending, which includes Card Services, Home Lending and Auto Finance. Prior to heading Card Services, Ms. Piepszak served as CEO of the firm’s Business Banking unit, and prior to that she held a variety of other senior roles, including CFO of Mortgage Banking and Controller of Mortgage Banking and Retail Financial Services. She joined JPMorgan Chase in 1994 and held a variety of roles in the Corporate & Investment Bank as well.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] (NYSE: PIR) announced that Deborah Rieger-Paganis will assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Her appointment follows Nancy Walsh’s departure from the Company. Ms. Rieger-Paganis is employed as a managing director at global consulting firm AlixPartners, where she has served as both an advisor and interim Chief Financial Officer to a range of companies, including Aritzia, Toms Shoes, Harris Interactive and Cirque du Soleil. Earlier in her career, she served as senior vice president of financial planning and analysis at MasterCard and as vice president of finance at Ann Taylor.

deepwatch, Inc. [DENVER & ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] announced that Ron Peele has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Peele was CFO at Revolution Health, AOL Greenhouse and EZ Communications. He held leadership roles at AOL/Time Warner Ventures and has served on the Boards of RedClinic, Surefire Local and InfuSystem. Reskusic was VP, Controller at Vivisimo which was acquired by IBM and more recently at Fidelis Cybersecurity. He also held finance leadership roles at Kastle Systems and RealNetworks.

Ensysce Biosciences Inc. [SAN DIEGO, CA] announced that Kurt Schmidt has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Schmidt recently held positions at healthcare companies MDxHealth and Agendia where he was CFO.

Doug Pagan

KSQ Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Douglas Pagán as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining KSQ, Mr. Pagán was Chief Financial Officer of Paratek Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Paratek, Mr. Pagán served as Vice President, Finance at Acceleron Pharma Inc. Prior to working at Acceleron, he served in strategic and financial management roles at Biogen Idec and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Previously, Mr. Pagán worked in healthcare investment banking at J.P. Morgan, as well as pharmaceutical operational roles at Johnson & Johnson.

One Madison Corporation [NEW YORK, NY] (NYSE: OMAD, OMAD.U, OMAD.WS) and Ranpak Corp. today announced the appointment of Trent Meyerhoefer as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective as of, and contingent on, the consummation of the business combination between One Madison and Ranpak, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2019. Meyerhoefer comes to the Company following a 24-year career at Eaton Corporation, where he served most recently as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. During his time at Eaton, Mr. Meyerhoefer also served as Vice President and Assistant Treasurer; Director, Capital Markets; Director, Corporate Planning; Director, Business Development; and Manager, Strategic Planning. Prior to joining Eaton, he was a Senior Consultant at Accenture Ltd. (then doing business as Andersen Consulting).

J.Jill, Inc. [QUINCY, MA] (NYSE: JILL) announced the appointment of Mark Webb as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2019. The company had previously announced that Chief Financial and Operating Officer Dave Biese will be leaving the company on April 30, 2019. Most recently, Mr. Webb was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Planning & Analysis and Treasury Officer at Hudson’s Bay Company. He previously was with Gap, Inc. from 1995 through 2017 in multiple leadership roles including Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Gap Brand and Intermix.

SunTrust Banks Inc. [ATLANTA, GA] (STIS), said CFO Allison Dukes plans to resign following the closing of the bank’s planned merger with BB&T Corp. Ms. Dukes will remain in her current role until the merger is closed and will continue to have a key role in integration planning.

David Poroch

Georgia Power [ATLANTA, GA] appointed David Poroch as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Poroch began his career with Southern Company in 2012 as vice president and chief audit executive for Southern Company Services. Most recently, he has served as Georgia Power vice president and comptroller since 2014. Prior to joining Southern Company, he was a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Xia Liu

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON, TX] (NYSE: CNP) announced the appointment of Xia Liu as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Liu joins CenterPoint Energy from The Southern Company and its subsidiary companies where she held roles of increasing responsibility over the past 20 years. Most recently, Liu served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Georgia Power Company. Prior to this role, Liu was vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer for Gulf Power Company. She also served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Southern Company.

Archie Meyers

Tweddle Group [CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.] named Archie Meyers new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He previously served as CFO for Metal Powder Products, LLC and Revere Plastics Systems, LLC.

Bryan McMahon

OpenWorks [PHOENIX] welcomed Bryan McMahon as its new Chief Financial Officer.

 

Jim Brady

The Millenia Companies [CLEVELAND, OH] announced Jim Brady as chief financial officer (CFO). Brady is succeeding John W. McGinty, who is remaining with the organization. Most recently, Brady served as vice president of financial planning and analysis for Forest City Realty Trust and as chief financial officer of the residential and commercial group for Forest City Enterprises.

Steve Voskuil

The Hershey Company [HERSHEY, PA] (NYSE: HSY) announced the appointment of Steve Voskuil as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Voskuil will join Hershey on May 13. Voskuil joins Hershey from Avanos Medical, where he has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2014. He previously served as a senior finance executive at Kimberly-Clark. Voskuil succeeds Patricia Little, who, as previously announced, will retire in May.

Funko, Inc. [EVERETT, WA] (NASDAQ: FNKO) announced that Russell Nickel, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2013, intends to leave the Company at the end of 2019.

StoneMor Partners L.P. [TREVOSE, PA] (NYSE: STON), announced that Garry P. Herdler has been appointed Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Herdler will succeed Mark Miller, who is retiring from the Partnership. Most recently, Herdler was the Chief Financial Officer of QuadReal Property Group. Prior to his CFO role at QuadReal, Mr. Herdler was a Senior Director in the Private Equity Performance Improvement Group of Alvarez & Marsal Consultants in New York. Previously, Mr. Herdler acted as a financial consultant and CFO for various private equity-owned companies, responsible for operational improvements, business integration and turnarounds. He also has nearly ten years of investment banking experience in leveraged finance and equities with Deutsche Bank Securities/Bankers Trust and CIBC World Markets, primarily in New York, where he completed transactions in several industries, including deathcare.

InCloudCounsel [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the hire of Jeff Bohl as its Chief Financial Officer. Jeff joins InCloudCounsel from H.I.G. Capital, where he served as Managing Director. Prior to H.I.G. Capital, he worked as an investment banker in JPMorgan’s technology division.

CMI/Compas [KING OF PRUSSIA, PA], part of WPP (NYSE: WPP) announced that John Donovan, has been promoted to President, Compas. He was formerly Chief Financial Officer. James Woodland has been appointed Chief Strategy and Financial Officer. He was formerly Chief Operating Officer.

Unisys Corporation [BLUE BELL, PA] (NYSE: UIS) announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Inder M. Singh has decided to resign from the company effective April 26 to serve as CFO with another company. Unisys has appointed Mike Thomson, corporate controller and principal accounting officer, as interim CFO. Thomson joined Unisys in December 2015. Prior to joining Unisys, Thomson served as principal accounting officer and controller of Towers Watson & Company, and has worked in various accounting and financial reporting roles for more than 25 years across a diverse set of business operations.

Rennova Health, Inc. [WEST PALM BEACH, FL] (OTC: RNVA, RNVAW) announced that it has appointed Jonathan Immordino to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Immordino has held senior level healthcare executive roles in finance and operations for the past 20 years in both public and privately held companies, including seven years as Chief Financial Officer at Saint John’s Episcopal Hospital, NY. Prior to his appointment with Rennova, Mr. Immordino was interim CFO at MRI Network/Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital.

CFO Moves – week ending April 12, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. Akili Interactive
GoGuardian Majesco Cognex Corporation
Graybar Allbridge Palladin Consumer Retail Partners, LLC
Global Knowledge Canterbury Park Holding Corporation Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams, Ltd. (ORBA)
Silver Bullet Water Treatment Alico, Inc. Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.
PinnacleART Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. Unifi Software Inc
CPS Technologies Corp. C&A Industries Inc. Curion Insights
BackOffice Associates Aceable Plus Products Inc.
Ventura Foods Anritsu Corporation The Hennessey Group
Drexel Hamilton Grow Capital ClickBank
Owens-Illinois

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MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. [LOWELL, MA] (NASDAQ: MTSI) announced that Robert McMullan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has submitted his resignation. The company also announced Conor Hegarty, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis has been appointed to the role of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Mr. Hegarty has been with MACOM for 22 years and has served as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis of MACOM, since August 2016. Previously, he served as Senior International Finance Director from March 2011 to August 2016.

Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. [OKLAHOMA CITY, OK] (NASDAQ: BKEP, NASDAQ: BKEPP) named Andrew Woodward as the new Chief Financial Officer. Woodward will begin his new role on April 29. Prior to joining Blueknight Energy Partners, Woodward served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Andeavor Logistics. Before his appointment, Woodward led investor relations for ANDX and started his career with Andeavor, now Marathon Petroleum. Woodward also served as Vice President at RBC Capital Markets within its energy investment banking group.

Santosh Shanbhag

Akili Interactive [IRVING, TX] announced the addition of Santosh Shanbhag as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Akili, Shanbhag held senior finance leadership roles at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, most recently as Vice President and Head of International Finance and Accounting. Prior to Vertex, Shanbhag served in positions of increasing responsibility at Capgemini Consulting and Texas Instruments.

GoGuardian [EL SEGUNDO, CA] announced that Mike Jonas has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jonas most recently served as the CFO of ThriftBooks. Prior to that position, Mr. Jonas was at Microsoft for 14 years where he held various senior financial and operational roles across the company in corporate finance and Microsoft Office and Bing business units.

Majesco [MORRISTOWN, NJ] (NASDAQ: MJCO) announced the appointment of Wayne Locke as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Wayne joins the company from Capgemini, where he was responsible for financial and operational consulting services for insurance organizations. Prior to that he was the President of WEL Consulting LLC firm. Over the course of his career, he worked with companies including AIG, Deloitte Consulting, GE Capital, BNY and Swiss Re.

Cognex Corp. [NATICK, MA] (NASDAQ: CGNX) said its senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, John Curran, will resign, effective May 3.

Scott Clifford

Graybar [CLAYTON, MO] announced the appointment of Randall R. Harwood to Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer and Scott S. Clifford to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2019. Harwood currently serves as Graybar’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2013. Harwood has more than 40 years with Graybar and has a strong track record of leadership in both field and corporate executive roles. Clifford currently serves as Senior Vice President – Supply Chain Management, a position he has held since 2015. In his 25 years with Graybar, Clifford has successfully held senior leadership roles in finance, IT, strategy and supply chain management. As he moves into his new position as Chief Financial Officer, he will continue to lead Graybar’s IT and supply chain organizations. Both Harwood and Clifford also serve on Graybar’s board of directors.

Allbridge [RALEIGH, NC] announced that Mike Schaffer has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Schaffer was the CFO for SICOM Systems, Inc. Prior to SICOM, Schaffer held multiple executive level positions including CFO for Scala; CFO and Founder of Annexus Mobile Solutions; and Sr. Vice President for GE Capital.

Palladin Consumer Retail Partners [BOSTON, MA] announced the recent hire of a new Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer, Mary Courtney-O’Sullivan. John Lawrence has transitioned from CFO & CCO to Finance Partner. Most recently, Mary was Vice President of Finance and Assistant Treasurer at Advent International. Prior to Advent, Mary worked at The Bank of New York Mellon and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Global Knowledge [CARY, NC] appointed William Garrett as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Garrett joins Global Knowledge from his most recent position as CFO with Hybrid Enterprises.

Canterbury Park Holding Corporation [SHAKOPEE, MN] (NASDAQ: CPHC) announced that Robert M. Wolf has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance, effective April 19, 2019, to accept a position at NXC Imaging. Canterbury Park Chief Executive Officer and President Randy Sampson will serve as Interim CFO until a successor is found.

Cara Sample

Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams, Ltd. (ORBA) [CHICAGO, IL] announced the appointment of Cara Sample as Chief Financial Officer. She has more than 14 years of experience in both public and corporate accounting.

Silver Bullet Water Treatment [DENVER, CO], LLC announced that it has chosen Bradley “Brad” Walsh as the organization’s chief executive officer and board member. Brad previously served as Silver Bullet’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Brad joined Silver Bullet Water Treatment in January 2016. He started his career in 1993 and has worked for multiple Fortune 500 companies.

Alico, Inc. [FORT MYERS, FL] (NASDAQ: ALCO) Effective July 1, 2019, John E. Kiernan, who has served as Alico’s Chief Financial Officer for the last four years, will become Chief Executive Officer. Richard Rallo, who has served as Alico’s Chief Accounting Officer for the last two years, will succeed Mr. Kiernan as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Alico, Mr. Kiernan was the CFO of Greenwich Associates, and held senior roles with Global Crossing, Misys plc, IBM and Bear Stearns. Mr. Rallo was previously employed as COO and CFO at American Medical Alert Corp., CFO at Tradewell, Inc., and Controller at Connoisseur Communications Partners LP.

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] (NASDAQ: HALL) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Passmore as Chief Financial Officer. Passmore was promoted from his most recent position as Chief Accounting Officer for Hallmark Financial. He joined the company in 2002 and brings over 25 years of experience in finance and accounting leadership in the insurance industry.

PinnacleART [PASADENA, TX] announced the appointment of Andrew Susman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining PinnacleART, Susman served as Vice President Upstream Financial Planning & Analysis at BP Upstream. Susman has over 18 years of experience in the energy sector and has held a variety of finance roles, including Deepwater Area Planning & Commercial Manager; Director, Portfolio Upstream; and E&P Portfolio Advisor.

Robert Julian

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. [MIDVALE, UT] (NASDAQ: SPWH) announced the appointment of Robert K. Julian as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective April 24, 2019. Kevan Talbot will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until the effective date of Mr. Julian’s appointment and will then assist in the transition of responsibilities to Mr. Julian until a date to be determined between Mr. Talbot and the Company. Julian most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Deluxe Entertainment Services Group from July 2017 to June 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Julian served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Callaway Golf Company from May 2015 to April 2017, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Lydall Inc. from October 2012 to May 2015. Previously in his career, Julian held senior financial roles at Rockwell International, Honeywell, Cisco Systems, and Fisher Scientific.

Unifi Software [SAN MATEO, CA] announced that Intekhab Nazeer has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Unifi, Nazeer was the COO and CFO at Tribal Planet. Nazeer started his career with HCL group. He served as global finance head for Solix Group before holding leadership positions at Platfora (acquired by Workday), Greenplum (acquired by EMC), Appcelerator (acquired by Axway) and Pelikan Technologies.

CPS Technologies Corporation [NORTON, MA] (NASDAQ: CPSH) announced that Charles K. Griffith Jr. will be joining CPS as Chief Financial Officer upon the retirement of Ralph Norwood. Griffith’s appointment as CFO will be effective May 6, 2019. Griffith was most recently the CFO of SPRI Clinical Trials Global, LLC. Prior to joining SPRI, Mr. Griffith was the Vice President-Finance at Vertex Distribution (previously known as Pawtucket Fasteners and Bell Fasteners). He was at Vertex for 27 years.

Mike Morgan

C&A Industries Inc. [OMAHA, NE] announced the hiring of Mike Morgan as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining C&A, he served as Sr. Vice President of Finance with West Corporation; Chief Financial Officer with Streck; Chief Financial Officer with DRM, Inc.; and as Vice President of Finance with First Data. Morgan began his finance career with accounting firm Seim Johnson.

Curion Insights [CHICAGO, IL] announced that Mike Garibaldi has been named COO/CFO.

Melanie Payne

BackOffice Associates [SOUTH HARWICH, MA] announced that it has named Melanie Payne as its new Chief Financial Officer. In Payne’s most recent role, she served as Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Dell. Prior to this role, Payne served as Chief Audit Executive and as Senior Director of Global Services Operations and Strategy at EMC Corporation.

Justin Kvasnicka

Aceable [AUSTIN, TX] announced the hiring of Justin Kvasnicka as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aceable, Kvasnicka spent over five years at RetailMeNot, Inc. where he served as Vice President, Corporate & Business Development, as well as the CFO of the company’s Gift Card segment. He also worked at Capital Southwest Corporation, and at J.P. Morgan, where he was an Investment Banking Analyst.

Plus Products Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] (“PLUS” or the “Company”) (CSE: PLUS) (OTCQB: PLPRF) announced that Jon Paul has been appointed as PLUS’ Chief Financial Officer. The Company also announces that Craig Heimark has resigned as the Chief Financial Officer and has been appointed as the Chief Strategy Officer, and will remain as Chairman, Secretary and a Director.

Ventura Foods [BREA, CA] announced that Erika Noonburg-Morgan joined the company as Chief Financial Officer on March 11. She joins Ventura Foods from Coca-Cola Beverages Florida. Noonburg-Morgan was a senior member of the leadership team responsible for starting the business and driving the organization’s financial, commercial and operations strategy.

Anritsu Corporation [MORGAN HILL, CA] announced that it has named Donn Mulder President and Chief Financial Officer of Anritsu Company, the United States subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation. Mulder succeeds Toru Wakinaga who held this position, as well as responsibility for the overall sales operations in the Anritsu Americas Sales Region, since September 2017. Mulder joined Anritsu as Product Marketing Manager in 1992, and has served as a Senior Vice President and General Manager of Anritsu Company since 2005.

The Hennessey Group [MIDLAND, TX] appointed Kayce Hyatt to the position of chief financial officer. Kayce joined The Hennessey Group in 2016 as the business manager. In 2017, Kayce became the vice president of operations until her recent promotion to chief financial officer.

Drexel Hamilton [NEW YORK, NY] announced Fred Schwark will be the new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Fred served as the CFO at CRH Americas Materials.

Grow Capital [HENDERSON, NV] (OTCPK: GRWC) appointed Trevor Hall to serve as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company effective now through December 31, 2019. Hall succeeds Wayne Zallen, the Company’s current CFO, who welcomes Hall into the position and who will remain with the Company as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. Hall has served as the Managing Partner of Hall & Associates since 2007.

ClickBank [BOISE, ID], announced Ryan Vestal as Chief Financial Officer. Vestal has nearly two decades of experience beginning with KPMG and moving into ascending roles with leading Boise-based companies including KTVB News Group, Bodybuilding.com and most recently as the CFO of Vacasa.

Owens-Illinois [PERRYSBURG, OH] (NYSE: OI) announced that John Haudrich has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as Jan Bertsch has elected to step down and retire after serving as CFO since November 2015. Most recently, Haudrich served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy and Integration Officer at O-I.

CFO Moves – week ending March 29, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

J. C. Penney Company Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. Ryder System, Inc.
OneMain Holdings, Inc. Albany International Corp. CIM Commercial Trust Corporation
The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. Quanterix Corporation Texas American Resources Company
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. Razberi Technologies PGT Innovations, Inc.
Lexington Realty Trust Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. Air T, Inc.
SynTech Bioenergy Curator Solutions CytomX Therapeutics Inc.
SurchX Modo Labs Insmed Incorporated
Blind Squirrel Entertainment Rippe & Kingston Arcus Biosciences, Inc.
Provectus

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J. C. Penney Company, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: JCP) announced that Bill Wafford has been named executive vice president, chief financial officer, effective April 8. He succeeds Michael Fung, interim chief financial officer, who will remain with the Company through the end of April to allow for a seamless leadership transition. Wafford most recently served as executive vice president, chief financial officer for The Vitamin Shoppe. He joined The Vitamin Shoppe in 2017 as senior vice president overseeing strategy, finance, international operations and business development. Prior to The Vitamin Shoppe, Wafford served as a partner in the advisory practice group of KPMG following a five-year career at Walgreens Boots Alliance. Before Walgreens, Wafford held multiple finance-related positions with Archstone Consulting, Bank of America and at Target Corporation.

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. [SECAUCUS, NJ] (NYSE: VSI) announced that Bill Wafford resigned from his current position as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective April 5, 2019, in order to take a position as Chief Financial Officer at J. C. Penney Company, Inc. In connection with Mr. Wafford’s resignation, the Company will name Charles Knight as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Knight currently serves as the Company’s Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Knight was employed at Toys “R” Us, Inc. since 1990, and has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Senior Vice President-Corporate Controller (2010-2018).  Prior to joining Toys “R” Us, he was a Senior Accountant at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1986.

Scott T. Parker

Ryder System, Inc. [MIAMI, FL] (NYSE: R) announced the appointment of Scott T. Parker as executive vice president (EVP) and chief financial officer (CFO). Parker succeeds Art A. Garcia who announced his retirement in September 2018. He will join Ryder on April 5, 2019. Since November 2015, Mr. Parker served as EVP and CFO for OneMainFinancial. Prior to his most recent role at OneMain, Mr. Parker served as the CFO for commercial finance company CIT Group Inc. from July 2010 to October 2015. Prior to joining CIT, he served as CFO from 2006 to 2008 and chief operating officer from mid-2008 to 2010 for Cerberus Operations & Advisory Company, an affiliate of private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management. Mr. Parker also spent more than 15 years in leadership roles within the industrial and financial services businesses at General Electric Company, including CFO of GE Capital Solutions from 2005 to 2006.

OneMain Holdings, Inc. [BALTIMORE, MD] (NYSE: OMF) announced that Scott T. Parker, its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2015, will be leaving the company. Micah Conrad, currently OneMain’s Deputy CFO, will become Acting CFO. Prior to Springleaf’s acquisition of OneMain Financial, Conrad was CFO of OneMain, then a subsidiary of Citigroup starting in 2013. In addition to having served as Deputy CFO, Conrad was and will remain CFO of Springleaf Finance Corporation, OneMain’s unsecured bond issuing subsidiary. Prior to his time at OneMain, Conrad was a managing director at Citigroup and served in a variety of senior finance roles within Citi Holdings, Global Wealth Management and Institutional Clients Group.“Micah is an integral member of the executive team and brings extensive finance, capital markets and operational expertise to this role,”Shulman said. “His experience with our company and in previous senior roles in the financial services industry will help OneMain continue to produce great results.”

Albany International Corp. [ROCHESTER, NH] (NYSE: AIN) announced that it appointed Stephen M. Nolan as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to succeed John Cozzolino, effective April 1, 2019. Nolan most recently serving as CFO for Esterline, where he co-led the recently completed sale of Esterline to TransDigm Group Incorporated. Mr. Nolan had served as CFO of Esterline since February 2018. Prior to this role, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Vista Outdoor, Inc., and worked on the formation and spin-off of Vista Outdoor from its aerospace and defense parent company Alliant Techsystems (ATK) in 2015, as well as the related merger between ATK and Orbital Sciences to create Orbital ATK. Prior to that time, Mr. Nolan worked in a number of strategic and operational management roles within ATK, including Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development and several business unit leadership positions. Earlier in his career, Mr. Nolan served for five years in corporate development and strategy roles at Raytheon Company and five years as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company.

CIM Commercial Trust Corporation [DALLAS, TX] (NASDAQ & TASE: CMCT) announced that it appointed David Thompson as its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Nathan DeBacker as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Thompson previously served as CIM Commercial Trust’s CFO since 2014 and is a Principal and the CFO of CIM Group. DeBacker is a Senior Vice President and the CFO of CCO Capital, LLC, a subsidiary of CIM Group.

The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. [NEW YORK, NY] (NASDAQ: STKS) announced the appointment of Tyler Loy as Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2019. Linda Siluk, who is serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer, has been named to the newly created position of Chief Administrative Officer effective April 1, 2019. Loy has served as Vice President of Strategy at The ONE Group since September 2018. Prior, he was the Vice President of Finance for PacificBells. Mr. Loy began his career in operations at McCormick and Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants later moving into corporate finance. Between 2011 and 2016, he held various positions of increasing responsibility at Einstein Noah Restaurant Group in corporate finance, marketing, operations and strategy, serving most recently as Vice President of Catering.

Amol Chaubal

Quanterix Corporation [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: QTRX) announced that it has named Amol Chaubal to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 12, 2019. Amol replaces Joseph Driscoll, who is stepping down from his current role as CFO. Amol joins from Smith & Nephew, where he serves as CFO of Global Operations. Prior to his time at Smith & Nephew, Amol served as corporate vice president and head of finance for PAREXEL’s CRS business. He has also held various roles at Novartis, including CFO North America – Vaccines & Diagnostics as well as international roles across Switzerland, Canada and the United States.

Texas American Resources Company [AUSTIN, TX] announced that Ben M. Ellis has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Ellis most recently as Chief Financial Officer for Travis Peak Resources, LLC. Ellis also spent nearly five years at BP Corporation North American Inc. (BP). Prior to BP, Ellis spent five years at Merrill Lynch.

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. [TULSA, OK] (NYSE: MMP) announced that Aaron Milford has been promoted to chief operating officer effective May 1. Milford previously served as chief financial officer for Magellan. He has spent his entire career with Magellan or its predecessors. The partnership’s former vice president of finance and treasurer, Jeff Holman, will be promoted to chief financial officer also effective May 1. Holman has been with Magellan since its inception and has served in his most recent role since 2010 and other senior-level finance positions prior to that.

Razberi Technologies [FARMERS BRANCH, TX] announced that Jerry Trojan has joined as its chief financial officer. Trojan joins Razberi from Syncrolite LLC, where he served as CEO and previously CFO. Before that, he was the CFO of RAVE Restaurant Group Inc. His experience also includes CFO positions at two other publicly traded companies and several private equity backed companies.

PGT Innovations, Inc. [VENICE, FL] (NYSE: PGTI) announced the appointment of Sherri Baker as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 8, 2019. Baker succeeds Brad West, who is assuming the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer. Prior to joining PGT Innovations, Baker served as Vice President, Commercial Finance, for Dean Foods Company. Earlier, Baker served as Vice President of Investor Relations, Strategy and Corporate Finance, as well as Vice President of Finance, Logistics, forDean Foods. Prior to Dean Foods, Baker spent 13 years at Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, in a succession of finance and accounting roles.

Lexington Realty Trust [NEW YORK, NY] (NYSE: LXP) named Beth Boulerice its chief financial officer and treasurer. She succeeds Patrick Carroll, who was appointed as the company’s chief risk officer. Prior to joining Lexington in 2007, Ms. Boulerice was the Chief Accounting Officer at Newkirk Realty Trust and held various accounting roles at First Winthrop Corporation.

Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. [RICHMOND, VA] (NYSE: APLE) said that Chief Financial Officer Bryan Peery plans to retire in the first quarter of 2020. Peery intends to remain with the company over the next year to ensure a smooth transition.

Air T [MAIDEN, NC] announced that Brett Reynolds, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, informed the Company that he expects to resign his employment with the Company on or about April 12, 2019 to accept a position at another company.

Garrett Pettingell

SynTech Bioenergy [ENGLEWOOD, CO] appointed Garrett Pettingell as Chief Financial Officer. Pettingell has more than 20 years of work experience as a CEO and CFO of public and private companies in the United States and in Europe. Pettingell started his career with Bank of Austria in Moscow, Russia, rising to Head of Corporate Banking. In 2002, Pettingell engineered the spin-out of Apptix Inc. from TeleComputing. He was also CEO of Blue Frog Solutions.

Curator Solutions [HERNDON, VA] added David Cooper as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cooper was CFO of Dean & Company Strategy Consultants, Inc., in which he served as CFO for a number of affiliated startups that either had successful exists or grew to be mature operating businesses.

CytomX Therapeutics, Inc [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: CTMX) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Debanjan Ray, will be stepping down from the Company, effective May 15, 2019, to become the Chief Executive Officer of a newly-formed private biotechnology company.

SurchX [PHOENIX, AZ] announced the appointment of Jared Peck as Chief Financial Officer. Peck comes to SurchX from Swift Transportation, where he spent 14 years in finance and leadership roles.

Jacquelyn Barry Hamilton

Modo [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced that Jacquelyn Barry Hamilton has joined the leadership team as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Hamilton has most recently served as the CFO for NetCracker. Previously, Hamilton served for 4 Years as the Global Technology Division CFO for Monster Worldwide, and was also the CFO of Corporate Software, companies, which was acquired by Level 3 Communications during her tenure. At Level 3, Hamilton focused on M&A and post-merger integration activities.

Insmed Incorporated [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] (NASDAQ: INSM) announced that Paolo Tombesi, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company effective June 2, 2019.

Blind Squirrel Entertainment [LOS ANGELES] hired Steve Sardegna as its Chief Financial Officer. Previous to joining Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Sardegna served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at various companies. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Co-founder for fifteen years at Foundation 9 Entertainment. Before co-founding Foundation 9 Entertainment, Steve held various financial executive roles for both startup and global organizations, including Vulcan Programming; Virgin Interactive Entertainment; and KPMG.

Rippe & Kingston [CINCINNATI] announced the appointment of Sarah Huber as chief financial officer (CFO). Huber joins Rippe & Kingston from the Futbol Club Cincinnati (FC Cincinnati) where she was the senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Arcus Biosciences, Inc. [HAYWARD, Calif.] (NYSE: RCUS) announced the appointment of Rekha Hemrajani as Chief Operating and Financial Officer. Ms. Hemrajani joins Arcus from FLX Bio where she was Chief Operating Officer. Prior to FLX Bio, Ms. Hemrajani was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Business and Financial Operations at 3-V Biosciences. Previously, Ms. Hemrajani was Vice President, Head of Licensing and Mergers and Acquisitions at Onyx Pharmaceuticals and Vice President of Business Development at Exelixis. Ms. Hemrajani began her career in investment banking at firms such as Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers, where she focused on the biopharmaceutical and healthcare sector.

Provectus [KNOXVILLE, TN] (OTCQB: PVCT) announced the appointment of Heather Raines as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mrs. Raines had previously served as Provectus’ Controller since 2017, and now replaces the Company’s interim CFO. From 2007 to 2015, Mrs. Raines served as Controller of the Oak Ridge, Tennessee location of AMETEK, Inc. Following AMETEK, from 2015 to 2017, she served as Vice President of Finance for BDry Waterproofing and Foundation Repair.

CFO Moves – week ending March 15, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Innophos Holdings, Inc. Swagelok Company Percolate
Element Solutions Inc SentryOne Preferred Systems Solutions, Inc.
Lancaster Colony Corporation Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.
Meritor, Inc. WorldVentures TrueMotion
21st Century Oncology Realogy Holdings Corp. Professional Diversity Network, Inc.
MGP Ingredients, Inc. ZAGG Inc ANGI Homeservices Inc.
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. 10Pearls Addison Group

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Innophos Holdings, Inc. [CRANBURY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: IPHS) announced that Mark Feuerbach, the Company’s current Vice President, Investor Relations, Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis, has been named interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Han Kieftenbeld. Feuerbach has 30 years of experience in financial roles at Innophos, including serving as interim CFO on four prior occasions.

John Hund

Swagelok Company [SOLON, Ohio] announced that John Hund has joined the company as its vice president of finance and chief financial officer (CFO). Hund succeeds James Cavoli, who will now oversee Swagelok’s global sales organization as vice president, distributor support services. Hund joins Swagelok from Hillenbrand Inc., where he served as group CFO for the company’s Industrial Products business. Prior to Hillenbrand, he held roles of increasing responsibility with IDEX Corp. and Hawker Beechcraft.

Steve Shevick

Percolate [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Steve Shevick has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Percolate, Steve had been the CFO at CloudPassage, Inc. since October 2013.

Element Solutions Inc. [WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.] (NYSE: ESI) announced the promotion of Carey J. Dorman to Chief Financial Officer. Dorman joined Element Solutions in 2015 and has served in a number of corporate finance and other leadership roles. He has served as Element Solutions’ Corporate Treasurer since February 2018. Prior to joining Element Solutions, Mr. Dorman held investment and corporate finance positions at Taconic Capital Advisors and Goldman Sachs.

SentryOne [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Lang Leonard as CFO. Leonard joins SentryOne from LevelUp. Previously in his career, Leonard also served as CFO at Affinnova and Ipswitch, and as Corporate Controller at RSA Security.

Dan Muse

Preferred Systems Solutions, Inc. [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that it recently appointed Dan Muse as CFO. Muse previously served as the CFO for FCI Enterprises LLC and Sevatec. Before joining Sevatec, Mr. Muse spent over a decade as an investment banker with Stifel’s Aerospace, Defense and Government Services group. Earlier in his career, he worked for industry leaders including Goldman Sachs and Arthur Andersen.

Lancaster Colony Corporation [WESTERVILLE, Ohio] (NASDAQ: LANC) announced that the Company’s Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Douglas A. Fell, has chosen to transition from his current position effective April 1, 2019 to lead as Transformation Program Officer.  The Company also announced today the appointment of Thomas K. Pigott as Vice President, Assistant Secretary and CFO effective April 1, 2019.  Pigott served as Vice President and CFO for MGP Ingredients for the past three years.  His prior experience includes Vice President Finance roles for Kraft Foods Group’s Meal Solutions Division, Kraft’s Meals and Desserts Business Unit and Nestle USA’s Pizza Division.

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. [FLINT, Mich.] (NYSE: DPLO) announced that the company appointed Dan Davison as chief financial officer and treasurer effective April 8, succeeding Atul Kavthekar.  Davison most recently served as senior vice president of PBM Finance of CVS Health. Before CVS, Davison held leadership roles at Medco Health Solutions, including senior vice president of financial and strategic planning and chief financial officer of the health plan division.

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. [CARSON, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PRTS) appointed David Meniane to COO, a newly created position, as well as CFO, succeeding Neil Watanabe. Meniane previously served as executive vice president of L.A. Libations, an incubation partner to the Venturing & Emerging Brands group at the Coca-Cola Company. Prior to L.A. Libations, Meniane founded Victoria’s Kitchen. Meniane also previously served as chief financial officer at Aflalo & Harkham Investments. Meniane currently serves on the board of directors for Space Shake and Relentless Trade Solutions.

Meritor, Inc. [TROY, Mich.] (NYSE: MTOR) announced that Carl Anderson, group vice president, Finance, has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer. Anderson’s appointment follows Kevin Nowlan‘s decision to resign from his role as senior vice president and president, Trailer and Components and chief financial officer to accept a chief financial officer position with another company to be announced in the near future. Anderson has served as Meritor’s group vice president, Finance, since March 2018. Anderson joined Meritor in 2006 as the director of capital markets, holding positions of increasing responsibility. Before joining Meritor, he held a variety of finance and treasury roles at First Chicago NBD Bank and GMAC for more than 10 years.

WorldVentures [PLANO, Texas] announced the appointment of Chris Gobalakrishna as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Chris began his career at BMG/Sony Music and has worked in leadership positions at companies including Beachbody LLC, Tone It Up, Inc., Arista Records and Univision Digital.

TrueMotion [BOSTON] announced that Roger Colvin has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining TrueMotion, Colvin was CFO & President at ZeroTurnaround. Colvin was also co-founder and CFO of BullHorn.

21st Century Oncology (21CO) [FORT MYERS, Fla.] announced the hiring of Todd Higgins as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Higgins, whose career has spanned two decades in healthcare services, joins 21CO after recently serving as Chief Financial Officer at Confluent Health, LLC and Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

Charlotte Simonelli

Realogy Holdings Corp. [MADISON, N.J.] (NYSE: RLGY) announced the appointment of Charlotte Simonelli as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer, effective March 25, 2019. She joins Realogy from Johnson & Johnson where she most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Medical Devices.

Professional Diversity Network, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: IPDN) announced the appointment of Xin (Adam) He as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. He was a Director of the Company and he replaces Gary Xiao, the Company’s former CFO. Mr. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of Wanda America Investment Holding Co. and AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. He also served as an independent board director at iFresh Inc. and Energy Focus Inc. He also served as Financial Controller of a NYSE listed company, Xinyuan Real Estate Co.

Brandon Gall

MGP Ingredients, Inc. [ATCHISON, Kan.] (NASDAQ: MGPI) announced that Brandon Gall, corporate controller, will be appointed vice president of finance and chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2019. Gall’s appointment follows Tom Pigott’s decision to resign from his role as vice president of finance and chief financial officer to pursue other career opportunities. Gall has served as MGP’s Corporate Controller since June of 2018. During his seven-year tenure with the Company, Gall has advanced through a steady progression of leadership roles, including Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, Director of Supply Chain Finance, Director of Business Development and most recently, Corporate Controller.

ZAGG Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] (NASDAQ: ZAGG) announced that Brad Holiday intends to step down as Chief Financial Officer and transition to the role of Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategic Projects of ZAGG effective March 31, 2019.  Taylor Smith, currently Vice President, Finance & Accounting of ZAGG, has been appointed Mr. Holiday’s successor. Prior to his promotion to Vice President, Finance & Accounting in January 2013, Mr. Smith served as Director of SEC Reporting of ZAGG.

Jamie Cohen

ANGI Homeservices [GOLDEN, Colo.] (NASDAQ: ANGI) announced the promotion of Jamie Cohen, Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting, to Chief Financial Officer. Glenn H. Schiffman, CFO of IAC, had previously held a dual role as CFO of ANGI Homeservices. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting at the company since its formation as a public company in 2017.  Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Cohen served in the same role for IAC’s HomeAdvisor from January 2017; prior to that time, she held several financial leadership positions with HomeAdvisor since joining the company in 2011.

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. [WYOMISSING, Pa.] (NASDAQ: GLPI) announced that Steven T. Snyder has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Snyder has served as GLPI’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Interim Chief Financial Officer since May 4, 2018, and prior to that was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development from the time of GLPI’s spin-off from Penn National Gaming (“Penn National”) in November 2013. Prior to GLPI’s spin-off from Penn National Gaming, Mr. Snyder served as Penn National’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development from 2003 and was responsible for identifying and conducting internal and industry analysis of potential acquisitions, partnerships and other opportunities. He joined Penn National as Vice President of Corporate Development in May 1998 and held that position until his appointment to Senior Vice President in 2003.

10Pearls [VIENNA, VA.] welcomes Peter Niestroy as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining 10Pearls LLC, Niestroy founded Envision Business Solutions, LLC. Prior to starting his advisory firm, Mr. Niestroy began his career as a CPA with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Addison Group [CHICAGO] announced that Michael Samuels has joined Addison Group as Chief Financial Officer. Michael was most recently as CFO and Treasurer of Information Resources, Inc.

CFO Moves – week ending March 1, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Edgewell Personal Care Company Tupperware Brands Corporation NASA
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Sidecar Israel Discount Bank of New York
MeriCal, LLC Bristow Group Inc. Connection
The Doe Run Company Genocea Biosciences, Inc. Verana Health
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. Trinseo Gateway Mortgage Group
RecVue, Inc. Hylan Vology
CBB Bancorp, Inc. JND Legal Administration CCRM
Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. Spin Memory, Inc. Atreca, Inc.
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Iconix Brand Group, Inc. Lumina
Douglas Emmett, Inc.

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Edgewell Personal Care Company [SHELTON, Conn.] (NYSE: EPC) announced that Daniel J. Sullivan will join the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2019.  He will succeed Rod R. Little, who, as previously announced, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2019. Sullivan most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Party City. Before that he served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance and as a Member of the Executive Board of Ahold USA, Inc., starting in 2010. Previously, Mr. Sullivan worked at Heineken for 12 years in executive finance positions both in the United States and Europe, including serving as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President – Strategy for Heineken USA. Prior to that, Mr. Sullivan was a controller for Amscan Inc. Mr. Sullivan started his career at KPMG.

Tupperware Brands Corporation [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: TUP) announced the appointment of Cassandra “Sandra” Harris, formerly of VF Corporation, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2019.  Harris succeeds Michael “Mike” Poteshman, who recently announced his retirement after a 25-year career with the Company, and who will remain until March 31, 2019 and provide consulting services through September 30, 2019 to ensure an orderly transition. Throughout Harris’ tenure at VF Corporation she held various positions of increasing responsibility including global Vice President and Chief Information Officer.  Prior to this role, she served as Chief Financial Officer in the Direct to Consumer and Global Supply Chain divisions.  She previously spent more than 10 years at Wilsonart International, Inc., where following a series of accounting roles, she served as the company’s Group Controller. Harris began her career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

NASA [HUNTSVILLE, Ala.] announced the appointment of Rhega Gordon to the Senior Executive Service position of center chief financial officer for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Prior to her appointment, Gordon served as deputy center CFO since July 2013 and as acting center CFO since the retirement of Marshall CFO William Hicks in January. Previously, Gordon was manager of the Planning and Control Office in Marshall’s Flight Programs and Partnerships Office and manager of the Science and Mission Systems Program Planning and Control Office. She managed the Instrument & Payload Systems Department Resources Group, part of Marshall’s Engineering Directorate; and she was also manager of the Engineering Directorate’s Payload and Technology Business Office and Space Systems Payloads and Project Offices. Gordon was appointed team lead in Marshall’s Flight Projects Directorate after beginning her NASA career in 1991 as an engineer in Marshall’s Ground Systems Department of the Mission Operations Laboratory.

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO & NEW YORK] (NYSE: CCO), a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc. announced that Brian Coleman will become Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCOH) when the company becomes a standalone public company upon iHeartMedia’s emergence from its previously announced restructuring process. Coleman currently serves as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of iHeartMedia, Inc.

Sidecar [PHILADELPHIA] named Saroosh Ahmed the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Sidecar, Ahmed was Senior Vice President of Finance for Datapipe. Prior to Datapipe, Ahmed held senior finance positions at Time Warner Cable (later acquired by Spectrum). Ahmed also spent 10 years in finance, operations, and M&A leadership roles at RCN. His experience culminated in his position as Vice President and General Manager of the company’s largest business division.

Scott Graham

Israel Discount Bank of New York [New York] announced that Scott Graham has been named Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Head of Strategy at Barclays Private Bank and has held key leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Wealth and Private Banking. Prior to Barclays, he served as CFO and COO at JPMorgan & Chase US Private Bank and CFO at both Citi North America Private Bank and Citi EMEA Private Bank.

MeriCal, LLC [ANAHEIM, Calif.] announced the appointment of Michael Smith as their new Chief Financial Officer.  Smith previously worked as the Chief Financial Officer at National Pasteurized Eggs, and led the sale of the company to Post Holdings, Inc.  Smith has also worked at Smithbucklin Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Mesirow Financial and Deloitte.

Bristow Group Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: BRS) announced that L. Don Miller has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer from his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Brian Allman has been promoted and will replace Miller as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Allman was previously Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Bristow, and will continue as Bristow’s Chief Accounting Officer. Allman joined Bristow in 2006 as Director of Financial Reporting.

Connection (PC Connection, Inc.) [MERRIMACK, N.H.] (NASDAQ: CNXN) announced that Thomas C. Baker has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer. Prior to joining Connection, Mr. Baker served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the New Markets and Service Group at Applied Materials, Inc. since 2013. He previously served as Vice President of finance for Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates from 2006 to 2013, and led the finance integration following the acquisition of Varian Semiconductor of Applied Materials in 2011. Mr. Baker launched his career as a public accountant with Price Waterhouse.

The Doe Run Company [ST. LOUIS] announced that Gary Mard has been promoted to vice president – finance and chief financial officer, succeeding Terry Fox who recently retired.

Genocea Biosciences, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: GNCA) announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Diantha Duvall. Ms. Duvall joins Genocea from Bioverativ, Inc., where she served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since the company’s spin out from Biogen, where she had served as U.S. and then Global Commercial Controller. Prior to Biogen, Ms. Duvall held a variety of financial and accounting positions at Merck and Co. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Verana Health [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Marie-Eve Piche as Chief Financial Officer. Marie-Eve Piche is Chief Financial Officer at Verana Health. Prior to joining Verana, Piche was the CFO of Pymetrics. Prior to this, Piche spent five years at AppNexus as the Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. Piche started her professional career at General Electric where she spent 11 years holding several key financial roles. This included Head of Finance for NBC Sports and Senior Director for Telemundo. She was selected for the leadership program at GE Industrial and GE Capital.

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: BHF) announced that the Company and Anant Bhalla, chief financial officer, have decided to part ways amicably, effective March 14, 2019. Conor Murphy, chief operating officer, was appointed to serve as interim chief financial officer. Prior to joining Brighthouse Financial in 2017, Murphy was the chief financial officer for MetLife, Inc.’s (“MetLife”) Latin America region. He also served as head of investor relations for MetLife, as chief financial officer for MetLife’s Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, and as chief financial officer for MetLife’s Investments organization. Murphy joined MetLife from PwC and began his career at Grant Thornton LLP.

Trinseo [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: TSE) announced that Barry J. Niziolek, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his plans to retire around mid-year 2019.

Gateway Mortgage Group [JENKS, Okla.] announced Christopher Treece as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Treece was the Chief Financial Officer for Guaranty Bancorp in Denver, Colo. which was sold to Independent Bank Group in 2018.

RecVue, Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced that Steve Lance has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Steve was CFO at Cloud Lending Solutions, which was acquired by Q2ebanking, as well as Giga-tronics and SugarCRM.

Hylan [HOLMDEL, N.J.] announced the appointment of Scott Gindea as new Chief Financial Officer for Hylan. Gindea succeeds Luke McKinnon, who has served as Hylan’s CFO for the last two years.

Grant Newmyer

Vology [CLEARWATER, Fla.] announced the appointment of Grant Newmyer as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Newmyer joins Vology from iQor, where he served as Senior Vice President–Global Controller since 2014. Previously, Newmyer was Group Financial Officer at First Advantage. Before then, he last served as Vice President of Finance at Sara Lee Corp. and formerly held several other finance management roles for a combined 11 years.

CBB Bancorp, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTCQB: CBBI), the parent company of Commonwealth Business Bank, announced that Long T. Huynh has been hired as EVP and Chief Financial Officer. Huynh started his career in public accounting and went on to become the Chief Financial Officer of several community banks. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Commerce Bancorp, which was acquired by First Choice Bancorp (NASDAQ – FCBP).

JND Legal Administration [SEATTLE] appointed Flora Bian as chief financial officer. Bian previously served as CFO at multinational creative and digital marketing agencies within the WPP and Omnicom global networks. Earlier in her career, she worked in various financial management positions within the insurance, telecommunication and banking industries.

CCRM (Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine) [DENVER] announced the appointment of R.P. Dickerson as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining CCRM, Dickerson was the CFO for MD Now Urgent Care.

Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. [BALTIMORE] announced that Jack Crowley has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Crowley most recently served as CFO at Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. Crowley’s prior roles at the company included Chief Accounting Offer, Vice President of Finance, and Global Corporate Controller. Before joining Lantheus, Mr. Crowley served as Director of Finance and Assistant Corporate Controller of Biogen Idec, the Director of Accounting at Thermo Fischer Scientific, and a Senior Manager in the Audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Spin Memory, Inc. [FREMONT, Calif.] announced the appointment of Antoine Bruyns as the company’s first chief financial officer. Previously, Antoine was a consultant at Bain & Co and an investment banker for J.P. Morgan.

Atreca, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced the retirement of Susan Berland, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and the appointment of Herb Cross as her successor. Before joining Atreca, Cross was the first CFO at ARMO BioSciences. Prior to this, he was the CFO at Balance Therapeutics. Previously, Mr. Cross was CFO and interim Chief Executive Officer at KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. He also served as CFO at Affymax. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cross was Vice President, Finance at Facet Biotech Corporation, a spin-off of PDL BioPharma, where he was Executive Director, Finance and Corporate Controller. Mr. Cross was also the Vice President of Finance for Neoforma and began his career at Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDSAQ: KPTI) announced the appointment of Michael P. Mason as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to spending over 13 years at Alnylam in a progression of finance roles, Mr. Mason was Corporate Controller at Praecis Pharmaceuticals and previously worked in the audit practice at KPMG LLP.

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ICON) announced that John T. McClain has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. From 2007 until 2014, Mr. McClain was CFO at Jones Apparel Group. He has also held senior finance roles at Lindblad Expedition Holdings, Inc., Avis Budget Group, Inc., formerly Cendant Corporation, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and ITT Corporation. Mr. McClain is currently a member of the board of directors for Lands’ End, Inc. and Seritage Growth Properties.

Lumina [TAMPA, Fla.] announced that Albert Narvades has joined the company as chief financial officer.  Narvades most recently served as chief financial officer at Jagged Peak. Prior to that he served as controller for BP’s alternative energy group/biofuels in Tampa.  Before joining BP, Narvades held a variety of roles with Walter Energy, Inc. (formerly Walter Industries) and its spin-off Walter Investment, including serving as vice president of finance, capital markets focused on structured finance transactions related to securitizations. Narvades began his career with Ernst & Young in 1994 and served in various roles including Audit Manager.

Douglas Emmett, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NYSE: DEI) announced that Peter Seymour is replacing Mona Gisler as the Chief Financial Officer of Douglas Emmett, Inc. Gisler will continue to serve as Douglas Emmett’s Chief Accounting Officer.  Seymour joined Douglas Emmett in 2017 as its Chief Strategic Officer.  Before joining Douglas Emmett, Mr. Seymour spent 20 years at The Walt Disney Company, where he had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Disney-ABC Television Group.

CFO Moves – week ending February 22, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Avis Budget Group, Inc. MGM Resorts International Citigroup Inc.
Medical Informatics Engineering Diodes Incorporated Spirion
Ver-Tex Construction Symmons Industries, Inc. GenMark Diagnostics, Inc.
Hercules Capital, Inc. Upwell Health Stack Infrastructure
Ceragon Networks Ltd. FISION Corporation FinFit
Dorman Products, Inc. Togetherwork The Middleby Corporation
Surmodics, Inc. United Bancshares, Inc. Fresenius Medical Care
Voci Technologies Energy Efficient Equity MDLIVE Inc.
ATI Physical Therapy McCourt Global

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Avis Budget Group, Inc. [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: CAR) announced that, effective March 18, 2019, John F. North III will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Martyn Smith will continue to be the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer until March 18, 2019, and thereafter will serve in a transitional and advisory role for at least six months.  Since 2002, Mr. North has held various leadership roles in finance, including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, at Lithia Motors, Inc.

MGM Resorts International [LAS VEGAS] (NYSE: MGM) announced that current Chief Operating Officer Corey Sanders will be appointed Chief Financial Officer. Current Chief Financial Officer Dan D’Arrigo has chosen to take advantage of the voluntary resignation program offered as part of MGM 2020 and will be resigning from the Company and the Board of Directors of MGM China. Sanders served as the COO of MGM Resorts International since 2010, and previously served as the COO for the Company’s Core Brand and Regional Properties. In his tenure with the Company, Mr. Sanders has also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for MGM Grand Resorts, Executive Vice President and CFO for MGM Grand, Assistant Vice President of Corporate Finance, and Tax Director for MGM Grand.

Citigroup Inc. (Citi) [New York] appointed Mark A.L. Mason to be Citi Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mason will replace John C. Gerspach, retired as Citi Chief Financial Officer. Mason joined Citi in 2001 and has held several senior operational, strategic, and financial executive positions, including serving as CEO of Citi Holdings from December 2011 through May 2013. He also served as CEO of Citi Private Bank from June 2013 through September 2014.

Mike White

Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) [Fort Wayne, IN] announced the appointment of W. Michael “Mike” White as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MIE, he most recently served as Sr. Director of Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis and Head of Performance Controlling at Siemens PLM Software.  Additionally, he has held senior financial leadership roles with UGS Software, Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC) and Sybase. Mike has served as an Advisory Board member to multiple financial software vendors and has served as an Adjunct Instructor in Accounting at the University level.

Diodes Incorporated [PLANO, Texas] (NASDAQ: DIOD) announced the appointment of Brett Whitmire, Diodes’ Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, as Chief Financial Officer effective March 1, 2019. Whitmire will succeed current CFO, Richard (Rick) White, who has been in the role for 10 years. White plans to remain with the company part-time as Corporate Secretary and Special Assistant to the CEO. Whitmire has 30 years of industry experience and has been with Diodes for over eight years. In addition, Whitmire worked at Freescale Semiconductor as CFO for the Analog and Sensors Division and previously worked at Texas Instruments for 20 years. At TI, he served in a variety of finance and operational leadership positions, including seven years as vice president, while serving as the finance and operations executive for the high-volume Analog and Logic Division and the head of corporate supply chain.

Spirion [ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.] recently expanded its executive team with the addition of Ty Hurner as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hurner’s most recent tenure was VP Global Finance at VIPRE Security, which was acquired by j2 Global in January 2018. After beginning his career in public accounting with PwC, Hurner spent the past 10 years working in the technology and security sectors.

Ver-Tex Construction [CANTON, MASS.] announced that Cindy Cox will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Cox brings with her more than 20 years of experience in senior finance and leadership roles, and she most recently helped bring her previous company from startup to a business with hundreds of employees, including national and international expansion.

Karen Foley

Symmons Industries, Inc. [BRAINTREE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Karen A. Foley as Chief Financial Officer. Karen joined Symmons in 2008 as Manager of Finance. She was promoted to Director of Finance in 2010 and then appointed to the company’s leadership team in 2017. Prior to joining Symmons, Karen worked at Haemonetics Corporation and other biotech companies.

GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. [CARLSBAD, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GNMK) announced that Scott Mendel, currently GenMark’s Chief Financial Officer, assumes the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. Simultaneous with this transition, Johnny Ek has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ek has served as GenMark’s Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since 2013. Prior to joining GenMark, he served as Vice President of Finance and International Controller for Affymetrix, as Corporate Controller of eBioScience, and as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young.

Hercules Capital, Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: HTGC) announced the appointment of Seth Meyer as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 4, 2019. Meyer replaces David Lund, who served as interim CFO for the prior 16 months and will continue to serve as a special consulting advisor to the Company through April 2019. Most recently, Meyer served as the CFO of Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance business unit for over six years. Mr. Meyer joined Swiss Re in 2000 and was appointed Group Tax Director in 2007, and then promoted to Finance Division Operating Officer in 2009, a position he held until appointed CFO in 2011. Prior to joining Swiss Re, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Senior Tax Manager. Mr. Meyer began his finance career as a senior tax accountant at KPMG.

Upwell Health [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that the appointment of Patrick Grosso as chief financial officer. Grosso assumes the position of CFO after serving as Upwell’s chief administrative officer since March 2018 and interim CFO since November.

Heather Paduck

Stack Infrastructure [DENVER] announced the appointment of Heather Paduck as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to STACK, Paduck was Chief Financial Officer of Northwood Investors. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of Pembroke Real Estate, a Fidelity Investments subsidiary. Paduck’s experience also includes six years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ceragon Networks Ltd. [LITTLE FALLS, New Jersey] (NASDAQ: CRNT) announced that it appointed Ran Vered to serve as its chief financial officer, replacing Doron Arazi, who will continue in his role as Ceragon’s deputy CEO with expanded business and strategic responsibilities. Ran joins Ceragon from Check Point Software, where he served as VP – Finance since 2018, and he previously served as CFO of Radcom. His career also included various financial positions at Amdocs and several years in public accounting with KPMG.

FISION Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (OTCQB: FSSN appointed Dan Dorsey as Chief Financial Officer and to its board of directors, effective March 1, 2019. Dorsey presently serves as a partner with Capital Market Solutions. He formerly served as vice president and corporate controller for Rodale until it was acquired by Hearst Communications. Dorsey was previously the chief financial officer of Hudson News Distributors and was the senior vice president of finance and corporate controller for both Tribune Publishing Company and Source Interlink Companies. Dorsey will succeed Garry Lowenthal, who has served as FISION’s Chief Financial Officer since 2010. Lowenthal will transition into a non-officer role within the company and will also step down as a Director of the Company, effective February 28, 2019.

FinFit [VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.] announced that it has hired Matthew Fahy as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Fahy was most recently CFO and Executive Vice President of Global Services at AgilQuest. Prior to AgilQuest Fahy served as CFO for Public Access Technologies and QualityClick.com Inc.

Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: DORM) announced that David M. Hession will join its management team as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 1, 2019. Hession replaces Mike Ginnetti who acted as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Hession joins Dorman from his post as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Johnsonville, LLC. David has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in his career including Vice President Finance & Administration at McCormick & Company, Inc. after beginning his career in management consulting.

Priyanka Singh

Togetherwork [NEW YORK] announced that Priyanka Singh has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Togetherwork, Singh was CFO at USA Technologies. Prior to that, she spent six years in various finance and product roles at Heartland Payment Systems, and subsequently at Global Payments after it acquired Heartland. She left Global Payments as Divisional CFO for point-of-sale payments solutions. Earlier in her career, Ms. Singh held various finance roles at General Electric. She started her career at Ernst & Young in tax and audit.

The Middleby Corporation [ELGIN, Ill.] (NASDAQ: MIDD) announced that Timothy FitzGerald has been named Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. FitzGerald served as Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Bryan Mittelman, Middleby Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, replacing FitzGerald. Prior to Middleby, he spent five years as a Vice President and Controller of Knowles Corporation. Mittelman has also served as Corporate Controller at Morningstar, Inc. and in finance and accounting roles at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Dade Behring and Arthur Andersen.

Surmodics, Inc. [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] (NASDAQ: SRDX) announced the appointment of Timothy J. Arens, Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Arens was named interim CFO in May 2018 following the departure of Andrew LaFrence. Arens has served in his current role since February 2013. He joined Surmodics in February 2007 as Director, Business Development, was named Senior Director and General Manager of the in vitro diagnostics business unit in October 2010 and served as Vice President of Finance and interim CFO from August 2011 to February 2013.

United Bancshares, Inc. [Columbus Grove, Ohio] appointed Stacy A. Cox to the position of Chief Financial Officer of United Bancshares, Inc. Ms. Cox will also be appointed to the positions of Executive Vice President and CFO of the Company’s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, The Union Bank Company (the “Bank”). Daniel J. Lucke, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, has transitioned to the position of Controller of the Bank. Ms. Cox served as Senior Vice President, Operations, for Huntington National Bank from 1992 to 2008. In 2008, Ms. Cox accepted the position of Vice President, Core Banking Operations and Information Technology, with First National Bank Omaha, where she served until taking the positions of Chief Operations Officer and Chief Risk Officer with Croghan Colonial Bank, Fremont, Ohio, positions which she has continuously held until her current appointment.

Fresenius Medical Care [Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany & Waltham, MA] announced that CFO Michael Brosnan plans to retire from the Company after his successor has been identified and transitioned into the role. Michael Brosnan has been Global CFO of Fresenius Medical Care since January 2010. Previously, he served as CFO of Fresenius Medical Care North America for seven years. He joined the company in 1998 as Vice President of Finance and Administration for the company’s laboratory services organization and then assumed several key executive positions at Fresenius Medical Care in North America. Prior to joining the company, he held senior financial positions at Polaroid Corporation and was an audit partner at KPMG.

Voci Technologies [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of Tony Ryan as CFO. Ryan served as CFO at Primal Palate, Transim Technology Corporation, TimeSys and Ansoft Corporation. Ryan was also Director, IP Strategy at Arrow Electronics and COO and CFO for DesignAdvance Systems.

Energy Efficient Equity (E3) [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Rasool Alizadeh to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining E3, Alizadeh was Treasurer & Head of Capital Markets at Ygrene Energy Fund. Prior to his time at Ygrene, Mr. Alizadeh spent time at SMBC Nikko Securities, RBC Capital Markets, and S&P Ratings Services.

MDLIVE Inc. [Sunrise, Fla.] announced the appointment of Dan Monahan as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to MDLIVE, Mr. Monahan was the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations for the Imaging business within Change Healthcare, formerly McKesson. He has also held several key financial and operational leadership roles with Sprint, Nortel Networks, SITA, CDC oftware and EMS Technologies.

Joseph Jordan

ATI Physical Therapy [Bolingbrook, Ill.] announced that Joseph Jordan has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer for the organization. He moves into the role from Senior Vice President and Controller. Al Hamood, who was serving in a dual role of CEO and CFO, will move into the role of President of the company with Jordan’s promotion. Jordan joined the organization in April 2018, coming to ATI from Sears Holdings where he was Corporate Controller. In addition to his role as Corporate Controller at Sears, he served as Assistant Controller for Suncoke Energy. Jordan began his career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

McCourt Global [NEW YORK] announced its appointment of Joe Riley as Chief Financial Officer. Riley  previously served as Managing Member and Chief Administrative Officer of the Psilos Group.

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.

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