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CFO Moves – week ending October 11, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

AMC Entertainment Palladio Biosciences, Inc. Kohl’s
Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. Innovest Global Inc. GMS Inc.
GRAIL, Inc. New York Life AEON Biopharma
Tenet Healthcare Corporation Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. Eastside Distilling, Inc.
Franworth Target Corporation Blackboard Inc.
Port Tampa Bay Galera Therapeutics, Inc. Synaptics Incorporated
NexTech AR Solutions Corp. Northwest Pipe Company United States Steel Corporation
American BriVision Holding Corporation CU Service Network SOCIAL HOUSE Vodka
CPG Beyond Inc. Unico Properties LLC Vida Ventures
Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. Collabra Technology RedSeal
Silvergate Bank BioDerm, Inc.

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AMC Entertainment [LEAWOOD, Kansas] (NYSE: AMC) announced the hiring of Sean Goodman, currently CFO of Asbury Automotive Group, who will commence working with AMC as Executive Vice President – Finance on December 2, 2019. Current AMC CFO Craig Ramsey will retire on February 28, 2020, in a long-envisioned move. Goodman has more than 30 years of finance experience including leading Financial Planning and Analysis as well as Business Development at Home Depot in Atlanta, was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in London and worked for Deloitte & Touche in South Africa and New York.

Palladio Biosciences, Inc. [NEWTOWN, PA] announced the appointment of Marella Thorell as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Thorell served as CFO/COO and an Executive Director of Realm Therapeutics which was acquired by ESSA Pharma in July 2019, having previously held a number of other senior positions within Realm. Thorell was appointed a director of ESSA following the acquisition. Thorell also worked at Campbell Soup Company, in several financial and management roles. She began her career and earned her CPA qualification with Ernst & Young LLP.

Kohl’s [MENOMONEE FALLS, WI] (NYSE: KSS) announced that Bruce Besanko has decided to retire from Kohl’s at the end of the fiscal year and will step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1. At that time, Jill Timm, Kohl’s Executive Vice President of Finance, will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Timm joined Kohl’s in 1999, holding progressive leadership positions across several areas of finance, most recently as Executive Vice President of Finance.

Emily A. Weaver

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. [MILWAUKEE,] (NYSE: GDI) announced the appointment of Emily A. Weaver as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective December 1, 2019. Weaver joins Gardner Denver from Fortive Corporation where she is currently its Chief Accounting Officer, and brings to Gardner Denver more than 25 years of experience with companies including Fortive, Danaher and General Electric. Weaver will succeed Neil Snyder, Gardner Denver’s current CFO, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities.

Innovest Global Inc. [CLEVELAND] (OTC Markets: IVST) announced the appointment of Indrani Egleston as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mike Yukich, Innovest Global’s prior Chief Financial Officer will remain on in a consulting role to help ensure a seamless transition through the 2019 financial reporting cycle. Egleston joined Innovest Global as the Executive Vice President, Finance & Controls in August 2019. She has held various strategic leadership financial roles including Internal Audit, Controlling, Financial Planning and Analysis and Mergers and Acquisitions throughout her tenured career at Covia Holdings Corp., Nordson Corporation, and PWC LLP.

GMS Inc. [TUCKER, GA] (NYSE: GMS) announced that Scott M. Deakin has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21, 2019. Lynn Ross, who has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue in her role as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Deakin most recently served as the President of the Thermal Acoustical Solutions segment of Lydall, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Lydall, Inc. Deakin previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. Earlier in his career he also held the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Barnes Group, Inc. and various operating and finance roles during his 12 years at Eaton Corporation. He began his career at Deloitte and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP.

GRAIL, Inc. [MENLO PARK, CA] announced that Matthew P. Young has been appointed Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer effective October 28, 2019. Young joins GRAIL from Jazz Pharmaceuticals, where he most recently served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Young worked in investment banking for approximately 20 years in positions at Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Lehman Brothers Inc. Currently, he sits on the board of PRA Health Sciences, Inc., where he currently serves on the compensation and audit committee. He also serves as Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the audit committee of CytomX Therapeutics, Inc.

New York Life [NEW YORK] announced that Eric Feldstein has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Feldstein joins New York Life from Health Care Service Corporation, where he was CFO from 2016 to 2019. From 2010 to 2016, he served as an Executive Vice President with American Express. Feldstein began his career in finance with General Motors where he held a variety of roles with increasing responsibility. He served as Treasurer from 1997 to 2002, and subsequently served as Chief Executive Officer of GMAC Financial Services from 2002-2008. Feldstein replaces Joel Steinberg, who was serving as interim CFO following the retirement of the company’s former CFO John Fleurant earlier this year. Steinberg will resume his full-time role as Chief Risk Officer.

AEON Biopharma [NEWPORT BEACH, CA] announced that it has named Chris Carr as Chief Financial Officer. Carr most recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Finance and IT and Board Member of Dendreon Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his time at Dendreon, Carr has held financial management positions across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including Abbott Laboratories, PerkinElmer and Genzyme Corporation.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: THC) announced that Brendan Strong has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for the company’s Massachusetts market. Strong will lead the finance and accounting functions at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester and Metro West Medical Center with locations in Framingham and Natick. Strong is currently Tenet’s Vice President of Investor Relations and has served in this role since 2015.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. [DULUTH, GA] (NYSE: ABG) announced that Sean Goodman provided notice of his intention to resign from the position of Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective November 15, 2019, to accept the position of Chief Financial Officer of another publicly-traded company outside of the auto retail industry. The Company also announced that William Stax, Vice President, Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, was appointed interim Principal Financial Officer effective November 16, 2019.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. [PORTLAND, Oregon] (NASDAQ: EAST) announced the resignation of Steve Shum as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Franworth [ANN ARBOR, MI] named David Taccolini as chief financial officer. Taccolini began his career at Domino’s Pizza, assisting franchisees with obtaining financing and later went on to serve as CFO of Service Brands International (SBI) for 14 years.

Target Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TGT) announced that Michael Fiddelke has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Nov. 1. In more than 15 years at Target, Fiddelke has served in a variety of roles across finance, merchandising, human resources, and operations. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President of Operations. Prior to Target, Fiddelke worked at Deloitte Consulting, LLP.

Edwin Scholte

Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Edwin Scholte as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Edwin will join the company on November 4, 2019. He joins Blackboard from Best Merchant Partners, where he served as Managing Director. Prior to joining Best, Edwin served as CFO and as COO of the higher education, professional and international divisions of McGraw-Hill Education. Earlier he held senior finance and operating executive roles at LexisNexis/Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, as well as a privately-owned boutique incubator of Internet and corporate services start-ups in The Netherlands.

Port Tampa Bay [TAMPA, FL] announced the hiring of David M. Delac as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Delac most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer/Budget Officer for Galveston County, Texas. Prior to that role, Delac served as the Controller for WFN Consulting in Marietta, Georgia, as Budget Manager of West Palm Beach as well as the Deputy of Finance Director /Treasurer for the City of Roswell, Georgia.

Galera Therapeutics, Inc. [MALVERN, PA] announced Christopher Degnan has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21, 2019. Degnan most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Verrica Pharmaceuticals. Previously, Degnan held senior positions at Endo International plc, most recently as Vice President of Finance, Corporate FP&A and International Pharmaceuticals Segment Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Endo, Degnan spent more than 10 years at AstraZeneca plc, in roles of increasing responsibility which culminated in the position of Senior Finance Director, U.S. Commercial Finance.

Dean Butler

Synaptics Incorporated [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: SYNA) announced the appointment of Dean Butler as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to be effective on October 21, 2019. Butler most recently served as VP of Finance at Marvell. Butler also held key financial positions at Broadcom and Maxim Integrated. Effective October 21, 2019, Kermit Nolan has resigned his role as interim Chief Financial Officer and will resume his previous role as Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

NexTech AR Solutions Corp. [NEW YORK & TORONTO] (OTCQB: NEXCF, CSE: NTAR) announced that it has appointed Kashif Malik as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company. Kashif began his professional career working at Deloitte in Ottawa, Canada specializing in technology and public entities. After leaving Deloitte, Kashif went to work for Merck in Bermuda leading the transition of their operations to different international locations. Kashif then joined Real Matters in Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining NexTech, he worked consulting various SaaS organizations which led him to joining Leonardo as Vice President Finance and Board Member through a restructuring.

Northwest Pipe Company [VANCOUVER, Washington] (NASDAQ: NWPX) announced that Robin Gantt will retire as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) on March 31, 2020. The company appointed Aaron Wilkins to succeed Ms. Gantt as CFO on April 1, 2020, in connection with Northwest Pipe’s planned succession process. Gantt joined Northwest Pipe Company (the “Company”) in 2010 and has served as CFO since 2011. Wilkins has served as Corporate Controller since joining the Company in 2014 and Vice President of Finance since 2016.

United States Steel Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: X) announced that Kevin Bradley has informed the company of his intention to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer of U. S. Steel effective Nov. 4.  Bradley will remain with the company as Executive Vice President and Adviser to the CEO through year-end. Bradley will be succeeded by Christine (Christie) Breves, currently Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Support and Chief Supply Chain Officer. Breves joined U. S. Steel in 2013 to oversee the enhancement and execution of the company’s global procurement and sourcing strategy.  Since then, Breves has assumed responsibility for the company’s logistics services organization; Transtar, U. S. Steel’s short-line railroad subsidiary; sales and operations planning (S&OP); information technology; commercial support; engineering; corporate quality; and leadership of U. S. Steel’s asset revitalization and reliability centered maintenance programs.  Prior to joining U. S. Steel, Breves spent fourteen years at Alcoa, culminating with her role as Chief Procurement Officer from 2004 through 2012. Prior to Alcoa, Breves held positions in accounting, maintenance, and procurement at Alumax, Inc., an integrated aluminum manufacturer that was acquired by Alcoa in 1998.

American BriVision Holding Corporation [FREMONT, CA] (OTCQB: ABVC) announced that Chihliang “Andy” An was appointed as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. An served as the Managing Director – Investment Team at Yinyai Investment in Hong Kong. Before that, he served as a Senior Director of Sales and Operations at Goertek and as a consultant and Director of Finance at BioKey, Inc., which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  Additionally, he was also a Global Program Manager at Flextronics (now Flex Ltd.), an Investment Banking Analyst at Chardan Capital, and a Financial Analyst at Optoplex.

Diane Parham

CU Service Network [LAKEWOOD, Colorado] announced that it has selected Diane Parham as its new CFO. Most recently as the SVP at Members Choice Credit Union in Houston, Texas, Parham has held positions of both CFO and CLO. Previously, Parham was the Finance Manager at American Airlines Federal Credit Union in Fort Worth, Texas.

SOCIAL HOUSE Vodka [RALEIGH, NC] announced Jeff Eakes as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining SOCIAL HOUSE® Vodka, Eakes served as the senior director of corporate treasury at SAS.

CPG Beyond Inc. [ASHBURN, VA] announced that Ben Pawson has joined CPG as its new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ben most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Presidio.

Bruce Snyder

Unico Properties LLC [SEATTLE], a subsidiary of Unico Investment Group LLC, announced that Bruce Snyder was named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Recently, he served as CFO for the Qiddiya Investment Company, a wholly-owned closed joint-stock company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), leading the finance team.

Jean-Philippe Kouakou-Zebouah

Vida Ventures [BOSTON] announced that Jean-Philippe (“JP”) Kouakou-Zebouah has joined in the dual role of Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer. JP joins Vida from Versant Ventures where he was Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to Versant, he served as Senior Director and Head of Finance for the U.S. Bio-Oncology Business Unit at Genentech.

Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Mike Wilhelms, is departing the Company for personal reasons and has appointed Gerhard Lombard, currently Chief Financial Officer of Crescent Capital Group LP, to succeed Mr. Wilhelms and serve as the Chief Financial Officer of Crescent BDC. Lombard will also remain Chief Financial Officer of Crescent Capital. Gerhard Lombard joined Crescent Capital in 2016 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Crescent Capital, Mr. Lombard served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Whitehorse Finance Inc., a publicly traded business development company that is managed by H.I.G. Capital. Prior to his time with H.I.G. Capital, Mr. Lombard was Group Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Churchill Financial Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lombard spent approximately 11 years at Ernst & Young LLP, rising to the level of Senior Manager.

Collabra Technology [SPOKANE] hired James Rouse as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rouse’s recent experience includes serving for six years as division CFO at Cumulus Media. James joined the company as interim CFO in Q2.

RedSeal [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Greg Straughn as its chief financial officer (CFO). He was previously CFO of A10 Networks. Additionally, he held CFO positions at Kabira Technologies and AT&T/Pacific Bell Internet Services. Straughn also served as a principal at Meridian Business Systems.

Silvergate Bank [La Jolla, CA] named Antonio “Tony” Martino as Chief Financial Officer. Martino was most recently Chief Financial Officer of LendingPoint. He began his professional career at Ernst & Young where he was responsible for audit, tax, and consulting services. Martino then transitioned to a senior manager role at BMO Bank of Montreal, followed by 17 years with Citigroup, Inc. in various senior finance and chief financial officer roles in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

BioDerm, Inc. [LARGO, FL], announced the appointment of Marc Garofani as Chief Financial Officer. Garofani has worked with several respected companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, First Advantage Corporation and Chromalloy Casting Tampa, Corp. Prior to BioDerm, Inc., Garofani worked with TouchPoint Medical, Inc. as Americas Finance Director. Garofani also worked with STERIS Corporation as the Global Finance Director & Director of Customer Economic Support. Additionally, Garofani held the position of Global Finance Director with Synergy Health PLC.

CFO Moves – week ending September 27, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Noble Midstream Partners LP Penn National Gaming, Inc. Impact
Hibbett Sports, Inc. HealthStream AeroVironment, Inc.
Quorum Software Enterra Solutions OnKure, Inc.
Bridg Vertical Wellness Culta LLC
MRC Global Inc. Union Pacific Citizens, Inc.
WorkBoard HOF Village, LLC SourceMedia
Nestlé Waters North America Canal Insurance Company Production Resource Group LLC (PRG)
Intercare Holdings, Inc. Spartan Motors, Inc. Kaleido Biosciences
ThinkHR and Mammoth HR Visteon Corporation Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
AgJunction Overstock.com, Inc. Equity Trust Company
Showpad Syndio R1 RCM Inc.
Kespry BioAdaptives, Inc.

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Noble Midstream Partners LP [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NBLX) announced that Thomas W. Christensen was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner. Christensen will continue to serve as Principal Accounting Officer of the General Partner. Christensen was appointed interim Chief Financial Officer in July 2019 and has held the position of Chief Accounting Officer of Noble Midstream since August 2016. He previously served as Corporate Finance Manager in Noble Energy Inc.’s Treasury group. Mr. Christensen joined Noble Energy Inc. upon its acquisition of Rosetta Resources in July 2015. While at Rosetta, he served in positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as its Assistant Controller.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. [WYOMISSING, PA] (NASDAQ: PENN) announced that William J. (“BJ”) Fair, will be stepping down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) at the conclusion of his current employment contract term, which expires March 31, 2020.

Impact [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced the appointment of Joo Mi Kim as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kim served as CFO of Aera Technology. Prior to Aera, Kim served as the Vice President of FP&A and Investor Relations at Qualys.

Hibbett Sports, Inc. [BIRMINGHAM, Alabama] (NASDAQ/GS: HIBB) announced that Scott R. Humphrey is joining the Company as Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Christine Skold who fulfilled her contract term and has accepted a full-time permanent position in Nashville. Humphrey most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Ciner Resources, LP. Prior to joining Ciner Resources, Humphrey served in senior treasury positions with Schweitzer-Mauduit International and HYCO International, Inc.

Scott Roberts

HealthStream [NASHVILLE, TN] (NASDAQ: HSTM) announced that it appointed Scott A. Roberts as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Senior Vice President. Roberts had been serving as Interim CFO & Vice President of Accounting and Finance since his appointment to that position in February 2019. Following his service in multiple positions and accompanying promotions in HealthStream’s Finance and Accounting Department after joining the Company in 2002, Roberts was promoted to Vice President, Accounting and Finance in 2015.

AeroVironment, Inc. [SIMI VALLEY, CA] (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced that senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) Teresa Covington will resign to become CFO of a private company, effective October 18, 2019. Brian Shackley, AeroVironment vice president and controller, has been appointed interim chief financial officer, effective October 18, 2019. Shackley joined AeroVironment in January 2016 and has served as vice president and corporate controller since December 2017. He previously served as the company’s director of SEC reporting from January 2016 to December 2017. Shackley has 18 years of experience in various accounting and finance roles, including approximately 9 years in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Los Angeles, California, where he served as an audit senior manager.

Clay Myers

Quorum Software [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Clay Myers to Chief Financial Officer. Myers most recently he served as chief financial officer and chief operations officer of One Technologies. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at HyperCube LLC.

Enterra Solutions [NEWTOWN, PA] announced that Kevin Cunningham has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Cunningham has over 30 years of investment management experience, most recently serving 7 years as Managing Director and the head of Global Capital Markets with the CPP Investment Board. While at CPPIB, he chaired the Credit Investment Committee and served on the Investment Planning Committee, Liquidity Committee, and Public Markets Management Committee. Prior to CPPIB, he spent 12 years with Goldman Sachs where he held positions globally in New York, Tokyo, and Toronto, and specialized in trading Fixed Income Derivative Securities.

OnKure, Inc. [BOULDER, COLORADO] announced the appointment of R. Michael Carruthers as Chief Financial Officer. Carruthers joins OnKure from Nivalis Therapeutics where he served as Interim President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Prior to working at Nivalis, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Array BioPharma, Chief Financial Officer of Sievers Instruments, Treasurer and Controller of the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation, and an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.

Bridg [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Seth Klein to Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Klein served as Chief Financial Officer of All Def Media. Klein also played a key role in scaling Stylehaul. Prior to Stylehaul, Klein spent six years with IAC Interactive where he was Vice President of Finance for Emerging Business and later Chief Financial Officer of CityGrid Media.

Vertical Wellness [LOS ANGELES] announced it has appointed John Philpott as Chief Financial Officer. Philpott’s most recent position was CFO of a sports training and medical facility. Prior that position, he held CFO and Advisory roles in a number of different companies.

Culta LLC [SILVER SPRING, MD] announced Jonathan Clark is joining as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jonathan joins Culta from CAVA Group, Inc. where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CAVA, Jonathan was the Chief Financial Officer for Honest Tea.

MRC Global Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: MRC) announced Kelly Youngblood is joining MRC Global, effective November 18, 2019. Mr. Youngblood will initially hold the title of Executive Vice President until the retirement of James E. Braun, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), on March 1, 2020, at which time, Mr. Youngblood will assume the role of Executive Vice President and CFO. Youngblood joins MRC Global from BJ Services, LLC where he serves as Executive Vice President and CFO. Prior to being CFO at BJ Services, Youngblood was the Senior Vice President and CFO at Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Before that, he held a variety of finance and accounting positions of increasing responsibility at Halliburton, including Vice President of Investor Relations.

Union Pacific [OMAHA, Nebraska] announced Rob Knight, chief financial officer since 2004, plans to retire Dec. 31. Union Pacific appointed Jennifer Hamann to succeed Knight, effective Jan. 1. Currently senior vice president – Finance, Hamann previously held leadership positions in Investor Relations and Marketing and Sales, formerly served as general auditor and also worked in Workforce Resources. Hamann joined Union Pacific in 1992 as corporate auditor.

Citizens, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NYSE: CIA) announced that it has promoted Jeffery P. Conklin to Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Conklin previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Company since March 2019, in addition to his existing roles as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of the Company since September 2017. Prior to assuming his positions as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Conklin served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer from May 2017 to September 2017. Conklin came to the Company with over 20 years of life insurance and financial reporting experience, having worked at American International Group, Inc. from 2004 to 2017 in various capacities, including Vice President of Financial Reporting and Vice President of Special Projects.

Karim Damji

WorkBoard [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that Karim Damji has joined the company’s leadership team as its first Chief Financial Officer. Damji joins WorkBoard after more than seven years at SurveyMonkey where he served as the company’s Vice President of Finance. He also held leadership positions in the company’s treasury and procurement functions, and M&A activities. Prior to SurveyMonkey, Damji held several finance positions at Yahoo! and worked in both the M&A advisory and assurance practices at PwC.

HOF Village, LLC [CANTON, OH] announced that Jason Krom has been named Chief Financial Officer. Krom most recently served as CFO of Outdoor Products Group at Stanley Black & Decker. He joined Stanley Black & Decker as the company’s Vice President of FP&A before being promoted to CFO of Outdoor Products Group in October 2018. Mr. Krom previously served as CFO of the Hollister Brand at Abercrombie & Fitch. Prior to that, he served as the Finance lead for Global Marketing and R&D at The Hershey Company. Krom has also held several other financial positions with companies including Philips Electronics, Novartis, and Johnson & Johnson.

SourceMedia [NEW YORK] announced that Debra S. Mason has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mason was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Questex. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer of Questex, she served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for ALM Media LLC. Her previous leadership positions include nine years as Chief Financial Officer for the Americas region of Ipsos, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of X Plus One Solutions, and six years with Interpublic Group, where she served as the global Chief Financial Officer of several divisions. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of Wolf Group.

Vivek Bedi

Nestlé Waters North America [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that Vivek Bedi will be appointed to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective December 1, 2019. Bill Pearson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire, effective December 31, 2019. Bedi was formerly Senior Vice President, Finance, Control and Investments at Nestlé Waters North America. Bedi has been with Nestlé for more than 20 years. He joined as a management trainee in the Nutrition Division. From 1997 to 2000, Bedi led restructuring projects in North America as a member of Nestlé’s Operations Improvement Team. He joined Nestlé Purina in 2001 and steadily increased his responsibilities. Prior to joining NWNA in 2018, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nestlé Purina PetCare Latin America & Caribbean.

Canal Insurance Company [GREENVILLE, SC] announced the addition of John Rzepinski to its senior leadership team as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer. Rzepinski was most recently serving as the CFO of CapSpecialty, a role he held since 2013, after serving in roles of increasing responsibility within that company since 2005. Prior to that, he held various positions at other companies in the commercial insurance industry, including Strickland Insurance Group, Universal Insurance Company, and Occidental.

Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) [NEW YORK] announced it has hired Chris Corrini as Chief Financial Officer. Corrini’s corporate resume includes a 10-year tenure as Chief Financial Officer at Brink’s as well as the publicly traded Brink’s Group, which included Brink’s and Brink’s Home Security. Following that, he was CFO at Edison Learning. Other experience includes senior financial roles at ITT Corporation, Akzo Nobel, Chiquita Brands and Ernst & Young.

Intercare Holdings, Inc. [ROCKLIN, CA] has appointed Don Nguyen to be Chief Financial Officer. Don joins Intercare from serving as CFO of Easter Seals.

Spartan Motors, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, MI] (NASDAQ: SPAR) announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Frederick Sohm will be stepping down from his position for non-business related reasons.

Kaleido Biosciences [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: KLDO), announced that Joshua Brumm will step down as Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer effective October 11, 2019, to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of a biotechnology company. Richard Scalzo, Corporate Controller, has been appointed to serve as Principal Accounting Officer and, in the interim, will assume certain of Mr. Brumm’s responsibilities. Mr. Brumm will continue as an advisor to Kaleido through December 31, 2019.

ThinkHR and Mammoth HR [PLEASANTON, Calif. and PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Mark Tisdel has joined the companies as chief financial officer. Tisdel has spent the last decade as a CFO for both public and private companies, most recently at Orion Health and Model N. Earlier in his career, Tisdel held finance and accounting leadership positions at organizations including PeopleSoft, prior to its acquisition by Oracle.

Visteon Corporation [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI] (NASDAQ: VC) announced that Christian Garcia, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has resigned from the company to accept another position based in Houston, Texas. Garcia will continue in his current position through Oct. 31, 2019, to ensure a smooth transition for the company. William Robertson, former vice president and treasurer of the company, has been appointed interim CFO.

Comprehensive Pharmacy Services [MEMPHIS, TN] announced that Benjamin R. Hansen has joined as Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining CPS, he most recently served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer for Avaap. He has also been Vice President Finance for Thermo Fisher Scientific Clinical Diagnostics Division, President of ReMedPar for Aramark and CFO for Masterplan.

AgJunction [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (TSX: AJX) appointed Scott Steinman as chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as CFO of Daystar Products. Prior to Daystar Products, Steinman was VP of finance for the Advanced Surgical division of ConMed. Steinman previously held various senior level finance roles at Stryker, and Curtiss-Wright. Steinman replaces Peter Newton, who was serving as interim CFO.

Robert Hughes

Overstock.com, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that Chief Financial Officer Greg Iverson has resigned. The company has appointed its previous principal financial officer, Robert Hughes, as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Rob was the company’s SVP of finance and risk management for five years and VP and Controller for four years. Hughes will continue to serve in his current role as president of Medici Land Governance.

Equity Trust Company [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Matt Gardner as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Equity Trust, he spent the last 23 years of his career at Key Bank, with roles of increasing responsibility in Finance, Corporate Treasury, and Investor Relations. His most recent role was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Key’s Corporate Bank.

Matt Miller

Showpad [CHICAGO] announced Matt Miller as its Chief Financial Officer. Miller most recently served as the CFO of Centro. Prior to this role, he was a co-founder and president of two international real estate lending platforms. Matt spent the first part of his career in several corporate finance roles, most recently in investment banking.

Syndio [NEW YORK] announced that the Company has appointed Laurie Cansler as Chief Financial Officer. Cansler joined Syndio from Concentric Advisors, Inc., where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Concentric Advisors, she also served as Chief Financial Officer at 98point6. Additionally, Ms. Cansler held similar roles at VoloMetrix, Inc., which was acquired by Microsoft, and at Likewise Software, Inc., which was acquired by EMC.

R1 RCM Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RCM) announced that it appointed Richard B. Evans, Jr., Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, as interim Chief Financial Officer. Evans’ appointment follows the resignation of Christopher Ricaurte, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Evans joined R1 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer in January 2015. From July 2001 until September 2014, he was an audit partner at KPMG LLP, and joined KPMG in 1990.

Kespry [MENLO PARK, CA] announced the appointment of Langley Eide as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Eide was previously Chief Strategy Officer at Alteryx from 2015 to 2019. Prior to Alteryx, Eide served as Vice President, Finance and Strategy at ServiceNow. Before ServiceNow, Eide was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Capital Markets group. Earlier in her career, Eide was a buy-side equity research analyst.

BioAdaptives, Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTC BB: BDPT) announced the appointment of Ron Lambrecht as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. For the past 25 years Lambrecht has operated a financial services business in addition to facilitating a number of technology acquisitions and joint venture transactions.

CFO Moves – week ending September 6, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

New Senior Investment Group Inc. Lever Golden LivingCenters – Indiana
Synlogic, Inc. ZeroNorth Beam Therapeutics
Capitolis Click Therapeutics, Inc. Encore Wire Corporation
Bojangles’, Inc. Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Welltower Inc.
Mister Car Wash Ref-Chem Sungard Availability Services
Shorelight Stealth BioTherapeutics Medicx Media Solutions
Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Selecta Biosciences, Inc. Virtu Financial, LLC
DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc. Comstock Mining Inc. Somatus
Nexus Synamedia Unifi, Inc.
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop

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New Senior Investment Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SNR) announced that David Smith has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to accept another business opportunity. Smith will continue in his current position through the third quarter to ensure a smooth transition for the Company. Bhairav Patel, the Company’s current Executive Vice President of Finance & Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer will assume these additional responsibilities.

Lever [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Ed Tang joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lever, Tang served as VP of Strategic Finance, Operations, and Business Analytics at Box. Tang brings another nine years of experience at Salesforce, where he was involved in business and corporate development.

Larry Heydon

Golden LivingCenters – Indiana [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that Larry Heydon has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Golden LivingCenters – Indiana, Heydon was President and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Memorial Hospital for 11 years. He also served as the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer for six years. Heydon served as the Executive Director of the Mooresville campus of Franciscan St. Francis Health. In addition to his healthcare experience, Heydon has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Citizens Bank – Indiana (Citba Financial Corporation) since 2014.

Synlogic, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SYBX) announced the departure of Todd Shegog, Chief Financial Officer, effective September 18, 2019.

ZeroNorth [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Karen Higgins as chief financial officer (CFO). Higgins served as CFO of Resilient Systems, that was acquired by IBM Security. Following the acquisition, Karen spent over three years at IBM in various financial and operational executive roles, including General Manager of Resilient. Higgins also led operations at IBM Security. Prior to her roles at Resilient and IBM, Higgins held a number of other finance and leadership positions including VP of finance at Veracode, and corporate controller at SupplyScape and Zix Corporation.

Beam Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Terry-Ann Burrell as chief financial officer. Burrell joins Beam from J.P. Morgan, where she was a managing director in the healthcare investment banking group. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Burrell worked in equity research at Citigroup, where she covered specialty pharmaceuticals and generics.

Capitolis [NEW YORK & LONDON & TEL-AVIV] announced that it has appointed Joseph (Joe) A. Molluso as Chief Financial Officer. Joe has spent the past six years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Virtu Financial. He has more than 20 years of financial institutions experience, having previously been a financial technology investment banker and Managing Dìrector at JP Morgan. Prior to joining JP Morgan, Joe Molluso was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and its successor, Credit Suisse.

Ross J. Muken

Click Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ross J. Muken as Chief Financial Officer. Muken joins from Evercore ISI, where he was a Senior Managing Director and Partner. Prior to joining Evercore ISI, Mr. Muken served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities. Previously, Mr. Muken spent time in the Equity Research division of Thomas Weisel Partners and began his career as an M&A Investment Banker at Bank of America Securities.

Encore Wire Corporation [MCKINNEY, TX] (NASDAQ Global Select: WIRE) announced that the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Frank J. Bilban, will retire in May of 2020. His successor, Bret J. Eckert was hired following an intensive search process. Most recently, Bret served as Executive Managing Director for the Houston office of Riveron Consulting LLC, a business advisory firm, from June 2018 to August 2019. Previously he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Atmos Energy Corporation in Dallas for approximately five years. He spent the first twenty-two years of his career with Ernst & Young LLP where he was a partner for ten years. Bret has been appointed as a Vice President-Finance of Encore Wire Corporation. Frank Bilban will remain a Vice President-Finance and our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary through December 31, 2019 while transitioning to Bret. Bret will take over as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary on January 1, 2020. Frank will stay on as a Vice President-Finance until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in May to assist Bret as needed.

Bojangles’, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced that Reese Stewart has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Reese comes to Bojangles’ after a nearly 15-year career with CKE Restaurants, the parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands. Most recently, Reese was Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for CKE. He also previously served as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his time with CKE Restaurants, Reese served as Reporting Director for Infonet Services Corporation.

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (NYSE: UTI) announced that Troy R. Anderson will join the company on September 23, 2019 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, permanently filling the role held on an interim basis by Scott Yessner. Most recently, Anderson was Vice President and Corporate Controller for Conduent, Inc. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Xerox, Inc.’s Public Sector Industry Group.

Tim McHugh

Welltower Inc. [TOLEDO, Ohio] (NYSE: WELL) announced that Tim McHugh has been named Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. McHugh has been with the Company since 2016 and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. McHugh joined the Company in 2016 from RREEF Management, currently known as DWS Investments. Prior to RREEF, Mr. McHugh was an equity research analyst at Northern Trust.

Jed Gold

Mister Car Wash [TUCSON, Ariz.] announced that Jed Gold has joined as CFO. Gold joins Mister Car Wash with 20 years of financial and accounting experience. His roles with the world’s largest restaurant company (KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell) included Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for KFC Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan.

Crystal Spoor

Ref-Chem [HOUSTON], a Burns & McDonnell company, announced that Crystal Spoor has joined as chief financial officer. Spoor replaced Rodney Page who retired in June.  Since 2014, Spoor has conducted financial planning and analysis for Burns & McDonnell in the firm’s largest revenue-producing region, with offices in Houston and Austin, Texas, as well as Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 2018, she played a part in the firm’s acquisition of Ref-Chem.

Sungard® Availability Services [WAYNE, PA] (Sungard AS) named Terrence J. (TJ) Anderson as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Anderson was executive vice president – corporate development and finance at Broadview Networks. Prior to Broadview, Anderson was vice president, banking and corporate financing, for the media and communications group at Chemical Banking Corporation, and worked in financial roles at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, in both New York and Switzerland.

Shorelight [BOSTON] announced the hiring of Lynnet Conley as Chief Financial Officer. Conley most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Vistra. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer at Vistra, Conley held several leadership positions advancing global organizations, including Radius, Inc., Automatic Data Processing, Inc., ES-Major Account Services and Employer Services International.

Stealth BioTherapeutics [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: MITO) announced the appointment of Robert Weiskopf as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Weiskopf had a 12-year tenure at ArQule, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2015 to 2019. Weiskopf previously held financial management positions at Aware, Inc., Lightbridge Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq and Ernst & Young LLP.

Scott Magnano

Medicx Media Solutions [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Scott Magnano joins the company as Chief Financial Officer. Magnano joins the company from CNA National Warranty, where he served as Assistant Vice President for Financial Planning and Analysis. Before that, Magnano was the Director, Financial Planning, and Analysis at LifeLock. Magnano also held senior financial roles for Travelers and The Hanover. Magnano began his career at The Hartford leading the financial direction of several business segments.

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: XOG) announced that Russell T. Kelley, Jr., Extraction’s Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company, effective September 15, 2019, to pursue other interests. Tom Brock has been designated to assume the role of principal financial officer of the Company and will continue in his current role as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Brock has served as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, since 2016 and has over 21 years of energy-focused accounting experience. Brock began his career with KPMG LLP, where he held various positions serving clients in the energy industry.

Selecta Biosciences, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: SELB) announced the appointment of Brad Dahms as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Selecta Biosciences, Dahms was a Senior Vice President in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Prior to joining Cantor, Dahms worked as an investment banker at RBC Capital Markets, covering the healthcare sector. Previously, he worked in the Corporate and Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan.

Virtu Financial, LLC [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: VIRT) announced that Alex Ioffe will be joining Virtu as its Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2019.  Alex will succeed Joseph Molluso, Virtu’s current Chief Financial Officer since 2013, who has decided to depart Virtu following a transition period in order to pursue other interests.  Alex most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.  He previously served in senior financial roles at Datek and Bertelsmann and as an information technology consultant at Accenture.

Dasan Zhone Solutions, Inc. [OAKLAND, Calif.] (NASDAQ: DZSI) announced that Michael Golomb, the Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Treasurer and Corporate Secretary informed the Company that he intends to resign his employment with the Company, to pursue another opportunity.

Comstock Mining Inc. [VIRGINIA CITY, NV] (NYSE American: LODE) announced the appointment of Juan Carlos “JC” Giron Jr., as its Chief Financial Officer and President. Giron worked in financial and capital market roles for UBS Global Wealth Management and in strategic development roles for Hydrus Technology Holdings.

Jon Kunkle

Somatus [VIENNA, VA] announced the appointment of Jon Kunkle as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kunkle was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic. Prior to that, he held executive leadership positions at Aetna and Coventry Health Care.

Scott McGuire

Nexus [MINNEAPOLIS] hired Scott McGuire as Chief Financial Officer. McGuire brings over 20 years of financial leadership experience, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ecumen. Prior to that, McGuire worked at Sysco Corporation as Market CFO and Vice President of Finance.

Bijal Patel

Synamedia [London and Atlanta] appointed Bijal Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Bijal joins Synamedia from HotSchedules, where he served as CFO for three years. Prior to this, he was CFO at Aptean and before that he was Vice President of Finance at Finastra and subsequently interim CFO. Bijal spent the early part of his career at IBM.

Unifi, Inc. [GREENSBORO, NC] (NYSE: UFI) announced the appointment of Craig A. Creaturo as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Christopher A. Smosna, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since December 2018, will continue in his role as Vice President & Treasurer. Creaturo recently served as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President-Administration of Chromalox, Inc., from February 2015 to March 2019. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer of II-VI Incorporated, from 2004 to 2014.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop [DALLAS] named Jessica Wescott as Chief Financial Officer. Wescott previously served as the Executive Vice President of Finance. Wescott began her career in wealth management before moving into the franchising world and working her way up to Vice President of Development & Finance with MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes.

CFO Moves – week ending August 17, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. Mobileum Inc. SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.
Keener Investments Dynasty Financial Partners Root Insurance
Volt Information Sciences, Inc. Target Hospitality Corp. SugarCRM Inc.
AccessOne Sea-Land Chemical Company C.H. Robinson
Comcast Advertising GumGum, Inc. Sinclair Research
Conger Construction Group SAExploration Holdings, Inc. Riot Blockchain, Inc.
United Natural Foods, Inc. Globe Photos, Inc. SITO Mobile, Ltd.
Cellectar Biosciences Halcon Resources Corporation Kuebix, LLC
EMCORE Corporation Danforth Advisors, LLC Bonchon
Data Age Business Systems Cielo Gulfport Energy Corporation
UPS

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TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. [MENLO PARK, CA] (NYSE: TPVG) announced the appointment of Christopher M. Mathieu as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 26, 2019. Mathieu also serves as Chief Financial Officer of TriplePoint Capital LLC, TPVG’s sponsor. Prior to joining the Company and TriplePoint Capital, Mathieu was a Special Advisor at iCapital Network, Inc. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Mathieu served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of a public-reporting business development company and a closed-end interval fund, and as Managing Director of the alternative asset management firm sponsoring those companies. Prior to that, Mathieu served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of a publicly traded business development company in the venture lending industry and its predecessor funds for more than 10 years. Mathieu has also served as an Audit Manager with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mobileum Inc. [CUPERTINO, CA] announced the appointment of Ilya Cantor as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Mobileum, Ilya served as CFO of Aricent. Prior to his role at Aricent, Cantor served as CFO of EPAM. Ilya also held leadership positions at Dow Jones, serving as the CFO of the Global Wall Street Journal, and later Executive Director of Operations. In addition, he served for three years as a Board Member of CNBC International, a joint partnership between Dow Jones and NBC. Cantor originally began his career as an Audit Manager with Coopers & Lybrand.

Frank Perier, Jr.

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. [STAMFORD, CT] announced the appointment of Frank Perier, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Perier previously served as the CFO of Forest Laboratories, Inc. for ten years, prior to its acquisition by Actavis in 2014. Prior to joining Forest, Perier was with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for approximately nine years, where he worked in corporate and operations finance capacities of increasing responsibilities, including Vice President of Finance and Operations Planning – Americas Medicines Group. Before joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, he was an accounting and auditing partner at Deloitte, where he worked for about 15 years. Perier was a member of the Board of Directors of Concordia International, Inc., until September 2018 where he served on the Audit and the Human Resources and Compensation Committees of the Company.

Keener Investments [HOUSTON] announced the recent promotion of Eric Barnes to Chief Financial Officer. Barnes joined Keener Investments in 2017 and has served as the company’s Corporate Controller since his date of hire. Mr. Barnes has over 20 years of public accounting experience in audit, tax and transactional assistance, serving US public registrants, international reporting entities and privately held companies. His experience in finance and accounting includes mergers and acquisitions, SEC filings, IPO’s, and business development.

Dynasty Financial Partners [ST. PETERSBURG, FL] announced that Justin Weinkle has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior roles for Mr. Weinkle at Dynasty include Director of M&A, SVP of Finance and Head of Strategic Analysis, and Chief of Staff supporting Dynasty’s CEO. Prior to Dynasty, Mr. Weinkle was an Analyst in KKR’s Client & Partner Group.

Root Insurance [COLUMBUS, OH] announced that Daniel Rosenthal will join as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer, effective November 11, 2019. Cindy Powell will continue to serve as CFO until that time and then transition to a new role as Senior Executive Vice President of External Affairs. Rosenthal has been a member of the Board of Directors of the company. Rosenthal has spent most of his career in leadership positions at innovative firms in the aviation industry. In 2009, he co-founded Milestone Aviation Group, till its acquisition by GE Capital in 2015. Subsequently, Rosenthal served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Milestone, as well as EVP of Financing and Products for GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). Prior to Milestone, Rosenthal spent four years at NetJets, where he held various leadership roles, and worked as an attorney at Williams & Connolly LLP.

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE AMERICAN: VISI) announced that Herb Mueller has been appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 24, 2019. After four years, Paul Tomkins will be stepping down from his role as CFO on August 23, 2019, to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Mueller served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Resources Global Professionals, the operating subsidiary of Resources Connection, Inc. He was promoted to CFO of RGP in August 2016, after successfully leading a regional practice as a Managing Director. Prior to his roles at RGP, Mr. Mueller was the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Accounting & Administration, and Treasurer of Delta Apparel, Inc. He has also served as a Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of TTA Partners, Inc.

Target Hospitality Corp. [THE WOODLANDS, TX] (NASDAQ: TH) announced that Eric T. Kalamaras has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Kalamaras will succeed Andrew A. Aberdale. Aberdale has agreed to serve as an advisor to the Company for the next year. Kalamaras joins Target Hospitality from American Midstream Partners, L.P., where he served as Executive Vice President and CFO. Kalamaras has held senior finance positions at including Azure Midstream Holdings, AXIP Energy Holdings, Delphi Midstream Partners and Atlas Pipeline Holdings.

SugarCRM Inc. [CUPERTINO, CA] announced the addition of John Donaldson as Chief Financial Officer. Donaldson most recently held the role of CFO at Togetherwork Holdings. Prior to his role at Togetherwork, Donaldson was CFO of Community Investors. He has also held CFO roles at ALPS Holdings and Northstar Exchange Corporation.

AccessOne [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced it has hired Craig Rosato as chief financial officer (CFO) and promoted Tammy Geis to chief operating officer (COO). Rosato has over 30 years of experience in financial services, including 10 years with Ernst & Young and 17 years at Bank of America where he held the roles of corporate chief accounting officer and chief risk officer for the consumer bank, among other upper management roles. Geis is a 20-year healthcare veteran and has been with AccessOne for more than 15 years as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining AccessOne in 2003, Geis worked for Novant Health as a vice president of finance. Additionally, Geis has held positions at Ernst & Young and worked with hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, home health and other healthcare-related entities.

Sea-Land Chemical Company [WESTLAKE, OH] announced the appointment of Ryan Keating as Chief Financial Officer. Keating served as Chief Financial Officer of State Industrial Products since 2015. Prior to joining State Industrial Products, Keating served as the CFO of Matrix Automation.

C.H. Robinson [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CHRW) announced that Mike Zechmeister will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Scott Hagen, who served as Interim CFO, will continue serving in his capacity as Controller. Zechmeister most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods, Inc. Prior to joining UNFI, Zechmeister spent 25 years at General Mills, where he held a variety of finance leadership roles including Vice President of Finance for the Pillsbury Division, Vice President of Finance for U.S. Retail Sales, and Treasurer.

Joel Armijo

Comcast Advertising [NEW YORK] the advertising arm of Comcast Cable, a division of Comcast Corporation announced the appointment of Joel Armijo as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Armijo joins Comcast Advertising from fuboTV. Prior to fuboTV, Armijo was the CFO of AT&T’s AdWorks (now part of Xandr). Armijo moved over from the DirecTV side, where he was vp, revenue, strategy and planning, responsible for special projects. Armijo joined DirecTV from Merrill Lynch, where he was an equity research analyst. He made the transition to Wall Street from Cablevision, where he was head of financial planning for the company’s cable entertainment and regional sports networks and professional sports teams.

GumGum, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, CA] announced both that it has named Patrick Gildea as Chief Financial Officer. Gildea, who fills the CFO position previously held by CEO Phil Schraeder, joins GumGum with extensive experience at a number of retail, e-commerce and media businesses, including Incentium, M-GO/Technicolor, Gracenote and, most recently, Joybird.

Sinclair Research [COLUMBIA, MO] named Gary Jacobson as President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Sinclair, Gary was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of SNBL USA, Ltd. He was principal and director of General Biotechnology, LLC, and previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ricerca Biosciences, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of Harlan Europe. Gary began his career in the banking industry serving as Senior Vice President and Division Manager of LaSalle National Bank and Senior Vice President of American National Bank.

Jeremy Bolling

Conger Construction Group [LEBANON, OH] announced the promotion of Jeremy Bolling to CFO. Bolling joined Conger Construction Group in 2015 as corporate controller.

SAExploration Holdings, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SAEX, OTCQB: SXPLW) announced that Kevin Hubbard, Partner at Ham, Langston & Brezina, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer, replacing Brent Whiteley, who has been terminated.

Riot Blockchain, Inc. [CASTLE ROCK, CO] (NASDAQ: RIOT) announced that Jeffrey G. McGonegal is being named as Chief Financial Officer of the Company on an interim basis. McGonegal replaces the departing Robby Chang, who joined Riot in February 2018 as its Chief Financial Officer. McGonegal had previously served as Riot’s Chief Financial Officer and he will continue to serve as Riot’s Chief Executive Officer following his appointment as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

United Natural Foods, Inc. [PROVIDENCE, RI] (NYSE: UNFI) announced changes to its senior management team. Mike Zechmeister will resign his position as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 23, 2019, to pursue an opportunity outside the Company. John W. Howard has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Howard joined UNFI in July as Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting. Howard brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance teams, most recently as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Prime Therapeutics. Before joining Prime, Mr. Howard served as Vice President, Corporate Finance at Valspar Corporation.

Globe Photos, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTCQB: GBPT) appointed Max Scheder-Bieschin as chief financial officer. Scheder-Bieschin succeeds Shamar Tobias, who has been serving as interim CFO and will continue as company controller. Prior to his involvement with technology companies, Scheder-Bieschin spent more than 17 years in the capital markets.

SITO Mobile, Ltd. [JERSEY CITY, NJ] (NASDAQ: SITO) announced the appointment of Gregg Saunders as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SITO Mobile, Saunders was involved an integral member of the XBRL U.S., Inc. team. He was also a partner of KPMG LLP. Saunders replaces Terry Lynn, who resigned from SITO for personal reasons.

Cellectar Biosciences [FLORHAM PARK, NJ] (NASDAQ: CLRB) announced the appointment of Dov Elefant, as its Chief Financial Officer effective as of September 10, 2019. Elefant joins Cellectar after having served as Chief Financial Officer at several companies, most recently at Akari Therapeutics.  Prior to Akari, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Celsus Therapeutics until its merger in September 2015, and at Althera Medical Ltd. Elefant has also been a consultant for a number of companies and was the Corporate Controller at Lev Pharmaceuticals through its acquisition by ViroPharma.

Halcón Resources Corporation [HOUSTON] (OTC PINK: HKRS) announced that Ragan T. Altizer has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Altizer replaces Quentin Hicks, who resigned as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Altizer most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ajax Resources, LLC from October 2015, until it sold substantially all of its assets to Diamondback Energy, Inc. in October 2018. Prior to his tenure at Ajax, he served as US Regional Chief Financial Officer and Global Controller for Hill+Knowlton Strategies. Altizer’s career began with 15 years focused in oil and gas in Houston, first with Coopers & Lybrand’s audit practice serving a number of E&P and oilfield services clients and later serving as Corporate Controller and Treasurer for Brooklyn Union Gas Company’s upstream operations.

Kuebix, LLC [MAYNARD, Mass.] announced the addition of John Rogers to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Kuebix, Rogers was the Chief Financial Officer of ZoomInfo (acquired by DiscoverOrg), and before that ikaSystems (sold to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan) and Arcadia Systems. Rogers has also held the Chief Financial Officer position in public technology companies Cognex and Nuance Communications. He was also the Chief Financial Officer for the venture backed SaaS company, CashEdge (acquired by Fiserv).

EMCORE Corporation [ALHAMBRA, CA] (NASDAQ: EMKR) announced that it has appointed Tom Minichiello as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 26, 2019.  Mark Gordon will continue in his current position as the Company’s Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer until Minichiello joins the Company, at which time Gordon will serve as the Company’s Director of Accounting. Minichiello most recently served as Senior Vice President, CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary for Westell Technologies.  Before that, Minichiello enjoyed a twelve year career for optical networking equipment provider Tellabs.  Previously, he held financial leadership positions for Andrew Corporation, Phelps Dodge, and United Technologies.

Danforth Advisors, LLC [WALTHAM, MA] announced the appointment of Warren Steinberg as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as CFO of BioBridges, LLC. Previously, Warren served as Director of Finance and Accounting at Medical Device Consulting, Inc.

Bonchon [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bryan Shin as Chief Financial Officer. Shin’s prior experience includes senior executive positions and strategic roles at Goose Island Brewing Company, CJ Foodville and YUM! Brands.

Data Age Business Systems [CLEARWATER, FL] announced the appointment of Vanessa Gray to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gray was previously Director of Finance.

Brian Lindstrom

Cielo [BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin] announced it has welcomed Brian Lindstrom as its new Chief Financial & Administrative Officer. Prior to Cielo, Brian served in high-level roles at several healthcare software organizations, including Connecture and Epic, as well as time spent in the other technology companies. He succeeds Joy Krausert, who retired this year.

Gulfport Energy Corporation [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NASDAQ: GPOR) announced that Quentin R. Hicks will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hicks joins Gulfport from Halcón Resources Corporation where he most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to that, he held various leadership roles of increasing responsibility including Executive Vice President of Finance, Capital Markets and Investor Relations. Hicks joined Halcón in August 2012 following the merger of GeoResources with Halcón, where he served as Director of Acquisitions and Financial Planning at GeoResources from 2011 to 2012. From 2004 to 2011, Hicks worked in investment banking with Bear Stearns, Sanders Morris Harris and most recently Madison Williams, where he was a Director in the energy investment banking practice. Prior to that, Hicks worked as Manager of Financial Reporting for Continental Airlines. Mr. Hicks began his career in 1998 as an auditor for Ernst and Young LLP. Hicks succeeds Keri L. Crowell, who is stepping down after a 14-year career with Gulfport.

UPS [ATLANTA] (NYSE: UPS) announced Richard Peretz, UPS Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire. Brian Newman, currently Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations, Latin America for PepsiCo, is appointed UPS Chief Financial Officer, effective September 16, 2019. Newman served in positions of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo over 26 years and has worked in Asia, Europe, Russia and the U.S. in various corporate, regional and sector assignments. He began his career in investment banking prior to joining PepsiCo.

CFO Moves – week ending August 9, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Eventbrite Yelp SG360°
Leggett & Platt CrossCountry Consulting GigCapital
Veridocs Enfusion Standex International Corporation
SQZ Biotechnologies Rite-Solutions Codexis
ShootProof, Sheppard Pratt Health System insitro
American Oncology Network Rodin Therapeutics BioVentrix
ZOOM+Care Vectrus Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
DiamondRock Hospitality Company Aprea Therapeutics Sonic Foundry
ReShape Lifesciences Promises Behavioral Health Heavenly Rx

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Eventbrite [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: EB) announced the appointment of Lanny Baker as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3, 2019. Baker will succeed Randy Befumo, who has held key executive roles with Eventbrite since 2013 and served as Eventbrite’s Chief Financial Officer since 2016. Befumo will move into the role of Chief Strategy Officer for the company. Baker joins Eventbrite from Yelp, where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Yelp, he served as Chief Executive Officer of ZipRealty and Chief Financial Officer for Monster Worldwide. Baker has also served as a Board director for public companies including HomeAway, XO Group and Leaf Group.

Yelp Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: YELP) announced that Charles “Lanny” Baker will step down as Chief Financial Officer of Yelp, effective September 2, 2019, in order to accept an executive position at another company. Finance Vice President James Miln will become interim Chief Financial Officer upon Baker’s departure. Miln currently leads Financial Planning and Analysis at Yelp, brings to the role more than a decade of leadership experience spanning companies including eBay, Yahoo!, and Unilever.

Don Eldert

SG360° [WHEELING, Ill.] announced that Don Eldert is joining the company and its Board of Directors as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining SG360°, Eldert held a dual role as EVP, COO-CFO of Frontline Tooling Solutions. Eldert’s previous roles also include president and co-CEO of Micronics Industrial Filtration, EVP and CFO of ASG, CFO of Atlas Materials Testing, and other senior-level financial and operational leadership positions in Fortune 200 companies such as Bayer AG and FMC.

Leggett & Platt [CARTHAGE, Mo.] announced that Jeffrey L. Tate will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 3, 2019. Jeff brings 27 years of senior-level finance, operating, and general management experience with The Dow Chemical Company. In his most recent role, Jeff served as Vice President and Business CFO for Dow’s largest operating segment, Packaging & Specialty Plastics. In prior roles, Jeff served as Chief Audit Executive leading Dow’s global Internal Audit/Investigation activities and was also Director of Investor Relations.

Amy Seibel

CrossCountry Consulting [MCLEAN, VA.] announced that Amy Seibel has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Seibel most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Knowland. Prior to her role at Knowland, Ms. Seibel served as CFO at BIA Digital Partners, and for many years as business unit CFO at JPMorgan Chase Vastera. Ms. Seibel began her career in the technology audit practice at Arthur Andersen LLP.

GigCapital, Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: GIG, GIG.U, GIG.RT, and GIG.WS) announced that Brad Weightman has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Weightman replaces Tara McDonough who is departing the company at her personal choice to pursue other interests. Most recently, Weightman was Senior Business Controller at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT), prior to IDT being acquired by Renesas Electronics Corp. Previously, Weightman was Corporate Controller at GigPeak Inc., formerly GigOptix, prior to GigPeak being acquired by IDT. Additionally, Brad has held various finance and accounting positions at Echelon Corporation, as well as large corporations such as AMD and Xerox.

Veridocs Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Andrea Oprosko has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Andrea has been with the company for nine years.

Enfusion [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Steve Dorton as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as CFO at Quinnox and held leadership roles prior at Invision Capital, NAVTEQ and the Walt Disney Company.

Standex International Corporation [SALEM, N.H.] (NYSE: SXI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas DeByle is being promoted to Chief Operating Officer, a newly created position in the Company.  DeByle will be succeeded by Ademir Sarcevic. Sarcevic will be joining Standex from Pentair plc where he has been serving as its Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. These appointments are effective September 9, 2019. Previously, Mr. Sarcevic held several senior financial roles at Pentair plc including Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the Pentair Valves and Controls segment.  Prior to that, he worked in several finance, controllership and audit roles at Eisai Inc. and Tyco International.

SQZ Biotechnologies [WATERTOWN, Mass.] announced the appointment of Teri Loxam as chief financial officer. Loxam most recently served as senior vice president of investor relations and global communications at Merck & Co. Prior to Merck, Ms. Loxam served as vice president of investor relations at IMAX Corporation. Ms. Loxam also spent eleven years at Bristol-Myers Squibb, where she held positions of increasing responsibility across strategic planning and portfolio management, treasury and investor relations.

Rite-Solutions [MIDDLETOWN, R.I.] promoted Chad Seelig to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Seelig most recently as the company’s Corporate Finance and Administration Manager. Before joining Rite-Solutions, Mr. Seelig was a Financial Officer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC). He was also a Senior Financial Analyst at SAIC for eight years prior to NUWC.

Codexis, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CDXS) announced the appointment of Ross Taylor as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Codexis CFO Gordon Sangster will remain with the company through the end of August, at which time he will retire. Taylor served as CFO at Abaxis, Inc. from 2015 through the sale of the company to Zoetis in July 2018. Prior to his position as CFO, Mr. Taylor was Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations at Abaxis. Previously, Mr. Taylor served for more than 20 years in equity research at various Wall Street firms including CL King & Associates, UBS, and Smith Barney.

ShootProof [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Lisa Hyde as its chief financial officer. Hyde joins ShootProof from Bluefin. During nearly four years with the company, she held roles of SVP of Operations and VP of Financial Planning and Control. Prior to Bluefin, Hyde served as SVP of Finance and Accounting at Veracity Payment Solutions and previously held executive finance and operations positions at Elavon.

Kelly Savoca

Sheppard Pratt Health System [BALTIMORE] announced the appointment of Kelly Savoca as its new vice president and chief financial officer. Savoca has developed her career at Sheppard Pratt over the last 16 years, serving as a controller and financial analyst before taking the role of CFO. Previously, Savoca worked in wealth management and accounting at Legg Mason.

insitro [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] announced Mary M. Rozenman, Ph.D., has joined as the company’s chief financial officer and chief business officer. Prior to joining the insitro team, she served as the senior vice president of corporate development and strategy at Aimmune Therapeutics. Before Aimmune, Dr. Rozenman was a vice president at Longitude Capital, where she focused on biotechnology investments and participated in multiple therapeutics investments and boards of directors, including observing on Aimmune’s board. Dr. Rozenman was also previously a junior partner at McKinsey & Company, focused on pharmaceuticals and corporate finance. Her scientific work has been published in premier scientific journals, and she is a named inventor on several patents.

American Oncology Network, LLC (AON) [Fort Myers, FLA.] has named Nathan H. Walcker as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AON, Walcker was a member of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s healthcare investment banking group.

Rodin Therapeutics [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Ajim Tamboli as chief financial officer. Tamboli comes to Rodin from Asymmetry Capital Management where he was focused on life sciences investing. He previously was a partner at Endurant Capital Management, which he co-founded and spun out from Columbia Management. Earlier in his career, Tamboli led coverage of multiple biopharma companies and executed dozens of IPOs and follow-on offerings as an equity analyst at Lehman Brothers. He also worked as a biotech and healthcare analyst at Credit Suisse and Lazard Freres.

BioVentrix, Inc. [SAN RAMON, Calif.] announced the appointment of William Abbott as Chief Financial Officer. Abbott has been a CFO for 15 years for companies such as Hancock Jaffe, Apollo Medical, and Cardiogenesis, and prior to that served in various VP of Finance/Accounting roles for another 15 years.

ZOOM+Care [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Kyle Dean has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Dean previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer at the Portland Bottling Company.

Vectrus, Inc. [COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.] (NYSE: VEC) announced that Susan Lynch has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer.  Lynch was most recently executive vice president and chief financial officer for Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS). Before joining Sungard AS, Lynch was executive vice president and chief financial officer for Hitachi Data Systems (now Hitachi Vantara). Prior to Hitachi Data Systems, Lynch served as vice president and chief financial officer for Raytheon Technical Services Company. Prior to Raytheon, she held a broad range of senior management roles at Honeywell International including Assistant Corporate Controller, Global Business Services; Director of Business, Analysis and Planning; and CFO for the Latin American region.

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: ATI) announced that Patrick J. DeCourcy, who has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer since 2013, intends to retire on March 31, 2020.

DiamondRock Hospitality Company [BETHESDA, Md.] (NYSE: DRH) announced the appointment of Jeffrey J. Donnelly as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective August 19, 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Donnelly was the Managing Director of Equity Research at Wells Fargo Securities. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Donnelly was Assistant Vice President at AEW Capital Management.

Aprea Therapeutics [BOSTON and STOCKHOLM] announced the appointment of Scott Coiante as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Scott Coiante joins Aprea from Agile Therapeutics, where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Agile, he was from 2002 Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Medarex, Inc.

Sonic Foundry [MADISON, Wisconsin] announced Chief Financial Officer Ken Minor will retire effective Oct. 1 after 22 years with the company. Minor will continue to serve as a consultant for Sonic Foundry as Interim Chief Financial Officer until a transition of his duties are complete and will continue as a Senior Financial Advisor through Sept. 30, 2020.

ReShape Lifesciences Inc. [SAN CLEMENTE, CA] (OTCQB: RSLS) announced Scott Youngstrom will resign as Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2019.

John P. Hart

Promises Behavioral Health [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that John P. Hart has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Hart has more than 25 years of experience as a senior financial executive including more than 15 years in the healthcare industry. His previous positions include Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer at National Surgical Healthcare and Senior Vice President of Finance at Surgery Partners as well as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at NovaMed.

Heavenly Rx Ltd. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] announced Bill Wolz as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining HeavenlyRx, Bill served as the CFO of Vision Group Holdings, the CFO and Chief Operating Officer of Shoes for Crews, and CFO of Pabst Brewing Company. Bill has also held senior leadership roles with Aon Hewitt, RR Donnelley and AT&T.

CFO Moves – week ending July 26, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

SYSPRO Strava Giant Oak
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. Best Buy IRI®
National Technical Systems REGO Restaurant Group Eos Energy Storage
VTS Tortoise Epizyme, Inc.
Guest Services, Inc. MGIC Investment Corporation Obsidian Therapeutics
Santander CAN Capital AutoNation, Inc.
Spectacular Solar, Inc. ascena retail group, inc. 3Gtms
ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc Funko, Inc. Hickory Farms
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NES Financial Access Healthcare
IWCO Direct Enservco Corporation VERA
Lakeland Industries, Inc. Envision Solar International, Inc. ARC Group, Inc.
Remark Holdings, Inc. Aptean Inc. High Brew Coffee

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Piero Broccardo

SYSPRO [COSTA MESA, CA] announced that Piero Broccardo has joined SYSPRO USA as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), North America. Piero comes to SYSPRO as CFO from MavenLink. Prior to MavenLink, Piero spent six years as CFO at Accurate Background.

Strava [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Christine Park as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Strava, Christine was Chief Operating Officer at Goodwater Capital and COO and CFO at Chloe + Isabel in New York City.

Giant Oak [ARLINGTON, VA] announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer, Karelle Joun.  Prior to joining Giant Oak, Joun served as Vice President of Finance for TrackMaven, which was recently acquired by Skyword, and as Senior Director of Finance for Telarix, acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: BHF) announced that Edward (Ed) Spehar will join Brighthouse Financial on July 29, 2019 and will assume the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective August 12, 2019. Spehar will succeed Conor Murphy, who was named interim chief financial officer in February 2019. Murphy will continue as the Company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Spehar joins Brighthouse Financial from MetLife, where he most recently served as treasurer. Prior to his role as treasurer, Spehar was chief financial officer of MetLife’s Europe, Middle East and Africa segment, where he was responsible for all financial management matters for the segment. Previously, he was head of investor relations for MetLife. Spehar joined MetLife from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was a sell-side equity research analyst focused on the insurance industry.

Best Buy Co., Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: BBY) announced that Matt Bilunas, the company’s Senior Vice President of Enterprise and Merchandise Finance, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Bilunas fills the role that was previously held by Best Buy Chief Executive Officer Corie Barry. Bilunas joined Best Buy in 2006 as a Director of Territory Finance based in the Los Angeles area. He later served as a Director of International Finance, Senior Director of Enterprise Finance, Vice President of E-commerce and Marketing Finance and Vice President of Merchandise, E-commerce, Marketing and Re-commerce Finance. Prior to Best Buy, Bilunas worked at Carlson Companies, NRG Energy, Inc., Bandag, Inc. and KPMG.

Mike Eklund

IRI® [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Mike Eklund as chief financial officer. Eklund joins IRI from DJO Global. Prior to DJO Global, Eklund had a 20-year career with Dell Technologies, where he last served as the senior vice president of the Dell/EMC Value Creation and Integration Management Office. He also held the role of chief financial officer of Dell’s Client Solutions Business Unit and Global Operations organization. He also served as vice president of Strategy, Business Planning and Operations for Dell’s Enterprise Solutions Group. Eklund began his career in public accounting as a staff accountant in tax and audit, followed by a two-year stint in the oil and gas industry in a variety of staff accounting and finance roles. He succeeds Brian Coderre, who has served as acting CFO and will continue to serve as IRI’s North American CFO.

Sid Nayar

National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS) [ANAHEIM, CA] announced that Sid Nayar has joined NTS as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Nayar joins NTS after serving as CFO at Nautilus. Prior to Nautilus, Nayar held positions of Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO at Congoleum Corporation.

Tom Kurrikoff

REGO Restaurant Group [DENVER] announced that former TGI Fridays Chief Financial Officer Tom Kurrikoff has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to TGI Fridays he was SVP at Blockbuster Inc., Pizza Hut Inc. and Burger King Corp,

Eos Energy Storage [EDISON, NJ] announced Mack Treece as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Eos, Mack was the CEO of Viridity Energy Solutions, Inc. as well as COO and CFO of Viridity,

VTS [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Bob Bies as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bies joins VTS from Syncsort where he served as CFO for over two years. Prior to Syncsort, Bies served as CFO at Cannondale Investments, Inc., post-exit advisor at Microsoft, executive vice president and CFO at Greenfield Online, Inc., and CFO at JGI. Bies began his career at Deloitte in New York City.

Tortoise [LEAWOOD, Kansas] has named Senior Managing Director Michelle Kelly Johnston as Chief Financial Officer. Johnston joined Tortoise in 2006 and most recently served as Tortoise’s Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to joining Tortoise, Johnston was an investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its industrial and natural resources group in Chicago and its financial institutions group in New York.

Epizyme, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: EPZM) announced the appointment of Paolo Tombesi as chief financial officer, effective August 2019. Tombesi most recently served as the chief financial officer at Insmed, Incorporated. Prior to his role at Insmed, Incorporated, Tombesi served as the chief financial and administration officer at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in the U.S. He joined Novartis in 2006 as chief financial officer, Europe, oncology, and held several positions of increasing responsibility, including serving as managing director and chief financial officer of Novartis Japan. Prior to joining Novartis, Tombesi held various financial positions with Bristol-Myers Squibb, including senior finance director, EMEA. He also previously held various positions with Unilever NV and Johnson & Johnson.

Guest Services, Inc. [FAIRFAX, VA] announced the appointment of Daniel Stoltzfus as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, as Chief Financial Officer of Fundation Group LLC.

MGIC Investment Corporation [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: MTG) announced that Timothy Mattke, formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed CEO and to the board of directors. Nathaniel Colson, former Vice President – Finance, has been appointed to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mattke has been with the company since 2006. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2014 and as Controller from 2009-2014. Previously, Mattke held other positions within the company’s accounting and finance departments. Before joining the company, Mattke was an Audit Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Colson has been with the company since 2014. He served as Vice President– Finance since 2019 and previously as Assistant Treasurer and other positions within the company’s finance and risk departments. Before joining the company, Colson was a Senior Audit Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Obsidian Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Ryan Daws as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Daws most recently served as a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Robert W. Baird & Co. with a focus on life sciences companies. Prior to Baird, Mr. Daws was the Chief Financial Officer of Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Daws was a life science-focused investment banker at Stifel and Cowen.

Juan Carlos Alvarez

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (Santander US) [BOSTON] and Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (SC)  (NYSE: SC) announced that Juan Carlos “JC” Alvarez will become Santander US and SBNA CFO, effective Sept. 16, 2019. Alvarez currently serves as the CFO at SC, a role he has held since 2017. Alvarez succeeds Duke Dayal in his capacity as Santander US CFO. Fahmi Karam, SC’s Head of Pricing and Analytics, will succeed Alvarez as CFO of SC, effective Sept. 16, 2019. Karam will continue to lead the Pricing and Analytics group in addition to his new role.

CAN Capital [KENNESAW, GA] announced the hiring of John McNeill as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). McNeill joins CAN from Ocwen Financial Corporation where he served as Senior Vice President of Servicing Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations. Before that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Home Loan Servicing Solutions, and has also worked in various financial capacities at WestRock and KPMG.

AutoNation, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,] (NYSE: AN) announced that Cheryl Miller, AutoNation’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and President. The Company also announced that Christopher Cade, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer.

Spectacular Solar, Inc. [RAHWAY, NJ] (OTCPK: SPSO) announced that Antonio Perez has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Perez served previously as Financial Controller and Director at Stressbar Systems International LLC and prior to that as Chief Operating Officer at World T.V. Entertainment.

ascena retail group, inc. [MAHWAH, NJ] (NASDAQ: ASNA) announced that Dan Lamadrid, SVP, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 4, 2019, replacing Robb Giammatteo, who informed the company that he intends to leave ascena at the end of August.  Lamadrid joined ascena in 2017 as SVP, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, after serving as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer at Vitamin Shoppes and VP/Controller at Ralph Lauren.  Prior to these roles, Mr. Lamadrid held finance leadership roles at Hartz Mountain Corporation and Toys R Us after starting his career in public accounting.

3Gtms [SHELTON, CT] announced that Jeff Ritter has been named chief financial officer. His prior experience includes serving as chief financial officer of TMW Systems for more than 15 years. Prior to TMW, Ritter held positions with KPMG Peat Marwick, and ITS, Inc., and ASAP, Inc.

Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ZIOP) announced that Satyavrat “Sath” Shukla has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Shukla most recently was Vice President and global Head of Corporate Finance for Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Vertex, Shukla was a Principal at Cornerstone Research. Prior to Cornerstone, he worked for finance consulting firms LECG and Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett.

Funko, Inc. [EVERETT, Washington] (NASDAQ: FNKO) announced the appointment of Jennifer Fall Jung as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 13, 2019. Fall Jung will succeed Russell Nickel, whose planned departure was previously announced on April 16, 2019. During her tenure at Gap, Inc., Ms. Fall Jung also served in several roles at Old Navy, including Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Old Navy Global and Head of International. Other previous roles include Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Gap North America and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Strategy and Real Estate for Gap, Inc. Outlet.

Hickory Farms [CHICAGO, None] announced that Kevin Rule has been named the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Hickory Farms, Kevin served as Vice President Finance & Controller, Business Unit Chief Financial Officer for the North American Division of Consumer Paint at the Sherwin-Williams Company. From 2015-2017 he held the role of Senior Director and Head of Finance, North America Consumer Paint for the Valspar Corporation. Prior to Valspar, Kevin spent 17 years at Kraft Foods where he held a variety of financial positions that supported multiple verticals including manufacturing and supply chain, in addition to corporate financial planning and analysis.

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [EXTON, PA] (NASDAQ: IDRA) announced the and the promotion of John J. Kirby to Chief Financial Officer. Kirby has led Idera’s finance department as Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer since October 2018.  Kirby has been the Company’s Vice President of Finance since July 2018.  Before joining Idera in 2015, Mr. Kirby served as Assistant Controller at Endo Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to joining Endo, Mr. Kirby served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at ViroPharma Incorporated. Mr. Kirby began his career at KPMG, LLP and served as a Regional Audit Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals prior to joining ViroPharma.

John Hart

NES Financial [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of John Hart as Chief Financial Officer. His prior experience includes senior management assignments at Varian, Apple and Dell.

Doug Hansen

Access Healthcare [DALLAS] announced that Doug Hansen has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Hansen has vast experience in these roles with a portfolio such as MedSynergies, Inc (now a part of Optum, a division under United Healthcare), Accelion Health, and Dell (formerly known as Perot Systems), under the Healthcare division.

IWCO Direct [CHANHASSEN, MN] announced the retirement of its long-time president and chief financial officer, Joe Morrison. Jake Hertel has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO. He previously held the position of vice president of finance and joined IWCO Direct in 2007 as manager, financial planning and analysis.

Enservco Corporation [DENVER, CO] (NYSE American: ENSV) announced the appointment of Marjorie Hargrave as Chief Financial Officer. Hargrave succeeds Dustin Bradford, who will remain with the Company to assist in the transition prior to pursuing other interests. Hargrave is the former Chief Financial Officer of CTAP, LLC.  Prior to CTAP, Hargrave was Chief Financial Officer of High Sierra Energy, LP.  Prior assignments include VP of Finance at Black Hills Corporation, Finance Consultant with Xcel Energy, Vice President Investment Banking with Merrill Lynch, Financial Analyst with Commercial Union Capital, and Portfolio Administrator and Research Analyst with Franklin Research & Development.

VERA [PALO ALTO, CA] announced that Bill Gadala is joining as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Gadala was the VP of Financial Planning and Analysis at Innovative Interfaces. Prior to that, he led the FP&A team through the IPO of FXalliance, and led the integration of the Finance function at Softek and Internet Security Systems while at IBM.

Lakeland Industries, Inc. [RONKONKOMA, NY] (NASDAQ: LAKE) announced the appointment of Allen E. Dillard to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective August 12, 2019. Mr. Dillard replaces Teri W. Hunt who resigned on May 10, 2019. For the past 4 years Dillard served as Chief Financial Officer of Digium, Inc. For the preceding 12 years, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Mobular Technologies, having been promoted from COO while also serving as a member of its Board of Directors. Earlier, he served as Treasurer and Director of Corporate Communications at Wolverine Tube, Inc. (WLV). Previously he served as Corporate Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Nichols Research Corporation.

Envision Solar International, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: EVSI) announced that Katherine H. McDermott has joined the executive team as chief financial officer. Prior to her appointment at Envision Solar, she was the chief financial officer for Steico Industries, a subsidiary of global aerospace company Senior plc. Prior to that, she served for 10 years as chief financial officer for LRAD Corporation. She also served in leadership positions in the financial departments of National Pen, Lantronix, Inc., Bausch & Lomb and with a component division of General Motors.

ARC Group, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, FL] (OTCQB: RLLY) announced the appointment of Alex Andre as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Andre will also be appointed as General Counsel once licensing and registration requirements are completed in the state of Florida. Prior to joining ARC Group, Mr. Andre served as the Co-Founder and Co-Manager of THS Ventures, LLC. He also served as a financial, legal and business consultant for a variety of public and private companies, including ARC Group. Prior to that, Mr. Andre served as the Chief Financial Officer, and later Chief Executive Officer, of HMS, LLC. During his career, Mr. Andre served as the Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel for a national healthcare membership company, and served as the Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel for a biotech company that he co-founded. Earlier in his career, Mr. Andre served as a corporate and securities attorney for the international law firms of Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Duane Morris LLP, and served as an accountant for KPMG LLP.

Remark Holdings, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: MARK) announced that Alison Davidson, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), will step down on August 2, 2019. Ms. Davidson will be relocating to the East Coast with her family and will therefore pursue other endeavors. The Company also announced that it is in the final stages of the CFO search process and expects to name a new CFO soon.

Aptean Inc. [ALPHARETTA, GA] announced the appointment of Kevin McAdams as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, McAdams served as the CFO of Premiere Global Services Inc. (PGi). Throughout his tenure at PGi, he also held roles including Senior Vice President of Global Financial Planning and Analysis, Corporate Controller and CFO for North America. McAdams has over 30 years of experience in business analysis, accounting, financial planning and financial management. McAdams began his career with KPMG, followed by leadership roles at Verizon Wireless, McKesson Corporation, MedQuest Associates and PGi.

High Brew Coffee [AUSTIN, TX] hired Bill Blankemeier as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Blankemeier worked at companies including Serenova, Periscope Holdings and NurturMe.

CFO Moves – week ending July 19, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

JPI Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Stimwave Technologies
Vacasa Whiting Petroleum Corporation Regional Management Corp.
Mercedes-Benz USA NCI Information Systems, Inc. Lithia Motors, Inc.
Cross River Bank ThriftBooks Pacific Oak Capital, LLC
Windsor Advantage, LLC FARO TrialCard Incorporated
Pappas Capital Immunic, Inc. Agile Therapeutics, Inc.
Legacy Housing Corporation EVO Transportation & Energy Services Anthony & Sylvan Pools
MasterControl Exactus, Inc. Eargo
Logically FMG Suite Kymera Therapeutics
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Valley National Bank Compeat
Glooko Willamette Valley Vineyards Micron Solutions, Inc.

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Chris Clayton

JPI [IRVING, TX] announced Chris Clayton as the company’s new chief financial officer. Clayton comes to JPI from Forest City Realty Trust, where he most recently served as the company’s executive vice president, head of capital markets and treasurer.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] (NYSE: PIR) announced the appointment of Robert Riesbeck as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Riesbeck succeeds Deborah Rieger-Paganis, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since April 2019. Diemoz most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Crate & Barrel and previously held the role of Chief Development Officer at Restoration Hardware as well as leadership positions at Williams-Sonoma, The Gap, Inc. and MEXX.

Stimwave Technologies [POMPANO BEACH, FL] announced the appointment of James M. Rallo as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Rallo previous role was president and CFO of Liquidity Services, Inc. Prior to that, Rallo served as CFO, treasurer and chief administrative officer of Sleep Services of America, Inc. and as an investment banker in the healthcare group at Deutsche Bank.

Jim Grube

Vacasa [PORTLAND, OR] added Jim Grube as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Grube most recently served as CFO for online pet retailer, Chewy. Prior to Chewy, Grube served for six years as Hilton’s SVP of Finance and FP&A.

Whiting Petroleum Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: WLL) announced that Correne S. Loeffler has been named Chief Financial Officer effective August 1, 2019. Loeffler previously served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer for Callon Petroleum Company, from April 2017 to July 2019. She also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Callon Petroleum Company from June 2017 to December 2017. Prior to that, Ms. Loeffler was Executive Director with JPMorgan Securities, LLC where she was employed in the Corporate Client Bank Group from 2006 to 2017. She also was an Associate in Bank of America’s Global Corporate & Investment Bank from 2005 to 2006 and a Consultant at Accenture from 1999 to 2003.

Regional Management Corp. [GREENVILLE, SC] (NYSE: RM) announced that it has appointed Robert (“Rob”) W. Beck as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. His predecessor, Don Thomas, will remain with Regional to assist with a smooth and orderly transition before officially retiring from the Company on August 31, 2019. Most recently, Beck was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of Citibank’s US Retail Bank, after previously serving as Chief Financial Officer of Citibank’s US Consumer and Commercial Bank.

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) [ATLANTA] appointed Christian Struwe to the position of vice president & CFO. Struwe replaces Harald Henn who left the company for a position with Mercedes-Benz UK. Struwe’s most recent post was director of controlling for Mercedes-Benz Cars in Stuttgart, Germany. Struwe started his career in the associate program with Daimler in Berlin in 1997. After several stations in operations at Juiz de Fora (Brazil) and corporate controlling at MBUSI (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), he assumed responsibility for production strategy and the key account Mercedes-Benz within corporate strategy in Stuttgart. In 2005, he was appointed CFO of Mercedes-Benz high performance engines in Brixworth (UK) and returned to Stuttgart 4 years later to take over the responsibility for development controlling powertrain, subsequently in 2012 becoming director controlling RD & material cost MBC. In 2016, he was placed in charge of controlling RD and funding MBC.

NCI Information Systems, Inc. (NCI) [RESTON, VA] announced Charles (Chuck) Hicks Jr. has joined the company as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Before joining NCI, Hicks served as the CFO for Cresa Global, Inc. Prior to this, he was executive vice president for strategic growth, chief operating officer and CFO for SC3, which is now part of General Dynamics Information Technology. He also served in executive leadership roles at ASRC Federal, SAIC and USIS. Hicks’ career also includes having worked at Ernst & Young and serving in the U.S. Navy.

Lithia Motors, Inc. [MEDFORD, OR] (NYSE: LAD) announced that Tina Miller has been promoted to Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer. Miller has held a variety of accounting, financial and audit leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Lithia for nearly 15 years. Most recently she served as Chief Accounting Officer and interim Principal Financial Officer.

Cross River Bank [FORT LEE, NJ] announced that it has appointed Melissa Ballenger as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Ballenger joins Cross River from State Street Corporation, where she served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to that, Ms. Ballenger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Santander Bank, N.A., before becoming EVP, Chief Business Control Officer for Santander US. Previously, she held senior leadership positions in other public companies, including EVP, Deputy Chief Financial Officer for TD Bank, N.A.; Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at MasterCard Worldwide and at Washington Mutual Bank; and senior financial positions at Freddie Mac. Ms. Ballenger began her career with Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C., rising to audit manager serving institutions in a variety of industries.

ThriftBooks [SEATTLE] hired Ross Mignoli as the company’s chief financial officer. Mignoli is a former partner at Arthur Andersen. He has also served as CFO of Performance Driven Brands.

Pacific Oak Capital, LLC [IRVINE, CA] announced the appointment of Michael Bender as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Pacific Oak Capital, Bender served in a similar capacity with Spirit Realty Capital, Inc., and Kamal Osman Jamjoom, LLC. Bender began his finance career as a senior audit manager at Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Windsor Advantage [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Jeff Nogle as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Director of Risk Management. Prior to joining Windsor, Jeff worked for Charles River Associates.

FARO [LAKE MARY, FL] (NASDAQ: FARO) announced that Allen Muhich has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective July 26, 2019. Muhich joins FARO from Electro Scientific Industries, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Muhich was previously of ID Experts, Smarsh, Inc. and Radisys Corporation. Mr. Muhich was also Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Merix Corporation. Prior to that Mr. Muhich spent 15 years in financial management in the office printing business at Tektronix, Inc. and Xerox Corporation. Muhich will succeed Robert Seidel, who has served as FARO’s Chief Financial Officer since December 2016 and who will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company until July 25, 2019 and then will continue as a FARO employee for a transition period.

TrialCard Incorporated [MORRISVILLE, NC] announced the appointment of Karen L. Russell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Russell will assume the role from Interim CFO Mark Bogovich. Russell most recently served as CFO for Evidera. Prior to that, she enjoyed a long and distinguished career in finance at GSK, where her last role was VP, Finance for the Respiratory Business Unit, US Pharma.

Pappas Capital [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] announced that Matthew Boyer has been named Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Ford Worthy who will continue with the firm as a Partner and Senior Advisor. Boyer joined Pappas Capital as Controller in 2013 and has served as Director of Finance since 2017. Previously, he held finance and accounting positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fidelity Investments and State Street Global Advisors.

Immunic, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: IMUX) announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Patel replaces Tamara A. Seymour, who has served as the company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since April 26, 2019. From 2014 to 2016, Patel served as Chief Financial Officer of Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Patel was Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking at Cantor Fitzgerald. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Patel worked with the William J. Clinton Foundation as Manager, Global Malaria Program, Drug Access Team. Prior to that, from 2007 to 2008, Mr. Patel was Vice President, Global Healthcare Investment Banking at Cowen and Company. Mr. Patel spent the prior five years as a Financial Analyst at Sectoral Asset Management. His entry into investment banking began in 1998 at UBS Warburg, where he served for three years as Associate Director, Global Healthcare Group.

Agile Therapeutics, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (NASDAQ: AGRX) announced the appointment of Dennis P. Reilly as Chief Financial Officer effective August 5, 2019. Most recently, from 2017 to 2019, he served as Chief Financial and Operations Officer of Invisible Sentinel, Inc.  From 2009 to 2017, Mr. Reilly was the Chief Financial Officer of NeoStrata Company, Inc. Prior to that, from 2005 to 2008, he served as the Chief Financial Officer, and prior to that role as Controller, of Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. Reilly was the Corporate Controller at the Medicines Company from 2002 to 2005.

Legacy Housing Corporation [BEDFORD, TX] (NASDAQ: LEGH) announced that Cornelius (Cork) Van Den Handel has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Treasurer. Van Den Handel most recently served as the Managing Principal of Vector Enterprises, LLC. Mr. Van Den Handel was previously CFO of three different companies, including Aviall, Inc. Van Den Handel replaces Jeff Burt, who, as part of the management reorganization, will remain with Legacy as the Chief Accounting Officer.

EVO Transportation & Energy Services [PEORIA, AZ] (OTC Pink: EVOA) appointed Eugene Putnam as chief financial officer, succeeding Michael Zientek. Most recently, Putnam served as an advisor to a major private equity firm performing due diligence on a potential acquisition. Previously, Putnam was president and CFO at Universal Technical Institute. Prior to Putnam’s role at Universal Technical Institute, he served in several executive and senior leadership roles for notable banking institutions, including Aegis Mortgage, Coastal Securities, Sterling Bancshares, SunTrust Bank, and Crestar Financial.

Matthew Chiappa

Anthony & Sylvan Pools [DOYLESTOWN, PA] announced that it has hired Matthew Chiappa as its Chief Financial Officer. Chiappa will be taking the financial reins from Martin Iles, Anthony & Sylvan’s Chief Financial Officer since 2007. Chiappa was most recently the CFO at Preferred Sands, where he held various financial roles during his 10-year tenure, including Vice President of Finance and Business Operations.

Michelle Tanner

MasterControl [SALT LAKE CITY, UT] announced that Michelle Tanner will assume the role of CFO for the organization. Most recently, she held executive positions with InsideSales and Venafi.

Exactus Inc. [DELRAY BEACH, Fla.] (OTCQB: EXDI) announced that Kenneth E. Puzder has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Exactus as a Board Member in January 2019, Mr. Puzder served as Chief Financial Officer of Ceed2Med, LLC. Prior to 2018, he served as a Co-Founder, Managing Member, and CFO of the Lukens Group, LLC. From January of 2007 to December of 2017, Mr. Puzder was president of his own consulting firm, Kenneth E. Puzder Consulting. From July of 2003 through December of 2006, he served in various positions with the Arby’s Restaurant Group (“ARG”) family of companies, including: Chief Financial Officer of AFA Service Corporation (a sister company to ARG), VP of Accounting and Finance for Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., and Regional Controller for RTM, Inc. (a subsidiary of ARG). From August of 2000 through April of 2003, Mr. Puzder served as Controller of Panera Bread Company. From January of 1999 through August of 2000, he served as Vice President and Secretary of the Linder Funds, a series of mutual funds. Prior to serving that position, from March of 1998 through August of 2000, he was Financial Operations Principal and Assistant Secretary of Lindner Asset Management, the asset management firm for the Linder Funds. From February of 1996 until March of 1998, he was an audit manager with KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP.

Eargo [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the hiring of Adam Laponis as CFO. Laponis joins Eargo from Tesla, Inc., where he served as VP, WW FP&A and Business Operations. Laponis was also previously VP Finance, CFO Cardiovascular Care at Cardinal Health, and Senior Director of Finance at Johnson & Johnson.

Karl Noone

Logically [PORTLAND, MAINE] named Karl Noone as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Noone was the SVP and Corporate Controller for Global Capacity. Prior to Global Capacity, Karl held financial executive positions with several technology companies including, Atlantic Tele-Network, Digitas, Lightbridge, CentrePath and CMGI.

Russ Clark

FMG Suite [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Russ Clark as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he held CFO positions with Certona and Mitek Systems.

Kymera Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced that Bruce Jacobs has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Jacobs previously was Managing Partner for Westfield Capital Management. Jacobs was also a Director with Alex Brown & Sons/Deutsche Bank and part of the health care investment banking group and the equity research team.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. [HOLLISTON, MA] (NASDAQ: HBIO) announced that Michael Rossi has been named Chief Financial Officer. Rossi most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Laborie Medical Technologies. Prior to serving as Chief Financial Officer of Laborie Medical Technologies, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Medical Specialties Distributors. Prior to that role, Rossi held finance roles of increasing responsibility at various public companies, including Haemonetics Corporation, The Princeton Review, Inc., American Tower Corporation, Sonus Networks and Manufacturers’ Services Limited.

Valley National Bank [NEW YORK, NY] (NASDAQ: VLY), the holding company for Valley National Bank, announced the appointment of Michael D. Hagedorn to Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective August 10, 2019.  Hagedorn is succeeding former CFO, Alan Eskow, who as previously announced will take on a Senior Advisory role at the Bank. Most recently, Hagedorn served as President and Chief Executive Officer of UMB Bank and Vice Chairman of UMB Financial Corporation in Kansas City, Missouri for over four years.  Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for UMB Financial Corporation since 2005.  Prior to UMB Financial, Hagedorn held various positions of increasing responsibility with Norwest Bank and Wells Fargo.

Compeat [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Paul Willson as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Compeat, Willson served in senior financial planning and analysis roles at Evity, BMC Software, Convio, Blackbaud, and most recently as Senior Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis and Treasurer of Bazaarvoice. Willson will succeed Kerry Carney, who served as CFO of Compeat since 2016.

Glooko [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the appointment of Stephen Lien as Chief Financial Officer. Lien comes to Glooko having served most recently as CFO of PipelineRx. Prior to PipelineRx, Lien successfully served as CFO at several other companies, including Smart Tuition and SmartCare. Prior to that, as CFO of Skrill Limited—Moneybookers, Inc,

Willamette Valley Vineyards [SALEM, Oregon] (NASDAQ: WVVI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Rich Goward has notified the Company of his intention to retire from his role as CFO of Willamette Valley Vineyards by the end of 2019.

Micron Solutions, Inc. [FITCHBURG, MA] (NYSE American: MICR) announced the appointment of Wayne M. Coll as its Chief Financial Officer. Coll previously served as Chief Financial Officer in various companies in the medical device industry, including National Dentex Corporation, Modern Dental Laboratory USA and Keystone Dental, Inc.

CFO Moves – week ending July 12, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MiX Telematics Annexon Biosciences
Bsquare Corporation United Rheumatology Ceros
Aflac Global Investments Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Procore Technologies, Inc.
Windhaven Insurance IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. Benefitfocus, Inc.
CNB Financial TrackX Holdings Inc. Annovis Bio, Inc.
Better Choice Company, Inc. ICU Medical, Inc. Dentsply Sirona Inc.
Telenav ReversingLabs US, Inc. Fareportal
Surterra Wellness Q-Centrix Guaranteed Rate
Conviva Clearlake Capital Group CareerBuilder
EIP Pharma, Inc.

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: ALNY) announced that Jeff Poulton joined the Company on July 11, 2019 and has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 13, 2019. Jeff will join Alnylam with nearly 25 years of experience, including serving as Executive Vice President and CFO of Shire plc. Manmeet S. Soni has decided to resign to pursue other interests; he will continue as CFO of Alnylam through August 12, 2019 providing a smooth transition. Prior to Poulton’s CFO role at Shire he held a variety of financial roles and also served in a general management capacity while leading Shire’s rare disease commercial operations in North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Prior to his fifteen-year tenure at Shire, Jeff led corporate finance and business development initiatives in both the energy and materials manufacturing sectors, in financial leadership positions at Cinergy Corp and PPG industries. He also served as a U.S. Navy Commissioned Officer. Poulton is a member of the Board of Directors of EIP Pharmaceuticals.

MiX Telematics [BOCA RATON, FL] (NYSE: MIXT, JSE: MIX) announced the appointment of John Granara as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Executive Vice President. Granara will succeed Paul Dell, who has filled the role of interim CFO since early 2017. Mr. Dell will continue at MiX Telematics in an alternative senior role. Most recently, Granara held the position of CFO at Ameresco  Prior to that he was VP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at GT Advanced Technologies.

Annexon Biosciences [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the addition of Jennifer Lew as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lew served as Chief Financial Officer of Aduro Biotech. Ms. Lew previously held various finance leadership roles at Dynavax Technologies Corporation, and she began her career at Ernst & Young.

Bsquare Corporation  [BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON] (NASDAQ: BSQR) announced that Peter Biere, CFO, will resign from his position following a transition period that will include the appointment of a new CFO. Mr. Biere, who has served as CFO since December 2016, will continue as CFO until his replacement is identified and on-boarded.

Patrick J. Murphy

United Rheumatology [HAUPPAUGE, NY] announced the appointment of Patrick Murphy as Chief Financial Officer. Patrick most recently served as the CFO at CleanSlate Centers. Prior to CleanSlate Centers, Patrick was one of the Founders at Women’s Health USA. He held numerous positions including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and President. He was also a Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Evolution1. Earlier in his career he had various roles at Value Health and Arthur Andersen.

Ceros [NEW YORK] announced the hire of Rob Bender as Chief Financial Officer. Rob most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at Salute Safety. Prior to Salute Safety Systems, Rob spent 15 years as the CFO of financial technology company Axioma. Before Axioma, Rob led mergers & acquisitions for Primedia Enthusiast Group. He also worked in product management and consulting roles at Deloitte Consulting and W.L. Gore & Associates. http://ceros.com

Aflac Global Investments [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Stephen Scott as managing director; chief financial officer. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Scott most recently served as chief financial officer for BNY Mellon Investment Management. Prior to that, he served as BNY Mellon Investment Management’s Global Head of FP&A. Scott previously held positions with UBS and Lloyds Treasury Group.

Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NYSE American: AMPE) announced that Dan Stokely has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, since 2012, Dan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sentynl Therapeutics, which was sold to Cadila Healthcare Ltd. in January 2017. From 2004 to 2012, Dan served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Victory Pharma. Dan served as the Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Wireless Facilities, Inc. (currently Kratos Defense & Security Solutions). From 1994 to 2001, Dan served as Corporate Controller of Dura Pharmaceuticals.

Procore Technologies, Inc. [CARPINTERIA, CA] announced the appointment of Paul Lyandres as Chief Financial Officer. Lyandres joined Procore in 2014. Prior to joining the Procore team, Lyandres was as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Windhaven® Insurance [MIAMI, FL] and The Hearth Insurance Group™ announced that Susan Wollenberg has been selected to serve as Chief Financial Officer for the companies. Wollenberg has been a member of the Board Directors at Windhaven since its founding in the early 2000s. Wollenberg served at Spencer Capital Holdings; Personalized Brokerage Services, an Allianz subsidiary; and E.W. Blanch. She also held leadership roles in Financial Planning and Business Development at Kansas City Southern and GE Insurance. Wollenberg began her career as a Certified Public Accountant at Deloitte.

IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: IDYA) announced the promotion of Paul A. Stone as Chief Financial Officer. Paul previously served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Operations. Prior to joining IDEAYA, Paul was with 5AM Ventures in various capacities including as Partner, General Counsel, and Chief Operating Officer, and held early management and operating roles in companies launched at 5AM Ventures, including IDEAYA Biosciences (NASDAQ: IDYA), Homology Medicines, Cidara Therapeutics, and Entrada Therapeutics. Paul earlier served in management roles at Ethos Pharmaceuticals, Ilypsa (acquired by Amgen), and Symyx Technologies.

Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, SC] (NASDAQ: BNFT) announced the appointment of Stephen M. Swad as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Swad, who will be joining the Company on July 22nd.  He is a current member of the Benefitfocus Board of Directors and since 2013 has served on the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees, as well as Chair of the Compensation Committee. He joins the company from Vox Media, where he has served as CFO since January 2016. Prior to Vox Media, from February 2012 until April 2015, Swad was President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a director of Rosetta Stone. He formerly served as Rosetta Stone’s CFO beginning in November 2010. Prior to joining Rosetta Stone, Swad was the Executive Vice President and CFO of Comverse Technology, Inc. Swad has held various senior financial management positions at AOL, Inc. (now part of Oath Inc.), Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner. He was a partner at KPMG LLP and also served as the Deputy Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Swad previously served on the Board of Eloqua, before it was purchased by Oracle.

Tito Lima

CNB Financial [CLEARFIELD, PA] announced the appointment of Tito L. Lima to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CNB Financial Corporation and CNB Bank. Throughout the years he has held various positions in New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Lancaster and Butler, and has served in roles as a Senior Executive or Chief Financial Officer since 2002 in financial institutions.

TrackX Holdings Inc. [DENVER, Colorado] (TSX-V: TKX; OTC: TKXHF) announced that John Katzenberg has joined the TrackX team as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, John was the Chief Financial Officer of Johnson Storage & Moving Company. Prior to joining Johnson, he led all accounting and finance activities for Corporex Colorado. Previously, John was a Managing Director and one of the founding members of the private equity coverage group in the investment bank at Citigroup. Katzenberg is replacing Gene McConnell as CFO.

Annovis Bio, Inc. [BERWYN, PA] announced that Jeffrey McGroarty has been appointed the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Annovis, Jeff was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Safeguard Scientifics. Before joining Safeguard, Jeff served in a variety of financial roles with a number of publicly traded companies, including Cephalon and Exide Technologies. Jeff started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Better Choice Company, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: BTTR) announced the appointment of Andreas Schulmeyer as its Chief Financial Officer. Schulmeyer previously served in CFO roles at both WalMart and PepsiCo. Schulmeyer previously served as CFO – Global e-Commerce and CFO – Asia, at Walmart. Additionally, he was former CFO, China Beverages, at PepsiCo. Schulmeyer joins Better Choice from his private consulting business, Faultline Solutions LLC.

ICU Medical, Inc. [SAN CLEMENTE, CA] (NASDAQ: ICUI) announced that Scott E. Lamb, its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has informed the Company of his intention to retire from the Company effective after filing the FY2019 10-K, following over 16 years of service with the Company. After retirement as CFO, Mr. Lamb will serve in an advisory role to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Following the change, current Corporate Vice President, Brian Bonnell will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Brian Bonnell joined ICU Medical in 2018 and is currently responsible for the Treasury and Tax functions. Prior to joining ICU, Mr. Bonnell was Treasurer and Head of FP&A for Alere Inc. from 2015 until its acquisition by Abbott. Prior to Alere, Mr. Bonnell spent seven years at CareFusion Corporation, as both SVP of Tax and Treasury and as VP of Finance for Medical Systems. Prior to its spin-off of CareFusion, Mr. Bonnell spent seven years in a variety of Finance roles for Cardinal Health. Mr. Bonnell started his career in 1995 and spent seven years in the audit practice of Arthur Andersen LLP.

Dentsply Sirona Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: XRAY) announced the appointment of Jorge M. Gomez as Chief Financial Officer. Gomez served as Chief Financial Officer of Cardinal Health since January 2018.  Prior to that, Jorge was Chief Financial Officer of the Medical and Pharmaceutical segments, and Treasurer and Corporate Controller at Cardinal Health.  Before joining Cardinal Health, Jorge held multiple executive and leadership roles at General Motors and the Smurfit-Kappa Group.

Telenav [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NASDAQ: TNAV) selected Adeel Manzoor to become the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Manzoor comes to Telenav after serving as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Storage & Big Data; Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Mission Critical Systems & High Performance Compute and as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Converged Infrastructure for HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise] . Manzoor succeeds Fuad Ahmad, who has served as Telenav’s consulting interim CFO since January 2019. Ahmad, a partner of consulting firm FLG Partners, LLC, plans to continue to provide financial consulting services to the company until the end of September for transition purposes. Prior to joining HP, Manzoor worked for Big Four accounting and professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP in the assurance and advisory practice.

ReversingLabs US, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] named Angiras Koorapaty its Chief Financial Officer. Koorapaty brings more than 25 years of experience collaborating with senior management teams and boards, leading finance and administration at many startup and growth stage technology companies with substantial international operations, including Visual IQ, (acquired by The Nielsen Company), NitroSecurity (acquired by Intel/McAfee), Core Security Technologies, Webhire (acquired by Kenexa Corp./IBM), and Corechange (acquired by Open Text Corp.).

Fareportal [NEW YORK] announced that following the retirement of Ken West, the previous Chief Financial Officer, the Company announced Glenn Cusano as his successor. Cusano is a veteran of the Airline business with over 16 years of service at JetBlue Airways. In his most recent role with the airline, he served as their Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasury.

Fareed Khan

Surterra Wellness [ATLANTA] announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the appointment of Fareed Khan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Khan joins Surterra from the Kellogg Company where he was CFO. Khan previously served as Division CEO of a multi-billion-dollar revenue operating unit at USG Corporation after 12 years of steady ascent through key operating roles at the company. Early in his career, Khan was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. James Whitcomb, who has served as CFO of Surterra since helping launch the company in 2016, will become Executive Director of Corporate Development.

Q-Centrix [CHICAGO] announced today the addition of Todd Seiffer as its Chief Financial and Operations Officer. Before arriving at Q-Centrix, Seiffer spent more than four years as Chief Financial Officer of Businessolver. His previous roles include Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., in Chicago.

Suk Shah

Guaranteed Rate [CHICAGO] has hired Suk Shah as its Chief Financial Officer. Shah joins the Guaranteed Rate team from his former position of nearly five years at a high-growth financial technology company. Before that, Suk was the CFO of the US and Canadian divisions of a Global Commercial Bank. Shah began his career with General Electric and spent over eight years with the company in various finance and operating roles.

Conviva [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] announced the addition of Greg Ayers as CFO. Greg’s career has included finance leadership that led to 8 IPOs and multiple M&A deals.

symplr  [SANTA MONICA, Calif. and HOUSTON] announced that Jordan Copland has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Tres Thompson, who previously served as symplr’s COO and CFO, will focus on the COO role going forward. Most recently, Copland served as CFO and EVP of Finance and Operations at Quorum Business Solutions and, prior to that, was CFO at Omnitracs. Earlier in his career, Mr. Copland served as Vice President of Finance and Planning at Disney Consumer Products, and he served as Executive Vice President and CFO, and as EVP – Strategic Development, at GSI Commerce.

Chet Kwasniak

CareerBuilder [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Chet Kwasniak as Chief Financial Officer. Kwasniak most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at MW Industries. Prior to that, Kwasniak was Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas.

EIP Pharma, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Noel Donnelly as CFO. onnelly joins EIP Pharma from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining EIP, Noel spent the last seven years within Shire, recently acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Before moving into R&D, Noel held a number of positions of increasing responsibility within the Finance organization in areas such as Commercial, Technical Operations, and ultimately as the Head of R&D Finance at Shire HGT. Prior to that Noel worked for twelve years in financial planning and analysis in financial services and industrial companies.

CFO Moves – week ending July 5, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Monarch Private Capital Ameresco, Inc. Viela Bio
L3Harris Technologies Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Commercial Metals Company
DISH Network Corporation Kirkland’s, Inc. Alleghany Corporation
Neuronetics Greenfields Petroleum Corporation TRI Pointe Group Inc.
Penn Virginia Corporation Francesca’s Holdings Corporation LDM Global
Corporate Spending Innovations Bridgeline Digital, Inc. MTX Group
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Ian Chomat

Monarch Private Capital (MPC) [ATLANTA] announced that Ian Chomat has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer for the organization. Chomat moves into the role after serving as the Controller. Prior to joining MPC, Chomat worked as Controller for a company which specialized in the development, construction, and syndication of low income housing tax credits. He’s held various positions including Chief Financial Officer and was a consultant for both privately held and publicly traded companies. Chomat’s career began in public accounting where he practiced both tax and assurance services for privately held companies.

Ameresco, Inc. [FRAMINGHAM, MA] (NYSE: AMRC) announced that Doran Hole will join the company as its Chief Financial Officer, effective July 29, 2019. Mark Chiplock, who has served as interim CFO since October 1, 2018, will continue to serve as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and will act as the company’s principal accounting officer. Previously, Mr. Hole served as the Chief Executive Officer, North America and Group Vice President, Strategy, at ReneSola Ltd. He has served in the North American CEO role since 2017, and previously was the company’s US CFO. Prior to ReneSola, Mr. Hole was the CFO at solar developer Pristine Sun. He spent the first two decades of his career in various senior finance and capital markets roles on Wall Street. At Deutsche Bank, he served as a Director in the Global Structuring, Illiquid and Corporate Credit Group. He was a Director in the Financial Engineering group at ING Capital and also served as an Associate Director in the Corporate and Structured Finance Division at Macquarie Corporate Finance. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hole worked at Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. and Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.

Mitchell Chan

Viela Bio [GAITHERSBURG, MD] announced the appointment of Mitchell Chan as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Chan served as Viela’s Vice President, Head of Finance & Corporate Strategy. Prior to joining Viela in 2018, he served as Director of Investor Relations for AstraZeneca, North America. Previously, Mr. Chan held various roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech-Roche, including in BioOncology Commercial Finance, R&D Finance, and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Jay Malave

L3Harris Technologies [MELBOURNE, FL] (NYSE: LHX) named Jesus “Jay” Malave, Jr. as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Malave was elected CFO of the new L3Harris following the close of the merger between L3 and Harris, and succeeds former L3 and Harris CFOs, Ralph D’Ambrosio and Rahul Ghai, who have decided for personal reasons to pursue new opportunities. Malave joins L3Harris from United Technologies Corporation, where he spent more than 20 years in roles of increasing responsibility, including VP & CFO of the UTC Aerospace Systems business; VP, Financial Planning & Treasury at Hamilton Sundstrand; four years as VP, Investor Relations; and most recently as VP & CFO of the Carrier business segment.  .

Ankang Li

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, California & SHANGHAI] announced the appointment of Ankang Li as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Terns, Dr. Li was the Executive Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, where he was responsible for Asia ex-Japan investment banking and led many high-profile IPOs for biotechnology and other healthcare clients. Before that, Dr. Li was a Director at the Asia Pacific Innovation Hub at Merck (known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada), overseeing business development and licensing transactions in the region. Dr. Li also worked at both Davis Polk and Ropes & Gray, advising clients on capital markets and M&A transactions. Early in his career, he conducted biomedical research at the Salk Institute.

Commercial Metals Company [IRVING, TX] (NYSE: CMC) announced that Mary A. Lindsey has announced her retirement as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of August 31, 2019. Lindsey joined the Company in September 2009 as Vice President-Tax. She was appointed Vice President-Tax and Investor Relations in June 2015, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2016 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2017. The Company also announced that effective September 1, 2019, Paul J. Lawrence will assume the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company. Lawrence joined the Company in February 2016 as Vice President of Finance. He was appointed Vice President of Finance and Treasurer in September 2016 and his role was expanded to include Financial Planning and Analysis in January 2017. Prior to joining the Company, from 2003 to 2016, Mr. Lawrence worked for both Gerdau Long Steel North America, , and Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, where he held a variety of financial roles, including Assistant Vice President and Corporate Controller, and Deputy Corporate Controller. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Lawrence held several financial positions with Co-Steel Inc., which was acquired by Gerdau SA.

DISH Network [ENGLEWOOD, CO] promoted Paul W. Orban to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Orban, a 23-year veteran of DISH, had served as the company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Controller. Orban joined DISH in 1996 as a member of the financial reporting team. He has since held various leadership positions with increasing responsibility including Director of Accounting and Vice President of Accounting. In 2006, Orban was named Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller for DISH. He also served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller at EchoStar Corporation from 2008 to 2012. Before joining DISH, Paul was an auditor at Arthur Andersen LLP. A CPA, Paul holds his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Colorado.

Kirkland’s, Inc. [NASHVILLE, TN] (NASDAQ: KIRK) announced that it has named Nicole Strain as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She has served as Kirkland’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2017. Prior to her appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Strain served as Controller from November 2016 to April 2017. Prior to joining Kirkland’s, she served as the Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer for Logan’s Roadhouse, Inc., from 2005 through July 2015. While at Logan’s, she also served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

Alleghany Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE:Y) today announced that Jack Sennott has been appointed Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Alleghany’s wholly-owned subsidiary, CapSpecialty, Inc. Sennott previously served as Senior Vice President and chief financial officer of Alleghany. Kerry Jacobs has been appointed Senior Vice President and chief financial officer of Alleghany. Ms. Jacobs previously served as Alleghany’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Risk Officer.

Neuronetics , Inc. [MALVERN, PA] (NASDAQ: STIM) announced that Stephen Furlong will become its new Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, replacing Peter Donato, who will be leaving the Company after a transition period. Mr. Furlong will assume the role of CFO and Secretary effective July 22, 2019. Furlong most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Secretary at Metabolon. Prior to joining Metabolon, Furlong served as Chief Financial Officer of Rapid Micro Biosystems. Before joining Rapid Micro Biosystems, Mr. Furlong spent 14 years at Hologic, where he held a number of roles of increasing responsibility, most recently Senior Vice President, Finance and Sales Administration. Additionally, Mr. Furlong held positions at Safety 1st, Stratus Computer Inc., and Raytheon Company.

Greenfields Petroleum Corporation [HOUSTON, Texas] (TSX VENTURE: GNF) announces the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Jose Perez-Bello, who has served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Greenfields since June 2017 and a director of the Company since 2018, stepped down from these roles with the Company.  Sanjay Swarup has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Swarup is based in London, and is also Chief Executive Officer of SKS Business Services Limited, an accounting and audit group that specializes in providing an outsourced finance function to small and mid-size companies in diverse sectors, unlisted or listed in the UK and Canada.  Swarup has worked in the planning department of the Exploration and Production division of BP plc at their head office in London.

Glenn Keeler

TRI Pointe Group [IRVINE, Calif.] (NYSE: TPH) announced that Mike Grubbs, co-founder, chief financial officer and treasurer, will retire on January 1, 2020, concluding a 32-year career in homebuilding and real estate finance. Grubbs will be succeeded by Glenn Keeler, current chief accounting officer, also effective January 1, 2020. Keeler joined TRI Pointe in 2013 as corporate controller, and was named chief accounting officer in 2014. Keeler started his career at Ernst & Young LLP and previously held executive finance roles with other publicly traded companies prior to joining TRI Pointe Group.

Penn Virginia Corporation [HOUSTON, Texas] (NASDAQ: PVAC) announced that Steven A. Hartman, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (“CFO”), will be stepping down from his role.

Francesca’s Holdings Corporation [HOUSTON, TX] (NASDAQ: FRAN) announced that Kelly Dilts, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Company of her plans to resign from her position effective July 19, 2019 to pursue another opportunity. The Company has named Cindy Thomassee, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, to assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Cindy joined the Company in December 2007 after serving as the Controller at LRG Furniture, LLC, a retail subsidiary of Bassett Furniture Industries, for over 8 years.  She also previously served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer from May 2012 to March 2013 and from December 2015 to April 2016.

LDM Global [DENVER, Colorado] today announced Vivek Sharma as its new Chief Financial Officer. Sharma worked for PwC, Citigroup, Tele 2 and Digicel.

Corporate Spending Innovations [BONITA SPRINGS, FL] (CSI) announced the appointment of Olivier Raguis as the Chief Financial Officer. Raguis joins CSI in continuity of his extensive experience as Chief Financial Officer of several Edenred business units since 2010.

Bridgeline Digital, Inc. [BURLINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: BLIN) announced the appointment of Mark G. Downey as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company(“CFO”). Downey comes to Bridgeline with more than 25 years of finance and operations experience and has held CFO and COO positions at several public and privately held companies. Mark began his career as a CPA with Coopers & Lybrand. Downey will succeed Carole Tyner, who has served as Bridgeline’s Chief Financial Officer since September 2018.

MTX Group [FRISCO, TX], Inc announced the addition of Christina Bailey as their Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MTX, she was appointed as the CFO of Humphreys & Partners Architects.

InvestCloud [LOS ANGELES] appointed Rebeca Sanchez Sarmiento as its Chief Financial Officer. Sanchez Sarmiento joins the firm from ATTOM Data Solutions, where she served as CFO. Sanchez Sarmiento has held a variety of senior finance roles within Smart & Final, Deutsche Bank, and Citigroup.

CFO Moves – week ending June 28, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. CSS Industries, Inc. InsideSales.com
Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. Yum! Brands, Inc. InvenTrust Properties Corp.
HSBC North America Holdings Inc. GAN Integrity Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
Merchant Investment Management CureMatch Elios Therapeutics, LLC
Big Lots, Inc. PDL BioPharma, Inc. Shutterstock, Inc.
Vista Gold Corp. Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. Globus Medical
Independent Bank Corporation Energy Focus, Inc. Trevena Inc.
Teladoc Health, Inc. Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation Shenandoah Telecommunications Company
Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc Morae Global Corporation Market Force Information
Ouster Robomart Impel NeuroPharma
Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. Leaf Home Solutions Dyadic International, Inc.
Artivest ComplySci MSA Security

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Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] (NYSE: RRTS) announced that Terence R. Rogers, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is resigning from the company effective at the end of August.

CSS Industries, Inc. [PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA] (NYSE: CSS) announced the resignation of Keith W. Pfeil as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective August 2, 2019. Mr. Pfeil is leaving the Company to become the chief financial officer for a larger, publicly traded company in the medical device industry.

InsideSales.com [SILICON SLOPES, UT] announced the appointment of John Markovich as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining InsideSales.com, Markovich was the CFO of OmniGuide Holdings, Inc. and previously held CFO positions at Veritone, Inc., NanoH2O, Inc., EMCORE Corporation, Pictos Technologies, Optical Coating Laboratories, and AutoByTel.com.

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [ATLANTA, GEORGIA] (OTCQX: WLMS) announced that its chief financial officer, Tim Howsman, has retired to spend more time with his family at home in Arkansas. Tracy Pagliara, President and CEO, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Pagliara began his career in public accounting. During the last 20 years, he has been an officer for multiple public companies, including his service in various executive roles with the Company since April 2010. He also currently serves as a director for the Company and Westwater Resources (NASDAQ: WWR), where he is a member of its Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.

Chris Turner

Yum! Brands, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, KY] (NYSE: YUM)  announced that Chris Turner will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 8, 2019. Turner joins Yum! Brands from PepsiCo, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Manager leading PepsiCo’s retail and ecommerce businesses with Walmart in the U.S. and more than 25 countries and across PepsiCo’s brands in the beverage, snack and nutrition categories. Prior to leading PepsiCo’s Walmart business, Turner served as Senior Vice President of Transformation for PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America business. Previously, he led the long-term strategic planning processes related to growth acceleration, category expansion and M&A as Senior Vice President of Strategy for Frito-Lay. Chris previously spent more than 13 years at McKinsey & Company, where he served as a Partner in the firm’s Dallas office.

Daniel J. Busch

InvenTrust Properties Corp. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] announced that Daniel J. Busch has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective September 3, 2019. Adam M. Jaworski, who has served as the Company’s Interim Principal Financial Officer since August 2018, will continue in his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Busch most recently served as Managing Director, Retail at Green Street Advisors. Prior to serving as Managing Director, Mr. Busch served in increasingly senior roles at Green Street. Previously, Mr. Busch served as an equity research analyst at Telsey Advisory Group and worked in a corporate capacity at Petco Animal Supplies Inc.

HSBC North America Holdings Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kavita Mahtani as Chief Financial Officer. The appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2019. Mahtani joins HSBC from Citigroup, where she has most recently served as Head of Asset and Liability Management for Citi Corporate Treasury. She has held a number of significant strategic roles at Citigroup, including Chief Financial Officer, Global Corporate & Investment Banking; Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis; and Director, Investor Relations. Before joining Citigroup in 2006, she held key roles at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

Marty Meyer

GAN Integrity [NEW YORK] announced Marty Meyer as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Meyer joins GAN Integrity after serving as CFO at Sailthru. Meyer additionally served as CFO at Shapeways, President at Corero Network Security, and as Vice President and COO at ExtendMedia Corporation.

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. [RICHMOND, VA] (NYSE: APLE) announced the appointment of Rachael Rothman to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Company. Rothman will succeed Bryan Peery as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As previously announced, Mr. Peery plans to retire from the Company in the first quarter of 2020. Mr. Peery will continue as Executive Vice President and, effective July 1, 2019, will become Chief Accounting Officer for the Company. Rothman most recently served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategy for Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. From 2010 until 2018, Ms. Rothman served as a Senior Analyst for Susquehanna International Group, LLP (“SIG”). Prior to joining SIG, she held several positions of increasing responsibility within Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. covering various public lodging, restaurant and gaming companies. Ms. Rothman’s career began in the lodging industry, where she held various roles in hotel operations, including general manager.

Merchant Investment Management [NEW YORK] announced that Amit Grover will join the private partnership as Chief Financial Officer. Grover has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry during which he has held various management positions at firms including Dynasty Financial Partners, Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney and Citibank.

CureMatch [SAN DIEGO] announced that Katie Breitenbach has joined as chief financial officer. Breitenbach has held positions as CFO, VP of finance, and director of finance.

Elios Therapeutics, LLC [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Phillip Johnson as chief financial officer. Johnson joins Elios after having served as an executive and consultant for a number of publicly traded, privately held, private equity and pre-IPO companies. Prior to consulting, Mr. Johnson served as chief financial officer for Xeris Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Xeris, Mr. Johnson was vice president and corporate controller at ArthroCare Corporation. Earlier in his career, he served in several key finance and leadership roles at Maverick Tube Corporation, SAVI, LLC and Primary Webworks.

Big Lots, Inc. [COLUMBUS, OH] (NYSE: BIG) announced that Jonathan Ramsden has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, effective August 5, 2019. Ramsden will succeed Timothy A. Johnson, who will transition away from his roles effective August 5, 2019, to pursue other opportunities. Ramsden spent over seven years with Abercrombie & Fitch Co., joining as Chief Financial Officer in 2008 and later serving as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to A&F, he spent ten years as Chief Financial Officer of TBWA Worldwide, a global marketing services group, after having served as Controller of TBWA’s parent, the Omnicom Group Inc.

PDL BioPharma, Inc. [INCLINE VILLAGE, NV] (NASDAQ: PDLI) announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer, Peter Garcia, who will be leaving the Company effective August 15, 2019.

Shutterstock, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SSTK) announced that Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Steven Berns will depart from his roles at Shutterstock to pursue other opportunities. The Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, Steve Ciardiello has been appointed to the role of interim Chief Financial Officer.

Vista Gold Corp. [DENVER, COLORADO] (TSX & NYSE American: VGZ) announced the appointment of Douglas Tobler as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He succeeds Jack Engele, who is retiring as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, following 6 ½ years of service with the Company. Tobler most recently was CFO of Lydian International. Prior to Lydian, Tobler was CFO of Alacer Gold Corp.

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. [OCALA, Fla.] (NYSE American: HEB) announced that Adam Pascale is retiring from the position of Chief Financial Officer after nearly a quarter century with the company. Pascale joined Hemispherx in 1995 as an accounting manager, rising to the position of Chief Accounting Officer before being named CFO in 2016.

Globus Medical [AUDUBON, PA] (NYSE: GMED) announced the appointment of Keith W. Pfeil as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective August 19, 2019. Pfeil joins Globus Medical after almost 16 years at CSS Industries, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Independent Bank Corporation [GRAND RAPIDS, MI] (NASDAQ: IBCP), the holding company of Independent Bank, announced that Robert Shuster, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, has notified the organization of his intention to retire on or about Jan. 31, 2020. Mr. Shuster has served as the Chief Financial Officer since May 2001 and prior to that served as the President and CEO of a subsidiary bank of the Corporation from September 1999 to May 2001.  Mr. Shuster first joined Independent Bank Corporation in September 1999, when the Corporation acquired Mutual Savings Bank, where he had served as President and CEO since November 1994.

Energy Focus, Inc. [SOLON, OH] (NASDAQ: EFOI) announced that Tod A. Nestor joined the company as its President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Nestor served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alumni Ventures Group. Between 2013 and 2016, Mr. Nestor served as the Chief Financial Officer of Merchants Automotive Group, Inc. Previously, Mr. Nestor also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Penn Traffic Company, and Chief Financial Officer for Fairway Holdings Corp. Earlier in his career, Nestor held other senior leadership roles across a wide array of functions in large organizations such as American Eagle Outfitters, HJ Heinz, and WR Grace.

Trevena Inc. [CHESTERBROOK, PA] (NASDAQ: TRVN) announced the appointment of Barry Shin as Chief Financial Officer. Shin was previously Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Mizuho Securities.  Prior to joining Mizuho Securities, he was a Managing Director in Guggenheim Securities’ Healthcare Investment Banking Group from 2012 to 2017.  From 2005 to 2012, he served in positions of increasing responsibility within the Healthcare Investment Banking Group of Piper Jaffray.  From 2001 to 2005, he advised healthcare and technology companies in financing and M&A transactions as a corporate attorney.

Mala Murthy

Teladoc Health, Inc. [PURCHASE, NY] (NYSE: TDOC) announced that it has named Mala Murthy as chief financial officer. Most recently, Murthy was CFO of the Global Commercial Services Segment of American Express. Prior to that, she held various leadership positions with PepsiCo, most notably leading high growth business units with oversight of financial planning and analysis, corporate and international treasury, and corporate strategy.

Carrie Anderson

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation [PLAINSBORO, N.J.] announced the promotion of Glenn Coleman to the newly-created role of chief operating officer (COO) and appointed Carrie Anderson as chief financial officer (CFO). Coleman most recently served as CFO and corporate vice president, responsible for Integra’s international business.  In this role, Mr. Coleman oversaw accounting and financial reporting, budgeting, internal audit, tax, treasury, investor relations and IT while also leading our international business.  Prior to joining Integra as CFO in 2014, Glenn spent 25 years in financial management positions of increasing responsibility with leading global businesses, including Curtiss-Wright and Alcatel-Lucent. Anderson most recently served as chief accounting officer and corporate controller at Dover Corporation. In addition, she served as chief financial officer for two of Dover’s multi-billion dollar segments.  Prior to Dover Corporation, Ms. Anderson spent over a decade at Aptiv (formerly Delphi), serving in various finance functions, including capital planning and investor relations, and ultimately, global segment chief financial officer.  She began her career with General Motors in 1991.

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) [EDINBURG, VA] (NASDAQ: SHEN) announced that Jim Volk has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Volk most recently served as Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations of Uniti Group Inc., from 2016 to 2018.  Prior to joining Uniti, he served as Chief Financial Officer of multiple public and private telecommunications companies, including PEG Bandwidth from 2012 to 2016, Hargray Communications Group from 2010 to 2012, and UbiquiTel Inc. from 2001 to 2006.  He previously held senior finance positions with AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless and SBC Wireless) and Comcast. Volk began his professional career as a Senior Accountant with Deloitte.

Ed Sitar

Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc [RALEIGH, NC] (NASDAQ: INNT) announced the appointment of Ed Sitar as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Sitar was the chief financial officer of Ammon Labs and Cancer Genetics. He previously has served as the financial leader for a variety of other healthcare companies, including ActiveHealth Management and Cadent Holdings.

Morae Global Corporation [HOUSTON, TEXAS] announced James Rojas has been named Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Rojas spent the first 15 years of his career as a consultant and transitioned into senior leadership roles at companies, including Huron Consulting Group, HBR, US Foodservice and Stop & Shop and Giant grocery chains.

John Scott

Market Force Information [PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA] announced that it has appointed John Scott as its Chief Financial Officer. Scott was most recently the CFO for Network Twentyone International.

Ouster [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has appointed Oliver Hutaff as its first Chief Financial Officer.  Hutaff was previously COO/CFO at Electric Imp from 2013 to 2019 and CFO at Roku Inc. from 2010 to 2012.

Edward Kinsey

Robomart [MILPITAS, Calif.] announced the addition of Edward P. Kinsey to the role of CFO. Kinsey is a serial entrepreneur and senior executive. He was the co-founding CFO of e-commerce giant Ariba. Kinsey most recently served on the Advisory Board of Docusign.

Impel NeuroPharma [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of John Leaman as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Leaman most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at Selecta Biosciences. His prior appointments include serving as Head of Corporate Development at InfaCare Pharmaceutical Corp., Chief Financial Officer of Medgenics Inc., and senior roles at Shire plc. and Devon Park Bioventures. John began his career serving a range of life sciences companies as an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company.

Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. [SHIPPENSBURG, PA] (NASDAQ: ORRF), the parent company of Orrstown Bank and Wheatland Advisors, Inc., announced that Thomas R. Brugger will join the Company and the Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 15, 2019. Most recently, Brugger served as the Chief Financial Officer of Sun National Bank and, prior to his approximately six year tenure at Sun National, served as CFO of Customers Bank, following 15 years as EVP/Corporate Treasurer of Sovereign Bank (now Santander).

Chris Nagel

Leaf Home Solutions [HUDSON, Ohio] announced the appointment of Christopher Nagel as Chief Financial Officer. Nagel joins Leaf Home Solutions from Fairmount Santrol, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Larry Napolitan, who has been CFO since 2016, will remain at Leaf Home Solutions under the newly created position of Vice President of Finance.

Dyadic International, Inc. [JUPITER, FL] (NASDAQ: DYAI) announced the appointment of Ping Rawson to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Rawson was previously the Chief Accounting Officer of Dyadic and joined the Company in 2016. Prior to joining Dyadic, Ms. Rawson has served in a variety of finance and accounting management roles in several publicly-traded companies.

Karl Jaeger

Artivest [NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Karl Jaeger as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Artivest, Jaeger was CFO of Strategic Insight. He previously served as CFO of Fundtech, and as CFO and Chief Operating Officer of Wall Street Systems. Earlier in his career, he spent 14 years with Thomson Financial (now Thompson Reuters), where he last served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Development.

ComplySci [NEW YORK] named Bill Fahrbach as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ComplySci, Fahrbach held the CFO position at Watermark, Workwave and Mobile Commons. He also served as Senior Director of Corporate Development and Product Operations for Oragenics, Inc.

MSA Security [NEW YORK] announced that former Chief Financial Officer, Michael Kennedy, has been named Chief Administrative Officer. Dean Gels has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MSA, Gels most recently served as CFO at OVH US. Prior to OVH, he served as the Vice President of Corporate Development at Borderfree.

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