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CFO Moves – Week ending June 26, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Cresco Labs Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Relativity Space
DIH GEON Performance Solutions Mattel, Inc.
Confluent, Inc. Wrike  NCR Corporation
Radiant Ventures, Inc. Central Federal Corporation Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
PlayPower, Inc. Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Quontic 
Ribbon Communications Inc. Harvest Health & Recreation Inc.

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Dennis Olis

Cresco Labs [CHICAGO] (CSE: CL, OTCQX: CRLBF) announced that Ken Amann, who has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2015, is retiring effective December 31, 2020. As part of a planned transition, the Company also appointed Dennis Olis to replace Amann as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective July 1, 2020. Olis joins Cresco Labs after previously serving as CFO for Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. Previously, Olis held a variety of senior finance and operations positions at Motorola Inc.

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation [ARLINGTON, TX] (NYSE: SIX) announced that it has appointed Sandeep Reddy as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2020. Leonard Russ, who has filled the CFO position on an interim basis since February 2020, will transition to an operational role. Most recently, Reddy was the Chief Financial Officer of Guess Inc. Prior to Guess Inc., he served in finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Mattel Inc.

Relativity Space [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Muhammad Shahzad as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Shahzad most recently served as CFO of The Honest Company. Prior to The Honest Company, Shahzad was a Vice President in the Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Previously, Shahzad founded his own startup and started his career at Accenture and Deutsche Bank.

DIH [NORWELL, MA] announced that it has appointed Vaseem Mahboob as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 9th, 2020. Mahboob joins DIH after serving as CFO of Endologix since 2015. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade at GE Healthcare in several financial leadership positions, most recently as CFO of the Global IT business. Mahboob also previously served as CFO of GE’s Eastern and African Emerging Markets division. Mahboob was CFO of GE Healthcare’s Global Ultrasound business. Mahboob also served as CFO of GE Healthcare’s Global Magnetic Resonance (MRI) Business and served in several other global financial leadership positions across GE, spending a total of 16 years at the company.

Gregg Branning

GEON Performance Solutions [AVON LAKE, OH] announced the appointment of Gregg Branning as its first chief financial officer (CFO). Branning previously was executive vice president and CFO at CSW Industrials, a position he held for four years. Before that, he was senior vice president, corporate secretary of finance and CFO at Myers Industries.

Mattel, Inc. [EL SEGUNDO, CA] (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that Anthony P. DiSilvestro will join the Company as Executive Advisor on June 29, 2020, and will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on the date following the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter 2020, which is anticipated to be filed July 30, 2020. DiSilvestro will succeed Joseph J. Euteneuer, who will leave the Company as part of the Company’s previously announced transition plan. DiSilvestro most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Campbell Soup Company, a role he held from 2014 to 2019. He served in various other financial leadership roles at Campbell Soup Company since 1996, including Senior Vice President – Finance, Treasurer, Controller, Chief Financial Officer of the company’s North America and International divisions, and Head of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development.

Confluent, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced Steffan Tomlinson has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Cheryl Dalrymple, the Company’s former CFO has taken on the roles of chief people officer and head of corporate development. Tomlinson joins Confluent from Google where he was CFO of Google Cloud & Technical Infrastructure. Before Google, Tomlinson was CFO of Palo Alto Networks. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Tomlinson was CFO of Aruba Networks.

Wrike [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Carol Lee is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Lee is joining Wrike from GoodData.

NCR Corporation [ATLANTA] (NYSE: NCR) announced Timothy C. Oliver is joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer effective July 13, 2020. Oliver was President & Chief Financial Officer of the Goldstein Group, and Alter Trading, the largest of its operating companies. Prior, Oliver held CFO and other senior-level finance positions with MEMC Electronic Materials, now known as SunEdison, Metavante Technologies and Rockwell Automation. Earlier in his career, he was VP of Financial Planning for what is now Raytheon Technologies, held several senior roles for Allied Signal, which is now known as Honeywell, and was the VP of Fixed Income Trading at Bear Stearns & Co.

Radiant Ventures, Inc. [SANTA ROSA, CA] announced the hiring of Virender Ahluwalia as Chief Financial Officer. Ahluwalia brings decades of executive financial leadership experience with companies including Shutterfly, Singularity, Vintners, Rafter, iLogistix and most recently, Coastal.

Central Federal Corporation [COLUMBUS, OH] (NASDAQ: CFBK), the parent of CFBank, announced that John W. Helmsdoerfer, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of CFBank and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, will resign from the Company and CFBank for personal reasons effective July 8, 2020. In the interim, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Timothy O’Dell, will work with CFBank’s Controller, Kevin Beerman, to assume the duties as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NYSE: PANW) announced the appointment of Luis Felipe Visoso to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). Visoso will assume the role on July 1, 2020. Visoso most recently served as CFO for Amazon Web Services (AWS), and previously as CFO for Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer division. Before being in a senior finance role at Cisco, Visoso spent more than 20 years at Procter & Gamble. Visoso will take over from Palo Alto Networks CFO Kathy Bonanno, who announced her departure to become business finance officer of Google’s Cloud division.

PlayPower, Inc. [DALLAS, TX] announced that Cary Glay joined as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Glay joined in April 2020 . Prior to PlayPower, Glay served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Q Holding Company. Prior to that, he was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Master Chemical Corporation. Before Master Chemical, Cary worked in a variety of leadership roles with Eaton Corporation and Avery Dennison Corporation. Prior to his career in finance,  Glay was in the U.S. Army and served as a crew chief for a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter serving in combat operations in Operation Desert Storm.

Karen Brennan

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) announced the appointment of Karen Brennan as Chief Financial Officer effective July 15. She succeeds Stephanie Plaines, who has decided to leave JLL for personal reasons after a transition period. Brennan is currently the Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle’s operations in Europe. Prior to that, she was the Head of Americas Custom Accounts.

Quontic [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Karen Wood to Chief Financial Officer. Wood formerly served as Quontic’s Controller for six years and will take over the reins from Don Frain as he begins his retirement.

Ribbon Communications Inc. [WESTFORD, MA] (NASDAQ: RBBN) announced the appointment of Mick Lopez as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial officer. Lopez succeeds Daryl E. Raiford. Lopez most recently served as the CFO of Vista Outdoor Inc. Prior to joining Vista Outdoor, he served as the CFO at Veritas Technologies. Prior to joining Veritas Technologies, he was the CFO for Harris Corporation. From 2011 to 2014, he was the CFO for Aricent Group/KKR Private Equity. Earlier in his career, he gained valuable experience as Vice President, Finance at Cisco Systems and Tyco International, as well as international assignments with IBM and KPMG.

Deborah Keeley

Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. [PHOENIX] (CSE: HARV, OTCQX: HRVSF) announced the appointment of Deborah Keeley as Chief Financial Officer. Keeley joined Harvest in April 2020 as Vice President of Finance and Tax. Most recently, Keeley was the Senior Vice President Finance and Operations of Cultural Experiences Abroad.  Previously, she was a Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for Mobile Mini, Inc. Keeley replaces Leo Jaschke, who has resigned as Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves – week ending June 19, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Endologix, Inc. Office Depot, Inc. WebPT
BlueNalu, Inc. T-Mobile US, Inc. GoodRx
Cohesity Edmentum NYMBUS
REV Group, Inc. Ingersoll Rand Inc. Cars.com Inc.
Peabody Frontier Waste Solutions Outreach
South Reach Networks Valero Energy Corporation UNITIL Corporation
ABM Industries Incorporated Laredo Petroleum, Inc. LogMeIn, Inc.
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. Key Energy Services, Inc.
LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. SG Contracting Inc.
Mac Papers Akebia Therapeutics White River Bancshares
Venture Global LNG, Inc. Operation HOPE Brunswick Corporation
Kar’s Nuts RenovaCare, Inc.

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Endologix, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: ELGX) announced that Vaseem Mahboob, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be departing the Company effective July 1, 2020 to become CFO of a private global healthcare company. Cindy Pinto, Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer in addition to her current responsibilities.

Office Depot, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (NASDAQ: ODP) announced the appointment of D. Anthony Scaglione as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 20, 2020. Scaglione joins Office Depot from ABM Industries Incorporated where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ABM Industries, Scaglione held executive finance positions at CA Technologies.

WebPT [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Jason Heath as chief financial officer (CFO). Heath formerly served as the CFO and general manager at Leadpages.  He also served as the CFO of Drip, and he held various executive-level roles at GoDaddy before transitioning to CFO at Media Temple, following its acquisition by GoDaddy.

Amir Feder

BlueNalu, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the hiring of Amir Feder as CFO. Most recently, he was CFO of Hughes Marino. Previously, Feder was the Global CFO of Droga5.

T-Mobile US, Inc. [BELLEVUE, WA & OVERLAND PARK, KS ] (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced the company has promoted Peter Osvaldik, T-Mobile’s current senior vice president, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective July 1, 2020. Osvaldik will assume the CFO role as current CFO Braxton Carter plans to retire on July 1, 2020. Osvaldik joined T-Mobile in January 2016 as vice president, External Reporting and Technical Accounting. He was elevated to senior vice president, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer in June 2016. Prior to T-Mobile, Osvaldik held Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and manager roles at Outerwall, Coinstar and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

GoodRx [SANTA MONICA, CA] announced the appointment of Karsten Voermann as Chief Financial Officer. Voermann was previously CFO at Mercer Advisors and Mercury Payment Systems.

Robert O’Donovan

Cohesity [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Robert O’Donovan has joined the company to serve as chief financial officer (CFO). Before joining Cohesity, O’Donovan served as CFO for DataStax. Prior to that, he was CFO at Pivotal Software. O’Donovan has also held finance, operations, and sales roles at Dell/EMC in Europe and Asia Pacific/Japan.

Edmentum [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Frank Jalufka as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Edmentum, Jalufka served as Chief Financial Officer at Education Management Corporation (EDMC); Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer at The Dolan Company; and Vice President Enterprise Finance at Freedom Communications.

NYMBUS [MIAMI] announced Jim Modak has been appointed President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previous to NYMBUS, he held the Chief Operating Officer and CFO roles at companies such as DWL. Additionally, Modak was the CFO at Tradex Technologies. Modak has also work for companies as Datapath and Suniva. He began his career with KPMG.

REV Group, Inc. [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: REVG) announced that Dean Nolden is stepping down as CFO. Replacing Nolden, the company appointed Mark A. Skonieczny chief financial officer. Skonieczny was most recently Vice President and Corporate Controller of Adient PLC. Prior to that, Skonieczny spent 17 years at Johnson Controls in a variety of financial roles including Vice President of Corporate Development, Vice President of Finance, Global Aftermarket -Power Solutions, Vice President of Finance, Middle East, Latin America and NA Systems- Building Efficiency, and Assistant Corporate Controller.

Vikram Vik Kini

Ingersoll Rand Inc. [DAVIDSON, NC] (NYSE: IR) appointed Vikram “Vik” Kini as its senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer. Emily Weaver, current Chief Financial Officer, is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Kini’s experience includes almost 10 years with Ingersoll Rand (formerly Gardner Denver) where most recently he led the global FP&A organization and serving as the head of investor relations. During his time with the company, Kini has also served as the vice president of finance for the Industrials Segment and held leadership positions within treasury and IT. Prior to joining Ingersoll Rand in 2011, Kini held finance roles of increasing responsibility for General Electric and SABIC.

Sonia Jain

Cars.com Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CARS) announced it has appointed Sonia Jain to the role effective July 6, 2020. Jain joins CARS from Redbox, where she served as CFO.  Prior to Redbox, Sonia served as vice president, finance and treasurer with Outerwall. She was previously an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

Peabody [ST. LOUIS] announced Mark Spurbeck has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mark joined Peabody in early 2018 and has most recently served as the company’s Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer since January 2020. In his time at Peabody, he also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Peabody in early 2018, Mark was Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Coeur Mining, Inc. He also previously held multiple positions at Newmont Mining Corporation over an eight-year period, including Group Executive, Assistant Controller. Mark also served in several financial positions at First Data Corporation and Deloitte LLP.

Frontier Waste Solutions [PLANO, TX] hired Alek Orloff as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Frontier, Orloff was the former Chief Financial Officer of Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recycling and most recently the Vice President of Strategic Development at GFL Environmental.

Outreach [SEATTLE] announced the hiring of Melissa Fisher as its chief financial officer. Fisher comes to Outreach from Qualys. Fisher has more than 20 years of experience from her time at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Securities. Fisher also serves as a director on the Board of ModelN Inc.

South Reach Networks [MIAMI] announced that it has appointed Dexter Cartwright as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Chief Strategy Officer (“CSO”). During his career, he worked with companies including Cable & Wireless and Columbus Networks.

Valero Energy Corporation [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: VLO) announced that Jason Fraser, who has served as Valero’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel since January 2019, has been appointed by Valero’s Board of Directors to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 15, 2020. Fraser will succeed Donna Titzman, who will remain as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until her retirement from the position on the same date. Fraser served as Valero’s General Counsel since January 2019 and previously serving as a Senior Vice President with oversight of Valero’s Public Policy, Strategic Planning, Governmental Affairs, Investor Relations and External Communications functions. Previously, Fraser also served as President of European Commercial Operations, and Vice President of Specialty Products Marketing. Fraser began his career with Valero in 1999.

UNITIL Corporation [HAMPTON, NH] (NYSE: UTL) announced the hiring of Robert B. Hevert as Senior Vice President, effective July 23, 2020.  It is anticipated that Unitil’s Board of Directors will appoint Mr. Hevert to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Treasurer of the Company at its upcoming meeting on July 29, 2020. It is also anticipated that Laurence M. Brock, who has served as Unitil’s interim CFO and Treasurer since March 16, 2020, will step down as CFO and Treasurer on July 29, 2020, but will remain as Senior Vice President. Hevert most recently served as Partner and Practice Area Leader of Rates, Regulation and Planning at ScottMadden, Inc., where he has practiced since 2016. Hevert was founder and Managing Partner of Sussex Economic Advisors, LLC from 2012 until 2016, and President of Concentric Energy Advisors, Inc. from 2002 until 2012.  Hevert also served in senior positions at Navigant Consulting, Inc. from 1997 until 2002, and Vice President and Assistant Treasurer at Bay State Gas Company.

ABM Industries Incorporated [NEW YORK] announced the resignation of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, D. Anthony Scaglione. Dean Chin, ABM’s current Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, will be appointed interim Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2020. Chin joined ABM in 2008 and has held the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller since 2010.

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. [TULSA, OK] (NYSE: LPI) named Bryan Lemmerman as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 30, 2020. Michael Beyer will be leaving the Company effective June 17, 2020. Lemmerman previously spent 10 years with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, most recently as Vice President – Business Development and Treasurer. Prior to joining Chesapeake, Lemmerman was a portfolio manager at Highview Capital Management and Ritchie Capital Management.

LogMeIn, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: LOGM) announced that Rich Veldran will join LogMeIn as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) following the October 2019 announcement that current CFO, Ed Herdiech, would be retiring in 2020. Veldran was most recently at Boston Consulting Group as a Senior Advisor and Executive Coach. Prior to that, he was at Dun & Bradstreet, where he served as CFO for nearly eight years. Rich also held the roles of Chief Strategy Officer and SVP Corporate Development, SVP Global Business Process Reengineering and Transformation, Treasurer and Investor Relations Officer, and CFO North America at Dun & Bradstreet during his sixteen-year tenure. Before Dun & Bradstreet, Rich spent seven years with ADP and eight years with Procter & Gamble.

Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the promotion of Hans van Houte to chief financial officer.

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] announced that Steve Swank is joining the Company as its Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2020.  Swank joins from Sears Hometown Stores, Inc., where he was the Vice President, CFO and Treasurer.  Michael Galvan, the Company’s Interim CFO, will remain with Tandy through the completion of the restatement and in a consulting role. Swank brings over 25 years of experience in a broad range of retail companies, including Sears-branded companies, where he spent the last 11 years, Fossil Group and CompUSA.

Key Energy Services, Inc. [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Nelson Haight as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Previously, Haight served as a consultant providing finance and accounting services to the energy industry, most recently as the interim Chief Financial Officer for a privately held environmental commodities firm and, prior to that, for a privately held oilfield service company.  From July 2017 to September 2018, Haight served as the Chief Financial Officer for Castleton Resources LLC, and from 2011 through 2017, Haight served in various capacities from Vice President to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. Marshall Dodson, Key’s President and Chief Executive Officer. will cease to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Treasurer of the Company.

LMP Automotive Holdings, Inc. [PLANTATION, FL] (NASDAQ: LMPX) announced the hiring of William E. Myers II as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2020. Since 2018, Myers served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TravelCenters of America, Inc. From 2014 to 2017, Myers served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of TA. Prior to joining TA, Myers worked as Vice President Technical Accounting and Reporting at Eaton Corporation.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: CBIO) announced the appointment of Clinton Musil as its new chief financial officer, effective July 1, 2020. Musil previously held the position of Chief Business Officer at Personalis. Prior to Personalis, Musil was a member of the executive management team at ARMO Biosciences. Earlier in his career, Musil served in various positions at Gilead Sciences and Sanofi.

Ashleigh Pushnig

SG Contracting Inc. [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Ashleigh Pushnig to Chief Financial Officer. Pushnig has 15 years of experience at SG Contracting and her role has continued to expand during this time.

Ron Crowell

Mac Papers [JACKSONVILLE, FL] announced that Ron Crowell has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing retiring CFO Greg Gay. Crowell has over 25 years of financial leadership experience, most recently as CFO for APR Energy. Prior to APR Energy, Crowell served as senior vice president of finance for World Fuel Services for approximately six years. Crowell has also held executive finance positions with KBR and General Electric. He began his career with a 13-year tenure at KPMG.

Akebia Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: AKBA) announced David A. Spellman is joining Akebia as its new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective June 29, 2020. Spellman will join Akebia from Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc., where he is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Spellman will succeed Jason A. Amello, who has served as Akebia’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2013. Prior to joining Intarcia, Spellman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. From February 2006 to March 2018, Spellman served in a series of roles at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., most recently as Vice President, Corporate, Commercial and International Finance. Prior to Vertex, Spellman spent four years at Millennium Pharmaceuticals where he held several positions on the Finance team.

White River Bancshares [FAYETTEVILLE, AR] (OTCQX: WRIV), the holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas, announced the hiring of Edward (“Ed”) P. Riendeau as its new Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Russell W. Nugent, Jr., who recently announced his retirement. Riendeau’s background is diverse, including small private and large public companies in various industries which includes public accounting, retail, distribution and marketing. Since moving to Northwest Arkansas in 2008, he worked for Walmart in both finance and internal audit functions.  Riendeau later became the Senior Vice President of Infrastructure and the Finance leader at Collective Bias.

Venture Global LNG, Inc. [ARLINGTON, VA] announces that Jonathan (Jack) Thayer has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Venture Global, Thayer served as Chief Financial Officer of Exelon Corporation, and Chief Financial Officer of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. He has also held roles in investment banking, first with SBC Warburg, and subsequently with Deutsche Bank Securities. Most recently, Thayer served as Vice Chairman, Corporate Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Woodward, Inc.

Operation HOPE [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Brian Betts as President and Chief Financial Officer. Betts has served as Chief Financial Officer and interim Chief Operating Officer since November 2019. Prior to joining Operation HOPE, Betts worked specifically in the nonprofit industry for 10 years.

Brunswick Corporation [METTAWA, IL] (NYSE: BC) announced that it appointed Ryan M. Gwillim as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  He succeeds William L. Metzger, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will retire from Brunswick effective July 10, 2020. Gwillim most currently served as Brunswick’s Vice President, Finance & Treasurer. Gwillim previously served as Vice President – Investor Relations from 2017 to 2019.  He joined Brunswick in 2011 as Corporate Counsel. Before joining Brunswick, Gwillim was an associate in the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie.

Kar’s Nuts [MADISON HEIGHTS, MI] announced that Herman Brons has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Brons has joined Kar’s from Kronos Foods where he was CFO. Prior to Kronos, he served as CFO at Quantum Foods following 17 years in various finance leadership roles at CSM Bakery Solutions.

Robert W. Cook

RenovaCare, Inc. [ROSELAND, NJ] (OTC: RCAR) announced the appointment of new Chief Financial Officer and Board Secretary, Robert W. Cook.  Prior to his appointment as RenovaCare CFO, Cook served as Chief Financial Officer of CorMedix Inc., and previously at BioBlast Pharma Ltd., and Strata Skin Sciences. His executive roles at Immune Pharmaceuticals and EpiCept Corporation, included Interim President, CFO, and appointments to the Board of Directors. Previously he served as CFO of Pharmos Corporation. Cook began his career in financial services at Chase Manhattan, and was appointed Vice President in the Healthcare Group at General Electric Capital Commercial Finance.

CFO Moves – week ending June 5, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Acacia Research Corporation fuboTV Moderna, Inc.
ShootProof 3M Eckhart
Current Health NOW Inc. Reliant Bancorp, Inc.
Camping World Holdings, Inc. First Foundation Inc. TriSalus Life Sciences
TherapeuticsMD, Inc. DoiT International Tasty Restaurant Group
WideOpenWest, Inc. Nevro Corp. Spectrum Gaming Group
Assembly Nielsen Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Sunoco LP iRhythm Technologies, Inc. 22nd Century Group, Inc.
Anika Therapeutics Inc. Freddie Mac Navient Corporation
Flexera RLH Corporation SAExploration
Reltio Sonic Foundry Aligos Therapeutics
Slinger Bag Inc. Applied Research Associates, Inc. AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd.
Surgical Notes 1901 Group, LLC

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Acacia Research Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ACTG) announced that Richard Rosenstein was named Chief Financial Officer. Rosenstein has served in several CFO roles, most recently as CFO of CLEAR since 2017. This follows over 15 years of experience as a research analyst at Goldman Sachs and Baron Capital.

FaceBank Group, Inc. (d/b/a fuboTV) [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: FUBO) announced it named Simone Nardi as chief financial officer. Prior to fuboTV, Nardi served as SVP and CFO, international for Scripps Networks Interactive. He was also a member of the board of directors of Scripps’ joint ventures with the BBC in the UK and with Corus Entertainment in Canada. Previously, Nardi served as SVP and CFO for NBC Universal’s international channels and television production businesses. Previously, he served as CFO of NBC Universal’s business development division in New York. Nardi began his career with General Electric in Italy and the United States.

Moderna, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: MRNA) announced that David Meline has joined Moderna as Chief Financial Officer. Meline joins Moderna from Amgen where he served as Chief Financial Officer and EVP from 2014 through 2019. Prior to Amgen, Meline spent six years at 3M Company, where he most recently served as CFO and Senior Vice President. Previously, Meline held numerous leadership positions at General Motors, including Vice President and CFO for GM North America.

Tom McDermott

ShootProof [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Tom McDermott as its Chief Financial Officer. McDermott most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Gather Technologies. Prior to Gather, McDermott spent nearly a decade at NCR Corporation, where he held various positions culminating as Chief Financial Officer for their Retail Business Unit.

3M [ST. PAUL, MN] (NYSE: MMM) announced that Monish Patolawala is appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1, 2020. Patolawala will succeed Nick Gangestad, who has announced his intention to retire. Patolawala is currently at GE Healthcare, where he has served as chief financial officer since 2015. He has also been working as vice president of operational transformation at GE.

Eckhart [WARREN, MI] named Michael (“Mike”) Stob as Chief Financial Officer. Stob most recently served as Corporate Controller at JR Automation Technologies. Prior to JR, he served as Controller at Century Technology Group/Data Strategy after beginning his career with positions at Meridian Automotive Systems and Plante Moran.

John McLean

Current Health [BOSTON] announced that it has appointed John McLean as its Chief Growth & Chief Financial Officer. McLean joins Current Health from Kyruus. Before Kyruus, McLean served as CFO at Best Doctors.

NOW Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: DNOW) announced that upon the promotion of David (Dave) Cherechinsky to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer, the company selected Mark Johnson to succeed Cherechinsky as Chief Financial Officer. Johnson has served as DNOW’s Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President, Corporate Controller since 2018. Prior to that, he served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Assistant Corporate Controller after the 2014 spin off. He joined NOV in 2008 after working in public accounting and served as Vice President of Finance for the NOV Distribution business group from 2012 until it was spun off in 2014.

Reliant Bancorp, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, TN] (NASDAQ: RBNC), the parent company for Reliant Bank, announced that James Daniel Dellinger has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Reliant Bank in order to pursue other personal business interests. The Company also announced that Gerald (“Jerry”) Cooksey, Jr. has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Reliant Bank to succeed Dellinger. Prior to joining the Company and Reliant Bank as Chief Administrative Officer following the Company’s acquisition of First Advantage Bancorp, Cooksey served as Chief Financial Officer of First Advantage Bancorp and First Advantage Bank.

Camping World Holdings, Inc. [LINCOLNSHIRE, IL] (NYSE: CWH) announced the promotion of Karin Bell to the position of Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Melvin Flanigan, who is resigning from the Company for personal reasons. Flanigan’s resignation will be effective June 30, 2020. Bell’s promotion to the role of Chief Financial Officer will be effective July 1, 2020. Currently, Bell serves as Chief Accounting Officer, a position she has held since September 2019. Bell started with the company in May 2003 as the Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary/Treasurer for FreedomRoads, LLC, a subsidiary of CWH, and became its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary/Treasurer in December 2018. Prior to joining FreedomRoads, Bell was the Senior Vice President and Treasurer of First Security Holding LP from 1992 to 1998. Bell has also held positions with Laventhol & Horwath and Altschuler, Melvoin & Glasser, from 1982 thru 1992 leaving public accounting as a Senior Manager.

First Foundation Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: FFWM) announced the appointment of Kevin Thompson as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining First Foundation, he was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Opus Bank. Before then, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Midland States Bank, and Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance for Zions Bancorporation. He began his career by serving in senior financial roles as a consultant, auditor, and international controller, before joining American Express Centurion Bank as the Controller. He then went on to become the bank’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Rajesh B. Mistry

TriSalus Life Sciences [DENVER] announced the appointment of Rajesh B. Mistry as Chief Financial Officer. Mistry most recently served as head of Corporate Development at Option Care Health. Prior to Option Care Health, Mistry drove strategic finance, capital raising and M&A efforts at Melinta Therapeutics. In addition, Mistry held various corporate finance and M&A roles of increasing responsibility at Baxter International, and began his career in healthcare investment banking at A.G. Edwards Capital Markets. 

TherapeuticsMD, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (NASDAQ: TXMD) announced the appointment of James C. D’Arecca as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. D’Arecca succeeds Daniel A. Cartwright, who has retired from his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. D’Arecca most recently was Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Allergan plc. Prior to joining TherapeuticsMD, D’Arecca served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Allergan plc (formerly known as Actavis plc) from August 2013 until its merger with AbbVie Inc. in May 2020. D’Arecca joined Actavis from Bausch & Lomb, where he served as its Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to Bausch & Lomb, he served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Merck & Co. Inc. and Schering-Plough in finance and business development. He also spent 13 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

DoiT International [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced the expansion of its leadership team with the naming of Giridhar Premsingh as Global Chief Financial Officer. Premsingh held senior finance roles at both public and private technology companies including as Chief Financial Officer at Onica, Chief Financial Officer at REAN Cloud, and as a senior finance leader at Virtustream Inc.

Tasty Restaurant Group [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Neil Thomson as chief financial officer. Thomson previously served as CFO at Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group. Prior to Del Frisco’s, Thomson spent 15 years working in various senior capacities at Yum! Restaurants International, and its affiliated brands, Pizza Hut and KFC.

WideOpenWest, Inc. [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NYSE: WOW) announced the appointment of John S. Rego as chief financial officer. Rego recently was CFO for Telaria, Inc. (sold to the Rubicon Project), and prior to that was CFO for Virgin Galactic. He also served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer for Vonage Holdings Corp. for nearly eight years. Rego assumes his role at WOW! on June 29.

Nevro Corp. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] (NYSE: NVRO) announced the appointment of Roderick (“Rod”) MacLeod as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 15, 2020. MacLeod succeeds Andrew Galligan, who is retiring. Most recently MacLeod served as Vice President of Finance of Stryker Endoscopy. Prior to this role, MacLeod was Controller for Stryker Endoscopy. Previously, MacLeod was Vice President of Finance and Administration at Lumenare Networks. Earlier in his career, MacLeod was Financial Manager/Controller at United Airlines and was a Senior Operational and Audit Consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Spectrum Gaming Group [HORSHAM, PA] announced that Juliann Barreto has been named Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrator. Barreto started with Spectrum Gaming Group in 2018. Prior to working at Spectrum Gaming Group, Barreto was the Chief Financial Officer for Aoki Group, Inc. Barreto started in the gaming industry in 2007 working for Ernst & Young.

Assembly [LOS ANGELES] announced that Ben Warner has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Warner most recently served as VP of Finance at Clutter. Prior to Clutter, Warner served as VP of Finance at Omaze.

Nielsen [NEW YORK] (NYSE: NLSN) announced the appointment of Chandler Bigelow as Chief Financial Officer for the Nielsen Global Connect business. Bigelow joins Nielsen Global Connect from Tribune Media Company where he served as the company’s CFO.

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: GPI) announced the appointment of Daniel McHenry as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective August 15, 2020. He will replace long time Group 1 CFO John Rickel, who has elected to retire from the company at the end of this year after almost 15 years of service. McHenry has served as Group 1’s UK Finance Director since 2007. McHenry joined Group 1 in 2007 as part of the acquisition of Chandlers BMW in southern England, Group 1’s first venture in the UK. Prior to entering the auto retail business, McHenry had five years of experience with KPMG in the UK.

Sunoco LP [DALLAS] (NYSE: SUN) announced that Thomas R. Miller, Chief Financial Officer, will retire from Sunoco GP LLC, the general partner of Sunoco LP, as of September 1, 2020.

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: IRTC) announced that Douglas Devine has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective June 22, 2020. Devine will succeed Matthew Garrett, who has decided to step down from the role. Devine joins the company from GlobalFoundries, where he has been the Chief Financial Officer.

22nd Century Group, Inc. [WILLIAMSVILLE, NY] (NYSE American: XXII) announced that John Franzino has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining 22nd Century Group, Franzino served as Chief Financial Officer of the West Point Association of Graduates. Additionally, he has experience serving as Vice President of Finance and Controller at Bard College; as Chief Financial Officer of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc.; and as Chief Financial Officer of Labatt USA.

Anika Therapeutics Inc. [BEDFORD, MA] (NASDAQ: ANIK) announced that Sylvia Cheung, Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of her decision, following a period of transition, to step away from her role at Anika effective August 21, 2020.

Freddie Mac [MCLEAN, VA] (OTCQB: FMCC) announced the appointment of Christian M. Lown as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 15, 2020. Lown was previously EVP and CFO at Navient Corporation. He succeeds Donald F. Kish, who has served as Interim CFO since December 2019. Kish will continue serving as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Navient in 2017, Lown was Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley, where he co-led the Global FinTech and North America Banks and Diversified Finance investment banking practices.

Flexera [ITASCA, IL] announced David Zwick as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), taking the reins from retiring CFO Joe Freda. Zwick joins Flexera from Transworld Systems Inc., where he served as CFO for four years. In addition to Transworld Systems, he held CFO positions at Hilco Global and Inteliquent, Inc.  Prior to that, he was a senior investment banker at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers.  He began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced the appointment of Gary A. Kohn as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Red Lion, Kohn was the founder and principal of GAK Advisors.  From April 2016 until December 2018, Kohn held the roles of Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Investor Relations at Westmoreland Coal Company, and served as the Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer for Intrepid Potash from January 2013 until April 2016.  Kohn has held leadership positions at companies including First Data, Western Union, and Ciber.

John A. Simmons

SAExploration [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SAEX) announced the appointment of John A. Simmons as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). John previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Dauphine Energy, a privately held oil and gas company. Prior to that, Mr. Simmons spent 17 years with BHP Petroleum where he held various positions including serving as member of the Executive Leadership Team, Head of Global Planning and Chief Financial Officer of Petrohawk Energy following its acquisition by BHP Petroleum.

Reltio [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of Matt Gallatin as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Reltio, Gallatin served as the Chief Financial Officer at Drawbridge, Inc. He also worked in the Corporate Finance group at Yahoo!, and Applied Materials, and began his career at Merrill Lynch & Co.

Sonic Foundry [MADISON, WI] announced that Kelsy Boyd has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. ­ Boyd joined the company in January as senior vice president of finance. Boyd was CFO of Sani-Matic from 2006 to 2014, and as finance director for the Village of McFarland from September 2015 to October 2017.  She has extensive knowledge of Sonic Foundry’s history, having worked at the company from 1998 to 2001 as the controller and working her way up to senior director of operations until 2003.

Aligos Therapeutics [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the appointment of Lesley Ann Calhoun as chief financial officer. Previously, Calhoun served as vice president of finance at Hyperion Therapeutics Inc. Prior to her time at Hyperion, she served as senior director of finance/corporate controller at Theravance, Inc. Calhoun has also held roles of increasing financial responsibility at Cell Genesys, Inc., Snap Appliances, Inc., Inktomi Corporation and Silicon Graphics, Inc. and was a member of the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Slinger Bag Inc. [BALTIMORE, MD] (OTC: SLBG) named Paul McKeown as chief financial officer. Most recently, McKeown served as vice president of finance for Precor Fitness, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amer Sports Company. Previously, McKeown served as director of Process Integration & Development for North America for Amer Sports Company’s Financial Shared Service operation in Poland and vice president of finance and operations for Wilson Canada. He began his career with 10 years leading the finance, IT and operations teams at Wilson Canada.

Mike Royer

Applied Research Associates, Inc. [ALBUQUERQUE, NM] announced that Mike Royer has been selected as ARA’s new Chief Financial Officer, following the upcoming retirement of Jeff Wilkins. Royer has served as Vice President of Finance for the L-3 Communications Services Group, CFO for SENTEL Corporation, as well as CFO for several small and mid-size GovCon companies.

AnPac Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd.  [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: ANPC) announced the appointment of Jinqiu (Edwards) Tang as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Tang will succeed to Yu (Rain) Zhang, who resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company for personal reasons. Tang has served as AnPac Bio’s Corporate Controller since October 2019. Prior to joining AnPac Bio, Tang served as a global internal auditor at Natuzzi S.p.A (Italy) from 2016 to 2019. Previously, he worked for Beijing Dongshen CPAs from 2013 to 2016 and Shanghai De’an CPAs from 2011 to 2013.

Surgical Notes [DALLAS] announced that John M. Carradine, who held financial and operational leadership positions at A-LIGN, HealthAxis, Micrografx, and Intellicall, has been named chief financial officer.

1901 Group, LLC [RESTON, VA] announced that Steve Hamric has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hamric most recently served as the CFO of TeraThink Corporation prior to its acquisition by CGI Federal. Hamric held executive positions serving as Senior Vice President and CFO at MA Federal, Inc (iGov). He also served as the CFO at Athena Technologies, Inc. (now Rockwell Collins).

CFO Moves – week ending May 29, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. Zuora, Inc. WWP
Agilysys, Inc. Freenome Vor Biopharma
Resideo Technologies, Inc. Patrick Industries, Inc. Organic Valley
Breakthru Beverage Group Park Place Technologies Qualys, Inc.
Biofourmis BitSight Histogen Inc
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Applied Therapeutics Yakima Chief Hops
First Light Diagnostics, Inc. Skybox Security Siklu

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Apogee Enterprises, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: APOG) announced that it has selected Nisheet Gupta as the company’s next Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 15, 2020. Gupta will succeed James Porter, who announced his planned retirement last December. Gupta joins Apogee from Land O’ Lakes, Inc.,where he has served as Vice President, Global Finance Operations since 2017. Prior to his role at Land O’ Lakes, Nisheet worked for eight years at Diebold Nixdorf, where he held roles of increasing responsibility in the company’s finance organization. Previously he served in numerous finance leadership roles with leading global companies including FirstData (now FISERV), Novartis, FedEx, and Ernst & Young.

Zuora, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] (NYSE: ZUO) announced Todd McElhatton will join as the company’s chief financial officer, effective June 22, 2020. McElhatton currently serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer of SAP Cloud Business Group. Prior to his role as a member of SAP’s Global Finance Leadership Team, he was the CFO for SAP North America. Before joining SAP, McElhatton held multiple senior finance leadership roles, including as CFO of VMware’s Hybrid Cloud Business, CFO of Oracle’s Cloud Services and CFO for Hewlett Packard Managed Services Business.

Jennifer Adams

WWP [FLORHAM PARK, NJ] hired Jennifer Adams as its Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, she served as EVP COO & CFO for NYDJ Apparel, LLC. Prior to that, she spent nearly five years as CFO for The Collected Group; before that, she served as CFO for select brands of Denver-based VF Corporation.

Agilysys, Inc. [ALPHARETTA, GA] (NASDAQ: AGYS) announced that Dave Wood, will become its Chief Financial Officer on June 1, 2020. The appointment follows the resignation of Tony Pritchett, Current Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Wood has been the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations since June 2019, after having served as Agilysys Vice President – Finance. Wood joined Agilysys in 2011 as the Controller of the Hospitality Division. Since that time, he has led a variety of teams across Operations, Accounting and Finance, serving as Vice President – Finance, and subsequently as Vice President – Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations, Prior to joining Agilysys, Dave was a Senior Manager at NCR and Radiant Systems working on various Finance and Accounting functions.

Freenome [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] appointed William Quirk as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Freenome, Quirk served as a managing director in the equity research division of Piper Sandler.

Vor Biopharma [CAMBRIDGE] announced the appointment of Nathan Jorgensen, PhD, as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Jorgensen has over a decade of experience in the financial industry focused on healthcare and biopharma at the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Calamos Investments and Stifel Nicolaus.

Tony Trunzo

Resideo Technologies, Inc. [AUSTIN, TX] (NYSE: REZI) announced it has selected Tony Trunzo to serve as its chief financial officer, effective June 8, 2020. Trunzo most recently served as a managing director at a leading West Coast private equity firm. From April 2015 to November 2016, Trunzo was executive vice president and CFO of FEI Company, before it was acquired by ThermoFisher Scientific in September of 2016. Prior to that, he served in leadership roles at FLIR Systems, including as senior vice president and CFO from 2010 to 2015, and as senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development from 2003 to 2010. Earlier in his career, Trunzo worked in various capacities at Bank of America Securities and PNC Bank. Trunzo is on the Board of Directors and is the audit committee chair for API Technologies Corporation.

Patrick Industries, Inc. [ELKHART, IN] (NASDAQ: PATK) announced that Joshua Boone, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to accept a senior leadership position with another publicly traded company. The Company has appointed John A. Forbes as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Forbes, who has been a member of Patrick’s Board of Directors since 2011, has extensive senior leadership experience, including as the President of Utilimaster, a business unit of Spartan Motors USA, Inc., from 2010 to 2017, the CFO of Utilimaster from 2009 to 2010, and the CFO of Nautic Global Group LLC from 2007 to 2009. In addition, Mr. Forbes served as the CFO of Adorn Holdings, Inc. from 2003 until its acquisition by Patrick in 2007.

Organic Valley [LA FARGE, WI] announced the appointment of Joseph Eagleeye as chief financial officer of CROPP Cooperative. Eagleeye joined CROPP Cooperative in 2017, most recently serving as vice president of business insight and data science. Prior to joining Organic Valley, Eagleeye was a risk manager for Morgan Stanley’s wealth management program. He previously served as a principal at Premia Capital Management in Chicago. His career has also included insights and risk management roles for Merrill Lynch & Co. and derivative and commodity trading strategies for Putnam Investments.

Breakthru Beverage Group [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Melissa Calderwood as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective June 1, 2020. Calderwood succeeds Gene Luciana, who has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer since the inception of Breakthru Beverage Group after joining Charmer Sunbelt Group in 1992. Most recently Calderwood served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of five operational businesses at iHeartMedia, including financial and strategic oversight for National Sales, the syndicated Networks and the Live Events business. Previously, Calderwood held multiple finance and strategy roles at Diageo, including serving as Finance Director for the Catalyst Division, and as the North American Business Development lead within the Global Business Strategy Group. Prior to Diageo, she has held management roles at the General Motors Treasurer’s Office and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Park Place Technologies [CLEVELAND] announced that Andrew Gehrlein has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Gehrlein most recently served as CFO of Valtris Specialty Chemicals. His previous roles include more than a decade as CFO for ERICO International Corporation, and Controller for Chart Industries, Inc. Gehrlein inherits the role from Tony Tricarichi, who is retiring after serving Park Place as CFO since 2017.

Joo Mi Kim

Qualys, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, CA] (NASDAQ: QLYS) announced the appointment of Joo Mi Kim as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kim will take over from current CFO Melissa Fisher who will depart at the end of the month. Most recently, Kim served as CFO of Impact, a leader in partnership automation, and prior to that was CFO at Aera Technology. From 2016 to 2018, Joo Mi served as the vice president of FP&A and Investor Relations at Qualys.

Biofourmis [BOSTON] named Matt Borowiecki its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Borowiecki served as Head of Capital Transactions and Structuring for MassMutual. Prior to that, he served as Head of Corporate Development for MassMutual. Another role he held with the global company was Head of International Strategy and Corporate Development for MassMutual International, where he was based in Hong Kong.

BitSight [BOSTON] announced it has appointed Tim Adams to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Adams joins BitSight from ObsEva where he held the same role. He also held the roles of CFO at Demandware, and CFO at athenahealth.

Histogen Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: HSTO) announced the appointment of Susan A. Knudson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to coming to Histogen, Knudson most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pfenex Inc. Prior to Pfenex, Knudson held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Neothetics, Inc. Among her previous roles, she served as Senior Director of Finance and Administration at Avera Pharmaceuticals.

NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: NGM) announced the appointment of Siobhan Nolan Mangini as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), which will take effect on July 13, 2020. Nolan Mangini most recently served as President and CFO of Castlight Health. She joined Castlight in 2012 and assumed roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately being appointed CFO in 2016 followed by her additional appointment as President in 2019. Prior to joining Castlight, Nolan Mangini worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company. She began her career at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation as a financial associate responsible for managing the allocation of the foundation’s endowment.

Applied Therapeutics [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: APLT) announced the appointment of Dr. Charles (Chuck) Silberstein as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Dr. Silberstein is replacing Dr. Mark Vignola, who will be moving on to pursue new business opportunities. Dr. Silberstein was formerly Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development at Allergan plc (recently acquired by AbbVie).  Dr. Silberstein brings was a portfolio manager and equity healthcare analyst at The Boston Company Asset Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management and as a senior healthcare equity analyst at JP Morgan Asset Management.

Yakima Chief Hops [YAKIMA, Washington] welcomed new Chief Financial Officer Howard Allred. Allred brings experience with large, leading-edge brands including adidas Golf/Taylor Made, Sports Incorporated and Nike, Inc.

First Light Diagnostics, Inc. [CHELMSFORD, MA] appointed Andrew Wilsack as the company’s new CFO. Wilsack most recently served as a financial consultant at Danforth Advisors. He was previously the Vice President of FPA for Masimo Corporation and was the CFO at Argose Corporation.

Skybox Security [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Charlie Velasquez has joined the company as chief financial officer. Velasquez joins Skybox with an extensive pedigree as CFO in companies including Arxan Technologies, CollabNet, AccelOps and Tidal Software. He also has directed operations and product management for Cisco Systems’ Cloud Solution Management Theater Group.

Ilana Lurie

Siklu [SAN JOSE, CA] announced the appointment of Ilana Lurie as New Chief Financial & Chief Operations Officer and Secretary of the Board. Lurie is joining Siklu after her latest position at NovelSat, where she served as CFO. Previous to NovelSat, Lurie held various senior financial executive positions for the Enterprise Services business of HP, and Ness Technologies.  Lurie also serves as Director in Eltek.