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CFO Moves – week ending September 11, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc. HP Inc. Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc.
CTO Realty Growth, Inc. iHerb Progyny, Inc.
MaxCyte, Inc. Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. entrinsic bioscience
GreenSky, Inc. Advaxis, Inc. Graybug Vision, Inc.
GrammaTech OpenX Medly Pharmacy
DiscGenics, Inc. Byrna Technologies Inc. Crawford United Corporation
Vericel Corporation Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. Nutriband, Inc.

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Simona King

Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] announced the appointment of Simona King as Chief Financial Officer. King worked for nearly two decades with Bristol-Myers Squibb, and was most recently with Emergent BioSolutions.

HP Inc. [PALO ALTO, CA] (NYSE: HPQ) announced the appointment of Marie Myers as acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective October 1, 2020. She assumes the responsibilities of Steve Fieler, who is departing for a role outside the company. Myers is currently Chief Transformation Officer. Myers will continue to serve in her current role as she takes on these expanded responsibilities. She has more than 20 years of HP financial experience, having served as Global Controller, Americas CFO of Personal Systems, and finance lead for the HP Inc. businesses during the separation of Hewlett-Packard Company. Myers also served as the CFO at UiPath, before returning to HP earlier this year.

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. [DAYTONA BEACH, FL] (NYSE: PINE) announced that Matthew M. Partridge has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective October 1, 2020. Partridge was most recently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Hutton. Prior to Hutton, Partridge served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Agree Realty Corporation, and prior to Agree, he was Vice President of Finance for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. In addition to his position at PINE, Partridge will also serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CTO Realty Growth, Inc., the Company’s external manager.

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. [DAYTONA BEACH, FL] (NYSE American: CTO) announced that Matthew M. Partridge has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Partridge was most recently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Hutton. Prior to Hutton, Partridge served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Agree Realty Corporation, and prior to Agree, he was Vice President of Finance for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. In addition to his position at CTO, Partridge will also serve as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc., a single- tenant net lease REIT externally managed by CTO.

Roxanne Agnew

iHerb [PASADENA, CA] announced that Roxanne Agnew has been promoted to be the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Agnew joined iHerb in 2015 and has been serving as the company’s Vice President, Corporate Controller. Agnew has more than 35 years experience in finance and accounting roles, including overseeing financial, planning & analysis and internal audit functions at St. John Knits and overseeing SOX compliance and SEC reporting at Land O’ Lakes/Moark Egg Division.

Progyny, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: PGNY) announced that Mark Livingston, Progyny’s Executive Vice President of Finance, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Livingston joined Progyny in 2019. He has previously served as CFO of the international business at Scripps Network Interactive and as CFO at Emerson, Reid & Company. Mr. Livingston has also held senior financial leadership roles at WebMD and Hess Corporation.

MaxCyte, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, MD] announced that Amanda L. Murphy has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ron Holtz, who has served as MaxCyte’s CFO since 2005, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (SVP & CAO). Before joining MaxCyte, Murphy served as a Managing Director of BTIG, LLC. Prior to BTIG, she was a Partner and Healthcare Analyst at William Blair & Company.

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: AGIO) announced the appointment of Jonathan Biller to the role of chief financial officer, head of legal and corporate affairs. Biller will replace Andrew Hirsch who has served as the company’s chief financial officer since 2016. Biller joined Agios in November 2019 as chief legal officer. Previously, Biller served as executive vice president, general counsel at Celgene from July 2018 to November 2019. He joined Celgene in 2011, serving as senior vice president, tax and treasury. Prior to Celgene, Biller was general counsel, chief tax officer and secretary from 2008 to 2011 at Bunge Limited, Prior to Bunge, Biller held roles of increasing responsibility at Alcon, Inc. He began his legal career at Hopkins & Sutter rising to the level of partner and was also partner at Foley & Lardner after the firms merged.

entrinsic bioscience (EBS) [NORWOOD, MA] announced the appointment of Mario Wanderley as Chief Financial Officer. Wanderley was CFO/COO for two companies backed by The Blackstone group and a joint venture with AT&T. Wanderley is a former JP Morgan investment banker.

GreenSky, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: GSKY) announced the appointment of Andrew Kang as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Robert Partlow who will transition into the newly created role of Executive Vice President of Capital Markets. Kang most recently served as Corporate Treasurer for Santander Holdings USA, the U.S. bank holding company of Banco Santander S.A., and Santander Consumer USA. Previously, he has held positions in finance and treasury at Exeter Finance, HSBC Finance, Capital One and Thomson Reuters.

Advaxis, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] (NASDAQ: ADXS) announced that Molly Henderson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned effective September 25, 2020 to pursue another business opportunity. Kenneth A. Berlin, Advaxis’ President and Chief Executive Officer, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer until a new Chief Financial Officer is appointed.

Graybug Vision, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] announced the appointment of Robert S. Breuil as Chief Financial Officer. Breuil succeeds Daniel Geffken, founder and managing director of Danforth Advisors, who led the function as interim CFO. Prior to joining Graybug Vision, Breuil was the CFO of Corium International., Inc. Prior to that, he was the CFO of Codexis, Inc., for three and a half years. In 2002, he became the CFO of Aerogen, Inc. Prior to Aerogen, Robert worked at ALZA Corporation, where he held numerous positions including Director of Corporate Planning, Analysis and Controller. In 2001, ALZA was acquired by Johnson & Johnson and Robert stayed on as Controller until joining Aerogen in 2002. Before his industry experience, he served for eight years as a naval officer and aviator.

GrammaTech [BETHESDA, MD] announced the appointment of Michael Kelley as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joins GrammaTech from Arxan Technologies, where he served as Vice President of Finance reporting to the CEO. Previously, Michael served in finance management positions at Broadsoft and Costar Group.

OpenX [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Mark Liao as Chief Financial Officer. Liao comes to OpenX from Amobee, where he served as CFO for over three years. Liao has also held CFO positions at Turn and iSocket, as well as several senior roles at Yahoo! including VP of Business Operations and VP of Operations Finance for the Yahoo! Americas business.

Medly Pharmacy [BROOKLYN, NY] announced that Robert “Rob” Horowitz will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Horowitz previously served as the Vice President of Finance at quip. He has also served in financial leadership roles at Gerson Lehrman Group, Four Springs Capital, Spencer Trask Ventures and Merrill Lynch & Co.

Jeff Poole

DiscGenics, Inc. [SALT LAKE CITY] announced it has appointed Jeff Poole as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Poole most recently served as Vice President of Finance for Medtronic Spine and Biologics, a major division of Medtronic, PLC.

Byrna Technologies Inc. [ANDOVER, MA] (OTCQB: BYRN, CSE: BYRN) announced that David North has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. North held various titles of increasing responsibility before his most recent role at Velcro Group Corporation, where he was a Vice President and Corporate Controller.  Prior to that, Mr. North spent six years as the Corporate Controller at The L.S. Starrett Company.

Crawford United Corporation [Cleveland, OH] appointed Jay Daly as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Daly most recently served, from July 2017 to September 2020, as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Park Place Technologies. From September 2012 to June 2017, Daly served in various roles for Beam Suntory, including most recently as Senior Finance Manager. Daly previously worked for GE Capital Corporation and Ernst & Young LLP. Kelly J. Marek stepped down from her position as Chief Financial Officer.

Vericel Corporation [Cambridge, MA] announced that Gerard Michel notified the Company of his intention to resign as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Development in order to join a public life sciences company as its Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s current Corporate Controller, Sandra Pennell was appointed to serve as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer effective upon Michel’s resignation. Pennell has served in her current position at the Company since January 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Pennell served as Manager of External Reporting and Research at ITC Holding Corporation from September 2009 through December 2014, and as Director of Accounting at Fluid Routing Solutions, Inc. from January 2008 through September 2009.

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. [Sylmar, CA] announced that John T. Blake, Chief Financial Officer, submitted his resignation to pursue other opportunities. Edward Sedo, Controller, has been appointed Principal Accounting and Financial Officer.

Nutriband, Inc. [Orlando, FL] announced that Serguei Melnik resigned as Chief Financial Officer, and Gerald Goodman has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Goodman is a certified public accountant and since 2014 has practiced with his own firm, Gerald Goodman CPA PC. From January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2014, Mr. Goodman practiced with Madsen & Associates CPA’s Inc. From 1971 to 2010, Mr. Goodman was a partner in the accounting firm of Wiener Goodman & Company PC.

CFO Moves – week ending September 4, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

DocuSign Bluecore McAfee
aptihealth DaySmart Software Matillion
Genesys Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc. SJI
Air Tractor, Inc. Cision The Fresh Market, Inc.
Jetty Magellan Health, Inc. Algo
World Education Services USAA Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
Biom’up Voluntis Common Securitization Solutions
Flagship Credit Acceptance LLC Strategic Capital Fund Management Avant Natural Resources, LLC
ProSciento, Inc. Alveo Technologies International Money Express, Inc.
American Financial Group, Inc. UNITY Biotechnology Capital Square
Lockton Revint Biomerica Inc.
Voyager Digital Ltd. Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Oculis S.A.
LICT Corporation Criteo S.A. Unifrax
Harbor Custom Development, Inc. Constellis Emmes
MSC Industrial Supply Co. EZCORP, Inc. Bright Mountain Media, Inc.
Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. Highlands REIT, Inc. Marizyme, Inc.
Veeva Systems Inc. Success Entertainment Group International, Inc.

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DocuSign [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: DOCU) promoted chief financial officer Michael Sheridan to President of International and announced board member and audit committee chair Cynthia Gaylor as the new CFO. Gaylor, who joined the board almost two years ago, most recently was the CFO of Pivotal Software.  Gaylor previously led corporate development at Twitter, and prior to that was a managing director in Morgan Stanley’s technology group.

Michelle McComb

Bluecore [NEW YORK] announced Michelle McComb as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). McComb joins Bluecore after serving as CFO of Bloomberg’s Financial Products division. McComb additionally served as CFO of Pymetrics and VTS. She started her career at Ernst & Young.

McAfee [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced the appointment of Venkat Bhamidipati as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Bhamidipati joins McAfee from Providence, where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Providence, Bhamidipati spent 13 years at Microsoft, where he held several executive positions, including CFO of the Worldwide Enterprise Group, CFO of the Worldwide Operations and Technology Group and Managing Director for Business Development and Growth Strategy.

aptihealth [BOSTON and NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Dale Dutile as Chief Financial Officer. Dutile most recently served as Managing Director of The Boston Company Asset Management, where he was Portfolio Manager on the US Opportunistic Value Team. Before that, Dutile served as Senior Vice President at MFS Investment Management in Boston.

John Agostino

DaySmart Software [ANN ARBOR, MI] announced the appointment of John Agostino as its chief financial officer (CFO). Agostino joins DaySmart from ABILITY Network, Inc. Previously, Agostino was a director in PwC’s deal practice. Earlier in his career, he served within Deloitte’s auditing practice.

Matillion [DENVER and MANCHESTER, ENGLAND] announced Kenneth Paqvalen joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Paqvalen joins Matilllion from MariaDB. Prior to MariaDB, Paqvalen held various positions of increasing responsibility in management and finance for more than a decade at Nokia.

Genesys [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Brian Swartz as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Swartz comes to Genesys from Cornerstone OnDemand, where he was CFO since 2016. Prior to Cornerstone, Swartz served as CFO for zulily. Previously, he was CFO at Apollo Education Group and held other executive roles earlier in his career.

Michael Monarchi

Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc. [ST. LOUIS] the organization welcomes Michael Monarchi as Chief Financial Officer. Monarchi joins Barry-Wehmiller from Eaton, where he was Vice President of Finance of the hydraulics division. Prior to Eaton, Monarchi worked for General Electric for more than 20 years.

SJI [FOLSOM, NJ] (NYSE: SJI) announced that Steven R. Cocchi has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for the organization. Cocchi has served as interim Chief Financial Officer since July 1. Cocchi joined SJI in 2009.

David Bourdon

Magellan Health, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NASDAQ: MGLN) announced it has appointed David Bourdon as chief financial officer. Bourdon will be succeeding Jon Rubin as CFO. Bourdon’s prior career at Cigna spans more than 21 years including 14 years as CFO of its various businesses. Prior to joining Magellan Health, Bourdon served as CFO of Cigna’s Integrated Medical, Life & Disability, and International Markets businesses.

The Fresh Market, Inc. [GREENSBORO, NC] announced that it has appointed Jim Heaney as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing Oded Shein, who has resigned as CFO. Most recently, Heaney has served as Chief Financial Officer for Carnival Cruise Line for the last 5 years.  Prior to that Heaney spent 3 years as CFO for Sea World Entertainment.  Before that Heaney spent 17 years at Disney where he played a key leadership role in launching and growing Disney’s cruise business.

Jetty [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Sam Bonning as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Bonning joins Jetty from Arcesium, where she held the role of Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director. Prior to Arcesium, Bonning worked at The Boston Consulting Group as a Principal in the Financial Services and Insurance practices.

Prasant Gondipalli

Cision [CHICAGO] announced that Prasant Gondipalli is now serving as Cision’s Chief Financial Officer. Gondipalli joins Cision from Platinum Equity’s Portfolio Operations group, where he served as Interim CFO of LifeScan, and as Senior Vice President of Transformation at Key Energy Services. Prior to joining Platinum, he was the Vice President, Corporate Controller/Treasurer/Business Transformation at BlueLine Rental. Before moving to corporate, Prasant worked in Alvarez & Marsal’s restructuring practice.

Algo [TROY, MI] announced the appointment of Jonathan Murray as Chief Financial Officer. Murray was most recently at Draper Triangle, a venture capital firm for which he opened a Michigan office, and Pixel Velocity, a portfolio company where he stepped in as interim CEO. He serves on the boards of Autobooks and OnShift.

World Education Services (WES) [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Astrid Vermeer as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Vermeer most recently served as CFO at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). She also held senior financial leadership roles with the American Red Cross, World Wildlife Fund, and Abt Associates.

Jeff Wallace

USAA [SAN ANTONIO] named Jeff Wallace as its Chief Financial Officer. Wallace comes to USAA from Bank of America, where he most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Consumer Banking and Global Wealth and Investment Management business, Wallace succeeds Laura Bishop, who announced her retirement in February 2020 after more than 19 years of service to USAA and its members.

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. [NOVATO, CA] (NASDAQ: RARE) announced that it has appointed Mardi C. Dier as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 2, 2020. Ultragenyx had previously announced the planned transition of CFO Shalini Sharp. Sharp will remain as CFO until Ms. Dier starts in November and will consult for the company for six months after. Dier joins Ultragenyx from Portola Pharmaceuticals, where she served as Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2018 when her role was expanded to include Chief Business Officer from 2018 through its acquisition by Alexion Pharmaceuticals in 2020. Prior to Portola, she served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Chiron Corporation from 2003 to 2006. Earlier in her career she worked as an investment banker at Prudential Securities, and prior to that was in the audit department of KPMG Peat Marwick. Dier serves on the Board of Directors of Adamas Pharmaceuticals, ORIC Pharmaceuticals, and Prelude Therapeutics.

Biom’up [SAINT-PRIEST, France & NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Stéphanie Boileau-Canu as Chief Financial Officer. Boileau-Canu served for more than two decades in a diverse array of executive finance positions, including with SEB Group and several privately held companies.

Voluntis [CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & PARIS] (Paris: VTX) announced the appointment of Guillaume Floch as Chief Financial Officer, following the departure of Matthieu Plessis. Floch held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Hybrigenics for more than 10 years, after having been Administrative and Financial Manager at Zeneus Pharma.

Common Securitization Solutions (CSS) [BETHESDA, MD] announced that Juanita Russell has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Russell brings more than 25 years of experience to CSS including 21 years at MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. where she rose through the ranks serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2011-2018.

Flagship Credit Acceptance LLC [CHADDS FORD, PA] announced the appointment of Rob Crowl as Chief Financial Officer. Crowl joins Flagship from PHH Corporation. Most recently, Crowl held the title of president and chief executive officer, following more than five years of serving as the chief financial officer. Prior to joining PHH, Crowl served as CFO of Sun National Bank. Additionally, Crowl spent 12 years at National City Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, and served in a variety of leadership roles during his tenure, including COO of National City Mortgage, Corporate Comptroller, and Asset/Liability and Securitization Manager. He began his career with Crestar Bank in Richmond, Virginia, where he spent 12 years in several senior positions in the organization.

Strategic Capital Fund Management [COSTA MESA, CA] hired Scott Corkery as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Strategic Capital Fund Management, Scott was a Managing Director and Head of Private Equity and Real Estate Accounting for Sculptor Capital. Prior to joining Sculptor, Scott was an Assistant Controller at York Capital Management. He was also a VP/Assistant Manager on the GSAS Toronto team at Goldman Sachs.

Avant Natural Resources, LLC [DENVER] announced the promotion of Pete Williams to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Williams has served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy since joining the Company in early 2020. Prior to Avant, Williams was an investment banker at Petrie Partners.

Air Tractor, Inc. [OLNEY, TX] announced the appointment of Jeremy Prather as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prather served as CFO at ThyssenKrupp Americas Business Unit’s Manufacturing and R&D divisions which included Brazil. He also served as CFO at Binswanger Glass. Prather will replace retiring Vice President of Finance David Ickert.

Stephen Mullennix

ProSciento, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Stephen Mullennix to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mullennix was most recently with UroGen Pharma, Ltd., where he served as Chief Operating Officer and, prior to that, Chief Financial Officer. Before his executive leadership role at UroGen, Mullennix was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations at SolarReserve, LLC. Prior to SolarReserve, he served as a Managing Director at US Renewables Group.

Alveo Technologies [Alameda, CA] announced the hire of Julianne Averill as Chief Financial Officer. Averill most recently served as Vice President of Finance at BlackThorn Therapeutics. She previously held leadership roles at Manifest MedEx and Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust, and served as an audit manager at Deloitte.

International Money Express, Inc. (Intermex) [MIAMI] (NASDAQ: IMXI) announced that Tony Lauro has informed the company of his intention to step down as Chief Financial Officer of Intermex in order to accept an offer to become Chief Financial Officer of BlockFi, Inc. Lauro has committed to remain with the Company until November 13, 2020.

Brian S. Hertzman

American Financial Group, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: AFG) announced the promotion of Brian S. Hertzman to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hertzman joined AFG in 1991 and has held positions of increasing responsibility within the Company’s finance and accounting areas during his nearly 30-year tenure. He previously served as Vice President and Controller of AFG. In June 2020, Mr. Hertzman was named interim principal financial and accounting officer.

UNITY Biotechnology [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: UBX) announced the appointment of Lynne Sullivan to the permanent role of chief financial officer. Sullivan worked at Biogen for over 10 years, serving as senior vice president of finance with global responsibility for corporate finance, financial planning and analysis and corporate tax. Sullivan is a member of the board of directors of four publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies, Inozyme Pharma, Solid Biosciences, resTORbio and BiomX, and most recently served as the chief financial officer for Compass Therapeutics.

Capital Square [RICHMOND, VA] announced that the firm has appointed Austin Griffin as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Capital Square, Griffin served as chief financial officer at The Caton Companies. Previously, Griffin served as chief financial officer at Tzadik Management, and also served as chief financial officer at F9 Investments, LLC. Additionally, Griffin served as chief executive officer at 123 Global, the real estate and development company for Learning Care Group and La Petite, Inc.

Lockton [KANSAS CITY, MO] announced the appointment of Troy Cook as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Cook served for over 20 years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at NPC International before retiring in 2018.

Revint [ATLANTA] announced that Jennifer Williams has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Williams has over her 20+ year career of financial leadership with various data analytics and technology-enabled services businesses.

Biomerica Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: BMRA) announced the retirement of Janet Moore, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Biomerica also announced the appointment of Steve Sloan as the Company’s new CF. Sloan’s background and experience includes thirteen years at General Electric with roles in internal audit, corporate finance and manufacturing finance. Most recently, Mr. Sloan spent ten years with medical device maker, Medtronic. At Medtronic, Mr. Sloan worked in four divisions, most recently serving as a divisional finance director.

Voyager Digital Ltd. [NEW YORK] (CSE: VYGR, OTCQB: VYGVF) announced the hiring of Evan Psaropoulos as Chief Financial Officer. Psaropoulos started his career in public accounting as a CPA at PwC and later transitioned to investment banking in the Technology, Media and Telecom Group at Credit Suisse. Psaropoulos has also held senior finance leadership positions on the private company side, most recently as the CFO at Global Debt Registry.

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. [BETHESDA, MD] (NYSE: HST) announced that Sourav Ghosh has been appointed as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Brian Macnamara, who has led the Company’s finance organization since December 2019, will continue in his role as Host’s senior vice president and corporate controller. Ghosh joined Host in 2009 and has led the Company’s operations strategy and analytics, as well as innovations and strategic initiatives for the Company’s various departments and investment platforms. In addition, Ghosh has also led the Information Technology department at Host. Prior to joining Host, Ghosh held numerous positions at Starwood Hotels & Resorts including senior director of Real Estate Investments and director of Acquisitions & Development where he was responsible for sourcing, structuring and negotiating acquisitions and development deals. Ghosh currently serves as a Board of Directors member for the U.S. Travel Association as well as Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry.

Oculis S.A. [LAUSANNE, Switzerland & BOSTON] appointed Sylvia Cheung as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cheung will be based in the newly established Oculis U.S. entity and succeeds Páll Ragnar Jóhannesson who becomes Oculis Chief Strategy Officer. Cheung joins Oculis from Anika Therapeutics, Inc. where she was CFO since 2013. Prior to her role as CFO, Ms. Cheung was Vice President of Strategic Processes at Anika and General Manager of Anika Therapeutics S.r.l. She joined Anika as Controller in 2005. Prior to Anika, Cheung held a series of financial management positions of increasing responsibility at Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc., which was acquired by Shire Pharmaceuticals in 2005. Cheung began her career in the technology audit practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

LICT Corporation [RYE, NY] (OTC Pink: LICT) announced that Robert E. Dolan has agreed to re-join the Company in an active consulting role overseeing the operations and financial teams while the company searches for a Chief Operating Officer. Dolan has served the Company for 29 years in various capacities, including, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Dolan will continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company announced that Daniel E. Hopkins has resigned and will be leaving the Company effective October 2020. Mr. Hopkins has been serving the Company as President and Chief Financial Officer since November of 2019.

Criteo S.A. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CRTO) announced the appointment of Sarah Glickman as Chief Financial Officer. She will replace Dave Anderson, who served as interim Chief Financial Officer for four months. Glickman most recently served as Acting Chief Financial Officer for 20 months at XPO Logistics, where she previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Transformation. Before that, she held operational Chief Financial Officer roles at Novartis and Honeywell International and served in various executive roles in shared services and operations, internal audit, transformation and controllership at both Honeywell International, where she spent 11 years, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Unifrax [TONAWANDA, NY] announced that Scott Horrigan has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Unifrax. Horrigan joined Unifrax as Finance Director for the Thermal Management Segment in 2015, was promoted to Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis in 2016, and was named Vice President of FP&A and Treasury in 2018. Prior to joining Unifrax, he held finance roles of increasing responsibility at ITT and Greatbatch Medical.

Harbor Custom Development, Inc. [Gig Harbor, WA] (NASDAQ: HCDI) announced the hiring of Lynda Meadows, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Harbor, Meadows held many positions including Vice President, Senior Vice President, Controller, Treasurer, and Internal Audit Assistant Director for multiple divisions and subsidiaries of Weyerhaeuser. From 2012 through 2015, Meadows became the Vice President and Controller at Quadrant Homes when Weyerhaeuser sold its real estate assets to the TRIPoint Group in 2014.  In 2016, Builders Capital recruited Meadows to become their Chief Financial Officer.

Constellis [Herndon, VA] announced that Richard Hozik has joined as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Constellis, Hozik held numerous positions including as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer to a number of both publicly traded and privately held government contractors. He has also served as CFO and CEO of a global firm with operations throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Current Constellis CFO, Gordon Foster, is leaving the company effective September 30, 2020.

Jonathan DeCarlo

Emmes [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced that Jonathan DeCarlo has been promoted to chief financial officer.  DeCarlo, who has served as vice president and controller, is replacing Brian Hochheimer, who is retiring after 15 years at Emmes. In 2009, DeCarlo  became assistant controller at International Resources Group, and three years later, joined Emmes as its controller.  In January 2019, he was named a corporate vice president, leading a team of 20 employees.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. [MELVILLE, NY and DAVIDSON, NC] (NYSE: MSM) announced that it has named Kristen Actis-Grande to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Actis-Grande joins MSC following a 17-year tenure with Ingersoll Rand. She most recently served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Financial Planning and Analysis. Actis-Grande previously served as Vice President of Finance for the company’s Compression Technologies and Services business. Prior to that role, she served as Vice President of Finance for Residential HVAC and Supply. Actis-Grande previously held a variety of progressively responsible finance leadership roles across the organization.

EZCORP, Inc. [Rollingwood, TX] announced that Timothy K. Jugmans has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer). Jugmans has been serving as the Company’s Vice President, Treasury and M&A since December 2016, having served as a consultant to the Company performing similar duties since March 2015. From January 2015 to December 2016, Jugmans was a principal of Selene Partners Inc. Jugmans served as the Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Schiff & Co., Inc. from April 2013 to December 2014, and was Chief Financial Officer of ShippingEasy, Inc. from July 2011 to April 2013. From April 2005 to June 2012, Jugmans was a Corporate Advisor at Lexicon Partners Pty Limited. He served in various analyst and senior analyst positions at boutique investment banks for seven years prior to that.  Jugmans succeeds Jason A. Kulas, who joined the Company as President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2020 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in July 2020.

Bright Mountain Media, Inc. [Boca Raton, FL] announced that it appointed Edward A. Cabanas as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Cabanas served as the Vice President-Finance for ACAMS, L.L.C. (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adtalem Global Education, where he oversaw the finance function for the company. From February 2017 until August 2018 Cabanas served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for the connectivity segment of Global Eagle Entertainment. From 2001 until 2016 Cabanas served in various senior finance and business development positions at Laureate Education. The Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Alan Bergman will continue to remain with the Company and holds the position of Vice President of Finance.

Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. [Torrance, CA] appointed Yasushi Nagasaki, Senior Vice President -Finance, to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer of the company. Nagasaki succeeds Joseph (Jay) C. Sherwood III, who stepped down from his position at the company for personal reasons. Nagasaki has served as our Senior Vice President Finance since the completion of our merger transaction with EMI Holding, Inc. in July 2019. Prior to the merger, he served as Senior Vice President Finance since April 2012 and as Chief Financial Officer from May 2011 to April 2012 of EMI Holding, Inc. From September 2005 until joining EMI Holding, Inc., Nagasaki was the Chief Financial Officer of Hexadyne Corporation. Nagasaki also served on the board of directors at Hexadyne Corporation from September 2005 to April 2011.

Highlands REIT, Inc. [Chicago, IL] announced that Paul Melkus, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, will separate from the Company no later than October 30, 2020.

Marizyme, Inc. [Jupiter, FL] appointed Bruce Harmon as the Company’s chief financial officer. Harmon served as interim Chief Financial Officer for a pharmaceutical company from 2002 through 2003. Currently, Harmon owns a consulting firm, Lakeport Business Services, Inc., founded in 2009, which has provided CFO services to more than 100 companies. Through his firm, he currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Dale Biotech, LLC (since 2019), and Chief Financial Officer for A Legacy Genetics, Inc. (since 2020). In the past five years, Harmon has served as Chief Financial Officer of Rhamnolipid, Inc. (2010-2020), a biotech company. Nicholas DeVito, will no longer serve as Marizyme’s Interim Chief Financial Officer or Interim Chief Executive Officer.

Veeva Systems Inc. [Pleasanton, CA] appointed Brent Bowman as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Bowman was serving as Veeva’s Executive Vice President, Finance. Bowman joined Veeva from [24]7.ai, where he had been CFO since 2018. Over his career, Bowman also held senior financial positions at Intel, Altera, and Sun Microsystems with responsibilities for financial planning and analysis, M&A, accounting, SEC reporting, internal audit, and treasury. Tim Cabral has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of Veeva and transitioned to an advisor role to Veeva.

Success Entertainment Group International, Inc. [Tulsa, OK] (OTCQB: SEGN), a/k/a Renavotio, Inc. appointed John Park as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Park replaced Steve Andrew Chen who tendered his resignation as temporary Chief Financial Officer.

CFO Moves – week ending August 28, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

AutoZone, Inc. CAF America (Charities Aid Foundation of America) Superior Industries International, Inc.
Casa Systems, Inc. Avient Corporation GCM Grosvenor
AllianceBernstein L.P. 3D Systems Clearcover
Casper Sleep Inc. Navy Federal Credit Union Peoples Bancorp Inc.
Organogenesis Holdings Inc. ICMA-RC Gryphon Technologies Inc.
Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. Ittella International Benefitfocus, Inc.
Payroc Independent Bank Corporation Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation
MEDNAX, Inc. Bionano Genomics, Inc. IEH Corporation

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AutoZone, Inc. [MEMPHIS, TN] (NYSE: AZO) announced that Bill Giles, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Finance, Information Technology and Store Development will retire at the end of December 2020 Jamere Jackson will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer-Elect, Finance. Jamere will come to AutoZone from Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (Hertz) where he was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Before joining Hertz, Jamere served as Chief Financial Officer of Nielsen Holdings.  Prior to joining Nielsen Holdings, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a division of General Electric Oil and Gas.

Bill Zamagni

CAF America (Charities Aid Foundation of America) [Washington, D.C.] announced retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel William E. “Bill” Zamagni, Jr. as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for CAF America and CAF Canada. Prior to joining CAF America, Bill served as the CFO, Treasurer, and Vice President of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. In his last military assignment, he managed an investment portfolio of over 300 science and technology projects for the Office of Naval Research.

Superior Industries International, Inc. [SOUTHFIELD, MI] (NYSE: SUP) announced the appointment of C. Timothy Trenary as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 8, 2020. Additionally, Troy Ford, who assumed the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer in early August 2020, will resume his position as Vice President of Corporate Finance at that time. Prior to joining Superior, Trenary was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. from 2013 to 2020. Previously, Trenary had served in several Chief Financial Officer roles, including ProBuild Holdings, LLC, EMCON Technologies Holdings Limited, and DURA Automotive Systems, Inc.

Casa Systems, Inc. [ANDOVER, MA] (NASDAQ: CASA) announced the appointment of Scott Bruckner as Chief Financial Officer. Recently, Bruckner acted as Interim CFO and was SVP Strategy & Corporate Development.

Jamie Beggs

Avient Corporation [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: AVNT) announced that Jamie A. Beggs has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  She replaces Bradley C. Richardson who has decided to retire later this year. Beggs most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Prior to Hunt Consolidated, Beggs worked for 10 years at Celanese Corporation, where she served in a variety of leadership positions, most recently as Corporate Vice President and Treasurer, and earlier as Chief Financial Officer of the Materials Solutions business.  She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

GCM Grosvenor [CHICAGO] announced that Pamela Bentley will join the firm as Managing Director of Finance in October and assume the role of Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2021. Bentley joins GCM Grosvenor after 15 years with The Carlyle Group, where in her most recent role she served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Director. She previously held senior finance roles at Transaction Network Services, Inc. and prior to that worked for Arthur Andersen.

AllianceBernstein L.P. (“AB”) [NEW YORK] and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (“AB Holding”) (NYSE: AB) announced that Ali Dibadj, in addition to his current role as Head of Strategy at AB, will assume the title of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). This change will take effect February 2021. Dibadj joined AB in 2006 as a senior research analyst for Bernstein Research. In 2019, he co-led AB’s Strategy Committee to help senior management chart the strategic vision and course of action for the firm. Dibadj was appointed Head of Finance and Strategy in March 2020. Dibadj will succeed John Weisenseel, current CFO, who will retire from the firm in September 2021. Weisenseel will remain as CFO through February 2021 and then transition into a senior advisor role until his September 2021 retirement.

Jagtar Narula

3D Systems [ROCK HILL, SC] (NYSE: DDD) announced that Jagtar Narula will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 14. Currently, he is SVP Corporate Strategy and Business Development for Blackbaud Corporation.  Prior to that, Mr. Narula had finance leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Xerox, GE and with private equity.

Clearcover [CHICAGO] announced the hire of Norman Smagley as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Clearcover, Smagley served as the Chief Financial Officer at Esono. Previously he was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Gogo LLC. Prior to that, Smagley served for eight years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rand McNally.

Casper Sleep Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: CSPR) announced that it has appointed Michael Monahan as Chief Financial Officer. Casper also announced that its Interim Chief Financial Officer Stuart Brown has resigned but will continue to support the Company as a consultant during the transition period. Most recently, Monahan served as CFO of HEXO Corp., and prior to that he was CFO of Nutrisystem, Inc. Michael also previously served as CFO of PetroChoice Holdings, Inc.

John Collins

Navy Federal Credit Union [VIENNA, VA] announced the hiring of John Collins as Chief Financial Officer. He joins Navy Federal after a 20-year career with Capital One. Before joining Navy Federal, Collins has led organizations in many key financial areas, including: CFO for a Line of Business, Assistant Corporate Controller, Controller for acquired Bank, Chief of Staff to the CFO, Finance Chief Risk Officer and Capital Markets Executive, and he led two of Capital One’s bank acquisitions and integrations.

Peoples Bancorp Inc. [MARIETTA, OH] (NASDAQ: PEBO) announced that John C. Rogers plans to retire as Peoples’ Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective September 30, 2020. Rogers will also retire from his position as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Peoples’ banking subsidiary, Peoples Bank.  He has held these positions since joining the company in 2015. Peoples further announced that, pursuant to its succession plan, it promoted Katie Bailey to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Peoples and Peoples Bank, in each case effective October 1, 2020.  Bailey has most recently served as Director of Finance for Peoples and as Senior Vice President, Director of Finance, for Peoples Bank, since January 2019.  She has been with Peoples Bank since May 2011. Bailey joined Peoples from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in May 2011 as SEC Reporting Manager, a position she held until June 2012 when she was promoted by Peoples to Vice President, Controller.  She was further promoted to Senior Vice President, Controller in October 2015, and to Senior Vice President, Director of Finance, in January 2019.

Organogenesis Holdings Inc. [CANTON, MA] (NASDAQ: ORGO) announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer Timothy M. Cunningham. Henry Hagopian, the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Treasurer has assumed the role of interim Chief Financial Officer in addition to his current responsibilities. Hagopian previously served as the Company’s Assistant Vice President and Treasurer since January 2017 and prior to that served as the Company’s Corporate Controller from October 2007 through December 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Hagopian served as Assistant Controller and Treasury Manager of CIRCOR International, Inc. from 2005 to 2007 and as Assistant Controller of Stratus Technologies from 2003 to 2005. Prior to joining Stratus, Hagopian held positions of increasing responsibility with Lucent Technologies finance organization, including the restructuring and spin-out from AT&T.

Dai Shi

ICMA-RC [WASHINGTON, DC] announced that Dai Shi joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Shi joins ICMA-RC from Equitable Holdings, where she served as Chief Finance Officer-Group Retirement Business. Prior to her time there, she held leadership positions at AXA Asia, Prudential Asia and CITI Group.

Gryphon Technologies Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Joe Donohue as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Gryphon, he served as CFO for DLT Solutions and Agilex Technologies.

Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. [DENVER] announced that Matthew DeNezza joined as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Crusoe, DeNezza served as the CFO of Meritage Midstream. Previous to his leadership role at Meritage, DeNezza was the CFO of Eclipse Resources.

Ittella International [PARAMOUNT, CA] announced it has appointed Charles (“Chuck”) F. Cargile as Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Stephanie Dieckmann, will remain with the Company as Chief Operating Officer. Cargile most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Sunworks since March 2017. Prior to joining Sunworks, Cargile served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Newport Corporation from October 2000 until April 2016, when Newport was acquired by MKS Instruments. From November 1998 to October 2000, Cargile had several roles at York International Corporation including Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development. Cargile started his career at Coopers & Lybrand and Borg Warner Industrial Products, which later became Flowserve Corporation. Cargile currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sunworks and Photon Control.

Alpana Wegner

Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, SC] (NASDAQ: BNFT) announced that Stephen Swad, the company’s chief financial officer, has been named president and chief executive officer. Benefitfocus also announced the appointment of Alpana Wegner as CFO. Wegner served as Vice President, Corporate Controller of Benefitfocus since December 2017, having first joined the company in April 2017 in the carrier business unit as general manager. Previously, Wegner worked for Blackbaud beginning in October 2008. She served first as director of SEC reporting, then interim Corporate Controller, followed by VP roles as the CFO of the enterprise customer business unit, and in sales operations. From May 2001 to August 2004, Wegner served as the director of external reporting and compliance at Allied Waste Industries, Inc. She also served in the assurance and business advisory segment of Arthur Andersen LLP.

Payroc [TINLEY PARK, IL] announced the appointment of Kevin Hodges as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Payroc, Hodges served as a member of the executive team at EVO Payments where he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining EVO, Hodges held various senior leadership positions at Global Payments Inc.

Independent Bank Corporation [GRAND RAPIDS, MI] (NASDAQ: IBCP), the holding company of Independent Bank, announced that Gavin A. Mohr has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer, commencing September 14, 2020.  Previously, IBCP announced on June 23, 2020, that Robert Shuster, the current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, had returned on an interim basis following his previous retirement on January 31, 2020. Since April 2016, Mohr has served as the Chief Financial Officer of STAR Financial Bank (“STAR”). He joined STAR in September 2014 as Treasurer. Prior to joining STAR, Mohr served as Treasurer of Yadkin Bank and Trust and began his career in 2007 with Tower Financial Corporation.

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MIC) announced that Nick O’Neil has been seconded by the Company’s manager, Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA), to serve as chief financial officer of MIC effective September 1, 2020. O’Neil succeeds Liam Stewart who has served as chief financial officer of MIC since June 2015. O’Neil joined Macquarie in 2007 and serves as a senior managing director. Before joining Macquarie, O’Neil was employed by KPMG Australia.

MEDNAX, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] (NYSE: MD) announced that C. Marc Richards has been appointed as Executive Vice President. The Company anticipates that Richards will assume the additional role of Chief Financial Officer in October 2020, succeeding Stephen D. Farber, who has announced his plan to depart the Company to pursue other leadership opportunities. Most recently, Richards served as Chief Financial Officer of Quality Care Properties (QCP). Prior to QCP, Richards served first as Chief Financial Officer and then as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Washington Prime Group Inc. He also previously served in executive and finance roles at Sunrise Senior Living, LLC, JE Robert Companies, JER Investors Trust, Republic Property Trust, and The Mills Corporation.

Bionano Genomics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: BNGO) announced that Christopher Stewart joined Bionano as its Chief Financial Officer. Chris joins Bionano most recently from Tesla, where he served as Head of the Maxwell Ultracapacitors business unit after Maxwell Technology was acquired by Tesla. Prior to this acquisition, he served as Vice President of Finance & Information Technology at Maxwell Technologies. Prior to Maxwell Technologies, he served as Vice President, Finance at Entropic Communications, and as Chief Financial Officer of V-ENABLE (now xAD).

IEH Corporation [BROOKLYN, NY] (OTCQX: IEHC) announced that William H. Craig will become the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He will replace Robert Knoth, who is officially retiring. Craig’s appointment will become effective on the next business day following the Company filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and upon Knoth’s official retirement date.

CFO Moves – week ending August 21, 2020

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CFO Moves this week include:

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Benetech Weyerhaeuser Company
FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. The Michaels Companies, Inc. Nortech Systems Incorporated
STRATIS iGPS Logistics Liquidia Technologies, Inc.
Noodles & Company DPW Holdings, Inc. Exchange Bank
Battalion Oil Corporation Zebra Technologies Corporation SPAR Group, Inc.
Tempo Automation FranConnect Ovation Fertility
Kronos Bio, Inc. WolfePak Software Alveo Technologies
Mobile Solutions Treehouse Centinel Spine, LLC
Science Applications International Corporation USA Technologies, Inc. Coherent, Inc.
The Vitamin Shoppe Sanifit Reali
Fate Therapeutics, Inc. XRHealth Interlink Electronics, Inc.

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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. [ESTERO, FL] (NYSE: HTZ) announced that Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jamere Jackson, has resigned to pursue a new opportunity. Mr. Jackson will remain with Hertz until September 11, 2020, to assist in the transition of his responsibilities. The Company also announced the promotion of R. Eric Esper to Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer. Esper has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Hertz since November 2018. He previously served as Vice President and Controller of the Company beginning March 2018. From July 2010 to March 2018, Esper held a variety of financial leadership roles with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., most recently as Vice President, Brand Finance & Strategy, and Vice President and Controller. Prior to that, Esper was with PricewaterhouseCooper, LLC.

Tie Kim

Benetech [PALO ALTO, CA] announced the appointment of Tie Kim, to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Tie brings expertise from a career spanning over 25 years in venture capital, start-ups and financial management. Fifteen of those years were with Omidyar Network. Tie also held various managerial positions at Informatica in business development, investor relations, worldwide operations and finance.

Weyerhaeuser Company [SEATTLE] (NYSE: WY) announced that Russell Hagen, currently senior vice president and chief financial officer, will become senior vice president and chief development officer. Hagen will transition to his new role once his successor is identified.

FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: FLT) announced that Charles Freund – executive vice president for strategy – has been named chief financial officer effective September 1, 2020. After 18 years with the Company, Eric Dey, the Company’s current chief financial officer, will retire but will remain on as a senior advisor at the Company through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Freund joined FLEETCOR in 2000 as director of business development and was most recently executive vice president for strategy. During his tenure with the Company, Freund has also served as executive vice president of global sales, president of developing markets, and vice president of UK card issuing. Prior to joining FLEETCOR, Freund was a consultant at Sibson Consulting, a member of The Segal Group.

Mike Diamond

The Michaels Companies, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: MIK) announced that Michael Diamond has been appointed Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2020. Most recently, Diamond served as Chief Financial Officer for Pizza Hut U.S. market. His background includes several leadership positions including Chief Financial Officer for Pizza Hut’s European market, Chief Growth Officer for Pizza Hut’s European and United Kingdom business and Director of Strategy for Pizza Hut International. Prior to joining Pizza Hut, Diamond served in roles at The Boston Consulting Group, Svoboda Capital Partners and Merrill Lynch & Co.

Nortech Systems Incorporated [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: NSYS) announced that Connie Beck has tendered her resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the company effective August 28, 2020. In the interim, the company’s Corporate Controller, Alan Nordstrom, will serve also as the acting CFO.

STRATIS [PHILADELPHIA] announced that Liyan Shen has joined as the Chief Financial Officer.

Rob Ferrentino

iGPS Logistics [ORLANDO, FL] announced the appointment of Rob Ferrentino as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as CFO at Q1, LLC. Ferrentino also spent eight years at American Road Group (ARG), serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer before assuming the role of President in 2016.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced Steven Bariahtaris has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Richard Katz who has resigned from his role at Liquidia in order to pursue other opportunities. Prior to Liquidia, he spent nearly 24 years at Johnson & Johnson (J&J) serving in several executive roles with increasing responsibility. Most recently, Mr. Bariahtaris served as J&J’s Worldwide Vice President, Corporate Internal Audit, where he acted as the Chief Audit Executive. Mr. Bariahtaris served in several additional J&J leadership roles including CFO & Vice President of Finance for Janssen Americas where he provided financial leadership for the pharmaceuticals business and Vice President, Worldwide Finance and CFO for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics. Bariahtaris began his career with Proctor and Gamble (P&G) working initially in supply chain management roles before his transition to Corporate Finance.

Noodles & Company [BROOMFIELD, CO] (NASDAQ: NDLS) announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer, Ken Kuick, to pursue other business interests.

Kenneth S. Cragun

DPW Holdings, Inc. [NEWPORT BEACH, CA] (NYSE American: DPW) announced that William B. Horne, who has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as President and that Kenneth S. Cragun, who has served as Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Cragun joined the Company as Chief Accounting Officer in October 2018. Cragun is the Chief Financial Officer for Alzamend Neuro, Inc., a biotech company, on a part-time basis beginning in December 15, 2018. He served as a CFO Partner at Hardesty, LLC, a national executive services firm since October 2016. His assignments at Hardesty included serving as CFO of CorVel Corporation, and as CFO of RISA Tech, Inc. Cragun was also CFO of Local Corporation, from April 2009 to September 2016, and Modtech Holdings, Inc., from June 2006 to March 2009. Prior thereto, he had financial leadership roles with increasing responsibilities at MIVA, Inc., ImproveNet, Inc., NetCharge Inc., C-Cube Microsystems, Inc, and 3-Com Corporation. Cragun serves on the board of directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Verb Technology Company, Inc.

Exchange Bank [SANTA ROSA, CA] (OTC: EXSR) announced the retirement of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Greg Jahn as of December 31, 2020. Jahn’s post will be filled by Shari DeMaris who will join Exchange Bank as the new executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Battalion Oil Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSEA: BATL) announced the appointment of Kevin Andrews as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, replacing Ragan Altizer, who plans to retire from the oil and gas industry. Andrews most recently served as Managing Director and Head of Energy Investment Banking at Imperial Capital, and previously at Wunderlich Securities, Pritchard Capital Partners and Morgan Keegan.  Prior to his career in investment banking, Andrews was CFO of Denali Incorporated and Financial Manager at both Moorco International and Envirotech, a Baker Hughes subsidiary.  Andrews began his career at Coopers & Lybrand.

Nathan Winters

Zebra Technologies Corporation [LINCOLNSHIRE, IL] (NASDAQ: ZBRA) announced that Nathan Winters has been named acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective Aug. 28, 2020. Olivier Leonetti, the current CFO, will depart effective Aug. 28, 2020 to take on a new role outside the company. Winters has been the company’s Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and Business Operations since 2018. Prior to Zebra, Winters served in financial roles for GE for more than 16 years where he held multiple CFO positions, most recently serving as CFO of GE Healthcare Global Supply Chain.

SPAR Group, Inc. [WHITE PLAINS, NY] (NASDAQ: SGRP) announced that Fay DeVriese will join the company as chief financial officer (CFO). DeVriese will succeed Jim Segreto, who is retiring following a successful 23-year career at SPAR Group.  Most recently DeVriese served as Chief Financial Officer at Letica Corporation and has served in financial leadership roles at DSM Engineering Plastics, Eaton Corporation, Continental Automotive Systems and Motorola.

Tempo Automation [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Ryan Benton has joined the management team as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Benton served as CFO and Executive Board Member of Revasum, Inc. Previously, Benton’s experience also includes a five-year tenure at Exar Corporation, where he served as CFO, before becoming CEO and Executive Board Member. Benton also currently serves as an independent board member and chairs the Audit Committees for both Pivotal Systems (ASX: PVS) and Ace Convergence Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ACEVU).

FranConnect [HERNDON, VA] announced the appointment of Andrew Volkmann as its Chief Financial Officer. Volkmann’s experience includes serving as CFO of MinuteKEY. Earlier in his career, Volkmann was a founding management team member and vice president of finance and administration at Tellme Networks, Inc., which in 2007 was acquired by Microsoft. Volkmann also held several roles in finance at Netscape Communications Corporation and served as the brand’s senior director of finance leading up to Netscape’s acquisition by AOL in 1999.

Goldie Gupta

Ovation Fertility [LOS ANGELES] hired Goldie Gupta as chief financial officer. Gupta joined Ovation after serving as chief financial officer of Nashville-based Marquee Dental Partners. Earlier in her career, she served as vice president – FP&A for R1-RCM Inc. She began her finance career in India, where she was a partner in a public accounting firm.

Kronos Bio, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA & CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Yasir Al-Wakeel as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Dr. Al-Wakeel began his career as a practicing physician, holding both clinical and academic medical posts in the United Kingdom before his roles in finance and early-stage biotechnology. Prior to Kronos, Al-Wakeel was Chief Financial and Strategy Officer at Neon Therapeutics. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. Before joining Merrimack, Al-Wakeel served in senior roles in equity research and corporate finance at Credit Suisse focused on the biotechnology sector.

Melissa Pursley

WolfePak Software [ABILIENE, TX] announced that Melissa Pursley has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pursley recently served as Vice President of Finance at Progyny. Before Progyny, Pursley held financial leadership roles at TravelClick, Dun & Bradstreet, and LexisNexis.

Alveo Technologies [ALAMEDA, CA] announced it has appointed Julianne Averill as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Finance for BlackThorn Therapeutics. Averill has held leadership roles at Manifest MedEx and Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust. She also served as an audit manager at Deloitte.

Ben Murray

Mobile Solutions [CENTENNIAL, CO] welcomed Ben Murray as Chief Financial Officer.

Treehouse [SEATTLE] announce that Ahmed Bur has been named the Chief Financial Officer. Bur most recently served as the CEO and CFO at Red Wagon Village. Before that, he was the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at American College of Cardiology. He’s also worked for Sprint, Marriott International and HP in other finance roles.

Centinel Spine, LLC [WEST CHESTER, PA] announced Varun Gandhi as Chief Financial Officer. Gandhi succeeds Jeff Stello of Charlestown Capital Partners, who had served as interim CFO since late 2019. Gandhi was most recently Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning and General Manager, International at Centinel Spine, and has been a member of the company’s senior leadership since 2014. Prior to joining Centinel Spine, Gandhi served as Vice President of Strategic Planning & Corporate Finance at Small Bone Innovations. He also had worked in Corporate Finance with Viscogliosi Brothers.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [RESTON, VA] (NYSE: SAIC) announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer Charles A. Mathis. Mathis will remain with the company through fiscal year 2021, ending January 29, 2021, to ensure a smooth transition. Mathis joined the company in November 2016 as executive vice president and CFO.

USA Technologies, Inc. [MALVERN, PA] (OTC: USAT) announced that R. Wayne Jackson has joined the company as chief financial officer. He joins USA Technologies after serving four years as the Chief Financial Officer of Secureworks Corp. Previously, Jackson was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (“PwC”). Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Concert Communications Services (“Concert”), a global joint venture created by AT&T Inc. and British Telecommunications plc. USAT’s Interim CFO, Eugene C. Cavanaugh will continue to work with the Company as a consultant and assist through the transition.

Coherent, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, CA] (NASDAQ: COHR) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Palatnik will retire from the company no later than February 28, 2021.

Laura Coffey

The Vitamin Shoppe [SECAUCUS, NJ] announced it has appointed Laura Coffey as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. During a 23-year career at Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Coffey held a series of positions of increasing responsibility, including EVP, Interim CFO; EVP, E-Commerce and Business Development; EVP, Merchandise Planning and Allocations; and SVP, Finance, serving as the company’s principal accounting officer. Coffey currently serves as Audit Committee Chair of the Community National Bank & Trust of Texas.

Sanifit [PALMA, Spain & SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Adam Levy as Chief Financial Officer. Levy was most recently with Brickell Biotech where he served as Chief Business Officer. From 2016 to 2019, he was the Chief Business Officer at miRagen Therapeutics. Between 2000 and 2016, Mr. Levy held multiple investment banking positions at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Jefferies Group and Wedbush Securities.

Reali [SAN MATEO, CA] announced Michael Fu, Vice President of Finance, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Reali, Michael was Vice President of Corporate FP&A at Reali’s sister company, Veev. Before Veev, Michael spent 5 years for a venture debt provider, 5 years for venture backed start-ups in China and 7 years in real estate investment banking.

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: FATE) announced that Edward Dulac has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Dulac comes to the Company from Celgene Corporation, where he most recently served as Vice President, Business Development & Strategy. Prior to Celgene, Dulac worked as a biopharmaceutical equity research analyst at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers and in corporate finance at Pfizer.

XRHealth [BOSTON] announced Deepa Javeri has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining XRHealth, she served as the Chief Financial Officer at FRANK. Earlier in her career, Javeri spent fifteen years as a capital markets investor most recently at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Interlink Electronics, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (OTC: LINK) announced that CEO Steven N. Bronson has assumed the role of acting CFO with the recent departure of former CFO Ray Li.