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CFO Moves – week ending October 11, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

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

Emily A. Weaver

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Edwin Scholte

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

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

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

Dean Butler

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

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

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

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

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

Diane Parham

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

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

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

Bruce Snyder

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

Jean-Philippe Kouakou-Zebouah

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

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

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

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

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

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

CFO Moves – week ending October 4, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. Solidia Technologies
AttackIQ Black Bear Diner Williams Industrial Services Group Inc.
Alert 360 Allied Esports Entertainment Limbach Holdings, Inc.
Purple Innovation, Inc. Kate Farms North 6th Agency
Centrus Energy Corp. FCB Conformis, Inc.
GCP Applied Technologies Inc. Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc Ocugen
eSolutions RoadVantage NWN
Springs Window Fashions American Board of Medical Specialties CNSI
Meredith Corporation Lundberg Family Farms Lear Corporation
Freedom Leaf Inc. Unique Fabricating, Inc. Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc.
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd.

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Treehouse Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that the Company has hired David Smith as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Smith joins Treehouse from New Senior Investment Group, Inc. where he most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2019 to September 2019. Prior, Mr. Smith served as a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Fortress Investment Group from 2014 to 2018. Prior to Fortress, Mr. Smith held various finance, capital markets and investor relations roles at Ventas and Aviv REIT, after beginning his career in the real estate investment banking group at A.G. Edwards.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. [CAPE CORAL, FL] (OTCQB: LEAI) announced it has appointed Vanessa Guzmán-Clark as its Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), replacing Michael English who resigned as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Guzmán-Clark joined the company in January 2019 and was previously Vice President of Finance & Accounting and Senior Corporate Controller. She began her career as an accountant for a medium-sized banking services entity. Later, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as an external auditor of various multinational and international entities in banking, brokerage, manufacturing, construction, insurance, not-for-profit, retail, and advertising. After leaving public accounting, Guzmán-Clark moved on to various Controller and CFO roles in middle-market sized entities.

Doug Robinson

Solidia Technologies [PISCATAWAY, NJ] announced the appointment of Doug Robinson as chief financial officer. Previously, Doug was an investment banker for 17 years with Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. Early in his career, Doug was a reservoir engineer for Shell.

Danielle Murcray

AttackIQ [SANTA CLARA, CA] announced Danielle Murcray has joined the company’s executive team as chief financial officer. Prior to AttackIQ, Murcray served as CFO at Evident.io (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) and Skyhigh Networks (acquired by McAfee), and served as vice president, corporate controller at IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco). She has also held various management roles at Drobo, Packeteer, Brio Software and Arthur Andersen.

Steve Sparks

Black Bear Diner [REDDING, CA] announced the appointment of Steve Sparks as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Black Bear Diner President Anita Adams previously served as CFO in addition to her role as President. Sparks’ most recent position was CFO at American Blue Ribbon Holdings. His previous experience includes a progression of financial planning and analysis roles with both American Blue Ribbon Holdings and O’Charley’s Inc., where he has worked with restaurant brands including O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine, Village Inn, Bakers Square, Max & Erma’s and Stoney River.

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [ATLANTA] (OTCQX: WLMS) announced the appointment of Randall R. Lay as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lay most recently was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. from December 2017 to August 2019, when GEO was acquired by CPS Performance Materials. During the previous ten years, Lay served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lazy Days’ R.V. Center, Inc. Prior to Lazy Days, Mr. Lay held several leadership positions at various companies including Buccino & Associates, Inc., Universal Access Global Holdings Inc., Metromedia Fiber Networks, Inc., and International Specialty Products Inc. Early in his career, Mr. Lay was a regional controller for Otis and progressed to director of financial planning at United Technologies Corporation.

Alert 360™ [TULSA, OK] announced it has promoted Vickie Catina to the position of chief financial officer. Catina most recently served as chief accounting officer. Catina joined Alert 360 in 2014 as director of information systems and was named chief accounting officer last year. Prior to Alert 360, Catina served as vice president of billing and credit at Protection One for 18 years, where Ginsburg also served as president and CEO. Current CFO, Harry Schenk, who is one of the original founders of Alert 360 (formerly Central Security Group) and is approaching retirement, will continue as a special advisor to the CFO and serve on the Alert 360 board of directors.

Allied Esports Entertainment [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: AESE) announced the appointment of Anthony A. Hung as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Hung replaces Kenneth DeCubellis. Before joining the Company, he served as the CEO and CFO of Audio Design Experts. Prior to his role at Audio Design Experts, Hung was Senior Vice President, Business Development and Sales for Cooking.com. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Golden Eye Dealership Solutions. Prior to this, he was General Partner at DynaFund Ventures, and he also held positions of increasing responsibility in finance and strategy at The Walt Disney Company. He began his career as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities.

Limbach Holdings, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: LMB) announced the appointment of Jayme Brooks as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Brooks replaces John Jordan. Mrs. Brooks previously held a number of positions at Capstone Turbine Corporation, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She joined Capstone in September 2005 and, in addition to her most recent position, she served in various roles including: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (April 2015 to September 2019). Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (November 2008 to April 2015), Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis (February 2008 to November 2008), and Director of Financial Reporting (September 2005 to February 2008). Prior to joining Capstone, Brooks was Vice President and Controller of Computer Patent Annuities North America LLC.

Purple Innovation, Inc. [ALPINE, UT] (NASDAQ: PRPL) announced that Craig Phillips has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Phillips has served as Chief Financial Officer for several privately held companies at the regional and national level in the service, distribution, entertainment, and restaurant industries, and most recently served as the Managing Director at FTI Consulting. In that role, Mr. Phillips has been serving since March of 2019 as Purple’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Kate Farms [SANTA BARBARA, CA] announced the appointment of Tom Beecher to Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Beecher comes to Kate Farms after ten years at Cartera Commerce, where he was the Chief Executive Officer and President and led the successful sale of the company to Ebates/Rakuten in 2017, continuing to lead the company until 2019. Previously Beecher held a number of leadership roles at Imagitas where he was hired as a Product Manager in 1996, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2001 and became the CEO in 2005 after leading the sale of the company to Pitney Bowes. He started his career at Bain & Company in 1989, moving to product management at Fleet Bank in 1992.

Jim Morris

North 6th Agency (N6A) [NEW YORK] announced that Jim Morris has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Morris previously served as N6A’s Senior Vice President of Finance, a position he held since joining the firm in 2017. Prior to joining N6A in 2017, Morris spent nearly three decades in the financial services industry. From 2005-2017 Morris worked for JP Morgan Chase, where he rose to become Executive Director and CFO of the firm’s Global Wealth Management and Technology Division. Prior to his tenure with JP Morgan Chase, Morris held financial management positions with Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers.

Centrus Energy Corp. [BETHESDA, MD] (NYSE American: LEU) announced that Philip O. Strawbridge has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Treasurer of the company. From 2010 to 2013, he served as an executive adviser at Court Square Capital. Mr. Strawbridge served in various executive positions including Chief Financial Officer at EnergySolutions, from 2006 to 2010. He was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of BNG America, from 1999 until BNG America was acquired by EnergySolutions in early 2006. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Strawbridge was Chief Financial Officer of OHM/IT Corporation. He also worked in several executive roles at the Fluor Corporation from 1986 to 1995. Early in his career, Mr. Strawbridge held various executive positions within the United States General Services Administration. He began his career as a United States Marine.

FCB (Foote, Cone & Belding) [NEW YORK] announced that Mark Jungwirth moves from Chicago CFO to North American CFO.

Conformis, Inc. [BILLERICA, MA] (NASDAQ: CFMS) announced that Paul Weiner, Chief Financial Officer, has notified the Company that he will be departing the Company on October 18, 2019 to become the Chief Financial Officer at a privately-owned business in Fremont, CA.

GCP Applied Technologies Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NYSE: GCP) announced that Dean P. Freeman, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity. Craig A. Merrill, Vice President, Finance, Analytics and Strategy, has been appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer. Merrill currently serves as GCP’s Vice President, Finance, Analytics and Strategy. Previously, Merrill served in a variety of commercial, marketing and general management roles with P&L responsibility. Following GCP’s separation from W. R. Grace & Co. in 2016, he served as the Company’s Vice President, Global Marketing and Vice President & General Manager, Global Cement and Emerging Markets. At W. R. Grace & Co., he served as Vice President & General Manager in the Specialty Construction Chemicals division prior to the commencement of his service with the Company. Merrill has 30 years of experience in the global building products and specialty chemicals industries.

Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc [PHILADELPHIA AND OXFORDSHIRE, UK] (NASDAQ: ADAP) announced the appointment of Michael Garone as interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Since the early 2000s, Mike has held various CFO positions in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Most recently, Mike was CFO and interim CEO at Immunomedics, Inc. Prior to that, he was CFO at Emisphere Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2016. Mike began his career as an OTC stock trader with Drexel Burnham Lambert in the early 1980s. From there, Mike went on to work at AT&T for twenty years where he held various positions of increasing responsibility including CFO of AT&T Alascom.

Ocugen [MALVERN, PA] (NASDAQ: OCGN) announced the appointment of Sanjay S. Subramanian to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Subramanian brings more than 20 years’ experience in finance and operations strategy to Ocugen, serving most recently as CFO for Aralez Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his service with Aralez, he held leadership positions at Bausch Health Companies and General Motors, including serving as the Managing Director at its Korea division.

eSolutions [OVERLAND PARK, Kansas] announced that James Evans has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Evans was recently at MatrixCare, where he served as executive vice president and CFO.

Scott Wolfe

RoadVantage [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced the addition of Scott Wolfe as CFO. Wolfe acquired a background in banking at JPMorgan Chase (formerly Bank One) and was the Global COO of Fitch Worldwide (a WPP company). Wolfe has served in multiple executive capacities ranging from CFO, COO, to CEO.

Matt Curran

NWN [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that Matt Curran has joined NWN as Chief Financial Officer. Curran was most recently CFO, Partner and Board Member at P&B Intermodal Services. Previously Curran was Founder and Executive Director of The 33 Foundation. He held finance leadership roles at Global Capacity, PerkinElmer and Iron Mountain Digital after beginning his corporate career at EMC.

Springs Window Fashions [MIDDLETON, WI] announced the appointment of Tim Oliver as Chief Financial Officer. Oliver most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Goldstein Group Inc. & Alter Trading. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer of Metavante Technologies, Inc. Leading up to these positions, Oliver had several finance roles with increasing responsibilities at publicly-traded companies including Rockwell Automation, Raytheon Company, AlliedSignal and Bear Sterns.

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) [CHICAGO] has named Julie Hubbard its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hubbard held leadership positions at Easter Seals as the Senior Vice President of Finance, the Spencer Foundation as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Oprah Winfrey Foundation as the Treasurer and Controller. She also worked for Kraft, holding a series of roles beginning with Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis for US Salesforce in 1997 and ending as the Director of Financial Planning, Reporting and Analysis, Cheese Division, ending in 2005.

CNSI [ROCKVILLE, MD] announced that David Adams has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He joins CSNI from Endeavor Robotics, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Adams served as CFO at Tribalco LLC and at QinetiQ North America’s Services & Solutions Group, where he served as Chief Financial Officer of its Government Services organization. Prior to QinetiQ, Adams was Vice President of Finance at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Manager of Audit and Business Advisory Services.

Meredith Corporation [DES MOINES, IA] (NYSE: MDP) announced that Chief Financial Officer Joe Ceryanec has decided to retire. Ceryanec has agreed to stay in his role for a transition period through early calendar year 2020.

John Harkavy

Lundberg Family Farms [RICHVALE, Calif.] welcomes John Harkavy as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Harkavy brings with him extensive experience working in both privately and publicly traded companies including PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mervyn’s, Dole and Jelly Belly.

Lear Corporation [SOUTHFIELD, MI] (NYSE: LEA) announced it has appointed Jason Cardew to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2019. Cardew will succeed Jeffrey H. Vanneste who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will be retiring. Since joining the company in 1992, Cardew has served in various operational and commercial finance roles with increasing responsibility, including Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, Interim CFO and, most recently, Vice President of Finance for Lear’s Seating and E-Systems businesses.

Freedom Leaf Inc. [DALLAS, TX] (OTCQB: FRLF) announced the appointment of Brian Moon as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Freedom Leaf, Moon served as CFO at Team ProMark. Moon also previously served as CFO at Digital Media Cartridge, Mumbo Jumbo/United Developers and Microsoft Ensemble Studies Corporation.

Unique Fabricating, Inc. [AUBURN HILLS, MI] (NYSE American: UFAB) announced that Tom Tekiele has tendered his resignation to pursue another professional opportunity. In the interim, Doug Cain, the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer and a seasoned financial executive and holder of an active CPA license, will fill the role on a temporary basis.

Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. [BELOIT, WI] (OTCQX:BHWB) announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, Mary McGovern. Todd James, the company’s President & CEO will assume the CFO duties on an interim basis.

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. [NEW YORK] (TSX-V: GLXY) announced that it has appointed Ashwin Prithipaul as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prithipaul is taking over the role from Donna Milia, who is assuming the role of senior advisor at the Company. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Prithipaul has been the Chief Accounting Officer at Galaxy Digital since August 2018. Before joining Galaxy Digital, Prithipaul was the Director of Financial Reporting at Assured Guaranty. Previously, he was a senior manager in the Banking and Capital Markets practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York and London.

CFO Moves – week ending September 27, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

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

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

Scott Roberts

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

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

Clay Myers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Karim Damji

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

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

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

Vivek Bedi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Hughes

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

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

Matt Miller

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

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

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

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

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

CFO Moves – week ending September 20, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

letgo Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. Northern Trust Corporation
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Faire Union Bank
DermTech, Inc. Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. Celonis
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. Goodwill Industries International
ALTR Created Diamonds Waterton NTN Buzztime, Inc.
Rokt SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Modern Aviation
Unisys Corporation Otis Elevator Co. Nuvectra Corporation
StoneMor Partners L.P. IZEA Worldwide, Inc. Nxt-ID, Inc.
DISQO Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Auth0
Katerra athenahealth, Inc. Stereotaxis, Inc.
Protective Insurance Corporation Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. A-Mark Precious Metals
Pixelworks, Inc. Burlington Stores, Inc. RTB House
Xilinx, Inc. Standard Motor Products, Inc. PREIT
AIM ImmunoTech Inc. Cresa

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Rahim Lakhani

letgo [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Rahim Lakhani as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Lakhani was most recently Chief Operating Officer and CFO at OfferPad. Prior to that he was CFO, India/Southeast Asia at Anheuser-Busch InBev, and a Vice President at Deutsche Bank.

Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] announced the appointment of Dan Lochner as its Chief Financial Officer. Lochner joins Oyster Point Pharma after spending nearly 15 years, most recently as a Managing Director, at Goldman Sachs asset management focused on healthcare equity investing and fund management.

Jason Tyler

Northern Trust Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: NTRS) announced that Chief Financial Officer S. Biff Bowman will step down from his role as CFO effective January 1, 2020, and retire from Northern Trust on February 28, 2020. Jason Tyler, currently Chief Financial Officer of Northern Trust’s Wealth Management business, will succeed Bowman as Chief Financial Officer for the Corporation and serve as a member of the Management Group, effective January 1, 2020. Tyler, who joined Northern Trust in 2011, has served in prior roles including Global Head of the Institutional Group at Northern Trust Asset Management, and Global Head of Corporate Strategy. Tyler joined Northern Trust from Ariel Investments, where he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Research Operations. Previously, he worked as First Vice President and Manager in Corporate Planning at Bank One/American National Bank in Chicago.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ALXN) announced plans for the transition of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Paul Clancy later this year. He will be succeeded by Aradhana Sarin, M.D., who is currently the Chief Strategy and Business Officer. Clancy will remain at Alexion and continue to serve as a senior advisor through the middle of 2020. Dr. Sarin has been with Alexion since November 2017. She is currently a member of Alexion’s executive committee, serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Business Officer, and was previously Senior Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Strategy. Sarin had more than 20 years of experience at global financial institutions prior to joining Alexion.

Lauren Cooks Levitan

Faire [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Lauren Cooks Levitan has been appointed as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Faire, Lauren was most recently the CFO at Fanatics. She has served on the board of directors (Audit Committee member) for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE: ELF) since 2016.

Union Bank [GREENVILLE, NC] (OTCQX: UBNC) announced that Scott C. (Mac) McLean will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Union Bank effective November 1, 2019. Doyle Thigpen has served as the Bank’s CFO for the past 21 years, since it was founded in 1998, and will retire as CFO on that same date. Thigpen will assume a part-time role with the Bank, effective November 1, 2019. McLean has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including as a regulator with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and as CFO for two other community banks.

DermTech, Inc. [LA JOLLA, CA] (NASDAQ: DMTK) announced that Kevin Sun has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. From 2008 to 2018, Mr. Sun served in various executive and management roles for DexCom, Inc., including most recently as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasury, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President, Finance. Prior to DexCom, Mr. Sun held various roles of increasing responsibility at Biosite Incorporated.

Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of Allan Reine, M.D., as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Reine joins Foghorn from Pieris Pharmaceuticals where he has served since August 2017 as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that he was a healthcare portfolio manager at Lombard Odier Asset Management from 2012 through early 2017. Before joining Lombard Odier, Dr. Reine served as a healthcare portfolio manager at various funds, including SAC Capital Advisors and Alexandra Investment Management. Dr. Reine began his career in 2001 at CIBC World Markets where he worked in both biotechnology investment banking and biotechnology equity research.

Celonis [NEW YORK CITY & MUNICH] announced that Guido Torrini will join as its Chief Financial Officer. Torrini most recently held roles at Gympass, where he was CFO and Groupon, where he advanced his role to become General Manager of the Groupon+ business unit after serving as CFO for Global Commercial Finance. Earlier in his career, Torrini has held leadership positions across the US and EMEA at both Dell and Cisco.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced that it has named Timothy “Tim” J. LaLonde as interim Chief Financial Officer, interim Treasurer, and interim Vice President. LaLonde was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at Dinosaur Restaurants, LLC from 2017 until earlier this year. Previously, he was Vice President, Controller at Carrols from 1997 until 2017. Earlier in his career, he was Controller at Fay’s Incorporated, from 1992 to 1997, and Senior Audit Manager at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touché LLP, where he was employed since 1978.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CLMT) announced that West Griffin, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since January 2017, will be leaving his role as CFO by the end of the year.

Marla Jackson

Goodwill Industries International (GII) [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced that Marla Jackson has been named as chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 4. Jackson has served in various leadership capacities, including CEO and CFO, for local Goodwill® organizations. Since April 2019, she has served as director of consultative services for GII, overseeing a number of operational consultations, including CARF accreditation and assurance for the 158 community-based nonprofit Goodwill organizations throughout the United States and Canada. Prior to GII, she ran her own consulting company, leading contract work for several Goodwill organizations, such as Goodwill of Central Missouri and Eastern Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Before that, she was senior vice president and CFO for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona (Phoenix) from 2016 – 2017. She was also president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of San Antonio (TX). In addition, she was CFO and COO of Goodwill Industries of the Valleys (Roanoke, VA). Prior to joining Goodwill, she held various CFO positions at Danaher Corporation, Sandvik AB/Tamrock OY and Ingersoll Rand. Jackson replaces Jeffrey McCaw, former CFO for GII. McCaw has a 14-year tenure with GII, having served as the CFO for nine years and as controller for six years prior to that.

Richard J. Whitby

ALTR Created Diamonds [NEW YORK] has bolstered its leadership team with the addition of Richard J. Whitby as chief financial officer. Whitby joins ALTR following more than a decade with De Beers, including six years as CFO for the company’s Diamond Trading Company group sales operations.

Tara Marszewski

Waterton [CHICAGO] announced the hiring of Tara Marszewski as its new chief financial officer (CFO). She will replace Doug Denyer, who will remain with the company for the next six to eight weeks to ensure a smooth transition prior to his planned retirement. Prior to joining Waterton, Marszewski was CFO of Brookfield Properties’ retail group. She was previously chief accounting officer of General Growth Properties, Inc. (GGP), which later merged with Brookfield, and prior to that spent 10 years in the real estate audit practice at KPMG.

NTN Buzztime, Inc. [CARLSBAD, CA] (NYSE American: NTN) announced that CFO Allen Wolff will serve as interim CEO while the board conducts a search for a permanent CEO. Wolff joined Buzztime in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was the Chief Financial Strategist at PlumDiggity. Allen started PlumDiggity after various roles in high growth companies, including PaySimple, which he co-founded in 2005.

Holly Lim

Rokt [NEW YORK] appointed Holly Lim as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Lim joins Rokt from CFO positions at TuneIn and SoundCloud, and previously served as Group Finance Lead/Operations and Strategy at Google’s Advanced Technologies and Projects (ATAP) group.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. [ORLANDO, FL] (NYSE: SEAS) announced that Marc Swanson, who serves as Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer. Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy, who serves as Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Gulacsy will retain her role as Chief Accounting Officer. Swanson has most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since August 2017. Prior to that Mr. Swanson served as Chief Accounting Officer since 2012 and served as interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2015 until September 2015 and as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from August 1, 2017 until his permanent appointment later that same month. Previously, he was Vice President, Performance Management and Corporate Controller of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment from 2011 to 2012, the Corporate Controller of Busch Entertainment Corporation from 2008 to 2011 and the Vice President of Finance of Sesame Place from 2004 to 2008. Gulacsy has most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since August 2017. Gulacsy also served as Corporate Vice President, Financial Reporting, a position she was promoted to in 2016 after serving as Director, Financial Reporting from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining SeaWorld, Ms. Gulacsy served from 2011 to 2013 as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller for Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., where she also served as Director of Corporate Accounting from 2006 to 2011, and Assistant Controller from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that time, Ms. Gulacsy was an Audit Manager for Ernst & Young LLP.

Modern Aviation [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Daniel Reinheimer as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Modern Aviation, Reinheimer worked as the CFO of asTech. Prior to that, Reinheimer was the CFO for Hawaii Gas, a company owned by Macquarie Infrastructure Group (NYSE:MIC), and Atlantic Aviation, a FBO services company with approximately 70 FBOs, also owned by MIC. Previously, as CFO of Dental One. Additional leadership roles at Level 3 and Frontier Communications round out Reinheimer’s successful career experience.

Unisys Corporation [BLUE BELL, PA] (NYSE: UIS) announced the appointment of Mike Thomson as permanent chief financial officer (CFO). Thomson, who joined Unisys in December 2015 as corporate controller and principal accounting officer, was named interim CFO in April 2019.

Rahul Ghai

Otis Elevator Co. [FARMINGTON, Conn.] announced the appointment of Rahul Ghai as Chief Financial Officer. Ghai most recently served as senior vice president and CFO of Harris Corporation. Prior to Harris, he served in executive-level finance roles at Aetna and United Technologies Corp.

Nuvectra Corporation [PLANO, TX] (NASDAQ: NVTR) announced the appointment of Jennifer Kosharek as Chief Financial Officer. Kosharek will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer after having served as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2019. Kosharek joined Nuvectra in January 2016 as Executive Director, Corporate Controller, and was appointed Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, in June 2018. Prior to joining Nuvectra, Ms. Kosharek was the Corporate Controller and subsequently served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Interphase Corporation from 2011 to 2015. Preceding her position at Interphase, she served as Senior Accountant – External Reporting and later as Accounting Manager at Sabre Holdings from 2008 to 2011. She began her career at Grant Thornton, LLP.

StoneMor Partners L.P. [TREVOSE, PA] (NYSE: STON) announced it has elevated Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey DiGiovanni to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, combining the roles of Chief Accounting and Chief Financial Officer. DiGiovanni replaces Garry Herdler, who will transition to a consulting role with the Partnership through the end of the year.  DiGiovanni, prior to joining StoneMor, was Managing Director at a leading accounting and transaction advisory firm with offices in Philadelphia, New York City and Princeton, N.J.

Justin Andrews

IZEA Worldwide, Inc. [Orlando, Florida] (NASDAQ: IZEA) announced the appointment of Justin Andrews as Chief Financial Officer. Andrews previously served as Vice President of Finance, acting as the division CFO for multiple portfolios of ESW Capital (Trilogy), since 2018. Prior to his role at ESW Capital (Trilogy) he served as Director of Finance for Mobi Corp., which was later acquired by BSM Technologies, a publicly traded SaaS Geotab company. Prior to joining Mobi Corp., Mr. Andrews served as Head of Finance for Vantage Administration Services and United Payment Services.

Nxt-ID, Inc. [SEBASTIAN, FL] (NASDAQ: NXTD) announced the appointment of the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Vincent S. Miceli, as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director.

DISQO [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Jean-Philippe Durrios as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Most recently, Durrios served as VP of Strategic Finance & Operations at ServiceTitan. He also held positions as SVP of Global Operations at MarketShare and VP of International Marketing Services at Neustar. Earlier in his career, Durrios was a Business Manager for Yahoo.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. [South Easton, MA] (OTCQB: PBIO) announced that Daniel J. Shea has joined the Company as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).  Since January 2017, Shea has operated Woodcliff Advisors LLC. Through Woodcliff, Shea personally filled CFO roles at public and private companies in the financial services and technology industries. From 1998 to 2016, he was a Senior Vice President at Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

Auth0 [BELLEVUE, Washington] announced Barry Plaga as chief financial officer (CFO). Previously, Plaga served as the CFO and COO of Guidance Software.

Katerra [MENLO PARK, CA] announced that Matthew Marsh has been appointed as chief financial officer. Marsh is replacing Joanne Solomon, who is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. Marsh brings more than two decades of international financial management to his role at Katerra, including a 16-year career at General Electric Company. Prior to Katerra, Marsh was CFO and executive vice president for James Hardie Industries.

athenahealth, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] announced that Luis Borgen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Luis most recently served as CFO for Vistaprint. Borgen has 22 years of experience in finance, serving as CFO for nine of those years. Prior to his work at Vistaprint, he served as CFO of DAVIDsTEA, Inc. Earlier in his career, Borgen served as CFO of DaVita, and held senior finance leadership roles at Staples, Inc.

Stereotaxis, Inc. [ST. LOUIS, MO] (NYSE American: STXS) announced that Kimberly Peery has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2019. Martin Stammer, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2013, has accepted a position as the CFO of a large professional services firm headquartered in the St. Louis area and will resign from the Company, effective September 30, 2019. Peery joined Stereotaxis in 2003 and currently serves as Vice President of Finance. Prior to Stereotaxis she served as a controller at various private companies.

Protective Insurance Corporation [CARMEL, Indiana] (NASDAQ: PTVCA, PTVCB) announced John Barnett as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2019. Barnett has most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of First Acceptance Corporation, since October 2018 and served as Senior Vice President, Finance from May 2007 to March 2013. Barnett served as Vice President, Finance of Broadcast Music, Inc. from March 2013 to October 2018 and has served in various other management and manufacturing roles during his career, including as Senior Manager, Planning and Analysis of Anheuser-Busch Companies from 1999 to 2007.

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: STAF) announced that David Faiman, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be leaving the Company by December 31, 2019 and will assist in the orderly transition of his CFO responsibilities.

A-Mark Precious Metals [EL SEGUNDO, CA], Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRK) appointed Executive Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary Kathleen Simpson-Taylor as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 30, 2019. Simpson-Taylor will replace Cary Dickson, who has served as CFO of A-Mark since November 2015. Simpson-Taylor was appointed Executive Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary in November 2017, after serving as Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary since January 2016. Prior to A-Mark, Simpson-Taylor held various executive positions at Mattel, Inc. from 2000 to 2015, including Vice President, Mattel Division Finance and Vice President, USA Finance, and served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mattel Federal Credit Union from 2002 to 2004.

Pixelworks, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: PXLW) announced the appointment of Elias N. Nader as chief financial officer. Nader succeeds Steven L. Moore, who previously held the role for more than 12 years. Moore will remain engaged as a consultant to the Company through February 2020 to assist with the transition. Nader most recently served as the interim president and CEO of Sigma Designs, Inc. He also served as the company’s chief financial officer during his tenure at the company, in addition to being appointed to the Board of Directors of Sigma Designs in early 2018. Before joining Sigma Designs, Nader was the chief financial officer for Imperial Holding as well as a financial consultant to several global companies in Europe and the Middle East. He previously held positions as corporate controller of Dionex Corporation, which was acquired by Thermo-Fisher, and vice president of finance at InterWave Communications, which was acquired by Alvarion, Inc., as well as served in a number of roles with leading companies such as Adaptive Broadband, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), VeriFone and Seagate. Nader currently serves as a member of the audit committee on the Board of Directors of LMP Motors, based in Florida.  From 2016 to 2018, he was a member of the audit committee on the Board of Directors of YuMe, Inc., which was acquired by RhytmOne.

Burlington Stores, Inc. [BURLINGTON, NJ] (NYSE: BURL) announced that Marc Katz has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer/Principal, to pursue other professional opportunities. John Crimmins, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer.  Crimmins has been with the Company since 2011, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining Burlington Stores, Mr. Crimmins held various roles at The Timberland Company including Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from 2002 to 2009.

Aleksander Baryś

RTB House [NEW YORK,] announced that Aleksander Baryś  has been selected to serve as Chief Financial Officer and as a board member. Baryś joins RTB House from Boryszew S.A., where he served as chief financial officer and board member. Prior to holding that position, from 2009 to 2016, he was associated with the CIECH Group and held the following positions: head of finance and accounting (2009-2014), president of the management board of the Soda Deutschland CIECH Group (2014-2016), group management director of CIECH S.A. and a member of the supervisory boards of CIECH Group companies (2016). In addition, from 2003 to 2008, Baryś was a financial controller for Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sp.z o.o. and deputy director for Unipetrol at PKN ORLEN S.A, part of PKN ORLEN Capital Group.

Xilinx, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced that Lorenzo Flores, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is stepping down from his position to pursue another executive opportunity. Flores plans to leave Xilinx following the company’s second quarter fiscal year 2020 earnings on October 23, to ensure a smooth transition.

Standard Motor Products, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SMP) announced that Nathan Iles has been named the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. As previously announced, Jim Burke, who served as CFO since 1999, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and will assist in the transition of CFO duties to Mr. Iles. Iles most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at UCI International Holdings. Throughout his eight years with UCI, Mr. Iles held various leadership roles including Chief Financial Officer of UCI’s ASC/Airtex subsidiary and Vice President Corporate Finance. Prior to that time, Mr. Iles served in other finance positions at Sears Holdings Corporation and Deloitte & Touche.

PREIT [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: PEI) announced its intention to promote Mario C. Ventresca, Jr., Executive Vice President – Operations, to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will replace current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bob McCadden who will leave the Company effective December 31, 2019. Ventresca spent the first ten years of his career in accounting and finance positions. He joined PREIT in 1994 and currently serves as Executive Vice President of Operations overseeing the Company’s Leasing, Asset and Property Management functions.

AIM ImmunoTech Inc. [OCALA, FL] (NYSE American: AIM) named Ellen Lintal as its new Chief Financial Officer. Lintal succeeds Adam Pascale, who stepped down after more than two decades with the company. Lintal joined the company – then named Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. – in 2018 as Vice President of Finance & Control, before being promoted to Chief Accounting Officer earlier this year. Before joining AIM ImmunoTech, Lintal spent a decade at an international non-profit organization, serving as Chief Financial Officer and SVP of Finance & Control. Her more than 25-year career also includes public company accounting experience at Corning Inc., Carlisle Companies and AGY.

Dave Metzger

Cresa [WASHINGTON] named Dave Metzger as Chief Financial Officer. Metzger joins Cresa from Frontpoint Security, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. From 2007 to 2016, Metzger acted as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at RE/MAX Holdings.

CFO Moves – week ending September 13, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Discover Financial Services Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. Ichor Holdings, Ltd.
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. Astute Bluegreen Vacations Corporation
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. Carrier
UBEO Business Services Capital Park Holdings Corp. Soligenix, Inc.
ORIC Pharmaceuticals Sonim Technologies Syndicate Claim Services Inc.
Salarius Pharmaceuticals Syapse Sharonview Federal Credit Union
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. Paycor Aileron Therapeutics, Inc.
Renodis Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. Curis, Inc.
Investview Corporation Ideanomics Milestone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc.

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John T. Greene

Discover Financial Services [RIVERWOODS, IL] (NYSE: DFS) announced that John T. Greene has been named executive vice president, chief financial officer and a member of the company’s executive committee effective Sept. 18. Greene succeeds R. Mark Graf, who will remain with the company as an executive advisor until his retirement in early 2020. Greene most recently served as CFO at Bioverativ. Prior to that, he was CFO for Willis Group Holdings from 2014 to 2016, which was preceded by more than eight years at HSBC Holdings, where he held CFO positions for several divisions, including retail bank and wealth management; insurance and consumer and mortgage lending. He also held various CFO roles in his 12-year tenure with General Electric from 1993 to 2005.

Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: WISA) announced that George Oliva has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Gary Williams will assume the role of Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Finance. Most recently, Oliva was a partner with Hardesty LLC. Oliva has held CFO positions, including Penguin Computing, StorCard, and StreamLogic. Prior to serving in such roles, Oliva was responsible for financial planning and analysis and operational support as the operations controller for Conner Peripherals and Read-Rite Corporation.

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. [FREMONT, CA] (NASDAQ: ICHR) announced that Larry J. Sparks will join Ichor as its chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 7, 2019. Sparks will take over this role from Jeff Andreson, who was promoted to president of Ichor in April 2019. Sparks joins Ichor from Applied Materials, Inc. where he has served in various financial management, controller and operational roles since 1994. Most recently Mr. Sparks served as vice president finance, silicon worldwide operations. Previous roles at Applied Materials included vice president finance and segment CFO of the Inspection Products and Display businesses, as well as earlier corporate and divisional controller positions and as vice president finance of Applied Global Services. From 2006 until 2007, Sparks left Applied Materials to become vice president finance of FormFactor, Inc., and prior to joining Applied Materials he served in various finance roles at Unisys Corporation from 1985 until 1994.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. [SYRACUSE, NY] (NASDAQ: TAST) announced the death of Paul R. Flanders on September 7, 2019, who had served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of Carrols since 1997. Flanders’ duties are currently being assumed and performed by the existing finance and accounting team until his replacement is named.

Astute [COLUMBUS, OH] announced the addition of Phil Hoey who will serve as CFO. Hoey’s previous financial leadership roles include NBC, AOL, LexisNexis, and most recently Two Labs.

Bluegreen Vacations Corporation [BOCA RATON, FL] (NYSE: BXG) announced that Anthony M. Puleo has informed the Company that he will be retiring as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer effective September 30, 2019. Puleo will stay on with the Company in a consulting role as Advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer. Effective September 30, 2019, the Company has appointed Raymond S. Lopez as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Lopez will continue to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BBX Capital Corporation (NYSE: BBX), the owner of 90.3% of Bluegreen Vacation’s common stock. Prior to joining BBX, Mr. Lopez served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company from 2005 through 2015 and as Controller from 2004 to 2005.

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. [MIDDLETON, WI] (NYSE: SPB) announced that Jeremy W. Smeltser will join the Company on October 1 as Executive Vice President. Smeltser will succeed Doug Martin as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on or prior to December 20, 2019. Smeltser most recently was Vice President and CFO from 2015-2018 for SPX FLOW, Inc. (NYSE: FLOW) following its spinoff from SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPXC), where he was Vice President and CFO from 2012-2015. Prior to his role at SPX Flow, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SPX Corporation, where he held various roles, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Flow Technology, and became an officer of SPX Corporation in April 2009. He joined SPX Corporation in 2002 from Ernst & Young LLP, where he was an audit manager in Tampa, Florida. Prior to that, he held various positions with Arthur Andersen LLP, in Tampa, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, IL] (NYSE: RRTS) announced that Patrick (Pat) J. Unzicker has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Unzicker served Adtalem Global Education in Chicago for the past 13 years, most recently as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. His 26 years of financial leadership experience also includes management positions with increasing scope and responsibilities with Whitehall Jewelers, Inc., Galileo International and Ryerson, Inc. He began his career at Price Waterhouse LLP in Chicago.

Carrier [PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL] announced the appointment of Timothy McLevish as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1. McLevish served as a public company CFO at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Kraft, Ingersoll-Rand and Mead Corp.

UBEO Business Services [AUSTIN, TX] announced that William “Bill” Gardner has joined as chief financial officer. Most recently, Gardner served as vice president of distribution operations and integration at Masonite International. Prior to that position, he held roles of increasing responsibility over his decade with Masonite International, serving as vice president of global business services, senior director of finance, finance director of NA door and division controller.

Capital Park Holdings Corp. [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Andrew M. Barker as CFO. Prior to joining Capital Park, Barker has served in both operational and advisory roles within global consultancy firms and investments banks as well lead as operating businesses based in the U.S., Mexico, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Soligenix, Inc. [PRINCETON, NJ] (NASDAQ: SNGX) announced that it has appointed Jonathan Guarino, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Corporate Controller for Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.). Previously, he worked as Controller and senior manager of technical accounting for Suite K Value Added Services LLC and Covance, Inc. Prior to these positions, he held accounting and finance positions of increasing importance with several companies, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, BlackRock, Inc. and Barnes & Noble, Inc.

ORIC Pharmaceuticals [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that Dominic Piscitelli has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ORIC, Mr. Piscitelli was CFO of AnaptysBio. Prior to AnaptysBio, Piscitelli was Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations at Medivation. Previously, he served in roles of increasing responsibility at Astellas Pharma and OSI Pharmaceuticals.

Sonim Technologies, Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] (NASDAQ: SONM) appointed Bob Tirva as interim CFO, replacing Jim Walker who has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sonim. Previously, Tirva served as CFO of Intermedia. Prior to Intermedia, Tirva was Corporate Controller at Dropbox. Before Dropbox, Tirva spent nearly 14 years at Broadcom Corporation, where he held a range of finance roles of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance. Tirva also has career experience with IBM Corporation, Navistar Financial Corporation and Ernst & Young. He currently serves on the board of directors of Resonant.

Sarah Nelms

Syndicate Claim Services Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that Sarah Nelms has joined the organization as the Chief Financial & Strategic Operations Officer. Her most recent position was Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at the Kinney Group. Previously, Ms. Nelms has served in several senior level and executive roles in numerous industries, including insurance, technology, media, healthcare and hospitality.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: SLRX) announced the appointment of Scott Jordan to the new role of Chief Business Officer and the appointment of Mark Rosenblum to the position of Executive Vice President Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer. Jordan first joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in 2016. Prior to joining Salarius, Mr. Jordan served as Chief Financial Officer of Beta Cat Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Chief Investment Officer of Stingray Therapeutics. Mr. Jordan has also served as co-founder and advisor at Healthios Xchange and served as Vice President of Healthios Capital Markets, LLC. Rosenblum first joined Salarius as a financial consultant to assist in the recent merger of Flex Pharma, Inc. and Salarius Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Rosenblum served as Chairman and Chief Executive Office of ActiveCare, Inc., and has served in the role of Chief Financial Officer for several publicly traded companies.

Syapse [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Fletcher Payne has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Payne joins Syapse from Catalyst Biosciences where he served as CFO since January 2015. Previously, he served in senior financial positions at CytomX Therapeutics, Plexxikon Inc., Rinat Neuroscience Corporation, Dynavax Technologies Corporation, Cell Genesys, Abgenix, Sun Microsystems, and IBM.

Jim Edwards

Sharonview Federal Credit Union [FORT MILL, S.C.] announced its new Chief Financial Officer – Jim Edwards. Prior to coming to Sharonview, Edwards served as CFO for Chartway Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He also previously spent 13 years in strategic leadership roles – CFO and Chief Risk Officer – within BB&T’s mortgage unit. Edwards replaces outgoing CFO Steve Smith, who announced earlier in 2019 his plans to retire at year-end and after more than 20 years with Sharonview.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) [FREMONT, CA] has named Grant Fitz as its new chief financial officer. Fitz replaces long-time EFI executive Marc Olin, who will assume the COO role at EFI. Fitz comes to EFI from Valassis, where he also served as the CFO. Prior to that, he was the corporate vice president and CFO at Xerox Technology. Fitz also held a number of senior leadership positions at General Motors, both in Europe and the United States, and served as GM’s first chief risk officer. He also worked as the senior vice president and CFO of Nexteer Automotive.

Paycor [CINCINNATI, Ohio] announced it has appointed Adam Ante as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ante joined Paycor in March 2017 as Vice President of Finance. Since December 2018, Adam has served as interim CFO.  Previously, Ante was CFO of the Merchant Bank Channel at Worldpay (formerly known as Vantiv). Prior to CFO, Ante served many years in senior finance roles at the company, where he was responsible for business and enterprise valuation, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations support, forecasting and planning and business case development, among others. Ante began his career in retirement services with Union Central Life Insurance Company. Ante served eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] (NASDAQ: ALRN) announced that Don Dougherty, its current Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving Aileron. All financial responsibilities are being transitioned to Richard Wanstall, who has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Operations and principal accounting officer since 2018. Prior to joining Aileron, Wanstall held roles as Vice President, Finance at Moderna Therapeutics, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Global Finance at Stream Global Services, Inc.; and management roles in finance, accounting and SEC reporting for several other technology and financial services companies.

Renodis [ST PAUL, MN] announced it has named David Steichen as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions and Chief Financial Officer. Steichen has been a financially focused advisory member of the Renodis Executive Team for the past four years. Prior to his role at Renodis, Steichen was co-founder of Mayday Capital Advisors, LLC. With over 30 years as a business leader, Steichen is a 13-year veteran of Deloitte and has extensive experience serving as Chief Financial Officer and in other executive roles for large and small companies both public and private.

Thomas Leggett

Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas (Tommy) Leggett as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Leggett joins Black Diamond from Axcella Health. Before joining Axcella, Tommy was Treasurer and Head of Business Development Finance at Purdue Pharma, L.P. Previously, he was an investment banker for the healthcare groups at J.P. Morgan Securities, Lazard Frères & Company, and UBS Securities, respectively.

Curis, Inc. [LEXINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: CRIS) announced the promotion of Bill Steinkrauss to Chief Financial Officer. Steinkrauss joined Curis in August 2016 and most recently served as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Curis, he served as Director of Technical Accounting and Reporting at Ovascience, Inc. and Senior Manager of Technical Accounting at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, Mr. Steinkrauss worked within the transaction services and assurance practices at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Investview Corporation [SALT LAKE CITY] (OTCQB: INVU) announced Jayme McWidener as the new Chief Financial Officer. Jayme McWidener through her firm MAC Accounting has played an instrumental role since April of 2017 in assisting the Company through the last ten quarters and two annual audits. William Kosoff, former CFO, will become Investview’s Corporate Secretary. McWidener became an auditor for Cahaba GBA in 2001 before joining HJ & Associates, LLC (“HJ”) in January 2004 as an audit staff member, eventually being promoted to an audit senior and audit manager before she became a partner at HJ in January 2014.  Ms. McWidener spent just over 2 years as a partner with HJ and with its successor, Haynie & Company. In April of 2016 she established Mac Accounting Group, LLP.

Ideanomics [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: IDEX) announced the appointment of Conor McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Most recently, McCarthy was CFO for OS33. Previous positions include CFO roles with Intent, Convergex Group, and 9 years as CFO of the Americas for GFI Group, Inc.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. [MONTREAL AND CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: MIST) announced the appointment of Amit Hasija as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Hasija most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer at Fulcrum Therapeutics. Prior to Fulcrum, he spent five years at Sanofi, most recently serving as Vice President of Integrated Care. While at Sanofi, he also served as Vice President of North America Pharmaceutical Business Development. Prior to joining Sanofi, Mr. Hasija spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. He began his career at Merck as a Planning and Logistics Analyst and Operations Manager.

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: BCLI) announced that Preetam Shah, Ph.D., M.B.A., has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to his appointment as BrainStorm’s CFO, Dr. Shah served as Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Barclays Capital Plc, where he focused on Life Sciences and Medical Device sectors.  Prior to his role at Barclays, Dr. Shah served as Vice President of Healthcare Investment Banking at Canaccord Genuity Inc., from July 2013 to May 2016. Dr. Shah founded and served as Managing Director of Saisarva LLC., a healthcare financial consulting firm from January 2010 to June 2013. From October 2006 to December 2009, Dr. Shah served as Vice President, U.S. Operations and Investments at Reliance Capital USA Ventures LLC., an affiliate of Reliance ADA Group Companies.

CFO Moves – week ending September 6, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

Larry Heydon

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

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

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

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

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

Ross J. Muken

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

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

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

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

Tim McHugh

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

Jed Gold

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

Crystal Spoor

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

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

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

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

Scott Magnano

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jon Kunkle

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

Scott McGuire

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

Bijal Patel

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

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

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

CFO Moves – week ending August 30, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Campbell Soup Company MONAT Global CoolSys
GTT Communications, Inc. Sesen Bio Caliber Collision
Imperial Bag & Paper Co LLC Cred Adtalem Global Education Inc.
Severn Bancorp, Inc. Spelman College Norfolk Southern Corporation
Orbis International NN, Inc. Standex International Corporation
Crown Bank Triton Pacific Children’s Minnesota
Arcadia Biosciences Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. SP Plus Corporation
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Scholar Rock Fox Factory Holding Corp.
Internap Corporation Schmitt Industries, Inc. Independent Bank Corporation
Midland States Bancorp, Inc. Roll-Kraft Dovel Technologies
Infor Sahl Communications Inc. ATL Technology

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Mick Beekhuizen

Campbell Soup Company [CAMDEN, NJ] (NYSE: CPB) appointed Mick Beekhuizen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Sept. 30, 2019. He succeeds Anthony DiSilvestro, who is leaving Campbell on Oct. 15, 2019 to pursue other interests. Beekhuizen, 43, was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Chobani since 2016. Prior to Chobani, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Education Management Corporation, and a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in the merchant banking division.

Marc Juan Lopez

MONAT Global [MIAMI] welcomes Marc Juan Lopez as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining MONAT, Lopez served as Mondelez International’s Latin America Division in Miami as Regional Finance Director where he was responsible for Mondelez Latin America’s accounting and external reporting. He started his professional career with KPMG in Spain and later moved to the UK.

Ed Dunlap

CoolSys [BREA, CA] announced that Ed Dunlap is joining the company as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, Dunlap was chief financial officer for Trojan Battery Company. He also previously held leadership roles with GAP Inc., RJR Nabisco, Pepsico and B.F. Goodrich. Dunlap succeeds former CFO Andy Mandell, who will be retiring at the end of September after serving the company for three and a half years.

GTT Communications, Inc. [MCLEAN, VA] (NYSE: GTT) announced that Mike Sicoli, GTT’s chief financial officer, will depart the company on September 30, 2019. GTT has named Dan Fraser as the interim chief financial officer, effective upon Mr. Sicoli’s departure. Mr. Fraser currently serves as GTT’s senior vice president, principal accounting officer and global corporate controller, and brings more than 20 years of industry experience to the role, including over five years at GTT.

Sesen Bio [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SESN) announced the appointment of Monica Forbes as its Chief Financial Officer. Forbes will succeed Richard F. Fitzgerald. Forbes previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance.

Caliber Collision [LEWISVILLE, TX] announced the appointment of Judd Nystrom as Chief Financial Officer to replace Bob Gary. Nystrom comes to Caliber from NBG Home. Previously, Nystrom was CFO of At Home. Mr. Nystrom’s past roles have also included senior financial positions at Advance Auto Parts and Best Buy. Judd serves as a Board member for Melissa & Doug.

Imperial Bag & Paper Co LLC [JERSEY CITY, NJ] announced their Chief Financial Officer, Marc Mongulla, will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. Paul M. Cervino, Imperial’s former Chief Financial Officer and current Chief Administrative Officer, will temporarily re-assume the role of CFO.

Cred [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Joe Podulka, joined as Chief Financial Officer. Podulka was CFO, VP Finance at Hearst Communications. Joe also spent 11 years at eBay/PayPal in a variety of roles in the US and abroad.

Adtalem Global Education Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: ATGE) announced that Mike Randolfi has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), succeeding Patrick Unzicker. Randolfi was most recently CFO at Groupon. Prior to his role as CFO at Groupon, Randolfi served as CFO of Orbitz. Prior to Orbitz, Randolfi spent 14 years with Delta Air Lines in a variety of executive financial roles culminating in senior vice president, controller.

Severn Bancorp, Inc. [ANNAPOLIS, MD] and its subsidiary, Severn Bank appointed Vance W. Adkins, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank effective September 16, 2019. From 2016 until the completion of its merger in April 2019, Adkins served as Chief Financial Officer of HomeTown Bankshares Corporation and its banking subsidiary, HomeTown Bank. Before serving as Chief Financial Officer he held the position of Senior Risk Officer of HomeTown Bank from 2010 until 2016.

Spelman College [ATLANTA] annoucned that Dawn Alston, who has had a 20-year career at Spelman, has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president for business and financial affairs. She will succeed Robert “Danny” Flanigan Jr. Flanigan will continue in his role as treasurer and assume the title of chief investment officer.

Mark George

Norfolk Southern [NORFOLK, Va.] (NYSE: NSC) announced that Mark George has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Nov. 1. George succeeds Cynthia “Cindy” Earhart, who will retire from the company on Nov. 1. George joins Norfolk Southern with more than 30 years of experience across multiple commercial business segments of United Technologies Corporation, including as vice president finance and chief financial officer for the past 11 years at Otis Elevator Company and, most recently, Carrier Corporation.

Danusia Dzierzbinski

Orbis International [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Danusia Dzierzbinski as Chief Financial Officer. Dzierzbinski joins from the International Rescue Committee, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer, following serving as Controller from 2006 to 2016. Previously, she was the Associate Director for Financial Planning & Analysis and Acting Internal Audit Director at Save the Children US. She began her career at KPMG LLP. Dzierzbinski will assume the responsibilities of outgoing Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Thomas J. Hill, who retires at the end of August. Dzierzbinski’s appointment is effective September 16, 2019.

NN, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: NNBR) announced the appointment of Thomas DeByle as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, which is anticipated to be effective on or before September 23, 2019. DeByle most recently served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Standex International Corporation. Prior to that, he held various finance and leadership roles at leading industrial manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand as well as at Actuant Corporation and Johnson Controls.

Standex International Corporation [SALEM, NH] (NYSE: SXI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Thomas DeByle will be leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity. Standex recently announced the promotion of DeByle to COO and named Ademir Sarcevic to replace him as CFO effective September 9, 2019.

Paul Moen

Crown Bank [EDINA, Minn.] announced the addition of Paul Moen to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Moen has served as CFO at several major financial institutions and community banks throughout the Midwest.

Triton Pacific [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jill Tregillis has joined its back office operations center, TFA Associates, LLC, as chief financial officer. Tregillis joins Triton Pacific from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she spent nearly 25 years, the last twelve as a partner with the firm.

Children’s Minnesota [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the appointment of Brenda McCormick as chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance. McCormick joins Children’s from Smiths Medical, where she was CFO and senior vice president of finance. Prior to Smiths, McCormick served as the vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer at Valspar.

Arcadia Biosciences [DAVIS, CA] (NASDAQ: RKDA) announced that Pam Haley has been appointed Arcadia’s new chief financial officer, replacing Matthew Plavan who has been promoted to CEO. Haley joined Arcadia as accounting manager in 2005 and has held several key positions, most recently controller. Haley brings more than 25 years of financial and accounting experience and previously worked in the telecommunications and semiconductor industries, in addition to public accounting, prior to joining Arcadia.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: CBIO) announced that its chief financial officer, Fletcher Payne, will be stepping down from the Company to pursue another opportunity.

SP Plus Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: SP) announced the appointment of Kristopher Roy as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Roy, who has been serving as interim CFO since April 2019, will continue as principal financial officer for the Company. Mr. Roy joined the Company as Vice President, Assistant Controller in 2013, and has served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller since his promotion in 2015. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Roy served as the Global Director of Accounting, Consolidation and Financial Systems at CNH Industrial N.V and prior to that role, he worked at Ernst & Young.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [IRVING, TX] (NASDAQ: RETA) announced the appointment of Manmeet S. Soni as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President. Jason D. Wilson, who has been with Reata since 2006 and served as CFO, will assume a new role as Executive Vice President of Operations. Most recently, Soni served as the CFO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.  Prior to Alnylam, Mr. Soni served as the CFO at ARIAD Pharmaceuticals. Before joining ARIAD, Mr. Soni served as CFO at Pharmacyclics. Mr. Soni is currently a board member at Pulse Biosciences and Arena Pharmaceuticals.

Scholar Rock [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: SRRK) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Rhonda Chicko, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.

Fox Factory Holding Corp. [BRASELTON, GA] (NASDAQ: FOXF) announced that after more than 10 years with the Company, Zvi Glasman will leave his role as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), to pursue other interests, effective on November 1, 2019.

Internap Corporation [RESTON, VA] (NASDAQ: INAP) announced that Michael T. Sicoli has been named President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2019. As previously announced, Jim Keeley, INAP’s current CFO, will depart the company. Sicoli most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of GTT Communications Inc. Prior to joining GTT in April 2015, he served as principal of MTS Advisors, a consulting and advisory services firm he founded in 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Sidera Networks. From 2005-2010, Mr. Sicoli served as Chief Financial Officer of RCN Corporation.  Prior to that, Mr. Sicoli held various positions at Nextel Communications, Deloitte Consulting, and Accenture. Mr. Sicoli recently served as a director of Lumos Networks.

Schmitt Industries, Inc. [PORTLAND, OR] (NASDAQ: SMIT) announced that Ann M. Ferguson submitted her letter of resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective November 30, 2019.

Independent Bank Corporation [GRAND RAPIDS, MI] (NASDAQ: IBCP), the holding company of Independent Bank, announced that Stephen Erickson has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer, commencing Feb. 1, 2020. Previously, IBCP announced that Robert Shuster, the current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, had notified the organization of his intention to retire on Jan. 31, 2020.  Beginning on Sept. 23, 2019, Mr. Erickson will serve the organization as its Executive Vice President and Treasurer and will succeed Shuster following his retirement on Jan. 31, 2020. Since Mar. 2018, Erickson has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Midland States Bancorp, Inc. (“Midland”).  He joined Midland in 2012 in connection with its acquisition of EnablePay Direct, Inc., a New York based merchant services company of which he was co-founder and President. Prior to becoming the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Erickson served as Midland’s Director of Mergers and Acquisitions from 2015 to 2018, and as President of Midland’s Merchant Services division from 2012 to 2015. Before founding EnablePay Direct, Inc., Mr. Erickson served as Chief Financial Officer of EVO Merchant Services, Inc., He also held the positions of Vice President of Investment Banking – Financial Services, at Bear Stearns & Co. (1999 to 2003), Senior Accounting Officer at Goldman Sachs & Co. (1995 to 1997), and Senior Associate at Coopers & Lybrand, LLP where he began his career in 1993.

Midland States Bancorp, Inc. [EFFINGHAM, IL] (NASDAQ: MSBI) announced that Stephen A. Erickson, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company and Midland States Bank in order to accept a position with another financial institution based in Michigan. The Company also announced that Donald Spring, Corporate Controller for the Company and Midland States Bank, has been promoted to Chief Accounting Officer, and will lead the Company’s finance department on an interim basis. Mr. Spring has more than 35 years of accounting experience and has served as Midland’s Corporate Controller since 2009.

Jacqueline Kato

Roll-Kraft [MENTOR, OHIO] announced that Jacqueline Kato has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Kato comes to Roll-Kraft from Concord Biosciences where she was the Director of Finance and Administration.

Dovel Technologies [MCLEAN, VA] announced Barry Broadus will join as the company’s newly-appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Broadus was most recently CFO with SRI International. He also served in the CFO role for Alion Science and Technology.

Infor [NEW YORK] announced that Kevin Samuelson, who has served as Infor’s CFO, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Jay Hopkins has been promoted from Chief Accounting Officer to CFO.

John Zaun

Sahl Communications Inc. [BETHLEHEM, PA] announced that John Zaun has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer.

ATL Technology [SPRINGVILLE, UT] announced it has named John Scadden as the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Prior to ATL, he served as CFO at Dry, Inc. and Evo, Inc. Additionally, Scadden has also been Treasurer of FEI Company and held finance roles within Novell, Inc.

CFO Moves – week ending August 23, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. Cadent Therapeutics RailUSA, LLC
Citrix Systems, Inc. NuTech National Qualcomm Incorporated
Bsquare Corporation Cielo Global Holdings Melmark
Lumber Liquidators JazzHR 3D Systems
4C Insights SEngine Precision Medicine Pacific Financial Corporation
First Bank & Trust Company General Mills 2U, Inc.
The Ensign Group, Inc.

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Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® fast-casual restaurant brands, named Dirk Montgomery as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Montgomery was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Hooters International. He was previously Chief Financial Officer at Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Montgomery has other related experience as a public company Chief Financial Officer at Health Insurance Innovations, Inc.; and at Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Earlier in his career, Montgomery served as Chief Financial Officer of Con Agra Foods Retail Group, as Chief Financial Officer of Express (previously a division of Limited Brands) and in several senior management positions with Sara Lee Corporation.

Cadent Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced the appointment of John McBride as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cadent, Mr. McBride was Chief Financial Officer at Syntimmune. Prior to that, he served as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer during his tenure at Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc. In addition, he founded and served as president of Alliance Life Science Advisors, Inc. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as Global Head of Oncology Licensing at Pharmacia Corporation; Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer at CytoTherapeutics, Inc.; and Vice President, Business Development and Treasurer at Phytera, Inc.

RailUSA, LLC [BOCA RATON, FL] has named Barbara Wilson President and Chief Financial Officer. Wilson was the President of Wells Fargo Rail. Earlier in her career, Wilson served as Chief Financial Officer for Helm Financial Corporation.

Citrix Systems, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced that Arlen R. Shenkman has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 9, 2019. Shenkman joins Citrix from SAP. Shenkman will succeed Jessica Soisson, who has served as Citrix’s Interim CFO since April 2019. Soisson will remain at Citrix and will report to Shenkman in her continuing role as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Shenkman most recently served as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Business Development and Ecosystems at SAP. Prior to that role, Shenkman served as CFO of SAP North America. Shenkman previously served as Global Head of Corporate Development for SAP and was a principal architect of SAP’s rapid transformation into a cloud company.

NuTech National [MAITLAND, FL] announced Wayne Kalish is joining NuTech as CFO. He served as Senior Vice President, Accounting and Finance Group Chief Financial Officer at Tavistock Group (US and UK, 3 years) and Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Planning at Darden Restaurants (12 years).

Qualcomm Incorporated [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that Dave Wise has decided to retire after a 23-year tenure at the Company. The company appointed Akash Palkhiwala, SVP of Finance, as interim CFO. Palkhiwala joined Qualcomm in 2001 and has previously held a variety of roles in Finance, including Treasurer and lead for Corporate Finance overseeing Qualcomm’s overall financial planning and analysis. He has been part of the senior finance leadership team for more than 10 years.

Bsquare Corporation [BELLEVUE, Washington] (NASDAQ: BSQR) announced the appointment of Chris Wheaton as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2019. Previously he co-founded and served as CFO and COO of EnerG2. EnerG2 was acquired in 2015 by BASF. Chris has also held the CFO position at Pacific Science Center and served as interim CFO in companies around the Puget Sound. Earlier in his career, he held executive positions at Loudcloud, Inc.

Cielo Global Holdings [LUBBOCK, TX] announced that Chris Pruitt has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Pruitt has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance in the private sector as well as in publicly-held companies and accounting firms. He most recently served as CFO for a civil construction company out of New Mexico.

Thomas Crofcheck

Melmark, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] announced the promotion of Tom Crofcheck to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Crofcheck will assume the role in late September from Joseph Zakrzewski who announced his retirement earlier this year. Crofcheck most recently served as Director of Finance for Melmark Pennsylvania and has been an active advocate and mentor through his participation in statewide rate setting advocacy campaigns led by Pennsylvania Advocacy Resources (PAR). 

Lumber Liquidators [TOANO, VA] (NYSE: LL) announced the appointment of Nancy A. Walsh as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective September 9, 2019. Ms. Walsh will replace Interim Chief Financial Officer Timothy Mulvaney who will return to his role as Chief Accounting Officer for the Company. Walsh most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. and in various finance and leadership positions with Tapestry, Inc., formerly known as Coach, Inc.

Erika Wennerstrom

JazzHR [PITTSBURGH] announced the addition of Erika Wennerstrom as Chief Financial Officer. Wennerstrom joins the company from Ellevation Education where she served as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations. Prior to Ellevation Education, Wennerstrom was Director of Finance at Constant Contact.

Todd A. Booth

3D Systems [ROCK HILL, S.C.] (NYSE: DDD) announced that Todd A. Booth will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 3. Most recently, he was CFO for Teledyne Marine. Booth replaces John McMullen, who announced his planned retirement earlier this year.

4C Insights [NEW YORK] announced that Lisa Mogensen has been appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Brent Dobsch, who had been handling those duties as 4C CFO, has been named CFO and COO at Kinetiq after 4C acquired a stake and jointly created the new company, combining iQ Media and Teletrax. Mogensen began her career in investment banking ultimately switching to media with such notable companies as News Corp. and NBC (while under GE ownership). Mogensen was named CFO of TheStreet and then CFO of Forbes Digital. Subsequently, she moved on to be an innovative CFO across multiple industries including technology, SaaS, big data, e-commerce, luxury, media, and professional services.

SEngine Precision Medicine [SEATTLE, Washington] announced it is expanding its senior executive team with the appointment of Tom Neary as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently he was CFO at Space Venture Partners, and prior to that, CFO at Spaceflight Industries.

Pacific Financial Corporation [ABERDEEN, Washington] (OTCQX: PFLC), the holding company for Bank of the Pacific, announced the hiring of Carla Tucker as its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, effective September 1, 2019, succeeding Douglas N. Biddle who recently announced his retirement. Tucker spent the last 15 years with Skagit Bank as their Chief Financial Officer before Skagit Bank sold late last year.

First Bank & Trust Company [ABINGDON, Va.] and its parent holding company, First Bancorp, Inc., announced that Eric Moore will become Chief Financial Officer. Moore replaces Mark Nelson who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Nelson served as Chief Financial Officer for 21 years, from 1998-2019.  Moore has been with First Bank & Trust Company for 15 years where he served as Vice President of Compliance and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer from 2004-2019.  He also worked for First American National Bank and The United Company.

General Mills [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: GIS) announced that Don Mulligan, Chief Financial Officer, will transition to an advisory capacity effective February 1, 2020, and will retire effective June 1, 2020. Kofi Bruce, currently Controller, will be promoted to Vice President, Financial Operations, effective September 1, 2019, and will succeed Mulligan as Chief Financial Officer on February 1, 2020. Bruce joined General Mills in 2009, following 10 years of experience in various finance leadership roles at Ford Motor Company and Ecolab. During his tenure at General Mills, he has served as Treasurer; Vice President, Finance for the U.S. Yogurt operating unit; Vice President, Finance for the Convenience Stores & Foodservice segment and Global Revenue Development; and his most recent role as Controller.

2U, Inc. [LANHAM, MD] (NASDAQ: TWOU) announced that Catherine A. Graham has notified the company that she plans to retire as chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2020 or upon the company’s earlier appointment of her successor.

The Ensign Group, Inc. [SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA] (NASDAQ: ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group announced the appointment of Jennifer L. Freeman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Pennant Group, Inc., the holding company of all of Ensign’s home health and hospice agencies and substantially all of Ensign’s senior living businesses following completion of the previously-announced spin-off. Freeman has been serving as CFO of Cornerstone Healthcare, Ensign’s home health and hospice portfolio company, since she joined the organization earlier this year. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Freeman was Chief Financial Officer of Northpoint Recovery Holdings, LLC. Freeman has held various other leadership roles within the healthcare industry, including the Chief Financial Officer of Molina Healthcare of Washington, the Vice President of Finance of Coordinated Care Corporation, Chief Financial Officer for Qualis Health, and the Vice President of Finance of MCG Health, LLC.

CFO Moves – week ending August 17, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

Frank Perier, Jr.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joel Armijo

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

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

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

Jeremy Bolling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brian Lindstrom

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

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

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

CFO Moves – week ending August 2, 2019

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CFO Moves this week include:

Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. Bidtellect Fisher & Paykel
ExtraHop Somos, Inc. One Technologies, LLC
Ygrene Energy Fund CHS Inc. Quovant
ShiftPixy, Inc. Infinera Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation
DigitalOcean Revature AML RightSource
BioLabs NuCurrent SKOUT CYBERSECURITY
Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. GE Maxim Integrated Investor Relations
Exide Technologies Regulus Therapeutics Inc. SME
Lannett Company, Inc. Kentik Curvature
MATH Venture Partners

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Don Elsey

Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. [WATERTOWN, MA] announced that Don Elsey will join as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Elsey most recently was Chief Financial Officer of Senseonics, Inc. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Regado Biosciences Corporation, and of LifeCell Corporation. Elsey was Chief Financial Officer of Emergent Biosolutions Corporation. Earlier in his career, he held senior financial positions at BioVeris Corporation, Igen, Inc. and PE Corporation (Applera). Elsey currently serves on the boards of directors of OpGen, Inc. and RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Jack McClunn

Bidtellect [DELRAY BEACH, FL] announced the appointment of Jack McClunn as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Bidtellect, Jack served as CFO of Tilting Point Media, before which he served as CFO of DoubleVerify for five years. Prior to DoubleVerify, McClunn held CFO positions at SelectMinds Inc., later acquired by Oracle Corporation; and SpaFinder Inc.

Fraser Allan

Fisher & Paykel [COSTA MESA, CA] announced the appointment of Fraser Allan as Chief Financial Officer. Allan joined Fisher & Paykel in April 2017 and most recently has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer in New Zealand. Prior to Fisher & Paykel, Allan held several finance roles at companies such as KPMG and Spark New Zealand Limited.

ExtraHop [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Bill Ruckelshaus as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Ruckelshaus  was CEO and President at Blucora. Prior to Blucora, Ruckelshaus held CFO and COO positions with companies including Expedia and AudienceScience. His experience also includes leadership roles at financial institutions including Credit Suisse and Prudential.

Rachael Methal

Somos, Inc. [EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.] announced the hiring of Rachael Methal as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Methal most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at ClickPay.

Gayle Anderson

One Technologies, LLC [DALLAS] announces the appointment of Gayle Anderson as Chief Financial Officer. Anderson spent six years at Match.com, where she served as executive vice president of corporate development, CFO, and vice president of global finance. She also worked at DigiWorksCorp, Dallas Zoo Management, International Rectifier Corp., and The Walt Disney Co.

Ygrene Energy Fund [PETALUMA, CA] announced the appointment of Greg Saunders as Chief Financial Officer. Saunders joins Ygrene from CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital Inc.  where he served as CleanFund’s Chief Executive and Financial Officer. Previously, Saunders served in CFO and COO roles at publicly traded and venture-backed specialty finance companies, most recently as the Chief Financial Officer at Project Frog Inc., and Tioga Energy Inc. Saunders succeeds Tim Condon, who is retiring.

CHS Inc. [ST. PAUL, MN] (NASDAQ: CHSCP) announced that Tim Skidmore, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is retiring effective December 31, 2019.

Quovant [NASHVILLE, TN] announced that Scott Craighead has joined as chief financial officer and brings more than 20 years of professional experience in public and privately owned entities.

ShiftPixy, Inc. [IRVINE, CA] (NASDAQ: PIXY) announced the hiring of Domonic “DJ” Carney as chief financial officer, replacing Patrice Launay who is leaving the company. Over the course of his impressive career, since serving as senior auditor at Deloitte & Touche in the early 1990s, Carney has twice served as Chief Financial Officer and has worked with an impressive group of public and private companies, from large corporations to high-growth startups spanning the high technology, contract manufacturing, advanced materials, and energy sectors.

Infinera Corporation [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: INFN) announced the appointment of Nancy Erba as Senior Vice President, Strategic Finance, and her subsequent appointment as Infinera’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 26, 2019. Erba will replace Brad Feller. Erba was CFO for Immersion Corporation. Prior to Immersion, she held numerous global leadership positions spanning functions and markets at Seagate Technology. These roles included Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, Division CFO and Vice President of Finance for Strategic Growth Initiatives, and Division CFO and Vice President of Finance of the Consumer Solutions Division.

Northrop Grumman Corporation [FALLS CHURCH, VA] (NYSE: NOC) appointed Todd Ernst, vice president of investor relations, reporting to Ken Bedingfield, corporate vice president and chief financial officer. Ernst succeeds Steve Movius, who will continue to serve as corporate vice president and treasurer until his planned retirement in early 2020. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Ernst served as vice president of investor relations at GE. Previously, he was vice president of corporate development at Raytheon, and led investor relations for seven years. Ernst joined Raytheon in 2010 as director, competitive assessment for corporate strategy. Ernst has also held senior positions at Balyasny Asset Management and Neuberger Berman.

DigitalOcean [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Bill Sorenson as its new Chief Financial Officer, who will help scale the company’s global finance organization. Most recently, Sorenson was the CFO at Enernoc. Previously, Sorenson served for five years as the CFO of Qlik.

Revature [RESTON, VA] announced the hiring of Arjun Ganesan as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Revature, Ganesan spent nearly 15 years at ITG, as the Global Head of Corporate Development, Strategy and Financial Planning & Analysis.

AML RightSource [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Todd Ayers as Chief Financial Officer. Ayers previously was Vice President of Finance.

John R. Freeman

BioLabs [CAMBRIDGE, MA] announced that John R. Freeman joined as Chief Financial Officer. Freeman was most recently as CFO of the Lumeon. He also led the Boston office of Tonneson + Co.

NuCurrent [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Stephen G. Wasko as its chief financial officer. Wasko led Illinois Superconductor Technology Corporation, where he was the founding CFO of a company. Wasko also served as CFO for Nanosphere, Inc. Wasko recently served as President/COO/CFO of ViMedicus, Inc.; as CFO and head of business development for Perceptual Robotics, Inc.; and as President/COO of Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.

SKOUT CYBERSECURITY [NEW YORK] announced it has appointed Don O’Neill as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Operations at Datto Inc. O’Neill also previously served as Datto’s Controller and interim CFO and played a leadership role during Vista Equity’s acquisition of the company and its subsequent merger with Autotask.

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: TPTX) named Yi Larson as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 26. Larson joins the company from Goldman Sachs & Co. where she worked for more than 12 years and most recently served as managing director of Healthcare Investment Banking.

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE: GE) announced that GE Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jamie S. Miller will transition from her role as CFO. Ms. Miller joined GE in 2008 as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. She went on to become GE’s Chief Information Officer. After two and a half years in that role, she became the President and CEO of GE Transportation. Ms. Miller was appointed SVP and Chief Financial Officer of GE in October 2017.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: MXIM) announced that Brian C. White will join Maxim on August 12, 2019. He will be appointed chief financial officer (CFO) after the filing of Maxim’s fiscal year 2019 Annual Report, estimated to be filed on August 16. Maxim Integrated’s current CFO, Bruce Kiddoo, will serve in an advisory role through October 2, 2019, after which he will retire to support non-profit causes. Most recently, White was the CFO at Integrated Device Technology (IDT) for almost six years. Prior to his role as CFO, he served as IDT’s vice president of finance and treasurer for six years. Additionally, Mr. White has held a variety of financial and operational management positions at companies including Hitachi GST, IBM and Deloitte.

Lou Martinez

Exide Technologies [Milton, GA] announced the appointment of Lou Martinez as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Martinez succeeds Tony Genito, who is retiring from Exide. Martinez joined Exide in 2005 and most recently held the position of Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to that, Mr. Martinez served as Corporate Controller for AirGate PCS, Cotelligent and Aegis Communications Group.

Regulus Therapeutics Inc. [LA JOLLA, CA] (NASDAQ: RGLS) announced the appointment of Cris Calsada as its new Chief Financial Officer effective August 30, 2019. Calsada joins Regulus from Sanifit where she has served as Chief Financial Officer since December 2017. Prior to her employment with Sanifit, Ms. Calsada was self-employed as a finance consultant to various life sciences companies. From 2004 until its acquisition in 2015, she served in positions of increasing responsibility with Ambrx, most recently serving as its Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Finance. Prior to Ambrx, she worked for Sony Online Entertainment as its Executive Director of Finance and Controller.

Craig Connop

SME [SOUTHFIELD, Mich.] announced the hiring of Craig Connop as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Connop served as the Vice President of Finance at Stoneridge Control Devices. Previously, Craig was the CFO and VP of Finance and IT at GKN Driveline Americas.

Lannett Company, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] (NYSE: LCI) announced the appointment of John Kozlowski as chief financial officer (CFO), effective August 31, 2019. He succeeds Martin Galvan, who, as previously announced, will retire on August 30, 2019, following the planned submission of the company’s Form 10-K for fiscal year 2019. Kozlowski presently serves as the company’s chief of staff and strategy officer. Prior to joining Lannett, Kozlowski held senior finance positions with Finisar Australia (formerly Optium Australia) and Optium Corporation.

Kentik [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Alfred Yu as chief financial officer. Yu joins Kentik with over 20 years of experience, including senior positions at Bill.com and Evernote.

Curvature [CHARLOTTE, NC] announced the appointment of Sreekant Kasibhatta as the company’s new CFO. Previously, Kasibhatta served as CFO for RGIS. Prior to that, Kasibhatta held roles of increasing scope and seniority during 14 years at Tyco International. He also served as VP and CFO of Tyco’s Growth Markets. Additionally, Kasibhatta was the VP and CFO of Tyco Integrated Security, formerly ADT Commercial, a division of Tyco’s North American Installation & Services.

MATH Venture Partners [CHICAGO] announced the addition of Josh Leavitt as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Josh was a Market President for Green Thumb Industries and the Co-Founder & CEO of Zoku Technologies. Prior to that, from 2007 to 2016, Josh was the CFO of a Chicago-based hedge fund.

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