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Citrix Systems, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced the election of Graham Smith, former CFO at Salesforce, to its board of directors. Mr. Smith has served as a director of Splunk since 2011 and was previously the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Salesforce, where he held other senior executive positions beginning in 2007. Prior to Salesforce, he served as chief financial officer at Advent Software. He sits on the boards of MINDBODY, Inc. and Xero, Inc. Mr. Smith, will serve on the Compensation Committee.

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NYSE: ANH) announced that Thad M. Brown, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, will retire effective December 31, 2015. The Company also announced that Charles J. Siegel has been appointed by the board of directors of the Company to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, effective January 1, 2016. Mr. Siegel joined the Company in October 2004 and has served as Senior Vice President-Finance since January 2005 and also as Assistant Secretary since May 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Siegel served as Chief Financial Officer with various mortgage originators for over 30 years. Mr. Siegel began his career with KPMG.

Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. [NOGALES, AZ] (NYSE MKT: APT) announced that effective January 4, 2016, Lloyd Hoffman will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and will also join the Company’s Board of Directors. Colleen McDonald will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hoffman, who currently serves as CFO, has been with the Company since 1991, two years after the Company was founded. Ms. McDonald, who currently serves as Corporate Controller, has served with the Company for 20 years.

Prime Meridian Holding Co. [TALLAHASSEE, FL] (OTCQX: PMHG) and Prime Meridian Bank have appointed R. Randy Guemple to serve as CFO and principal financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2016, coinciding with the retirement of their current CFO, Kathleen C. Jones. Guemple is Executive Vice President of PMHG’s whollyowned subsidiary, Prime Meridian Bank, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2010 and the Board of Directors of the Bank since 2007. He will continue to serve in those capacities. Guemple has worked closely with Jones since July, 2015, as part of the planned transition. Guemple was formerly Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of First Bank of Florida in West Palm Beach, Florida where he also served on both the Bank and Holding Company Boards of Directors. He is a member and Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc. He is a Director Emeritus of Elder Care Services, Inc. and served as the Executive Director of the Leon County Educational Facilities Authority.

HRG Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] appointed George C. Nicholson to the additional position of Acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nicholson’s appointment as Acting Chief Financial Officer will be effective as of January 4, 2015. Prior to such appointment, Mr. Nicholson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company.

LSB Industries, Inc. [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NYSE: LXU) announced that it has appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer Daniel D. Greenwell as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Greenwell has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since September 2015. Mr. Greenwell has served as a Partner and Chief Financial Officer of a private equity investment and advisory firm since September 2014. Mr. Greenwell previously served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Sabre Industries Inc. from April 2013 until May 2014. From January 2012 until March 2013, Mr. Greenwell served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tronox Limited. Prior to that, Mr. Greenwell served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Terra Industries, Inc., from 2005 until its acquisition by CF Industries Holdings, Inc. in April 2010. He also served on the Board of Directors of Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P., a Master Limited Partnership, from March 2008 until April 2010. Mr. Greenwell has held various executive leadership positions at a number of public companies, including Belden Inc., Zoltek Companies Inc., and Sigma Chemical Company.

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RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.  [DENVER] (NYSE: RMAX)  appointed Karri Callahan, Vice President and Corporate Controller, to the position of CFO, after former CFO and COO Dave Metzger is retiring. Ms. Callahan joined RE/MAX in April 2013 as Senior Manager of SEC Reporting and was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Controller in June 2014. She served as the Company’s Acting Chief Accounting Officer from November 6, 2014 to January 26, 2015 and as Acting Chief Financial Officer from December 31, 2014 through January 26, 2015. Prior to joining RE/MAX, Ms. Callahan worked at Ernst & Young, LLP most recently as Senior Manager since 2008.

RetailMeNot, Inc.  [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: SALE) announced that J. Scott Di Valerio was appointed as its chief financial officer, replacing interim CFO Louis Agnese. In 2010, Scott joined Outerwall as the company’s chief financial officer, and served in that role until he was appointed CEO in late 2013. Prior to Outerwall, Scott served as president of the Americas for the Lenovo Group Limited, and he held senior positions at Microsoft Corporation as corporate vice president of Microsoft’s OEM division and as corporate vice president of finance and administration and chief accounting officer. Previously Scott served in management positions at The Walt Disney Company and Mindwave Software Inc., and as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Clean Harbors, Inc.  [NORWELL, Mass] (NYSE: CLH) announced the appointment of Michael L. Battles, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as part of a planned transition. James M. Rutledge, the Company’s CFO since 2005, will remain in his role as Vice Chairman and President. Mr. Battles has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 2013. Prior to Clean Harbors, Mike spent 12 years in a variety of senior financial positions at PerkinElmer Inc.  Most recently, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PerkinElmer’s Human Health business. Prior to his role in Human Health, he served as Chief Accounting Officer for several years and Acting Chief Financial Officer during a one-year search period. Prior to PerkinElmer, Mike held several positions at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1990 to 2001.

GSE Environmental [HOUSTON] announced that Thomas Wright will be the company’s new CFO. Thomas was formerly CFO and EVP of Sterling Construction. Previously, Thomas was CFO of St. Mary’s/CBM. Additionally, he has also held senior management positions with Boart Longyear, a drilling services and products manufacturer, Allied Signal, and others.

Oak Valley Bancorp [OAKDALE, CA] (NASDAQ: OVLY)  announced the promotion of Jeff Gall as CFO, replacing Rick McCarty. Jeff has been the Vice President of Finance and Accounting for the Bank since 2006.

North Highland [ATLANTA] welcomes Beth Schiavo to the firm’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Schiavo served as assurance partner at Ernst & Young.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK [LANSING, Mich] announced the promotion of Jeff Wesley from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Executive Officer.

Evolving Systems, Inc.  [ENGLEWOOD, CO] (NASDAQ: EVOL) announced that Dan Moorhead, formerly Vice President, Finance and Administration, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Previously Mr. Moorhead held various management positions at High Country Club, Convergent Communications and the public accounting firm of Malouff and Co.

Compeat [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Kerry Carney joined the executive team as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carney joins Compeat from Profiles International.

Infoblox Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NYSE: BLOX) announced that Janesh Moorjani has joined Infoblox as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Moorjani joins Infoblox from VMware. Prior to VMware, Moorjani had a successful finance and sales career at Cisco. Previously, Moorjani worked at Goldman Sachs, rising to vice president in the firm’s merchant banking division in Silicon Valley.

Sage Growth Partners (SGP) [Baltimore, MD] announced the appointment of Melissa Pitchford as the firm’s first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining SGP in 2014, Ms. Pitchford was the CFO of Katzen Eye Group. From 2002-2011, Pitchford earned multiple promotions, shareholder status, and ultimately a position as chair of the medical practice group for KatzAbosch.

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.  [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: ALSN) announced that David S. Graziosi, currently Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to the additional role of President. Graziosi joined Allison in November 2007 as Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer, shortly after the Company’s sale by General Motors to The Carlyle Group and Onex Corporation. The company begins its search for a new CFO.

Hancock Fabrics, Inc. [BALDWYN, Miss.] (OTC: HKFI)  announced the appointment of Rebecca I. Flick as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Flick currently serves as the Chairman – Finance Committee of the Marcus Autism Center Board of Trustees and is a director of the National Monuments Foundation Board and a member of the University of Tennessee Finance Department Advisory Board. From 2013 to September 2014, she served as Global Vice President – Finance and Treasurer at Recall Corporation, and from 2012 to 2013, she served as Enterprise Vice President – Finance and Treasurer at ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. 2011 to 2012, Ms. Flick served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at SecurAmerica, LLC. Prior to that she spent approximately 14 years at The Home Depot, Inc., in various positions, including Vice President – Finance and Treasurer.

Envision Business Consulting [DENVER] announced the addition of Colleen Kasch as its first official Chief Financial Officer. Kasch, a CPA, has worked with many mid-sized construction, development, service, architectural, venture capital, and other companies as CFO, Controller, and/or Consultant.

Protective Life Corporation [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] announced that Steven G. Walker has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller, replacing Richard J. Bielen, who has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Walker will continue leading the accounting function at Protective in addition to his position as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Walker joined Protective Life in 2002 and has served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since 2003.

Ophthotech Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: OPHT) announced that Glenn P. Sblendorio, a leading industry veteran, will be joining the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Michael G. Atieh. Mr. Sblendorio is joining Ophthotech from The Medicines Company, where he most recently served as President and Chief Financial Officer. He has held a variety of senior management positions at Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Eyetech Pharmaceuticals Inc. and MPM Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. Sblendorio has served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee Chairman of Ophthotech.

Codiak BioSciences Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Linda Bain will be its first chief financial officer. Linda Bain joined Codiak from Avalanche Biotechnologies where, as chief financial officer, she led a successful IPO and follow-on financing. She previously served as vice president of finance, business operations and treasurer at Bluebird Bio. Ms. Bain has held senior roles at Genzyme Corporation, including vice president of finance, global manufacturing and operations and vice president of finance of Genzyme Genetics. Earlier in her career, she served in senior finance roles at Fidelity Investments and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche.

Good Start Genetics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass] a commercial-stage molecular genetics information company, announced today that it has appointed Marc Jones to the post of chief financial officer (CFO). Jones joins Good Start Genetics from T2. Previously, Jones served as chief financial officer of Crashlytics, Ivenix and CHiL Semiconductor.

eFileCabinet, Inc. [LEHI, Utah] is pleased to announce Alan Taylor has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer. Taylor assumes the CFO role previously held by Jeff Coulter, who will now serve as COO of the company. Most recently, Taylor comes from Adaptive Computing Enterprises, and also has experience working with companies like Helius, Novell, Honeywell, Ford Motor Company, and Boeing.

BioDuro, LLC [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Ian R Wisenberg as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wisenberg joins the company after having served for the past seven years as Managing Director of BioGlobal Consulting Group where he worked closely with several growth companies including Genalyte, Intrinsic Lifesciences, Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, and more recently Molecular Response and Formex.  Mr. Wisenberg also served as Chief Business Officer for the Biotech Investment Group. From January 2009 to December 2012, Mr. Wisenberg served as Managing Director for ChinaBio Capital Partners.

NetApp, Inc. [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced that its CFO, Nick Noviello has decided to pursue another opportunity. Jeffrey Bergmann, vice president of corporate finance, will assume the role of interim chief financial officer. Jeffrey Bergmann joined NetApp in June 2009 as vice president of global tax. Since August 2015, Mr. Bergman has served as NetApp’s vice president of corporate finance. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Bergman was senior vice president, tax and administration at Verisign, Inc. Prior to 2003, Mr. Bergmann was a federal tax partner at KPMG LLP.

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. [RENO, Nev] (NASDAQ: ERI) Chief Financial Officer, Bob Jones, announced his intention to retire, effective March 15, 2016. Tom Reeg, President of Eldorado Resorts Inc., will assume the additional title and responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer upon Mr. Jones’ retirement.

Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. [WALNUT CREEK, CA] (NYSE MKT: ORM) announced that Bryan Draper, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ORM, has been promoted President and Chief Executive Officer. Melina Platt will be succeeding him as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Ms. Platt has been the Controller of the manager since May 1998 and was previously a Senior Manager with KPMG in the San Francisco Bay Area practice.

EnerBank USA [SALT LAKE CITY] announced Kristin Dittmer will assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Charlie Knadler, who was promoted President and CEO. Dittmer was previously Executive Vice President of Finance and Credit at EnerBank. She joined EnerBank in 2010 as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Previously she served as Chief Credit Officer of BMW Bank of North America. She began her banking career as a Financial Examiner for the Utah Department of Financial Institutions.

eBags [DENVER] announced the appointment of Dan Hogan as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Hogan joins the company with a solid history of executive leadership. He spent nine years at the Coleman Company where he was CFO and COO. Prior to Coleman, Hogan had senior operations roles at Easton-Bell Sports and World Kitchen, whose brands include Corningware, Corelle, Pyrex, Ecko, and Revere. Earlier in his career, he was Vice President, Finance, at a division of Georgia Pacific as well as at the Fort James Corporation.

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced that Stephen Rupolo, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will move to a newly-created position as Vice President – Product Strategy. Rupolo joined SmartSource Rentals as the Corporate Controller in 1987. In 1996, he was named Vice President and in 2004, he was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). 

Ice Energy [SANTA BARBARA, CA] has hired Charles Costenbader as its new Chief Financial Officer. Costenbader most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Synthesis Energy Systems, based in Shanghai, China. Prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer. He has 25 years of physical asset operations and commodity risk management experience in the power generation, refining, natural gas storage, biofuels, and renewable energy sectors. This includes 10 years in the Structured Finance Group of GE Capital and energy commodities at Macquarie Bank.

VECTRA [ST. LOUIS] formerly OM Group, Inc., announced that Manavendra Sial has been appointed its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Manavendra brings over 20 years of experience from SunEdison, Inc. and General Electric (GE). Most recently, Mr. Sial served as Senior Vice President-Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer for SunEdison. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer for SunEdison’s APAC andSouth Africa business.  Manavendra also held various financial and management positions at GE, most recently as the CFO for GE’s Power Delivery business.

Constellation West [WASHINGTON] announced that Dale Stucke has joined the company as chief financial officer. Stucke is a seasoned finance executive and certified public accountant with more than 25 years of experience with Fortune 500, small and private corporations, including some of the largest leaders in government industry such as BearingPoint, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, GTSI Corp., Unisys and, most recently, USIS.

Scenic Hudson [HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y.] has named Jason Camporese of Hopewell Junction as the nonprofit group’s new chief finance officer. Mr. Camporese began his career in public accounting, where he served as an audit manager and senior auditor during a seven-year tenure with firms in New York City and White Plains. After his time in public accounting, Mr. Camporese spent four years as finance director of the New York City-based nonprofit sports and fitness center Asphalt Green.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. [SUNNYVALE, CA] introduced new chief financial officer (CFO), Nick Noviello, replacing Gregg Hampton. Noviello has over 20 years of leadership experience in financial and operational roles. At NetApp, which he joined in 2008, and was CFO for the last four years. Prior to joining NetApp, Noviello spent eight years at Honeywell International.

DS Healthcare Group [Pompano Beach, Fla.] Mark Brockelman has joined the company and will oversee all aspects of the financial departments within the organization. Prior to joining DS Healthcare, Brockelman served as the Chief Financial Officer for National Dentex Corporation as well as the Senior Vice President/Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of the Miami Dolphins and SunLife Stadium. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer at eScreen, Inc. Prior experience also includes four years as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Ascend Media LLC. He previously spent five years at American Media, Inc. (AMI). Mark was AMI’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. In his early career, Brockelman spent seven years at Arthur Andersen LLP in Chicago and West Palm Beach, culminating in his role as a Senior Audit Manager.

Meritage Homes Corporation [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] (NYSE: MTH) announced that Larry W. Seay, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire on March 31, 2016, concluding a 30-year career in homebuilding. Mr. Seay will be succeeded by Hilla Sferruzza, Meritage’s current senior vice president and chief accounting officer. Sferruzza joined Meritage in 2006 to be corporate controller in charge of the company’s accounting and financial reporting functions. She was named chief accounting officer in 2010 and senior vice president in 2013.

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FTI Consulting, Inc. [Washington, D.C.] (NYSE: FCN) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, David M. Johnson will leave the Company on February 29, 2016, to accept a position as Chief Financial Officer of the International Rescue Committee. Mr. Johnson will continue as the Chief Financial Officer of FTI Consulting until his departure date and will complete the preparation and filing of the Company’s Annual Report.

TiVo Inc. [SAN JOSE, CA] (NASDAQ: TIVO) has named Naveen Chopra, the company’s chief financial officer, interim chief executive officer, effective January 30, 2016. Mr. Chopra has been with TiVo since 2003, serving most recently as its chief financial officer while also leading the company’s corporate development and strategy initiatives. Before joining TiVo, Chopra held a variety of business development and product marketing roles at HP, Microsoft, Moxi Digital, Ispiri and Ofoto.

Jobvite  [SAN MATEO, CA] announced the appointment of Peter Maloney as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Peter’s previous experience includes: CFO of E2Open, CFO of SNOCAP, Inc. and CFO of Keynote Systems, Inc.

Informatica [Redwood City, Calif.] announced it has appointed Doug Barnett as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Informatica, Barnett was the executive vice president  and chief financial officer at TriZetto Corporation. Prior to TriZetto, Barnett was a managing director and chief financial officer of AlixPartners. Before joining AlixPartners, Barnett was senior vice president of Finance for UGS PLM Software (acquired by Siemens).

Taulia Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] named John Varughese as CFO. Varughese joins Taulia from Perella Weinberg Partners, where he served as a partner in the advisory business. Prior to Perella, Varughese was a managing director at Lehman Brothers, where he led investment banking teams for many of the firm’s largest technology clients.

UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) announced Nakisa Bidarian as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. Bidarian was formerly UFC’s Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Ventures. Prior to joining UFC, Bidarian led international real estate and hospitality investment and asset management for Mubadala Development Company. Before Mubadala, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, specializing in merger and acquisitions.

APQC [HOUSTON] announced that Mike Hinson has joined the organization as chief financial officer. APQC’s longtime CFO Mike Shea will assist with the transition until his retirement on March 1, 2016, after 28 years with the organization. Prior to joining APQC, Hinson spent more than four years as the president and chief executive officer of Wright Therapy Products, Inc. He gained extensive sales, finance, and international experience in leadership roles at Bayer Healthcare (MEDRAD), Sony Electronics, ARCO International Oil & Gas, and KPMG.

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AMCC) announced the appointment of Martin S. McDermut as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McDermut replaces Karen Rogge who served as interim chief financial officer since August 2015. Mr. McDermut was most recently senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation from August 2011 until April 2015, when the company was acquired by Microsemi Corporation. Mr. McDermut also served as chief financial officer for publicly traded companies including Iris International Inc. and Superconductor Technologies Inc. He was a partner at the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), where he was the practice leader of the firm’s Los Angeles Entrepreneurial Advisory Services group.

Church Mutual Insurance Company [MERRILL, Wis.] announced the promotion of Kevin Root to Senior Vice President – Operations and Jeffrey Steffen to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Kevin Root joined Church Mutual in September 2012 as vice president and chief financial officer. Jeff Steffen brings 22 years of business and insurance experience to the CFO position, including three years as Church Mutual’s director of financial planning and analysis.

HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (OTC: HEWA) announced that it has appointed Daniel Seliga as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company full time, Mr. Seliga was a Managing Director of Melrose Capital, the Company’s senior lender. From September 2010 to December 2012, he was General Manager and Business Manager for MVI Enterprises. From November 1996 to July 2010, Mr. Seliga was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations for Mae Holding Company. Prior to 1996, Mr. Seliga served as a commercial and real estate lending officer for Bank of New York and PNC Bank.

AMETEK, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: AME) announced the appointment of William J. Burke as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 15, 2016. Mr. Burke currently serves as Senior Vice President, Comptroller & Treasurer. He will replace Robert R. Mandos, Jr. who has announced his retirement after 35 very successful years with AMETEK. Mr. Burke joined AMETEK in 1987 and served in a number of financial, operational and business unit management roles prior to being named Vice President, Investor & Corporate Relations in 1999. He was named Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer in 2007 and in 2012 was elected to his current role as Senior Vice President, Comptroller & Treasurer.

Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of James Budge, former Genesys and Rovi CFO and COO, as its Chief Financial Officer.

Tegile Systems [NEWARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Michael Morgan as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Morgan served as the CFO of Panzura. Before that, he held the CFO position at Model N. Morgan has also served as CFO of BackWeb Technologies, and led two IPOs including Talarian, which was sold to Tibco Software.

Antares Capital [CHICAGO] announced that it hired Barry Giarraputo as chief financial officer. Mr. Giarraputo joins Antares from 40 North Management where he served as chief operating officer. Prior to that role, Mr. Giarraputo was with Apollo Global Management as an executive officer, chief accounting officer and controller, and CFO at various Apollo subsidiaries.

CollabNet [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the addition of Amir Ameri as chief financial officer. Ameri joins CollabNet from Precise Software, where he served as CFO. Prior to Precise, Ameri was CFO of EnergyConnect. He also served as CFO and VP of operations for Aperto Networks and CFO and VP of finance and administration of Resumix.

Crystal Rock Holdings, Inc. [WATERTOWN, CT] (NYSE MKT: CRVP) announced the promotion of David Jurasek to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Jurasek has served the last four years as Crystal Rock’s Vice President of Finance. Beginning at Crystal Rock in 1995, Jurasek has served in various financial and insurance capacities including the merger between Crystal Rock and Vermont Pure in 2000. Prior to Crystal Rock, he worked as Director of Finance for Nuclear Energy Services.

MetricStream [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Bert Clement as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Mr. Clement served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Atrenta. Prior to Atrenta, he held the Senior Vice President, CFO and Controller titles at VeriSign. Mr. Clement has also held executive positions at MCI Telecommunications, Broad Point Communications, and Network Solutions.

Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. [CAPE CORAL, Fla.] (OTC: LEAI) appointed Christian A. J. Baeza to Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of its Company. Mr. Baeza was formerly the Company’s Interim CFO from June 2015 and Vice President and Corporate Controller from April 2015. From 2008 to 2014, Mr. Baeza held various senior finance positions, including Director of Financial Reporting and Assistant Corporate Controller, at Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. Mr. Baeza held various finance positions from 2003 to 2008 at Spectra Energy Corp.

Catapult Learning, Inc. [CAMDEN, N.J.] announced the promotion of Andrea Vargas to President of the company’s Schools Division. Ms. Vargas most recently served as Corporate Chief Financial Officer, a position she assumed following Catapult Learning’s merger with Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI) in July 2015. From 2004 to 2015, Ms. Vargas held several leadership roles with SESI, including Controller, Chief Accounting Officer, and Vice President of Finance. Prior to her tenure at SESI, she worked in various finance and accounting functions at several large corporations, including United Technologies.

Captivate [NEW YORK] announced Harris Hwang as Chief Financial Officer. Hwang brings 20+ years of financial experience and leadership from top corporations, including Getty Images, BlackRock and Merrill Lynch. Hwang was promoted from Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development.

Hydrocarb Energy Corporation [HOUSTON] (OTC: HECC) announced that K. Andrew Lai has joined the Company’s executive management team as its new Chief Financial Officer. From January 2013 to December 2015, Mr. Lai was an international financial consultant working mainly with oil and gas and real estate investors from China. From January 2011 to December 2012, Mr. Lai was the Chief Financial Officer of Lucas Energy, Inc. in Houston, Texas. From May 2010 to December 2010, Mr. Lai was an international business consultant. From October 2007 to April 2010, Mr. Lai served as Chief Financial Officer with Far East Energy Corporation in Houston.  Mr. Lai joined Far East in 2007 and served as a member of Far East’s management team until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer.  From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Lai held various managerial positions with EOG Resources, Inc., in Houston, including Financial Reporting Director and International Accounting Director.  From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Lai held various positions with UMC Petroleum Corp. (which subsequently merged into Devon Energy).

LiveOps Cloud [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Jeff Byal has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He most recently served as the CFO and Interim CEO at NewComLink. Prior to NewComLink, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at EZCORP, Inc. He has also held CFO roles and other financial leadership positions at companies including MSI Systems Integrators, Pamida, GiftCertificates.com, Gordmans and Appriss.

Nuo Therapeutics, Inc. [GAITHERSBURG, Md.] (OTC: NUOT) announced the appointment of the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer, David E. Jorden, as the Company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer.

Anki [SAN FRANCISCO] appointed Dominic Ruso as Chief Financial Officer. Ruso was formerly the CFO at Beats by Dr. Dre. Prior to Beats, Ruso was the Channel Controller for EMEIA and held senior positions in Sales Finance in Cupertino. Before joining Apple, he spent many years at Cisco Systems, Inc., holding various senior positions in Finance and Operations.

Venminder [ELIZABETHTOWN, KY] announced Michael Campbell will join as chief financial officer.

Jaguar Growth Partners [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ian Wilkin as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Jaguar, Mr. Wilkin was Head of Decision Support for Real Estate & Infrastructure at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Prior to ADIA, Mr. Wilkin worked with Ernst & Young (EY) in the United Kingdom.

Healogics, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that David Bassin has joined the company as chief financial officer. Bassin most recently served as chief financial officer at eviCore Healthcare, Inc. (MedSolutions, Inc.). Previously, David was the chief financial officer at Inventiv Health where he spent eleven years progressing in multiple financial roles.

Aquantia [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced Mark Voll has been appointed the company’s chief financial officer. Most recently, he was CFO at Montage Technology Group. Additionally, he was chief financial officer of MoSys, Inc. from June 2002 to November 2005 and also from March 1998 to June 2000.

FusionHealth  [ATLANTA] appointed Mike McCloskey as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining FusionHealth, McCloskey was the CFO for Norcross-based TransCentra, Inc. McCloskey was also CFO of Atlanta-based Parkmobile USA, Inc. Additionally, McCloskey held several senior level finance positions with organizations like Harland Clarke, where he was Vice President of Finance Operations.

SessionM [BOSTON] announced that it has hired Todd Donahue as chief financial officer. Donahue joins SessionM from erecruit, where he served as CFO and COO. Prior to erecruit, Donahue held several senior finance and operating roles including CFO at Livewire Mobile, Chief Accounting Officer at NMS Communications and VP Product Operations and VP Finance at Aspen Technology.

Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. [FORT LEE, N.J.] (NASDAQ: PPSI) announced that Thomas Klink, President of Pioneer’s Jefferson Electric Segment and an experienced financial executive, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. He succeeds Andrew Minkow, who has resigned from Pioneer, as both an officer and a director, to pursue other professional opportunities. Most recently, Mr. Klink was President of Jefferson Electric, rising to that position after serving in several positions of increasing responsibility, including chief executive officer, chief financial officer, vice president, treasurer, secretary and chairman of the board of directors. Previously, from 1994 to 1996, Mr. Klink served as a division controller at MagneTek, Inc.

Montefiore Health System (MHS) [NEW YORK] appointed Colleen M. Blye as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Ms. Blye joins Montefiore from Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS), where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Earlier in her career, she was Executive Vice President for Finance and Integrated Services at Catholic Health Initiatives, a health system with 78 hospitals in 20 states.

Vince Holding Corp. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: VNCE) announced the appointment of David Stefko to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Stefko previously held the position of Interim CFO and Treasurer. Mr. Stefko has 28 years of senior finance and executive management experience and until being named Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, held the position of Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners. Prior to joining Sun Capital, he served as SVP, CFO & CAO of Things Remembered.

Education Management Corporation [PITTSBURGH] announced that Mick J. Beekhuizen will be stepping down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 29. Frank Jalufka will replace Mr. Beekhuizen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jalufka most recently served as the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at The Dolan Company.

SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced that Sanjay Kapur has joined the company as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President (VP) of Finance. He succeeds CFO Stephen Rupolo, who is now leading corporate product, pricing and asset management strategy in the newly created position of Vice President – Product Strategy. Prior to joining SmartSource Rentals, Kapur spent almost 20 years with Arrow Electronics, Inc., serving most recently as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Director of Finance for A.E. Petsche (an Arrow Electronics Company based in Arlington, TX). In addition to his role as CFO for Petsche, Kapur has held multiple executive operating roles at Arrow in areas of finance, sales management, marketing and procurement.  Prior to Arrow, Kapur spent five years with McKinsey & Company (Houston, TX) and two years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pittsburgh, PA).

U.S. Concrete, Inc. [EULESS, TX] (NASDAQ: USCR) announced that it has hired Joseph C. “Jody” Tusa, Jr. as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tusa was most recently the CFO of Emerge Energy Services LP. Tusa’s diverse financial experience also includes CFO roles at USA Compression Partners, LP, COMSYS IT Partners, Inc., and DSM Copolymer, Inc., along with senior leadership positions at Metamor Worldwide, Inc. and TOTAL American Mining, Inc.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. [ST. LOUIS, MO] (NASDAQ: ISLE) announced that Eric Hausler, Isle’s chief financial officer, will become chief executive officer; Hausler was named chief financial officer in July 2014. Prior to that, he served as chief strategic officer from 2011 to 2014 and senior vice president, strategic initiatives from 2009 to 2011. Before joining Isle, Hausler served as senior vice president of development for another gaming company and held various positions on Wall Street covering the gaming, lodging and leisure industries.

First Business Financial Services, Inc. [MADISON, WI] (NASDAQ: FBIZ) announced the appointment of Edward G. Sloane, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer. Sloane brings to First Business more than 30 years of financial services experience, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer with Peoples Bancorp, Inc. Prior to that, he spent 19 years with WesBanco, Inc., a financial services company in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he held the positions of Senior Vice President – Strategic Planning & Analysis, Senior Vice President – Controller, and other roles. Sloane will replace First Business Chief Financial Officer James Ropella, who will continue in the roles of Senior Vice President and Treasurer to facilitate the transition of the Chief Financial Officer position to Mr. Sloane.

Virtus Pharmaceuticals [TAMPA, Fl.] hired Damian Finio as Chief Financial Officer. Finio was previously SVP Finance at Heritage Pharmaceuticals, and has previous senior finance experience with West-Ward Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development after spending over 14 year with AstraZeneca in various finance roles.

American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”) [BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ASEI) announced the appointment of Diane Basile as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Treasurer of the Company. Basile succeeds Kenneth Galaznik, who has served in those roles since 2008 and is retiring following the end of the current fiscal year, as previously announced.  Prior to joining the company, Basile served as CFO of Intronis. Previously, she was Vice President of Finance for Nuance Communications’ Healthcare Division, and held senior financial posts at technology firms including Mercury Computer and PerkinElmer.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. [Virginia Beach, VA] (NASDAQ:WHLR) announced that Wilkes Graham will join the Company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Graham will succeed Steven Belote, who will remain with the Company as its Chief Operating Officer. Since 2010 Mr. Graham has worked with Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC where he served as Director of Research and as a Senior Sell-Side Equity Research Analyst. Prior to joining Compass Point, Mr. Graham worked as a Vice President and a Senior Sell-Side Analyst focused on the real estate sector at FBR Capital Markets & Co. Previously, he worked as a Research Associate covering REITs for Raymond James & Associates.

BioBlast Pharma Ltd. [NEW HAVEN, Conn.] (NASDAQ: ORPN) announced that it has appointed Robert (Bob) Cook to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  As previously announced, Udi Gilboa, co-founder of the Company, who until today was the CFO, will now transition to a special advisor role reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and will continue as a member of the Company’s board of directors. Mr. Cook most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strata Skin Sciences, formerly Mela Sciences.  Mr. Cook’s prior pharma experience includes ten years as the CFO of Immune Pharmaceuticals and its predecessor EpiCept Corporation, including one year as Interim President and CEO of EpiCept.  Prior to that he served six years as CFO at Pharmos Corporation.

Commonwealth Engineers, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS, IN] announced the promotion of Ann Dryer to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Corporate Treasurer. Ann has worked for Commonwealth since 2001

Carver Bancorp, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CARV), the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank, announced that David Toner will be stepping down as Chief Financial Officer, effective on or about February 18, 2016, to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Toner will continue to serve as CFO until that time and will assist with the transition. Mr. Toner joined Carver Bancorp, Inc. in 2009 and has served as CFO since 2013.

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. [Englewood, Colorado] announced that Christopher W. Shean resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The Company appointed Brian J. Wendling to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Wendling has been Vice President and Controller of the Company since August 2014.  He has also served as Vice President and Controller of Liberty Media Corporation since January 2013 and Liberty Interactive Corporation for more than the past five years.  Prior thereto, Mr. Wendling held various positions with these companies and their predecessors since 1999.  He has also served as Vice President and Controller of Liberty Broadband Corporation since October 2014.

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Virgin Hotels [MIAMI] announced Dan Mathewes as Chief Financial Officer. Mathewes’ background includes senior financial positions at The World, Kerzner International Holdings Limited, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited.

Evite [LOS ANGELES] announced that Paul Pucino has been named Chief Financial Officer. Pucino brings over 30 years of experience in accounting and financial operations to Evite. For the past 15 years, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer of a number of publicly-traded and privately-held companies including THQ, Digital Insight and Tekelec.

The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (NYSE: PNX) [HARTFORD, Conn.] intends to appoint Ernest McNeill Jr., currently senior vice president and chief accounting officer at Phoenix, as chief financial officer, replacing current CFO Bonnie J. Malley, who is leaving to join another organization. Mr. McNeill joined Phoenix in August, 2014 and currently oversees numerous corporate finance functions. He previously held senior accounting and finance positions at Fidelity Investments and the Hartford Financial Services Group.

Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) [ATLANTA] announced that Steven A. Michaels, President, has been named Aaron’s Chief Financial Officer and President of Strategic Operations, succeeding Gilbert L. Danielson. Michaels currently serves as Aaron’s President.  Prior to being named President, Michaels was VP, Strategic Planning and Business Development. Since joining Aaron’s in 1995, Michaels has held various roles within the organization, starting in audit and progressing through the franchise and finance departments.

TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST) [NEW YORK] announced that Eric F. Lundberg has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Richard Broitman, who will cease to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and will continue his employment with the Company as Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Lundberg recently held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ALM Media, LLC, from January 2008 to January 2015. Mr. Lundberg joined ALM Media from Penton Media, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer from November 2006 to January 2008.  Prior to joining Penton Media, Mr. Lundberg held various financial positions within American Lawyer Media (predecessor to ALM Media, LLC), including Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, from 1995-2006.

BioAgilytix [DURHAM, N.C.] added Todd Lynch as SVP and Chief Financial Officer. Lynch has more than 23 years’ experience with companies that include GlaxoSmithKline, Inveresk Research, and most recently, Metabolon.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.], announced that the Company has appointed Allan L. Shaw as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Shaw is a three-time public company Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Shaw served as a Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal. He currently serves on the boards of directors of two public companies, Vivus Inc., and Akari Therapeutics, Plc. Mr. Shaw’s previous experience includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Serono S.A., NewLead Holdings Ltd. and Viatel, Inc. Mr. Shaw was also the founder and senior managing director of Shaw Strategic Capital LLC.

Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) [LOS ANGELES] announced that Douglas L. Groves, a member of the Company’s executive leadership team, has been named vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer, succeeding Joseph P. Bellino, who retired at the end of 2015. Mr. Groves joined Ducommun in January 2013 as vice president of accounting and moved into the vice president, controller and chief accounting officer role later that year. He joined Ducommun from Beckman Coulter, Inc., where he served as corporate vice president and chief information officer after holding a series of progressively responsible finance and accounting management positions, including vice president of finance for the North American operations.

UCP, Inc. (NYSE:UCP) [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that James M. Pirrello has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer, succeeding William J. La Herran, who recently resigned. His experience includes tenures at Pulte Homes, NVR, First Homebuilders of Florida, The Fortress Group, BCB Homes and Sivage Homes.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® [LOS ANGELES] is pleased to appoint Jeff Harris as Chief Financial Officer. Harris was most recently CFO/COO of Purple Wine Company. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer for fashion brands such as Stella & Dot and Gymboree and worked in finance leadership positions for entertainment companies such as Lucasfilm Ltd. and Disney.

AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation (NYSE MKT: APHB) [SAN DIEGO] announced that Steve R. Martin has been appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer, replacing interim CFO, David E. Bosher, who will remain with AmpliPhi as a consultant. Mr. Martin served for three years as the CFO of Apricus Biosciences. Prior to Apricus, he was CFO and interim CEO of BakBone Software. Previously, Mr. Martin was senior consultant to the CEO and Acting Chief Accounting Officer for Leap Communications. Mr. Martin’s leadership experience includes serving as CFO of Stratagene Corporation and as Controller for Gen-Probe. Mr. Martin began his career at Deloitte, where he spent 10 years in its San Diego office, rising to Senior Audit Manager.

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced that Robert Painter, currently a Trimble vice president and general manager of Trimble Buildings, will become its new chief financial officer, replacing Francois Delepine, who will be leaving Trimble to pursue another opportunity. Painter assumed leadership of Trimble’s business development when he joined the company in 2006 and led all acquisition activity for three years. During that time, he played a substantial role in the creation of Virtual Site Solutions, a joint venture with Caterpillar. Subsequently, Painter was general manager for Trimble’s construction services business and then general manager for Intelligent Construction Tools, Trimble’s joint venture with Hilti. In 2015, Painter was appointed vice president for Trimble Buildings, a significant component of the Engineering and Construction segment. Prior to Trimble, he held a variety of management and finance positions at Cenveo, Rapt, Bain & Company, Whole Foods and Kraft.

Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) [IRVING, Texas] announced that its Board of Directors has promoted Mary A. Lindsey to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Barbara R. Smith who has been promoted to COO. Ms. Lindsey joined the Company in September 2009 as Vice President-Tax, and she became the Vice President-Tax and Investor Relations in June 2015. Prior to joining CMC, Ms. Lindsey served as Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel for Albany International Corp, and from January 2005 to March 2006, Ms. Lindsey was an attorney at Baker and Hostetler, a national law firm.  In addition, Ms. Lindsey served in various roles, including Vice President Tax and Tax Counsel, Legal Counsel responsible for global M&A and intellectual property, and General Manager of Corporate M&A, at The Timken Company from January 1985 to January 2005.

Enable Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENBL) [OKLAHOMA CITY] announced that its Board of Directors has named John Laws Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Laws, a 6-year Enable leader, succeeds former CFO Rod Sailor. Prior to being named CFO, Laws served as treasurer at Enable. Before joining Enable in 2010, he served various organizations in a variety of corporate finance leadership roles.

Tintri Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced that John C. Bolger has joined Tintri as its newest board member. John brings more than 30 years of accounting and financial expertise, as well as extensive public company board and senior management experience. Bolger is a retired vice president of finance and administration as well as chief financial officer for Cisco Systems Inc., and has served as audit committee chair on more than 10 boards of a variety of high tech companies.

GSC Logistics, Inc. [OAKLAND, Calif.] has promoted Marc Jensen to CFO. Mr. Jensen joined GSC Logistics in March 2015 as VP of Finance / Corporate Controller, bringing over 30 years of transportation and logistics experience to GSC Logistics. Prior to joining GSC he served as principal for MLJ Consulting LLC. Mr. Jensen previously served as VP, Corporate Controller for Pacer International, where he had earlier served as Pacer International’s head of Internal Audit. His experience also includes American President Lines (APL), APL Logistics, and the original United States Lines, serving in a variety of financial, operational, and information technology roles.

Demandbase [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Steven Klei has joined the company’s board of directors as head of the Audit Committee, in addition to being the chief financial officer at Kabam. Klei has an impressive background, holding chief financial officer positions at a variety of successful SaaS companies including Jigsaw, ProBusiness, Autonomy, Zantaz Inc. and Xactly

Monaker Group (OTC: MKGI) [WESTON, FL] announced that Omar Jimenez has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Mr. Jimenez has held a variety of senior financial management positions including CFO at EpiCenter Development, and President & CFO at American Leisure Holdings, Inc. Mr. Jimenez also served as Director of Operations for US Installation Group, Inc., a selling and installation group for The Home Depot, and CFO and VP of Onyx Group, Inc.

RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ: RP) [CARROLLTON, Texas] announced that Brian Shelton will be named Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer after W. Bryan Hill, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer resigns, to pursue other opportunities and interests. Mr. Shelton previously served as Vice President of Finance for St. Jude Medical, Inc., 2010 to 2014. From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Shelton held various senior financial and operational roles at St. Jude Medical, Inc.

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) [NEW YORK] announced that Robert Qutub, its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has notified the company that he intends to retire. It is expected that Mr. Qutub will remain with the company until the earlier of mid-May and the appointment of his successor.

FireMon [OVERLAND PARK, KS] announced the appointment of Donald Klumb as Chief Financial Officer. Donald Klumb has more than 30 years of management experience including CFO of Cartesian (CRTN). Prior to Cartesian, he was an audit and consulting partner at Deloitte.

Veracity Management Global, Inc. (PINK: VCMG) [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Peter B. Dauterman to its board of directors, and will serve as Chief Financial Officer and a Director.

FCB Financial Holdings, Inc. [WESTON, Fla.] announced the appointment of Jennifer L. Simons to the post of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Simons assumes the post from Paul D. Burner who served in the role of CFO since July 2012, and will continue with FCB in the role of Finance Director. In July 2015 Ms. Simons was promoted to Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Upon joining the Company in 2014 as Chief Accounting Officer, Ms. Simons brought over 20 years financial experience to FCB. Most recently, she was Vice President and Senior Manager at PNC Financial Services Group.

Phononic [DURHAM, N.C.] announced that Tom Werthan has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Werthan comes to Phononic from Solid State Equipment where he was CFO. Previously, he held the CFO position at Sunlogics and Emcore. Werthan has also held finance and accounting leadership positions at Audio Visual Labs.

Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) [Novato, CA,] announced that Brad Forsyth will be resigning as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 18, 2016. Following Mr. Forsyth’s departure and during the Company’s search for a permanent replacement, functions previously performed by Mr. Forsyth will be managed with existing personnel.

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: FDML) [Southfield, Michigan] announced that Jerome Rouquet has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation. Rouquet will replace Raj Shah, Senior Vice President and CFO, Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, who announced his retirement. In addition to assuming the new corporate CFO responsibilities, Rouquet will continue in his role as Senior Vice President, Finance of the Motorparts division.

Mavenlink [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that it has expanded its executive team with the addition of Michael Lin to the position of CFO. Prior to joining Mavenlink, Michael was the CFO of Cake Marketing. Michael has also served as CFO of both Uniloc and Gehry Technologies. Prior to that, he was VP of Finance and Planning at enterprise search company Fast Search and Transfer.

Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ONVO) [SAN DIEGO] announced that Barry Michaels, chief financial officer (“CFO”), will retire after the end of the Company’s current fiscal year.  Michaels, whose outstanding career spans over 40 years, has served as CFO since August 2011.

Restaurant Revolution Technologies, Inc. (RRT) [SAN DIEGO, CA] announced the addition of Jack Fitzpatrick as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Fitzpatrick has over 30 years of experience working with startup and emerging growth companies in a wide variety of industries. Prior to joining RRT, Fitzpatrick was COO and CFO of Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc. Prior to Skylight, Jack was CFO at Discovery Partners (IPO), CFO at Diatek, LP (merger), CFO at Pacific Data Products (merger), and CFO at Syntro Corporation (IPO).

O2 Concepts, LLC [OKLAHOMA CITY, OK] announced the appointment of Cory Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith has held key leadership positions in finance and information technology for over a decade in the surgical device sector. He most recently served as an executive with Endologix (ELGX). Prior to Endologix, Mr. Smith held multiple finance management positions in the healthcare industry.

Integrated Freight Corporation (OTC PINK: IFCR) [DANBURY, CT] announced that its board of directors has appointed Jace Simmons as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Simmons brings over thirty years of CFO-level experience in diverse business segments including both mid and large-cap public companies.

River Valley Community Bank (OTC: RVVY) [YUBA CITY, Calif.] is pleased to announce it has appointed Michael Finn, as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Michael began his career in public accounting with McGladrey & Pullen LLP in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Michael transitioned away from public accounting in 2006 and spent two years as the Controller for a de novo bank, Service1st Bank of Nevada.  He spent the next seven years back in public accounting, including five years with Perry-Smith LLP, where he advanced to the senior manager position, and two additional years with Moss Adams LLP.

REV Group, Inc. [MIAMI, Fla.] announced that Dean Nolden has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). For the past 17 years, Nolden has worked with the Manitowoc Company in Manitowoc, WI. He held positions of increasing responsibility in the finance area, serving most recently as Executive Vice President Finance for Manitowoc’s Crane segment and interim CFO for its Foodservice business. Prior to that, he was Manitowoc’s VP of Finance & Treasurer.

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EMC Corporation [HOPKINTON, Mass.] (NYSE: EMC) announced that Denis Cashman has been named EMC Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1.  Mr. Cashman will succeed Zane Rowe, who will become Chief Financial Officer of VMware, also effective March 1. Mr. Cashman began his professional career with EMC in Ireland in 1988 as the Finance Controller for EMC’s Cork manufacturing facility. Since then, he has held numerous financial positions including European Financial Controller, International Financial Controller, Vice President of International Finance, Corporate Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Finance, and most recently Chief Financial Officer for EMC Information Infrastructure and EMC’s Chief Accounting Officer.

VMware, Inc. [HOPKINTON, Mass.] announced that EMC CFO Zane Rowe will move to become VMware’s Chief Financial Officer effective March 1.  The appointment is made as EMC prepares to complete its previously announced combination with Dell. Once the transaction closes, EMC will be combined with Dell and VMware will remain a publicly-traded company.

Adaptive Insights [PALO ALTO, CA] appointed Jim Johnson as CFO. Prior to joining Adaptive Insights, Johnson was CFO of TIBCO Software. He joined TIBCO through the acquisition of Jaspersoft. Prior to Jaspersoft, Johnson served as the chief financial officer of privately-held MSC Software, and VGH. Johnson’s experience also includes executive-level finance positions at VERITAS (which merged with Symantec in 2005) and 15 years at Sun Microsystems.

Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.] announced that Jeffrey M. Stafeil, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Stafeil has been with Visteon since October 2012.

OpenTable [SAN FRANCISCO], part of The Priceline Group, announced that Jeff McCombs has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining OpenTable, McCombs served as the Chief Financial Officer for Flipboard.  Previously, he served as the Global Head of Business Operations for Facebook’s ad business; Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate and Business Development for Tumri; and in various senior executive roles at Yahoo. He began his career as an investment banker at firms including Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers.

NASDAQ [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced that Lee Shavel, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy will retire, effective March 31, 2016. Shavel joined Nasdaq in 2011 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  Shavel has accepted a position to join the Board of Directors of a public company. Ron Hassen, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, Nasdaq, will serve as interim CFO, as the company conducts an active search to fill the role. Mr. Hassen has been with Nasdaq for nearly 15 years and previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer.

Lands’ End, Inc. [DODGEVILLE, Wis.] (NASDAQ: LE) announced that it has named James (Jim) Gooch EVP, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gooch most recently served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Demoulas Supermarkets until December 2014.  Prior to that, Mr. Gooch was an independent consultant  Mr. Gooch previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer, and prior to that Chief Financial Officer, of RadioShack Corporation from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Gooch is currently a member of the board of directors of Sears Hometown and Outlet stores, and has served as the chair of the board’s audit and compensation committees.

Stryker Corporation [Kalamazoo, Michigan] (NYSE: SYK) announced that William R. Jellison will retire from his role as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. He will remain as CFO through the first quarter of 2016 to ensure a smooth transition. Glenn S. Boehnlein, who currently serves as Group CFO for MedSurg & Neurotechnology (MSNT), will assume the role of Vice President, Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2016. Glenn joined Stryker in 2003 as the Vice President of Finance and IT for Stryker’s Endoscopy division and has taken on roles of increasing responsibility, including his current role as Group CFO of MSNT, which he assumed in 2011. He then spent three years with Success TV as the company’s CFO prior to joining Stryker.

Southern New Hampshire Health [NASHUA, N.H.] announced that Michael S. Rose, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will assume the role of President and CEO, effective July 1, 2016. Prior to joining SNHH as CFO in 2007, Rose was Vice President of Finance and Operations at Cooper Health System in New Jersey.

Certent, Inc. [PLEASANTON, Calif.] announced that Wendy Nieto has joined Certent as chief financial officer (CFO). Nieto most notably served as chief financial officer at Intraware, Inc. Prior to Intraware, Nieto held various corporate accounting and finance positions at Chiron Corporation.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. [MADISON, Wis.] announced Gregory Kryder is joining as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective March 1, 2016. Kryder joins Great Wolf Resorts from Diageo North America, where he was CFO. For the last 14 years he has held several leadership positions across key business units at Diageo plc. Prior to joining Diageo plc, he worked for Boston Consulting Group.

Pine Brook [NEW YORK] announced the promotions of Annie Sloyer to chief financial officer. Sloyer joined Pine Brook as controller in April 2010.  Prior to joining Pine Brook, she spent three years as a fund controller with Olympus Capital Holdings Asia, and more than five years as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

STAG Industrial, Inc. [BOSTON] (NYSE: STAG) announced that it and Geoffrey G. Jervis, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, mutually agreed that Mr. Jervis’s employment with the Company would terminate so that Mr. Jervis could pursue other opportunities. The Company also announced the appointment of William R. Crooker as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Crooker has most recently served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Capital Markets.  Prior to the formation of the Company, Mr. Crooker served as the Chief Accounting Officer for the Company’s predecessor, STAG Capital Partners, LLC from 2010 to 2011.  From 2002 to 2010, Mr. Crooker worked for KPMG LLP in its real estate practice focusing primarily on publicly traded real estate investment trusts.

Voce Capital Management LLC [SAN FRANCISCO] formally announced that Mark Shamia has joined as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Family Care Partners [LOS ANGELES & SUMTER, S.C.]  announced that Paul A. Miller has been named Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Miller served as the CFO of Cornerstone Healthcare. Prior to that, he was the CFO for Avizent; and before that was with U.S. Spine. Miller also served as CFO and General Counsel for CompManagement, Inc.

Albemarle Corporation [BATON ROUGE, La.] (NYSE: ALB) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Scott A. Tozier is on a temporary medical leave of absence. Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations Matthew K. Juneau will assume management responsibility of Albemarle’s finance and accounting, tax and treasury teams.

Ryerson Holding Corporation [CHICAGO] (NYSE: RYI) announced the appointment of Erich S. Schnaufer to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). Schnaufer was previously the company’s interim chief financial officer, succeeding Edward J. Lehner who took over as president and chief executive officer in 2015. Schnaufer joined Ryerson in 2005 and was promoted in 2007 to controller and chief accounting officer responsible for accounting, tax and financial reporting. Prior to joining Ryerson, Schnaufer held senior financial and accounting management roles at several public companies including Alternative Resources Corporation and Midway Games.

Foros [NEW YORK] announced that Stellar Kim Tucker has joined the firm as Managing Director. Immediately prior to joining Foros, Stellar served as Chief Financial Officer of TCM. Prior to joining TCM in 2011, Stellar was a Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Business Services in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co.

SevOne [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Rafe Brown to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Senior Vice President. Prior to his new role, Mr. Brown served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Senior Vice President at Pegasystems, Inc. He was previously a Senior Vice President in the finance group at Salesforce.com. Prior to Salesforce.com, he spent five years at Cisco Systems, preceded by his public accounting years at PwC and Arthur Andersen. 

White Ops [NEW YORK, NY] announced that it has appointed Barry Chubrik as chief financial officer (CFO). Most recently, he served as CFO at Get Satisfaction.

FreightCar America, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RAIL) announced that it has appointed Matthew (Matt) S. Kohnke as Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective February 29, 2016. Mr. Kohnke will succeed Charles F. Avery, Jr., who left the Company by mutual consent to pursue new business opportunities. Mr. Kohnke joins the Company from Dorman Products, Inc. where he has served since 2002. He first served as Dorman’s Vice President and Corporate Controller and, in 2011, he assumed the position of Dorman’s Chief Financial Officer.

YourMembership (YM) [ST. PETERSBURG, FL] announced Michael Branca as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Branca joins YourMembership from Intelident Solutions, where he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Johnny Rockets [ALISO VIEJO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Susanne Stover, who will be joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer and member of its executive team. Prior to joining Johnny Rockets, Stover was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the New York Racing Association. Susanne has held leadership positions as the Chief Financial Officer for Rosa Mexicano restaurant chain and Controller at the casual dining restaurant chain California Pizza Kitchen.  Earlier in her career, Stover held positions at The Walt Disney Company, KPMG Peat Marwick and Ernst & Young.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ARI) announced Megan Gaul, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of ARI, resigned from the Company to pursue other interests. Ms. Gaul will remain in her positions until June 2016 and has agreed to assist the Company as it transitions her responsibilities to her replacement.

Qualys, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA] (NASDAQ: QLYS) announced that Don McCauley, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company of his intent to resign effective March 1, 2016.

USA Technologies, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NASDAQ: USAT) announced the appointment of Leland “Lee” Maxwell as interim chief financial officer (CFO); he replaces J. Duncan Smith. Mr. Maxwell served as the company’s CFO and treasurer from 1997 to 2003. Previously he has served in the roles of CFO at Nurture, Inc., and controller at MeadWestvaco, and Smurfit Stone Container. He is also Board Chair and co-founder of the DMAX Foundation.

AMERI HOLDINGS, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (OTCQB: AMRH) announced the appointment of Edward O’Donnell as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. O’Donnell has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Radbourne Property Group, Inc.  Prior to Radbourne, Mr. O’Donnell served as Chief Financial Officer of AudioEye, Inc. Mr. O’Donnell served as Vice President of Finance for Augme Technologies, Inc. Mr. O’Donnell also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Carlyle Capital Group LLC. Before Carlyle, Mr. O’Donnell served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations of ACTV, Inc.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. [ITASCA, Ill.] (NYSE: AJG) announced the appointment of Ralph J. Nicoletti to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Nicoletti is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tiffany & Co.  Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for both Cigna Corporation and Alberto Culver, Inc.  He began his career at Kraft Foods, Inc. where he served in various financial leadership roles including Senior Vice President Corporate Audit at Kraft Foods, Inc. and Senior Vice President Finance of Kraft North America.

Optima Healthcare Solutions [PALM CITY, Fla. and ATLANTA] announced that Pat Clark has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Pat has more than twenty years experience as a financial executive in healthcare and other industries, having served as Chief Financial Officer at Wellcentive, Vocalocity and The Weather Channel.

Orangetheory® Fitness [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] announced Tim Tanguay joined the company’s executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Orangetheory Fitness, Tanguay most recently served as chief financial officer for Tropical Smoothie Café.

JetSmarter [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joseph A. Epstein as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his role at JetSmarter, Epstein served as a Director of McGladrey, LLP. JetSmarter’s current Chief Financial Officer, Gennady Barsky has been promoted to President of the company.

Piper Jaffray Companies [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: PJC) announced that Sherry M. Smith joined its board of directors. Most recently, Smith was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of SUPERVALU, INC., where she also held the role of vice president, senior vice president of finance and corporate controller from 1998 to 2002 and treasurer from 2002 to 2005. She is currently an independent director at both Deere & Company and Tuesday Morning Corporation along with a committee member at Realogy Holdings Corp.

Surna Inc. [BOULDER, Colorado] (OTCQB: SRNA) announced that it has terminated the services of Douglas McKinnon as Chief Financial Officer. On January 21, 2016, the Board appointed Ellen White to serve as its Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. White was serving as the Company’s Director of Finance since September 2015. Her prior experience includes CFO at the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD). Prior to NSCD, she was the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Healthgrades in Denver. Ms. White started her career in public accounting at EY and KPMG and then spent 13 years at Microsoft Corporation in a variety of finance and strategy roles.

Juniper Networks [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NYSE: JNPR) announced that Robyn Denholm notified the Company of her intention to resign as chief financial and operations officer following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2015, and is expected to remain at the Company over the next several months to help facilitate a smooth transition. Based on the Company’s succession planning, the Company announced its plans to appoint Ken Miller, the Company’s senior vice president, finance, to succeed Denholm as chief financial officer.

WSFS Financial Corporation [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ:WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced that they are resuming their search for a new Chief Financial Officer. Kevin L. Thompson, who was recently named Chief Financial Officer, has decided to remain with his family in Utah and will not be joining the company. Rodger Levenson, Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer who previously served as Chief Commercial Banking Officer, will continue to serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer.

Noxilizer, Inc. [Baltimore, MD] announced David A. Theil as their new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, he worked as interim and contract CFO in the medical device and clinical diagnostics arenas. Previous industry employment appointments include: Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Specialty Pharmaceuticals; Psychiatric Genomics, Biotechnology R&D Drug Discovery; and IGEN International, Instrumentation and Diagnostics.

SMTC Corporation [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SMTX), announced the appointment of Roger Dunfield as Chief Financial Officer. He joins SMTC from Sanmina Corporation where he has been employed as Vice President, Finance & Controller in Sanmina’s Interconnect Division since 2010.  Prior to joining Sanmina, he held a number of finance positions of increasing responsibility for Merix Corporation.

Autoscribe Corporation [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that Myles Locke has joined its organization to serve as its Chief Financial Officer. Locke was Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Corporate Development responsibilities at Global Payments.

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: COKE) announced that it has appointed Clifford M. Deal, III, as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He succeeds James E. Harris, who has been named Executive Vice President, Business Transformation. Mr. Deal has been the Company’s Vice President and Treasurer since 1999. Mr. Deal served in various other roles since joining the Company in 1993 including roles within the Tax and Human Resources Departments.

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers [NEW YORK] announced today the appointment of Paul Rourke as the organization’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Rourke was EVP/CFO, Finance and Technology at Viacom International Media Networks from 2011 to 2015. Rourke joined MTVN in 2006 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance.  Prior to joining MTVN, Rourke worked as Senior Vice President of Treasury Operations for CBS Radio. Rourke also served as Treasurer of Scient Inc. and held a number of positions at Young & Rubicam Inc.

GoPro, Inc.[SAN MATEO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GPRO) announced Brian McGee as its new CFO. McGee served as CFO of two publicly-traded companies and who joined GoPro in 2015 from Qualcomm will succeed CFO Jack Lazar.

ManpowerGroup [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: MAN) announced that John “Jack” T. McGinnis has been appointed ManpowerGroup Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Michael Van Handel will retire from his role as CFO and become Senior Executive Vice President. McGinnis joins from Morgan Stanley where he was Global Controller. McGinnis was previously CFO, HSBC North America Holdings Inc., and before that was Partner at Ernst & Young LLP.  

Trustpilot [New York] announced the addition of Hanno Damm as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Trustpilot, Hanno was a senior vice president at Bankrate, Inc. Hanno also held relevant positions at Apax Partners and PricewaterhouseCoopers, working on projects across multiple industries.

HackerRank [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the hire of Mike Asher as Chief Financial Officer. Asher has over 20 years of finance experience at small and large companies, both public and private. Most recently Asher served as the CFO of Platfora, and he previously held CFO roles at Appcelerator, Greenplum, and Newscale.

Medgenics, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA, PA] (NYSE MKT: MDGN) announced that Brian Piper will become the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer, following Dr. John Leaman‘s upcoming retirement. Mr. Piper joined Medgenics in April 2014 as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Medgenics, Mr. Piper worked at Shire Pharmaceuticals for 13 years. Prior to joining Shire, Mr. Piper worked at Celera Genomics and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: HR) announced that J. Christopher (“Kris”) Douglas has been appointed as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Scott W. Holmes, the Company’s current CFO. Mr. Douglas has been employed by the Company since 2003. He has served as Senior Vice President, managing the Company’s property acquisition and disposition team since 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Douglas served as Senior Vice President, Asset Administration.

Health Integrated^® [TAMPA, Fla.] announced that Jason Grinstead has joined the organization as chief financial officer. He joins Health Integrated from Care at Home, Inc., where he was chief executive officer. Prior to leading Care at Home, Grinstead worked as a financial executive at Lehman Brothers, JPMorgan Chase, UBS Investment Bank and Hamlin Capital. He also worked on strategy at the wealth management startup, myCFO. Grinstead served on the board of the California Association for Health Services at Home.

Hylant [TOLEDO, Ohio] has promoted Bill Pridgeon to president and chief financial officer. Bill began his career at Hylant in 1994 as the controller of Hylant Administrative. He was then promoted to chief financial officer and executive vice president.

Harris Corporation [MELBOURNE, Fla.] (NYSE: HRS) has named Rahul Ghai, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ghai succeeds Mick Lopez, who is leaving Harris to pursue other opportunities. Ghai joined Harris in March 2015 as Vice President, Finance – Integration and has led all finance activities associated with the integration of Exelis. Ghai joined Harris from Aetna, Inc. where he was most recently Vice President, Financial Planning and Integration. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Aetna International. Prior to joining Aetna, Ghai spent 12 years with United Technologies Corporation, in roles including operations finance, financial planning & analysis, treasury, and CFO. He began his finance career in India in investment banking.

Togo’s Eateries, LLC, [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Susan Koch, former SVP Finance, has been named Chief Financial Officer. In January 1997, Susan became Regional Finance Manager at Allied Domecq Retailing USA, which purchased Togo’s that year. Susan was promoted to VP of Finance at Togo’s in January 2011.

Getty Realty Corp.  [JERICHO, N.Y.] (NYSE: GTY) announced that Danion Fielding has been named Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining Getty, Mr. Fielding held various positions in real estate, finance and investment banking. Most recently he was the Founder and Principal of Wilbraham Capital. Prior to this, Mr. Fielding was Executive Vice President of Finance with the Moinian Group. Mr. Fielding gained his public company experience as Vice President of Finance with Nationwide Health Properties. Prior to joining NHP, Mr. Fielding was an investment banker in the Real Estate, Lodging and Gaming Group at J.P. Morgan Securities and before that was with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Daiwa Securities.

Sanders\Wingo [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Chief Financial Officer Daphne Restovic has been appointed to the position of Partner. Before joining Sanders\Wingo’s El Paso office in 2008, Restovic held senior positions at Rogers Fitzhugh, Nussbaum Torres as well as KPMG.

Trusted Media Brands, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Dean Durbin has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Durbin previously served as CFO at American Media, Inc., Vertis Communications and The Thompson Corporation, and held several financial executive positions at The McGraw-Hill Companies.

Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] (NYSE MKT: AXN) announced that Dr. James Chen has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Guoan Zhang, who had served as Interim CFO, and will continue to serve as Vice President – Finance and Controller for the Company. Before joining Aoxing Parma, Dr. Chen was the CFO of Origin Agritech. Prior to working at Origin, Dr. Chen served as an Investment Manager at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Prior to ADIA, Dr. Chen spent over five years in sell-side research, most recently as a Senior Research Analyst at Morgan Joseph and previously at BB&T Capital Markets and Fulcrum Global Partners. Dr. Chen started his career at Univation Technologies, a joint venture between ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical.

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. [LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.] (NYSE: GBX) announced that Lorie L. Tekorius, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Mark J. Rittenbaum, who has been promoted to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Commercial, Leasing and Finance. Ms. Tekorius has been with Greenbrier for over 20 years in various financial capacities, most recently as Senior Vice President and Treasurer, a position she has held since 2012.

Fulham Co., Inc. [HAWTHORNE, CA] announced the appointment of James Cooke as chief financial officer (CFO). Cooke joins Fulham from Hytwo Group. Prior to Hytwo Group, he was CFO for Idatech Group. Earlier in his career he held CFO positions at several London-based companies, including: Datong Electronics PLC, Investec Traded Endowments LTD and Network Security LTD.

The Guitammer Company [WESTERVILLE, OH] (OTC: GTMM) announced that Lawrence (Larry) L. Lemoine has been appointed Chief Operating Officer / Acting CFO. He replaces current CFO Richard (Rich) E. Conn. Before joining the Company, Mr. Lemoine was CEO of Wave Entertainment Network. Prior to Wave, he was VP Finance of DIRECTV. In addition, Mr. Lemoine held the Controller post for the 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee, and also served as an executive consultant to various start-ups that include a Paris-based satellite service organization, Daytona Prototype motor racing team (U.S.) and a sports video production organization.

Littelfuse, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: LFUS) announced that Meenal A. Sethna, senior vice president, finance, will be the new CFO, succeeding Philip G. Franklin. Ms. Sethna, has served as senior vice president, finance since joining the company in May 2015. Prior to joining Littelfuse, Ms. Sethna spent four years at Illinois Tool Works as vice president and corporate controller. Previous to that, she worked at Motorola Inc. for six years, most recently as vice president, finance. She began her career at Baxter International, holding a variety of finance roles during her tenure.

NetBase [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has appointed Dave Pefley as chief financial officer (CFO), replacing current CFO Bob Pape, who is retiring. Most recently he was CFO of Adaptive Insights. Prior to that he held CFO or senior financial leadership roles at companies including KLA-Tencor, Yield Dynamics, and Aspect Development.

Mirantis [SUNNYVALE, CA] appointed Rik Thorbecke as its new CFO. Thorbecke was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and most recently CFO of a number of startups such as Meltwater and Plastic Logic. He has also served in executive finance roles at Equinix, Levi Strauss and Electronic Arts.

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.  [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced Melinda D. Whittington has joined the Company as Senior Vice President – Finance and will become the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, after current Chief Financial Officer, Rick Poulton, was promoted to President. Ms. Whittington joined Kraft Foods Group, Inc. in January 2014, after a 20-year career with Procter & Gamble. Her span of leadership responsibilities have included Corporate Controllership and Financial Planning & Analysis at Kraft, including leadership through Kraft’s merger with Heinz in 2015.

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. [Iowa City, IA] (NASDAQ: MOFG) announced that Gary J. Ortale, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is retiring from the Company and that Katie A. Lorenson will assume his duties as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer upon his retirement. Ms. Lorenson joined the Company on May 1, 2015, upon consummation of the Company’s merger with Central Bancshares, Inc. She currently serves as a Vice President of the Company, and has acted as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Central Bank, the Company’s subsidiary subsequent to the merger with Central Bancshares, since 2011. Prior to joining Central, Ms. Lorenson was a Manager with McGladrey in the Financial Institutions practice for over 10 years.

W. R. Grace & Co.  [COLUMBIA, Md.] (NYSE: GRA) announced that Hudson La Force has been named President and Chief Operating Officer. Since 2008, La Force has served as Grace’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Grace, La Force served as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education and served as a member of the President’s Management Council. Previously, he held business and financial leadership positions at Dell, Inc., where he served as a general manager for Dell in China, among other roles. He also held leadership roles at AlliedSignal, Inc. (now Honeywell) and Emerson Electric Co.

Dorman Products, Inc. [Colmar, Pennsylvania] appointed Michael P. Ginnetti as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, Interim Principal Financial Offer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer, following the resignation of Matthew Kohnke. Mr. Ginnetti currently serves as Corporate Controller of the Company. He has served in this position since May 2011 and he will continue to serve in this position while serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ginnetti was employed by Technitrol, Inc., an electronic components manufacturer, from 2001 to 2011, most recently as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Previously, he was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP in the Audit and Business Advisory practice.

Coherent, Inc. [Santa Clara, CA] announced that Kevin Palatnik accepted an offer to become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces outgoing CFO Helene Simonet. Mr. Palatnik has been a private investor since August 2015. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer of Audience, Inc. From 1994 to 1999 and from 2001 to November 2010, he held various positions at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. From November 2010 to August 2011 he continued as a service provider to Cadence pursuant to a transition services agreement.  He previously spent 14 years at IBM Corporation, where he held various engineering and finance positions. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Adesto Technologies Corporation, since September 2015.

Xcel Energy Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: XEL) announced that Teresa S. Madden will retire during the second quarter, 2016. Madden has been executive vice president and chief financial officer for Xcel Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries since September 2011. Over her 36-year career, Madden has held a variety of roles, including controller and vice president of finance for Customer and Field Operations for Xcel Energy and its predecessor companies. 

Pioneer Bank [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Elizabeth Blose as Chief Financial Officer. Blose has over 15 years of experience in banking, including the position of CFO which she held at Intrust Bank. Prior to banking, she spent 15 years in various finance and operations leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies.

Park Sterling Corporation [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: PSTB) announced that Donald K. Truslow is joining the Company to assume the position of CFO, after David L. Gaines is stepping away from that role. Mr. Truslow’s most recent position was as Chief Risk Officer for M&T Bank Corporation. He joined M&T Bank Corporation after serving as President of the Financial Stability Industry Council of The Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Financial Services Roundtable, he had an extensive 27 year career with Wachovia Corporation, including a tenure as Comptroller and Treasurer. His other roles at Wachovia included serving as Chief Risk Officer, Head of Middle Market Corporate Banking, Chief Credit Officer of Wachovia’s South Carolina Bank, and Manager of Loan Administration in International Banking.

LAIKA [Hillsboro, OR] has appointed Bradley Wald to the post of Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Operations. Mr. Wald’s career highlights include managing NBCU’s highly successful commercial activities surrounding Downton Abbey. Mr. Wald previously was Managing Director/SVP, Europe, Middle East & Africa, at Comcast International Media Group. Previous to NBCU/Comcast, Wald held a senior executive position at Liberty Media’s The Box Worldwide. 

RJ Young [Nashville, Tenn.] announced AJ Baggott as its new chief financial officer. Baggott most recently served as vice president of financial reporting and investor relations for Diversicare Healthcare Services Inc. Prior to joining Diversicare Health Services Inc. he held various positions with Deloitte.

Qorvo, Inc. [Greensboro, North Carolina] Steven J. Buhaly, Chief Financial Officer of Qorvo, Inc. notified the Company of his intention to retire by the end of 2016. Until his retirement, Mr. Buhaly will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer and will perform all duties associated with that role. Mr. Buhaly has served as Chief Financial Officer for the Company from its inception and previously served as Chief Financial Officer for TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. for over seven years.

Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass] (NASDAQ: VYGR) announced it has promoted Jeff Goater, former senior vice president of finance and business development, to chief financial officer. Mr. Goater has served in several executive roles since Voyager’s launch in 2014, including senior vice president of finance and business development and vice president of business development. Prior to Voyager, Mr. Goater spent nearly a decade on Wall Street, most recently as a managing director at Evercore Partners. Mr. Goater began his Wall Street career as an equity research analyst at Cowen and Company.

Abacus Data Systems [SAN DIEGO, CA] announced that Major G. Horton is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer.In addition to recently providing CFO and COO advisory for emerging cloud technology companies, Horton previously served as the CFO & SVP of Corporate Development at Nirvanix, the SVP & CFO for Rackspace Managed Hosting, and the VP of Finance/Divisional Controller for several Dell business units.

The Peabody Essex Museum [SALEM, MA] is pleased to announce the appointment of Nathalie Apchin to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Apchin comes to PEM from Harvard Medical School, where she most recently served as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Harvard Medical School, Apchin served as vice president and CFO of Crittenton Women’s Union.

Excerpt from “CFO Searches Drag On as Demand Takes Off” in the Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2016

Some businesses have lost prime contenders for the finance chief job by waiting too long to make an offer. One industrial company started a CFO search in spring 2015 and identified two finalists late last year. But key decision makers at the company disagreed “over what they really wanted,’’ and their front-runner accepted a job elsewhere, says Samuel Dergel, a recruiter at Stanton Chase, where a colleague handled that hunt.

Company officials “were unhappy that they weren’t able to secure the most appropriate candidate for the role,’’ he added. The company hired the runner-up instead.

You can read the entire article on the Wall Street Journal website here.

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Hyatt Hotels Corporation [CHICAGO] (NYSE: H) announced the selection of Patrick J. Grismer as chief financial officer. Grismer joins Hyatt from his post as chief financial officer at YUM! Brands, where he previously held a number of roles including chief planning and control officer and chief financial officer for YUM! Restaurants International. Prior to YUM!, he worked at The Walt Disney Company where he served in roles that included vice president, business planning and development for The Disneyland Resort and chief financial officer for the Disney Vacation Club. Grismer began his career with Price Waterhouse.

Yelp Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: YELP) announced that chief financial officer Rob Krolik will be stepping down and departing the company in the coming months. Krolik, who joined the company in 2011, will continue as chief financial officer until the earlier of the date a replacement is hired and December 15, 2016.

W. P. Carey Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE:WPC) announced that Mark J. DeCesaris, current Director of the Company and its former Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. [NORTH ANDOVER] (NYSE: WTS) announced the election of Joseph W. Reitmeier as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Reitmeier was also appointed by the Board to serve as a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Reitmeier has served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Lennox International Inc. since July 2012. Mr. Reitmeier had served as Vice President of Finance for the LII Commercial business segment of Lennox International from 2007 to July 2012 and as Director of Internal Audit from 2005 to 2007. Before joining Lennox International, Mr. Reitmeier held financial leadership roles at Cummins Inc. and PolyOne Corporation.

PubNub [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Marc Friend has joined the management team as CFO. Marc joins PubNub from Intalio, where he was Chief Operating Officer and CFO. Marc has served in general partner roles at U.S. Venture Partners and Summit Partners and as Venture Partner at Partech International. Marc has also been a key investor in NetDynamics, Check Point Software, Blue Martini Software and salesforce.com.

BERG [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Jason Haddock as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. He joins BERG from Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he was Head of Finance for Worldwide Commercialization and Worldwide Medical.

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. [RENO, NV] (NASDAQ: MCRI) announced that Ron Rowan, its Chief Financial Officer, has given the Company notice of his intention to resign. Mr. Rowan has agreed to continue in his role at least through March 18, 2016.

RippleNami, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced that it has appointed Kendra Berger chief financial officer. Prior to joining RippleNami, Berger was chief financial officer and corporate secretary at NTN Buzztime, Inc. Prior, she was executive director of finance and controller for Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corp.

Avista Pharma Solutions [DURHAM, N.C.] announced that it has appointed Eric Setzer as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Avista Pharma, he served as the Executive Director of Finance at INC Research, in Raleigh, NC. Previously, Mr. Setzer served as CFO of Expression Analysis, which was sold to Quintiles in 2012. Mr. Setzer was also CFO of three separate venture capital-funded companies in the health care technology sector, and he was the controller of TriPath Imaging.

Juniper Resources, LLC [DALLAS] announced that it has hired Steve Escaler as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Escaler joins Juniper after a 17-year career as an oil and gas investment banker at Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and UBS. Most recently, he was an Executive Director at UBS.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: BRX) announced that Chief Financial Officer Michael Pappagallo, has resigned.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] appointed Pat Keel as the institution’s chief financial officer. Keel was most recently with University Health System in Shreveport, Louisiana, where she served as chief financial officer and senior vice president. In addition, she held leadership roles with Good Shepherd Health System in Longview, Texas and CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System in Shreveport.

KidKraft [DALLAS] announced Lawrence Writer has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Writer most recently served as Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer for Hillerich & Bradsby Co., parent company of the famous Louisville Slugger baseball brand.  Prior to Hillerich & Bradsby, he held roles with AlixPartners LLC, The Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs & Co.

Norse Corp. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] named Howard A. Bain III the company’s new CEO and interim CFO, effective immediately. Mr. Bain has served on Norse’s Board of Directors since 2013. He served as Symantec Corp’s Chief Financial Officer in the 90’s, and also held that role at Portal Software, Vicinity Corp., and Informix. He was most recently Chairman of the Board and interim CEO at data storage products manufacturer Violin Memory. Since 2004, he has been an independent director and Audit Committee Chair with several public and private companies. He also currently holds a Board seat with Resilient Network Systems, Inc., CallTower Inc., Nok Labs, Inc., Learning Tree International, and Flexera Software LLC.

New Jersey Institute of Technology announced the appointment of Edward J. Bishof, Sr. as NJIT’s senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer (CFO). For the past 27 years, he has been a key member of the senior vice president for finance and administration/treasurer’s cabinet.

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. [Fort Worth, Texas] promoted its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Shannon L. Greene, to the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer.  Ms. Greene will also remain the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. [Santa Monica, CA] announced that Perry Wallack has provided notice of his intent to retire from his position as Chief Financial Officer following 16 years with the Company and five years as its public company Chief Financial Officer.

ProAssurance Corporation [BIRMINGHAM, Ala. and CHANTILLY, Va.] (NYSE: PRA) announced that Chief Financial Officer Edward L. Rand, Jr. will assume additional duties as the President of Medmarc.

SolarCity Corporation [San Mateo, California] appointed Tanguy Serra (SolarCity’s President) as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Serra will also serve as SolarCity’s Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.  As previously announced, following the completion of SolarCity’s 2015 financial reporting, Brad Buss resigned as SolarCity’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Serra, joined SolarCity in May 2013 as Executive Vice President of Operations and was promoted to Chief Operations Officer in February 2014 and President in November 2015. Prior to joining SolarCity, Mr. Serra served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Vivint Solar, Inc., from April 2011 until April 2013. Prior to his time at Vivint, from April 2004 until September 2011, Mr. Serra served as Vice President of TPG Capital, L.P. Prior to that Mr. Serra held financial analyst positions with Morgan Stanley Capital Partners and Merrill Lynch.

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. [New York, NY] (NASDAQ: STAF) announced that David Faiman has been named Staffing 360 Solutions’ new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Staffing 360 Solutions, from 2013 to 2015, Mr. Faiman was Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis as well as Chief Accounting Officer of Novitex Enterprise Solutions, Inc. Prior to Novitex, Mr. Faiman served in various senior executive roles, including acting Chief Financial Officer, during his almost 10-year tenure between 2004 to 2013 at Cengage Learning, Inc.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. [WAUWATOSA, Wis.] (NASDAQ: WSBF) announced that Allan Hosack, its Chief Financial Officer, has given the Company notice of his intention to resign.  The Company and the Bank have appointed Mark Gerke as interim Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Gerke has served as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company since 2014 and as Controller of the Bank since 2005.

Glen Burnie Bancorp [Glen Burnie, Maryland] approved the reappointment of John M. Wright as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, The Bank of Glen Burnie and his promotion from Senior Vice President of the Bank to Executive Vice President of the Company and the Bank. As a result, Mr. Wright’s resignation which was to be effective February 26, 2016 has been rescinded. Mr. Wright served as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of The Patapsco Bank since April 2012, prior to which he was a private consultant since September 2011. From April 2008 until September 2011, Mr. Wright was Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer of CGI North America, and from February 1990 through March 2008, Mr. Wright served in increasingly senior positions in the banking industry.

W. R. Grace & Co. [COLUMBIA, Md.] (NYSE: GRA) announced that Thomas E. Blaser has been named Senior Vice President, Finance, and is expected to be elected Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately following the filing in late February of the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.  At that time, Hudson La Force is expected to resign as Chief Financial Officer. La Force was named President and Chief Operating Officer on Feb. 4, 2016. Blaser was most recently President of Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC where he also served for 10 years as Chief Financial Officer. Previously he held business development and financial leadership roles with Honeywell and Price Waterhouse.

Ghostery [NEW YORK, NY] announced it has appointed Jim Weber as chief financial officer. Prior to Ghostery, he was CFO of iLevel Solutions. Weber also served as CFO at FalconStor

Qualys, Inc. [Redwood City, Calif.] (NASDAQ: QLYS) announced Todd Headley as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Headley served as chief financial officer of Sourcefire from 2003 until the company’s acquisition by Cisco in 2013. Formerly the Chief Financial Officer of Sourcefire, Todd Headley now serves as an advisor and board member to three privately held security companies, in addition to his role with Qualys. Prior to Sourcefire, Headley held key financial management positions in four venture-backed technology start-ups: Riverbed Technologies, Roadshow, BioNetrix and POMS.

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Booz Allen Hamilton [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: BAH)  has announced that Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Kevin Cook will retire, and Executive Vice President Lloyd W. Howell, Jr., who currently leads the firm’s Civil Commercial Group, will succeed him. Howell joined Booz Allen in 1988 as a Consultant, and provided systems engineering support to multiple Department of Defense satellite programs. In 1991, he left the firm to obtain his MBA, and subsequently, worked for Goldman Sachs in its Investment Banking Division. In 1995, Howell returned to Booz Allen where he became a member of the Strategy and Organization (S&O) capability team focused on Defense clients. He was named a Partner in 2000 and served as S&O’s Capability Leader from 2005 to 2009. Howell then served as the Client Service Officer of the Financial Services account in the Civil Market. He has been the Civil Commercial Group Lead since 2013.

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation [GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas] (NYSE: SIX) announced that Marshall Barber has been promoted to chief financial officer. Mr. Barber has built a successful career at Six Flags over the last 20 years, serving most recently as the company’s vice president financial planning & analysis.

La Quinta Holdings Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: LQ) announced that Jim Forson has been named the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Forson has served as La Quinta’s interim Chief Financial Officer since November 2015. Previously, Mr. Forson served as La Quinta’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Forson joined the Company in 2010 as Vice President and Controller and also served as Acting Chief Financial Officer from 2012 to 2013. Prior to joining La Quinta, Mr. Forson was Senior Audit Manager with Grant Thornton LLP.

ConocoPhillips [HOUSTON] (NYSE: COP) announced the retirement of Jeff Sheets as executive vice president, Finance and chief financial officer after more than 35 years with ConocoPhillips Don Wallette, Jr., currently executive vice president, Commercial, Business Development and Corporate Planning, has been named executive vice president, Finance, Commercial and chief financial officer. Wallette has more than 30 years of experience across many aspects of the business and has served in numerous leadership roles.

Bebe stores, inc. [BRISBANE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: BEBE) announced that Walter Parks has rejoined as President, Chief Operating Officer and Interim-Chief Financial Officer. Former Chief Financial Officer Liyuan Woo is no longer with the Company.

Quality Systems, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: QSII) announced the appointment of James R. “Jamie” Arnold, Jr. to the post of chief financial officer. He assumes the role from John K. Stumpf, who has been serving as interim chief financial officer since March 2015. Most recently, from June 2010 to May 2015, Arnold served as chief financial officer and executive board member at Kofax Ltd. From 2004 to 2009, Arnold was senior vice president at Nuance Communications, Inc. He also was chief financial officer from 2004 to 2008. Arnold also held other senior-level finance positions at a range of publicly traded technology companies, including vice president, corporate controller at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., chief financial officer at Informix Software, Inc. and, corporate controller at Centura Software Corporation. Arnold served as a board member and chair of the Audit Committee at Selectica, Inc. from 2003 to 2010. In 2010, he served as co-chairman of the board.

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. [NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AIQ) announced that Rhonda Longmore-Grund has accepted the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing Howard Aihara. Most recently, Longmore-Grund served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Printronix. She has held senior management positions at companies including Ingram Micro, Inc., Exult, Inc. and Velocium.

Branch Properties, LLC [ATLANTA] announced that it has appointed Richard H. Ross to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Ross served as Branch’s Chief Financial Officer from April, 1998 through December 2010. Until September, 2015, Mr. Ross served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Trade Street Residential, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Ross served as Chief Financial Officer of TSRE, having previously served as a financial consultant to TSRE since August 2013. In March 2011, Mr. Ross founded Chiron Consulting, LLC, where he worked until becoming TSRE’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ross also serves as a director of Independence Realty Trust, Inc. 

Chrome River [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Daniel Machock as chief financial officer. Daniel most recently served as CFO at SaaS mobile marketing provider, Outspoken, Inc., and his previous experience includes several other public and private technology companies, such as DexOne, Business.com, uBid.com, Aleri Software, and EY.

The Goodman Group [MINNEAPOLIS] is proud to announce the promotion of Clint Knacke to chief financial officer. Knacke joined The Goodman Group in 1996 as a retail accountant. Over the past five years he has led the accounting department as senior manager, and was named controller in 2014.

J-Pac Medical [SOMERSWORTH, NH] announced that Michael Dolge has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining J-Pac Medical, Dolge served as CFO at GI Supply Inc. Dolge has also held senior level positions at Rohm and Haas and the Industrial Products Division of Goodrich, as well as management positions with Johnson and Johnson in operational finance. Prior to J&J, Dolge was a senior auditor with Deloitte and Touche.

First Sound Bank [SEATTLE] (OTC: FSWA) announced that it has named Doug Stauduhar senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining First Sound Bank, Stauduhar served ten years as vice president and chief financial officer with Community Bank, Inc. of Missoula, Montana.   There he also served as a member of the Senior Management Team, chaired the bank’s Asset-Liability Committee, and managed its investment portfolio.

Apto [DENVER, CO] announced the addition of Jennifer Panning as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Panning was CFO at TrackVia. Prior roles include financial leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard and StrataVia.

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. [MILPITAS, Calif.] announced the appointment of Thomas P. O’Neil as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. O’Neil was previously the CFO of  Arcadia Biosciences. Prior to joining Arcadia, Mr. O’Neil was the CFO of Sorbent Therapeutics, Inc. He has held executive-level positions with ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals and Nodality and HX Diagnostics, as well as finance roles with Monogram Biosciences, Inc.

hhgregg, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: HGG) announced that Robert Riesbeck, the Chief Financial Officer of hhgregg, has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Riesbeck will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining hhgregg in 2014, Mr. Riesbeck served as Operations Executive/Group CFO at Sun Capital Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Riesbeck was CFO of Marsh Supermarkets. Prior to this, Mr. Riesbeck was CFO of American Golf Corporation and also previously held business-unit COO and CFO roles at Nike, Inc. Mr. Riesbeck began his career with Grant Thornton LLP.

Remitly [SEATTLE] announced that the company hired Krish Srinivasan to be chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Andy Larson. Srinivasan most recently served as the vice president of finance for Lyft. Prior to that, Srinivasan worked at Amazon for several years. During this time, he served as the first CFO of Amazon India; CFO of Amazon Japan; and finance director of Amazon’s U.S. Hardlines business. Before Amazon, he spent more than 10 years with Microsoft.

Fiserv, Inc. [BROOKFIELD, Wis.] (NASDAQ: FISV) announced that Robert Hau will join the company as chief financial officer. Hau most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of TE Connectivity Ltd. Prior to joining TE Connectivity, Hau served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Lennox International Inc., and also spent 22 years at Honeywell International Inc. in a variety of progressive leadership roles, including as chief financial officer of its Aerospace Business Group, Specialty Materials Business Group and Aerospace Electronic Systems Unit.

DigiCert [LEHI, Utah] announced the hiring of Michael Olson as its chief financial officer (CFO). Olson most recently was CFO at WorkFront (formerly AtTask). Prior to that, Olson served as CFO at inthinc and started his career in the audit and assurance practice of Arthur Andersen.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: BRX) announced that it has named Barry Lefkowitz as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr.  Lefkowitz is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Huntington Road Advisors LLC. Mr. Lefkowitz previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation from 1996 to 2014. Mr. Lefkowitz served as a Vice President at Mack-Cali Realty Corporation from 1994 to 1997.  Prior to joining Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, he served as a Senior Manager at Deloitte LLP, specializing in real estate.

Atreca, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that Susan Berland has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Atreca, Ms. Berland most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Mendel Biotechnology, and before this, as CFO at Poniard Pharmaceuticals. Previously, she was CFO of DNA Sciences. Prior to this, Ms. Berland held senior leadership positions at Monsanto Company as Head of Financial Planning and as Director of Mergers & Acquisitions. Previously, Ms. Berland was Senior Manager, Treasury for Holnam Inc. She began her career in corporate finance and strategic planning roles at Ameritech Corporation.

CYS Investments, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: CYS) announced that Jack DeCicco become the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, following the retirement of Frances R. Spark. Mr. DeCicco has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Annaly Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc., previously CreXus Investment Corp, where Mr. DeCicco was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in April 2013. He was most recently appointed to serve as Chief Accounting Officer of Annaly. In addition, Mr. DeCicco served as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Annaly’s wholly-owned captive insurance company since its inception in January 2014. From March 2012 until April 2013, Mr. DeCicco served as the Chief Accounting Officer of CreXus and Chimera Investment Corporation.

Stonegate Mortgage Corporation [INDIANAPOLIS, IN] (NYSE: SGM) announced Carrie Preston, current Chief Accounting Officer, as its Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Preston replaces Robert Eastep, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Ms. Preston is a CPA and joined Stonegate Mortgage in October 2014 as Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to this, she consulted for Stonegate Mortgage for Sarbanes-Oxley and financial reporting, and served as Chief Financial Officer for Union Mortgage Group, Inc. and Senior Vice President and Controller of Saxon Capital, Inc.

Aver Inc. [COLUMBUS, OH] has appointed Michele Kothe as Chief Financial Officer. Kothe joins Aver from HealthSpot, Inc., where she served as CFO since 2013. Prior to her time at HealthSpot, she held multiple roles at Pinnacle Data Systems, Inc. and Fugent, Inc.

FTE Networks, Inc. [NAPLES, FL] (OTC: FTNW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Luisa Ingargiola to the Company’s Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee. Luisa Ingargiola is the Chief Financial Officer for Magne Gas. Mrs. Ingargiola currently serves as a Board Director for The JBF Foundation Worldwide and CES Synergies, Inc., where she also serves as the Audit Committee Chair. Prior to joining Magne Gas, Mrs. Ingargiola worked as a Budget and Expense Manager for MetLife Insurance Company. Luisa previously served as a Board Director, Audit Committee Chair for CBD Energy Limited in 2014.

Park Sterling Corporation [CHARLOTTE, NC] (NASDAQ: PSTB) announced that David L. Gaines is stepping away from his role as Chief Financial Officer, and that Donald K. Truslow is joining the Company to assume that position. Mr. Truslow’s most recent position was as Chief Risk Officer for M&T Bank Corporation. He joined M&T Bank Corporation after serving as President of the Financial Stability Industry Council of The Financial Services Roundtable in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining The Financial Services Roundtable, he had an extensive 27 year career with Wachovia Corporation, including a tenure as Comptroller and Treasurer. His other roles at Wachovia included serving as Chief Risk Officer, Head of Middle Market Corporate Banking, Chief Credit Officer of Wachovia’s South Carolina Bank, and Manager of Loan Administration in International Banking.

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Rocket Fuel [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FUEL) announced that Rex Jackson will join the company as chief financial officer. Jackson brings a remarkably well-rounded executive management background to Rocket Fuel, serving as CFO for three public companies, Synopsys, Symyx and JDS Uniphase, as general counsel to both private and public companies, and in a breadth of other senior business roles; most recently, at JDSU (now Viavi Solutions).

Discovery Communications [Silver Spring, Md.] (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) announced that Chief Financial Officer Andrew Warren has decided to leave the company.

FullContact [DENVER, CO] announced Rushton McGarr has joined as its new chief financial officer. McGarr was most recently the president, chief operating officer and board member at concept3D, and co-founder of Market Force Information. Before that he was the co-founder and senior vice president of products at Market Force Information.

Donuts Inc. [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced that David Rostov has been named Chief Financial Officer. Rostov is a seasoned executive and CFO who has led several technology companies through their growth stages. Most recently, Rostov was CFO of Avalara. Previously he was CFO of Infospace and Drugstore.com.

Xilinx, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced that Jon Olson plans to retire from his full-time role as Chief Financial Officer, and Lorenzo A. Flores, Corporate Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller for Xilinx, will be appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lorenzo joined Xilinx as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller in 2008. Prior to joining Xilinx, he spent 10 years at Intel, served as CFO of a venture funded start up, and was assistant Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Contech Engineered Solutions [WEST CHESTER, Ohio] announced that Jim Waters has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Waters joins Contech following a career at the Hillman Group. He started with Hillman in 1999 as CFO and after twelve years was promoted to COO in 2011 and CEO in 2013.  Prior to the Hillman Group Waters, he worked at both Curtis Industries and Ernst & Young.

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: MPWR) announced that Meera Rao has informed the company of her intention to retire from the company. Following Ms. Rao’s departure, Bernie Blegen, MPS’ corporate controller, will serve as the interim chief financial officer. Mr. Blegen has been serving as MPS’ corporate controller since 2011.  Prior to joining MPS, Mr. Blegen held a number of senior finance and executive accounting roles for other publicly traded technology companies, including Xilinx, Inc.

Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: CAPR) announced the appointment of Leland J. Gershell as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Gershell comes to Capricor from Tonix Pharmaceuticals where he served as its Chief Financial Officer since early 2012. Prior to his corporate career, Dr. Gershell worked in the securities industry as an equity research analyst and covered a variety of therapeutics companies, having started with the biotechnology team at Cowen and Company. He also served as an analyst at Apothecary Capital.

Code42 [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Tim Connor has joined the company as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Code42, Connor was chief financial officer at Datalogix. Connor also previously served as chief financial officer and senior vice president of operations at Access Health (until its acquisition by McKesson) and as managing director in technology investment banking at Lehman Brothers. In addition, Connor is a partner at Sequel Venture Partners.

Mercury Media [FRAMINGHAM, Mass] has announced the appointments of Ari S. Milstein as Chief Financial Officer. Milstein has more than fifteen years of successful CFO experience spanning marketing services, technology and multi-location organizations. Previous to Mercury, he served in executive positions at MSLGROUP, Schwartz Communications, Adlex, Quantiva, and Switchboard.

NGL Energy Partners LP [TULSA, Okla.] (NYSE: NGL) announced that Robert W. (“Trey”) Karlovich III has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Karlovich recently served as the Chief Financial Officer for Targa Pipeline Partners, LP, a subsidiary of Targa Resources Partners LP, from February 2015 through February 2016 and as Senior Vice President of Commercial and Business Development for Targa Resources Partners LP from November 2015 through February 2016. Mr. Karlovich served in various roles at Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and its subsidiaries (“APL”) from September 2006 through February 2015, most recently as Chief Financial Officer (since November 2011) and Chief Accounting Officer (since November 2009). Mr. Karlovich served as Controller of Atlas Pipeline Mid-Continent LLC, a subsidiary of APL, from September 2006 to November 2009. Mr. Karlovich served in various roles at Syntroleum Corporate from February 2004 through September 2006, most recently as Controller.

Bruker Corporation [BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced the appointment of Anthony (‘Tony’) Mattacchione as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mattacchione has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since June 2015, and he previously served as Bruker’s Senior Vice President of Finance & Accounting. Prior to joining Bruker, Mr. Mattacchione served as Chief Financial Officer of EMD Millipore Corporation, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, from 2010 to 2013. Previously, he was Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Millipore Corporation between 2006 and 2010. He also held various financial leadership roles during a 16-year career at Gerber Scientific.

Monster Worldwide, Inc. [Weston, Massachusetts] announced that Timothy T. Yates has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Yateswill also continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company.

Level 3 Communications, Inc. [BROOMFIELD, Colo.] (NYSE: LVLT) has named Sunit S. Patel, Level 3’s chief financial officer, interim CEO. Mr. Patel has been Level 3’s chief financial officer since 2003, and served as interim president of Level 3’s EMEA region in 2014.

bluebird bio, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: BLUE) announced that Jim DeTore, chief financial officer, has decided to leave the company, effective March 18, 2016. In conjunction with this announcement, bluebird bio is appointing Jeffrey Walsh as chief financial and strategy officer, effective March 1, 2016. Mr. Walsh previously served as chief operating officer of bluebird bio since May 2011. Prior to joining bluebird bio, Mr. Walsh served as chief business officer of Taligen Therapeutics. He has also held senior business development, finance and operations roles at PathoGenesis Corp. (acquired by Chiron Corporation), AllScripts Healthcare Solutions, EXACT Sciences and Inotek Pharmaceuticals.

Venari Resources LLC [DALLAS and HOUSTON] announced the appointment of David R. Looney as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Looney joins Venari from Common Resources, where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Common Resources, Mr. Looney served in several senior financial officer roles with Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. and EOG Resources.  Mr. Looney began his career in the banking industry, specializing in the financing of various E&P and other energy businesses.  His more than 35 year career in finance also includes positions at Chase, Toronto Dominion and Koch Industries.

Principal Financial Group [DES MOINES, Iowa] announced that Terry Lillis, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has announced his intent to retire before the end of first quarter 2017, after a 35-year career at The Principal. Lillis joined The Principal in 1982 as an actuarial student. He held various senior actuarial and management roles through 2000 when he was named chief financial officer – Retirement & Investor Services. He was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer for The Principal in 2008 and to his current position in 2014.

Modustri [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] announced it has hired Bill Pugh as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Pugh was the founder and CEO of 40-11 Holdings, LLC. Prior to that, he was CFO at Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings, Inc.  Additionally, Pugh spent a number of years in transaction advisory roles with Ernst & Young, working on mergers, acquisitions and IPOs.

Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: CORE) announced that Stacy Loretz-Congdon, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of Directors that she intends to retire from the Company at the end of 2016. Core-Mark’s Board of Directors will appoint Christopher Miller, who currently serves as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, to the Chief Financial Officer position. Christopher Miller  has served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Core-Mark since January 2007. Prior to joining Core-Mark, Mr. Miller was employed by Cost Plus World Market, where he served as Vice President and Controller from 2002 until 2007. Prior to his time at Cost Plus, Mr. Miller served as Chief Financial Officer of Echo Outsourcing, now part of The Superior Group, from 2000 to 2002 and in various financial roles at Levi Strauss & Co. from 1996 to 2000.

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NASDAQ: SFM) announced that Brad Lukow will join the company as chief financial officer. Lukow comes to Sprouts with 25 years of financial executive experience in the consumer retail sector, including six years as chief financial officer at Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada’s leading drug store retailer.

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: TNXP) has appointed Bradley Saenger as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Acting CFO Jessica Morris. Mr. Saenger joined Tonix in 2014 as Director of Accounting and was promoted to Vice President of Accounting in 2016. Prior to joining Tonix, Mr. Saenger contributed to the financial departments of Shire Pharmaceuticals, Steward Health Care System, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Alere, Inc.  

The San Mateo County Transit District [San Mateo] announced the hiring of Ilia (Eli) Kay as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kay has 20 years of financial management and accounting experience. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Chicago Skyway and Indiana Toll Road Concessions, LLC. In addition Mr. Kay has held the positions of Senior Director Internal Audit and Controller for large companies with global operations over the course of his career.

BioLife Solutions, Inc. [Bothell, WA] announced that Michael Rice, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer, following the resignation of Daphne Taylor.

The tranSMART Foundation [WAKEFIELD, MA] announced the appointment of Stephen Johnson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. Prior to joining the tranSMART Foundation team, Johnson had been providing CFO consulting services to various technology companies and organizations. Before his consulting services, he was the CFO at several industry-leading companies, both public and private, including Centra Software (acquired by Saba Software), Managesoft Corporation (acquired by Flexera Software) and Tervela. Earlier in his career, Johnson held a variety of senior financial positions at Avid Technology and Abiomed.

Transnational Group, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTC: TAMG) announced that Martin Katz will retire from his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Board member. Chief Operations Officer Israel Gamliel will take over all duties performed by Mr. Katz in the interim. Mr. Katz joined Transnational Group in 2013 when he was appointed as the Company’s CFO and a member of its Board of Directors.

Cachet Financial Solutions [MINNEAPOLIS] (OTCQB: CAFN) has appointed Bryan Meier as  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Meier, began his career at Arthur Anderson and has since served in numerous CFO positions from startups to $4 billion corporations. Most recently, Meier was CFO/COO for Recovery Technology Solutions, Inc. Meier was Vice President and CFO for Phoenix Solar, Inc. At Verasun Energy Corporation he served as CFO. Previously, Meier served in various financial executive roles for HM Capital Partners.

Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. [WARREN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: BLPH) announced the appointment of Fabian Tenenbaum as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer. Mr. Tenenbaum joins Bellerophon from Anterios, Inc. where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Tenenbaum served as Chief Executive Officer with Syneron Beauty from 2011 to 2014, and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Syneron Medical from 2007 to 2011. Prior to Syneron Medical, Mr. Tenenbaum was Vice President Americas for Radiancy, Inc., from 2002 to 2006, and Director, Commercial Operations and Corporate Development at Sunlight Medical, Inc. from 1999 to 2002.

Saban Capital Group, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the promotion of Philip Han to Executive Vice President. Han, who has been with SCG since April 2002, most recently served as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Before joining SCG, Han served as Vice President of Finance and Business Development for EYM Technologies. Prior to that, Han worked as a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the firm’s Entertainment, Media and Communications practice. Additionally, Han was formerly a Commissioner with the State of California’s Commission for Economic Development.

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Sotheby’s [NEW YORK] has named Michael Goss as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Dennis M. Weibling, who has served as the firm’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since December 2015. Mr. Goss, a partner and managing director at Bain Capital from 2001-2013, served as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer from 2001-2011, as Chief Operating Officer from 2004 to 2011, and Head of Global Investor Relations from 2012-2013.

ZELTIQ^® [PLEASANTON, CA] (NASDAQ: ZLTQ) has appointed Taylor C. Harris to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Harris will succeed outgoing Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Patrick F. Williams. Mr. Harris previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Thoratec Corporation from October 2012 until October 2015. Mr. Harris joined Thoratec as its Senior Director of Investor Relations and Business Development in February 2010. Prior to joining Thoratec, Mr. Harris worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co. for over a decade in several capacities, including as a Vice President in the firm’s Healthcare Investment Banking and Equity Research departments.

AxoGen, Inc. [ALACHUA, FL] (NASDAQ: AXGN) announced the appointment of Peter J. Mariani, as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AxoGen, Mr. Mariani was the Chief Financial Officer of Lensar, Inc. Prior to Lensar he served as Chief Financial Officer at Hansen Medical, Inc. Mr. Mariani was also with Guidant Corporation for 12 years, during which he held senior financial positions of increasing importance, including Vice President of Finance and Administration, Guidant Japan, and the corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. He started his career at Ernst and Young, LLP.

MPA – The Association of Magazine Media [New York, NY] announced that Glenn Spoto has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Spoto has an extensive finance background in the magazine media industry, most recently at Condé Nast where he was Director of Finance and Business for Self. Prior to that, he was Global Business Director, Global Client Finance at McCann Worldgroup. He held a variety of senior finance roles at Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing, and upon Meredith Corporation’s acquisition continued with the company, most recently as VP, Digital Revenue Operations.

harmon.ie [Boston, MA] announced the appointment of software veteran Kobi Carlebach as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Carlebach comes to harmon.ie from Voyager Analytics, where he served as CFO. Prior to Voyager Analytics, Carlebach worked as vice president of business control and operations at Perion, formerly known as Conduit. Before that, Carlebach served as finance director for Amdocs’ Ocean Division.

CSC ServiceWorks [PLAINVIEW, NY] announced the appointment of Jay Epstein, currently CSC’s chief financial officer, as interim CEO. Prior to becoming CSC ServiceWorks’ CFO, Epstein was the senior vice president and CFO for NewPage Corporation from 2011 until the sale of the company in 2015.

Prosper Marketplace [SAN FRANCISCO] announced it has appointed David Kimball Chief Financial Officer. David is currently Senior Financial Officer of USAA’s Chief Operating Office. During his nine years at USAA, he served as the bank’s senior financial officer, and most recently as the Chief Operating Office’s senior financial officer. Prior to USAA, David spent ten years at Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Credit Company in both the U.S. and U.K.

Innovapptive Inc. [HOUSTON] announced that Lance Hack will join the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to Innovapptive, Mr. Hack was CFO of DISA Global Solutions Inc. Prior to DISA, Mr. Hack was CFO of Iconixx. Mr. Hack started his career at Accenture.

Arsanis, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass. & VIENNA, Austria] announced that Michael P. Gray has joined the company as chief financial officer and chief business officer. Mr. Gray comes to Arsanis from Curis, Inc.

NextEra Energy, Inc. [JUNO BEACH, Fla.] (NYSE: NEE) announced that, as part of a previously announced leadership succession plan, John Ketchum has been appointed executive vice president, finance, and chief financial officer following the retirement of Moray P. Dewhurst, vice chairman and chief financial officer. Ketchum, who also has been appointed chief financial officer and a member of the board of NextEra Energy Partners, LP joined NextEra Energy in 2002 and has held various business, finance and legal roles. Most recently, he served as senior vice president, finance for NextEra Energy. Ketchum also has served in a variety of leadership roles within NextEra Energy Resources, including senior vice president, business management and finance, with responsibility for the CFO organization and the financial performance of the generation portfolio. In addition, he held the positions of general counsel and corporate secretary for NextEra Energy Resources. Prior to joining the company, Ketchum served as corporate counsel to TECO Energy and as a corporate and securities law associate for Holland & Knight, LLP in Tampa, Fla. He began his career as a tax lawyer for Lathrop & Gage in Kansas City, Mo., and, prior to that, worked in corporate banking.

Zetta [SUNNYVALE, CA] announced that Peter Chantel has been named as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Chantel served as CFO for SugarSync. Chantel has also held CFO positions with Akimbo Systems and Signatures Network and was a co-founder of OnVideon, Inc. He has additionally served in financial executive and analyst positions with AT&T and Colony Capital.

Veritas Technologies [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that Mick Lopez is joining the leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Lopez brings 30 years of global commercial experience, most recently serving as CFO at Harris Corporation, and before that with key positions in companies such as Aricent, Cisco and IBM.

WEX Inc. [SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine] (NYSE: WEX) announced the appointment of Roberto Simon as chief financial officer, replacing Steve Elder, who will remain with WEX to assume the newly created position of senior vice president, global investor relations. Prior to joining WEX, Roberto was EVP and Chief Financial Officer for Revlon, Inc. Previously, for more than a decade he served at The Colomer Group, where he took on roles of increasing responsibility. In 2011 he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and led the business’s eventual sale to Revlon in 2014.

Empire Petroleum Partners, LLC [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Atanas H. Atanasov as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Prior to joining Empire, Atanas held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at NGL Energy Partners LP.  He joined NGL in November 2011 as Treasurer and Senior VP of Finance, and was promoted to CFO in May 2013. Atanas worked 9 years with GE Capital in Dallas, first as Finance Manager for the Leverage Equity Business, from 2003 to 2005, and then as finance leader for the US Lending Regions business from 2006 to 2011, before joining NGL. Prior to GE Capital, Atanas held positions of increasing scope and responsibility at the Williams Company and Ernst & Young LLP.

PGi [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Kevin McAdams as its new Chief Financial Officer. He assumes the CFO role from David Trine. McAdams has served in financial leadership positions at PGi for nine years, most recently as CFO for North America. He began his career with KPMG, followed by roles as Executive Director of Business Analysis at Verizon Wireless, Executive Director of Finance at McKesson Corporation, CFO of ProfitServe LLC and Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at MedQuest Associates.

Globecomm Systems Inc. [HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.] announced that Current Chief Financial Officer, Jason D. Juranek, will serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Juranek will also continue to serve as CFO. Prior to joining Globecomm, Mr. Juranek served as Vice President Division Chief Financial Officer of Harris CapRock. Prior to Harris CapRock, Mr. Juranek held various senior financial management positions at Tribalco, Vangent, General Dynamics and DynCorp.

Riley Exploration Group [OKLAHOMA CITY] announced that Corey Riley has been named president of the privately-held exploration and production (E&P) company having served as its chief financial officer since 2012. David LaLonde has joined Riley as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining Riley Exploration, LaLonde was a partner and director at Petro Capital Securities. Earlier in his career, LaLonde worked for The Sterling Group, and Bear, Stearns & Co.

The Trade Desk, Inc. [LOS ANGELES, CA] announced that David Wells has joined its board of directors. Wells has been CFO of Netflix for the past five years. Prior to that, he served in a variety of planning and analysis roles, including Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis, joining the company in 2004.

Origami Logic [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Mark Lambert as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Origami Logic, he was CFO of ClearSlide. Before ClearSlide, Lambert held financial leadership positions at Blurb, Connexus Corporation, Tellme Networks, Yahoo! and 3Com.

Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. [BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.] announced that David White has joined the firm as chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. White will step in for Phil Szurek, who is retiring. Prior to joining Flexible Plan, Mr. White was CFO and counsel for Allied Moulded Products Inc. and The Ohio Art Company. He has also served as vice president, general counsel and secretary of Harvard Industries Inc. and tax manager for Ernst & Young.

Numerex Corp. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: NMRX) announced the appointment of Kenneth ‘Ken’ Gayron as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Numerex, Ken was Chief Financial Officer of Osmotica Pharmaceuticals. Prior to becoming a Financial Executive, Ken was an investment banker for 10 years at UBS and CIBC World Markets.

Fairmount Santrol [CHESTERLAND, Ohio] (NYSE: FMSA) announced Michael F. Biehl will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Biehl will join Fairmount Santrol from Chart Industries, Inc., where he has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2001. Prior to joining Chart Industries, he was Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at the former Oglebay Norton Company. He previously also worked in the audit practice of Ernst & Young LLP in Cleveland.

Carver Bancorp, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CARV) appointed Christina L. Maier as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Maier joins Carver from Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. in Stamford, CT, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2013.  Prior to Patriot National Bank, she held key leadership positions at numerous financial institutions, including Provident New York Bancorp and Hudson United Bancorp, as well as the core banking system provider Kirchman Corporation.  In addition, Ms. Maier was a senior accounting executive at Brown Brothers Harriman, most recently serving as a Senior Vice President and Director for U.S. Accounting & Reporting.

Authentidate Holding Corp. [Berkeley Heights, NJ] (OTCQB: ADAT) announced it has appointed Tom Leahey as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Leahey, a Principal and Practice Leader of the Strategic Growth Advisory Practice at Atlanta-based accounting firm Windham Brannon, succeeds Bill Marshall, who recently resigned.

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. [Lake Success, NY] appointed Michael B. McGuinness as Senior Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to his appointment, Mr. McGuinness served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Monster Worldwide, Inc. from October 29, 2015 to February 19, 2016, Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President and Global Controller from February 28, 2012 to October 29, 2015, and Vice President and Assistant Global Controller from July 2008 to January 2012. Mr. McGuinness started his career as a public accountant with Arthur Andersen and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced the retirement of Joe Bedewi, Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As part of the transition, Max Downing, Lattice’s Vice President of Finance, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer.

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State Street Corporation [BOSTON] (NYSE: STT) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Michael (Mike) W. Bell will step down from his role within the next year.

The Allstate Insurance Company [NORTHBROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: ALL) announced that Allstate Chief Financial Officer Steve Shebikwill serve in an expanded role as interim chief investment officer while the company seeks a replacement for it’s CIO.

Yahoo! Inc. [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced that Eric K. Brandt has been appointed to the board of directors of the company. Erik, served as the Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom Corporation, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, and as the Chief Financial Officer of Allergan, Inc. Brandt also served as Vice President and Partner at The Boston Consulting Group. Brandt is a director of Lam Research Corporation and Dentsply Sirona Inc.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: AEO) announced that Mary Boland, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, plans to retire.

General Mills [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: GIS) elected Maria G. Henry to its board of directors. Ms. Henry currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which she joined in 2015.  Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, Ms. Henry was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hillshire Brands.  Earlier in her career, Ms. Henry served in various senior leadership positions in Finance and Strategy Clayton, Dubilier, and Rice, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Culligan International.

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: RGA) announced that Todd C. Larson, currently the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, has been named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Jack B. Lay, who is retiring. Larson, joined RGA in 1995 as Vice President and Controller, and assumed additional responsibilities as RGA grew.

RiskSense® Inc. [ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.] announced Brett Newsome joins as chief financial officer. Previously, Brett served as chief financial officer for Infrastructure-as-Service providers, Joyent and GoGrid. Newsome also served as vice president of finance for UltraDNS. He also held leadership roles with KPMG and Citi.

Cayan, The Payment Possibilities Company™ [BOSTON, MA] announced that Chris Menard has joined Cayan as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cayan, Chris served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for both Bit9 and Brightcove. Additionally, Chris has held multiple senior level administrative positions at Phase Forward, including Chief Financial Officer.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: HMHC) announced that Joseph P. Abbott, Jr. will succeed Eric Shuman, as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Abbott joins HMH from Morgan Stanley. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Abbott served as an officer in the United States Navy and as an assistant professor of Naval Science at Northwestern University.

CRISPR Therapeutics [BASEL, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Marc Becker as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CRISPR Therapeutics, Mr. Becker served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of rEVO Biologics. Prior to rEVO, Mr. Becker spent 10 years at Genzyme, most recently serving as Finance Director for the UK and Ireland before returning to the United States to become the Vice President of Finance. Mr. Becker started his career in auditing and commercial lending for financial services firms, KPMG and BankBoston.

Blackeagle Energy Services [DENVER] announced that Brady Burleson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He has worked in senior positions for Lafarge and Tierdael Construction and most-recently served as the CFO for Trautman & Shreve.

Granite Bank [COLEBROOK, N.H.] is pleased to announce the promotion of Avis Brosseau to Chief Financial Officer. Brosseau has served in a variety of roles at Granite Bank, including Senior Vice President/Finance, Commercial Loan Officer, Compliance Officer, Regional Manager and Senior Vice President/Chief Credit Administration Officer.

Dana Holding Corporation [MAUMEE, Ohio] (NYSE: DAN) announced that Jonathan Collins has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Collins joins the company after serving in the same role at ProQuest since 2013. Prior to that role, he served as vice president of global financial operations for ProQuest. Mr. Collins also served in executive operational and commercial finance positions at International Automotive Components Group (IAC) from 2007 to 2010.  Prior to his time at IAC, he worked at Lear Corporation.

Paramount Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: PGRE) announced the appointment of Wilbur Paes as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Paes succeeds Michael Walsh. Mr. Paes joined Paramount in 2014 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining the Company’s Executive Management Team, Mr. Paes spent over 11 years at Vornado Realty Trust. Prior to that, Mr. Paes worked for the international public accounting firms of KPMG LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP.

ID Experts [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced it has hired Allen Muhich as chief financial officer. Most recently, Muhich was CFO of Smarsh. Muhich has also held key finance roles at RadiSys, Tektronix, and Xerox.

Open Systems Technologies [NEW YORK, NY] has hired Kevin Seltzer as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Open Systems, Seltzer was a partner at B2B CFO®. Prior to B2B CFO®, Seltzer served in multiple senior finance positions for private equity firms, including AEA Investors LP and The Blackstone Group LP.

Xylem Inc. [RYE BROOK, N.Y.] (NYSE: XYL) announced that Mark Rajkowski has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as a strategic advisor to WestRock Company, and previously served as CFO for MeadWestvaco. Before joining MeadWestvaco in 2004, Rajkowski worked at Eastman Kodak Company. He began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.

LifeLock, Inc. [TEMPE, Ariz.] (NYSE: LOCK) announced that Chris Power, the company’s chief financial officer, has announced his intention to transition out of his current role. At that time, Douglas Jeffries will succeed Power as chief financial officer. Jeffries has served as chief financial officer at RetailMeNot, Taleo Corp and Palm, Inc, and vice president of finance and chief accounting officer of eBay. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Xero.

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. [BRANCHVILLE, N.J.] (NASDAQ: SIGI) announced that Dale A. Thatcher, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has informed the Board of Directors of his intent to retire from the Company. Mr. Thatcher joined Selective in 2000 as Chief Financial Officer.

BioLife Solutions, Inc. [BOTHELL, Wash.] (NASDAQ: BLFS) announced that Roderick de Greef has joined the Company as interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. He previously served on BioLife’s board of directors for over a decade through 2013. Mr. de Greef has held a number of senior executive financial positions and served on the boards of several public companies including Endologix, Cambridge Heart, Cardiac Science, Elephant Talk Communications, and BioLife Solutions. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee for publicly traded Elephant Talk Communications.

Agile Fund Solutions, LLC [NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO] announced that industry veteran David Proskin has joined their New York office as a Chief Financial Officer.

Barrett Business Services, Inc. [VANCOUVER, WA.] (NASDAQ: BBSI) has appointed board member Thomas Carley as interim CFO, replacing Jim Miller following termination of his employment.

Quantcast [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the promotion of Stephen R. Collins to President and CFO. Collins served on the leadership team as Quantcast’s CFO for the past nine months and, prior to joining full-time, was a strategic and operational advisor to the Company. Before joining Quantcast, Collins was CEO and Director of Bazaarvoice and served as CFO and CIO of Doubleclick.

Darden Restaurants, Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: DRI) announced that Ricardo Cardenas has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Jeffrey Davis who has left Darden. Most recently, Cardenas served as Chief Strategy Officer for Darden. He began his career with Darden in 1984 before joining the restaurant support center team in 1992 as an auditor. He left Darden in 1996 to attend graduate school and then was a strategy consultant for both Bain & Company and The Parthenon Group. He returned to Darden in 2001 and has held multiple finance roles during his tenure including Darden’s Senior Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Technology, Senior Vice President of Finance and Controller for LongHorn Steakhouse, and Vice President of Finance and Assistant Controller for Olive Garden.

Crown Castle International Corp. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CCI) announced it has appointed Daniel Schlanger as Chief Financial Officer effective June 1, 2016, and will become Senior Vice President as of April 1, 2016. Mr. Schlanger previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Exterran GP LLC, from June 2006 through March 2009 and as a director on Exterran GP LLC’s board of directors from October 2006 through November 2015.  More recently, Mr. Schlanger served as Senior Vice President of Global Products at Exterran Corporation.  Prior to working with Exterran Partners, L.P. and Exterran Corporation, Mr. Schlanger was employed as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co.

FOCUS Brands Inc. [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Michael Dixon as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Pinkberry, Inc., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for The Cheesecake Factory, Inc., Vice President and Controller for Petsmart.com, Director of Finance and Business Development for The Walt Disney Company and as a CPA at Coopers & Lybrand.

FARO Technologies, Inc. [LAKE MARY, Fla.] (NASDAQ: FARO) announced that Laura A. Murphy-Wolf will resign from her position as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In the interim, the Company’s Finance team will be jointly led by Robert Seidel, who has been appointed Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, and Janet D’Anjou, Vice President and Corporate Controller.

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ARIA) announced the appointment of Manmeet S. Soni, as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, succeeding Edward M. Fitzgerald. Mr. Soni most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Pharmacyclics, Inc. before that, Mr. Soni worked at ZELTIQ Aesthetics Inc. Prior to ZELTIQ, Mr. Soni worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers San Jose, in the Life Science and Venture Capital Group. Prior to that, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, India.

SunEdison, Inc. [MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo.] (NYSE: SUNE) announced that Ilan Daskal has been appointed chief financial officer designee and executive vice president, replacing Brian Wuebbels. Daskal, is presently the interim chief financial officer of Aricent, and a board member and chairman of the audit committee of Ixia.  Prior to his current role, he acted as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cepheid.  From 2008 to 2015, Daskal was the executive vice president and chief financial officer at International Rectifier Corporation. Prior to joining International Rectifier, from 2001 to 2008 Daskal worked at Infineon Technologies, most recently as the vice president, in addition to earlier positions as chief financial officer at both Savan Communications Ltd. and Smartlink Ltd.

Easterly Government Properties, Inc. [WASHINGTON, D.C.] (NYSE: DEA) announced that Meghan Baivier has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, replacing Alison Bernard. Ms. Baivier joined Easterly in May, 2015 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Easterly, Ms. Baivier served as Vice President of Citigroup’s Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking group.

Intapp [PALO ALTO, CA] announced the appointment of Steve Robertson as Chief Financial Officer. Robertson joins Intapp from Axiom Law, where he served as CFO. Prior to joining Axiom, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of RMS. Before his 18-year career as a CFO, Mr. Robertson worked for 12 years as an investment banker.

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, INC. [LOS ANGELES] (OTC: PNPL) announced that it has hired Sean Cunningham as interim Chief Financial Officer for Pineapple Express, Inc. Cunningham replaces Matthew Feinstein, the company’s CEO, President, and Chairman, who will step down from the position of interim CFO. Mr. Feinstein will continue to serve as CEO, President, and Chairman of the company.  Mr. Cunningham will be interim CFO for a 90-day trial period.  The Company intends to transition Mr. Cunningham to fill the position of CFO on a permanent basis, thereafter.

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. [LEHI, Utah] (NASDAQ: NATR) announced that Steve Bunker, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will be retiring from the company.

Center for Diagnostic Imaging [MINNEAPOLIS] announced the promotion of Ryan Raschke to chief financial officer. Raschke was promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer in 2015 and has supported CDI’s finance, treasury, and business development functions. He joined CDI in 1998, and has held various roles within CDI including vice president-treasurer, assistant treasurer, manager of treasury and financial analysis, and financial analyst.

SpartanNash [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] (NASDAQ: SPTN) announced that Chris Meyers will become the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the company, effective April 11, 2016. Meyers has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer for Naperville, Illinois-based KeHE Distributors. Dave Staples has been acting as SpartanNash’s interim CFO since March 1, 2015, when he was appointed Chief Operating Officer for the company. Staples joined SpartanNash in January 2000, serving as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November of 2000.

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VMware, Inc. [PALO ALTO, CA] (NYSE: VMW) announced that Karen E. Dykstra has been elected to the VMware board of directors. She has served on the board of directors of Gartner, Inc. since 2007 and was Chief Financial Officer of AOL, Inc. from 2012 to 2015. Dykstra was previously a member of the AOL board of directors from 2009 to 2012. From 2006 to 2010, Dykstra was a Partner of Plainfield Asset Management LLC, and served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Plainfield Direct LLC, Plainfield’s business development company, and served as a director from 2007 to 2010. Earlier in her career, Dykstra spent over 25 years with Automatic Data Processing, Inc., serving most recently as Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2006.

Essence [NEW YORK] promoted Nick Byrd to Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO), having previously served as Global Financial Director. Prior to Essence, Byrd spent eight years at Razorfish, moving from Director of Finance, to North America Director of Client Finance, and finally Vice President of US Client Finance.

The Brock Group [HOUSTON] announced that Jon Grant has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jon comes to Brock from AECOM, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Global Business Services. Before AECOM, he served in various senior financial leadership roles at BAE Systems. Jon began his career with Deloitte & Touche.

Rural Sourcing Inc. [ATLANTA] announced that Jeff Stewart will retire from his role as Chief Financial Officer at the end of this quarter and be replaced by Tre Sasser. Prior to joining RSI, Sasser served as CFO for eMag Solutions, LLC. Previously, he served as CFO for Exaserv, Inc. Tre also spent eight years at Hewlett Packard.

GridGain Systems, [FOSTER CITY, CA] announced that Eoin O’Connor has been named Chief Financial Officer. He began his career at KPMG and moved onto roles at Zuora and Space-Time Insight.

EatStreet [MADISON, Wis.] announced Richard Santiago as the new CFO. Santiago joins EatStreet from Riot Games Inc. Richard also served as a CFO at Red 5 Studios and U4ia Games. Prior to that, he progressed through Activision, where he progressed from Manager of Finance to ultimately a Group Vice President of Finance.

Sound Pharmaceuticals [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Paul Rickey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Prior to this appointment, Paul served as Vice President of Finance and Administration of Immune Design Corp. Before joining Immune Design in 2009, Paul was Corporate Controller of Northstar Neuroscience. Prior to his role at Northstar Neuroscience, he was the accounting manager for Mobliss, Inc. Paul started his career at Ernst & Young LLP.

Shiseido Americas Corporation [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Ronald Gee as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Frank Toscano, who has been serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gee comes to Shiseido from Coty, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Americas for three years. Prior to Coty, he worked at L’Oréal USA for almost ten years, most recently as Vice President of Finance for the International Designer Collections. He also served in various roles at Kraft Foods, Inc.

Dashlane [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of David Lapter as Chief Financial Officer. Lapter comes to Dashlane from MakeSpace. From 2011 to 2014, he served as Fab.com’s CFO. Prior to Fab.com, Lapter was CFO and EVP of business operations at KickApps.  Earlier in his career, Lapter held positions at Upfront Ventures and The Parthenon Group.

Corizon Health [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] announced that it has appointed Douglas Thompson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Thompson joins Corizon Health from his most recent position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Beacon Health Options. Prior to Beacon, Thompson was Chief Financial Officer of ValueOptions and previously served as Senior Vice President, Decision Support and Treasurer. Prior to ValueOptions, Thompson served in various financial capacities at HealthSpring, Inc.

Inspirational Vision Media Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] announced Eric Honour as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. As owner of The Honour Group, Eric’s worked in the Southern California construction industry on projects for various government agencies including the Department of Defense, the FAA, and city and county governments throughout Southern California. Private sector clients include General Atomics, and Boeing’s Human Spaceflight Division for the Space Shuttle’s maintenance facility and Delta rocket program.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: XHR) announced that Andrew Welch has stepped down from his positions as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The Board has appointed Joseph Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, as Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer. Johnson joined Xenia in May 2015. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of CNL Healthcare Properties, Inc. and CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

PAR Technology Corporation [NEW HARTFORD, N.Y.] (NYSE:PAR) announced the employment of Michael S. Bartusek, the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial officer was terminated.

Metrodigi® [LARKSPUR, Calif.] announced Warren Geddes as Chief Financial Officer.

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. [BRISTOL, Va.] (OTC: ANRZQ) announced that Andy Eidson, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, will assume additional duties as the CFO.  Mr. Eidson has served in his current position since December 2015. He replaces Philip Cavatoni. Mr. Eidson previously served as Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions at Alpha.  Prior to joining the Company inJuly 2010, Mr. Eidson held several financial positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Eastman Chemical Company, and most recently Penn Virginia Resource Partners.

One Call Care Management [JACKSONVILLE, Fla] announced the appointment of Rick McCook as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. McCook most recently served as EVP and CFO for General Parts International, Inc. from 2010 through 2014. Prior to General Parts International, McCook held various positions including EVP & CFO at US Oncology, EVP & CFO at Raytech Corporation, and SVP & CFO of Winn-Dixie Stores. In addition, he has held various senior audit roles within KPMG.

TrueBlue, Inc. [TACOMA, Wash.] (NYSE: TBI) announced that Stephen Robb has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Robb, was named executive vice president and CFO of The Clorox Company in 2014 after serving as SVP and CFO. Prior to being named CFO, Robb served as VP of Global Finance. He joined Clorox in 1989. Goings most recently served as executive vice president, TD Bank Group and president, TD Insurance.

Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. [NAPLES, Florida] (NASDAQ: BBGI) announced that Caroline Beasley, Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, will serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer during the CEOs. Caroline has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary since 1994 and as a Director since 1983.

Mars Inc. [McLean, Va.] announced that Claus Aagaard, the current CFO of Mars Petcare, has been named CFO for the corporation. Aagaard succeeds Reuben Gamoran. Aagaard has been with Mars for 15 years.

C&F Financial Corporation [WEST POINT, Va.] (NASDAQ: CFFI) announced that it has appointed Jason E. Long to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of C&F Financial Corporation  and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Citizens and Farmers Bank. Mr. Long joined the Bank as a First Vice President in October 2014.  He succeeds Thomas F. Cherry as Chief Financial Officer, who was named President of the Corporation and the Bank. Prior to joining the Bank in October 2014, Mr. Long had worked at Yount, Hyde, Barbour, P.C. for 12 years.

Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. [York, Pennsylvania] announced the resignation of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael A. Peduzzi.

Gladstone Capital Corporation [McLean, Virginia] appointed Nicole Schaltenbrand, the Company’s current Chief Accounting Officer, as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ms. Schaltenbrand, has served as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since November 2015. From May 2012 to November 2015, Ms. Schaltenbrand served as a senior manager of SEC reporting and accounting policy at National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation. From September 2004 through May 2012, Ms. Schaltenbrand worked in the assurance practice at KPMG LLP where she attained the level of senior audit manager.

EQT Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: EQT) announced the appointment of Robert J. McNally as senior vice president and chief financial officer. McNally is also appointed to this same role for EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM) and EQT GP Holdings, LP (NYSE: EQGP) and will join their respective boards of directors. He replaces Philip P. Conti, who has been with EQT since 1996. McNally was most recently executive vice president and chief financial officer of Precision Drilling Corporation. Before that he worked at Kenda Capital LLC; and Warrior Energy Services Corp. as well as investment banking with Simmons & Company International. McNally began his career with Schlumberger.

Matrix Medical Network® [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Mark Schonau will be joining the company as chief financial officer. Most recently, Mark served as CFO at AFS Technologies Inc. Previous to AFS Technologies, Mr. Schonau held the position of CFO at several organizations. Matrix Medical Network is part of The Providence Service Corporation.

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General Cable Corporation [HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky.] (NYSE: BGC) announced that Brian J. Robinson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the company pending the identification of a successor.

Francesca’s Holdings Corporation [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: FRAN) announced the appointment of Kelly M. Dilts as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Dilts currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at Tailored Brands, Inc., (formerly Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.). She joined Tailored Brands in 1998 as Assistant Controller and has also served as its Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, as well as its Vice President of Finance & Accounting. Prior to joining Tailored Brands, Ms. Dilts worked at Olympia Enterprises and Deloitte & Touche.

Myers Industries, Inc. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE:MYE) announced that Greggory W. Branning, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary has left the Company. Kevin Brackman, Vice President and Controller, will be acting as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis.

Science Applications International Corp. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: SAIC) announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer, John R. Hartley.

NiSource Inc. [MERRILLVILLE, Ind.] (NYSE: NI) announced that its Board of Directors elected Wayne S. DeVeydt to the Board. DeVeydt currently serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Indiana-based Anthem, Inc. Prior to his role as Anthem’s CFO, he served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer at Anthem and before that was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Sovereign Health Group [SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.] has named Kevin D. Gallagher as the new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gallagher previously served as the Treasurer and Division CFO at Nestle USA, Inc. and as the General Manager and CFO at Vehicular Technologies, Inc.

Calimmune Inc. [TUCSON, Ariz.] has appointed Mark Smith as chief financial officer. Previously, he held the same role for Gevo. He also held the CFO post for Replidyne, and has served in various financial executive capacities at healthcare companies including Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Neuromedical Systems, Genzyme Corp. and Genetrix. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: MRTX) announced the promotion of Jamie A. Donadio to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Donadio first joined Mirati in 2013 serving as Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Mirati, Mr. Donadio spent 12 years at Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., most recently serving as Senior Director of Finance,. Mr. Donadio has also held various roles at Novatel Wireless and Ernst & Young.

Livongo Health [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the addition of Anna Baird as Chief Financial Officer. She previously served as President and CFO at RadiumOne, as well as more than 17 years at KPMG.

The Flinn Foundation [PHOENIX] has named Stacy L. Tucker its new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tucker previously served as chief operating officer of a single-family office in Phoenix, which included management of the Timothy T. Day Foundation, Inc. Her experience also includes a 10-year stint at Bar-S Foods Co., where she served as director of taxation, and positions in the tax department of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in both the Phoenix and Los Angeles offices.

Property Damage Appraisers [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced that Jennifer Salazar has joined the company as chief financial officer. Previously, Salazar worked at the International Bowling Campus as the chief financial officer. Prior to that, she worked as the director of accounting for American Consolidated Media. She also held accounting positions with Gannett, Inc., Belo Corporation, AT&T and BP/AMOCO.

AMP Solar Group Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Phil Henson will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Phil joins AMP Solar from AES Distributed Energy Inc. where he was the Chief Financial Officer. Phil is an experienced energy finance executive having held senior roles at Main Street Power Company Inc. (the predecessor of AES Distributed Energy), Solar Power Partners, Inc. and XL Capital Assurance Inc.

GenSpera, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] (OTCQB: GNSZ) announced that Craig A. Dionne, has resigned as GenSpera’s CEO and CFO. Russell Richerson, GenSpera’s Chief Operating Officer and Secretary, has been named Interim Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.

PierianDx [ST LOUIS] announced that Bryan J. Carey has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Carey currently serves as the executive vice president, CFO and director of Sunspire Health. Prior to joining Sunspire, Carey served as the President and CFO of 21^st Century Oncology, Managing Director of Vestar Capital Partners, and CFO and Managing Director, Europe, of Aearo Corporation.

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. [MILLERSBURG, Pa.] (NASDAQ:  MPB) announced Michael D. Peduzzi is joining the organization as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Peduzzi joins Mid Penn from Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. and PeoplesBank of York, Pennsylvania, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

CareDx, Inc. [Brisbane, CA] (NASDAQ: CDNA) announced that Charles Constanti will become its new chief financial officer, replacing Ken Ludlum. He most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Procera Networks, Inc. until September 2015. From April 2005 to February 2007, Mr. Constanti served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Netopia, Inc., which was acquired in February 2007 by Motorola, Inc., where he served as Senior Finance Director until May 2009. Previously, Mr. Constanti held various senior finance positions at Quantum Corporation and Bank of America Corporation, and was an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Chart Industries, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: GTLS) announced that Kenneth J. Webster has been named Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO), succeeding retiring CFO Michael F. Biehl.

Bromium, Inc. [CUPERTINO, Calif.] announced Earl Charles as the companies new CFO. Prior to Bromium, Charles was CFO of AOptix Technologies, Inc. Charles also served as CFO of XenSource.

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Molson Coors Brewing Company [DENVER & MONTREAL] (NYSE: TAP; TSX: TPX) announced that Mauricio Restrepo, formerly the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Beam Suntory, Inc., has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer, Molson Coors. He replaces interim CFO David Heede. Prior to his time with Beam Suntory, Restrepo spent nine years with SABMiller in senior finance roles, first as CFO of SABMiller Latin America and later CFO of SABMiller Europe. He joined SABMiller in 2005 where he was Chief Financial Officer. Mauricio has also held commercial and finance leadership roles in the publishing, automotive and banking industries.

Visteon Corporation [VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.] (NYSE: VC) announced that William M. Robertson, currently the company’s vice president and corporate controller, will serve as chief financial officer on an interim basis. Robertson, who has been with Visteon since 2000, will continue as corporate controller while serving as interim chief financial officer. His previous positions have included director, corporate finance for 12 years; manager, corporate finance; and operations manager. Before joining Visteon, Robertson served as vehicle operations controller for Ford Motor Co.

Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores [HUDSON, Ohio] is proud to announce Wade Miquelon as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Miquelon recently served as the executive vice president, CFO and president of international for Walgreen Company. Since working for Walgreens, Miquelon has served as founder and managing director of his own investment and advisory firm. Prior to working for Walgreens, Miquelon held the position of executive vice president and CFO at Tyson Foods, Inc. Before joining Tyson, Miquelon served in multiple roles of progressing responsibility at The Procter & Gamble Company.

ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [EDISON, N.J.] (NASDAQ: CTRV) announced the appointment of John Cavan as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Cavan had served as the Company’s interim CFO since January 2016. Prior to joining ContraVir as interim CFO, Mr. Cavan was a consultant with The Pine Hill Group. Prior to his role with the Pine Hill Group, he served as Chief Accounting Officer at Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. Preceding his role at Stemline, Mr. Cavan was Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He has also held financial positions within the healthcare industry at AlgoRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alpharma. Mr. Cavan also served in Sony, American Express, International Specialty Products and Nestlé U.S.A.  Mr. Cavan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Vantage Health Systems.

Progress [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PRGS) announced that Chris E. Perkins, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company that he plans to retire after a transition period. Mr. Perkins joined Progress as its CFO in February 2013.

Unify Square [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Charlie DiBona as Chief Financial Officer. DiBona joins Unify Square from Tresoro Ventures and TresoroLabs, where he served as a partner and executive director/portfolio CFO respectively. Prior to that, DiBona ran strategy and mergers and acquisitions for Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business. He also spent several years as CFO of the software startup, InfoRay.

iSheriff [REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.] announced it has added Eric Jenny to its executive team, as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining iSheriff, Jenny served as CFO for Place.

NetApp, Inc. [SUNNYVALE, CA] (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced the appointment of Ron Pasek as executive vice president, chief financial officer. Most recently, Pasek served as CFO of Altera Corporation. Prior to joining Altera, Pasek held several senior finance roles at Sun Microsystems. In 1990, he began a nearly 20-year career with Sun Microsystems, where he served in roles including vice president, Finance, Global Sales, and Service; and vice president and treasurer.

Las Vegas Sands [LAS VEGAS] (NYSE: LVS) announced that it has named Patrick Dumont as its chief financial officer. Mr. Dumont has served in operating and finance leadership positions since joining the company in June of 2010. Since July 2013, he has served as senior vice president of finance and strategy. Prior to joining LVS, Mr. Dumont worked in investment banking at Miller Buckfire and Bear Stearns.

Captain D’s [NASHVILLE, Tenn] announced Keith Davis has joined its executive team as chief financial officer. Davis has previous experience leading the financial and operational divisions of several national food service companies including Round Table Pizza, Beverly Enterprises, Landry’s Seafood Restaurant and Pizza Hut. Most recently, he served as the chief financial officer of Tavistock Restaurants.

JRjr33, Inc. (doing business as JRJR Networks) [DALLAS] (NYSE MKT: JRJR), has appointed Christopher L. Brooks as its Chief Financial Officer. He replaces John Rochon Jr., the company’s Vice Chairman, who had served as CFO for the past year. Mr. Brooks has been CFO with Assa Abloy Hospitality and Global Audio Visual; Vice President of Finance for Bank of America’s Home Loan Division as well as Corporate Controller for Transplace and Heartland Automotive Services.  Mr. Brooks worked on or led projects at JRJR Networks as well as at Michaels Stores, The Golf Warehouse, Fannie Mae, Caris Life Sciences, 7-11 and Energy Future Holdings.

Career Education Corporation [SCHAUMBURG, Ill] (NASDAQ: CECO) announced the appointment of Andrew J. (A.J.) Cederoth as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cederoth will replace David A. Rawden of AlixPartners, who has been serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company since April 1, 2015. Mr. Cederoth joins Career Education from Innova UEV, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of New Business Development. Prior to joining Innova, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Clover Technologies Group. He began his career in finance in 1990 at Navistar International Corporation. While at Navistar, Mr. Cederoth occupied various financial roles of increasing responsibility, culminating with his tenure as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2013.

Perforce Software [ALAMEDA, Calif.] announced the hiring of Mark Ties as chief financial officer. He brings 28 years of experience in finance roles including positions at Arcserve, HelpSystems LLC and XRS Corporation.

The Wet Seal, LLC [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that it has named Judd P. Tirnauer as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Judd served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Destination Maternity.

Destination Maternity Corporation [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: DEST) announced that Judd P. Tirnauer, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer will depart the Company.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: XHR) announced that Atish Shah will be joining the Company as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He joins Xenia from Hyatt Hotels Corporation (“Hyatt”), where he served as Senior Vice President, Strategy, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Investor Relations. He also served as Hyatt’s Interim Chief Financial Officer from April 2015 until March 2016. Prior to joining Hyatt in 2009, he served as Senior Vice President – Portfolio Management at Lowe Enterprises. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Shah worked for Hilton Hotels Corporation (“Hilton”) in a variety of finance roles. Mr. Shah began his career in the hospitality consulting practice of Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Medvation, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] (NASDAQ: MDVN) announced that Jennifer Jarrett will join Medivation as its new Chief Financial Officer. She replaces Richard A. Bierly. Ms. Jarrett joins Medivation from Citigroup, where she was Managing Director. Prior to Citigroup, Ms. Jarrett was a Managing Director in Credit Suisse’s Health Care Group.

HCP, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif] (NYSE: HCP) announced that Timothy Schoen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving HCP to become President of BioMed Realty.

YOU On Demand Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: YOD) announced that Mei Chen is joining the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Chen has worked at several large multi-national companies during her career including Cisco, Nokia and most recently, Microsoft China.

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. [NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: LNTH)  announced the appointment of Jack Crowley as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crowley previously served as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer since December 2015. He joined the Company in September 2010 as Director of Accounting. He was promoted to Vice President of Finance in April 2013, to Chief Accounting Officer in March 2015 and to interim Chief Financial Officer in December 2015. Prior to joining Lantheus, Mr. Crowley served in the roles of Assistant Corporate Controller, and prior to that, Director of Finance at Biogen Idec. Mr. Crowley also previously served as Director of Accounting at Fisher Scientific International. Prior to Fisher, Mr. Crowley was a Senior Audit Manager in the Technology practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. [DENVER] (NYSE: BCEI) announced William J. Cassidy, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will be retiring from his position.

Huttig Building Products, Inc. [St. Louis, MO] announced the resignation of Philip Keipp as the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Jon P. Vrabely, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, to the additional office of interim Chief Financial Officer.

LaSalle Hotel Properties [BETHESDA, Md] (NYSE: LHO) announced the appointment of Kenneth G. Fuller as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer. Mr. Fuller succeeds Bruce A. Riggins, who is leaving the company. Mr. Fuller has served as the Founder, Owner and Principal of Vine Investment Partners since 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Fuller served in various positions for the Company from 2000 to 2015, including most recently as Treasurer from 2011 to 2015, Vice President of Finance from 2009 to 2011, and Vice President of Asset Management from 2007 to 2009.

Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: CATB) announced that Ian Sanderson, Chief Financial Officer, has submitted his resignation.

Continuum [BOSTON] announced that Craig Dynes, former CFO at Pegasystems Inc. and Dealer.com, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the company. Prior to Dealer.com, Craig was CFO at Pegasystems. He has held numerous financial positions for both startup and public companies, including CFO for Demandware, SilverStream Software, Powersoft/Sybase and Watcom. He is also on the Board of Directors for Applause.com and CarNow, Inc.

Nuverra Environmental Solutions [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (OTCQB: NESC) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Greg Heinlein is leaving the Company.

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Fidelity Investments [BOSTON] announced Gerard McGraw, currently president of Fidelity Institutional (FI), has been named chief financial officer of FMR LLC and will lead the new Finance and Brokerage Operations team. McGraw has led Fidelity Institutional since mid-2009. He previously ran the Operations and Service Group from 2003 to 2009. He joined Fidelity in 1996.

Sungard® Availability Services™ [WAYNE, Pa.] named Susan Lynch as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer, Global Information Solutions at Hitachi Ltd. Before joining Hitachi Data Systems in 2007, Lynch served as vice president and chief financial officer at Raytheon Technical Services Company. Before Raytheon, Lynch held a broad range of senior management roles at Honeywell International, including assistant corporate controller, Global Business Services, director of business, analysis and planning and chief financial officer for the Latin American region.

Twitter, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] appointed Hugh Johnston to serve as member of the Board. Mr. Johnston, age 54, has been Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo, Inc, since July 2015 and March 2010, respectively. Mr. Johnston served as Executive Vice President at PepsiCo from March 2010 to July 2015.  He joined PepsiCo in 1987 and has held a number of increasing leadership roles, including Executive Vice President, Global Operations from 2009 to 2010 and President, Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Johnston left PepsiCo, Inc. from August 1999 through March 2002 to pursue a general management role as Vice President, Retail at Merck Medco.  Mr. Johnston served on the board of directors of AOL Inc, from October 2012 to June 2015.

Navigant [CHICAGO] announced that it has named Stephen R. Lieberman as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lieberman will succeed interim CFO Thomas (Tom) A. Nardi. Lieberman most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Latin America for Laureate Education, Inc. Prior to joining Laureate, Lieberman served as Senior Vice President, Finance for Dana Holding Corporation. Stephen was also Vice President and Treasurer at United Airlines. Lieberman also spent nearly 15 years at General Motors in various capacities, including Treasurer and Controller General for the auto manufacturer’s Mexico operations and Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Regional Treasury Center, Greater China.

H.B. Fuller Company [ST. PAUL, Minnesota] (NYSE: FUL) announced that John Corkrean will join the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Corkrean will take over for Jim Giertz, who will transition into a new role as executive vice president. Corkrean joins H.B. Fuller from Ecolab Inc. Most recently, he was the senior vice president of Finance for their Global Energy Services sector.

The Howard Hughes Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: HHC) announced that Andrew C. Richardson, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company.

Colt’s Manufacturing Company, LLC [HARTFORD, Conn.] announced that Scott Flaherty, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of has resigned his positions with the company. Richard Harris has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer.

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. [MARYVILLE, TN] (NYSE: RT) announced the resignation of Jill Golder. Ms. Golder had joined the Company in April 2013 as Senior Vice President of Finance and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary in June 2014.

Alteryx, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that Kevin Rubin has joined its executive team as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Alteryx, Kevin was CFO of MSC Software. Prior to joining MSC, Kevin served as CFO for Pictage, DataDirect Networks and MRV Communications.

IAC [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ:  IAC) announced the appointment of Glenn H. Schiffman as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schiffman succeeds Jeff Kip, whose departure as CFO was announced last summer. Prior to his most recent role as Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities, Mr. Schiffman was a Partner at The Raine Group. Previous leadership roles include Co-Head of Global Media at Lehman Brothers, Head of Investment Banking Asia-Pacific at Lehman Brothers, and subsequently Nomura, as well as Head of Investment Banking, Americas.

IDEX CORPORATION [LAKE FOREST, Ill.] (NYSE:IEX) announced the appointment of Mark A. Buthman to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Buthman retired from Kimberly–Clark Corporation in 2015, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2003 to April 2015. Mr. Buthman has served since 2011 as a director of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

Chassix [SOUTHFIELD, Mich.] has named Michael Beyer chief financial officer. Beyer most recently served as chief financial officer of Wolverine Advanced Materials.  Previously, he served as corporate controller for Affinia Group, and held increasingly responsible finance and accounting roles over a 14-year period with Dana Corporation.

Dealogic [NEW YORK] announced Krish Venkataraman is succeeding Rick McHattie as Chief Financial Officer. Venkataraman joins Dealogic from Syncsort, where he was CFO and COO. He previously held senior roles at several firms, including NYSE Euronext and Lehman Brothers.

News America Marketing (NAM), [NEW YORK] announced that Ajay Singh, a News Corp finance veteran, has been named as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Previously SVP Finance at News Corp. Prior to joining News Corp, Ajay was CFO of HookLogic, Inc. Beforehand, Ajay was CFO, Lifestyle Communities at Reader’s Digest Association. Ajay also spent eight years at Gemstar-TV Guide. Ajay began his business career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1993.

Universal Truckload Services, Inc. [WARREN, Mich.] (NASDAQ: UACL) announced that David A. Crittenden, Universal’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has resigned from the company. The Company appointed Jude Beres as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Beres previously served as the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer since April 2015. Prior to joining Universal, Mr. Beres served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting for Central Transport.

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: SRNE) announced that Kevin M. Herde has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was the Vice President of Global Blood Screening and Alliance Management for Hologic, Inc. He joined Hologic in 2012. Mr. Herde joined Gen-Probe in 2002 and served in numerous finance roles, ultimately as the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to his 14 years at Gen-Probe and Hologic, Mr. Herde also served in multiple management roles in finance for Gateway, the global computer and technology company, and was an Audit Manager for KPMG LLP.

CloudHealth Technologies [BOSTON] announced the appointment Larry Begley as its chief financial officer. Begley comes to CloudHealth from .406 Ventures, which he co-founded. Prior to co-founding .406 Ventures, he served as chief financial officer at CCBN.com, i-Cube and Razorfish. Begley also served as partner, CFO and treasurer of The Boston Consulting Group and held financial roles at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, The Foxboro Company, Data Resources Inc. and Softbridge Microsystems.

BGC Partners, Inc. [NEW YORK and LONDON] (NASDAQ:  BGCP) announced that it has named Steve McMurray as Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Graham Sadler. Steve was most recently Director of Finance at an independent insurance provider Amlin plc., which he joined in 2007.  Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Accountant at the Bank of England.

Payscout [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Dan Gardner as Chief Financial Officer. Dan spent the last 5 years as CFO of TRANSFAST. Earlier in his career, he also served in a series of increasingly responsible financial management positions at international firms such as Global Capacity and D.B. Zwirn.

Tire Factory, Inc. [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Walter Lybeck, its former Chief Financial Officer, and most recently its Interim CEO since August 2015, has been named its Chief Executive Officer. Lybeck, joined the company in 2010, serving as its CFO, and more recently its Interim CEO. Prior to joining Tire Factory, he was Director of Finance and Accounting at Rejuvenation. He also worked in financial positions for Nautilus, Oregon Steel Mills, Intel and Deloitte.

Lindsay Corporation [OMAHA, Neb.] (NYSE: LNN) announced that Brian Ketcham will join Lindsay Corporation as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ketcham will succeed Jim Raabe. For the past 15 years, Mr. Ketcham has served in various finance roles at Valmont Industries, Inc., most recently as Vice President and Group Controller of the Engineered Support Structures segment. Prior to joining Valmont, Mr. Ketcham held various positions with Consolidated Container Company LLC and KPMG LLP.

Triumph Group, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: TGI) announced that Jeffrey L. McRae, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down from that position.

Fred’s Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FRED) announced that it has named Rick Hans Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He replaces Jerry A. Shore, who was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Fred’s, Hans was with Walgreen Co. for 27 years. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Finance. Hans previously held the position of Director of Finance and Assistant Treasurer. Hans also held roles as Real Estate Manager and Senior Real Estate Manager. He joined Walgreens in 1987 as a financial analyst.

NN, Inc. [JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: NNBR) announced that James H. Dorton, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, is retiring after an 11-year career with the company. Thomas C. Burwell, Jr., NN’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the responsibilities of the principal financial officer in the interim.

Innophos Holdings, Inc. [CRANBURY, N.J.] (NASDAQ:  IPHS) announced that it has appointed Han Kieftenbeld as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Global Chief Financial Officer at AB Mauri in the U.K. Prior to AB Mauri, Mr. Kieftenbeld held the position of Global Chief Procurement Officer at Ingredion Incorporated. Prior to that, Mr. Kieftenbeld gained experience as a Chief Financial Officer at Akzonobel N.V. from 2007-2010 and, before that, at ICI PLC from 1997-2007. Currently, Mr. Kieftenbeld serves as a non-executive advisor and board member at Themis Analytics.

Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. [WAYZATA, Minn.] (NYSE MKT: DAKP) announced the resignation of Timothy Brady, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Dakota Plains. Jim Thornton, Dakota Plains’ Executive Vice President – Strategy, General Counsel and Secretary, will assume the responsibilities as principal financial officer of Dakota Plains and as its interim chief financial officer. Mr. Thornton has served as General Counsel and Secretary of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. since joining in March 2013 and as Executive Vice President, Strategy since December 2015. Mr. Thornton previously served as the senior legal counsel of Toreador Resources Corporation in Paris, France. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Thornton was an attorney in the Atlanta office of Dentons US LLP. Before joining Dentons US LLP, Mr. Thornton practiced in the corporate departments of Balch & Bingham LLP and Locke Lord LLP.

symplr® [HOUSTON, TX] announced the appointment of Tres Thompson as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Thompson held several senior executive positions at Cardtronics, including: Executive Vice President of Global Accounts, Managing Director of UK Operations, Executive Vice President of ATM Services and Chief Accounting Officer. He also previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Sternhill Partners.

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GBT) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Farrow as chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Farrow previously served as CFO of ZS Pharma, Inc. Prior to ZS Pharma, he was CFO at Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. He previously served as vice president of finance at Evotec AG. Prior to Evotec, Mr. Farrow served as vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at Renovis. Earlier in his career, Mr. Farrow spent seven years working in the audit practice of KPMG LLP.

DJO Global, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced that Susan Crawford, executive vice president and chief financial officer has decided to retire.

Clinical Ink [WINSTON-SALEM, NC and PHILADELPHIA, PA.] announced that Scott Miltenberger has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Clinical Ink, Mr. Miltenberger was Chief Financial Officer for Evolve IP through GPX Enterprises. Prior to Evolve IP, Scott served as CFO for Elemica. Scott began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Provista Diagnostics Inc. [NEW YORK] has promoted Uriel Kusiatin to Chief Financial Officer. Kusiatin began consulting with the company in 2013 and formally joined in 2015 as Senior Vice President of Finance. Mr. Kusiatin began his career at Deloitte.

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Revlon, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: REV) announced that its Board of Directors elected Juan R. Figuereo as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Figuereo most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NII Holdings, Inc., from October 2012 to October 2015. Mr. Figuereo also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. from 2009 to 2012 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cott Corporation from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Figuereo served as Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions for Wal-Mart International from 2003 to 2007 and in various international, finance and general management positions at PepsiCo from 1988 to 2003. Mr. Figuereo has served since June 2011 as a director and as a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee of PVH Corp., becoming Chairman of such committee in 2015.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. [LEBANON, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: CBRL) announced that Jill Golder will join the Company to become its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Golder replaces Lawrence E. Hyatt. Golder was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. During her 23 years at Darden Restaurants, Inc., she held progressively more responsible positions, including Senior Vice President of Finance for Olive Garden North America, Senior Vice President of Finance for Smokey Bones, Senior Vice President of Finance for the Specialty Restaurant Group, and Senior Vice President of Finance for Red Lobster. She also served as Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Analysis for Domino’s Pizza International, and Chief Financial Officer of Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurants.

Workday, Inc. [PLEASANTON, CA.] (NYSE: WDAY) announced Robynne Sisco has been named chief financial officer. Robynne joined Workday in 2012 as chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Workday, she was chief accounting officer and corporate controller at VMware. Before VMware, she served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer at VeriSign and assistant controller at Oracle. She also held senior finance roles at Visa, General Electric, and Ford.

Playboy Enterprises [BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.] announced that Veteran media executive David Israel, who joined in 2012, has been named Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Israel replaces Christoph Pachler. Prior to joining Playboy in 2012, David was the Chairman, CEO and founding partner of Procysive Corporation. Prior to Procysive, Mr. Israel was CEO, International for Reed Business Information. Previously, David served as CEO, Classified Ventures and as President of Macmillan Computer Publishing.

Vendavo [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the appointment of John Oosterhouse, as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Vendavo, he served as senior vice president and interim CFO at Veritas. He has previously held leadership positions at Sun Microsystems, Maxtor Corporation, and Unisys.

CSAA Insurance Group [WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] announced the appointment of J. Paul McCaffrey Jr. as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). McCaffrey most recently served as the executive vice president, CFO and treasurer at Grange Insurance. Prior to joining Grange Insurance in 2006, he was a senior manager with Ernst & Young and held finance roles with International Total Services, Revco D.S., and Sherwin-Williams.

Haemonetics Corporation [BRAINTREE, Mass.] (NYSE: HAE) announced that Christopher Lindop, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Business Development has announced his retirement.

Children’s Minnesota [MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minn.] announced that Todd Ostendorf has been appointed to chief financial officer (CFO). He most recently held the role of CFO for North Memorial Health Care. Prior to North Memorial, Ostendorf was CFO for UnitedHealth Group’s Complex Population Management.

Accelerize [NEWPORT BEACH, California] (OTCQB: ACLZ) and its marketing software division CAKE, announced the appointment of Anthony (Andy) Mazzarella to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mazzarella, assumed the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer in January 2016. Prior to joining Accelerize, Mr. Mazzarella most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at Scalable Network Technologies. Prior to that he was a founder and Chief Executive Officer of AOptix Technologies from 2000 to 2005. Before that he was Chief Financial Officer of iMALL. In addition to his executive roles, Mr. Mazzarella has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of numerous other technology companies, including Mustang Software, SuperNation, MyLife (Reunion.com), eForce Media and PatentVest. Earlier in his career he served as Vice President of Finance for The Davis Companies, Director of Planning for Twentieth Century Fox, and Senior Consultant with Deloitte & Touche.

Limelight Networks, Inc. [TEMPE, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: LLNW) announced the appointment of Sajid Malhotra as chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Malhotra has been serving as the Company’s Interim CFO since December, 2015. He joined Limelight in March 2014. Prior to that Malhotra has served as senior vice president of strategy, marketing and mergers for Convergys Corporation.

Transfast [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joe Tumbarello as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Tumbarello joined the company as COO in June 2015. Previous experience includes companies like First Data Corporation, where he was a divisional Chief Financial Officer and General Manager, Cardservice International, where he was Chief Financial Officer, and FNDS3000 Corp. Immediately prior to joining Transfast, Tumbarello was Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration at Global Cash Card.

CoreLogic^® [IRVINE, Calif.] (NYSE: CLGX) announced that James L. Balas has been named chief financial officer.  Balas, who has been the company’s senior vice president finance, controller and principal accounting officer since September 2012, assumes the role from Frank Martell. Balas joined CoreLogic in March 2011 as senior vice president, controller and principal accounting officer. Prior to joining the company, he held a variety of senior financial leadership positions at several publicly traded companies after a successful 10-year career at Ernst & Young and Capgemini.

Delta Risk LLC [SAN ANTONIO] announced that Jim Garner has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Delta Risk, Garner was Managing Partner for the firm Solomon Edwards. Before that he was President and Founder of Virtus Consulting.

Federal Realty Investment Trust [ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NYSE: FRT) announced that Chief Financial Officer, James M. Taylor, will be stepping down from his role. Mr. Taylor has served as Federal Realty’s Chief Financial Officer since 2012.

Albemarle Corporation [BATON ROUGE, La.] (NYSE: ALB) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Scott A. Tozier has returned to the company following a temporary medical leave of absence, resuming management responsibility for the company’s Finance and Shared Services functions.

CNO Financial Group, Inc. [CARMEL, Ind.] (NYSE: CNO) announced that it has appointed Erik Helding as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Helding previously served as Senior Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations. Mr. Helding was most recently Senior Vice President of Treasury & Investor Relations. Prior to that, he served as VP of Enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis. He joined CNO in 2004 as Director of Finance for Bankers Life and Colonial Penn. Prior to joining CNO, Mr. Helding held finance positions with GE Capital from 1999-2004.

White Lodging [MERRILLVILLE, Ind.] announced that Ken Barrett has joined White Lodging as the Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Barrett was Senior Vice President of Asset Management for Chicago based Strategic Hotels where he worked for the past 10 years. Prior to that, Barrett worked with IHG as Regional Controller and Director of Accounting for the Americas and with Interstate Hotels as a Regional Controller in their Crossroads Hospitality division. He has worked with most of the major hotel brands including: Fairmont, Four Seasons, Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental, Loews and Marriott.

Examination Management Services, Inc. [IRVING, TEXAS] announced the appointment of C. Chris Apple to the role of chief financial officer (CFO). Apple succeeds Michael Zarriello, who has served as the company’s interim CFO since November 2015. Apple most recently served as executive vice president and CFO for AMX Corporation. Prior, he held senior finance roles with BEI Holding Corporation, Alcatel-Lucent, Answersoft Inc. and Sevin Rosen Funds.

NS1 [NEW YORK] announced that Aaron Pullin was appointed CFO. Prior to NS1, Pullin served as CFO of Net Access. Before that, he was CFO at Voxel dot Net. He also served as controller at Embrace Technologies and as senior financial analyst at InfoHighway Communications.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines [Des Moines, Iowa] announced that Joseph Amato has been appointed Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Freddie Mac. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Amato served as Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder of NextFinance. Prior to that, he spent over 10 years with Fannie Mae, including holding management roles in Financial Transactions and Portfolio Strategy.

LHC Group [LAFAYETTE, La.] (NASDAQ: LHCG) announced that it has named Joshua L. Proffitt, previously LHC Group’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel, as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Proffitt will replace Dionne E. Viator. Prior to being named Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel in August 2012, Mr. Proffitt had been Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant General Counsel since April 2009. He joined LHC Group in September 2008 as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Director of Acquisitions.  Previously, he was a Senior Associate in the Corporate Healthcare Practice Group at Alston & Bird LLP, which he joined in 2002.

ModCloth [SAN FRANCISCO] has appointed Phil Neri as chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Neri most recently served as CFO of Serena & Lily since 2011. Prior to Serena & Lily, Mr. Neri held the CFO role at Delivery Agent, Inc. and Gumps of San Francisco, as well as financial leadership positions at Restoration Hardware and Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Xcel Energy Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] named Robert (Bob) Frenzel as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Frenzel, replaces Teresa Madden. Frenzel most recently served as senior vice president and CFO for Luminant.  Prior to joining EFH, Frenzel was a vice president at Goldman Sachs. Earlier in his career he was a consultant in the strategy, finance and economics practice at Arthur Andersen. Frenzel also served as a nuclear engineering officer and weapons officer in the United States Navy.

Axis Global Logistics [NORTH BERGEN, NJ] announced that Paula Nitto has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. In 1998, Paula joined NYK Line. She climbed the corporate ladder to CFO. Before joining Axis, Paula was a Global Controller at Inttra, Inc. Paula began her career in public accounting with Coopers and Lybrand (PwC), and CFO of an architectural firm.

Victory Energy Corporation [AUSTIN, TX.] (OTCQB: VYEY) announced that its board of directors has appointed Jeff Marlowe as its Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marlowe will replace Fred J. Smith, Jr. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Marlowe held the position of Director of General Accounting at Forestar Group, Inc. Prior to his post at Forestar, from 2009 to 2013, Mr. Marlowe was employed by Davis Petroleum Corp., where he first started as Corporate Controller and was eventually promoted to Vice President & Controller. Before his role at Davis Petroleum, Mr. Marlowe served as Controller at Kayne Anderson Fund Advisors, LLC and was the Financial Reporting Manager at Rosetta Resources. He started his career in public accounting in the Global Energy Practice at PwC, LLP as an audit manager.

The Cleveland Foundation [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Rosanne Potter as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Potter replaces retiring Cleveland Foundation SVP and CFO Kate Asbeck. Potter most recently was Senior Manager for Pension Management at Eaton Corporation. She also has held treasurer positions at several other global companies including the Lubrizol Corporation, RTI International Metals and Dexter Corporation.

Gopher Protocol Inc. [SAN DIEGO, CA] (OTCQB: GOPH) announced the appointment of Erik Klinger to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Klinger is the founder and CEO of Dealounge.

Fusion [NEW YORK, NY] (NASDAQ: FSNN) announced that Michael R. Bauer has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bauer most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of GTT Communications, Inc. Prior to GTT, Mr. Bauer led the financial planning and analysis and investor relations efforts at MeriStar Hospitality Corporation. Mr. Bauer began his career with Arthur Andersen in audit and business advisory services.

Red Lion Hotels Corporation [SPOKANE, Wash.] (NYSE: RLH) announced that James Bell, its former Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave RLHC to pursue another professional venture. The Board has appointed David Wright, the Company’s Vice President of Accounting, Tax & External Reporting, as interim Chief Financial Officer. David Wright joined RLHC in 2015 as Vice President of Accounting, Tax & External Reporting. He worked for the previous seven years in various technical accounting roles at Itron and for 11 years prior to that in increasing supervisory roles on external audit engagements at Deloitte.

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AMAG) announced the appointment of Edward (Ted) Myles as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Prior to joining AMAG, he served in various positions at Ocata Therapeutics, Inc., most recently as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. From 2008 to 2013, Mr. Myles served as chief financial officer and vice president of operations at PrimeraDx, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Myles was senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Pressure Biosciences, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Myles was an associate at SG Cowen Securities Corporation and served as corporate controller for Boston Biomedica.

Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: DAVE) has appointed Dexter Newman as Chief Financial Officer. Newman most recently served as Vice President and a Division Chief Financial Officer at Bloomin’ Brands Inc. He was formerly the Vice President and Treasurer, and Head of Risk Management from October 2012 through October 2013 for Bloomin’ Brands. From February 2002 to August 2012, he was employed in numerous roles with Best Buy Co., Inc., most recently serving as Senior Director and Chief Financial Officer of Best Buy’s Private Brands and Global Sourcing Group, and previously serving as Senior Director and Deputy Treasurer. Prior to his role within Treasury at Best Buy, Newman worked as Director, Strategy Development and Operations for Best Buy International. Before joining Best Buy, he spent two years with Scotiabank.

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Yelp Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: YELP) announced that Charles “Lanny” Baker will join the company as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 9, 2016. Most recently, Mr. Baker served as Chief Executive Officer and President of ZipRealty, Inc. (September 2010 – March 2016), during which time ZipRealty was acquired by Realogy Holdings, Inc. (August 2014). Previously, Mr. Baker served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ZipRealty (December 2008 – September 2010). Additionally, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (March 2005 – June 2007). From 1993 to 2005, Mr. Baker held various research positions at Salomon Brothers (subsequently Salomon Smith Barney, and then Citigroup) and was a Managing Director in the Equity Research Department. Mr. Baker currently serves as a director of XO Group, Inc. (November 2005 – present) where he chairs the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees; and also recently served as director and Chairman of the Audit Committee (2011 – December 2015) of HomeAway, Inc., an online vacation rental company, which was acquired by Expedia, Inc.

SUPERVALU INC. [MINNEAPOLIS, MN] (NYSE: SVU) announced that Bruce Besanko, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has added the responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer, a position he held from August 2013 to October 2015.

The Wendy’s Company [DUBLIN, Ohio] (NASDAQ: WEN) announced that Gunther Plosch will join the Company on May 2, 2016 and will serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer following a transition period during the month of May. Plosch joins Wendy’s from the Kellogg Company, where he has spent the last 16 years in Finance roles of increasing responsibility, including his most recent assignment as Vice President of Global Business Services and, previously, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Kellogg North America business. Current President and Chief Financial Officer Todd Penegor will become CEO at that time. Plosch began his career with The Procter & Gamble Company in Austria, where he spent nine years in various divisions, ultimately serving as Associate Director of Finance for the Central and European division. He joined Kellogg in 2000 as the Finance Director in the United Kingdom division, and was subsequently promoted to the U.S. business in 2005, where he led finance teams in Corporate Planning and Morning Foods. In 2010 he became Chief Financial Officer of Kellogg North America and in 2014 was elevated to Vice President of Global Business Services. 

Mount Tam Biotechnologies, Inc. [NOVATO, CA] (OTC PINK: MNTM) announced that Jim Stapleton will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Stapleton succeeds current interim CFO David R. Wells. Mr. Stapleton is the current Audit Committee chair and a member of the Board of Directors of Summer Energy Holdings Inc. From August 2012 to May 2014 Mr. Stapleton was the CFO of Ozone International, LLC. From February 2012 to June 2012 Mr. Stapleton was the CFO at Jones Soda Co. From 2007 to 2011 Mr. Stapleton was a consultant for a variety of companies. From May 2005 through July 2007 Mr. Stapleton was the CFO of Bionovo, Inc.

Smoothie King [NEW ORLEANS] announced the hiring of Brian Judge as Chief Financial officer. Judge has worked with a number of retail companies in his career, including leadership roles with Buddy’s Home Furnishings and Ruth’s Hospitality Group.

Mannatech^®, Incorporated [COPPELL, Texas] (NASDAQ: MTEX) announced it has promoted David Johnson, Chief Accounting Officer, to Chief Financial Officer. Johnson joined Mannatech in July 2013 and brings more than 22 years of experience to the company. Prior to Mannatech, Johnson held several financial management positions, including manager of accounting at Safety-Kleen and financial controller at Copart.

Accretive Health, Inc. [CHICAGO] (OTC Pink: ACHI) announced that Christopher Ricaurte, Senior Vice President, Revenue Cycle Operations for Accretive Health, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, succeeding Peter Csapo, who is stepping down from his role. Mr. Ricaurte has served as Senior Vice President, Revenue Cycle Operations for Accretive Health since 2013 and is responsible for all of the company’s centers of excellence in the U.S. and India. Before joining Accretive, he was CFO, Silicon Systems Group at Applied Materials, Inc. Prior to this, he was President of Nortel Business Services, where he had also previously held the position of CFO, Global Operations. Before this, Mr. Ricaurte was CFO of CHEP Europe in London. He also worked for GE for more than 20 years, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including CFO for GE Consumer & Industrial in Europe, Middle East

Lime Energy Co. [NEWARK, N.J.] (NASDAQ: LIME) announced that Bruce Torkelson will be joining the organization as its new Chief Financial Officer on May 2, 2016. Lime Energy’s current Chief Financial Officer, Mary Colleen Brennan, will be stepping down from her position, but will remain with the company until May 31, 2016. Mr. Torkelson has served as Corporate Vice President — Financial Planning of CalAtlantic Homes since January 2010 where he focused on long-term planning and strategic initiatives. Previously, he served as Vice President — Corporate Operations of Standard Pacific Homes.

Stratus Technologies, Inc. [MAYNARD, MS] announced the appointment of Christina Clohecy as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing Bob Laufer who is leaving Stratus after 27 years of service to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Clohecy was the vice president of finance and administration for Airvana, having joined the company in 2009. Prior to that, she held a series of positions at both Sycamore Networks and Vitronics Soltec.

Green Charge Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] named Tim Larrison chief financial officer. Tim joins Green Charge from YGEA Holding Co., a subsidiary of Yingli Solar where he was CFO and board director. Before YGEA, Tim served in senior corporate finance roles at public and private equity-backed companies including Simbol Materials, Verified Identity Pass and Virgin Media. Earlier in his career, he worked several years at Enron Europe in asset development and structured finance.

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DRNA) announced the appointment of John B. “Jack” Green as chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Green has served as the Company’s interim CFO since January 2016. Prior to joining Dicerna as CFO, he served as CFO of Verastem, Inc. (VSTM). Previously, he served for more than 15 years as CFO of GTC Biotherapeutics (formerly Genzyme Transgenics), a publicly-traded biotechnology company spun out of Genzyme as a stand-alone company in 1993.

Acadia Realty Trust [RYE, N.Y.] (NYSE: AKR) announced that John Gottfried will succeed Jon Grisham as Chief Financial Officer on June 27, 2016. Mr. Grisham, who had previously announced his intention to retire, will serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer through June 26, 2016 and is expected to remain with the Company through a transition period. Mr. Gottfried has over 20 years of public accounting experience focused in the real estate industry and currently leads PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s (“PwC”) New York Metro real estate assurance practice. He has been responsible for several of the firm’s largest REITs and real estate companies.

GridLiance [CHICAGO] announced that Jeff Bishop has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Seattle City Light. Prior to Seattle City Light, Mr. Bishop held a variety of financial leadership roles at PacifiCorp Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings.

Quantum Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NYSE: QTM) announced that Fuad Ahmad has been appointed senior vice president and CFO. He brings 25 years of financial experience to the role, including over 12 years as a CFO for three different public and private companies. Ahmad is currently a partner at FLG Partners LLC, a leading CFO consulting and board advisory firm based in Silicon Valley. Ahmad joined FLG Partners in 2013 and has been advising various companies on matters ranging from scaling their operations and growth and financing strategies to restructuring and reorganizations. Prior to FLG Partners, he was CFO of Sezmi Inc. From 2004 to 2010, Ahmad was senior vice president and CFO of Globalstar Inc.

M&T Bank Corporation [BUFFALO, N.Y.] (NYSE: MTB) announced that Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer René F. Jones will undertake new managerial responsibilities effective May 2. In addition to his continuing oversight of the bank’s Treasury function and Wilmington Trust division, he adds two new business lines, Mortgage and Consumer Lending. Mr. Jones joined M&T in 1992 and has held a series of management positions within the Finance division. He was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and joined the bank’s Management Group in 2005, and he was named Vice Chairman in January 2014. M&T also announced that Executive Vice President Darren J. King will become Chief Financial Officer. Mr. King joined M&T in 2000, and was named to the Management Group in 2010. His experience in the financial services industry spans more than 25 years and includes senior leadership roles at Mercer Management Consulting, predecessor firm to Oliver Wyman, where he was Vice President in the Financial Services Practice.

Genius Brands International, Inc. [BEVERLY HILLS, CA] (OTCQB: GNUS) named former VP of Finance for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Rebecca Hershinger, as Chief Financial Officer. Hershinger initially began working with GBI in early 2014 through CFO Advisory Services, Inc., a corporation she founded that provided accounting and business advisory services to private and public companies, and then served as the Company’s CFO from October 2014 through June 2015, while living in Salt Lake City, UT. Hershinger held finance and corporate development positions at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. in which she was responsible for various finance functions related to M&A analysis. She also served as an Investment Banking Analyst for JP Morgan Chase & Co., covering clients in the entertainment, real estate and hotels & gaming industries.

Shopoff Realty Investments [IRVINE, Calif.]  announced that the company has appointed Lisa Jack as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Shopoff, Jack served as chief financial officer of IMH Financial Corporation. Previously, Jack served as chief financial officer for Arch Bay Capital.

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: PCRX) announced the appointment of Charles A. Reinhart, III, to the position of Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed former Chief Financial Officer Jim Scibetta, who is currently President. Mr. Reinhart will start in this new role effective Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Prior to joining Pacira, Mr. Reinhart served as Chief Financial Officer of Covis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Archimedes Pharma Ltd and PharmAthene, Inc. He has also held senior financial roles at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cephalon, Inc. and several early stage life sciences companies.

kCura [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Jason Ream as chief financial officer. Jason was CFO at SolarWinds. Prior to joining SolarWinds, Jason worked with multiple software companies to drive their growth and innovation as an investment banker with J.P. Morgan. He also held various roles at UBS, Piper Jaffray, and Credit Suisse First Boston. kCura’s Keith Lieberman will transition from CFO to chief accounting officer.

Arabella Exploration, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] (OTC PINK: AXPLF) announced with regret that its Chief Financial Officer, Terry E. Sanford, has passed away. The Company further announced that Arabella Chief Executive Officer Jason Hoisager would serve as interim Chief Financial Officer. 

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. [TYSONS, Va.] (NASDAQ: ALRM) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Jennifer Moyer, will be leaving the Company to accept a chief financial officer position at an early stage private company located in Washington, DC.  She will remain with the Company as its Chief Financial Officer through the first quarter earnings and the 10-Q filing. On an interim basis, AJ Gollinger, the Company’s controller, will act as its principal accounting officer.

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Yum! Brands, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky] (NYSE: YUM) announced the promotion of David Gibbs to President and Chief Financial Officer. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the global Pizza Hut Division. He served as CFO of Pizza Hut U.S. from 2005 to 2010 before transitioning to a global role as President and CFO of Yum! Restaurants International. Gibbs also served as President of Pizza Hut U.S., prior to assuming the role of division CEO.

Hilton Worldwide [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: HLT) announced the appointment of Sean M. Dell’Orto as chief financial officer of the planned real estate investment trust (REIT) that is expected to form following its separation from Hilton Worldwide later this year. Dell’Orto will continue to serve as senior vice president and treasurer for Hilton Worldwide. Previously, Dell’Orto was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Barceló Crestline Corporation, and was vice president and treasurer at Highland Hospitality Corporation.

Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced it has appointed David F. Conte to its board of directors. He is currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President at Splunk Inc. Previously, he served as CFO at IronKey, Inc. Prior to that, he served as CFO at software company Opsware.

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation [CARNEGIE, Pa.] (NYSE: AP) announced the appointment of Michael G. McAuley as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. He most recently served as Senior Vice President and CFO at RTI International Metals (RTI). Before joining RTI, Mr. McAuley held positions of increasing responsibility at Goodrich Corporation, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Groupon [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: GRPN) announced that it has named Mike Randolfi as its Chief Financial Officer. Randolfi most recently served as CFO of Orbitz Worldwide. Prior to Orbitz, Randolfi held a number of senior finance roles at Delta Air Lines, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President and Controller.

Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: SGYP) announced that Gary L. Sender has resigned as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Bernard F. Denoyer, who has served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Secretary at Synergy since 2008, will assume responsibilities as Principal Financial Officer.

Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: BNFT) announced that Dennis B. Story will join the company as chief financial officer. Story is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer of Manhattan Associates, Inc. and has been with Manhattan Associates since March of 2006. He was previously senior vice president of finance for Certegy until its merger with Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Prior to Certegy, Story held the CFO role at NewRoads, Inc., and also previously served as a senior vice president with Equifax. Story began his career at Coopers & Lybrand.

Grange Insurance [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced that Terri Dalenta has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. She most recently served as SVP of Property Product Management for Allstate Insurance in Chicago. Prior to Allstate, Dalenta served as EVP and Chief Risk Officer for Aviva North America and then served in the company’s London headquarters as Risk Framework Director. She also previously served as Chief Risk Officer and Corporate Chief Actuary for Safeco Insurance. Terri started her career in the late 1980s with Aetna Life and Casualty. She’s also held senior positions with Deloitte Consulting, LLP and Travelers Insurance.

Social Reality, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTCQB: SCRI) announced the appointment of Rahul Thumati as its Chief Financial Officer. He joins the company from Liberman Broadcasting. There he served as Corporate Controller and VP of Finance from August 2014 until joining Social Reality in March 2016. Prior to working at Liberman Broadcasting, Mr. Thumati held a variety of executive finance positions including his post as Corporate Controller of Evergreen Studios. Previous to that, he also served as Corporate Controller for Forward Industries. Mr. Thumati was employed by The Walt Disney Company, from November 2008 until September 2011, serving as Senior Manager- Corporate Accounting and Manager- Transaction Support from November 2008 until November 2009.  Prior to that he was employed by Deloitte & Touche, serving as Senior Consultant – Regulatory and Capital Markets Consulting.

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BAUDETTE, Minn.] (NASDAQ: ANIP) announced the appointment of Stephen P. Carey to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Steve has held various financial and accounting positions with Schering Plough Corporation and most recently, Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., where he was the Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Steve began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Penn Community Bank [DOYLESTOWN, PA] announced that it has hired Stephanie A. Austin as its chief financial officer. Austin previously served as chief financial officer and treasurer for Continental Bank Holdings, Inc. for nine years. Prior to that, Austin served as the controller at Harleysville National Bank. She previously had served as the controller for Progress Financial Group.

Brixmor Property Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: BRX) announced that it named Angela Aman as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Aman will succeed Barry Lefkowitz. Mr. Lefkowitz has held the position on an interim basis since February 2016. Ms. Aman currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Starwood Retail Partners. Previously, she served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Retail Properties of America, Inc. She previously served as a Portfolio Manager with RREEF and started her career in the real estate practice in the investment banking group at Deutsche Bank.

Bear State Financial, Inc. [LITTLE ROCK, Ark.] (NASDAQ: BSF) announced that Chief Accounting Officer Sherri Billings was named Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. Mrs. Billings has been with the Bank since 1979. She has served as an Executive Vice President since 2002 and became Chief Accounting Officer in 2014. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and First Federal Bank from 2002 until 2014, as Senior Vice President for First Federal Bank from 1993 to 2002, and as Treasurer for First Federal Bank from 1986 to 1993.

Unum Group [CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.] (NYSE: UNM) announced that Josh Nelson will be joining the company as chief financial officer of its Colonial Life business. Nelson joins Unum Group from MetLife, where he most recently served as vice president and chief financial officer. He previously held leadership roles at The Hartford and AIG.

Tangoe, Inc. [ORANGE, Conn.] (NASDAQ: TNGO) announced that Jay Zager will assume responsibility as the company’s interim Chief Financial Officer, after former CFO Gary Martino resigned. Mr. Zager most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), from which he retired in 2013. Prior to this role, Mr. Zager served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at 3Com Corporation.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CDNS) announced that Geoff Ribar, senior vice president and chief financial officer, who joined the company in 2010, has decided to retire.

Bask Technology Inc. [LEHI, Utah] announced that Phil Fraher has been hired as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Bask, he served as CEO, COO and CFO for Houston-based FuelQuest, President and CEO of Visual Numerics, Inc., COO and CFO of Brightmail, Inc. and held other financial management positions at Cahners Business Information Electronic Media Division, Pilot Software, and Dun & Bradstreet. In addition, Fraher has been a key advisor to several emerging startup organizations and previously served as an Executive in Residence at the Houston Technology Center.

SUPERVALU INC. [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] (NYSE:SVU) announced that Mary Winston has been appointed to SUPERVALU’s Board of Directors. Ms. Winston joins the Board having most recently served from 2012 through August 2015 as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Before joining Family Dollar, from 2008 to 2012, Ms. Winston served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Giant Eagle, Inc. Ms. Winston currently serves on the boards of directors for Dover Corporation and Domtar Corporation, and from 2008 through February 2016 was a director for Plexus Corporation.

Safeware [DUBLIN, OHIO] welcomes Michael Newcomb as its new Chief Financial Officer. Newcomb joins Safeware companies like Cardinal Health, Express-Med and IGB.

Icertis [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the addition of Jeff Epstein, Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), to its Advisory Board. Epstein, the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Oracle.

Seychelle Water Filtration Products [SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.] (OTCQB: SYEV) announced that James Place will become President and remains CFO.

Lee Industries, Inc. [PHILIPSBURG, Pa.] announced the appointment of Joshua T. Montler as president and chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Joshua Montler has served as vice president of finance and operations for the company since 2008 and will succeed his father,Robert W. Montler, as president. Robert Montler will remain chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Prior to joining Lee Industries, he was a senior cost accountant for First Quality corporation in Great Neck, N.Y. Previously, he was a cost accountant with Denver, Colo.-based Gates Corporation. He earlier served as an accountant for Young, Oaks, Brown & Company.

DDR Corp. [BEACHWOOD, Ohio] (NYSE: DDR) announced that Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Luke J. Petherbridge will step down from his role. David J. Oakes will also serve as chief financial officer and treasurer on an interim basis until a successor is appointed.

Excel Trust [SAN DIEGO & NEW YORK] announced its appointment of Luke J. Petherbridge as Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Petherbridge is an experienced retail real estate executive and currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of DDR Corp.

AMREP Corporation [PRINCETON, N.J.] (NYSE: AXR) announced that Pete Pizza will retire as Chief Financial Officer of AMREP. Clifford Martin, currently AMREP’s Treasurer and Director of Accounting, will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Brightcove Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: BCOV) announced that Gary Haroian has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Haroian’s has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for several public software companies, including serving as the chief financial officer of Bowstreet and Concord Communications and as chief executive officer of Stratus Computer. In addition, he currently serves on the board of directors of Aspen Technologies and EnerNOC, and has previously served on the boards of directors of A123 Systems, Network Engines, Unica Corporation, Phase Forward, Authorize.Net Holdings and Embarcadero Technologies.

MSCI Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MSCI) announced that Kathleen Winters will join the firm as Chief Financial Officer. She will succeed Bob Qutub, who is retiring from the firm. Ms. Winters joins MSCI from Honeywell International, where she most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Winters began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she held various positions from 1989 to 2001.

Watt Companies [LOS ANGELES] announced that Brian Burdzinski has been promoted from Vice President to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Watt, Brian led finance operations at John Laing Homes and Western Pacific Housing.

Vantiv, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: VNTV) announced that Stephanie Ferris has been promoted to chief financial officer. Ferris joined Vantiv in 2009 as senior vice president. In 2013 she was tapped to be general manager of the company’s merchant bank business. Before Vantiv’s spin-off from Fifth Third Bank in 2009, Ferris spent 8 years serving the bank in various leadership positions, including as chief financial officer of Fifth Third Processing Solutions. Prior to Fifth Third, Ferris worked in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Frequency Electronics, Inc. [MITCHEL FIELD, N.Y.] (NASDAQ:FEIM) announced that Alan Miller will step down as Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. [ITASCA, IL.] (NASDAQ: FMBI) announced that Paul F. Clemens, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its subsidiary, First Midwest Bank has advised the Company that he will be retiring.

ikeGPS [BROOMFIELD, CO.] announced the appointment of Dennis Bencala as its chief financial officer. Bencala has served as CFO and vice president of finance at NASDAQ-listed Ikanos Communication Inc., CFO and corporate controller of NASDAQ-listed SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., CFO at venture capital-backed Renewable Energy Test Center Inc., and corporate controller of venture capital-backed and Hong Kong-listed ScanVision Inc.

EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EYEG) announced the appointment of Ryan R. Brenneman as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining EyeGate, Mr. Brenneman served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at CYS Investments, Inc. Previously, he was Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer at First Marblehead Corporation. He spent over four years at Freddie Mac, where he served as Controller – Multifamily Accounting and Controller – Investments and Capital Markets Accounting. He has also held senior-level finance positions at organizations including Booz Allen Hamilton, Protiviti, Inc., InterSystems Corporation and NerveWire, Inc. and has served as an Independent CFO Consultant to several companies in the Boston area.

MOD Pizza [SEATTLE, WA.] announced the appointment of Bob Barton to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Barton was CFO and VP of Operations for nine years at drugstore.com, and President, COO and CFO of OnlineShoes.com.

Omnitracs, LLC [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Sarah Hagan as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Omnitracs, Hagan spent 11 years at Sabre Corporation. She also served as vice president of finance for a $700M division that develops software solutions for the airline industry.  Earlier in her career, she was an auditor with public accounting firm RCO.

Wilhelmina International, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that James McCarthy has been named the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, McCarthy has served as Controller of Orchard Media, Inc. (August 2009 to April 2016). Earlier in his career, he worked at Ernst & Young, LLP in New York.

Manhattan Associates, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: MANH) announced that the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, Dennis B. Story, notified the Company he will be leaving to pursue personal and other business interests. the Company intends that Linda C. Pinne, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as Manhattan’s interim CFO until Mr. Story’s successor is in place.