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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.

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Kellogg Company [BATTLE CREEK, Mich.] (NYSE: K) announced that Ron Dissinger has decided to retire as Chief Financial Officer.

Sunoco LP [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SUN) announced the appointment of Thomas R. Miller as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Miller most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cleco Corporation, since 2013.  Mr. Miller joined Cleco Corporation in 2012 as Vice President and Treasurer.  Prior to Cleco, he served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Solar Trust of America from 2010 to 2012 and Vice President of Treasury and Capital Markets Financing Director at Exelon Corporation from 1999 to 2010.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Miller spent 12 years at Conoco, Inc.

MetLife, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MET) announced that Marlene Debel, executive vice president and treasurer, has been named executive vice president and CFO U.S. Mike Walsh, executive vice president and CFO Americas, is retiring from MetLife after 28 years of service. Debel joined MetLife as treasurer in 2011.

Comerica Incorporated [DALLAS] (NYSE: CMA) announced that Executive Vice President and General Auditor David E. Duprey has been named chief financial officer. Duprey succeeds Karen L. Parkhill. Duprey joined Comerica in 2006 from Ernst & Young, where he served as a partner. Duprey joined Ernst & Young in 1980.

WESCO International, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: WCC) announced that Kenneth S. Parks, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has tendered his resignation. Timothy A. Hibbard, WESCO’s Vice President and Corporate Controller, will serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer while the Company completes a search process for a new Chief Financial Officer.

Ryan [DALLAS] announced that Brian Wing has joined the management team as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Wing served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer for the fourth largest wholesale electrical distributor in the United States. Before that, he served in leadership roles at a leading toy company and as a partner at a Big Four accounting firm.

Cornerstone OnDemand [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CSOD) announced the appointment of Brian L. Swartz to replace Perry Wallack as the company’s chief financial officer. Swartz currently serves as the chief financial officer at zulily. Prior to zulily, Swartz served as chief financial officer of Apollo Education Group. Before his role with Apollo, Swartz was vice president and corporate controller of EaglePicher.

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. [MANITOWOC, Wis.] (NYSE: MTW) announced the appointment of David J. Antoniuk as vice president and chief financial officer, replacing Carl J. Laurino. Mr. Antoniuk joins Manitowoc from Colorcon, Inc., where he served as vice president and chief financial officer. He started with KPMG in 1979, holding positions of increasing responsibility throughout his career and was the vice president and corporate controller at Gardner Denver prior to Colorcon.

Severn Bancorp, Inc. [ANNAPOLIS, Md.] (NASDAQ: SVBI) announced that Thomas G. Bevivino has advised Bancorp of his intention to step down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) once a successor is identified and appointed.

Arrow Electronics, Inc. [CENTENNIAL, Colo.] (NYSE: ARW) announced that Chris Stansbury has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Paul J. Reilly. Mr. Stansbury previously held vice president of finance roles at Hewlett-Packard and PepsiCo.

Mylan N.V. [HERTFORDSHIRE, England and PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: MYL) announced the appointment of Kenneth S. Parks as chief financial officer. Parks currently serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer for WESCO International.Prior to WESCO, Parks spent the majority of his career at United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”) most recently serving as vice president, Finance. Prior to this, he served as director of Investor Relations at UTC. Parks also held several roles at UTC’s Carrier Corporation division including director, Financial Planning and Analysis (“FP&A”) and vice president of Operations Finance.

energybank [MANITOWOC, Wis.] announced the appointment of Scott Esson as Chief Financial Officer. Esson joins energybank from Barry Wehmiller where he served as Vice President of Finance.

Qualys, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, CA.] (NASDAQ: QLYS) announced the appointment of Melissa Fisher as Chief Financial Officer. Fisher previously served as VP, FP&A, IR and Treasury at Zynga Inc. Prior to Zynga, Fisher served as VP, Corporate Development, IR and Treasury at Digital River, Inc. Prior to Digital River, Fisher was an investment banker and advised companies at Goldman Sachs, Banc of America Securities and Foros.

Zendesk, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: ZEN) announced the appointment of Elena Gomez as its new chief financial officer. She replaces Alan Black, who served as Zendesk’s CFO since 2011. Gomez was formerly senior vice president of finance and strategy at Salesforce. Prior to that she worked at Visa and Charles Schwab.

Global Brass and Copper Holdings, Inc. [SCHAUMBURG, Ill.] (NYSE: BRSS) announced that Robert Micchelli will retire from GBC, at which time Christopher Kodosky, Vice President of Finance for GBC, will be appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kodosky joined GBC’s executive team in December 2014 as the Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining GBC, Christopher was employed in various capacities within AMCOL International Corporation for ten years, most recently as CFO. He also served as the VP Finance and Corporate Controller for GVW Holdings and, prior to that, provided merger and acquisition services as an employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) announced that it has appointed Kelly Youngblood as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Youngblood succeeds Gary T. Krenek, who is retiring after 33 years of service to the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Youngblood held a variety of managerial positions with Halliburton Company.  Most recently, he served as Vice President, Investor Relations.  Mr. Youngblood joined Halliburton in 1988 as a Staff Accountant and served in numerous financial management positions for Halliburton and its subsidiaries, including Senior Director, Finance – Western Hemisphere and Director, External Reporting and Accounting Research.

Willamette Community Bank [ALBANY, Ore.] (OTCQB: WMCB) announced the hiring of industry veteran Robert Moore, to replace retiring CFO Keith Lockhoven.

Eversource Energy [HARTFORD, Conn. & BOSTON] (NYSE: ES) announced that Phil Lembo, vice president and treasurer, will succeed Jim Judge as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Lembo had been vice president and treasurer for Eversource since 2012. Formerly, Lembo served as vice president and treasurer for NSTAR since 2009.

FINsix Corporation [MENLO PARK, Calif.] announced that it has hired David Schaezler as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining FINsix, Schaezler was the chief financial officer and vice president of finance at nLIGHT. Prior to nLIGHT, Schaezler held leadership positions with Integrated Device Technology and VLSI Technology.

KORE [ATLANTA & BOSTON] announced the addition of Steve Sarno as Chief Financial Officer. Steve recently held roles such as CFO for Wyless Group, VP of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for Sapient Corporation and Exa Corporation. Earlier in his career, Steve was SVP of Finance at The Princeton Review, and was a senior manager during his 10 years in the PricewaterhouseCoopers technology practice.

Anthem, Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: ANTM) announced that John E. Gallina has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gallina succeeds Wayne S. DeVeydt. Mr. Gallina currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, for Anthem’s Commercial and Specialty Business Division. Mr. Gallina has also served in other leadership positions at Anthem, including Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer, Senior Vice President, Internal Audit and Continuous Improvement, and Chief Financial Officer for Comprehensive Health Services. Prior to joining Anthem, Mr. Gallina spent 12 years with Coopers & Lybrand.

BioLife Solutions, Inc. [BOTHELL, Wash.] (NASDAQ: BLFS) announced that Roderick de Greef has transitioned from Interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary to full time employment and is relocating to the Seattle area. De Greef 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.

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PPBI) announced that E. Allen Nicholson will resign from the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. John Mangold, the Company’s current First Vice President and Treasurer, will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer while the Company completes its search process for a permanent Chief Financial Officer.

CVB Financial Corp. (CVBF), the holding company for Citizens Business Bank (CBB) [ONTARIO, Calif.] announced that E. Allen Nicholson has been hired as the new Chief Financial Officer for CVBF and CBB. Mr. Nicholson will replace Richard C. Thomas. Mr. Nicholson started his career as a certified public accountant and auditor with Coopers & Lybrand LLP. Thereafter, for the next thirteen years, Mr. Nicholson served in various finance roles at Mellon Financial and its successor, BNY Mellon. He concluded his career at BNY Mellon as the Chief Financial Officer of Mellon 1^st Business Bank. Mr. Nicholson joined 1^st Enterprise Bank as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nicholson most recently has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Premier Bank and its holding company, Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc.

Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. [ITASCA, Ill.] (NYSE: AJG) announced the appointment of Jim Bond as Chief Financial Officer. Bond joins GB after 10 years at ESIS, Inc., where he was CFO and Chief Operating Officer. Previous experience included serving as the CFO at Cunningham Lindsey, US, as well as Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.

GI Dynamics, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass. & SYDNEY] (ASX: GID) announced the appointment of Jim Murphy to the position of chief financial officer. Prior to joining the Company, Murphy served as CFO of OXiGENE, Inc., and CFO of HemaSure, Inc.

Titan International, Inc. [QUINCY, Ill.] has approved the transition of John Hrudicka from his current position as Chief Financial Officer to the new position of Senior Vice President of North American Tire. The Board also approved the appointment of James M. Froisland as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Titan.

Stearns Lending, LLC [SANTA ANA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Steve Smith to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Stearns, Smith served as the Chief Financial Officer for Caliber Home Loans. Earlier in his career, he held various executive positions at Bank of America Home Loans, including National Service Executive, National Sales Executive and Chief Financial Officer.

NICE Systems [PARAMUS, N.J.] (NASDAQ: NICE) announced that Sarit Sagiv, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the Company. Ms. Sagiv has served as NICE CFO since early 2015.

Anaqua, Inc. [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Justin Crotty as CFO succeeding Dan Wallace. Crotty joins Anaqua from Oliver Wyman where he was a partner. Prior to his leadership roles in strategy consulting, he worked in private equity and investment banking. Justin began his career in technology consulting and has experience working in the US, Europe and Asia.

TransCard [CHATTANOOGA, TN] announced the addition of John Haddock as its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining TransCard, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for First Security Group and FSG Bank.

XBiotech Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (NASDAQ: XBIT) announced the appointment of Scott Whitehurst as Chief Financial Officer. Whitehurst joins XBiotech from Amgen, where he served as Vice President of Finance, Operations, for the past eight years. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Novartis Animal Health in Basel, Switzerland. Prior to his time at Novartis, Whitehurst spent 14 years at the Hewlett-Packard Co., ultimately becoming Vice President of Finance.

T2 Biosystems, Inc. [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TTOO) announced that Chief Financial Officer Moe Castonguay has decided to retire and that senior financial executive, Shawn Lynch, will be named CFO. Most recently, from 2014 to the present, Lynch was Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for PerkinElmer’s Environmental Health business. Prior to PerkinElmer, Lynch was with General Electric from 2007 to 2014 with his last assignment serving as Global Controller, Measurement & Control.  Prior to General Electric, he spent three years in his first stint at PerkinElmer with his last assignment as the Director of Finance for the Bio-Discovery business. Lynch started his career at KPMG LLP.

Xtera Communications, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: XCOM) announced the appointment of Joe Chinnici, the former CFO of Ciena Corporation, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Chinnici joins Xtera from Twenty First Century Utilities, LLC. Chinnici served as GridPoint’s EVP and CFO, for the past five years.

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Newell Brands Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: NWL) announced that the company has appointed Ralph Nicoletti as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Nicoletti joins Newell Brands from Tiffany & Company, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Tiffany & Company, Nicoletti was Chief Financial Officer of CIGNA Corporation and Alberto Culver, and held various senior finance positions at Kraft Foods, including Senior Vice President of Finance of Kraft Foods North America.

TIFFANY & CO. [NEW YORK] announced that Ralph Nicoletti, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer notified the Company that he intends to resign from his position.

Cambridge Investment Group, Inc. [FAIRFIELD, Iowa] announced it has named Rick Boyles as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President. For the last 15 years, Boyles served as Chief Financial and Operations Officer for City Financial Corporation (CFC) in Indianapolis. Prior to CFC he spent 15 years with Lincoln National Corporation in a variety of roles, the majority of which as the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation.

Capital Impact Partners [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced the appointment of Natalie Gunn to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mrs. Gunn replaces Ellis Carr who assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mrs. Gunn has been serving as Capital Impact Partners’ Controller since 2012. Prior to joining Capital Impact, she held senior positions at the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), National Cooperative Bank (NCB), Host Hotels and Resorts and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Post Properties, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: PPS) announced that Chief Financial Officer Christopher J. Papa, will be stepping down from his role. Until a replacement is identified, Mr. Papa’s responsibilities will be assumed by other members of Post’s senior management team, including Arthur J. Quirk, who has been Post’s Chief Accounting Officer since 2001.

Liberty Property Trust [MALVERN, Pa.] (NYSE: LPT) announced that George J. Alburger, Jr. will retire from his position as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Christopher J. Papa has been appointed to the same position. Mr. Papa has served as EVP and CFO at Post Properties since 2003. Prior to joining the Post corporate leadership team, Chris was an audit partner at Arthur Andersen LLP and BDO Seidman, LLP, and served as CFO of a privately held manufacturing company.

Global Partners LP [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NYSE: GLP) announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner, Global GP LLC, has elected Daphne H. Foster, the Partnership’s Chief Financial Officer, to the Board. Foster, who joined Global in 2007, was elected Treasurer of the Partnership in 2010 and promoted to CFO in 2013.

Addus HomeCare Corporation [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] (NASDAQ:  ADUS) announced that Brian W. Poff has been hired as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer. He replaces former CFO Donald Klink. Mr. Poff comes to Addus from his role as CFO and Treasurer of Oceans Healthcare. From 2011 to October 2015, he was Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer for CCS Medical. He also served as Corporate Controller for AccentCare, Division CFO-Hospice for Gentiva, Assistant Controller for Odyssey and Divisional CFO for Horizon Health and Psychiatric Solutions.

Rivada Networks [NEW YORK] announced that Joseph J. Euteneuer has joined the company as co-CEO and CFO Americas. Euteneuer has held CFO and EVP positions at Sprint, Qwest Communications (now CenturyLink), XM Satellite Radio (now Sirius XM Satellite Radio), and Comcast.

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. [WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.] (NASDAQ: BASI) approved the appointment of Jill C. Blumhoff as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President of Finance of the Company. Ms. Blumhoff succeeds Jeffrey Potrzebowski. Ms. Blumhoff joined BASi in October 2007 as Assistant Controller and has served as Director of Finance, Tax and IT since 2013. Before joining BASi, Ms. Blumhoff held various roles of increasing responsibility in financial reporting and analysis at Wabash National Corporation, in Lafayette, Indiana. Ms. Blumhoff began her career at Ernst & Young LLP.

Electro Rent Corporation [VAN NUYS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ELRC)  announced that Allen Sciarillo, Electro Rent’s Acting Chief Financial Officer since September 2015, has been confirmed as its Chief Financial Officer. Sciarillo has been with Electro Rent for 10 years. Sciarillo was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Dial Thru International Corporation, InterPacket Networks and RSLCOM USA. He began his career in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche.

Merkle [COLUMBIA, Md.]) announced the appointment of Sean Creamer to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Merkle, he served as CFO for The Madison Square Garden Company. Before that, Creamer spent nine years with Arbitron Inc. He served as chief financial officer, then chief operating officer, and ultimately chief executive officer of Arbitron. Before joining Arbitron, Creamer served as SVP and CFO of Laureate Education, Inc.

OneRoof Energy, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] a wholly owned subsidiary of OneRoof Energy Group, Inc. (TSX-V: ON) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Dan Halvorson, has resigned. The Company also announced that it has appointed John Bunnel as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. John Bunnel has served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Fractional CFO, Inc. since 2010.  From 2005 to 2009, John was Chief Financial Officer for two divisions of GMAC Mortgage LLC – Ditech and GMAC Direct.  Prior to his tenure with GMAC, he was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Wells Fargo Consumer Credit Group.  He began his career with Ernst & Young LLP, where he served as Senior Manager, Financial Advisory Services.

UDR, Inc. [DENVER] (NYSE: UDR) announced that Tom Herzog is stepping down from his position as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Herzog has served as UDR’s CFO since January 2013. Shawn Johnston, UDR’s Chief Accounting Officer, will be named the interim Principal Financial Officer and, along with other members of the Company’s senior management team, will fulfill Mr. Herzog’s responsibilities.

HCP [IRVINE, Calif.] (NYSE: HCP) announced that Tom Herzog will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will replace HCP’s outgoing Executive Vice President and CFO, Tim Schoen. Mr. Herzog has served as Senior Vice President and CFO of UDR, Inc., since January 2013.  From 2011 until he joined UDR, he was the CFO at Amstar.  Mr. Herzog’s experience in the public REIT sector also includes serving as CFO for two S&P 500 companies, HCP (2009-2011) and Apartment Investment and Management Company (2004-2009). Prior to this, Mr. Herzog was an executive with GE Capital Real Estate for four years, and spent a decade at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Jarvis Estate Winery [NAPA, Calif.] announced the promotion of Deanna Martinez from CFO & COO to the position of General Manager. Deanna joined Jarvis in 1987.

WSFS Financial Corporation [WILMINGTON, Del] (NASDAQ: WSFS) announced that Dominic C. Canuso will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Canuso most recently served as Senior Director of Finance at Barclaycard US and prior to that served as Director of Finance and Corporate Planning, Strategy and Analysis at Advanta Corporation. Prior to joining Advanta, Mr. Canuso served as a Strategy, Finance and Economic Consultant for Arthur Andersen LLP.

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. [CORTE MADERA, Calif.] (NYSE: RH) announced that Karen Boone has been promoted to the position of Co-President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Ms. Boone joined RH as Chief Financial Officer in June 2012 and in May 2014 was promoted to Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Prior to RH, Ms. Boone worked for Deloitte & Touche LLP, an accounting and consulting firm, where she most recently served as an audit partner.

SunEdison, Inc. [Maryland Heights, Missouri] announced that Brian Wuebbels, the Company’s Chief Administration Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer, received a formal 30-day notice of the termination of his employment at the Company. Ilan Daskal will remain SunEdison’s Chief Financial Officer designee.

Spectronics Corporation [WESTBURY, NY] has appointed Fred Silverman as its Chief Financial Officer. Silverman has been an outside financial advisor to Spectronics since he first started as an accountant in 1979. He recently concluded a successful 30-year career at the CPA firm Janover LLC as that firm’s chief financial counsel for Spectronics.

Trustwave [CHICAGO, IL] announced the appointment of Kevin Kilraine as Chief Financial Officer. Kilraine joins Trustwave from Optus, where he served as a key finance and administration executive. Prior to Optus, Kilraine worked with KPMG in senior assurance, advisory and consulting roles.

VAALCO Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: EGY) announced that Don McCormack, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has resigned.

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. [NEW HAVEN, CT] announced the appointment of Jim Engelhart as its Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Engelhart joins Biohaven from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alexion) where he was an Executive Director. Mr. Engelhart has over 17 years of financial leadership experience from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Schering-Plough and Alexion.

Omni-Lite Industries Canada Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTCBB: OLNCF) announced the resignation of Timothy Wang as Chief Financial Officer.

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Frankly Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX-V: TLK) announced that Avi T. Aronovitz will join its senior leadership team as Chief Financial Officer,  replacing Jungsoo Park, formerly serving as Interim CFO, who will continue in his previous role as Vice President in the finance and operations team. Most recently Mr. Aronovitz was CFO for Knowledge Delivery Systems Inc., and he began his career in the audit and business advisory practice of Arthur Andersen LLP.

HotSchedules® [AUSTIN, Texas] has named Bijal Patel Chief Financial Officer. Patel joins HotSchedules from Aptean, where he was Executive Vice President and CFO. Prior to joining Aptean, Patel held several executive finance roles at Misys. Earlier in his career, Patel served over a decade in various finance and commercial leadership positions at IBM.

Agaia, Inc. [FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.] announced that Bob Lee has joined its leadership team as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Lee served as the VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Phoenix Packaging Group. Previously, he served as the Financial Emerging Markets Worldwide Controller, Andean Head Trader, and VP Finance and CFO of Cargill deVenezuela. Lee held the positions of Vice President Finance and Latin America Chief Financial Officer before being promoted to VP and General Manager of its Latin America Region Writing Instruments Business Unit.

Equity Trust Company [CLEVELAND, OH] announced the appointment of Mike Smyth to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO of BMO Harris Financial Advisors. Prior to being named CFO, Smyth was the Director of Finance for the U.S. commercial banking unit of BMO Financial Group. He also served as CFO of Harrisdirect, for seven years.

Extreme Networks, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EXTR) announced the appointment of Drew Davies as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces previous CFO Ken Arola. Mr. Davies most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Controller at Marvell Semiconductor Inc. and previously served in senior level financial positions at several leading semiconductor companies, including Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation and Spansion Inc.

Enevate Corporation [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that John B. Kennedy has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Kennedy served as chief financial officer for Sprocket Media and SolarBridge Technologies. Before joining SolarBridge, he served as vice president of finance and administration for Primarion, director of finance for ValueClick, and in other leadership roles.

SharkReach, Inc. [HERMOSA BEACH, Calif.] (OTC: SHRK) announced that Mark J. Gustavson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of SharkReach and its operating subsidiaries. Prior to SharkReach, Mr. Gustavson was President and co-founder of MedicuRx Corporation, a position he held from February 2013 to June 2015. From July of 2012 through January of 2013, he was the President and CEO of ImCure Therapeutics, Inc. From June 2009 through November 2011, Mr. Gustavson served as Executive Vice President at EVP Colmen Group LLC. Mr. Gustavson was a Director of Valdor International Technologies, Inc. from December of 2012 to June of 2013. Mr. Gustavson served as Private Banker at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  From April 1997 through February 1999 Mr. Gustavson was VP of Private Banking.

Origin Agritech Ltd. [DES MOINES, Iowa] announced that Shashank Aurora, as the organization’s new chief financial officer. Aurora most recently served DuPont Pioneer in the capacity of global services finance director.

Kite Pharma, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: KITE) announced the appointment of Paul L. Jenkinson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jenkinson succeeds Cynthia M. Butitta, who continues in her role as Kite’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Jenkinson joins Kite Pharma after nearly a decade at Allergan, where he served most recently as Vice President, Global Commercial and Corporate Finance. Previously, Mr. Jenkinson served in finance positions of increasing responsibility at Black & Decker Corporation (presently Stanley Black & Decker), attaining the position of Vice President, Corporate Officer, at the Kwikset, Baldwin and Weiser Lock Companies. He began his career in finance positions at Deloitte New Zealand and later at a predecessor company of Fonterra.

Electronic Cigarettes International Group, Ltd. [GOLDEN, Colo.] (OTCBB: ECIG) announced that William “Bill” Seamans has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer, following the resignation of Phil Anderson. Most recently, Mr. Seamans was Chief Financial Officer at AppExtremes (dba Conga). Previously, he held CFO positions at several growth companies.

The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] announced that Ernest Fiorante has joined Inland as Chief Financial Officer of the parent company. Fiorante most recently served as CFO of the Americas for Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”). Prior to serving as CFO of JLL, Fiorante served as CFO of CalEast Global Logistics, LLC. During that time, Fiorante also served on the Board of Directors for CenterPoint Properties Trust, including serving as Chairman of its audit committee. Before moving to LaSalle Investment Management, Fiorante served as Assistant Treasurer of the JLL global organization.

Rue La La [BOSTON] announced that Mark Weinberg, formerly the EVP of Corporate Development, will move into the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

INTTRA [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] announced that Jeff White has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy. Mr. White joined INTTRA after serving as CFO Virent, Inc. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Renew Energy. Mr. White was President and later CFO of  RCN Corporation after serving as CFO of New Zealand Telecom.

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: RLMD) announced the promotion of Michael D. Becker to chief financial officer. Mr. Becker joined Relmada in 2014 as senior vice president of finance and corporate development. Prior to joining Relmada, he was founder and president of the consulting firm MDB Communications LLC since 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Becker served as president, chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors for Cytogen Corporation.  He held positions of increasing responsibility prior to being appointed president and CEO of Cytogen in 2002, including vice president of business development, industry and investor relations and CEO of AxCell Biosciences, a subsidiary of Cytogen.  Prior to his industry career, Mr. Becker spent nine years in the financial services industry, including positions at Wayne Hummer Investments LLC, Kidder, Peabody & Co., Gruntal & Co., and Kemper Securities.

River City Bank [SACRAMENTO, CA]  announced the appointment of Elaine Lintecum to its board of directors. Lintecum currently serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at The McClatchy Company. She serves on the boards of The Seattle Times Co. and Ponderay Newspring Company. Prior to joining McClatchy, Ms. Lintecum was a Certified Public Accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells.

Concho Resources Inc. [MIDLAND, Texas] (NYSE: CXO) announced that Darin G. Holderness, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire from the Company. Jack F. Harper, who is currently Executive Vice President of the Company, has assumed the additional roles of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Bunge Limited [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] (NYSE: BG) announced that Drew Burke, Chief Financial Officer, is retiring. Mr. Burke was named Chief Financial Officer in February 2011, having served as interim Chief Financial Officer since September 2010. He joined Bunge in 2002 as Managing Director, Soy Ingredients and New Business Development. Previously, he was CEO of the U.S. subsidiary of Degussa AG and worked for Beecham Pharmaceuticals and Price Waterhouse & Company.

Quantum Health, Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced Scott Doolittle as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Quantum Health, Doolittle served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for Healthways.

RLJ Entertainment Inc. [SILVER SPRING, Md.] (NASDAQ: RLJE) announced that it has named Nazir Rostom as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rostom has served in senior and executive positions with GetWellNetwork, Inc. (“GWN”), from January 2014 to May 2016. Prior to GWN, he was Director of Finance and Assistant Treasurer for GTT Communications, Inc. from September 2011 to January 2014. Previous to GTT, Mr. Rostom led various structured financing deals at National Rural Utilities Electric Cooperative Finance Corporation and CapitalSource, Inc. Mr. Rostom began his career in investment banking at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Securities LLC.

Hudson Technologies, Inc. [PEARL RIVER, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: HDSN) announced that James R. Buscemi has advised the Company of his intention to step down as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

erecruit [BOSTON] announced that Greg Stott has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Greg was with Trimble Navigation Limited. Prior to Trimble, Greg served as the CFO at both SpaceClaim Corporation and Convergence, Inc. Greg also served as the VP of Finance and Treasurer at Telica, Inc. Greg began his career at Ernst & Young.

ComRent International [UPPER MARLBORO, Md.] announced that Lynn Villard has been named chief financial and chief operating officer. Villard joins ComRent from Kiewit Construction, where he served as senior vice president.

Inspirus Credit Union [SEATTLE] announced that Lesley Fox joins the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Inspirus, Fox worked in executive and senior positions with Bellco and Westerra Credit Unions in Denver, Colorado. Fox was also on the supervisory committee for Prevail Credit Union in Seattle, prior to moving to Denver.

USA Truck, Inc. [VAN BUREN, Ark.] (NASDAQ: USAK) announced the resignation of Michael Borrows, Executive Vice President and CFO.

FlexGen® [Houston, TX] announced the hiring of Travis Bird as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining FlexGen®, Travis served as a financial and operational executive, including as CFO of Wireless Seismic, Inc.  Prior to that, he held various roles including: CFO, COO, and Director of Corporate Development in several other emerging growth technology

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. [ROANOKE, Va.] (NYSE: AAP) announced that Mike Norona, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company.

athenahealth, Inc. [WATERTOWN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ATHN) announced that Current Vice President and Controller, Karl Stubelis, is being promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Kristi Matus, currently the company’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Mr. Stubelis has been with athenahealth since 2013 and previously served as acting CFO prior to Ms. Matus’ appointment. Prior to joining athenahealth, he spent nearly a decade in finance leadership roles at Sapient Corporation, and previously held management positions within a range of companies and at accounting firms.

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Best Buy [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Sharon McCollam, the company’s chief administrative and chief financial officer, will be stepping down. Corie Barry, a 16-year veteran of Best Buy and its current chief strategic growth officer, will become the company’s chief financial officer.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. [OMAHA, Neb.] (NYSE: CAG) announced that its executive vice president and chief financial officer, John Gehring, will retire after 14 years of service with the company. Gehring joined the company in 2002, and assumed the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer in early 2009. Before joining ConAgra Foods, John was a partner with Ernst & Young. He also held auditing positions with PepsiCo and KPMG.

Hormel Foods Corporation [AUSTIN, Minn.] (NYSE: HRL) announced that Jody H. Feragen will retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and as a member of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors elected James N. Sheehan to be the company’s next senior vice president and chief financial officer. Sheehan was most recently elected as vice president and chief accounting officer for the company. In 1998, he became president of Hormel Financial Services. Prior to being named to his current position, Sheehan was treasurer at Hormel Foods and served as vice president and controller for 16 years. He is involved in industry organizations including the Financial Executive Institute and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NYSE: CHH) announced that David L. White will be transitioning from the company and will pursue other professional opportunities. Mr. White will step down as CFO on June 3^rd but will remain with the company to assist with the CFO transition prior to his planned departure before the end of 2016.

Sears Holdings Corporation [HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.] (NASDAQ: SHLD) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Robert Schriesheim, will be departing from his position with the Company.

BlueHornet [SAN DIEGO] announced that Claire Long has joined the company as its chief financial officer (CFO). She joins BlueHornet from Covario, where she served as CFO and COO until its purchase by the Dentsu Aegis Network. Prior to that, she was CFO at The San Diego Union Tribune. Previously, she was CFO of Visual Sciences.

Rizo Lopez Foods Inc. [Modesto, California] announced the appointment of Roy E. Christiansen as its new CFO.

Arizona Polymer Flooring [GLENDALE, Ariz.] announced Shannon Warner has been appointed to the company’s leadership team as chief financial officer. Prior to joining APF, Warner had a decade-long career at an automotive aftermarket accessory wholesaler and distributor, most recently as CFO.

Steel Partners Holdings L.P. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SPLP) announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, James F. McCabe, Jr., resigned to pursue other interests. Mr. McCabe has also resigned as Chief Financial Officer of SPLP’s affiliates Handy & Harman Ltd. (NASDAQ: HNH) (“HNH”) and Steel Excel Inc. (OTC: SXCL) (“SXCL”). Douglas B. Woodworth, Vice President and Controller of HNH, has been promoted internally and will replace Mr. McCabe as Chief Financial Officer of SPLP as well as of HNH and SXCL. Prior to joining SPLP, Mr. Woodworth was Vice President and Corporate Controller with SunEdison, Inc., as well as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Woodworth held positions of increasing responsibility with Praxair, Inc. Mr. Woodworth began his career with KPMG LLP.

Evariant [FARMINGTON, Conn.] announced that Andrew P. Keenan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Keenan joins Evariant from PeopleFluent, where he served as CFO. Prior to PeopleFluent, Keenan was CFO and treasurer of Carbonite.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ARI) announced the Board of Directors appointed Jai Agarwal to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Agarwal will replace Megan Gaul, who is resigning. Prior to joining ARI, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of CM Finance Inc. Prior to CM Finance Inc., Mr. Agarwal held positions in finance and accounting at Capital Trust, The Blackstone Group, LP and iStar Financial, Inc. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. [JERSEY CITY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: VRSK) announced Eva Huston, currently Verisk’s treasurer and chief knowledge officer, will succeed Mark Anquillare as chief financial officer.

Varian Medical Systems [PALO ALTO, Calif] (NYSE: VAR) announced Clarence Verhoef, as Chief Financial Officer of its new spin-off company, Varian Imaging Components.

Entellus Medical, Inc. [PLYMOUTH, Minn.] (NASDAQ: ENTL) announced the appointment of Brent Moen as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.  Thomas Griffin, the Company’s current CFO, is assuming the newly created position of Vice President of Finance. Previously, Mr. Moen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ABRA Auto Body & Glass. Prior to his role at ABRA Auto Body & Glass, Mr. Moen served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regis Corporation.

Core Security [ATLANTA] announced that Curtis Cain has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Cain most recently worked at iHealth Technologies, which is now Cotiviti Healthcare. He also brings experience from enterprise software companies Infor, Intradiem, XcelleNet and A.D.A.M. Software. Earlier in his career, Cain served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps.

GAWK Inc. [LOS ANGELES, CA.] (OTC PINK: GAWK) announced that Christopher G. Hall has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Actiance [REDWOOD CITY, CA.] announced the appointment of Naresh Bansal as chief financial officer. Naresh has held executive finance positions at start-up to late stage companies, including Zscaler, Satmetrix Systems, Sage Software, and ACCPAC International. Most recently, Naresh served as vice president of Finance at Zscaler.

Forward Air Corporation [GREENEVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FWRD) announced that Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Rodney L. Bell, will retire after 25 years with the Company. Michael J. Morris will succeed Mr. Bell as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Morris is currently the Senior Vice President of Finance & Treasurer of XPO Logistics, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Finance & Treasurer of Con-Way, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of Kulicke & Soffa Industries.

Rubicon Project [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: RUBI) announced that Chief Financial Officer Todd Tappin has resigned. Current Chief Accounting Officer David Day has been named interim CFO. Day joined the company in 2013. Prior to joining Rubicon Project, Day was Chief Accounting Officer at ReachLocal, and Senior Vice President of Finance at Overture and at Yahoo Search Marketing.

W. R. Berkley Corporation [GREENWICH, Conn.] (NYSE: WRB) announced that Richard M. Baio has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Eugene G. Ballard. Mr. Baio most recently served as the Company’s vice president and treasurer. Prior to joining the Company, he served as a director in Merrill Lynch & Co.’s financial institutions investment banking group and as a partner in Ernst & Young’s insurance practice.

MassMutual Financial Group [SPRINGFIELD, Mass.] announced the appointment of Elizabeth A. Ward as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). Currently both the company’s Chief Enterprise Risk Officer and Chief Actuary, Ms. Ward, Executive Vice President, will succeed Michael Rollings, who is resigning. Ms. Ward has been with the Company since joining Babson Capital Management LLC, a MassMutual subsidiary, in 2001. Ms. Ward has been MassMutual’s Chief Enterprise Risk Officer since 2007 and its Chief Actuary since 2015; prior to joining Babson she was employed as Managing Director at MassMutual investment affiliate Charter Oak Capital Management from 1996.

Vanguard [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] announced that Michael Rollings will join the company next month as Chief Financial Officer and head of its Finance Division. Mr. Rollings most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual Financial Group. Mr. Rollings, will assume leadership of Vanguard’s Finance Division from Managing Director Glenn Reed. Mr. Rollings joined MassMutual in 2001 to lead the firm’s Capital Markets division, and was named Executive Vice President and CFO in 2006.

Wellesley Bancorp, Inc. [WELLESLEY, Mass.] (NASDAQ: WEBK) announced that the Board has appointed Michael W. Dvorak as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Wellesley Bank. Mr. Dvorak is replacing the Company’s current CFO, Gary P. Culyer, who is retiring. Mr. Dvorak’s previous experience includes 15 years at Keycorp where he was the CFO of both the Community Bank and the Consumer Bank.

Cynosure, Inc. [WESTFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CYNO) announced that Timothy W. Baker, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the company, has notified the Company that he plans to retire.

XPEL Technologies Corp. [SAN ANTONIO, Texas] (TSX-V: DAP.U) announced the appointment of Barry Wood as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wood served as Chief Financial Officer of PTRX, Inc. Previously, Mr. Wood held various leadership roles at four AT&T subsidiaries including time as the Chief Financial Officer of Cellular One and overseeing Financial Planning & Analysis at SBC Communications. Mr. Wood began his career at Ernst & Young.

ITC Holdings Corp. [NOVI, Mich.] (NYSE: ITC) announced that Rejji P. Hayes has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer for ITC Holdings Corp. Before joining ITC as vice president, Finance and Treasurer in 2012, Mr. Hayes was assistant treasurer and director, Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy at Exelon Corporation in Chicago. He also served as vice president, Mergers and Acquisitions at Lazard Freres & Co. LLC. Previously, Mr. Hayes served in a variety of financial leadership roles with financial institutions and investment banks.

Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, PA.] (NASDAQ: DORM) announced that Kevin M. Olsen will join as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins Dorman from his post as Chief Financial Officer of Colfax Fluid Handling. Prior to Colfax, he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Crane Co. and Danaher Corporation after beginning his career in public accounting.

Rambus Inc. [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RMBS) announced that chief financial officer Satish Rishi plans to retire from Rambus. Mr. Rishi served as the chief financial officer of Rambus since April 2006. Prior to Rambus, Satish held senior financial management positions at semiconductor and electronic manufacturing companies, serving as the vice president and assistant treasurer at Dell Computer. He also spent 13 years at Intel, holding financial management positions both in the US and overseas.

iStar Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: STAR) announced that Geoffrey G. Jervis is joining as its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jervis will succeed David DiStaso, who has served as iStar’s CFO since 2010 and prior to that served as Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Jervis most recently served as the CFO of STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: STAG) and prior to that he was the CFO at Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. and its predecessor Capital Trust Inc.

Granbury Solutions [GRAPEVINE, TX] announced Cheri Kruse as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Cheri Kruse has served Granbury in the role of Vice President of Finance since May 2015.

Beam Suntory [Deerfield, Illinois] announced that John Owen, who most recently served as Beam Suntory’s SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer, has been named SVP, Chief Financial Officer. Owen joined Beam Suntory in 2013. Prior to joining Beam Suntory, Owen spent 30 years at Avon Products, including serving as CFO of North America and President of EMEA.

Edison International [ROSEMEAD, Calif.] (NYSE: EIX) announced that W. James Scilacci, Edison International’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire. Upon his retirement, he will be succeeded by Maria Rigatti, SCE senior vice president and chief financial officer. SCE vice president and treasurer, William M. “Tres” Petmecky, will succeed Rigatti as SCE senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Qorvo® [GREENSBORO, NC and HILLSBORO, OR] (NASDAQ: QRVO) announced the appointment of Mark J. Murphy as chief financial officer. Mr. Murphy succeed Steven J. Buhaly. Mr. Murphy most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Delphi Automotive PLC. He joined Delphi from Praxair, Inc., where he was president of the U.S. Industrial Gases business and before that, president of Praxair’s Surface Technologies and Electronic Materials division. He previously served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., vice president and corporate controller of Praxair, president of Praxair’s global Electronics division and vice president of finance for Praxair Asia based in Shanghai.

Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ-GS: LNCE) announced that Rick Puckett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire. Mr. Puckett was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Snyder’s-Lance in 2010.  Previously, Mr. Puckett served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lance from 2006 to 2010.  Prior to joining Lance, Mr. Puckett was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods, Inc. from 2003 to 2006.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of SPX Corporation and Whitehorse Finance, Inc.

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HRTG) announced that Stephen Rohde, the Company’s CFO, will retire from Heritage. Steven Martindale, who formerly served as CFO at People’s Trust Insurance Company, has been appointed to serve as CFO effective upon Mr. Rohde’s retirement. Before joining Heritage, Mr. Martindale served as CFO at People’s Trust Insurance Company. Prior to People’s Trust, he was Chief Regulatory Officer for the State of Ohio. Before working for the State of Ohio, Steven was a partner and consulting CFO for Focus CFO. Earlier in Steven’s career, he also worked at ProCentury as Vice President Corporate Governance. Mr. Martindale has also held various other positions in both accounting and auditing.

KEYW Holding Corporation [HANOVER, Md.] (NASDAQ: KEYW) announced the departure of the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Philip L. Calamia. KEYW also announced the appointment of Michael J. Alber as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Alber most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Engility Corporation.  Prior to Engility, Mr. Alber held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Alion Science and Technology. He has also held senior executive positions at SAIC, where he served as a senior vice president and group controller, and at Network Solutions, Inc.

Washington Federal, Inc. [SEATTLE, WASHINGTON] (NASDAQ: WAFD) announced the appointment of Vincent L. Beatty as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer Brent Beardall, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since September 2015, will resume his full time role as Chief Banking Officer for the Company. Mr. Beatty most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle from 2008 until its merger in 2015 with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines. Mr. Beatty joined the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in 2004 and previously spent 13 years in various financial positions with First Interstate Bank, JP Morgan Chase and Glendale Federal.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [Livermore, CA.] announced that Chris Brannan has been selected as the chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as the financial/business manager for the Weapons and Complex Integration Principal Directorate.

KVH Industries, Inc. [MIDDLETOWN, R.I.] (NASDAQ: KVHI) announced that it has appointed John McCarthy to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McCarthy will replace Peter Rendall, who is leaving the company. John McCarthy most recently served as a partner at Ernst & Young LLP. During his 32-year career with the firm, Mr. McCarthy held numerous leadership roles across the Audit practice. Mr. McCarthy was a member of Ernst & Young’s Global Account Partner Group and also served for two years in the firm’s National Accounting Group.

Willis Lease Finance Corporation [NOVATO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WLFC) announced that Scott B. Flaherty is joining the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Willis Lease, Scott held the position of Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Colt Defense LLC, where he was employed from May 2009 to March 2016.  Prior to joining Colt Defense LLC, Mr. Flaherty was a Managing Director at Banc of America Securities LLC. Prior to joining Banc of America Securities in 2001, Mr. Flaherty was an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston.  He worked as an engineer at the Pratt and Whitney division of the United Technologies Corporation from 1987 to 1995.

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S&P Global [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SPGI) announced the resignation of Jack Callahan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Callahan assumed his current role in 2010.

Fitbit, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: FIT) announced that Glenda Flanagan, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Whole Foods Market, have joined the Fitbit, Inc. board of directors. Ms. Flanagan joined Whole Foods Market as CFO in 1988.

DeVry Education Group [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] announced that Patrick Unzicker has been named senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Unzicker was most recently vice president, chief accounting officer and treasurer of DeVry Group. He succeeds Timothy Wiggins who leaves DeVry Group after nearly 5 years as CFO. Unzicker has been with DeVry Group since 2006 and has held roles of increasing responsibility during his tenure.

Mackinac Financial Corporation [MANISTIQUE, MI] (NASDAQ: MFNC), the holding company for mBank, announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ernie R. Krueger, will be retiring. They have appointed mBank Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Retail Branch Banking, Marketing & Special Capital Projects, Jesse A. Deering, to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both Mackinac and mBank. Mr. Krueger has served as EVP & CFO of Mackinac and mBank since October, 2006. He joined Mackinac in 2003 as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Deering joined mBank in 2005.

The Krystal Company® [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Rodney Lee as its new CFO and Executive Vice President effective June 1. Mr. Lee was previously with Fazoli’s and YUM! Brands.

QBE North America [NEW YORK] announced that Richard Dziadzio, will leave his position as Chief Financial Officer. Dziadzio joined QBE North America in 2013.

Assurant, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AIZ) announced the appointment of Richard S. Dziadzio to the role of chief financial officer and treasurer. Dziadzio joins Assurant from QBE North America where he most recently served as CFO. Dziadzio succeeds Christopher J. Pagano, who has served as CFO and treasurer since Aug. 2014 and will move into the newly created role of chief risk officer. Prior to QBE, Dziadzio served as CFO for ANV, a global specialty insurance company. From 1994 to 2012, he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility at AXA Group and was named CFO for AXA Equitable Life Insurance and AXA Financial in 2007.

Calysta, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] named Lynsey Wenger as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer. She joins Calysta following a 16-year career with The Goldman Sachs Group. Most recently, Ms. Wenger served as a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division. Previously, she served in the Americas Financing Group as Head of Investment Grade Power, Utility and Midstream Debt Capital Markets. Earlier in her career she held positions in Equity Derivative Sales in the United States and Australia.

W.F. Taylor, LLC [FONTANA, CALIF.] announced that Steven S. Williams has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer.

Conn’s, Inc. [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] (NASDAQ: CONN) announced the appointment of Lee Wright as the new CFO. Mr. Wright was most recently CEO of Professional Directional Enterprises. Prior to joining Professional Directional in 2012, Mr. Wright was Senior Managing Director at Diamond Castle Holdings.

Quiznos [DENVER] announced that Katie Scherping, current Chief Financial Officer, will serve as Interim President and CEO. Scherping joined the Quiznos team in December 2013 as Chief Financial Officer.

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PPBI), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank announced that Ronald J. Nicolas, Jr. has been appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and the Bank. From 2012 to April 2016, Mr. Nicolas served in various capacities with Banc of California, Inc., and its subsidiary Banc of California, National Association, and their predecessors, including as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of each institution, and Director of Banc of California’s predecessor bank. Prior to that, Mr. Nicolas served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at each of the following financial institutions: Carrington Holding Company, LLC (2009-2012); Residential Credit Holdings, LLC (2008-2009); Fremont Investment & Loan (2005-2008); and Aames Investment/Financial Corp. (2001-2005). He earlier served in various capacities with KeyCorp, including Executive Vice President Group Finance of KeyCorp (1998-2001), Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of KeyBank USA, a banking subsidiary of KeyCorp (1994-1998), and Vice President Corporate Treasury (1993-1994).

Nektar Therapeutics [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: NKTR) announced that Gil M. Labrucherie has been named Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Labrucherie has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Nektar since 2007. Mr. Labrucherie has held several senior leadership positions with increasing responsibility at Nektar since 2005.  Prior to joining Nektar, from October 2000 to September 2005, Mr. Labrucherie was Vice President of Corporate Development at E2open, Inc. Prior to E2open, he was the Senior Director of Corporate Development at AltaVista Company. Mr. Labrucherie began his career as an associate in the corporate practice of the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Graham & James (DLA Piper Rudnick).

Air Methods Corporation [DENVER] (NASDAQ: AIRM) announced that Peter Csapo will join as chief financial officer (CFO). Csapo succeeds Trent Carman who will be stepping down from his role of more than 12 years. Csapo most recently served as chief financial officer and treasurer at Accretive Health, Inc. Prior to joining Accretive Health, Csapo was CFO and area senior vice president at Vizient, Inc. From 2004 through 2011, Csapo was CFO at McKesson Health Solutions, which he joined in 1998.

Western Refining Logistics, LP [El Paso, Texas] announced that Karen B. Davis will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer of the Company. Karen B. Davis, has served as the Executive Vice President of NTI’s general partner and its subsidiaries since February 2015 and held the additional title of CFO of the entities since March 2015. Previously, Ms. Davis served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company from December 2014 through February 2015. Ms. Davis also served as the Vice President – Director of Investor Relations of the Company from December 2014 through February 2015. Previously, Ms. Davis served as the Chief Accounting Officer of PBF Energy Inc., from February 2011 to November 2014, and of PBF Logistics GP LLC the general partner of PBF Logistics LP, from February 2013 until November 2014.

Colfax Corporation [ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD] (NYSE: CFX) announced that Christopher Hix has been named Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Scott Brannan. Mr. Hix most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of OM Group, Inc. from 2012 until the company’s acquisition in late 2015. Prior to this assignment, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Robbins & Myers, from 2006-2011. Prior to this, Mr. Hix spent 13 years in a variety of operating and financial roles of increasing responsibility within Roper Industries.

Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. [HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO] (OTC PINK: ADES) announced that A. Bradley Gabbard, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), will end his assignment at the conclusion of his one-year agreement. Greg Marken, the Company’s current Director of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting, will be promoted to Chief Accounting Officer and will assume all of Mr. Gabbard’s accounting responsibilities. L. Heath Sampson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will assume Mr. Gabbard’s other principal financial officer responsibilities. Mr. Gabbard will remain a director of the Company and is included on the 2016 Board of Directors slate.

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. [OXNARD, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CDTI) appointed Tracy A. Kern as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Kern was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Interlink Electronics Corporation, Inc. From 2008 to 2015, Kern was Corporate Controller at Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. From 2003 to 2008, Kern was Chief Financial Officer of CHAD Therapeutics, Inc. From 1998 to 2003, Kern was Audit Manager at the public accounting firm KPMG, LLP.

Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] (OTCQX: MHGU) announced that Tracey Smith has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tracey Smith has been appointed Chief Financial Officer after serving the past 11 years as Controller and Director of Finance for the Company.

AppSwarm, Inc. [Tulsa, OK] (OTCPink: SWRM) announced the hiring of John Rabbitt as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rabbitt has served in CEO/COO and CFO of many firms such as PepsiCo’s MidWest Advisory Board, and as a Director and Secretary/Treasurer of their largest canning division.

Achaogen, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AKAO) announced the addition of Tobin Schilke as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schilke joins Achaogen after 13 years at Roche/Genentech where he has been, most recently, the CFO and Company Director of Roche Products Limited in the United Kingdom. Prior to Genentech, led a number of successful acquisition and spin-out deals as a member of the Roche Corporate M&A team.

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IMAX Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: IMAX) announced the appointment of Patrick McClymont as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 8. McClymont was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Sotheby’s. Prior to Sotheby’s he was a Partner and Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he spent 15 years. McClymont succeeds Joe Sparacio, who has been assisting IMAX in the search process for several months after expressing his interest to pursue other opportunities. Sparacio will hold the position until McClymont joins in August and will stay at IMAX through November to work with him on the transition.

Ralph Lauren Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: RL) announced that Jane Nielsen has been named Chief Financial Officer. Her appointment is effective September 6, 2016. Robert L. Madore will remain with Ralph Lauren through September 30, 2016 to facilitate a seamless CFO transition. Jane Nielsen has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Coach, Inc. since September 2011. Prior to joining Coach, Ms. Nielsen was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pepsi Beverages Americas and Global Nutrition Group. She held various senior financial positions at PepsiCo, Inc. from 1996 to 2011. From 1990 to 1996, she was with Marakon Associates, a global strategy consulting firm, after beginning her career in 1986 as an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. She serves on the Board of Directors of Pinnacle Foods Inc. where she is Chair of the Compensation Committee and Member of the Audit Committee.

Coach, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: COH) announced that the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Jane Nielsen, has advised she will be departing the company to pursue another opportunity. Andrea Resnick, Global Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications has been appointed interim CFO.

Ashland Inc. [COVINGTON, Ky.] (NYSE: ASH) announced that Mary Meixelsperger will join its wholly owned subsidiary, Valvoline Inc., as chief financial officer, effective June 20, 2016. Since May 2014, Ms. Meixelsperger has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of DSW Inc. Prior to joining DSW, she served as chief financial officer, controller and treasurer at Shopko Stores from 2005 to 2014. Before Shopko, Ms. Meixelsperger was the chief financial officer for two non-profit organizations from 1993-2004 and served as the chief financial officer for Worldmark Group, a private equity firm, from 1986-1991.

DSW Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] (NYSE: DSW) announced that Mary Meixelsperger, DSW’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from the Company to pursue another opportunity. DSW has promoted Jared Poff to Senior Vice President, Finance, and Interim Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Poff has served as Vice President of Finance, Business Development and Treasurer of DSW since January 2015.  Prior to joining DSW, Mr. Poff served as Vice President, Treasurer at Big Lots, Inc. since February 2004.

Novelis, Inc. [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Devinder Ahuja as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Ahuja will join Novelis on July 19, 2016, as Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer Designate. He will officially become Novelis’ Chief Financial Officer after the filing of the company’s first quarter 10-Q in August. Steve Pohl, currently Interim Chief Financial Officer, will be responsible for the function until that time. Prior to joining Novelis, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Alcon U.S., a subsidiary of the global healthcare company Novartis. Previous to that role, he held various financial leadership positions during his 15-year tenure with Novartis. Ahuja’s appointment coincides with the promotion of Steve Pohl, currently Interim Chief Financial Officer, to Senior Vice President, Business Performance and Execution. Prior to his appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer in October 2015, Pohl served as the company’s Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis. He joined Novelis in 2009 as Vice President of Finance for North America and then served as Vice President, Global Business Services from 2011 to 2012. Before joining Novelis, Pohl spent 28 years with PPG Industries.

Accela [San Ramon, California] announced that Jim Burns joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Burns joins Accela from IoT / smart city leader Silver Spring Networks where he was CFO. Prior to SSNI, Burns held executive positions at Hewlett Packard for two decades, including CFO of HP’s Enterprise Business, COO of HP’s Services Business, as well as Vice President of HP’s Global Investor Relations.

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NYSE: SSNI) announced that Jim Burns, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to accept a position with another company. Kenneth P. Gianella, Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis, has been appointed as the company’s interim Chief Financial Officer effective upon Mr. Burns’ departure. Mr. Gianella, a seasoned technology and finance executive with over 20 years of experience, has been with Silver Spring Networks for over five years in various finance and operational roles.

JustFab Inc. [EL SEGUNDO, Calif.] announced that Todd Tappin will join the company as President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 30th. Most recently, Tappin served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Rubicon Project. He was also the founding CFO of Overture. Tappin was also a Managing Director of the Gores Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm. Early in his career, Tappin was a senior executive 20th Century Fox (now 21st Century Fox).

Parcel Pending [IRVINE, CA] announced the appointment of Val Lyon as Chief Financial Officer. He worked previously at Far West Savings and Loan, Warmington Homes and LeasingDesk Insurance Services.

DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC or the Company) [FAIRFIELD, Ohio] announced that Robert Bosley is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces John Srsen, who is retiring. Prior to joining DDC, Robert was a Senior Vice President of Finance for Serta Simmons Bedding. Before Serta Simmons, Robert was with Procter & Gamble.

Threat Stack announced the appointment of Kevin Durkin as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Threat Stack, Durkin was CFO at DataGravity and Azuki Systems (later acquired by Ericsson). Durkin began his finance career at Deloitte where he worked for a number of high-profile companies including RSA, Cisco Systems and Salary.com.

Proxibid [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that James Hajek has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. James joins Proxibid from Corepoint Health, LLC, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Corepoint Health, James was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Operations for Pivot3 Inc.. He also served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Strategic Programs at GE Asset intelligence (GEAI), and held financial leadership positions at Terion Inc., Marconi, and CW Wireless Systems, Inc.

Interactions, LLC [FRANKLIN, Mass.] announced the appointment of Jason Bristow to its executive leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Bristow was with Amazon.com during an intense period of growth from 2003-2014 and served as the company’s Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Prior to his time at Amazon, Bristow spent time with General Electric in both the Corporate Headquarters in Fairfield, CT, and in Europe with the General Electric Plastics Division (now part of the SABIC group) where he served as Treasurer and Head of Financial Planning and Analysis. Earlier in his career, he was with the Campbell Soup Company in a series of financial management roles. He most recently served as CFO of Code42 Software.

USA GROUPS, Inc. [SARASOTA, Fla.] announced Matthew Van Hoesen is as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and General Counsel. Van Hoesen was Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel at Unite Private Networks.

Nicopure Labs, LLC [TAMPA, Fla.] announced the appointment of Jim Caci to Chief Financial Officer. His previous experience includes working as the CFO at Conductor and AvePoint.

GuardiCore [SAN FRANCISCO and TEL AVIV, Israel] announced the appointment of Yaron Bartov as chief financial officer.  Bartov joins GuardiCore after 17 years of financial and operations experience in software and technology including the last seven years at website builder Wix.com where he rose from corporate controller to VP finance and VP operations. Prior to Wix, Bartov was corporate controller at ooVoo as well as Arel Communications & Software Ltd.

Chase Pharmaceuticals Corporation [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Scott M. Giacobello as chief financial officer.  Most recently, Scott served as vice president of finance for Global Research & Development at Allergan Inc. Scott’s previous experience includes financial positions at the Black & Decker Corporation and Ernst & Young, LLP.

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. [MARYVILLE, TN] (NYSE: RT) announced the appointment of Sue Briley, Vice President of Finance, as Interim Chief Financial Officer. She has worked in the restaurant industry for more than 20 years and has held her current position at Ruby Tuesday since July 2014. Prior to joining Ruby Tuesday, Ms. Briley was sole proprietor of Symmetry Financial Consulting. From November 2012 to July 2013, she served as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Margaritaville Enterprises. Before that, Ms. Briley held several finance, accounting, and treasury positions at Darden Restaurants.

BCM One [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Douglas Fechter as Chief Financial Officer Douglas has held executive positions at various companies including Chief Financial Officer at Bulova Corporation, SFERRA Fine Linens, LLC and Palyon Medical Corporation and Paradigm Spine, LLC.

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) [CHICAGO] announced that it has named Eric Feldstein as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Feldstein joined HCSC in May 2016 after serving as executive vice president of American Express Company’s Enterprise Growth Group. He also held senior operating and finance positions at other Fortune 100 companies, including vice president of finance and treasurer at General Motors Corporation, CFO and CEO of GMAC Financial Services, and chairman of GMAC Insurance. Feldstein succeeds Ken Avner, SVP and chief financial officer, who announced his retirement earlier this year.

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: OREX) announced the promotion of Jason Keyes to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Keyes joined Orexigen in 2013 and most recently served as Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining Orexigen, Keyes was Senior Director of Finance at Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2012. Previously he worked in finance and corporate strategy at Amgen, Inc. and at Baxter Healthcare Corporation.

True Nature Holding, Inc. [ATLANTA, GA] (OTCQB: TNTY) announced former CEO Steve Keaveney will remain with the Company as CFO.

UnitedHealth Group [MINNETONKA, Minn.] (NYSE: UNH) announced that John Rex, formerly executive vice president, chief financial officer, Optum, has been appointed chief financial officer of UnitedHealth Group, succeeding David S. Wichmann who will now devote his full energy and attention to his duties as president of the company.

ViewRay, Inc. [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Ajay Bansal as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bansal will succeed David Chandler. Since 2003, Mr. Bansal has served as CFO of various life sciences companies. Most recently, he served as CFO of Onconova Therapeutics, where he led the company’s initial public offering in 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Bansal served as CFO of Complete Genomics, where he led the company’s initial public offering in 2010.  Complete Genomics was acquired by BGI in 2013. Previously, Mr. Bansal was a partner at Mehta Partners, LLC.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ICPT) announced  the appointment of Sandip Kapadia as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kapadia will succeed Barbara Duncan effective July 1, who has served as CFO for Intercept since 2009.  Mr. Kapadia joins Intercept from Sandoz, Inc., a division of Novartis AG, where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, North America from 2014 through 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Kapadia held finance leadership roles at Novartis Pharmaceuticals in multiple European countries, including Chief Financial Officer for the UK/Ireland based in the United Kingdom, Chief Financial Officer for Northern Europe based in the Netherlands and Head of Finance for Emerging Growth Markets for the Oncology Business Unit based in Switzerland.

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Iron Mountain Incorporated [BOSTON] (NYSE: IRM) announced that Roderick Day, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will leave the company due to personal reasons. He will be replaced by Stuart Brown, who will be the company’s new Executive Vice President and CFO when Day steps down. Brown has served as CFO since 2011 for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. From 2006 to 2011, Brown was CFO for DCT Industrial Trust Inc. Additionally, Brown served as chief accounting officer for Federal Realty Investment Trust from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that time, he held a variety of positions with Royal Ahold, as well as corporate accounting and controller roles for Ahold’s U.S. companies, Stop & Shop and Giant Food, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent five years in public accounting with Deloitte.

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced that Stuart B. Brown, the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be resigning. Terry Harryman, the Company’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller for the past four years, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer.

Nasdaq Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced that Michael Ptasznik, a 20-year veteran of TMX Group Limited, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ptasznik joins Nasdaq from TMX Group Limited where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2002. Prior to his appointment as CFO, he held senior positions including Vice President, Finance & Administration and Director, Financial Planning & Analysis.

Eastman Kodak Company [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] (NYSE:KODK) announced the appointment of David Bullwinkle as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Bullwinkle replaces John McMullen as CFO.  Bullwinkle joined Kodak in 2004 and has worked in several financial management roles at the company including Worldwide BU Controller, Assistant Corporate Controller and External Reporting Manager. Most recently he has served as the Director of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, Director of Investor Relations and Vice President, Finance at Kodak since 2010. Prior to joining Kodak, Bullwinkle worked as the Manager of Financial Reporting at Birds Eye Foods, Inc. and previously at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1996 to 2002 in various roles including serving as an Assurance Manager.

3D Systems [ROCK HILL, South Carolina] (NYSE:DDD) announced that John N. McMullen will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. McMullen succeeds David Styka in the CFO role. Styka will remain with the company to provide operational and financial support to Management. McMullen most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kodak. Before that, McMullen led a 32-year career at HP and its acquired companies, Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation. His positions included Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Treasurer of HP, Chief Financial Officer of HP’s Imaging and Printing Group, and Vice President of Finance and Strategy for Compaq’s Worldwide Sales and Services Group. Since 2011, McMullen has served on the Board of Directors and as Audit Committee Chair of Vocera Communications.

AccuWeather announced the appointment of Steven Hickson as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously CFO of Latin American Pay Television Service (LAPTV), a pay television joint venture owned by 21st Century FOX, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, and MGM. Prior to that he managed at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. He began his career in finance as a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG.

Pegasystems Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PEGA) announced it has appointed Ken Stillwell as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. He joins Pega from Dynatrace, where he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to Dynatrace, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer at SOVOS, where he managed a number of operational functions in addition to his duties as CFO. Mr. Stillwell also brings five years of financial leadership experience at PTC, where he served as the divisional CFO within the product lifecycle management (PLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) segment.

U.S. Bancorp [MINNEAPOLIS ] (NYSE:USB) announced that Terry Dolan, currently vice chairman, Wealth Management & Securities Services, has been appointed to vice chairman and chief financial officer, replacing Kathy Rogers. Dolan has been with U.S. Bank for nearly 18 years and has been in his current role as vice chairman, Wealth Management & Securities Services since July 2010. Prior to his current role, he served as executive vice president and controller at U.S. Bank.

Fox Networks Group [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: FOXA) announced that longtime CFO Del Mayberry will retire after more than three decades with the company. Ravi Ahuja, who currently serves as FNG Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Development, has been named Mayberry’s successor. Ahuja came to Fox from Virgin Entertainment Group where he was Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Virgin, he was an Associate at McKinsey & Company in New York and Los Angeles. He is currently on the boards of Roku and YES Network and has also served on the LA Mayor’s Council on Innovation and Industry.

Millennium Health [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Michael Keane as chief financial officer. Most recently, Keane was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Genomatica. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and board member at wind energy company Clipper Windpower, Inc. Keane previously held chief financial officer and executive positions with Computer Sciences Corporation, UNOVA, Inc., Western Atlas Inc., and Litton Industries after beginning his professional career as a certified public accountant for Price Waterhouse.

Unishippers Global Logistics, LLC [SALT LAKE CITY] announced that Robert Rodgers will join the executive team as the new CFO. Prior to joining Unishippers, he spent six years at Orbital ATK, most recently serving as VP and Corporate Controller. Previous to ATK, he spent five years at Lockheed Martin in various business management and financial roles as well as fourteen years in various finance roles at GE Capital.

Cogentix Medical, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: CGNT) reported that Brett A. Reynolds has rejoined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He joined Uroplasty in 2013, which was merged into Cogentix Medical in 2015.  Brett came to the Company after serving in various senior positions over a span of ten years, including Chief Financial Officer, with Synovis Life Technologies. Prior to Synovis, he served in executive financial positions at Chiquita Processed Foods and Deloitte & Touche.

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced that Kevin R. Lindwill join its management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Arena, Mr. Lind was at TPG, most recently as a Principal at TPG Special Situations Partners and initially at TPG-Axon’s Pharma Partners group.  Mr. Lind started his career in various capacities as a healthcare investment banker at Lehman Brothers, Inc.

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. [NEW CANAAN, Conn.] (NASDAQ: BWFG) announced that Ernest J. Verrico, Sr., its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, has tendered his retirement notice. Mr. Verrico was named Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company in September 2009 and served as the Chief Operating Officer from 2010 until 2013. Mr. Verrico came to Bankwell as a member of the executive management team, holding several executive positions at First Union National Bank of CT and Cornerstone Bank, and prior to that, a six year career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ADVM) announced the appointment of Leone Patterson as chief financial officer (CFO). Ms. Patterson joins Adverum from Diadexus where she was chief financial officer responsible for all financial, administrative, legal and risk management functions. Before that, she was CFO at Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2012 until 2014. Previously, Ms. Patterson was vice president and global corporate controller of NetApp from 2010 to 2012. She was vice president of finance at Exelixis from 2007 to 2010. Before Exelixis, Ms. Patterson served as vice president of global business planning and analysis of the Vaccines and Diagnostics Division of Novartis AG from 2006 to 2007. From 1999 to 2006, she held several positions, including vice president, corporate controller at Chiron. She also worked in the audit practice of accounting firm KPMG where she held various positions including senior manager.

Boyd Corporation [MODESTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Eric K. Struik as Boyd’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Financial Officer for Erickson Incorporated. Prior to Erickson, Eric was VP of Finance for Remy International.

Mittleman Investment Management, LLC [NEW YORK] announced that Stephen G. Bondi has joined the firm as Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Bondi joins the firm from van Biema Value Partners, LLC where for the past 6 years he served as Chief Operating Officer and was co-head of the company’s operational due diligence efforts.  Prior to van Biema, Mr. Bondi served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer for Asset Alliance Corporation for 10 years.  Before joining Asset Alliance, Mr. Bondi spent nearly 18 years with GAMCO Investors, Inc., starting with the firm in 1982.  While at GAMCO, Mr. Bondi held several executive and board positions, including Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration of GAMCO as well as President of Gabelli Securities, Inc., the parent company to their alternatives business.

Sonus Networks Inc. [WESTFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SONS) announced that Mark Greenquist has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Susan Villare, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, will fulfill the duties as interim Chief Financial Officer while the Company considers both internal and external candidates.

Veracyte, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: VCYT) announced the resignation of Shelly D. Guyer, the company’s chief financial officer.

Thycotic [WASHINGTON] has hired Kathy Moore as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Thycotic, she was the CFO at Allied Telecom Group. She held executive roles at Razorsight Corporation, Wisor Telecom and Innovectra Corporation, prior to Thycotic.

Control Point Associates, Inc. [WARREN, N.J.] announced that they are welcoming Jason Shapiro as their new Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining CPA, Shapiro was Controller of IEEE. Prior to joining IEEE, Jason served as Chief Financial Officer at Iron Eagle Group, an energy & infrastructure company that he founded.   Mr. Shapiro was previously Vice President of Macquarie Capital Fund, Macquarie Group’s Private Equity Group. Prior to Macquarie, Mr. Shapiro was at UBS Investment Bank.

Northwest Hardwoods Inc. [TACOMA, Wash.] has named Frederic Jung as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining NWH, Frederic was the chief financial officer at Arizona Chemical, for nearly 8 years until its recent sale to Kraton Performance Polymers.  Prior to joining Arizona Chemical in 2008, Jung was with Nalco Company, where he served in a variety of successive leadership positions, including most recently as corporate controller.

Sunlight Financial [TEANECK, N.J.] announced the appointment of Barry Edinburg as Chief Financial Officer. Edinburg, a former executive at Kilowatt Financial and Fortress Investment Group, joins Sunlight from Spruce Finance where he was the Chief Financial Officer.

Vyze [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that John Whitmarsh has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Whitmarsh was the CFO for Zenoss Inc., a provider of unified IT monitoring and management solutions for physical, virtual and cloud-based IT infrastructures. He also held CFO roles at Century Payments (Worldpay), Misys Transactions Services (Allscripts), Digital Motorworks (ADP) and MessageOne (Dell).

CTI Foods [WILDER, Idaho] announced the appointment of Raymond (Ray) Silcock as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ray led the global Finance and Accounting organization of Diamond Foods, Inc. Prior to joining Diamond, Ray was SVP & CFO of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Other roles have included serving as CFO of UST Inc. and CFO of Swift and Company. From 1998 until 2005, Ray was CFO of Cott Corporation. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of progressively more responsible roles at Campbell Soup Company where he worked from 1979-1997.

Personal Capital [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced the appointment of Mike Armsby as CFO.

CommerceHub [ALBANY, NY] announced the appointment of Mark Greenquist as Chief Financial Officer. Greenquist succeeds CFO Bob Marro, who will remain with the company as an advisor. Before CommerceHub, Greenquist was CFO of Sonus Networks. Prior to Sonus, he held a variety of senior leadership positions, including CFO at Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited). Before Siemens, Greenquist served as President and CEO at Telcordia Technologies, Inc. until its acquisition by Ericsson in 2012, and held leadership roles at Symbol Technologies, Agere Systems, General Motors and Delta Airlines.

BDNA® Corporation [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that veteran financial executive Dave Pomeroy has joined the team as chief financial officer. Pomeroy joins BDNA with more than 20 years of experience in finance, including holding senior finance positions at Apple, Yahoo and Microsoft. Before joining BDNA, Pomeroy served as the chief financial officer at Symphony Communication Services. Pomeroy also served as the chief financial officer for Rhythm NewMedia.

Smith & Associates [HOUSTON, TEXAS] announced the appointment of Jason C. Fowler to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the company, Fowler spent most of his career at Guaranty Bank and then Texas Capital Bank in Houston. Last year, Jason took on the role of Senior Vice President in Texas Capital’s Energy Banking Group. He began his banking career at Guaranty Bank in 2001.

Hunt Mining Corp. [LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.] (TSX-V:HMX) announced the appointment of James N. Meek to the position of Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Meek has worked for mining companies including ASARCO Incorporated for 17 years, ascending from Metallurgical Account to Accounting Manager; Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. for over 10 years, including 5 years as Treasurer and Manager of Budget and Forecasting; Sterling Mining Company for almost 4 years in the position of CFO and Romarco Minerals Inc. for 1 year in the role of CFO.

American Healthcare Investors [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that Brian Peay has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Peay joins American Healthcare Investors from Veritas Investments, Inc., where he served as chief financial officer. Peay previously served in a series of management positions with Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc., ultimately as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Peay began his professional career in 1988 with real estate public accounting firm Kenneth Leventhal & Company, which merged with Ernst & Young in 1995.

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. [GARDNER, Mass.] (OTCQB: PEYE) announced that Jack P. Dreimiller, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2008 and from 1992 to 2005, has decided to retire from the Company. The Company also announced that Donald A. Major has resigned from the Board of Directors and has been appointed the new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dreimiller has agreed to assist with the transition. Mr. Major has experience in numerous companies, including various senior executive positions as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Major has performed consulting services in a variety of situations since October 2007.  Previously, Mr. Major was CFO of multiple medical device companies, including BioPlasty, Inc., Uroplasty, Inc., and Advanced Bio-Surfaces, as well as non-medical companies including Digital Excellence, Inc. and Advanced Duplication Services, Inc. From 1983 to 1991 Mr. Major performed professional audit and tax services with Grant Thornton’s Muskegon, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota offices.

Verifi, Inc. [LOS ANGELES, CA] announced the hiring of industry veteran, Ronald B. Cushey as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cushey most recently served as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Hulu. Prior to Hulu, Mr. Cushey was the Vice President of Finance, Control & Administration at Sony Network Entertainment (SNE). He joined SNE from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Previously he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of various entertainment and media companies including, LIVE Entertainment, The Hollywood Stock Exchange and Nelson Holdings International Ltd./Nelson Entertainment Group.

Hecla Mining Company [COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho] (NYSE: HL) announced that Lindsay Hall has accepted the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, following the retirement of James Sabala. Recently, Lindsay was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Goldcorp Inc. and prior to that held senior financial positions at Duke Energy Corporation.

Calamos Investments [NAPERVILLE, Ill.] has appointed Thomas Herman as Chief Financial Officer. Herman joins Calamos from Harris Associates, where he was CFO and Treasurer for the past six years.  Previously, from 2004 to 2010, he was SVP, CFO and Treasurer at Ariel Investments.

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Jim Peters

Whirlpool Corporation [BENTON HARBOR, Mich.] (NYSE: WHR) announced that Larry Venturelli, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer plans to retire from the company. As part of the planned transition, Jim Peters, currently vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer, will succeed Venturelli as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Whirlpool Corporation. Jim Peters was appointed vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer in early 2015 previously having served Vice President, CFO of Whirlpool Corporation’s North American Region since 2010. Peters joined Whirlpool in 2004, holding director positions in various departments until he was appointed as vice president and CFO of Whirlpool EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region in 2008. Prior to joining the company, he was a Manager of Internal Audit for Limited Brands and a Consulting Manager at Ernst & Young.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, N.Y.] (NYSE: TARO) announced that it has accepted the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer, Michael Kalb. Mr. Kalb has been with the company for 7 years.

DataXu [BOSTON, MA.] announced the appointment of Chris Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sullivan joins DataXu from ecommerce company Gazelle, where he started as CFO before progressing to CEO. Prior to his tenure at Gazelle, Sullivan held CFO positions at Fidelity, Pegasystems and Event Zero, as well as senior executive roles at Fisher Scientific and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

Net Element, Inc. [MIAMI, FL] (NASDAQ: NETE) announced that Roman Shakirov has been appointed the Chief Financial Officer of Net Element Russia and emerging markets. Prior to joining Net Element, Mr. Shakirov held senior positions at several leading multinational companies, including: Cherkizovo Group, Gallery Group; Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton.

Spruce Finance Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] has hired Darren Thompson as chief financial officer. Most recently, Thompson served as CFO and executive vice president of strategy at B2R Finance. Previously, he was the CFO at RevolutionMoney. Thompson also served as the senior vice president and head of Fannie Mae’s Credit Finance Business. Prior to Fannie, he was a managing director at Goldman Sachs and a principal at Morgan Stanley.

Franklin Financial Network, Inc. [FRANKLIN, Tenn.] (NYSE: FSB), announced the appointments of Sarah Meyerrose as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Sally Kimble, who has served as EVP, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer since joining the Company in 2012, continues her role as EVP and CAO. Prior to joining the Company, Meyerrose was the President, CEO for Civic Bank & Trust, which she joined in October 2014. From 2009 until joining Civic, Meyerrose was President of Sarah Meyerrose Strategic Solutions LLC. Previously she was with First Horizon National Corporation, the parent of First Tennessee Bank, which she joined in 1982.  Among her senior or executive management roles at First Horizon were five years as Senior Vice President, CFO for the Retail and Commercial Bank; five years as President of the Northeast Tennessee regional bank; and eight years as EVP, Chief Operating and Administrative Officer.

CSI Compressco LP [MIDLAND, Texas] (NASDAQ: CCLP) announced the appointment of Derek C. Coffie as Chief Financial Officer of CSI Compressco. Mr. Coffie succeeds Elijio V. Serrano, who has served as the Partnership’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Serrano, who will continue as Senior Vice President and CFO of TETRA Technologies, Inc. Mr. Coffie joins CSI Compressco from United Holdings, where he served as Vice President Finance and Controller since 2015. From 2008 to 2014, Mr. Coffie served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lennox International’s Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration division. From 2002 to 2008, he served as controller for Johnson Outdoors.  Earlier roles include finance director of Steelcase Inc., director of finance of Johnson Controls Inc., and group controller of Illinois Tool Works.  Mr. Coffie began his career at Monsanto.

NBTY, Inc. [RONKONKOMA, N.Y.] announced that it has appointed Stephen J. Conboy as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Formerly Chief Financial Officer for the NBTY Consumer Products Group Americas business, Steve joined NBTY in June 2015. Prior to joining NBTY, Mr. Conboy was with Colgate-Palmolive Company where he served as Vice President, Finance North America Division. He also gained CFO experience leading Colgate’s African/Middle East business and additional key regions prior to the North America role. Mr. Conboy began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers after graduating from Washington and Lee University.

Soligenix, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (OTCQB: SNGX) announced that it has appointed Karen Krumeich, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ms. Krumeich served as a consultant providing finance services to the Company and other healthcare companies. Previously, she worked as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for several development-stage life science companies, including Cerecor, Inc. and Mela Sciences, Inc. In addition to these positions, Ms. Krumeich was a healthcare consultant partner with Tatum, LLC, a national consulting firm, specializing in their life science practice. Prior to these positions, she held positions of increasing responsibility with several healthcare companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb Company where she was Director of Health Systems and as Vice President of Finance for a national pharmacy provider. Ms. Krumeich began her career as a pharmacist and transitioned into finance after successfully completing the CPA exam.

Enova International [CHICAGO] (NYSE: ENVA) announced that Steve Cunningham is joining the leading financial technology company as Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Rob Clifton. Steve most recently served as Discover’s Chief Risk Officer. He joined Discover as its Corporate Treasurer in 2010. Prior to Discover, Cunningham was the CFO of Harley-Davidson Financial Services, and spent eight years at Capital One Financial in various positions, including CFO for the Auto Finance segment, and CFO for the company’s banking segment. Cunningham also has experience as a bank regulator with the FDIC.

Air Lease Corporation [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: AL) announced that has promoted Gregory Willis to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Willis joined ALC in March 2010 as its Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. In February 2012, he became its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Cumulus Media Inc. [ATLANTA, GA] (NASDAQ: CMLS) announced the appointment of John F. Abbot as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Abbot succeeds Joseph P. (“J.P.”) Hannan, who resigned his position after six years in order to pursue other interests. Abbot most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Telx Holdings Inc. Prior to his service at Telx, Abbot was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Insight Communications Company, Inc. He worked as CFO at Insight for eight years. During the prior nine years, he worked in the Global Media and Communications Group of the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley, where he was a Managing Director. Abbot began his career as an associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and also served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy.

Intelligent Systems Corporation (NYSE: INS) announced that Bonnie L. Herron has decided to step down as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.  Herron, who joined the company almost thirty-four years ago and has been CFO since 1999. The Intelligent Systems’ board of directors has elected Karen J. Reynolds to succeed Herron as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining CoreCard, she was President and CFO of zBOOST, from 2008 until 2015, and has held senior management roles at a number of other technology and services companies over her 25+ year career.

The Joint Corp. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: JYNT) announced the resignation of Francis T. Joyce from employment with the company as its Chief Financial Officer.

Capital Square 1031, LLC [RICHMOND, Va.] announced that Richard Stanard has joined the firm as chief financial officer. Stanard joins Capital Square 1031 from HITT Contracting Inc., where he spent 13 years as chief financial officer and treasurer. Prior to HITT, Stanard served as vice president of financial services at The Robert Martin Company. Previously, Stanard was a treasurer with First Winthrop Corporation (FWC) in Boston. Prior to FWC, Stanard was the project controller and regional director at Urban Investment and Development in Boston.

EnerNOC, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ENOC) announced that William Sorenson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Sorenson will succeed Neil Moses, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who plans to retire. Sorenson will join the Company in August. Sorenson most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Acquia. Prior to Acquia, Sorenson served as Chief Financial Officer of Qlik Technologies. Earlier in his career, Sorenson held senior leadership positions at News Corporation, EMI Music Publishing, Bertelsmann AG and Acclaim Entertainment.

PRA Group, Inc. [NORFOLK, Va.] (NASDAQ: PRAA) announced that Pete Graham will be joining the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Graham is a 14-year veteran of General Electric Company (GE), having served most recently as a finance executive on the GE Capital exit plan team.  His previous positions within GE Capital include chief financial officer for GE Commercial Distribution Finance and GE Capital Markets.  He also served as global controller for Treasury and Global Funding Operations and controller and manager of Financial Planning and Analysis for GE Asset Management. Prior to joining GE, Graham was with KPMG LLP for 10 years.

Energy Focus, Inc. [SOLON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: EFOI) announced that Marcia Miller, Chief Financial Officer since July 2015, will be leaving the company. The Company has started a national search for a permanent CFO and announced that Michael Port, the Company’s Controller, will serve as its interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Port joined Energy Focus in April 2015, as interim Controller through the consulting firm Resources Global Professionals.  Prior to joining Resources Global Professionals, Mr. Port held various senior level executive positions at both private and public companies, including Mork Process, Inc., Oglebay Norton Company, a shipping and industrial minerals company, and Hitachi Medical Systems of America, a distributor of diagnostic imaging products.  He began his career at Ernst & Young.

Immunomedics, Inc. [MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.] (NASDAQ: IMMU) announced the appointment of Michael R. Garone as Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garone replaces Peter P. Pfreundschuh, who has resigned from the Company. Michael Garone. From 2007 to 2016, he was Chief Financial Officer for Emisphere. Before joining Emisphere, Mr. Garone served as interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Astralis, Ltd. Prior to that, he served 20 years at AT&T, where he held several positions including Chief Financial Officer of AT&T Alascom.

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Halliburton Company [HOUSTON] (NYSE: HAL) announced Mark McCollum, resumed his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Christian Garcia, who had assumed Mr. McCollum’s CFO responsibilities on an interim basis, will remain with the Company as Senior Vice President of Finance until August 1, 2016, at which time he intends to take early retirement.

SunEdison, Inc. [MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo.] (OTC PINK: SUNEQ) announced that it has appointed Philip J. Gund as Chief Financial Officer. Gund is an experienced restructuring executive and Senior Managing Director with Ankura Consulting Group, LLC.  Mr. Gund recently served as Chief Restructuring Officer at Vivaro Corporation, and as Advisor to Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, LLC.  Mr. Gund was a Founding Principal of Marotta Gund Budd & Dzera, LLC, which Ankura Consulting Group acquired in 2016.  Prior to forming MGBD, Mr. Gund served as a Principal at Zolfo Cooper, LLC. The Company’s prior Chief Financial Officer designee, Ilan Daskal, resigned from SunEdison on June 27, 2016.

Science Applications International Corp. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: SAIC) announced the appointment of Corporate Controller Maria M. Bishop as interim Chief Financial Officer. Bishop will assume the role of CFO from John R. Hartley, whose departure from the company was announced in March. Bishop has worked for SAIC since 1998, and has been a member of the corporate finance team for the past decade.

Sydney Carey

Apttus [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced Sydney Carey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Carey currently serves on the board of Bazaarvoice.

WaterStone Bank [WAUWATOSA, Wis.] announced the appointment of Mark R. Gerke as the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer of WaterStone Bank and Waterstone Financial, Inc. Gerke joined WaterStone Bank in October of 2005 as corporate controller.  In February of 2014, Gerke was appointed vice president, controller and principal accounting officer of Waterstone Financial, Inc.

Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. [WARRENTON, Va.] (NASDAQ: FBSS) announced that Eric P. Graap, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Fauquier Bank (the “Bank”), is retiring effective September 2, 2016. The Company has appointed Christine E. Headly to succeed Mr. Graap upon his retirement.  Ms. Headly will be Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank.  Since May 2013, Ms. Headly has served as Senior Vice President and Controller of the Bank, and previously served as a Vice President and Controller beginning in 2007 through May 2013.  Ms. Headly joined the Bank in 1999 and over the last 17 years has also served as the Financial Analyst.  Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Headly was an economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Alion Science and Technology [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Kevin L. Cook will become the company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective July 5. Mr. Cook joins Alion from Booz Allen Hamilton, where he has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2014. Mr. Cook began his career in 1978 at Westinghouse Defense and later joined IIT Research Institute, Alion’s predecessor organization. Mr. Cook first joined Booz Allen Hamilton in 1986, and ten years later joined what is now JAMIS Software. He rejoined Booz Allen in 2003 and led various elements of the Finance department including leading the establishment of the company’s shared services infrastructure and playing a leadership role in preparing for and completing the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2010. He became Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2008 and was promoted to CFO in 2014.

KMG Chemicals, Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: KMG) announced that Marcelino Rodriguez, KMG’s Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Rodriguez replaces Mindy Passmore, who has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Since February 2014, Rodriguez has served as KMG’s Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Before joining KMG in 2014, Rodriguez served as Chief Financial Officer of Paul Mueller Company. Prior to that role, Rodriguez was Chief Financial Officer of Lhoist North America.

Zix Corporation [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: ZIXI) appointed David Rockvam as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rockvam joins ZixCorp after 18 years with Entrust, where he served in several executive roles, including Chief Investor Relations Officer and CFO of Asia Digital Media, an Entrust joint venture. He also served as Senior Vice President (SVP) and General Manager of Entrust Certificate Services. Rockvam’s other executive roles at Entrust included Chief Marketing Officer, SVP of Brand and Corporate Communications, and SVP of Product Marketing. Rockvam began his career at Nortel Networks, where he served as a finance manager and a project manager for Entrust’s initial public offering.

Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company [HARRISBURG, Pa.] appointed Lyle Rhodebeck senior vice president and CFO, replacing Gregory Stine, who will retire as senior VP and CFO July 1, which the company announced on Dec. 18. Rhodebeck joins the company July 6. Rhodebeck worked at Shelby Insurance as CFO; Grange Insurance as vice president of Claims and vice president of Personal Lines; and most recently at State Auto as senior vice president — director of operations.

Robert Park

BlueJeans Network [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA] announced the hire of Robert Park as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Robert has experience scaling high growth technology companies such as PayPal, Chegg and Practice Fusion, as well as Fortune 100 companies such as McKesson.

Valassis [LIVONIA, Mich.] named Grant Fitz as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Fitz was the corporate vice president and CFO for Xerox® Technology Business where he managed the financial operations for the technology business. Additionally, he was responsible for Xerox Financial Services, the Xerox internal financing business. Prior to his tenure with Xerox, Fitz spent nearly two decades at General Motors (GM) where he held multiple positions with increasing responsibility including chief financial officer of different business units and as the company’s first chief risk officer. He has held various leadership roles at GM in both the United States and Europe. He was also Vice President and CFO at Nexteer Automotive.

Noel N. Samuel

Abt Associates [BETHESDA, MD] named Noel N. Samuel as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO of immixGroup, Inc. He also served as CFO of Dell Computer’s $1+ billion public sector services business unit and was the Senior Vice President of Finance at Perot Systems Government Services.

DEQ Systems Corp. (TSX-V: DEQ) [LAS VEGAS, NV] announced that Christopher Benak has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer to pursue another career opportunity.

Surna Inc. [BOULDER, Colorado] (OTCQB: SRNA) announced Ellen White resigned as chief financial officer.

Janay Standifird

Young Living Essential Oils, LC [LEHI, Utah] announced Janay Standifird was appointed as its new Chief Financial Officer. Standifird was chosen to replace Kevin Pace, who retires on July 15. Standifird joined Young Living in 2012 as controller and most recently held the role of Senior Vice President, Global Controller and Finance. She brings almost two decades of business experience and competence to Young Living, with more than 10 years in the direct selling industry.

Kalytera Therapeutics, Inc. [MANHATTAN BEACH, CA] announced the appointment of Robert Farrell as Kalytera’s President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Farrell has held senior positions with publicly listed companies, including Titan Pharmaceuticals, where he served as President and CEO from 2008 to 2009 and as Chief Financial Officer from 1996 to 2008. Previously, Mr. Farrell served as CFO, Corporate Group Vice President and General Counsel at Fresenius USA and Fresenius Medical Care.

Boxed Wholesale [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Naeem Ishaq as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Prior to joining Boxed, Ishaq was Head of Finance, Strategy, and Risk at Square.  Ishaq also worked at Intel Corporation where he held several operational finance and strategic planning roles, and was the Senior Director of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce.com.

IGEL Technology [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Martin van Os has joined the company as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining IGEL, he was Managing Director of brille24 GmbH. Before his position with brille24, van Os held financial advisor and CFO positions with Soundcloud Ltd, Corporate Finance Partners and KKFnet.

Keener Investments [HOUSTON] announced that Jerry D. Smith has joined as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Prior to joining Keener Investments, Jerry served as Vice President and Controller of Freeport LNG. He joined Freeport LNG from his previous role serving as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Cheniere Energy.

Michael R. Smith

McCormick & Company, Incorporated [SPARKS, Md.] (NYSE: MKC) announced the promotion of Michael R. Smith to Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the company effective September 1, 2016.  On that date, Gordon M. Stetz will continue with the company as Executive Vice President until his retirement on December 31, 2016.  Mr. Stetz served as Executive Vice President & CFO since 2007 and a member of McCormick’s Board of Directors since 2011.  Mr. Smith, who is currently Sr. Vice President, Corporate Finance, joined McCormick in 1991 and served as a financial leader across North America and in the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

DB Schenker [FREEPORT, NEW YORK] announced that Brent Blake is the new Chief Financial Officer for the Americas. Since 2014, Brent has held the role of Vice President of Finance and Information Technology for North America with Del Monte. Prior to this, Blake held increasingly senior roles and responsibilities across finance, IT, and strategy with OHL, United Parcel Service, and Burger King Corporation in the Americas. Donna Hanson Prantl, formerly Vice President of Finance and Shared Services for Schenker, Inc., was appointed to the new role of CFO USA.

Amarin Corporation plc [BEDMINSTER, NJ and DUBLIN, IRELAND] (NASDAQ: AMRN) announced that Michael W. Kalb has joined its senior management team as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Kalb joins Amarin from Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., where he served as chief financial officer and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Taro, Mr. Kalb was a director in the Accounting and Financial Consulting Group of Huron Consulting Group Inc.

Convalo Health International, Corp. (Convalo) [LOS ANGELES] (TSX-V: CXV) announced it has promoted Hector Rivera to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rivera has been with Convalo since its founding, and previously held the position of Senior Controller. Prior to working with Convalo, he was the Senior Controller for a large Los Angeles substance abuse company. Allan Dicks, previous CFO, has been terminated.

Adam Campbell

HouseMaster LLC [SALT LAKE CITY, UT] announced the appointment of Adam Campbell to the HouseMaster Family. Mr. Campbell was a founding employee and the Corporate Controller for Bridge Investment Group Partners in Salt Lake City, UT.

Patient Home Monitoring Corp. [LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA] (TSX-V: PHM) announced that it has appointed Steve Lazarus to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lazarus was previously employed by Deloitte, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and served as CFO of a Federally Qualified Health Center system.

Jennifer W. Harris

Horry County State Bank [LORIS, S.C.] (OTC: HCFB) announced the addition of Jennifer W. Harris as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Ms. Harris served as VP Senior Accountant – SEC Reporting of Park Sterling Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, from September 2014 to May 2016. Prior to that, Ms. Harris served as SEC Financial Reporting Manager of Yadkin Bank in Statesville, North Carolina, from April 2009 to July 2014, when Yadkin Bank, and its holding company, Yadkin Financial Corporation, merged with VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. and Piedmont Community Bank Holdings, Inc.  Ms. Harris also has held various senior accounting roles at community banks across North Carolina.

NioCorp Developments Ltd. [CENTENNIAL, Colo.] (OTCQX: NIOBF) announced that it is has named Neal Shah as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Shah has served as NioCorp’s Interim CFO since April 2015.  Prior to that, he was NioCorp’s Vice President of Finance since joining the Company in September 2014. Previously, he was with Intel for six years, most recently as a Finance Manager in the high-growth wireless business group. Neal brings a wealth of corporate expertise having also worked at IBM, Boeing, and Covidien.

Pzena Investment Management, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: PZN) promoted Jessica R. Doran to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, after having spent several years in various roles at Pzena. Ms. Doran began her tenure at the company in 2005 as a portfolio accountant and has served the company in various roles over the years in functions ranging from operations, internal audit and most recently as the Manager of Financial Reporting.

Bright Mountain Media, Inc. [BOCA RATON, FL] (OTCQB: BMTM) announced the appointment of Dennis W. Healey to the Board of Directors as well as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary positions. Mr. Healey will replace Annette Casacci who resigned from her position. Mr. Healey has provided CFO, accounting and financial reporting services to various private and public companies including As Seen On TV, Inc., a company he was the CFO from November 2007 through October 2011 and a member of Board of Directors from April 2014 until August 2014. Prior to that, from 1980 until October 2007, Mr. Healey served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Viragen, Inc.

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Del Monte Foods [WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] announced that Paul Miller has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Miller joined Del Monte Foods in March 2014 as SVP Controller, and in March 2015 was appointed SVP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer.

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CIE) announced that it has named David D. Powell as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Powell replaces Shannon E. Young, III. Mr. Powell previously served as Chief Financial Officer for BHP Billiton – Petroleum.

The Gorman-Rupp Company [MANSFIELD, Ohio] (NYSE MKT: GRC) announced that Wayne L. Knabel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Company of his decision to retire from the Company. James Kerr will join the Company as Vice President of Finance, and the Company plans to appoint Mr. Kerr as Chief Financial Officer, following Mr. Knabel’s retirement. Mr. Kerr most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Mr. Kerr was with Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. for the last 17 years where he previously held the position of Vice President and Controller until 2006. Mr. Kerr also served from August 2014 to March 2015 as interim Chief Executive Officer in addition to his Chief Financial Officer position.

Western Digital Corp. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced the appointment of Mark Long to oversee the company’s finance organization as executive vice president, finance, in addition to his role as chief strategy officer. Long will succeed Olivier Leonetti as chief financial officer who is retiring. Long has served as the chief strategy officer at Western Digital and HGST over the past three years.

KeHE Distributors, LLC [NAPERVILLE, Ill.] announced the appointment of Timothy J. Wiggins as chief financial officer. Prior to joining KeHE, Tim Wiggins served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at DeVry Education Group.

PrescribeWellness [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that they have hired Chief Financial Officer, Rob Gerger. Gerger most recently was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at TC3 Health/Emdeon.

Pacific Commerce Bancorp [LOS ANGELES] announced that Long T. Huynh has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and the Bank. He replaces Richard Koh, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since October 2006. Mr. Huynh most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of California Business Bank in Irvine, California.

GSE Systems, Inc. [SYKESVILLE, Md] (NYSE MKT: GVP) announced the appointment of Emmett A. Pepe as Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed Jeff Hough. Mr. Pepe joins GSE from MicroStrategy, Inc. where he served as the Senior Vice President Finance and Worldwide Controller. Prior to MicroStrategy, Inc., Mr. Pepe held the position of Vice President Accounting and Corporate Controller at BroadSoft, Inc. Prior to BroadSoft, Inc., he held senior finance management positions with various companies including Software AG, webMethods, Inc., British Telecom Inc., Concert Communications Company and MCI Communications Corporation.

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.] (NASDAQ: EGRX) announced that Douglas L. Braunstein, co-founder of Hudson Executive Capital LP and former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Robert Glenning, President Financial Services Division and Chief Financial Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health have joined Eagle’s Board of Directors.

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. [HAYWARD, Calif.] (NASDAQ: UCTT) announced that Casey Eichler, President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down to pursue other opportunities. Sheri Brumm, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Brumm joined UCT in April 2009 as the Senior Director of Finance and has served in progressively more senior financial roles, most recently as UCT’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining UCT, Ms. Brumm was the Corporate Controller, Vice President of Finance and Director of Internal Audit at Credence Systems Corporation. Ms. Brumm also served in various auditing, accounting and finance roles at Protiviti and KLA-Tencor Corporation and as a Manager of Business Process Risk Accounting at Arthur Anderson LLP.

Kesh” Talwar

PayCommerce [EDISON, NJ] announced it has appointed Keshav “Kesh” Talwar as Chief Payments Officer and CFO. Mr. Talwar has led payment strategies, product and business development and finance at firms including Ingenco Group, Global Collect, First Data Corp., MasterCard and Citibank.

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. [MILPITAS, Calif.] announced the election of William D. Waddill, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Calithera Biosciences, to the Protagonist Board of Directors. Mr. Waddill began his career in corporate finance, banking and public accounting 30 years ago. Prior to joining Calithera, he was SVP and CFO at OncoMed Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, he was SVP and CFO at Ilypsa. Before joining Ilypsa, Mr. Waddill served as the founder and principal at Square One Finance.

Questar Corporation [Salt Lake City, Utah] announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Kevin W. Hadlock, is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons. The Company has appointed David M. Curtis, Questar Vice President and Corporate Controller, to serve as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) while Mr. Hadlock remains on leave. Mr. Curtis has served as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2011. Mr. Curtis has also served as Vice President and Controller of Questar Gas Company and Questar Pipeline Company since 2003 and of Wexpro Company since 2010.

First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. [MELBOURNE, FL] (OTCQB: FCHS) announced the appointment of Timothy K. Skeldon as Chief Financial Officer. Skeldon will succeed Donald Bittar. For nearly two decades, Skeldon was Chief Financial Officer of Parrish Medical Center. Prior to joining Parrish in 1999, Skeldon served as Vice President and CFO of Central Florida Regional Hospital. Other previous executive posts have included Controller of Lucerne Medical Center, Controller and Director of Financial Planning of Parrish and Director of Corporate Accounting for Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida. He began his career working as a Senior Audit Accountant for Ernst & Young.

Inspira Financial Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX-V: LND) announced that Marc Hecksel, Inspira’s current Chief Executive Officer, will take on the role of interim Chief Financial Officer.

Noble Iron Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX-V: NIR) announced that Suzy Taherian will be stepping down from the position of CFO and will be leaving the company due to personal reasons. On an interim basis, Nabil Kassam, Chairman & CEO, will assume the company’s CFO duties, supported by Noble Iron’s finance team.

SeaChange International, Inc. [ACTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SEAC) announced the appointment of Peter Faubert as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Anthony Dias, who served as SeaChange’s CFO, SVP and Treasurer since September 2013, resigned. Mr. Faubert most recently served as CFO for This Technology, Inc. Mr. Faubert had previously served as CFO for mobile game publisher JNJ Mobile. Earlier he was CFO and Treasurer with Turbine, Inc. He has also held senior finance roles for Vision Government Solutions and Ariba.

Recro Pharma, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NASDAQ: REPH) announced the appointment of Michael Celano as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Celano previously served as CFO at Kensey Nash, and BioRexis. Mr. Celano is also on the board of Orasure Technologies. Mr. Celano has also served as CFO of Makindus, and at Drugscan. Prior to entering the biopharmaceutical industry, Mr. Celano was a Partner at Arthur Andersen/KPMG, where he worked from 1980 until 2004, and led its life sciences practices.

Golden Edge Entertainment Inc. [Miami, Florida] announced Mirsad Jakubovic is the new Chief Financial Officer. Currently, Mr. Jakubovic also serves as Chief Financial Officer of Medifocus for the past 8 years. Previously, Mr, Jakubovic had served as Director of Finance of Havana House Cigar and Tobacco Merchants.

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AAR CORP. [WOOD DALE, Ill.] (NYSE: AIR) announced that Timothy J. Romenesko has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Romenesko will replace Michael J. Sharp, who is retiring from AAR after 20 years with the Company. Romenesko is a 35-year veteran of the Company and currently serves as its Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Expeditionary Services. He previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2007 to 2015. Before that he was Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 1994 to 2007. Romenesko joined AAR in 1981.

James Mikolaichik

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: HLT) announced the appointment of James E. Mikolaichik as chief financial officer (CFO) of Hilton Grand Vacations. Mikolaichik joins HGV from Manning & Napier, Inc. Prior to Manning & Napier, he was with Old Mutual Asset Management as executive vice president, head of strategy and co-head of fund operations, as well as chief risk officer. Mikolaichik also worked for Deloitte LLP in various roles from 1993 to 2004.

Synovus Financial Corp. [COLUMBUS, Ga.] (NYSE: SNV) announced the appointment of Kevin Blair as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Blair currently serves as corporate treasurer of SunTrust Banks. He succeeds Tommy Prescott, who announced his retirement earlier this year after nearly 30 years of service. Prior to becoming corporate treasurer in 2015 and for the past 18 years, Blair served in various capacities with SunTrust, including director of SunTrust’s commercial specialty segment, chairman and chief executive officer of SunTrust’s Georgia/North Florida region. He began his financial services career at Signet Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1995.

Manning & Napier, Inc. [FAIRPORT, N.Y.] (NYSE: MN) announced that it accepted the resignation of James Mikolaichik, Chief Financial Officer.

Barrett Business Services, Inc. [VANCOUVER, WA.] (NASDAQ: BBSI) has appointed Gary Kramer as chief financial officer. Kramer succeeds Interim CFO Tom Carley. Kramer joins the Company from Chubb Global Services. Prior to his current role at Chubb, Kramer served as divisional financial officer for ACE Financial Solutions.

Federal Realty Investment Trust [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced the appointment of Dan Guglielmone to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Guglielmone comes from Vornado Realty Trust where he has served since 2003 as its Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Capital Markets. Prior to his time at Vornado, Dan spent 10 years in Investment Banking in the Real Estate and Lodging Group at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup in New York.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. [PITTSFIELD, Mass.] (NYSE: BHLB) announced that James “Jamie” M. Moses was appointed Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank.  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Josephine Iannelli has chosen to leave the company. Moses joins Berkshire from Webster Bank where he served as Senior Vice President and Asset/Liability Manager.  He joined Webster in 2011 from M&T Bank.  Before that, he was with United Benelux Investments and with Credit Suisse.

Sally Brandtneris

Logicalis [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Sally Brandtneris to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Brandtneris has held positions with Eaton Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand, Sun Microsystems, Apollo Computer, and IBM. Most recently, Brandtneris served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Stefanini IT Solutions.

Sun Orchard [MIAMI] announced the appointment of Carl Colletti as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Colletti joins Sun Orchard from Fanatics, where he served as Chief Accounting Officer & Controller.  Prior to Fanatics, he served as CFO of CIFC Asset Management and as SVP, Finance, of the Blackstone Group’s GSO Capital Partners. Previously, he served as Director and CFO of Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation and as VP and Controller of Financial Reporting for Neuberger Berman. Mr. Colletti began his career at Coopers & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he rose to the position of Manager, Assurance and Business Advisory Services.

Aurora Diagnostics [PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.] announced that it has promoted Michael Grattendick to Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Aurora in 2006, Mr. Grattendick served in a number of healthcare industry positions, including AmeriPath, Palm Beach Gardens, where he served as Regional Controller, Finance Director, and Director of Internal Control; and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, where he was senior accountant.

Creative Learning Corporation [SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL.] announced that it has named Christian Miller as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Miller has been working with the Company consulting on financial issues over the past several months. Prior to joining CLCN, Mr. Miller held a number of significant financial positions, including Controller at Pilot Pen Corporation of America, Corporate Controller at Pinova Holdings, Inc., and Director of Accounting and Reporting at Trailer Bridge, Inc.

American Midstream Partners, LP [DENVER] (NYSE: AMID) appointed Eric T. Kalamaras as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kalamaras succeeds Dan Campbell who served as Chief Financial Officer since 2012. Mr. Kalamaras most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Azure Midstream Partners, LP and Azure Midstream Company, LLC. Prior to Azure, Mr. Kalamaras served as Chief Financial Officer at Valerus Energy Holdings, Delphi Midstream Partners, and Atlas Pipeline Partners, LP. Prior to Atlas Pipeline Partners, he spent a combined 10 years at Wells Fargo and Banc of America Securities. Mr. Kalamaras started his career as a financial analyst at Ford Motor Company.

Ingenu Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced that Dan Halvorson has joined the company’s management team as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Ingenu, Halvorson held chief financial officer positions at several San Diego-based publicly held companies including Novatel Wireless, Inc., DivX, Inc. and OneRoof Energy, as well as executive finance roles at Dura Pharmaceutical and Alliance Pharmaceutical. Halvorson also served as executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer for DivX, Inc.

IRIDEX Corporation [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IRIX) announced that Atabak Mokari will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to joining IRIDEX, Mr. Mokari was a senior investment banker at Wells Fargo Securities from September 2013 to July 2016, at UBS from September 2009 to July 2013, and at Credit Suisse from July 2005 to February 2009. Mr. Mokari also held positions at Olympus Partners, and Bowles Hollowell Conner.

Breakout Capital [MCLEAN, VIRGINIA] announced the appointment of Darwin W. Olympia, formerly of Harris Williams & Co., as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Breakout Capital, Mr. Olympia served as a Director for Harris Williams & Co. and previously as a Vice President for FBR Capital Markets & Co. Mr. Olympia’s prior experience also includes strategy and operational consulting work at A.T. Kearney. Mr. Olympia began his career as a certified public accountant for Arthur Andersen LLP.

Altamira Technologies Corporation [MCLEAN, Va.] announced the appointment of Jeremy Koczan as Chief Financial Officer. Jeremy comes to Altamira from Raytheon.

ChyronHego [MELVILLE, NY] announced the appointment of Neil Foster as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to joining ChyronHego, he served as executive vice president, operations, for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Previously, Foster held a number of roles in the recorded music business, including executive vice president, finance and operations, for the Columbia/Epic Label Group of Sony Music Entertainment, and co-president of Sony Music Entertainment Canada. Foster’s early career included positions at McKinsey & Company Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Marco’s Pizza [TOLEDO, Ohio] appointed Buddy Solomon as Chief Financial Officer.

Clearent [CLAYTON, MO] announced that Chris Knibb has joined company as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Knibb joins Clearent from Express Scripts, where he was Vice President of Financial Planning Analysis. Prior to Express Scripts, Knibb spent five years at Patriot Coal Corporation as VP, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer. Before that, Knibb was VP Finance and CFO North America at American Power Conversion and also served as VP Corporate Controller at Savvis, Inc. Prior to moving to St. Louis in 2003 to work at Savvis, Knibb spent eight years in a variety of roles including public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers as well as serving as the Controller of a start-up tech company.

Lisa Mayr

Blackboard Inc. [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Lisa Mayr as Chief Financial Officer. Lisa has served as Vice President of Finance at Blackboard since July 2013 and was recently named interim CFO. She has filled senior leadership positions at large global companies such as LivingSocial, GeoEye (acquired by Digital Globe), Towers Watson and Sunrise Senior Living. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of private equity firms Arlington Capital Partners and Celtic Capital Management. Prior to her corporate roles, Lisa worked with Ernst & Young in their Transaction Advisory Services practice.

Confluent [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced Cheryl Dalrymple as chief financial officer. Prior to Confluent, she was CFO of Polyvore (acquired by Yahoo!), AdMob (acquired by Google), Digital Chocolate, Nextance Inc. (acquired by Trilogy Group), Oblix Inc. (acquired by Oracle) and Lexis Nexis.

Phronesis Partners [BOSTON, MA] announced the appointment of Vivek Sharma as its Chief Financial Officer. Vivek’s previous assignment was Chief Financial Officer of a large conglomerate. Prior to that, as Chief Operating Officer of a research outsourcing firm.

Cetera Financial Group [LOS ANGELES] announced that Jeffrey R. “Jeff” Buchheister has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Buchheister most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for LPL Financial. Prior to that position, during his 13 years at LPL Financial, he held a series of leadership roles at the corporate and business unit levels. Before joining LPL Financial, Mr. Buchheister was a senior manager at Deloitte.

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ConAgra Foods, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CAG) announced that David Marberger has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will succeed John Gehring who retired. Marberger currently serves as chief financial officer at Prestige Brands. Prior to joining Prestige Brands, Marberger served as chief financial officer of Godiva Chocolatier for seven years. Prior to joining Godiva, Marberger served as chief financial officer at Tasty Baking Company and spent 10 years at Campbell Soup Company, where he held finance roles with increasing responsibility. He began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

FTI Consulting, Inc. [WASHINGTON] (NYSE: FCN) announced that it has appointed Ajay Sabherwal as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sabherwal began his career in the telecommunications industry at CNCP Telecommunications, Deloitte, Barclays de Zoete Wedd (“BZW”) Canada and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”) World Markets from 1989 to 1999. Over the next 16 years, Mr. Sabherwal served as Chief Financial Officer of several private and publicly traded companies. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Sabherwal served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Choice One Communications, Inc. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Sabherwal served as Chief Financial Officer of Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Sabherwal served as Chief Financial Officer of Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. In July 2010, Mr. Sabherwal became the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FairPoint Communications, Inc.

The Brink’s Company [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: BCO) announced that Ronald J. Domanico has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Domanico replaces Joseph W. Dziedzic, who served as CFO since 2009. Before joining Brink’s, Domanico served as senior vice president at Recall Holdings Limited. From 2010 to 2014, he was senior vice president and CFO for HD Supply. From 2002 to 2009, he was senior vice president, CFO and a board member at Caraustar Industries. Prior to joining Caraustar, he served in a variety of international financial leadership roles at AHL Services, Nabisco and Kraft.

Joel Jung

Counsyl [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced Joel Jung as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Joel was the Chief Financial Officer of BioNano Genomics. Prior to BioNano, Joel was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of AgraQuest. Before AgraQuest, Joel was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for the Celera Corporation. Joel’s experience also includes working at Chiron Corporation for 11 years in several executive financial positions. He began his finance career at Bank of America.

CafePress Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NASDAQ: PRSS) announced the appointment of Phillip Milliner as Chief Financial Officer following the resignation of Garett Jackson. Milliner joins CafePress from Churchill Downs Incorporated. Milliner served in roles with increasing responsibility at Churchill Downs since 2004. In his time with the company, Milliner served as corporate controller, Vice President, Finance, and Vice President, Business Operations. Prior to that, he held financial leadership and advisory roles at Ventas, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Zillion Group, Inc. [NORWALK, Conn. and BOSTON] announced the promotion of Andy Brooks to Chief Financial Officer. Brooks most recently served as the company’s Vice President of Operations and Finance. Prior to joining Zillion in 2013, Brooks served as a consultant in the healthcare technology sector. He also previously served as the principal financial officer in the public offering and PIPE placement of RedRoller. His past experience includes positions with Crescendo Ventures, J.P. Morgan Securities, Bloomberg LP and other start-ups.

Rythm [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced the appointment of Fabrice Cantou as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer at Dailymotion.

NOVA [GLENDALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Seksom Suriyapa as Chief Financial Officer and General Manager. Previously a SuccessFactors executive, Mr. Suriyapa played multiple important leadership roles at the company from 2008-2014, including Global SVP and COO as well as Head of Corporate Development. Prior to his career in operational management, Seksom was an investment banker, serving at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Vodafone Group Plc [LONDON, United Kingdom] and Liberty Global plc [DENVER, Colorado] (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) announced their intention to appoint Ritchy Drost as Chief Financial Officer of the two companies’ proposed 50-50 joint venture business combining Vodafone Netherlands and Ziggo. Ritchy Drost is currently Chief Financial Officer of Ziggo, a position he has held since September 2015. Over a 17-year career with Liberty Global he has held a number of senior management positions including Chief Financial Officer, European Broadband Operations and Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of UPC Netherlands, Liberty’s predecessor Dutch cable operation. Prior to joining Liberty Global, Ritchy was an auditor at Arthur Andersen.

Quotient Technology Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NYSE: QUOT) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Jennifer Ceran, has resigned. Mir Aamir, Quotient’s former CFO and its current Chief Operating Officer and President, will serve as interim CFO until the Company identifies a new CFO.

Jeff Dern

PRIDE Industries [ROSEVILLE, Calif.] announced the promotion of Jeff Dern as Chief Financial Officer. Dern is succeeding Tim Yamauchi who will be stepping down from his role of 14 years. Jeff Dern brings 18 years of experience in accounting, finance and audit roles including positions at Oracle Corporation, Ernst & Young, and Arthur Andersen. He joined PRIDE Industries in 2008 as Controller and in October 2014 he was promoted to VP of Finance.

Central City Concern [PORTLAND] announced that Sarah Chisholm has joined as chief financial officer. Chisholm most recently served as chief administrative officer for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. Her past employment includes positions at Cambia Health Solutions, Metro Regional Government and Intel.

bBooth, Inc. [HOLLYWOOD, CA] (OTCQB: BBTH) announced that Jeff Clayborne has joined as Chief Financial Officer. After honing his skills as a CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick, Mr. Clayborne went on to senior finance positions at Universal Music Group and Walt Disney International.

QASymphony [ATLANTA, GA] announced the appointment of Mike Vandiver to Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was CFO at Pindrop Security. Prior to Pindrop, Vandiver served as CFO of Ingenious Med. He also served for 10 years as EVP and CFO of SecureWorks.

Boston Pharmaceuticals [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Ian Sanderson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sanderson joins Boston Pharmaceuticals from Catabasis Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Catabasis, Mr. Sanderson was a senior advisor with JSB Partners. Before JSB Partners, Mr. Sanderson spent 20 years with Cowen and Company, most recently as a Managing Director and Senior Pharmaceuticals Analyst. Prior to his pharmaceuticals research analyst career, Mr. Sanderson was a health care investment banker with Cowen and Houlihan Lokey. He began his healthcare career in the finance group of U.S. Surgical Corporation (now Medtronic).

John Herman

Movable Ink [NEW YORK, NY] announced the appointment of John Herman as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Herman most recently served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations for website and online marketing company Web.com. He was previously Chief Financial Officer for marketing strategy firm Yodle. Before that, he served as Yodle’s Vice President, Corporate Planning and Business Operations. Prior to Yodle, Herman held several senior finance positions at American Express, most recently Vice President, Finance. Before that, Herman was Manager, Business Development for BMW of North America.

Party City Holdco Inc. [ELMSFORD, N.Y.] (NYSE: PRTY) announced the appointment of Daniel J. Sullivan as CFO to succeed Michael A. Correale. The announcement coincides with Mr. Correale’s decision to step down as its global CFO to focus on the newly created position of EVP Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining PCHI, Mr. Sullivan held several senior finance positions with Ahold USA including, most recently, EVP-Finance and CFO and was a member of their Executive Board. Prior to joining Ahold in 2010, Mr. Sullivan spent twelve years at Heineken in executive finance positions both in the United States and Europe, and served as CFO, COO & SVP Strategy for Heineken USA. Earlier in his career in the late 1990s, Mr. Sullivan was a controller for Amscan Inc., the US wholesale division of PCHI, and prior to that he was with KPMG.

Illumio [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Remo Canessa to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Canessa served most recently as the CFO of Infoblox. Earlier CFO assignments included NetScreen Technologies, Bell Microproducts, Raster Graphics Inc., and Infoseek. He is currently a Director at Aerohive Networks.

VSI Global, LLC [CLEVELAND] announced Jesse B. Blackwelder as the new Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Blackwelder joins VSI having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Crown Battery Manufacturing Companies.

Deem [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced David Shiba as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David joins Deem from Vertical Response (a Deluxe Company) and was with Satmetrix, Informative, Travelocity and Arthur Anderson.

Agility Health, Inc. [GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN] (TSX-V: AHI) announced the appointment of Gene Miyamoto as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Miyamoto replaces the interim Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Ma, who resigned. Mr. Miyamoto currently serves as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and, prior to joining Agility Health, acted as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of a large non-governmental healthcare.

Sigma Labs, Inc. [SANTA FE, N.M.] (OTCQB: SGLB) announced that it has hired Murray Williams to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Williams was employed with KPMG until 1997, when he became one of five founding members of Buy.Com, Inc. and served as its chief financial officer and VP of business development. Following Buy.Com’s sale in 2001, he consulted for Newport Capital Holdings and then, in 2003, founded FA Corp, a consulting firm. He has served on the board of directors of fifteen public and private companies and was the chairman of the audit committee on most.

Albireo Limited [BOSTON, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas A. Shea as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shea was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at Epirus Biopharmaceuticals. Prior to Epirus, Mr. Shea served as the chief financial officer of a number of biopharmaceutical companies, including Euthymics, Neurovance, EBI Life Sciences and Tolerx.  Formerly, he was chief financial officer at Cubist Pharmaceuticals for 10 years.

Methode Electronics, Inc. [CHICAGO, IL] (NYSE: MEI) announced John Hrudicka has been named its new chief financial officer and vice president of corporate finance. He succeeds Douglas A. Koman, who is retiring. Mr. Hrudicka recently served as senior vice president of North American Tire at Titan International, Inc. and as Titan’s chief financial officer. Prior, Mr. Hrudicka served at Elkay Manufacturing for seven years in various financial roles, including its chief financial officer. Preceding Elkay, he worked at Baxter International for five years in various roles including operations and finance.

Suncrest Bank [VISALIA, Calif.] (OTCQX: SBKK) announced the appointment of Jean Carandang as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Carandang has been acting as the bank’s interim Chief Financial Officer since April of this year, and replaces Bob Moore who has left the organization to pursue new opportunities. Starting her career as a certified public accountant and auditor with KPMG LLP in Los Angeles, Ms. Carandang then spent the next twelve years in various finance and risk roles at Quaker City Bank in Whittier, CA before joining PFF Bank and Trust, Rancho Cucamonga, CA in 2005 as Senior Vice President and Financial Controller. In 2008, she joined Simplicity Bank inCovina, CA, serving as Chief Financial Officer until its merger with HomeStreet Bank in 2015.

Glaukos Corporation [LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.] (NYSE: GKOS) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Richard L. Harrison, has notified the company of his plans to retire in 2017. Mr. Harrison will remain in his current role until a successor is named and he has agreed to assist with an orderly transition. The company has initiated a search to identify a replacement for Mr. Harrison. Mr. Harrison has been the company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2008.

Frankly, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (TSX VENTURE: TLK) has appointed Chief Operating Officer Lou Schwartz as Chief Financial Officer. Schwartz succeeds Avi Aronvitz who resigned to pursue other opportunities. Schwartz will also continue to serve in his position as COO. Schwartz joined Frankly in August 2015 in connection with its acquisition of Worldnow, where he served as Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to that, Schwartz was the Chief Digital Officer of WWE. Schwartz also served as CEO and general counsel of several leading North America digital video platform companies.

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Waste Management, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WM) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed James C. (Jim) Fish, Jr. to the position of President. Fish retains his existing role as Chief Financial Officer while the Company conducts a search to fill that role. Fish joined Waste Management in 2001. Prior to becoming CFO, he held several key positions with the Company, including Senior Vice President for the Company’s Eastern Group, Area Vice President for Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Market Area General Manager for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Vice President of Price Management and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis. Before joining Waste Management, Fish held finance or revenue management positions at Westex, a Yellow-Roadway subsidiary; Trans World Airlines; and America West Airlines. He began his professional career at KPMG Peat Marwick.

AngioDynamics [ALBANY, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced the appointment of Michael Greiner as the company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Greiner most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at Extreme Reach, Inc. Prior to his role at Extreme Reach, Greiner held several executive roles, including Senior Vice President Corporate Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Cimpress N.V. (formerly known as Vistaprint N.V.), Global Controller for GE’s Water and Processing Technologies division and leadership roles at Bausch & Lomb and Wyeth.

Jason Haddock

Array BioPharma [BOULDER, Colo.] (NASDAQ: ARRY) announced it has appointed Jason Haddock as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Haddock’s will be replacing David Horin, who had been acting as Array’s interim CFO. Mr. Haddock has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb for over more than 13 years through 2015. Mr. Haddock most recently served as CFO and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of BERG Health.

S&P GLOBAL INC. [New York, New York] announced the departure of the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (and principal financial officer), Jack F. Callahan, Jr.  Robert J. MacKay, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer), will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer (and principal financial officer) on an interim basis until such time as a new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (and principal financial officer) is appointed.  Prior to joining S&P Global, Mr. MacKay spent 18 years at PepsiCo, Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President & Controller for PepsiCo Americas Beverages from 2011-2015, Senior Vice President & General Auditor from 2007-2011, and Vice President & Controller for PepsiCo International from 2003-2007 in New York, among other roles.

Crain Communications Inc. [DETROIT] announced that Bob Recchia has been named Chief Financial Officer. Recchia was most recently vice president and CFO at Valassis Communications Inc. Recchia joined Valassis in 1982 as treasurer and became CFO in 1990.

Adeptus Health Inc. [LEWISVILLE, Texas] (NYSE: ADPT) announced Frank R. Williams, Jr. will join Adeptus Health’s executive leadership as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Williams will succeed Timothy L. Fielding, who is resigning. Williams most recently was the Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Director-Acquisitions for Medical Properties Trust (MPT) for the past five years.  Prior to MPT, Williams was a Managing Director in the healthcare investment banking division at Barclays Capital. Before that, he was a Senior Managing Director in the healthcare group at Bear, Stearns & Co, Inc.

Triumph Group [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: TGI)  announced that James McCabe is joining the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. McCabe joins Triumph from Steel Partners Holdings where he last served as Senior Vice President and CFO, and President, Shared Services. Prior to joining Steel Partners Holdings, McCabe served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of American Water’s Northeast Region, and President and CFO of Teleflex Aerospace.

SGI Global, LLC [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced the hiring of Jimmy Viescas as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Viescas was most recently the Director of Finance for Octo Consulting Group. He previously worked for General Dynamics Information Technology in several roles throughout nine years with the company. Mr. Viescas began his career as an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and later as an auditor with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Aaron Coley

MemorialCare Health System [ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.] has named Aaron Coley Chief Financial Officer. Coley joined MemorialCare in 2000 as Orange County’s Director of Decision Support. In 2004, he became system Vice President for Finance and Decision Support, helping guide MemorialCare’s expansion and partnerships. Coley previously served in finance and decision support at Dignity Health and Redlands Community Hospital. Coley was a board member and officer of Green Valley Mutual Water Company.

Gregory Gutting

Erie Indemnity Company [ERIE, Pa.] (NASDAQ: ERIE) has appointed Gregory Gutting executive vice president and chief financial officer. Gutting has served as interim CFO since October 2015. Gutting joined ERIE in 1985 as a corporate accountant. He was named an assistant vice president in 2001 and joined the Corporate Financial Planning Department in 2004 as a senior corporate financial planning analyst II. He became senior vice president of the Controller Division in 2009.

Syncsort [WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.] has tapped Bob Bies to join its executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Bob was most recently CFO of Cannondale Investments. Before that he was EVP, CFO and Treasurer at Greenfield Online.

Biocept, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: BIOC) announced the appointment of Timothy C. Kennedy as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations. He succeeds Mark Foletta, who has served as Interim CFO since August 2015 and will remain as a consultant to the Company. From 2013 to July 2016, Mr. Kennedy served as Chief Financial Officer of Millennium Health.  From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Kennedy was Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of PLUS Diagnostics.  From 1997 to 2008, Mr. Kennedy held an ownership position in Diagnostic Imaging Management. From 1988 to 1997, he held a number of management positions, including Head of Finance, with National Health Laboratories.

UMB Financial Corporation [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NASDAQ: UMBF) announced it has named Ram Shankar as chief financial officer. Prior to joining UMB, Shankar spent five years as managing director of First Niagara Financial Group. Before that, Shankar spent time at FBR Capital Markets as a senior research analyst and at M&T Bank Corporation in the financial planning measurement and corporate finance/M&A group.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: LIND) announced it has named Craig Felenstein as its Chief Financial Officer.   Mr. Felenstein most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategic Finance at Shutterstock, since March 2015.   Prior to Shutterstock, he was at Discovery Communications, LLC, from May 2008 to March 2015, serving in various management roles, including Executive Vice President of Investor Relations.  At the same time, he was part of the executive team for several of Discovery’s businesses including serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Digital, Chief Financial Officer of US Network Revenue and Chief Financial Officer of Animal Planet.  Prior to Discovery Communications, he held senior positions at News Corporation, Viacom Inc., and Arthur Andersen & Co.

Verdezyne, Inc. [CARLSBAD, Calif.] has appointed David Kelsey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Kelsey was CFO of Elevance Renewable Sciences from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President and CFO of Sealed Air Corp. From 1973 he held a variety of executive positions with General Electric (NYSE: GE) and GE Capital.

Alliance Health [SOUTH JORDAN, Utah] announced the appointment of Scott Klossner as Chief Financial Officer.

Kevin Posterro

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP [PHOENIX, ARIZ.] announced that Kevin M. Posterro has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, Posterro served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston.

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. [GLENDALE, Calif.] (OTC: AMEH), announced the appointment of Mihir Shah as Chief Financial Officer. He joined ApolloMed as a consultant in March 2016.  Prior to joining ApolloMed, he was CFO of Unitek Information Systems.  Prior to this, from 2013 to 2015, Mr. Shah was Vice President and Controller of Health Essentials, LLC (“HES”). Prior to this, from 2005 to 2013, he was Vice President of Finance and Analytics at Arcadian Health Plan.

Severn Bancorp, Inc. [ANNAPOLIS, Md.] (NASDAQ: SVBI) announced the appointment of Paul B. Susie as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was previously with Hopkins Federal Savings Bank in the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Hopkins Federal, Mr. Susie served as Chief Financial Officer for 1st Mariner Bank. He has also held financial executive positions in biopharmaceutical, manufacturing and marine companies.

Health New England [SPRINGFIELD, Mass.] announced the appointment of Michael Marrone as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Health New England, Mike was Chief Financial Officer-New England Market at Aetna Inc. Mike’s career also includes more than nine years at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Nina Tran

Veritas Investments [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Nina Tran has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Nina was previously CFO at Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust. Before that she was at Prologis, Inc.

InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. [MADISON HEIGHTS] (NYSE MKT: INFU) announced that its chief financial officer, Jonathan P. Foster, has resigned.  The Company will appoint Christopher Downs, its current vice president & treasurer as executive vice president and interim chief financial officer.

Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] announced that Dennis B. Story, its Chief Financial Officer, has resigned.  Raymond August, President and Chief Operating Officer, will serve as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer until a new Chief Financial Officer is appointed. Mr. August joined Benefitfocus in 2014. He most recently served as the General Manager for the Financial Services division of the Computer Sciences Corp.  In addition, Mr. August previously held a management position at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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GoDaddy Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: GDDY) announced that Ray Winborne has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Winborne assumes the role from Scott Wagner, who is stepping into the new role of GoDaddy President and Chief Operating Officer. Winborne most recently served as CFO for First Data.  Prior to First Data, Winborne held senior financial leadership roles at Delta Air Lines and AT&T, after beginning his professional career at PwC in Atlanta.

Ball Corporation [BROOMFIELD, Colo.] (NYSE: BLL) has selected Daniel J. Heinrich,  former executive vice president and chief financial officer from The Clorox Company, to serve as director of the Corporation. Previous roles include senior vice president and treasurer at Transamerica Finance Corporation; senior vice president, treasurer and controller at Granite Management Company; and senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller at First Nationwide Bank. Heinrich currently serves on the board of directors for ARAMARK and Edgewell Personal Care Company.

Health Dialog [BOSTON] announced Jeff Fields as chief financial officer. Previous positions include chief auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and vice president of accounting and corporate controller at Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA).

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NYSE: THS) announced that Dennis F. Riordan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Interim President of Private Brands, will transition to a Senior Advisor role upon the appointment of a successor.

Ron J. Fior

Quotient Technology Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NYSE: QUOT) announced that Ron J. Fior will join Quotient as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Fior was CFO of Good Technology. Prior to Good Technology, Mr. Fior spent a decade as CFO at Callidus Software. Mr. Fior has held additional CFO positions at various technology companies, including at Remedy Corporation. He also spent 13 years at the Thomson Corporation, now Thomson Reuters, as a Vice President and group CFO of several companies and divisions.

Golden Gate University [SAN FRANCISCO, CA.] announced the appointment of Bill Lee as its Vice President for Finance & Administration. For the past five years, he has held CFO positions at two Bay Area nonprofit organizations: the East Meets West Foundation and Meals on Wheels of San Francisco. Before that he was country chief financial officer (CFO) for Citibank-Asia, and co-chief financial officer and senior vice president at Visa International.

Canopy Health [WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] announced Patrick Caster as chief financial officer. Patrick Caster was most recently chief operating and financial officer for PIH Health.

Wingate Healthcare [NEEDHAM, Mass.] announced the hiring of Lisa Burgess as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she was the Senior Vice President of Finance for Post Acute Partners. Prior to that she served as Vice President of Treasury & Portfolio Management for Benchmark Senior Living and was previously the Director of Financial Analysis at Epoch Senior Living. Before entering senior housing, Ms. Burgess held roles as a Real Estate Analyst for Harvard Private Capital Group in Boston, and as a Senior Bond Analyst for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff, LLP, in Los Angeles and New York.

Scott Kokotan

MetaCommunications, Inc. [IOWA CITY, Iowa] announced the appointment of Scott Kokotan as Chief Financial Officer. Previously Kokotan served as the CFO and Vice Chairman for IMM, LLC. Kokotan began his financial career in accounting, consulting and investing before becoming President and CFO of Wasinger Tech.

Zelis Healthcare [BEDMINSTER, N.J. & ATLANTA] announced Charles O. Garner as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining, Mr. Garner served as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for MedAssets, Inc. He also served as MedAssets’ Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Prior to MedAssets, Mr. Garner was responsible for strategic planning and corporate development for Coca-Cola Enterprises. Earlier in his career, Mr. Garner was a management consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Garner began his career in software design and business development at American Management Systems.

Accera, Inc. [BOULDER, Colo.] announced the appointment of C. Evan Ballantyne as chief financial officer. Mr. Ballantyne joins Accera from Agenus, Inc. where he has been the chief financial officer. Prior to Agenus, he was the chief financial officer of Synthetic Biologics, Inc. and before that, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Clinical Data, Inc. Mr. Ballantyne has also held chief financial officer positions at medical technology companies Avedro, Inc. and Zymequest, Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as chief operating and chief financial officer at ACNielsen Corporation and held financial positions at IMS Health and Dun & Bradstreet.

True North Therapeutics [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Pamela M. Wapnick as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. Wapnick joins True North Therapeutics from Amgen Corporation where she held senior financial management roles from 2007 to 2016, including Vice President of Finance for Research and Development, and Vice President and Treasurer of Amgen. Prior to Amgen, she held senior financial management positions in the automotive industry, including Federal Mogul Corporation, Delphi Corporation, and General Motors Corporation.

Ophthotech Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: OPHT) announced the election of Ian F. Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Smith has also been elected the Chair of the Ophthotech Audit Committee. Mr. Smith currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex, Mr. Smith served as a partner in the Life Science and Technology Practice Group of Ernst & Young LLP, an accounting firm.

Robert W. Hutchison

FastMed Urgent Care [PHOENIX] has appointed Robert W. Hutchison as Chief Financial Officer. Robert W. Hutchison most recently served as CFO for U.S. HealthWorks.

Phibro [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced that it has appointed Joseph Delaney as Chief Financial officer. Mr. Delaney previously co-founded Waterville Capital LLC. He was a Founding Member, Managing Director, and Portfolio Manager of Old Lane, LP. Prior to Old Lane, Mr. Delaney worked for Morgan Stanley & Co. for 16 years, most recently serving as a Managing Director responsible for U.S. Power Trading.

Community Bank [PASADENA, Calif.] has hired J. Duncan Smith as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Duncan started his career in public accounting, became a CPA and worked for several notable firms including Ernst and Young and Grant Thornton. Duncan went on to become the Chief Financial Officer of several Philadelphia area financial institutions including Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (NASDAQ – BMTC), First Chester County Corporation and Security First Bank.

AstroNova, Inc. [WEST WARWICK, R.I.] (NASDAQ: ALOT) announced that Joseph P. O’Connell, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the role of Vice President Business Development. John P. Jordan, formerly Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Zygo Corporation, has been named as AstroNova’s interim CFO. Prior to that Mr. Jordan was Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. for four years. Mr. Jordan also held senior finance roles at Paxar Corporation, Amscan and Bodwell Fashion Group.

Destination Maternity Corporation [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: DEST) announced that David Stern joined the Company as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.  From 2012 until 2016, Mr. Stern served as Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack.  Prior to joining Pep Boys, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer of A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts. From 2007 until 2009, Mr. Stern held roles at Coldwater Creek, including Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis and Corporate Controller. From 2000 to 2007, Mr. Stern was the Chief Financial Officer of Petro Services. Mr. Stern began his career as an internal auditor and then as a financial analyst, accounting manager and corporate controller at several companies, including Delhaize America, before joining Petro Services.  Mr. Stern currently serves on the Boards of Beck Suppliers, Inc., and Camp Ockanickon, a not-for-profit camp for children.

Haemonetics Corporation [BRAINTREE, Mass.] (NYSE: HAE) announced that William P. Burke will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Burke will join the Company directly from Medtronic, Inc. where he has served as Chief Integration Officer. Previously, he held various Finance positions of increasing responsibility over a 20-year career with Covidien and predecessor companies, including CFO – Europe, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Portfolio Management, and Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Penn National Insurance [HARRISBURG, Pa.] has elected Jacquelyn Anderson to the position of senior vice president, CFO and treasurer. Prior to her election, Anderson had been serving as the company’s director of Internal Audit, and she had served as interim CFO following the retirement of prior-CFO Gregory Stine, in June. Anderson’s election follows the July 25 resignation of CFO Lyle Rhodebeck, who retired.

Resonant Inc. [GOLETA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: RESN) announced that John Philpott, the company’s CFO, has left the company. Ross Goolsby of Bridgepoint Consulting will join the company August 1^stand will become interim CFO.

Atlantic Metro Communications II, Inc. [PARSIPPANY, NJ.] announced the appointment of Roy Ceccato as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Board of Directors for the Company. Mr. Ceccato started with Atlantic Metro in January 2013, as the principal financial representative on the Company’s outside Advisory Committee.

Advantel Networks [SAN JOSE, CA.] announced the appointment of David Black as the new Chief Financial Officer, formerly held by Advantel’s Chief Executive Officer, Tom Vignau. Prior to that, David served as a senior finance executive for GridIron Systems, Tribal Brands, Facetime Communications, and Consenty Networks. He has also served in senior financial roles at Fortinet, Extreme Networks and BEA Systems.

Organovo Holdings, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: ONVO) announced the appointment of Craig Kussman as chief financial officer. Kussman was most recently the chief financial officer at Alphaeon Corporation.  Prior to his current role, Kussman served as chief financial officer of XIFIN, Inc.  Kussman formerly served as chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development for Ascenta Therapeutics.  Kussman has also held senior executive positions at Breach Security, Discovery Partners International, Inc., SYNAVANT Inc., Cognizant Corp., and IMS Health.

Manhattan Associates, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: MANH) announced the reappointment of Dennis Story as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer.