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The San Francisco 49ers named Former Facebook VP of Finance Cipora Herman as its new Chief Financial Officer. Herman will be taking over for current CFO Larry MacNeil, who will stay on with the team as the Executive Vice President of Development.

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced that Jonathan Chadwick will join VMware as chief financial officer (CFO) effective November 5, 2012.  Most recently, he served as corporate vice president of Microsoft and CFO of Skype, following roles as EVP and CFO of McAfee and in a variety of finance leadership positions in over a decade at Cisco Systems.

Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) announced that Phil Widman will be retiring as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Widman will continue as Chief Financial Officer of the Company into the first half of 2013 to oversee the year-end accounting close and annual audit process, the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and to facilitate an orderly transition of his responsibilities.

XLA announced the appointment of Douglas K. Kollme as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kollme was most recently he was the CFO for Interactive Technology Solutions. Prior to that, he ran the M&A program for CoreNet Services, and worked in commercial banking and investment banking roles at Wachovia Securities and its predecessor banks.

Bioventus announced the appointment of David Price as its new chief financial officer. Price comes to Bioventus from EDGAR Online Inc. where he served as CFO, chief operating officer and corporate treasurer. Prior to joining EDGAR Online, Price served as CFO and executive vice president of finance, corporate treasurer for Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc. Price had previously served as managing director in the healthcare sector at two investment banking firms – Jefferies & Company in New York, and Bear Stearns & Co. in London and New York – and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Arthur Andersen and Lex Service PLC.

Coherus BioSciences, Inc. announced that it has appointed George G. Montgomery as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Montgomery was a Managing Director at Sagent Advisors, LLC.  Prior to Sagent, he served as a Managing Director at Montgomery & Co., LLC. Prior to Montgomery & Co., he was a Managing Director at JP Morgan H&Q. He has also been a Managing Director at Cowen & Company and started his career at Credit Suisse First Boston in 1983.

MultiCell Technologies, Inc. (OBB: MCET) has added Grant G. Miller to its board of directors. Mr. Miller will replace Mr. Altig who will be stepping down to allow for this appointment. Mr. Miller currently serves as Chief Financial & Operating Officer of Sandel Avionics and has previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Rapid Bridge, LLC, General Manager & Division Controller of Scubapro, Chief Financial Officer of USA Broadband, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP Operations of Alitum, and held several positions with WorldXchange and Time Warner Cable, including International Director of Development in Spain and Portugal, Regional Vice President Finance, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst, Manager, Finance and Information Systems and Financial Analysis.

Lipinski Property Services announced Thomas Donnelly has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Donnelly was Vice President of Finance & Administration at USM, An EMCOR Company. Tom Donnelly’s extensive financial and operational experience includes roles in firms such as System and Computer Technology Inc., Infor Global Solutions, and Comcast Corporation.

RockPort Capital announced the promotion of Diane Yung to Partner & Chief Financial Officer. Diane Yung joined RockPort’s Boston office in 2007 as VP, Finance.  Prior to joining RockPort Diane was Regional VP, Finance & Administration for Edison Mission Marketing & Trading, the trading arm of Southern California Edison.

fi360 announced that Patricia Stocke has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, she was the CFO of Management Science Associates, Inc. Prior to that, she worked for Coach USA as Controller.

SEVEN Networks announced Mark Harris as the company’s new chief financial officer. Prior to joining SEVEN, Harris served as chief financial officer at Nimsoft. Harris has held various CFO and financial management positions in telecoms and banking.

Mueller Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MLI) announced that Kent A. McKee, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his positions with the Company to pursue other opportunities.  Jeffrey A. Martin, Vice President – Corporate Development, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer.

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPHI) announced the appointment of Colette Pieper as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Life Partners, Mrs. Pieper served as Accounting Financial Director for USAA.

American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) announced that its Board of Directors elected Joseph E. (Jeff) Consolino as a Director, beginning December 1, 2012. The Company further announced that Mr. Consolino will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Consolino’s election as Executive Vice President will become effective on February 16, 2013, and his election as Chief Financial Officer will become effective after the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012. Mr. Consolino will will succeed Keith A. Jensen, who will retire at the end of March 2013. Mr. Consolino most recently served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Validus Holdings, Ltd. Prior to his role at Validus, Mr. Consolino served as a Managing Director in Merrill Lynch’s Financial Institutions Group. Since 2006, Mr. Consolino has served as a Director of National Interstate Corporation (NASDAQ: NATL), a property and casualty company based in Ohio, which is a 52%-owned subsidiary of AFG. It is expected that he will continue to serve in that capacity. He serves as a Director of AmWINS Group, Inc. Mr. Consolino will also serve as a Director of Validus Holdings, Ltd.

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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) (NASDAQ: ADP) announced that Jan Siegmund, ADP’s Chief Strategy Officer and President, Added Value Services, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Chris Reidy, who has served as CFO since 2006. Mr. Siegmund joined ADP in 1999 as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and has held increasingly senior executive leadership positions since that time. Most recently, he served as both Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to these roles, Mr. Siegmund served as ADP’s Corporate Vice President, Strategic Development from 2004 to 2007 and as Senior Vice President of Strategic Development, Brokerage Services at ADP’s Brokerage Services Group from 2000 to 2004. Prior to ADP, Mr. Siegmund spent six years at McKinsey & Company.

Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) announced the resignation of Dennis Secor, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Secor will remain with the Company until December 7, 2012. Nigel Kershaw, Vice President of Finance & Accounting, and Treasurer, will assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer as of December 7, 2012. Mr. Kershaw has been with the Company for the past seven years in various roles of increasing responsibility.

Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) announced that Jeffrey M. Stafeil is joining the global automotive supplier and will serve as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Stafeil joins Visteon from DURA Automotive Systems, where he had been chief executive officer since October 2010, after serving as executive vice president and CFO since 2008. Michael J. Widgren, who has served as Visteon’s interim CFO since Oct. 3, continues with the company as vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer, reporting to Stafeil. Prior to joining DURA, Stafeil was CFO and a member of the board at the Klockner Pentaplast Group. From 2009-2012, he served on the board of directors and was audit committee chairman of J.L. French Automotive Castings Inc. From 2006-2009, he served on the board of directors and was co-chairman of the audit committee for Meridian Automotive Systems. From 2001-2007, he was executive vice president and CFO at automotive supplier Metaldyne Corp. He has also served in management positions at Booz Allen and Hamilton, Peterson Consulting and Ernst and Young.

Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE: END) announced that J. Michael Kirksey has submitted his resignation as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in order to spend more time in other areas of interest.

Clearside Biomedical Inc. announced today that Charles Deignan has been named to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Deignan has held financial management positions at several health care companies, including AtheroGenics Inc., AAIPharma and Schering-Plough

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) announced that Dean P. Freeman has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Freeman will be replacing William C. McCartney, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Mr. Freeman previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Flowserve Corporation from October 2009 to October 2011. Also while at Flowserve, Mr. Freeman served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Flowserve Pump Division from 2006 to October 2009. Prior to Flowserve, Mr. Freeman served as Chief Financial Officer, Europe for The Stanley Works Corporation. Mr. Freeman also served in financial executive and management roles of progressive responsibility with United Technologies Corporation and SPX Corporation.

Bridgelux announced the appointment of Timothy Lester as chief financial officer (CFO). Tim joined Bridgelux in 2010 as vice president of finance, and today also holds the position of vice president of operations. Prior to joining Bridgelux, Mr. Lester served as vice president of finance and corporate controller at eSilicon. From 1999 to 2007, he was corporate controller and treasurer at Lumileds Lighting. Mr. Lester has also held leadership positions with Cost Plus World Market and Philips Electronics. Additionally, Mr. Lester worked in mid-market commercial lending at Household Finance after beginning his career in public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand.

CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT) announced that Brian Carolan, has been promoted to Vice President, Finance – Chief Financial Officer from his current position of Vice President, Finance – Chief Accounting Officer.  Mr. Carolan has served as CommVault’s Chief Accounting Officer since July 2006. He also held the position of Controller from February 2001.  Prior to joining CommVault, Brian was with Ernst & Young LLP where he started his career in 1993. Louis F. Miceli, CommVault’s Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer, will step into the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Finance.

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (NYSE: BCEI) announced that James R. Casperson, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, notified the Company of his decision to step down from his full-time responsibilities. In connection with Mr. Casperson’s transition, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Wade E. Jaques, who currently serves as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and Treasurer, to assume the duties of principal financial officer. Mr. Jaques joined Bonanza Creek in 2010 as its Controller, was promoted to Chief Accounting Officer in September 2011 and elected Treasurer in March 2012. Prior to joining Bonanza Creek, Mr. Jaques was the Controller and Assistant Corporate Secretary for Ellora Energy Inc.

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ: KFRC) announced that, effective January 1, 2013, Joseph J. Liberatore will become Kforce’s President and David M. Kelly will become Kforce’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Liberatore joined Kforce in 1988 and rapidly progressed through a number of field leadership roles, including running the Firm’s largest Tech staffing region. More recently, Mr. Liberatore has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2004 and also serves as Executive Vice President of Kforce Inc.  Previously, Mr. Liberatore was Chief Talent Officer from 2001 to 2004, Chief Sales Officer from 2000 to 2001 and President of Kforce Interactive from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Kelly joined Kforce in 2000 as Group Finance Officer for the technology solutions practice. More recently, he has served as Senior Vice President of Finance & Accounting since 2009, Corporate Assistant Secretary since 2010, Vice President of Finance & Accounting from 2005 to 2009 and Chief Accounting Officer from 2000 to 2005. Prior to his career at Kforce, Dave held positions at companies that included Selkirk Financial Technologies and Komatsu America Corporation

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) appointed Andrew Chen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Chen joins AMEC from NASDAQ-listed Canadian Solar, Inc., where he served as CFO.  At Coca-Cola Co., he was an International Financial Analyst before moving to Honeywell International as a Corporate Auditor.  Later, he assumed the role of Financial Controller at Honeywell’s China engines operation.  In China, he held CFO positions at Nepstar Drug Stores, Inc. and Sheng Da Technology, Inc., as well as YRC Worldwide China Operations. 

Fluid Delivery Solutions (FDS) announced the recent hiring of a respected financial professional, Philip Kuntz as Chief Financial Officer. Kuntz comes to FDS with over 28 years of financial experience in the private sector, which includes past positions as CFO for Progressive Concepts, Inc./Hawk Electronics, and most recently, VP of Finance at Blackmon Mooring Companies.

Polartec, LLC announced today the appointment of Joe Robinson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Robinson joins Polartec after serving most recently as Vice President, Corporate Finance with inVentiv Health. He previously served as Vice President, Global Finance, and Vice President, North America Finance, for the Converse division of Nike. Additionally, his career includes 18 years of progressive growth in financial and operational roles with Procter & Gamble’s Gillette group.

Prospect Mortgage, LLC announced that Sandra E. Bell has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Ms. Bell has been providing strategic financial advisory services as a consultant. Ms. Bell previously served as Chief Financial Officer of PHH Corporation.  Prior to PHH, Ms. Bell was the Chief Financial Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati from 2004 through 2006.  Her additional leadership positions include roles as Chief Financial Officer of two publicly registered companies, and more than 21 years on Wall Street financing energy companies, including a 13-year career at Deutsche Bank Securities.

Cargill announced that Sergio Rial, its chief financial officer, will resign his post with the company effective at the end of November in order to return to his native Brazil for personal reasons. Cargill President and Chief Operating Officer David MacLennan will serve as interim chief financial officer until the Cargill Board of Directors elects a successor. MacLennan joined Cargill in 1991 and has held management positions within the financial, risk management, energy and animal protein businesses. He previously served as Cargill’s chief financial officer from 2008 to 2011. While in the interim role, MacLennan will continue as the company’s president and chief operating officer.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has promoted Tom Stiehle to chief financial officer and vice president of business management for the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In addition to his financial responsibilities, Stiehle will also lead Ingalls’ IT function. Before being selected for this position, Stiehle served as vice president of contracts and pricing for Ingalls. Prior to joining HII in 2011, Stiehle worked for Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems sector, holding positions of increasing responsibility within business management for 24 years.

Lucas Energy, Inc. (NYSE: LEI) announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Anthony C. Schnur as CFO (“Chief Financial Officer”), Treasurer, and Secretary of the Company. The new appointment was at the request of the current CFO, Andrew Lai, who has stepped down due to family medical issues. Current plans are for Mr. Lai to remain with Lucas in another capacity. Anthony Schnur has served as CFO and CEO of several companies including his last position as CFO of Chroma Oil & Gas, LP. Mr. Schnur has served on the Board of Directors of two E&P companies.

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) announced the planned retirement of Lori A. Walker, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Walker joined Valspar in 2000 as Assistant Controller, was promoted to Vice President and Controller in 2001, Vice President and Treasurer in 2004, and has been Valspar’s CFO since 2008.

Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HAFC) (“Hanmi”), the holding company for Hanmi Bank (the “Bank”), announced that Lonny Robinson is resigning as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hanmi and the Bank to pursue another professional opportunity. Hanmi also announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Shick (Mark) Yoon as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Yoon currently serves as Hanmi’s Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer and will continue in those roles while he serves as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Yoon has served at Hanmi since 2008, and previously held the positions of Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Senior Planning Officer.

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: HEP) announced that its Board appointed Bruce Shaw to the position of President of Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C. (“HLS”) effective November 1, 2012. HLS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE: HFC) and the general partner of Holly Energy. Mr. Shaw has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HLS since December 2011 and will serve in that position until November 1, 2012. Mr. Shaw also concurrently serves as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development of HollyFrontier Corporation, a position he has held since July 2011. Mr. Shaw will resign from that position effective January 1, 2013 as a result of his increased responsibilities at HLS. Mr. Shaw also served in various positions at HLS and Holly Corporation, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Holly Corporation from January 2008 until July 2011. Prior to joining Holly Corporation in 1997, Mr. Shaw was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. Holly Energy Partners also announced the Board’s appointment of Doug Aron as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HLS effective November 1, 2012. Mr. Aron currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HollyFrontier Corporation. Prior to the HollyFrontier merger, Mr. Aron served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Frontier Oil Corporation since 2009. Mr. Aron also held various positions at Frontier Oil Corporation from 2001 through 2009 including Vice President of Corporate Finance and Director of Investor Relations.

Belk, Inc. announced that Brian Marley announced his retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Belk, Inc. effective May 4, 2013, after more than 12 years of outstanding service and leadership at the company. Following his retirement, Marley has agreed to serve as a consultant to Belk for 12 months to assist in the transition of his responsibilities and provide advice on various financial matters. He will also continue to serve on the Investment Committee of The Belk Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Belk School of Business at UNC-Charlotte. Belk has announced that Marley will be succeeded in his role by Adam Orvos, who currently serves as executive vice president of human resources for the company. Orvos joined Belk in 2006 as senior vice president of finance and corporate controller, and was promoted to his current position in 2009. Orvos began his retail career in 1987 with the May Department Stores Company in St. Louis, Mo. In 1993, he joined the Foley’s division of May in Houston, Texas, and was named vice president and controller in 2000 and senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2004.

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Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: OWW) announced the appointment of Mitch Marcus as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO).  David Belmont, who has served as interim CFO since June 2012, will return to his position as group vice president, financial planning and analysis. Mitch most recently served as Senior Vice President Treasurer and Senior Vice President Corporate Development at Sara Lee.  Prior to Sara Lee, Mitch had a successful investment banking career spending time at Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and William Blair.  He started his career as a staff accountant at Arthur Andersen, and after obtaining a law degree, was a corporate attorney at Dewey Ballantine.

Insmed Incorporated (NASDAQ: INSM) announced the appointment of Andrew Drechsler to the position of Chief Financial Officer. He joins Insmed from VaxInnate Corporation, where he was Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Drechsler was Chief Financial Officer of Valera Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Drechsler’s also served as Controller for a variety of companies, including Abbott Laboratories’ Point of Care Division, and Biomatrix, Inc.

Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced that, effective the close of business on November 30, 2012, Gregory J. Melsen, the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will also assume the duties of Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis, replacing the current CEO, Thomas E. Oland.  Mr. Melsen has held the positions of the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the last eight years, and prior to that time held various executive management positions at several publicly traded companies and was employed by a public accounting firm for 19 years, including nine years as an audit partner.

Fallbrook Technologies Inc. announced that it appointed John K. Penver as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Penver replaces Nicole T. Nicks, who has served as Fallbrook’s CFO from 2004. Prior to joining Fallbrook, he was the CFO, VP Finance and Secretary for Active Power, Inc. in Austin, TX.  Mr. Penver began his career in 1985 with Deloitte & Touche, LLP first in Melbourne, Australia and subsequently in San Jose, CA.  He then worked for Silicon Gaming, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA as Vice President, Finance followed by CFO positions at three Austin companies before joining Active Power in 2005.

HealthMarkets, Inc. announced that R. Scott Donovan has joined the Company and will serve as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining HealthMarkets, Donovan served as Executive Vice President of Odyssey Reinsurance Corporation and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. Earlier in his career, Donovan was President and Chief Operating Officer of TIG Insurance Group after serving as their Chief Financial Officer for three years. Before joining TIG, Donovan served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Coregis Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Capital. Prior to that, Donovan served in various leadership positions, including Vice President and Treasurer, at Crum & Forster Insurance Company.

Cvent announced the appointment of Pete Childs as Chief Financial Officer. Pete joins Cvent from Towers Watson, an international human capital and financial management consulting firm, where he was most recently Chief Accounting Officer and held the number two financial role in the company. Prior to his career at Towers Watson, Pete served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at HCR Manor Care. Before HCR Manor Care, he served as Manager of Treasury Operations for Primark Corporation.

Bulova Technologies Group, Inc. (OTCQB: BLVT) announced the appointment of C.W. (Bill) Colburn as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Since 2002 Mr. Colburn has consulted for several boutique private equity firms providing balance sheet restructuring strategies and executive level management for client companies. In 2009 Mr. Colburn started GovFunding LLC, established to provide structured finance products in support of federal government contracts.

Asure Software, Inc. (NASDAQM: ASUR) announced that Jennifer Crow has been named Chief Financial Officer. Crow most recently was director of finance at Active Power, Inc. Prior to Active Power, Crow spent three years as an independent finance and accounting consultant providing litigation support and financial consulting services to a diverse client base. Crow also spent five years as director of financial analysis at telecommunications company Broadwing Communications. Her background also includes numerous senior finance roles with major regional telecom companies such as BellSouth and Southwestern Bell, and a Big Six public accounting firm.

Schrader announced that Ronald J. Klump will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Klump. Since 1986, Klump has held increasingly senior level financial roles with companies such as Vermont American, Total Petroleum, Katy Industries, Leprino Foods Company and Impact Confections.

Bari Furniture announced the hiring of Bryan Semmens as CFO. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Semmens was Chief Financial Officer of Archetype, LLC. The previous 15 years were spent building one of the most successful accounting firms in Southern California.

Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APRI) announced that Bassam Damaj, Ph.D., has resigned as a Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and that Steve Martin, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Martin has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apricus Bio since June 2011. Prior to joining Apricus Bio, Mr. Martin was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BakBone Software, where he also served as interim CEO for a ten month period. Mr. Martin has also served in senior positions at Stratagene Corporation, Gen-Probe Incorporated and Deloitte & Touche.

First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: BANC), the holding company for Pacific Trust Bank (“PacTrust Bank”) and Beach Business Bank, announced the addition of Ronald J. Nicolas, Jr. as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of First PacTrust and Lonny D. Robinson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Trust Bank, following the resignation of Marangal “Marito” Domingo as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of First PacTrust and PacTrust Bank. Mr. Nicolas served as a consultant to First PacTrust since October 18, 2012, became Executive Vice President of First PacTrust effective as of November 5 and will assume the duties of Chief Financial Officer of First PacTrust upon Mr. Domingo’s resignation. Before joining First PacTrust, Mr. Nicolas served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at each of: Carrington Holding Company, LLC (2009-2012); Residential Credit Holdings, LLC (2008-2009); Fremont Investment and Loan, a $14-billion financial institution (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 (1994-1998), and Vice President Corporate Treasury (1993-1994). Mr. Robinson will join PacTrust Bank as Executive Vice President on November 14, 2012 and will assume the duties of Chief Financial Officer following Mr. Domingo’s resignation. Immediately before joining PacTrust Bank, Mr. Robinson was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hamni Financial Corp., and its subsidiary Hamni Bank. Prior to joining Hamni in October 2011, Mr. Robinson served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at each of: Opportunity Bancshares and Opportunity Bank (2010-2011); Western Community Bancshares and Frontier Bank (2010); and Center Financial Corp.(2007-2010).

Connex Credit Union announced the appointment of Frank Mancini as the credit union’s new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Mancini has been a part of Connex Credit Union’s executive team since 2003, serving as the chief financial officer. Mancini replaces John Edwards, who is retiring after leading Connex for 34 years.

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRTX) announced the appointment of Alastair McEwan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has served in many senior management positions and on executive boards and Boards of Directors including those of Averion International and Inveresk Research. He is a previous chairman of the Cornerstone Board of Directors.

PURE Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: PURE) named Peter C. Wulff as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Mr. Wulff served as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer and Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives for Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATEC) and its subsidiary, Alphatec Spine, Inc. Earlier in his career Mr. Wulff served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Artes Medical, Inc. He also was Chief Financial Officer for CryoCor, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Natural Alternatives International, Inc.

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG) announced the appointment of Mark A. Wallace as Chief Financial Officer. Westwood’s former CFO, Bill Hardcastle, will focus on the growth of Westwood’s domestic and international fund business and will provide leadership in other corporate development and strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Westwood, Mark served as Chief Financial Officer and held other financial leadership positions for an S&P 500 real estate investment trust, NYSE-listed international manufacturing corporations, and diversified industrial holding companies. Mark began his career with eleven years at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Unwired Planet (NASDAQ: UPIP) announced that Eric Vetter has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Unwired Planet. Most recently, Mr. Vetter was a consultant to Aristocrat Technologies. From 2000 to 2011 he was with International Game Technology, serving in a variety of roles including Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting for the Gaming Group Division. Mr. Vetter replaces Anne Brennan, who resigned.

DG (NASDAQ: DGIT) announced that it has named Craig Holmes as Chief Financial Officer. Omar Choucair, who has served as DG’s CFO for the past 13 years, will remain with the Company as Executive Vice President until the end of 2012 and thereafter as a consultant for an additional 18 months, and will continue to support the strategic alternatives process. Prior to joining DG, Craig Holmes was most recently CFO of privately-held Quickoffice, Inc. which he helped position for a successful sale to Google, Inc. in June 2012. Over his career, Craig provided advisory and consulting services at Enfora Inc.; served as CFO for Intervoice, Inc.; was CFO at EXCEL Communications; and served as CFO at two start-ups in the software development and internet services space, EpicRealm and Masergy Communications. Mr. Holmes began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he rose to Partner.

Sun Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNBC) announced that its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Sun National Bank (the “Bank”), has appointed Thomas R. Brugger as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. Mr. Brugger is expected to be appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sun Bancorp, Inc. following regulatory approval. Before joining Sun, Mr. Brugger was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Customers Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company based in Wyomissing, Pa., and its subsidiary, Customers Bank.  Prior to that, Mr. Brugger was Corporate Treasurer, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager for Sovereign Bank.  

The Female Health Company (NASDAQ: FHCO) announced that Donna Felch will retire from her position as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 31, 2012.  The Company also announced that Ms. Felch was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors on November 7, 2012.  In connection with Ms. Felch’s retirement, the Company announced that Michele Greco will become Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2013.  Ms. Greco has nearly 30 years of experience in public accounting with Ernst & Young LLP, where she was named partner in 1994 — a position she held until March 2009. From January 2011 to February 2012, Ms. Greco provided consulting services to Systems Research Incorporated as a recruiter of finance professionals.  From March 2009 to January 2011, she was involved in a series of personal business ventures.

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA) announced that Craig Dynes, Pegasystems’ CFO, has decided to leave the Company in 2013 following the filing of the Form 10K.

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Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) announced that Sharon McCollam, the retired Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., will join the company as its new Chief Administrative and Chief Financial Officer, effective December 10, 2012. As Chief Financial Officer, she succeeds James Muehlbauer, whose departure was announced last month. McCollam currently serves on a number of boards, including Art.com, Privalia Venta Directa, S.A and Sutter Health.

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) announced that Mark Vranesh, chief accounting officer, has been appointed chief financial officer. Mr. Vranesh succeeded David Wehner, who left the company to pursue a senior finance position at Facebook, Inc. Mr. Vranesh previously served as the CFO of Zynga from May 2008 until August 2010. Since August 2010, he has served as the company’s chief accounting officer. Before joining Zynga, Mr. Vranesh served as the vice president of finance and administration and corporate controller of Fortinet, Inc. Prior to that position, he held finance roles of increasing responsibility, including vice president of finance, at Support.com, Inc., an online technology support company.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) announced that Donald Colvin will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Colvin served as Executive Vice President and CFO of ON Semiconductor Corp. from April 2003 to October 2012. Prior to joining ON Semiconductor, he held a number of financial leadership positions throughout his career, including Vice President of Finance and CFO of Atmel Corporation, CFO of European Silicon Structures and several financial roles at Motorola Inc.

Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) announced that its current CFO, Jerry Elliott, who joined the Company earlier this year, has been appointed to the role of president and chief operating officer. In addition, Perley McBride has been appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer, replacing Mr. Elliott in that role.  Mr. Elliott joined Leap in May 2012. Prior to joining Leap, Elliott served as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer at The Weather Channel Companies.  He also served as chief financial officer and later as president of Frontier Communications, chief executive officer at Global Signal and chief financial officer at Virgin Media. Mr. McBride most recently at The Weather Company where he served as executive vice president of finance.  Prior to that, McBride was the corporate vice president of financial planning and analysis at Frontier Communications.  Prior to Frontier, he held accounting and finance positions at Sprint PCS and Citizens Communications.

Murad, Inc. announced that Fred Gysi has joined the Murad Family as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Gysi was the Chief Financial Officer for Canon Communications. Gysi was also CFO at THQ, Inc, as well as Chief Financial Officer of Creativity, Inc.

SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX) announced that Thomas Alsborg, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has revised his plans to retire from his position as Chief Financial Officer of SYNNEX to the earlier of May 31, 2013 or the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Alsborg had previously indicated he planned to retire on or about November 30, 2012.

ConforMIS, Inc. announced it has appointed Peter Traynor as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ConforMIS, Mr. Traynor spent 10 years at Genzyme Corporation where he served as the Chief Accounting Officer and most recently as the Senior Vice President of Business Unit Finance

Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED) announced that the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Brendan Connors, resigned to pursue other interests.  The Company has named Edward J. Powers, as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Powers joined Medifast as Senior Controller in 2011. Most recently, Mr. Powers was Global Controller, Construction Group at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) from 2010 to 2011. While at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Mr. Powers also was Director of Finance, Global Product Development from 2009 to 2010 and Director of Finance, Business Planning and Analysis, Industrial Products Group from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Mr. Powers has held various roles at DeWalt including Director of Finance, Marketing Division from 2000 to 2005, Director of Finance, Business Development from 2000 to 2005, Director of Finance, Latin American Group from 1998 to 1999 and Assistant Corporate Controller from 1993 to 1998.

Neovia Logistics Services announced the appointment of Joe Tomczak as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining, Tomczak was the CFO of Martin-Brower, LLC.

W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) announced that Catherine (Katy) D. Rice will join the Company as Managing Director on January 7, 2013 and will be appointed Chief Financial Officer in March 2013. The Company announced Mark DeCesaris’ intention to resign as CFO and his election as a member of the Board of Directors in July 2012. Most recently Ms. Rice served as Managing Principal at Parmenter Realty Partners. From 2002 to 2009, she served as Chief Financial Officer of iStar Financial Inc. Prior to joining iStar, she held senior positions in the real estate investment banking groups at Banc of America Securities, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.

Bazi International, Inc. (OTC: BAZI), and its operating subsidiary True Drinks, Inc., announced the appointment of Dan Kerker as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Kerker spent seven years as Director of Finance at Anheuser-Busch Sales of Los Angeles. Prior to joining True Drinks he spent two years working as CFO for Environmental Packaging Technologies in Houston, Texas, and Regeneca, Inc. in Irvine, California.

Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) announced that Mark Schlei has been appointed as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schlei most recently served as CFO at Paperworks Industries. Previously, he served as CFO at Thetford Corporation. Mr. Schlei has also served as CFO for Lake City Industries, Corporate Controller for Littelfuse, Inc. and held various financial roles at Newell Company. Mr. Schlei replaces Greg Slome who is leaving Sparton to pursue other career opportunities.

OpenLink Financial LLC announced that it has hired David Obstler as its new Chief Financial Officer. Obstler served previously as CFO of RiskMetrics Group and its subsequent acquirer, MSCI.

ChannelAdvisor announced the appointment of John Baule as chief financial officer. Most recently, Baule served for two years as chief financial officer of Apollo Global, Inc. Prior to Apollo Global, Inc., Baule was the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of K12, Inc.

Full House Resorts (NYSE: FLL) announced that Deborah Pierce will be joining Full House Resorts in December as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Pierce most recently served as Chief Financial Officer since 2005 for Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. Prior to that, she served as a key finance executive in various other casino operations, including Vice President of Finance for Ameristar Casinos, Inc. and Vice President of Finance for Silverton Casino, LLC. The Company’s current Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Mark Miller will retain the title and responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer.

Dyn announced that Scott Dussault, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Demandware, has been added to its Board of Directors. Dussault joined Demandware in 2008. Prior to joining Demandware, Dussault was the Chief Financial Officer of Archivas, Inc.  Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Astra Tech and Chief Financial Officer of StorageNetworks.

Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: EAGL) announced that Dave Davis, former chief financial officer of Northwest Airlines Corporation and US Airways Group and current director of Row 44 Inc. (Row 44), will join the company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer upon closing of its proposed business combination transaction in which Global Eagle will acquire Row 44 and 86% of the issued and outstanding shares of Advanced In-flight Alliance AG. Prior to the closing of the business combination, Davis will serve as Chief Financial Officer of Row 44.  Upon closing, Davis will transition to take on the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.  In his role at Global Eagle, Davis will be responsible for Global Eagle’s group finance functions including financial planning and analysis, controllership, tax, treasury, investor relations, and mergers and acquisitions activity. Most recently, Davis served as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Finance, at Best Buy, Inc. in Minneapolis. Davis joined US Airways Group in 2002 as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis before being promoted to Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer in 2004. A year later, Davis joined Northwest Airlines Corporation as Senior Vice President, Finance and Controller. From June of 2007 to November of 2008, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer where he oversaw the Northwest Delta merger process. From 2008 to 2010, Davis served as Senior Managing Director of Perseus LLC until he cofounded Bearpath Capital, LLC firm. Davis currently serves as a board member of, Lumexis Corporation. Davis also became a board member of Row 44 in 2008.

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announced the promotion of Maria Bible to Chief Financial Officer. Bible assumed her role in September 2012, following six successful years as the company’s controller. Bible’s previous experience includes working as a Financial Operations Principal for Capital Financial Group’s broker-dealer H. Beck, Inc.

Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: NVSL), the holding company for Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan (the “Bank”), announced the appointment of Thomas Van Lenten as Interim Chief Financial Officer of both the Company and the Bank. Thomas Van Lenten, CPA is a Director of Princeton, New Jersey-based CFO Consulting Partners, LLC.

Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced the resignation of Stephen J. Schnor as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Barry E. Malamud, who currently serves as Vice President and Corporate Controller, has been named as Interim CFO and will assume the responsibilities of principal financial officer until a permanent CFO has been selected.

Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI) announced it has appointed senior vice president of finance and administration, Peter Hovenier, to Chief Financial Officer. Hovenier has been with the company since 2002. He replaces Ed Zinser, who has served as CFO of Boingo Wireless since 2008. Prior to joining Boingo, Hovenier worked in various financial management positions at Frontera Corp., GeoCities (acquired by Yahoo!), MGM Studios and Wyndham Hotels Corp.

Castlight Health announced that John C. Doyle has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Doyle previously held the position of chief operating officer at biotech company Achaogen, and prior to that, was vice president of finance and corporate planning at Genentech. Prior to Genentech, he was chief financial officer and senior vice president of corporate development at Renovis, Inc.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced that Marianne Lake, currently Chief Financial Officer of its Consumer & Community Banking business, will become Chief Financial Officer for the company and a member of it Operating Committee, effective early next year. Ms. Lake will succeed Doug Braunstein, who will become a Vice Chairman of the company following Ms. Lake’s transition into the CFO position in first quarter 2013. Prior to taking on that role of CFO of JPMorgan Chase’s Consumer & Community Banking unit, Ms. Lake served as Global Controller of the Investment Bank from 2007 to 2009. From 2004 to 2007, she was in the Corporate Finance group managing global finance infrastructure and controls functions. Prior to 2004, she was the Senior Financial Officer for the company in the United Kingdom.

State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Edward J. Resch has informed the company of his plan to retire in 2013, after more than a decade in the role, following the appointment of his successor and an orderly transition of the function.

PMC, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS) announced the appointment of Steven J. Geiser as vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining PMC, Mr. Geiser held the position of CFO at two early stage companies. Most recently he was chief financial officer at Trilliant Networks, Inc. At RMI, he played a pivotal role in the successful sale of the company to Netlogic Microsystems. Prior to RMI, Mr. Geiser spent nine years at AMD in a variety of financial roles, culminating in an instrumental role responsible for setting up the AMD – Fujitsu joint venture that led to the formation of Spansion.

Panzura announced that Michael Morgan has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Panzura, Morgan held the CFO position at Model N. Morgan also served as CFO at Skybox Security, as well as BackWeb Technologies. Prior to BackWeb, Morgan led two IPOs including Talarian, which was sold to Tibco Software.

Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS) announced that Robert G. Kramer has been appointed as the company’s chief financial officer effective December 3, 2012. Mr. Kramer succeeds R. Don Elsey, who will be leaving to pursue a new opportunity at a private healthcare company. Mr. Kramer is currently executive vice president, corporate services division, and with this appointment, his title will become executive vice president, corporate services division and chief financial officer. Mr. Kramer first joined Emergent in 1999 as chief financial officer. From 1999 until his retirement in 2010, he held various executive positions with the last being president of Emergent’s Lansing operations. In 2011, he served in a consulting capacity as the interim head of the biosciences division and in 2012, as the interim head of the corporate services division. In September this year, Mr. Kramer returned to the company and was named executive vice president, corporate services division.

The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) announced that Timothy J. Poché, who previously served as Shaw’s senior vice president and chief accounting officer, will join Shaw’s Power Group as senior vice president and chief financial officer.

NexBank Capital, Inc. announced that Kenneth R. Hanks has been named Chief Financial Officer of and its banking subsidiary, NexBank SSB.  Prior to joining NexBank, Hanks served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SWS Group, Inc..  He currently serves as a Board Member and Audit Committee Chair to Peerless Manufacturing.

NanoLumens has appointed John Kahn as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Kahn was CFO of TeamStaff, Inc.

Gardner Denver, Inc.(NYSE: GDI) announced the appointment of Michael M. Larsen as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Larsen will continue to fulfill the role of Chief Financial Officer until a successor is named.Mr.Larsen was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer of Gardner Denver, Inc. in July 2012 and has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2010. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Mr. Larsen spent 15 years with General Electric Company, where he held a number of finance roles with increasing responsibility, including CFO of GE Water & Process Technologies. He began his GE career at GE Healthcare as part of the Financial Management Program in 1995.

Samuel Shapiro & Company, Inc. announced the addition of C. Walter Starr as Chief Financial Officer. Starr was previously CFO and Vice President of Finance & Administration at TBB Global Logistics.

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) announced the resignation of Paul Pucino, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

AngioDynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO) announced Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Joseph Gersuk will retire from the Company on January 31, 2013. He will be succeeded by Mark T. Frost, who was most recently Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Administration of Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI). Prior to AMRI, he served five years as vice president of finance at Smith & Nephew Endoscopy. Mr. Frost was recruited to Smith & Nephew after a 14 year career with General Electric where he last served as Chief Financial Officer of Groupe Sovac Auto Financial Services based in Paris, France.

Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) announced that Michael E. Lonsway joined the company’s executive management team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Lonsway joined Forest City in 2004 and has served in a variety of progressively more senior financial roles, most recently as Senior Vice President, Capital Markets with Forest City Enterprises, Inc., FCRC’s parent company. Prior to joining Forest City, Lonsway’s career included serving as a divisional comptroller for IMG Worldwide.  Before that, he was CFO for automotive supply distributor Wurth USA (a division of Germany’s Wurth Group). He began his career with The Sherwin-Williams Company, where he served as a field auditor and international accounting manager.

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Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) appointed Wade Davis as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Davis previously served as Viacom’s Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development.  He succeeds Jimmy Barge, who, after a transition period with Mr. Davis, will leave the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Davis joined Viacom in December 2005 as Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions and assumed the additional duties of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development in 2009. Previously, Mr. Davis was an investment banker in the technology and media sectors for more than a decade at firms including Wasserstein Perella & Co and Lazard Freres & Co.  Additionally, Mr. Davis served as EVP of Operations for Americas Choice, Inc.

Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) announced that Lauralee Martin, currently Chief Operating and Financial Officer, will become CEO, Americas. Martin joined Jones Lang LaSalle in 2002 as Chief Financial Officer and was appointed to the additional position of Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Martin led the real estate businesses at Heller Financial, Inc. and General Electric Capital Corporation. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Kaiser Aluminum, and HCP, Inc. She previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of KeyCorp, , and Gables REIT. She is a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, a Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and a member of the Executives’ Club of Chicago and the Chicago Network.

ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZLTQ) announced the appointment of Patrick F. Williams as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Williams has spent more than 5 years at NuVasive, Inc., most recently as Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations and previously as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Prior to NuVasive, he was Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Callaway Golf. Prior to Callaway, Mr. Williams held senior finance positions at Kyocera Wireless.

Penguin Computing announced that Lisa Cummins has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cummins previously served for five years at Adept Technology as senior vice president and CFO. Prior to Adept, Cummins served as assistant corporate controller with Pacer International, Inc., and a number of various financial positions with APL & APL Logistics, both independent units of Neptune Orient Lines Limited, a global transportation and logistics company.

INRIX, Inc. announced that John Connors, a partner at Ignition Partners and former chief financial officer of Microsoft Corporation, was elected to the INRIX board of directors as a new, independent board member. Prior to joining Ignition Partners, Mr. Connors served in various management positions at Microsoft Corporation, including as senior vice president and chief financial officer from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Connors also has served on the board of directors of NIKE, Inc. since 2005 and Splunk, Inc. since 2007. Ignition Partners is not an investor in INRIX.

Market America, Inc. announced that D. Kirk Wall has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Market America, Mr. Wall worked for ARAMARK for over 8 years as the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of ARAMARK Healthcare and, most recently, as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for ARAMARK Healthcare Technologies.   Mr. Wall has also held financial leadership positions with CSX World Terminals (subsidiary of CSX); Staffmark; PL Industries and Deloitte.

Victory Energy Corporation (OTC: VYEY) announced the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer, Mark Biggers, for family and personal reasons.  Mr. Biggers’ will serve as the Company’s interim chief financial officer during the anticipated short transition period.

Provident New York Bancorp (NYSE: PBNY), parent company of Provident Bank, announced the appointment of Luis Massiani as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Provident New York Bancorp and Provident Bank effective December 15, 2012. Most recently Mr. Massiani served as director of the investment banking department of Credit Suisse Securities, LLC. Prior to Credit Suisse, he was with Citadel Securities LLC. Earlier, Mr. Massiani held positions in the financial institutions group at Citigroup Global Markets Inc.  Mr. Massiani will succeed Stephen V. Masterson, who is leaving the organization in mid-December due to family considerations.

CareTech Solutions announced the appointment of Robert M. Johnson as Chief Financial Officer. Johnson was most recently the Chief Financial Officer for Palace Sports & Entertainment.

Healogics, Inc. has hired David Miles as chief financial officer. Most recently, Miles served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ResCare, Inc.

Ignite Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: IRG) announcedthat Michael J. Dixon has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dixon will succeed Jeffery L. Rager, who has resigned from Ignite Restaurant Group to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, Dixon served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Pinkberry. Prior to his role at Pinkberry, Mr. Dixon served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at The Cheesecake Factory, Inc., from 2004 to 2008, as well as Controller from 2000 to 2004. In 2000, Mr. Dixon was Vice President and Controller of Petsmart.com, and prior to that, he served as Director, Finance and Business Development at The Walt Disney Company from 1994 to 2000. Mr. Dixon also served recently as a member of the board of directors of Brinker International, the owner, operator and franchisor of the Chili’s Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant brands.

Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) announced the resignation of Michael Dixon from its board of directors following his appointment as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. Dixon joined the Brinker board in April 2011. In addition to the board at large, he served on the audit committee during his tenure.

Sibling Group Holdings, Inc. (OTC: SIBE) announced the appointment of Neal Sessions as the new Chief Financial Officer. His career includes roles in accounting and internal audit with the Coca Cola Company from 1988 to 2001. From 2001 until 2012 he held a number of senior positions in finance with SunTrust Bank, Atlanta Georgia, including as Chief Financial Officer of their GenSpring Family Offices subsidiary.

The Fresh Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) announced that Lisa Klinger has tendered her resignation as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in order to accept a similar position with a private equity-backed apparel retailer. In the interim, Sean Crane, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer, and in that capacity will act as the Company’s interim principal financial officer. Jeff Short, the Company’s Vice President and Controller, will act as the Company’s interim principal accounting officer.

Brightstar Corp. announced that Thomas J. Seifert has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He replaces Dennis J. Strand, who has been named president of Brightstar Financial Services, a new business unit. Prior to joining Brightstar, Mr. Seifert served as chief financial officer and senior vice president at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Earlier, he was CFO and COO of Qimonda AG. He also worked as group vice president and general manager of the Memory Products Group at Infineon Technologies AG, as CEO and COO of Wireline Communications Business Group, and held executive positions at Altis Semiconductor.

Bluefly, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFLY) announced that James Gallagher has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Gallagher was CFO at Vertro. Prior to his experience at Vertro, Gallagher owned and operated Gallagher Enterprises, a strategic financial and management consulting firm he founded in 2001. Prior to Gallagher Enterprises, Gallagher held senior financial and operations positions at a number of growth oriented entrepreneurial entities including Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at VRex, Inc., and Chief Financial Officer at Viz-rt, Inc. Mr. Gallagher has also held senior-level financial positions at companies including Infocus Employee Services (a XEROX spin-off), Medsite, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., and Reiss Media Enterprises, Inc.

Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTC: VPIG) announced the appointment of Joseph Dwyer as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dwyer is an experienced executive with over twenty years of experience at the CFO and CAO level for both public and private companies, including OpenLink Financial, Energy Solutions International, Capstone Advisory Group, AXS-One, Synergen and Caminus Corp.

Regis Corporation (NYSE: RGS) announced the appointment of Steven M. Spiegel as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Spiegel most recently served as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller of Unilever Group (formerly Alberto Culver) from 2010 to May, 2012 and as Vice President Commercial Finance – Americas, Asia Pacific and Africa of Alberto Culver from 2007 to 2010 and Vice President Commercial Finance, US Branded Beauty of Alberto Culver from 2005 to 2007. Brent Moen will step down as CFO but will continue his employment with Regis Corporation through January 4, 2013 to facilitate a smooth and orderly transition.

Deltek, Inc. announced that current Deltek president and CEO Kevin Parker will be leaving the company shortly. Following Kevin’s departure, Deltek CFO Mike Corkery will lead the company as acting CEO.

Farmer Bros. Co. (NASDAQ: FARM) reported that Jeffrey Wahba, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, has tendered his resignation effective as of February 28, 2013.

Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS) announced today that David T. McGraw, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, advised the Company that he intends to retire at the end of 2013.  Mr. McGraw has served as Chief Financial Officer since January 2008.  Prior to that, from September 2002 to December 2007, he served as President and General Manager of the Company’s Suttle business segment and, from May 2001 to August 2002, he served as Chief Operating Officer of JDL Technologies, Inc.

CytoSorbents Corporation (OTC: CTSO) announced today that it has appointed Thomas Bocchino as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Bocchino was the CFO of New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., (NBS).  Prior to that, he held a number of financial positions, including the CFO of IVC Industries.

USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation (OTC: USFC) announced the appointment of Daniel W. Dixon as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2013. Mr. Dixon has served as the CFO for Comair Airlines since 2006.

TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: TESS) announced that David M. Young ceased to serve as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company.

OPEL Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: OPL) announced that Michael McCoy has resigned as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company and its subsidiaries in order to pursue new personal ventures. Mr. McCoy served as CFO of the Company since January 2007 and of OPEL Solar, Inc. since 2006. Kevin Barnes, the current Controller of the Company has agreed to take-on the additional responsibilities of Treasurer and CFO. Mr. Barnes has been serving as Controller since 2007.

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Lithium Technologies announced that it has named Mark Culhane as its new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Culhane served as Executive Vice President and CFO of DemandTec, prior to negotiating and leading its sale to IBM. Currently, Culhane serves on the Board of Directors of CallidusCloud, and is chairman of its audit committee and a member of its compensation committee. Previously, Culhane was CFO of iManage, and held the CFO role at publicly traded SciClone Pharmaceuticals.

Visual IQ announced that Angiras “AK” Koorapaty has joined the company in the role of chief financial officer. Prior to joining Visual IQ, Koorapaty served as chief financial officer of NitroSecurity. He has also held chief financial officer positions at Core Security Technologies, Webhire (acquired by Kenexa Corporation) and Corechange (acquired by Open Text Corporation). Prior, he spent nearly a decade in various financial management roles at Allstate Insurance Company.

Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: EAGL) announced that Jeff Epstein, formerly the Executive Vice President and CFO of Oracle Corporation, agreed to join the Global Eagle Board of Directors as independent director upon closing of its proposed business combination in which Global Eagle will acquire Row 44, Inc. (Row 44) and 86% of Advanced Inflight Alliance AG and will be renamed Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.  Epstein also has agreed to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.  Epstein served as EVP and CFO of Oracle from 2008 to 2011. Epstein has also served as the Chief Financial Officer at DoubleClick, VNU’s Media Measurement and Information Group (now Nielsen) and King World Productions (a unit of CBS Entertainment). Currently, Epstein is a Senior Advisor at Oak Hill Capital Partners and an Executive in Residence for Bessemer Venture Partners, both of which are located in Menlo Park, CA.  Epstein currently serves on the boards of Priceline.com and Shutterstock.

Indiana University announced that IU Treasurer MaryFrances McCourt has been appointed interim vice president and chief financial officer effective Jan. 1. She will succeed Neil Theobald, who is leaving IU at the end of the year to become president of Temple University. McCourt joined IU as treasurer in 2005 from Agilysys Inc.

Big Fish announced the promotion of Dave Stephenson from CFO to President and CFO. Dave joined Big Fish in 2011, after 11 years at Amazon.com, most recently in the role of vice president of finance for the company’s North American Retail division. Dave previously provided financial leadership for Amazon’s Marketplace business and Amazon Web Services, among other areas. Prior to Amazon, Dave spent nine years with Procter & Gamble.

Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (OTC: SQBG) announced that Gary Klein has joined the Company as its Chief Financial Officer. Gary Klein previously served as Vice President of Finance at Iconix Brand Group. Prior to Iconix, Mr. Klein held finance-related positions at TV Guide Publishing Group, Columbia House and Office.com.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST) said it has promoted chief financial officer Ed Johnson to the post of president and chief operating officer, and that Ned Coletta, vice president of finance and investor relations, would become the company’s new senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. The company also said that Paul Larkin, who had served as president and chief operating officer, has left the company. Before joining Casella as chief financial officer in 2010, Johnson was chief financial officer at Waste Services, Inc. Previously, Johnson was president of Able Telcom during its turnaround, and has been a senior leader in six publicly traded companies, as well as a member of the board of directors at two companies, including Attwoods, PLC.

Mission Community Bancorp (OTC: MISN) announced that Thomas Tolda has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mission Community Bancorp and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Mission Community Bank. Most recently, Mr. Tolda served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Heritage Oaks Bancorp in Paso Robles for the past two years.  Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer at East West Bancorp in Los Angeles, Chief Financial Officer for the Consumer Credit Group at Wells Fargo & Co., and Chief Financial Officer at Citibank Federal Savings Bank.

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDLI) announced that Bruce Tomlinson has resigned his position as vice president and chief financial officer of PDL due to personal reasons.

EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS) announced that David J. Rayner will return to the role of chief financial officer of EchoStar. Kenneth G. Carroll, the current chief financial officer of EchoStar, will assume a broadened role of executive vice president of corporate and business development. Mr. Rayner left his position as chief financial officer of EchoStar in November 2011 to serve as the chief financial officer of a Denver-based start-up.  Mr. Rayner has a long history with EchoStar, dating back to 2004 when EchoStar and DISH Network Corp. (DISH) were part of the same company. At DISH, he served first as chief financial officer and later as executive vice president of installation and service networks. After the spin-off of EchoStar in 2008, Mr. Rayner served first as the chief administrative officer and later as chief financial officer of EchoStar until 2011. Prior to his tenure at EchoStar, Mr. Rayner was an executive with Time Warner Telecom in Denver. Prior to joining EchoStar in 2010, Mr. Carroll served as president and chief operating officer of WildBlue Communications, chief financial officer for Liberty Satellite & Technology and chief financial officer for direct-to-home satellite TV provider PrimeStar.

Interline Brands, Inc. announced that John A. Ebner, Interline’s Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of his desire to leave the Company to pursue new opportunities closer to his family. Mr. Ebner will remain in his current position with Interline through March 2013.

UniGroup, parent of United Van Lines, Mayflower and other transportation-related companies, announced that Mark Schroeder, formerly chief financial officer at Patriot Coal, is the new CFO for the company. Schroeder also has worked for McDonnell Douglas Corp. and Ernst & Young, an accounting firm.

Heritage Oaks Bancorp (NASDAQ: HEOP) announced the appointment of Mark K. Olson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Heritage Oaks Bank. Most recently, Mr. Olson served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Pacific Capital Bancorp and its subsidiary Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, until its acquisition by UnionBanCal Corporation. Prior to Pacific Capital Bancorp, Mr. Olson served as Vice President and Finance Director at Goldman Sachs Bank, USA. Mr. Olson also held a number of senior financial management positions at Westcorp, a $16 billion diversified financial services holding company company for Western Financial Bank, a federally chartered savings bank, and WFS Financial, a nationwide automobile finance company, prior to its acquisition by Wachovia Corporation.

SquareTrade announced that Michael Adler has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining SquareTrade, Michael Adler served as executive vice president and CFO of Expedia. Prior to Expedia, Michael served as SVP of financial planning and analysis for IAC/InterActiveCorp. Before joining IAC, Michael served in senior leadership positions at companies including SchoolSports (now known as ESPN Rise) and Cheyenne Software. Michael currently serves on the Board of Directors for Yodle, Inc.

Yodle announced that Michael Adler has been named to its board of directors and has also been appointed as chairperson of the audit committee.  Mr. Adler recently joined SquareTrade®, the top-rated protection plan company, as CFO and previously held executive level positions at other companies such as Expedia, Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Styleclick.

Group FMG announced today that Sandeep Kulkarni has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Group FMG. Kulkarni joins Group FMG from Monsanto. In his twelve year career with Monsanto, Kulkarni held various senior positions in Singapore, the U.S. & India. His work experience prior to Monsanto includes roles with Coca-Cola, Pharmacia and Iridium.

Saba (NASDAQ: SABA) announced the appointment of Michael Shahbazian as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shahbazian joins Saba from PDF Solutions where he served as the Company’s Interim CFO and Vice President of Finance from March 2012 to May 2012 and from June 2011 through December 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Shahbazian served as chief financial officer at various companies, including Guidewire Software, Inc. from November 2007 to July 2009, Embarcadero Technologies from October 2005 through July 2007 and Niku Corporation (acquired by Computer Associates) from January 2003 to August 2005.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTC: PBIO) announced that Conrad F. Mir has joined the Company as its chief financial officer (“CFO”). Most recently, Mr. Mir was chairman and CEO of Genetic Immunity, Inc. (GI).  Prior to GI, Mr. Mir served as executive director of Advaxis, Inc. Prior to GI and Advaxis, Mr. Mir worked for several investment banks including Sanford C. Bernstein, First Liberty Investment Group, and Nomura Securities International.

OrthoAccel Technologies announced that Pamela Westbrook has been named Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Finance & Administration. For the past five years, she has provided financial consulting services for a number of privately-owned start-up medical device companies, including OrthoAccel.  Prior to that, she served as CFO at Cyberonics, Inc. and the Physicians Resource Group. In addition, she was Vice President, Finance for SulzerMedica USA, Inc, and Vice President, Controller for Sulzer Carbomedics, Inc. She also held a Director-level position with Intermedics, Inc.

Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX) announced that Robert J. Krist, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire. Mr. Krist will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer until a successor has been hired.

Tranzyme Pharma (NASDAQ: TZYM) announced that Richard I. Eisenstadt, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned effective January 4, 2013, to pursue a new career opportunity. Upon the effective date of Mr. Eisenstadt’s resignation, Tranzyme’s Controller, Rhonda L. Stanley will perform the duties of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB) announced that Brian W. Kocher, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has been named to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Kocher has held various senior leadership positions since joining Chiquita in 2005. Prior to serving as Chief Financial Officer, he was President, North America; President, Europe and the Middle East; and Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. He has more than 18 years of accounting, sales, finance and business process change expertise, including senior roles at General Electric, Hill-Rom, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TINY) announced that it has appointed Patricia N. Egan as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2013. Ms. Egan has served as Chief Accounting Officer, as a Vice President and as Senior Controller since June 2005. From June 2005 to December 2005, from August 2006 to March 2008 and from May 2008 to December 31, 2008, she served as an Assistant Secretary. From January 2006 to January 2012, she served as Treasurer and as Secretary of H&H Ventures Management, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Ventures”). Since January 2012, she has served as Chief Accounting Officer, as a Vice President and as Senior Controller of Ventures

Emailvision announced that Jim Beach has been appointed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Jim served as CFO & VP at ADP Dealer Services International. Previously, Jim served as CFO and EVP of Cobalt Group Inc., CFO at Attachmate Corporation / WRQ, Inc., CFO at DataChannel, Inc., CFO and SVP at Applied Microsystems Corp.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) announced that Clay Williams has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of National Oilwell Varco. Mr. Williams has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2005. He served as Varco International, Inc.’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2003 until its merger with the Company in March 2005. Jeremy Thigpen will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Thigpen has served as the Company’s President – Downhole Pumping and Solutions since 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Thigpen was the President of the Company’s Downhole Tools group from 2003 until 2007.

CoaLogix announced the hiring of Brett Ellis as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company. Mr. Ellis was most recently with Charlotte based FairPoint Communications where he held the position of Vice President — Business Planning and Financial Reporting; Vice President — Financial Reporting & Investor Relations and Vice President — Assistant Corporate Controller. Prior to that, Brett was with CT Communications in the role of Manager — Financial Reporting.

Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) announced that Keith C. Mitchell, current chief financial officer of Dole’s North American Fresh Fruit business, will become Chief Financial Officer; Joseph S. Tesoriero, current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving Dole.

Abakan Inc. (OTC: ABKI) announced that it has appointed David Charbonneau as its new chief financial officer. Mr. Charbonneau has served as a member of the Corporation’s board of directors and as the head of Abakan’s audit, compensation, nominating and ethics committees since June of this year. The transition from his role on the board of directors to chief financial officer is part of a vigorous expansion of Abakan’s executive team. Prior to joining Abakan, Mr. Charbonneau served as the CFO of Diamond Engineered Space Inc., later sold to GE Capital, and Waco International Corporation, a subsidiary of an Australian public company.

ANTs Software, Inc. (OTC: ANTS) announced the addition of Elise Vetula, who joins ANTs as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board Of Directors, from NextTraq where she served as the Comptroller.

Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) announced its plan of succession for chief financial officer, naming William L. Metzger to this position. Most recently vice president and treasurer of the Company, Metzger will succeed Peter B. Hamilton, who is retiring in February 2013. Metzger joined Brunswick in 1987 as a manager in the accounting department. In 1991, he was assigned to Brunswick’s internal audit staff as a manager, and in 1996 was named director – corporate accounting. In 2001, Metzger was named vice president and treasurer.

CapStar Bank announced that Rob Anderson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Business Performance Management with Bank of America Corporation. Additionally, he held multiple Finance roles with Bank of America, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of Business Banking. Between two different tenures at Bank of America Corporation, Anderson served as SVP of Capital One Bank, North America, and Chief Financial Officer of Capital One’s Commercial Bank.

Endowment Capital Group, LP announced that Pam Strisofsky has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director. Prior to joining Endowment Capital, Pam was a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of TL Ventures.

Martifer Solar USA named senior banking executive Roland Kiser as its Chief Financial Officer. Kiser is a veteran of UBS and HSH Nordbank.

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Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announced that it has named Kevin Moriarty as Avnet Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As announced in April, Avnet’s current Chief Financial Officer Ray Sadowski will be retiring from his position after 20 years as CFO. Moriarty comes from Honeywell where joined them in 2002 as controller for the Automation and Control Solutions Division and led their internal audit team following his promotion in 2004 to vice president of Finance overseeing Corporate Audit. Prior to joining Honeywell, Moriarty was with Bristol-Myers Squibb and also spent more than 12 years in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was an audit partner.

FIS™ (NYSE: FIS) announced that Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Michael Hayford, has informed the company of his plan to retire in 2013. Mr. Hayford has served as FIS’ chief financial officer since Oct. 2009.

Smack Sportswear (OTC: SMAK) announced it has hired Charles A. Lesser, former CFO of True Religion Apparel (TRLG), as the Company’s new CFO. Prior to True Religion, Lesser was an Officer at various private and public companies including Weider Sporting Goods.

PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR) elected Robert J. Christensen to the position of PACCAR chief financial officer and executive vice president. Mr. Christensen’s most recent responsibility was as executive vice president. He joined PACCAR in 1983 and has had senior management roles with PACCAR Parts, Kenworth and Peterbilt.

Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) announced that Wendy Earp has been promoted to senior vice president, secretary, treasurer and CFO. She joined MEMA as its controller in May 2001. Prior to joining MEMA, Earp spent 11 years at the Raleigh, N.C., office of a top-tier public accounting firm.

Vonage Holdings Corp.(NYSE: VG) announced that Barry Rowan, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, has decided to leave the Company to pursue another opportunity.  Mr. Rowan will step down from his positions effective upon the Company’s filing of its 2012 Form 10-K in February 2013, and will assist in ensuring a smooth transition of his responsibilities.

Cool Planet Energy Systems announced that Barry L. Rowan will be joining the company in the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Cool Planet, Mr. Rowan served as EVP, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer for Vonage Corporation, a $900 million Internet communications company Mr. Rowan will step down from his position at Vonage effective upon the Company’s filing of its 2012 Form 10-K in February 2013, and will begin his role as CFO of Cool Planet on February 15, 2013. Previously Mr. Rowan served as EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer with Nextel Partners.

Relypsa, Inc. announced the appointment of Kristine M. Ball to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ms. Ball was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to KAI, Ms. Ball served as Vice President of Finance at Exelixis, Inc.. Prior to Exelixis, Ms. Ball was a senior manager in Ernst & Young’s life sciences audit practice.

SolidFire announced the appointment of John Hillyard to Chief Financial Officer. He has a strong track record in high growth companies serving as CFO of DataLogix Inc., CFO of LeftHand Networks and CFO of FrontRange Solutions.

Seattle Opera announced the appointment of Richard Johnson as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Seattle Opera, Johnson was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, NV. Prior to his engagement with The Smith Center, Johnson was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Washington National Opera in Washington, DC. He also served for two years as Chief Financial Officer of the Boston Ballet. He was Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Orange County Performing Arts Center from its opening in 1986 through 2003. Johnson is also the co-founder and Chair of CFO/Arts.

WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE:WMS) announced that stockholders elected Matthew Paull as Member of the Board of Directors. Paul is former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of McDonald’s Corporation.

BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) announced the appointment of William S. (Bill) Barth as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Barth will assume the duties upon the departure of Dennis Gauger, current Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Since May 2011, Bill has served as an independent corporate financial and strategic planning consultant. From June 2008 to May 2011, he served as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Emphusion, LLC. From January 2001 through April 2008 Bill was VP of Finance and CFO for NWT Inc. /Tandem Labs (Tandem). During the 20 years prior to his experience with Tandem, Bill served as CFO for 6 medical device companies.

Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) announced that Brian D. Briggs will replace outgoing CFO Ron Ela as of January 1, 2013. Briggs will join Commtouch after serving as executive vice president and CFO at SecureNet Payment Systems. Prior to his post at SecureNet, Briggs served in various management roles at Custom Direct , Ashton-Potter, Ithaca Bancorp (now M&T Bank), and Ernst & Young.

Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) announced that Ryan A. Benton joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Benton replaces Kevin S. Bauer who has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since June 23, 2009. Mr. Benton most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of SynapSense Corporation.  Prior to SynapSense Mr. Benton was Chief Financial Officer of SoloPower, Inc.  Mr. Benton served as a financial consultant for ASM International NV.  He was Chief Financial Officer for PB Unlimited.   Also, he served as corporate controller at eFunds.

Graybar announced that Randall R. Harwood has been elected Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Harwood has worked for Graybar since 1978 and has served on Graybar’s Board of Directors since 2009.  He is currently District Vice President in the company’s Dallas district. Harwood’s appointment follows the announcement that D. Beatty D’Alessandro will be resigning from Graybar as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and as a member of Graybar’s Board of Directors.

AppDirect announced that it appointed John Moffett joins as Chief Financial Officer. John Moffett comes to AppDirect after spending two years as CFO at Vizu Corporation. Previously, Moffett served as CFO of Digg. Prior to Digg, he worked at Equinix, Wells Fargo, Atherton Capital, and KPMG.

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL) announced that Bryan M. Reasons has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Reasons joined Impax Laboratories in January 2012 as vice president, Finance, and has served as acting CFO since June 2012. Prior to joining Impax Laboratories, Mr. Reasons served as vice president, Finance, and as vice president, Risk Management and General Auditor, at Cephalon, Inc. (Cephalon). Following the acquisition of Cephalon by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Teva), he served briefly as the vice president, Finance, of Teva. Prior to joining Cephalon in 2005, Mr. Reasons held various finance management positions at Dupont and began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) announced the appointment of its new Chief Financial Officer, Charles Mathis. Mathis previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Force Protection, Inc. Beginning his career in investment banking at Salomon Brothers, Mr. Mathis later held financial leadership positions at United Dominion Industries, Inc., EnPro Industries, Inc., and Elbit Systems Ltd.

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) announced that Melissa H. Cruz, the company’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company that she has decided to retire in 2013 for personal reasons.

Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE: BKR) announced that upon the resignation of its CEO, Bradley L. Mallory, the Company has created an Office of the Chief Executive, including Michael J. Zugay, chief financial officer, to lead the Company on an interim basis. Mr. Zugay joined Baker in 2009 as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He previously was senior vice president and chief financial officer of iGate Corporation, and prior to that served as president and chief executive officer of Bliss-Salem, Inc.

Levi Strauss & Co. announced that Harmit Singh will join the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer on January 16, 2013. Most recently, Singh was chief financial officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation. In addition to his four years at Hyatt Hotels Corporation and fourteen years of various global leadership roles at Yum! Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company, (including CFO of Pizza Hut), Singh also worked at American Express India and Price Waterhouse in India. Upon his arrival, Kevin Wilson, who has served as interim chief financial officer since August 2012, will resume his role as vice president, finance for the Americas Commercial Operations.

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(NYSE: USNA) announced that Doug Hekking is stepping aside as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer to return to a strategic role that will support the Company’s finance and operations groups. Mr. Hekking’s decision to change roles was prompted by his need to attend to family health matters and his desire to serve in a more targeted role within the Company. Paul Jones, who is currently serving as the Company’s Vice President of Human Resources, has been named as interim CFO. Mr. Jones has been with USANA since 2005. Prior to joining the Company, he worked with Associated Food Stores, Inc. as Vice President of Operations – Dan’s Foods; Vice President of Farr West Operations; and Vice President of Human Resources.

Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. announced the addition of William “Bill” Butz as Maxim’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the team, Bill served as President of Erickson Living. Before leading the team at Erickson Living, Bill worked for Allegis Group for 15 years where he held various financial leadership positions, including CFO of Aerotek; Allegis Group’s largest operating company.

Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ESTE) reported that James M. Poage resigned as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. The Company appointed Paul D. Maniscalco to be the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Since 2006, Mr. Maniscalco has been a Principal with SJM Financial and Accounting. Prior to joining SJM, Mr. Maniscalco was a Senior Audit Manager with Sherb & Co., LLP located in Boca Raton, Florida. Mr. Maniscalco has Big 4 as well as regional CPA firm background.

Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: TEG) named James F. Schott, currently vice president – external affairs, to serve as vice president and chief financial officer for Integrys effective January 1, 2013. Schott succeeds Joseph P. O’Leary, senior vice president and chief financial officer, who announced plans to retire in 2013. Jim started his career working with Arthur Andersen. He later worked for Wisconsin Gas (now a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation) where he held several positions including controller, vice president finance and vice president operations. Since joining Integrys in 2003, he has held the roles including assistant vice president regulatory affairs and later vice president external affairs.

RENN Global Entrepreneurs Fund, Inc., (NYSE: RCG) announced the resignation of Barbe Butschek, Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests. RENN Global is also pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin W. McAleer, a partner with Pillar Solutions Group LLC. as acting Chief Financial Officer.

KnowledgeTree announced the appointment of Petra Weishaupt-Smith joined as chief financial officer. Petra Weishaupt-Smith joined most recently from Digitalsmiths Corporation where she served as COO and CFO. Prior to that position, she served as CFO for A4 Health Systems.

iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) announced the resignation of Steven Gatoff, senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Gatoff has served since early 2009 and will remain in his current position with iPass through February 2013 at which time he will be relocating back to the East Coast.

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Twitter announced that Ali Rowghani has been named as chief operating officer (previously chief financial officer) and named Mike Gupta as chief financial officer. Before joining Twitter, Rowghani was CFO at Pixar, and Gupta held the CFO role at Zynga.

World Bank Group announced the appointment of Bertrand Badré as Managing Director for Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Badré, a French national, is currently serving as the Group Chief Financial Officer at Société Générale. Prior to joining Société Générale, Badré served as the Chief Financial Officer of Crédit Agricole SA from July 2007 to July 2011. He has also been Managing Director of Lazard and an advisor to President Chirac. Badré began his career in 1989 as Assistant Group Controller for BFI-Ibexsa, now part of Avnet. From 1995 to 1999, in the Ministry of Finance he was charged with several control, audit and consultancy missions for the French National Audit Office. In that capacity he was seconded to the World Bank in Togo in 1997. Badré later joined Lazard in London as Assistant Director in the Corporate Finance Division, and then went up the ranks becoming Vice President and later Director in Lazard’s New York office. From 2004 to July 2007, he served as Partner and Managing Director of Lazard in Paris. Badré has also served as a Director on a number of boards, including the Supervisory Board of Eurazeo between 2010 and 2012, Haulotte Group since 2005, various boards of the leading French regional daily Newspaper Group Ouest France,and represented Crédit Agricole and Société Générale on the board of a number of their subsidiaries. The appointment will be effective March 1, 2013.

Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) announced that Rob Wiesenthal has been appointed Chief Operating Officer/Corporate, Warner Music Group, a new position, effective January 1, 2013.  Wiesenthal joins WMG from Sony Corporation where he has served in various leadership roles including Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Sony Corporation of America; Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Sony Entertainment Inc.; and Group Executive, Sony Corporation.  He was also a member of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Operating Committee and sat on the Board of Directors for Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Ericsson.

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) announced the promotion of Naveen Chopra to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Chopra will succeed Anna Brunelle, who has resigned and after a transition period will be leaving TiVo to pursue other opportunities. Naveen Chopra is being promoted from Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy. Mr. Chopra joined TiVo in 2003, and previously worked for Moxi, Microsoft/Web TV and several start-ups.

Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) announced that its chief financial officer, Ross J. Kari , has informed the company of his intent to retire in the second half of 2013.

Velti (NASDAQ: VELT) announced the appointment of Jeff Ross as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ross joins Velti from Sybase, where he has been Chief Financial Officer since 2007 and was before Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, until its acquisition by SAP. Wilson Cheung, Velti’s current Chief Financial Officer, will remain with Velti and transition into a new role in its fast-growing Asian markets.

Regional Management Corp. (NYSE: RM) announced that it has appointed Donald (“Don”) Thomas as its new Chief Financial Officer. Previous CFO Robert D. Barry will remain with the Company to assist with the transition process and will officially retire from the Company on January 15, 2013. Mr. Thomas was most recently CFO of TMX Finance since 2010. Prior to TMX Finance, Mr. Thomas spent 17 years at 7-Eleven, Inc. in various positions, including interim CFO, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. He has also held positions at The Trane Company and Deloitte & Touche LLP.

ARAG announced that Andrea Morse has been named Chief Financial Officer. Morse joined ARAG in 2006 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Treasurer in 2011.

Solera Networks announced that it has appointed Ken Saunders as chief financial officer. Saunders, who previously served as vice president of finance for Solera since July 2012. Prior to joining Solera Networks, Saunders served as senior vice president at S K Hart Management. Previous to Solera Networks, Saunders was CFO of Blue Line Advisors — a New York-based investment company — while also serving as interim-CFO for two of the company’s portfolio operating firms. Saunders’ career also includes positions at TNS Media Intelligence and the National Football League, including three years as COO/CFO of NFL Europe.

CytoDyn Inc. (OTC: CYDY) announced the appointment of Michael D. Mulholland as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining CytoDyn, Mr. Mulholland served as Chief Financial Officer of several other public companies, most recently Nautilus, Inc.

Celator Pharmaceuticals announced the appointment of industry veteran Fred M. Powell as chief financial officer. Powell joins Celator from OraPharma, Inc.. Prior to joining OraPharma, he was the chief financial officer of BMP Sunstone Corporation. Powell also held top finance and administration positions at Eximias Pharmaceutical Corporation, Innaphase Corporation, and ERT (formerly EResearch Technology).

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) announced that Glenn A. Culpepper has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Culpepper will succeed Tod C. Holmes, who last April announced his intention to retire in 2013. Culpepper joins Republic from Summit Materials, where he has been CFO for the last two years. Prior to that, Culpepper spent 21 years at CRH PLC, including two years as its principal financial officer and member of its board of directors, and 13 years as the CFO of its North American operations, Oldcastle Materials.

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) announced that Mark T. Clark , executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), will become executive vice president, Finance and Strategy, and James F. Pearson , senior vice president and treasurer, will become senior vice president and CFO.  Clark joined the company in 1976, and has held positions as treasurer, division manager, director of Marketing, vice president of Business Development and senior vice president of Strategic Planning and Operations. He was elected to his current position in 2009.  Pearson has been with the company since 1976 and has served in numerous financial positions, including group controller for FirstEnergy Solutions, FirstEnergy’s competitive subsidiary, and the Strategic Planning and Operations group.  He has been treasurer since 2005 and was elected to his current position earlier this year.

Cloud Silver Lining (CSL) announced the appointment of Tom Heise to the post of Chief Financial Officer. Heise is co-founder and a member of the Board of Directors of Pristine Consulting. Prior to founding Pristine, Heise co-founded and served as President of RiveNet.com.

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ: UVSP), parent company of Univest Bank and Trust Co. and its insurance, investments and equipment financing subsidiaries, named Michael S. Keim as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Univest Corporation and Univest Bank and Trust Co., effective January 1, 2013. Keim joined Univest Bank and Trust Co. in 2008 and most recently held the position of senior vice president, Mortgage Banking. Prior to joining Univest, he was a self-employed consultant working with a private equity firm to develop and implement a bank acquisition strategy. Keim also spent 14 years working for GMAC Residential where he had varied responsibilities including senior vice president and managing director of Consumer Lending, chief financial officer and executive vice president and chief operating officer of GMAC Bank.

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Richard C. Buterbaugh Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. W. Mark Womble, who has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Laredo since 2007, will retire the end of March 2013. Buterbaugh has served as Senior Vice President – Investor Relations of the Company since June 2012. Prior to joining Laredo, Buterbaugh served as Vice President of Corporate Planning for Kerr-McGee Corporation until its merger with Anadarko Petroleum and as Vice President of Investor Relations for Quicksilver Resources, Inc.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD) announced that Deborah A. Wilson will step down as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective March 31, 2013.  Ms. Wilson will stay on through the completed audit of the Company’s 2012 financial statements and filing of the 2012 Form 10-K with the SEC. 

Diono®announced the appointment of Darrell Jenkinson as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Diono as CFO, Darrell held the position of Corporate Controller at Distant Lands Coffee in Renton, Washington for fourteen years.

UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR) that Tom Herzog will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Senior Vice President effective January 1, 2013. Prior to accepting the CFO position at UDR, Mr. Herzog served as CFO at Amstar, a Denver-based real estate investment company. Mr. Herzog’s experience in the public REIT sector includes serving as CFO for two S&P 500 companies, HCP, Inc. (2009-2011) and AIMCO (2005-2009). Prior to his CFO experience, Mr. Herzog held the position of Chief Accounting Officer at AIMCO (2004-2005), served as an executive with GE Real Estate for four years, and prior to this, served in multiple capacities at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche for 10 years.

Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced that Lisa McDermott, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will be leaving the Company effective March 10, 2013, in order to pursue other interests.

Prospect Global Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGRX) announced the appointment of Damon G. Barber as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Barber is former Chief Executive Officer of CST Mining Group Limited. During this time, Mr. Barber also served as Chairman of Marcobre S.A.C., a joint venture between CST and Korea Resources Corporation and LS Nikko. Prior to joining CST, Mr. Barber was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and served as the Head of Deutsche Bank’s Metals and Mining investment banking practice in Asia-Pacific.  Mr. Barber also spent more than 11 years at Credit Suisse, including almost 10 years as an investment banker in Credit Suisse’s Energy Group.

Eco-Trade Corp. (OTC: BOPT) announced that John Pinsent has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors and as the Company’s CFO. Mr. Pinsent has held Director, Audit Committee and Chair positions for numerous publicly-listed companies including Liberty Mines Inc., Hyduke Energy Services, Synodon Inc., Innovotech Inc., and Enterprise Oilfield Group.

Teladoc announced the appointment of Mark Hirschhorn as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Hirschhorn most recently served as CFO of RCS and Media Monitors. Hirschhorn’s experience also includes financial leadership roles at RSL Communications, Deltathree Communications and Deloitte LLP.

FleetPride, Inc. announced that it has appointed Jeff Liaw as Chief Financial Officer.  Liaw comes to FleetPride after seven years as a principal with TPG, which recently invested in FleetPride. Prior to TPG, he was an associate at Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. Liaw serves or has served on private and public company boards of directors, including American Tire Distributors, Armstrong World Industries, Energy Future Holdings (formerly TXU), Graphic Packaging, and Oncor Electric Delivery.

Adaptive Planning announced the appointment of David Pefley as its Chief Financial Officer. Pefley brings solid experience in CFO and senior financial leadership roles at large, global, high-growth software and technology companies including Aspect Development, KLA-Tencor, National Semiconductor, Yield Dynamics, Virtutech (acquired by Intel), and Daisy Systems.

Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) announced that John M. Jureller will join the company, succeeding Don Shassian, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer who has announced his resignation. From 2008 through 2012, Mr. Jureller was Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations for the Resources Group of General Atlantic LLC. Before this, he was Chief Financial Officer of WestPoint International, Inc. From 2003 through 2006, Mr. Jureller was with ALIXPARTNERS LLC. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer of Trans-Resources, Inc; Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Gartner, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development at Caribiner International, Inc. Early in his career, Mr. Jureller held increasingly senior financial roles at PepsiCo World Trading Company, Inc., Emcor Group, Inc., and General Electric Capital Corporation. Mr. Jureller began his career in finance at Bankers Trust Company. He is a member of the White Plains Hospital Board Finance Committee in White Plains, New York.

Infraredx, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael Guarasci as chief financial officer. Mr. Guarasci joins Infraredx from Indus Capital Partners LLC, where he was chief operating officer. Prior to Indus, Mr. Guarasci held leadership positions at the Credit Suisse U.S. Asset Management division, serving as a managing director and chief financial officer.

Direct Insite (OTC: DIRI) announced that the Company has appointed Jeff Yesner to the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Yesner replaces Sandra Wallace, who resigned as Vice President Finance, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. Prior to joining Direct Insite, Mr. Yesner was a consultant with Steven Douglas Associates, working as an interim chief financial officer for a consumer products manufacturer and distributor. Mr. Yesner was previously Chief Financial Officer of Options Media Group Holdings and its wholly-owned subsidiary Phoneguard, Chief Accounting Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Manager of Financial Reporting for Time Warner, and U.S. Controller and Director of Financial Reporting for Agency.com.

CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) announced that William J. Lyons, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will retire on March 1, 2013. After his retirement, the Company expects that Mr. Lyons will remain a consultant to the Company through December 31, 2013. On December 14, 2012, the Board elected David M. Khani, the Company’s Vice President-Finance, to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective upon the retirement of Mr. Lyons on March 1, 2013, and at which time he will become an executive officer of the Company. Mr. Khani has been the Company’s Vice President-Finance since July 20, 2011. From February 2007 to July 2011, Mr. Khani was the Director and then the Co-Director of Research at FBR Capital Markets & Co. Prior to that time, Mr. Khani served as the Managing Director and Co-Group Head of FBR’s Energy and Natural Resources Group.

Park National Corporation (NYSE: PRK) announced the retirement of its Chief Financial Officer John W. Kozak. While it was previously reported that Mr. Kozak would retire in April 2013, Mr. Kozak has been pleased with the transition of the Chief Financial Officer duties and decided that he was ready to retire from both Park and The Park National Bank. Park’s Chief Accounting Officer Brady T. Burt will succeed Kozak.

Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast announced the appointment of Nancy Tillie as Chief Financial Officer. Tillie most recently held the position of CFO/COO for the Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation, and prior to that, she served as CFO for the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

Gentherm Incorporated (NASDAQ: THRM) announced that senior automotive finance and operations executive Lewis Booth has been named to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2013.  Booth is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ford Motor Company, a position he held for over three years until his retirement from the company in April of this year.  During his 34-year career at Ford, he served in increasingly responsible management positions.  In May 2011, Booth joined the Board of Directors of Rolls-Royce Holdings and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He joined the Board of Mondelez International in October 2012 and is a member of the Audit Committee. Booth will serve as a member of Gentherm’s Audit and Nominating Committees.

Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) announced the promotion of Thomas Hansonto Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Tom Hanson was most recently Vice President and CFO.

Universal Truckload Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: UACL) announced that it has appointed David Crittenden as Chief Financial Officer.  Bob Sigler , Universal’s previous CFO, will serve as Executive Vice President.  Mr. Crittenden joined LINC as its CFO in August 2006.  Prior to joining LINC in 2006, Mr. Crittenden was a vice president of MSX International, Inc.  He has held development positions at MascoTech, Deloitte Consulting and Corporate Capital Group.

SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRDX) announced the appointment of Andy LaFrence as the company’s Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 12, 2013. LaFrence will succeed Timothy Arens, who currently serves as interim Chief Financial Officer. Arens will remain with the company and will transition into the role of Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy. LaFrence most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of CNS Therapeutics, which was recently acquired by Covidien. Prior to that, he was an audit partner at KPMG.

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Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) disclosed that it is in the final stages of selecting and appointing a new chief financial officer, which process it expects to complete by December 31.  The Company expects to announce the appointment as it starts its next fiscal year in February 2013.  Beginning January 1, 2013 and continuing until the start date of a new chief financial officer, the functions of the principal financial officer will be performed by Joseph Kennedy, the Company’s chief executive officer.

CorMedix Inc. (NYSE: CRMD) announced that Richard M. Cohen will serve as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2013, and will continue as Executive Chairman and director of CorMedix. Mr. Cohen currently is Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer.

Anaplan has hired Alan Priest as CFO. Priest was most recently Vice President of Finance at LiveOps. Before LiveOps, he held corporate planning, M&A, and investor relations roles at Covad Communications, NorthPoint Communications, RouteScience Technologies, and SBC Internet Services.

Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED) announced that the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer, Edward J. Powers , will resign to accept another job opportunity. Joseph Kelleman, the Company’s Director of Finance – Supply Chain, has been named as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kelleman joined Medifast as Director of Finance – Supply Chain in February 2012. Most recently, Mr. Kelleman was Global Operations Controller – CDIY Business at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. from 2010 to 2012. While at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Mr. Kelleman was Director of Finance – Asian Operations from 2009 to 2010.  Mr. Kelleman was also Director of Finance – NAPT Commercial Operations from 2001 to 2009, Director of Finance – WWPT Manufacturing from 1999 to 2001, and Director of Finance – North American Manufacturing from 1997 to 1999.

Swordfish Financial, Inc. (OTC: SWRF) announced that K. Bryce Toussaint has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.

Sunpeaks Ventures, Inc.(OTC: SNPK) announced the hiring of Eric Clarke as its Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Sunpeaks, Clarke served as part of the leadership team at MedStar Health.  Prior to MedStar, Clarke served as the Managing Director in charge of the Washington D.C., Risk Management Practice for a national professional services firm.

Drilling Info Inc. has named Dave Piazza as its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining Drilling Info, Piazza most recently served as CFO for eight years with QuadraMed Corporation.

Apria Healthcare Group Inc. (AHG) announced that Chris A. Karkenny will depart the Company and transition his holding company responsibilities to Peter A. Reynolds, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, who will also become the Company’s principal financial officer.

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AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced that it has appointed Devinder Kumar as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Kumar has been interim CFO since September 2012. He served as corporate controller of the company since 2001 and as senior vice president since 2006.

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) appointed Mark L. Schoppet as Interim Chief Financial Officer upon the previously announced retirement of Jeffrey W. Jones, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and President — Lodging, Retail and Real Estate. Mr. Schoppet will also continue in his role as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Schoppet was appointed Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company in April 2010. He previously served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from October 2008 to April 2010 and as Vice President and Controller from November 2005 to October 2008. Before joining the Company as a consultant in 2004, Mr. Schoppet was Managing Partner of the Little Rock, Arkansas office of Arthur Andersen LLP and has more than 20 years of public accounting experience.

Best Buy Co., Inc. director Matthew H. Paull announced his intent to retire from the Board effective April 20, 2013, following the quarterly Board meetings. From 2001 until he retired in 2008, Mr. Paull served as corporate senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for McDonald’s Corporation. Also, director George L. Mikan III tendered a letter to the Board stating that he was resigning from the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Mikan notified the Board that he had accepted a position as president of ESL Investments, Inc., and that, due to his new responsibilities and time requirements, he believed it was necessary to step down from the registrant’s Board. Mike formerly served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and chief executive officer of Optum, an affiliate of UnitedHealth.

ESL Investments said that it has named G. Mike Mikan as president. Mr. Mikan held various executive positions over a 14-year period at UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), including serving as executive vice president and chief financial officer, as well as chief executive officer of its Optum subsidiary. Mr. Mikan has served on the Board of Directors of Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) since 2008. He was appointed Best Buy’s interim chief executive in April 2012, serving until September 2012.

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) announced the appointment of Chris E. Perkins to serve as its Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective February 1, 2013. Upon appointment as CFO, Mr. Perkins will replace Melissa H. Cruz, who previously informed the company of her intention to retire, although Ms. Cruz will remain with the company for a limited period of time thereafter to assist with the transition. Prior to joining Progress, Perkins served as CFO at Eclipsys Corporation, and Per-Se Technologies. At both Per-Se and at Emageon, Inc., Mr. Perkins also served as the Chief Operating Officer.

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (NASDAQ: BECN) announced the appointment of Rick Welker, Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer, as Acting Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s former CFO, David Grace, retired on December 31, 2012. Mr. Welker joined Beacon as Corporate Controller in July 2004, prior to the Company’s IPO, and was promoted to Vice President in February 2006 and to Chief Accounting Officer in November 2011. Prior to joining Beacon, Mr. Welker had previous public company experience and held the following executive positions: Senior Vice President-CFO & Secretary of rue21; Vice President-CFO & Treasurer of Woodworkers Warehouse; and Vice President & Controller of Bradlees Department Stores.

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (NYSE: IMUC) announced the appointment of Gary S. Titus to its board of directors. Mr. Titus is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Titus has held the position of Chief Financial Officer at SciClone since 2008. Prior to SciClone, Mr. Titus served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Kosan Biosciences. Prior to that, Mr. Titus was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President at Nuvelo, Inc.

Charlesbank Capital Partners announced the appointment of Kevin Brown to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brown has been with Charlesbank since its inception in 1998, previously working at its predecessor firm, Harvard Private Capital Group, and at Harvard Management Company. For the past several years, he has served as Charlebank’s Senior Vice President of Finance & Accounting.

Serco Inc. announced that Gary Shankman has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  For the past eight years, he was CFO for the Defense Solutions Group at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).

Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX) announced that it has appointed Shelley B. Thunen to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Thunen succeeds Robert J. Krist, who, as previously announced, has decided to retire. Prior to joining Endologix, Ms. Thunen served as Associate General Manager of Alcon LenSx, Inc. Prior to the acquisition by Alcon, Ms. Thunen served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Operations at that company since 2009. She also served on the LenSx Board of Directors and as chairperson of the Audit Committee from 2008 until its acquisition in 2010. Ms. Thunen was a Board Member and chairperson of the Audit Committee for eyeonics, inc., from 2007 to 2008 until eyeonics was acquired by Bausch & Lomb. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Thunen was Chief Financial Officer of TherOx, Inc. From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Thunen was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and from 2001 to 2004 Chief Financial Officer of IntraLase Corp. IntraLase was acquired by Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., an NYSE-listed company, in 2007.

Kelser Corporation announced that Donald H. Noble has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Noble most recently held responsibility as CFO for Foedus Group, a virtualization technology consulting group acquired by VMware. Don began his career in the United States Air Force as a nuclear lab technician. After serving his country, he worked for EXE Technologies, and managed international

Carbonite, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARB) announced the appointment of Anthony Folger to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Folger joins Carbonite from Acronis, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and prior to that, as Acronis’ Corporate Controller.

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) announced that appointment of Elizabeth L. Hougen as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. B. Lynne Parshall will continue to serve as Isis’ Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Secretary and as a member of Isis’ Board of Directors. From January 1, 2007 to January 2013, Ms. Hougen served as Isis’ Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer and from May 2000 to January 1, 2007, she served as Isis’ Vice President, Finance.  Prior to joining Isis in 2000, Ms. Hougen held various positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Executive Director, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, for Molecular Biosystems, Inc..

Mandalay Digital Group, Inc. (OTC: MNDL) announced that Dan L. Halvorson resigned from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Cactus Ventures Inc. (OTC: CTVN) announced that it has appointed Enza Guagenti, as Chief Financial Officer. Enza Guagenti is the CFO of Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (API).

Infinity Resources Holdings Corp. (OTC: IRHC) announced that Richard A. Papworth, Chief Financial Officer, resigned to pursue other opportunities. The company appointed Laurie L. Latham as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Latham will also serve as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Quest Resource Management Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is owned 50% by our wholly owned subsidiary Earth911, Inc. Ms. Latham served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of ViewCast Corporation, from December 1999 to August 2012. From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Latham served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Perivox Corporation. From 1994 through 1997, Ms. Latham served as Vice President of Finance and Administration of Axis Media Corporation. Prior to joining Axis Media Corporation, Ms. Latham had been in public practice with national and regional accounting firms, including KPMG Peat Marwick, and served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for Medialink International Corporation.

Progaming Platforms Corp. (OTC: PPRF) announced the resignation of Asher Zwebner as CFO of the Company. Mr. Zwebner informed the Company that the reason for his resignation was to permit him to pursue new business opportunities.

Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTC: CBIS) announced that Richard Cowan resigned as CFO and Director and was appointed to Scientific Advisory Board, and that Robert Melamede was appointed interim CFO.

Prometheus Energy Group, Inc. announced that it appointed Len York as Chief Financial Officer and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to joining Prometheus Energy, Mr. York was the CFO for Taylor-Wharton International LLC and President of Taylor-Wharton Cryogenics LLC.

CIFC Corp. (NASDAQ: DFR) (“CIFC”) announced that Rahul Agarwal joined as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Agarwal brings 19 years of financial industry experience, having spent the last 8 years with The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone”), where he served as the Co-Head of Finance for the Private Equity business. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Agarwal held positions at Deloitte & Touche, Citigroup and Ernst & Young.

Coverity Inc. announced the appointment of Fred Gerson , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the San Diego Padres, to its board of directors as Chairman of the board’s Audit Committee. Gerson is currently on the board of directors of Major League Baseball’s captive insurance entity and is director and chair of the audit committee of Infoblox. He also serves on the boards of Klever Logic and Authentify Inc. Gerson was previously director and chairman of the audit committee of DivX Inc. until its acquisition in 2010. Gerson has been with the San Diego Padres since 2001. He began his career at Ernst & Young as an audit manager and has subsequently led successful initial public offerings as the CFO of Maxis Inc. and Marimba Inc., which was acquired by BMC Software. Gerson also served as CFO of the Coin-Operated Games Division of Atari Inc. and Peter Norton Computing Inc., which was acquired by Symantec.

WilsonHCG announced the recent hire of Andrew Zahn, who joined the WilsonHCG team as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Zahn joins the WilsonHCG team after nearly a decade of experience as the Managing Director of a boutique advisory and consulting practice headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) announced that senior executive vice president and chief financial officer David J. Oakes has been named president of the Company. Mr. Oakes will remain chief financial officer of DDR, and continues to report to Daniel B. Hurwitz, DDR’s chief executive officer. Mr. Oakes joined DDR as executive vice president of finance and chief investment officer in April 2007. He was promoted to senior executive vice president of finance and chief investment officer in December 2008, and chief financial officer in February 2010. Prior to joining DDR, Mr. Oakes served as senior vice president and portfolio manager at Cohen & Steers Capital Management.

MHI Hospitality Corporation (NASDAQ: MDH) announced that William J. Zaiser, MHI’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and corporate Secretary, retired from the Company as of December 31, 2012. Mr. Zaiser will continue to serve as a consultant to the Company. Following Mr. Zaiser’s retirement, MHI’s Board of Directors appointed Anthony E. Domalski as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Domalski has been MHI’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since May 2005.

Hartford Mutual Funds has hired Gregory Frost as chief financial officer. Frost was formerly CFO of Janus Capital Group Inc.

Zafgen, Inc. announced the appointment of Patricia Allen to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Allen succeeds Matthias Jaffe. For the past two years, Allen has provided independent consulting services to biotechnology companies in a variety of areas, including interim CFO services, fundraising, deal structures, financial planning, organizational structure, investor relations and business development. Previously, Ms. Allen served as the Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Ms. Allen also served as the Corporate Controller and eventually the Director of Finance at Alkermes, Inc.

ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: ANX) announced the appointment of Brandi L. Roberts to Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.  She had served as the Company’s vice president, finance since March 2011. Prior to joining ADVENTRX, from January 2009 to March 2011, Ms. Roberts served as vice president, accounting and corporate controller of Alphatec Spine, Inc., the wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Alphatec Holdings, Inc.  Ms. Roberts’ experience also includes seven years at Pfizer’s laboratories in La Jolla, California (formerly Agouron), most recently as director, finance, and three years with the public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Ms. Roberts currently serves as co-chair of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers.

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) appointed J. Scott Di Valerio, currently Coinstar’s chief financial officer, as the company’s next chief executive officer, effective April 1, 2013.  Di Valerio was also appointed to the Coinstar Board of Directors effective at that time.  Di Valerio will succeed Paul Davis , 55, who is retiring on March 31, 2013.  Di Valerio has served as Coinstar’s CFO since 2010. Prior to joining Coinstar, Di Valerio served as president of the Americas for the Lenovo Group Limited and held senior positions at Microsoft Corp., including corporate vice president of Microsoft’s OEM division and corporate vice president of finance and administration.  Previously, Di Valerio served in management positions at The Walt Disney Company and Mindwave Software Inc., and as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Coinstar also announced that Galen C. Smith , senior vice president of finance at Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Coinstar’s wholly-owned subsidiary, will succeed Di Valerio as chief financial officer.  Smith joined Coinstar in 2009 and has served in his current role leading the finance function at Redbox since 2011, and prior as corporate VP, finance and treasurer for Coinstar. Prior to joining Coinstar, Smith was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in the Consumer and Retail Investment Banking Group.

Georgia Power, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, announced that W. Ron Hinson, previously chief accounting officer and comptroller will become executive vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer and comptroller. Hinson joined Georgia Power in 1979 as an accounting associate. During his 27 years with Georgia Power, Hinson held numerous positions in the corporate accounting organization, including serving as vice president and comptroller. He was elected to his most recent position with Southern Company in 2006.

SIFCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE: SIF) announced that it has named Catherine (Kate) Kramer as its Chief Financial Officer. Kramer replaces former CFO Frank Cappello. Ms. Kramer was previously Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Kramer served as Managing Director (2009 – 2012) and Vice President of Strategic Planning (2007 – 2009) at Greenstar Capital LLC. Her previous roles include Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning (2005 – 2007) and Manager of Finance and Business Development (2001 – 2005) at Argo-Tech Corporation.

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSCO) announced that John G. Cooper has been named Discovery Labs’ President and CEO and has been elected to the Company’s board of directors. Mr. Cooper served as Discovery Labs’ Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from 2002-2010 and was appointed President and CFO in 2010. Mr. Cooper will continue to serve as Discovery Labs’ CFO.

RocketSpace announced the appointment of Karl Knight as President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Knight was most recently Sr. Vice President and Managing Director of Recurrent Energy. His previous roles have included CFO of Regenesis Power and a number of internet technology investment banking positions at GCA Savvian, Credit Suisse First Boston and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette.

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Adap.tv announced the appointment of Timothy R. Morse to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Morse joins Adap.tv from Yahoo!, where he held the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer positions from June 2009 to October 2012.  In addition, he served as the company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer from September 2011 to January 2012. Prior to Yahoo!, Morse was the CFO of Altera Corporation (ALTR) and GE Plastics, a unit of General Electric. During his 15-year tenure at General Electric, Morse held a variety of positions at GE Plastics, GE Appliances and GE Capital in North America, Europe and Asia.

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) announced that Luca Maestri, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is leaving the company, effective February 28, to assume the role of corporate controller at Apple.

Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRA) announced that Jeffrey A. Blade, its Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, has resigned effective today to pursue other opportunities. Kevin Sierks has been appointed interim CFO until a new CFO is appointed. Mr. Sierks has served as the Vice President – Controller, Chief Accounting Officer since joining the Company in December 2011. He has extensive experience in accounting and finance roles with various public companies. Before joining the Company, Mr. Sierks served as the Vice President and Corporate Controller for Biomet, Inc. from October 2007 to December 2011. Prior to that, he served in various financial and accounting positions with Boston Scientific Corporation from 2002 to 2007 and at Deloitte from 1995 to 2002.

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today that William F. Oplinger will become Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2013, succeeding Charles D. McLane, Jr. who plans to retire after a 40-year career with the company. Oplinger has been Chief Operating Officer of Alcoa’s Global Primary Products business unit since December 2011. Since joining Alcoa in 2000, Oplinger has held key corporate positions in Financial Analysis and Planning and as Director of Investor Relations. He also has had major assignments in Alcoa’s largest business, Global Primary Products, including Controller, Operational Excellence Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Earlier in his career, Oplinger held engineering, customer services and business planning positions with Westinghouse and Emerson Electric.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that Ken Giacobbe has been named Chief Financial Officer of its Engineered Products and Solutions (EPS) business group. Giacobbe has served as Controller of Alcoa Engineered Products and Solutions since 2011. Giacobbe joined Alcoa in 2004 as Vice President of Finance for Global Extruded Products, part of Alcoa Forgings and Extrusions. After that, he was Vice President of Finance for Building and Construction Systems, and Group Controller for EPS.

Carpenter Technology announced that Tony R. Thene has been selected as the company’s Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Thene replaces K. Douglas Ralph, who announced in September that he will leave the company. Mr. Thene will join Carpenter after 23 years with Aloca Inc. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Alcoa’s Engineered Products and Solutions business headquartered in New York City. Prior to his current position, Mr. Thene was Vice President & Controller for Alcoa.

The LGL Group, Inc. (NYSE: LGL) announced that R. LaDuane Clifton has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Clifton, previously served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since March 2010, and as LGL’s Corporate Controller from August 2009 to March 2010.

Diamond Resorts International announced that David Palmer, formerly President and Chief Financial Officer, has become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Al Bentley, who had been serving as Executive Vice President – Europe, has assumed the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Palmer has served as President since September 20, 2010, and is a member of the Board. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of Diamond Resorts International and its subsidiaries since April 2007, and he served as Executive Vice President until his promotion to President in September 2010. Mr. Palmer served as a managing director of Trivergance, LLC, which he co-founded from its formation in June 2006 to July 2010. Mr. Bentley has served as Executive Vice President of Diamond Resorts Parent, LLC and its subsidiaries since April 2007. Mr. Bentley is also a partner at Mackinac Partners, LLC (“Mackinac”), a financial advisory firm which has provided services to DRP since April 2007. Prior to joining Mackinac, Mr. Bentley was a managing director at KPMG LLP and a senior manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. In addition, Mr. Bentley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Swifty Serve Corporation and Pic N’ Save, Inc.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced that Eileen O’Grady Ramage has been named as its new chief financial officer.

Colonial Properties Trust (NYSE: CLP) announced that C. Reynolds Thompson, III, has resigned from his positions as President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. The company also announced today that Bradley P. Sandidge, Executive Vice President, Accounting, will assume responsibilities as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sandidge first joined the company in 2004 as Senior Vice President, Multifamily Accounting and Finance and served in that role until January 2009. Mr. Sandidge has served as the company’s Executive Vice President, Accounting since January 2009.

IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) announced that Rich Walker has been named Executive Vice President-Global Finance and Todd Hyatt Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and IT Officer. Walker was named Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in August 2011. He joined IHS in December 2006 and had served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer since March 2011, with prior leadership responsibility in strategy, marketing, corporate development and alliances. Hyatt was named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in October 2011 leading the company’s worldwide IT operations. He served as Senior Vice President of the Vanguard program starting in 2010 and was Senior Vice President-Financial Planning & Analysis from 2007-2010. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for the company’s engineering segment from 2005-2007. Prior to joining IHS, Hyatt held leadership roles in public accounting, corporate finance and private equity across a variety of industries.

Auction.com announced that Bruce Felt has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer of SuccessFactors. Prior to joining SuccessFactors, Felt was chief financial officer of several leading software companies including LANDesk Software, Integral Development Corp. and FullTime Software. He was also founder, chief financial officer and director of sales for Renaissance Software and a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche. He is a board member of YouSendIt.

Atossa Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATOS) announced that Kyle Guse has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary. During the past year, Guse practiced law as a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Baker Botts LLP. From 2007 to 2012, he was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Guse practiced law at Heller Ehrman LLP. He began his career in 1987 at Deloitte & Touche. Guse replaces Chris Benjamin who acted as interim Chief Financial Officer.

HYCOR Biomedical, Inc. announced that Ed Cordell has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Cordell joins HYCOR from Given Imaging, Inc. where he was Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for the North and South American regions. Cordell has also held senior financial executive positions with Gravograph, Novoste Corporation, and CryoLife.

REGEN Energy announced that it has appointed Roy Dalton its new Chief Financial Officer. His most recent role was as Chief Financial Officer at RuggedCom Inc.

Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED) announced the appointment of Timothy G. Robinson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Robinson will replace Joseph Kelleman who has been serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis since December 2012. Mr. Kelleman will continue in his role as Director of Finance – Supply Chain. Most recently, Robinson held the position of Vice President, Business Operations for Canon Business Solutions, Inc. from 2008 – 2013. From 1995 to 2008, Mr. Robinson was Vice President, Finance & Administration for Canon Business Solutions-East, Inc. Mr. Robinson was Controller of Dupli-Fax, Inc. from 1989 to 1995 and was a Senior Emerging Business Consultant for Deloitte & Touche from 1985 to 1989.

Viamedia announced that Chris Black has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) based in Lexington, KY. Most recently, Mr. Black was the Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Vivint, Inc.  Prior to joining Vivint, Mr. Black served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Commercial Lines Inc. Other experience includes high level positions with Wabash National Corporation, SunTrust Bank and PNC Bank.

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced that Doron Blachar has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective April 2, 2013. From March 2009 to present, he has been serving as the CFO of Shikun & Binui Ltd. From 2005 to 2009, he served as the Vice President – Finance of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.  Prior thereto, from 1998 to 2005, he served in a number of positions at Amdocs Limited, including as Vice President – Finance from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Blachar replaces Mr. Joseph Tenne, who will leave the Company to pursue other opportunities.

GSE Holding, Inc. (NYSE: GSE) announced the appointment of J. Michael Kirksey as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. For the past five years Mr. Kirksey served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Endeavour International Corporation. Prior to this position, he was the Chief Financial Officer at SIRVA, Inc.

Primary Integration has named Britt Thomas its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining PI, he was an Operating Partner with Allied Capital (now Ares Capital). Mr. Thomas previously spent a number of years at Arthur Andersen where he was the Director of Finance for the firm’s Mid-Atlantic Region. He was employed for eleven years at ICF Kaiser International. His last position was as Controller of company’s largest operating unit, the Engineering and Construction Group.

LCA-Vision Inc. (NASDAQ: LCAV) announces that Michael J. Celebrezze has been named Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Celebrezze has served as LCA-Vision’s Chief Financial Officer since December 2008, and as co-leader of the company with Chief Operating Officer David L. Thomas since September 2009. Mr. Thomas left the company effective December 31, 2012. In addition, LCA-Vision has promoted Amy Kappen to Chief Financial Officer from Vice President, Corporate Controller.

Atlas General Insurance Services has named Brad Perilman as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Atlas, Brad served as a Director at Aon Benfield Securities, Inc. Brad has also held positions at Marsh and Mercer Consulting Group.

1WorldSync announced the appointment of Gary Lo as chief financial officer. Mr. Lo joins 1WorldSync from Johnson & Johnson Diagnostics. Before joining Johnson & Johnson in 2003, he held finance roles with Siebel Systems (now Oracle) in Singapore as well as Boston Scientific and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston, Mass.

Flux Power Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: FLUX) announced that it has selected Ron Dutt as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Dutt has served as CFO for a number of companies including SOLA International, Directed Electronics, DHL, and Fritz (now a UPS division).   He was also SVP Finance at Visa and provided financial strategy leadership to John Saar Properties, Center for Sustainable Energy, Tyga-Box Systems, and XP Vehicles. Mr. Dutt is an active board member of Rising International and a board advisor for Tyga-Box Systems.

Energy Edge Technologies Corporation (OTC: EEDG) announced that upon the resignation of Robert Holdsworth as president and director, the company appointed John Walker as President, Chief Financial Officer and director of our company.

Sunpeaks Ventures, Inc. (OTC: SNPK) announced that Eric Clarke was appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Clarke provided consulting services to the company regarding our financial reporting requirements.  From 2008 through 2011, Mr. Clarke served as an Assistant Vice President at MedStar Health.  Prior to MedStar, from 2006 to 2008, Mr. Clarke served as the Managing Director in charge of the Washington D.C. Risk Management Practice for Accume Partners.

Ciralight Global, Inc. (OTC: CGHA) announced that Jarett Fenton, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, resigned from that position.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco announced that Patricia E. Yarrington was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s board of directors. Ms. Yarrington is vice president and CFO of global energy company Chevron Corporation, headquartered in San Ramon, California. She joined Chevron in 1980 and has held progressively senior financial and analytical positions with the company, including treasurer and vice president of strategic planning. Ms. Yarrington has been on the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s board of directors since January 2009 and served as deputy chair since 2011. She previously served on the Bank’s Economic Advisory Council from 2007 to 2008.

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNA) announced that Dirk Montgomery has accepted the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Montgomery succeeds Armand Correia, who will be retiring after 21 years with the organization. Dirk Montgomery was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Value Chain Officer of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Prior to that position, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Bloomin’ Brands for six years. Prior to joining Bloomin’ Brands in 2005, Mr. Montgomery served in financial leadership roles such as Chief Financial Officer of the $9 billion Con Agra Foods Retail Group, as Chief Financial Officer of Express (previously a division of Limited Brands) and in several senior management positions with the Sara Lee Corporation.

ArborGen announced that Richard I. Eisenstadt has been named chief financial officer (CFO). For the previous nine years, Eisenstadt served as the CFO of Tranzyme Pharma (NASDAQ: TZYM). Prior to joining Tranzyme Pharma, he served as the Director of Finance for Cogent Neuroscience, Inc. He spent over eleven years with Nimbus CD International where he served as Director of Strategic Planning and Development and Treasury Manager.

Residential Finance Corporation has named Nicholas “Nick” G. Hahn to the position of chief financial officer. Most recently, Hahn served as the chief financial officer of Capitol Bancorp Limited. Prior to Capitol Bancorp, Hahn served as chief financial officer of DeepGreen Financial, Inc. and chief financial officer of Senior Lending Network. Hahn has also held senior executive roles at Countrywide Financial Corporation, Associated Banc-Corp and CoBank.

Net Health Systems announced the hiring Patrick Rooney as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served in a consulting role with a large, publicly traded company performing acquisition integration services. Previously, Mr. Rooney was CFO for a manufacturing company. He also served as CFO of a start-up in the solar energy industry.

Sapphire Energy, Inc. announced Thomas ‘Tom’ Willardson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Willardson served as CFO at Aurora Algae, Inc. Before that, he was CFO at Energy Recovery, Inc.  At Cost Plus, Inc. he served as executive vice president and CFO.  He was also CFO at Visual Sciences and Archimedes Technology Group. Willardson previously held senior finance roles with Leap Wireless International, Bechtel Corporation, The Fremont Group, and Fluor Daniel.

National Basketball Association announced that former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) partner Jason Cahilly was named chief financial officer and vice president of strategy. Cahilly spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs. He succeeds Carol Sawdye, who left the league to become the chief financial officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

First Advantage announced that Rich Bartolotta has been appointed as the company’s new CFO. Prior to joining First Advantage, Bartolotta had worked for IMS Health, Inc. since 2003. During his tenure, he held a number of executive-level financial positions, starting as the vice president, Finance for IMS Japan and subsequently leading the Global Finance, Consulting and Services, and Global Pharma Solutions financial organizations. He most recently served as vice president, Finance, U.S. Business Unit. Bartolotta previously held the position of CFO and executive vice president for NASDAQ Japan Inc., from 2000 to 2002. Bartolotta began his career in 1982 with IBM Corporation, where he held positions of increasing responsibility through 2000, including Director of Finance, Personal Systems Group Worldwide and Director of Finance, Personal Systems Group Asia Pacific.

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: OWW) appointed David Belmont as Interim Chief Financial Officer, upon the resignation of Mitch Marcus as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to being appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Belmont has served as the Company’s Group Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis from April 2010 to June 2012 and November 2012 to date. From June 2012 to November 2012, Mr. Belmont served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Belmont was the Company’s Vice President, Business Planning from January 2005 to April 2010. Before joining the Company, Mr. Belmont served as Director, Corporate Planning at Cendant from March 2003 to January 2005, and in several corporate planning, investor relations and financial analyst positions at Galileo International between September 1993 and March 2003.

Dyn announced that Andrew P. Keenan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Keenan was most recently CFO of Carbonite (NASDAQ: CARB). Prior to joining Carbonite, Keenan was the Chief Financial Officer of Vovici. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Silver Oak Solutions.

The Pantry, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTRY) announced that B. Clyde Preslar is joining the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Preslar joins The Pantry from RailAmerica, Inc., where he served since 2008 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the short line and regional freight railroad operator. Prior to RailAmerica, Inc., Mr. Preslar served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cott Corporation, and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at snack food manufacturer Lance, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was Director of Financial Services for worldwide power tools at Black & Decker, and served as Director of Investor Relations at RJR Nabisco. He serves on the Board of Directors of Alliance One International, Inc. and is a past Director of Forward Air Corporation.

SafeNet, Inc. announced that Michael Branca has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Branca succeeds Greg Repas, who served as the company’s interim CFO following the departure of Charles Neral in June 2012. Mr. Repas will continue to serve as SafeNet’s vice president and chief accounting officer. Mr. Branca joins SafeNet from BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC), where he served as vice president, Finance, focusing on integration activity. Prior to BMC Software, he spent nearly six years as vice president and CFO of Numara Software. He has held CFO positions at MTS Medication Technologies Inc., Trak Communications, Inc., and Reptron Electronics Inc. He began his career at IBM, serving 13 years in various senior financial management positions.

Citizant has promoted Greg Gorgone to chief financial officer. Gorgone has led Citizant’s finance and contracts groups through 11 consecutive years of profitable growth as senior vice president of finance and administration. Greg spent 20 years at American Management Systems prior to its acquisition by CGI, most recently serving as deputy controller and vice president.

Dynasil Corporation of America (NASDAQ: DYSL) announced the appointment of Thomas C. Leonard as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. Leonard will succeed Richard A. Johnson. From 2008 to 2012, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Pennichuck Corporation. He also spent 15 years in public accounting with Arthur Andersen LLP, where he became an Audit Partner and Audit Division Head.

lynda.com announced the addition of respected financial leader Elaine Kitagawa to its executive team as the company’s chief financial officer. Kitagawa comes to lynda.com from her CFO role at Saba Software Inc. Prior to Saba, Kitagawa served as COO of global social gaming online community Gaia Online.

Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. (OTC: HMGN) announced that M. Robert Campbell has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Hemagen, Mr. Campbell served as Chief Financial Officer of Maryland Pennysaver, Inc. since 2010. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Campbell served as Controller at Atlantic Industrial, Inc. and Corporate Controller at Atlantic Holdings, Inc. From 2002 to 2005, He served as Director, Finance and Accounting at W.C. & A.N. Miller Companies. Mr. Campbell began his professional career at McGladrey & Pullen, LLP where he served as an Audit Supervisor from 1996 to 2002.

Shale-Inland Holdings, LLC announced the appointment of Gary Haire to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Haire was most recently Global Vice President, Finance and CFO for Tyco Valves and Controls (now Pentair).  Previously, he served in Vice President, Finance and CFO roles for Tyco Thermal Controls and the Americas Region of Tyco Valves and Controls. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Haire served in progressively more responsible finance assignments with Del Monte Foods (formerly HJ Heinz). Mr. Haire replaces Darrell Jean.

Cone Health has appointed Jeff Jones, a senior vice president of finance for regional hospitals for the Cleveland Clinic, to serve as its chief financial officer. Jones will join Cone Health Feb. 4, and his selection caps a national search to replace Ken Boggs. Before joining the Cleveland Clinic, Jones was vice president of finance at Shands Healthcare in Gainesville, Fla. and had previously worked at West Virginia University Hospitals.

BioNitrogen Corporation (PINK: BION) announced that Bryan Kornegay will assume the position of President. Mr. Kornegay, who is CFO, will also retain his current position. He succeeds Carlos Contreras, who will retain his position as CEO of the company. Mr. Kornegay joined BioNitrogen in early 2012 as CFO and has more than 17 years of accounting, finance and private equity experience. He is a founder of B Group. He has served on the boards of public and private companies. Mr. Kornegay worked at the private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst until 2001.

The SI Organization, Inc. announced that Jim Reagan has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jim comes to the SI from Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE), Inc., where he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining PAE, Jim was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vangent, Inc., and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Deltek, Inc. He has held financial leadership roles at several other companies, including Aspect Communications, American Management Systems, Nextel Communications, MCI Telecommunications and ICF Kaiser International.

Univar announced the appointment of D. Beatty D’Alessandro as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. D’Alessandro’s appointment follows the announcement that Steven M. Nielsen will be resigning from Univar as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. D’Alessandro joins Univar after spending 29 years at Graybar, where he served as Senior Vice President and CFO as well as on the Board of Directors. Earlier in his career at Graybar, he served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He serves on the Advisory Board of United Missouri Bank, on the Board and Finance Committee of Missouri Baptist Medical Center, and on the Boards of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Missouri, for which he serves as Chairman, and the St. Louis chapter of Junior Achievement.

National Audubon Society announced that Mary Beth Henson has been named chief financial officer and a vice president of the organization. Henson comes to Audubon after serving from 2008 as vice president, finance for City Harvest. Prior to that, she had a 19-year career in investment banking and treasury operations at Merrill Lynch and Chase.

ESP Resources, Inc. (OTC: ESPI) announced that David Dugas will resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of ESP Resources, Inc. Mr. Dugas is the Chief Executive Officer and President and was serving as the CFO of the Company until the Company could appoint a suitable Chief Financial Officer. The company appointed Robert (“Bob”) Geiges as CFO of ESP. Mr. Geiges signed an employment agreement with the Company on January 4, 2013 that will begin on January 21, 2013. In 2010, Mr. Geiges was recruited by Eventus Consulting LP to serve as a consultant for the company. Before Eventus, Mr. Geiges was the corporate controller at New Leaf Brands, Inc. (formerly Baywood International, Inc.).

Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) announced that Scott Cooley, chief financial officer, will be stepping down from his role this year. The company expects him to remain chief financial officer until Morningstar names a replacement. Cooley has served as Morningstar’s chief financial officer since 2007.

The Gymboree Corporation (NASDAQ: GYMB) appointed Evan Price to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Price joins the Company from Gap, where he served as Vice President of Finance of Gap North America since December 2012 and as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Old Navy North America from July to December 2012. Prior to that position, Mr. Price served as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Europe & Strategic Alliances of The Gap, Inc. from December 2009 through June 2012, and as Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Finance of Gap from December 2006 through November 2009.

Prime Estates & Developments, Inc. (OTC: PMLT) announced that Mr. Vasileios Mavrogiannis resigned as CFO and Director of the company, effective January 5, 2013. The company also announced that Mr. Konstantinos Vassilopoulos was elected as a CFO and Director. From May 2012 to date, Mr. Vassilopoulos served as a Financial Analyst/Senior Administrator in Physicians Cooperative, a multi-specialty Medical Group. From December 2009 to date, he has worked as a Marketing Consultant in BMP Consulting focusing on Business, Marketing and Printing Consulting.

Sanomedics International Holdings, Inc. (OTC: SIMH) announced that it terminated Steven Relis. In order to fill the vacancy caused by the termination of Mr. Relis, the company appointed David C. Langle as chief financial officer Since June 2009 he has been the chief executive officer and a founder of Catenas Holdings, Inc. Additionally, from January 2011 to present, he also serves as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Seamless Technology, Inc. Mr. Langle began his career in finance while serving as a staff accountant with Spicer and Oppenhiem, an international accounting and consulting firm where he concluded his tenure as an audit partner.

Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE: VMI) announced that Richard P. Heyse, has joined Valmont as Executive Vice President.  In late February, Mr. Heyse will succeed Terry J. McClain, Valmont’s CFO. Mr. Heyse served as Vice President and CFO of WESCO International, Inc. from June 2009 to February 2012. From April 2005 to May 2009, he served as Vice President and CFO of Innophos Holdings. He served as Vice President and CFO of Polyconcept, Inc. from June 2012 to December 2012.

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) announced the appointment of Rex Jackson as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Jackson has served as acting CFO since September 2012. He joined JDSU two years ago as senior vice president, Business Services. Prior to JDSU, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Symyx Technologies. Jackson also served as acting CFO at Synopsys and held executive positions with Avago, AdForce and Read-Rite.

National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) announced today that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Gary Ferrera, is leaving the Company to pursue another opportunity in an industry unrelated to the business of the Company.

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The San Diego Padres announced they have named Ronda Sedillo senior vice president/chief financial officer. She spent the past 12 years at Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (AGIA), most recently serving as chief accounting officer for seven years. Prior to her time at AGIA, Sedillo spent seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving as a tax manager for the final three years of her tenure.

NBCUniversal announced that Jared DiPalma has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer for NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media (E&DN/IM). Most recently, DiPalma served as the Senior Vice President of Finance for E&DN/IM, a role he held since June of 2011. DiPalma joined NBCUniversal in 2008 as Vice President, Finance for the Company’s national ad sales organization. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, he was a four year member of General Electric’s prestigious Corporate Audit Staff. He began his career in 2002 as part of the GE Capital Financial Management Program.

Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX) announced that Kevin Bradley, currently President, Terex Cranes, will transition to the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately after the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012. Mr. Bradley was named President, Terex Cranes in January 2011. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Bradley had served as President, Terex Financial Services since joining Terex in 2005. Prior to joining Terex, Mr. Bradley had financial roles of increasing responsibility at GE Capital and AT&T Capital. Terex previously announced that Phil Widman would be retiring as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 31, 2013.

BlueTarp Financial announced it has named Will Porter as its new chief financial officer. Most recently, he served as the CFO at Signiant. Previously, Porter was the vice president of finance at Phase Forward,

International Bancard announced that Joseph Valentic has been named Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining International Bancard, Joe was an independent consultant in the commercial banking space.

First Internet Bank of Indiana, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Internet Bancorp (OTC: FIBP), announced that Kay Whitaker has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Whitaker comes to First Internet Bank following five years as CFO at Central Indiana Community Foundation, where she was named 2012 CFO of the Year in the not-for-profit sector by the Indianapolis Business Journal. Prior to that, Ms. Whitaker was Vice President and CFO/Treasurer at Citizens Energy.

Knoa Software announced the appointment of Kent Jarvi as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Knoa Software, he served as the CFO at Liazon Corporation. He has also served as CFO at GridApp Systems, IGA Worldwide Inc., Ejasent, Driveway Corporation, Fabrik Communications, Optimal Networks, AirSoft and XA Systems Corporation.

Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) announced that Michael W. Lowry, Operating Vice President, Treasurer of Owens & Minor, will assume the roles of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer of Owens & Minor. Lowry has worked at Owens & Minor since 1988, was appointed Treasurer in 2009. Lowry will replace D. Andrew Edwards, Vice President, Controller, Chief Accounting Officer & Acting Chief Financial Officer, who is leaving the company effective February 7, 2013, to pursue a new career opportunity. Edwards joined Owens & Minor in 2009.

Columbia Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRX) announced the appointment of Jonathan B. Lloyd Jones, as Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer and vice president of corporate development at TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Lloyd Jones was vice president of finance at TransMolecular, Inc. During the prior 10 years, he was employed by Genzyme as a senior director of corporate development. Earlier in his career Mr. Lloyd Jones headed banking and financial operations at The Royal Bank of Scotland (Nassau) Ltd., part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Mr. Lloyd Jones replaces Lawrence A. Gyenes, formerly Columbia’s Chief Financial Officer, who will remain with the Company through January 31, 2013.

Sound Physicians announced the appointment of Dena Parker as the organization’s new Chief Financial Officer. Parker most recently served as chief financial officer and executive vice president of the respiratory division of Apria Healthcare. Prior to Apria, she led acquisition integration as a member of PacifiCare’s corporate development team, served as CFO of a medical management organization and a healthcare technology company, and was Vice President of Finance for a utilization management company.

LeanKit announced the appointment of Leonard Safford to its executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Safford comes to LeanKit after serving as Chief Financial Officer at the start-up Universal Safety Response, Inc.

AtriCure, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRC) that M. Andrew Wade has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Andy has over 15 years of financial experience, the past five with AtriCure building the finance and accounting team. Prior to joining AtriCure, Andy held various financial positions with Macy’s Inc., Saks Inc., and Arthur Andersen.

Dovel Technologies announced the appointment of Ronald B. Alexander as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Alexander held CFO roles with Schafer Corporation, McNeil Technologies and Analex.

I-Cubed has hired Doug Driver as their new CFO and VP of Operations. Driver has worked with Wells Fargo for over 14 years. He began his career with Wachovia Bank’s Institutional Trust group. For the last 10 years he has worked with small and middle-market companies, first as a commercial loan underwriter and then as a relationship manager in the business banking segment.

American Water Works Company Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Ellen Wolf plans to retire during the first half of 2013.

Medline Industries, Inc. announced today that Kristofer Howard has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Howard has more than a dozen years of experience in finance and accounting leadership roles at Baxter and KPMG, as well as strong experience in commercial operations also at Baxter.

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. (OTC: QMDT) announced that it has Paul H. Jenssen as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and corporate secretary. He replaces Nam H. Nguyen. He started his career at Deloitte Touche (1978-1984) before becoming Treasurer at Associated Press (1984-1998). In addition to working as a consultant since 1998, he was the CFO, COO and a Senior Managing Director at Rothschild North America investment bank (1998-2006).

EVO Payments International announced today that Kevin M. Hodges has become its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He previously held various senior financial leadership positions at Global Payments Inc. and worked at Deloitte & Touche.

Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE:THO) announced that it has named Dominic Romeo as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective February 4, 2013. Mr. Romeo most recently as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of publicly traded IDEX Corporation. Mr. Romeo began his career as an audit manager and CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He went on to hold key positions with General Electric and AlliedSignal, Inc., and later Honeywell where he served in a number of roles over his nine year tenure, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Aerospace. Mr. Romeo’s board affiliations include Federal Signal Corporation and GSI Group.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ, IDXX) announced that Merilee Raines will retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May 2013. Ms. Raines has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2003 and has been employed by the Company since 1985.

Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: PRLS) has appointed Yi Tsai as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Tsai has served as the Company’s principal financial officer under a consulting arrangement since November 7, 2012. He served as Executive Director at Nexos Capital Partners, a private equity firm, from August 2005 until the date of his appointment as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. From April to December 2011, Mr. Tsai also served as Senior Financial Advisor to C-Quest Capital. Between 1992 and 2003, Mr. Tsai held senior positions at a number of private equity and venture capital funds. Mr. Tsai began his career in public accounting, working as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche and Bell & Company, before joining Colgate-Palmolive Company as a corporate auditor.

First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFNM) announced the resignation of Amy E. Essex, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE: IHT) announced the retirement of Anthony Waters who has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Trust since February 2000.

Command Security Corporation (NYSE: MOC) announced the appointment of N. Paul Brost as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Brost served as the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of UNISYS Federal Systems from 2009 until 2010. In addition, from 2001 until 2009, he was the Senior Vice President, Finance for Orbital Sciences Corporation. The Company also announced that Barry Regenstein stepped down as Chief Financial Officer, effective upon Mr. Brost’s appointment. At the same time, Mr. Regenstein agreed to remain with the Company in his role of President through the end of the Company’s current fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2013.

Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG) announced Nathalie Le Bos was appointed Chief Financial Officer.  Le Bos assumes the role previously held by Ann Garreaud, who was recently appointed Global Chief Financial Officer, Publicis Worldwide in Paris, France. A seven-year veteran of Publicis Groupe, Le Bos recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Europe for PHCG. She also served as Operations Control Director for Publicis Worldwide. Prior to her tenure at Publicis, she worked for TEQUILA (an Omnicom Group company) as Chief Financial Officer and for the Havas Group in several roles.

Blu Homes, Inc. announced that Gary Martell has joined the company as chief financial officer. He joins Blu from MicroProbe where he served as CFO. Prior to his experience at MicroProbe, Mr. Martell served as the CFO of UPEK and Stion.  He also served as chief operating officer of Cobalt Networks. At Sun Microsystems, Mr. Martell became Vice President of Network Storage Operations. Mr. Martell also spent more than 10 years at Wyse Technology, where he worked in several positions, including CFO and Vice President of Operations.

Equal Energy Ltd. (NYSE: EQU) named Scott Smalling as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smalling was most recently Treasury Manager at a major independent public oil and gas company. Dell Chapman, the current Senior Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will remain with Equal until the company has completed its year-end audit and reporting requirements, and preparations for the 2013 annual shareholder meeting.

Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMKR) announced that it has appointed Mallorie Burak as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Burak will succeed Timothy Burns. Ms. Burak will join Rainmaker from Foodlink, where she was Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Burak has worked as Principal Financial Officer at Southwall Technologies. Before joining Southwall, she was Finance Director for the Communications Global Business Unit at Oracle Corporation. Prior to Oracle, Ms. Burak served as Director of Revenue at Portal Software (acquired by Oracle). She has also held various financial management positions with Silicon Valley companies, including Hewlett Packard, TrueSAN Networks, and Zilog.

Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) announced that Robert Bendetti has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Most recently he served as V.P. of Finance at Galey & Lord Industries. Robert’s experience has spanned a variety of industries from consumer packaged goods to global aerospace engineering, including work with Lockheed Martin, Hormel Foods, Diamond Crystal Brands and the Coastal Logistics Group.

Vestin Entities announced that Eric Bullinger resigned his position as Chief Financial officer as Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc., Vestin Realty Mortgage II, Inc and the equivalent of Chief Financial Officer of Vestin Fund III, LLC. Vestin also announced the appointment of Tracee Gress as Chief Financial Officer of Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc., Vestin Realty Mortgage II, Inc. and the equivalent of the Chief Financial Officer of Vestin Fund III, LLC.

Roomlinx, Inc. (OTC: RMLX) announced that Anthony DiPaolo is no longer the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The company appointed Alan Fine as the Company’s interim Principal Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer.  From 2008 through 2011, Mr. Fine served as the Chief Financial Officer of Pearlstine Distributors.  Mr. Fine joined the Company in 2011, assuming the role of Vice President of Finance.

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET) announced upon the departure of its President and CEO, Rich Battista, Frank Elsenbast, the Company’s CFO, has been appointed interim co-CEO.

Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DK) and Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) announced today that Assi Ginzburg, currently an Executive Vice President for both companies, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of both Delek US and the general partner of Delek Logistics. He succeeds Mark Cox, who will continue to serve as an Executive Vice President of both companies through March 31, 2013 to ensure a smooth transition. Mr. Ginzburg has been with Delek US since 2004 and Delek Logistics since its inception in 2012, working in a variety of senior management and financial roles.

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. announced that Jason B. Cagle, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Acquisitions, has been named Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cagle will replace Mark Kopser, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, who was named Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s European business following its spin-off in April 2012. Mr. Kopser will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until the filing of the Company’s 2012 annual report, at which time Mr. Cagle will assume the role. Prior to joining USPI, Mr. Cagle was a corporate attorney with Vinson & Elkins, LLP where, among other things, he worked on USPI’s initial public offering and high-yield bond issue.

First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ: FFBC) announced that Anthony M. Stollings, EVP and Chief Risk Officer has been named the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer.  He will succeed J. Franklin Hall, EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Stollings joined First Financial in December 2006 as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller.  He has served as EVP and Chief Risk Officer since September 1, 2011.  He previously spent 13 years with Provident Financial Group, Inc., where he was the Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller from 2002 to 2004 and Senior Vice President and Controller from 1998 to 2002.

HEI Hotels & Resorts announced that its Chief Investment Officer Clark Hanrattie has been promoted to Principal & Chief Financial Officer. Hanrattie joined HEI shortly after its formation in 2002. Prior to joining HEI a decade ago, Hanrattie was a partner at Olympus Real Estate Partners, the real estate-affiliate of LBO-firm Hicks Muse Tate & Furst.

ChemImage Corporation announced that Mark C. Brooks has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Brooks came to ChemImage in August of 2012.  Previously with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, he spent four years as the Finance Director.

Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. (OTC: GPXM) appointed Dennis P. Gauger as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company. He previously served as part-time, contract Chief Financial Officer of the Company from January 2004 to January 2008, and has served the Company as an independent accounting and compliance consultant from January 2008 to his current appointment as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company.  From May 2007 through December 2012, Mr. Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary for BSD Medical Corporation.  He also has served several publicly held companies as a part-time, contract chief financial officer, including the following:  from April 2004 until November 2008, Mr. Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer for Cimetrix Incorporated, a publicly held software company; from January 2004 until January 2008, Mr. Gauger served as a director, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary for Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc.; and from November 2001 until March 2007, Mr. Gauger served as Chief Financial Officer for Nevada Chemicals, Inc.  Additionally, over the past fifteen years, he has served several public and private companies in a variety of industries as a part-time, contract financial executive and financial consultant.

GlyEco, Inc. (OTC: GLYE) announced that Kevin J. Conner resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Alicia Williams, Secretary, Controller and VP of Internal Operations, was designated to serve as the Company’s interim principal financial officer.

Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN) announced that Thomas C. Freyman has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Freyman is executive vice president, finance and chief financial officer for Abbott. Freyman has served in his current role – CFO and executive vice president, finance – since 2004, having been first appointed CFO and senior vice president, finance in 2001. From 1999 to 2001, he served as vice president and controller of Abbott’s Hospital Products Division. Prior to that, he held a number of financial planning and analysis positions with Abbott including treasurer for Abbott’s international operations and corporate vice president and treasurer.

Ecology Coatings, Inc. (PINK: ECOC) announced that its CFO, Kevin Stolz, has resigned.

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Hot Topic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOTT) announced that Jim McGinty has resigned as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 29, 2013. George Wehlitz, VP, Finance, will serve as the Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wehlitz joined Hot Topic, Inc. in 2008 as VP, Finance. From November, 2005 to January, 2008, he was Chief Financial Officer at Cycle Gear, Inc. Mr. Wehlitz joined Hot Topic, Inc. in February, 2002 as Vice President, Controller, and then served as Vice President, Finance from August, 2003 to November, 2005. Previously, from August, 2000 to February, 2002, Mr. Wehlitz was Chief Financial Officer at The Popcorn Factory.

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK) announced the appointment of Sylvia Cheung as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2013. Cheung, who has served as Anika’s Vice President for Strategic Processes since February 2012, will succeed Kevin W. Quinlan, who is leaving Anika effective March 31, 2013. Prior to her current position as Vice President of Strategic Processes, Cheung served as General Manager for the company’s Italy-based subsidiary, Anika Srl. She joined Anika as Controller in 2005. Prior to Anika, she held a series of progressively responsible financial management positions at Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.

iTalk, Inc. (OTC: SOPC) announced that Richard Dea has joined the Company as its new CFO, Treasurer and Director. From April 1990 to the present, he has served as president of SAE Group of Delray Beach, Florida, a former Division of Inzon Corporation.

Optimal, Inc. announced that Paul Suh has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Paul was most recently SVP of Finance and Operations at LiveGamer. Prior to that, Paul was the CFO and COO of GamerDNA Media, which was acquired by Live Gamer in June 2010

Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y) announced today that it will expand its executive leadership team by separating the role of Chief Financial Officer from management of Alleghany’s approximately $16 billion fixed income portfolio. Accordingly, Roger B. Gorham will assume overall responsibility for Alleghany’s fixed income portfolio and will no longer serve as Chief Financial Officer once a successor is identified.  Mr. Gorham will serve as Alleghany’s Senior Vice President and acting Chief Financial Officer until a successor is identified, at which time Mr. Gorham will be named as Senior Vice President – Head of Fixed Income and Treasurer.

TNI BioTech, Inc. (PINK: TNIB) announced that Peter Aronstam has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Aronstam is replacing Christopher Pearce , who will take over as the Chief Operating Officer. Peter has advised and/or served as CFO in both publicly held and privately owned businesses since 1978.

IndCor welcomes John Collins as Chief Financial Officer. Collins joined IndCor in September 2012. Prior to his joining IndCor as Chief Financial Officer, Collins was the Chief Accounting Officer at Pearlmark Real Estate Partners. Preceding his position at Pearlmark, Collins was an auditor at Ernst & Young, where he audited Equity Office’s various SEC filings.

Bizzingo, Inc. (OTC: BIZZ) appointed Dipak Joshi as its Chief Financial Officer. Concurrent with the stated appointment, Douglas Toth resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, however remains as the Company’s Vice Chairman. Dipak began in accounting in controller functions at Siemens. He moved to eCommerce at eBay, focused on M&A, before joining Google’s finance department. Recently, he served as SVP Finance for FuzeBox.

Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. (OTC: OEDV) entered into a CFO Consulting Agreement with Norman Dowling to serve as a part-time Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Dowling has over 20 years of finance experience, including four years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Active Network, Inc., and four years as Vice President Finance, at PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. Mr. Dowling also served as Chief Financial Officer of Factory 2U Stores, Inc. and CinemaStar Luxury Theatres, Inc.

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: CMLP) announced that William G. Manias, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Crestwood Gas Services GP LLC (the company’s general partner) has left the Company to pursue other opportunities. Steven M. Dougherty was appointed Senior Vice President and will assume the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dougherty will remain in his position as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Dougherty has served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since joining the Company in June 2012. Prior to joining the Company he most recently served as Director of Corporate Accounting at El Paso Corporation, from 2001 to May 2012.

Legal Life Plans, Inc. (OTC: LLFP) announced that Terry Kupfer was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Kupfer was an audit partner and Audit Practice Director – Arthur Anderson LLP, 1970 – 1997, Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Kupfer is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Redlands (CA).

Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO) appointed Mark Gallenberger to the Board. Mark Gallenberger has served as the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of LTX-Credence Corporation (NASDAQ: LTXC), a manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, which he joined in 2000.  For the six years prior, he was Vice President/Senior Manager with Ernst &Young (Cap Gemini) in their consulting practice.

Allegiance announced that Dana Russell has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO). Russell was formerly the senior vice president and chief financial officer at Novell. Prior to his tenure as CFO at Novell, Russell held other senior finance positions at Novell, WordPerfect and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

EcoScraps announced that Ron Ross has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Ross was most recently Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer at Skullcandy Inc.

LifeNexus announced that John Sines has been named Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sines most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Corticon Technologies, Inc. Mr. Sines has also served as Chief Financial Officer for a number of other venture-backed and publicly held companies, including ClairMail, Inc., AppStream Inc., Viquity Corporation, Versity.com and E-H International, Inc.

Mountain America Credit Union announced that Chad Curtis has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, replacing long-time CFO David Kwant, who retired. Curtis was senior vice president of finance at Mountain America for nine years. He previously worked for Grant Thornton LLP.

Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) announced that Ernie Maddock, chief financial officer, will be leaving the Company in mid-April.

FutureLogic, Inc. announced that Tony Shepherd will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Former CFO, Jon Huntley , will join the FutureLogic board of directors.

American Electric Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AETI) announced that Andrew Puhala has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Puhala was most recently chief financial officer at Artificial Lift Company. Prior to his tenure at Artificial Lift, Puhala spent 15 years at Baker Hughes Incorporated, where he held senior financial roles including vice president of finance, corporate development, assistant treasurer, division controller, and region finance vice president with expatriate assignments in Europe and the Middle East.

Keating Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIPO) announced that Stephen M. Hills submitted his resignation as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective February 20, 2013. The company has appointed Frederic M. Schweiger to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Mr. Hills, effective February 20, 2013.   Mr. Schweiger currently serves as a director of the Company and its Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer.  Mr. Schweiger also is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of the Company’s investment adviser, Keating Investments, LLC, and serves as a member of Keating Investments’ investment committee.

Homeland Resources Ltd. (OTC: HMLA) announced that Paul Maniscalco has been appointed as its Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Since 2006, Mr. Maniscalco has been a Principal with SJM Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining SJM, Mr. Maniscalco was a Senior Audit Manager with Sherb & Co., LLP located in Boca Raton, Florida.

Carver Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARV), the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank announced that Mark A. Ricca, its current Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, has announced his intention to resign, effective February 15, 2013, to accept a Chief Executive Officer’s position at another institution. The company has appointed David Toner, Senior Vice President and Controller for the past four years, as Acting Chief Financial Officer, effective February 15, 2013. Mr. Toner joined Carver in 2009 after more than 20 years with Citigroup in various financial control positions in the United States and Europe, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup’s Community Development business from 2004 through 2007.

Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP) announced today that Carlos J. Vázquez, currently President of Popular Community Bank, will become Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of March 15, 2013. Mr. Vázquez will succeed Jorge Junquera, who will assume the new role of Vice Chairman and Special Assistant to the CEO.

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Charles J. Schafer as President and Chief Financial Officer. Charlie will replace Mike Bauer , who served as President and CEO and will be departing the company for new opportunities. Charlie has held senior management positions at several companies including L-3 Communications, Corp., Lockheed Martin and Loral Corp.

Bessemer Venture Partners announced that Entrepreneur-in-Residence Jeff Epstein will move into an operating partner role. Jeff is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle. Prior to Oracle, Epstein served as CFO of several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS) and Nielsen’s Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He serves on the Boards of Directors of publicly held Priceline.com and Shutterstock, the Board of the Bessemer portfolio company Zoosk, the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Stanford University Hospital, and the Management Board of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Jeff will continue in his role as a Senior Advisor at Oak Hill Capital’s technology group.

Solis Women’s Health announced that Mano Mahadeva has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to assuming the position of CFO at Solis, Mr. Mahadeva was the Executive Director, North Texas Region, for U.S. Oncology Network, a division of McKesson Corporation. Prior to U.S. Oncology, Mr. Mahadeva held positions of financial responsibility at Physician Reliance Network, Texas Orthopedic Associates and Associated Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Tenex Health, Inc. announced that it has appointed Rom Papadopoulos, M.D. as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He will also continue to serve as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Rom’s career spans over 25 years in the healthcare and technology services industries. He most recently served as Managing Partner of Intuitus Group LLC.

Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW) announced that it has named Thomas Patrick Kelly to the company’s board. Kelly currently serves as interim CFO for Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA). Prior to joining Panera in April 2012, Kelly was interim CFO for Hawker Beechcraft Corp. Before joining Hawker Beechcraft, he served as interim CEO at ExpressJet. Kelly has also held a number of senior financial positions at Vignette Corp., which was acquired by Open Text Corp.; Dell, Inc.; Trilogy Enterprises; Sabre Holdings; and American Airlines.

Security National Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SNFCA) appointed Garrett S. Sill to serve as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Garrett Sill replaces Stephen M. Sill, who served as the Company’s Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer from 2002 until his recent retirement.  Mr. Stephen Sill had also served as Vice President and Controller of the Company from 1997 to 2002.  Garrett Sill is the son of Stephen Sill. Prior to his appointment as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Garrett Sill had been serving since 2011 as Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of Security National Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. From 2002 to 2011, Garrett Sill was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SecurityNational Mortgage Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Sill was Vice President and Controller of SecurityNational Mortgage Company.

Daegis Inc. (NASDAQ: DAEG) announced that Chief Financial Officer Steven Bonham will step down in February 2013. The Board has appointed Steve Baker Interim CFO. Mr. Baker is a Partner with Tatum, a national Executive Services consulting company, with more than 25 years of experience. Most recently, he held an Interim Executive Placement with Plug and Play Tech Center serving as advisor and mentor to its executive team. Prior to that, he was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Frontrange Solutions. Previously, he was the Vice President of Revenue Operations for PeopleSoft. He also served in Vice President and CFO roles at Roamware and Geoworks Corp.

Bazaarvoice, Inc. (NASDAQ: BV) appointed Jim Offerdahl as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Offerdahl succeeds Stephen Collins, who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President in November 2012. Prior to joining Bazaarvoice, Offerdahl served as Chief Financial Officer of Convio, Inc. In addition to Convio, he led successful initial public offerings as Chief Financial Officer of both Tivoli Systems, Inc. and Pervasive Software, Inc. Offerdahl also served as Chief Operating Officer of Pervasive Software, where he expanded the worldwide sales organization, and was Chief Executive Officer and President of Traq-Wireless, Inc.

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Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced that Joseph M. Zubretsky, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, will lead National Businesses, a new organization that includes Aetna’s National Accounts business, as well as Aetna’s emerging businesses, including Accountable Care Solutions, ActiveHealth Solutions, Medicity and iTriage. As part of the planned management transition, Zubretsky will be succeeded in his role as chief financial officer by Shawn M. Guertin. Guertin has most recently been Aetna’s head of Business Segment Finance, where he managed the finance organizations of all of Aetna’s businesses. Prior to joining Aetna in 2011, Guertin served for nearly five years as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Coventry Health Care, Inc.

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) announced that Stephen S. Crawford joined the company as Chief Financial Officer Designate. In May, Crawford will succeed Chief Financial Officer Gary L. Perlin, who, after a decade of leadership at Capital One, has decided to retire. Perlin will remain in his position as CFO and a member of Capital One’s Executive Committee through May 24, 2013 at which time Crawford will transition into the CFO role. Perlin will continue to work with Capital One as a Senior Advisor to the CEO through February 1, 2014. Crawford joins Capital One from Centerview Partners where he was partner and co-founder. Crawford has been an advisor to Capital One on a broad range of strategic and financial matters which will help ensure continuity and a smooth transition for the CFO role. Prior to launching Centerview, Crawford spent nearly 20 years in various positions at Morgan Stanley, including serving as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Chief Strategic Officer.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) announced that Dave Evans has resigned as chief financial officer and executive vice president and has accepted a similar role with Columbus-based Battelle.

Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FTK) announced that Richard Walton has been appointed Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis. Mr. Walton also replaces Johnna Kokenge , Flotek’s Chief Accounting Officer, who is leaving the Company to pursue other professional interests. Mr. Walton will assume Ms. Kokenge’s accounting officer duties. Mr. Walton’s public accounting career spans over three decades including 20 years as an audit partner in the Houston office of KPMG.  Following his retirement from KPMG LLP, he has served as a financial consultant to public companies, including financial reporting consulting for Flotek since 2010. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Houston Hospice, Chairman of the Finance Committee at DePelchin Children’s Center and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Retina Research Foundation.

One Source Networks announced that Jim Tipton has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to One Source Networks, Tipton was Controller for Xtreme Power, Inc. Before his tenure at Xtreme, Tipton served as Managing Director of Finance at nGenera Corporation (now Moxie Software). Tipton was also Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at OnFiber Communications. Tipton began his career at Price Waterhouse, LLP (now PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP), where he was Audit Manager of the Technology Practice Group. Other roles and responsibilities he has held include Controller for ConnectSouth Communications, Inc. and Corporate Controller for DuPont Photomasks (now Toppan Photomasks).

Condusiv Technologies, formerly Diskeeper Corporation, announced it has named Frederic T. Boyer as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Condusiv, Boyer served as CFO of DataDirect Networks; Optical Communication Products; Qualstar Corporation; Accelerated Networks; and Fibermux Corporation.

Dejour Energy Inc. (NYSE: DEJ) announced that David Matheson has joined the Company as CFO. Matheson previously served as CFO and then as President of Equatorial Energy Ltd. In addition, Mr. Matheson was the founder, President and CEO of Java Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Matheson replaces Mathew Wong.

Aurora Algae announced the appointment of Bill Roeschlein to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Roeschlein joins Aurora Algae from Trident Microsystems, where he served as a CFO consultant. Prior to that, he was CFO of Power Integrations, as well as CFO of Selectica, Inc. Bill began his career in the audit practice of Coopers & Lybrand, and has lived and worked in Japan as an expatriate finance director for Asyst Technologies.

First Defiance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FDEF) announced that the CEO of the company, William Small announced his plans to retire from his management role effective December 31, 2013. As a result, effective January 1, 2014, Donald P. Hileman, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the role of President and CEO of First Defiance.

Innotrac Corporation (NASDAQ: INOC) has named Chrissy Herren interim Chief Accounting Officer while it searches for a new Chief Financial Officer to replace George Hare, who was released on January 24, 2013. Ms. Herren has been with the company since 1991 and has served as the company’s controller since 2002. She also served as the company’s interim Chief Accounting Officer from January, 2005 through May, 2007.

Globe Express Services announced that Steve Hankins has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Hankins has successfully managed all aspects of Finance and IT during his 21 year career with Tyson Foods. Prior to becoming CFO of Tyson Foods, Mr. Hankins served the company as CIO.

Promisec announced it has appointed John Reilly as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Promisec, Reilly served as controller for both Kalido Inc., and ManageSoft Inc. He was also controller at Phonetic Systems.

Clarity Health announced the appointment of Jeff Groh as chief financial officer (CFO) and senior vice president (SVP) of operations. Groh was most recently CFO of Vertafore. Earlier in his career, Groh served as CFO for Harland Financial Solutions, in addition he previously held executive positions at large public companies including General Electric, Bank One and BISYS, Inc.

Rubicon Project named Todd Tappin as COO/CFO. Prior to Rubicon Project, Tappin was the CEO of SocialVibe. Before SocialVibe, Tappin was the founding CFO of Overture, Inc.

QlikTech (NASDAQ: QLIK) announced it has appointed Palo Alto Networks’ CFO Steffan Tomlinson to its Board of Directors. Steffan will also be a member of QlikTech’s Audit Committee. Tomlinson joined Palo Alto Networks in February 2012. From 2005 to 2011, he served as CFO of Aruba Networks. From 2000 to 2005, he was the first non-founder employee and, ultimately, CFO of Peribit Networks. Prior to Peribit, Tomlinson was the director of financial planning and analysis at Excite@Home, and has also held various finance and financial analyst positions at Oracle.

Aerohive Networks announced Gordon C. Brooks has joined as chief financial officer. Brooks joins as Aerohive’s CFO from his position as CFO at Blue Coat Systems. Prior to Blue Coat, Gordon served as vice president of corporate finance at VMware, following his role as chief financial officer for Spikesource. Previously, Gordon worked in senior finance positions at several high tech companies, including BEA Systems, Inc., Microsoft and WebTV Networks.

MFRI, Inc. (NASDAQ: MFRI) announced the appointment of Karl J. Schmidt as Vice President — Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. Mr. Schmidt’s recent Chief Financial Officer positions include Atkore International and Sauer-Danfoss. Prior to these assignments he held positions of increasing responsibility during his 24 years with Frankfurt, Germany, based Degussa-Huels Group.

Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN) announced that Kenneth B. Arola will step down as vice president, finance and chief financial officer effective March 4, 2013 and will remain an employee of the Company through June 28, 2013. Mr. Arola has served as Align’s chief financial officer since 2007; prior to that, he was vice president, finance and corporate controller at Align for two years. Roger E. George, Align’s vice president, corporate and legal affairs and general counsel, will serve as interim CFO — and work with Mr. Arola to ensure a smooth transition. Mr. George has served in his current role at Align since 2002; prior to that, he was CFO and vice president of finance and legal affairs for SkyStream Networks and a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that William (Bill) Keitel has decided to retire as Qualcomm executive vice president and chief financial officer. George S. Davis , currently executive vice president and chief financial officer of Applied Materials, Inc., will replace Mr. Keitel effective March 11, 2013. Keitel will continue as chief financial officer until that time, and will then assist with the transition and serve as special advisor to the CEO for the remainder of the calendar year. Davis is also a member of The Wall Street Journal CFO Network, The Conference Board Council of Financial Executives, The Applied Materials Foundation board and was a longstanding member of the board of trustees for the San Jose Repertory Theatre.

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) announced that George S. Davis, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will be departing the company, effective March 8, 2013.

Mount Sinai Medical Center announced that Alex Mendez has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer. Mendez, who joined Mount Sinai’s executive team in late 2001, previously served as the hospital’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mendez entered the healthcare field in 1992 at Kendall Regional Medical Center, HCA, and quickly moved up the ranks to become the Chief Financial Officer in 1995, and adding the Chief Operating Officer duties in 1998. Mendez later joined Cedars Medical Center, HCA, before coming to Mount Sinai in November 2001.

WhaleShark Media, Inc. announced that it has appointed Douglas Jeffries as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Doug was Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Taleo. Prior to Taleo, Doug was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Palm, Inc. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at eBay.

Synteract hired Keith Kelson as chief financial officer. Prior to this position, Kelson served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Insight Health Services Holdings Corporation. Prior to that, Kelson served as chief financial officer at Securus Technologies.

RockTenn (NYSE: RKT) announced that Steven Voorhees has been elected President and Chief Operating Officer. Voorhees joined RockTenn as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2000 and added the responsibilities of Chief Administrative Officer in 2008.

Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFBK) the holding company for Northfield Bank, announced that Steven M. Klein will be appointed President of the Company and Northfield Bank and William R. Jacobs will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer of both entities. Mr. Klein joined the Company in 2005 and has served as Chief Financial Officer since that time. He was also named Chief Operating Officer in March 2011 and will retain that title. Mr. Jacobs has served as Controller since joining the Company in 2006. In 2012, Mr. Jacobs was named Principal Accounting Officer.

Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) announced that Jay Craig, previously vice president and chief financial officer, has been appointed senior vice president and president of Meritor’s Commercial Truck & Industrial segment. Replacing Craig in his role of chief financial officer is Kevin Nowlan, Meritor’s vice president and controller since 2010. Prior to that, Nowlan held roles including Treasurer and vice president of Shared Services at the company.

PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC: PYMX) announced that Nicholas Landekic’s employment as president and chief executive officer ceased.  The company appointed Edward F. Smith as acting president and chief executive officer.  Smith has served as Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of PolyMedix, Inc. since January 2006.  From 2000 to 2005, he was Executive Director of Finance at InKine Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Smith held various positions of increasing responsibility in public accounting, most recently at Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Calavo Growers, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVGW) appointed Michael A. DiGregorio to fill the board position vacated by Mr. Alva Snider, who passed away in May 2012. A CPA by background, Mr. DiGregorio has been CFO of public and private companies, and also as president of two large organizations. 13 of those years were spent working with private equity groups.

Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC appointed Gary Barton as its interim Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Barton currently serves as a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC (“A&M”) in Houston, Texas, a position he has held since April 2008. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Barton was a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, Inc. from August 2002 to March 2008 and held various positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, including Partner, from 1990 to 2002.

CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP) announced that David Kastelic notified that he intends to retire from his position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective September 3, 2013, concluding a 20-year career with the Company.

Sutro Biopharma announced the appointment of Edward C. Albini as chief financial officer. Mr. Albini joins Sutro from Itero Biopharmaceuticals where he was chief financial officer. Prior to joining Itero, he was chief financial officer at Novacea. Earlier, Mr. Albini was the chief financial officer of Lynx Therapeutics. He worked for more than 14 years in various financial management positions at Genentech, including director of finance for international operations and director of financial planning and analysis.

American Media, Inc. announced the appointment of David R. Hughes to the Board of Directors. Mr. Hughes currently serves as Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. which he joined in November 2010.  Mr. Hughes was previously employed by MTR Gaming Group, Inc. where he was Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2008 through November 2010 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including Corporate Executive Vice President Strategic Operations and Chief Operating Officer, from 2003 to 2008.

Rafter announced that it has appointed Charles Ferer as the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Rafter, Ferer served executive roles at a number of high-growth technology companies, including serving as the CFO of SolarCity, and president of EchoFirst. Prior to his experiences in the solar industry, Ferer held several senior posts at Fortune 100 corporations such as PepsiCo, Transamerica and the GAP.

Answers announced the appointment of Matt Derdeyn as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Answers, Derdeyn served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance at Charter Communications. He also held leadership and finance roles at Mediacom Communications, Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UQM) announced that Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Donald A. French, plans to retire on July 31, 2013. Mr. French joined the company in 1987 and has served as the Chief Financial Officer over most of his 25 year tenure.

Primary Energy Recycling Corporation (TSX: PRI) announced that V. Michael Alverson, Primary Energy Recycling’s Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire later this year and, as a result, will step down from his position effective February 1, 2013. Mr. Joseph Powell has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Powell was most recently the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) and has been involved with Primary Energy Recycling since its 2005 initial public offering as a direct employee, and under the prior Management Agreement structure.

Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS) announced that Martin S. Headley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has given notice of his intention to retire.

3DIcon Corporation (OTC: TDCP) appointed Ronald Robinson to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Accordingly, the Company decided not to renew its agreement with Christopher T. Dunstan pursuant to which Mr. Dunstan served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Robinson was a partner in three large local CPA firms spanning the last forty years, the latest of which was Sutton Robinson Freeman & Co., PC, from 1999 through 2010. He has been an SEC compliance and accounting consultant for 3DIcon Corporation since 2010.

TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) announced that Steven Richards, the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has resigned from the company to pursue other interests. The company also announced that Todd Schull has been appointed Executive Vice President, effective February 20, 2013 and will assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TTM Technologies, Inc., effective March 2, 2013. Mr. Schull joins TTM Technologies from Sanmina Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Sanmina, Mr. Schull was Corporate Controller of Ultratech from 2003 to 2005. He started his career with Deloitte LLP and then held leadership positions with Verbatim Corporation, Solectron Corporation, Tidal Software, Repeater Technologies, and VA Linux.

Central Federal Corporation (NASDAQ: CFBK) and CFBank announced that Therese Ann Liutkus submitted her resignation as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.

Midway Gold Corp. (NYSE: MDW) announced that Fritz Schaudies, the Company’s CFO, will be resigning from Midway. He will remain in his current position until a suitable replacement has been found and the transition has been made.

Mark G. Anderson Consultants (“MGAC“) announced that Matthew P. Anderson has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Anderson previously served as the Corporate Controller for the company. Anderson has been a member of the MGAC team since 2005.

Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) announced that it has named William W. Boyle as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Boyle, formerly the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, had also been serving as Interim President and CEO since the passing of the company’s founder and former CEO, Walter J. Zable, in June 2012. Mr. Boyle joined Cubic Corporation as Chief Financial Officer in 1983. The Board also promoted John “Jay” D. Thomas to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Thomas has been Senior Vice President Finance and Corporate Development since June 2012. He was Vice President Finance since 1994 and also Vice President Corporate Development since 2008. He has held a variety of corporate management positions with the Company since 1980.

Infor, Inc. announced that it has appointed Jay Hopkins as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hopkins will replace Kevin Samuelson who, as previously reported on December 27, 2012, has notified the Company that he intends to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Hopkins has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from February 2009 to date. Before joining the Company, Mr. Hopkins served as Vice-President and Controller at MicroStrategy, Inc. from January 2008 to January 2009. Prior to MicroStrategy, Inc., Mr. Hopkins served as Worldwide Controller at the Internet Security Systems, Business Unit of IBM from October 2006 to December 2007, and Vice-President, Corporate Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer at Internet Security Systems, Inc. from January 2006 to October 2006.

Saga Energy, Inc. (OTC: SAGA) announced that Dading Soetarso resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer. Ricardo Hsu has been appointed the Chief Financial Officer. Ricardo Hsu has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Kingstar S.A. since August 2004. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Network Fueling Corporation from January 2002 to July 2004. Mr. Hsu also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Zelcom Industries, Inc. from October 1998 to December 2001.

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Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) announced the appointment of Peter J. Bocian as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bocian most recently served as Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Services and Finance at JPMorgan Chase. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Bocian spent three years as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Hewlett-Packard. Before his tenure with HP, he spent over a year as CFO and Chief Administrative Officer at Seattle-based Starbucks. Earlier Mr. Bocian had a long and successful 24 years with Ohio-based NCR Corporation, where he held positions of increasing responsibility across Finance, working in the Retail, Teradata and Federal System groups. At NCR, he last served, for three years, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Pandora (NYSE: P) announced that Michael Herring has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Herring served as Vice President of Operations at Adobe Systems Incorporated for more than 3 years prior to joining Pandora. He also served as an Executive Vice President of Omniture Inc. since November 2004 and served as its Chief Financial Officer for five years. Prior to Omniture, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of MyFamily.com, Inc. (now Ancestry.com). Mr. Herring joined MyFamily.com through the acquisition of Third Age Media in October 2000, where he served as Vice President of finance, helping to grow it from concept to execution. Prior to Third Age Media, he served as Controller of Anergen Inc.

Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) announced the appointment of Mike McDevitt as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). McDevitt has served as Vice President and Interim CFO of the company since May 22, 2012. Prior to his appointment as Interim CFO, McDevitt held several key leadership roles at Cree including Director of Sales Operations from 2011-2012, Director of Financial Planning from 2005-2011 and Corporate Controller from 2002-2005.

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) announced the appointment of Marc E. Rothman, former chief financial officer of Motorola Mobility, Inc., to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Additionally, VeriFone announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer Robert Dykes. Rothman joined Motorola, Inc., through the acquisition of General Instrument in 2000, and eventually rose to become worldwide controller of the former Motorola, Inc.

Homeland Resources Ltd. (OTC: HMLA) announced that it has appointed Paul Maniscalco as the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Maniscalco has over 16 years of SEC related financial reporting and audit experience. He began his career as an auditor with BDO Seidman, LLP and subsequently PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP prior to working with several regional CPA firms. In 2006, Mr. Maniscalco formed SJM Financial and Accounting (“SJM”). Maniscalco has served as both Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer for various exploration and production companies.

MGC Diagnostics Corporation (NASDAQ: MGCD) announced the appointment of Wesley W. Winnekins as Executive Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development, effective immediately. Mr. Winnekins will also serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Winnekins, the Company will be entering into a Separation Agreement with the prior Chief Financial Officer Robert M. Wolf. Prior to joining MGC Diagnostics, Mr. Winnekins served as Chief Financial Officer of Snap Fitness, Inc., from February 2011 to October 2012. Prior to that, he was employed by Health Fitness Corporation from February 2001 to December 2010, serving as Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations from March 2010 to December 2010, and as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from February 2001 to February 2010. Prior to working at Health Fitness Corporation,

SP Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPBC), the holding company for SharePlus Federal Bank (the “Bank”), announced the promotion of Suzanne Salls to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Suzy has more than 20 years of experience as the chief financial officer of community banks, with eight years at SharePlus.

Predictix has named Bradley White as its new Chief Financial Officer. White previously served as vice president of finance for five years at Easylink Services International Corporation. Prior to Easylink, White served as the manager of treasury and financial reporting and later as controller at EMS Technologies.

OneSource Virtual is pleased to announce the hire of Melinda Lawrence as chief financial officer. Lawrence was previously an audit partner in the Dallas office of Ernst & Young, LLP.

Confluence announced today that Frederick Winston has been named to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Winston was joined in October 2011 as Vice President of Business Development. Winston previously worked at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Ventures and also held senior-level roles at Broncus Technologies, Inc.

UBM Tech announced the appointment of Sandra Wallach to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to UBM Tech, Wallach was Vice President of Finance with MiaSole, and prior to that she was a Vice President of Finance at Juniper Networks.  Wallach has also served in finance roles at General Electric and Intuit.

Emrise Corporation (OTC: EMRI) announced that Timothy J. Blades has been named its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Blades had previously served as the Company’s interim Director of Finance since March 6, 2012.  He remains Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary, which are positions he has held on an interim basis since March 2012.  Blades spent the majority of his career with Grant Thornton UK LLP in various UK locations.

The Jones Company has announced Ken Stricker as the new CEO of The Jones Company of Tennessee, and all affiliated companies, including Consort Homes in St. Louis. Stricker will be vacating his role as Chief Financial Officer. Julie Ellis has been promoted to CFO for the entire organization. Ellis previously held the title of Controller for The Jones Company. Ellis previously was employed by a large public accounting firm for five years before joining The Jones Company in 2004.

Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) announced that Kathryn E. Falberg has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Falberg will also serve as chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Falberg currently serves as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc. She also served as its senior vice president and chief financial officer from 2009 to 2012. From 1995 through 2001, Ms. Falberg was with Amgen, Inc., where she served as senior vice president Finance, Strategy and chief financial officer, and before that as vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, and vice president, treasurer. From 2001 through 2009, Ms. Falberg worked with a number of smaller companies while also serving as a corporate director and audit committee chair for several companies. Ms. Falberg currently serves on the board, and is chair of the Audit Committee, of biopharmaceutical company Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ: PNRA) announced that Roger C. Matthews, Jr., was appointed Panera’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 18, 2013. Most recently, Roger served as Managing Director and Sector Head of the U.S. Restaurant Industry in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division. Pat Kelly, who has served as Panera’s Interim CFO since April 2012, will remain in place until the end of March to ensure a smooth transition.

Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSOL) appointed Tony DiPaolo as chief financial officer, succeeding interim CFO, Angy Chin who will remain in an advisory role during the transition. DiPaolo previously served as president and chief financial officer of Incentra Solutions (now Presilient). DiPaolo also previously served as chief financial officer and chief accounting officer for Roomlinx.

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) (OTC: FNMA) announced that Susan R. McFarland, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will retire from the company after a transition period that will begin on the effective date of the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer.

Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ESPH) accepted the resignation of Barbara Carabetta as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer, who resigned for medical reasons. The Company appointed David Brooks as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Since June 6, 2012, Mr. Brooks has served as the Chief Financial Officer of SKM Media Corp. Since November 2009, Mr. Brooks has been the Managing Shareholder of D. Brooks and Associates CPAs, P.A., which provides Chief Financial Officer and related services to businesses on a consulting basis. From August 2008 through October 2009, Mr. Brooks was an audit director and consultant for McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (now McGladrey LLP).

Trans World Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: TWMC) appointed John Anderson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anderson will retain his current role as Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Anderson most recently served as Acting Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.

Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE: CLH) announced that Robert E. Gagnon resigned as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gagnon, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 2012, will continue to perform transitional services until March 31, 2013. James M. Rutledge, currently Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, was designated by the Board of Directors to resume his role as Chief Financial Officer, which he previously held from August 2005 through August 2012. Mr. Rutledge will now serve as Vice Chairman, President and Chief Financial Officer.

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced that Michelle Burris resigned as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. From February 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013, Ms. Burris will continue to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Operations. Effective March 31, 2013, Ms. Burris will resign as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Operations. The Company appointed Scott Cormack, current President and Chief Executive Officer as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer and Susan Wyrick as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. Ms. Wyrick, 40, has also served as the Company’s Senior Director of Finance since June 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Wyrick served as the Director, Site Controller at Emergent BioSolutions Inc., from November 2010 to June 2012. From March 2006 to October 2010, Ms. Wyrick served as the Controller at Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to March 2006, Ms. Wyrick served in senior financial positions at publicly-held biotechnology companies.

TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST) announced that John C. Ferrara will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Ferrara recently held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Invmetrics Holdings, Inc. (formerly Rogerscasey, Inc.).  Prior to Invmetrics, Ferrara was Chief Financial Officer at Edgar-Online, Inc. Ferrara’s career includes serving as an Officer and Director for multiple portfolio companies of Mario Gabelli as well as President and CFO of Lou Dobbs ‘ Space.com.

CIRCA announced the promotion of Jayne Conway from Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer to Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Conway joined CIRCA in April 2012. She served in several key executive positions at Dunkin’ Brands including Chief Strategy Officer, and more recently at the post of Chief Financial Officer at Gulf Oil and Planet Fitness.

Deltek, Inc. announced that Mike Corkery has been named Deltek’s new chief executive officer (CEO) by the Company’s board of directors. Mike was named acting CEO in December 2012 and has been Deltek’s chief financial officer (CFO) since joining the company in January 2010.

ServiceSource (NASDAQ: SREV) announced the appointment of Ashley Fieglein Johnson to the role of chief financial officer (CFO).

Spot Trading LLC announced that it has appointed Stephen A. Brodsky as CEO.  Brodsky most recently served as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Robin McInerney , currently Finance Director, Controller, will assume the CFO position. The changes will become effective on April 1. Brodsky became CFO of Spot Trading in November 2010. Prior to joining Spot, he was a Managing Director at Vernon & Park Capital from 2008 to 2010. Brodsky was previously the President of CHX Holdings, the parent of the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), where he also served as the exchange’s CFO. Prior to joining CHX in 2003 as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Brodsky was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Department at Mesirow Financial. Prior to joining Spot in 2009 as Finance Director, Controller, McInerney served in various roles at R.R. Donnelley beginning in 2001, most recently as the Director of Accounting, Consolidations and External Reporting.

Stereotaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: STXS) announced that Sam Duggan, Chief Financial Officer, will resign from the Company. Duggan served as Stereotaxis CFO since October 2011. Martin Stammer, Vice President and Controller, will assume the role of Interim CFO. Since Stammer joined the Company in October 2009, he has assumed increasing levels of responsibility. Promoted to Corporate Controller in August 2011, he was then named Vice President and Controller in August 2012.

Cereplast, Inc. (OTC: CERP) announced that it has appointed Michael Okada as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Okada has been the acting Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company since February 2012. Mr. Okada joined the Company in April 2011 as Vice President and Corporate Controller and was appointed to the role of Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer in February 2012.

CytoSorbents Corporation (OTC: CTSO) announced the appointment of Ronald Berger as Interim Chief Financial Officer.   Mr. Berger replaces Thomas Bocchino, Chief Financial Officer, who has had to reduce the number of hours he can commit to the Company due to personal reasons, but will continue to assist the Company in a part-time capacity, as a permanent solution is sought. Mr. Berger’s career has included serving as Vice President of Finance and Administration of Quick Chek Corporation and Controller of Singer Supermarkets, a member of ShopRite Supermarkets.

Geeknet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GKNT), the parent company of online retailer ThinkGeek.com, announced that Chief Financial Officer Kathryn McCarthy has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of Geeknet and named to the Board of Directors. Geeknet also announced that Ali Sorbi , Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis for Geeknet, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Ms. McCarthy has served as Geeknet’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, since January 2011.  Prior to joining Geeknet, Ms. McCarthy spent 18 years at General Electric where she was named an officer of the Company in 2003.  Mr. Sorbi joined Geeknet in 2011 and has served as the Company’s Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis since May 2012.  Prior to joining Geeknet, Mr. Sorbi served as Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis at Rosetta Stone.

International Safety Group (OTC: ISGI) announced the addition of Robert Simoni as CFO. Prior to joining ISG, Robert worked for ComJet Aviation. Robert has also worked for the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and their acquirer Credit Suisse.

Francesca’s Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: FRAN) announced the appointment of Mark J. Vendetti as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Mr. Vendetti was Vice President of Finance at Abercrombie and Fitch, where he served as CFO of the Direct-to-Consumer business and managed financial planning and analysis. Prior to joining Abercrombie and Fitch, Mr. Vendetti served as SVP, Corporate Finance at XM Satellite Radio. Previously, Mr. Vendetti held finance and accounting related managerial positions with Sears, Procter & Gamble, and General Electric.

Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (Digiplex) (NASDAQ: DCIN) announced the appointment of Carolyn Ullerick as an independent director on the Company’s Board. Ms. Ullerick will also serve on the Audit Committee. Ms. Ullerick is currently the Global Chief Financial Officer for the Legal and Professional Group of LexisNexis. Prior to her current role at LexisNexis, Ms. Ullerick served as CFO of the Canadian operations for the Hostess Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo.

Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC), announced that Mike Riccio has been named Chief Financial Officer. Riccio, who until now has served as the company’s Vice President and Controller, has worked for Panasonic for 26 years, holding key accounting and financial management positions and leading many of the company’s strategic initiatives in the U.S. and Canada.

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE: CDE) announced that Frank L. Hanagarne, Jr. was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Hanagarne has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since October 2011. Mr. Hanagarne will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until a new Chief Financial Officer joins the Company.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: WOLF) announced that Gary W. Ferrera will be appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective April 1, 2013, replacing James A. Calder as CFO. Previously, Mr. Ferrera served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of National CineMedia, Inc. since 2007. Prior to that role, Mr. Ferrera held those same positions with National CineMedia, LLC, a subsidiary of National CineMedia, Inc., since May 2006.

The Active Network, Inc. (NYSE: ACTV) announced that it has appointed Edward Neppl, the Chief Financial Officer of the United States Tennis Association, to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Neppl has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the USTA since February 2012. From April 2007 to November 2011, Mr. Neppl served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NBC Sports & Olympics, and from June 2006 to April 2007, Mr. Neppl served as Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis of NBC Universal. Prior to that time, Mr. Neppl served as the Chief Financial Officer of Universal Studios Operations from May 2004 to June 2006 and as Vice President and Controller of Universal Parks and Resorts from May 2001 to May 2004.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced it has appointed Kenneth L. Bedingfield as vice president, business management and CFO for the company’s Aerospace Systems sector. He was previously corporate vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of the company.

Broadway Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: BYFC) announced that Samuel Sarpong was terminated as Chief Financial Officer of Broadway Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Broadway Federal Bank. Brenda Battey, former Senior Controller of Bank of Manhattan, is acting as Interim Chief Financial Officer, subject to regulatory approval.

Kabbage, Inc. announced that it has hired Simon Yoo, a senior investment banker and former co-head of Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited’s Financial Institutions Group, as Chief Financial Officer.

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Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) named Robert Falzon as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), succeeding the retiring Rich Carbone. Falzon was appointed senior vice president and treasurer of Prudential, in 2009. Taking the position of CAO and CFO of Prudential’s International Businesses is John Hanrahan, who since January 2010 has served as president and CEO of The Prudential Life Insurance Company, Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) announced that Gary S. Shedlin, a long-time strategic and financial advisor to BlackRock, will join the Firm as Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shedlin will succeed Ann Marie Petach, who is joining BlackRock Solutions as Senior Managing Director in the Client Solutions business. Mr. Shedlin will join the Firm on March 11, 2013 and work closely with Ms. Petach through a transition period until she completes her tenure as CFO following the reporting of BlackRock’s first quarter earnings results. Mr. Shedlin will assume the role of CFO at that time. Mr. Shedlin joins BlackRock from Morgan Stanley, where he is Vice Chairman, Investment Banking and a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Shedlin has spent more than 25 years advising companies in the financial services sector including as Chairman of the Financial Institutions Group at Citigroup and Managing Director and Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Lazard.

BASi (Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.) (NASDAQ: BASI) announced that Jacqueline Lemke has been named President and CEO, with continuing responsibility as CFO. Ms. Lemke also has been appointed to BASi’s Board of Directors. She had served as Interim President and CEO since July 2012, and was named CFO in April 2012. Prior to joining BASi, she was Vice President of Finance and Global CFO of Remy, Inc., a $900 million division of Remy International. Earlier, she served as Vice President of Finance, Global CFO Connected Home Solutions at Motorola, Inc., and was Strategic Planning Director, Global Invista division at DuPont.

The Warnaco Group, Inc. (NYSE: PVH) announced that upon its recent merger, Lawrence R. Rutkowski has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The company’s new CFO is Michael A. Shaffer. Mr. Shaffer has been employed by PVH since 1990. Mr. Schaffer served as Senior Vice President, Retail Operations immediately prior to being named Executive Vice President, Finance in 2005. Mr. Shaffer was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in March 2006 and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating & Financial Officer in February 2012.

MeetMe, Inc. (NYSE MKT: MEET) announced that David Clark will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Clark has been the Chief Financial Officer for Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI). Previously, Clark was the Chief Financial Officer for Claymont Steel. Prior to that, he co-founded and served as Chief Financial Officer of SunCom Wireless, Inc. (formerly Triton PCS). He also co-founded and served as Chief Financial Officer of Triton Cellular Partners until its sale in 2000. Clark will succeed Michael Matte as Chief Financial Officer.

Nutrisystem (NASDAQ: NTRI) announced that David Clark, Chief Financial Officer, will depart the company after the fourth quarter earnings release in early March 2013 to join a publicly-traded company as its Chief Financial Officer. Kathleen Simone, the company’s Controller for more than 15 years, will serve as Acting Chief Financial Officer if Mr. Clark’s replacement is not appointed before his departure.

Finalsite announced that it has hired Jim Calabrese as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial and Operating Officer for NetKey. Previously, Mr. Calabrese spent eight years as the Chief Financial and Operating Officer for Vertafore.

MedConnections announced the appointment of Kevin Woodard as President. Prior to joining MedConnections, Mr. Woodard was Chief Financial Officer of Avivia Health from Kaiser Permanente. Mr. Woodard previous experience also includes co-founding Sterling HAS. Mr. Woodard also served as Vice President of Strategic Planning with Health Net. His technical background includes managing health economic departments for Prudential Health Care and Kaiser Permanente as well as experience as a CFO for an acute care hospital.

Parker Drilling (NYSE: PKD) announced the departure of W. Kirk Brassfield, senior vice president and chief financial officer to be effective April 30, 2013.

EBI Consulting announced that Dan Tollman has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer. Tollman comes to EBI Consulting from an ENR Top 300 Firm. During his 15 year career at this multi-state buildings performance firm, Tollman served as Controller, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and most recently as President & Co-Managing Partner.

Universal Business Payment Solutions Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: UBPS) announced the appointment of Gregory M. Krzemien as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Most recently, Mr. Krzemien served for 13 years as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Mace Security International, Inc.. Prior to that, Mr. Krzemien served for seven years as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Eastern Environmental Services, Inc.

Squatty Potty has tapped Devin Brady to become its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining Squatty Potty, Brady was the owner and principal of Devin Brady, CPA, PLLC. Brady also served as CFO at Suh’dutsing Technologies’ family of companies. He also served as a senior accountant at HintonBurdick CPAs and Advisors.

Kroll Advisory Solutions has named Garth Williams as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Williams was a VP and Assistant Controller, International with American Tower Corporation. Williams joined American Tower in 2010 as VP, Assistant Treasurer and served as VP, Investor Relations before taking on his international duties. Prior to American Tower, Williams held Executive Director positions at both JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley within their Securitized Products and Investment Banking divisions.

JadooTV, Inc. announced that Rick Bottomley has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Mr. Bottomley joins JadooTV from AWR Corporation, where he served as CFO.

Merchant Warehouse announced that Ammar Afif has been hired as CFO. Before Merchant Warehouse, Afif served in a dual-role as CFO and COO at NaviNet. Prior to NaviNet, Afif served as CFO for Kantar Media (US) Pronto Networks, Inc. and started his career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Coraid announced that Stewart Grierson has been named chief financial officer and senior vice president of operations. Prior to joining Coraid, Grierson served as CFO of leading security firm ArcSight, Inc. Prior to ArcSight, he served as vice president and corporate controller at ONI Systems Corp. Grierson currently serves on the board of Ruckus Wireless.

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) (NYSE: AGM and AGM.A) announced the appointment of R. Dale Lynch as Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Farmer Mac. Mr. Lynch succeeds Timothy L. Buzby, who was appointed as Farmer Mac’s President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2012 and continued to serve in his prior role of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer during the interim period before Mr. Lynch’s appointment. Prior to his appointment at Farmer Mac, Mr. Lynch worked as Vice President of Finance at U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of Finance of Allied Capital Corporation from 2004 to 2010. From 1989 to 2004, Mr. Lynch held various investment banking and analyst positions with Lehman Brothers, Deutsche Bank, and Merrill Lynch.

Tronox Limited (NYSE: TROX) announced that Daniel Greenwell, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has resigned from the company for personal reasons.

The GW Medical Faculty Associates has tapped Kenneth W. Marter to serve as Chief Financial Officer. For the past eight years, Ken served the MFA as Controller.

Appia announced the addition of Tim Oakley as Appia’s new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Tim served as the CFO of iContact. Prior to iContact, he was the CFO of CipherTrust and CFO for OpenSite Technologies. He has also held various executive positions with Broadband Technologies, MCI (now Verizon) and Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC).

Tapjoy, Inc. elected Warren C. Jenson as a Director. Jenson is currently CFO and Executive Vice President at Acxiom Corporation, and has also been CFO of some of the most successful major companies of the last two decades, including Electronic Arts, Amazon.com and NBC. Jenson’s board position experience includes Digital Globe; California State Summer School of the Arts; and Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

BillMyParents, Inc. (OTC: BMPI) announced that Kim Petry has joined the Company. Ms. Petry will replace Jonathan Shultz. Ms. Petry was most recently CFO and Vice President, Global Commercial/Corporate Card Payment with American Express. Prior to American Express, she was Vice President of Corporate Finance, Planning and Analysis and Business Finance and Analysis with TIAA-CREF. Ms. Petry served as Managing Director of Finance at US Trust Corporation/Schwab Corporation for five years in several executive roles.

Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE: END) announced the election of Catherine ‘Cathy’ L. Stubbs to senior vice president and chief financial officer. She most recently served as the senior vice president, finance. She began her financial career with KMPG and worked at Ocean Energy and predecessor companies where she served in a number of financial management positions.

Receptos, Inc. announced that Graham Cooper has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cooper joins the company after serving as Chief Financial Officer of Geron Corporation and Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.

Centerstone Linen Services announced that it has named Peter A. Grandits Jr. as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Since 1996, Grandits has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AP Wagner. Prior to AP Wagner, Grandits was President and Chief Operating Officer of IPAC, Inc.

Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAL), the holding company for Salisbury Bank and Trust Company announced that B. Ian McMahon, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Salisbury and the Bank, will resign his positions effective March 1, 2013 to pursue another career opportunity. Mr. McMahon has served as Salisbury’s and the Bank’s Chief Financial Officer since September, 2009. Richard J. Cantele, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, will serve as Chief Financial Officer of Salisbury and the Bank on an interim basis until a permanent replacement is announced. Mr. Cantele previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer of Salisbury and the Bank from July 2009 through September 2009.

General Services Administration announced that Michael Casella has joined as chief financial officer. Mr. Casella is a former budget manager at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

ConnectYourCare announced that Reese Feuerman will be joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Feuerman formerly served as Vice President of Operational Finance at Constellation Energy. Prior to joining Constellation Energy, he was Vice President and Controller for XO Communications.

Tamir Biotechnology, Inc. (OTC: ACEL) appointed Joanne M. Barsa as the Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer. Ms. Barsa has been the Chief Executive Officer of Barsa & Company since 1987.

GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) announced that Quintin Kneen, the Chief Financial Officer, would assume the additional role of President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kneen has served the Company in various capacities since he joined the Company in 2008.

General Employment Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: JOB) announced that its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Jarett A. Misch, has announced that he is resigning to pursue another opportunity.

PediatRx, Inc. (OTC: PEDX) appointed Joseph Arcuri as director of the company. Mr. Arcuri has acted as Chief Financial Officer of GlassBox Television Inc., from April 2010 to October 2012. From April 2007 to March 2010, he was President of AOL Canada Inc. In 1999 he co-founded Bird on a Wire Networks Inc. Mr. Arcuri also served as interim Chief Financial Officer of Biosyent Inc. from September 2002 to April 2004, a life sciences technology company.

Avra Surgical Robotics, Inc. announced that Jared Stamell resigned as Chief Financial Officer. A. Christian Schauer as has replaced Mr. Stamell as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schauer has, from 2003 to the present, Mr. Schauer has served as Chairman, President and CEO of PharmOptima LLC. Mr. Schauer currently serves as a non-executive director for Griffith Laboratories, Inc., as an advisor to The Windquest Companies and as a Trustee of the Boards at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Hope Network.

Qlik Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: QLIK) announced Bill Sorenson’s intention to resign as Chief Financial Officer for personal reasons. Mr. Sorenson plans to continue as Chief Financial Officer of QlikTech until a successor is named in order to facilitate an orderly transition of his responsibilities.

Black Diamond, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDE) appointed Aaron Kuehne to interim chief financial officer. Kuehne, the Company’s current vice president of finance, will succeed Robert Peay, who has tendered his resignation from the position to pursue personal interests. Before joining the Company in 2010, Kuehne served as the corporate controller of Certiport.

Triangle Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: TPLM) announced that Justin Bliffen, previously Executive Vice President of Corporate Finance, has been named Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer. Joseph Feiten, previously Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, remains Principal Accounting Officer

Trilliant Exploration Corporation (OTC: TTXP) accepted the resignation of William Robert Lieberman, the President of the Company and Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Eric Radtke has been appointed President/Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Boise Cascade Company (NYSE: BCC) announced that Richard H. Fleming was elected to the Company’s board of directors.  Mr. Fleming is also a member of the Company’s audit committee. Mr. Fleming was the executive vice president and chief financial officer of USG Corporation, from 1999 until his retirement in 2012. Mr. Fleming is a member of the boards of directors of Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Optim Energy, LLC, and In3media, Inc.  He is also an advisory board member of AlphaZeta Interactive.

PSM Holdings, Inc. (OTC: PSMH) hired Kevin J. Gadawski as Interim Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Ron Hanna, a director and President of the Company, served as the principal operating officer and principal financial officer of the Company prior to Mr. Gadawski’s appointment. Since February 1, 2012, Mr. Gadawski has been a Managing Director at Littlebanc Advisors, LLC, a boutique investment banking firm, and since November 2007 has been the President of NL Strategies, Inc. Prior to founding NL Strategies, Mr. Gadawski was President of First Check Diagnostics, LLC, from July 2004 to January

OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPHC), the parent company of OptimumBank, announced that Richard L. Browdy has resigned as President, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and as a member of the OptimumBank and OPHC Board of Directors to pursue other career opportunities.

RPX Corporation (NASDAQ: RPXC) announced the selection of Ned Segal as Chief Financial Officer, effective no later than June 1, 2013. Mr. Segal joins RPX after almost 17 years with Goldman Sachs & Co., most recently as a Managing Director, Head of Global Software Investment Banking and COO of Technology Banking. Adam Spiegel, RPX’s current CFO, is leaving the company to seek a new opportunity with an earlier stage company.

MYOS Corporation (OTC: MYOS) announced that Andrew J. Einhorn resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer. The Company appointed Carl DeFreitas to serve as its Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. DeFreitas has served as a consultant to the Company since August 2012. Since 1991, Mr. DeFreitas has served as the managing partner of DeFreitas & DelSanto, LLP, a boutique accounting firm.

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Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) announced that the company’s CFO, Paul Walsh, is leaving Silicon Labs for another opportunity outside of the semiconductor industry. Silicon Labs’ former CFO and current board member, Bill Bock, will be returning to the management team as the interim CFO. Mr. Bock joined Silicon Labs’ board of directors in 2000 and then left the board when he was appointed CFO in 2006. He retired from Silicon Labs’ management team in 2011 and was invited to rejoin the board at that time. Mr. Bock currently serves on a number of public and private company boards of directors including Entropic Communications. He served as president and chief executive officer of DAZEL Corporation. Prior to DAZEL, Mr. Bock served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Tivoli Systems. Prior to joining Tivoli, Mr. Bock successfully completed an IPO at Convex Computer Corporation as CFO in 1986 and then became senior vice president of sales in 1991. Mr. Bock also spent nine years in various finance roles at Texas Instruments including vice president and controller of TI’s data systems group.

Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) announced the appointment of Mike Randolfi as the company’s CFO, effective March 11.  Mike joins Orbitz Worldwide from Delta Air Lines, where he currently serves as senior vice president and controller. David Belmont, who has served as interim CFO, will return to his position as group vice president, financial planning and analysis.

Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) announced the appointment of Richard A. (Randy) Meier as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Owens & Minor, Inc. From 2010 to 2012, Meier served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Teleflex, Inc. Before joining Teleflex, he served as President & Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., from 2007 to 2009. Meier joined Advanced Medical Optics as Corporate Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in 2002 and continuously served as chief financial officer while simultaneously serving in a variety of finance and operations roles between 2002 and 2007. Meier also worked for Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Inc., formerly ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from 1998 to 2002, where he served as Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, and as Treasurer. Meier will take over for Michael W. Lowry, who briefly served as Interim Chief Financial Officer & Interim Chief Accounting Officer of Owens & Minor, from February 7, 2013, until March 1, 2013. Lowry, 51, who has worked at Owens & Minor since 1988, will resume his role as Operating Vice President, Treasurer of Owens & Minor. Meier serves on the board of BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASD: BMRN), and also on the board of Staar Surgical, Inc. (NASD: STAA).

American Water Works Company Inc. (NYSE: AWK) announced that effective April 1, 2013, Susan N. Story will become its chief financial officer. Story is succeeding Ellen Wolf, who announced her retirement in January 2013. She is currently executive vice president of Southern Company. Previously, Story served as president and CEO of Gulf Power Company, a Florida subsidiary of Southern Company. She is also an independent director of Raymond James Financial.

Higher One Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ONE) announced that Christopher W. Wolf will join Higher One Holdings, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 5, 2013. In a previous role, Wolf served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Acxiom Corporation. He most recently served as CFO of First Advantage Background Screening. Over the last two decades, Wolf has held executive and senior advisory positions with Catalina Marketing Corporation and Boulder Brands Inc., among others.

Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC (DISYS) appointed Thomas A. Fink as DISYS’ Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Tom was the first CFO for CapitalSource Inc. Prior to CapitalSource, Tom spent 12 years in the aviation industry where he rose to become the Treasurer and then VP of Purchasing for US Airways.

ASSIA, Inc. announced the appointment of Jim Wheat as chief financial officer, replacing retiring CFO, Ray Ostby. Prior to joining ASSIA, Wheat served as CFO of SGI for four years. As CFO of Rackable Systems he was part of the senior-management team that acquired SGI. Before joining Rackable Systems, Wheat served as vice president and corporate controller at Lam Research.

OncoSec Medical Inc. (OTC: ONCS) announced that Vice President and Controller, Veronica Vallejo has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer.

SnapOne, Inc. announced that technology executive Bill Korn has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Korn’s was CFO of Antenna Software, Inc. He also served as President of Telelogue and as CFO and COO at INFONXX.

CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) announced that Laura H. Wright, former senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Southwest Airlines, has been elected to CMS Energy’s Board of Directors. Wright also is joining the Board of Directors of Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy. Wright will serve on the Audit Committee and Finance Committee for both Boards.

Mueller Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MLI) announced that Jeffrey A. Martin was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Martin has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2012.  Immediately prior to his appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Martin served as Vice President of Corporate Development.

NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR) announced that Dennis M. Seremet has retired.  Mr. Seremet’s intention to retire was initially announced in May 2012.  Daniel D. Malzahn assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Malzahn has been with NVR since 1994, most recently as Vice President of Business Planning and Investor Relations.

Altair announced the appointment of veteran financial executive Howard Morof as the company’s chief financial officer. Morof has served on the Altair board of directors for the past two years. Morof joins Altair after five years as chief financial officer of North American Bancard. Previously, he held chief financial officer roles at FMF Capital, and Broder Bros . Co., after serving as a partner at Morof Sheplow Weinstein CPAs.

Shore Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHBI) announced that George S. Rapp has joined the bank holding company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rapp will become Chief Financial Officer of the holding company as Susan E. Leaverton transitions to a new primary role as the Chief Financial Officer of its lead subsidiary, The Talbot Bank of Easton, Maryland. Mr. Rapp served as the Chief Financial Officer and one of the four executive founders at World Currency USA in Marlton, NJ. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Rapp was the Chief Financial Officer at Harleysville National Corporation in Harleysville, PA.

Tenex Health, Inc. announced that it has appointed Rom Papadopoulos, M.D. as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He will also continue to serve as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. He most recently served as Managing Partner of Intuitus Group LLC.

Mandiant announced the addition of Mel Wesley as Chief Financial Officer. Mel Wesley joins Mandiant after eight years in a leadership role at OPNET Technologies, where he served most recently as senior vice president and chief financial officer until OPNET’s acquisition by Riverbed Technology in December 2012. Prior to OPNET, Mel served as corporate controller for SteelCloud, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mel worked as assistant controller for Learning Tree International, Inc..

DecisionPoint™ Systems, Inc. (OTC: DPSI) announced the appointment of the veteran financial executive Dave Goodman as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Goodman replaces Interim CFO Paul Ross. Mr. Goodman was from 2010 to 2012 the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of New York-based Mercury Capital Advisors. Prior to his tenure at Mercury, Mr. Goodman was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2010 of privately held New York-based Golden Source Holdings. From 2006 to 2008, he was Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded developer and publisher of mobile games, Superscape Group PLC, based in San Clemente, CA.  From 2002 through 2006, Mr. Goodman was International Finance Director and Senior Vice President Finance, for Christie’s International PLC.  Previous senior financial positions were with Saddle River NJ-based Franklin Health/Personal Path Systems, SONY Music Entertainment in New York, and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy.

EnteroMedics Inc. (NASDAQ: ETRM) announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Greg S. Lea has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Gregory S. Lea has served as EnteroMedics’ Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May, 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lea served as Chief Financial Officer of Pemstar Inc. from July 2002 through January 2007 when it was acquired by Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Mr. Lea also served as a director of Pemstar from April 2001 through January 2007 and held the position of Corporate Controller from April 2002 through July 2002. From 1993 to April 2002, Mr. Lea served as a corporate Vice President for Jostens Corporation, serving most recently as corporate Vice President, Business Ventures. Prior to that, Mr. Lea held several financial management and administrative positions at IBM Corporation from 1974 to 1993 and was President and a director of the Ability Building Center, Inc. from 1981 to 1993.

Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, announced that Joseph A. DePaulo has been named to the new position of Executive Vice President, Banking and Finance. Most recently, Mr. DePaulo served as Sallie Mae’s Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, a position he has held since joining Sallie Mae in 2009. Mr. DePaulo will succeed Jonathan C. Clark as the company’s principal financial officer. Mr. Clark joined Sallie Mae in 2008 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and was appointed Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in January 2011. Mr. Clark will depart the company at the end of March.

GTJ REIT, Inc. announced that its Chief Financial Officer, David J. Oplanich, notified the Company that he would resign his position.

Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM)) is conducting a search for a Chief Financial Officer to succeed Russell Ball (currently serving as Chief Financial Officer). Mr. Ball will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer for an undetermined period of time as the Company conducts the employment search, and will then depart the Company at a date to be determined in the future.

Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) appointed Maria M. Pope as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Generation, Power Supply Operations and Resource Planning. The appointment is effective March 1, 2013. Ms. Pope, has been an employee of PGE since January 2009 and has served as Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from January 2009 to the present. Prior to joining PGE, Ms. Pope served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Mentor Graphics Corporation, since July 2007. Prior to joining Mentor Graphics, Ms. Pope was Vice President and General Manager, Wood Products Division of Pope & Talbot, Inc, a pulp and wood products company, from December 2003 to April 2007. Ms. Pope served as a member of PGE’s Board of Directors from January 2006 to December 2008. During her tenure on the PGE board, she served as a member of the Audit Committee and Finance Committee. The company also appointed James F. Lobdell as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. The appointment is effective March 1, 2013.

iBio, Inc. (NYSE: IBIO) appointed Scott Kain to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company; Douglas Beck, his predecessor as Chief Financial Officer, became a senior adviser. Mr. Kain most recently served as the Associate Director of Financial Reporting at Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company, where he was employed since 2011. Prior to joining Enzon, Mr. Kain was employed from 2005 to 2010 at Sopherion Therapeutics LLC, where he started as Manager of Financial Reporting and ended as Director of Clinical Supply Chain.

Ignite Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: IRG) announced that Michael J. Dixon has been promoted to President and Chief Financial Officer of Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. He was named Chief Financial Officer of Ignite Restaurant Group in January of this year.

Hancock Fabrics, Inc. (OTC: HKFI) has appointed James B. Brown, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Prior to Mr. Brown commencing employment with the Company, Mr. Brown was employed by Fred’s, Inc., in Memphis, where he served as Senior Vice President, Finance from November 2011 to February 2013, being promoted from his earlier positions of Vice President, Planning and Analysis which he held from June 2008 to November 2011 and Assistant Controller, which he held from February 2006 to May 2008. Prior to Fred’s, Mr. Brown was Senior Accounting Manager for Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., Corporate Controller for Rotable Asset Management, LLC, Corporate Controller for Transform Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Assistant Controller for Dragon Systems, Inc. Mr. Brown started his Accounting career with Feeley & Driscoll, P.C., a public accounting firm in Boston, MA, and is a U.S. Marine Veteran and served in Operation Desert Storm. Larry D. Fair, the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer, has tendered his resignation as the Chief Financial Officer, effective upon Mr. Brown’s commencing employment with the Company.

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. announced that Adam Wasserman resigned. The company appointed David Horin as Chief Financial Officer the Company. Mr. Horin is currently the President of Chord Advisors, LLC, an advisory firm that provides targeted financial solutions to public (small-cap and mid-cap) and private small and mid-sized companies and Chief Financial Officer of TRIG Acquisition 1, Inc. From March 2008 to June 2012, Mr. Horin was the Chief Financial Officer of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. From March 2003 through March 2008, Mr. Horin was the Managing Director of Accounting Policy and Financial Reporting at Jefferies Group, Inc,,

InZon Corporation (OTC: IZON) announced that Chun Ka Tsun resigned as a member of the Board of Directors and as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE: SHO) announced that John Arabia has been promoted from EVP of Corporate Strategy & Chief Financial Officer to President. The company also announced that Bryan Giglia has been promoted from SVP Finance to SVP and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Giglia joined Sunstone in March of 2004 and has served as a key leader in Sunstone’s finance department for nine years.

Kaman Corp. (NYSE: KAMN) announced that Scott E. Kuechle has been appointed to the Board of Directors. Kuechle was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Goodrich Corporation until its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation in 2012. He had been with Goodrich in increasingly senior positions since 1983. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc., Esterline Corporation and Crisis Assistance Ministries of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Exopack Holding Corp. announced the appointment of Michael E. Alger as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Alger has been employed by Sun Capital since October 2007, and currently serves as a Group CFO at Sun Capital. Mr. Alger was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in October 2007 and currently serves as the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. Mr. Alger also served as a director of Accuride Corporation from August 2009 to February 2010 and as a director of Real Mex Restaurants, Inc. from February 2008 to November 2008 and from April 2010 to October 2010. Prior to joining Sun Capital, Mr. Alger also served as the Chief Financial Officer for Indalex Aluminum Solutions from 2000 to 2007.

CCA Industries, Inc. (NYSE: CAW) announced the appointment of Stephen A. Heit as President of the Company, in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer.

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Bausch + Lomb has named Robert Bertolini as president and chief financial officer effective immediately. Bertolini, who assumes CFO responsibilities from Brian J. Harris. Mr. Bertolini previously was executive vice president and chief financial officer at Schering-Plough Corporation from 2003 until its merger with Merck & Co. in 2009.  Earlier in his career, Bertolini spent 20 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.  Bertolini is a current board member of Actelion Pharmaceuticals and Charles River Labs, and a former board member of Genzyme Corporation.

Reply.com announced that David Wittenkamp has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Reply.com, Wittenkamp was CFO of Greenplum, a division of EMC. He also served as CFO of Merced Systems, and Dealix Corporation. Previously, Wittenkamp successfully co-founded two companies, TouchWave and PhaseOne.

Liaison International, Inc. announced that it has named Jim Pluntze as Chief Financial Officer. Pluntze comes to Liaison after nearly 10 years at NaviSite, Inc., where he was Chief Operating Officer and, earlier, Chief Financial Officer prior to its acquisition by Time Warner Cable in 2011. Prior to NaviSite he held senior finance positions at Lanthorn Technology, Guardent, Inc. and Razorfish.

The SSI Group, Inc. announced that Terry Pefanis accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer. In addition to his role as Chief Financial Officer, Pefanis will serve as a Vice President and the Chief Compliance Officer at SSI. Pefanis was previously the Chief Financial Officer for Healthtech Holdings, Inc. He was the Chief Operating Officer of Big Idea, from February 2003 until January 2008. Pefanis held various operating and financial positions, including Chief Financial Officer of the Creative Content Division of Gaylord Entertainment Company and related entities from 1994 to 2002. He also worked for Price Waterhouse from 1983 to 1994.

Contact Solutions announced the appointment of Michael Southworth as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Contact Solutions, Southworth was Senior Vice President of Global Wireless Solutions at Corning. Southworth also served as COO and CFO of MobileAccess Networks, which was acquired by Corning in 2011.

Soles4Souls Inc. announced that it has named Les Ward as Chief Financial Officer. Ward joins Soles4Souls after serving as interim CFO since November 2012. Previously, Ward co-founded BlackBriar Advisors LLC. Ward also was a Managing Partner in the Dallas office of Tatum LLC. He also served in several senior executive positions including COO and CFO with Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a non-profit organization committed to developing better leaders through education and idea exchange.

DreamBox Learning appointed Peter Biere as its Chief Financial Officer. Biere is a former Partner at Gottschalk Hardesty and CFO of GlobalScholar. In addition to Mr. Biere’s prior posts at Gottschalk Hardesty and GlobalScholar, he also served as CFO at Zones.com and Locate Networks, COO at Evergreen Collateral Consulting, and CFO and General Manager at Lumera Corporation (now GigOptix).

Avago Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: AVGO) announced that Douglas Bettinger has resigned as Chief Financial Officer to pursue another opportunity. Anthony Maslowski, Avago’s Vice President and Corporate Controller, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer during a search for Mr. Bettinger’s replacement. Mr. Maslowski joined Avago in 2006 as Vice President of Internal Audit. Prior to joining Avago, Mr. Maslowski served as the Chief Financial Officer for Allegro Manufacturing Pte Ltd and prior to that, he held senior finance management positions at Lam Research Corporation and Hitachi Data Systems Corporation

Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) announced that Doug Bettinger will serve as executive vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Ernie Maddock. Mr. Bettinger was formerly chief financial officer and senior vice president of Avago Technologies Limited, a position he held since 2008. Prior to Avago, Mr. Bettinger served as vice president of finance and corporate controller at Xilinx and chief financial officer at 24/7 Customer, a privately held company. Mr. Bettinger also spent 12 years at Intel Corporation, where he held numerous senior-level finance and manufacturing operations positions.

Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) announced the appointment of Ernie Maddock, currently chief financial officer at Lam Research Corporation, to the position of chief financial officer, effective April 29, 2013. He replaces chief operating officer and chief financial officer Randy Gottfried, who will be retiring from Riverbed effective May 3, 2013. Prior to Lam Research, Maddock held a variety of senior financial and operational positions at NCR Corporation.

Business Development Corporation of America announced that it has appointed Nicholas Radesca as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to succeed Brian S. Block. Mr. Block will remain the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for a number of public real estate investment trusts sponsored by AR Capital, LLC, the Company’s sponsor. In his 20 years before joining American Realty Capital in December 2012, Mr. Radesca served as chief financial officer and secretary of another business development company, Solar Capital, from 2008 to 2012, and coordinated financial, tax and SEC reporting in various roles for iStar Financial, Fannie Mae, Del Monte Foods and Providian Financial.

Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) announced that Chief Financial Officer Martin P. Klein has been named an executive vice president of Genworth.

Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM) announced that James H. Bloem, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire from the company on December 31, 2013.

MicroPact announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), John D. Young. Previously, Young was the Senior Vice President (SVP) and CFO for Metron Aviation. Prior to Metron Aviation, Young held a position at Era Systems Corporation, where he served as SVP, CFO, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer. He has also held leadership positions at the Baan Company, Blackbaud, Incorporated and Legent Corporation.

PRO-DEX, INC. (NASDAQ: PDEX) announced that has combined the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and appointed Harold A. Hurwitz to the position of Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.  Mr. Hurwitz will retain his position as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Michael J. Berthelot, who had served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since April 2012. Mr. Hurwitz has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2010. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Hurwitz was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Interventional Spine Inc.  Prior to that, he was a Principal Consultant with McDermott & Bull. From 1997 through 2004, Mr. Hurwitz was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Micro Therapeutics, Inc

Larsen MacColl Partners announced that Christopher J. Davis has been appointed as Partner, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Davis most recently served as Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Perseus, LLC. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative & Financial Officer at Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., (NYSE:SFE), and as President and CEO at LFC Financial Corp.

Navigant (NYSE: NCI) announced the appointment of Lucinda (Cindy) Baier to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Baier will replace Thomas Nardi, who will be retiring from the firm. Baier served most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administration Officer for Central Parking Systems, Inc. Baier is on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

AllOver Media, Inc. has hired Shaun Nugent as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Nugent has held numerous C-level positions at a variety of name-brand companies including Champps restaurants, Life Time Fitness and Sun Country Airlines. He served as CFO at Sun Country from 2002 through 2007, before being promoted to CEO in 2005 and serving simultaneously in both leadership roles.

Deltek, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Michael Krone as its new treasurer and chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to this appointment, Mike was Deltek’s corporate controller and has held that position since he joined the Company in August 2008. Before Deltek, Mike held various senior financial management positions at some of the world’s leading software and services companies including webMethods, Bearing Point, Enterworks, and Telos.

Qualstar Corporation (NASDAQ: QBAK) announced that Nidhi H. Andalon has resigned as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Ms. Andalon served in various financial roles before becoming Chief Financial Officer in 2009. Qualstar’s finance group will be managed by Neal Carver, who has held senior corporate finance and controller roles in public and private technology companies for more than 20 years. Most recently, Mr. Carver was Corporate Controller for Applied Films Corporation until it was acquired by Applied Materials in 2006 and continued on as Operations Controller for Applied Materials, Inc. from 2006 until 2012.

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) announced that Bob Halliday has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer. Halliday previously was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates prior to Applied’s acquisition of the company in November 2011. Since the acquisition of Varian, Halliday has served as general manager of the implant business unit within Applied’s Silicon Systems Group.

Spectra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: SEP) announced that Pat Reddy, chief financial officer (CFO) of Spectra Energy, will assume the CFO responsibilities for Spectra Energy Partners as well. Laura Sayavedra, previously CFO of Spectra Energy Partners, has been named vice president of strategy for Spectra Energy.

D-Wave Systems, Inc. announced that Steven M. Cakebread has joined as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. Before joining D-Wave, Cakebread served as chief financial officer of Pandora Media, Inc. He was president and chief strategy officer of salesforce.com. Other roles with salesforce.com include executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before that, Cakebread served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Autodesk and Silicon Graphics World Trade.

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBNT) announced that Craig Foster will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Foster joins Ubiquiti from Credit Suisse where he served as a director in the investment banking group focused on technology infrastructure and software from June 2012 to February 2013. From August 2007 to June 2012, he worked at UBS investment bank as an Executive Director, and most recently as the co-head of the software group. Prior to banking, Mr. Foster was an early employee of Loudcloud, Inc. and held a number of management positions in product management, business development and finance. He also held various positions at RBC Capital Markets, Open Market, Deloitte Consulting, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

YouSendIt, Inc. announced the appointment of Ned Sizer as chief financial officer. Sizer’s previous companies included Ancestry.com, Silver Spring Networks, Omniture and Macromedia.

DubLi, Inc. (PINK: DUBL) announced that it has appointed Eric Nelson as Chief Financial Officer. Nelson served as a consultant to DubLi since November 2012. He is a partner with the Southern Florida practice of The SCA Group, LLC, a position he has held since 2008. Earlier in his career, Mr. Nelson was CFO/Turnaround Specialist for public company QSGI and CEO/Restructuring Officer for Gibraltar Metals. In 2007, Mr. Nelson was partner, turnaround professional and on the board of directors to six portfolio companies in private equity firm Sun Capital Partners. Prior to Sun, from 2000 to 2002, Mr. Nelson served as controller and then from 2003 to 2006 as CFO for West Marine. Previous to West Marine, Nelson has served as CFO in manufacturer Dental Components, Inc., distributor Fluid-Air Components and retail company Etcetera. Mr. Nelson started his career with the May Department Stores where he held several financial and operational positions.

Jumptap, Inc. announced that it has appointed Brian Cohen as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer of DynamicOps, which was acquired by VMware. Cohen previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Q1 Labs, which was acquired by IBM; and Webline Communications and Telebit Corporation, which were both acquired by Cisco.

Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) announced that it has appointed John M. Jureller Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 2008 through 2012, Mr. Jureller was Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations for the Resources Group of General Atlantic LLC. Before this, he was Chief Financial Officer of WestPoint International, Inc. From 2003 through 2006, Mr. Jureller was a member of the Corporate Turnaround & Restructuring practice of AlixPartners, LLC. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer of Trans-Resources, Inc; Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Gartner, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development at Caribiner International, Inc. Early in his career, Mr. Jureller held increasingly senior financial roles at PepsiCo World Trading Company, Inc., Emcor Group, Inc., and General Electric Capital Corporation. Mr. Jureller began his career in finance at Bankers Trust Company.

Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HMPR), the holding company for The Bank of Hampton Roads and Shore Bank, announced that Stephen P. Theobald, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Company on March 31, 2013 to accept a CFO position with another financial services firm.

Cherokee Inc. (NASDAQ: CHKE) announced that Mark DiSiena has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company in order to pursue other career opportunities. The Company announced that Jason Boling was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boling joins Cherokee from DTS Inc., where he served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting beginning in 2006. Prior to DTS, he spent four years as Vice President and Corporate Controller for Inamed Corporation.

VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd. (OTC: VPTDF) announced that it has appointed Ellen Briant as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Previously she worked at Spire Sharwood (previously Sharwood & Company). She was the Vice-President & Director, Private Placements Group for Deloitte & Touche. Prior to that she worked in the corporate banking group at Scotiabank and the financial services audit group of Ernst & Young. The Company has accepted the resignation of Chris Deaton.

Kemper Corporation (NYSE: KMPR) announced that Frank J. Sodaro will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kemper Corporation. The company also announced that Dennis Vigneau will resign his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kemper. Most recently, Mr. Sodaro was Vice President of Planning and Analysis for Kemper. His previous positions include Assistant Corporate Controller, Investment Accounting Manager and Senior Auditor.

OXiGENE, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXGN) appointed Barbara Riching as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Riching joined the Company in December 2011 and since July 2012 has served as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. She previously served as the Senior Director of Finance for Abgenix, Inc. from 1999 until 2005. Prior to Abgenix, Ms. Riching worked in finance positions at ALZA Corporation, Natural Wonders, Inc., and Ernst & Young LLP.

Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE: GB) announced that Joseph W. Dziedzic has been elected to its Board of Directors. Mr. Dziedzic also will serve on the Board’s Audit and Compensation & Organization Committees. Mr. Dziedzic currently serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Brink’s Company. Prior to joining Brink’s in 2009, he had a 20-year career with General Electric holding a number of positions of increasing responsibility. Mr. Dziedzic served in a number of leadership positions at General Electric including Chief Financial Officer of GE Aviation Services, Manager of Global Financial Planning & Analysis for GE Energy, and Chief Financial Officer for GE Plastics America.

Chugach Electric Association, Inc. announced that Michael R. Cunningham retired from Chugach. Ron Vecera was appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer and Sr. Vice President, Finance and Administration for Chugach. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Vecera was serving as Director of Renewable Energy Business Development. Mr. Vecera has worked at Chugach for more than 30 years and has held various management positions in the areas of Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs, Member Services and Planning and Rates. Mr. Vecera has also worked for the Alaska Public Utilities Commission, the predecessor to the RCA, and has an MBA degree, with a concentration in Finance, from Columbia University.

FONU2 Inc. (OTC: FONU) announced that upon the President and CEO’s resignation, Robert B. Lees, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, will serve as the Company’s interim President and Chief Executive Officer.

Veritec, Inc. (OTC: VRTC) announced the resignation of John Quentin as Chief Financial Officer of Veritec, Inc..

HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. announced that Eduardo Altamirano, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, informed us that he was resigning from all his positions at the company effective April 15, 2013.

Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) announced that Joseph S. Tesoriero has stepped down from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer upon sale of the company to ITOCHU. Keith C. Mitchell, current chief financial officer of Dole’s North American Fresh Fruit business, has become Chief Financial Officer;

Ambassadors Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPAX) announced that upon the resignation of the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Anthony Dombrowik, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has assumed the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer.

Potlatch Corporation (NASDAQ: PCH) announced that Eric J. Cremers has been named president and chief operating officer, and elected to its board of directors. Cremers will continue to serve as chief financial officer and lead investor relations activities while a search for a successor is conducted. Cremers joined Potlatch in 2007 as vice president and chief financial officer and was promoted in 2012 to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Potlatch, Cremers worked for Albertsons, where he served as senior vice president, corporate strategy and business development. He also worked in investment banking for Piper Jaffray and for The Pillsbury Company.

Consilio announced that Dale Bowen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Consilio, he was vice president of finance and treasurer for GridPoint. He has also served as corporate controller for ATPCO, and as director of finance for Ceridian.

Pendrell Corporation (NASDAQ: PCO) announced that David Rinn has been appointed vice president and chief financial officer for the company.  Mr. Rinn is replacing Thomas Neary , who submitted his resignation as vice president and chief financial officer.  Mr. Rinn served as senior vice president for strategy and corporate development from 2009 to 2011 and as chief financial officer from 2004 to 2008 for Ancestry.com Inc.  From 1992 to 2004, he held senior finance and operational roles with Microsoft Corporation, including serving as chief financial officer for that company’s Mobile and Embedded Devices division.  He began his career in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley.

Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE: NWN), dba NW Natural, announced that David H. Anderson has been promoted to executive vice president of Operations and Regulation. Anderson has served as NW Natural’s senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2004. Prior to joining the company, Anderson served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for TXU Gas and controller for TXU Corporation. Stephen P. Feltz was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer. Feltz has been with the company since 1982 in accounting and finance senior management positions, serving as treasurer and controller since 1999.

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP) (SPI) announced it appointed Maureen E. O’Connell, executive vice president, chief administrative officer and chief financial officer of Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), to its board of directors. In her 23 years of experience, she has served as chief financial officer, chief administrative officer, chief operating officer, and president for both private and public companies including Affinion Group, Inc.; Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT); Barnes & Nobel (NYSE: BKS); Publishers Clearing House; and BMG Direct. Ms. O’Connell is a former member of the board of directors of Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH), where she served as audit chair for most of her tenure.

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Clarabridge, Inc. announced that it has appointed Bas Brukx as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Clarabridge, Brukx was Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at Vocus. He has also held financial management positions at Nexchange, WorldPort Communications, and MCI Worldcom.

Red Roof Innhas named Brendan P. Foley the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, he served as CFO of Navigator Management Partners, an IT and management consulting firm. Foley has served as Vice President, Financial, Planning & Analysis for The Ohio State University and held an array of integral leadership roles at Wendy’s International, Inc. including his tenure as Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer.

DoubleVerify announced the appointment of Jack McClunn as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Prior to joining DoubleVerify he served as the CFO of SelectMinds Inc. From 2003 to 2008 he served as the CFO of SpaFinder Inc. Early in his career, Jack was also the Vice President of Finance as well as a co-founder of ePresence Inc..

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) announced the appointment of Michael Tomsicek as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Tomsicek, who has served as Senior Vice President and Deputy CFO since July 2012, succeeds David McGirr. Mr. Tomsicek joined Cubist in 2010 as Vice President of Corporate Finance. Prior to Cubist, he spent eight years at General Electric Healthcare, initially as Finance Manager of its global operations, and then as CFO of its diagnostic ultrasound business and CFO of its global ultrasound product group. Previously, Mr. Tomsicek served in a variety of financial and operational roles at Motorola.

Sage North America announced the appointment of Marc Scheipe as chief financial officer. Mr. Scheipe was most recently with Ally Financial, Inc. (formerly GMAC) as its chief financial officer of global business functions. Before joining Ally, Mr. Scheipe was the CEO and president of FrontStream Payments, Inc. Mr. Scheipe also spent several years at Bank of America in various sales and operations leadership roles including card services, small business and bank/partner sales.

Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced that Timothy J. Donahue will become President and Chief Operating Officer.  Thomas A. Kelly has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Donahue was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he held since 2008.  Prior to that, he had served as Senior Vice President – Finance since 2000 and as the Company’s Controller from 1991 to 2000. Mr. Kelly was formerly Senior Vice President – Finance, a position he held since 2009.  Prior to that, he had served as Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller since 2001.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD) announced that Stephen P. Theobald will join the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on April 1, 2013.  Mr. Theobald joins Walker & Dunlop from Hampton Roads Bankshares (NASDAQ: HMPR) where he currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Hampton Roads, Mr. Theobald held several senior finance positions at Capital One including Chief Financial Officer of Local Banking from 2005 to 2010.

CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. (OTC: CRLRF) has named Ted Sanders to the position of Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Guy Prevost. Mr. Prevost, who has been with the Company since November 2005, will remain with CRAiLAR in the role of Corporate Controller and Compliance Officer. Mr. Sanders was most recently CFO of U.S. Auto Parts (NASDAQ: PRTS), and at PCM Inc. (NASDAQ: PCMI).

MortgageDocs hired Stephen Muller as their Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining MortgageDocs, he held executive positions in prominent real estate companies in Orange County including Koll Development Company and Catellus Residential Group.

Savi Technology named Brian Daum as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Savi, Mr. Daum was the CFO at Centrifuge Systems, Inc. He also served as Chief Operating Officer/CFO at ARC Second (currently Nikon Instruments, Inc. Brian Daum has provided financial leadership at several organizations, including Multimedia Medical Systems, Sandbox.com and Atlantic Coast Airlines.

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) announced today that James L. Muehlbauer has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Muehlbauer will replace Lori A. Walker who will retire in April. Prior to joining Valspar, Muehlbauer was EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Best Buy Company, Inc. Muehlbauer also held leadership positions at The Pillsbury Company and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Ocean Canyon Properties announced the appointment of Bryan Reed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Reed most recently served as Vice President of Accounting for Equity Lifestyle Properties. Previously he served as Chief Financial Officer for Thousand Trails, which was acquired by Equity Lifestyle Properties in 2008.

American Traffic Solutions has announced that Heather Zorge has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Heather had served as Interim CFO since November 2012, and has been with the company since 2010. Heather is the former Chief Accounting Officer for Petroplus Holdings AG.

LiveProcess announced that Brian LeBlanc has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Finance at Sentillion, Inc. Prior to Sentillion, Mr. LeBlanc held the position of Corporate Controller for Virtual Ink. He was previously with Atex as Controller North America, and with National Computer Systems as Division Controller.

Neumedicines Inc. announced the appointment of David L. Morash to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Morash has served as a consultant to the company since 2012. Most recently Mr. Morash was Chief Financial Officer of ISE Corporation. Prior to ISE, he served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of publicly traded Axesstel, Inc. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of publicly traded Remec. Earlier in his career, he was Executive Vice President of Wireless Knowledge, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Safeskin Corporation. Mr. Morash serves on the Board of Directors of California Safe Soil, LLC.

Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) today named Larry Kingsley, current Pall President and CEO, to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) pending the completion of its search process to replace exiting CFO Lisa McDermott. The company also announced that Frank Moschella will resume the positions of Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (CAO). Mr. Moschella, the Group Financial Officer (GFO) for Pall’s Industrial business, was the company’s Corporate Controller and CAO before transitioning to the GFO role in October of 2012. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Integrated Diagnostics announced that it has appointed John Bencich as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Indi, he was Allozyne’s chief financial officer. Earlier Bencich served as the vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Trubion Pharmaceuticals. Before that he was the director of finance and corporate controller for Onyx Software Corporation.

Cyan announced that it has hired Mike Zellner as vice president and chief financial officer. Zellner joins Cyan from PMC-Sierra where, for the past six years, he served as chief financial officer. Prior to PMC-Sierra, Zellner was senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Wind River Systems. Earlier in his career, Zellner held corporate and divisional financial positions of steadily increasing responsibility at Applied Materials. Prior to joining Applied Materials, Zellner served in various financial roles at Unisys Corporation.

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company announced that the appointment of Susan T. Deakins to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to being named Chief Financial Officer, she was Vice President and Chief Actuary. Her predecessor, David M. O’Malley , has been appointed Penn Mutual’s Chief Operating Officer.

Northstar Healthcare Inc. announced that Harry Fleming has joined Northstar as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Fleming has been a director at Northstar since 2010. Mr. Fleming is replacing Thomas Foster, who will remain on Northstar’s board of directors and will act as the company’s Chief Tax Counsel.

Vimeo announced the appointment of Mark Pinney as its first Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Mr. Pinney held the post of CFO for Lot18. Prior to that, he served as CFO/COO of video network Tremor Video. Mark also served as CFO for Tacoda, and has been a founding member of three companies: Acorda Therapeutics, CanDo and 24/7 Real Media.

Specific Media announced that it has appointed Larry Madden as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Specific Media in September 2012, Larry most recently worked with Robert Sillerman as CFO of SFX Entertainment and with Simon Fuller as CFO of both 19 Entertainment and XIX Entertainment. Larry also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Weinstein Company. Prior to the Weinstein Company, Larry spent over 10 years as a finance executive and CFO of several media companies in the public and private sectors, including Loudeye, EMAK Worldwide, Atomic Pop, Def Jam Recordings, and PolyGram International.

Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (NYSE: DRC) announced that Mark E. Baldwin , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has elected to retire on or before April 30, 2013. The Company expects to announce Mr. Baldwin’s successor in the near-term.  Mark Baldwin has held the position with Dresser-Rand since August 24, 2007.  Prior to joining Dresser-Rand, his career experience included three years as the Executive Vice President, CFO, and Treasurer with Veritas DGC Inc.  Other previous experience included two years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for NextiraOne, and four years as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for Pentacon Inc.  He also spent 17 years with Keystone International Inc. in a variety of finance and operations positions, including Treasurer, CFO, and President of the Industrial Valves and Controls Group.

Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) announced the appointment of Jon W. Kimmins as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Most recently, he held the position of Executive Vice President – Finance and Operations at LF-USA, Inc., a division of Li & Fung Limited. Prior to LF-USA, Kimmins was the Treasurer and Executive Vice President of Toys “R” Us, Inc. Prior to Toys “R” Us, Kimmins held financial management positions at Macy’s from 1980 to 1989. Kimmins replaces Diana Wilson , who acted as Interim Chief Financial Officer, and will continue as Executive Vice President of Finance and Accounting.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority hired Russell Fong as its CFO. Mr. Fong comes to the authority from CalPERS, where he served as the acting CFO and acting deputy executive officer of operations. He previously served as a division chief for CalPERS’ Fiscal Services Division and was the deputy director of the Administrative Services Branch at the California Department of Technology Services. Dennis Trujillo, chief deputy director of the rail authority who previously served as deputy treasurer to state Treasurer Phil Angelides, has been acting CFO.

Lyoness America announced that Efrain Vega has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Vega served as the Controller for Statetrust Bank & Trust. Prior to that he held the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Latin American division of Brightpoint.

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (NASDAQ: BECN) announced that Joseph M. Nowicki has accepted the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Beacon. Mr. Nowicki has been the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) since June 2009. Prior to his tenure with Spartan, Mr. Nowicki was with Herman Miller, Inc. from 1992 through 2009 where he held progressive financial roles, lastly as Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer. Mr. Nowicki also held past financial positions with IBM and General Motors.

Digital First Media named Barbara J. Bennett the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Bennett, has been serving as a presidential appointee as Chief Financial Officer for the Environmental Protection Agency since 2009. She is the former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Discovery Communications.

Cadence Health announced that John Orsini has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Orsini comes to Cadence Health from Presence Health. Mr. Orsini began his career in auditing for the Arizona Department of Health Services. He’s held corporate finance positions at Catholic Healthcare West in Arizona, California and Nevada and served as Corporate Vice President, Finance and Treasurer at Scripps Health in San Diego.

Mercedes-Benz USA announced the appointment of Harald Henn to the position of vice president & CFO.  Henn replaces Herbert Werner who left the company to serve as vice president & CFO for Daimler in South Africa. Henn was most recently vice president & CFO for Mercedes-Benz Japan.  Henn began his career with Daimler at the world headquarters in 1991 and five years later, he joined MBUSA for the first time as manager of sales and profit planning.  In 1999, Henn was appointed deputy project director & controller for the SLR development program with McLaren in the United Kingdom before he became vice president & CFO for Mercedes-Benz Canada in 2004.  Three years later, Harald moved to Michigan where he helped to build the new Daimler Financial Services Company in the United States as vice president of finance for Latin America.  In 2009, he transferred back to Daimler’s world headquarters in Stuttgart and served as the director of program management for finance excellence.

Talmer Bancorp, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael Maher as Executive Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Mortgage Banking. He joins Talmer from Flagstar Bancorp, where he served as Executive Vice President and Director of Mortgage Banking Servicing and Operations. Previously, he held a variety of senior executive positions in finance, risk management and operations at CitiMortgage and its predecessor firms, ABN AMRO Mortgage, LaSalle Bank, and Standard Federal Bank.

Americo Real Estate announced that that Carrine K. Reilly has joined its Executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Americo, she was a Partner in the Dallas office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, a national CPA firm.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that it has appointed Kenneth L. Bedingfield vice president of business management and chief financial officer for its Aerospace Systems sector. Bedingfield will take over the position currently held by Chuck Wands, who has announced his plans to retire later this year. Bedingfield comes to this position from Northrop Grumman’s corporate headquarters, where he held the position of corporate vice president, controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, he spent more than 17 years at KPMG LLP, most recently as the national client leader of its U.S. aerospace and defense audit practice.

Vision announced the promotion of Dan Noble to president from chief financial officer.

Hot Topic, Inc. announced that George Wehlitz, Jr., formerly the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, was appointed as Chief Financial Officer.

Old Line Bancshares, Inc. announced that Christine M. Rush,  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, informed the company of her decision to resign effective May 10, 2013.

Santa Fe Petroleum, Inc. announced that Mark Zouvas resigned from his position as a director of our company and as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.

Sionix Corporation announced that David R. Wells resigned from the offices of President and Chief Financial Officer and as a director.