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Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) announced the appointment of David Reeder as vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Jan. 9, 2015.  Reeder has been CFO for Electronics for Imaging (NASDAQ: EFII) since January 2014. From 2012 until 2014, he was vice president and CFO for Cisco’s Enterprise Networking Division, a multi-billion dollar revenue organization. Reeder also served in manufacturing and operations management for Broadcom Corporation from 2007 until 2012. Prior to this role, he served in finance and operations roles for both Texas Instruments and the Millipore Corporation, which is now EMD Millipore. Lexmark’s interim CFO, Gary Stromquist, will remain with the company and resume his duties as vice president of finance for Lexmark’s Imaging Solutions and Services division and the Corporate Finance group.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFII) announced that David Reeder, in order to relocate closer to his family, has submitted his resignation as Chief Financial Officer and has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer of Lexmark International, Inc. The Company intends to appoint Marc Olin, currently Chief Operating Officer, as interim Chief Financial Officer in addition to his current responsibilities. Marc previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer of EFI from September, 2013 through January, 2014. Prior to joining EFI, Marc was Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Printcafe Software, a public company EFI acquired in 2003 as part of its growth strategy.

Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: NRP) announced that Dwight Dunlap, NRP’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire from NRP on December 31, 2014.  Following his retirement from NRP, Mr. Dunlap will remain with Quintana Minerals Corporation and other Robertson family businesses and will continue to provide services to NRP to ensure a seamless transition.  Craig W. Nunez will succeed Mr. Dunlap as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of NRP. Most notable of Mr. Nunez’s previous roles were senior vice president and treasurer of Halliburton; treasurer of Colonial Pipeline; and director of International New Ventures at Phillips Petroleum.  Most recently, he served as chief executive officer of Bocage Group.

Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN) appointed Didier Hirsch to the Board of Directors. Mr. Hirsch will stand for election at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to take place on May 5, 2015. He will also serve on the Audit Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee. Since 2010, Mr. Hirsch has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Agilent Technologies, Inc. He has been with Agilent since its inception in 1999, serving in a variety of financial roles including Chief Accounting Officer from November 2007 to July 2010 and interim Chief Financial Officer from April 2010 until being promoted to his current position. Mr. Hirsch is also a director of Logitech International S.A. and International Rectifier Corporation.

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCI) announced that Jeffery Ostapeic has been appointed the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ostapeic served most recently as an audit partner with Grant Thornton LLP firm. He previously served with the Ernst & Young LLP and McGladrey & Pullen LLP public accounting firms.

C.R. England announced the appointment of TJ McGeean as Chief Financial Officer.  Josh England has served in the dual roles of President and Chief Financial Officer for the company since 2013. McGeean joined C.R. England in December 2008 as a controller in the company’s Dedicated Division.  In March 2010, he was named Director, Operations Finance and in February 2013 he was promoted to Vice President, Finance.  Prior to joining England, Mr. McGeean worked in various finance positions for DHL Express USA, and Menlo Worldwide Forwarding.

NexBank Capital, Inc. announced that Kenneth Hanks has been elected to its Board of Directors. Most recently, Mr. Hanks served as the Chief Financial Officer of NexBank Capital, Inc., and NexBank SSB. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of SWS Group, Inc.  He currently serves as a Board Member and Audit Committee Chair to Peerless Manufacturing Company.

Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW) announced that Edward J. (Ned) Hayes, senior vice president and CFO, is retiring from his role at Aviat Networks effective January 2, 2015. Aviat Networks has appointed Michael Shahbazian as interim CFO. Mr. Shahbazian recently served as the interim CFO of PDF Solutions, Inc. and Saba Software, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Shahbazian served as CFO 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.

6D Global Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIXD) announced that Mark Szynkowski has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Szynkowski was Vice President of Finance for Epiq Systems, Inc. Prior to Epiq Systems, Mr. Szynkowski served as CFO and Controller for multiple high-growth organizations and began his career with Ernst & Young.

Crimson Wine Group, Ltd.  (OTC: CWGL) announced the promotion of Patrick DeLong as President and Chief Executive Officer. DeLong, who has been at Crimson for the past seven and a half years, previously was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL) has named Nancy Rowden Brock as chief financial officer (CFO). Brock joins VITL from World Learning. She also served as chief financial officer at St. Michael’s College. Ms. Brock has also worked in the banking sector, as chief financial officer for Green Mountain Power Corporation, and CFO of Rock of Ages Corporation.

LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE: LXU) announced that Mark T. Behrman, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Behrman will succeed Tony M. Shelby, LSB’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who plans to retire in twelve months. Mark Behrman joined LSB as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development in March 2014. Mr. Behrman previously served as a Managing Director at Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc. Mr. Behrman was previously a Founder and Senior Managing Director of BlueStone Capital Partners, LP, and Founder and Director of the BlueStone/AFA Private Equity Fund. He began his investment banking career at PaineWebber, Incorporated and at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Additionally, he has been a director of three public companies including Noble International, Ltd. where he served as a Director for over 8 years and as Chairman of its Audit Committee for three years.

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Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECTE) announced that Alan W. Schoenbart joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schoenbart joins Echo from Hudson News Distributors, LLC where he most recently served as CFO. Prior to that, Mr. Schoenbart served as the CFO for Forticell Bioscience, Inc. Mr. Schoenbart has also held prior CFO positions at Vizacom Inc., and Windswept Environmental Group, Inc. Prior to that, he was an audit manager at KPMG LLP.

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Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), announced the addition of Tracy Hogan as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining IVP, Ms. Hogan was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Elevation Partners for more than 10 years. Prior to joining Elevation Partners, Tracy was the Vice President of Finance at Fox Paine & Company, a private equity firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Before that, Tracy was the Vice President of Finance at Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC, a private equity firm based in Chicago. Tracy began her finance career at Ernst & Young’s Audit Practice in Chicago and Boston.

PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) announced the appointment of Andrew Miller as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective February 5, 2015. Miller will join PTC from Cepheid where he has served as Chief Financial Officer since April 2008. Miller’s career also includes financial leadership positions at Autodesk, MarketFirst Software, Cadence Design Systems, and Silicon Graphics. Miller began his career at accounting firm Deloitte and Touche. Miller also serves on the Board of Directors of United Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNTD). Miller replaces Jeff Glidden, who announced in August, 2014 his intention to retire. Mr. Glidden will serve as a consultant to the Company for a transition period following Mr. Miller’s commencement of employment with the Company.

Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) announced that Andrew Miller, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be leaving Cepheid to pursue an opportunity with PTC Inc.  Mr. Miller will continue to serve as Cepheid’s CFO through February 3, 2015. Upon Mr. Miller’s departure, Cepheid’s vice president and corporate controller, Daniel Madden, will assume the role of principal financial and accounting officer until a new chief financial officer is appointed. 

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) announced that Jeff Fleeher has been appointed to the newly created position of Worldwide Chief Financial Officer (CFO). A seasoned executive of NBCUniversal (NBCU), Fleeher most recently served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Strategy Content Distribution.  Prior to that role, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the NBCUniversal Television Networks Distribution and Digital Distribution group. Before joining NBCU, Fleeher was a part of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff. Fleeher joined GE in 2001 as a member of the Junior Officer Leadership Program, where he completed sales and strategy roles for GE Energy.

Continental Building Products, Inc. (NYSE: CBPX) announced that it has appointed James “Jay” Bachmann to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bachmann has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since November 2014 and Chief Financial Officer since January 2014. Mr. Bachmann will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer in an interim role. Mr. Bachmann formerly served as Chief Financial Officer at Lafarge USA and Co-Chief Financial Officer of Lafarge North America from November 2012 through December 2013. He also held multiple executive responsibilities at Lafarge since 2002, including Senior Vice President Finance – Investor Relations of Lafarge SA from January 2008 through October 2012 and Senior Vice President and Controller of Lafarge North America Inc. from November 2005 to June 2006. Prior to Lafarge, he worked at Arthur Anderson from September 1990 to April 2002.

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) announced the appointment of Anthony F. “Toby” O’Brien vice president and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding David C. Wajsgras, who was appointed as President, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) business. The new appointments are effective March 2, 2015. Wajsgras joined Raytheon as senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer in 2006. Prior to joining the company, Wajsgras was executive vice president and CFO of Lear Corporation. Before joining Lear, Wajsgras was corporate controller for Engelhard Corporation and held numerous financial management positions with Honeywell International, Inc. O’Brien joined Raytheon in 1986, holding numerous finance positions of increasing responsibility with the company over the course of his 29-year career. He most recently served as vice president and chief financial officer for Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business. Previously, O’Brien was vice president of Finance and the senior finance executive responsible for Raytheon Airline Aviation Services and Raytheon’s International Landed Companies, and Chief Financial Officer for Raytheon Aircraft Company.

West Corporation (NASDAQ: WSTC) announced the appointment of Jan Madsen as its new Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Ms. Madsen will replace Paul Mendlik, who had previously announced his plans to retire. Ms. Madsen comes to West from Creighton University, where she had overall financial responsibility for the University. Ms. Madsen previously served as the chief financial officer for the Financial Services Division of First Data Corporation.

Alorica announced that James Molloy has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The appointment of Molloy to CFO comes on the heels of Alorica’s announced agreement to acquire West Corporation’s agent services businesses. Prior to his work at Alorica, he held positions as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Vanguard Logistics Services and leadership positions at BAX Global, The Brink’s Company and Deloitte & Touche.

Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE: BURL) announced the resignation and retirement of Todd Weyhrich, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the promotion of Marc Katz, currently Executive Vice President of Merchandise Support and Information Technology to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weyhrich served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2007. Previously, Marc was Executive Vice President of Merchandise Planning and Allocation since 2009, and Chief Accounting Officer from July 2008 through December 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Katz served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. from September 2006 to June 2008. Prior to his employment with A.C. Moore, Mr. Katz held various positions with Foot Locker, Inc., including most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, from June 1997 to September 2006. Prior to his employment with Foot Locker, Mr. Katz served for eight years in various financial positions at The May Department Stores Company.

Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: NES) announced the appointment of Greg Heinlein as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Nuverra, Mr. Heinlein served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ION Geophysical. Before joining ION Geophysical in 2011, Mr. Heinlein was Chief Operating and Financial Officer of Genprex, Inc. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Heinlein held senior management positions at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., including Vice President and Treasurer from 2005 to 2008 and Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, from 2008 to 2010. Prior to joining Freescale Semiconductor, Mr. Heinlein served as Vice President and Treasurer of Fisher Scientific International Inc. and Great Lakes Chemical Company. Mr. Heinlein began his career in 1987 at The Dow Chemical Company, where he worked for more than 12 years in progressively senior financial management positions.

Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Richard A. Baron as vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Zynerba, Mr. Baron served as senior vice president and CFO of Globus Medical. He previously served as vice president, finance and chief financial officer of Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, a biotech company sold to Eli Lilly in 2011. Mr. Baron also served as CFO for a number of life sciences companies including Animas Corporation, which was sold to Johnson & Johnson in 2007.

Goodwin Procter announced that Michael Barton has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Barton comes to Goodwin from Rothstein Kass, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Rothstein Kass, Barton was Executive Director for Finance at Grant Thornton LLP, where he previously held the positions of Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, and Group Director of Finance and Administration.

Stealth BioTherapeutics (formerly Stealth Peptides) announced the appointment of Mark P. Colonnese as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Stealth, Mr. Colonnese most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Transgenomic, Inc. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations and Chief Financial Officer at Salutria Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Colonnese served as Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations at AtheroGenics, Inc. Prior to joining AtheroGenics, Mr. Colonnese held executive positions at Applied Analytical Industries, Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation.

Indi (Integrated Diagnostics®) announced that it has appointed Douglas Sanders as chief financial officer. Sanders is a prominent international life sciences CFO and entrepreneur who most recently served as CFO of CMC Biologics. Sanders is the co-founder of several life sciences companies. Prior to that, he spent 15 years with Hoffmann-La Roche, mainly in Europe. His most recent position at Roche was as head of business operations and CFO for Roche Consumer Health, a division of Hoffmann-La Roche based in Switzerland. Later Sanders returned from Europe to become CFO of MediQuest Therapeutics. Earlier in his career he held auditor positions at companies including Eastman Kodak Company, Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt and Ernst and Young.

Ease Entertainment Services announced the appointment of Craig Dougherty as Chief Financial Officer. Dougherty most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of boutique asset management firm Fusion Analytics Holdings. He began his career at Union Bank, founding and building their entertainment & media finance group before serving as the President of the bank’s Private Capital Group. After 20 years at Union Bank, Craig joined ReplayTV, co-inventor of the DVR, in 1999 as CFO. He subsequently served as CFO of Silk Trading Co. and as an executive with a handful of new media start-ups. In 2008, Craig teamed with Stuart McLean to co-found Content & Company.

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) announced that Chief Financial Officer Frank Wood will retire effective February 28, 2015.  At that time, Alpha’s Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Philip J. Cavatoni, will assume the additional duties of the CFO. Philip Cavatoni’s role with the corporation will be expanded to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Strategy Officer.  Cavatoni has been with Alpha Natural Resources since 2009.  Prior to joining the company, Cavatoni held numerous positions with J.P. Morgan, beginning in 1991.

AnyPresence announced that Danielle Metzler has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. For the past seven years, Metzler served as the Vice President of Finance for Mandiant Corporation before its acquisition by Fire Eye, Inc.  Prior to Mandiant, she was the CFO for Momentum Systems, Inc. which was acquired by Open Text.  Previously, Metzler held senior financial positions at various technology firms, including Sybase.

Sypris Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYPR) announced that Anthony C. Allen has been appointed to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Allen previously served as Vice President, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of Sypris Solutions, Inc. (“Sypris”) since December 2004 and as Vice President of Finance and Information Systems and Assistant Secretary from 2003 to December 2004. Mr. Allen served as Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary of Sypris from 1997 to 2003. He served as Vice President of Finance of Sypris’ predecessor from 1994 to 1998 and as Vice President and Controller from 1987 to 1994. Prior to 1987, Mr. Allen served in a variety of management positions with Armor Elevator.

BioAmber Inc. (NYSE: BIOA) announced that Chief Financial Officer Andrew Ashworth retired on December 31, 2014 and Francois Laurin has been hired to succeed Andrew as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.  Francois was most recently the CFO of Alderon Iron Ore Corp.  Francois was formerly the CFO of Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines and prior to that he was the CFO of Transat A.T. Francois has also held senior financial positions at Caisse de Depot du Quebec, Bombardier and Teleglobe.

Scheck Industries announced that Kevin P. McDonnell has joined the Scheck team as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McDonnell recently served as CFO at Grenzebach Glier and Associates (GG+A). He has also held financial and operating leadership roles in public, private-equity backed, and family owned companies in the U.S. and Europe such as Sara Lee, Kraft, GG+A, WRS Compass and Kenny Construction Company.

Halfpenny Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Carl Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Smith was CFO of Airclic. Prior to Airclic, he was CFO of MEDecision.

Clustrix announced that Thomas Muise will join Clustrix as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Clustrix, Muise was CFO at PivotLink. Before that, Muise was CFO of analytics appliance leader Kickfire. Earlier in his career, Muise spent 12 years at Tandem Computers supporting a variety of business units, including the NonStop SQL database software division.

Scioderm, Inc. announced the appointment of Ian A.W. Howes to the position of chief financial officer. Mr. Howes joins Scioderm from Akebia Therapeutics, where he held the position of chief financial officer and vice president, corporate development. Prior to that, Mr. Howes was chief financial officer and vice president, corporate development of Serenex, Inc.

Industrial Services of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDSA) announced the appointment of Todd L. Phillips as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Phillips joins ISA from CRS Reprocessing, LLC, where he held the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to CRS, Mr. Phillips was Chief Financial Officer at Genscape, Inc. Mr. Phillips has seventeen years of finance experience, including four years in public accounting.

Aptys Solutions announced that Chad Terry has been named chief financial officer (CFO).

BenefitMall announced the addition of Stephanie Bowman, Chief Financial Officer and promotion of T. Scott Kirksey, current Chief Financial Officer to President. Prior to joining BenefitMall, Bowman served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Tuesday Morning Corporation. Kirksey has served as BenefitMall’s Chief Financial Officer since December 1999. Prior to joining BenefitMall, Kirksey served as co-CFO and Vice President of Financial Planning/Reporting at Greyhound.

Senseonics, Inc. announced the appointment of R. Don Elsey as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Senseonics, Don served from May 2014 to February 2015 as the CFO of Regado Biosciences. From December 2013 to March 2014, he was the CFO of LifeCell, Inc. From June 2005 to December 2012, he served as Senior VP and CFO at Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. Don served as the Director of Finance and Administration at IGEN International, Inc. and its successor BioVeris Corporation, from April 2000 to June 2005. He also served as Director of Finance at Applera and in several finance positions at International Business Machines, Inc. Don serves on the board of directors of RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals.

Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) announced the appointment of Paul J. Clancy as Director. Paul J. Clancy is Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Biogen Idec and has served in these positions since August 2007. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Clancy held several senior executive positions with Biogen Idec and its predecessor Biogen, Inc., including Vice President of Business Planning, Portfolio Management and U.S. Marketing, and Senior Vice President of Finance. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at PepsiCo serving in a range of financial and general management positions. Mr. Clancy serves on the board of directors of Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Hanger, Inc. announced that Thomas E. Kiraly, Executive Vice President, succeeded George E. McHenry as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and became the Company’s principal financial officer.  As previously disclosed, Mr. McHenry retired from the Company on December 31, 2014. Mr. Kiraly joined the Company in October 2014 as Executive Vice President.  Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kiraly served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Sheridan Healthcare, Inc.  Sheridan Healthcare, Inc., was sold to AmSurg Corporation in July of 2014.  From 1999 to 2011, Mr. Kiraly served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and led the financial accounting, procurement and real estate functions of Concentra, Inc. In 2010, when Concentra, Inc. was acquired by Humana, Inc., Mr. Kiraly transitioned to the position of Vice President of Finance, responsible for corporate financial forecasting, analysis, internal reporting, and accounting operations.  From 1988 to 1999, Mr. Kiraly served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BRC Holdings, Inc.

People’s United Financial, Inc. announced that R. David Rosato has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2015. Mr. Rosato has served as a Senior Executive Vice President of the Company and of the Company’s principal operating subsidiary, People’s United Bank (the “Bank”), and as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank since April 14, 2014. Prior to that date, Mr. Rosato had served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Bank and the Company since 2007.

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (NASDAQ: RPTP) announced the appointment of Michael P. Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Michael Smith most recently served as Catalyst Biosciences’ Chief Financial and Business Advisor. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Business Development at iPierian and Chief Financial Officer for Memory Pharmaceuticals. Previously, Mr. Smith was Vice President of Business Development at QLT.

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOOT) announced the hiring of Greg Hackman as Chief Financial Officer. Greg will serve in this position beginning January 26. Most recently he served as Vice President Finance, Global Controller for Claire’s Stores. Prior to Claire’s, he spent more than 20 years working with both May Department Stores and then Macy’s in various financial roles, including financial planning, reporting and analysis, expense planning, and payroll. Paul Iacono, the current CFO of Boot Barn, will redirect his efforts in a new role as Vice President, Business Development.

Brew Hub has hired Dave Winking as the company’s first chief financial officer. Winking joins Brew Hub after serving as a financial consultant to craft brewers throughout the Midwest. From 2011 through 2013, Winking served as vice president, business operations for advertising agency Momentum Worldwide. Prior to 2011, Winking spent more than 21 years in a variety of finance, marketing and media positions at Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis.

IQNavigator announced that Barry Capoot has joined the Company’s executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The Company’s current CFO, Debi Srdoc, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Capoot most recently was CFO of Genesis Water. Prior to Genesis Water, Capoot served as CFO for Grant Victor. Prior to his operations roles, Capoot spent ten years in investment banking.

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Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) announced that Leslie D. Hale, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of RLJ Lodging Trust, has been elected to the board of directors. Hale was promoted in April 2013 to executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of RLJ Lodging Trust. Previously, she was RLJ’s chief financial officer and senior vice president for real estate and finance. Hale joined Bethesda, MD-based RLJ in 2005 after a successful career at GE Capital Corporation, a division of General Electric. She served in roles of increasing responsibility including vice president in the mergers and acquisitions group of GE Commercial Finance and associate director for GE Real Estate in its Strategic Capital Group. In addition to her experience at GE, Hale served as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) announced that Gary W. Ferrera will become the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer by March 9, 2015. Fred Graffam, who has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since September 2014, will remain in that role through that time. Graffam will resume full-time responsibility for DigitalGlobe’s Financial Planning & Analysis function when Ferrera joins the company. Ferrera joins DigitalGlobe with extensive experience as a public-company CFO at multiple firms. Most recently, he served as CFO at Denver-based Intrawest Resort Holdings. Prior to joining Intrawest, Ferrera was CFO of Madison, Wis.-based Great Wolf Resorts, and before that, served as CFO of Colorado-based National CineMedia. Earlier in his career, he served in investment banking roles at Citigroup and Bear Stearns, with the latter both in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Additionally, he served as an international tax consultant with Arthur Andersen. Ferrera currently serves on the board of directors of Colorado Public Radio.

Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SNOW) announced the promotion of Travis Mayer to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Gary W. Ferrera has given his resignation in order to pursue another opportunity. Mr. Mayer joined Intrawest in 2007 and has served as Executive Vice President, Operations & Business Development since January 2014. Mr. Mayer has held various positions at Intrawest including Senior Vice President, Finance & Business Development, and Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. Mr. Mayer started his career with Intrawest at the Company’s Steamboat resort. Prior to joining Intrawest, Mr. Mayer was a member of the U.S. Ski Team for eight years and represented the United States at two Olympic Games, earning a silver medal in the 2002 Olympics.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) announced that Price Cooper will be joining Krispy Kreme as Executive Vice President later this month. Mr. Cooper will be appointed Chief Financial Officer following the Company’s filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K in early April. Mr. Cooper will succeed Douglas R. Muir, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since June 2007 and who announced his retirement plans last year. Mr. Cooper previously served as chief financial officer of Texas Roadhouse, Inc. and prior to that was employed by Ruby Tuesday, Inc.

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (NASDAQ: TXRH) announced that Price Cooper, Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to take on an expanded Chief Financial Officer position for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. Cooper joined Texas Roadhouse in 2006 and was promoted to CFO in August of 2011. Texas Roadhouse also announced that in addition to his role as president, Scott Colosi will also serve as CFO in the interim. Colosi served as CFO of Texas Roadhouse from 2002 until his promotion to president in 2011.

Hawaiian Airlines, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA), has appointed Shannon Okinaka to the position of senior vice president and interim chief financial officer, filling a vacancy left by the departure of CFO Scott Topping. Okinaka has served as vice president – controller of Hawaiian Airlines since 2011. She joined the company as a senior director in charge of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and special projects. Prior to joining Hawaiian Airlines, Okinaka worked for Hawaiian Electric Co. and Coopers & Lybrand/PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The Huntzinger Management Group, Inc. announced the appointment of David DiChiara as Chief Financial Officer. DiChiara joined HMG in 2010 and quickly progressed upward to the position of Controller. Prior to that, he worked for Chrysler Financial Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Business Centers, as a Dealer Relations Manager and Credit Analyst, respectively. DiChiara also developed Frozen Capital Analysis programming software utilized by a multinational company to explore and repurpose idle investment assets.

The Schwan Food Company announced that Robin Galloway has joined as its executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer. She most recently served as chief financial officer for Wells Enterprises, Inc., and has held leadership positions with companies such as Dean Foods, Restaurants Unlimited and Johnson Controls, Inc. Galloway is succeeding Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jim Dollive, who will be retiring from The Schwan Food Company after an accomplished 30-plus-year career in the food industry.

Cimarron Energy, Inc. announced that it has named Richard J. Wilkie as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wilkie was most recently a partner in the Houston law office of Akin Gump where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and financial and securities transactions. 

SpareFoot announced that Mel Tang has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Tang was CFO at Demand Media Inc. Tang joined Demand Media shortly after it was founded in 2006 and was promoted to CFO in August 2012. Previously, Tang was an investment banker at UBS Investment Bank and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

Corner Bakery Cafe announced the appointment of Salil Bapat as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bapat most recently served as CFO for YUM Brands’ Latin America and Caribbean region, one of many positions he has held during his 20 years of restaurant, franchise and finance experience. He previously supported YUM Brands in Thailand and South Korea in progressively larger CFO roles. Prior to his international assignments, Salil led the Financial Planning and Analysis, Development, Capital Planning and Business Analysis groups for the brand.

TigerLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: TIGR) announced Roger Rowe‘s appointment as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rowe was most recently CFO at Agilyx Corporation. Mr. Rowe has also served as Director of Investor Relations and Financial Planning and Analysis at TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., and as CFO at other technology companies including Merchandising Technologies, Inc., InFocus Corporation and Preview Systems.

The Providence Service Corporation (NASDAQ: PRSC) announced the pending departure of its Chief Financial Officer, Robert Wilson.

Unilife Corporation (NASDAQ: UNIS) announced the appointment of David Hastings as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Hastings will be joining the Company on February 23^rd. Mr. Hastings most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at Incyte Corporation between 2003 and 2014. During his 30 year career, including 15 years as a CFO in the biopharmaceutical industry, Mr. Hastings has held senior financial leadership roles at companies such as ArQule, Inc., Genzyme (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanofi), and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Dennis Pyers, who has been with Unilife since 2010 will continue to serve as interim CFO until February 23^rd, 2015, and will then remain at Unilife as Senior Vice-President and Controller reporting to Mr. Hastings.

AMRI (NASDAQ: AMRI) announced that Michael M. Nolan, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will be departing AMRI. The company also announced that Felicia Ladin will join the company in the same role, effective February 4, 2015. Ladin has spent the majority of her career in the pharmaceutical industry, most recently as Senior Vice President, CFO, Global Specialty Medicines at Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA. Between 2008 and 2014, Ms. Ladin held positions of increasing responsibility directing Teva’s financial planning and analysis operations, and from 2002 to 2008 was tax director for the U.S.

Unum Therapeutics announced that it has named Christiana Stamoulis as its Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Most recently, Ms. Stamoulis was the Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Vertex, she was a Managing Director in Citigroup’s Investment Banking division and a senior investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co’s Healthcare Investment Banking Group, where she spent the majority of her investment banking career. She currently serves as a director of the Board of Hologic.

TriMas Corporation (NASDAQ: TRS) announced Bob Zalupski as the new chief financial officer of TriMas Corporation. Bob currently serves as TriMas’ vice president of finance, corporate development and treasurer. Bob joined TriMas in 2002 and has more than 30 years of business and financial management experience. From 1996 to 2002, he was a partner at Arthur Andersen. Prior to 1996, he held positions of increasing responsibility within the audit practice of Andersen. As previously announced, Dave Wathen will remain president and chief executive officer of TriMas Corporation. Mark Zeffiro, the previous executive vice president and chief financial officer of TriMas, will serve as president and chief executive officer of the new spin-off entity upon completion of the transaction. On an interim basis, Zeffiro has been named group president of Cequent, and will continue to report directly to Wathen, with the Cequent leaders reporting to him.

99¢ Only Stores announced that it has appointed Brad Lukow as Chief Financial Officer. Chris Laurence, who has served as Interim CFO since May 2014, will remain with 99¢ Only to provide oversight to the Company’s key strategic initiatives and to facilitate the transition. Mr. Lukow joins 99¢ Only Stores following a 20-year career at Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation where he served most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2009. Mr. Lukow was a key member of the management team as the company grew its store network to 1,253 Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix stores across Canada. Prior to Shoppers, Mr. Lukow served in various roles at Loblaw, including financial reporting, budgeting and planning, taxation and internal audit from 1990 until 1994.

Gazillion, Inc. announced Eric Garay has joined the leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Garay joins Gazillion after 11 years at Electronic Arts, where he held roles as Chief Financial Officer for Maxis, the EA Play Label and The Sims Label and most recently managed the finance and accounting function for Maxis, World-Wide Customer Experience, and the Global Shared Services organization. Prior to EA, Mr. Garay served as Director of Finance and Accounting at Business.com and was a Senior Consultant in the Strategy Finance & Economics group at Arthur Andersen.

Oryzon Genomics SA announced the appointment of Gregory L. Weaver as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Weaver has served as CFO of several public biotech companies in the US, most recently Fibrocell Science. Previous to Fibrocell, Weaver was CFO at Celsion Corp, Poniard Pharmaceuticals and Sirna Therapeutics. He also currently serves as non executive director of Egalet Corporation and Atossa Genetics. Oryzon’s Enric Rello will remain as CFO in Spain and will continue as part of Oryzon’s senior management team to support the Company’s financial operations in Spain.

1to1 Card announced that Daniel P. Grotto has joined the company as member of the company’s advisory board and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Grotto’s distinguished track record of success includes his position as President of Prepaid Solutions, Inc., formerly owned by West Suburban Bank. Prior to the sale, Mr. Grotto was a senior executive of West Suburban Bank in Chicago, Illinois for almost nine years, serving as a strategist advising the President, CEO and the board of directors. Additional roles included his position as Managing Director for PNC Capital Markets and Managing Director at ABN AMRO Capital markets. He has also served as a Senior Corporate Finance Consultant and Managing Director within the Corporate Finance Group at Harris Trust and Savings Bank/Bank of Montreal.

Barney & Barney Insurance Services LLC, a division of Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, announced that Steven Berk has joined the firm as its new Chief Financial Officer. Berk joined Marsh in 1980 and has held a number of different leadership positions, including 24 years serving as either a divisional or regional CFO. Berk assumes CFO responsibilities from Hal Dunning, who has served as both CFO and Chief Operating Officer of Barney & Barney since 2003. Dunning will continue to run the day-to-day operations of the firm as COO.

Electronic Cigarettes International Group, Ltd. (OTC: ECIG) announced the hiring of Phil Anderson will be joining as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining ECIG, Phil worked with the Pinnacle Family Office, a Dallas-based family office investment fund which is an investor in ECIG. Prior to Pinnacle, Phil was the director of research at SIAR Capital, a family office focused on investing in small-cap growth companies and was also a research analyst at C.E. Unterberg, and Ladenburg Thalmann.

Frisbie Memorial Hospital has appointed John Marzinzik as the hospital’s new President & CEO. Marzinzik has served as Senior Vice President & CFO at Frisbie Memorial Hospital since 1993. Marzinzik was Director of Billing & Information Systems at North Adams Regional Hospital in North Adams, Massachusetts and Vice President of Finance and Facilities at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH. He has also served as Comptroller for Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon, Illinois.

TD Ameritrade (NYSE: AMTD) announced that after 16 years with the Company, nine as executive vice president and chief financial officer, Bill Gerber will retire at the end of fiscal 2015. He started with TD Ameritrade in 1999 as director of finance and was promoted to CFO in 2006.

Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISBC) announced that Sean Burke will join Investors Bancorp, Inc. and Investors Bank as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Burke has worked in investment banking since 2000, most recently as Managing Director and Head of U.S. Depository Institutions for RBC Capital Markets in New York.

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE: USAC) announced that Matthew C. Liuzzi has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Matt has served as SVP – Strategic Development since joining the Partnership in April 2013. Prior to joining the Partnership, he was a Director in the Global Natural Resources Group at Barclays and prior to that at Lehman Brothers. The Partnership accepted the resignation of former Chief Financial Officer Joseph “Jody” Tusa, Jr., for personal reasons.

RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK) announced the appointment of Marjorie Thomas as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective February 4, 2015. Ms. Thomas’ career spans nearly 30 years and includes senior finance roles at Intuit, Sony, and Hewlett-Packard.  Most recently, she served as VP of Corporate Finance and Treasurer for Intuit. Prior to Intuit, Ms. Thomas served as SVP, Finance and Corporate Controller of Sony Electronics where she was a member of the Sony Electronics Executive Committee.  Before that, Ms. Thomas spent 20 years at Hewlett-Packard in several senior leadership positions. She began her career as a CPA at Arthur Andersen. Ms. Thomas succeeds Tim Wan, who joined RealNetworks in 2000 and has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since April 2012.

United States Commodity Funds LLC (“USCF”) announced that Howard Mah has indicated his intention to resign.  In order to provide an orderly transition, Mr. Mah has agreed to stay and remain as a Management Director and the Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) of USCF until the earlier of a suitable replacement is accepted by the Board of Directors of USCF or close of business July 15, 2015.

Credit Karma announced that it has appointed Joseph Kauffman, previously CFO of TAL Education Group, as its first-ever Chief Financial Officer. Before TAL, Kauffman led strategic investment for NYSE-listed New Oriental Education & Technology Group and held various management leadership roles at The Coca-Cola Company.

Coveris S.A. announced the recent installation of Richard Passov to it’s board of directors. Mr. Passov most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Zoetis Inc. His work history includes serving as Treasurer for Pfizer, Inc. and Assistant Treasurer for Intel Corporation.

Talent Rover announced that Michael Lehman, former CFO of Sun Microsystems, has joined the Talent Rover Advisory Board and has invested in the company. A private investor and current board member at MGIC, Solera Holdings, MapR and the University of Wisconsin Foundation, Lehman joins Talent Rover with extensive experience as a chief financial officer for high tech companies. Over the past few years, Lehman has directed the IPO readiness of two companies that are now publicly traded: Arista Networks and Palo Alto Networks. Prior to entering the startup world, Lehman achieved recognition at Sun Microsystems, where he served two stretches as CFO after joining the company in 1987.

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE-MKT: VISI) announced that James Whitney Mayhew, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to step down from his position for personal reasons. Mr. Whitney will be leaving Volt after a 60-day transition period ending March 20, 2015.

Home Financial Bancorp (OTC: HWEN) the holding company for Our Community Bank based in Spencer, Indiana regrets to announce that Gary M. Monnett (“Mike”), the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer passed away unexpectedly on January 7, 2014. His duties will be assumed on an interim basis by Cross Financial Services until a successor is found. Cross Financial Services is based in Franklin, Indiana and provides a variety of financial services to community banks.

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) announced that Suresh Senapaty, the current Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, will retire on March 31, 2015, completing a distinguished career spanning over three decades with the company. Jatin Dalal, Senior Vice President – Finance will take over the role of CFO, effective April 1, 2015. Jatin Dalal joined Wipro in 2002. He has been instrumental in setting up of Wividus – the company’s shared services division besides strengthening the company’s Financial Planning & Analysis and Investor Relations functions.

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE) announced that Carl G. Schmidt, vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, has informed the company that he plans to retire July 1. Schmidt joined Lee in 2001. He previously was senior vice president and chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer of Johnson Outdoors, a publicly traded component of the SC Johnson group of companies, which he joined in 1994. He began his career in 1978 as a certified public accountant at the Big Four accounting firm of KPMG LLP, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After a series of promotions, he became a partner in 1988.

PROS® (NYSE: PRO) announced Stefan B. Schulz will join the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Schulz is expected to begin in his new role on or before March 16, 2015. He replaces Charles H. Murphy, who, as previously announced in February 2014, is retiring from PROS after 16 years with the company. For the past three years, Schulz has served as Chief Financial Officer at Digital River, Inc. He previously spent six years with Lawson Software. Schulz also worked for 12 years at BMC Software, where he held several leadership roles, the last as vice president, global revenue operations. Schulz began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Northwest Natural Gas Company announced that Stephen P. Feltz, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire from the Company during 2015. The Company is in the process of identifying Mr. Feltz’s successor. Mr. Feltz plans to remain in his position until his successor is engaged.

Taulia announced the hiring of its Chief Financial Officer, Rik Thorbecke. Thorbecke previously served as CFO for Meltwater Group. Thorbecke has served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and in other senior leadership roles at a range of Silicon Valley companies including Meltwater Group, Plastic Logic, Electronic Arts, Levi Strauss & Co. and Equinix. Additionally, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for more than 17 years.

NEMUS Bioscience, Inc. (OTC: NMUS) announced the appointment of Thomas (Tom) A. George, current Chief Financial Officer of Deckers Brands, to its Board of Directors. Mr. George will also be responsible for chairing the Company’s audit committee. Mr. George joined Deckers Brands as Chief Financial Officer in September 2009. Prior to Deckers, Mr. George was with Ophthonix, Inc. where he served as Chief Financial Officer since February 2005. Prior to Ophthonix, Mr. George spent more than seven years as Chief Financial Officer for publicly held Oakley, Inc., now a division of Luxottica Group S.p.A. Earlier in his career, Mr. George held positions at Loral Corporation, International Totalizator Systems, Remec Corporation and Coopers and Lybrand.

AmnioLife Corporation announced it has appointed Andrew S. Hoover as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AmnioLife Mr. Hoover worked at Square 1 Bank. He has also previously held positions at RS Investments and Oak Value Capital Management.

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U.S. Bank (NYSE: USB) announced that Andrew Cecere, currently Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has been promoted to Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Kathy Ashcraft Rogers, currently Executive Vice President, Business Line Planning & Reporting, will succeed Cecere as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. Rogers has been with U.S. Bank for 28 years and has served in a variety of leadership roles within the Finance organization. Cecere has been with U.S. Bank since 1985. He has served as Vice Chairman and CFO since 2007. Prior to that, he served as Vice Chairman of Wealth Management and Securities Services. Rogers has been with U.S. Bank since 1987. Rogers has been responsible for Business Line Planning & Reporting, including the stress testing process for U.S. Bank with the Federal Reserve Board, since 1998.

Grant Thornton LLP announced that Billy Moore will become the chief financial officer (CFO), effective Aug. 1. He will succeed Russ Wieman upon his retirement from the firm. Currently, Moore serves as the Professional Standards partner for the firm’s Carolinas practice, which includes offices in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., and Columbia, S.C. Prior to joining Grant Thornton in 2009, Moore served for 15 years as the executive vice president and CFO of several publicly traded multinational companies, including Unifi, Inc., Polymer Group, Inc., and International Textile Group, Inc. In addition, he spent nearly 20 years with Ernst & Young LLP in numerous roles of increasing responsibility, including audit partner and managing partner of several offices.

Tribune Publishing Company announced that John Bode, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company by mutual agreement to pursue other business opportunities. Sandra J. Martin, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, has been appointed interim CFO. Bode was appointed CFO of the publishing unit of Tribune Company in September 2013 and oversaw the successful separation of Tribune Publishing in August 2014. Martin, who joined the Company in Spring 2014, has considerable public accounting and public company financial management experience. Martin has previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for Entech Solar and as the Vice President and Corporate Controller for Belo Corp.

Cognolink announced Michael Flanagan has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Cognolink, Flanagan was CFO of Paradysz, and President of its digital division, PM Digital. Previously, Flanagan served as CFO and COO of Monster Worldwide’s Directional Marketing business. When Monster spun off this business and sold it to Audax Group, Flanagan was appointed CFO of the newly independent company, and subsequently promoted to President and CEO. Flanagan also has experience working with ADP as Vice President & General Manager, in addition to various roles in its Corporate Finance department. Flanagan also worked at American Express as a Senior Financial Analyst.

DeviceAuthority, Inc. announced that it has appointed Tim Morse to its board of directors. Mr. Morse is CFO and Executive Vice President of Auction.com and the former Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Morse later held a series of financial leadership roles for General Electric, launching successful initiatives and driving growth in several sectors of the company, including GE Capital, GE Corporate, GE Appliances and GE Plastics. After his time as CFO of Altera Corporation, he joined Yahoo! Inc. as CFO and was later appointed as the company’s Interim CEO. Prior to his current role at Auction.com, Mr. Morse joined Adap.tv, taking control of the fast-growing company’s IPO efforts, which ultimately resulted in an acquisition by AOL.

Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA) announced Stephen Riney will be appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He is scheduled to begin in February. Riney joins Apache following a distinguished career at BP, plc. where he worked following the merger with Amoco in 1998. Most recently, Riney served as the chief financial officer for BP exploration and production. Previously, he served as the global head of mergers and acquisitions and held several management positions in project finance, insurance, operations and planning. Prior to the merger with BP, Riney spent nine years with Amoco in various management roles in finance, mergers and acquisitions, planning and marketing.

BCS Global Networks, Inc. announced that Rachel Rice, the longtime CFO of Video Guidance, has been named CFO. Video Guidance and BCS Global merged last month. Video Guidance became a wholly owned subsidiary of BCS. Rice joined Video Guidance as CFO in 2000.

Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: IMNP) announced the appointment of Gad Berdugo as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, the Board appointed Elliot Maza as an independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Berdugo is leaving the Board in order to become the new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Berdugo was a Managing Director and Head of the Global Life Sciences at Tegris Advisors. He was previously the Founder and Managing Partner of Explorium Capital. From 2001 to 2008 he served as Director at Lazard Asset Management Group. Mr. Berdugo started his career at Abbott and then at Baxter Healthcare, where he was Director of Global Business Development for the Bio-Pharmaceutical Group. Elliot M. Maza currently is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and CFO at Intellect Neurosciences Inc. Previously, Mr. Maza was Chief Executive Officer and CFO at Biozone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of Emisphere Technologies Inc. Mr. Maza has been a Partner, Transaction Advisory Services, at Ernst & Young, LLP. He began his professional career as an Attorney at Sullivan and Cromwell in New York and then in Investment banking as Vice President of Structured Finance in the Fixed Income divisions of Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and BT Securities Corporation. Mr. Maza has served on numerous Boards of Directors for OTC and NASDAQ traded companies, including positions as Chairman of the Audit Committee.

HireRight has named Thomas Spaeth chief financial officer. Most recently, Spaeth served as CFO at UBM Technology. Spaeth’s experience includes corporate finance, consulting, and advisory roles at leading companies such as Motorola, Ernst & Young, and Deutsche Bank.

Sparta Systems, Inc. announced the appointment of Steve Buonaiuto as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his role at Sparta Systems, Buonaiuto served as SVP of Operations for product development and marketing, CFO of EMEA and CFO of Global Services for CA Technologies. Previous to CA, Buonaiuto served as Oracle’s Vice President for North America consulting operations.

WaterWalk Hotel & Apartments announced that Kay Auer joins WaterWalk as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Auer was the CFO of Quality Solutions, Inc. Prior to that position, Auer was the CFO at Value Place.

Northland Investment Corporation has named Ami Fatula as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Northland, she led accounting and reporting oversight with AEW Partners Funds. Fatula also specialized in real estate as an audit manager at Ernst & Young LLP.

Washington REIT (NYSE: WRE) announced the appointment of Stephen E. Riffee as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer-elect, effective on February 17, 2015. Mr. Riffee will succeed Bill Camp who, as previously disclosed, is stepping down as CFO after Washington REIT’s year-end reporting period. Prior to joining Washington REIT, Mr. Riffee served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT). Before joining COPT in 2006, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for CarrAmerica Realty Corporation.

Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) announced that Stephen E. Riffee, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the Company on February 3, 2015, to pursue other interests. Effective February 4, 2015, Anthony Mifsud will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

WorkForce Software announced that it has appointed Bob Feller as its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining WorkForce Software, he served as CFO of Palace Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Detroit Pistons NBA franchise. Feller’s previous roles included serving as vice president of Finance and corporate controller for Salesforce.com and as CFO of Scientific Learning. Feller began his career as a CPA with Arthur Anderson.

InnerWorkings, Inc. (NASDAQ: INWK) announced the appointment of Ryan Spohn as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Spohn will succeed Joseph M. Busky, who is leaving the Company to pursue other business opportunities. Mr. Busky will remain as CFO through the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, at which time Mr. Spohn’s appointment will take effect. Mr. Spohn joined InnerWorkings in early 2009 as a Senior Vice President and Controller. Prior to joining InnerWorkings, he was a finance director for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and held various positions of increasing responsibility over his ten-year tenure.

Arpin Group announced that Michael Killoran has been promoted to the position of chief financial officer, replacing Edward Braks who has retired after 20 years of service. Killoran joined Arpin Van Lines as controller in 1983. In 2008, when the accounting functions for Arpin Van Lines and Arpin International Group were consolidated under Arpin Group, he was promoted to controller of the combined entity. Braks will continue to support the interests of the Arpin Group as a consultant and as a member of its board of directors.

Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, LLC announced that Chris Work has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. Chris most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Nuevo Midstream, LLC. While at Nuevo Midstream, Chris spearheaded the company’s sale to Western Gas Partners, LP.

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: BONT) announced that Keith E. Plowman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Company’s Board of Directors that he plans to retire in August 2015.

Avedro Inc. announced that Brian K. Roberts is joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this role, Mr. Roberts served as Chief Financial Officer for Insulet Corporation. Mr. Roberts replaces Rhonda J. Bracey who has been the company’s Chief Financial Officer for the past six years and who will assist in the transition. Ms. Bracey will be leaving the company in anticipation of her relocation to the West Coast to pursue new opportunities. Prior to Insulet, Brian served as CFO for Jingle Networks, and CFO for Digitas. Mr. Roberts has also held finance positions at Idiom Technologies, Inc., the Monitor Group and served as an auditor with Ernst & Young LLP.

RH (Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.) (NYSE: RH) announced the appointment of Ali Rowghani to its Board of Directors. He will also serve on the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Rowghani has served in executive leadership positions at innovative growth companies, including Twitter, Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios, Inc. At Twitter, Mr. Rowghani was hired as the Company’s first Chief Financial Officer in March 2010, and later served as Chief Operating Officer from December 2012 to June 2014. Prior to Twitter, from June 2002 to February 2010, Mr. Rowghani served in various leadership roles at Pixar, including Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning. Mr. Rowghani is currently a part time partner at YCombinator, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The San Francisco Symphony.

TriMas Corporation announced David Rice as the future chief financial officer of the new Cequent organization, once the previously announced spin from TriMas Corporation is complete. The spin transaction is expected to be completed in mid-2015. David currently serves as division finance officer of TriMas’ Cequent Performance Products business located in Plymouth, Mich. David joined TriMas Corporation in 2005 and brings more than 30 years of financial, audit and leadership experience to the role. He has held previous roles at TriMas Corporation, which include division finance officer of Cequent Performance Products, and group controller and director of Corporate Audit. Prior to 2005, he held additional divisional controller positions of increasing responsibilities at GKN Sinter Metals and Mueller Industries, Inc., as well as managing international operations finance at The Woodbridge Group.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) has appointed Wayne DeVeydt, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Anthem, Inc., to the organization’s Board of Governors. DeVeydt joined Anthem in 2005 as senior vice president and chief accounting officer. He later became chief of staff to the chairman and chief executive officer before becoming chief financial officer in 2007. Before joining Anthem, Mr. DeVeydt was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers serving in several leadership roles during his time with the company.

Buckhorn Energy Services, LLC announced that Victor A. Wind has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Forest Oil Corporation from August 2013 until it merged with Sabine Oil & Gas LLC in December 2014.  Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of Forest Oil, Mr. Wind served in many capacities during his 10 year tenure at Forest including Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer from December 2009 and Corporate Controller from January 2005.  Prior to joining Forest Oil Corporation, Mr. Wind served as Director of Financial Reporting and Controller for Evergreen Resources, Inc., and also served as an audit manager at the New York-based accounting firm BDO Seidman, LLP.

iZotope, Inc. has hired Michael Bayer as its Chief Financial Officer. Bayer’s past experience includes senior finance roles at organizations such as MotherNature.com, LightChip, TaskRabbit, DynamicOps, Mobiquity, and Revivio. Bayer also served as co-founder and CEO of RPM Communications.

Turnitin announced that Bobby Wilson, most recently the chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Hobsons, is joining Turnitin as chief financial officer. Bobby Wilson joins Turnitin from Hobsons, where he served as CFO and COO from 2012 to early 2015. Prior to Hobsons, he spent 10 years in various leadership roles at Thomson Reuters, including finance lead for several businesses. Earlier in his career, Bobby held positions at Ford Motor Company and NASA.

Gurtin Fixed Income Management announced the promotion of Erik Davidson to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Davidson draws from 17+ years of financial industry experience, including experience as Director of Investments & Financial Reporting for the San Diego State University Foundation and serving as CFO for two different mass market consumer product companies prior to joining Gurtin in 2014.

Remy International (NASDAQ: REMY) announced that Albert VanDenBergh will join Remy as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 20, 2015. Al most recently was Finance Director, Delphi Connection Systems with Delphi Automotive PLC. Prior to joining Delphi, Al was a product development engineer with General Motors vehicle engineering organization.

Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) announced that Ryan Woodley, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of subsidiary Progressive Leasing, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Leasing. In addition Todd Jeffcoat, Senior Vice President of Finance, was named Progressive’s Chief Financial Officer. Woodley joined Progressive as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer in June of 2013. Previously, Woodley was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at DigiCert. Before DigiCert, he was a principal at Polaris Partners. Prior to Polaris, Woodley was a strategy consultant at the Monitor Group. He has also spent time at Google as a manager in the online sales operations group and at the payment gateway Authorize.Net. Jeffcoat joined Progressive in May of 2012.  Prior to joining Progressive, Jeffcoat served as Controller, then Chief Accounting Officer for TMX Finance. Prior to joining TMX Finance, he served as staff accountant, then Corporate Accounting Supervisor for Advance America.

Crestwood Equity Partners LP announced that Michael J. Campbell has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Crestwood Equity GP LLC, the general partner of Crestwood Equity Partners LP, effective on March 31, 2015. The company appointed Robert T. Halpin as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective upon the effective date of Mr. Campbell’s resignation. Mr. Halpin previously served as the Company’s Vice President—Finance since January 2013 and as the Company’s Vice President—Business Development from January 2012 to January 2013. Prior to joining the Company, from July 2009 to January 2012, Mr. Halpin was an Associate at First Reserve, and from July 2007 to June 2009, Mr. Halpin was an investment banker in the Global Natural Resources Group at Lehman Brothers and subsequently, Barclays Capital following its acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ Investment Banking Division in September 2008.

West Marine, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMAR) announced that it has accepted the resignation of Thomas R. Moran from his position as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary. The company appointed Deborah Ajeska, West Marine’s Divisional Vice President and Controller, as the company’s Principal Financial Officer. In this new capacity, Ms. Ajeska will perform Mr. Moran’s duties until a new CFO is appointed. Ms. Ajeska, a 15 year veteran of the finance team, joined the company in May of 1999 as its Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis in 2007, then to Assistant Vice President-Operations, Controller in 2008 and finally to her current position in late 2010.

Armune BioScience, Inc. announced the appointment of Susan J. Crookston to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Susan replaces Jim Johnson, the outgoing CFO. Susan has more than 20 years of experience in various financial and human resource roles within the life sciences market, including senior and management team experience at two start-up companies – Afmedica and most recently with CeeTox, Inc. Sue also worked for Apjohn Ventures as the Finance Director. Prior to working for start-ups, Sue held various financial leadership and analyst roles in The Upjohn Company, Pharmacia & Upjohn and Pfizer.

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McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced that Pete Bensen, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been promoted to the newly-created role of Chief Administrative Officer. Kevin Ozan, who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, will succeed Bensen and is promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) announced that Howard A. Willard will become Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Willard currently serves as Chief Financial Officer. Since joining the Altria companies in 1992, he has held leadership positions in numerous business functions of the Altria companies, including Finance, Strategy & Business Development, Sales, Information Services and Corporate Responsibility. William F. (Billy) Gifford, Jr. has been appointed Altria’s Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2015. Mr. Gifford previously served as President and CEO of Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA) and currently is Altria’s Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development. Since joining the Altria companies in 1994, he has held numerous leadership roles in the Finance and Market Information and Consumer Research business functions.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA) announced the appointment of George Fairweather, formerly group finance director of Alliance Boots, as executive vice president and global chief financial officer, effective 20 February 2015. Fairweather will succeed Timothy McLevish, who served as Walgreens chief financial officer since August 2014 and served as the initial global chief financial officer of the combined companies. McLevish will continue his service to Walgreens Boots Alliance as senior advisor to the chief executive officer for finance, integration and business development. Fairweather was group finance director of Alliance Boots since its formation in July 2006. He joined Alliance UniChem in the same position in 2002 and later led the financial integration during the merger with Boots Group. Previously Fairweather was group finance director of Elementis (joining when it was Harrisons and Crosfield) and before that, group finance director of Dawson International. Earlier in his career, Fairweather worked for Dixons Group in the UK and U.S., Procter & Gamble and KPMG Thomson McLintock.

CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI) announced that Michael S. Castleman will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer following the filing of the Company’s SEC Form 10-K for 2014 in early March 2015. Robert M. Larney, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving CDI to pursue other opportunities following the filing of the Company’s SEC Form 10-K for 2014. Castleman is currently EVP, Corporate Development and Operations and will continue to lead corporate development and operational analytics at CDI. Prior to joining CDI, Castleman served as president of Kenmore Craftsman and Diehard brands at Sears Holdings Corporation. He initially joined Kenmore Craftsman and Diehard as chief financial officer. Previously, Castleman founded or co-founded several investment firms, including Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, where he served as managing director and co-head. He has served as a director or board advisor to multiple companies.

Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) announced the appointment of James S. Scully as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will begin his role no later than April 1, 2015. Mr. Scully joins Avon after nine years with J. Crew. During his tenure, Mr. Scully served as J. Crew’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and most recently as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to J. Crew, he served in treasury and strategic and financial planning roles at luxury retailer Saks Incorporated, and in corporate finance and banking roles at Bank of America.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has appointed Heather M. Crofford vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for its Enterprise Shared Services (ESS) organization, effective March 9. She replaces Donald E. McHugh, Jr. who has been appointed vice president, business operations director and controller of National Security Technologies LLC, a joint venture in which Northrop Grumman is a partner. Crofford most recently served as the director of business management for the Cyber division within Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems sector. Prior to that, she worked for more than 12 years for the Boeing Company in a number of increasingly responsible financial management positions, most recently as the CFO of the Electronic and Information Solutions division.

Kroll Inc. announced the appointment of Ken Roche as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Roche was a principal with Accordion Partners. Prior to Accordion, he was CFO and Lead Financial Consultant for CT Financial Solutions. In addition, Roche has held roles as CFO for Traxis Financial Group, CEO for Orbian Corporation, and Vice President and CFO for General Electric Trade Payable Services. Roche began his career with American Express.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. announced the appointment of Darcilo Santos, as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2013, Mr. Santos worked at Safra Bank in São Paulo, Brazil, where he held several positions including Risk and Finance Executive, Managing Director and Chief Data Officer. Prior to his work at Safra Bank, Mr. Santos worked for 13 years at Banco Itaú BBA, where he held senior positions in the areas of Risk Management, MIS and Planning and Credit Portfolio Management.

The Krystal Company® announced the appointment of Carl Jakaitis as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Company. Jakaitis most recently served as CFO of McAlister’s Deli. Prior to McAlister’s®, Jakaitis was CFO with Petrus Brands. Before joining Petrus, he ran his own consulting business specializing in part-time CFO assignments. From 1994 to 2004, Jakaitis served as CFO for Church’s Chicken®. His restaurant experience also includes finance roles at Pizza Hut® and Boston Market®.

Autotask Corporation appointed Elmer Lai as Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Vince Zumbo, who served as Autotask’s CFO for the past four years. Elmer comes to Autotask from HubSpot, where he was Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer.  Elmer has also held senior financial management positions at Sonus Networks, Airvana and Razorfish/i-Cube.

AmeraMex International, Inc. (OTC: AMMX) named Tracie Hannick as its chief financial officer replacing Kevin Atkin whose contract was not renewed. Ms. Hannick has been working with AmeraMex International as a tax and financial consultant since 2010. Before joining AmeraMex Tracie was President of Bean Counting Firm for 11 years. Prior to this, Hannick worked in the non-profit sector for seven years.

Oncology Services International (OSI) announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) Lee as Chief Financial Officer. Lee most recently served as CFO of Guidemark Health.

Aptaris™ appointed William Gilmour as CFO. Most recently, Gilmour was executive vice president and CFO at Saxotech. Prior to Saxotech, Gilmour was CFO then elected as a member of the Board of Directors for Alogent Corporation.

American Energy Partners, LP (AELP) announced that it has hired Jennifer M. Grigsby as the Chief Financial Officer of its affiliates American Energy – Woodford, LLC (AEW) and American Energy – Minerals Holdings, LLC (AEMN).  Grigsby previously worked for Chesapeake Energy Corporation for 19 years in increasing roles of importance, including serving as Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Corporate Secretary from 2006 to 2007; Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary from 2007 to 2013; and Senior Vice President, Corporate and Strategic Planning from 2013 to 2014. Prior to Chesapeake, Grigsby worked for Commander Aircraft Company and Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) is pleased to announce that Thomas Higgins has joined as the COO/CFO (Chief Operating and Financial Officer). Prior to joining the ARF Chris Bacon led the global Consumer Insights team at the Gallo Winery. Chris began his career at General Mills, taking on leadership roles of increasing responsibility across advertiser verticals at Pillsbury, Citibank, Pepsi, and Colgate-Palmolive. Prior to joining Gallo, Chris was Global Director of Consumer Insights for the Personal Care Division of Colgate-Palmolive.

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) announced that Chief Financial Officer Mark Sopp intends to retire from his position later this year, once an orderly transition has occurred, to pursue more time with family and other personal goals. Sopp came to Leidos (formerly SAIC) in 2005 and led the company’s initial public offering in 2006. He also led the finance efforts of the company’s separation into two publicly traded companies in 2013. Sopp joined Leidos after more than 18 years of financial industry leadership.

Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) announced the appointment of Cheryl K. Beebe to its board of directors. Ms. Beebe will serve on the board’s Audit Committee. Ms. Beebe retired in 2014 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ingredion Incorporated. She served in this role from 2010 to 2014. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Ingredion from 2004 to 2014. She also served in several leadership roles at CPC International (now Unilever Bestfoods). Ms. Beebe currently serves on the board of directors of Packaging Corporation of America.

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. announced the appointment of Neil Davidson as chief financial officer. Davidson joins Deluxe from Bally Technologies, where he served for nearly a decade, most recently as CFO.  Before joining Bally Technologies in 2006 as vice president of corporate accounting, he served as vice president of finance for Multimedia Games.

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. announced that Phil Green, who has served as chief financial officer since 1995, will become president of the holding company. Green joined the company in 1980 and held a number of managerial positions in the financial division before serving as chief financial officer from 1995 to 2015. Green is currently on the board of Frost Insurance and also served on the Frost Securities board. Jerry Salinas, who has been treasurer for 18 years, will become chief financial officer. Since joining Frost in 1986, Salinas has held various financial positions within Frost and Cullen/Frost. He was named bank and corporate controller in 1989 and treasurer in 1997.

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CPS), the parent company of Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., announced the appointments of Allen J. Campbell as executive vice president and chief infrastructure officer with concentration in the Asia-Pacific region, and Matthew W. Hardt as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Hardt will join Cooper Standard as executive vice president on February 2 and become CFO on March 2 when Campbell transitions to the chief infrastructure officer position stationed in the Asia-Pacific region. Campbell has been with Cooper Standard since 1998, serving in a series of financial and corporate leadership roles of increasing responsibility, including vice president of Asian operations. Prior to joining Cooper Standard, Campbell held various non-automotive, financial and business positions for The Dow Chemical Company for 18 years. Hardt most recently served as senior vice president, finance for the industrial solutions, and before that, the consumer and industrial solutions divisions at TE Connectivity Ltd. (previously Tyco Electronics). He also served as vice president of finance for Tyco’s specialty products group. He previously served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility at General Electric Co., including CFO for a number of the company’s global divisions.

NV5 Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVEE) announced the appointment of François Tardan to its Board of Directors. From 1998 to 2011, François Tardan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bureau Veritas (BV). Before 1998 Mr. Tardan was President and CEO of Fondasol.

Medovex Corp. (NASDAQ: MDVXU) announced that the Board of Directors approved the appointment of Jeffery Wright as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Wright replaces Charles Farrahar, who will remain with the Company on a part-time basis as its Secretary. Prior to joining Medovex, Mr. Wright was an audit senior at Ernst & Young within the Assurance Services division. Prior to his career in public accounting, Mr. Wright worked as a trading analyst in the retirement trust services department at Reliance Trust Company.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) announced the appointment of William (Bill) D. Rogers as executive vice president of finance and accounting, effective Feb. 9. He will succeed Gary L. Whitlock as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective March 3. He will also remain on the board of Enable Midstream Partners. Rogers was most recently vice president and treasurer at American Water Works Company, Inc. Previously, he served as chief financial officer for NV Energy, Inc. He had previously served as vice president of finance, risk and tax, as well as corporate treasurer. Before joining NV Energy in June 2005, Rogers was a managing director in capital markets for Merrill Lynch and prior served in a similar role at JPMorgan Chase in New York.

Sysorex (NASDAQ: SYRX) has appointed Wendy Loundermon as its interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Loundermon replaces Will Frederick, who has resigned to pursue other interests. Ms. Loundermon joined the Company in 2002 and had been the CFO until October 2014. Prior to her re-appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Loundermon was serving as the Company’s Vice President of Finance and Secretary and continues to serve as President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of its Sysorex Government Services subsidiary.

ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ARC) announced the appointment of Jorge Avalos to succeed John Toth in the role of Chief Financial Officer of ARC at the end of January. Mr. Toth, the company’s current CFO, is leaving the company to pursue other business interests. Jorge Avalos has been ARC’s Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance since April 2011, having joined the company in June 2006 as the Company’s Director of Finance. He became the Company’s Corporate Controller in December 2006, and Vice President, Corporate Controller in December 2010. Prior to joining the company Mr. Avalos was the controller of Vendare Media Group.

WeGoLook, LLC has been named Kenneth Knoll as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining WeGoLook, he was a business consultant and recently guided WeGoLook through an investment round. Knoll served as the Director of Advisory Services at i2E, INC. Knoll has previously worked for ConocoPhillips leading audit teams in domestic and international business unit engagement. Additionally, he founded a service company and operated it for more than a decade before successfully exiting.

Convergence announced that Joseph (Joe) Dello Russo, former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative officer of MFS Investment Management has joined the Firm as a Senior Managing Director. During his professional career, Joe was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of MFS Investment Management. Prior to MFS, Joe was a senior finance and operations executive (including Director of Mutual Fund Operations and SVP and Controller) at The Boston Company (now owned by Bank of New York/Mellon), and an Audit Manager at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Western Refining Logistics, LP (NYSE: WNRL) announced that Karen B. Davis has resigned as Chief Financial Officer, to join Northern Tier Energy GP LLC, the general partner of Northern Tier Energy LP, and Northern Tier Energy LLC, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in March 2015. Gary R. Dalke, Executive Vice President of Western Refining Logistics GP, LLC, the general partner of WNRL, has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer, in addition to his current role as Executive Vice President, until a replacement has been identified. Mr. Dalke previously served as Chief Financial Officer of WNRL since its inception in July 2013.

Northern Tier Energy LP (NYSE: NTI) announced Karen B. Davis will serve as Executive Vice President of Northern Tier Energy LLC and Northern Tier Energy GP LLC, the general partner of Northern Tier Energy LP. The Partnership also announced that Dave Bonczek, Chief Financial Officer of Northern Tier Energy LLC and Northern Tier Energy GP LLC, has elected to step down as Chief Financial Officer effective March 16, 2015. Ms. Davis will assume the additional role of Chief Financial Officer for these entities, effective March 16, 2015. Ms. Davis joins the Company from Western Refining Logistics, LP, where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Ms. Davis served as Chief Accounting Officer of PBF Energy and PBF Logistics and as Global Controller of Petroplus Holdings.

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) announced that Ryan VanWinkle has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations Alan Heitmann, a 20-year veteran of the company, has agreed to serve as its Chief Financial Officer.

Art’s Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: ARTW) announced that Amber Murra has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to this position, Ms. Murra served as the Director of Finance for Art’s Way Manufacturing.  Ms. Murra began her career in public accounting at KDV, and has also worked at J.L. Swanson, Chtd and Winnebago Industries.

SI Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIFI), the holding company for Savings Institute Bank and Trust Company, announced that Brian J. Hull, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his retirement effective April 10, 2015. Mr. Hull will be succeeded by Lauren Murphy, who is currently the Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer. Ms. Murphy joined the Bank in 2004 and was named Senior Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer in 2013.

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Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the appointment of Vasant M. Prabhu as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prabhu succeeds Byron Pollitt, who previously announced his intent to retire. Mr. Prabhu joins Visa from NBCUniversal Media, LLC, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to joining NBCUniversal in 2014, Prabhu served as the chief financial officer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. since 2004. In 2010, Prabhu also was named vice chairman of Starwood. He also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Safeway Inc., and held senior leadership roles at The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Prabhu is currently a member of the board of directors of Mattel, Inc.

Brown Shoe Company (NYSE: BWS) announced Kenneth Hannah has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company, replacing Russ Hammer as of February 16, 2015. Hannah most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of JC Penney Company, Inc. Prior to that time, he served in multiple executive roles at SunEdison (formerly MEMC Electronic Materials), including president of Solar Energy and of Solar Materials and as vice president and CFO. Hannah also held executive positions at The Home Depot, and these included senior vice president of Operations, senior vice president of Finance, and vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis. Earlier in his career, he served in various finance roles of increasing responsibility at The Boeing Company, General Electric Company and McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) announced the appointment of J. Michael Hansen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Hansen joined Cintas’ Finance Department in 1995 and has held numerous positions across the corporation including Operations General Manager and Corporate Controller. He has served as Vice President and Treasurer since 2010, working closely with recently retired CFO, William C. Gale. Before joining Cintas, Hansen worked at Ernst & Young and Rockwell International.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE: CSL) announced that James D. Frias, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President of Nucor Corporation, has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) announced that the company’s president Brian G. Sweeney will also become chief financial officer, effective March 1, 2015. Mr. Sweeney succeeds Gregg Seibert who will continue to serve as vice chairman of Cablevision, working on the company’s long-term strategic and financial initiatives. In separate announcements also made today, The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) and AMC Networks Inc. (AMC) appointed Mr. Seibert vice chairman of MSG and vice chairman of AMC, respectively. Mr. Seibert will continue to serve as a senior member of the company’s leadership team, providing strategic and financial counsel as Cablevision’s vice chairman. Prior to his appointment as president of the company, Mr. Sweeney was senior executive vice president, strategy and chief of staff to the CEO. Prior to that role, he was senior vice president of e-media. Mr. Sweeney began his career in 1993 at Cablevision’s programming division Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) as vice president of information systems. Mr. Sweeney serves as a member of Cablevision’s board of directors, and is also on the board of directors at AMC Networks and The Madison Square Garden Company.

DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) announced that Andre J. Hawaux has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hawaux joined DICK’S in 2013 as Executive Vice President, Finance, Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining DICK’S, he was most recently President, Consumer Foods at ConAgra Foods, Inc. Previously, he served as ConAgra Foods’ Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2009.

Zero Motorcycles announced that Curt Sacks has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Sacks had previously served as CFO for GigOptix Inc. and Endwave Corporation.

A123 Systems LLC announced that b has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Over the past 4 years, Brad has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Chassix, Inc and Acument Global Technologies, Inc. His prior background includes similar roles at L&W Engineering, Plastech Engineered Products, LDM Technologies as well as an audit focused tenure at Ernst & Young.

Epizyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPZM) announced that Andrew Singer will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer on February 9th. Mr. Singer was previously Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, in the Life Sciences Group at RBC Capital Markets Corporation, part of RBC Financial Group. Prior to RBC, Mr. Singer worked at Petkevitch and Company, and co-founded MVC Capital. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the J. F. Kapnek Trust.

AppDynamics announced that Randy Gottfried has joined the company as chief financial officer. Gottfried will succeed Walter Berger, who resigned late last year. To assist in the transition, Berger will remain with AppDynamics through the end of March. Most recently, Gottfried was CFO and COO of Riverbed Technology, where he worked from 2004 until 2013. Prior to Riverbed, Gottfried held a variety of senior finance roles at Inktomi and Sybase.

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP) announced the appointment of Andrew Smith to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith previously served as Sucampo’s Vice President, Operations & Finance. Mr. Smith joined Sucampo in 2011 as Principal Accounting Officer and was most recently Vice President, Operations and Finance. Prior to joining Sucampo, Mr. Smith was Finance Director and Company Secretary for Retroscreen Virology Ltd. and the Finance Director and Company Secretary of Clearlab Europe, a division of 1-800 Contacts Inc., following its acquisition of VisionTec CL, of which he was co-founder and member of its Board of Directors. In addition, he previously held senior financial management positions at Biocompatibles plc, Hydron Ltd (acquired by Biocompatibles) and Allergan Inc.

Altitude Digital announced that Bradley Downes has been named the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Downes joins Altitude Digital from Groupon, where he held several finance roles during his tenure with the company, including VP of Finance; Finance Manger – Operations; and Senior Manager – Treasury. Prior to Groupon, Downes worked in investment banking, with positions at Lazard Middle Market and Lehman Brothers. He will be based in Denver, Colorado.

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRNE) announced that Glen Sato, former Chief Financial Officer at PDL Biopharma, Inc. and Exelixis, Inc., and partner at Cooley LLC, has been retained to provide support for the ongoing strategic financial and legal initiatives in the business and operations of the Company.

Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL) announced that Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Harry J. Cynkus will retire in 2015. The company has selected Eddie Northen to succeed Cynkus effective May 1. Northen joined UPS in 1985. Most recently, he was Vice President of International Finance & Accounting – Global Business Services for UPS. Earlier he was CFO of UPS’ Asia Pacific Region based in Hong Kong.  Northen also served as Vice President of Finance in the company’s Pacific and West Regions.

My Fit Foods announced the appointment of Michael Lubitz as the newest member of its growing executive team. Immediately prior to joining My Fit Foods, Mr. Lubitz served as Chief Financial Officer of Hurricane AMT, LLC. Mr. Lubitz’s broad experience also includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of ADF Companies. Mr. Lubitz served as Vice President – Finance of New World Restaurant Group.

BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) announced that Hai V. Tran, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has tendered his resignation, effective March 27, 2015, in order to pursue other opportunities.

Full House Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLL) announced the appointment of Lewis Fanger as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fanger served from June 2013 through February 2015 as a Vice President of Wynn Resorts, Limited. From August 2011 to June 2013, Mr. Fanger was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Creative Casinos, LLC. Mr. Fanger also served from June 2003 to August 2011 at Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. in various capacities, including as Vice President of Finance. Prior to that, Mr. Fanger worked as an equity research associate in the gaming group at Bear, Stearns & Co. in New York.

Cognitive Networks announced the appointment of Tim Driscoll as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Driscoll was CFO of Verimatrix. Prior to that, he provided finance and strategy consulting services to a number of early-stage companies, and managed direct investments at Mission Ventures.

Verimatrix announced that Charles Padgett has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Padgett joins Verimatrix from Cascadia Technology Group, where he served as founder and CEO, and led the sale of Cascadia Project Management in 2014. He has also previously served in senior management positions at Kofax, EMC, and Captiva Software. In addition, he has served as CFO of Aviarc, CFO of WFI (EMEA), an Entrepreneur in Residence at Boeing Technology Ventures and managing director of The Walter Group. Padgett also spent four years in public accounting as a CPA for KPMG.

Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced that Chief Financial Officer Richard McKenney has been named the Company’s next Chief Executive Officer. Effective April 1, 2015, McKenney will become President and be appointed to the Unum Board of Directors. Effective at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting, to be held in May, McKenney will become Chief Executive Officer. Jack McGarry, currently President and CEO of Closed Block Operations, will succeed McKenney as the Company’s CFO on April 1. Prior to joining Unum in 2009, McKenney was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sun Life Financial, Inc. In 2004 he became CFO of Genworth Financial as part of the team that launched its initial public offering from GE. McKenney began his career at GE, transitioning in his roles from manufacturing to financial leadership. He joined GE Financial Assurance in 1996 and became their CFO in 2002. John (Jack) McGarry is president and CEO of Closed Block Operations for Unum Group. McGarry has led the Closed Block since 2012 when he returned to the U.S. after more than two years as president and CEO of Unum UK. Previously, McGarry was head of Risk Management for Unum US.

RREEF Property Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZRPTAX) announced the appointment of Julianna Ingersoll as its Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Eric Russell as its Chief Financial Officer. Since 2012 and most recently, Ingersoll served as RREEF Property Trust’s Chief Financial Officer and Vice President. Previously she was with Deutsche AWM. Prior to joining Deutsche AWM, Ingersoll held various positions within Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Banking & Securities division including its Residential Mortgage Backed Securities group, the Office of Corporate Development and the Corporate Investments group, and the Technology Investment Banking team. Most recently, Russell served as RREEF Property Trust’s Assistant Treasurer. Since joining in 2000, Russell has served as a Controller in the Real Estate Fund Finance Group. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he served as an Accounting Manager and Assistant Controller at iStar Financial, Inc. and as a Controller at Sierra National Home Warranty Corporation. Russell began his career in accounting at Grant Thornton as a Staff Auditor.

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced the appointment of Teresa Covington as interim chief financial officer. Covington succeeds Jikun Kim, who has resigned as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Since joining AeroVironment in 2011, Teresa Covington has served as a senior member of the company’s finance team. Prior to joining AeroVironment, Covington served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Line 6.

Bigcommerce announced that Scott Dussault, COO and CFO at enterprise cloud storage provider Nasuni, has joined the company’s board of advisors. Previously, Dussault served as executive vice president and CFO at Demandware. Earlier in his career he served as CFO at Achivas, Inc.

ROBLOX announced the addition of Andrew Chmyz as Chief Financial Officer. Andrew Chmyz’s extensive executive experience includes CFO roles at SugarCRM, Marimba, and Medallia, as well as COO at Concentric Medical.

Salin Bank & Trust Company announced that Thomas Flournoy has joined the bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment with Salin Bank, Flournoy served as either Chief Financial Officer or Chief Operating Officer of five community banks in Georgia, Indiana, and Kentucky. He also spent 14 years as Controller at 1^st Source Bank in northern Indiana. Since 2009, Flournoy has served as CFO at the First Bank of Georgia in Augusta.

TransFirst® announced that long-standing Chief Financial Officer, Mark Travis, has transitioned his role with the company to a consultative capacity and Nancy Disman, who joined TransFirst in 2014 as Senior Vice President for Investor Relations, has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining TransFirst, Nancy served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Cynergy Data Corporation. She also spent 11 years at First Data Corporation in various finance and operations leadership positions, including Chief Operations Officer of the Retail and Alliances Services division and Chief Financial Officer of the Commercial Services division.

T3Media, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Pougnet to the joint role of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Pougnet joins from software provider Front Porch Digital where he led the successful sale of the business to Oracle in September 2014. He held executive financial and operational positions at companies such as Avaya, Paramount Pictures and Copan.

Kirkland’s, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIRK) announced that Adam Holland, most recently the Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, will be appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL) reported that Frederick D. Furry has resigned as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Furry joined BIOLASE as Chief Financial Officer in November 2010.

Equity One, Inc. (NYSE: EQY) announced that Matthew Ostrower is expected to join the Company on March 3, 2015 as an Executive Vice President and will become its Chief Financial Officer upon the previously announced departure of Mark Langer, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, later this Spring. Mr. Ostrower most recently served as Managing Director and Associate Director of Research in Morgan Stanley’s European research department. Mr. Ostrower’s previous experience includes serving as portfolio manager of the Pioneer Real Estate Shares Mutual fund, eight years as a REIT equity analyst at Morgan Stanley, and performing capital raising and investment strategy for the Gerrity Group. Since 2010, Mr. Ostrower has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ramco-Gershenson Property Trust, but is expected to resign from this position prior to joining the Company.

N30 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that R. Michael Carruthers has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer (CFO).  Most recently, Mr. Carruthers served on Array BioPharma Inc.’s executive team as the CFO. Prior to joining Array, Mr. Carruthers served as CFO of Sievers Instrument, Inc., and before joining Sievers was the treasurer and controller for the Waukesha division of Dover Corporation.  Mr. Carruthers was previously employed as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Array BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRY) announced that Michael Carruthers, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will be leaving Array to pursue an opportunity in the biopharmaceutical industry.  Dave Horin, a managing partner at Chord Advisers, has been appointed as interim CFO.  Mr. Carruthers will consult with Array to ensure a smooth transition.

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NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) announced that Donald W. Blair, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from NIKE in October 2015. As part of a planned transition, Blair will remain in the CFO role through July 31, 2015, and will remain with the company through October 31, 2015 in support of the transition. Effective August 1, 2015, Blair will be succeeded by Andrew Campion, currently Senior Vice President, Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations for NIKE, Inc. Campion joined NIKE in 2007 as the Vice President of Global Planning and Development. In 2010, Campion became CFO of the NIKE Brand, responsible for leading all aspects of financial management for nearly 90% of NIKE’s business. In 2014, he was promoted to SVP, Finance, Strategy and Investor Relations, while also maintaining his responsibilities as CFO of the NIKE Brand. Prior to NIKE, Campion served with the Walt Disney Company from 1996 to 2007, in a number of finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development.

Dropbox announced that Vanessa Wittman will be joining in March as its new CFO. Vanessa is taking the reins from Sujay Jaswa, who joined in 2010. She joins us from Motorola Mobility, where she served as SVP and CFO following its acquisition by Google. Before Motorola, Vanessa was CFO of Marsh & McLennan and held senior roles at Microsoft and Morgan Stanley.

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) announced that Teri List-Stoll, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the role effective Feb. 28, 2015. Ms. List-Stoll has been with Kraft since Sept. 2013. Ms. List-Stoll will continue to serve the company as a senior advisor to ensure a smooth transition.

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) announced the appointment of Anne L. Bramman as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective March 23, 2015. Bramman succeeds Mitchell R. Butier, who was recently named Avery Dennison president and chief operating officer. Ms. Bramman is joining Avery Dennison from Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line, where she has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Carnival, Bramman spent six years at Columbus, Ohio-based L Brands, Inc. She began her career at L Brands in 2004 as vice president – finance for Victoria’s Secret stores. In 2006, she was promoted to vice president/assistant treasurer – mergers, acquisitions and capital markets for the corporation before assuming the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer for the Henri Bendel brand in 2008. She previously served as senior vice president – worldwide finance and strategic planning for THQ, Inc. for two years, and for three years as senior vice president of corporate development and treasurer at the corporate offices at Kinko’s, Inc. Her other financial experience includes seven years at Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) and three years with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE:NWL) announced that John Stipancich has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Stipancich joined Newell Rubbermaid in 2004. He most recently served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and Executive Leader of the company’s operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Since August 2014, Stipancich has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the company, Stipancich held senior positions with two former Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. portfolio companies. He started his legal career at the international law firm of Squire Patton Boggs.

Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) announced that Marc D. Miller, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Miller joined Aeropostale in 2005 as Vice President of Strategic Planning and New Business Development and was promoted to Group Vice President in 2006, Senior Vice President in 2007 and appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2010.  David J. Dick will join the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Dick served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of dELiA*s, Inc., after serving as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the retailer from 2008 to 2009.  Prior to that, Mr. Dick was the Chief Financial Officer of Charlie Brown’s Acquisitions Corp. from 2006 to 2007. Additionally, Mr. Dick held a number of positions at Linens ‘n Things from 1993 to 2006, including Vice President, Controller and Treasurer.

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) announced that Michael Monahan has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO). Monahan will continue his role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Monahan becomes Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Monahan has been with Pitney Bowes since 1988 and held positions in Corporate Accounting, Investor Relations, Corporate Development, as a business unit CFO and product management. He has served as CFO since 2008. Prior to that, he served as Pitney Bowes President of the Mailstream Solutions and Services – Americas, the portfolio of which included North and South American operations of the SMB Mailing Business and Presort Mail Services.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE: PIR) announced that Company veteran Laura A. Coffey has been named Executive Vice President – Interim Chief Financial Officer. She replaces Cary Turner, who has retired as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pier 1 Imports. Ms. Coffey joined Pier 1 Imports in 1997 and has held various positions, including Vice President – Assistant Controller, Principal Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Planning and most recently, Senior Vice President of Planning. Prior to Pier 1 Imports, Ms. Coffey held positions with Alcon Laboratories and KPMG, LLP.

CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS) announced that William S. Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, has been appointed to its board of directors. Johnson has also been appointed to the company’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. Johnson has served as CFO of Cabot Microelectronics (NASDAQ: CCMP) since 2003. He has over 30 years of experience in finance, corporate development and general management, including executive positions with BP Amoco and Budget Group.

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNA) announced that Robb Giammatteo has been appointed to serve as Ascena’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Giammatteo joined Ascena in September 2013 as its Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations. Before joining Ascena, he held the position of Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis at VF Corporation. Prior to VF Corporation, Mr. Giammatteo spent several years in a variety of financial leadership roles at Limited Brands and General Motors.

Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), a unit of Manulife Asset Management Private Markets, announced that Bill Peressini has been named President. Mr. Peressini, HNRG’s Chief Financial Officer, assumes the role of president. Mr. Peressini will also continue as CFO until September 30, 2015. Before joining HNRG in 2011, Mr. Peressini held senior management positions at Stimson Lumber Company, and PacifiCorp, an energy and telecommunications company. Wilfred Steiner has been appointed as Managing Director and CFO of HNRG, effective Oct. 1, 2015. Mr. Steiner is currently Managing Director Australasia (HNRGA) and Director of International Finance. Since joining the organization in 2004, he has held a number of roles and worked on major timberland transactions in Australia, New Zealand and Chile. He will be relocating from Sydney, Australia to Boston. Before joining HNRG in 2004, Mr. Steiner was the CFO of Hoyts Cinemas Limited. He also had worked at Arthur Andersen.

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:  BGCP) announced Graham Sadler will be retiring. Mr. Sadler will stay full-time at BGC until a successor is found. Mr. Sadler joined BGC and Cantor Fitzgerald in December 2008 and served as CFO for Europe and Asia. In April 2009 he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer of BGC Partners globally.

Main Event Entertainment announced the appointment of Chandra McCormack to the position of chief financial officer. Prior to joining Main Event, McCormack served as chief financial officer, treasurer and vice president of administration for Niagara Conservation. Her previous experience includes roles as chief financial officer for Advanced Beauty Inc., vice president of finance at Dean Foods Company, senior consultant at Deloitte Consulting and assistant vice president at Bank of the West.

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE: BMS) announced that Arun Nayar was elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Nayar is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tyco International (NYSE: TYC). He joined Tyco as the Senior Vice President and Treasurer in March 2008 and was also the Chief Financial Officer of Tyco’s ADT Worldwide. From 2010 until September 2012, Mr. Nayar was Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, Investor Relations and Treasurer. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Nayar spent six years at PepsiCo, Inc., most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Global Operations, and before that as Vice President and Assistant Treasurer – Corporate Finance.

Wyless announced the appointment of Steve Sarno as CFO. Steve previous experience includes roles as Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for Sapient and Exa Corporation as well as Senior Vice President of Finance at The Princeton Review. Earlier in his career Steve spent 10 years at PWC.

Hostway Services, Inc. announced the addition of new Chief Financial Officer Kurt Phillips. Phillips comes to Hostway from ShopperTrak where he was the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. In six years there, Prior to joining ShopperTrak, Kurt was the Vice President of Finance and Controller for Townsend Analytics.

Prelert announced that John O’Donnell has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. O’Donnell most recently served as CFO of Aveksa. Prior to that, he served as the controller for both Empirix and Netegrity.

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Matthew Dallas as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Simultaneous with the announcement, CoLucid announced the retirement of Tim C. Gupton. Tim has been the CFO for CoLucid since its inception, and was also a partner in Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP. Prior to joining CoLucid, Matt was the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at AVEO Oncology. Matt previously worked at Genzyme Corporation, NEN Life Sciences, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation.

Arctic Cat Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAT) announced that Christopher J. Eperjesy will join the company as chief financial officer. Eperjesy succeeds Timothy Delmore, who retired at the end of December, as planned. Since 2002, Eperjesy has been chief financial officer, vice president of finance and treasurer, at Twin Disc Inc. Prior to Twin Disc, Eperjesy served as a divisional vice president of corporate finance for Kmart from 2001 to 2002. Before that, he spent six years with the Chrysler Corporation/DaimlerChrysler AG in a variety of increasingly responsible corporate finance roles in the United States, Belgium and Germany.

SK Capital Partners announced that Jerry Truzzolino joined SK Capital as its Chief Financial Officer after serving in a similar position at CI Capital Partners since 2011. Prior to 2011, Mr. Truzzolino was at Neuberger Berman where he was a Senior Vice President and Co-Head of their Finance Group. Previously, Mr. Truzzolino held financial positions with the private equity group at Lehman Brothers and at the Blackstone Group.

Atlassian announced that Erik Bardman has joined as its chief financial officer (CFO). Bardman has served as CFO of public and private companies during the past 26 years. He is currently a Director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Trulia (NYSE: TRLA). Previously Bardman was CFO for the maker of Roku, Inc.; Logitech International, S.A. (NASDAQ: LOGI); and eBay Marketplaces (NASDAQ: EBAY). Bardman started his career at the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) serving in a number of positions over 15 years, including vice president of strategic pricing at GE Global Consumer Finance.

UniRush, LLC announced that Douglas McGann has been promoted to President. McGann previously served as CFO of UniRush since joining the company in September 2012. Prior to joining UniRush, McGann was a partner at Milestone. Prior to that, McGann was the Regional Director and Asia Pacific Head of Citigroup’s affluent banking and high net worth wealth management businesses. He has also held senior operating roles at JPMorgan Chase, including his role as the head of strategy and overall business execution for the Personal Financial Services division. Before joining JPMorgan Chase, McGann held leadership positions at Deloitte Consulting and the Capital Markets Company (Capco) and traded municipal securities at Merrill Lynch.

Congoleum Corporation announced the appointment of Chris O’Connor as Chief Financial Officer. Reggie Chesson, the company’s interim CFO, will continue on as a consultant to ensure a seamless transition. O’Conner is the former CFO of CMH Space Flooring Products, Inc.

Enable Injections has named Timothy R. Flaherty as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was most recently CFO for North America of Bonfiglioli. Prior to that, he served as a financial executive at publicly held Arvinmeritor, Ametek/HCC Industries and AtriCure.

Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RXN) announced that George C. Moore will join the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Moore currently serves as a director of Wastequip, Inc., where he has served since 2012. Prior to joining Wastequip, Mr. Moore served as Executive Vice President of Rexnord from 2006 to 2012 and as Rexnord’s Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2008 and as acting CFO for portions of 2009 and 2010. Mr. Moore has also served as a director of Jacuzzi Brands Corp. from 2008 to 2009 and as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Maytag Corporation, from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Moore served as Group Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President of Finance at Danaher Corporation, where he was employed from 1993 to 2003.

Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) announced that Rick Dillon, Century’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will take a temporary medical leave of absence. Mr. Dillon is expected to return by the end of the first quarter. In the interim, Mr. Dillon’s duties and responsibilities will be assumed by Michael Bless, Century’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Spark Networks, Inc. (NYSE MKT: LOV) announced the appointment of Robert O’Hare as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2015. Brett Zane, after having made significant contributions as CFO since 2007, will work closely with Mr. O’Hare to ensure a seamless transition. Mr. Zane will leave the Company on March 11, 2015. Mr. O’Hare is joining the Company from Square, Inc., where he served as Corporate Finance & Investor Relations Lead since 2013. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Pandora Media, Inc. He worked as an investment professional with Spectrum Equity Investors and Spitfire Capital and began his career in investment banking at Thomas Weisel Partners.

Camargo Pharmaceutical Services has named Carter Gaither chief financial officer. Before joining Camargo, Gaither owned his own management group, which provided accounting, finance, human resources and information technology consulting services including business strategy to small businesses. He also served as managing director of finance and administration for Union Springs, a pharmaceutical startup, and manager of finance and administration for River Cities Capital Funds in Cincinnati.

Trice Medical announced the appointment of Craig Carra to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Carra’s career started as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand (PricewaterhouseCoopers). From 1996-2002, he served as Corporate Controller and Treasurer for Surgical Laser Technologies. From 2002-2012, Mr. Carra served as VP Sales and Business Development for PhotoMedex. Prior to Trice Medical, Mr. Carra served as the financial and business development leader for Ella Health, a venture backed company.

DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) announced that it has appointed David J. Oakes to the role of chief executive officer and as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Oakes assumed the role of president and chief financial officer in January 2013, and previously served as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer since February 2010.  He also served as chief investment officer since April 2007. Prior to working at DDR, Mr. Oakes served as senior vice president and portfolio manager at Cohen & Steers Capital Management, and as a research analyst at Goldman Sachs.

CannaPharmaRx, Inc. (OTC: GDHC) announced that Christopher P. Schnittker has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer, replacing Gary Herick, who will remain on the Board of Directors and as an employee in the role of Director of Finance. Prior to joining CannaPharmaRx, Chris has held the CFO role at Cambrooke Therapeutics, Echo Therapeutics, Soligenix, VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Micromet, Cytogen and Genaera. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. announced the appointment of Paul Brannelly as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Paul most recently served as Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration, and Treasurer of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Prior to joining Karyopharm, he held the position of Vice President Finance, Treasurer, and Secretary for Verastem, Incorporated. Prior to Verastem, Paul was Chief Financial Officer of Longwood Fund. Paul also held senior financial management roles with Sirtris Pharmaceuticals (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline), CombinatoRx and Dyax.

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Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) announced that it has named James Kehoe Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He rejoins the company from Gildan Activewear Inc., a leading supplier of branded basic family apparel in Canada, where he most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President of Operating Excellence at Mondelez International, Inc. Mr. Kehoe’s most recent role at Kraft was as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. Mr. Kehoe succeeds Teri List-Stoll, whom the company announced last week would step down from her role as of Feb. 28, 2015. Ms. List-Stoll will work closely with Mr. Kehoe to ensure a smooth transition.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) announced that Chief Financial Officer Mark Buthman has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2015. The Company has named Maria Henry as Buthman’s successor. Henry, who was the CFO of Hillshire Brands Company from 2012 to 2014, and CFO of Sara Lee’s North American Retail and Food Service business from 2011 to 2012, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 27, and will work with Buthman on a smooth transition. Prior to joining Sara Lee in 2011, Henry was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Culligan International. Before Culligan, Henry was the chief financial officer for Vastera. She began her career at General Electric.

Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS) announced that Michael Taff, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will be leaving the company. To ensure a smooth transition, Taff will be staying on through March 31. Malcolm Platt, vice president, finance for the Industrial Product Division, will serve as interim chief financial officer. Platt joined Flowserve in 2002, and has served in his current role since January 2012. Prior to his current role, he held various positions of increasing responsibility within the company’s finance organization.

Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. announced that Steven Bisgay has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Bisgay replaces Douglas Barnard, who is retiring at the end of Q1 2015 after nine years as CFO of Cantor Fitzgerald and over 30 years in the industry.  Mr. Bisgay joins Cantor from KCG Holdings, Inc., where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer.  Before his appointment as CFO at KCG Holdings, Mr. Bisgay served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Head of Business Development, Group Controller and Director of Internal Audit at Knight Capital Group, Inc.  Prior to his tenure there, Mr. Bisgay was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) announced that Peter M. Wilver, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has decided to retire, effective March 31, 2016. The company’s board of directors has elected Stephen Williamson, currently vice president of financial operations, as his successor, effective August 1, 2015. Williamson joined Thermo Fisher in July 2001 as vice president, European financial operations, based in the U.K., and subsequently served as the finance lead for the Informatics and Services, and Environmental Instruments businesses. He was named vice president of finance for Analytical Technologies in 2006, and two years later became vice president of financial operations for the company. Previously, Williamson held various finance leadership roles with AlliedSignal/Honeywell in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. He began his career with Price Waterhouse in London and New York.

EnPro Industries (NYSE: NPO) announced that J. Milton Childress will assume the responsibilities of senior vice president and chief financial officer on March 31, 2015, replacing Alexander W. Pease, who has announced his resignation as senior vice president and chief financial officer effective as of that date in order to accept a new career opportunity which he expects to finalize in the coming weeks. Pease has agreed to remain with EnPro in an advisory capacity through May 31, 2015 to ensure an orderly transition. Childress is currently EnPro’s vice president, strategic planning and business development, a position he has held since February 2006. He joined EnPro in December 2005 after serving four years as managing director of McGuireWoods Capital Group, of which he was a co-founder. Previously, he was senior vice president, planning and development, at United Dominion Industries, Inc. Before joining United Dominion in 1992, he held a number of positions with Ernst & Young LLP’s corporate finance consulting group.

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (NASDAQ: SBCF) a bank holding company whose principal subsidiary is Seacoast National Bank (the “Bank”), announced that Stephen A. Fowle will be joining the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Seacoast and the Bank.  Fowle will join Seacoast in April 2015. William (Bill) Hahl, Seacoast’s current CFO, intends to retire and has agreed to continue to serve as Executive Vice President during a transition period, providing assistance as needed. Fowle is currently CFO of WSFS Financial Corporation, since 2005.  From 2000 to 2004, Fowle served as CFO at Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, MHC.  Fowle has also served as Vice President of Corporate Finance at a regional investment banking firm.

Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced that Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Frank Simpkins will retire from the company effective March 31, 2015. The company named Vice President and Corporate Controller Martha Fusco to serve as interim CFO starting Feb. 23, 2015. Fusco has served as corporate controller since Dec. 2009, and has 10 years of service at Kennametal.

CAN Capital announced the appointment of Aman Verjee as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Verjee was the CFO of Collective, Inc. Prior to that, he was the CFO at Sonos. Verjee spent six years at PayPal, in a variety of finance roles overseeing financial planning and analysis, customer analytics and strategy.  He also served as the CFO for eBay Marketplaces, North America.  Earlier in his career he held positions at Lehman Brothers and McKinsey & Company.

Mobivity Holdings Corp. (OTC: MFON) announced it has appointed Christopher J. Meinerz as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Mobivity, Meinerz served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Spindle, Inc. Meinerz previously served as CFO and CCO at Next Generation Insurance Group (NGI). Before his tenure at NGI, Meinerz was Executive Vice President of Finance and Treasury for DDi Corp. In addition, he served as Global Vice President of Finance for eTelecare of Scottsdale, AZ.

Vystar® Corp. (OTC: VYST) has named Warren Binderman as its acting Chief Financial Officer. Vystar President and CEO, William Doyle previously executed the CFO duties. Binderman is, and will continue as, the Managing Member and CEO of Binderman Group, a certified public accounting and business advisory consulting firm. Binderman also served as the assurance practice leader (Mid-Atlantic) and a Partner with Smart and Associates, LLP. He has served as the CFO of a Goldman Sachs Private Equity company and he started his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. where over nine years he moved through the ranks to Experienced Manager.

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The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) announced the appointment of Patricia A. Little as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 16. Currently, Little is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kelly Services, Inc. She serves as a board member and chair of the audit committee of McCormick & Company, Incorporated. Prior to joining Kelly in 2008, she spent 24 years with Ford Motor Company holding leadership roles in both corporate and operational finance.

Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) announced that Patricia A. Little will step down as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective March 13, 2015, to pursue an opportunity outside of the Company. Concurrently, Olivier Thirot, Kelly’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the role of Acting CFO. Mr. Thirot brings more than 25 years of extensive financial and accounting experience to the position, having managed several key finance functions at Bacardi Ltd. and L. Raphael where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his current role as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Thirot was responsible for the finance functions in Kelly Services’ EMEA and APAC regions. He joined the Company in 2008.

Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) confirmed that David Taylor, currently executive vice president, finance and planning and chief financial officer of Lorillard, will serve as the new chief executive of ITG Brands LLC (“ITG”).  ITG will be a newly formed subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco Group, PLC following the closing of Lorillard’s pending merger with Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) (“RAI”) and RAI’s divesture of certain brands to Imperial Tobacco.  The appointment will be effective immediately upon the closing of such transactions. Mr. Taylor has served as Lorillard’s executive vice president, finance and planning, and chief financial officer since January of 2008.  Prior to joining Lorillard, Mr. Taylor was a senior managing director with FTI Palladium Partners.  In that capacity, he served as interim chief financial officer of Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. from January 2006 to November 2007.

Chromalox announced the appointment of Craig A. Creaturo as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President-Administration. Mr. Creaturo most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of II-VI Incorporated, a position he held since 2004. He joined II-VI Incorporated in 1998 as Corporate Controller and became an executive officer in 200 Previously, Mr. Creaturo spent six years in public accounting with Arthur Andersen LLP.

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) announced that it has reached an agreement with Karyn F. Ovelmen, executive vice president and chief financial officer, for her separation from the Company.  Under the agreement, Ovelmen will continue as CFO for up to three months while the Company conducts a search for her successor. Ovelmen previously served as executive vice president and CFO of Petroplus Holdings AG, a large European refiner and wholesaler of petroleum products.  She also served as executive vice president and CFO of Argus Atlantic Energy. Prior to that, Ovelmen served as vice president of external reporting and investor relations for The Premcor Refining Group Inc.

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) announced that Thomas F. Ackerman, Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will retire from Charles River Laboratories in February 2016. Mr. Ackerman joined Charles River in 1988. He became Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1996 and was elevated to his current position in 2005. David R. Smith, Corporate Senior Vice President, Global Discovery Services, has been named as Mr. Ackerman’s successor. Mr. Smith joined Charles River through our acquisition of Argenta and BioFocus from Galapagos NV, where he was serving as Chief Executive Officer of its Galapagos Services division. Mr. Smith spent eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers prior to joining AstraZeneca in 1997. After leaving AstraZeneca, Mr. Smith served as the Chief Financial Officer of Galapagos NV before becoming Chief Financial Officer for Cambridge University Hospitals, where he served in that capacity for six years, from 2007 to 2013.

BlackLine hired Mark Partin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Mr. Partin most recently served as CFO at Fiberlink Communications, which was sold to IBM. Prior to that, Mr. Partin was CFO at Headhunter.net (now Careerbuilder.com). Mr. Partin began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen. Former CFO Charles Best will remain with the company as Chief Accounting Officer.

Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced that Charles Talbot, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving Potbelly to accept a senior leadership position with another company outside of the restaurant industry. Mr. Talbot will continue to serve as Potbelly’s CFO until his departure on March 27, 2015.

LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ: LKQ) announced that John S. Quinn, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of LKQ, is moving to the position of LKQ’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of European Operations. Dominick “Nick” Zarcone has been appointed as LKQ’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to succeed Mr. Quinn, effective at the end of March 2015. Mr. Zarcone has been with the investment bank of Robert W. Baird since 1995, most recently as its Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to being named CFO of Baird in 2011, Mr. Zarcone spent 16 years in Baird’s Investment Banking Department where most recently he was Chief Operating Officer.

Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) announced that Joseph G. NeCastro, currently chief financial and administrative officer, has been appointed chief development officer. Lori A. Hickok, presently executive vice president of finance, will succeed NeCastro as chief financial officer. Prior to Scripps Networks, Joseph G. NeCastro was executive vice president and chief financial officer for The E.W. Scripps Company. He joined the company in 2002, from Penton Media, Inc. where as chief financial officer at Penton. He previously held senior financial positions at Reader’s Digest, and U.S. News & World Report. Lori Hickok was previously vice president and controller for The E. W. Scripps Company. She first joined the company in 1988, as a financial analyst in the corporate finance department. She held positions as the chief analyst for corporate development, controller for the company’s new media operations as well as the controller of the company’s former cable television systems division, which merged in 1996 with Comcast Corporation. She left the company after the merger to serve two years in senior financial roles at Paramount Kings Island in Cincinnati including chief financial officer.

Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC (SSB) announced that Chief Financial Officer Brian Callahan has resigned from the company to pursue other interests. In the interim, SSB Chief Executive Officer Gary Fazio will assume oversight of the company’s finance functions.

Xero Limited announced that Graham Smith has joined the Xero Board as an additional independent, non-executive Director. Smith’s experience includes being Salesforce’s Chief Financial Officer and as a Board member of industry leaders such as Splunk.

Pacific Continental Corporation (NASDAQ: PCBK), the holding company of Pacific Continental Bank, announced that Executive Vice president and Chief Financial Officer Michael (Mick) Reynolds will retire during the late second quarter of 2015. Reynolds has been with the company since 1998 and has held the position of chief financial officer for 16 years. Prior to joining Pacific Continental, Mr. Reynolds spent 17 years in the corporate finance divisions of First Interstate Bank and U.S. Bancorp.

Revitas announced the appointment of Michael Coluzzi as the new Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Coluzzi joins Revitas after serving as Chief Financial Officer of Quintiq. Prior to Quintiq, Coluzzi served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Metrologic, which was later acquired by Honeywell International.

Accolade, Inc. announced that Steve Barnes has joined from NRG Energy as chief financial officer. Prior to NRG Energy, he was managing director and chief financial officer for Novitas Capital.

Summit Bank (OTC: SBKO) announced that Ross Kari will be joining its Board of Directors. Ross Kari retired in 2013 as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Freddie Mac. Mr. Kari spent a large portion of his career – from 1983 to 2001 – at Wells Fargo, rising from senior financial analyst to executive vice president and chief financial officer. He has also served as chief financial officer of Fifth Third Bank and Safeco and executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. Mr. Kari also served as a director and chair of the audit committee for KKR Financial Holdings LLC.

Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) announced that its Board has appointed Frank A. “Andy” Wilson as an Independent Director. Mr. Wilson will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Andy Wilson joined PerkinElmer in May 2009 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining PerkinElmer, Mr. Wilson held key financial and business management roles over 12 years at the Danaher Corporation, including corporate vice president of investor relations; group vice president of business development; group vice president of finance for Danaher Motion Group; president of Gems Sensors; and group vice president of finance for the Industrial Controls Group. Previously, Mr. Wilson worked for several years at AlliedSignal Inc., now Honeywell International, where he last served as vice president of finance and chief financial officer for Commercial Aviations Systems. His earlier experience includes PepsiCo Inc. in financial and controllership positions of increasing responsibility, E.F. Hutton and Company, and KPMG.

TriMas Corporation (NASDAQ: TRS) announced that it has appointed Herbert K. Parker, former chief financial officer and current executive vice president, Operational Excellence at Harman International to its Board of Directors. Previously, he served in various senior financial positions with global power and technology company ABB Group for 28 years, from 1980 to 2008, including chief financial officer of the billion Americas region from 2006 to 2008, when he was based in Norwalk, Conn. From 2002 to 2005 he was the chief financial officer of the global automation division.

Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) hired Denise McGlone as chief financial officer. McGlone served as chief financial officer at Affinity Federal for eight years and was CFO at Sallie Mae.

SynCardia Systems, Inc. announced that Dan Hudspeth has been named Chief Financial Officer. Hudspeth most recently provided interim executive and board advisory services to venture capital and private equity-backed companies through his company, Cohesive Strategy LLC. He has served as the chief financial officer of Genomica Corp., Rally Development Corp. and Allos Therapeutics.

XIFIN, Inc. has named James C. Malone as its new chief financial officer. Malone most recently served as executive vice president/CFO at American Well, Inc. Additionally he served as EVP/CFO at Misys PLC, and was the EVP/CFO of The Trizetto Group, Inc. Malone has also held executive positions with IMS Health, Cognizant and Dunn & Bradstreet Corporation.

Automated-X, Inc. (OTC: AUTX) announced that it has appointed Alan Bailey as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bailey spent over 35 years at Paramount Pictures (a division of Viacom Industries), most recently as Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer.

Castle Biosciences, Inc. announced the appointment of James L. Dunn, Jr. as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dunn has served in both CFO and General Counsel roles across various industries. He most recently served as CFO of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., and successfully managed its IPO. He began his career as a Co-Founder and CFO of Pentegra Dental Group (now iLinc).

Spence-Chapin announced the promotion of Adam Cotumaccio by naming him President. Cotumaccio was previously COO/CFO of the 107-year-old agency. Cotumaccio has served on several non-profit and for-profit boards and has extensive cause marketing experience. Adam was formerly the Global COO for Kinetic Worldwide and previously served as COO, Americas GroupM ESP, the Entertainment, Sports and Cause Marketing division within GroupM.

Levenger announced that Steven Hansen, the former chief financial officer, has rejoined the company as CEO. Hansen was most recently a founding partner and President of GoldFellow LLC, and served as CFO of inSleep Technologies LLC. He maintained strong ties with Levenger during this time, serving on the company’s advisory board after concluding his tenure in 2010 as Levenger’s CFO. Prior to his initial term at Levenger, Hansen served as CFO for other companies including Andin International, JewelAmerica and Aurafin LLC. In addition, he has held partnership positions at Tatum Partners and GRH Holdings, and currently serves as an adviser to Tarantin Industries and Sleep Science LLC.

Fortus Healthcare Resources announced that Dave Keenan has joined as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Fortus, Keenan served more than 12 years as VP – Treasury and Taxation at Oneida Ltd.. He also spent eight years as a tax manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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Evernote announced that Jeff Shotts has joined the company’s first chief financial officer. Jeff brings to Evernote a wealth of experience from companies public and private, large and mid-sized including ModCloth, eBay, and Logitech.

Herman Miller, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLHR) announced that Greg Bylsma, previously Chief Financial Officer at Herman Miller, has been named Chief Operating Officer of Herman Miller North America (Work and Learning). The company has also announced that Jeff Stutz, previously Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer at Herman Miller, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bylsma has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Herman Miller since February 2009.  He also has served as Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Herman Miller. Mr. Stutz joined Herman Miller in 2001 and has held numerous roles within the Company’s finance organization, including Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer & Vice President of Investor Relations, Assistant Corporate Controller, and Director of Consolidations and Reporting.  He began his career as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche.

Under Armour, Inc. announced that Brad Dickerson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer has also been named Chief Operating Officer.

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) announced that Ray Young has been named executive vice president; he remains the company’s chief financial officer and will add responsibility for oversight of ADM’s business in Asia. Young joined ADM in 2010 following a 24-year tenure with General Motors Co., during which he held executive leadership positions in finance, general management, planning and operations on four continents. Young served in Shanghai as vice president of GM International Operations, which is responsible for GM’s emerging-market operations. Earlier, he was the CFO of General Motors during 2008 and 2009, when the company went through a significant operational and financial restructuring. Between 2004 and 2007, Young was the president and managing director of GM do Brasil and Mercosur Operations, based in São Paulo. His tenure with GM also included serving as the company’s North America vice president of finance; executive-in-charge of Suzuki global alliance in Hamamatsu, Japan; regional European treasurer in Brussels; and director of capital markets and foreign exchange in New York. Young is a member of the board of directors of International Paper Company. Vikram Luthar has been named senior vice president, Strategy. Vikram Luthar is also chief financial officer for the company’s Corn business unit. Previously, Luthar served as ADM’s group vice president, Finance. Luthar joined ADM in 2004 as vice president and treasurer. Prior to that, he spent 11 years with General Motors Co., serving in various treasury and corporate finance positions in the United States and Asia.

Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN) announced that Peter G. Leemputte, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to leave the company for personal reasons. Effective March 13, 2015, he will transition his responsibilities to Charles Urbain. Mr. Urbain, currently Mead Johnson’s Chief Development Officer, will serve as Interim CFO until a permanent replacement is named. Mr. Leemputte will be available to assist in the transition through June 30, 2015. Mr. Leemputte has been with Mead Johnson since September 2008. Mr. Urbain has been with the company for 28 years and has held a variety of senior line management positions. Among other roles, he has led the company’s business in each of its regions, including Asia, and served as its Chief Financial Officer when Mead Johnson was still a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Mr. Urbain spent his early career with Price, Waterhouse & Co. in London and subsequently held various positions in finance, tax and treasury at Schlumberger Limited, before joining Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN) appointed Michael A. Sherman as a new director. Mr. Sherman is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Endocyte Inc. He has been Endocyte’s Chief Financial Officer since 2006. Previously, Mr. Sherman served in various executive roles, most recently as vice president of finance and strategic planning of Guidant Corporation.

FEI Company (NASDAQ: FEIC) announced that Anthony L. Trunzo has accepted an offer to join the company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 10, 2015. Mr. Trunzo will succeed Raymond A. Link, who is retiring after having served as FEI’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2005, and as interim Chief Executive Officer and CFO from April 2006 to August 2006. Since 2010, Mr. Trunzo has been Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of FLIR Systems, Inc.  He joined FLIR in August 2003 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development. Prior to joining FLIR, Mr. Trunzo was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities, LLC and previously held various positions at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced that Tony Trunzo, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned effective March 27, 2015, to pursue other professional opportunities. Dave Muessle, Vice President, Corporate Controller and the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, who joined FLIR in 2000, will work closely with Tony in transition and serve as interim Chief Financial Officer.

Chambers Street Properties (NYSE: CSG) announced that Martin Reid, Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed to serve as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer until a permanent President and Chief Executive Officer is named. He will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Reid has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since June 2012, its Treasurer and Secretary since September 2012, and a member of the board of trustees since March 2005.

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) announced that Douglas K. Thede, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company of his intention to retire on December 31, 2015.

Vestis Retail Group, LLC announced the appointment of Susan J. “Sue” Riley to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Riley worked on a consulting basis as interim CFO in recent months. She also served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, at The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc., and as Chief Financial Officer at Klinger Advanced Aesthetics, Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Company and The Dial Corporation, and as Vice President and Treasurer for Colgate-Palmolive Company. She spent a decade with Tambrands, Inc. Ms. Riley currently serves on the boards of directors of United Stationers Inc. and PJM Interconnection, LLC.

Zscaler announced that Sydney Carey has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Carey most recently served as CFO of MongoDB, and prior to that spent nine years at TIBCO, most recently as executive vice president and CFO. She serves on the boards of Proofpoint and Bazaarvoice.

Sailthru announced that Amy Shapero has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Sailthru, Shapero served as Senior Vice President overseeing Strategy, Corporate Communications and Corporate Development at DigitalGlobe. Prior to DigitalGlobe, Shapero served as Chief Financial Officer of Spot Trading. Prior to Spot, Shapero was the Chief Financial Officer of Standard & Poor’s, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) has named Robert J. Simmons as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Simmons has a diverse background in corporate finance and public companies and has served as Chairman and board member of the Association for Financial Professionals.

IronPlanet announced Debbie Schleicher as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Schleicher has worked in a number of international public accounting firms, including Arthur Andersen, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Grant Thornton. She most recently served as the National Partner in Charge of Grant Thornton’s Tax and Finance Optimization and Global Compliance and Reporting practices. Prior to her nearly eight-year tenure as a partner at Grant Thornton, Schleicher was a partner at SC&H Group and a managing director with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Schleicher started her career at Arthur Andersen and worked there for 15 years.

Hampshire Group, Limited (OTC: HAMP) announced that Trey Darwin, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hampshire Group, has been terminated effective March 2, 2015. Paul Buxbaum, Hampshire Group’s Chief Executive Officer, along with Chief Operating Officer, David Price, are currently overseeing the Company’s finance and reporting functions.

SpartanNash Company (NASDAQ: SPTN) announced that Dave Staples, SpartanNash’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO). Staples joined SpartanNash in January 2000, serving as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November of 2000. Prior to joining SpartanNash, Staples held positions with Kmart and Arthur Andersen

Siebert Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SIEB) announced that Joseph M. Ramos, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Siebert Financial, will act as Principal Executive Officer to those. Mr. Ramos has been Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Siebert Financial since 2003 and Chief Financial Officer of Siebert, Brandford, Shank, & Co., L.L.C. since 2009. Prior to joining Siebert, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Internet Financial Services, Inc. from 1999 to 2002. Previously, Mr. Ramos served as Chief Financial Officer of Nikko Securities International, Inc. for nearly four years. Previous to that position, he worked at Cantor Fitzgerald for nine years, holding various accounting and management positions, the last as Chief Financial Officer of its registered broker-dealer based in Los Angeles. Mr. Ramos was an audit manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, a public accounting firm from 1982 to 1987. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of New York.

Aclara Technologies LLC announced that Kurt Bruenning has joined as chief financial officer, senior vice president of finance, accounting, information technology and legal functions. Most recently, he was vice president of finance and treasury at Foresight Energy LP. Previously, Bruenning was vice president and treasurer at MEMC Electronic Materials.

Adaptive Biotechnologies announced that Chad Cohen, Zillow Group CFO, is joining its Board of Director as Chair of the Audit Committee. Before joining Zillow, Chad worked for Ticketmaster Entertainment as assistant controller and financial integrity manager. Previously, Chad was vice president and assistant controller for Countrywide Bank and supervising senior auditor at Ernst & Young. He started his career as a financial planning analyst for Novellus Systems. Chad also serves as an independent director for Ticketfly.

Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) announced that Thomas J. Edwards Jr. has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. He joins Brinker from Wyndham Worldwide where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of the Wyndham Hotel Group. Prior to this, Edwards also held a number of leadership positions with Kraft Foods and Nabisco Foods during his 14-year tenure.

Penumbra, Inc. announced that Sri Kosaraju is joining the company as chief financial officer and head of strategy. Kosaraju brings more than 15 years of experience in healthcare finance, including most recently heading Healthcare and co-heading TMT Equity Capital Markets at J.P. Morgan.

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP) announced that executive vice president and chief financial officer Mark Fioravanti has been promoted to president of the Company. He will also retain his duties as chief financial officer. Mr. Fioravanti has served as the Company’s chief financial officer for the past six years. Prior to joining Ryman Hospitality Properties’ predecessor in 2002, Mr. Fioravanti held several senior and property-level positions with Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. in the areas of finance, administration and strategic planning.

Wealth-X announced the appointment of Richard Green as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Richard was president and CEO of Roubini Global Economics. Prior to assuming his role as CEO, he served as Roubini’s CFO and then COO. He held senior finance positions at Roubini Global Economics; Foote, Cone and Belding; Servisair; and Baker Tilly.

United Community Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UCFC), holding company of The Home Savings and Loan Company of Youngstown, Ohio, is pleased to announce that Timothy W. Esson has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of UCFC and Executive Vice President of Home Savings. Mr. Esson has been with Home Savings since May 2003, and he was appointed Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer of UCFC on April 10, 2014. Mr. Esson also served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Home Savings since March 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Esson served as Vice President of Finance of Home Savings.

Affinity Gaming announced the appointment of Walter Bogumil as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to succeed Donna Lehmann, who previously announced her intent to resign as of March 31, 2015. Mr. Bogumil’s employment with the Company will commence March 19, 2015 and he will assume the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer responsibilities on April, 1, 2015. Mr. Bogumil joins Affinity from Penn National Gaming where he served in various capacities since April 2002, and most recently as Vice President of Financial Analysis. Prior to that, he served as a Business Manager at Microsoft, from 2000 through 2002, as a Finance Manager for Sun International Resorts from 1998 through 2000, and as a Financial Analyst for Walt Disney World from 1996 through 1998.

diaDexus, Inc. (OTC: DDXS) announced the appointment of Leone Patterson as chief financial officer. Before joining diaDexus, she was vice president and chief financial officer at Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. from June 2012. Previously, Ms. Patterson was vice president and global corporate controller of NetApp from November 2010 to June 2012. Ms. Patterson was vice president of finance at Exelixis from July 2007 to November 2010. Before Exelixis, Ms. Patterson served as vice president of global business planning and analysis of the Vaccines and Diagnostics Division of Novartis AG from April 2006 to July 2007. From 1999 to 2006, she held several positions, including vice president, corporate controller at Chiron. From 1989 to 1999, Ms. Patterson worked in the audit practice of accounting firm KPMG where she held various positions including senior manager.

FONU2, Inc. (OTC: FONU) announced Graham Bradstreet has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Graham Bradstreet served as one of three founders of the Working Title Group of Companies in 1986.

DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) announced that it has appointed Luke J. Petherbridge to the role of chief financial officer. Mr. Petherbridge joined DDR as senior vice president of capital markets in December 2011, and most recently held the role of executive vice president of capital markets and treasurer. Mr. Petherbridge formerly served as the chief executive officer and a director of shopping center owner EDT Retail Trust (formerly Macquarie DDR Trust). Before that, Mr. Petherbridge served as director of transactions with Rubicon Asset Management.

AGS® announced the appointment of Kimo Akiona to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Akiona most recently served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller and Director of SEC Reporting at Bally Technologies/SHFL entertainment, where he spent nearly 10 years in various positions.

BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL) announced that it has hired veteran financial executive David C. Dreyer as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dreyer replaces Frederick D. Furry, who resigned January 31 to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, from 2010 to 2014, Mr. Dreyer was Chief Financial Officer of Patient Safety Technologies Inc. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Dreyer was Chief Financial Officer of Alphastaff Inc. Previously, from 2004 to 2009, Mr. Dreyer was Chief Financial Officer of AMN Health Services Inc. Mr. Dreyer has also worked as a Chief Financial Officer at Sicor Inc. and Gensia Sicor Pharmaceutical and as the Financial Director of Elan Pharma-Athena Neurosciences. Mr. Dreyer currently serves on the Boards of Directors of two public companies: InfuSystem, Inc. and Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.

Aria Systems announced the appointment of Mark Verbeck as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. Prior to joining Aria, Verbeck was CFO at Coupa Software and previously was CFO at BLADE Network Technologies (acquired by IBM). He was also a prominent executive and Wall Street analyst covering technology companies for Piper Jaffray, Epoch Partners (acquired by Goldman Sachs), Cantor Fitzgerald, and Citigroup. Earlier in his career, Verbeck worked at Deloitte and Touche.

EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW) announced that Mark Ashby has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ashby joins EZCORP from Myer Holdings Limited, Australia’s largest department store group, where he served as Chief Financial Officer for seven years. Prior to joining Myer, Mr. Ashby spent five years with Mitre 10 Australia Ltd., serving as Chief Financial Officer (2004 to 2008) and Group General Manager, Home and Trade Division (2003 to 2004). Prior to that, Mr. Ashby was Founder and Director, Business Development and Funding Consulting for Clearview Business Advisory Pty Ltd. (2001 to 2003); Chief Financial and Operating Officer for The Oriel Network (1999 to 2001); and Finance Director for Sportsgirl Sportscraft Group (1994 to 1999). Mr. Ashby also spent nine years (1985 to 1994) with Motorola Australia Pty Ltd., serving in a variety of finance and accounting roles, including Director of Finance, Australasia and Director of Consumer Finance, Asia.

KKR Financial Holdings LLC announced that Michael McFerran provided notice of his resignation from the Board of Directors and the executive committee of the Board and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. The Board appointed Thomas Murphy to succeed Mr. McFerran as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Murphy has been the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since February 2009.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: MPC) announced the appointment of Timothy T. Griffith as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Griffith joined MPC in August 2011 as vice president of finance and treasurer, and assumed responsibility for investor relations in early 2014.

LPL Financial LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LPLA) announced that it has named current chief financial officer Dan Arnold to the role of president. Prior to becoming CFO for LPL, Arnold served as managing director, head of strategy for the firm. Previously, Arnold served as divisional president of LPL’s Institution Services business, a distinction he earned after 12 years of leading UVEST, a broker dealer that was acquired by LPL in 2007. With Arnold’s appointment to president, Tom Lux has been named acting chief financial officer. Lux joined LPL in 2009, holding several positions in LPL’s finance organization, including executive vice president and chief accounting officer. With 30 years of accounting experience, Lux has held leadership roles with National Financial Services, Wachovia Securities, Everen Securities and Deloitte and Touche.

EveryWare Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRY) announced that they will appoint Robert M. Ginnan as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in April. Mr. Ginnan comes to EveryWare Global after more than two decades with Standard Register, where he was Standard Register’s Chief Financial Officer for six years. Joel Mostrom, EveryWare’s Interim CFO, will continue to work with the Company to support a seamless transition.

MusclePharm Corporation (OTC: MSLP) announced the promotion of John Price to Chief Financial Officer. Price joined MusclePharm in July 2014, serving as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Finance, and as the Chairman of the Company’s Disclosure Committee and its Risk Management Officer. Price succeeds Donald Prosser, who will continue to be employed by MusclePharm as a non-executive officer through the remainder of his employment agreement, which terminates on April 15, 2015. Prior to MusclePharm, Price served as Vice President of Finance-North America at Opera Software. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller of GCT Semiconductor. Price also served in various roles at Tessera Technologies, including Vice President of Finance & Corporate Controller.

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Google Inc. announced that Patrick Pichette, its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), informed the company of his intent to retire. The effective date of his retirement has not yet been determined. Patrick indicated that he intends to assist in the search for a new CFO and ensure an orderly transition, which the company expects will occur within the next six months.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG) announced the appointment of Eric Aboaf as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He will succeed CFO John Fawcett, who is retiring April 30, 2015. Aboaf comes to Citizens from Citigroup, where he most recently held the role of Global Treasurer. He also previously served as CFO of both Citigroup’s North American Consumer Group and its Institutional Client Group. Aboaf also previously held the role of partner and co-head of the U.S. Financial Services Practice at Bain & Company.

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) announced that David Tehle, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from Dollar General effective July 1, 2015. Prior to joining Dollar General in June 2004, Tehle spent seven years with Haggar Corporation as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He held leadership positions with several world leaders in manufacturing, including vice president of finance for The Stanley Works, Mechanics Tools Division, and vice president of finance and chief financial officer for Hat Brands Inc. Tehle gained 12 years of financial experience through management positions at Ryder System Inc. and through various financial and accounting positions at Texas Instruments, Inc. He has served as a director of Jack in the Box Inc. since December 2004.

B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) announced that it has appointed Thomas P. Crimmins as its Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crimmins joins B&G Foods from DRS Technologies, Inc., where he spent 16 years, the last three as that company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 1992 to 1999, Mr. Crimmins was an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Crimmins replaces Robert Cantwell, who has been the Company’s Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer since 1991, and has been serving in that role on an interim basis since the beginning of this year, when he was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) has appointed Tammy Romo, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Southwest Airlines Co., as a new independent director. She will serve on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Romo has served as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Southwest Airlines since September 2012. Previously, she held a variety of financial management and leadership positions at the company, including senior vice president of planning, vice president and controller, vice president and treasurer, and senior director of investor relations. Before joining Southwest Airlines in 1991, she was an audit manager at Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN) announced that Bruce Smith, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will also become its Chief Operating Officer.

Adaptive Medias, Inc. (OTC: ADTM) announced that it has appointed Omar Akram, co-founder and Vice President of Product and Technology, to the additional roles of President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Akram served as a Director of Product Development at Tactara from March 2012 until January 2013; Senior Product Development Manager at SpinMedia from December 2011 until April 2012; and Senior Product/Project Development Manager at Epic Marketplace from April 2009 until November 2011.

CB&I (NYSE: CBI) announced it has appointed Michael S. Taff as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2015. Mr. Taff will succeed Ronald A. Ballschmiede, who is retiring. Mr. Taff joins CB&I from Flowserve Corporation where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for McDermott International Inc., and also for The Babcock and Wilcox Company following its spin-off from McDermott. Mr. Taff also has held finance leadership roles at HMT, Inc., Philip Services Corporation and British Petroleum Oil Company. Westley S. Stockton, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume interim responsibility for the company’s operational finance functions until April. Mr. Stockton joined CB&I in 2002 and has served in his current role since August 2008.

Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) announced the appointment of Steven D. Barnhart as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Barnhart has held the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer since September 2014. Prior to joining Bankrate in September, Mr. Barnhart was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores. Prior to that, he was CFO at Bally Total Fitness. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Barnhart served in various executive leadership roles at Orbitz Worldwide, including Chief Financial Officer, President and then Chief Executive Officer. From 1990 to 2003, Mr. Barnhart served in various finance and strategy roles for PepsiCo, and as Finance Director, Southeast Business Unit, The Pepsi Bottling Group.  Mr. Barnhart is a director at USATechnologies, Inc.

SDC Nutrition, Inc. announced that Ray Boyer will now serve as their Chief Financial Officer.  Ray is a private investor, and recently retired from Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer after a 38-year career.  Ray is the current Director of the SDC Nutrition, Inc. Board.

King Estate Winery announced the promotion of Megan McKinnon, Controller, to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Compliance Officer and Inventory Manager.

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announced hiring Brian Gamble as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Gamble most recently served as both the vice president and assistant treasurer for Henry Ford Health System and as the vice president of Finance and chief financial officer of Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital. While at Henry Ford Health System, he also has served as corporate director of Treasury, served as cash manager and served on several subsidiary boards.

Intertek Group plc (FTSE: ITRK) announced that Bonnie H. Chan has joined Intertek Americas as Chief Financial Officer.  Ms. Chan was most recently Chief Financial Officer at Tydenbrooks Company.  Ms. Chan also held various senior finance positions at Borden Dairy Company; Sara Lee; and Dean Foods Company.

Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc. (PINK: ZGSI) named Timothy (Tim) A. Peach as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. announced that Thomas P. O’Neil has joined the company’s leadership team as chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining Arcadia, Mr. O’Neil was the CFO of Sorbent Therapeutics, Inc. He has also held executive-level positions with ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology firms Nodality and HX Diagnostics, as well as several finance roles with Monogram Biosciences, Inc.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD) announced that Steve Davis, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer of ACADIA, has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

Integrated Wealth Management announced that Ryan Delaney has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer. Delaney began his career in financial services in 1995. Most recently, he worked in Morgan Stanley’s Alternative Investment Group. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Ryan spent 15 years in the hedge fund and fund of funds industry.

Smarsh announced that Allen Muhich has been named chief financial officer. Muhich joins with over 20 years of experience in financial leadership roles in companies including Tripwire, Tektronix, Merix Corporation and Xerox. Most recently he served as the chief financial officer at Radisys.

Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR) announced that David Teitel, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will transition from the role of Chief Financial Officer when a suitable successor is hired.

Sanchez Energy Corporation (NYSE: SN) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael G. Long, plans to retire effective April 30, 2015. The company also announced that Gleeson Van Riet, Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Investor Relations, has been named interim Co-Chief Financial Officer.

Heartland BancCorp (OTC: HLAN) parent company of Heartland Bank, announced that Carrie Almendinger has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  George Smith, who has served as Heartland’s Chief Financial Officer for nearly 20 years, plans to retire in April. Almendinger is currently Senior Vice President and Controller at Heartland and has been an employee of the bank since 1996.  She has 25 years of accounting experience and 19 years of banking experience including roles as Accounting Supervisor and Assistant Controller before being promoted to her current position of Controller.

Iteris, Inc. (NYSE: ITI) has appointed Andrew Schmidt as vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Schmidt joins Iteris after serving as CFO of Smith Micro Software for nine years. Before joining Smith Micro, Schmidt held CFO roles for several public companies, including Genius Products and Mad Catz Interactive, and he also served as vice president of finance for Peregrine Systems. Schmidt succeeds Craig Christensen, who has served as interim CFO since July 2014. Christensen will continue serving the company as vice president and controller, positions he has held since April 2012.

Kinsale Capital Group has promoted Bryan P. Petrucelli to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Petrucelli was previously Kinsale’s Vice President of Finance – a position he has held since the company’s founding in 2009. Prior to joining Kinsale, he was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young’s audit practice.

Xamarin announced it has hired Bryan Morris as CFO. Morris joins Xamarin after serving as CFO at LiveRamp, which was acquired by Acxiom Corporation (NASDAQ:ACXM) in July 2014. Prior to that, Morris spent five and a half years as VP Finance at Ooyala (acquired by Telstra in October 2014).

Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: TYPE) announced that Scott Landers, currently senior vice president and chief financial officer of Monotype, will become president and chief executive officer on or about January 1, 2016. Landers has also been appointed chief operating officer, effective immediately, and will serve in this role until his appointment as president and CEO.

Qumu Corporation announced the transition of its Chief Financial Officer, with James R. Stewart, transitioning over a period that ends on September 30, 2015,

Arlington Asset Investment Corp. announced that Kurt R. Harrington intends to retire, after serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer for the last 15 years. Richard E. Konzmann has been chosen to succeed Mr. Harrington as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Since 2002, Mr. Konzmann has been employed by American Capital, Ltd. In 2006, Mr. Konzmann became Senior Vice President, Accounting of American Capital, Ltd. Prior to joining American Capital, Ltd., Mr. Konzmann was a Vice President and Controller at Crestline Capital Corporation, served in various accounting, finance and asset management roles with Host Marriott Corporation and began his career with the public accounting firm Deloitte and Touche LLP.

BIND Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIND) announced that Andrew Hirsch has been appointed the acting president and chief executive officer of the Company. Mr. Hirsch was formerly BIND’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to joining BIND, Mr. Hirsch was chief financial officer at Avila Therapeutics until its acquisition by Celgene, Inc., in March 2012. Previously, Mr. Hirsch served in roles of increasing responsibility during his nearly 10 year tenure at Biogen Idec, most recently as vice president, Corporate Strategy and M&A.

Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX) announced that Shelley Thunen, Chief Financial Officer, has decided to resign from her position in order to spend more time with family and pursue other personal interests.

Unwired Planet, Inc. appointed Dean (Kip) Witter III as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Mr. Witter will provide consulting services to the Company as CFO pursuant to an existing consulting agreement with The Brenner Group, Inc. Mr. Witter is a Vice President of The Brenner Group, a financial consultancy firm, a position he has held since January 2009. He currently also serves as a director of Eeonyx Corporation. Prior to the Brenner Group, from 2003 to 2007 he was President of William D. Witter, Inc., an investment manager, and he served as its Chairman from 2005 to 2007. From 1999 to 2001, he was Chief Financial Officer of Hello Direct, Inc., until its acquisition by GN Great Nordic. Mark Thompson, the Company’s current CFO has resigned.

Lilis Energy (NASDAQ: LLEX) announced that Kevin Nanke has joined the company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Eric Ulwelling, who served as Lilis Energy’s CFO since October 2014, has resumed his position as Principal Accounting Officer and Controller, a post he has held since joining the Company in 2012. Mr. Nanke previously served as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Delta Petroleum Corporation from 1999 to 2012, and as its Controller from 1995 to 1999. Concurrent to his positions, Mr. Nanke served as Treasurer and CFO of Delta’s E&P subsidiary, Amber Resources, and as Treasurer, CFO and Director of Delta’s E&P subsidiary, DHS Drilling Company. Prior to joining Delta, Mr. Nanke was employed by KPMG LLP.

TransAKT Ltd. (OTC: TAKD) announced the appointment of Mr. Yam Chi-Wah as its chief financial officer. Mr. Yam succeeds Ms. Taifen Day who has stepped down as chief financial officer. Prior to joining TransAKT Mr. Yam Served as financial controller of Legend Hardware Ltd. from 2006 to 2015, a company specializing in the manufacture, processing, and distribution of office & home furnishings. He has also served as a finance manager for Neolink Technology Ltd.

CTI Group (Holdings) Inc. (OTC: CTIG) announced that Manfred Hanuschek has been named as CTI Group’s Chief Executive Officer and President, and that Nathan Habegger has been named as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hanuschek has served as CTI Group’s interim Chief Executive Officer and President since January 1, 2015 and served as CTI Group’s Chief Financial Officer since June 2000. Mr. Habegger has served as CTI Group’s Vice President of Finance since June 2005.

Hearsay Social announced that William Salisbury has joined the company as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Salisbury joins Hearsay Social from AVAST Software. Prior to AVAST, Salisbury served as CFO at Crescendo Bioscience. Before shifting into these operational roles, he spent 15 years at Morgan Stanley. He began his career as an associate with Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Heat Biologics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTBX) announced that Matthew Czajkowski will resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer in order to relocate to Kigali, Rwanda to assume the position of Country Director of Jibu. Mr. Czajkowski will also serve as Jibu’s Chief Financial Officer. Stephen J. DiPalma will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company upon the resignation of Mr. Czajkowski. Mr. DiPalma is Managing Director for Danforth Advisors LLC. Previously, he served as the CFO of two public companies, and as CFO, COO, CEO or Director of eight privately held companies, in addition to his consulting clients. He was formerly Chairman of the Board of Cognoptix Inc., and is on the Board of Directors of Phytera, Inc.

The LGL Group, Inc. (NYSE: LGL) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, R. LaDuane Clifton, has informed the Company of his resignation, effective March 31, 2015, due to his acceptance of a similar position in the pharmaceutical industry.

National American University Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAUH) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Venessa Green, recently resigned to pursue other opportunities. Dr. Ronald Shape, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will serve as interim chief financial officer. Ms. Green has served as CFO since November 2011.

Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) announced the appointment of Rachel Glaser as CFO. Rachel comes to Demand from Move, Inc., where she served as CFO.

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Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) announced that Stephen P. Bramlage, Jr. has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. His appointment is effective April 6, 2015. Bramlage succeeds Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Fred Sutherland, who will retire after nearly 35 years with the company, including 17 years as CFO. Sutherland will remain with Aramark through December, 2015 to ensure a seamless transition. Bramlage joins Aramark from Owens-Illinois, Inc. (O-I), where he spent nine years and has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2012. Bramlage’s background also includes finance-related leadership jobs at PPG Industries, Inc. and Eli Lilly. He started his career as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.

Care.com (NYSE: CRCM) announced that Michael Echenberg has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and will join in late April. Mr. Echenberg will succeed Steve Boulanger who was named Interim CFO of the Company in November 2014. Mr. Echenberg joins Care.com from Weight Watchers International Inc. where he served for the last two years as Chief Strategy Officer. In 2004, he joined WeightWatchers.com, then a separate company, as its Vice President of Strategy. After helping to consummate the transactions that brought WeightWatchers.com and Weight Watchers International together, he held several senior management roles in the combined entity. These included Head of Finance for the North America business unit; CFO of the Weight Watchers Health Solutions business unit in its launch year; and SVP, Corporate Finance & Strategy, which included management of investor relations. Mr. Echenberg started his career as a management consultant, first at Dean & Company and then at McKinsey & Company as part of its Corporate Finance & Strategy practice. In between, he served as Head of Strategy for ParentWatch, Inc.

Sunrun announced that Bob Komin has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Komin has been as a CFO or chief operating officer (COO) at companies such as Tellme Networks, Solexel, and most recently, Flurry, Inc. Komin earlier served as vice president of finance and treasurer of Cincinnati Bell, and Convergys.

Ares Management, L.P. (NYSE: ARES) announced that it has appointed Michael R. McFerran as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. McFerran was previously a Managing Director at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) where he served as the Chief Financial Officer of KKR’s credit business and was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of KKR Financial Holdings LLC (NYSE: KFN). Prior to joining KKR in 2005, Mr. McFerran spent the majority of his career at Ernst & Young LLP. Daniel F. Nguyen, Ares Management’s current Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will remain with Ares as Chief Financial Officer of the Ares Private Equity and Tradable Credit Groups and will continue his involvement with firm M&A activities. The Chief Financial Officer roles for each of the other two Ares investment groups, Direct Lending and Real Estate, will continue to be filled by Penni Roll and Tae-Sik Yoon, respectively. In addition, Ms. Roll will continue as Chief Financial Officer of Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) and Mr. Yoon will continue as Chief Financial Officer of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (NYSE: ACRE).

SIFCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE MKT: SIF) announced that Catherine M. Kramer, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the Company, effective April 3, 2015, to return to the private equity industry. Ms. Kramer has served in her current role since January 1, 2013. She joined the Company in 2012 as director of financial planning and analysis after spending four years at Greenstar Capital LLC, where she served as managing director and vice president of strategic planning. Corporate Controller Thomas R. Kubera will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer. Before joining SIFCO Industries in 2014, Mr. Kubera spent nine years at Cliffs Natural Resources, most recently as Controller – Global Operations Services.

Maxwell Technologies announced that the company and Kevin S. Royal, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his position during 2015.

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. announced that it has appointed Stefanie Cavanaugh as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Apollo, Cavanaugh was Senior Vice President of Finance for Harden Healthcare from 2010 until its sale to Gentiva Health Services in 2014. She began her career with Ernst & Young before serving in executive management positions at The Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Encore Medical Corporation, and Solis Women’s Health.

SterlingRisk announced the appointment of Joanne Krush as Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Ms. Krush was most recently SVP/Finance for Hub International. Prior to Hub, Ms. Krush was the SVP/Finance at Aon/Berkely Travel and VP/Finance at Jardine Insurance Brokers. Ms. Krush began her career at Grant Thornton. She held financial positions in the video editing division of Columbia Pictures and for the international division of Kidder, Peabody & Co. before moving into insurance.

Ella Health announced today that it has appointed Joseph Shikorsky as Chief Financial Officer. Shikorsky was most recently Vice President of Finance with Physiotherapy Associates. Other positions include Chief Financial Officer/VP Finance of Fresenius Vascular Care; and VP/Controller of Critical Homecare Solutions.

ampCNG announced that Chief Financial Officer Saad Qais has joined the company. Previously, Saad was Vice President of Corporate Finance at Mainstream Renewable Power.

RiskIQ announced the appointment of Jeff Baeth as chief financial officer. He was previously a senior vice president at VeriSign. More recently, he served as CFO for Devicescape, and JAJAH Inc. Baeth currently serves as an advisory board member at Funding Wonder, Inc.

eProdigy has named Stephen Brown as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Brown had been serving as the company’s acting CFO. Before joining eProdigy, one of Mr. Brown’s recent positions was CFO/Treasurer of IDT Corp, where he had worked for 15 years.

Hampshire Group, Limited (OTC: HAMP) announced that, pursuant to an agreement with financial services and consulting firm, GRL Capital Advisors, it has retained the services of William Drozdowski as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Over the past eight years, he has served as interim Chief Financial Officer and/or Financial Advisor for thirteen of GRL Capital Advisors’ clients. Before joining GRL in 2006, Mr. Drozdowski was financial controller with Urban Brands. Before that he was the Director of Finance at Petrie Retail Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Drozdowski served as Controller for Petrie Stores Corp.

Tower Three Partners announced that Debra Bricker has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Ms. Bricker succeeds Chris Jacobs who has retired. Ms. Bricker previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Harvest Partners, LP. Prior to joining Harvest, Debra was a Senior Accountant at Schroders in New York and Singapore. Ms. Bricker began her career at Coopers & Lybrand in its capital markets division.

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals announced the appointment of Tucker Kelly as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Kelly served as Chief Financial Officer of AdvanDx, Inc. In addition, Mr. Kelly has served as Chief Financial Officer of deCODE Genetics and Critical Therapeutics (CRTX). Prior to joining Critical Therapeutics, Mr. Kelly held lead life science investment banking positions for Canaccord Adams and Robertson Stephens and as an attorney in the corporate and securities group for Foley, Hoag and Elliot, LLP.

WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, announced that Rodger Levenson was named interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Levenson, currently Chief Commercial Banking Officer, has served with the bank since 2006. Prior to joining WSFS, Mr. Levenson was Senior Vice President and Manager of the Specialized Banking Group at Citizens Bank. Earlier, he spent 17 years in various commercial banking positions at Wells Fargo (via predecessor companies). Steve Fowle, CFO since 2005, has accepted an opportunity with Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida.

Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION) announced that Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Doyle L. Arnold will retire in early May, subsequent to the filing of the Company’s first quarter financial results. He will be succeeded as Chief Financial Officer by Paul E. Burdiss, currently Corporate Treasurer at SunTrust Banks, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously, Mr. Burdiss served as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Comerica Inc., where he previously served as Director of Investor Relations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Burdiss worked in Chicago, Illinois as a relationship manager at The Bank of Nova Scotia.

Syniverse announced that David W. Hitchcock has been appointed the company’s Executive Vice President, Global Product Management and Development, effective April 1, 2015. Hitchcock has served as the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for Syniverse since 2007. Robert (Bob) Reich will take over the Chief Financial Officer role from David Hitchcock also effective April 1, 2015. Bob Reich was most recently the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. and previously served as the Vice President, Controller and Treasurer for McLeod,USA, Inc., as well as the Assistant Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning and Assistant Controller for Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation. Reich also served as Audit Manager at Deloitte & Touche.

Pope Resources (NASDAQ: POPE) announced that John Lamb has been appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 20, 2015.  Lamb succeeds Tom Ringo, who became Pope Resources’ President & Chief Executive Officer in December 2014 after having served as Interim CEO since June 2014. Mr. Lamb joins Pope Resources from Segale Properties where he was responsible for the firm’s property management and leasing activities as well as long-term development plans.  Prior to joining Segale Properties, from 1997 through 2013 Lamb was CFO and Senior VP of Unico Properties. From 1990 to 1997, he worked as Corporate Controller for Shurgard Storage Centers.  Mr. Lamb worked for both Ernst & Young and KPMG early in his career.

Aergen Management Services recently made several senior appointments including Heinz Westen as Chief Financial Officer. Dr. Westen most recently served as CFO of Dubai Aerospace Enterprises.  Before that, Dr. Westen worked in the aviation industry for more than 14 years at various leasing entities including as Boullioun Aviation Services, LTU International Airways, and WestLB. 

Druva announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer, Mahesh Patel. Mahesh Patel most recently served as VP, Corporate Controller and Treasurer at RingCentral. He previously held the same position at Intematix and multiple financial leadership roles at Atheros Communications until its acquisition by Qualcomm.

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE: SWM) announced that Jeffrey A. Cook, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will retire from the Company effective April 3, 2015. Mr. Cook has held the position since February 2012. In the interim, Bob Cardin, the Company’s Controller, will assume the role of acting Chief Financial Officer.

MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) announced that Charles O. Garner was promoted to serve as executive vice president and chief strategy and transformation officer. Mr. Garner had been MedAssets chief financial officer since April 2011. Prior to joining MedAssets in 2005, Mr. Garner had previously held positions with Coca-Cola Enterprises, Bain & Company, and American Management Systems (now CGI). MedAssets also announced that Anthony Colaluca, Jr. has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Immediately prior to joining MedAssets, Mr. Colaluca was an independent consultant providing business and financial advisory services to public and private companies. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Colaluca served as CFO for Intergraph Corporation. Prior to joining Intergraph, he served as CFO for Harland Financial Solutions, Inc., a software division of John H. Harland Company. Previously, Mr. Colaluca also served as CFO for Solution 6 North America, and CFO for Computer Management Sciences Inc.

The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNC) reported that Guy Childs, Chief Financial Officer, has announced his plan to transition from his current role. Mr. Childs will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer until his replacement has been hired. Following the transition, Mr. Childs will continue to serve as an officer of the Company in a Vice President role that will include treasury, investor relations and financial planning.

Fibrocell Science, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSC) announced the appointment of Keith A. Goldan as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently he served as Senior Vice President and CFO of NuPathe Inc. Prior to joining NuPathe Inc., Mr. Goldan was CFO and a member of the board of directors of PuriCore plc, and Vice President and CFO of Biosyn, Inc. Mr. Goldan previously served in a variety of roles with ViroPharma Incorporated, Century Capital Associates, and the Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice of KPMG, LLP.

Globecomm announced that Jason D. Juranek has joined their executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Globecomm, Mr. Juranek served as Vice President Division CFO of Harris CapRock; a division of Harris Corporation.  Prior to Harris CapRock, Juranek held various senior financial management positions at Vangent, General Dynamics and DynCorp.

FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO) announced that the Company and Peter G. Abram have mutually agreed that Mr. Abram will resign from his position as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Janet D’Anjou, the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller, will serve as the Company’s interim principal financial officer and interim principal accounting officer. Ms. D’Anjou has served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of the Company since May 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. D’Anjou was employed at Tupperware Brands Corporation as Director, Financial Reporting from 2011 to May 2014 and as Director, External Reporting/Assistant Controller from 2007 to 2011.  Previously, Ms. D’Anjou was a technical accounting manager at Itron, Inc. from 2006 to 2007.  Ms. D’Anjou began her career at BDO Seidman LLP, where she served from 1997 to 2006 in roles of increasing responsibility.

Cantel Medical Corp. (NYSE: CMN) announced the appointment of Peter G. Clifford as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Clifford will replace Craig A. Sheldon, whose planned retirement was previously announced.  Mr. Sheldon will remain at Cantel as Executive Vice President through mid-May to assist in the transition. For the past six years, Mr. Clifford served as Vice President of Operations Finance and Information Technology of IDEX Corporation.  Prior to that role, from 2006 to 2009, Mr. Clifford served as CFO of Gast Manufacturing, an IDEX company. For approximately six years prior to joining IDEX, Mr. Clifford held various senior financial positions for General Electric (GE).

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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced that Ruth Porat, currently Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley, will join its management team as CFO. Ruth joined Morgan Stanley in 1987 and has played several key roles at the company, including Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Global Head of the Financial Institutions Group and co-Head of Technology Investment Banking. She has been the lead banker on numerous milestone technology financing rounds, including for Amazon, eBay, Netscape, Priceline and Verisign as well as for The Blackstone Group, GE and the NYSE. She is Vice Chair of the Stanford University Board of Trustees, a member of the U.S. Treasury’s Borrowing Advisory Committee, a Board Director at The Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Advisory Council of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. Ruth will start at Google as CFO on May 26.

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) announced that Garry E. Menzel, Ph.D., chief financial officer, is leaving to return to the biopharmaceutical industry. James K. Hilger, will serve as interim chief financial officer effective March 30, 2015, in addition to continuing in his current role of chief accounting officer. Menzel will remain on board for a period of time to ensure a smooth transition.

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) announced that Paul Tomkins has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. Prior to his role at Reader’s Digest, Mr. Tomkins spent 27 years at AT&T, where he most recently served as the Vice President and Controller of AT&T Business Solutions and previously held a number of other strategic planning and financial management positions.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) announced the appointment of Todd A. Trapp as Chief Financial Officer effective April 9, 2015. Mr. Trapp comes to Watts from Honeywell International Inc., where he most recently held the position of Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. During his twelve-year career at Honeywell, Mr. Trapp also served as Chief Financial Officer of the Airlines Business Unit and Vice President of Business Analysis and Planning for the Aerospace Division, Director of Finance for the Transportation Systems Division, Investor Relations Manager and other senior finance positions. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Trapp held several treasury and finance operational roles at United Business Media, Inc. and Pearson Inc.

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS) announced the appointment of Neil Watanabe as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Watanabe recently served as Chief Operating Officer for National Stores. Prior to joining National Stores, from 2006-2014, Mr. Watanabe was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Anna’s Linens. Mr. Watanabe, a veteran financial executive, has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for Shoe Pavilion, Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas, Sears Health and Nutrition, PetSmart, Mac Frugal Bargain Closeout, Kay Bee Toys, and Motherhood Maternity.  Mr. Watanabe began his career with Montgomery Ward and Filene’s Basement. In connection with the appointment of Mr. Watanabe as Chief Financial Officer, Michael Yoshida, the former Interim Chief Financial Officer, will return to his prior role as Vice President and Controller of U.S. Auto Parts.

NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) announced that Donald Brown will join the company on April 6, 2015, as an executive vice president in the corporation’s Finance organization. Brown is expected to be appointed chief financial officer (CFO) for NiSource, effective upon the completion of the previously announced separation of NiSource and Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) into stand-alone, publicly traded companies. The separation is expected to be completed in mid-2015. As announced last December, NiSource’s current executive vice president (EVP) and CFO, Stephen P. Smith, is expected to become EVP and CFO at CPG at the time of the separation. Brown most recently served as vice president and chief financial officer at UGI Utilities, a division of UGI Corporation. From 2005 to 2010 he served as a director of Treasury Services at UGI Corporation and controller at UGI Utilities. Prior to joining UGI, he served in a variety of financial leadership and consulting roles at Constellation Energy, Progress Energy and Deloitte.

Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI) announced that Michael J. McKenney has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective June 30, 2015, succeeding Thomas M. O’Brien, whose planned retirement as Chief Financial Officer was announced in September 2014. Mr. McKenney has been the Company’s Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer since 2002, and previously served as Corporate Controller from 1997 to 2002. He joined the Company in 1993 upon the acquisition of the AES water management business (now part of the Kadant Solutions Division) from Albany International Corp., where he had served as Controller of AES.

Paramount Group, Inc. (NYSE: PGRE) announced the appointment of Michael Walsh as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Walsh succeeds David Spence. Before joining the Company, Mr. Walsh was the Senior Vice President, Finance and Capital Markets, at Boston Properties, Inc. where he served in various functions since 1986.

Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) announced that Michael C. Goergen has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the company effective April 20, 2015. Goergen was most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance for the Transport – Logistics division of Trimble Navigation Limited from April 2013 to March 2015. Prior to Trimble, Goergen served as Chief Financial Officer of PeopleNet. PeopleNet was acquired by Trimble in 2011. Goergen replaces Steven E. Snyder, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, who has announced his retirement.  He will be leaving the company after a transition period.

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCTT) announced the appointment of Casey Eichler to the position of President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Eichler has over 25 years of executive experience and joined UCT in August of 2009 as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that Casey was on the company’s board of directors from February of 2004 to July of 2009 and served as the Chair of the Audit committee. Before joining UCT, Mr. Eichler was the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Credence Systems from January 2008 to November 2008, and the executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer of MarketTools from March 2006 to December 2007. Casey served as the vice president and chief financial officer of MIPS Technologies from June 1998 to February 2006. Prior to that, he held management positions with several technology companies including Visigenic Software, NeXT, Inc., and Microsoft.

Oyster announced that Jeannie Mun has joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer and Barry McCarthy has joined as an Advisor. Mun joins Oyster from MediaMath. McCarthy was previously the CFO of Netflix from 1999 to 2010, and currently sits on the boards of Spotify, Rent the Runway, Chegg, Eventbrite, NatureBox, and Wealthfront. Prior to MediaMath, Mun was the VP of Finance & Strategy at Operative. Earlier in her career, she held positions at The Jordan, Edmiston Group, an investment bank for the media and technology industry, Atlantic Media Group, and Deloitte Consulting.

ChyronHego announced the appointment of Carl Blandino as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Just prior to joining ChyronHego, Blandino served as CFO of Diligent Board Member Services. He also served previously as senior vice president and CFO at CashEdge Inc. He also held CFO roles at other public and private companies, including Informed Medical Communications and Open Solutions Inc.

SundaySky announced Elan Yaish as the company’s first chief financial officer (CFO). Yaish has previous experience as a senior financial executive for several publicly traded and private companies such as RiT Technologies Ltd., Goji Ltd. and Manchester Technologies Inc.

Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (NYSE: AI) announced the appointment of Richard E. Konzmann as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Treasurer.  Mr. Konzmann succeeds Kurt R. Harrington who is retiring after serving as the Company’s CFO for the last fifteen years.  Since 2002, Mr. Konzmann was employed by American Capital, Ltd. In 2006, Mr. Konzmann became Senior Vice President, Accounting of American Capital, Ltd.  Prior to joining American Capital, Ltd., Mr. Konzmann served in various controllership, finance and asset management roles with Crestline Capital Corporation and Host Marriott Corporation and began his career with the public accounting firm Deloitte and Touche LLP.

Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) announced that Chief Financial Officer Reid Simpson will be leaving the Company on March 31, 2015 to become Chief Financial Officer at ShopperTrak. David Rawden of AlixPartners, a business advisory firm which specializes in turnarounds and restructurings, will serve as Interim CFO effective April 1, 2015. Mr. Rawden’s experience includes interim CFO positions at Allied Holdings, Inc., Exopack Holdings SA, and X-Rite, Incorporated. It also includes prior education experience when he served as the Executive Vice President of Finance at Savannah College of Art and Design.

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CKP) announced the appointment of James M. Lucania as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lucania will replace Jeffrey O. Richard who is stepping down from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Benvenue Medical, Inc. announced that John Dahldorf has joined the company as chief financial officer. Most recently Dahldorf was chief financial officer at Volcano Corporation. Previous experience includes co-chief executive officer and chief financial officer at Digirad Corporation; finance director at Arrow Electronics; and a number of leadership positions at Baxter companies.

Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR) announced that James F. (“Jim”) Hinrichs will be appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 6, 2015. Hinrichs succeeds David (“Dave”) Teitel who will remain with the Company during a transition period. Prior to his appointment as CFO of Alere, Jim Hinrichs served in the role of CFO at CareFusion Corp., since 2010. He held this position through the completion of Becton Dickinson’s acquisition of CareFusion in March 2015. Prior to this role, Hinrichs served as SVP of Global Customer Support and, before that, Corporate Controller of CareFusion. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Controller of Cardinal Health, CFO of Cardinal Health’s Clinical and Medical Products segment and the CFO of Cardinal Health’s Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment. He joined Cardinal Health in February 2004 following 12 years of finance and marketing roles at Merck & Co. and two years as the CFO of SangStat Medical Corporation, which was acquired by Genzyme Corp. in 2003.

Foundation Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ: FMI) announced the promotion of Jason Ryan to chief financial officer. Mr. Ryan joined Foundation Medicine in May 2011 and has been responsible for building Foundation Medicine’s public company financial infrastructure. Prior to joining Foundation Medicine, Mr. Ryan led the finance and strategic planning functions of several life sciences companies, including Taligen Therapeutics (acquired by Alexion Pharmaceuticals) and Genomics Collaborative (acquired by SeraCare Life Sciences). He began his career at Deloitte & Touche.

A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) announced that it has appointed Katy Murray as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the Company effective April 1, 2015. She will become the Company’s principal financial officer beginning with the second quarter of 2015. Prior to joining A. H. Belo, Ms. Murray served as the Chief Financial Officer of SourceHOV, from November 2011 to April 2013. Subsequent to SourceHOV’s acquisition by Citi Venture Capital Investment in April 2013, Ms. Murray served in an advisory role to the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of SourceHOV until April 2014. Prior to serving in such capacity, from October 2010 to October 2011, Ms. Murray was Chief Financial Officer of Pivot3, Inc. Prior to that, from September 2006 to October 2010, Ms. Murray served as Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of Taleo Corporation.

SugarCRM Inc. announced the appointment of Steve Valenzuela as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Valenzuela was CFO of Apigee. Prior to Apigee, Valenzuela was the vice president of finance and operations for the mobile platforms group at Citrix. He came to Citrix from Zenprise. Valenzuela was CFO at Zenprise and led the acquisition and integration of Zenprise into Citrix. Valenzuela has also led an IPO for PlanetRx, and led the sale of LinkExchange to Microsoft.

InGo announced that Thomas Kramer, current CFO of Opower and Co-Founder of Cvent, has joined InGo’s Board of Directors.

EVINE Live Inc. (NASDAQ: EVLV) a digital commerce company formerly known as ShopHQ, announced that Tim Peterman has joined the Company’s leadership team as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Bill McGrath. Peterman brings more than 20 years of experience from companies including Synacor, The E.W. Scripps Company, IAC and the Tribune Company.

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS) announced that Alex Davern has been named to the company’s Board of Directors. Davern serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at National Instruments. Prior to joining National Instruments in 1994, Davern worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Europe and the United States.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAP) announced that Michael D. Bornak, Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer notified the Company of his intention to resign from his position.

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. appointed K. Lynn Mackison, currently the Company’s Vice President and Global Controller, to serve as acting Chief Financial Officer, effective as of March 31, 2015, until a permanent Chief Financial Officer is in place. As previously disclosed, Greg Hann is retiring from his position as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on March 31, 2015. Ms. Mackison has served as the Company’s Vice President and Global Controller since January 2015.  Prior to joining the Company, she served as General Manager, Finance at Delta Technical Operations, the maintenance, repair and overhaul division of Delta Air Lines, Inc.  From 2005 to 2014, Ms. Mackison served in roles of increasing responsibility within the finance and accounting organization at Goodrich Corporation, which became UTC Aerospace Systems (“UTC Aerospace”) after its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation in 2012.  While at Goodrich/UTC Aerospace, Ms. Mackison served as Chief Financial Officer and Director, Sensors & Integrated Systems from 2013 to 2014; Director and Controller, Aerostructures Aftermarket from 2010 to 2013; Finance Manager, Aerostructures MROs from 2008 to 2010; Finance Manager, Engine Control Systems from 2007 to 2008; and Manager, External Reporting from 2005 to 2007.  She also served as Audit Manager, and later Senior Manager, at Beard Miller Company from 2001 to 2005 and Assistant Controller at Drovers Bancshares Corporation from 1998 to 2001.  Ms. Mackison began her career at Deloitte & Touche LLP in January 1995, where she was promoted to Audit Manager prior to leaving the firm to join Drovers Bancshares.

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE: SRC) announced that it has appointed Phillip D. Joseph, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer and has named Spirit’s current Chief Financial Officer, Michael A. Bender, to the newly formed position of Chief Accounting Officer. These appointments become effective April 20, 2015. Formerly, Mr. Joseph spent more than 13 years at Prologis, most recently as Managing Director and Global Treasurer.

Urologix, Inc. (OTC: ULGX) announced the appointment of Scott M. Madson as its Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2015. Mr. Madson most recently provided finance and accounting management consulting services through his company, Madson Consulting LLC. Previously, Scott was Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Universal Hospital Services, Inc. Prior to UHS, Scott held finance positions in companies including Nextel Partners and RBC Wealth Management. He began his career in public accounting at Deloitte in Minneapolis.

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Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Company’s Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Michael J. Angelakis, to establish a new, strategic company that will focus on investing in and operating growth-oriented companies, both domestically and internationally. Mr. Angelakis will serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the new company. Comcast will immediately commence a search for a successor Chief Financial Officer, and following the appointment of the new CFO, Mr. Angelakis will then serve as a Senior Advisor to Comcast. Mr. Angelakis will assist with the transition to the new CFO and begin the integration process for the Time Warner Cable and related transactions. Mr. Angelakis is the Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and is a Trustee of Babson College. Prior to joining Comcast, Mr. Angelakis was a Managing Director and Member of the Investment and Management Committees at Providence Equity Partners. Before joining Providence Equity Partners in 1999, Mr. Angelakis was President and Chief Executive Officer of State Cable TV Corporation and Aurora Telecommunications. He also served as a Vice President of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company in New York. Additionally, Mr. Angelakis spent several years in London developing Manufacturers Hanover’s acquisition finance and merchant banking activities throughout Western Europe.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE: AMTD) announced that Steve Boyle will succeed Bill Gerber as chief financial officer (“CFO”) at the conclusion of the Company’s 2015 fiscal year. Boyle joined Banknorth in 1997 and was named CFO in 2004, a role he continues to hold today for the bank, which has since become TD Bank. Boyle’s experience also includes time spent at Barnett Banks, Inc., Fleet Financial Group and Arthur Andersen & Co. Boyle will join TD Ameritrade in July 2015 for a transition period with current Executive Vice President and CFO Bill Gerber, who announced his retirement from the Company in January, before assuming the role of CFO on Oct. 1.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) announced that it has named its current Executive Vice President of Business Development, P. Kelly Tompkins as the Company’s new Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Tompkins will replace Terrance Paradie, who announced his resignation to pursue an opportunity with another company. Tompkins joined Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. in May 2010 and has held many executive officer and senior leadership positions. At Cliffs, he served in executive vice president roles in business development, commercial, legal and government affairs.  He also was Chief Administrative Officer and President of Cliffs China for the Company. Prior to joining the organization, Mr. Tompkins served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RPM International Inc., from June 2008 to May 2010. He also served as RPM’s Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tompkins held various legal, management and investor relations positions with Reliance Electric Company and Exxon Corporation.

TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) announced that it has hired Terrance Paradie as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Paradie was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Terry has been at Cliffs since 2007. His prior responsibilities at Cliffs included Sr. Vice President/Corporate Controller and operating responsibility for two domestic iron ore mines. Prior to his tenure at Cliffs, Terry was a partner at KPMG LLP. Terry will start with the Company around April 15, 2015. After 15 years with the Company, Greg Rufus, our long term CFO, has announced his intention to retire in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2016.

Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) announced that CFO Kelyn Brannon will leave the company for personal reasons. Ms. Brannon has served Arista as CFO since July 2013. Andreas Bechtolsheim will serve as acting CFO.

Urban Edge Properties (NYSE: UE) announced the appointment of Mark Langer to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Langer is expected to join Urban Edge in late April 2015 and is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Equity One, Inc., a position he has held since April 2009. Mr. Langer also served as the Chief Administrative Officer of Equity One from January 2008 until January 2011. From January 2000 to December 2007, Mr. Langer served as Chief Operating Officer of Johnson Capital Management, Inc. From 1988 to 2000, Mr. Langer was a certified public accountant at KPMG, LLP, where he was elected a partner in 1998. Urban Edge also announced today that Matthew Iocco, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Vornado Realty Trust (“Vornado”), will resign from his role as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Urban Edge effective as of the date Mr. Langer takes office.

Tremor Video, Inc. (NYSE: TRMR) announced that Todd Sloan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will step down after a transition period to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Sloan has agreed to continue as CFO until May 31 and then assist the company as a strategic advisor through August 15.

Radiant Health Management Corp. named Chris Roberts chief financial officer. Mr. Roberts started his career at KPMG, and most recently served as a senior partner and controller at Vancouver, Wash.-based Audigy Group.

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRBK) announced the appointment of Richard A. Costello as the Chief Financial Officer of Green Brick. Mr. Costello has served as the Vice President of Finance of Green Brick since January 2015. Mr. Costello will replace John Jason Corley who has been serving as Interim Chief Financial Officer.

United Security Bancshares (NASDAQ: UBFO) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, United Security Bank announced the appointment of Bhavneet Gill as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Gill joined the Bank on May 20, 2013, as Vice President and Controller. Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Gill served in various finance roles at Central Valley Community Bank and State Street, most recently having served as the Accounting Manager at Central Valley Community Bank.

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) announced that Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Andrew B. Spence will retire at the end of the current fiscal year, December 31, 2015. As part of this transition, Ameresco also announced that John R. Granara has been named to succeed Mr. Spence as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2015. Mr. Granara joined Ameresco as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in September 2013. Prior to joining Ameresco, he served as Vice President Finance, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller for GT Advanced Technologies, Inc.

Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD) announced that Michael Levitz will be appointed Insulet’s Chief Financial Officer starting May 4, 2015. Mike will succeed Allison Dorval, who has announced her resignation, effective May 4, 2015, to pursue other professional opportunities and will remain with Insulet through July 3, 2015 to assist with an effective transition. Prior to joining Insulet, from 2009 to 2015 he was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Analogic Corporation. Previously, during his seven years with Hologic, Inc. and Cytyc Corporation (which merged with Hologic in October 2007), Mr. Levitz served in various capacities including Vice President and Corporate Controller. Mr. Levitz began his career in the high technology audit practice at Arthur Andersen.

ADS Tactical, Inc. announced that it named current Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President, Karan Rai, President of ADS. Rai joined ADS August 2012 as its Director of International and Strategic Business Development. He also served as the Vice President of Corporate Development before being promoted to CFO, March 2013. Prior to joining ADS, Rai was a vice president at JPMorgan’s Investment Bank where he spent seven years covering defense and aerospace companies in the leverage/acquisition finance group. Rai will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Act-On Software announced that Kate Johnson has been named Chief Financial Officer. In her most recent role she served as Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance at Jive Software.

Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) announced that Susan Wang has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Ms. Wang served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Solectron Corporation, until her retirement from Solectron in 2002. She joined Solectron as Director, Finance, in 1984 and served as CFO beginning in 1989. Prior to joining Solectron, Ms. Wang held financial and managerial positions at Xerox Corporation, Westvaco Corporation and Price Waterhouse & Co. She has served on several public and private company boards, and currently serves on the board of Cirrus Logic, Inc., and on the boards of Nektar Therapeutics and Premier, Inc. In addition, within the past five years, Ms. Wang served on the boards of Altera Corporation, RAE Systems, Inc., and Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.

Acquia announced the appointment of Christine Komola, chief financial officer of Staples, Inc., to Acquia’s board of directors. Komola will serve as chairwoman of the board’s audit committee. Komola previously led financial operations for Staples.com and later led marketing and merchandising for Staples’ furniture division before taking on executive finance roles. She was appointed CFO and principal accounting officer of Staples, Inc. in 2012. Komola previously held several positions at Ernst & Young LLP.

Ensurge, Inc. (PINK: ESGI) announced that Paul Cinquemani has returned to the Board of Directors and now serves as its Chairman. Additionally, Mr. Cinquemani has been appointed as the Company’s CFO, replacing Jeff Hanks, who has served in that capacity for over a decade.

Susan G. Komen® announced that Bob Green has been named Komen’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Green served most recently as a partner at the financial consulting firm SeatonHill LLC and has been working in a consultant capacity with Komen since last October. Green previously served as Senior Vice President/CFO of Associa, senior managing director of Outsource Partners International, CFO-Rail Group of Trinity Industries, and in management roles at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Ernst & Young.

Estes Park Medical Center in Estes Park, Colo. has hired Ryan D. White as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. White will assume his new duties on April 20, 2015. Formerly, Mr. White served as Senior Manager at Eide Bailly LLP in Denver, Colo. In this role he provided interim CFO services to several community hospitals. Previous leadership positions include Senior Associate at Dixon Hughes PLLC in Winston-Salem, N.C., and Finance Analyst at Bon Secours Health System in Richmond, Va.

Evoqua Water Technologies announced Ben Stas has been named Chief Financial Officer. Stas joined Evoqua this week from Kennametal Inc., where he held a variety of senior financial and business roles during his tenure there. Over the course of his 18 years at Kennametal, Stas served in key financial roles including VP Finance – Business Groups. Most recently he served as VP of Manufacturing for the Industrial Business segment. Stas also served as CFO of the Metalworking Solutions and Services Group; CFO of Kennametal Europe, where he was based in Switzerland; Director of Global Manufacturing Finance; Controller of Metalworking Americas; and Sr. Financial Analyst Global Sales, Marketing. Prior to joining Kennametal, Stas worked for DuPont Co., as a Plant Controller, Accountant, and Team Leader. Stas replaces Mark Roos, who has served as interim CFO for the past year following Evoqua becoming a separate company in January 2014. Roos will continue with Evoqua.

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General Motors named Niharika Taskar Ramdev chief financial officer for GM International. Taskar Ramdev was named vice president, Finance and Treasurer in April 2014, and was previously chief financial officer for GM’s Global Purchasing and Supply Chain operation, a position she held since August 2011. She has held several leadership roles in GM, including assistant treasurer for GM and regional treasurer for GM International Operations. Taskar Ramdev joined GM in 1996.

Cardtronics Inc. (NASDAQ: CATM) announced that its chief financial officer, Chris Brewster, has notified the company of his plans to retire later this year. He will remain in his position until a new CFO is appointed and will assist his successor to ensure an orderly transition. Brewster joined Cardtronics as CFO in 2004. Prior to joining Cardtronics, he served in financial leadership positions at a series of multi-unit service businesses.

Everbridge announced the addition of Ken Goldman as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Goldman joins Everbridge from Fiksu, where he served as EVP & CFO; his previous financial leadership experience includes a number of high-profile CFO roles including Salary.com. Goldman has also served as CFO of Black Duck Software, as well as in executive positions for Lodestar Corporation, Student Advantage, MediaMap and Shoplink.com.

Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) announced the appointment of Mike Marszewski to the position of vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 24, 2015. Mr. Marszewski will succeed William Slakey, Echelon’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, who is leaving to take a position with another company. Mr. Marszewski is currently Echelon’s vice president and chief accounting officer, and has been with the Company since 1999. Previously, Mr. Marszewski was Divisional Controller at Stanford Telecommunications, which was acquired by Newbridge Networks.

Petco announced that it has hired Michael M. Nuzzo as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Petco, Nuzzo served as Chief Administrative Officer at 4moms. Previously, he served as CFO and Executive Vice President at GNC Holdings, Inc. and as Senior Vice President, Finance, and in various other leadership roles at Abercrombie & Fitch, Inc.

Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced the appointment of Michael Coyne as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2015. Most recently, Mr. Coyne served as Senior Vice President, Small Business at CNA Financial Corporation, and prior to that served as divisional Chief Financial Officer of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations business. Prior to CNA, Mr. Coyne spent seven years at Sears Holdings Corporation, culminating as Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Coyne also held various financial roles at Schering-Plough Corporation.

Athletico Physical Therapy announced that Charles C. Talbot has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Talbot comes to Athletico after more than six years as senior vice president and CFO at Potbelly Sandwich Works. He becomes Athletico’s CFO four months after the acquisition of Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers. Talbot has almost 30 years experience in finance, working with companies which include Northern Trust Company, Nuveen Investments and YUM! Brands.

Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation announced the appointment of Michael Roberts as Chief Financial Officer of Cardinal and its parent company Cardinal Logistics Holdings, LLC. Mr. Roberts succeeds Ed Barnes who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Roberts joined in 2014 as Controller.   His previous work experience includes time at Polymer Group, Inc., Eastman Kodak Company and Med Assets, Inc.  Mr. Roberts began his career working at PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

BookIt.com announced the appointment of Jack Fraser as Chief Financial Officer for BookIt.com and its associated companies. Fraser will be the first CFO in BookIt’s history. Prior to joining BookIt.com, Fraser spent the last 2 years working with private equity firm FM Merchant Capital as an Operating Partner, Farber Financial as a contracted Chief Restructuring Officer to clients, and Interim-Chief Financial Officer to PUSH Strength. Fraser currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Windsor International Airport and has done so for the past 6 years.

Cherwell Software announced that Elizabeth Salomon has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Ms. Salomon was CFO at Marshall & Swift/Boeckh (MSB) and its holding company Decision Insight Information Group (DIIG). She was also CFO at Ontario Systems.

Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) announced that it has appointed Ilan Daskal to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Daskal most recently was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at International Rectifier Corporation, from 2008 through its acquisition in January 2015 by Infineon Technologies AG.  Prior to joining International Rectifier, Mr. Daskal most recently served as Vice President Finance and Business Administration, Communication Division North America for Infineon Technologies AG from 2001 through 2008, in addition to earlier positions as Chief Financial Officer at both Savan Communication Ltd and SmartLink Ltd. 

ABM (NYSE: ABM) announced the appointment of D. Anthony Scaglione as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Scaglione succeeds James S. Lusk who has served in that role since January 2008. Scaglione has served as ABM’s senior vice president, treasurer and mergers and acquisitions since January 2012, after having served as ABM’s vice president and treasurer from June 2009 to January 2012. Prior to joining ABM, among his other professional positions, Scaglione served in finance and treasury positions with CA Technologies from August 2005 through June 2009. Scaglione currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), the professional society that represents finance executives globally.

TreeHouse Interactive™ announced that Bert Young has joined the executive team as chief financial officer. Young most recently was a Partner at Atlas Technology Group. Young has also held the CFO position for several technology companies, including PatientMatters, Benefitfocus, The SCO Group, LANDesk Software, and as executive vice president and CFO at Whittman-Hart. Previous to Whittman-Hart, Young spent 12 years at Waste Management, three years of which he served as the company’s chief information officer.

Steward Partners Holdings LLC (Steward), the holding company for Steward Partners Global Advisory and Steward Partners Consulting Solutions, announced that Stephen Key, the former Chief Financial Officer of ConAgra and Textron, has joined the firm’s Board of Directors. Stephen Key is the sole proprietor of Key Consulting, LLC, a financial consulting firm he founded in 2001. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Key was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Textron Inc.  Prior to that, Mr. Key was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ConAgra, Inc., from 1992 until 1995, and with Ernst & Young from 1968 to 1992, last serving as the Managing Partner of the New York Office of Ernst & Young from 1988 until 1992.  Mr. Key presently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of many NYSE and NASDAQ companies.

Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIM), owner of Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard and a licensee of Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar announced the hiring of Jim Zielke as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4, 2015. Mr. Zielke most recently served as President and Chief Financial Officer of F&H Acquisition Corp., parent company of the Fox & Hound and Champps restaurant concepts. Mr. Zielke also has held senior finance and accounting positions with Pepsico Restaurant Services (now known as Yum Brands) and in public accounting with Ernst & Young.

Jibe, Inc. announced Brian Cook as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was CFO at TOA Technologies. Before that, he held CFO and senior management positions in technology, media and investment banking.

Agero, Inc. and The Cross Country Group (CCG) announced the appointment of Kate Sweeney as chief financial officer of Agero, Inc. Sweeney will assume the position previously held by Peggy Glander Ward, who served as the chief financial and administrative officer for Agero over the last 10 years, and who is now taking the position of Chief Financial Officer of The Cross Country Group, Agero’s parent company. Prior to Sweeney’s appointment at Agero, she served as senior vice president of finance at Wolverine Worldwide. In her promotion to CFO of The Cross Country Group, Ward is replacing Thomas Graham, who recently retired after a successful tenure of more than 20 years in the position. Before her role with Agero, Ward held executive level positions at companies including Dunkin’ Donuts and The Stride Rite Corporation.

Ankura Consulting Group announced the appointment of Kelly L. Kittrell as Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Kittrell worked for Richmont, a private investment firm, and was a member of the Board of Directors and the Chief Financial Officer at one of its portfolio companies.

Selling Simplified announced the arrival of Daniel de Mos as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Daniel de Mos has held the position of Senior Financial Officer over the past 8 years for companies such as BrightTALK Inc. and at Elliptical Mobile Solutions.

Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. announced the appointment of Larry K. Harvey as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Harvey served as CFO for Host Hotels & Resorts.

ServiceSource® (NASDAQ:SREV) announced that it has named Robert Pinkerton as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for TeleTech Holdings, Inc. Prior to Teletech, Mr. Pinkerton was CFO and Interim CEO of T3Media. He joined T3Media after being CFO of Alpine Access, Inc. Mr. Pinkerton was also divisional CFO and Corporate Treasurer for CSG International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGS). He began his finance career as an investment banker with Continental Bank and Paribas Merchant Banking. Concurrent with Mr. Pinkerton joining the company, Simon Biddiscombe, previously Interim Chief Financial Officer, will remain with ServiceSource as Chief Strategy Officer through June 30, 2015.

Platinum Partners announced the appointment of Daniel Mandelbaum to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Platinum Partners, Mr. Mandelbaum served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Royal Capital Management, LLC, where he worked for thirteen years.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ: LJPC) announced that Dennis Mulroy will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining La Jolla, Mr. Mulroy served as Chief Financial Officer of Taxus Cardium Pharmaceuticals Group Inc., since 2005. Prior to joining Taxus Cardium, Mr. Mulroy served as Chief Financial Officer of Molecular Imaging, Inc. and SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., and held financial management positions of increasing responsibility at several other companies.

Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE: DW) announced that Joseph S. Giordano III, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will be leaving the Company to pursue other business opportunities. Mr. Giordano will continue in his current role until August 31, 2015, or until a new CFO is in place, and will assist his successor to ensure an orderly transition. Mr. Giordano joined Drew Industries in 2003 as Corporate Controller and served in that role until 2008. Since that time, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for the Company.

T.D. Williamson (TDW) announced that Robert D. McGrew, previously TDW vice president and chief financial officer, has been appointed to the position of president and chief executive officer. He joined TDW in 1999 as vice president and chief financial officer.

Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC) announced several promotions in its leadership team. Stephen C. Vaughan, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was promoted to Executive Vice President of Franchise Operations, Finance and Planning. Claudia S. San Pedro, the Company’s Vice President of Investor Relations, Communications and Treasurer, was promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Vaughan joined Sonic in 1992 and has been Executive Vice President since 2008 and Chief Financial Officer since 2004. San Pedro joined Sonic in 2006 as Treasurer. She has also served as Vice President of Investor Relations since 2009. Prior to joining the Company, she served as the director for the Oklahoma Office of State Finance.

Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (NYSE: MILL) announced the appointment of Phillip G. Elliott as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Miller Energy, Mr. Elliott was Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Land & Commercial Analysis for EQT. During his more than 18 years with EQT, he also served as Treasurer as well as a number of other financial and corporate development positions.

United Fire Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: UFCS) announced the appointment of Dawn M. Jaffray as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 27, 2015. Ms. Jaffray was most recently chief financial officer of Soleil Advisory Group. From 2007 to 2008, Ms. Jaffray was chief financial officer of Westaff. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Jaffray was chief financial officer of the North America Business Unit of Dun & Bradstreet. From 1999 to 2005, Ms. Jaffray was senior vice president and senior finance officer for the property and casualty business of C.N.A. Insurance. From 1993 to 1999, Ms. Jaffray was senior finance manager for Progressive Insurance and Dominion Insurance.

Jason Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: JASN) announced that Sarah C. Sutton will be appointed chief financial officer. Ms. Sutton has served as vice president, financial planning and analysis at Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE: RBC), since 2011. She previously served as chief financial officer of A.O. Smith Corporation’s Electrical Products Company, from 2002 until it was acquired by Regal Beloit in 2011.

SteadyMed Ltd. (NASDAQ: STDY) announced the appointment of David W. Nassif as its full time Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He had been the company’s Chief Financial Officer on a part-time consulting basis since March 2013. Mr. Nassif was more recently the President and Chief Financial Officer of Histogen, Inc. as well as the Chief Financial Officer of Zogenix, Inc. Formerly he was the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Licensing at Amphastar. Earlier in his career, Mr. Nassif was the Chief Financial Officer of Cypros Pharmaceutical Corporation.

COSI named Francis Pompey CFO and Senior Vice President of Administration & Finance.  Prior to joining COSI, Mr. Pompey served in several key roles with Huntington National Bank, The Ohio Department of Education, Bank One and Deloitte & Touche.

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Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY) announced that the Company has appointed Robert K. Julian as Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective May 11, 2015. Brad Holiday, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 2000, announced his impending retirement in December 2014.  Robert Julian has over 20 of years of financial leadership experience with increasing responsibility within companies such as Lydall, Legrand, Fisher Scientific International, Cisco Systems and Honeywell. In his most recent role, he served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Lydall, Inc.

Panera Bread Company appointed Michael J. Bufano as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bufano has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Planning since August 2014, prior to which he served as our Vice President of Planning from July 2010 to August 2014. Prior to joining Panera, Mr. Bufano served in various positions for PepsiCo, Inc., including as Director, Strategic & Financial Planning, PepsiCo Americas Beverages from February 2008 to July 2010. The Company also announced that William W. Moreton, the Company’s Executive Vice Chairman and interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue his role as Executive Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors and remain involved in the development and execution of the Company’s financial strategies but will cease serving as the Company’s principal financial officer.

GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE: GTT) announced that Mike Sicoli has joined the GTT leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining GTT, Mr. Sicoli served as Principal of MTS Advisors, a consulting and advisory services firm he founded in 2013. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Sidera Networks and earlier was the Chief Financial Officer at RCN Corporation. He also held various management positions at Nextel Communications, following several years in consulting at Deloitte Consulting and Accenture.

GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) announced that Robert S. Zuccaro, Chief Financial Officer, indicated that he will be resigning as of July 1, 2015. Mr. Zuccaro originally joined GAMCO in June 1998 and served as Controller, then Chief Financial Officer until 2003. He returned in February 2011 and assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to rejoining us, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Commonwealth Management Partners, LLP. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer with National Financial Partners Corp. Mr. Zuccaro also served in senior financial roles at National Financial Partners, Cybex International, Shearson Lehman Brothers and began his career with the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRG) announced that Brad Leist has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. He will replace Michael Dixon, President and Chief Financial Officer, who will be formally leaving the Company, effective April 17, 2015, but will continue working on a consulting basis through May 15, 2015. Brad Leist joined Ignite in 2012 and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Accounting and Finance. Prior to joining Ignite, Brad served in a variety of positions, most recently as Vice President – Corporate Controller at Builders FirstSource, Inc. from 2004 to 2012. Brad also worked for seven years in public accounting for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MFLX) announced that Tom Liguori, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has resigned his position with the Company to pursue another career opportunity.  Mr. Liguori will continue as Chief Financial Officer through May 15, 2015 to facilitate an orderly transition of his responsibilities.

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS) announced that Thomas (“Tom”) Liguori, currently chief financial officer and executive vice president at Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (“MFLEX”), will join the company as chief financial officer and executive vice president on May 18, 2015. Tom has also served as the chief financial officer at Hypercom, Inc., Iomega Corporation, Channell Commercial Corporation and Dole Europe for Dole Food Company, and has held other financial management positions at Teledyne Inc., Honeywell, and Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Worldpay US announced it has hired Michael Wasserfuhr as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Worldpay, Wasserfuhr was Chief Financial Officer at Ingenico North America. He previously held similar senior executive positions with Putzmeister America and TUV Rheinland of North America.

ORIX USA announced the promotion of Paul Wilson to Chief Financial Officer. Wilson joined the ORIX USA Finance and Accounting department in 2004 as the company’s Tax Director. In December 2013, he was promoted to Chief Accounting. Recently, his role expanded to include diversification of financial resources. Before joining ORIX USA, Wilson spent 11 years in Big Four public accounting.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) announced the appointment of Andrew Power as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Power joins Digital Realty following a 13-year career in investment banking.  He currently serves as Managing Director of the Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mr. Power was employed by Citigroup, where he held similar positions. 

Dart Appraisal announced the addition of Michael Fisk as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Fisk most recently served as director of corporate finance for Munder Capital Management. Prior to joining Munder, he worked as vice president and controller for Hantz Financial Service’s mortgage group (formerly Tranex).

AvidXchange announced that Karen Bertaux will be joining the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining AvidXchange, Karen held a variety of senior finance positions in the technology industry, including CFO of AGDATA. Prior to AGDATA, Karen was the CFO of Consonus Technologies, Inc., and CFO of Strategic Technologies, Inc., NC.

Crimson Wine Group, Ltd.  (OTC: CWGL) announced the appointment of Shannon McLaren to the position of Chief Financial Officer. McLaren comes to Crimson from Wente Family Estates, where she spent four years as the Senior Corporate Controller.  Prior to joining Wente, McLaren worked with the Clorox Company in Oakland, where she held positions in both Financial Planning and Analysis, as well as Corporate Accounting.  She also worked at Altera Corporation in San Jose in Internal Audit.  McLaren spent seven years with KPMG.

TIER REIT, Inc. announced the appointment of Thomas M. Herzog as an independent director. Mr. Herzog currently serves as chief financial officer of UDR, Inc. Previously, Mr. Herzog served as chief financial officer at each of Amstar, HCP, Inc., and Apartment Investment and Management Company (Aimco). Prior to joining Aimco, Mr. Herzog held positions at both GE Real Estate and at Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE: TPUB) announced that Sandra J. Martin, the Company’s interim CFO, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Martin joined the Company in March 2014. Martin has previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for Entech Solar and as the Vice President and Corporate Controller for Belo Corp.

Trumark Companies recently announced that it has hired Rob Fregulia as Chief Financial Officer. Before he joined Trumark, Fregulia was the CFO for River Islands Development, LLC. He has also served as the California regional vice president for Meritage Homes. The first 12 years of his career were spent working for Signature Properties.

DiscoverOrg appointed John Gardiner as the company’s chief financial officer. Previously, Gardiner served as chief financial officer at SmartFocus. Before joining SmartFocus, Gardiner was chief financial officer and chief strategy officer at SirsiDynix.

Vertex Inc. announced that Lisa Butler has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Butler joined Vertex as Director of Accounting and Compliance in 2003. Butler’s advancement enables previous CFO, David DeStefano, to focus on his role as a market-facing executive vice president and as a key member of the Vertex Executive Council.

scPharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has elected Dorothy A. Coleman to its board of directors and that it has appointed Brian Piekos as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Coleman is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, the parent corporation of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield in Rochester, New York. She previously held the same role at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island and prior to that spent eight years with UnitedHealthcare in various executive leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer of the Public Sector and CEO for the group’s Southwest Ohio health plan. Prior to that, Coleman was CFO/COO of Cigna Healthcare Medical Group Practice of Arizona and CFO/Associate Administrator at FHP Inc. Hospital. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Mr. Piekos spent five years at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. most recently as the Senior Director of Corporate Finance, Tax and Treasury.  Before joining Cubist, Mr. Piekos served as a Vice President of Investment Banking at Leerink Partners, formerly Leerink Swann, and Needham & Company. He began his career as a research associate at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Biogen.

Kolltan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the election of Frank Karbe, former Chief Financial Officer of Exelixis, to Kolltan’s Board of Directors. Prior to Exelixis, Mr. Karbe served as Vice President-Healthcare Group for Goldman Sachs & Co. Previously, Mr. Karbe held various positions in the finance department of The Royal Dutch/Shell Group in Europe. Since January 2010, Mr. Karbe has been a member of the board of directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Avita Medical Ltd. (OTC: AVMXY) announced that Tim Rooney, who has been serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer, will resume his role as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

TelTech Systems announced that it has named George Abraham to the position of Chief Financial Officer. For the past seven years, George has led his own company, Rhodium Strategies. George currently serves on the Board of directors for several companies.

Vaxin appointed Elizabeth Adkins Czerepak to the newly created position of chief financial officer (CFO). Before Vaxin, Ms. Czerepak served as CFO and chief business officer at Isarna Therapeutics BV and, earlier, as CFO and principal accounting officer at Cancer Genetics Inc. (CGI). Prior to CGI, she worked for nine years at JP Morgan Inc. and Bear Stearns, where she was managing director and general partner of BSHI, and an NASD registered representative. Earlier in her career, Ms. Czerepak was vice president of business development and a member of the U.S. executive board at BASF Pharma, and held senior-level finance, licensing, and corporate development positions at Hoffmann-La Roche and Merck & Co.

Kymeta Corporation announced that it has appointed Marc Stolzman as chief financial officer (CFO). Marc Stolzman most recently served as CFO of Zulily. Stolzman has more than 20 years of business and financial operations experience, previously serving as CFO at Zumiez, Blue Nile and Imperium Renewables.

Connected Data announced that Gene Spies has been named the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Spies was previously Nexsan Corporation’s CFO. Before joining Nexsan, Mr. Spies held numerous finance roles at Xylan Corporation, which was acquired by Alcatel, and as a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP.

Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jeffery P. (“Jeff”) Howells has notified the company of his intent to retire as CFO effective June 5, 2015. He will also retire from the company’s Board of Directors at the expiration of his current term following the annual meeting of shareholders in June 2015. Howells has served as the company’s CFO since 1992 and as a member of its Board since 1998. Charles V. (“Chuck”) Dannewitz, currently the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, the Americas, has been selected by Tech Data’s Board of Directors to succeed Howells as CFO. Dannewitz joined Tech Data in February 1995 as vice president of Taxes. He was promoted to senior vice president of Taxes in March 2000, and assumed responsibility for worldwide Treasury operations in July 2003. In February 2014, he was appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer, the Americas. Prior to joining the company, Dannewitz was employed by Price Waterhouse for 13 years, most recently as a tax partner.

PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ: PACW) announced that Victor R. Santoro intends to retire from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective in mid-August 2015. Following his retirement as CFO, Mr. Santoro will continue to work with the Company as Vice Chairman – Corporate Development and assist with the transition of his CFO responsibilities. Mr. Santoro will be succeeded by Patrick J. Rusnak, who is expected to assume the roles of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer upon Mr. Santoro’s retirement as CFO of the Company in mid-August 2015. Mr. Rusnak will join the Company on April 27, 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Western Bank. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer for Sterling Financial Corporation and previously served in several executive roles for AmericanWest Bancorporation, including Chief Executive Officer from July 2008 to December 2010.

Landauer, Inc. (NYSE: LDR) announced that Dan Fujii will transition to the role of Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. As planned, Interim Chief Financial Officer Mark Zorko will transition back into an advisory role. Mr. Zorko joined Landauer in April of 2014 to assist with the resolution of accounting issues identified in the company. In addition, he has led several special projects in the financial division. Mr. Zorko will continue on with the company in the short term reporting to the CEO in a non-officer role completing special projects. Mr. Fujii joined the company in April 2014 as Vice President, Corporate Controller with the goal of improving the strength of the financial function within Landauer. Mr. Fujii has broad experience with ten years at PriceWaterhouseCoopers ending as a senior audit manager. In addition, he has been the corporate controller for a public international electronics company, a private medical device start up that was taken public and a private equity owned pharmaceutical company.

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPFH) announced that David J. Kaye has been appointed the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer and will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Kaye joined the Company as CFO in 2007.

Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCAI) announced that Tom De Weerdt will join SCA as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 19, 2015. Mr. De Weerdt currently serves as Corporate Controller of Mead Johnson Nutrition, prior to which he held multiple leadership roles at Whirlpool Corporation, including as Chief Financial Officer of Whirlpool Europe, Middle East and Africa. Pete Clemens, SCA’s current Chief Financial Officer, announced his planned retirement earlier this year and will continue to serve SCA as Senior Advisor.

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Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced the selection of Atish Shah as Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer, pending the company’s selection of a permanent Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Shah currently serves as Senior Vice President – Strategy, Financial Planning & Analysis and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Hyatt in 2009, Mr. Shah served as a portfolio manager of a hospitality real estate private equity fund at Lowe Enterprises. Prior to that, he worked for Hilton Hotels Corporation in a variety of finance roles, including feasibility, planning, investment analysis, and investor relations. Prior to Hilton, Mr. Shah was an associate in the hospitality consulting practice of Coopers & Lybrand, LLP.

Xero Limited (NZX/ASX: XRO) announced that Douglas Jeffries, who recently joined Xero’s global leadership team as Chief Financial Officer, will step down to pursue opportunities headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area. Ross Jenkins will reassume the role of CFO.

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBNT) announced that Craig L. Foster, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and member of the Company’s Board of Directors, has resigned to accept a position with another company. Hartley Nisenbaum, Executive Vice President of Operations and Legal Affairs, has been appointed as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Foster’s duties as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer will be performed on an interim basis by Rohit Chakravarthy, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller, who has also been appointed as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer.

Amobee hired Craig Foster as its new Chief Financial Officer. Foster was previously CFO at Ubiquity Networks.

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: WAIR) announced that it has appointed Richard J. Weller as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 4, 2015. Mr. Weller succeeds Gregory A. Hann, who retired on March 31, 2015. K. Lynn Mackison, who is serving as acting chief financial officer in the interim period, will continue as vice president and global controller, a position she has held with the company since January 2015. Mr. Weller was previously vice president and global controller for Ingersoll-Rand plc. Mr. Weller also served as vice president of finance and chief financial officer of the Securities Technologies sector (now Allegion plc) at Ingersoll-Rand. Prior to this, Mr. Weller held senior-level financial and general management positions at Textron Inc.

NanoLumens announced the appointment of Cathy Steiner to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Before joining NanoLumens, Steiner served as Chief Financial Officer for AcuityAds. Before that she was Managing Director for Nucleus GC. Prior leadership positions include heading up Healthcare Investment Banking for CIBC World Markets and Yorkton Securities.

Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE: GMED) appointed Daniel T. Scavilla as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 4, 2015. Mr. Scavilla joins Globus after a 28-year career with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). For the last three years he was CFO, Global Vice President Finance & Business Operations at JNJ’s Vision Care Division. Prior to that Dan spent 5 years as CFO and Worldwide Vice President Finance of the Advanced Sterilization Products branch of JNJ. Dan held positions of increasing responsibility in finance at several JNJ divisions including McNeil Consumer Healthcare and Centocor Biologics.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: LGND) announced the appointment of Melanie J. Herman as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 21^st. Ms. Herman currently serves as Ligand’s Director of Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer. She succeeds Nishan de Silva, who has accepted the position of President and Chief Operating Officer at a privately held therapeutics-focused gene editing company and who has notified Ligand of his resignation, to be effective next month. Ms. Herman joined Ligand in January 2011 as the Company’s Controller, and was named Director of Accounting in March 2014 and Chief Accounting Officer in April 2014. Previously she was Controller at CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2009 to 2011, Assistant Controller and Accounting Manager at Entertainment Properties Trust from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Accountant at KPMG, LLP from 2001 to 2004.

Energy Recovery Inc. (NASDAQ: ERII) announced that it has appointed Joel Gay as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Gay has served as Energy Recovery’s Chief Financial Officer since June 2014. He joined Energy Recovery in January 2012 and has held several positions at the Company. Prior to this, Mr. Gay held various roles at the Aegion Corporation (NASDAQ:AEGN), most notably as the CFO of its largest division (North America). Mr. Gay has also held several positions within the Service Master Corporation and began his career in entrepreneurial finance. Mr. Gay also serves on the board of GDG Constructors as an Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee.

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation (NASDAQ: IPCC) announced that Roger Smith, the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire at the end of August of this year. Mr. Smith has served as Infinity’s Chief Financial Officer since the company went public in 2003.

The Scoular Company announced that Richard A. (“Rick”) Cogdill has been appointed its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Scoular, Cogdill had an extensive career in finance and agribusiness that included 18 years with poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride. At Pilgrim’s, Cogdill served in a number of senior leadership positions, including Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer. Cogdill began his career as a CPA with Ernst & Young, LLC in Dallas.

Medidata (NASDAQ: MDSO) announced that Rouven Bergmann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer effective Monday, May 18, 2015. Bergmann was previously Chief Financial Officer of SAP North America. Since joining SAP in 2005, Bergmann has served as chief operating officer for SAP’s global R&D organization, as well as in key leadership roles in Waldorf, Germany; Bangalore, India; and Palo Alto. Cory Douglas, Medidata’s current Chief Financial Officer, will pursue opportunities outside of Medidata by mutual agreement upon Bergmann’s start.

Tropicana Entertainment Inc. announced it has hired Theresa (Terry) Glebocki as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to joining Tropicana Entertainment Inc., Ms. Glebocki worked for Revel Entertainment Group, LLC since 2007 overseeing both the development and financial operations and since 2013 serving as Revel’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Prior to joining Revel, Ms. Glebocki served in various senior financial management positions for the Trump Atlantic City casino properties between 1991 and 2007, and as an auditor and assistant controller for Bally’s Grand between 1987 and 1991.  Prior to joining the gaming industry, Ms. Glebocki was a senior auditor for Deloitte & Touche.

Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRCP) announced that Chief Financial Officer, Keith Marchiando, submitted his resignation effective May 8, 2015. Mr. Marchiando has accepted a position with a private firm.

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PBH) announced that Ron Lombardi, Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed to become President and Chief Executive Officer upon retirement of the current CEO on June 1, 2015. Mr. Lombardi joined Prestige in December 2010. His experience includes five years as CFO and Chief Operating Officer for Cannondale Sports Group/Dorel Recreation and Leisure. He has also held leadership positions in finance at Gerber Scientific and at Emerson Electric.

AVEO Oncology (NASDAQ: AVEO) announced the appointment of Keith S. Ehrlich to the position of chief financial officer. Mr. Ehrlich most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Synta Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Synta, Mr. Ehrlich served in various senior finance and audit roles, including Chief Financial Officer of Argentys, Dyax and OraVax, Director of Finance of Vertex Pharmaceuticals and senior audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL) announced Todd Ford is resigning to join another company.

BBVA Compass announced that Kirk Pressley will become its new chief financial officer after Angel Reglero leaves the post to help lead a newly created Spain unit of parent company BBVA. Pressley currently serves as corporate controller for BBVA Compass, a role he’s held since 2003.

Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT) announced that John Niedermaier has become Inventergy’s new CFO, under a consulting arrangement with The Brenner Group.

Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (“CB^A”) (NASDAQ: BREW) announced the appointment of Joe Vanderstelt as Chief Financial Officer. Vanderstelt served as Senior Director, Finance & Planning for MillerCoors. From 2008 to 2010, Vanderstelt served as Senior Director, Marketing Finance, supporting all U.S. business units during the inception of MillerCoors. Prior to that, he was Director, Marketing Finance of Miller Brewing Company from 2006 to 2008. From 2001 to 2006, he served in several management roles for Miller Brewing Company, including General Manager of two business units in California and Nevada from 2004 to 2006. Previously, he was General Manager at Vanderplow Distributing Company.

Greenberg Strategy announced that Sebastian Desio, a former SVP at Ogilvy PR, has joined Greenberg as Chief Financial Officer. Desio moves to Greenberg from his own financial consultancy, and from running Ogilvy PR’s Western Region finance team for 8 years. Prior to Ogilvy PR, Desio held finance roles at Porter Novelli and Ketchum.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) announced that Jeremy D. Thigpen has informed the Company of his resignation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in order to become Chief Executive Officer of Transocean. Scott K. Duff, NOV’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer has been named as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Duff held accounting positions at KPMG, Ernst & Young, and SBC before joining National-Oilwell in 2004. Mr. Duff has served as National Oilwell Varco’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since 2014 and had previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Internal Audit since 2005.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Incorporated (NYSE: PFD) and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Incorporated (NYSE: PFO) appointed R. Eric Chadwick as Chief Executive Officer and President and Bradford S. Stone as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President. Mr. Chadwick had previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of PFD and PFO since 2004. Mr. Stone replaces Mr. Chadwick as the principal financial officer of each fund. Mr. Stone had previously served as a Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of PFD and PFO since 2003.

The LGL Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT: LGL) announced that Patti A. Smith has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Smith previously served as the Company’s Director of Financial Reporting and Human Resources. Prior to joining the Company, she held positions of increasing responsibility with CNL Financial Group, Inc., CNL Hotels and Resorts, Inc. and Harris Interactive Inc.

Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDI) announced the appointment of Devasis (“Dev”) Ghose as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 11, 2015. Mr. Ghose served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and in a number of senior finance roles for 25 years with three NYSE-listed companies: Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc., Skilled Healthcare Group and HCP, Inc., and as Managing Director-International for Green Street Advisors. Earlier, Mr. Ghose worked for 10 years for PricewaterhouseCoopers in the US & KPMG in the UK. Mr. Ghose will be assuming the role previously held by Andrzej Matyczynski, who will be continuing as a corporate advisor and then retiring in April 2016.

Abila announced Jeff Cross has been named chief financial officer. Prior to joining Abila, Cross served in a successful consulting role with DigitalGlobe. Cross also served as senior vice president for the Americas Operations at TravelClick. Before TravelClick, Cross was at Hoover’s, where he started as Controller and worked his way through the ranks to include serving as chief financial officer of D&B’s Small Business Group, as well as chief operating officer of Hoover’s.

Presidio Partners, formerly CMEA Capital, announced the appointment of Lee Pantuso as Chief Financial Officer. Pantuso began her career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen and has held a number of positions, including CFO of NeoCarta Ventures, CFO of Big Data analysis start-up Cataphora, and CFO of online sports pick platform company PicksPal.

Allergen Research Corporation (ARC) announced that Warren DeSouza has joined ARC as Chief Financial Officer, and Kathryn “Kate” Falberg has joined the ARC Board of Directors as Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. DeSouza most recently served as Vice President, Finance, at Onyx Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Onyx, Mr. DeSouza held a senior role in assurance at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and he began his career with more than a decade in assurance at Arthur Andersen LLP. Ms. Falberg currently serves as a Director and Chair of the Audit committee for publicly traded biotechnology companies Medivation, Inc., and Halozyme Therapeutics, where she is also Chairman of the Board, and privately held aTyr Pharma. She previously served on the boards of Ariosa Diagnostics, QLT, VISX, Fresh Del Monte and Human Genome Sciences. She was also previously Chief Financial Officer of Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in her career she held several senior financial roles at Amgen, including SVP, Strategy, and CFO.

Nu-Med Plus, Inc. (OTC: NUMD) announced the selection of Mark Christensen as their Chief financial Officer. Mr. Christensen has several years of experience with the international accounting firm KPMG Peat Marwick and as a partner in Bushman, Miyasaki & Associates and Stewart & Christensen, LLC.

Tilly’s, Inc. (NYSE: TLYS) announced that Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Ehrhardt intends to resign from Tilly’s to relocate closer to her family and pursue other professional interests. Ms. Ehrhardt will continue to serve as Tilly’s Chief Financial Officer for an interim period expected to end in June 2015, and will help with the transition process.

DigitalOcean announced it has hired Brian Cohen as the company’s first chief financial officer. Bringing more than 25 years of experience as CFO, Cohen has a proven history of scaling various high-growth technology companies.

OpGen, Inc. announced the appointment of Timothy C. Dec as interim chief financial officer. Prior to joining OpGen, Mr. Dec served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Clubwidesports, LLC, from January 2014 to April 2015. From August 2007 to December 2012, Mr. Dec was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fortress International Group, Inc.

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UPS® (NYSE: UPS) announced Richard Peretz has been named Chief Financial Officer, replacing Kurt Kuehn, who has elected to retire after 38 years with the company. Kuehn will continue his existing duties while ensuring a smooth transition of responsibilities to Peretz. The appointment of Peretz is effective July 1, 2015. Peretz is currently UPS Corporate Controller and Treasurer. He has served in several operational and corporate leadership positions within the Finance staff since joining the company in 1981. Peretz was named International Chief Financial Officer in 2003, and promoted to Corporate Finance Vice President in 2007 where he oversaw a broad range of finance staff areas. He was named Corporate Controller in 2013, and expanded his role to included Corporate Treasurer in 2014.

The Madison Square Garden Company (NASDAQ: MSG) announced that Sean Creamer will resign as chief financial officer, effective May 4.  The company will commence a search for a successor and has named Donna Coleman interim chief financial officer.  She will begin immediately following Mr. Creamer’s departure. Ms. Coleman worked for more than 15 years at Cablevision, where she recently retired as EVP of corporate financial planning and control.

Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS) announced that Karyn F. Ovelmen will join Flowserve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2015. Ovelmen will join Flowserve from LyondellBasell Industries N.V., where she has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2011. Prior to LyondellBasell, Ovelmen served as Chief Financial Officer at both Petroplus Holdings AG, and Argus Atlantic Energy, the predecessor company to Petroplus. Ovelmen began her corporate career at Premcor, Inc., following 12 years in public accounting with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) announced that Rachel Glaser has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Glaser most recently served as CFO at Move, Inc, parent of Realtor.com. Prior to Move, she was Chief Operating and Financial Officer at MyLife.com. Before joining MyLife, Glaser was Senior Vice President, Finance at Yahoo! and spent many years at The Walt Disney Company in various finance, operations and technology roles.

The Fresh Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) announced that its Board of Directors has elected Robert K. Shearer, formerly Chief Financial Officer of V.F. Corporation (NYSE: VFC) and currently a director of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD), as an independent director.

BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS) announced that Jeffrey M. Kreger joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Kreger most recently served as Senior Vice President of Finance with LHC Group Inc. Prior to joining LHC Group in 2013, Kreger served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller at Sun Healthcare Group. He previously held senior finance roles at companies including Consolidated Graphics and Philip Services Corporation. He began his career with an eight-year term in the audit practice of Ernst & Young.

Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) selected Ronald A. Mayo as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Mayo will succeed Carl G. Schmidt, who announced in January his plans to retire later this spring. Mayo’s career includes 19 years with MediaNews Group, including 12 years as vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, he was chief financial officer of Halifax Media Group until its acquisition by New Media Investment Group, Inc. in January of this year.

DEQ Systems Corp. (TSX-V: DEQ) has named Christopher Benak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Before joining DEQ, Mr. Benak served as VP Corporate Accounting & Assistant Treasurer at Tropicana Entertainment Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 2009. Prior to joining Tropicana, Mr. Benak held various and diversified roles within a variety of organizations and industries, including: Director of Client Service at Resources Global Professionals; Director of SEC Compliance and Director of External Reporting at Shuffle Master, Inc.; Internal Audit Manager – Enterprise Risk Services and Senior Auditor – Audit Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte & Touche, LLP; and financial and casino controller positions at various casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. Martin Audet will step down as Vice President Finance on May 22, 2015, to pursue another career opportunity.

Qumu Corporation (NASDAQ: QUMU) announced the appointment of Peter J. Goepfrich as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 18, 2015. He replaces James Stewart who is retiring from Qumu effective September 30, 2015. Mr. Goepfrich was most recently Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Deluxe Corporation, Small Business Services, which he joined in 2014. Prior to joining Deluxe, Mr. Goepfrich was Chief Financial Officer of API Healthcare Corporation. He held this position for two years until the company was sold to General Electric in 2014. Before API, Mr. Goepfrich spent eight years in increasingly responsible financial positions, including Chief Financial Officer, at Vital Images, purchased by Toshiba in 2011. He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC in 1997, where he spent seven years primarily auditing technology companies.

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) Brown as Chief Financial Officer. Brown replaces Shannon Gao, who has resigned for personal reasons. Mr. Brown joins VeriSilicon after serving most recently as Vice President, Business Development at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Prior to that Mr. Brown served as Vice President and Treasurer at LSI Corporation, formerly LSI Logic. He was with the company for 13 years. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President, Financial Planning and Treasurer of GetThere, which had a successful IPO on NASDAQ in 1999 and was later acquired by Sabre. Mr. Brown held various financial positions at Hewlett-Packard after starting his career in corporate banking for Security Pacific National Bank (now Bank of America).

GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: GTI) announced that Quinn Coburn, GrafTech’s Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, will assume the additional role of Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 15, 2015. Mr. Coburn’s appointment follows Erick R. Asmussen’s decision to accept a Chief Financial Officer role at another company. Quinn Coburn has served as GrafTech’s Vice President of Finance and Treasurer since September 2013. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President and Treasurer of GrafTech beginning in August 2010. From December 2002 to August 2010, Mr. Coburn served as Vice President and Treasurer of NCR Corporation.

Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE: ESI) announced that Daniel M. Fitzpatrick notified the Company of his plan to retire from his positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Mr. Fitzpatrick has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 2005.

First American Equipment Finance announced that Joseph P. Guage has joined the business as Chief Financial Officer. Guage joins First American from Discover Financial Services where he served as Vice President of Finance for Discover’s Student Lending business and Chief of Staff to the President of that business. Prior to that, he held various roles in increasing responsibilities at The Student Loan Corporation. For almost five years, he served as VP, Assistant Controller; SVP, Chief Accounting Officer; and Chief Financial Officer. He also worked at Eastman Kodak, Bausch + Lomb, EDS Group, and Union Bank of Switzerland.

Apollo Education Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) announced that Brian Swartz, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned from his position with the company. Joseph D’Amico has been appointed to serve as interim CFO effective upon Mr. Swartz’s departure.

Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN) announced the retirement of Mark Sullivan, the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 30, 2015.

Nexus Medical welcomes Marchell Gebhardt as Chief Financial Officer.  Marchell started with Nexus in March of this year.  Marchell worked ten years with DPT Laboratories, where she held various management positions in accounting.  In 2009, she was promoted to Controller and Director of Finance. Marchell then joined OCI Energy in 2013 as Corporate Controller.

Innovative Blood Resources announced the addition of Jeffrey D. Allen in the new, combined role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Everspin Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Jeff Winzeler as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Winzeler joins Everspin from Avnera where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Avnera he served as CFO at public companies including Rackwise Inc., Solar Power, Inc., and International Display Works. Winzeler also spent 17 years with Intel Corporation, most recently as Controller of Intel’s Flash memory division, and previously managed financial operations for many of the company’s wafer fabrication and assembly-test operations in Arizona, New Mexico, Israel, Malaysia, and Folsom.

Sonneborn, LLC announced the appointment of Gregg Kam as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kam previously served as CFO of International Specialty Products and The Newark Group. Gregg Kam spent 14 years at National Starch & Chemical Company where he held several significant positions, including CFO for the US Adhesives business, CFO for the Latin American division, CFO for a graphite lubricant and electronic materials business (Acheson Industries) and finally, CFO of the Specialty Polymers Group.

Orchid Medical announced that Amanda Gonzalez has been hired as Chief Financial Officer. Gonzalez was the founding Partner of AM Business Solutions.

RMG Networks (NASDAQ: RMGN) announced that Jana Ahlfinger Bell has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Most recently, Ms. Bell served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. Prior to EF Johnson, Ms. Bell served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Simple Products, Inc. Prior to that, she served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director for @Track Communications, Inc. Prior to @Track Communications, Ms. Bell held finance and operations management roles of increasing responsibility with AT&T Wireless Services. Ms. Bell started her career in audit services with Ernst & Young LLP.

2nd Watch announced the appointment of Scott Parrish as the company’s CFO. Parrish was most recently CFO of Azaleos Corporation.

Medytox Solutions, Inc. (OTC: MMMS) announced that Jeffrey L. Wadman has assumed the position of interim chief financial officer. Mr. Wadman was previously the corporate controller for Medytox Solutions. Mr. Wadman is assuming the role of interim chief financial officer from Jace Simmons, former chief financial officer of Medytox Solutions, Inc.. Prior to joining Medytox in 2014, from 2008, Wadman was the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Oxbow Carbon LLC. From 2005 to 2008, he was the Vice President of Accounting and Global Controller of Stieffel Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Wadman served with Eli Lilly & Company for 16 years (1989 to 2005) in increasingly responsible positions, including as Chief Executive Officer of the Eli Lilly Federal Credit Union.

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRNE) announced the appointment of Mark W. Durand as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Durand was most recently an independent strategic consultant for emerging pharmaceutical firms.  Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Finance and Business Development for Watson Pharmaceuticals (now Actavis).  Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Development for Teva Americas.  Mr. Durand spent the first 18 years of his career at Bristol-Myers Squibb in various management roles.  Prior to accepting this role, Mr. Durand served on the Board of Directors of Sorrento, and was Chair of the Audit Committee as well as a member of the Compensation Committee.

Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) announced that Craig A. Lampo has been designated to succeed in an orderly transition to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lampo has been with the Company for over 10 years as Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Amphenol, he spent 11 years at Arthur Andersen LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. The Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, Diana G. Reardon, will assist in the transition which will be completed over the next several months. After transitioning from the Chief Financial Officer role, Ms. Reardon will continue with the Company as a senior advisor.

BSH Home Appliances Corporation announced the appointment of Kai Schrickel as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Schrickel began his career at BSH 21 years ago in the finance division in Munich. He quickly became the Head of Finance during the internationalization of BSH, overseeing mergers and acquisitions.

Campus Crest Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCG) announced the appointment of John Makuch as interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Makuch serves as Managing Directors at Alvarez & Marsal. Scott Rochon, who previously acted as interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue to serve as Chief Accounting Officer. During the past 22 years, Mr. Makuch has assisted firms execute financial and operational performance improvement initiatives and has served as an interim officer of his clients, including roles as a CEO, COO, CFO, CRO, Controller and Treasurer. Mr. Makuch recently served as the Chief Restructuring Officer for a national developer and builder of multi-family housing and student housing projects.

Lumber Liquidators (NYSE: LL) announced that the Company and Daniel E. Terrell have agreed that Mr. Terrell’s role as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer will terminate effective June 1, 2015. Mr. Terrell has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since October 2006 and prior to assuming that position, he served as Controller from November 2004. The Company has appointed Gregory A. Whirley, Jr. as Senior Vice President, Finance and he will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer beginning on June 1, 2015. Mr. Whirley has spent the last thirteen years at Ernst & Young LLP (EY) where he most recently served as Senior Manager – National Professional Practice.

Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY) announced that Rick Booth was named Chief Financial Officer. Booth joins Bottomline from Sapient where he was second in command to the CFO. Previously, he held a number of senior finance positions at Nuance Communications. While at Nuance, Rick held several leadership roles including CFO of the healthcare division. Prior to Nuance, Rick held financial and strategic roles at EMC Corporation, Mercer Management Consulting, and Coopers & Lybrand.

SynGen Inc. announced that Chuck Novak has joined as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Chuck was most recently CFO at ConQuip. Chuck’s background includes over 40 years of financial, administrative and operational management experience with both small and large corporations, including positions of increasing authority during 16 years with Hewlett Packard.