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USA | CFO Moves – week ending October 11, 18, 25, 2013

Tracking CFO movement across the USA.


CFO Moves – week ending October 25, 2013

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has initiated a transition plan for its new chief financial officer. Jeffrey Capello, Boston Scientific’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will transition out of the role effective December 31, 2013. Effective January 1, 2014, Daniel Brennan, currently the company’s senior vice president and corporate controller, will be promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Boston Scientific. Brennan joined Boston Scientific in 1996. During his tenure, he has held roles with increased responsibilities, including vice president of finance and information technology for the Cardiovascular Division, vice president of international finance and vice president of investor relations. Brennan was named to his current role as senior vice president and corporate controller in January, 2010.

Hulu announced that Elaine Paul has been appointed CFO, replacing Tom Fuelling. Prior to Hulu, Elaine was SVP of Corporate Strategy at Disney. She previously served as VP, Business Development for the Walt Disney Internet Group. Kevin Farr

Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) appointed Kevin Farr to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Farr is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Mattel, Inc. Prior to his time at Mattel, Mr. Farr worked for 10 years as a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers International.

Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) announced that Dennis Wolf, chief financial officer and executive vice president, will be leaving after a period of transition to pursue an opportunity at a private company.

DataStax announced that Silicon Valley veteran Dennis Wolf will join the company as chief financial officer. Wolf has held numerous executive positions with public and private companies including CFO, COO, and CEO. His most recent experience is as chief financial officer and executive vice president at Fusion-io. Prior to that, he was the CFO at MySQL. Wolf held financial roles at Apple and Sun Microsystems earlier in his career. He currently serves as a director and chair of the audit committee of Codexis Inc., and has been a director and chair of the audit committee for other publicly and privately held companies including Quantum Corporation, BigBand Networks, Inc., Registry Magic, Inc., Avanex Corporation, Komag, Inc., Exponential Interactive, and Vitria Technology, Inc.

Coupons.com Incorporated announced the appointment of Mir Aamir as the company’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Richard Hornstein, the company’s current chief financial officer and general counsel. Mr. Hornstein will continue in the role of general counsel and chief legal officer, a role he has held for the past two and a half years. Mr. Aamir joins Coupons.com from Safeway, Inc., where he, most recently, was president of customer loyalty and digital technologies. Previously at Safeway, he was senior vice president of marketing strategy, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), pricing and shopper card. Before that, he held the position of group vice president, FP&A and strategy, for all of Safeway’s U.S. business units. Prior to Safeway, Mr. Aamir was at A.T. Kearney, Inc., where he was officer and vice president for the strategy and management consulting firm’s consumer and retail practice. Before that, Mr. Aamir held various positions at Procter & Gamble and Citicorp in Asia.

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NYSE: NOR) announced the appointment of Dale W. Boyles as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective November 5, 2013. Prior to joining Noranda, Mr. Boyles was Operating CFO for Hanesbrands, Inc. from October 2011 to June 2012. Mr. Boyles also served as Interim CFO for HBI during 2011 and as Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer for HBI from 2006 to May 2011. From 1997 through 2006, Mr. Boyles served in various capacities for KPMG LLP including most recently as Audit Partner, Consumer & Industrial Markets.

Square 1 Bank announced that Bonnie Kennedy has joined the Bank’s Venture Capital Services team as senior vice president. Kennedy joins Square 1 Bank from Trident Capital, a venture capital and growth equity firm, where she was managing director and chief financial officer. Earlier in her career, Kennedy spent over 20 years with Ernst & Young, including 10 as principal in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Simbol Materials appointed Takashi Sunada as Simbol Materials Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sunada’s career includes twenty-four years with Itochu Corporation, where he was most recently responsible for project development and management of project investments for the Chemicals Division.

Summit Materials announced the appointment of Brian J. Harris, as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Harris joins Summit after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bausch & Lomb Holdings Incorporated, a leading global eye health company, since 2009. Mr. Harris previously held positions of increasing responsibility with Tomkins plc, including President of the $2 billion worldwide power transmission business for Gates Corporation, and Senior Vice President for Strategic Business Development and Business Administration, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary of Gates Corporation. With the appointment of Mr. Harris, John R. Murphy has stepped down as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Murphy will continue to serve as a director and chairman of the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company’s indirect parent company.

ShapeUp Inc. announced the appointment of Ann Brady as chief financial officer. She has held leadership roles at companies including Health Payment Review, ATG, uTest, FirstBest and Apperian throughout her career. Prior to joining ShapeUp, Brady founded New England Business Solutions Group, a consulting firm specializing in C-level expertise for start-up and emerging growth companies.

TESSCO (NASDAQ: TESS) announced that Aric Spitulnik has been elected to position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Spitulnik was employed as an accounting professional for several public accounting firms before joining TESSCO in 2000. Mr. Spitulnik was appointed controller in 2005 and a vice president in 2006. In 2012, he assumed the role of principal accounting officer and was appointed corporate secretary.

Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI) announced that it has appointed James M. Otterberg as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and also elected him as a Vice President. Mr. Otterberg, who has been the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since October 2011 and had been serving as interim Chief Financial Officer since August 12, 2013. Mr. Otterberg has been employed by the Company’s subsidiary, Unifi Manufacturing, Inc., since 2011 as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, and previously from October 1999 to December 2003 as Director – Joint Ventures and Alliances and Corporate Financial Analyst. He also held various financial positions for Polymer Group, Inc. from 2004 to 2011, including Vice President – Finance U.S. from February 2008 through May 2011.

Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) announced that Pete Mangan has been appointed as chief financial officer (CFO), effective November 11, 2013. Mangan, currently vice president, corporate finance for Oclaro, will succeed Jerry Turin, who previously announced plans to resign on November 8, 2013 to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Mangan joined Oclaro in May 2012 as vice president of corporate finance. Mr. Mangan brings Oclaro nearly 30 years of experience in a wide range of finance positions with leading companies including AMD, Trident Microsystems, FormFactor, Spansion, Asyst Technologies, and Sun Microsystems. Mangan served as CFO at Trident Microsystems from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2008 to 2012.

Mortgage Contracting Services announced that Paul Lee has been named the company’s chief financial officer. Mr. Lee works in the company’s Plano, Texas, headquarters and succeeds Michael Carroll, who is retiring after more than eight years as the company’s CFO. Before joining MCS, Mr. Lee most recently served as vice president and treasurer of Texas-based Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. He previously served as vice president, finance, for Capital Senior Living. Mr. Lee also has worked in various management and financial positions for Chief Auto Parts Inc. and Brice Foods Inc.

Annie’s, Inc. (NYSE: BNNY) announced the appointment of Zahir Ibrahim as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective November 13, 2013. Mr. Ibrahim was most recently Vice President Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Molson Coors Brewing Company. In addition to his most recent position with Molson Coors, Mr. Ibrahim previously served as a divisional chief financial officer for two global businesses. Kelly Kennedy will resign as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective November 12, 2013, to spend more time with her family. Ms. Kennedy intends to remain with the Company through fiscal 2014 to lead special projects and assist with a smooth transition. Michael Fleisher

Wayfair.com announced the appointment of Michael Fleisher as Chief Financial Officer. With Fleisher’s appointment, former CFO Nicholas Malone has been named Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to joining Wayfair.com, Fleisher served as Warner Music Group’s Vice Chairman, Strategy and Operations. Fleisher joined WMG in 2005 as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before WMG, Fleisher served as Chairman and CEO of Gartner, Inc. Fleisher’s previous business experience includes roles at Bain Capital and Bain & Company.

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDSI) announced the appointment of Ernest R. De Paolantonio as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. James A. McNulty, BDSI’s current Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, will remain with BDSI in the new role of Senior Vice President—Finance and Treasurer. Over the past five years, Mr. De Paolantonio served as the Chief Financial Officer of CorePharma. In addition, he previously served in finance and controller positions in roles of increasing responsibility at Colombia Laboratories. Additionally, he served in various financial and controller positions at Taro Pharmaceuticals, Watson Pharmaceuticals and Danbury Pharmaceutical. Mr. De Paolantonio began his career in finance at GlaxoSmithKline, where he spent over 17 years.

Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced that chief financial officer Ita Brennan will resign effective February 28, 2014 to pursue another opportunity at a technology start-up. Ms. Brennan has served as Infinera’s CFO since June 2010. She joined Infinera in 2006 and served in various roles within the company’s finance group, prior to her promotion to CFO. Ms. Brennan will continue to direct Infinera’s finance activities as CFO until her departure date.

Quture International, Inc. (OTC: QUTR) announced agreement with Alejandro Guardiola to become its Chief Financial Officer immediately following filing of the Company’s 10-K. In the interim, Mr. Guardiola is serving as the primary financial advisor to Quture working with the Company’s auditors in all aspects filing.

Single Touch Systems, Inc. (OTC: SITO) announced the appointment of Kurt Streams as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Former CFO John Quinn has resigned from Single Touch to become the Regional Managing Partner based in the New York City office at ParenteBeard, LLC, where Mr. Quinn had previously served as a Principal. Most recently, Mr. Streams was Partner at GBM LLC. Previously, he was Principal at RBSM LLP. Mr. Streams has served as CFO of three companies including IGIA, Inc. Prior, he was CFO at The Deal, LLC. He also served as CFO of Norland Medical. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche.

Europ Assistance USA (EA USA) and CSA Travel Protection (CSA), both owned by Europ Assistance Group, announced its new CFO, Donald Vetal Jr. Prior to EA USA and CSA, Vetal most recently served as CFO and group vice president of FrontierMEDEX Group. He was also president, and before that CFO, of CPM Holdings, and held fiscal leadership roles at Ocwen Financial Corporation, LifeDesign and US Assist, Inc. and Rowan Capital.

Enhanced Recovery Company, LLC announced the appointment of Michael Harrison as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mike was previously CFO of Convergent Resources Holdings in Atlanta, where he partnered with a private equity firm to acquire and integrate the Convergent family of companies. Prior to Convergent Resources Holdings, Mike was vice president of finance with two divisions of West Corporation and a senior audit manager at Deloitte & Touche.

SilkRoad announced the appointment of Merri Bonino as Chief Financial Officer. Bonino succeeds Michael Cullinane, who served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 2008 until his retirement on September 30, 2013.

MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) announced that J. Michael Lauer, who has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since 1989, is retiring February 28, 2014. Timothy J. Mattke, the Company’s Controller since 2009, will become Chief Financial Officer effective upon Mr. Lauer’s retirement. Mr. Mattke has been with the Company for over seven years. Prior to his becoming Controller, he was Assistant Controller of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (“MGIC”), since August 2007 and prior to that was a manager in MGIC’s accounting department. Before joining MGIC, Mr. Mattke was an audit manager and an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Coast Bancorp (OTC: CTBP) announced it has selected Paul Cable to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both Coast Bancorp and its wholly owned subsidiary, Coast National Bank. Mr. Cable most recently served as Finance Executive with Regents Bank. His professional history includes more than 20 years of experience as Chief Financial Officer with various sizes of community banks in Southern California. Mr. Cable will succeed former Chief Financial Officer Karan Pohl who resigned in May 2013.

Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) announced that Patrick S. Barrett will join the company as Senior Executive Vice President and member of Fulton Financial’s senior management team, effective November 4, 2013. Upon the retirement of the Corporation’s current Chief Financial Officer, Charles J. Nugent, at the end of 2013 as previously announced, Barrett will become the Chief Financial Officer. Barrett comes to Fulton from SunTrust Banks, Inc., where he served most recently as the Chief Financial Officer of SunTrust Bank’s Wholesale Bank. Prior to joining SunTrust in 2010, Barrett worked with JPMorgan Chase & Co. where he held a number of senior finance/managing director roles in Asia. His last role with JPMorgan was Deputy Head/Managing Director of Investor Relations in New York. Before joining JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2003, Barrett spent ten years with Deloitte & Touche.

Clinkle Corporation announced that Barry McCarthy has joined the company as chief operating officer. Prior to Clinkle, McCarthy spent 12 years, from 1999 to 2010, as chief financial officer of Netflix, Inc. He has also served on the boards of several private companies and as an executive advisor to Technology Crossover Ventures. Prior to Netflix, McCarthy held several positions at First Boston, where he worked with venture capital–backed and LBO investments.

Brickstream announced that John E. Kahn has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company. With Mr. Kahn’s appointment, Brickstream’s previous CFO, Paul Williams, becomes Chief Accounting Officer.

Good Technology announced that Ron Fior has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ron joins Good from Callidus Cloud, a Pleasanton, CA -based enterprise software company, where he was CFO. Prior to Callidus, Ron held various leadership positions, including CFO for Ingenuity Systems, CFO and vice president of finance and operations at Remedy Corporation and vice president and Group CFO at International Thompson Publishing Group.

Profire Energy, Inc. (OTC: PFIE) announced that Ronald R. Spoehel, the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Spoehel served as NASA CFO from 2007 to 2009. Prior to his time at NASA, Mr. Spoehel spent ten years in investment banking, including five years as Vice President of Bank of America primarily focused on energy and technology sectors. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of various technology and energy companies, including ManTech, ICx Technologies, and others. He has also served on the U.S. Air Force Audit Committee, as well as the Advisory Council for the Wharton and Engineering Schools at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as Managing Partner of Windrock Capital LLC.

CFO Moves – week ending October 18, 2013

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Mark B. Templeton is taking a temporary leave of absence for family reasons. David J. Henshall, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations, will serve as Acting CEO during Mr. Templeton’s absence. Mr. Templeton will remain on the Citrix Board of Directors. Henshall joined Citrix in 2003. Most recently, Henshall served as Chief Financial Officer of Rational Software Corporation, a software company acquired by IBM in 2003. He previously held financial management positions at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Samsung Semiconductor Corp. Michael Geltzeiler

The ADT Corporation (NYSE: ADT) announced that Michael Geltzeiler will join the company as its chief financial officer. Geltzeiler is currently the chief financial officer and group executive vice president at NYSE Euronext. Prior to joining NYSE Euronext five years ago, Geltzeiler served as president for school and educational services at the Reader’s Digest Association, and was the organization’s chief financial officer and senior vice president from 2001 to 2007. He also served as chief financial officer of marketing services, corporate controller and chief financial officer for the EMEA region at ACNielsen Corporation, and in a variety of senior finance positions both in the United States and abroad at Dun & Bradstreet.

Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) announced that Stephane Biehler is joining Morningstar as chief financial officer. Biehler has served as chief accounting officer and corporate controller for NYSE Euronext since 2007. Biehler worked for Archipelago Holdings in Chicago as corporate controller from 2004 to 2006 and joined NYSE Group in 2006 as controller when the firms merged. He started his career at Deloitte, where he worked for nine years.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) announced that executive vice president and chief financial officer Darren R. Wells has been named president of Goodyear’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) business unit. Laura K. Thompson, vice president of finance, North America, will succeed Wells as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Wells has been Goodyear’s executive vice president and CFO since October, 2008. Previously, he served as senior vice president of finance and strategy and, prior to that, senior vice president, business development and treasurer. Wells joined Goodyear as vice president and treasurer in August 2002. Thompson has been vice president of finance for the company’s North American business since 2011.Scott Lenz

CareCloud announced that it has hired R. Scott Lentz as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining CareCloud, he served as CFO of Aprima Medical Software, Inc., PracticeOne, Inc., and Picis, Inc., as well as COO of Streamline, Inc. He is currently an advisory board member to WorkersCount, Inc. and Cyber Holdings, Inc. Mr. Lentz began his career in the military, serving six years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Walton Group of Companies announced the appointment of Robert Laak as Chief Financial Officer for Walton Development and Management (WDM). Mr. Laak most recently served as Corporate Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions, for Meritage Homes Corporation. Mr. Laak also served as Corporate Vice President for Finance at Meritage where he led company real estate and joint venture financing activities.

Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp. announced the appointment of Kenneth Gayron as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Osmotica, Ken was Vice President and Treasurer of Sensus. Prior to becoming a Corporate Financial Officer, Ken was an Executive Director with UBS Investment Bank and CIBC World Markets. Previously, Ken also served as Treasurer of Nuance Communications.Robert Skip Swayze

Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that it has named Robert L. “Skipp” Swayze as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Swayze was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Dallas-based Gardere Wynne & Sewell, where he served from 2006 to 2013. Before that, he served in a variety of finance and management functions for Fulbright & Jaworski, Perkins Coie, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (today part of DLA Piper) and Baker & McKenzie.

Florida East Coast Industries announced the addition of Jason Bewley as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of All Aboard Florida. Mr. Bewley was Vice President of Corporate Finance for World Fuel Services. Previously, Mr. Bewley was Senior Director of Finance and Investor Relations for AirTran Airways and a member of the finance management team at Universal Orlando.

Akebia Therapeutics announced that it has appointed Jason A. Amello as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Amello previously served as Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of ZIOPHARM Oncology and as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Genzyme Corporation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Amello spent 10 years in the business advisory and assurance practice of Deloitte.

ZS Pharma announced that Todd Creech has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining ZS Pharma, Creech was CFO and vice president of business development at Sarcode Biosciences prior to its acquisition by Shire Pharmaceuticals in August 2013. Previously, Creech was CFO of Sirion Therapeutics. Earlier in his career, Creech worked at NovaQuest. Prior to that, he co-founded Centice. Additionally, Creech has more than 10 years of experience consulting with biotech and high-tech companies while employed at SRI International and Andersen Consulting.

DCB Financial Corp. (OTC: DCBF) announced the appointment of J. Daniel Mohr as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mohr most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Financial Corporation since 2006. Prior to 2006, he served in various executive-level positions with Partners Trust Financial Group, Inc. In addition to his banking experience, he also served as a Senior Auditor with KPMG, LLC.

American DG Energy Inc. (NYSE: ADGE) announced the appointment of Jesse T. Herrick to the position of Chief Financial Officer at American DG Energy and EuroSite Power Inc. Prior to joining American DG Energy, Mr. Herrick served as Managing Director at Scarsdale Equities LLC, and previously held a senior equity analyst position for Merriman Capital. Mr. Herrick previously worked as an engineer for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and ATK Space Systems.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX) announced the appointment of Brian McKeon to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2014. McKeon will join the Company after having spent the past six years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Iron Mountain. Prior to joining Iron Mountain in April 2007, McKeon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at The Timberland Company, a position he held from March 2000 to April 2007. Prior to joining Timberland, he held several finance and strategic planning positions with PepsiCo, Inc., from 1991 to 2000, serving most recently as Vice President, Finance at Pepsi-Cola, North America. Prior to joining PepsiCo, McKeon worked as a strategy consultant with the Alliance Consulting group and as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand. McKeon has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since July 2003. In his Board capacity, he served as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. In connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, McKeon has resigned as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, effective October 11, 2013, and has resigned from the Board of Directors effective upon

Axion Power International, Inc. (OTC: AXPW) announced the appointment of Stephen Graham as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He succeeds Charles Trego, who resigned for personal reasons and was elected to the Board of Directors by the shareholders at the Annual Shareholder Meeting on September 26. Mr. Graham was most recently Executive and Financial Consultant with CMF Associates LLC. During his tenure with CMF (2012-2013) he served as Interim CFO for a renewable energy company, and acted as onsite due diligence officer for the private equity firm that provided the company’s financing. Prior to his service at CMF, Mr. Graham was with Associated Materials LLC from 2009 to 2012. His tenure with this $1.2 billion building materials company included the positions of Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary and Chief Financial Officer. He served at Wastequip Inc from 2008 to 2009 as CFO. From 2001 to 2008, he was Executive Vice President and CFO of Shiloh Industries. Prior to that he held positions at Republic Technologies International Inc., Dura Automotive Systems Inc., Truck Components Inc., and Grand & Toy Ltd. He began his career in 1982 at Magna International.

Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) announced that Terry W. Rathert, a Newfield founder and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will retire in 2014, after more than 25 years with the Company. The company intends to appoint Lawrence S. Massaro to succeed Rathert as Executive Vice President and CFO effective November 11, 2013. Rathert will serve as special advisor through August 2014, assisting during this transitional period. Massaro has been a member of Newfield’s management team since March 2011 as Vice President, Corporate Development. Prior to joining Newfield, he was a Managing Director at JP Morgan in its oil and gas investment banking group. He has held a number of management and professional positions at various companies including Amerada Hess and British Petroleum.

Affinia Group Inc. has named Steve Klueg chief financial officer as veteran CFO Thomas Madden announces his plans to retire December 31, 2013. Steve Klueg comes to Affinia from his post as chief financial officer of ReCommunity Recycling. He additionally served as vice president and treasurer for World Fuel Services Corp. He also held assistant treasurer positions at Ingersoll-Rand and SPX Corporation

Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) announced that John Roberts has today joined the company as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Michael Durney who became the Company’s President and CEO on September 30, 2013. Most recently, from 2011 Mr. Roberts served as Chief Financial Officer of BrightLine. Earlier in his career, he was a key leader in scaling the operational and financial performance as the CFO of Right Media, which was ultimately sold to Yahoo!, and served as the Chief Financial Officer of two public companies, Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. from 2004 to 2006 and Razorfish, Inc. from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Roberts started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he served for more than a decade ultimately becoming an Audit Partner.

AppDynamics, Inc. announced that Walter Berger, recent CFO of IBM-acquired SoftLayer, has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Walter was CFO of SoftLayer, which was acquired by IBM earlier this year. Prior to that, he has been CFO of Leap Wireless, CBS Radio, Emmis Communications and LG&E Energy. Steve Valenzuela

Apigee announced that Steve Valenzuela has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Valenzuela joins Apigee from Citrix, where he served as vice president of finance and operations for the mobile platforms group. Prior to Citrix, Steve was CFO at Zenprise, where he played a key leadership role in the successful sale and integration of Zenprise into Citrix. He also served as CFO for Rainmaker Systems, and as CFO of PlanetRx. Before this, Steve was the CFO of LinkExchange, which was acquired by Microsoft. Earlier, Steve held financial leadership roles at Tandem Computers, Atari and Intel.

AllSector Technology Group, Inc. announced the appointment of Stephen Walsh to chief Stephen Walshfinancial officer. Walsh comes to AllSector from Visiting Nurse Service of New York, where he served for 15 years — most recently as director of IT finance. Prior experience includes PharMerica, Inc., Olsten-Kimberly Quality Care, and United Hospital.

Echo Automotive, Inc. (OTC: ECAU) announced that Todd Lawson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Echo Automotive, Mr. Lawson served as Chief Financial Officer for SNTech, Inc. Previously, Mr. Lawson was Vice President of Finance at 41st Parameter. Mr. Lawson also served as CFO of Vcommerce Corporation, and held senior financial positions at Primarion and Vivid Semiconductor. He began his career at Ernst & Young LLP.

Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ: SPEX) announced that it has hired Michael Pollack to serve as its Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pollack is currently a partner at KBL, LLP and serves as the head of its Corporate Finance Group and Public Company Reporting Group.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBIO) has hired Robert E. Gagnon as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of the date of HBIO’s planned spin-off of Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc., or HART, which is anticipated to be November 1, 2013, or the Distribution Date. From October 23, 2013 until the Distribution Date, Mr. Gagnon will initially serve as HBIO’s Executive Vice President – Finance. Mr. Gagnon was recently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH). Prior to this, he served in progressive executive positions at Biogen Idec, Inc. Earlier, he worked in a variety of senior positions at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Thomas McNaughton, who has served as Harvard Bioscience’s Chief Financial Officer since November 2008, will resign from that position effective as of the Distribution Date to retain the role of Chief Financial Officer at Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc. (“HART”).

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) announced that Brad Hayes, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, plans to retire in 2014. The Company expects that Brad will continue in his capacity as CFO through the first half of 2014, unless a successor is named and the transition is completed before that time.Karl Krebs

Chemung Canal Trust Company (CCTC) announced that Karl F. Krebs has joined the bank’s management team as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer. Mr. Krebs was also appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Chemung Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: CHMG), CCTC’s parent company. Mr. Krebs began his career in 1982 and most recently served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Financial Institutions Inc./Five Star Bank, in Warsaw, NY. He is a Board Member of the Buffalo Museum of Science and a past member of the Board of Trustees of the New York State Bankers Retirement System, where he also served on the group’s Investment Committee. During his banking career he has held management positions at: Goldome Bank, Key Corp, National City and HSBC before joining Financial Institutions/Five Star.Mike Hansen

Verengo Inc. announced that Michael Hansen has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Hansen worked for six years as the Divisional Vice President of Finance for Smith’s Interconnect. More recently Hansen was CFO of RAE Systems Inc., where he helped in the successful sale of that company to Honeywell.

AquaMost, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Henrickson as Chief Operating Officer. Henrickson has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer since March 2012, will continue in his CFO role as well. Prior to joining AquaMost as Chief Financial Officer, Henrickson spent four years at Broadwind Energy, Inc., most recently as Director of Finance. Earlier in his career, Henrickson was an equity research analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co; he began his career at Deloitte.

CSM Corporation has named Chris Fodor chief financial officer for the real estate development and management company. Ms. Fodor was previously the highly successful vice president & chief accounting officer for CSM Corporation. Prior to joining CSM Corporation, Ms. Fodor served in the role of principle for Entero, one of Minnesota’s top IT and Finance staffing firms. She also held the title of senior director financial planning and analysis for Buffets, Inc., of Minneapolis.

CFO Moves – week ending October 11, 2013

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) announced that Brian P. McKeon, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be leaving to pursue other opportunities. McKeon will step down effective Oct. 31, 2013, but will remain with the company through the end of 2013 for transition purposes. McKeon has served as Iron Mountain’s CFO since April 2007. Effective Nov. 1, 2013, Roderick Day, senior vice president and CFO, International, will serve as the company’s acting CFO while the company considers both internal and external candidates. Day has been with the company since 2008. Prior to joining Iron Mountain, Day held senior finance positions at AOL Europe, including director of financial control and planning, vice president finance and strategy, and most recently, CFO for Europe. Prior to AOL, Day held senior strategic planning and finance roles at Kingfisher plc. William Rutherford

HCA (NYSE: HCA) announced that William B. Rutherford will become Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company, effective January 1, 2014. Rutherford will succeed R. Milton Johnson as CFO when Johnson, HCA’s President and CFO, becomes President and CEO at the end of the year. The Company announced in July that Richard M. Bracken would retire as CEO at the end of 2013. Rutherford currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of HCA’s Physician Services Group. A 24-year veteran of HCA, Rutherford joined the Company as a staff auditor in 1986. He served the Company in a variety of roles and from 1996 – 2005 was Chief Financial Officer for what was then the Company’s Eastern Group. In 2005, he left HCA to start his own training and education company, which led to work with several private equity ventures. He later served as Chief Operating Officer of Psychiatric Solutions, a behavioral health services provider, from March 2006 to June 2007. Rutherford rejoined HCA and served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s Outpatient Services Group from November 2008 through January 2011.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (NASDAQ: AOSL) reported that Mary L. Dotz, its Chief Financial Officer, has announced her resignation in order to pursue other interests. The resignation will be effective on November 11, 2013, and Ms. Dotz will remain as the Chief Financial Officer until such time. The Company has appointed Yifan Liang, the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, to serve as the Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective November 11, 2013. Yifan joined AOS as Corporate Controller in 2004. Yifan has served as Chief Accounting Officer since October 2006, and also as our Assistant Corporate Secretary since November 2009. Prior to joining us, Yifan worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, or PwC, from 1995 to 2004 in various positions.

Loews Corporation (NYSE: L) announced that Peter Keegan will retire in May 2014 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 1997. Mr. Keegan will stay on at Loews as Senior Advisor. David Edelson, a Senior Vice President who joined the company in 2005, will succeed Mr. Keegan as Chief Financial Officer. In his current role, Mr. Edelson focuses on strategy, corporate development and investor relations, and monitors the performance of Loews’s subsidiaries. Prior to joining Loews, Mr. Edelson was with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., where he served as Executive Vice President and Corporate Treasurer.

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) announced it has named Grace Wang to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Wang joins Green Dot from JP Morgan Chase where she most recently was based in London and held the position of Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Investor Services Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Prior to becoming CFO of that division, Ms. Wang held various senior finance and leadership roles at JP Morgan Chase since 2004, including EMEA CFO and Head of International Strategy and Business Development of the Treasury and Securities Services division. Prior to her years at JP Morgan Chase, Ms. Wang worked in the Financial Services and Telecom, Media, and Technology practices of Booz & Co and A.T Kearney. Ms. Wang will assume her new role on November 18, 2013.

Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL) announced the appointment of Jason Hodell as chief financial officer, effective no later than November 4, 2013. Hodell joins Skullcandy directly from Shopzilla where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to Shopzilla, Hodell was chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Move Networks. Earlier in his career, Hodell was senior director of business operations at Digex, now a division of Verizon Communications.

AOL Networks announced that Chris Heine has accepted a new role as CFO of AOL Networks. Chris, was most recently Senior Vice President, Advertising Business Operations. Chris will continue to lead the Advertising Business Operations group at AOL Networks.

Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC) announced the retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer Frank M. Jaehnert and the appointment of current Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Thomas J. Felmer as Interim President and CEO. Felmer will retain his responsibilities as CFO and Senior Vice President while the Board conducts a search for a new President and CEO.

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) announced that Michael Rogers has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). David Lawrence, who previously served as CFO, has been appointed Chief of Business Operations (CBO). Most recently, Rogers served as Executive Vice President and CFO of BG Medicine, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Rogers served as the CFO of Indevus Pharmaceuticals for 10 years until the company’s sale to Endo Pharmaceuticals.

American Solar Direct announced the appointment of Kevin A. Bauer as its Chief Financial Officer. Kevin was most recently at Global H2O Investments. Prior to GHI, Kevin was CFO and vice president of business development for Archimedes Technology Group. Earlier in his career, Kevin held senior investment banking positions for firms such as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Credit Suisse First Boston and UBS Securities. Ravi Thuraisingham, co-founder and former President and CFO, will continue to serve on ASD’s Board of Directors and work with the company on strategic initiatives, reporting to the CEO.

American Spectrum Realty, Inc. (NYSE: AQQ) announced the appointment of Elisa Grainger to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Grainger has more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting with national companies engaged in the management of commercial, residential and self-storage properties. American Spectrum’s former CFO, Anthony Eppolito, resigned his position effective October 3.

NutraClick announced the appointment of Steve Wietrecki as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining NutraClick, he held a variety of executive leadership positions with companies including Backupify, iPhrase Technologies, ON Technology and Texas Instruments.

Vivint announced the appointment of Mark Davies as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Before joining Vivint, Davies worked at Alcoa, where he served as the executive vice president and president of global business services, the chief procurement officer, and as a member of executive council. Prior to Alcoa, Davies served as managing vice president of strategic programs for Dell Inc. He also served as the chief financial officer of Dell’s Global Consumer Group. He has also worked for Hewlett Packard in financial operations, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and accounting for a number of international operations.

Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) announced that its chief financial officer, Jerry Turin, plans to resign from Oclaro on November 8, 2013, to pursue other opportunities. The company expects to name Mr. Turin’s successor on or before November 8. Mr. Turin joined Oclaro in 2005 as corporate controller. He was later promoted to vice president of finance before assuming the role of chief financial officer in 2008.

K-V Pharmaceutical Company announced the appointment of Gregory Norden, former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Wyeth Corporation, to its Board of Directors. Norden is currently the managing director of G9 Capital Group, LLC. Norden sits on the boards of Zoetis, NanoString Technologies, and Welch Allyn.

ARC Group Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCW) announced the appointment of Drew M. Kelley as the new Chief Financial Officer, replacing Norma Caceres. Ms. Caceres will continue in a leadership capacity in the finance and accounting department of the QMT Metal Injection Molding (“MIM”) businesses. Mr. Kelley was most recently a Senior Vice President at Jefferies LLC, a major Wall Street investment bank. Prior to Jefferies, he held investment banking and equity research posts at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co.

Chesapeake Hospitality announced that it has added Louis Schaab as Chief Financial Officer to its leadership team. With more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience, Schaab most notably served as senior vice president of finance at MeriStar Hotels and Resorts. Schaab also served as the principal/operating partner of portfolio management for Washington-based Allied Capital Corporation. He most recently served as senior director of finance for insurance and financial services at National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Schaab has also held Board of Directors seats at seven Allied Capital portfolio companies, and is a member of the Board of Advisors for Therapeutic Recreation and Riding Center in Glenwood, MD.

SolarReserve announced the appointment of Tim Rosenzweig as Chief Financial Officer. Immediately prior to joining SolarReserve, Rosenzweig served as Chief Executive Officer of Goldwind USA., the US subsidiary of Goldwind Group. Prior to Goldwind, Rosenzweig was a co-founder and served as CFO of the Boston-based wind developer First Wind. Prior to joining First Wind, he worked as a Vice President at a Nomura-backed private equity fund in New York and at GE Capital Market Services group in Hong Kong, Singapore and the US. Rosenzweig began his financial and international career in 1992 as an analyst for Lehman Brothers’ utilities and project finance group in New York and Hong Kong.

Neurotrope, Inc. (formerly BlueFlash Communications, Inc.) (OTC: NTRP) announced that it has formally hired Robert Weinstein to be its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weinstein had been the acting Chief Financial Officer, as a consultant, since May 2013. Prior to joining Neurotrope, Mr. Weinstein was a financial and accounting consultant to several healthcare companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. Prior to his consulting roles, Mr. Weinstein was the Chief Financial Officer of three publicly traded companies. Prior to his senior officer and consulting positions, Mr. Weinstein was a founding partner in a highly successful healthcare-oriented private equity fund and an investment banker focused on micro-cap company financings and mergers & acquisitions.

vcfo announced that Joseph Voss has joined the Austin office as Consulting CFO, and Josh Tabin will serve as Technology Practice Manager for the firm. Prior to joining vcfo, Voss held senior executive positions as CFO and other leading roles in finance, business development, strategy and marketing at smaller entities such as Visionary Private Equity Group, Lynntech, Eclipse Aviation, Trajen Flight Support, and Mooney Aircraft, as well as at large companies such as Dell, Pulte and Prudential. Prior to joining vcfo, Tabin was the COO at FullQuota, President of Mosaic CFO, CFO of RigNet, VP-Finance/Treasurer for Rackspace, and held a variety of roles at SBC Communications including Corporate Financial Planning and Wireless Strategic Operations.

Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE: GORO) announced that Brad Blacketor, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has resigned his position due to personal reasons. The company has appointed Joe Rodriguez, Corporate Controller, as the Company’s new CFO. Joe Rodriguez has served as Corporate Controller of the Company since 2010. Prior to joining Gold Resource Corporation, Joe served as Internal Audit Director for Apex Silver Mines Corporation.

Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (OTC: RMKR) announced the appointment of Brad Peppard as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Mr. Peppard was the former chairman of the Board of Directors (Board), and head of the Company’s audit committee for the last several years. Peppard held various senior-level finance and treasury positions at leading companies such as Trader Joe’s, CBS/Fox Studios, and Survey.com.

Integrate announced the appointment of David Tomizuka as chief financial officer. Prior to Integrate, Tomizuka served as a Managing Director for the investment banking division of Southwest Securities, Inc., a subsidiary of SWS Group, Inc. Before SWS, Tomizuka served as the president at three different companies, most recently as President of Valley-Dynamo, LLC., a division of Brunswick Corporation.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO) announced that Dave Menzel is being promoted from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Operating Officer. Menzel has been with Echo since 2008. Kyle Sauers, Senior Vice President Finance & Controller for Echo since 2011, has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer.

EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) announced that it has named Anthony J. Conte as Chief Financial Officer effective November 8, 2013. Anthony will replace Ilya Cantor who will be joining a global technology company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Anthony J. Conte currently serves as Vice President of Finance and compliance officer, and has spent over 6 years with the Company in various positions of increasing responsibility within the finance and administration areas. Before joining EPAM, Anthony held several senior finance roles within the McGraw Hill organization. Mr. Conte started his career with Coopers & Lybrand.

Vantage Oncology, LLC announced that it has promoted Marshal Salomon to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. He previously served as Vantage’s Chief Financial Officer, a role he has occupied since the company’s inception in 2002.

LeadiD announced the appointment of Lou Desiderio as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining LeadiD, Desiderio served as Chief Financial Officer for Knovel Corporation; Princeton Softech, acquired by IBM; netForensics, and Innovative Tech Systems, acquired by Peregrine Systems.

Turtle Beach announced that John Hanson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Hanson has served as chief financial officer with five publicly traded companies, most recently as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Dialogic, Inc. Hanson succeeds Bruce Murphy in the position of CFO.

Pulse Electronics Corporation (NYSE: PULS) announced that Michael C. Bond has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Drew A. Moyer, who resigned from Pulse to move back to the East Coast in order to be closer to his family. Mr. Moyer’s resignation is effective November 6, 2013. Mr. Bond has served in various financial roles with the company over the last two years, with his most recent assignment being Vice President and Treasurer of Pulse.

Sungevity, Inc. announced the appointment of Ken Schwarz as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Sungevity, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Systems at Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. Prior to that, Schwarz was President and Chief Financial Officer of Simplexity, LLC. He also has held executive positions at Intersections Inc., WinStar Telecommunications, Cable & Wireless and MCI, where he served as Corporate Controller.

RegalWorks Media, Inc. (formerly AmerElite Solutions, Inc.) (OTC: RWMI) named Marcia Allen as Chief Financial Officer and appointed her to the RegalWorks Board of Directors. Ms. Allen was a founder and served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of The Movie Group, which was the original platform company to what is now Lionsgate Entertainment. Ms. Allen has held positions as Chief Financial Officer for Taco Bell Corp. (a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE)), Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Development at WR Grace & Co (NYSE), and a founder of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE).

Diamond K Inc. announced the promotion of Susann M. Tully from controller to chief financial officer. Over the past three decades, Susann has held various accounting and financial positions. Bryan Hunt

WinnCompanies announced that Bryan Hunt has been hired as chief financial officer for WinnResidential, the property management arm of WinnCompanies. Hunt joined WinnResidential after serving as the chief accounting officer for Essex Property Trust, Inc. for eight years. Prior to Essex, Hunt also held management positions for more than 10 years at public accounting firms, including Hemming Morse, Arthur Andersen, KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.

ThreatTrack Security announced the appointment of Stewart D. Curley as chief financial officer. Prior to joining ThreatTrack Security, Curley worked at Modus eDiscovery, Inc. He continues to be a member of the company’s advisory board. Curley previously served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for SecureInfo Corporation. Curley has also served as the corporate controller and director of finance for Orbital Sciences Corporation, as well as chief financial officer for the Performance Operations Management Systems Corporation.


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