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CEO Moves – week ending September 8, 2017

Posted on September 13, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

CEO Moves this week include:

Garden Fresh Restaurants	Shari’s Management Corporation	H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company
Hispanicize Media Group (HMG)	Fairmont Supply	Webroot
Liveops	Helpshift	Totum Risk
Destination Maternity	Evercore	Himle Rapp & Company, Inc.
The Hilb Group, LLC	Towne Park	QuickPivot
REVOLT MEDIA AND TV	Enphase Energy, Inc.	GNC Holdings, Inc.
Finisar Corporation	Rite Aid Corporation	Veracity Solutions
Reward Gateway	SpecialtyCare	AirSage
Solace	Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.	Bionik Laboratories Corp
Sealed Air Corporation	Surgery Partners, Inc.	Vividion Therapeutics
ABcann Global Corporation	ReedGroup	Corizon Health
Kloeckner Metals Corporation	Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.	Hub International Limited
SCA Pharmaceuticals	Russell Investments	Liberty Tax, Inc.
Acasta Enterprises Inc.

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Garden Fresh Restaurants [SAN DIEGO] named John W. Haywood CEO. Haywood has been a hospitality industry turnaround specialist for the past decade in various private equity advisory and restaurant interim CMO and CEO positions. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Concept Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for Carrols Corporation’s. Previous assignments include advising Chef Bobby Flay on the creation, interim CEO of Don Shula’s Steakhouses, Vice President of Food & Beverage for the Black Angus chain, and leading research and development for Metromedia Restaurant Group. He has served on the Board of Directors of Black Angus Steakhouses, and Lessing’s Hospitality,

Shari’s Management Corporation [BEAVERTON, Ore.] announced that Samuel Borgese will become President and Chief Executive Officer. Borgese’s background includes tenure as the Chief Executive Officer and President of LRI Holdings, Inc., and prior to that he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Logan’s Roadhouse, Inc. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Max Brenner International, Charlie Brown’s Corporation, Carrows Restaurants Inc. and Coco’s Bakery Restaurants Inc. Borgese also sits on the board of directors of El Pollo Loco.

H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company (HDAM)[HOUSTON] has promoted Michael Vincent to President & CEO. Vincent previously served as President of HDAM’s Engineered Solutions Group. Vincent has an extensive leadership background in manufacturing. Prior to joining HDAM, he was General Manager of Precision Castparts’ Energy Group. His other leadership roles include serving as President of Trump Equipment, Chief Financial Officer of Etatech and Director of Energy Products at Wyman-Gordon Forgings, among others.

Hispanicize Media Group [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Joe Uva as Chairman & CEO. Manny Ruiz will remain with HMG as Founder, member of the board of directors and a majority shareholder. Uva’s career has included stints at NBCUniversal as Chairman of Hispanic Enterprises & Content, as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of Univision Communications and President and Chief Executive Officer of OMD Worldwide. Uva serves as Chairman of reVolver Studios LLC and is a past member of the boards of directors of TiVo Corporation and Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

Fairmont Supply [WASHINGTON] has appointed Paul Fichiera as CEO. Fichiera has served in executive leadership positions with HD Supply, GE Supply and most recently at FleetPride. At FleetPride, Fichiera served as a Vice President. Fichiera started his career as a consulting manager with Accenture.

Webroot [BROOMFIELD, Colo.] has named Mike Potts as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, effective September 25, 2017. Potts succeeds Dick Williams, who will retire as Webroot’s CEO and continue as a member of the company’s Board. He most recently served as an integration executive in the security business group at Cisco. He also served as president and CEO of Lancope. Prior to Lancope, he served as president and CEO of AirDefense. Other prior roles include CEO of ClickFox, president of Jacada, and sales and marketing roles at MSA.

Li veops Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, AZ] announced that it has named Greg Hanover as the company’s new chief executive officer. Prior to this appointment, Hanover served as the chief operating officer for Liveops. Prior to Liveops, he held contact center leadership roles at the West Corporation and InPulse Response Group.

Helpshift [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Linda Crawford as Chief Executive Officer. Crawford succeeds founder and current CEO Abinash Tripathy who will become Helpshift’s Chief Strategy Officer. In addition to serving in several executive positions at Salesforce, Crawford was a member of the board of directors at Demandware and held executive management positions at Siebel Systems.

Totum Risk [ATLANTA] announced Larry Shumbres has been promoted from Chief Revenue Officer to Totum Risk’s new CEO.

Destination Maternity [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] (NASDAQ: DEST) announced the appointment of Allen Weinstein as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Anthony M. Romano will step down from his role as President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. Interim CEO Allen Weinstein has served as a director of the Destination Maternity Board.

Evercore [NEW YORK] (NYSE: EVR) announced that Michael J. Paliotta has agreed to join Evercore ISI as CEO of Evercore’s equities business. Paliotta was most recently Head of Global Markets Equities at Credit Suisse, having served in leadership roles in the equities business there for almost 18 years.

Himle Rapp & Company, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that John Himle, founder and CEO of the company, has sold his ownership interest in the firm to Todd Rapp, president and current shareholder. Rapp will be the sole owner and CEO of the re-branded firm, Rapp Strategies, Inc.

The Hilb Group, LLC [RICHMOND, Va.] announced the appointment of Richard G. Spiro, former EVP and Chief Financial Officer of The Chubb Corporation as Chief Executive Officer. Spiro replaces Robert J. Hilb, who has left the Company to pursue other interests. Before joining Chubb, Spiro was a Managing Director in the financial institutions investment banking group at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. where he worked from 1999 to 2008. He held a variety of positions in Citigroup’s financial institutions group, including Head of North America and Head of Insurance Investment Banking. Spiro began his investment banking career at The First Boston Corporation where he was a Managing Director in the financial institutions group and he also served as a Managing Director and Head of U.S. Insurance Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers.

Towne Park [ANNAPOLIS, Md.] announced Andrew Kerin as its Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board. Prior to joining Towne Park, Kerin served as CEO of Brightview. Previously, Kerin served as Group President, Aramark Global Food, Hospitality and Facility Services. Prior to joining Aramark, Kerin served as a Vice President with Ogden Facility Services.

QuickPivot [BOSTON, MA] announced Bob Boehnlein as the company’s new CEO. He succeeds Ken Marshall, who will remain on the company’s Board of Directors. Boehnlein has served on QuickPivot’s Board of Directors since November 2016. Most recently, he was the CEO founder of Perscio. Prior to that, he was the President for Analytical Applications at Teradata and senior executive with Aprimo. Boehnlein previously was a management consultant at Ernst & Young LLP.

REVOLT MEDIA AND TV [NEW YORK] announced that Roma Khanna will be joining REVOLT MEDIA AND TV as its new CEO. She was the former President of MGM Studios. Prior to MGM, Khanna served as the President of NBC Universal’s International Networks and Digital Initiatives. She started her career as a pioneer of digital content and production for web and mobile platforms and in music.

Enphase Energy, Inc. [PETALUMA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ENPH) has appointed Badri Kothandaraman as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of its Board of Directors. Kothandaraman succeeds Paul Nahi, who resigned as President and CEO and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Kothandaraman also occupied the position of chief operating officer at Enphase in April 2017. He started his career with Cypress Semiconductor in 1995 before becoming vice president of the Asynchronous SRAM Business in 2008. Kothandaraman was promoted to executive vice president of Cypress’s Data Communications Division in November 2011. He also served as the executive director of Cypress Semiconductor Technology India Private Limited from 2012 to 2016.

GNC Holdings, Inc. [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: GNC) has appointed Ken Martindale as Chief Executive Officer. Martindale succeeds interim CEO Bob Moran. Martindale most recently served as CEO of Rite Aid Stores and President of Rite Aid Corporation. Martindale joined Rite Aid Corporation in December 2008 as Senior Executive Vice President of Merchandising, Marketing and Logistics and was named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2010. In June 2013, he was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer and took on the additional role as CEO of Rite Aid Stores in August 2015. Prior to joining Rite Aid, he was Co-President, Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer for Pathmark Stores, Inc.

Finisar Corporation [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FNSR) announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jerry Rawls has informed the board of directors that he intends to retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Company by the end of calendar year 2018.

Rite Aid [CAMP HILL, Pa.] (NYSE: RAD) has announced that President of Rite Aid Corporation and CEO of Rite Aid stores Ken Martindale, will leave Rite Aid, in order to assume a leadership position at another company.

Veracity Solutions [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Marva Sadler as President and CEO. Galen Murdock, Veracity’s founder and previous CEO, will continue his role as Chairman of the Board. Sadler has been Veracity’s Chief Financial Officer since October 2012. In January of 2017 she also assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer. Additionally, Sadler brings a wealth of prior experience to Veracity, where she has held C-level executive and president roles at a number of fast-growing companies, such as Bain & Company, Marakon Associates and Franklin Covey.

Reward Gateway [BOSTON] announced that after eleven years as CEO Glenn Elliott will be handing the CEO title to Doug Butler. Butler has served as Reward Gateway COO for the last 18 months.

SpecialtyCare [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Sam Weinstein, SpecialtyCare’s Chief Medical Officer will be elevated to the role of CEO.

AirSage [ATLANTA] announced that Michael Cascone will serve as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining the company, Cascone was President and Chief Operating Officer of Forbes Travel Guide. In addition to his experience at Forbes, Michael served as Chief Operating Officer of Discovery Communications’ digital media business.

Solace [OTTAWA, Ontario] has announced that Leslie Rechan, former President and CEO at Halogen Software, will join the leadership team as President and Chief Executive Officer. Rechan has also been appointed a Board Director. Rechan currently serves as a director at PROS Holdings, Inc. and previously served as President and CEO at Halogen Software from July 2015 to May 2017. He held various positions at IBM, most recently as General Manager of Business Analytics for IBM Software Group. He has also held numerous executive leadership positions including COO at Cognos and Onyx Software; and SVP at Oracle, Cadence and Siebel.

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: AE) announced that Thomas S. Smith has informed the Company of his intent to retire as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company September 30, 2017.

Bionik Laboratories Corp. [TORONTO and BOSTON] (OTCQB: BNKL) has appointed Eric Dusseux, a director of the Company since July 2017, as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Bionik, Dusseux was President of Europe and a director for Auregen BioTherapeutics SA. From 2012 through 2016, Dusseux served as an Executive Committee Member in the Corporate Strategy Department of Sanofi Pasteur. Before joining Sanofi Pasteur, Dusseux served as Vice-President, MAGE-A3 Medicines Development Leader, within the Immunotherapeutics Business Unit at GSK Biologicals, a division of GlaxoSmithKline.

Sealed Air Corporation [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NYSE: SEE) announced that Jerome A. Peribere, Chief Executive Officer and President, has advised the Company of his intent to retire at the end of December 2017.

Surgery Partners, Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: SGRY) announced the appointment of Clifford Adlerz as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Adlerz succeeds Michael Doyle, who is stepping down from his role. Adlerz brings over 20 years of operational and executional experience, most recently serving as President of Symbion Healthcare. In addition, Adlerz served as Division Vice President of HCA, as well as Regional Vice President of Midsouth HealthTrust. Adlerz previously served on the Board of Directors for the National Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and was part of the leadership group for ASC Quality Collaboration.

Vividion Therapeutics [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Diego Miralles as Chief Executive Officer. Miralles most recently served as President of Adaptive Therapeutics. Prior to that, Miralles served as the Global Head for Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Prior to Johnson & Johnson, Miralles held research and development positions at Trimeris and Triangle Pharmaceuticals and was an Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center, serving as a scientist and an Infectious Disease physician. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of California San Diego.

ABcann Global Corporation [NAPANEE, Ontario] (TSX-V: ABCN) announced the appointment of Barry Fishman as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective October 1, 2017. Fishman has almost 20 years of experience as a business leader, most recently as CEO of Merus Labs. Fishman previously served as CEO of both Teva Canada and Taro Canada, and is a past Chair of the Canadian Generic Manufacturers Association. He began his pharmaceutical career at Eli Lilly, where he advanced through several cross-functional leadership roles, including Vice President of Marketing.

ReedGroup [WESTMINSTER, Colo.] announced that Scott Larsen has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company. Larsen is replacing David Roberts, who recently resigned from ReedGroup. Larsen previously served as Vice President, Group Claims for The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, ReedGroup’s parent company, and, prior to that, as Vice President, Group Disability Operations and Vice President, Operations, for Cigna Group Insurance.

Corizon Health [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] announced Chief Executive Officer Karey Witty will resign his position.

Kloeckner Metals Corporation [ROSWELL, Ga.] announced the appointment of John Ganem as Chief Executive Officer. Ganem will officially assume his new position on January 1, 2018. Ganem succeeds Bill Partalis. Ganem transitions to CEO from the position of Executive Vice President, Corporate Purchasing. Ganem held the same position with Macsteel Service Centers USA. He started his career at LTV Steel in 1991 as an automotive account manager before joining Macsteel International Corporation as Vice President, Flat Products Trading in 1996. Ganem has served on the Kloeckner Metals Corporation Board of Directors since 2014.

Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Michael Wyand as Chief Executive Officer. Wyand will also join Oxeia’s Board of Directors. Wyand was previously President & COO of Epirus Biopharmaceuticals after serving as CTO from 2012 to 2016. Prior to Epirus, Wyand was Head of R&D at Percivia; SVP of Development at BioAssets Development; and SVP R&D at Therion Biologics. Wyand started his career at Genzyme Transgenics where he was President and CSO of Mason Laboratories.

Hub International Limited [CHICAGO] announced that it named Marc Cohen, currently President of HUB, as President and Chief Executive Officer of HUB, effective January 1, 2018. He will also be a member of the Board of Directors.

SCA Pharmaceuticals [LITTLE ROCK, Ark.] announced that Gene Graves, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will retire from the company. Graves will continue to serve on SCA’s Board of Directors.

Russell Investments [SEATTLE] announced that Michelle Seitz has been named chief executive officer and a director on the firm’s board. She will become chairman of the board effective January 1, 2018. She succeeds Len Brennan who will serve as chairman of Russell Investments through the end of 2017. Seitz joins Russell Investments following 16 years leading William Blair Investment Management (WBIM) and serving on the executive committee of William Blair. Prior to assuming leadership of William Blair Investment Management in 2001, Seitz led the firm’s private wealth management businesses. Her previous experience also includes senior portfolio management roles with WBIM, Concord Investment Company, and Nationsbank.

Liberty Tax, Inc. [VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.] (NASDAQ: TAX) announced that John T. Hewitt, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, was terminated yesterday.

Acasta Enterprises Inc [TORONTO] (TSX: AEF) announced that its aviation operating company, Stellwagen Group, announced the appointment of Scott Corman to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Stellwagen Capital Limited. Prior to joining the Group as part of the ECN Capital transaction, Corman served as an Executive Managing Director leading the firm’s expansion into structured finance services in both the rail and aircraft markets. He previously spent 13 years as Head of the Transportation Asset Finance team at Credit Suisse AG in New York.

CEO Moves – week ending September 1, 2017

Posted on September 7, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

CEO Moves this week include:

Expedia Inc.	Arcserve, LLC	Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Last Mile Communications, LLC	LIGHTMED Corporation	Mommy & Me Cancer Foundation
Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc.	Tenet Healthcare Corporation	The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Confie	ECMC Group	Syniverse
American Education Center Inc.	Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.	SPAR Group
First Bancshares, Inc.	North American Roofing Services, Inc.	DealerSocket
YWCA USA	Codero Holdings, Inc.	Liberty Tire Recycling
A123 Systems LLC	Utah Technology Council	Neuros Medical, Inc.
Evolab	Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.	Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc.	OneSource Virtual	Millennium Health
TwentyPine	Vanguard Modular Building Systems

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Expedia, Inc. [BELLEVUE, Wash.] (NASDAQ: EXPE) announced the appointment of Mark Okerstrom, currently Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations, to succeed Dara Khosrowshahi as President and CEO of Expedia. Okerstrom will also join Expedia’s Board of Directors, and Khosrowshahi will continue to be a member of Expedia’s Board of Directors. Mark D. Okerstrom has served as Expedia’s Executive Vice President, Operations, and Chief Financial Officer since September 2011, previously serving as its Secretary from October 2011 until April 2012. Okerstrom’s role was expanded in 2014, adding responsibility for the Company’s eCommerce Platform Group which includes centralized technology, payments, risk, and global customer operations. Okerstrom served as Senior Director, Corporate Development and Strategy, Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development from 2006, when he joined, to 2011. Prior to joining Expedia, Okerstrom was a consultant with Bain & Company and worked with UBS Investment Bank in London. Prior to that, he practiced as an attorney with the global law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London.

Arcserve, LLC [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Mike Crest has resigned as CEO. Dave Hansen, the company’s Chairman of the Board, will serve as interim CEO as final preparations are made for Mike’s successor. Dave spent ten years at CA Technologies holding several executive roles. Dave has held the CEO role at Numara Software and SafeNet Inc., and has served as Vice President and General Manager in the Dell Software group.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. [HAWTHORNE, N.Y.] (NYSE: TARO) announced that Uday Baldota has joined the Company as its Chief Executive Officer. Since December 2016, Baldota has served as a member of Taro’s Board of Directors. Baldota replaces Abhay Gandhi, who served in the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2017. Gandhi will continue in his role as Vice Chairman of the Taro Board and as the CEO of the Sun Pharma North America operations.

Last Mile Communications, LLC (LMC) [NEWTOWN] announced the pending retirement of one of its Founding Partners and CEO, Peter Kahelin. Kahelin will be stepping down as LMC’s CEO during the 4^th quarter of this year and will no longer have a day-to-day association with the company. The transition process will see Peter work closely with Randy Santiago (LMC’s Associate Partner & Chief Operating Officer – the Americas) and the rest of the LMC Partners & Team to ensure they select who among them will take on the role of CEO. Although Kahelin will no longer occupy an active management position within LMC, he will stay on as its Non-Executive Chairman, advising the company.

LIGHTMED Corporation [SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Shlomo Alkalay as Chief Executive Officer. Founder Gary Lee will continue to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Board. In his most recent role, Shlomo served as the Chief Operating Officer of Syneron-Candela. Prior to Syneron-Candela, Shlomo served in multiple Vice President positions.

Mommy & Me Cancer Foundation (MAMCF) [REA, Calif.] co-founder and chief executive officer Jennifer Boyd announced her decision to step down after receiving a diagnosis of stage one cervical cancer in May. Paul David, a member of the MAMCF advisory board since the organization’s inception in 2013, will assume the role of CEO as Boyd remains on staff as the beneficiary advocate director.

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc. (PHOENIX) announced that Lawrence Hayward, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will be retiring and transitioning from his role as CEO, effective September 30, 2017. Hayward will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of the Company. As part of Leslie’s long-term succession plan, Steven L. Ortega, President and Chief Operating Officer will succeed Hayward and assume the role and responsibilities of President and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2017. Ortega joined Leslie’s as Chief Financial Officer in 2005 and has served as President and Chief Operating officer since 2015. Ortega’s career spans 35 years in the retail industry which included a 16-year career at American Stores Company and seven years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BI-LO Supermarkets.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: THC) announced that Chairman and CEO Trevor Fetter will step down from his roles as director and chief executive officer at the earlier of March 15, 2018 or when a successor is appointed. Current independent lead director Ronald A. Rittenmeyer will become executive chairman. Rittenmeyer previously served as lead director at Tenet, and has been a Tenet Board member since 2010. He previously served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Millennium Health. He served as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Expert Global Solutions, Inc., from 2011 to 2014. From 2005 to 2008, Rittenmeyer held a number of senior management positions with Electronic Data Systems Corporation, including chairman and chief executive officer from 2007 to 2008, president from 2006 to 2008, chief operating officer from 2005 to 2007 and executive vice president, global service delivery from 2005 to 2006. Prior to that, Rittenmeyer held leadership positions at a number of companies and in private equity. Rittenmeyer currently serves on the board of directors of two other public companies: American International Group, Inc. and QuintilesIMS.

The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI) [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that it has named current Chief Scientific and Innovation Officer Rainer Fischer, as Chief Executive Officer alongside his current role, effective October 1, 2017. David Broecker, founding IBRI CEO, will continue to serve the Institute in an advisory role. Fischer was previously the Senior Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology. He has also co-founded five biotech startups.

Confie [HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.] announced it has appointed Cesar Soriano as Chief Executive Officer. Mordy Rothberg, the company’s founder and executive chairman will continue to serve in the same capacities. Soriano was hired by Confie in September 2016 and served as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Confie, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Interstate National. Cesar’s background also includes roles as CEO and President of RSM McGladrey Financial Process Outsourcing, Leader of Business Transformation at TravelCick, Senior Vice President, Global Operations at Bowne Corporation, Vice President, Reengineering and Strategy at Dun and Bradstreet, and leadership roles at Xerox Corporation.

ECMC Group [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that it has appointed Jeremy J. Wheaton as president and chief executive officer (CEO). Wheaton also was elected to the Board of Directors of ECMC Group, ECMC Foundation and Zenith Education Group. Wheaton joins ECMC Group from Triumph Higher Education Group/Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, where he served most recently as president and CEO. Previously, Wheaton served as chief operations officer at Meritas. Wheaton also held executive positions at Colorado Technical University, Pearson Embanet and Career Education Corporation.

Syniverse [TAMPA, Fla.] President and CEO Stephen C. Gray announced he will retire February 2018 when his agreement expires.

American Education Center Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: AMCT) approved the appointment of Max Pu Chen, President and Chief Finance Officer of the Company, as its new Chief Executive Officer when the employment contract of Jonathan McKeage, current CEO of the Company, ends on August 28, 2017.

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. [INDIANAPOLIS] (NYSE: ALSN) announced that President and Chief Financial Officer David S. Graziosi will succeed Chief Executive Officer Lawrence E. Dewey on June 1, 2018. Graziosi joined Allison as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer, in November 2007. Graziosi was named president in January 2016.

SPAR Group, Inc. [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: SGRP) announced the appointment of Christiaan M. Olivier as President and CEO, and a member of its board of directors. He most recently served as President of Retail Activation at Diversified Agency Services, Omnicom Group. Olivier also served as President of Advantage Sales and Marketing, as well as Chief Executive Officer of Smollan Group.

First Bancshares, Inc. [MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo.] (OTCQB: FBSI) has accepted the resignation of R. Bradley Weaver as Chairman and CEO and has appointed Robert M. Alexander as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Alexander, who has been a shareholder of First Bancshares since 2007 and a board member since 2015 remarked, First Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for First Home Bank, a FDIC insured bank chartered by the State of Missouri and Stockmens Bank, a FDIC insured bank chartered by the State of Colorado.

North American Roofing Services, Inc. [TAMPA, Fla.] appointed its former chief operating officer, Kelly Wade, as the company’s chief executive officer. Wade joined the company in 2009 as the director of marketing, moving up to its director of sales and marketing and then to vice president of strategy before being named the executive vice president. She brings over 20 years of sales, marketing and business strategy experience to North American Roofing.

DealerSocket [SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.] announced today that Sejal Pietrzak has joined the company as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Jonathan Ord, who is the company’s co-founder and has been its CEO for the past 16 years, will remain a strategic investor and active on the company’s board of directors. Pietrzak has extensive experience leading teams across multiple functions within a successful software company throughout the past 12 years at ACTIVE Network, where she was most recently its Chief Administrative Officer. Before joining ACTIVE Network, Pietrzak held leadership positions at Wells Fargo & Co. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and she was a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.

YWCA USA [WASHINGTON] announced Alejandra Y. Castillo as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective September 18, 2017. Her most recent role was national director of the Minority Business Development Agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Codero Holdings, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] has appointed John Martis as President and Chief Executive Officer. Leo Staurulakis, chairman of the board of directors and current co-CEO, will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Martis founded and led American Digital Network. Prior to Codero, he was President and CEO of Hostway. Before that, he was Executive Vice President of Abacus America overseeing all datacenter operations, system engineering and software development.

Liberty Tire Recycling [PITTSBURGH] appointed Thomas Womble to serve as chief executive officer. Womble has been with Liberty Tire since 2001 and previously served as Liberty Tire’s chief operating officer. Womble succeeds Scott Whitney, who joined Liberty’s board and was appointed CEO in June 2015.

A123 Systems LLC [LIVONIA, Mich.] appointed Peter W. Cirino as Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Cirino held the position of President, Europe, for A123 Systems, a role he has held since May 2016. Prior to joining A123 Systems, he had extensive international manufacturing experience, including several executive roles in countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific for TE Connectivity and AMP Incorporated. Jason M. Forcier is leaving the company after serving as CEO for the last four years.

Utah Technology Council (UTC) [SALT LAKE CITY] appointed John Knotwell as President and CEO. Knotwell succeeds Richard R. Nelson, who will serve as advisor to the Board of Directors. Knotwell most recent role was Chief Revenue Officer at RizePoint. Previously, he was Vice President of Sales at Workfront and Vice President of Sales at inContact. John currently serves as Majority Assistant Whip in the Utah House of Representatives.

Neuros Medical, Inc. [CLEVELAND] announced today the appointment of Tom Wilder as President and CEO. Wilder has over 30 years of experience, having most recently led Sequent Medical, Inc. where he served for six years. Prior to joining Sequent, Wilder was President and CEO of PhotoThera, Inc. Prior to this, Wilder served as President and CEO of Micro Therapeutics, Inc. In addition, Wilder served in positions of increasing responsibility at Medtronic, Inc. from 1991 through 2002, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of its endovascular stent grafts division. Wilder currently serves on the Board of Directors of Penumbra, Inc. and Endologix, Inc.

Evolab [DENVER] announced that it has named Nicole Smith as its new Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, she co-founded and served as CEO at one of the early and ongoing leaders of the national cannabis market.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (SC) [DALLAS] (NYSE: SC) announced that Scott Powell will succeed Jason Kulas as President and Chief Executive Officer. Powell will continue to serve as CEO of Santander Holdings USA, Inc. and as Santander Group’s United States Country Head. Powell was appointed CEO of SHUSA in 2015 and has served on SC’s Board of Directors since 2016. Prior to joining Santander, Powell held a variety of senior roles at JPMorgan Chase & Co., including Head of Banking and Consumer Lending Operations, CEO of Consumer Banking and Retail Investments, Head of Retail Lending, Head of Chase Auto Finance, and Chief Risk Officer, Consumer. He also spent 14 years at Citigroup and its predecessors in a variety of senior risk management roles.

Mesa Laboratories, Inc. [LAKEWOOD, Colo.] (NASDAQ: MLAB) reported that Gary Owens has been approved to assume the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding John Sullivan, who has held these positions since March 2009. Gary has also been appointed to Mesa’s Board. John will remain on the Company’s Board. Gary Owens joined the Company in March 2017 as Chief Operating Officer. From 2006 through March 2017, Gary held several positions with Danaher Corporation. During his tenure at Danaher, Gary served as General Manager of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a wholly owned subsidiary, Corporate Vice-President of Strategic Development, and Group Vice-President of Business Development for Danaher Industrial. From 1998 to 2006, Gary served in various product management, sales, and business development roles for Canon Incorporated and Trilogy Software.

Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. [WOOSTER, Ohio] (NASDAQ: WAYN) appointed James R. (Jay) VanSickle II to the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the bank replacing David L. Lehman who served as President and CEO for the last eight months. VanSickle spent 15 years in public accounting at Crowe Horwath, LLP in their financial institutions group. Most recently VanSickle has held the position of Chief Financial Officer at First National Bank of Orrville and as Chief Risk Officer at Farmers National Bank of Canfield.

OneSource Virtual (OSV) [DALLAS & LONDON] announced the appointment of Trey Campbell as its new CEO. He succeeds founder Brian Williams who has assumed the position of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Campbell has served as OSV’s president and chief operating officer since August 2016. Campbell came to OSV with more than 30 years of sales, operations, technology, and management experience. During that time, he worked with top-tier service providers including Exult, AonHewitt, Accenture and NorthgateArinso where he served in positions ranging from head of sales to president and CEO.

Millennium Health [SAN DIEGO] announced Jennifer Strickland as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. Ronald A. Rittenmeyer is stepping down as Chairman and CEO and will serve in an advisory role through the end of the year. Jennifer Strickland most recently served as the Chief Operations Office for Millennium Health. She joined Millennium in 2011 building the clinical and education teams and later headed the pharmacogenetic testing and medication monitoring business lines as General Manager. Prior to Millennium, Strickland served in numerous leadership roles in pharmacy and pain management within hospitals, including Lakeland Regional Medical Center. She also served in various educator roles, including as a preceptor for doctor of pharmacy students and a residency director for a specialty pharmacy residency in pain and palliative care at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

TwentyPine [NEW YORK] announced that Jamie Coakley, has been promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer. In tandem with this appointment, Max Maeder, Founder and former CEO, will move to an industry advisory role as President. Prior to joining TwentyPine as the company’s General Manager this past March, Coakley led and expanded the New York division of an early stage recruitment firm as their East Coast Managing Director.

Vanguard Modular Building Systems, LLC [MALVERN, PA] announced that Peter V. Eberle has been promoted to President and acting Chief Executive Officer. Barry DeSantis, who has been President and Chief Executive Officer since 2003, will retire from day-to-day operations but will remain as a consultant to the company.

CEO Moves – week ending August 18, 2017

Posted on August 23, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

CEO Moves this week include:

Surna Inc.	Pandora	Grand Transformers
BFS Capital Inc.	DCA Investment Holding LLC	G2 Insurance Services
WolfePak Software LLC	Northwest Federal Credit Union	Ravensburger AG
MFA Financial, Inc.	The Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative	BAYADA Home Health Care
United Community Banks, Inc.	Flinn Foundation	Century 21 Real Estate LLC
EHE	Serenova	Prometric
Origami Owl	Premier Oilfield Laboratories, LLC	SiFive
PowerSphyr	Verify Smart Corporation	Vapor Group, Inc.
NY Kids Club	Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.	TwentyEighty, Inc.
Liberty Hall Capital Partners	Onyx Automotive	Hormel Foods Corporation
Ash Grove Cement	XDBS Corporation	VerifyMe, Inc.
UnitedHealth Group	Imagination TV, Inc.	Penn Virginia Corporation
World Kitchen, LLC	Sur La Table

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Surna Inc. [BOULDER, Colorado] (OTCQB: SRNA) has appointed Chris Bechtel as the Company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Bechtel succeeds and replaces former CEO and President Trent Doucet. Previously, Bechtel had been the principal of Bechtel Consulting, LLC. In September 2014, Bechtel joined the advisory board of Supreme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and in November 2014, he was appointed as an independent director and the chairman of Supreme. Prior to Supreme, Bechtel served as a director of Ebbu, LLC. In 1983, Bechtel co-founded Omni Laboratories, Inc., where he served as president.

Pandora [OAKLAND, Calif.] (NYSE: P) announced that Roger Lynch will join the company as CEO and president, and a member of its board of directors, effective September 18, 2017. Lynch is the founding CEO of Sling TV. Prior to Sling TV, Lynch served as executive vice president, Advanced Technologies, for DISH Network and EchoStar Corporations. Lynch also served as chairman and CEO of Video Networks International Ltd. Prior to VNIL, Lynch was president and CEO of Chello Broadband in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Prior to that, Lynch was a technology investment banker with Morgan Stanley in New York, Silicon Valley, and London. Lynch began his career as a member of the physics technical staff at Hughes Aircraft Company.

Grand Transformers (GTI) [GRAND HAVEN, Mich.] announced that it has named Stephen A. Paul as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Grand Transformers, Steve Paul was the Chief Operating Officer at Jefferson Electric in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his career, Paul has held executive level positions in engineering, or sales, at Generac Power Systems, Hammond Power Solutions, and Siemens Corporation.

BFS Capital Inc. [CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.] announced that it has appointed Michael Marrache as Chief Executive Officer to succeed outgoing CEO and co-founder Marc Glazer. Marrache previously served for more than three years as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. He also will join the company’s Board of Directors.

DCA Investment Holding LLC [SARASOTA, Fla. & NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Jerome (“Jerry”) Rhodes as its new Chief Executive Officer. Rhodes succeeds Mitch Olan, who will become Chairman of the Company. Prior to joining DCA, Rhodes spent eight and a half years with CRC Health Group, most recently as CEO. Prior to that, he was CEO of Comprehensive Addiction Programs for more than 10 years.

G2 Insurance Services [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Mark Ruggles has joined as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mark succeeds G2’s co-founder and former CEO, Larry Colton, who retired earlier this year. Prior to joining G2 Insurance Services, Mark was Area President at BB&T Insurance Services overseeing the Pleasanton and San Francisco offices. Prior to joining BB&T, Mark was President of Venbrook Insurance Services and Senior Vice President at Brown & Brown. He began his career at The Sullivan Group, eventually becoming CFO.

WolfePak Software LLC [ABILENE, Texas] announced that founder and CEO Charlie Wolfe is stepping down as the CEO of the company. In the interim, James Colony has been named the acting leader for WolfePak.

Northwest Federal Credit Union [HERNDON, Va.] announced that they have selected Jeff Bentley to fill the position of President and CEO. Bentley began his career at Northwest Federal in 2014 as the Senior Vice President of Lending/Chief Lending Officer.

Ravensburger AG [SEATTLE] announced that Filip Francke will join the company’s executive management team as CEO. Francke was previously the GM of Helly Hansen US and South America. Prior to Helly Hansen, Francke managed large-scale businesses and teams at Electrolux Home Products Corp. and The SAS Group/Scandinavian Airlines.

MFA Financial, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MFA) announced that it has appointed Craig L. Knutson as Chief Executive Officer and a director of MFA to fill the vacancy created by the passing of William S. Gorin earlier this month. Knutson had served as MFA’s Co-Chief Executive Officer since late July 2017. Knutson, who has also been President and Chief Operating Officer of MFA since January 2014, will continue in his role as President. Knutson joined MFA in 2008 as an executive vice president and served in that capacity until the end of 2013.

The Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) [GRAND JUNCTION, CO] announced Kelly Hoover Thompson joined the organization as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Hoover Thompson was previously the deputy secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Health. She also co-founded and led the Commonwealth’s Privacy and Security Practice Group. Prior to her work on behalf of the Commonwealth, Hoover Thompson was a senior advocate of policy and regulatory matters for The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

BAYADA Home Health Care [MOORESTOWN, N.J.] has appointed David Baiada as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, succeeding his father and company founder Mark Baiada.

United Community Banks, Inc. [BLAIRSVILLE, Ga.] (NASDAQ: UCBI) announced that Lynn Harton has been named chief executive officer of United Community Bank. Harton will continue to serve as president of UCBI and the Bank, as well as a member of their respective boards. Prior to joining United in 2012, Harton was the executive vice president for commercial banking for TD Bank. Prior to TD Bank, Harton was chief executive officer at The South Financial Group. He served as the chief credit officer for both Regions Financial Corporation and Union Planters Corporation and spent the first twenty years of his career at BB&T in several senior executive positions.

The Flinn Foundation [PHOENIX] has chosen Tammy McLeod, currently the vice president of energy resource management at Arizona Public Service (APS), to succeed retiring President and CEO Jack B. Jewett. McLeod will begin her new position in October. Over nearly 23 years at Arizona’s largest public utility, McLeod has held several positions with rapidly increasing responsibility. McLeod serves on the boards of directors for organizations such as the Arizona Community Foundation; the Desert Botanical Garden (vice president); Expect More Arizona (chair); Greater Phoenix Economic Council (vice chair); and in an advisory capacity at the Kyl Center for Water Policy at the Morrison Institute at Arizona State University. Earlier in her years at APS, she served as the company’s first chief customer officer.

Century 21 Real Estate LLC [MADISON, N.J.] announced that Nick Bailey has been appointed president and chief executive officer. Bailey has over 20 years of real estate industry experience as a leader in franchising, brokerage, management, and technology, and he is also a licensed broker. After 11 years at RE/MAX world headquarters, Bailey joined Zillow in 2012 where he served as vice president, broker relations.

EHE [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed David Levy as its Chief Executive Officer. Shaun Francis, the former CEO will continue to serve as Chairman of the EHE Board. Levy started his career as a practicing family physician, was the founder and CEO of Franklin Health, Inc., led the global healthcare practice at PwC, and most recently served as CEO of AposTherapy. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Welldoc, Inc., AposTherapy, Cedar Gate Technology, and SulAmerica.

Serenova [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced the appointment of Tom Schollmeyer as Chief Executive Officer. Schollmeyer previously served as the VP and GM of Customer Engagement, UC Applications and Cloud with Avaya. Previously, Schollmeyer led Contact Center Operations for OneSource, and as VP of Telecom and Technology for eTelecare Global Solutions.

Prometric [BALTIMORE] has named Charles Kernan as its new President and CEO. Kernan previously served as the COO of Prometric for nearly 10 years.

Origami Owl [CHANDLER, Ariz.] has announced that Chrissy Weems has been named CEO.

Premier Oilfield Laboratories, LLC [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Matt Bell as CEO. Matt spent the first half of his 20+ year oilfield career with Shell International E&P. In 2007, Matt left Shell to join GEODynamics Inc. as president. Matt then joined Ikon Science Americas.

SiFive [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Naveed Sherwani has joined the company as CEO. Sherwani joins SiFive with more than 25 years of experience in the industry at companies including Intel, Brite Semiconductor and Open Silicon.

PowerSphyr [DANVILLE, Calif.] announced that David Meng, the company’s co-founder and an innovator in the wireless power industry, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Prior to PowerSphyr, he founded and served as CEO of Spectra Optronics International. Meng succeeds Neil Ganz, who will remain on PowerSphyr’s Board of Directors. From 2005 and 2010, Meng led regional marketing and operations for Multi-FineLine Electronix. Earlier in his career, he held positions with leading global electronics corporations, including Wearnes Global and Delta Electronics.

Verify Smart Corporation (VSMR) [FERNLEY, Nev.] announced that Lou Pingitore has joined Verify Smart Corporation as CEO. Lou has held several senior management positions as Director, CIO and President.

Vapor Group, Inc. [MIAMI] (OTC Pink: VPOR) announced that Yaniv Nahon, VP, COO and Secretary of the Company was appointed the new President & CEO and Treasurer of the Company, and Dror Svorai, former President & CEO of the Company resigned as an officer and director of the Company.

NY Kids Club [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Dana Fiser as CEO. Fiser will assume this role on September 6, replacing interim CEO Fred Hipp. Previously, Fiser served as the CEO of Jenny Craig. Dana left Jenny Craig in 2014 and became the CEO of Metabolic Research Centers.

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EIGI) announced that it has appointed Jeffrey H. Fox to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition to his role as President and Chief Executive Officer, Fox will also serve on Endurance’s Board of Directors. He succeeds Hari Ravichandran, the company’s founder. Fox joins Endurance after numerous executive leadership roles, most recently at Convergys Corporation, where he was President and CEO. He is currently a principal of The Circumference Group LLC. Prior to that, Fox held multiple senior leadership roles at Alltel Corporation including COO, Group President – Shares Services, and Group President – Alltel Information Services.

TwentyEighty, Inc. [DENVER] has named Andrew Huddart as Chief Executive Officer. Huddart has strong ties to the workforce development space, having served as General Manager of Bersin by Deloitte and Managing Director at Deloitte Consulting. He also served as General Manager of the HR Practice, the Professional Services Group and Asia Pacific at CEB.

Liberty Hall Capital Partners [NEW YORK and RENTON, Wash.] announced the appointment of Daniele Cagnatel to the role of President and CEO of AIM Aerospace. Cagnatel is succeeding AIM’s current President, John Feutz. Cagnatel joins AIM from GKN Aerospace where he has served in a number of management roles, including President and CEO of GKN Aerostructures North America. While at GKN, he has also served as Vice President and General Manager for GKN Advanced Composite Structures, Head of Operations at GKN Aerospace Filton, and Managing Director for GKN Aerospace GmbH.

Onyx Automotive [SANTA ANA, CALIF.] announced that Monica Bonin has joined the company as its new CEO. Bonin previously served as director of customer experience for Transamerican Wholesale. She served in similar roles for companies such as RealTruck and AutoAnything.

Hormel Foods Corporation [AUSTIN, Minn., and WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] (NYSE: HRL) announced that Lisa Selk has been named chief executive officer of CytoSport, Inc. Selk assumes the leadership post of CytoSport after serving as marketing director for a portfolio of brands at Hormel Foods including SKIPPY® peanut butter, HERB-OX® bouillon, HOUSE OF TSANG® Asian foods and divisional innovation. Selk joined Hormel Foods in 1998 as food scientist in the research and development department. She held management and leadership roles in the specialty products division and the meat products division, serving as both the divisional innovation manager as well as manager for the HORMEL® refrigerated entrées and HORMEL® ALWAYS TENDER® businesses.

Ash Grove Cement [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that J. Randall Vance, president and chief operating officer, has been promoted to president and chief executive officer. Vance joined Ash Grove in 2011 as chief financial officer and senior vice president of administration and was promoted to president and chief operating officer in 2014. Before joining Ash Grove, he worked in a variety of roles at Hostess Brands, Interstate Bakeries, Farmland Industries and Commerce Bank.

XDBS Corporation [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Julie Strong has joined the senior leadership team as its new Chief Executive Officer. Strong was most recently the CEO for Wheelhouse.

VerifyMe, Inc. [ROCHESTER, N.Y.] (OTCQB: VRME) announced that it has appointed Patrick White as Chief Executive Officer. White has been working as an outside consultant to the company since June 1, 2017 and he was previously the CEO and founder of Document Security Systems, Inc.

UnitedHealth Group [NEW YORK] (NYSE: UNH) announced that David S. Wichmann, president of UnitedHealth Group, will succeed Stephen J. Hemsley as chief executive officer and become a director of the company, effective Sept. 1, 2017. Wichmann joined the company in 1998 and served as chief financial officer from 2011 until mid-2016.

Imagination TV, Inc. [CASPER, Wyo.] (OTC PINK: IMTV) announced that it has appointed Juan C. Areco as its new Chief Executive Officer and Director. Areco will also continue as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.

Penn Virginia Corporation [HOUSTON] (NASDAQ: PVAC) announced that it has appointed John A. Brooks as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company. Brooks has more than 33 years of energy industry and 24 years of management experience and over 15 years with Penn Virginia. Most recently, Brooks served as Interim Principal Executive Officer of the Company since September 2016. Brooks also has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since January 2014. Previously to those roles, he served as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President and Vice President. Additionally, he served as Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corporation’s Vice President and Regional Manager, Operations Manager and Drilling Manager.

World Kitchen, LLC [ROSEMONT, Ill.] announced the appointment of Kenneth G. Wilkes as President and Chief Executive Officer. Wilkes succeeds Carl Warschausky. Wilkes most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Anchor Glass Container Corporation. Previously, he served as General Manager of International Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Libbey Inc.

Sur La Table [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Billy May as Chief Executive Officer. May will also join the Board of Directors and succeeds Diane Neal. May joins the company from Abercrombie and Fitch where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and member of the executive leadership team. Previously, he helped lead Global Digital and eCommerce at Adidas Group, and held various leadership roles at Sears Holdings and Lowe’s Companies.

CEO Moves – week ending August 11, 2017

Posted on August 16, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

CEO Moves this week include:

MedSurvey	ABSOLUTE Home Mortgage Corp	Southeastern Grocers
PetSmart, Inc.	Maverick Therapeutics Inc.	Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Imperva, Inc.	MBIA Inc.	Builders FirstSource, Inc.
PTCB	Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP)	Nixon
EMW Industrial	Selligent	SocialChorus
Modern Markets Initiative (MMI)	LPA Inc.	Enphase Energy, Inc.
Interactive Health	AppFolio, Inc.	Columbia Sportswear Company
Merchants’ National Properties, Inc.	R2i	Inventus
DineEquity, Inc.	XchangeLabs	Adweek, LLC
SintecMedia	Orazul Energy

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MedSurvey [SOUTHAMPTON, Pa.] announced today that it has appointed co-founder Paul Golota as Chief Executive Officer.

ABSOLUTE Home Mortgage Corp [WEST PATERSON, NJ] has named Matthew D Van Fossen as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his tenure at ABSOLUTE, Van Fossen successfully built and managed multiple entities in a range of industries including mortgage, real estate, and technology.

Southeastern Grocers (SEG) [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that it has appointed Anthony Hucker President and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining SEG, Anthony was President and COO of Schnucks. Anthony also held the position of President of Giant Food and served on the executive board of Ahold USA. Prior to joining Giant Food, Anthony spent seven years at Wal-Mart in a variety of leadership positions, internationally and domestically. He began as the CIO of the Americas, formed the Global Format Development Division and was promoted to head of strategy and business development for Wal-Mart USA. He also worked as a food industry analyst reporting on pan-European stocks to the City of London. He then worked for 10 years with Aldi where he served in a variety of leadership assignments in Germany, the U.S. and Austria, and was part of the original startup leadership team that set up Aldi UK.

PetSmart, Inc. [PHOENIX] announced that Michael J. Massey has decided to step down from his position as Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Member.

Maverick Therapeutics Inc. [BRISBANE, Calif.] announced the appointment of James S. Scibetta as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Scibetta joins Maverick from Pacira Pharmaceuticals where he oversaw as the company’s president global R&D, manufacturing and capacity expansion activities, as well as commercial and medical support activities. He joined Pacira as chief financial officer in 2008. Prior to that, Scibetta was an executive with Bioenvision Inc. acquired by Genzyme, and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career he spent over a decade in investment banking.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. [ROCKVILLE, Md.] (NYSE: CHH) announced the appointment of Patrick Pacious as incoming President and Chief Executive Officer.

Imperva, Inc. [REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IMPV) announced Christopher Hylen the former CEO of Citrix GetGo, as president and CEO and a member of the board. Anthony Bettencourt, who currently serves as president and CEO, will transition to the newly created role of vice president of customer engagement. Christopher Hylen previously served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobility Apps of Citrix and was responsible for strategy and business operations of Citrix’s former Mobility Apps business unit consisting of Citrix’s GoTo family of products, including its communications cloud and workflow cloud products. Prior to joining Citrix, Hylen spent seven years at Intuit, where he held a series of executive roles of increasing seniority, including serving as senior vice president and general manager of Intuit’s payment solutions division. Earlier in his career, Hylen held executive-level positions with Automatic Data Processing and American Express. He also served on the board of ADT from 2015-2016.

MBIA Inc. [PURCHASE, N.Y] (NYSE: MBI) has elected William C. Fallon to the position of Chief Executive Officer. MBIA CEO Jay Brown has stepped down as CEO effective September 15, 2017. He plans to conclude his service on the MBIA Inc. Board of Directors as of the 2018 Annual Shareholder meeting in May of 2018.

Builders FirstSource, Inc. [DALLAS] (NasdaqGS: BLDR) announced that CEO Floyd Sherman intends to step down as CEO effective January 1, 2018. In accordance with the Company’s succession plan, Builders FirstSource intends to appoint Chad Crow, currently President and COO of the Company, as President and CEO effective January 1, 2018.

PTCB [WASHINGTON] has announced PTCB’s Executive Director and CEO Everett B. McAllister has announced he will leave PTCB at the end of 2017 to pursue a new career in ministry.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) [LA JOLLA, Calif.] announced its chief executive officer Perry Nisenis is retiring effective September 30, 2017. Current SBP president, Kristiina Vuori, will be interim CEO.

Nixon [ENCINITAS, Calif.] announced that Scott Kerslake has been selected as the new Chief Executive Officer. With over 25 years of experience growing consumer product brands, Kerslake joins Nixon from prAna where he was CEO since 2009. Prior to joining prAna, Kerslake served as President of Miraval. Before Miraval, Kerslake founded Athleta, where he also served as CEO.

EMW Industrial [SALTCOATS, SK] announced Dave Link to their team as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Dave most recently was Product Line Manager for Cargill Texturizing Solutions. He started his career with Cargill in 1990 and has held many operations and commercial roles with the company. At EMW, Dave succeeds Ewen Morrison as CEO, who had led the company since its early beginnings in 1971, Ewen will continue as President.

Selligent [BRUSSELS, BELGIUM] announced that John Hernandez will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer. Hernandez was most recently Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Service Cloud at Salesforce. Before Salesforce, John served as Vice President and General Manager of IBM’s collaboration business. Prior, Hernandez served as a Vice President and General Manager within Cisco’s Collaboration business.

SocialChorus [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Gary Nakamura as chief executive officer. Nakamura served as CEO of Driven, Inc. and was senior vice president and general manager at Terracotta.

Modern Markets Initiative (MMI) [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kirsten Wegner as Chief Executive Officer. Wegner, who currently serves as Senior Vice President of Business Development of MMI, succeeds Bill Harts, who informed the Board of his intention to step away from day-to-day responsibilities. Wegner joined MMI in May 2016, previously, she was a director of government relations for the International Securities Exchange. Harts, who has led MMI for the past three years, will become a Senior Advisor to the organization.

LPA Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] has named Wendy Rogers chief executive officer succeeding Robert Kupper, who served as CEO of the company for 30 years.

Enphase Energy, Inc. [PETALUMA, Calif. ] (NASDAQ: ENPH) announced that after more than ten years at the helm of the Company, Paul Nahi is stepping down as President and CEO.

Interactive Health [CHICAGO] has appointed Bill Goldberg as its new CEO. Goldberg will succeed Cathy Kenworthy, who remains with the company as chief marketing and analytics officer. She also continues as a board member. Goldberg previously served for five years as CEO of MediMedia and related entities.

AppFolio, Inc. [SANTA BARBARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: APPF) announced that Jason Randall will succeed Brian Donahoo as President and Chief Executive Officer following Donahoo’s retirement. Donahoo will also be stepping down from his role as a director on the same date, and has elected Randall to serve in his place.

Columbia Sportswear Company [PORTLAND, Ore.] (Nasdaq: COLM) announced that Scott Kerslake, CEO of the company’s prAna brand, intends to resign his position.

Merchants’ National Properties, Inc. (MNP) [NEW YORK] (OTC-US: MNPP) announced that Craig Deitelzweig joined the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Deitelzweig brings over 20 years of diverse real estate experience to MNP. He joins MNP from Building and Land Technologies where he served as a Managing Director and head of Asset Management. Prior to joining BLT, Deitelzweig oversaw the office division of Rockrose Development Corp., and previously led the leasing and asset management activities of the Ruben Company’s retail and office space in New York, Washington, DC and Boston.

R2i [BALTIMORE] announced the appointment of Jennifer Quinlan as the Chief Executive Officer. She succeeds Matt Goddard, Co-Founder and former CEO. Most recently Jennifer served as North American Digital Practice leader for IBM Global Business Services, Distribution Sector. Prior to IBM, Jennifer was Senior Vice President at Merkle, over almost a two decade tenure with Merkle, Jennifer was a key member of the leadership team.

Inventus [CHICAGO] announced that Paul Mankoo has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Mankoo had served as President of Inventus since February 2017, after having led the Company’s international business since 2015. He has established, built, and divested four successful companies, including UNIFIED, which was acquired by Inventus in 2015.

DineEquity, Inc. [GLENDALE, Calif.] (NYSE: DIN) the parent company of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar® and IHOP® restaurants, announced the appointment of Stephen P. Joyce as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective September 12, 2017. Richard J. Dahl, Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer, will remain as Chairman and will continue to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer until Joyce assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer on September 12, 2017. Stephen P. Joyce has served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Choice Hotels International, Inc. since June 2008. Prior to joining Choice Hotels, Joyce served as executive vice president, global development/owner and franchise services for Marriott International, Inc. An active member of the hospitality industry and business community, Joyce serves on a variety of boards and community organizations. A long-standing member of the International Franchise Association, Joyce has held many leadership roles there, including chairman. He is also the former chairman of the U.S. Travel Association and is currently the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ServiceSource Foundation. In addition, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors for: DineEquity, Inc. since 2012; Hospitality Investors Trust, Inc.

XchangeLabs [RICHARDSON, Texas] announced the appointment of Joel Becker as chief executive officer. Prior to joining XchangeLabs, Becker worked with St. Jude Medical, Inc. in a variety of leadership roles, most recently as the President of the America’s Division. He also served as a founding member of the management team for its Atrial Fibrillation Division. Becker also founded Viking North Ventures.

Adweek, LLC [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Jeffrey Litvack as chief executive officer, and is joining the Adweek Board of Directors. As a longtime media executive, Litvack joined Adweek in February as COO and moved quickly to ramp up Adweek as an omnichannel platform, overseeing double-digit traffic growth in the past few months, with even more ambitious plans for activations and products set for 2018. Prior to joining Adweek, Litvack was interim chief operating officer at Robb Report and group president at ALM. Before that, he led the Associated Press’ Global Product Development division driving innovation in the newspaper industry. He founded and launched AP Mobile.

SintecMedia [NEW YORK] announced that Lorne Brown is assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer. Previously Brown served as President of SintecMedia, following the company’s acquisition of Operative, Inc. which Brown was CEO and Founder. Amotz Yarden, Founder and former CEO of SintecMedia, is retiring and will maintain his role as a member of the Board of Directors.

Orazul Energy [HOUSTON] has named Willem Van Twembeke its CEO. Van Twembeke is Orazul’s first CEO since the Firm’s acquisition of regional facilities from Duke Energy International. Van Twembeke joins Orazul following a 25-year tenure at Tractebel and various companies within the ENGIE Group. As CEO of EnerSur and Calidda, he reengineered both Peruvian companies, transforming them into significant players in the local energy market. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of ENGIE’s Energy International Business Line.

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