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CEO Moves – week ending July 28, 2017

Posted on August 2, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

CEO Moves this week include:

VASCO Data Security International, Inc.	Mairs & Power	THINX Inc.
Portland General Electric	Go Banyan, Inc.	Bluebeam, Inc.
AppBus	JustRight Surgical, LLC	Brightcove Inc.
HIMSS	Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.	OrthoAccel® Technologies, Inc.
OHL North America	ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.	Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
M Financial Group	ERBA Diagnostics, Inc.	Know Allergies
ECRI Institute	Aereon	AJS Bancorp, Inc.
Mediware Information Systems Inc.	Galaxy Gaming, Inc.	Pharmavite LLC
Cousins Properties Incorporated	TRICAST	Yellow Pages Limited

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VASCO Data Security International, Inc. [OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: VDSI) announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Clements has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. He has also been elected to the board of directors. Clements succeeds Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer T. Kendall Hunt. Clements was appointed VASCO Chief Strategy Officer in 2015 and was promoted to VASCO President and COO in November 2016. Clements joined the Company in 2015 from Tyco, where he was previously the president of the Retail Solutions business and the company’s Chief Technology Officer. Before joining Tyco, Clements was at Honeywell International and held various leadership roles.

Mairs & Power [SAINT PAUL, Minn.] announced that Jon Theobald, who has been Chairman and CEO since 2012 will be retiring at the end of the year. Mark Henneman will become Chairman and CEO replacing Theobald on January 1rst, 2018. Henneman joined Mairs & Power in 2004 as Vice President and was named President and CIO in 2015.

THINX Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Maria Molland Selby as CEO. Selby has previously held leadership roles at companies such as Splacer, Fab.com, Thomson Reuters, Dow Jones, Yahoo!, and Walt Disney Internet Group.

Portland General Electric [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Jim Piro, president and CEO, has notified the board of directors of his decision to retire on December 31. The company has appointed Maria Pope, senior vice president of Power Supply, Operations and Resource Strategy, to succeed Piro. Pope joined the company in 2009 as senior vice president of Finance, CFO and treasurer after having served several years on the PGE Board of Directors. Prior to joining PGE, Pope served as the CFO for Mentor Graphics and held a variety of leadership positions at Pope & Talbot and Levi Strauss & Co. Pope will assume the role of CEO and member of the board of directors effective January 1, 2018.

Go Banyan, Inc. [SILICON SLOPES, Utah] announced that it has appointed Carine Clark as president and CEO. Before joining Banyan, Clark was president and CEO at MaritzCX.

Bluebeam, Inc. [PASADENA, Calif.] announced the promotion of Jon Elliott to Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Elliott held the role of Chief Operating Officer at Bluebeam.

AppBus [PHILADELPHIA] announced that William (Bill) J. Conners, Jr. has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. Conners was previously the executive vice president for global sales and business development at SevOne.

JustRight Surgical, LLC [LOUISVILLE, CO] announced that Robert Kline has joined the company as CEO. Kline replaces co-Founder and CEO, Russ Lindemann, who is retiring. Most recently, Kline was President and CEO of ViroCyt, Inc. Previously, Kline was the Founder, President and CEO of Medivance, Inc.

Brightcove Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: BCOV) announced that it has appointed Andrew Feinberg, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, as acting Chief Executive Officer. Feinberg succeeds David Mendels, who reached a mutual agreement with the Board to resign as CEO and as a Director of the Company. Feinberg joined Brightcove in 2005 and served in multiple executive roles prior to being named President and COO last year.

HIMSS [CHICAGO] has announced the appointment of Harold “Hal” Wolf III as its new president and CEO. He will succeed H. Stephen Lieber, who announced his plans to retire as HIMSS President and CEO. Wolf is currently the director of The Chartis Group. Before joining The Chartis Group, Wolf was senior vice president and chief operating officer of Kaiser Permanente’s Permanente Federation. Prior to Kaiser Permanente, Wolf worked as chief information officer for the e-business, corporate systems and wholesale division of Quest Communications/USWest. Previous endeavors include working with Time Warner and MTV Networks, and as a senior advisor to McKinsey and Company and ADVI, LLC.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. [BETHESDA, Md.] announced that Joseph Caravalho Jr. will become its next president and chief executive officer. He will replace John W. Lowe, who retired in May. Caravalho will join the company on Sept. 1, 2017. Currently, Caravalho serves as the Joint Staff Surgeon at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. For more than 30 years, he has served the U.S. Army in various leadership positions, including commanding general of the Southern Regional Medical Command and Brooke Army Medical Center, the Northern Regional Medical Command, and the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick in Maryland. Before becoming Joint Staff Surgeon, he was Army Deputy Surgeon General and Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command.

OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. [HOUSTON] announced that it has named David Josza as CEO. Josza most recently served as corporate vice president and general manager for Zimmer Biomet Dental. Prior to that, Josza had a 14-year career at Biomet 3i most recently serving as vice president of the Americas.

OHL North America [COLLEGE POINT, N.Y.] announced that Thomas Iovino, chief executive officer of OHL NA and CEO and founder of Judlau Contracting, will retire from the companies. Ashok Patel, who was serving as chief operating officer (COO), will take over as the CEO of OHL NA. Patel joined Judlau in 2009 as Vice President and was promoted to President soon after. He became COO of OHL North America in October 2015. Ashok still serves as President of Judlau Contracting Inc. Prior to joining OHL, Ashok spent more than 23 years at the MTA New York City Transit and MTA Capital Construction.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NYSE: SERV) announced the appointment of Nikhil Varty as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board. Varty is a dynamic leader with extensive experience leading and managing large, complex organizations for high-performing multi-national corporations, including WABCO Holdings Inc., Honeywell International, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation [CHICAGO] has named William T. Schmidt as the next President and CEO. Schmidt most recently served as the CEO of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc. (FFB). Schmidt also served as CEO of the FFB Clinical Research Institute, the clinical research arm of the FFB. Schmidt has held senior executive roles at several health advocacy organizations, including the Epilepsy Foundation of America and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He succeeds Patti Tuomey, who led the PFF from 2010 through February 2017.

M Financial Group [PORTLAND, Ore.] has named Westley V. Thompson as its new President and CEO. Wes, who officially starts on September 1, 2017, and will be a member of the M Board, succeeds Fred H. Jonske. Wes is the former President of Sun Life Financial U.S. and served in a variety of senior leadership roles at Lincoln Financial Group. Most recently, Wes has been active in the insurtech world as the founder and CEO of Emerge.

ERBA Diagnostics, Inc. [MIAMI] (OTC PINK: ERBA) announced that David Barka will become the Interim Chief Executive Officer (“CEO“) of the Company. Barka has served as the Vice President of Calbiotech, Inc. since 2004, as the President of Calbiotech Veterinary Diagnostics since 2017 and as the President of Moduline Systems since 2013.

Know Allergies [CHARLESTON, S.C.] announced the appointment of Greg Rayburn as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). Rayburn has significant experience as CEO of multiple companies over a 30-year career, most recently as Chairman and CEO of Hostess Brands.

ECRI Institute [PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.] announced that Jeffrey C. Lerner, president and CEO, will be retiring on December 31, 2017.

Aereon [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Saeid Rahimian has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Rahimian joins Aereon after most recently serving as President and CEO of Gardner Denver Energy Group.

AJS Bancorp, Inc. [MIDLOTHIAN, Ill.] (OTC Pink: AJSB) announced that Thomas R. Butkus will retire as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and the Bank.The company has also announced the appointment of Jerry A. Weberling to Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and the Bank.

Mediware Information Systems Inc. [LENEXA, Kan.] announced that Bill Miller will join as Chief Executive Officer. Miller most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of OptumInsight at Optum. He succeeds Kelly Mann, who joined the company as a CEO in 2007. Prior to OptumInsight, Miller served as the Vice President of Technologies at Cerner Corporation.

Galaxy Gaming, Inc. [LAS VEGAS] (OTC: GLXZ) announced that Todd P. Cravens, the Company’s Vice President of Business Development, has succeeded Galaxy’s founder, Robert B. Saucier, as President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining the Company in January 2017, Cravens was the CEO of the Americas for TCS John Huxley and has over 25 years of experience in the gaming and entertainment industries.

Pharmavite LLC [NORTHRIDGE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jeff Boutelle as their new Chief Executive Officer and board member. Boutelle is an accomplished consumer products goods chief executive, with extensive global experience including careers at Abbott, Nestle, Procter & Gamble and most recently Beech-Nut Nutrition where he was CEO.

Cousins Properties Incorporated [ATLANTA] (NYSE: CUZ) announced that it has appointed Larry Gellerstedt to the combined role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Gellerstedt joined Cousins in July 2005, and he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2009.

TRICAST [MILWAUKEE] announced the recent addition of Jim Clair as CEO. Jim was previously the CEO of Goold Health Systems.

Yellow Pages Limited [MONTREAL] (TSX: Y) announced the departure of Julien Billot, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The company has named Ken Taylor, the Corporation’s current Chief Financial Officer, interim President and CEO. Taylor joined Yellow Pages in March 2017. He previously served as a director of Sandvine Corporation, CFO at BTI Systems and March Networks Corporation, Vice President, Finance at Newbridge Networks Corporation and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Alcatel.

CEO Moves – week ending July 21, 2017

Posted on July 26, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

CEO Moves this week include:

6sense	Idaho Independent Bank	Aeterna Zentaris Inc.
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.	eFolder	HHAeXchange
Fathom Events	Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.	L3 Technologies
TriState Capital Bank	The World Surf League	ReachForce
One Medical	Mercer	Decisyon, Inc.
Lockton, Inc.	TetraVue	VeriCite
Alpine Investors	Six Flags Entertainment Corporation	Syntel, Inc.
NetCentrics Corporation	The Global Business School Network	Lindsay Corporation
Sion Power	Nexant, Inc.	Sysco Corporation
SmartCare	SynteractHCR Holdings Corporation	Neogen Corporation
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	Signet Jewelers Limited	Huntington Hospital
Fortem Resources Inc.	FreightCar America, Inc.

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6sense [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Jason Zintak as CEO. Zintak has spent over two decades leading enterprise technology companies, most recently as CEO of Platfora and as CRO of Responsys. He also spent eight years at SAP, where he served in various sales and leadership roles.

Idaho Independent Bank [COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho] (OTC Pink: IIBK) announced that Kurt R. Gustavel has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, effective January 1, 2018. Kurt’s new title will be President and Chief Executive Officer. Kurt joined IIB in 1994, and was elected to the Bank’s Board of Directors in 2003. He then was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Kurt Gustavel will succeed current CEO and Chairman of the Board, Jack W. Gustavel.

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: AEZS, TSX: AEZS) announced that it has appointed Michael Ward as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, Ward served as Chief Compliance & Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Sagent Pharmaceuticals. Ward has served as Strategic Advisor to Benevolent Capital Partners for the last five years and is currently a Partner with Outside GC LLC. Prior to Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Ward was Vice President, Assistant General Counsel of Global Compliance, Ethics & Litigation and Chief Privacy Officer at CDK Global.

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced that Rory Cowan, Founder of Lionbridge, will retire as CEO. Cowan will remain as Chairman of the Lionbridge Board of Directors. The Company also announced that John Fennelly was named President and Chief Executive Officer. Fennelly has more than 30 years of industry leadership experience, most recently as CEO of HireRight. Prior to HireRight, Fennelly held executive leadership positions at a number of leading information services and technology companies including Thomson-Reuters, and Sungard.

EFolder [DENVER, COLO.] announced that co-founder Kevin Hoffman is adjusting his joint CEO/CTO role into a Founder & CTO role. Matt Nachtrab, founder of LabTech, and eFolder’s current Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Revenue Officer, will become CEO. Nachtrab founded Nemsys in 1999. He also founded LabTech Software in 2007. When LabTech merged into ConnectWise in 2015, he then led the combination as President and COO.

HHAeXchange [NEW YORK] announced that current President Greg Strobel has assumed the role of president and chief executive officer. The company’s Founder, Raphael Nadel, who previously held the CEO role, has moved into the position of Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer. Prior to HHAeXchange, Strobel was president of MedAssets’ healthcare software and services division. Prior to MedAssets, Greg held senior leadership roles at McKesson and EY.

Fathom Events [DENVER] has appointed Ray Nutt as Chief Executive Officer. Nutt will also serve as a Board Director for Fathom. In his most recent post, Nutt was the Senior Vice President of Business Relations for Regal Entertainment Group. Prior to Regal Entertainment Group, Nutt grew a significant amount of startup businesses for Regal CineMedia and United Artists Theatres.

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. [BASKING RIDGE, N.J.] (NYSE: BNED) announced that Max J. Roberts has submitted his resignation as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 19, 2017. The company has appointed Michael P. Huseby as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 19, 2017. Huseby will also serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, after having served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2015. Huseby previously served as Chief Executive Officer at Barnes & Noble, Inc. Prior to being appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Huseby was President from July 2013, and Chief Financial Officer from March 2012. From 2004 to 2011, Huseby served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cablevision Systems Corporation. Prior to joining Cablevision, Huseby served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Charter Communications, Inc. From 1999 to 2002, Huseby served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, of AT&T Broadband. In addition, Huseby spent over 20 years at Arthur Andersen, LLP and Andersen Worldwide, S.C., where he held the position of Global Equity Partner. Huseby currently serves on the Board of Directors of CommerceHub, Inc.

L3 Technologies [NEW YORK] (NYSE: LLL) announced that Michael T. Strianese has informed the company of his plan to retire as CEO, effective December 31, 2017. The company has elected Christopher E. Kubasik, L3’s President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) to the position of CEO and President, and to the Board of Directors effective January 1, 2018. Prior to joining L3, Kubasik was President and CEO of the Seabury Advisory Group LLC. In 2010, he was named President and COO of Lockheed Martin Corporation, where he also held a number of senior executive roles, including Executive Vice President of Electronic Systems, and Chief Financial Officer.

TriState Capital Bank [PITTSBURGH] announced that President Brian S. Fetterolf has been elected to chief executive officer and to the board of directors of the bank and its parent company, TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. In 2017 Fetterolf was also named president of Chartwell TSC Securities Corp. Previously, he served as TriState Capital’s chief risk officer for four years. Before coming to TriState Capital, Fetterolf was a senior vice president in the Special Situations Advisory Group of Macquarie Capital Advisors. He also worked with LaSalle Bank/ABN Amro in Chicago and New York as director of structured financial products in the Commercial Real Estate Debt Capital Markets Group. Prior to his employment within financial services, he practiced as a corporate finance attorney with Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling.

The World Surf League (WSL) [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Sophie Goldschmidt as the next CEO of the organization. Goldschmidt will officially take over from interim CEO Dirk Ziff in August. Goldschmidt joins WSL from CSM Sport and Entertainment where she served as Group Managing Director. Goldschmidt has strong relationships and international experience working across global markets in both sports management and marketing and communications having held executive roles in the Rugby Football Union as Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, the National Basketball Association (NBA) as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) as Vice President, and Adidas. Goldschmidt also currently serves as a non-executive director for the PGA European Tour.

ReachForce [AUSTIN, Texas] announced it has appointed Dion Cornett as the new president and chief executive officer. Prior to joining ReachForce, Cornett was the vice president of global sales at MariaDB Corporation. Cornett also held various executive capacities at Red Hat.

One Medical [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Amir Dan Rubin will join the organization as president and chief executive officer. Joining from UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, Amir served as EVP and divisional CEO. Prior to Optum, Amir served as president and CEO of Stanford Health Care. Amir also previously served as COO for the UCLA Health System.

Mercer [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MMC) has appointed Rohit Mehrotra CEO of Mercer Digital.

Decisyon, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Alex Aminian as its new President & CEO. Aminian has deep domain expertise in BI and analytics software and brings 25+ years of experience to Decisyon, having worked at leading corporations such as Oracle/Hyperion, Intergraph, Priceline.com and LexisNexis, as well as two successful software startups.

Lockton, Inc. [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Ron Lockton will expand his role to become President and CEO of Lockton, Inc. He succeeds Glenn Spencer, who has resigned as Lockton, Inc. President and CEO for personal reasons.

TetraVue [VISTA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Hal Zarem to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to TetraVue, Zarem was president and CEO of Seeo. He was also CEO of Silicon Light Machines. Zarem has also held key executive positions at Cypress Semiconductor, JDS Uniphase, and Ortel Corporation.

VeriCite [INDIANAPOLIS] announced that it has appointed Valerie Schreiner as CEO. Schreiner previously held the position of chief product officer at Schoolzilla and has held senior-level positions at Elluminate and Blackboard.

Alpine Investors [SAN FRANCISCO & ROSEVILLE, Calif.] announced that Robert Towery, who had served as Escape’s CEO, will retire. Ali Jenab, an Alpine CEO-in-Residence, has assumed the role as CEO at Escape.

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation [GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas] announced that it has appointed Jim Reid-Anderson, who has been serving as Executive Chairman of the company since February 2016, as the company’s new Chairman, President and CEO. Reid-Anderson replaces John M. Duffey who has retired from the company. Reid-Anderson previously served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dade Behring Inc.

Syntel, Inc. [TROY, Mich.] (NASDAQ: SYNT) announced that it has appointed Rakesh Khanna to the post of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. In this role, he will continue to report to Syntel Co-Chairman Prashant Ranade. Khanna has held the position of interim CEO and President since November 3, 2016, and previously served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and as President of Syntel’s Banking and Financial Services Business Unit.

NetCentrics Corporation [HERNDON, Va.] has chosen Cyndi Barreda as the company’s next CEO. Barreda, who currently serves as NetCentrics’ president, will succeed Bob Dougherty, one of the company’s founders and the current CEO. Prior to NetCentrics, Barreda was a principal at American Management Systems (AMS), and before that she served as an information management specialist with the U.S. government.

The Global Business School Network (GBSN) [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Stephen J. Sacca to succeed retiring founder and longtime CEO Guy Pfeffermann effective September 5, 2017. Sacca is coming to GBSN from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he served as director of the MIT Sloan Fellows Program. Prior to joining MIT in 2000, Sacca worked in numerous leadership capacities in the US, Pakistan, and Denmark for Management Sciences for Health. He has consulted for the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and several other international development agencies.

Lindsay Corporation [OMAHA, Neb.] (NYSE: LNN) announced the appointment of Timothy Hassinger as president and chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of its board of directors, effective October 16, 2017. Hassinger will succeed President and CEO Rick Parod, who previously announced he is retiring later this year after 17 years of service to the company. Hassinger currently serves as President and CEO of Dow AgroSciences. Prior to becoming President and CEO of Dow AgroSciences, he served as the company’s Global Commercial Leader and Vice President for the Crop Protection Global Business Unit. Previously he served as Vice President for the Dow AgroSciences business in the Europe, Latin America, and Pacific regions. In 2005 he moved to Shanghai, China where he served as Regional Commercial Unit Leader for Greater China.

Sion Power Corporation [TUCSON, Ariz.] named Tracy E. Kelley, former Chief Technical Officer, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Kelley replaces Dennis R. Mangino, who had served as CEO since 2006.

Nexant, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that it has appointed John Gustafson as the company’s new CEO. Gustafson comes to Nexant from Cognizant Technology Solutions where he served as Vice President and Head of the Utility and Energy Business Unit. He has held similar leadership roles at other leading service and solution providers including Wipro, IBM, and others.

Sysco Corporation [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SYY) announced that chief executive officer, Bill DeLaney, will be succeeded as CEO by Tom Bené, currently president and chief operating officer. Bené will become president and chief executive officer effective January 1, 2018, and will join Sysco’s board of directors. Prior to joining Sysco, Bené held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, sales, operations, franchise development and general management during a 23-year career at PepsiCo, culminating with his role as president of PepsiCo Foodservice.

SmartCare [LAS VEGAS] has appointed Matt Knapp as its new Chief Executive Officer.

SynteractHCR Holdings Corporation [SAN DIEGO & GREENWICH, Conn.] announced that Steve Powell has been appointed chief executive officer. Powell succeeds Wendel Barr, who departs SynteractHCR after six years as CEO. Powell has more than 25 years of executive leadership experience in both the CRO and pharma/biotech industries. Powell joins SynteractHCR from ERT where he was president and COO. Prior to Exco InTouch/ERT, Powell served as executive vice president, Clinical Informatics and Late Phase Services at PRA Health Sciences. Prior to joining PRA in 2006, he held several leadership positions across the health care, technology and CRO industries.

Neogen Corporation [LANSING, Mich] (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced the company has named John Adent as chief executive officer. Adent began his career with management responsibilities for Purina developing animal feed manufacturing and sales in China and the Philippines. Adent left that organization in 2004 to assume the CEO responsibilities for Animal Health International (AHI). AHI was acquired by the Patterson Companies in 2015 and Adent continued to serve as CEO.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: BK) announced that Charles W. Scharf has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Additionally, Scharf will become Chairman of the Board of Directors effective January 1, 2018. Scharf was most recently Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Visa Inc. Before joining Visa, Scharf served as Managing Director of One Equity Partners, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s private investment arm, and previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Retail Financial Services. Earlier in his career, he was at Bank One Corp. as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the retail division, and previously at Citigroup and its predecessor companies, serving as Chief Financial Officer of the Global Corporate and Investment Bank immediately prior to joining Bank One.

Signet Jewelers Limited [HAMILTON, Bermuda] (NYSE: SIG) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos as the new Chief Executive Officer. Drosos previously served as President & CEO of Assurex Health and as a Group President of Global Beauty Care at The Procter & Gamble Company.

Huntington Hospital [PASADENA, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Lori Morgan as president and chief executive officer effective early to mid-September, 2017. Morgan most recently served eight years as corporate vice president of Legacy Health and as president of Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Prior to joining Legacy, Morgan served as a medical director at Trauma Trust in Tacoma, Washington.

Fortem Resources Inc. [LAS VEGAS, NV] (OTCQB: FTMR) has announced that the Company has appointed Marc A. Bruner as the Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. Bruner was previously the Chairman and CEO of Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. and served as Ultra Petroleum Corp.’s founding Chairman. Bruner also founded Pennaco Energy Inc. After founding Falcon Oil & Gas in 2005, Bruner served as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer until 2010.

FreightCar America, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: RAIL) announced that it has appointed James R. Meyer as President and Chief Executive Officer. Meyer will succeed Joseph E. McNeely, who will leave the Company by mutual consent to pursue new opportunities. Meyer joins the Company from Commercial Specialty Truck Holdings, LLC where he has served as Chairman of the Board. From 2012 to 2015, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Allied Specialty Vehicles, Inc. Prior to that, Meyer held various leadership positions at Brunswick Corporation. Meyer also spent 16 years at Ford Motor Company where he held various executive positions.

CEO Moves – week ending June 16, 2017

Posted on June 22, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

CEO Moves this week include:

American Management Association International	Serco Group plc	Lear Capital, Inc.
Gulf Oil	Compellon	Magstim Group, Inc.
Zoosk, Inc.	White Ops	Peak Achievement Athletics Inc.
Hexion Inc.	Radiant Ventures	First3Years
C. Mondavi & Family	ParkerGale Capital	Rick Watson
Good Omen Bottling, Inc.	Cloudvirga	Essendant Inc.
Paringa Resources Limited	FC Construction Services	Urban Land Institute
Mills Fleet Farm	CECO Environmental Corp.	KPS Global
ProVisors	College of American Pathologists	Clear Guide Medical, Inc.
Casino Scouts, LLC.	HDR	Falfurrias Capital Partners
GE	Litmus	Door to Door Organics
The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc.	Kenco	Coursera
Mercer Advisors Inc.	Patriot Environmental Services	Senet
BDO	Network of Executive Women	Acts Retirement-Life Communities
Arch Reinsurance Company

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American Management Association International [NEW YORK] named Manos Avramidis as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Edward T. Reilly, who announced his desire to transition leadership after a 16-year term. Avramidis previously held the positions of Senior Vice President of Product Development and Chief Human Resources Officer. Avramidis also served as Senior Vice President of US Management Education.

Serco Group plc [RESTON, Va.] announced the appointment of David J. Dacquino as Chief Executive Officer of Serco Inc. The appointment follows the announcement in February that Dan Allen had informed the business of his intention to retire from this role. Before Serco, Dave served as President and CEO of SkyLink. Previous roles included: CEO for the North America operations of VT Group, Vice President and lead executive of Raytheon Technical Services Company’s, and an extensive career at Lockheed Martin, where he ultimately held the position of Vice President and General Manager of logistic services.

Lear Capital, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced that it has appointed John Ohanesian as President and Chief Executive Officer. Ohanesian has led the transformation of Bosley, Inc. while he was President and CEO of the company for 20 years. For the last 6 years Ohanesian has served as CEO of Cosmedica, LLC. He also currently serves as the strategic advisor to a number of companies including Theradome, Inc.

Gulf Oil [WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass.] announced the appointment of Eric Johnson as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Jerry Ashcroft resigned from his position as the CEO and President of Gulf to pursue other interests.

Compellon [LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.] announced the appointment of Carv Moore as chief executive officer. Moore succeeds co-founder and former CEO Ken Charhut, who will serve as executive chairman of the Board of Directors and chief strategy officer of the company. Previously, Moore served as senior vice president of worldwide sales, operations, channels and systems engineering for BMC Software Enterprise Systems. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of global software for Sun Microsystems. Moore also served as president of the Americas for Novell, president of the Americas for Cambridge Technology Partners, and as president and COO of Excell Data Corporation. Moore currently serves as board member and strategic advisor to several other software and services companies including Orbitera, Think Big Analytics, Mobiquity and River Meadow Software.

Magstim Group, Inc. [MORRISVILLE, N.C.] announced that it has appointed Lothar Krinke as Chief Executive Officer. Krinke will serve on the Board of Directors of Magstim. His experience is broad, including serving as Vice President of Business Development at Celera Genomics, as well as Vice President in AT Kearney’s New York office and as Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.

Zoosk, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that Kelly Steckelberg, Chief Executive Officer and President, has decided to leave the company for personal reasons. Mike Hodges, a member of Zoosk’s Board of Directors, will be the interim CEO while a search for a permanent CEO is conducted.

White Ops [NEW YORK] announced that Sandeep Swadia has joined the company as CEO. Sandeep brings over 20 years of experience in building and scaling world-class software companies.

Peak Achievement Athletics Inc. [THOUSAND OAKS, CA] announced the appointment of Anthony M. Palma as the Chief Executive Officer of Easton Diamond Sports. In addition to his role as CEO of Easton, Tony will also serve as Co-CEO of Peak with Ed Kinnaly. Tony was previously the CEO of Easton Sports and Easton Bell Sports. Recently, he was the CEO of OGIO International. He has served on several boards including the action sports apparel company, Volcom.

Hexion Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced the planned retirement of Craig O. Morrison, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hexion Inc. Craig A. Rogerson has been elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hexion Inc. Rogerson is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chemtura Corporation. Prior to Chemtura, Rogerson had a 27 year career at Hercules Incorporated serving in various senior management roles including Chief Executive Officer and President. Rogerson serves on the boards of PPL Corporation, the American Chemistry Council, the Society of Chemical Industry, and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

Radiant Ventures [SEATTLE] has named Amit Rikhi as Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served as the National Vice President of Innovation at the American Cancer Society and Chief Business Development Officer at Viome Corp.

First3Years [DALLAS] named Sadie Funk as CEO, a new role for the organization. Funk joined First3Years in April 2013 as Executive Director.

C. Mondavi & Family [NAPA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Judd Wallenbrock as President and CEO. Judd succeeds John Lennon, who has been interim CEO. With this announcement, Judd will also join the Board of Directors. Judd brings more than 35 years of leadership and executive experience in the wine industry with well-known brands including De Loach Vineyards, Jessup Cellars, Michel-Schlumberger and Robert Mondavi, where he held several executive level positions including VP Global Brand Development and VP and General Manager of Robert Mondavi Coastal Winery. Judd is active as a Board member for the Arts Council Napa Valley.

ParkerGale Capital [CHICAGO] announced that it has appointed Rick Noble as Chief Executive Officer of Aircraft Technical Publishers. Most recently, he served as CEO and Executive Chairman of Haights Cross Communications and its subsidiary Triumph Learning LLC. Previously, Noble was the CEO of Blackboard. He was also CEO of Medical Media Holdings and President & CEO of Thomson Healthcare.

DBC Pri-Med, LLC [BOSTON] a division of Diversified Communications, appointed Rick Watson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Watson first joined Pri-Med in 2002 and has held leadership roles in marketing, corporate development and general management. In 2012, Diversified Communications named him Pri-Med’s Chief Marketing Officer.

Good Omen Bottling, Inc. [COTTONWOOD, Ariz.] appointed Steven L. Siegel as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Siegel has held leadership positions with public and privately held companies, including: amazing.com, Vanquish Group, and New York Accessory Group. Siegel has designed, negotiated, and developed licensing, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures involving patentable technology with international companies including: America Online, Deutsche Telekom, Motorola, MSN, Samsung, and www.163.com.

Cloudvirga [IRVINE, Calif.] has named Michael Schreck its chief executive officer. He succeeds cloudvirga co-founder Bill Dallas, who will continue as chairman of cloudvirga’s board of directors. Schreck most recently served as managing director of Altisource Labs and previously held CEO positions at digital publishing firm Zmags and Corrective Solutions. He also co-founded General Catalyst Partners, where he helped develop successful startups including Upromise, SmartBargains, m-Qube and CoreMetrics.

Essendant Inc. [DEERFIELD, Ill.] (NASDAQ: ESND) announced that Richard D. Phillips, Essendant’s Group President of Industrial, has been appointed interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Phillips succeeds Robert B. Aiken, Jr., who has resigned as President and CEO and as a Director. Prior to joining Essendant, Phillips spent 14 years at McKinsey & Company. He previously spent six years at Baxter Healthcare in various finance and sales roles.

Paringa Resources Limited [NEW YORK] announced that it has appointed Grant Quasha, as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Quasha’s previous role was the Chief Commercial Officer of Bowie Resource Partners, LLC. Quasha has extensive experience in the U.S. natural resource sector, having previously been the North American Manager of Corporate and Structured Finance at Trafigura AG and prior to that an investment banker in JPMorgan’s New York Mining and Metals division.

FC Construction Services (FC-CS) [DALLAS, TEXAS] announced the promotion of I. D. Walker to Chief Executive Officer. Walker is replacing co-founder Mark Hinton who will remain active in the role of Director. Walker has been with FC Construction Services for eight years previously serving as Chief Administrative Officer.

Urban Land Institute (ULI) [WASHINGTON] appointed Ralph Boyd as Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross’s Massachusetts region. Boyd has extensive experience as a non-profit CEO, including several years leading the Freddie Mac Foundation. Previously, Boyd was interim President and CEO of the Center City Public Charter Schools in Washington D.C. Prior to that, Boyd held several positions at Freddie Mac, including service as the Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and he served as Corporate EVP for Community Relations.

Mills Fleet Farm [APPLETON, Wis. & BRAINERD, Minn.] announced the appointment of Derick Prelle as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), succeeding Wayne Sales. Derick Prelle joins Mills Fleet Farm from KKR Capstone. Prelle was an Associate Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Retail and Consumer practice. He has led significant transformation efforts at companies including Dollar General, National Vision, Del Monte, Big Heart Pet, Channel Control Merchants and several other retail and consumer goods companies. Wayne Sales will return to Mills Fleet Farm’s Board of Directors and serve as a Special Advisor to the company’s management team.

CECO Environmental Corp. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: CECE) announced that Dennis Sadlowski has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Sadlowski has been acting in the role of interim CEO of CECO since January 24, 2017 and has been a member of the Company’s board of directors since May 2016. Sadlowski previously held a number of senior leadership roles including CEO of Siemens Energy and Automation, COO of LSG Sky Chefs, and CEO of International Battery. Sadlowski also previously worked at General Electric and Thomas & Betts. He continues to serve on the board of directors and audit committee of Trojan Battery.

KPS Global [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced it has named Jeff Clark as Chief Executive Officer. Clark has been Vice Chairman at KPS Global since its formation. He has over 30 years of industry experience, including as the CEO of Anthony International. Clark will remain a member of the KPS Global Board of Directors.

ProVisors [SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Matthew Toledo as Chief Executive Officer. Most recently, Toledo was Publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Business Journal and Group Publisher of California Business Journals. Toledo currently serves on the Boards of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, Town Hall Los Angeles, and Central City Association. Toledo is replacing CEO Nikki Potter, who is returning to her native Australia.

College of American Pathologists (CAP) [NORTHFIELD, Ill.] has appointed Stephen R. Myers as its new CEO. Myers joined the CAP in 2003 as vice president of finance. He became chief administrative and financial officer in 2011 and has served as chief financial and operating officer since 2013. For the past year, Myers also has served as interim CEO.

HDR [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that its Chairman and CEO George A. Little has decided to retire effective December 31, 2017. George recommended Eric L. Keen, as his replacement. Keen currently serves as the firm’s president and chief operating officer. Keen was previously the director of the firm’s transportation group.

Falfurrias Capital Partners [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced that John Comly has joined portfolio company American Safety Council (ASC) as chief executive officer. Comly succeeds Jeff Pairan, who will be assuming the role of non-executive chairman of Orlando-based ASC. Comly previously served as president of several operating units of Red Ventures.

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE: GE) announced that Russell Stokes, current president and CEO of GE Energy Connections, has been named president and CEO of GE Power. He succeeds Steve Bolze, the former president and CEO of GE Power, who has announced his decision to retire. Prior to this role, Stokes was president and CEO of GE Transportation. He has also held senior roles in GE Lighting and GE Aviation.

Litmus [CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SAN MATEO, Calif] has hired Erik Nierenberg as its new CEO. A Litmus board member since 2016, Nierenberg was previously an SVP and GM at Lynda.com and spent more than six years at Salesforce.com in a variety of roles.

Door to Door Organics [LOUISVILLE, Colo.] has named Mike Demko CEO. Demko has extensive experience leading successful marketing and operations teams at companies such as FreshDirect and Priceline. Demko will replace interim CEO Stefan Pepe who was recently named chairman of the board for Door to Door Organics. Prior to joining Door to Door Organics, Demko was COO of GPShopper. Demko also served as vice president of operations for online grocer FreshDirect and vice president of marketing for Priceline.

The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. [COLUMBIA, S.C. & SARASOTA, Fla.] announced that Nan D. Brunson has been appointed full-time President & CEO of Gulfstream and its affiliates, as well as President & CEO of Catawba Insurance Company. Brunson currently serves as Vice President of Business Development at Seibels and interim President & CEO of Gulfstream.

Kenco [CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.] has announced the appointment of Denis Reilly as President and CEO. He succeeds Jane Kennedy Greene, who will continue to serve as Chairwoman of the Board. Reilly most recently served as CEO of St. George Logistics. He previously held executive and senior leadership roles at USA Dry Van Logistics, LLC, GEODIS, MIQ Logistics, and Menlo. Reilly will join the Kenco Board of Directors.

Coursera [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] has appointed Jeff Maggioncalda as its new CEO. Jeff joins Coursera following an 18-year tenure as founding CEO and President of Financial Engines. Jeff started his career with Cornerstone Research.

Mercer Advisors Inc. [SANTA BARBARA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Dave Welling as Chief Executive Officer. Welling succeeds David Barton, who will transition to Vice Chairman and lead the company’s M&A efforts going forward. Since 2016, Welling has served as Co-General Manager of SS&C Advent, a division of SS&C Technologies. Welling joined SS&C in 2015 when the company acquired Advent Software. He joined Advent Software in 2011 where he was serving as CEO.

Patriot Environmental Services [LOS ANGELES] announced that it has appointed Brian Johnson as Chief Executive Officer. Johnson’s career includes prior positions as co-founder, Chief Operating Officer, and President of Vac One Services, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Consolidated Utility Services, and senior vice president of operations for UtiliQuest.

GE [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Kieran Murphy as president and CEO of GE Healthcare. Murphy is currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences. Murphy succeeds John Flannery who has been appointed CEO and chairman elect of GE. Murphy joined GE Healthcare in 2008 from Whatman plc. He has over 20 years’ experience in the global life sciences and biotechnology industry, beginning his career with Janssen Pharmaceutical, a division of Johnson and Johnson, followed by leadership roles with Mallinckrodt, veterinary medicines provider Vericore, Novartis, Adprotech, ML Laboratories and Innovata plc.

Senet [PORTSMOUTH, N.H.] announced it has named Bruce Chatterley as CEO & President. Chatterley has also been elected to Senet’s Board of Directors. Chatterley will succeed Senet CEO & President, George Dannecker. Dannecker made the personal decision to retire after four years with the company.

BDO [CHICAGO & BRUSSELS] announced that Keith Farlinger has been named to succeed Martin van Roekel as CEO of BDO International, Ltd. effective November 1, 2017. Farlinger is the former CEO of BDO Canada and currently serves as CEO of the Americas region on the BDO Global Leadership Team.

Network of Executive Women (NEW) [CHICAGO] has named Sarah Alter president and CEO. Alter was previously the chief marketing officer for General Growth Properties. She served as vice president of Discover Financial Services and vice president for digital sales and marketing at Quill.com.

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE: GE) announced that John Flannery, current President and CEO of GE Healthcare, has been named CEO of the company effective August 1, 2017 and Chairman and CEO effective January 1, 2018. In 2002, Flannery became the President and CEO of GE Equity.

Acts Retirement-Life Communities [WEST POINT, Pa.] appointed Gerald T. Grant as President and Chief Executive Officer. Grant was named to the interim CEO role following the sudden passing of his predecessor, Mark Vanderbeck. Grant has been with Acts for nearly 30 years, most recently serving as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Arch Reinsurance Company [TORONTO] announced that François Dagneau will be appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Arch Reinsurance Company Canada Branch. Dagneau will replace Patrick McGuiness, who is retiring from Arch. Dagneau joins Arch Reinsurance Company’s Canadian operations with more than 25 years of experience, most recently at AON Benfield in Canada.

Clear Guide Medical, Inc. [BALTIMORE] announced that it appointed Bob Cathcart to lead the Baltimore-based Company. Cathcart has worked in sales, marketing and international operations for medical device companies for 33 years, most recently as SVP of Global Sales at Hansen Medical. Cathcart was President and CEO of FlowCo Inc. Cathcart succeeds Dorothee Heisenberg, who is a co-founder of the company and has led Clear Guide Medical since 2014.

CEO Moves – week ending June 2, 2017

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

CEO Moves this week include:

Advanced Health Media, LLC (AHM)	Café Valley	Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
National Real Tax Tracking	Bespoke Extracts, Inc.	Udemy
BrightFunnel	Herbalife	Empire Resorts, Inc.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals	Patterson Companies, Inc.	Protective Life Corporation
Canal Insurance Company	AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation	Hyalex Orthopaedics
Akari Therapeutics	RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.	Dover Saddlery, Inc.
Intellitix	Government Revenue Solutions	MIT Technology Review
Athena Software	Avita Medical Limited	GFT
TEGNA Inc.	Day & Ross Inc.	Max Azria
TDS Telecom	Vested Ventures	Crate and Barrel

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Advanced Health Media, LLC(AHM) [NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J.] announced Christine Croft has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of AHM. Christine has served as SVP & Chief Financial Officer of AHM since October 2013. Prior to joining AHM, Christine spent 11 years in increasingly senior leadership roles at global Life Sciences CRM companies Dendrite International and Cegedim.

Café Valley [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Brian Owens as Chief Executive Officer. Owens succeeds Larry Polhill, Café Valley’s current CEO and President, Polhill will remain serving as President and in his role as counsel to the Board of Directors as Chairman Emeritus. Owens most recently served as CEO of Le Petit Pain. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Business Development at Aryzta AG. He also served as the Co-President of the Il Fornaio Bakery division.

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: BWLD) announced that Sally J. Smith has notified Buffalo Wild Wings of her decision to retire before the end of the year. Smith will continue to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer until the end of the year or until such time as a successor has been named.

National Real Tax Tracking (NRTT) [CHICAGO] announced a strategic investment from a partnership led by John Long, Lewis Hill, and Bill Shaddock. Long, Hill, and Shaddock purchased 50% of NRTT. Long will drive the company’s growth as its new Chief Executive Officer. John Long, was the prior CEO of First American Real Estate Information Services. Long brings over 25 years of corporate and executive leadership to the table, harnessing 40 acquisitions while building up First American’s non-title real estate services division. Long is also the former CEO of First Advantage Corp.

Bespoke Extracts, Inc. [NEW YORK, NY] (OTC PINK: BSPK) announced the appointment of Marc Yahr as the Company’s new President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, succeeding Barry Tenzer, who has elected to retire. Yahr served as the Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller of a large-scale dry cleaning chain. In 2006, he joined L&L International as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 2015, Yahr also served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Lynx Fitness.

Udemy [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] has appointed Kevin H. Johnson as its new chief executive officer. Before joining Udemy, Johnson served as CEO of Ebates Inc. Prior to joining Ebates, Kevin served as president and general manager of Acxiom Digital and spent six years with the Boston Consulting Group. Johnson also co-founded and served as CEO of Passporta.com.

BrightFunnel [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has appointed Christopher Mann as Chief Executive Officer. Chris came to BrightFunnel earlier this year from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, initially as Chief Product Officer. He was previously a product and go-to-market executive at Coremetrics, which was acquired by IBM. In 2010, Chris joined a startup called Bizo.

Herbalife [LOS ANGELES] (NYSE: HLF) announced the official transition of Richard P. Goudis as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in succession to Michael O. Johnson who will now assume the position of Executive Chairman of the Company. Goudis has more than 18 years of experience in the field of nutrition with 13 years as part of the Herbalife Nutrition management team serving as COO since 2010 and CFO from 2004 to 2009.

Empire Resorts, Inc. [MONTICELLO, N.Y.] (NASDAQGM: NYNY) announced that its Chief Executive Officer Joseph D’Amato has retired from the Company and the Board of Directors. The Company also announced that its current President and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Eller has been appointed CEO, and will retain the title of President.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] announced that Paul Navarre has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Aaron Graff, who has been appointed to a global role as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Ferring Group Executive Board. Navarre joins Ferring from Allergan, where he was President of Allergan International. Before joining Allergan, Navarre spent 15 years at Procter & Gamble, during this time, he held positions of increasing responsibility in France, the USA, Switzerland, Italy and the UK.

Patterson Companies, Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: PDCO) announced that Scott P. Anderson, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, will step down from those roles. Anderson will continue to serve as a Director until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, but will not stand for re-election to the Board. James W. Wiltz, a current director and the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and remain on the Board.

Protective Life Corporation [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. announced it has elected Richard J. Bielen as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Bielen joined Protective in 1991 as Vice President, Securities. He became Chief Investment Officer in 2002 and then named Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer in 2007. Bielen became a member of Protective’s Board of Directors in 2015. In 2016 he was named President and Chief Operating Officer

Canal Insurance Company [GREENVILLE, S.C.] announced the retirement of David Pauly, President and Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Paul Brocklebank to succeed Pauly as Canal’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Pauly will continue to serve on the Board and Brocklebank will be joining the Canal Board of Directors. Joining Canal in June 2010, Brocklebank has previously served as the Company’s Chief Underwriting Officer and, more recently, as its Chief Operating Officer. He previously held senior roles at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Royal Sun Alliance, and Sompo Japan America.

AmpliPhi Biosciences Corporation [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE MKT: APHB) announced the appointment of Paul C. Grint as Chief Executive Officer. Grint has served on the Company’s board of directors since November 2015. M. Scott Salka has resigned as CEO and director of AmpliPhi, and will serve as a consultant to the Company during a transition period. Grint previously served as President and CEO of Regulus Therapeutics Inc. Prior to Regulus, he was President of Cerexa, Inc. He previously served in senior management roles at Forest Research Institute, Kalypsys, Inc., Pfizer Inc., IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Schering-Plough Corporation. Grint is a director of the private biotechnology companies Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Synedgen, Inc.

Hyalex Orthopaedics [BOSTON] has appointed Mira Sahney as president and CEO of Hyalex Orthopaedics. Prior to joining Hyalex, Sahney was the senior vice president and general manager of the ENT and Gynecology divisions at Smith & Nephew. Prior to Smith & Nephew, she was president and co-founder of Myomo, Inc..

Akari Therapeutics [NEW YORK & LONDON] (NASDAQ: AKTX) announced the resignation of Gur Roshwalb, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. In the interim, Ray Prudo will continue to act as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. [DENVER ] (NYSE: RMAX) announced the appointment of Chief Operating Officer (COO) Adam Contos to RE/MAX Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-CEO), sharing responsibilities with Co-Founder and now Co-CEO Dave Liniger. Contos joined RE/MAX in 2004 working with offices in the Mountain States Region and was promoted to the Region’s Vice President the following year. Between 2007 and 2013 he served as Region Vice President first for the California & Hawaii Region and later the RE/MAX Florida Region. He was promoted to Vice President, Region Development, in 2013 and then to Senior Vice President, Marketing, in February 2015. And in 2016, Contos was named Chief Operating Officer

Dover Saddlery, Inc. [ LITTLETON, Mass.] announced that Brad Wolansky has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors. Most recently, Wolansky was (interim) Chief Digital Officer at Performance Sports Group via Boston’s B2C Partners. Previously, Brad was President, Consumer Direct, and President, Fundraising as well as Chief Marketing Officer for Yankee Candle, part of Newell Brands. Prior to joining Yankee Candle, Brad was CEO of The Golf Warehouse for Redcats USA and spent over 10 years with The Orvis Company, and most recently was VP of Global E-Commerce. Wolansky was also Director of E-Commerce Merchandising for Wilson’s Leather, spent time at L.L. Bean, has engineered two start-ups, and for ten years ran a family-owned group of luggage and gift stores.

Intellitix [TORONTO] announced the appointment of its new President and Chief Executive Officer, Carlo Chiarello. In his previous position, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Lazaridis Institute. Prior to the Lazaridis Institute, he was the Chief Product Officer/COO at Powermat Technologies Ltd. Chiarello worked for 11 years in several executive roles scaling BlackBerry – most recently as the Executive Vice President of the BlackBerry Handset Division.

Government Revenue Solutions (GRS) [HERNDON, Va.] announced the appointment of Paul Colangelo as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In joining GRS, Colangelo will assume leadership of the company. Prior to joining GRS, Colangelo served as President and COO at Library Systems & Services.

MIT Technology Review [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced a change in executive leadership. Jason Pontin has stepped down as editor in chief and publisher. Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau takes on the role of CEO and publisher of MIT Technology Review.

Athena Software [WATERLOO, ON] announced Geoff Bellew as its new CEO. Geoff joins Athena from Communitech, where he is currently serving as a senior strategic advisor to a wide variety of growing tech companies in Waterloo Region. Geoff brings over 40 years of experience as a senior executive in financial services and technology, and serves as a director and chair of a wide variety of not-for-profit and social enterprise organizations, including Grand River Hospital and Habitat for Humanity.

Avita Medical Limited (VALENCIA, Calif. & PERTH, Australia & CAMBRIDGE, England) [ASX: AVH; OTCQX: AVMXY] has appointed Michael (Mike) Perry as its new Chief Executive Officer. Perry has been an Avita non-executive director since February 2013. His former executive role was Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Global Business Development and Licensing for Novartis AG. From 2014-16, Perry served as Chief Scientific Officer of Novartis’ Cell and Gene Therapy Unit. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of the Inegtrated Hospital Care Franchise and Global Head of Stem Cell Therapy for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Perry, has previously served as the Global Head of R&D for the Bioscience Division of Baxter Healthcare, President and CEO of Cell & Gene Therapy for Novartis subsidiaries Systemix Inc. and Genetic Therapy Inc., Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Sandoz Pharma and Syntex Corp, Director of Regulatory Affairs for Schering-Plough Corp, and Chairman, CEO or CMO for several early stage biotech companies. He also previously served as a venture partner with Bay City Capital, LLC. He presently serves as a director of listed companies Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and AmpliPhi Biosciences Corp and holds academic affiliations with the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and with the Houston Methodist Research Institute. Perry also serves as a director and operating partner of Bioscience Managers Pty Ltd.

GFT [NEW YORK] has appointed Marika Lulay as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Most recently serving as GFT Chief Operating Officer. GFT was founded by departing CEO Ulrich Dietz.

TEGNA Inc. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: TGNA) announced that it has completed the previously announced spin-off of Cars.com, creating two publicly traded companies: TEGNA, and Cars.com. Upon the completion of the spin-off, Dave Lougee, president of TEGNA Media, was named president and CEO and joined TEGNA’s Board of Directors. Gracia Martore, president and CEO of TEGNA, retired and stepped down from the Board. Prior to becoming president and CEO, Lougee was president of TEGNA Media. Lougee was named president of Gannett Broadcasting in July 2007 and previously served as executive vice president, media operations for Belo. At Belo, he also served as senior vice president; president and general manager of TV and cable operations in Seattle/Tacoma; and news director at KING in Seattle/Tacoma. Before that, Lougee was vice president, news at WRC, and vice president, news director at KUSA in Denver. Lougee is also deeply committed to the industry at large.

Day & Ross Inc. [HARTLAND, NB] announced that Bill Doherty has been appointed as its new President and CEO, succeeding John Doucet who will retire from the role. Bill joined Day & Ross October 2016 as part of the leadership transition plan. Bill joined FedEx in 1984, during his tenure with FedEx; Bill held numerous progressive positions including Managing Director Northeast District (air & ground), Managing Director Retail Operations, and VP Global Operations. In addition to his 25-year career with FedEx, Bill held executive-level roles with Greatwide Logistics Services, Omniflight Helicopters Inc., New Breed Logistics, Inc., Warehouse86 Ventures, LLC, and Transervice Logistics Inc.

ZappLight [LOS ANGELES] and its parent company Clean Concept LLC announced Max Azria has joined as CEO and partner.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [MADISON, WIS.] (NYSE: TDS) TDS Telecom’s parent company, announced James W. Butman, currently chief operating officer (COO) at TDS Telecom, will succeed retiring TDS Telecom President and CEO David A. Wittwer at the end of 2017. Wittwer will continue to serve as a member of the TDS Board of Directors.

Vested Ventures [NEW YORK] announced Eric Hazard has joined Vested, as CEO.

Crate and Barrel [NORTHBROOK, Ill.] confirmed that CEO Doug Diemoz has left the company to pursue his next challenge. Crate and Barrel Board Chair Neela Montgomery will become the new CEO effective August 1, 2017.

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