Laura O'Donnell, has been appointed VP and general counsel for GE Healthcare. O’Donnell joined GE in 2009 and has held a series of leadership roles in GE Healthcare including general counsel for Global Services & Privacy and chief compliance counsel. Prior to GE, she served as chief compliance officer at Zimmer Holdings USA and was a partner at Faegre, Baker & Daniels.

TangramCare Co-Founder and CEO To Step Down From Allscripts’ Board

Anita V. Pramoda, 40, a member of the board of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, will not stand for re-election when her term expires at the company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Pramoda is a Co-Founder of TangramCare and serves as its CEO. She serves as an Executive Advisor of Technology Crossover Ventures.

Press Ganey Holdings Announces Board Appointments        

Press Ganey Holdings, that provides patient satisfaction surveys, management reports, and national comparative databases for the integrated health care delivery system, announced that John P. Driscoll and John Glaser, PhD have been appointed to its board of directors. Driscoll is CEO and a member of the board of directors of Care Centrix.

Glaser is SVP, Population Health, at Cerner Corporation.

HMS Holdings Announces Couple of Executive Appointments       

HMS Holdings, the provider of the broadest range of cost containment solutions in the healthcare industry to help payers improve performance, named Meredith Bjorck as EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; and David Alexander as VP, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer. Bjorck joins the company from Tuesday Morning Corporation, where she served as SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, responsible for establishing its first legal department.

Alexander joins HMS from Alcon Laboratories, where he served as Head, US and Canada Integrity and Compliance, and Director of Global Integrity & Compliance, Pharmaceuticals.

Omnicell Initiates Organizational Realignment to Increase Strategic and Operational Focus          Christopher Drew

Omnicell is realigning its organization to continue its growth strategy of offering differentiated products, expanding into new markets and increasing its presence through acquisitions. In the new organizational structure, Christopher Drew has been named President, North American Automation and Analytics, and Rob Seim has been named President, Global Automation and Medication Adherence. Randall A. Lipps, founder of Omnicell, continues to lead the overall business strategy of the Company in his role as Omnicell Chairman, President, and CEO.

Evolent Health Elects Michael D'Amato as Director

Evolent Health, The Advisory Board Company backed firm, elected Michael D'Amato, 61, as a director. Since June 2011, D'Amato has served as Managing Partner of Sears Road Partners. Prior to that, he served as Senior Advisor to Jeff Zients, the Federal Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget, was a Founding Partner of Portfolio Logic, held various executive roles at The Advisory Board Company, including CFO, EVP and Director. Prior to joining The Advisory Board Company, he held various roles at the management consulting firm Bain & Company, including Senior Partner.

Robert W. Musslewhite, 45, gave notice of his resignation as a member of board of directors. Musslewhite serves as chairman and CEO of The Advisory Board Company.

Castlight Health Announces Resignation of SAP Exec from Board  

S. Steven Singh, 54, a member of the Board of healthcare information company Castlight Health, resigns from the Board. Singh is leaving the Board to focus on his expanded commitments to SAP SE, where he is Head of The Business Network Group & Member of Executive Board. He joined SAP as part of SAP s acquisition of Concur in December 2014. He has been CEO of Concur Technologies since 1996 and its Chairman since 1999.

Streamline Health Solutions Appoints SVP and Chief Growth Officer from Influence Health

Streamline Health Solutions, the provider of transformational data-driven solutions for healthcare organizations, appointed Shaun Priest as SVP and Chief Growth Officer. Priest was most recently SVP of Strategic Accounts & Business Development at Influence Health, where he worked directly with their client base of over 1,000 hospitals.

Certive Solutions Hires Chief Internal Legal Counsel

Certive Solutions, the cloud provider of claims audit and recovery solutions in the revenue cycle management solutions to United States’ hospitals, appointed Michael Miller as Chief Internal Legal Counsel. Miller has nearly 40 years' experience in the legal profession serving as General Counsel to a major medical enterprise. He also served in senior management capacities for risk management firms and international insurance brokers and created environmental insurance programs for large investment banks. Miller has been retained by state insurance regulators to consult in insurance company receiverships.

EMS Find Announces Board Resignations    

EMS Find announced that, upon termination of his term as a director, Daniel Grillo resigned as a director of the company, and Johnny Falcones resigned as a director of the company and was appointed the CEO and a director of Black River in connection with the sale of the Viva Entertainment subsidiary to Black River Petroleum Corp.

Greenway Health Announces CEO Changes 

Greenway Health, the vendor for Healthcare IT and revenue cycle services, named Scott Zimmerman its new CEO. Zimmerman succeeds Tee Green, co-founder and former CEO of the company, will remain in a full-time role as executive chairman. Prior to joining the company, Zimmerman was president of TeleVox. He has also held positions at Merck, Boston Scientific and GE Healthcare.

Sharecare Appoints its First EVP of Enterprise and Board Member  

Health and wellness engagement platform Sharecare has appointed health industry veterans Howard Gruverman and Ken Goulet to scale the company's rapidly growing employer business. With nearly 30 years serving the benefits industry and a focus on healthcare delivery systems, Gruverman has been appointed Sharecare's first EVP of enterprise; and Goulet will apply his more than 35 years of experience growing and leading large health plan organizations on Sharecare's board of directors. To join Sharecare, Gruverman departs Wells Fargo as its SVP of national accounts.

Most recently EVP of Commercial and Specialty Business Division at Anthem, Goulet brings another important dimension to Sharecare's seasoned board of directors.

Millennium Health Appoints its Chairman and Former EDS CEO to Combined Chair/CEO RolesRonald A. Rittenmeyer

Provider of personalized medicine counsel and targeted health solutions, Millennium Health, named Chairman Ronald A. Rittenmeyer to Chairman and CEO. Rittenmeyer will replace Brock Hardaway who has led the company since 2013. Rittenmeyer has an extensive background leading companies to profitable growth and market leadership. He is the retired chairman, president and CEO of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) having successfully sold that company to Hewlett Packard in 2008. Prior to joining Millennium Health's Board, he served as chairman, president and CEO of Expert Global Solutions.

Healthwise Appoints Former Exec as New CEO      

The Healthwise board of directors named Robert (Bob) Kyte to be the next CEO of the health content and patient education solutions company. Kyte will succeed founder and CEO Donald W. Kemper upon his retirement. Kyte returns to Healthwise after spending the last six years as president of the nonprofit Adventist Risk Management. He was also president and CEO of GENCON Insurance Company, an affiliate of Adventist Risk Management.

Date Range: March 21st - April 26th

GE Healthcare Appoints Digital Chief          

Charles Koontz, joins GE as VP and chief digital officer for GE Healthcare. Before joining GE, Koontz served as the VP and general manager of healthcare at CSC.

PepsiCo Appoints Agrium CIO Jody Davids to Replace Robert Dixon as CIOJody Davids

PepsiCo named Jody Davids SVP and global CIO.  She replaces Robert Dixon, who retired after more than eight years at the company. Most recently, Davids spent two years as CIO at Canadian fertilizer company Agrium. She has held CIO roles at Best Buy and Cardinal Health, and other technology positions at Nike, Apple and General Electric.

UPS Promotes Company Veteran as New CIO         

UPS announced Juan R. Perez,is named CIO replacing Chief Information and Global Business Services Officer Dave Barnes, who elected to retire after 38 years with the company.  Barnes will continue with UPS through June 30, 2016 to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities.

Perez is a long-time UPS employee who most recently served as SVP of technology. He has spent 26 years at the company beginning as an intern in Los Angeles in 1990. Over the years he has worked in operations, industrial engineering, quality and technology. He also spent eight months driving a UPS truck.

UBS Group Realigns Senior Leadership         

UBS Group AG reorganized the senior ranks of its operations group, naming Axel Lehmann its new COO. Group CIO Oliver Bussmann departs among other management changes. Lehmann will act as head of IT until a replacement is named. Before joining UBS in 2013, Bussmann was CIO of enterprise technology vendor SAP.

Ben Crystal was appointed to the newly created role of head of fintech for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Crystal, who has previously covered fintech sub-sectors such as technology-enabled lenders, will help coordinate the bank's coverage across EMEA business services, financial firms and technology, media and telecoms.

BNY Mellon Appoints Goldman Sachs Tech Exec as Head of Application Platform and Services Group   

BNY Mellon has named John Weir head of its newly formed Application Platform and Services group, a unit of the company's Client Technology Solutions organization. Weir is responsible for delivering common enabling technologies that enhance the productivity of application developers, particularly on the company's new NEXEN digital platform. He was previously the global head of Middleware Engineering at Goldman Sachs where he provided the firm's application development teams with the tools, platforms and services required to accelerate solution delivery.

Tesla Motors’ CIO Left to Form New Stealth Startup

Jay Vijayan has left his job as the CIO at Tesla Motors to begin working on a stealth startup. He officially left the company in January and started his new role as founder and CEO about a month ago.

Capgemini Names André França as VP of Infrastructure and Outsourcing Services André França Cardoso

Capgemini named André França Cardoso as VP of infrastructure and outsourcing services (IOS). Previously, he was Director , Latin America Outsourcing base growth at IBM.

Suncorp Group CIO Resigns  

Suncorp Group Limited announced the resignation of CIO Matt Pancino. Pancino has worked for Suncorp since 2010 in various roles, most recently as CIO with responsibility for digital enablement, cloud and infrastructure services, programs, and innovation labs. He has been instrumental in delivering Suncorp's Simplification program and technology projects across Suncorp's businesses.

Lenovo Group Looks for a Permanent CTO  

Lenovo's chief of technology Peter Hortensius will entirely take up his new role, heading technology and strategy for the firms new Data Center Group, while previous CTO and present head of Lenovo Capital and Investment Group (LCIG) George He will become acting CTO while the firm looks for a permanent leader in that designation.

Nordstrom Names Former Bazaarvoice and Amazon Exec as CTO 

Kumar Srinivasan has joined Nordstrom as CTO. In this new role, Srinivasan will focus on identifying opportunities to reduce complexity while optimizing engineering and software productivity and effectiveness across four Nordstrom Technology teams that support the company's Service & Experience, Loyalty & Marketing, Engineering and Supply Chain initiatives. Srinivasan was previously co-founder and CEO of Evocalize; chief product & technology officer for Bazaarvoice; and VP, GM at Amazon, where he led Amazon Payments Merchant Solutions.

58.com Appoints Hongyu Xing as CTO         

58.com named Hongyu Xing as CTO. Mr. Hongyu Xing has more than 10 years of experience in the Internet industry. Xing joined 58.com in 2015 as a SVP. Prior to joining the Company, he held various positions at Tencent including General Manager in charge of search products, network and media products and WeChat.

Centene Corporation Appoints CIO from Acquired Subsidiary Health Net  

Centene Corporation appointed Mark Brooks to SVP and CIO. Brooks will oversee the development and implementation of all IT and systems. Most recently, he was CIO for Health Net, the publicly traded managed care organization that became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene in March. He held several roles during this tenure including CTO and VP of Applications Development.

A. O. Smith Promotes VP, Business Transformation to CIO

A. O. Smith Corporation appointed Peter R. Martineau as SVP and CIO. In his new role, Martineau will be responsible for all of A. O. Smith's global business systems and will lead the newly created Business and Technology Solutions organization. Martineau has served as VP, business transformation since January 2013. 

Martineau replaces Randall Bednar, who retired after serving for 15 years as CIO of the Milwaukee-based water technology company.

Aberdeen Asset Management Names Head of Digital          

Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed AXA Elevate's Martin Jennings to the newly created role of head of digital. Jennnings will be responsible for the newly acquired Parmenion. He will also develop and implement a business plan for Aberdeen to take advantage of new technology. He will also oversee Aberdeen's partnership with pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson to launch a retail saving guidance technology called 'GO'. Jennings was previously chief executive of FNZ in the UK and Australia, and before that was managing director of AXA's Elevate platform.

Aqua America Hires CIO From Atlas Energy Group Whitney S. Kellett

Aqua America hired Whitney S. Kellett as its new CIO. In her new position, Kellett will oversee IT systems and platforms for the corporation and its subsidiaries. Kellett, has more than 20 years of experience in IT and strategic integration. She spent the last four years as VP of IT at Atlas Energy Group.

Assurant Names Verizon Enterprise Solutions Exec as CTO

Assurant appointed Ajay Waghray to the role of CTO and to the company’s management committee. In this newly created role, Waghray will drive technology strategy and align IT with business objectives across Assurant’s global enterprise. Most recently, Waghray served as CIO of Verizon Enterprise Solutions.

WellCare Hires New CIO from Anthem

WellCare Health Plans appointed Darren Ghanayem as SVP, CIO. Prior to joining WellCare, Ghanayem spent more than 15 years with Anthem, formerly WellPoint, where he provided leadership for a broad variety of technology initiatives. Most recently, he served as VP of business transformation, where he delivered innovative solutions to improve health care for members and providers.

U.S. Postal Service Gets New CIO

The U.S. Postal Service appointed Kristin Seaver as EVP and CIO. Seaver succeeds Randy Miskanic, who was named acting CIO in April 2015. He will return to his former position as USPS’ chief information security officer and digital solutions VP, where he led efforts to strengthen information systems and accelerate digital product development. Seaver was previously VP for area operations in the Capital Metro Area.

FBI Elevates Internal Exec as CIO

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has named agency insider Gordon Bitko as its new CIO. Bitko, who begins as CIO this month, has been with the agency since 2007, including for the past year as chief of the Support Services Transformation Office. He replaces former CIO Jerry Pender, who left the agency in August to join an investment management firm.

Tribune Media Announces Digital Executive Appointments 

Tribune Media Company announced the recent appointment of two key executives charged with extending the company's record-breaking digital growth across its media properties. Former NowThis and Vice Media executive Steven Belser was named Head of Creative Strategy, responsible for launching new editorial franchises and digital business development across all Tribune Media platforms. Belser joins Tribune Media from NowThis Media, and was previously the Head of Production at Vice Media.

 Tribune Broadcasting veteran Steve Baron was named Head of Product & Engineering, responsible for the development of new products and software across the company's media brands. Before becoming VP of Digital Content and Technology at Tribune Broadcasting, Baron was VP of Interactive Content for Local TV.

FICO Appoints Former Salesforce Exec to Chief Information Office           

FICO has appointed Claus Moldt as CIO. Prior to joining FICO, Moldt was CEO of mPath. Before that he was the global CIO and SVP of service delivery at Salesforce. He previously held leadership positions at eBay, Oracle and Loudcloud.

Visteon Appoints CTO From Elektrobit Automotive

Visteon appointed Markus Schupfner as CTO. Schupfner will lead advanced technology development, especially in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving.  Schupfner has more than 20 years of experience leading software development for global automotive suppliers, primarily serving high-end vehicle manufacturers. Schupfner joins Visteon from Elektrobit Automotive GmbH, where since 2014 he has been EVP of operations, after serving four years as VP of Elektrobit infotainment solutions.

 Associated Bank Appoints FIS Exec as New VP, Solutions Architect          

Associated Bank has appointed Joel Barnes as the new VP, solutions architect. With 18 years of banking industry experience, Barnes formerly held the position of global banking service delivery manager with Fidelity National Information Services. In this role he oversaw strategic customer core-banking integrations during the Metavante merger. Recently he led the enterprise integrations product development business, delivering next-generation integration solutions based on open standards and technologies.

GoDaddy CTO and Cloud Leader Resigns

GoDaddy announced that Elissa E. Murphy resigned as CTO and EVP, Cloud Platform. Murphy is a former Yahoo! Executive who joined GoDaddy in 2013. She will be joining Google.

GoDaddy CIO and infrastructure officer Arne Josefsberg will take over Murphy’s position. Josefsberg joined the company in 2014 after serving as enterprise cloud company ServiceNow and, prior to that, a 26-year career with Microsoft.

GVC Holdings Creates Chief Product Officer Role

GVC Holdings appointed Liron Snir to the newly created role of Chief Product Officer. Liron, the former VP of Product and Strategy of Playtech, is recognized as one of the foremost product and technology experts in the online gaming industry having worked in the industry for sixteen years. As VP of Customer Relations for over six years Liron managed Playtech's customer portfolio and supported the business' growth.

Mellanox Technologies Announces Several Tech Executive Changes           

Mellanox Technologies announced the promotion of Erez Cohen, to VP, Cloud Program; Yaron Gepstein, to VP, Software. In addition, the company has also promoted Ofer Ezra to the position of Senior Principal Engineer of Layout Design; Aviad Raveh, to Senior Principal Architect, Software; and Ran Ravid to Senior Principal Chip Design Engineer.

Erez Cohen, VP of the Mellanox Cloud Program, joined Mellanox in August, 2000 and has more than 17 years of related high tech experience. Erez is responsible for the Mellanox Cloud activities.

Yaron Gepstein, VP of Software, joined Mellanox in August, 2000 as a design engineer in the Silicon group.

Ofer Ezra, Senior Principal Engineer of CAD and Layout Design, joined the Company in 1999 as an engineer to lead a new layout design team. Ezra has more than 27 years of experience. Prior to joining Mellanox, he spent nine years at Intel as a Layout Manager and one year at Tower as a Senior CAD Engineer. Ezra is currently responsible for the CAD, digital and analog layout for all of the Mellanox ICs and for all company EDA tools.

Aviad Raveh, Senior Principal Architect for Switch Software, has more than 22 years of experience in the communication industry and joined Mellanox in September 2009 as an architect managing the switch software architecture team. In April 2014, he was promoted to Principal Architect. Prior to working for Mellanox, he was the CTO and Founder of Automation Lifestyle, a start-up focused on uPNP-based home appliances.

Ran Ravid, Senior Principal Chip Design Engineer at Mellanox, has 15 years of experience. He joined Mellanox in 2001 with responsibility for all the chip design roles primarily in the Layer 1, 2 area. He is currently responsible for Layers 1 and 2 for all Mellanox products including switches, HCAs and FPGA as well as for analog logic verification in all products.

Proto Labs Sees CTO Changes          

Proto Labs announced the hiring of Richard Baker as its CTO. Baker will replace Donald G. Krantz, who announced his intention to retire. Dr. Krantz intends to continue to serve in his current capacities while an orderly transition is accomplished.

SKYCITY Appoints CIO From Meridian Energy     Glen McLatchie

New Zealand based SKYCITY Entertainment Group has announced that Glen McLatchie has commenced as CIO. Glen was CIO for Meridian Energy from 2010 to 2016 and has previously held senior positions with Contact Energy and BP.

PRA Group Names CTO and Assistant VP, Technology Services     

PRA Group announced that Chris Burroughs has been named CTO. Burroughs has more than 25 years of experience in IT. Her previous roles include VP of IT infrastructure and architecture, Americas Zone for Allianz Global Assistance, network manager for McGuire Woods and IT director for Circuit City Stores.

Gary Ochs has been named assistant VP, technology services. Ochs was senior manager, data center operations for the company before being promoted to his current position. His previous roles include director, IT operations for the Americas for Cegedim Group, senior network engineer for ProSoft, and network engineer and exchange administrator for CACI Field Services.

Marketo Appoints IBM Exec as Chief Scientist        

Marketo appointed Shankar Venkataraman as chief scientist. Venkataraman joins Marketo from IBM where he was CTO for the IBM Analytics Platform. He is a distinguished technology leader and pioneer of the streaming database architecture. As chief scientist, he will set the future vision for the company's platform architecture and marketing analytics, and advise customers on how to reach their customers effectively at scale.

International Personal Finance Appoints AmEx CTO for MEA as New CIO           

International Personal Finance has appointed Chris Robinson as the new CIO. Chris, who joined the company in March, will be responsible for leading the digital transformation of the business. Chris joins IPF from American Express, where he held the role of VP and CTO for the Middle East and Africa.

Investment Technology Group Names Managing Director and Head of Global Technology Architecture  

Saro Jahani has joined Investment Technology Group as managing director and head of global technology architecture. Prior to joining Investment Technology Group, Jahani was CIO of trueEX Group.

GFT Appoints New Head of Application Simplification Practice

GFT SE has appointed Tim Brazier as a new head of application simplification practice. Tim joins GFT from the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he was MD of Application Simplification. He has over 10 years' experience working in consultancy as both a practice head and COO at Thales Information Systems and Catalyst Ltd.

Stallergenes Greer Taps Zoetis Tech Exec as Global Head of IT      

Stallergenes Greer appointed Daniel Smith as Global Head of IT. Daniel joins Stallergenes Greer after six years at Zoetis formerly Pfizer Pharmaceuticals International where he was responsible for driving innovation in global infrastructure business technology programs, including pharma-focused enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, digital e-commerce, and sales force support platforms.

inContact CTO/CSO Departs

Julian Critchfield, EVP and Chief Technology & Security Officer, is leaving inContact. He joined the company in 2014, from GE Healthcare, where he was CTO & GM of Cloud & Enterprise Platform Systems.

Westinghouse Electric Hires CIO From ATK

Westinghouse Electric Co. has tapped corporate IT veteran Jeff Kubacki as its new CIO. Kubacki, who was also named as a VP, has more than 30 years of experience as an enterprise technology executive, most recently as a SVP and CIO for the past five years at Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, the U.S. ammunition maker. He was previously CIO at risk-consulting firm Kroll.

USAA Hires Kimberly-Clark CIO for Similar Role, Kimberly-Clark Looks for Permanent ReplacementJennifer Sepull

Jennifer Sepull, former CIO at Kimberly-Clark, has joined financial services firm USAA as CIO. She started in late February and replaces Greg Schwartz, who retired after 30 years at USAA. Sarah Jansen, senior director in the IT program management office at Kimberly-Clark, is interim leader of IT while the company searches for a replacement.

New Jersey State CIO Steps Down

New Jersey State CIO Steven Emanuel is stepping down and returning to the private sector. Emanuel, who leaves the state’s top IT post after more than four years, is expected to be taking an executive position at infrastructure-as-a-service firm Alliant Technologies. He had previously been CIO for Montgomery County, for four years, and Amtrak for more than nine years.

Date Range: March 21st - April 26th

• CHROs on Boards: We are seeing an increasing number of HR execs on Fortune 1000 boards, or getting professional director’s training (like with the NACD). 
• ​CHROs - Open Roles / Successors not Announced: We also examine roles that may still be open, e.g. where there was an announcement of a departure but no apparent successor. CHRO Open Roles
• CHRO Promotions  & other interesting role extensions:​CHRO & HR Function Appointments in the Fortune 1000 - announcement details
  • CHROs getting promoted to beyond the Human Resources/ People functions, such as CAO, Shared Services or even President/ GM, as well as a variety of different  functions.
  • Some other interesting roles paired with HR include:  Environment, health & sustainability; corporate communications (internal & external); investor relations; external affairs; & others.
• ​CHRO & HR Function Appointments in the Fortune 1000 - announcement details

But before we go to these appointments, Vell Executive Search looked at  711 corporate heads of HR in Fortune 1000 companies, we find that women make a slight majority of the HR heads.

In terms of revenue size, women’s average revenue size is $15.5 billion while men are around $14 billion. On the median side, women’s average revenue is $5.54 billion while men’s is $5.64 billion. 

For the corporate heads of HR whose age in known, 240 men and 278 women, men’s average and median age is about 54 and women’s average and median is about 52. The range of ages is wider for men, from 37 to 79,  while women are from 39 to 65. Herbert Theodore,79, is the VP HR for  Telephone Data Systems, out of Chicago, IL. On the men’s side, there are 7 others in addition over the age of 65, including one 72. The youngest, 37, is also a man David Silverman at Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH).

Women have less of a range, but there are four women under 40 (all 39), and  one man under 40 (37). As a percentage, the pipeline skews to the younger end: 33% of the 278 women were aged 40-49 (as opposed to 25% of men) and 52% of women were aged 50-59 vs. 56% of the men.

Comments, advice, corrections are greatly appreciated. 

Thanks again and all the best,
Dora Vell
Managing Partner, Vell Executive Search
617-416-9088 (cell) – email: dora@vell.com

About Vell Executive Search

We specialize in situating tech executives on leadership teams and on boardss.

We are a team of retained search veterans, with experience in larger search firms & boutique search firms. Vell Executive Search has been in business since 2005 and  is a certified Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) - by the NWBOC in the US and the SOMWBA in Massachusetts. 

Functional roles include:

• Board Members / Chairmen / Lead Directors
• CEO/COO and General Manager
• Chief Financial Officers
• Sales, Marketing & Product Management Executives
• CTO, CIOs, CISOs & Engineering Executives

If you need a sample spec & key questions to ask yourself in defining a certain role, do reach out to dora@vell.com. Happy to share.

CHROs on Boards - Announcements in the Past 12 Months 

• Carlisle Companies reported that Corrine D. Ricard, Senior Vice President, Human Resources of the Mosaic Company, has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
• Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (OTCPK: FMCC) - Lance F. Drummond was elected as a director on the company's board. Drummond is a senior business leader with extensive experience specializing in business transforming strategy development and execution, operations, technology and process re-engineering. Drummond served as EVP, operations and technology for TD Canada Trust from 2011 to 2014. Prior to joining TD, he was EVP of human resources and shared services at Fiserv Inc. from 2009 to 2011.
• On September 15, 2015, the Board of Oshkosh Corporation appointed Mr. Steven C. Mizell to the Board's Human Resources Committee, which is the only committee of the board to which he has been appointed to date. Mr. Mizell currently serves as EVP and CHRO of Monsanto Company.
• Freddie Mac announced that Lance F. Drummond was elected as a director on the company's board. Drummond is a senior business leader with extensive experience specializing in business transforming strategy development and execution, operations, technology and process re-engineering. Drummond served as EVP, operations and technology for TD Canada Trust from 2011 to 2014. Prior to joining TD, he was EVP of human resources and shared services at Fiserv Inc. from 2009 to 2011
• Whiting Petroleum Corporation announced that it has appointed Carin S. Knickel to the company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Knickel served as VP, Human Resources of ConocoPhillips Inc. from 2003 until her retirement in 2012. She has 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry beginning her career with Conoco in 1979, serving in the United States and Europe in executive, operations management, marketing, planning and business.
• On September 10, 2015, the Board of Directors of Vectren Corporation elected Teresa J. Tanner as a new board member. Tanner is currently EVP, chief administrative officer at Fifth Third Bank. The recently promoted Tanner has led the Human Capital function of more than 300 human resources (HR) professionals since 2010 as the EVP and CHRO
• Jose Tomas, EVP and CHRO, Anthem, has become a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Fellow, the level of credentialing for corporate directors and corporate governance professionals.

Departures announced / No successors announced

• CSC - The senior executive responsible for rolling out some of Computer Sciences Corp.'s most contentious workforce policies has moved on. Donna Lesch, who served as CSC's CHRO, resigned at the end of March. He did not respond to an inquiry about her replacement, and no HR chief is listed on the company's website
• Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (3/16) - Paula S. Larson, the company's EVP and CHRO, agreed that she would depart from the company effective June 30, 2016. Until the Separation Date, Ms. Larson will assist with the transition of her work duties to her successor. In connection with her departure, the company and Ms. Larson entered into a separation agreement and general release pursuant to which she agreed to a customary release and restrictive covenants.
• France Gingras, SVP of Human Resources of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. will serve as Acting EVP.
• On March 28, 2016, Avaya Inc. announced that Roger C. Gaston stepped down from the position of SVP, Human Resources effective as of March 31, 2016 (the Termination Date"). Mr.  Gaston is no longer an employee of the Company.
• Activision Blizzard - As of April 6, 2016, Humam Sakhnini transitioned from serving as the Chief Strategy and Talent Officer of Activision Blizzard, Inc. to serving as the Chief Financial Officer of King Digital Entertainment Limited, at which point he ceased to be an executive officer of the Company.
• Victoria Vezina, the Vice President, Human Resources of Skyworks Solutions Inc. ceased to be employed by the company effective July 21, 2015. Laura A. Gasparini , 65, has been Vice President of Human Resources at Skyworks Solutions Inc. since August 2015.  It is unclear as to whether this is a permanent role.
• Ryerson Holding Corporation announced that CHRO Roger Lindsay will retire April 1, 2016. In connection with Lindsay's retirement, Ryerson's human resources responsibilities will be transitioned to Mark Silver, Ryerson's EVP, general counsel and secretary. In addition to human resources, Silver is responsible for managing the company's legal, risk management and real estate functions. He brings more than 20 years of legal experience to Ryerson, including 12 years at Sara Lee Corporation where he held multiple positions such as vice president and assistant general counsel, vice president of corporate development, as well as chief counsel, mergers and acquisitions.
• Selective Insurance Group Inc. announced the following appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America. Angelique Carbo (Somerset County, NJ) to EVP, CHRO-Designee. Ms. Carbo joined Selective in November 2015. She will assume the role of CHRO upon the previously announced retirement of current CHRO, Kimberly Burnett, later this year.
• Geoffrey Woodcroft, also known as Geoff, serves as Acting Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Peabody Energy Corporation.

HR Execs assuming CAO, Shared Services & President Roles 

• Expanded Roles to Chief Administrative Officer at the Wells Fargo & Company, Bank of America, Duke Energy,   Kohl’s,  CarMax, Celanese,  and Thriven Financial for Lutherans
• Shared Services/ Corporate Services Southwest Airlines, EVP Chief People and Administrative Officer, and expands his leadership to now include Airport Affairs. New Title EVP Corporate Services; Entergy Corporation - SVP, human resources and chief diversity officer, is being promoted to EVP, shared services and human resources
• Promotions into President:  The Kroger Co. vice president of people operations for Kroger, to serve as president of Roundy's Supermarkets, Wisconsin, effective April;Target Corporation SVP of human resources focused on stores and distribution to EVP, chief stores officer; Big Lots Inc. EVP, Human Resources and Store Operations, with primary responsibility for associates and associate relations. Note: US Bankcorp promoted its VP, HR to a SVP and regional manager. It appears the HR role was a “development” assignment. 

Other Interesting Extensions to the Role 

• Alcoa -  Chief Talent and Diversity Officer, is appointed EVP, Human Resources and Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability
• Parker Hannifin Corporation EVP, Human Resources and External Affairs,
• Group One Automotive -  SVP of human resources, training, and operations support.
• United Rentals - added General Counsel added SVP, Human Resources.
• American International Group Inc. -  the human capital planning and business partner practice.
• Markel Corp. announced that Linda V. Schreiner will join the company as SVP, Strategic Management, effective January 4, 2016. She will be based out of the Richmond, Virginia, office and will report to F. Michael Crowley, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer. Additionally, Schreiner will succeed Pamela J. Perrott, CHRO and SVP, who will retire at the end of 2016 after a 27-year career.
• Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that Mark J. Hart has been named EVP, Human Resources and External Affairs,
• Comcast announced that Janet Uthman has been named Vice President of Inclusion and Multicultural Marketing for the company's Northeast Division. In this new role, Uthman will be responsible for the planning and execution of diversity and inclusion efforts and multicultural marketing strategy across the Division's footprint, which consists of approximately 22,000 employees and 7.5 million customers across 14 northeastern states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C.
• AMD – SVP, HR, corporate communications & investor relations
• Ashland & Protective Life Corp – CHRO and Communications

Detailed HR Leader Appointments & Departures - Past 12 Months

·       The Kroger Co. announced the promotion of Michael Marx, currently VP of people operations for Kroger, to serve as president of Roundy's Supermarkets, Wisconsin, effective April 1. The company also announced the promotion of Don Rosanova, currently EVP of operations for Roundy's, to president of Mariano's, effective immediately. Both leaders will report to Roundy's CEO, Bob Mariano. Mr.  Marx joined Kroger in 1975 as a stocker at the former Highland Village store in Houston. He was promoted to director of regional operations for the Southwest division in 2006, and to VP of operations in 2007.  Mr. Marx was named VP of transition at Kroger's general office in Cincinnati in 2011 and took on his current role earlier this 2016. Mr.  Rosanova has served in his current role as EVP of operations for Roundy's since May 2006.

·       Boeing has elected Heidi B. Capozzi,, 45,  a corporate SVP, and named her to replace Tony Parasida as the company's human resources leader effective March 1, 2016. Parasida, SVP of Human Resources and Administration, has announced his intent to retire this spring after a 38-year Boeing career. Capozzi, who leads the company's talent and leadership development function, joins the Boeing executive council of company officers immediately. Capozzi will begin working with Parasida to ensure a smooth transition. Also effective March 1, Parasida's administrative responsibilities, which include the company's corporate administration, shared services support organization and global corporate citizenship activities will transition to Diana Sands, SVP, Office of Internal Governance and Administration, and executive council member. In her current assignment, Capozzi leads the team responsible for identifying and developing emerging leadership talent within the company. This includes running the company's leadership center in suburban St. Louis, where the company invests in immersive talent and leadership training experiences. Since joining Boeing in 2009, Capozzi has held senior leadership assignments in human resources for both the Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security business units. Before that, she led human resources, internal services, and quality at the Boeing Insitu subsidiary. Prior to her current role, Sands served Boeing in numerous finance roles as controller, in investor relations and financial planning, and in the treasury organization. She came to the company in 2001 after serving in leadership roles in finance at General Motors, Ameritech Communications, Helene Curtis and Arthur Andersen.

·       Wells Fargo & Company announced that Hope Hardison, 50, will become CAO, effective Aug. 31, 2015. She will succeed Pat Callahan, has decided to retire after a long, successful career at Wells Fargo. In her new role, Hardison, a 22-year veteran of Wells Fargo, will lead the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) that includes Corporate Communications, Government and Community Relations, and Enterprise Marketing.  Human Resources will become part of CAO and continue to be led by Hardison. Hardison has led HR since 2010 and was promoted to report to CEO John Stumpf in 2014. She previously held leadership positions in Finance, Strategic Planning, and Compensation.

·       Bank of America announced changes to the company’s management team. Chief Financial Officer Bruce Thompson has decided to step down after 5 ½ years as chief risk officer and chief financial officer. Global Human Resources Executive Andrea Smith will assume a newly created position as CAO. Replacing Smith as Global Human Resources executive is Sheri Bronstein, who will join the management team and report to Moynihan. Bronstein has been the human resources executive for the company’s Global Banking and Global Markets businesses. In her 15 years as a senior human resources executive, she has held leadership roles supporting several lines of business, and is a member of the company’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Council. Darnell, who currently oversees GWIM, plans to retire in the fourth quarter of this year. Upon Darnell’s retirement and after the company’s 2015 CCAR submission work is completed, Terry Laughlin will assume responsibilities as leader of GWIM and be appointed vice chairman. Laughlin, who is currently president of Strategic Initiatives, has held various senior leadership positions.

·       Anthem, Inc. announced that Jose Tomas, 47, EVP and CHRO of the company, has become a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Fellow, the level of credentialing for corporate directors and corporate governance professionals. Tomas currently serves as a board member and governance committee chair for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and holds a Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification. Prior to joining Anthem in 2013, Tomas served as president for the Latin America and Caribbean region for Burger King Corporation, as well as global chief people officer.

·       Comcast announced that Janet Uthman has been named VP of Inclusion and Multicultural Marketing for the company's Northeast Division. In this new role, Uthman will be responsible for the planning and execution of diversity and inclusion efforts and multicultural marketing strategy across the Division's footprint, which consists of approximately 22,000 employees and 7.5 million customers across 14 northeastern states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Reporting to both the Human Resources and Marketing departments at Comcast, Uthman will lead efforts toward Comcast's goal to become a best-in-class model for diversity and inclusion within the industry and will serve as a resource to develop and recommend strategies to attract and retain a diverse workforce. In addition, she will spearhead marketing efforts to increase awareness and adoption among diverse multicultural consumers and niche lifestyle segments. Uthman brings 18 years of experience in marketing leadership to her role.  She previously served as VP of Marketing and Sales for Comcast's Western New England Region. Prior to joining Comcast, Uthman owned her own cable industry consulting company, served as corporate marketing director for Black Entertainment Television, and held management positions with The Disney Channel and Coopers & Lybrand.

·       Target Corporation announced the promotion of Stephanie Lundquist, 39, to EVP, CHRO. Lundquist will be responsible for driving the enterprise-wide human resources strategy for Target’s 347,000 team members globally. Lundquist will replace Jodee Kozlak and assume the position effective immediately. She will serve as a member of Target’s leadership team and will report to Target’s CEO, Brian Cornell. Lundquist has more than 17 years of retail experience. Since joining Target in 2005, she has held leadership positions in talent acquisition, talent management, and operational roles in business integration and program management. Most recently, Lundquist was the SVP of human resources. Lundquist replaces Kozlak who will be departing Target after nearly 15 years.

Target Corporation announced the promotion of Janna Potts to EVP, chief stores officer.  Potts will be responsible for the leadership of Target's 1,805 stores across the United States. Potts will replace Tina Tyler and will assume the position effective immediately. She will serve as a member of Target's leadership team and will report to Target's COO, John Mulligan. Potts has been with the company since 1989 when she joined Mervyn's. Since that time, she has held a variety of leadership positions in stores, operations, and human resources.  Most recently, she was Target's SVP of human resources focused on stores and distribution.

·       Lowe's Companies, Inc. announced that Jennifer L. Weber, 48,  has been named the company's CHRO, effective March 1. She will report to Chairman, President and CEO Robert A. Niblock. Weber will succeed Maureen K. Ausura, who announced plans to retire after 11 years with the company. Weber, 49, will oversee global human resources practices, policies and operations that will enable Lowe's to attract, motivate, develop and retain outstanding employees. She joins the company most recently from Duke Energy, where she served for the past seven years on the company's senior leadership team as EVP & CHRO and as EVP of external affairs & strategic policy.

·       American International Group Inc. appointed Claudine Macartney as CHRO. Macartney heads the human capital planning and business partner practice.

·       Intel Corporation announced that its board of directors promoted two corporate officers and elected six new corporate VPs.[… ]  Matthew M. Smith, 52, was elected corporate VP. As director of HR Business and Employee Solutions, he is responsible for leading the global organization that advises Intel’s businesses and delivers HR solutions to enable organization effectiveness and employee engagement. This organization also provides global payroll, stock, benefits, mobility and retirement for Intel employees. Smith joined Intel in 1997 and is based in Hillsboro, Ore.

·       Cisco announced the new executive leadership team that incoming CEO Chuck Robbins has chosen to lead the organization into the next phase of its growth and success. The ten leaders who will sit on Cisco's new executive leadership team are:[…]  Francine Katsoudas, SVP, Chief People Officer;

·       Sysco Corporation announced promotions and changes in responsibility within its executive leadership team. Each of these leaders reports to Bill DeLaney, the company’s president and CEO. Paul Moskowitz, 51, previously SVP-Human Resources, was promoted to EVP-Human Resources. Scott Charlton, previously SVP-Distribution Services, was promoted to EVP-Supply Chain. Additionally, Russell Libby, previously EVP-Corporate Affairs and chief legal officer, was named EVP-Administration and corporate secretary. Other members of the company’s executive […]

·       United Airlines has appointed James T. Olson as SVP of Corporate Communications. Olson will join United on Feb. 1, reporting to Michael Bonds, 52, EVP of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Olson currently serves as VP Global Corporate Communications at Starbucks Coffee company, where he has led the company's reputation-elevating corporate news agenda and brand protection capability since 2011. Prior to Starbucks, Olson was VP Corporate Communications at US Airways, where he led the airline's internal, external and crisis communications functions, which included managing the response to the 2009 Hudson River emergency water landing of Flight 1549.

·       Johnson Controls announced its board of directors has appointed Simon Davis, 51,  as VP, CHRO for the company. Davis was elected as a company officer and named VP and assistant human resources officer in May 2014. With this promotion, he succeeds Susan Davis who will continue as a company officer and member of the executive team in her role as EVP driving efforts to build corporate leadership in the company's Shanghai headquarters. Since joining Johnson Controls in 1997 in the United Kingdom, Simon Davis has held a broad range of Human Resources leadership roles across multiple business units, spending nearly 10 years in Automotive Experience in the United Kingdom and Michigan and five years as the Human Resources leader for Power Solutions. Davis serves as the chairman of the board of the Milwaukee Urban League and a member of the board of the Milwaukee Public Museum.

·       Gilead Sciences Inc. announced the promotion of Katie Watson to EVP, Human Resources. Ms.  Watson joined Gilead in February 2003 and since that time has taken on increasing levels of responsibility and management within the HR organization. Ms. Watson was appointed VP of Employee Development and Rewards in 2012 and was promoted to SVP, Human Resources in 2013.

·       MassMutual Financial Group announced appointment of Eddie Ahmed, EVP and CHRO. Ahmed succeeds Debra Palermino, EVP, who is retiring after serving a decade with the company. Ahmed joins Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) from Citigroup, where he spent five years, most recently as Managing Director of Human Resources for Europe, Middle East and Asia, as well as the firm's Global Head of Recruitment.

·       Avnet, Inc. announced that Roberta Bixhorn joined its human resources team as a VP. Bixhorn will be responsible for leading Avnet’s compensation and benefits Center of Excellence.  In this role she will define the company’s compensation and benefits strategy and identify new tools and resources for Avnet’s HR teams, business leaders and employees. Bixhorn reports to MaryAnn Miller, 58, SVP, CHRO and corporate marketing & communications for Avnet, Inc. In addition, Bixhorn held human resources leadership positions with Owens-Illinois, Inc., SM Energy, Tower Automotive and TRW Inc.

·       Tech Data Corporation announced that it has appointed Beth E. Simonetti, 49,  to SVP and CHRO (CHRO). In this new role, Simonetti will lead the strategic direction and operations of Tech Data's worldwide Human Resources function, including talent management and retention, organizational and performance management, training and development, succession planning, employee benefits, and compensation. She joins the senior leadership team as an officer of the company, reporting to Bob Dutkowsky, CEO. In her role she will also support the Compensation and Governance and Nominating Committees of the Board of Directors. Most recently, Simonetti served as SVP, Human Resources at Baker & Taylor Inc.

·       McDonald's Corp. announced that it has promoted David Fairhurst, 47,  to EVP and chief people officer, effective October 1. Fairhurst, who most recently served as SVP of international human resources and strategy, will oversee global human resources with additional responsibility for global training. Fairhurst, 47, replaces Rich Floersch, EVP and CHRO, who will retire effective December 31. McDonald's also said it has appointed Chris Kempczinski as EVP of strategy, business development and innovation, effective October 26. He will oversee all aspects of strategy development, planning, innovation and new concepts to drive growth for the company. Kempczinski, 46, was previously EVP of growth initiatives and president of international at Kraft Foods Group.

·       Duke Energy announced leadership changes. Melissa Anderson, 50,  has been named EVP, administration and CHRO, assuming responsibility for the administrative services organization in addition to her current human resources accountability

·       Alcoa announced that Roy Harvey, 49, EVP, Human Resources and Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability, is appointed President of Global Primary Products (GPP), succeeding Bob Wilt, effective immediately. Harvey previously served as both COO and Chief Financial Officer of GPP, Alcoa’s upstream business. The company recently announced plans to separate the upstream and value-add businesses into independent publicly-traded companies. During his career, Harvey has also held several key corporate and group-level business assignments. He served as Director of Corporate Treasury and as head of Investor Relations and most recently he had oversight for all talent programs for Alcoa’s 60,000 worldwide employees as well as responsibility for the company’s global health, safety and environmental programs.

·       Alcoa announced that Vas Nair, 49, Chief Talent and Diversity Officer, is appointed EVP, Human Resources and Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability, effective immediately. Nair succeeds Roy Harvey who was named President of Global Primary Products. Nair will report to Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and CEO, and also become a member of the Alcoa Executive Council, the senior leadership team that sets corporate strategic direction. In her new capacity, Nair will assume global responsibility for human resources, industrial relations, Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and Sustainability. She will also oversee the Alcoa Foundation with the mission of strengthening education and sustainability in Alcoa communities worldwide. Nair joined Alcoa in February 2015 as Chief Talent Officer and later assumed global responsibility for diversity and inclusion. Most recently, she was VP of Global Learning and Talent Development at Estee Lauder and VP and Chief Learning Officer at Schering-Plough. She has held HR leadership positions in Australia, Asia and the U.S. and began her career in an industrial operations role.

·       Aflac announced that effective immediately it has promoted Matthew D. Owen by from VP, Human Resources, to SVP, CHRO. Owenby will continue to report to Teresa L. White, president, Aflac U.S. In his new role, he will lead the effort to apply global initiatives to the corporation while providing strategic direction for both the Human Resources and Leadership, Learning & Development teams. Owenby joined the company in early 2012 as VP of HR Business Partners, bringing with him more than a decade of HR experience at Bank of America and General Electric. He most recently served as VP of Human Resources at Aflac.

·       The board of directors of Southwest Airlines announced that Ron Ricks, 65, has been elected as Vice Chairman of the board. Concurrently, Ricks announced that he is retiring from his position as EVP and Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer after serving as an officer of Southwest Airlines for the past 29 years. Tammy Romo was promoted to EVP and Chief Financial Officer. In addition to maintaining her most recent responsibilities as Sr. VP and CFO, the leadership of Supply Chain Management now reports to Romo. Mark Shaw was promoted to Sr. VP General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In addition to maintaining his responsibilities over the company's General Counsel Department, Governmental Affairs leadership now reports to Shaw. Jeff Lamb, who has been with Southwest Airlines since 2004, maintains the responsibilities of his most recent role as EVP Chief People and Administrative Officer, and expands his leadership to now include Airport Affairs. His new title is EVP Corporate Services.

·       On June 11, 2015, Kohl’s Corporation announced appointment of Michelle Gass, who previously served as Chief Customer Officer, to the newly created principal officer position of Chief Merchandising & Customer Officer. The company also reported the promotion of Wesley S. McDonald, who previously served as Senior EVP, Chief Financial Officer, to the newly created principal officer position of Chief Financial Officer and the promotion of Richard D. Schepp, who previously served as Senior EVP, Human Resources, General Counsel and Secretary, to the newly created principal officer position of CAO.

·       Tenet Healthcare Corp. announced that Robert W. K. Webb has been named SVP and CHRO, effective May 16, 2016. As CHRO, Mr. Webb will be responsible for the company’s people strategy and will lead Tenet’s human resources functions including Labor Relations, HR Services, Talent, Culture & Performance Systems, Compensation, Benefits & Corporate HR and Hospital Operations HR. He will report to Trevor Fetter, chairman and CEO.

·       U.S. Bank has promoted Amy Anderson-Vali to SVP and regional manager of the On-Site Group. Anderson-Vali, who has more than 20 years of banking experience, was most recently a VP and human resources line of business director for U.S. Bank. She is located in Phoenix, Ariz. Anderson-Vali joined U.S. Bank in 2009 as a VP and district manager before moving in to the human resources role in 2012. Prior to joining the bank, Anderson-Vali was a SVP and chief retail banking officer at Vantus Bank. She has also held a variety of retail banking director roles at First National Bank of Nevada, Cal Fed Bank and Norwest Bank.

·       AECOM announced that Mary E. Finch, 45, has been named EVP and CHRO, effective Sept. 28, 2015. In this role, Finch will oversee AECOM’s human resources organization worldwide with responsibility for talent acquisition and development; employee relations, compensation and benefits; diversity; organization planning and effectiveness; HR legal and regulatory compliance; and the efficacy of the company’s succession-planning and Performance + Rewards program. She will also be a member of AECOM’s Executive Leadership Team. Finch joins AECOM from Accenture, where she held positions of increasing responsibility since 2001 and most recently was the senior managing director and COO for global human resources.

·       Xerox announced the appointment of Darrell Ford, 50, as CHRO and SVP of the corporation. He will join the company on Dec. 1, 2015. Ford comes to Xerox from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) where he has been CHRO since 2012. He is a member of Human Resources 50, HR Policy Association, American Bar Association – Labor and Employment Section, and the Society of HR Planning. He will be based in Xerox’s corporate headquarters in Norwalk, Conn.

·       Health Net, Inc. announced that Andy Ortiz, 48, has been named SVP, Organization Effectiveness and chief people officer, effective June 29, 2015. Most recently, Ortiz was CHRO at Western Dental Services/Brident, where he led all aspects of human resources, including workforce planning, recruitment, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations and engagement, change management, and employee and leadership development. Ortiz will succeed Karin Mayhew, who is retiring after 16 years at Health Net.

·       PPG Industries announced two executive appointments. Hervé Tiberghien, senior director, global human resources, will become VP, human resources, effective Feb. 28 and report to PPG President and CEO Michael McGarry. Chris Caruso, director, information technology, global architectural coatings, will become VP, information technology, effective Feb. 1. He will report to Ram Vadlamannati, PPG VP, architectural coatings, for the Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific regions. Craig Jordan, current PPG VP, human resources, will retire Feb. 28. Jordan joined PPG in 1989 as HR manager for the company’s former chlor-alkali plant in Natrium, West Virginia, and progressed through numerous HR management roles prior to assuming his current position in 2010. He has led efforts to strengthen PPG’s global hiring, succession planning and talent development. Werner Baer, current PPG VP, information technology, will retire March 1. Baer, who joined PPG in this role in 2002, has overseen the development and implementation of a number of global IT platforms at PPG and the IT integration of several complex acquisitions.

·       CarMax Inc. announced that, as the culmination of a multi-year management succession plan, Bill Nash has been promoted to president and Cliff Wood has been promoted to COO, effective February 1, 2016. Tom Folliard plans to retire as CEO prior to the end of 2016, at which time it is anticipated that Mr. Nash will assume the role of CEO. Upon Mr. Folliard’s retirement, the Board of Directors expects that he will serve as the non-executive chairman of the board. Mr. Nash was promoted to EVP, human resources and administrative services in 2012. He joined CarMax in 1997 as auction manager and was ultimately promoted to VP of auction services. Before joining CarMax, Mr. Nash held a variety of accounting roles at Circuit City. Mr. Wood was promoted to EVP, stores in 2012. In 1993, he joined CarMax from Circuit City as a buyer in CarMax’s first location. Beginning in 2007, he served as VP of sales.
Craig Cronheim has been a Vice President of Human Resources and Loss Prevention at CarMax Inc. since March 2, 2016.

·       FirstEnergy Corp. announced management changes that expand the roles and responsibilities for key executives and support the company's focus on customer service and cost management. The changes will be effective by September 7, 2015. Two members of the company's leadership team have been named EVPs. […] Charles D. Lasky, 52,  VP, Fossil Fleet Operations, has been elected to SVP, Human Resources, overseeing human resources services, policies, and programs for the entire company. Lasky will report to Lynn M. Cavalier, who will continue in her role of CHRO, reporting to Jones. [Many other leadership moves announced]

·       ACE Limited announced appointments to the new Chubb Group. [….]  ACE Overseas General. Becket McNab will serve as EVP, Human Resources. Currently, Ms. McNab is EVP, Human Resources, ACE Overseas General. In addition to reporting to Mr. Andrade, Ms. McNab will continue to have a reporting relationship to Phillip Cole, who is currently Global Human Resources Officer and SVP, ACE Group and will continue to serve in that role.

·       Freddie Mac announced that Lance F. Drummond was elected as a director on the company's board. Drummond is a senior business leader with extensive experience specializing in business transforming strategy development and execution, operations, technology and process re-engineering. Drummond served as EVP, operations and technology for TD Canada Trust from 2011 to 2014. Prior to joining TD, he was EVP of human resources and shared services at Fiserv Inc. from 2009 to 2011. Before joining Fiserv he was SVP and supply chain executive, service and fulfillment executive for global technology and operations and eCommerce and ATM executive at Bank of America from 2002 to 2008. He began his career at Eastman Kodak Company, where he held several senior positions, rising to become COO and corporate VP, Kodak Professional Division.

·       Texas Instruments Incorporated announced that Ravi Kyran has been elected VP of the company. As VP of Human Resources, Kyran is responsible for managing human resource functions for TI's global Analog business and TI India. Kyran joined TI in 2004 as a human resources manager for TI in India. He has since held a number of positions with the company, including human resource director for TI India and TI's worldwide Power Management business. He most recently served as human resources director of TI's worldwide High Performance Analog business.

·       Devon Energy Corp. announced that Tana Cashion, VP of Human Resources, is being promoted to SVP of Human Resources, reporting to President and CEO Dave Hager. [….]  Cashion, began her career with company in 2005 and was promoted to VP of Human Resources in 2010. During her more than 20 years in human resources, Cashion has worked in the oil and gas, retail and wholesale industries. [other appointments]

·       Parker Hannifin Corporation announced that Mark J. Hart has been named EVP, Human Resources and External Affairs, effective January 1, 2016. Mr. Hart succeeds Daniel S. Serbin who has announced his intention to retire after 35 years of dedicated service. Mr. Serbin will stay on with the company for a period of time to support this leadership transition. Mr. Hart will be responsible for leading the human resources function globally as well as having responsibility for global benefits and compensation, learning and development, and external affairs. Mr.  Hart began his career with Parker in February 2003 as Human Resources VP for the Instrumentation Group. Most recently, he was VP of Global Total Rewards with responsibility for Parker's benefits, compensation, health and wellness programs and the HRIS function.

·       United States Steel Corporation announced that Nancy Sykes has been named VP - human resources. In this position, she will be responsible for all facets of the company's human resources, as well as medical and health services. Sykes will be based at the company's Pittsburgh headquarters and will join the company's executive management team. Sykes was most recently at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, where she started as VP, talent management before moving to China in her current role of VP, human resources Asia-Pacific in October 2012.

·       Entergy Corporation announced a series of leadership changes to support the continued growth of its business. After more than 33 years in the utility business, Theodore (Theo) H. Bunting, Jr., group president, utility operations, has announced his intent to retire in the second quarter of 2017. [...]. Donald (Don) W. Vinci, 51, currently SVP, human resources and chief diversity officer, is being promoted to EVP, shared services and human resources, reporting directly to Denault. Vinci will continue to serve as the company's Chief Diversity Officer. Marcus V. Brown, currently EVP and general counsel, will assume additional responsibility for federal policy, regulatory and governmental affairs, and corporate communications. Aligning these organizations under Brown's leadership will allow for better coordinated action planning and decision-making related to the company's stakeholder engagement efforts in support of its key initiatives. Reporting to Brown will be Kimberly H. Despeaux, SVP, federal policy, regulatory and governmental affairs, and Necole J. Merritt, group VP, corporate communications. The changes for West, Vinci and Brown are effective May 8, 2016.

·       Voya Financial, Inc. announced that Elizabeth Derby has joined the company as VP of Diversity and Inclusion. In this role, Derby will work closely with Voya's executive leadership team to oversee the development and implementation of the company's evolving diversity and inclusion strategies. She reports to EVP and CHRO Kevin Silva. Derby's tenure in financial services includes several years leading RBC Capital Markets' diversity and inclusion programs, where she was responsible for the strategic development and successful execution of RBC's U.S. and global diversity initiatives.

·       The senior executive responsible for rolling out some of Computer Sciences Corp.'s most contentious workforce policies has moved on. Donna Lesch, who served as CSC's CHRO, resigned at the end of March. He did not respond to an inquiry about her replacement, and no HR chief is listed on the company's website. Lesch, who according to her LinkedIn profile was at Falls Church-based CSC for a year, was responsible for rolling out a number of recent workforce policies that were initiated at least in part to trim corporate costs. Among the most hotly contested was the company's decision last year to rate employees on an extreme bell curve, structured in such a way that 40% of the workforce would fall short of expectations.

·       Group 1 Automotive Inc. announced the retirement of Brooks O'Hara as VP of human resources, effective April 1, 2016. In conjunction with this transition, the company implemented the following personnel changes effective, February 1, 2016: Frank Grese Jr., 63. , is appointed SVP of human resources, training, and operations support. Previously, Mr. Grese served as company's regional VP of the west region since 2006. Daryl Kenningham is appointed as the new regional VP of the west region. Mr. Kenningham served as the regional VP of the east region since joining the company in 2011. David Fesmire is appointed as the new regional VP of the east region. Previously, Mr. Fesmire served as market director of the Houston/Beaumont and Gulf Coast markets. Grese Jr., Kenningham, and Fesmire will report directly to Earl Hesterberg, company's president and CEO.

·       Ann A. Adams has been named VP human resources at Norfolk Southern Corp., effective April 1, 2016. She succeeds Juan K. Cunningham, who retired earlier 2016. Adams will be responsible for all employment planning and staffing, employee development, employee benefits, compensation, Equal Employment Opportunity compliance, and employee assistance programs and medical services. Her office is in Norfolk. Adams joined Norfolk Southern in 2001 as a human resources manager and subsequently served in a number of HR roles, including recruiting, employee development, planning, and human capital management relating to SAP implementation. Since 2012, she has served as assistant VP human resources. Before joining Norfolk Southern, Adams founded a business developing customized database applications for retail clothing sales businesses, and served as a product manager for a database application marketing company.

·       AutoZone, Inc. announced that Rick Smith, VP Store Operations, will be promoted to SVP, Human Resources, Customer Satisfaction in January. Rick has over 30 years of experience. Additionally, Mike Womack, SVP, Human Resources, Customer Satisfaction has made the decision to leave AutoZone at the end of December 2015, and return to his home state of Ohio.

·       Charter Communications, Inc. announced that Paul Marchand , 45, will join the Company as EVP, Human Resources. In this role, Marchand will oversee all aspects of human resources, including recruitment, training, talent management, payroll, compensation and benefits planning. He will report to Tom Rutledge, President and CEO. Marchand joins Charter after nearly 12 years with PepsiCo, most recently as SVP of Human Resources for the North America Beverages Field and Supply Chain organization. Marchand's experience also includes human resources roles at Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan and the May Department Stores Company. He holds a Master's Degree from Columbia University in Organizational Psychology and a Bachelor's Degree from Syracuse University in Advertising & Marketing.

·       Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Dawn Smith has been promoted to director, diversity and inclusion, effective immediately. In this new position, Smith will provide leadership and serve as a resource and subject matter expert on diversity, inclusion and equality issues and initiatives across the HII enterprise.  She will report to Corporate VP and CHRO Bill Ermatinger.  She will also serve as principal advisor to the entire senior executive staff, as well as the corporate office Diversity & Inclusion Council. Smith has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in human resources since joining the company in 2003.

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Karen Velkey has been promoted to the position of corporate VP, benefits and compensation, effectively immediately. She reports to corporate VP and CHRO Bill Ermatinger. In her new position, Velkey has responsibility for formulating and maintaining competitive benefit and compensation programs for HII, including executive compensation, salary and wage administration, incentives, deferred compensation, health and welfare insurance, and retirement benefits. Velkey joined HII in April 2011 and has more than 20 years of experience in human resources. She most recently served as director, corporate compensation.

·       On September 15, 2015, the Board Of Oshkosh Corporation appointed Mr. Steven C. Mizellto the Board's Human Resources Committee, which is the only committee of the board to which he has been appointed to date. Mr. Mizell currently serves as EVP and CHRO of Monsanto Company.

·       Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. announced that Mary Bilbrey, 51, a human resources leader with 30 years of U.S. and global experience, will join JLL as CHRO for the Americas region, effective February 2016. She will work closely with Americas CEO Greg O'Brien, Global CHRO Trish Maxson and the region's business leaders to provide a unified, strategic approach to talent that aligns with business objectives and global human resources practices. She will be a member of the firm's Americas Executive Committee and Global Human Resources Leadership Team. Bilbrey joins JLL from HSBC, where she was the Head of Human Resources for HSBC USA. Prior to this role, Bilbrey held several leadership roles in HSBC's London headquarters. She headed HR for human resources in both the company's Global Banking and Markets business and its Global Private Bank. Additionally, as the leader of the HR transformational and design team, she designed the global HR operating model that was deployed in over 20 countries. She also held several roles that focused on compensation, benefits, and mergers and acquisitions in the United States.

·       On March 10, 2016, Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and Paula S. Larson, the company's EVP and CHRO, agreed that she would depart from the company effective June 30, 2016. Until the Separation Date, Ms. Larson will assist with the transition of her work duties to her successor. In connection with her departure, the company and Ms. Larson entered into a separation agreement and general release pursuant to which she agreed to a customary release and restrictive covenants.

·       On January 5, 2016, Jonathan M. Gottsegen resigned his position as SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of United Rentals, Inc.  in order to assume an opportunity with another company.  Mr. Gottsegen remains with the Company through January 21, 2016 as part of the transition of his role. Effective January 22, 2016, Craig A. Pintoff, 45, has been named General Counsel of the Company, in addition to his existing role as SVP, Human Resources. Mr.  Pintoff has served as SVP, Human Resources since April 2011 and previously as VP, Human Resources since July 2005. Mr. Pintoff joined the Company in 2003 as director-legal affairs, with responsibility for leading the human resources division of the Company's legal department. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pintoff was chief benefits and employment counsel for Crompton Corporation in Connecticut and an attorney with White & Case LLP.

·       Mattel, Inc. announced the appointment of four executives to key senior roles are Richard Gros. 60,  as CHRO, […] Richard Gros will report to Mr. Sinclair and lead Mattel's efforts in becoming a more innovative and performance-driven organization. Mr. Gros has 30 years of experience in human resources with proven expertise in global talent acquisition and assessment, organizational strategy and development, succession planning and culture building. […]

·       On October 19, 2015, Jacqueline P. Kane, EVP - Human Resources and Corporate Affairs of The Clorox Company, provided notice of her intention to retire effective January 5, 2016, following over 11 years of service with the Company.

Ms. Kirsten Marriner, 42,  has been the Chief People Officer and SVP. The Clorox Company since March 16, 2016. Ms. Marriner served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Omnicare Inc. since March 27, 2013. She leads the human resource function across the Omnicare Inc. She plays a critical role in building a human resource function designed to drive operational changes, talent objectives, and strategies for long term growth. She is a Seasoned Leader with more than 20 years of experience in human resources and a track record of driving change, improving processes and strategically managing costs. She has a comprehensive background in human resources leadership. For nearly the past ten years, she served in variety of progressive leadership roles for Fifth Third Bank, served as Senior Vice President, Director of Talent Management and Development. During her tenure, she also held key leadership positions including Director of Divisional Human Resources and Director of Compensation and Performance Management. Prior to joining Fifth Third Bank, she served in HR leadership role for KeyCorp and performed consulting work for both Deloitte and KPMG. Ms. Marriner holds a Bachelor's Degree from John Carroll University and an MBA from Cleveland State University.

·       Celanese Corporation announced that Lori A. Johnston, the company’s SVP, Human Resources, has been named EVP and CAO. In addition to her leadership of Human Resources, Johnston will be responsible for Government Affairs, Global Communications, the Celanese Foundation and the company’s global community engagement programs. She also will lead the company’s diversity and inclusion efforts and develop the corporate security function. Johnston has served as the company’s SVP, Human Resources since 2012. Prior to joining Celanese, she was the VP, International Human Resources for Amgen Inc.

·       Frontier Communications Corporation announced that Kathleen Weslock, 59  will join the company as EVP and Chief People Officer, effective July 13, 2015. She will report to Daniel J. McCarthy, President and CEO, and serve as a member of the company's Senior Leadership Team. Ms. Weslock will oversee all aspects of human resources, including both strategic direction and daily operations. She will also be responsible for labor relations, transformation and growth. She will play a significant role in the integration of 11,000 employees who will join Frontier following completion of the company's pending transaction to acquire Verizon wireline assets in California, Florida and Texas. Most recently, as SVP/CHRO at Cisco Systems Inc., she was responsible for setting the agenda for business and HR transformation, with a focus on Talent, Leadership, Culture and Organizational Effectiveness.

·       Patterson Companies announced that Kelly Baker has joined Patterson Companies as Chief Human Resource Officer. Baker joins Patterson from General Mills, where she most recently served as VP, Human Resources for General Mills’ U.S. Retail Operating Segment. Prior to joining Patterson Companies, Baker served at General Mills for more than two decades in multiple human resources roles. In her most recent role as VP, Human Resources for the U.S. Retail Operating Segment, she led significant transformation and development of marketing and general management talent. In her previous role as VP, Human Resources, Corporate Groups, Baker led talent acquisition and development, and workforce planning for General Mills’ global finance, enterprise services, legal and external relations. She also provided leadership to the company’s global human resources transformation, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.

·       Markel Corp. announced that Linda V. Schreiner will join the company as SVP, Strategic Management, effective January 4, 2016. She will be based out of the Richmond, Virginia, office and will report to F. Michael Crowley, President and Co-COO. Additionally, Schreiner will succeed Pamela J. Perrott, CHRO and SVP, who will retire at the end of 2016 after a 27-year career with Markel. Schreiner will work closely with Perrott during the transition and will assume the title of CHRO after Perrott's retirement. Schreiner was most recently SVP, Human Resources and Communications, at MeadWestvaco Corporation. She spent 16 years at MeadWestvaco as a member of the senior leadership team and was responsible for human resources, communications, the MeadWestvaco Foundation, and global facilities management. Her previous experience also includes senior positions at Arthur D. Little and Signet Banking Corporation.

·       CH2M announced the appointment of Shelie Gustafson, 51, to the position of CHRO to lead the company's global human resources organization. CH2M employs approximately 25,000 employees in 50+ countries. Gustafson joined CH2M in 2007 as human resources director for the operations and maintenance business group. In 2009, Gustafson was appointed VP, global human resources delivery overseeing human resources in CH2M's domestic and international regions, including North and South America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, India and Europe. During her tenure at CH2M, she successfully led the human resources team in the integration of several acquisitions.

On September 10, 2015, CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. announced that John A. Madia will retire as the EVP and CHRO effective January 2, 2016.

·       Airgas, Inc. announced that Nicole L. Kahny has been named SVP Human Resources, reporting to President and CEO Michael L. Molinini. Kahny joins the Company's Management Committee and succeeds Pamela J. Claypool, who was recently named Division President - North Division. Kahny previously served as the Company’s VP – Talent Management, responsible for key programs influencing the employment experience at Airgas, including talent acquisition and onboarding, performance management and retention, training and development, succession planning, and diversity and inclusion. She currently serves on the Company’s Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Diversity Management Council.

·       France Gingras, SVP of Human Resources of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. will serve as Acting EVP.

·       Michael Allen Schlonsky, 48, , also known as Mike, has been an Executive Vice President of Human Resources & Store Operations at Big Lots Inc. since August 2015, and serves as its Corporate Secretary. Mr. Schlonsky served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Big Lots Inc. from August 2012 to August 2015. Mr. Schlonsky served as Vice President of Associate Relations & Benefits of Big Lots Inc, from 2010 to August 2012. He joined Big Lots in 1993, was promoted to Director of Risk Management in 1998 and became a Vice President in 2000.Mr. Schlonsky assumes responsibility for all aspects of operations in 1,460 stores from coast to coast. Mr. Schlonsky has been with Big Lots for 22 years and held numerous positions of increasing responsibility culminating in his prior role of SVP, Human Resources. In conjunction with these promotions, the Company announced the departure of Richard Chene, former EVP, Chief Merchandising Officer, effective yesterday, August 27, 2015.

·       Rockwell Collins announced that Jeff Standerski , 49, has been named SVP, People and Inclusion. In this role, Standerski leads the global Human Resources function at Rockwell Collins, including Compensation and Benefits, Organization Development and Training, Diversity and Inclusion, Employee and Labor Relations, Talent Acquisition and Human Resources Delivery. He previously was SVP of the company’s Information Management Services (IMS) business in Annapolis, Maryland. Standerski replaces Martha May, who announced her resignation in March for personal reasons.

·       Ashland Inc. announced that Gregory W. Elliott, 54, a seasoned executive with extensive experience at global Fortune 500 companies, has joined the company as VP and chief human resources and communications officer.  He is based at the company's headquarters in Covington and reports to William A. Wulfsohn, Ashland chairman and CEO. In this role, Elliott is responsible for the global management of all aspects of human resources, including talent management and development, compensation and benefits, and labor and employee relations. He will also oversee global corporate communications. Elliott brings 25 years of senior-level HR and strategic communications experience to his new role. Since 2008, he has served as SVP, human resources and administration, at Navistar Inc.

·       ABM announced that David Goodes has joined the company as SVP and CHRO. Mr. Goodes will be instrumental in driving an HR strategy that will focus on supporting change management, organizational development and employee engagement as ABM implements its long-term strategic vision. Goodes brings 20+ years of human resources, marketing and operations experience to ABM, specializing in helping organizations drive change and rapid growth.  Prior to joining ABM, David held impressive leadership roles over the past nine years at Hess Corporation. Most recently, David served as the EVP of Human Resources for Hess Retail.

·       Juniper Networks announced two key appointments to its senior leadership team. Susan Lovegren, 54, has been appointed SVP of human resources and Bob Worrall has been appointed SVP and chief information officer. Lovegren reports to CEO. Lovegren most recently served as SVP of human resources at Plantronics, where she was responsible for leading programs that drive people and culture growth. She brings more than 25 years of leadership experience, including seven years at Juniper Networks where she served as a corporate VP leading the Company's global business-aligned human resources team. Lovegren is responsible for supporting Juniper’s broad business objectives and strategic direction for its people and overall culture with a focus on the needs of today’s diverse workforce. Lovegren also leads the Juniper Networks Foundation Fund.

·       As of April 6, 2016, Humam Sakhnini transitioned from serving as the Chief Strategy and Talent Officer of Activision Blizzard, Inc. to serving as the Chief Financial Officer of King Digital Entertainment Limited, at which point he ceased to be an executive officer of the Company.

·       McCormick & Company, Incorporated announced the appointment of Lisa Manzone to the role of Sr. VP Human Relations and Brendan Foley to President North America effective June 1, 2015. Ms. Manzone and Mr. Foley will become members of McCormick's Management Committee. In her new role as Sr. VP Human Relations, Ms. Manzone is responsible for the development and execution of the company's Global People Strategy. Her responsibilities will include benefits, learning and development, diversity and inclusion, organization development, succession planning, talent acquisition, safety, wellness and employee relations. Ms. Manzone joined McCormick in 2007 and most recently served as VP for Global Human Relations. In Mr. Foley's new role as President North America, he is responsible for the Consumer and Industrial Divisions for the U.S. and Canada, as well as the Human Relations, Quality, Supply Chain and Finance functions for North America. Mr. Foley continues to serve as a member of the Global Consumer Strategy Council. Mr. Foley joined McCormick in 2014 and served as President U.S. Consumer. Prior to McCormick, he spent over 15 years at H.J. Heinz serving as Zone President for Heinz North America, President for the U.S. Consumer Products business as well as President of the U.S. Foodservice business.  Prior to Heinz, he worked in marketing for General Mills Inc., and Ketchum Advertising/Chicago.

·       Coty Inc. announced a new organizational structure and the future leadership team in preparation of its merger with Procter & Gamble Company's (PG) specialty beauty business.  Coty said it plans to relocate its executive management offices to London to have proximity to its key strategic markets. After the merger, Coty's business will be organized into three divisions such as Coty Luxury Division, focused on fragrances and skin care, Coty Consumer Beauty Division, focused on color cosmetics, retail hair coloring and styling products and body care and Coty Professional Beauty Division, focused on servicing salon owners and professionals in both hair and nail care.
Sebastien Froidefond, 47, CHRO will manage all corporate human resources activities. The merger with P&G's Specialty Beauty Business is expected to close in the second half of calendar year 2016.

·       The Andersons, Inc. announced Arthur D. DePompei, 61, SVP of Human Resources, will retire April 30, 2016. Valerie M. (Val) Blanchett,  53,  will become VP of Human Resources, effective February 15, 2016. DePompei will provide assistance during the transition. Blanchett has more than 30 years of extensive HR experience, including organizational effectiveness, leading large-scale cultural change, talent management, labor relations and merger and acquisition work. Most recently she served as the VP for the Food Ingredients & Systems Platform for Cargill, Inc. She will be relocating to the Maumee area in the near future.

·       MDU Resources Group Inc. announced that Anne M. Jones, 51,  has been named as VP of human resources, effective January 1, 2016. She succeeds Mark Del Vecchio, who left the company in October 2015. In her expanded role Jones will oversee human resources at MDU Resources, as well as the corporation's business units WBI Energy Inc. and the utility group, which includes Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Great Plains Natural Gas Co., Cascade Natural Gas Corp. and Intermountain Gas Co.

·       Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Sally A. Paull has joined the company as SVP, Human Resources. Ms. Paull has more than 20 years in Human Resources executive leadership roles at biopharmaceutical and healthcare companies, most recently at Inova Health System and Forest Laboratories. She will play a critical role in ensuring its scale the organization in the right way to ensure the company stay true to its science-driven business. At Inova, Ms. Paull built and led human resources programs as EVP and CHRO. Prior to that, she served as SVP and CHRO at Forest Laboratories.

·       Protective Life Corporation announced that Richard J. Bielen, the company's current Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, has been named President and COO of the company.[…] Mr. Adams will expand his responsibilities to include internal and external communications and a leadership role in Protective's strategic planning process and strategic relationships for the Company. Mr. Adams will continue his overall responsibility for Protective's human resource function, a position he has held since he joined Protective in 2006. […]

·       Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. announced the promotion of Ruth Cotter, 44, to SVP of Human Resources, Corporate Communications, and Investor Relations reporting to President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. In this expanded role, Cotter is responsible for overseeing all aspects of these three corporate functions and driving cross-functional alignment to help the company achieve its business objectives. Further building out the HR leadership team, Robert Gama (42) will take on additional responsibility driving AMD's HR strategy, operations, and execution as chief talent officer, reporting to Cotter. A 13-year AMD veteran, Cotter previously led AMD's global relationships with the media, industry analysts and Wall Street as corporate VP of communications and investor relations. Prior to joining AMD, Cotter spent several years at Trintech Group plc, a leading provider of transaction risk management solutions co-headquartered in Ireland and the USA, and CRH plc. Before that, she gained public relations experience in the public, banking, and consumer industries. Cotter serves on the National Investor Relations Institute's (NIRI) Board of Directors and the San Jose Sister City Program Board of Directors. She was nominated as a "Woman Worth Watching" by the Diversity Journal in September 2014.

·       On March 28, 2016, Avaya Inc. announced that Roger C. Gaston stepped down from the position of SVP, Human Resources effective as of March 31, 2016 (the Termination Date"). Mr.  Gaston is no longer an employee of the Company.

·       Xylem Inc. announced that Kairus Tarapore,53,  will join the Company as SVP and CHRO, effective July 27, 2015. Reporting to Xylem President and CEO Patrick Decker, Tarapore will lead the development and execution of the company's human resources strategy in support of Xylem's business goals and strategic priorities. Specifically, Tarapore will oversee the areas of leadership and talent development, talent acquisition, performance management, HR technology strategy and global compensation and rewards, and he will be based at Xylem’s headquarters in Rye Brook, NY. Tarapore, 53, joins Xylem from Babcock & Wilcox Company, a global provider of energy products and services and a defense contractor, where he most recently served as SVP and CAO. Prior to that, he was EVP, Human Resources, for Ceridian Corporation, a global human resources and payment solutions company.

·       TeamHealth named Steve Clifton as EVP, general counsel and corporate secretary effective Sept. 14, 2015, and Eric Norman CHRO effective Sept. 1, 2015. As EVP, general counsel and corporate secretary for TeamHealth, Clifton will provide counse[….]  As CHRO for TeamHealth, Norman will oversee and manage the organization's human resources (HR) infrastructure as it relates to talent acquisition and management, development, compensation and benefits, and employee relations for TeamHealth's more than 18,000 affiliated healthcare providers and administrative employees. Prior to his time at TeamHealth, Norman served as the SVP of HR, SVP of sales operations and HR corporate business partners, VP of HR for pharmaceutical distribution, and director of HR for Cardinal Health.

·       Carlisle Companies Incorporated announced the appointment of Amelia Murillo to the newly created position of VP of Human Resources, effectively immediately. In this newly created position Amelia will lead talent management and development initiatives, as well as partner with the divisions to drive human resource related synergies, operational efficiencies and best practices throughout Carlisle.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated announced that Corrine D. Ricard, SVP, Human Resources of The Mosaic Company, has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

·       Abercrombie & Fitch Co. announced that Jeanetta Darno has joined the company as VP of Diversity and Inclusion. In this role, Ms. Darno will be responsible for enhancing the existing global diversity and inclusion best practices throughout the organization and will work alongside the leadership team to guide the company's overall diversity strategy. She will report to John Gabrielli, SVP and Head of Human Resources. Ms. Darno, a seasoned Human Resources executive, joins the company from Huntington National Bank, where she was SVP of Diversity and Inclusion.

·       Greif, Inc.  announced the appointment of DeeAnne Marlow, 49,  as SVP, Human Resources. Marlow joins Greif as a member of the executive steering team reporting directly to Greif CEO David B. Fischer. Marlow joins Greif from global manufacturer Cummins Inc., where she oversaw a team of 140 HR professionals across five continents.

·       Analog Devices, Inc. announced the appointment of Jean Philibert as SVP of human resources. Prior to joining Analog Devices, Ms. Philibert served as SVP and chief people officer for Kixeye. Ms. Philibert assumes her new role effective immediately, taking over for retiring SVP of human resources, Bill Matson, who will continue with ADI as a senior advisor until his retirement during 2016.

·       Victoria Vezina, the VP, Human Resources of Skyworks Solutions Inc. ceased to be employed by the company effective July 21, 2015.

Laura A. Gasparini , 65, has been Vice President of Human Resources at Skyworks Solutions Inc. since August 2015. Ms. Gasparini She first joined Skyworks in 1989, and rejoined in 1998 following a brief tenure with Unitrode Corporation from 1995 to 1998. Throughout her career at Skyworks, She has held increasing positions of responsibility within the human resources organization including manager, division manager and senior director of compensation, benefits, HR information systems and stock administration. She is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management, the Federation of European Employers and World at Work.

·       Alliant Energy Corporation announced the promotion of Wayne Reschke to SVP. Wayne has served as VP of human resources since joining Alliant Energy in 2009. In addition to bringing experienced guidance to the company's talent management, he has provided strong leadership for the safety and marketing and communications areas.

·       Visteon Corporation has appointed David G. Pettyes as VP and CHRO. Pettyes has more than 20 years of global human resources experience and joins Visteon from Delphi Corp., where he was a VP of global human resources. In his most recent assignments, he led human resources for the Packard Electrical/Electronic Architecture Division and Delphi Asia Pacific, after previously serving as VP, global HR, for Delphi's Electronics and Safety Division. Pettyes, 44, reports to Visteon President and CEO Sachin Lawande. As a corporate officer and member of Visteon's global leadership team, he is responsible for the company's global human resources strategy and programs, including recruitment and development, compensation and benefits, labor relations and organizational structure. Pettyes was recently based in Shanghai, China, as VP of global HR for Packard.

·       Ryerson Holding Corporation announced that CHRO Roger Lindsay will retire April 1, 2016. In connection with Lindsay's retirement, Ryerson's human resources responsibilities will be transitioned to Mark Silver, Ryerson's EVP, general counsel and secretary. In addition to human resources, Silver is responsible for managing the company's legal, risk management and real estate functions. He brings more than 20 years of legal experience to Ryerson, including 12 years at Sara Lee Corporation where he held multiple positions such as VP and assistant general counsel, VP of corporate development, as well as chief counsel, mergers and acquisitions.

·       TEGNA, the soon-to-be-independent company comprising the Broadcasting and Digital businesses of Gannett Co., Inc. held its first investor meeting to present strategy, growth opportunities and financial projections. Following the spin-off of Gannett’s publishing assets, which is expected to be completed on June 29, 2015, the company will be renamed TEGNA and is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TGNA. In addition to Gracia Martore, who will continue to serve as President and CEO of TEGNA, current Gannett CFO, Victoria Harker, will be promoted to EVP and chief financial officer, and Todd Mayman, currently Gannett’s SVP, general counsel and secretary, will be promoted to EVP and chief legal and administrative officer of TEGNA. The executive leadership team will also include Dave Lougee as President of TEGNA Media, Jack Williams as President of TEGNA Digital, Bill Behan as SVP of labor relations and Kevin Lord, 52,  as CHRO. As previously announced, current Gannett Board Chairman Marjorie Magner will serve as Chairman of TEGNA’s Board of Directors. Howard Elias, Lidia Fonseca, Jill Greenthal, Gracia Martore, Scott McCune, Susan Ness, Bruce Nolop, Neal Shapiro and Henry McGee will also serve as TEGNA directors.

·       Starwood Hotels & Resorts is gearing up to open three new hotels in Dubai’s Al Habtoor City, starting with the emirate’s St. Regis, featuring 234 rooms, at the end of the year 2015. The development will also include the UAE’s W hotel (356 rooms) and the large Westin (1004 rooms) in the Middle East.   […]  Dara Pinke, director of human resources – complex, has previously managed six pre-openings including the Waldorf Astoria Palm Jumeirah.

·       Scripps Networks Interactive, has created new senior roles designed to optimize the effectiveness of marketing, brand integration and research across its U.S. networks. The appointments follow last month’s promotion of Kathleen Finch to a new cross-network role as Chief Programming, […] Alaka Williams has been appointed SVP of Network Human Resources, operating across all of Scripps Networks’ brands in the United States. Williams currently leads human resources for Travel Channel. She will continue to report to CHRO NJ Pesci, and will work closely with Kathleen Finch in her new role as the business takes a more coordinated approach to content creation, scheduling and marketing. In a related move, Cheryl Middleton Jones has been appointed SVP of International Human Resources. Reporting to NJ Pesci, she will work closely with Jim Samples, President of Scripps Networks International, overseeing HR initiatives and development outside the United States as the company continues to expand rapidly around the globe.

[…]. Alaka Williams has almost twenty years’ experience in a variety of human resources leadership roles. For the last five years, she has headed human resources for Travel Channel, based in the company’s Chevy Chase headquarters as a key member of the network’s senior management team. She joined Travel Channel from Live Nation, where she was Regional Human Resources Director for the company’s North American music division. Williams previously held senior HR roles with non-profit early childhood education national organization Zero To Three, and with KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc.
Cheryl Middleton Jones has been part of the human resources team at Scripps Networks Interactive since 2011, and recently returned to the company’s Knoxville, Tennessee, headquarters after nearly two years heading human resources at the company’s offices in Singapore. Middleton Jones previously spent almost ten years in a number of HR roles at banking and financial services group ING, having started her career at multinational conglomerate Honeywell.

·       Unisys appointed Laura Lafayette as its new HR director for Latin America. Lafayette held the same position at Unisys Brasil. She has 15 years of experience in the HR segment.

·       Iron Mountain Incorporated announced that Deirdre Evens , 51, has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Evens will oversee global human resources, leading operations and strategy to support the company’s growth through recruitment, talent development, and compensation and benefits. Evens will serve as a member of the company’s senior executive team and report directly to company's President and CEO William L. Meaney. Evens comes to the company from environmental, energy, and industrial services company Clean Harbors, where she served as the EVP of human resources since 2011. In this role, she oversaw recruitment, benefits and employee development for a global workforce of more than 13,000 employees. Evens joined Clean Harbors in 2007 as the company’s EVP of sales and marketing.

·       Aleris announced that it has appointed Tami Polmanteer to the position of EVP, CHRO. Polmanteer most recently served as CHRO at Daymon Worldwide of Stamford, Connecticut. Tami will join Aleris on April 18 and report directly to Sean Stack, Aleris president and CEO. Prior to joining Daymon in 2011, Polmanteer served as VP of human resources, International and Corporate Functions for the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, Michigan, a company she joined in 1995 and advanced to hold HR roles of increasing responsibility within multiple divisions.
On September 8, 2015, Thomas W. Weidenkopf informed Aleris Corporation that he will resign from his position as EVP, Human Resources and Communications of the company effective on September 14, 2015.

·       Huntington Bancshares Inc. appointed Rajeev Syal , 49, as CHRO. Syal is a recognized industry leader in the financial services and human resources fields with deep knowledge of banking. In his new position, Syal will lead the further development and execution of Huntington's human resources strategies aimed at continuing to drive the bank's internal brand of doing the right thing for its colleagues and enhancing among its workforce its strong legacy of providing excellent customer service. Syal joins Huntington from Markit Group Ltd. where he was managing director and global head of human resources.

·       Univision Communications Inc. has appointed Margaret Lazo as CHRO, effective April 11, 2016. Lazo will be based in New York and report to Randy Falco, President and CEO. Roberto Llamas, who previously served as EVP of Human Resources and Community Empowerment, resigned from the Company to pursue other opportunities. Lazo joins Univision from GE Capital where she served as Global Human Resources Leader, consecutively, for the Commercial Real Estate and the Americas' Lending and Leasing businesses. Prior to GE Capital, she served in a number of Human Resources leadership roles at NBC Universal, including EVP, Human Resources for cable and broadcast Entertainment and Digital properties and SVP, Human Resources Telemundo Communications Group and VP, Human Resources for the TV Stations Division. She served as the HR functional acquisition integration leader supporting NBC's purchase of Telemundo in 2001 and was a key contributor to shaping Telemundo's business strategy following the acquisition, including the startup of content production studios in the US and Latin America. Lazo began her career working in Human Resources Management at Macy's.

·       Cinemark Holdings has appointed Angelia E. Pelham as the company's EVP and CHRO. Pelham has worked in multiple industries including Consumer Packaged Goods, Restaurants and Entertainment/Leisure. Before joining Cinemark, Pelham served as VP, Head of Human Resources for Main Event Entertainment and has held executive HR roles at organizations such as Walt Disney World Company, PepsiCo, Frito Lay, and Pizza Hut.

·       Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. announced that Julie Taylor, 49,  has been appointed CHRO (CHRO) and member of Broadridge's executive committee. Taylor succeeds Laura Matlin, who has served as acting CHRO for the past year. Matlin will return to her legal duties as deputy general counsel and will assume the newly-created role of chief governance officer, also serving on the company's executive committee. Taylor will report to Richard J. Daly, president and CEO, and lead all aspects of human resources globally at Broadridge, including  talent acquisition, organizational development, training, compensation and benefits. Taylor brings over 20 years of human resources experience, most recently as CHRO at Pall Corporation, a global supplier of filtration, separations and purification products with more than 10,000 employees. In her new role as chief governance officer, Laura Matlin will report to Daly, working closely with Broadridge's board of directors and representing the company's leadership on corporate governance issues. In addition to serving as acting CHRO for the past year, Matlin has served as the company's associate general counsel, chief privacy officer and assistant corporate secretary.

·       A.  O. Smith Corporation has named Shawn Schmonsky as VP of human resources for its water heaters businesses in North America, India, and Europe. Schmonsky  will be  responsible for  domestic and  international human  resources, including strategy development/deployment, talent management, workforce planning, total compensation, employee/labor relations, performance management, and organizational development. In addition, he will be a member of A. O. Smith Corporation's Human Resources Leadership Team. Schmonsky replaces Jane Sanford, who retired March 1, 2016 after spending nearly 13 years with A. O. Smith. She had been VP-global human resources of the North America, India, and Europe operations since 2007. She also held the roles of director-corporate human resources and VP-corporate human resources and organizational development. Schmonsky joined A. O. Smith in 2006 as human resources manager of the company's Ashland City plant. Since 2012, he has served as director-human resources, responsible for North American manufacturing operations and product engineering.  Prior to joining A. O.  Smith, Schmonsky worked from 2004 until 2006 as a senior human resources representative at Target in Tifton, Ga.

·       On September 10, 2015, the Board of Directors of Vectren Corporation elected Teresa J. Tanner as a new board member. Tanner is currently EVP, CAO at Fifth Third Bank. The recently promoted Tanner has led the Human Capital function of more than 300 human resources (HR) professionals since 2010 as the EVP and CHRO, providing support through organizational development and learning, talent acquisition and optimization, succession planning, employee relations and culture, total rewards and strategic human capital planning. She also supports the executive team in facilitating organizational design, structure, and business planning across the bank. In her new role, in addition to Human Capital responsibilities, Tanner also will lead Facilities, Strategic Sourcing, and the Enterprise Program Management Office. Tanner began her career at the McDonald's Corporation, where she progressed through various operational and human resources roles through a 16-year span. She serves as an executive board member for the Ronald McDonald House Charities and Artswave and as a director on the board of Freestore Foodbank, all of which are Cincinnati-area nonprofit organizations.

·       On April 1, 2016, Armstrong World Industries, Inc. completed the previously announced plan to separate its Resilient Flooring and Wood Flooring segments into a separate and independent public company, […]J. On March 30, 2016, the following persons were designated as officers of AWI, effective as of March 30, 2016: Victor D. Grizzle as President and CEO - Brian L. MacNeal as SVP and Chief Financial Officer - Mark A. Hershey as SVP, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer - Stephen F. McNamara as VP and Controller - Ellen R. Romano, 53, as SVP, Human Resources - David S. Cookson as SVP, Americas and Charlie Chiappone as SVP, Ceilings Solutions.

·       New Jersey Resources announced the promotions of […] CFO& others…  In addition, Amanda E. Mullan, 49,  has been appointed CHRO, effective immediately. […] Ms. Mullan will continue to lead and manage the Company’s human resources and personnel functions. She joined NJR in 2015 after serving in executive leadership roles in the area of human resources for over 20 years.

·       Columbia Sportswear Company announced the appointment of Richelle T. Luther, 46. to serve as SVP and chief human resource officer. Luther has served as the company’s deputy general counsel since 2008. In her new role, Luther will be responsible for directing the company’s efforts to attract, develop and retain key talent to support the company’s portfolio of active brands, which include Columbia®, Sorel®, Mountain Hardwear®, prAna®, Montrail® and OutDry®. Prior to Columbia Sportswear Company, she served as corporate secretary and chief governance officer at Northwest Natural Gas from 2002 to 2008, and was an attorney at the Portland, Oregon law offices of Stoel Rives LLP from 1997 to 2002.

·       Donaldson Company, Inc. named Sheila G. Kramer, 56, VP of Human Resources (HR). Kramer will join Donaldson on October 12, and report to Tod Carpenter, President and CEO. Kramer, 56, will be responsible for leading and managing Donaldson’s efforts to attract, develop, engage and retain its highly talented workforce, while also supporting the Company’s strategic growth plans and driving performance. Prior to joining Donaldson, Kramer was the VP of HR for Taylor Corporation. Additionally, she brings experience from various HR roles during her 22 years with LifeTouch Inc.

·       Selective Insurance Group Inc. announced the following appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America. Angelique Carbo (Somerset County, NJ) to EVP, CHRO-Designee. Ms. Carbo joined Selective in November 2015. She will assume the role of CHRO upon the previously announced retirement of current CHRO, Kimberly Burnett, 56, later this year.

·       Whiting Petroleum Corporation announced that it has appointed Carin S. Knickel , 59, to the company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Knickel served as VP, Human Resources of ConocoPhillips Inc. from 2003 until her retirement in 2012. She has 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry beginning her career with Conoco in 1979, serving in the United States and Europe in executive, operations management, marketing, planning and business development positions.

·       Pacific Life Insurance Company announced five new VPs. Donna Burton to VP, Human Resources-Total Rewards, Corporate Division. Ms. Burton joined Pacific Life in 2007 as a Human Resources generalist. She was promoted to assistant VP, Human Resources Business Partner, in 2011 and transitioned to the Human Resources Total Rewards team in January 2014. As VP, Human Resources Total Rewards, Ms. Burton will have full responsibility for the compensation, benefits, payroll and human resource information system functions.

·       SunEdison, Inc. announced that Stephen Cerrone, 56.  has been named SunEdison CHRO. Cerrone has extensive executive experience, most recently at Hudson's Bay Company. Prior to that he was EVP of Human Resources at Sara Lee Corporation.

·       Exide Technologies announced the appointment of key new members of its leadership team-Anthony (Tony) Genito, EVP and Chief Financial Officer; Leslie W. Joyce, Ph.D., 53,  EVP and Chief People Officer, and VP Human Resources-Americas; and Ted Becker, SVP, Sales and Marketing Americas. […]

·       Thrivent Financial announced that it has named four executives to new leadership positions and realigned roles and reporting under the new organization. […] Terry Timm has been promoted to chief people and administrative officer for the organization.

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MTN Group Limited, South Africa - $11.81B - November 2015 
MTN announced resignation of Sifiso Dabengwa as CEO of the company due to problems in Nigeria, where the company's subsidiary has been hit with a $5.2 billion fine.

The Priceline Group, Connecticut, $9.22B, April 2016
The board of directors of The Priceline Group Inc. appointed former CEO and current chairman Jeffery H. Boyd as interim CEO and president, while the board conducts a search to name a successor. The appointment followed the resignation of Darren Huston as president, CEO and director.

Symantec Corporation, California, $6.17B, April 2016
Symantec Corporation announced that Mr. Michael A. Brown will be stepping down as President and CEO. Mr. Brown will continue to serve as CEO and as a director of the Company until a successor has been appointed.

Marvell Technology Group, Bermuda, $2.96B, April 2016
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. announced the departure of CEO Sehat Sutardja and President Weili Dai from their management positions. Dr. Sutardja and Ms. Dai will remain on the board of directors, with Dr. Sutardja continuing as chairman. The board, in conjunction with a leading executive search firm, will conduct a search for a new CEO and President. The board has formed an interim office of the chief executive to oversee day-to-day leadership of the company's operations. The interim office of the chief executive will be headed by Ms. Maya Strelar-Migotti, EVP, Smart Networked Devices and Solutions (SNDS) Business Group and Dr. Pantelis Alexopoulos, EVP of the Storage Business Group, as interim co-CEOs.

Cypress Semiconductor, California, $1.81B, April 2016
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that its CEO, T.J. Rodgers, will step down. In the interim, daily operational activities will be taken over by an Office of the CEO comprised of four current Cypress EVPs: Hassane El-Khoury (EVP, Programmable Systems Division), Dana Nazarian (EVP, Memory Products Division), Joe Rauschmayer (EVP, Manufacturing) and Thad Trent (CFO). Rodgers will remain on the Cypress Board and become a project leader working on key technical projects.

Optimum Telecom Algeria, Algeria, $1.78B, March 2016
Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. announced that Ghada Gebara will be moving from the role of Djezzy CEO to VimpelCom Headquarters.

Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA - $1.4B, May 2015
Steven Laub, president and CEO of microcontroller vendor Atmel, plans to step down Aug. 31, according to the company. Atmel said its board will conduct a search for Laub’s successor. Both internal and external candidates will be considered.

Salt Mobile SA, Switzerland - $1.4B, December 2015    
Swiss mobile operator Salt CEO Johan Andsjo has resigned, with immediate effect. The board of directors has appointed Pierre-Alain Allemand as the company's interim CEO. Allemand has been at Salt since the recent change of ownership. A search for Andsjo's successor has been initiated.

Pelephone Communications, Israel - $1.03B, October 2015
Gil Sharon, CEO of Pelephone, announced that he was ending his tenure after ten years as CEO of the company, following his upcoming appointment as CEO of Discount Investment Corporation. Sharon will be leaving Pelephone in three months, after transitioning the role to his successor.

Black Box, Pennsylvania - $964.4M, December 2015     
Black Box Corporation announced that Michael McAndrew will be stepping down as the President and CEO of the company, effective upon the appointment of his successor. Mr. McAndrew will remain available to ensure a smooth transition. The Nominating & Governance Committee of the Board is in charge of succession planning and has engaged a national executive search firm to conduct an external search for candidates.

Xchanging plc, UK - $836.00M, January 2016
Ken Lever intended to retire from his role as CEO and from the Board of Xchanging plc. Ken Lever ceased be a Board Director and employee of the Company at the close of business on 31 December 2015.

Everi Holdings, Nevada - $774.6M, February 2016       
On February 16, 2016, Everi Holdings announced that Michael D. Rumbolz, age 61, has been appointed to the positions of Interim President and CEO (collectively, CEO) of the Company. Upon assuming the office of Interim CEO, Michael D. Rumbolz replaced Ram V. Chary, whose employment with the Company ended on February 13, 2016. Rumbolz currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Employers Holdings.

Shanda Games Limited, China - $714M, November 2014  
Yingfeng Zhang has been appointed as acting CEO and the Board will begin a global search for a permanent successor.

Imation, Minnesota - $678M, October 2015
Imation announced that Bob Fernander, an existing member of the company’s Board of Directors, has been appointed as Interim CEO.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Singapore - $612M, October 2015     
Bruno Guilmart that he will step down as President, CEO and as a Director of the company effective immediately. The Board has named Jonathan H. Chou, Kulicke & Soffa’s SVP and CFO, to fill the role of interim CEO and it has formed a committee to conduct a search for a permanent successor among external and internal candidates.

TeleCity Group, London - $529.6M, September 2014    
Michael Tobin, who had led the FTSE 250 group for a decade, left the company, with chairman John Hughes taking over executive responsibilities while a replacement is found.

UXC Limited, Victoria - $529.4M, November 2015         
UXC Limited announced that Managing Director & CEO, Cris Nicolli has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to retire in 2016. A succession planning process has been in place for some time to enable the Board of Directors to choose Nicolli's successor and both internal and external candidates have been considered for the role.

QLogic, Aliso Viejo, CA - $520.2M, August 2015       
QLogic appointed Christine King as executive chairman and Jean Hu as acting CEO. Hu has served as SVP and CFO since 2011 and will continue in that role and retain her CFO responsibilities while serving as acting CEO. Prasad Rampalli has resigned his positions as president and CEO in order to pursue other opportunities.

TiVo, California - $480.6M, November 2015        
TiVo announced that Thomas S. Rogers, its current CEO and president, will be stepping down from that role effective on the earlier of January 31, 2016 or upon the appointment of his successor.

5N Plus, Quebec - $366.4M, November 2015      
5N Plus announced that Jacques L'Ecuyer has informed the board of directors of the company of his desire to step aside from his current position of president and CEO. He will remain as President and CEO until the new President and CEO has been appointed by the board of directors.

FARO Technologies, Florida - $330.4M, November 2015
FARO Technologies announced that Jay Freeland plans to step down as President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors. Freeland will remain in his current role until a successor is appointed. Freeland is leaving to pursue other business and personal interests.

Imagination Technologies, UK - $256.4M, February 2016
Imagination Technologies Group plc announced that Sir Hossein Yassaie has stepped down as CEO. Andrew Heath, one of the non-executive directors, has been appointed Interim CEO. Andrew joined the Group's Board in August 2012 as a non-executive director. The Group will start the search for a new Chief Executive immediately, assessing both internal and external candidates in the process. As a result of his appointment, Andrew will step down from the Remuneration and Audit committees.

United Online, California - $204.40M, January 2016
United Online reported that its Board of Directors has appointed Jeff Goldstein as the company's Interim CEO, effective January 11, 2016. The company noted that in connection with Goldstein's appointment, Howard Phanstiel has resigned as its Principal Executive Officer, effective January 10, 2016.

CU Cooperative Systems, California - $201.20M, January 2016
COOP Financial Services announced that President/CEO Stan Hollen will be retiring from the company in May 2016, and that the Board is already conducting a search for a successor. Hollen will continue to provide strategic support to the COOP Board and the new President/CEO after stepping down. Hollen will retire on May 31, 2016, following the company's 2016 annual meeting of shareholders earlier in the month.

exceet Group, Luxembourg, $197.20M, March 2016
Ulrich Reutner has decided to resign as CEO of exceet Group SE and from related functions for private reasons on 1 March 2016. He will continue to support exceet until the end of 2016 to ensure a smooth transition and to support the planned divestment of the IDMS segment with his experience in this market. The CFO of exceet, Wolf-G\xFCnter Freese, will act in addition to his duties as CFO, as CEO ad interim with immediate effect. 

Automated Systems Holdings, Hong Kong - $194.7M, September 2015   
Leung Tat Kwong, Simon has resigned as an Executive Director and the CEO of the Company with effect from 1st October 2015; Wang Yueou has been appointed as the Acting CEO of the Company with effect from 1st October 2015 and continues to act as an Executive Director and the Joint Company Secretary of the Company.

Exar, Fremont, CA $171.8M, October 2015
Exar Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Chairman of the Board, Richard L. Leza, as interim President and CEO. Mr. Leza's appointment follows a mutual agreement by the company's Board of Directors and Louis DiNardo that he will step down as President and CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors.

Global Sources, Hong Kong, $162.10M, March 2016
Global Sources  announced that CEO Spenser Au is retiring. He will remain engaged until the end of the year to assist the company in transitioning to a successor.

Speed Commerce, Texas - $140.6M, December 2015   
On December 17, 2015, Speed Commerce announced that Dalton Edgecomb was appointed as its Interim CEO and Interim President, and Bruce Meier was appointed as its Interim CFO. Mr. Edgecomb is a principal of Winter Harbor, LLC and has more than 20 years of experience advising companies through cash management and cost reduction, capital structure refinancing, crisis management and business plan development for restructuring purposes.

Capinfo Company Limited, Beijing - $130.5M, November 2015
The board of directors of Capinfo Company Limited announced that due to change of work allocation, Dr. Wang Xu has tendered his resignation as Chairman, executive director, CEO and chairman of Nomination Committee and Strategy Committee of the company which will be effective when a new Chairman is elected by the Board. Dr. Wang Xu confirmed that he did not have any disagreement with the Board and there is no other matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

GB Group, United Kingdom, $100.5M, April 2016
GB Group plc announced that, after 13 years as CEO of GBG, Richard Law has formally decided to retire and asked the board to start the search for a successor. Richard has family matters that need his attention and these can be best served by him following a more flexible portfolio career once his commitments to GBG have been fulfilled.

Q-Free ASA, Norway - $99.2M, November 2015 
In a board meeting in Q-Free ASA held on November 3, 2015 the board approved the step down of Thomas Falck as CEO of the company with immediate effect. CFO Roar is appointed as interim CEO in the company.

Wi-LAN, Ottawa, Ontario - $98.3M, June 2015        
CEO James (Jim) Skippen intends to retire and will stay on until such time as a suitable replacement has been identified and hired. A special committee of the Board will immediately begin the search for a new permanent CEO with the assistance of a leading search firm.

Avanza Bank Holding AB, Sweden - $94.5M, December 2015
Avanza announced that its CEO Martin Tiveus intends to leave his position. He will remain in his current role during his six months period of notice. Martin Tiveus became CEO of the company in 2011.

Omesti Berhad, Malaysia - $92.7M, December 2015     
Omesti Berhad announced that Gan Nyap Liou alias Gan Nyap Liow, Managing Director will resign. The effective date is December 31.

Mobotix AG, Germany - $89.4M, February 2016 
MOBOTIX AG has announced the resignation of Klaus Gesmann as CEO, CFO, and as a member of management board. An interim manager will initially be placed in charge of the Finance department, previously under his control, while CTO Dr. Oliver Gabel is temporarily taking over the Purchasing department. A third board member will be appointed in the near future.

Crossrider Plc, UK - $85.3M, February 2016      
Crossrider plc announced that it has accepted the resignation of CEO Koby Menachemi. Mr. Menachemi will be leaving at the end of March 2016 to pursue other opportunities. Elgie has been appointed as Executive Chairman. Mr. Elgie having founded Creston plc and served as CEO until March 2014. Mr. Elgie is a respected industry figurehead having founded Creston plc and served as CEO until March 2014.

Tecnotree, Finland, $82.4M, April 2016
Tecnotree has announced the resignation of Ilkka Raiskinen as CEO following its application for a restructuring programme designed to stave off bankruptcy. Tecnotree appointed the EVP MEA & APAC Padma Ravichander as Interim CEO as of April 18, 2016. Ravichander has been with Tecnotree for a duration of 5 years. Previously she assumed a position as Head of the Unit of Consulting and Outsourcing at Mercer.

Perceptron, Michigan - $78.30M, January 2016
Perceptron announced that the board of directors of the company appointed current Board Chair W. Richard Marz as interim president and CEO. Mr. Marz will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Mr. Marz succeeds Jeffrey M. Armstrong, who resigned his roles as director, president and CEO of the company, effective January 26, 2016. The Board of Directors will initiate a search to identify a new president and CEO of the Company. Mr. Marz will serve as interim president and CEO until a successor is appointed.

Daiwa Associate Holdings, Malaysia - $68.5M, November 2015        
The board announced that Mr. Hui Lap Shun John, an executive Director of the company, has been appointed as the chairman of the company and the acting CEO with effect from November 25, 2015.

RTX A/S, Denmark - $52.7M, December 2015    
Current CEO, Flemming Hynkemejer, will step down at the end of the year. The current strategy will be continued. CFO, Jacob Vittrup, is appointed temporary CEO when Flemming Hynkemejer steps down. A process to find a long-term replacement has been initiated.

Mesiniaga Bhd, Malaysia - $50.9M, December 2015      
Mesiniaga Berhad announced that Mohamed Fitri Bin Abdullah, managing director will resign. The effective date is January 01, 2016.

GuestLogix, Toronto, Ontario - $50M, September 2015    
GuestLogix announced that Brett Proud has advised the Board that effective immediately he is retiring from his position as CEO and Director. Proud has agreed to remain available to the Board and management in a consultative role through the end of the year. A special committee of the Board has begun the search for a new permanent CEO. In the interim, Chairman Louis Belanger-Martin will play a larger role in both the strategic direction of the business, as well as the oversight of critical client and partnership relationships.

Blue Star Infotech, India - $43.40M, January 2016
Blue Star Infotech announced that at its board meeting held on January 27, 2016, the board has accepted the resignation of Mr. Sunil Bhatia as CEO and MD. The board also approved the resignation of Mr. Aloke Ghose, as CFO and Company Secretary. Mr. V. Sudarshan was appointed as CFO and Company Secretary, effective January 27, 2016. He has also been appointed as Compliance Office, effective January 27, 2016.

Lantronix, California - $42M, November 2015    
On November 18, 2015, Kurt Busch resigned as President and CEO of Lantronix Mr. Busch also resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of the company and withdrew himself as a nominee for director at the company's AGM scheduled to be held on November 19, 2015. The Board appointed Jeremy Whitaker, as interim CEO of the company, while the Board finalizes the search for a new CEO.

Fireswirl Technologies, Vancouver, BC - $41.2M, September 2015    
Fireswirl Technologies announced that Tony Lau has resigned as the CEO, President and CTO of the company and as a member of the company's board of directors. Lawrence Ng has been appointed to replace Lau as the company's Interim CEO and has been appointed to the board.

Bull Will Co., Taiwan - $41.00M, January 2016
Serial System announced resignation of Mr. Peter Ho I Chin as Executive Chairman and Group CEO of Bull Will Co., Ltd, effective from January 07, 2016.

Elephant Talk Communications, New York - $33.2M, November 2015
Elephant Talk Communications appointed Robert H. Turner as Executive Chairman and Tim Payne, the current President of Elephant Talk North America, as interim CEO. Together, both appointees will be responsible for managing and growing Elephant Talk's global operations. Mr. Steven van der Velden has stepped down as Chairman, CEO and a director of the Company.

Towerstream Corporation, Rhode Island - $31.7M, February 2016    
On February 16, 2016, the Board of Directors of Towerstream Corporation appointed Philip Urso as Interim CEO and Arthur Giftakis as COO of the company. Mr. Urso presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Giftakis as SVP of Engineering and Operations of the company. Urso co-founded Towerstream, has served as the company's director and chairman since inception and was CEO from inception until November 2005.

Act-On Software, Oregon - $24.9M, October 2015
Act-On Software's CEO and Chairman Raghu Raghavan is stepping aside from the company. Raghavan, who will still be involved with the company, said a new CEO will be named soon. Prior to Act-On, Raghavan helped to start California-based Responsys.

Temple & Webster, Australia, $24.0M, April 2016
Board of Temple & Webster Group Ltd. has accepted the resignation of Brian Shanahan as CEO and also appointed Mark Coulter, current COO as Interim CEO.

Daegis, Texas - $23.7M, November 2015 
Daegis announces management changes with the terms of the merger agreement and effective as of the effective Time on November 23, 2015. Timothy P. Bacci and Susan K. Conner were removed from the positions of CEO and CFO, respectively, of the company.

Anoto Group, Sweden, $22.80M, March 2016
Anoto Group AB (publ) appointed Joonhee Won a new interim CEO. Joonhee Won, who has served on the board of Anoto for three years, will assume the role as an interim CEO while Tom Webb, who was recruited to Anoto in September 2015 as SVP in product management, will become the COO. Stein Revelsby will resign from office with immediate effect after five years as CEO. He will receive 6 months of salary under the terms of his employment contract. The recruitment process of finding a long-term alternative as CEO will be initiated within a few months.

Publishing Technology, UK - $21.4M, September 2015    
Publishing Technology PLC announced that after careful consideration, the Board announced that Michael Cairns has stepped down as CEO with immediate effect and will be replaced as acting CEO by the company's current CTO David Montgomery.

Ominto, Washington - $21.30M, January 2016
On January 26, 2016, Ominto accepted the resignation of its CEO/President Ivan Braiker and its CFO Tom Virgin. Mr. Braiker also resigned from his position as a director of the company. Mr. Mitchell Hill, who is currently a director of the company and has served as Chairman of the Audit Committee since June 2015, was appointed Interim CEO by the Company's Board of Directors as of January 26, 2016. Michael Hansen, the company founder and largest shareholder, will continue as a director. He will also continue to guide the leadership of the company as its visionary and chief strategist while he concentrates on building and developing the sales and marketing forces of Ominto subsidiary companies worldwide. David C. Pollei will also continue as Ominto's Chairman of the Board.

Panoramic Universal Limited, India - $21.20M, January 2016
Panoramic Universal has announced that Mr. Babu Iyer, Managing Director of the Company has vide his letter dated January 29, 2016 intimated about his intention to resign as Director from the Board of the Company and as Managing Director of the Company as well as Committees of the Board in which he is a member due to his Medical issues. His resignation shall be considered by the Board in its ensuing meeting on February 09, 2016 and if accepted he will cease to be director and Managing director of the Company with effective form close of business hours of February 09, 2016.

RoomLinX, Colorado - $20.8M, February 2016    
RoomLinX announced that in order to focus on capital requirements, public markets, investor & public relations, and M&A opportunities, effective January 4, 2016, Aaron Dobrinsky, CEO, has handed all of his day to day executive positions at the company and its subsidiaries to existing members of the management team. With his focus to help build shareholder value, Mr. Dobrinsky has assumed the role of Chairman of the Board.

Bridgeline Digital, Massachusetts - $20.4M, November 2015   
Bridgeline Digital announced that its founder, President & CEO, Thomas Massie, has completed the company's transition from a service only business model to a iAPPS business model, and effective December 1, 2015 he will resign as President & CEO to pursue other opportunities. The Board will create a temporary 'Office of the CEO Office' whereby Bridgeline's current COO, Roger 'Ari' Kahn and EVP & CFO, Michael Prinn, will act as Interim CEOs. Each Mr. Kahn and Mr. Prinn will continue in their respective roles while assuming the responsibilities of the Office of CEO until a successor is named by the Board.

Europtronic Group, Singapore, $18.7M, April 2016
Europtronic Group Ltd. announced the resignation of Mr. Huang Chien-Hung as CEO and Executive Director of the company with effect from 8 April 2016. In the interim period, the duties of the CEO would be undertaken by the Vice Chairman the Company, Mrs. Huang Chuang Shueh-Ou.

Ground Properties, Hong Kong - $16.7M, November 2015      
Ms. Chai Xiu had tendered her resignation as the CEO of the Company with effect from 10 November 2015 in order to devote more time on her other business commitment. Ms. Chai will remain as an executive director and the chairman of the Company. The Company is in the process of identifying a suitable candidate to assume the role as CEO and further announcement in this regard will be made as and when appropriate.

Posera-HDX Limited, Toronto, ON - $16.1M, September 2015    
Posera-HDX announced that Paul K. Howell has stepped down as CEO effective immediately. Mr. Howell will continue as a director of the company. An interim CEO will be appointed as soon as possible.

LRAD, California, $15.20M, March 2016
Tom Brown, the company's President and CEO, is resigning from the company. The company's Board of Directors has initiated a replacement search. Mr. Brown joined the Company as a member of the Board in March 2006 and became President and CEO in August 2006.

Corum Group Limited, Australia - $13.8M, November 2015     
Corum Group Limited announced that David Tonuri has resigned from his positions of Managing Director and CEO with immediate effect. Current CFO, David Clarke, has assumed the position of interim CEO. David will hold this position for the time necessary for the board to undertake a search process for a new CEO.

Schmitt Industries, Oregon - $13.00M, January 2016
Schmitt Industries announced that on January 8, 2016, James A. Fitzhenry, the President and CEO of the company tendered his resignation as an officer of the company, including any positions held with any of the company's subsidiaries. Mr. Fitzhenry will retain his position as a director of the company. On January 8, 2016, the company appointed board member David M. Hudson as its Interim President and CEO.

Pinnacle Technology Group plc, UK - $11.90M, January 2016
Pinnacle Technology Group plc announced that Nicholas Scallan, CEO, intends to step down from the Board at this year's Annual General Meeting proposed to be held on 23 March 2016. He will remain as CEO until this time. As announced on 7 December 2015, James Dodd will also step down as a non-executive director at the time of the AGM.

DATATRAK International, Ohio - $10.3M, February 2016       
DATATRAK International's board of directors unanimously voted to appoint James R. Ward or Jim Bob Ward to the position of Interim CEO and President to fill the vacancy and such appointment shall be effective as of the termination of the former chief executive on February 24, 2016.

International Datacasting Corporation, Ontario - $7.2M, February 2016    
International Datacasting Corporation announced a change in management. As previously announced, the Board has commenced a formal process to explore strategic alternatives with a view to enhancing shareholder value. Accordingly, IDC's Senior Management team including the Co-CEO's Chris Barrett and Steeve Huin, as well as the CFO, Steve Archambault, have voluntarily offered their resignations. Archambault has agreed to serve as CFO and interim CEO during this transition period.

SpendSmart Networks, California, $6.46M, March 2016
Alex Minicucci resigned his position as CEO and was appointed to the position of Chief Strategy Officer. The Board of Directors appointed Chairman Jerold Rubinstein to the position of interim CEO. Mr. Rubinstein will serve as interim CEO until the appointment of a permanent CEO. Mr. Rubinstein has served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the company's Audit Committee since October 2013.

Birdstep Technology, Norway, $6.37M, March 2016
Lonnie Schilling, the CEO of Birdstep Technology ASA will step down from his position as the company's CEO. Mr. Schilling will continue to serve as the company's CEO for the notice period of six months, which starts on April 1, 2016.

Moko Social Media, Australia - $3.6M, February 2016   
MOKO Social Media announced the final phase in its transformation from a digital and social media content creator to a developer of mobile products targeted exclusively at the U.S. high school and college student market. As a result of this transition, Mr. Ian Rodwell will be stepping down from his position as CEO and will serve as a strategic advisor to the Strategic Partnerships and M&A Board SubCommittee. In addition, Mr. Rodwell will also resign as a Director of the company effective Feb. 18, 2016. Mr. Shripal Shah, who previously served as MOKO's COO, will serve as the company's interim CEO.

Asdion Berhad, Malaysia - $2.34M, November 2015     
Asdion Berhad announced that Tai Tee Yap, CEO has resigned. The effective date is November 11, 2015.

Sitestar, Virginia - $1.99M, December 2015       
On December 14, 2015, the Sitestar Corporation board of directors terminated Frank Erhartic for cause from his position as president and CEO of the company effective immediately. Mr. Erhartic also agreed to resign his position as a director of the Company effective immediately. The board has appointed Steven L. Kiel as interim president and CEO. Steven L. Kiel, 37, is the founder and president of Arquitos Capital Management.

Nektan plc, UK - $0.83M, January 2016
Nektan plc announced the resignation of David Gosen as CEO effective from the end of January 2016. Mr. Gosen has decided to resign from the Board to explore new opportunities. Gary Shaw, currently Executive Chairman of Nektan, will assume the role of interim CEO whilst the Board of Nektan undertakes a search for a permanent replacement.

OTCO International, India - $0.45M, November 2015   
OTCO International announced that Ms. Chinnamma Pullatu Mathew is re-designated as Non-Executive & Non-Independent director from her existing position as executive & non-independent director and CEO of the company. She is not holding the post of CEO hereafter.

Zaio Corporation, Alberta - $0.43M, November 2015    
ZAIO announced that David King has been terminated from his position as President and CEO by the Board of Directors. Joel Strickland, Chairman of the Board has been appointed interim CEO, and Phil Wazonek, currently a Zaio Director has been appointed interim President and COO.

Kollakorn, Australia, $0.21M, March 2016
Kollakorn Corporation Limited advised that Mr. Richard Sealy has tendered his resignation as a director and CEO of the Company. Richard expressed his desire to step down from his management role in the Company was due to deteriorating health. He resigned as Managing Director of the Company on 31 March 2015, and agreed to enter into a one-year consulting contract in order for the Company to arrange a seamless transition to a new CEO, up until 31 March 2016.

VerifyMe, India, $0.2M, April 2016
VerifyMe announced that Paul Donfried has resigned as President and CEO of the Company as well as his positions as a director on the Company's Board of Directors in order to pursue other business and personal interests. Donfried has agreed to assist the Company in making a smooth transition to new leadership.

Agritek Holdings, Colorado - $0.03M, November 2015  
On November 4, 2015, Justin Braune resigned as the CEO and as the sole member of the Board of Directors of Agritek Holdings. B. Michael Friedman will act as interim CEO, and sole member of the board, and shall serve until the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter, until his respective successor is duly elected, qualified and practicable to replace Mr. Friedman. Mr. Friedman was previously the company's CEO from 2009 until he was replaced by Mr. Braune in March 2015.

Kashin, Nevada, $0.01M, March 2016
On February 28, 2016 in a Consent to Action in Lieu of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of Kashin to remove and terminate Carl Maybin II as the CEO and as a Director, Richard Dryer as the CIO and as a Director, to appoint Richard Specht as the Interim CEO, Interim CFO and Interim President and to appoint Scott Kline as the CIO and as a Director.

Primary Opinion, United Kingdom - $0.01M, December 2015   
Primary Opinion Limited announced that Mr. Martin Burke has tendered his resignation as CEO & Managing Director of the company effective 10 December 2015. Mr. Burke will continue to assist the board for the next 3 months to ensure a smooth transition of the Australian operations.

BreedIT Corp., New York - $0.01M, November 2015    
On November 10, 2015, the board of directors of BreedIT Corp. accepted the resignation of Mr. Yoel Yogev as the company's CEO and a director, effective November 10, 2015. Mr. Yogev stated that the reason for his resignation was to permit him to pursue other business interests. Mr. Itschak Shrem, who has served as the company's chairman since December 31, 2013, has been appointed as interim CEO and will continue to serve as chairman of the company's board of directors.

Kronologi Asia Berhad, Selangor, Malaysia - October 2015    
Kronologi Asia Berhad announced appointment of Mr. Teo Chong Meng Philip Dominic (Executive Director) as Acting CEO and Mr. Tan Wee Seng Gerard (Independent Non-Executive Director) as Non-Executive Chairman.

NETIA SA, Poland, October 2015
Netia announced Boguslawa Matuszewska's term as temporary president of its management board (CEO) expired on 06 October. As a member of the company's supervisory board, she was appointed temporarily to perform the duties of the CEO with effect from 06 July for no longer than three months. Netia also announced that she resigned her membership of the company's supervisory board with effect from 06 October.

Wall Street Media Co., New York, NY - October 2015       
Wall Street Media Co. announced that Jerrold D. Burden immediately resigned as the sole director, CEO, President, Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the company. The company also announced that Jeffrey A. Lubchansky was appointed as the company's sole officer and director, serving as the company's interim CEO, President, Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

Epcylon Technologies, Toronto, ON - September 2015
Effective on September 22, 2015, the board of directors of Epcylon Technologies accepted the resignation of Jack J. Bensimon as the CEO and member of the board of directors of the company. Gary Schwartz, as director of lead strategies on behalf of the company, will be overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company until a replacement for CEO has been appointed.

HashingSpace, Los Angeles, CA - September 2015    
Timothy M. Roberts resigned as the Chairman and CEO. No replacements announced yet.

AKADO Group, Moscow, Russia - October 2015    
Dmitriy Dronov has resigned from the position of CEO and president of the Akado group after working there for only four months. Nikolay Kuzmenko has been appointed acting CEO and president of the group. Kuzmenko earlier worked as the company's first deputy CEO.

Compumed, California, November 2015   
CompuMed announced that W. Scott Rombach has resigned as President, CEO, and Director of CompuMed, effective November 13, 2015. Lee Keddie and David Pointer, existing Directors, will serve in the role of interim Co-CEOs for the company.

Oniqua Pty, Queensland, November 2015
Oniqua Intelligent MRO announced that effective December 4, 2015 company co-founder and CEO Andy Hill will retire after 25 years of service. Steve Herrmann, EVP of marketing and alliances for the company, will serve as interim CEO to ensure a smooth and successful transition during the search for Mr. Hill's successor. Hill will continue to provide strategic advice and counsel to the company on a consulting basis.

Openreach, Greater London, November 2015    
BT announced that Joe Garner is to step down as CEO of Openreach after deciding to take up a new challenge as CEO of Nationwide.

Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques, Geneva, November 2015
SITA announced that CEO Francesco Violante will step down in the second half of 2016 after more than 13 years at the helm. A global search for Violante's successor is currently under way.

1st Detect Corporation, Texas, November 2015
Astrotech Corporation and its subsidiary 1st Detect Corporation, announced the demise of 1st Detect CEO Bob C. Kibler on October 31 due to heart complications. Mr. Kibler joined the company on June 23, 2014 and served as CEO of 1 Detect Corporation since December 4, 2014. Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman and CEO of Astrotech Corporation and Chairman of 1st Detect, who was also the CEO of 1 Detect from inception to December 3, 2014 will serve as Acting CEO until a successor is named.

PeerTV, Israel, November 2015    
PeerTV Plc announced the resignation of Wes Wilcox as CEO of PeerTV Limited.

Ournett Holdings, New York, November 2015   
Effective as of October 22, 2015, Mr. Xavier Rey has resigned as the CEO of Ournett Holdings and as a member of the company's Board of Directors.

ShopKeep POS, New York, December 2015       
Effective Jan. 1, 2016, ShopKeep announced that President and CEO, Norm Merritt, will be stepping down as head of the company for personal reasons. Michael DeSimone, who was formerly CEO of Borderfree will serve as ShopKeep’s acting CEO.

Total Client Services, South Africa, December 2015     
Total Client Services Limited announced its shareholders that Mr. Lindikhaya Sipoyo has decided not to renew his employment contract for a third term. However, in order to ensure a seamless transition, Lindikhaya has agreed to continue to fulfill the role as Executive Director and CEO until a suitable replacement is found. The Board expects this process to be completed by 29 February 2016 and shareholders will be advised once an appointment has been made.

Micromax Informatics Limited, India - January 2016
Micromax announced that CEO Vineet Taneja has resigned from the company. Taneja was appointed the CEO in May 2014. The company's four promoters, Rajesh Agarwal, Vikas Jain, Rahul Sharma and Sumeet Kumar, that own about 80% stake, are now in charge of the company.

Imagination TV, Florida - January 2016
STEVEN SAMBLIS, has stepped down as CEO, CFO and President and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the company. JOE SIRIANNI, who has consented to act as a President, Secretary and Treasurer, is appointed as President, Secretary and Treasurer of the company.

HempTech Corporation, Florida - January 2016
In connection with the new operating structure and upon completion of the Agronetix Merger, Sam Talari will become the Acting CEO and CFO of Agronetix. The Company will start to recruit a CEO for HempTech Sam Talari will remain as the acting CEO for HempTech.

Superloop, Australia, February 2016       
Superloop Limited announced that Superloop Executive Director and Founder, Mr. Bevan Slattery will be taking the role of Interim CEO of Superloop. Slattery will remain in the role of company Chairman.

AppYea, Texas, February 2016     
On February 4, 2016, AppYea's sole director, CEO and CFO, Jackie Williams, passed away. Effective February 16, 2016, pursuant to the company's Bylaws, shareholders holding a majority of the common share votes, voted by written consent to appoint Keri Williams and Devin Beavers to serve as directors of the company. In addition, on February 16, 2016, the newly appointed board of directors appointed Devin Beavers to serve as interim CEO and interim CFO.

Globecomm Systems,New York, March 2016
Globecomm Systems announced that Keith A. Hall is stepping down as CEO and that Current CFO, Jason D. Juranek, will serve as Interim CEO. Mr. Hall will continue to be a resource for the Company during this interim period to ensure a smooth transition.   

Trendit, Israel, March 2016
The Board of Directors of Trendit announced the appointment of Lior Romano as Executive Director. Mr. Romano will also act as interim CEO until a permanent replacement is appointed. Mr. Romano is also CEO of Contacts+. Benny Saban, CEO of the company, has notified the Board of his resignation from his role as CEO and as a member of the company's board.         

Gulf Bridge International, Qatar, March 2016
Gulf Bridge International has announced the appointment of Amr Eid as acting CEO. Eid will take on the job effective immediately, in addition to his role and responsibilities as chief commercial officer.

Interups, New York, April 2016
Until April 26, 2016, the company's sole director and officer was Likhitha Palaypu, who resigned as an officer, and is the daughter of Laxmi Prasad, formerly the company's majority shareholder. The company appointed Hadley W. Donenberg as Director, Interim CEO. He relocated to the United States in 1994 and formed Haddon Corporation, which has long-standing business and legal relationships in many countries, including offices in South Africa, Bulgaria, United Kingdom and Peru. In addition, through Mr. Donenberg's status as a former national Chairman of the Jewish National Fund of South Africa, and as former President of the Chicago/South Africa Chamber of Commerce, he has excellent access to owners of hedge funds, high net worth individuals, and other persons with global influence.

VGTel, New York, April 2016
VGTel announced that effective August 31, 2015, the interim management team, consisting of Amilya Antonetti, interim CEO, and K. Bryce Toussaint, interim President elected not to renew the 90-day interim management contract, and as of August 31, 2015, Ms. Antonetti and Mr. Toussaint are no longer affiliated with the company. The Board of Directors is seeking replacements for both President and CEO positions.

Compliance Science, New York, April 2016
Compliance Science announced co-founder and CEO Mitch Kraskin has stepped down from his role as CEO. Effective March 29, David Eisner, a board member since March 2015, has assumed the role of executive chairman of Compliance Science and will be responsible for the company's operations and appointment of the next CEO. Michael D Angelo continues in his senior executive and board roles. Mr. Kraskin remains a non-executive board member of the company he co-founded in 2003.

This is the detailed version of CEOs Appointed in the month April 2016. 

Orange, France, $43.7B, April 2016Elie Lobel

NEC Europe, United Kingdom, $53.6M, April 2016Masahiro Ikeno

Greenway Health, Georgia, April 2016Scott Zimmerman

• Jeff K. Storey, the President and CEO of Level 3, has returned from his medical leave of absence and has resumed his duties as Level 3's President and CEO. Sunit S. Patel, who served as interim CEO and interim principal executive officer during Mr. Storey's medical leave of absence, continues to serve as Level 3's EVP and CFO and principal financial officer.
• The Overstock.com board of directors has appointed the company’s General Counsel and SVP Mitch Edwards to the role of acting CEO, effective immediately. This appointment comes after company founder Dr. Patrick M. Byrne announced his decision to take a medical leave of absence. The role is not yet open it seems.

Saueressig is the youngest CIO at a German DAX company, who will lead SAPs IT organization and report to the COO. Saueressig joined SAP in 2004 and was previously global head of IT service.

Scott Russell was named president and managing director for SAP Southeast Asia. He was most recently the COO for SAP Asia Pacific Japan and interim president and managing director for SAP Southeast Asia for the last quarter, where he helped to ensure business continuity.

Rufat Gadzhialibelov is now the head of its Azerbaijan unit. Gadzhialibekov earlier worked as head of Microsoft Azerbaijan. He succeeds Sarkhan Gashimov.

Adobe Names New VP, Adobe Research

Adobe has brought on board noted computer scientist Anandan Padmanabhan to head its big data experience Lab in Bengaluru as VP, Adobe Research. Padmanabhan, who in his previous role was the MD of research outreach at Microsoft will lead the company's big data research initiatives in the region.

Intuit Appoints Oportun CEO as Director     Raul Vazquez

Intuit appointed Raul Vazquez, CEO of Oportun, a financial technology company, to its board of directors. Prior to joining Oportun, Vazquez spent nine years at Walmart in various senior leadership roles.

Fiserv Appoints CAO as Principal Accounting Officer           

Kenneth F. Best was appointed the principal accounting officer of Fiserv. Best joined the company in 2010 as VP, corporate controller.  In 2014, he was promoted to SVP, corporate controller and, in March he became chief accounting officer of the company.

Dassault Systèmes Appoints Managing Director of North America  

Dassault Systèmes named Paul DiLaura as Managing Director of North America. DiLaura joined the company in 2005 and held a variety of roles, including managing the company's relationship with Boeing, before being appointed VP of Sales for the Value Solutions Partner Channel in 2011.

Americas Publishing Exec Moves into New Global Publishing Role at Electronic Arts       

Electronic Arts announced that Laura Miele, EA's SVP, Americas Publishing, is moving into a new role as EVP, Global Publishing.

Workday Appoints Robynne Sisco as CFO    

Workday named Robynne Sisco as CFO. Prior to joining Workday in 2012 as chief accounting officer, Robynne was chief accounting officer and corporate controller at VMware, SVP and chief accounting officer at VeriSign and assistant controller at Oracle.

Red Hat Appoints Regional Leaders and Principal Accounting Officer   Massimo Fatato

Red Hat named Massimo Fatato as VP of the firm's broadened telecoms business in EMEA. Fatato joined Red Hat from HP, where he worked as general manager for its Operations Support System (OSS) portfolio globally, having formerly held designations at Cisco and Accenture.

Alejandro Raffaele joined Red Hat as its head of telecommunications and media in Latin America. Raffaele will be in charge of the management of operations and business relationships with leading telecommunications and data center services companies in the region.

Eric R. Shander, 47, will serve as the company’s principal accounting officer. Shander joined the company in November 2015 as VP, Finance and Accounting. Prior to that, he spent over twenty years at IBM, most recently as VP/Global Services Automation & Competitiveness.

Couple of Autodesk Directors Not to Stand for Re-election 

Autodesk’s two long-standing directors, J. Hallam Dawson, 78, and Per-Kristian Halvorsen, 63, have decided to not stand for reelection to the Board. Dawson is the retired chairman of IDI Associates, a private Latin American investment bank. Halvorsen is the chief innovation officer and a SVP at Intuit.

CA Names Corporate Communications Leader and Head of Latin American Operations

CA Technologies announced that Darlàn Monterisi has been named SVP of Corporate Communications. Most recently, Monterisi was a partner and managing director at Porter Novelli in New York. Prior to that Monterisi was global PR director for Rockstar Games.

The company has appointed Claudia Vasquez as its new head of Latin American operations. Vazquez will replace Larcio Albuquerque, who held the position since 2012 and left the company a few days ago. Vasquez was VP of sales for the Andean region prior to this appointment.

Citrix Systems Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO, Resigns    

David R. Friedman, 54, resigned as Citrix's Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO, which he served since April 2015. Friedman served as SVP of Human Resources at Citrix since April 2006 until March 2015 and served as its General Counsel since 2002 until March 2015.

Michael A. Brown to Step Down as President and CEO of Symantec           

Symantec announced that Michael A. Brown, 56, will step down as President and CEO. Brown will continue to serve as CEO and as a director of the Company until a successor has been appointed. Brown has been the CEO since September 2014 and served as its President from September 2014.

Total System Services Elects Acquired Company TransFirst’s CEO as Senior EVP

Total System Services, the provider of infrastructure software to the payments industry, completed its acquisition of TransFirst and the company also announced that TransFirst’s president and CEO, John Shlonsky, has been elected as Senior EVP of TSYS, and will lead the combined businesses.

NetApp Sees Board and Senior Leadership Changes 

Tor Braham, 58, resigned from the Board of NetApp. Braham has been Managing Director and Head of Technology Mergers & Acquisitions at Warburg Dillion Read, a subsidiary of UBS AG since 1997.

NetApp appointed Ronald J. Pasek, 55, as EVP and CFO of the Company (as well as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer). Prior to his appointment, he served as SVP, Finance and CFO of Altera Corporation until its acquisition by Intel in December 2015.

Pasek succeeds Jeffrey K. Bergmann, who has served as the Company's interim CFO since January 2016. Bergmann will resume his previous role as VP of corporate finance of the Company.

Robert Salmon, 54, will retire from his position as President of NetApp. Salmon will remain an employee of the company until June, to provide transition services to the company. Henri Richard, newly appointed EVP of Worldwide Field and Customer Operations, succeeds Salmon.

Richard will join NetApp at the beginning of the company's fiscal year 2017. He joins NetApp from SanDisk Corporation.

Cadence Design Systems CFO to Retire Next Year

Cadence Design Systems SVP and CFO Geoff Ribar, who joined the company in 2010, has decided to retire from Cadence effective March 31, 2017. Cadence has initiated a comprehensive search to identify the company's next CFO.

Splunk Appoints Chief Revenue Officer from Salesforce   Susan St. Ledger    

Splunk appointed Susan St. Ledger as Chief Revenue Officer. As CRO, St. Ledger will have direct worldwide responsibility for all revenue generating and customer facing Splunk teams. St.  Ledger serves as CRO of the Marketing Cloud at Salesforce.com.

SS&C Technologies BD Leader for EMEA Region  

SS&C Technologies appointed Ron Tannenbaum as the new managing director of BD for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Most recently, Tannenbaum was Co-Founder and Partner (UK Marketing and Sales) at AltB Partners LP.

Gemalto Announces CEO Changes   

Digital security company Gemalto’s CEO Olivier Piou has decided to retire from the company at the end of August 2016. COO Philippe Vallée will be the company's new CEO. Vallée joined the company in 1992. He has 27 years of experience in the digital security space.

NetSuite Appoints Global Controller and VP/GM for Asia   

Michael Forman, 45, was appointed as an Executive Officer of NetSuite and promoted to the role of SVP, Global Controller and appointed as the company’s principal accounting officer. From July 2010 to March 2016, he served as the company’s VP, Finance and Corporate Controller.

NetSuite appointed Zakir Ahmed as VP and General Manager, Asia. Prior to NetSuite, Ahmed was with TechnologyOne Corp, where he served as General Manager for a $50 million business unit. Before that he was with Salesforce.com, Microcell, CGI and Steltor (now Oracle).

Micro Focus Appoints Long-Time HR Leader as Non-Executive Director

Micro Focus International plc appointed Amanda Brown as a board member. She is currently Group HR Director at Hiscox Ltd. Prior, she held a number of HR roles at Whitbread, most recently as Director of Organization & Learning, spent five years at PepsiCo, after starting her HR career at Mars.

CSC’s Strategic Business EVP Steps Down

Ashish Mahadwar, 48, EVP and General Manager, Strategic Business since July 2014, stepped down from his role at CSC. Mahadwar previously served as SVP and Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Cognizant.

Teradata Goes through CEO Transition and CHRO Steps Down     

Michael F. Koehler, 62, resigned as President, CEO and director of Teradata. Current director Victor L. Lund, 68, has been appointed as President and CEO. He has been a director since 2007, and actively involved in the oversight of Teradata's business transformation since the fourth quarter of 2015.

CHRO Saundra Davis resigns from Teradata. Davis has served the company in the role of CHRO since 2007.

Ubisoft Entertainment Appoints Didier Crespel as Lead Independent Director        

French multinational video game developer and publisher Ubisoft Entertainment created the role of lead independent director, and elected Didier Crespel, 53, to fill this new position. Crespel has sat on Ubisoft`s board of directors as an independent director since November 2013.

FICO Appoints Former Salesforce Exec to Chief Information Office           

FICO has appointed Claus Moldt as CIO. Prior to joining FICO, Moldt was CEO of mPath. Before that he was the global CIO and SVP of service delivery at Salesforce. He previously held leadership positions at eBay, Oracle and Loudcloud.

Tech Data Strengthens Operating Model with Global Executive Appointments      

Tech Data named Richard T. Hume to EVP and COO and John Shea to VP, Global Business Development.  Hume joins Tech Data following a 30-year career with IBM, where he most recently served as general manager and COO, Global Technology Services, since January 2015.

Shea returns to Tech Data from Vology, where he has served as President since November 2014.

Ellie Mae Appoints Former Sun Microsystems Exec as VP of Investor Relations    

Ellie Mae announced that Alex Hughes has joined the company as VP of Investor Relations. Prior to Ellie Mae, he established and led the IR functions at Dolby Laboratories and Chegg, as well as helped lead IR for Sun Microsystems.

TangramCare Co-Founder and CEO to Step Down From Allscripts’ Board Anita V. Pramoda

Anita V. Pramoda, 40, a member of the Board of Directors of Allscripts will not stand for re-election to board. Pramoda is a Co-Founder of TangramCare and serves as its CEO.

Science Applications International Corporation Announces Departure of CFO

SAIC announced the departure of its EVP and CFO, John R. Hartley, 50. Hartley has decided to return to Southern California and his family and home after commuting to the East Coast for the last four years. Hartley has been with the company and its legacy parent since 2001.

Zendesk Appoints Chief Revenue Officer, CIO and CFO     

Customer service software company Zendesk named Bryan Cox, former SVP of global customer operations at VMware, as its first chief revenue officer; Tom Keiser, former chief information officer and EVP of global product operations at Gap, as its first chief information officer; and Elena Gomez, former SVP of finance and strategy at Salesforce, as its new CFO

FireEye Announce Management Changes Based On Succession Plan          

FireEye announced the implementation of its senior management succession plan. David DeWalt, currently FireEye’s CEO and Chairman of the Board, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of FireEye and step down as CEO. Kevin Mandia, FireEye’s current President, will transition to the role of CEO of FireEye and step down as President.

Travis Reese, currently FireEye’s President of Mandiant Consulting and iSIGHT Intelligence, will transition to the role of FireEye’s President, and Michael Berry, currently EVP and CFO of FireEye, will assume the role of FireEye’s COO in addition to his current roles.

Ashar Aziz, FireEye’s Founder, Chief Strategy Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board, notified FireEye of his decision to transition to a Director-only role and step down from other roles. Aziz remains a member of FireEye’s Board of Directors.

Cornerstone OnDemand Goes Through CFO Changes         

Cornerstone OnDemand appointed Brian L. Swartz to replace Perry Wallack as the company’s CFO. Swartz currently serves as the CFO at zulily. In February 2016, Cornerstone’s current CFO and co-founder, Perry Wallack, announced his planned retirement.

Pegasystems Appoints ReachLocal CEO as Newest Director; Acquires OpenSpan 

Pegasystems appointed Sharon Rowlands, 57, as a board member. Rowlands is an accomplished CEO with expertise in digital marketing and more than 20 years' experience growing complex business services and software companies. She joined ReachLocal in 2014 as its CEO and a member of its Board.

Pegasystems acquired OpenSpan and its CEO Musser will become managing director of robotics and workforce intelligence, and the rest of the leadership team will have roles in the combined company.

Fleetmatics Announces New CEO and Global Sales SVP

Jim Travers, Fleetmatics’ Chairman and CEO for the past decade, will step down as CEO and remain as Chair. He will be succeeded as CEO by Jill Ward, the Company's President and COO since 2015. Ward will also join the Company's Board of Directors when she becomes CEO. Prior to joining Fleetmatics, Ward was SVP and General Manager at Intuit.

Fleetmatics named Robert Dahdah to the newly-created position of SVP of Global Sales. Most recently, he was a SVP of Global Sales for SunGard Financial Systems.

Telecom and Broadband Expert Leaves Synchronoss Technologies’ Board  

Charles E. Hoffman, 67, a director of Synchronoss Technologies does not intend to run for re-election to the board. Hoffman served as CEO and President of Covad Communications Group from 2001 to 2008. Hoffman has more than 30 years of telecom and broadband experience.

Progress Software’s CFO to Retire    

Progress Software’s CFO Chris E. Perkins, 52, has informed the company that he plans to retire after a transition period while the company search for his replacement. Perkins joined Progress as its CFO in February 2013. The Company will commence a search for a new CFO shortly.

LogMeIn Board Member Not to Stand for Re-election

After ten years of dedicated service to LogMeIn as a member of the company's board of directors, Irfan Salim, 62, notified the Board of his intention not to stand for re-election. Salim served as the CEO of MarkMonitor since October 2006 and served as its President.

Battery Ventures’ General Partner Resigns as Marketo Director; Company Appoints IBM Analytics CTO as Chief Scientist

‎General Partner at Battery Ventures Neeraj Agwaral, 43, a director of Marketo informed the company that he will not stand for re-election to the Company's Board of Directors.

Marketo appointed Shankar Venkataraman as chief scientist. Venkataraman joins Marketo from IBM where he was CTO for the IBM Analytics Platform.

Opera Software CFO/Chief Strategy Officer LeavesErik C. Harrell

Opera web browser developer Opera Software ASA announced that Erik C. Harrell, CFO and chief strategy officer, has resigned, informing the company that he plans to pursue professional opportunities outside the company. Harrell has been CFO since 2005 and CSO since 2010.

AVG Technologies Announces CFO Changes           

AVG Technologies named Jeff Ross as CFO. He will be succeeding outgoing CFO John Little. Ross brings more than 25 years of financial and management experience to AVG, having held the title of CFO at multiple technology companies. Most recently, he served as CFO of Cyan.

Benefitfocus’ CFO Resigns; COO takes up Responsibilities in the Interim  

Benefitfocus announced that Milton A. Alpern resigned as CFO of the company. In the interim, Raymond A. August, the company's president and COO, has assumed the additional responsibilities of principal financial and accounting officer of the company.

inContact CTO/CSO Departs

Julian Critchfield, EVP and Chief Technology & Security Officer, is leaving inContact. He joined the company in 2014, from GE Healthcare, where he was CTO & GM of Cloud & Enterprise Platform Systems.

Epiq Systems Promotes BD Exec

Epiq Systems, the provider of technology solutions for the legal profession, promoted Alicia Den Beste to VP of client services and BD in the company's Chapter 7 bankruptcy solutions and fiduciary services division. Den Beste was Senior Director of BD and has 12 plus years of bankruptcy experience.

Date Range: March 24th - May 13th

Facebook Goes Through Several Leadership Changes

Paul Grewal, a magistrate judge in San Jose federal court, is joining Facebook as Deputy General Counsel in charge of litigation. Grewal has been on the bench since 2010. He has been on the court's technology and patent committees. Before joining the bench as a magistrate, Grewal worked at the law firms Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and at Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder as well as serving as a law clerk to Federal Circuit appeals court judge Arthur J. Gajarsa.

Facebook hired Google's Regina Dugan to head up a new R&D group focused on hardware, called Building 8. Dugan, who leads the Advanced Technology and Products group at Google, is also a former director of the US military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

VP Mike Buckley is leaving the company to work full time at New Frontier Foods, a food company he co-founded back in 2012. Caryn Marooney, Buckley’s counterpart running product and technology communications, will step in to manage the entire communications team.

Alibaba Group Appoints International Corporate Communications Head; Establishes Netherlands Operations with New Leader   

Alibaba Group appointed Jennifer Kuperman as Head of International Corporate Communications. Kuperman will replace Jim Wilkinson (current Head of International Corporate Affairs) who will be leaving Alibaba in the coming months to start a new entrepreneurial venture.

Kuperman, who currently serves as VP, Head of Strategy for International Corporate Affairs, is a proven international communications leader who has spent the last two years helping leading global communications strategy and execution for Alibaba. Prior to Alibaba, Kuperman was SVP and Head of Corporate Marketing and Reputation at Visa.

Alibaba Group appointed Roland Palmer as managing director of Alibaba Group Netherlands and member of the Alibaba Group EU leadership team. Prior to joining Alibaba, he was CEO of Blokker Holding where he helped in transforming a traditional offline retail company into an omnichannel group.

IBM Names Former AOL President as Chief Digital OfficerBob Lord

IBM has tapped Bob Lord, a former president at AOL and the former CEO of the Web advertising firm Razorfish, as its chief digital officer. As president, Lord had pressed AOL to focus on automating its advertising technologies, and during his tenure the Internet company acquired several firms that played in that space. Lord was the driving force behind AOL’s acquisitions of Millennial Media, the Web-personalization startup Gravity and Convertro, a startup focused on ad attribution.

Amazon Names Retail and Cloud Computing Heads as CEOs of Their Respective Units

Amazon announced that Jeff Wilke, the head of Amazon’s consumer business, and Andy Jassy, the head of its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, are now CEOs of those respective units. Essentially Wilke and Jassy have been doing these jobs for some time. Jassy took what seemed at first in 2006 which is on track to become a $10 billion annual business by the end of this year. Wilke, on the other hand, runs Amazon’s core retail business worldwide.

Former KPMG Partner Retires From Priceline’s Board         

Howard W. (Skip) Barker, Jr., 68, has informed The Priceline Group that he has decided to retire from the Company's Board. He serves as Treasurer at Senior Services of Stamford. Barker was a Partner of KPMG from July 1982 to September 2002, where he joined in July 1972.

Retired Partner of PwC Retires from Board of Chinese language Internet Search Provider Baidu    

William Decker, 68, will step down from Baidu’s board of directors. Decker is a retired partner of PwC. Prior to his retirement in July 2005, he was the senior partner in charge of PwC’s Global Capital Markets Group.

Netflix Appoints Media and Technology Industry Vet as VP, BD for APACAnthony Zameczkowski

Anthony Zameczkowski has joined Netflix as VP, business development for Asia-Pacific. Prior to Netflix, Zameckowski was running the international operations of Victorious, a Kleiner Perkins-backed startup in the mobile video space.

Yahoo! Announces Board Changes After Agreement with Starboard Value LP; Important Execs Leave

Yahoo! has reached an agreement with Starboard Value and its affiliates under which four new independent directors, Tor R. Braham, Eddy W.  Hartenstein, Richard S. Hill, and Jeffrey C. Smith, Starboard’s CEO and Chief Investment Officer, will join the board.

Tor R. Braham served as Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Mergers and Acquisitions for Deutsche Bank Securities from 2004 until 2012.

Eddy W. Hartenstein is a seasoned media executive with a wealth of executive experience from his time serving as CEO of the Tribune Company, Chairman and CEO of DIRECTV, and Publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times Media Group. 

Richard S. Hillis a seasoned senior executive and public company board member who has served as Chairman of Tessera Technologies since 2013, and who previously served as Tessera’s interim CEO.

Jeffrey C.  Smith is a Managing Member, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Starboard.

Two current independent directors, Lee Scott and Sue James, have opted not to stand for reelection at 2016 annual shareholder meeting.

Sandy Gould, SVP for talent acquisition and development, is leaving Yahoo!. Gould was hired to much acclaim just over three years ago, after a high-profile career at Disney/ABC Television Group, Linden Labs/Second Life and RealNetworks.

Robby Stein, an important product director at Yahoo for most of Marissa Mayer's time as CEO, is leaving the company for a product leadership role at Instagram. At Yahoo, Stein led the New York engineering office, working on mobile and video products, which had been key to Mayer's turnaround pitch.

Hitachi to Strengthen IoT Platforms to Expand the Digital Solutions Business; Appoints Keiji Kojima to Lead the Global Team  

Hitachi is strengthening the development and establishment of IoT(Internet of Things) platforms as part of efforts to expand the digital solutions business. Keiji Kojima, 59, who holds concurrent positions as SVP and Executive Officer, and CEO of the Services & Platforms BU, will lead the global team being formed at bases in North America, Europe, Japan, and other regions.

Twitter Appoints Two Directors and Managing Director for China  

Twitter appointed Hugh Johnston and Martha Lane Fox to serve as members of the Board. Johnston, has been Vice Chairman and CFO of PepsiCo. Lane Fox has served as the founder and chair of doteveryone.org.uk, an organization advancing the understanding and use of Internet enabled technologies, and in September 2014 was appointed Chancellor of Open University.

Twitter Appoints Kathy Chen as Managing Director for China. Previously, she was General Manager, Strategy Partner Ecosystem Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Product Group at Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research & Development Group.

58.com Appoints Hongyu Xing as CTO         

58.com named Hongyu Xing as CTO. Mr. Hongyu Xing has more than 10 years of experience in the Internet industry. Xing joined 58.com in 2015 as a SVP. Prior to joining the Company, he held various positions at Tencent including General Manager in charge of search products, network and media products and WeChat.

Zillow Group Appoints Starbucks Exec as VP of People and Culture  Dan Spaulding         

Zillow Group announced Dan Spaulding has joined the company in the new position of VP of People and Culture. Spaulding was most recently VP, U.S. Stores and Retail Operations HR at Starbucks.

Autohome Announces Chairman Changes     

Autohome, the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, appointed Cynthia Whelan as the Chairman replacing Timothy Y. Chen. Chen will continue to serve as a director. Whelan was appointed Group Executive for Telstra International and New Businesses in September 2015.

Match Group Appoints Former Yahoo Exec as GM, Global Advertising and Brand Solutions         

Owner of online dating websites Match Group hired Peter Foster as GM, Global Advertising and Brand Solutions. Foster joins from Wrap Media, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer for six months, following four years at Yahoo where he was VP, Solutions Development.

Yelp Names CFO       

Charles “Lanny” Baker will join Yelp as CFO. As a former CFO for two digital companies, ZipRealty and Monster Worldwide, and sell-side analyst covering internet and e-commerce, direct marketing and publishing industries, Baker has a successful track record of building and measuring corporate finance strategies rooted in long-term growth objectives.

Mphasis Appoints Head of Digital from Persistent Systems 

India based IT services firm Mphasis appointed Yesh Subramanian as SVP and Head of Digital at Mphasis. Yesh joins Mphasis from Persistent Systems, where he was the SVP of Digital Business Solution for Platforms.

Shutterstock Appoints Bloomberg CMO to Board; Names New CMO and Chief People Officer

Shutterstock announced Deirdre M. Bigley, Chief Marketing Officer for Bloomberg, has been appointed to the company's board. The company also named Jeff Weiser as Chief Marketing Officer and Matthew Jagoda as Chief People Officer. Jeff is joining the company from Beachbody, creators of the exercise program P90X and Shakeology. Matthew joins from Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) where he has been head of HR since 2008.

Dennis B. Story to Join Benefitfocus as CFO

Benefitfocus announced that Dennis B. Story will join the company as CFO. Story is currently EVP and CFO of Manhattan Associates. Story has been with Manhattan Associates since March of 2006. Story succeeds Milt Alpern who retired.

Boohoo.com Appoints Entrepreneur and Businesswomen as Non-Executive Director        

eCommerce brand Boohoo.com plc named Sara Murray as non-executive director. Sara is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started, grown and sold three technology companies - Ninah Consulting (sold to ZenithOptimedia, a subsidiary of Publicis Groupe in 2003); Inspop (owner of Confused.com, the online insurance marketplace which was sold to Admiral Group in 2002); and Buddi, the leading remote health and location monitoring technology business in 2005.

Uber Hires Top Ford Engineer to Help Build Self-Driving Cars

Sherif Marakby, director of global electronics and engineering at Ford, is joining Uber as VP of global vehicle programs. Marakby will relocate from Detroit to Pittsburgh, where Uber is busy expanding its Advanced Technologies Center.

Lyft Hires Snaptu Founder and Facebook Exec as VP of GrowthRan Makavy

Ran Makavy, who founded Snaptu, a free mobile app platform in 2007, has joined transportation network company Lyft as VP of Growth. Snaptu served as one of the building blocks for Facebook Lite and later the company’s controversial Internet.org program, was acquired by Facebook in 2011. At Facebook, Makavy started as a growth manager, but eventually joined the team that spearheaded the company’s free-Internet-for-all program that was later renamed Free Basics.

Dropbox Appoints Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs as Board Member

Dropbox added Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs, 53, to its board. As former CEO of chipmaker Qualcomm, he has deep experience in the mobile sector. He had been the CEO of Qualcomm from 2005 to 2014, and previous to that date served as the Group President of Qualcomm Wireless and Internet Group from 2001. Jacobs started with the company as an engineer in the wireless technology development group in 1990.

Square's Board Member Resigns

Magic Johnson, 56, the retired professional basketball player and NBA legend, has stepped down from the board of Square, to focus on a new development firm he launched to capitalize on President Obama's promise that the federal government will spend trillions on U.S. infrastructure upgrades over the next decade.

Date Range: March 24th - May 13th

Karen Appleton, SVP, Global Alliances at Box, has left that company for an enterprise-focused Senior Director role at Apple. She joined Box in 2007 as its eighth hire, becoming the company's SVP for industries.

Apple has promoted its current India-based Director, Telecom Sanjay Kaul as the new Country Manager in India. Kaul joined Apple in November 2011 as head of the iPhone business in India. Prior to joining Apple, he served BlackBerry where he headed the firm's channel sales division.

Vodafone Creates New Line of Business for Enterprise Customers; Appoints Simon Church as VESS CEO          

Vodafone Group plc has created Vodafone Enterprise Security Services, or VESS, its new global line of business to provide its enterprise customers with cyber security technologies and specialist advice and support. The new VESS line of business will will be led by VESS CEO Simon Church. Church was previously CEO at NTT Com Security, formerly Integralis, and has held senior roles at Verisign and NetIQ.

Bridgewater Associates Co-CEO Resigns from Qualcomm Board    

Jonathan Rubinstein, 58, a member of the Board of Directors of Qualcomm, is resigning from the Board in order to focus on his new role as co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates. He is former Head of the Global Business Unit at WebOS and SVP of Product Innovation for Personal Systems Group at HP.

Nokia Appoints President of Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks   

Nokia has appointed Philippe Piron to lead its Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks business. Piron replaces Philippe Dumont, who has decided to pursue endeavors outside of the company. Piron joins Nokia from GEA Batignolles Technologies Thermiques. He started his career in 1994 at Total Chimie.

Ericsson Witnesses Board and Organizational and Structural Changes     Kristin S. Rinne    

Ericsson elected Kristin S. Rinne, 61, and Helena Stjernholm, 45, as new Board members. Rinne serves as SVP of Architecture and Planning for AT&T. Prior, she served as VP of Technology and Product Realization at Cingular.

Stjernholm is President and CEO of Aktiebolaget Industrivärden. She has 17 years of experience in private equity at IK.

Ericsson announced a series of organizational and structural changes to strengthen strategy execution to drive growth and profitability. Two business units focusing on the Networks business: BU Network Products, headed by Arun Bansal, SVP, Head of Business Unit Network Products and a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). BU Network Services, headed by Fredrik Jejdling, SVP, Head of Business Unit Network Services and a member of the ELT.

Two business units focusing on the IT & Cloud business: BU IT & Cloud Products, headed by Anders Lindblad, SVP, Head of Business Unit IT & Cloud Products and a member of the ELT. BU IT & Cloud Services, headed by Jean-Philippe Poirault, SVP, Head of Business Unit IT & Cloud Services and a member of the ELT.

Strengthened focus on new types of customers in Media and Industries: BU Media with central go-to-market model, headed by Per Borgklint, SVP, Chief Innovation Officer, Head of Business Unit Media and a member of the ELT.

Customer Group Industry & Society with central go-to-market model, headed by Charlotta Sund, SVP, Head of Customer Group Industry & Society and a member of the ELT.

Ericsson appointed Peter Laurin, as Head of region northern Europe and Central Asia. Laurin currently holds the position as Head of Global Customer Unit Vodafone.

Jean-Claude Geha is now head of region sub-Saharan Africa. Geha currently holds the position as Head of Business Line Managed Services.

Gustav Brismark appointed as Chief Intellectual Property Officer and Head of IPR & Licensing. Brismark currently holds the position as VP, Patent Strategy and Portfolio.

The following individuals will leave the Executive Leadership Team: Magnus Mandersson, EVP (since 2011) and Head of Segment and Business Unit Global Services (since 2010). Mandersson will hold the position as Head of Segment Global Services, EVP and Advisor to the CEO.

Alcatel Appoints President of North America and North Asia Business Units   Steve Cistulli       

Alcatel appointed Steve Cistulli as President of Alcatel's North America and North Asia business units. He remains General Manager of Alcatel's North American business. Prior to this appointment, Cistulli served as SVP and General Manager for Alcatel in North America.

Motorola Solutions Appoints Company Veteran as Head of Brazilian Operations    

Motorola Solutions appointed Elton Borgonovo as general manager for its Brazilian operations. Borgonovo succeeds Paulo Cunha, who resigned from the position. Borgonovo joined Motorola 18 years ago as an intern.

Yandex Announces Board Changes    

Yandex announced that the company's Chairman and Director, Alfred Fenaughty passed away on March 26, 2016, at the age of 90. Yandex's Board of Directors has appointed John Boynton, 50, a current non-executive director, to serve as interim Chairman of the Board.

Blackberry Extends Device Division's Corporate Shake-Up As it Seeks Profitability

BlackBerry announced that Ralph Pini will succeed Ron Louks as the device division's COO and GM. The executive has headed BlackBerry’s radio-frequency technology development operations for more than four years.

Louks joined BlackBerry in January 2014 from OpenNMS Group.

BlackBerry hired Alex Thurber as SVP for global device sales. AThurber comes to BlackBerry from WatchGuard, where he was VP of sales for the supplier of security solutions. He previously held a similar with software security company Tripwire, and led worldwide channels and commercial sales operations at McAfee.

Ciena Appoints Australia, NZ Managing Director     

Ciena has appointed Matt Vesperman as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. Before re-joining Ciena, Vesperman held numerous roles in the region including most recently as a senior account director at Ericsson and as VP of sales at Openwave Mobility.

Betsy Atkins Resigns from Polycom Board   Betsy Atkins

Betsy Atkins, 62, has resigned from the Polycom Board of Directors in order to pursue other opportunities including her recent election to the Volvo board. Atkins is an American business executive and entrepreneur. She is known for her early stage investments in Yahoo and eBay in association with the venture capital firm, Baja LLC.

Mobile Startup Quixey Names New CEO

Quixey, a mobile search and advertising startup, appointed Mark Lazar, a veteran executive from several enterprise and networking companies, as new CEO. Quixey’s founding CEO, Tomer Kagan, is stepping over to focus on the company’s technology as chief strategy officer. Lazar was most recently CEO of Victrio, that sells enterprise software against fraud attacks. Before that, he served as CEO for eight other companies, primarily in the world of enterprise and Web services.

Date Range: March 24th - May 13th

Karen Appleton, SVP, Global Alliances at Box, has left that company for an enterprise-focused Senior Director role at Apple. She joined Box in 2007 as its eighth hire, becoming the company's SVP for industries.

Apple has promoted its current India-based Director, Telecom Sanjay Kaul as the new Country Manager in India. Kaul joined Apple in November 2011 as head of the iPhone business in India. Prior to joining Apple, he served BlackBerry where he headed the firm's channel sales division.

Alphabet Opens New Hardware Division; Appoints Former Motorola President as Leader           

Alphabet has hired former Motorola President Rick Osterloh to lead a new hardware division. The newly created hardware division will include Chromebook laptops, tablets, Chromecast gadgets and also OnHub Wi-Fi routers. Android chief Hiroshi Lockheimer will now mainly focus on the software part. He earlier oversaw Chromecast and Chromebooks. Osterloh will be reporting to Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai.

Google’s Head of Enterprise Apps to Run Virtual Reality Business

Amit Singh, the president of Google for Work, the company's unit that sells its suite of apps to other companies, is now leading business and operations for Google's nascent virtual reality division. Singh, a former Oracle sales exec, has lead Google for Work since 2010.

Facebook Goes Through Several Leadership Changes

Paul Grewal, a magistrate judge in San Jose federal court, is joining Facebook as Deputy General Counsel in charge of litigation. Grewal has been on the bench since 2010. He has been on the court's technology and patent committees. Before joining the bench as a magistrate, Grewal worked at the law firms Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and at Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder as well as serving as a law clerk to Federal Circuit appeals court judge Arthur J. Gajarsa.

Facebook hired Google's Regina Dugan to head up a new R&D group focused on hardware, called Building 8. Dugan, who leads the Advanced Technology and Products group at Google, is also a former director of the US military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Facebook has appointed Shant Oknayan as head of e-commerce, retail and online services at Facebook in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. He formerly led Google's market development for small and medium-sized businesses in the Middle East and North Africa.

VP Mike Buckley is leaving the company to work full time at New Frontier Foods, a food company he co-founded back in 2012. Caryn Marooney, Buckley’s counterpart running product and technology communications, will step in to manage the entire communications team.

Amazon Names Retail and Cloud Computing Heads as CEOs of Their Respective Units

Amazon announced that Jeff Wilke, the head of Amazon’s consumer business, and Andy Jassy, the head of its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, are now CEOs of those respective units. Essentially Wilke and Jassy have been doing these jobs for some time. Jassy took what seemed at first in 2006 which is on track to become a $10 billion annual business by the end of this year. Wilke, on the other hand, runs Amazon’s core retail business worldwide.

Alibaba Group Appoints International Corporate Communications Head; Establishes Netherlands Operations with New Leader   

Alibaba Group appointed Jennifer Kuperman as Head of International Corporate Communications. Kuperman will replace Jim Wilkinson (current Head of International Corporate Affairs) who will be leaving Alibaba in the coming months to start a new entrepreneurial venture.

Kuperman, who currently serves as VP, Head of Strategy for International Corporate Affairs, is a proven international communications leader who has spent the last two years helping leading global communications strategy and execution for Alibaba. Prior to Alibaba, Kuperman was SVP and Head of Corporate Marketing and Reputation at Visa.

Alibaba Group appointed Roland Palmer as managing director of Alibaba Group Netherlands and member of the Alibaba Group EU leadership team. Prior to joining Alibaba, he was CEO of Blokker Holding where he helped in transforming a traditional offline retail company into an omnichannel group.

IBM Names Former AOL President as Chief Digital Officer

IBM has tapped Bob Lord, a former president at AOL and the former CEO of the Web advertising firm Razorfish, as its chief digital officer. As president, Lord had pressed AOL to focus on automating its advertising technologies, and during his tenure the Internet company acquired several firms that played in that space. Lord was the driving force behind AOL’s acquisitions of Millennial Media, the Web-personalization startup Gravity and Convertro, a startup focused on ad attribution.

Intel Promotes Diane Bryant to EVP; Announces Departures and Replacements    Diane Bryant

Intel promoted Diane Bryant to EVP. Bryant has been leading Intel’s Data Center Group (DCG) as general manager and SVP since 2012. Prior to assuming leadership of DCG, Bryant was VP and CIO of Intel. Bryant joined Intel in 1985.

Eric Dishman, an Intel VP and leader of its health and life sciences organization, is leaving to join a federal project called the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program.

Intel also announced departures of senior executives Doug Davis and Kirk Skaugen. Doug Davis, who will retire at the end of the year having been with the firm for 32 years, most recently heading its IoT Group. Kirk Skaugen has been at Intel for 24 years and held several roles, most recently as SVP.

Intel has already lined up a replacement for Skaugen in Navin Shenoy, current general manager for Mobile Client Platforms.

Aicha Evana, head of Intel's mobile chip business, is leaving the company.

SAP Appoints COO and CIO; Makes Other Regional Management Changes

SAP appointed Christian Klein, 35, as COO and Thomas Saueressig, 31, as CIO. In his role as SAP chief controlling officer he is also responsible for SAPs Group Controlling and oversees the company's growth and profitability strategy. Klein joined SAP as a student in 1999.

Saueressig is the youngest CIO at a German DAX company, who will lead SAPs IT organization and report to the COO. Saueressig joined SAP in 2004 and was previously global head of IT service.

Scott Russell was named president and managing director for SAP Southeast Asia. He was most recently the COO for SAP Asia Pacific Japan and interim president and managing director for SAP Southeast Asia for the last quarter, where he helped to ensure business continuity.

Rufat Gadzhialibelov is now the head of its Azerbaijan unit. Gadzhialibekov earlier worked as head of Microsoft Azerbaijan. He succeeds Sarkhan Gashimov.

Vodafone Creates New Line of Business for Enterprise Customers; Appoints Simon Church as VESS CEO          

Vodafone Group plc has created Vodafone Enterprise Security Services, or VESS, its new global line of business to provide its enterprise customers with cyber security technologies and specialist advice and support. The new VESS line of business will will be led by VESS CEO Simon Church. Church was previously CEO at NTT Com Security, formerly Integralis, and has held senior roles at Verisign and NetIQ.

Bridgewater Associates Co-CEO Resigns from Qualcomm Board    Jonathan Rubinstein

Jonathan Rubinstein, 58, a member of the Board of Directors of Qualcomm, is resigning from the Board in order to focus on his new role as co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates. He is former Head of the Global Business Unit at WebOS and SVP of Product Innovation for Personal Systems Group at HP.

Accenture Hires Advertising MD, Lead Creative Director and Retail Leader           

Accenture has hired Jill Kramer as managing director of advertising. Kramer joins Accenture with more than 20 years of Madison Avenue experience, serving most recently as EVP at BBDO.

Greg Kaplan is the company's new lead creative director. He joined the company from digital powerhouse, DigitasLBi, where he oversaw creative operations, including directing his team's work for American Express.

Jill Standish has joined Accenture and been named Senior Managing Director, Retail. Her most recent role was at Oracle where she was SVP and General Manager for the Retail Business Unit. Prior to that, she was the global leader for IBM's Global Business Services retail consulting practice.

Former KPMG Partner Retires from Priceline’s Board

Howard W. (Skip) Barker, Jr., 68, has informed The Priceline Group that he has decided to retire from the Company's Board. He serves as Treasurer at Senior Services of Stamford. Barker was a Partner of KPMG from July 1982 to September 2002, where he joined in July 1972.

Retired Partner of PwC Retires from Board of Chinese language Internet Search Provider Baidu    

William Decker, 68, will step down from Baidu’s board of directors. Decker is a retired partner of PwC. Prior to his retirement in July 2005, he was the senior partner in charge of PwC’s Global Capital Markets Group.

Adobe Names New VP, Adobe Research

Adobe has brought on board noted computer scientist Anandan Padmanabhan to head its big data experience Lab in Bengaluru as VP, Adobe Research. Padmanabhan, who in his previous role was the MD of research outreach at Microsoft will lead the company's big data research initiatives in the region.

Netflix Appoints Media and Technology Industry Vet as VP, BD for APAC

Anthony Zameczkowski has joined Netflix as VP, business development for Asia-Pacific. Prior to Netflix, Zameckowski was running the international operations of Victorious, a Kleiner Perkins-backed startup in the mobile video space.

Cognizant Elects Former VMware CFO/COO to its Board      

Cognizant Technology Solutions elected Jonathan Chadwick, 49, to its board of directors. Chadwick was most recently EVP, CFO and COO of VMware.

Yahoo! Announces Board Changes After Agreement with Starboard Value LP; Important Execs Leave

Yahoo! has reached an agreement with Starboard Value and its affiliates under which four new independent directors, Tor R. Braham, Eddy W.  Hartenstein, Richard S. Hill, and Jeffrey C. Smith, Starboard’s CEO and Chief Investment Officer, will join the board.

Tor R. Braham served as Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Mergers and Acquisitions for Deutsche Bank Securities from 2004 until 2012.

Eddy W. Hartenstein is a seasoned media executive with a wealth of executive experience from his time serving as CEO of the Tribune Company, Chairman and CEO of DIRECTV, and Publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times Media Group. 

Richard S. Hillis a seasoned senior executive and public company board member who has served as Chairman of Tessera Technologies since 2013, and who previously served as Tessera’s interim CEO.

Jeffrey C.  Smith is a Managing Member, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Starboard.

Two current independent directors, Lee Scott and Sue James, have opted not to stand for reelection at 2016 annual shareholder meeting.

Sandy Gould, SVP for talent acquisition and development, is leaving Yahoo!. Gould was hired to much acclaim just over three years ago, after a high-profile career at Disney/ABC Television Group, Linden Labs/Second Life and RealNetworks.

Robby Stein, an important product director at Yahoo for most of Marissa Mayer's time as CEO, is leaving the company for a product leadership role at Instagram. At Yahoo, Stein led the New York engineering office, working on mobile and video products, which had been key to Mayer's turnaround pitch.

Nokia Appoints President of Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks   

Nokia has appointed Philippe Piron to lead its Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks business. Piron replaces Philippe Dumont, who has decided to pursue endeavors outside of the company. Piron joins Nokia from GEA Batignolles Technologies Thermiques. He started his career in 1994 at Total Chimie.

Ericsson Witnesses Board and Organizational and Structural Changes    Helena Stjernholm 

Ericsson elected Kristin S. Rinne, 61, and Helena Stjernholm, 45, as new Board members. Rinne serves as SVP of Architecture and Planning for AT&T. Prior, she served as VP of Technology and Product Realization at Cingular.

Stjernholm is President and CEO of Aktiebolaget Industrivärden. She has 17 years of experience in private equity at IK.

Ericsson announced a series of organizational and structural changes to strengthen strategy execution to drive growth and profitability. Two business units focusing on the Networks business: BU Network Products, headed by Arun Bansal, SVP, Head of Business Unit Network Products and a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). BU Network Services, headed by Fredrik Jejdling, SVP, Head of Business Unit Network Services and a member of the ELT.

Two business units focusing on the IT & Cloud business: BU IT & Cloud Products, headed by Anders Lindblad, SVP, Head of Business Unit IT & Cloud Products and a member of the ELT. BU IT & Cloud Services, headed by Jean-Philippe Poirault, SVP, Head of Business Unit IT & Cloud Services and a member of the ELT.

Strengthened focus on new types of customers in Media and Industries: BU Media with central go-to-market model, headed by Per Borgklint, SVP, Chief Innovation Officer, Head of Business Unit Media and a member of the ELT.

Customer Group Industry & Society with central go-to-market model, headed by Charlotta Sund, SVP, Head of Customer Group Industry & Society and a member of the ELT.

Ericsson appointed Peter Laurin, as Head of region northern Europe and Central Asia. Laurin currently holds the position as Head of Global Customer Unit Vodafone.

Jean-Claude Geha is now head of region sub-Saharan Africa. Geha currently holds the position as Head of Business Line Managed Services.

Gustav Brismark appointed as Chief Intellectual Property Officer and Head of IPR & Licensing. Brismark currently holds the position as VP, Patent Strategy and Portfolio.

The following individuals will leave the Executive Leadership Team: Magnus Mandersson, EVP (since 2011) and Head of Segment and Business Unit Global Services (since 2010). Mandersson will hold the position as Head of Segment Global Services, EVP and Advisor to the CEO.

Intuit Appoints Oportun CEO as Director    

Intuit appointed Raul Vazquez, CEO of Oportun, a financial technology company, to its board of directors. Prior to joining Oportun, Vazquez spent nine years at Walmart in various senior leadership roles.

Dassault Systèmes Appoints Managing Director of North America  

Dassault Systèmes named Paul DiLaura as Managing Director of North America. DiLaura joined the company in 2005 and held a variety of roles, including managing the company's relationship with Boeing, before being appointed VP of Sales for the Value Solutions Partner Channel in 2011.

Workday Appoints Robynne Sisco as CFO    

Workday named Robynne Sisco as CFO. Prior to joining Workday in 2012 as chief accounting officer, Robynne was chief accounting officer and corporate controller at VMware, SVP and chief accounting officer at VeriSign and assistant controller at Oracle.

Red Hat Appoints Regional Leaders and Principal Accounting Officer

Red Hat named Massimo Fatato as VP of the firm's broadened telecoms business in EMEA. Fatato joined Red Hat from HP, where he worked as general manager for its Operations Support System (OSS) portfolio globally, having formerly held designations at Cisco and Accenture.

Alejandro Raffaele joined Red Hat as its head of telecommunications and media in Latin America. Raffaele will be in charge of the management of operations and business relationships with leading telecommunications and data center services companies in the region.

Eric R. Shander, 47, will serve as the company’s principal accounting officer. Shander joined the company in November 2015 as VP, Finance and Accounting. Prior to that, he spent over twenty years at IBM, most recently as VP/Global Services Automation & Competitiveness.

CA Names Corporate Communications Leader and Head of Latin American Operations

CA Technologies announced that Darlàn Monterisi has been named SVP of Corporate Communications. Most recently, Monterisi was a partner and managing director at Porter Novelli in New York. Prior to that Monterisi was global PR director for Rockstar Games.

The company has appointed Claudia Vasquez as its new head of Latin American operations. Vazquez will replace Larcio Albuquerque, who held the position since 2012 and left the company a few days ago. Vasquez was VP of sales for the Andean region prior to this appointment.

Alcatel Appoints President of North America and North Asia Business Units   

Alcatel appointed Steve Cistulli as President of Alcatel's North America and North Asia business units. He remains General Manager of Alcatel's North American business. Prior to this appointment, Cistulli served as SVP and General Manager for Alcatel in North America.

Couple of Autodesk Directors Not to Stand for Re-election 

Autodesk’s two long-standing directors, J. Hallam Dawson, 78, and Per-Kristian Halvorsen, 63, have decided to not stand for reelection to the Board. Dawson is the retired chairman of IDI Associates, a private Latin American investment bank. Halvorsen is the chief innovation officer and a SVP at Intuit.

Motorola Solutions Appoints Company Veteran as Head of Brazilian Operations    

Motorola Solutions appointed Elton Borgonovo as general manager for its Brazilian operations. Borgonovo succeeds Paulo Cunha, who resigned from the position. Borgonovo joined Motorola 18 years ago as an intern.

Michael A. Brown to Step Down as President and CEO of Symantec           

Symantec announced that Michael A. Brown, 56, will step down as President and CEO. Brown will continue to serve as CEO and as a director of the Company until a successor has been appointed. Brown has been the CEO since September 2014 and served as its President from September 2014.

Citrix Systems Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO, Resigns    

David R. Friedman, 54, resigned as Citrix's Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO, which he served since April 2015. Friedman served as SVP of Human Resources at Citrix since April 2006 until March 2015 and served as its General Counsel since 2002 until March 2015.

Twitter Sees Board Shuffle and Appoints Managing Director for China  

Twitter appointed Hugh Johnston and Martha Lane Fox to serve as members of the Board. Johnston has been Vice Chairman and CFO of PepsiCo. Lane Fox has served as the founder and chair of doteveryone.org.uk, an organization advancing the understanding and use of Internet enabled technologies, and in September 2014 was appointed Chancellor of Open University.

Twitter appointed Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, to serve as a Board member.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino as lead independent director. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting.

Twitter Appoints Kathy Chen as Managing Director for China. Previously, she was General Manager, Strategy Partner Ecosystem Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Product Group at Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research & Development Group.

Date Range: April 1st - May 17th

Former KPMG Partner Retires from Priceline’s Board         

Howard W. (Skip) Barker, Jr., 68, has informed The Priceline Group that he has decided to retire from the Company's Board. He serves as Treasurer at Senior Services of Stamford. Barker was a Partner of KPMG from July 1982 to September 2002, where he joined in July 1972.

Retired Partner of PwC Retires from Board of Chinese language Internet Search Provider Baidu    

William Decker, 68, will step down from Baidu’s board of directors. Decker is a retired partner of PwC. Prior to his retirement in July 2005, he was the senior partner in charge of PwC’s Global Capital Markets Group.

Yahoo! Announces Board Changes After Agreement with Starboard Value LP

Yahoo! has reached an agreement with Starboard Value and its affiliates under which four new independent directors, Tor R. Braham, Eddy W.  Hartenstein, Richard S. Hill, and Jeffrey C. Smith, Starboard’s CEO and Chief Investment Officer, will join the board.

Tor R. Braham served as Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Mergers and Acquisitions for Deutsche Bank Securities from 2004 until 2012.

Eddy W. Hartenstein is a seasoned media executive with a wealth of executive experience from his time serving as CEO of the Tribune Company, Chairman and CEO of DIRECTV, and Publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times Media Group. 

Richard S. Hillis a seasoned senior executive and public company board member who has served as Chairman of Tessera Technologies since 2013, and who previously served as Tessera’s interim CEO.

Jeffrey C.  Smith is a Managing Member, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Starboard.

Two current independent directors, Lee Scott and Sue James, have opted not to stand for reelection at 2016 annual shareholder meeting.

Ericsson Witnesses Board Changes     Kristin S. Rinne

Ericsson elected Kristin S. Rinne, 61, and Helena Stjernholm, 45, as new Board members. Rinne serves as SVP of Architecture and Planning for AT&T. Prior, she served as VP of Technology and Product Realization at Cingular.

Stjernholm is President and CEO of Aktiebolaget Industrivärden. She has 17 years of experience in private equity at IK.

Intuit Appoints Oportun CEO as Director     

Intuit appointed Raul Vazquez, CEO of Oportun, a financial technology company, to its board of directors. Prior to joining Oportun, Vazquez spent nine years at Walmart in various senior leadership roles.

Couple of Autodesk Directors Not to Stand for Re-election 

Autodesk’s two long-standing directors, J. Hallam Dawson, 78, and Per-Kristian Halvorsen, 63, have decided to not stand for reelection to the Board. Dawson is the retired chairman of IDI Associates, a private Latin American investment bank. Halvorsen is the chief innovation officer and a SVP at Intuit.

Twitter Witnesses Board Shuffle

Twitter appointed Hugh Johnston and Martha Lane Fox to serve as members of the Board. Johnston has been Vice Chairman and CFO of PepsiCo. Lane Fox has served as the founder and chair of doteveryone.org.uk, an organization advancing the understanding and use of Internet enabled technologies, and in September 2014 was appointed Chancellor of Open University.

Twitter appointed Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, to serve as a Board member.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino as lead independent director. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting.

NetApp Sees Board and Senior Leadership Changes 

Tor Braham, 58, resigned from the Board of NetApp. Braham has been Managing Director and Head of Technology Mergers & Acquisitions at Warburg Dillion Read, a subsidiary of UBS AG since 1997.

Yandex Announces Board Changes    

Yandex announced that the company's Chairman and Director, Alfred Fenaughty passed away on March 26, 2016, at the age of 90. Yandex's Board of Directors has appointed John Boynton, 50, a current non-executive director, to serve as interim Chairman of the Board.

Micro Focus Appoints Long-Time HR Leader as Non-Executive DirectorAmanda Brown

Micro Focus International plc appointed Amanda Brown as a board member. She is currently Group HR Director at Hiscox Ltd. Prior, she held a number of HR roles at Whitbread, most recently as Director of Organization & Learning, spent five years at PepsiCo, after starting her HR career at Mars.

Ubisoft Entertainment Appoints Didier Crespel as Lead Independent Director        

French multinational video game developer and publisher Ubisoft Entertainment created the role of lead independent director, and elected Didier Crespel, 53, to fill this new position. Crespel has sat on Ubisoft`s board of directors as an independent director since November 2013.

Autohome Announces Chairman Changes     

Autohome, the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, appointed Cynthia Whelan as the Chairman replacing Timothy Y. Chen. Chen will continue to serve as a director. Whelan was appointed Group Executive for Telstra International and New Businesses in September 2015.

TangramCare Co-Founder and CEO to Step Down From Allscripts’ Board 

Anita V. Pramoda, 40, a member of the Board of Directors of Allscripts will not stand for re-election to board. Pramoda is a Co-Founder of TangramCare and serves as its CEO.

Pegasystems Appoints ReachLocal CEO as Newest Director

Pegasystems appointed Sharon Rowlands, 57, as a board member. Rowlands is an accomplished CEO with expertise in digital marketing and more than 20 years' experience growing complex business services and software companies. She joined ReachLocal in 2014 as its CEO and a member of its Board.

Amaya CEO and CFO Not to Stand for Re-Election as Directors        

Amaya announced that CEO David Baazov and CFO Daniel Sebag won't stand for re-election as directors. Amaya Gaming has confirmed that its top two executives are named in an investigation by Quebec’s financial market watchdogs Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), relating to trading activity of the company’s stock ahead of the $4.9 billion PokerStars takeover in June 2014.

Telecom and Broadband Expert Leaves Synchronoss Technologies’ Board  

Charles E. Hoffman, 67, a director of Synchronoss Technologies does not intend to run for re-election to the board. Hoffman served as CEO and President of Covad Communications Group from 2001 to 2008. Hoffman has more than 30 years of telecom and broadband experience.

Betsy Atkins Resigns from Polycom Board   Betsy Atkins

Betsy Atkins, 62, has resigned from the Polycom Board of Directors in order to pursue other opportunities including her recent election to the Volvo board. Atkins is an American business executive and entrepreneur. She is known for her early stage investments in Yahoo and eBay in association with the venture capital firm, Baja LLC.

Cray Appoints Retired Coinstar CFO as a Member of the Board

Supercomputer company Cray appointed Brian V. Turner as a member of the Board. Turner previously served as the CFO of Outerwall, formerly Coinstar. Currently, Turner sits on the boards of a number of companies, including MicroVision.

LogMeIn Board Member Not to Stand for Re-election

After ten years of dedicated service to LogMeIn as a member of the company's board of directors, Irfan Salim, 62, notified the Board of his intention not to stand for re-election. Salim served as the CEO of MarkMonitor since October 2006 and served as its President.

Battery Ventures’ General Partner Resigns as Marketo Director

‎General Partner at Battery Ventures Neeraj Agwaral, 43, a director of Marketo informed the company that he will not stand for re-election to the Company's Board of Directors.

Boohoo.com Appoints Entrepreneur and Businesswomen as Non-Executive Director        

eCommerce brand Boohoo.com plc named Sara Murray as non-executive director. Sara is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started, grown and sold three technology companies - Ninah Consulting (sold to ZenithOptimedia, a subsidiary of Publicis Groupe in 2003); Inspop (owner of Confused.com, the online insurance marketplace which was sold to Admiral Group in 2002); and Buddi, the leading remote health and location monitoring technology business in 2005.

Dropbox Appoints Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs as Board Member

Dropbox added Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs, 53, to its board. As former CEO of chipmaker Qualcomm, he has deep experience in the mobile sector. He had been the CEO of Qualcomm from 2005 to 2014, and previous to that date served as the Group President of Qualcomm Wireless and Internet Group from 2001. Jacobs started with the company as an engineer in the wireless technology development group in 1990.

Square's Board Member Resigns

Magic Johnson, 56, the retired professional basketball player and NBA legend, has stepped down from the board of Square, to focus on a new development firm he launched to capitalize on President Obama's promise that the federal government will spend trillions on U.S. infrastructure upgrades over the next decade.

Date Range: April 1st - May 17th

Ericsson Witnesses Board Changes     Kristin S. Rinne

Ericsson elected Kristin S. Rinne, 61, and Helena Stjernholm, 45, as new Board members. Rinne serves as SVP of Architecture and Planning for AT&T. Prior, she served as VP of Technology and Product Realization at Cingular.

Stjernholm is President and CEO of Aktiebolaget Industrivärden. She has 17 years of experience in private equity at IK.

Twitter Witnesses Board Shuffle

Twitter appointed Martha Lane Fox to serve as a member of the Board. Lane Fox has served as the founder and chair of doteveryone.org.uk, an organization advancing the understanding and use of Internet enabled technologies, and in September 2014 was appointed Chancellor of Open University.

Twitter appointed Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, to serve as a Board member.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino as lead independent director. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting.

Micro Focus Appoints Long-Time HR Leader as Non-Executive Director

Micro Focus International plc appointed Amanda Brown as a board member. She is currently Group HR Director at Hiscox Ltd. Prior, she held a number of HR roles at Whitbread, most recently as Director of Organization & Learning, spent five years at PepsiCo, after starting her HR career at Mars.

Autohome Announces Chairman Changes     

Autohome, the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, appointed Cynthia Whelan as the Chairman replacing Timothy Y. Chen. Chen will continue to serve as a director. Whelan was appointed Group Executive for Telstra International and New Businesses in September 2015.

TangramCare Co-Founder and CEO to Step Down From Allscripts’ Board Anita V. Pramoda

Anita V. Pramoda, 40, a member of the Board of Directors of Allscripts will not stand for re-election to board. Pramoda is a Co-Founder of TangramCare and serves as its CEO.

Pegasystems Appoints ReachLocal CEO as Newest Director

Pegasystems appointed Sharon Rowlands, 57, as a board member. Rowlands is an accomplished CEO with expertise in digital marketing and more than 20 years' experience growing complex business services and software companies. She joined ReachLocal in 2014 as its CEO and a member of its Board.

Betsy Atkins Resigns from Polycom Board   

Betsy Atkins, 62, has resigned from the Polycom Board of Directors in order to pursue other opportunities including her recent election to the Volvo board. Atkins is an American business executive and entrepreneur. She is known for her early stage investments in Yahoo and eBay in association with the venture capital firm, Baja LLC.

Boohoo.com Appoints Entrepreneur and Businesswomen as Non-Executive Director     

eCommerce brand Boohoo.com plc named Sara Murray as non-executive director. Sara is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started, grown and sold three technology companies - Ninah Consulting (sold to ZenithOptimedia, a subsidiary of Publicis Groupe in 2003); Inspop (owner of Confused.com, the online insurance marketplace which was sold to Admiral Group in 2002); and Buddi, the leading remote health and location monitoring technology business in 2005.

Date Range: April 1st - May 17th

Akamai Technologies Leader for Enterprise & Carrier Division         

Akamai Technologies appointed Dr. Robert Blumofe as General Manager of the company's Enterprise & Carrier Division. Dr. Blumofe will also continue to serve as EVP of the Akamai Platform organization. Dr. Blumofe joined Akamai in 1999. Serving as one of Akamai's chief architects, he was instrumental in the early design and development of the Akamai Intelligent Platform.

GoDaddy Announces the Resignation of CTOElissa E. Murphy

GoDaddy announced that Elissa E. Murphy resigned as CTO and EVP. Prior to GoDaddy, she was VP of engineering for cloud services at Yahoo. Murphy has overseen a great deal of code contributions to Hadoop, a technology essential to large-scale computing, first developed at Yahoo.

Gigamon Names CMO from NetSuite     

Network visibility solutions company Gigamon announced that Fred Studer has joined the company as CMO. Studer comes to Gigamon from NetSuite, where he was CMO. At Gigamon, he will lead teams that enhance awareness, generate demand and grow partnerships, as well as refine and broaden the visibility platform on which customers in every vertical are building their security, data center and cloud architectures.

Zensar Technologies Appoints Director on the Board of its Subsidiary Companies 

Infrastructure services provider Zensar Technologies appointed Sandeep Kishore as a Director on the Board of its Subsidiary Companies. Currently, Kishore is with HCL, as Corporate VP and Global Head for the Life Sciences & Health Care and the Public Services businesses. He has earlier also led the Global Manufacturing, and Engineering Services business at HCL.

Salesforce EMEA Exec Takes up Medidata Regional Role

Medidata, the provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research, announced that Christian Hebenstreit has joined the company as managing director of EMEA. Hebenstreit joins company from Salesforce.com, where he was the regional VP for Central Europe.

Dropbox Appoints Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs as Board MemberPaul Jacobs

Dropbox added Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs, 53, to its board. As former CEO of chipmaker Qualcomm, he has deep experience in the mobile sector. He had been the CEO of Qualcomm from 2005 to 2014, and previous to that date served as the Group President of Qualcomm Wireless and Internet Group from 2001. Jacobs started with the company as an engineer in the wireless technology development group in 1990.

Date Range: April 11th - May 26th

AOL CTO Joins John Wiley & Sons’ Board          

John Wiley & Sons named William Pence, Global CTO at AOL, to its Board. With more than 25 years of experience, William Pence is an accomplished leader in the digital technology industry. Currently appointed as Global CTO at AOL, William leads all aspects of AOL’s global technology strategy, platform development and external technology partnerships, as well as plays a key leadership role in the overall strategy and direction of AOL.

South State Corporation Appoints CIO of Southern Company as Newest Director Martin B. Davis   

South State Corporation announced that Martin B. Davis has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Davis currently serves as EVP of Southern Company Services and chief information officer of Southern Company. He has spent nearly 30 years leading complex technology organizations in highly regulated environments, including the utility and financial services industry. Davis will begin his board service term at the July 2016 board meeting and will initially serve on the Risk and Audit Committees of the Board.

Cooper-Standard Board Elects Former Systems Engineer from Northrop Grumman as New Member

Cooper-Standard elected Sonya F. Sepahban to its board of directors. Sepahban served as SVP of Engineering Design and Development at General Dynamics Land Systems from 2009 to 2015. Prior to that, she held a number of leadership positions with Northrop Grumman Space Technology, including as the SVP and Chief Engineer from 2007 to 2009 where she was responsible for program execution, product development, and continuous improvement; VP of Systems Engineering from 2006 to 2007; VP and CTO from 2004 to 2006; and VP and Deputy General Manager of Engineering from 1997 to 2004.

Date Range: April 11th - May 26th

Ericsson Witnesses Board Changes     

Ericsson elected Kristin S. Rinne, 61, and Helena Stjernholm, 45, as new Board members. Rinne serves as SVP of Architecture and Planning for AT&T. Prior, she served as VP of Technology and Product Realization at Cingular.

Stjernholm is President and CEO of Aktiebolaget Industrivärden. She has 17 years of experience in private equity at IK.

Twitter Witnesses Board ShuffleMartha Lane Fox

Twitter appointed Martha Lane Fox to serve as a member of the Board. Lane Fox has served as the founder and chair of doteveryone.org.uk, an organization advancing the understanding and use of Internet enabled technologies, and in September 2014 was appointed Chancellor of Open University.

Twitter appointed Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, to serve as a Board member.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino as lead independent director. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting.

Worldpay Group Appoints Accomplished and Highly-Regarded Tech Exec as Independent Director

Karen Richardson is to join the Worldpay Group Board as an independent non-executive director and. During Karen's 30 year career in the technology industry she has held senior positions in a range of successful companies, including Netscape and Epiphany, where she was CEO between 2003 and 2006. She is currently non-executive director of BT Group plc, and sits on the Boards of Exponent, a global engineering and scientific consulting firm, as well as Ayasdi and HackerRank.

Aqua America Elects Dynegy Exec as New Director    

Aqua America elected Carolyn J.  Burke, EVP of business operations and systems at Dynegy, as a director. At Dynegy, Burke also serves as chief integration officer with responsibility for integration activities, most recently for Dynegy's $6 billion EquiPower Corp. and Duke merchant portfolio acquisitions. Burke also oversees the company's continuous margin and process improvement program. Burke joined Dynegy as Chief Administrative Officer in 2011.

Micro Focus Appoints Long-Time HR Leader as Non-Executive Director

Micro Focus International plc appointed Amanda Brown as a board member. She is currently Group HR Director at Hiscox Ltd. Prior, she held a number of HR roles at Whitbread, most recently as Director of Organization & Learning, spent five years at PepsiCo, after starting her HR career at Mars.

Autohome Announces Chairman Changes    Cynthia Whelan 

Autohome, the leading online destination for automobile consumers in China, appointed Cynthia Whelan as the Chairman replacing Timothy Y. Chen. Chen will continue to serve as a director. Whelan was appointed Group Executive for Telstra International and New Businesses in September 2015.

Pegasystems Appoints ReachLocal CEO as Newest Director

Pegasystems appointed Sharon Rowlands, 57, as a board member. Rowlands is an accomplished CEO with expertise in digital marketing and more than 20 years' experience growing complex business services and software companies. She joined ReachLocal in 2014 as its CEO and a member of its Board.

Betsy Atkins Resigns from Polycom Board   

Betsy Atkins, 62, has resigned from the Polycom Board of Directors in order to pursue other opportunities including her recent election to the Volvo board. Atkins is an American business executive and entrepreneur. She is known for her early stage investments in Yahoo and eBay in association with the venture capital firm, Baja LLC.

Cooper-Standard Board Elects Former Engineer from Northrop Grumman as New Member

Cooper-Standard elected Sonya F. Sepahban to its board of directors. Sepahban served as SVP of Engineering Design and Development at General Dynamics Land Systems from 2009 to 2015. Prior to that, she held a number of leadership positions with Northrop Grumman Space Technology, including as the SVP and Chief Engineer from 2007 to 2009 where she was responsible for program execution, product development, and continuous improvement; VP of Systems Engineering from 2006 to 2007; VP and CTO from 2004 to 2006; and VP and Deputy General Manager of Engineering from 1997 to 2004.

Date Range: April 11th - May 26th

Facebook has appointed Shant Oknayan as head of e-commerce, retail and online services at Facebook in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. He formerly led Google's market development for small and medium-sized businesses in the Middle East and North Africa.

Twitter Sees Multiple Board and Leadership Shuffles           

Twitter announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Debra L.  Lee, 60, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, he parent company for Black Entertainment Television, to serve as a Board member. She served as the COO and President of Black Entertainment Television LLC since 1996.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino, 69, as lead independent director, effective following Twitter's 2016 Annual Meeting. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting. Scardino is the former CEO of Pearson PLC.

Twitter appointed Mark Little as the new MD of Twitter in Ireland. The former RT broadcaster, who left Storyful in June 2015, has taken up the role with current chief Stephen McIntyre leaving the company. He has previously worked as RTÃ 's Washington correspondent and left the State broadcaster in 2009.

Twitter announced that its two executives are leaving. The two executives, Jana Messerschmidt and Nathan Hubbard, led business development and media and commerce, respectively. Messerschmidt had been at the company for six years, and Hubbard had worked since August 2013 on the company's media and commerce strategies. In their place, Twitter will appoint Ali Jafari, who leads the company's video advertising product, to take over both roles.

TripAdvisor Appoints VP, Global Partnerships          

TripAdvisor appointed Stephanie Kauffman to the position of VP, global partnerships. Kauffman most recently was the chief communications and engagement officer for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), the private funder of breast cancer research. Earlier, she was SVP, Global Alliances, Universal Partnerships & Licensing, Universal Studios at Universal Pictures.

58.com Announces Board Changes    

58.com announced that Dong Yang has tendered his resignation as a director on the board of directors. Yang has served as 58.com's Director since August 2006. Yang is a general partner at SAIF Partners, a private equity firm.

Yandex Approves Interim Chair to Permanent Chair Role    

Yandex N.V., the Russia based search engine provider, elected John Boynton, previously interim chairman, as chairman of the Board. Boynton is the president of Firehouse Capital, a privately held investment company with investments in a variety of early stage companies. He also serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations.

Ingenico ePayments Appoints Netherlands Based Exec as GM, Asia Pacific

Ingenico ePayments appointed Nick Tubb as GM, Asia Pacific. Tubb was most recently VP of Professional Services with Ingenico ePayments, part of the Ingenico Group, in the Netherlands. Prior to that, he spent 12 years within the commercial forex industry, leading business acquisition and growth teams in the UK, US and Australia.

Match Group Hires Senior Political and Media Strategist as VP, Public Affairs; Appoints CEO for Dating Site Subsidiary       

Match Group hired senior political and media strategist Matt David as VP, Public Affairs. David comes to Match Group from Outside Eyes where he was managing partner focused on public affairs and corporate positioning. He has also been a part of the last four presidential elections serving in various campaign roles for President Bush, Senator McCain, Governor Huntsman, and Governor Kasich.

Elie Seidman has joined as CEO of OkCupid. Most recently, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at BorrowersFirst. Michael Maxim, current CEO of OkCupid, will move to the role of ongoing advisor.

Criteo Opens a New Office in New Delhi; Appoints MD of India    

Digital marketing firm Criteo has announced the opening of a new office in New Delhi and the appointment of Ajeet Kandachar as MD of India, to lead the business in one of its large strategic growth markets globally. Kandachar joins Criteo from Vizury, where he was responsible for growing the business throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Kandachar's experience also includes various sales and business development positions in India.

Amaya Announces Board Changes     David Lazzarato

Web editor Amaya’s board member Paul McFeeters, 60, has resigned. The board intends to appoint David Lazzarato, 59, as a director to replace McFeeters. Lazzarato served as a member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of Yellow Pages since December 2012 and was SVP, Finance at Bell Canada in 2010 and 2011.

CEO David Baazov and CFO Daniel Sebag have announced the company's board they won't stand for re-election as directors. Both have been long-standing members of Amaya’s board. Baazov has been with the company since 2006 and Sebag since 2007. The board is actively engaged in identifying suitable director candidates with competencies that complement those of Amaya's existing directors.

Zynga Names EA Exec as President of Publishing   

Zynga has appointed Bernard Kim as President of Publishing. Kim, 40, is a mobile gaming and interactive entertainment veteran with more than 15 years of experience. He spent nearly 10 years at Electronic Arts, most recently as the company's SVP of Mobile Publishing.

Cardtronic Replaces General Counsel

Cardtronics announced that Roger Craig has been named as General Counsel and Secretary. Craig replaces Michael Keller, who has announced his retirement. Keller, having served as general counsel since 2001, will assist in a smooth transition and will continue on as an advisor for Cardtronics. Craig joins Cardtronics from Axcess Financial Services where he served as SVP, chief legal officer, and chief compliance officer and secretary.

Shutterfly Chair to Step Down; Appoints Interim Chair        

Shutterfly announced that Philip Marineau will resign as chairman and from Shutterfly’s Board of Directors following the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Brian Swette, governance committee chair, will serve as interim chairman.

Sohu.com Announces Executive Changes     

China based online media, search and game service company Sohu.com’s President and CFO Carol Yu will retire. The Company will retain Ms. Yu as a consultant for a transition period from August through the end of 2016. The Company has appointed Joanna Lv to assume the position of acting CFO. Lv joined Sohu in August 2000. She is currently the Senior Finance Director, in charge of day-to-day finance operations.

Shutterstock Appoints David Giambruno as CIO, Effective No Later Than June 20, 2016   

Stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools provider Shutterstock hired David Giambruno as its CIO. He is former SVP & CIO of Tribune Media.

Box Announces Resignation of EVP, Worldwide Field Operations   Graham Younger

Graham Younger, 46, EVP, worldwide field operations of Box since February 2014, resigned from his position. From August 2011 to February 2014, Younger was employed by SuccessFactors, where he served as SVP and GM, Global Sales.

Neustar Taps DocuSign Security Exec         

Neustar, the neutral provider of real-time cloud-based information & analysis, reported that Tom Pageler, has been appointed Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Prior to Neustar, Pageler served as CRO and CISO at DocuSign. Prior to that, he served as Deputy CISO, JPMorgan Chase; and Head of Risk Assessments and Director of Emerging Risk and Fraud Control, Visa.

Yirendai Appoints COO and CTO     

Yirendai, a leading online consumer finance marketplace in China, appointed Yang Cao to the positions of COO and CTO of the company. Prior to joining Yirendai, Cao was the GM of Asia-Pacific operations at xAd. Cao also served as CTO of WhitePages and held technology executive positions at TokBox and StarCite.

Web.Com Group Witnesses Series of Executive Appointments         

Web.com Group appointed Steve Power as EVP of Brand Networks. Steve Power was most recently President of Yodle Brand Networks. Power joined Yodle in 2015, and prior to that he held roles like President of Bigcommerce and Chief Sales Officer of ReachLocal.

Vikas Rijsinghani, has appointed as EVP of Premium Services. Rijsinghani joined Web.com in 2007 through the merger with Website Pros. Rijsinghani has served in a variety of roles at Web.com including CTO and SVP of Online Marketing.

Faisal Chughtai has appointed as EVP of Retail, Domains and International. Chughtai joined Web.com in 2014 as SVP of International. Prior to that, Chughtai was an Internet and Digital Media investment banker with J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets.

Dafna Sarnoff has appointed as SVP of Corporate Marketing. Sarnoff was most recently SVP of Consumer & Product Marketing at Yodle.

Angela Dunham has appointed as SVP of Program Management & Sales and Service Operations. Dunham was most recently SVP of Program and Performance Management at Yodle.

Jason Teichman, the COO of Web.com, will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

MakeMyTrip Appoints VP of Investor Relations       

Indian online travel company MakeMyTrip has appointed Jonathan Huang to VP - Investor Relations. Huang has 10 years of extensive corporate investor relations & treasury experience with companies in the travel and digital media industry, including Hertz Global Holdings, MakeMyTrip and Avid Technology.

TrueCar Names SVP of Dealer Marketing and Operations   

TrueCar has added automotive retail veteran Paul Edmonds as SVP of dealer marketing and operations to help dealers across the TrueCar Certified Dealer network gain maximum value from the service. Edmonds comes to TrueCar from RiskIQ, where he built and led customer success teams. Prior to that, he spent 15 years in various roles at AutoTrader.com and Trader Publishing Company.

WebMD Health Services Appoints Sanofi Exec as Chief Medical Officer     

WebMD Health Services appointed Michael Sokol, MD, M.S. as chief medical officer. A seasoned physician leader, Dr. Sokol will oversee an advisory panel of leading researchers and clinicians focused on driving continued innovation and wellness solutions for customers' employees and health plan participants. Prior to joining WebMD Health Services, Dr. Sokol was VP, employee wellness and chief wellness officer at Sanofi.

Angie’s List’s New SVP of Partnerships if Former Catalina Veteran 

Angie’s List appointed Marla Thompson as SVP of Partnerships. Thompson comes to Angie’s List after 14 years with Catalina, where she had most recently served as SVP, U.S. Strategy. In this role, she drove strategic alignment among Sales, Marketing, Product, Technology and Operations.

Date Range: May 14th - June 20th

Kotay, Comcast's new CTO, joined Comcast in 2007 as Chief Software Architect. Kotay will take on an expanded role, leading Comcast's software and technology strategy, particularly as it relates to new customer-facing products and services, including advanced video and Internet. Mr. Kotay will also now oversee Comcast Innovation Labs Comcast's advanced research and development group as well as overseeing the integration of quality engineering into all aspects of product development.

Verifone Systems CTO Resigns        

Verifone Systems announced the resignation of Alok Bhanot as EVP and CTO. Bhanot's responsibilities will be shared by Paul Galant, CEO, Glen Robson, EVP, Global Terminal Solutions and Marc Rothman, CFO.

HTC Announces CFO Changes     Peter Shen    

HTC Corporation announced that resignation of Chialin Chang, 48, as CFO and Company Spokesperson. The board appointed Peter Shen as CFO and Company Spokesperson. Chang was earlier President of Global Sales since December 17, 2013 until June 20, 2016.

Shen is former VP & CFO of Inotera Memories, a JV of Micron Technology. Prior to joining Inotera, he was the Senior Financial Controller at Jabil Circuit.

Ciena Appoints Ericsson Exec as MD for Australia and New Zealand         

Ciena appointed Matt Vesperman as MD for Australia and New Zealand. Before re-joining Ciena, Vesperman most recently as a senior account director at Ericsson and as VP of sales at Openwave Mobility.

RingCentral Makes Series of Executive Appointments  Carson Hostetter       

Cloud-based phone systems provider RingCentral announced that Carson Hostetter, formerly VP of Sales at Avaya, joins RingCentral as VP of Enterprise Sales. David Marler, formerly in leadership positions at ShoreTel and CA Technologies, joins RingCentral as VP of Customer Success; and Chuck Emmette, also a former Avaya VP, joins as Head of Professional Services.

Date Range: May 14th - June 20th

Facebook has appointed Umang Bedi as MD, India. Bedi will lead in building and maintaining strategic relationships with top clients and regional agencies in the country. He will take over from Kirthiga Reddy, who will be returning to United States to take on a new role at the company's headquarters at Menlo Park. Prior to joining Facebook, Bedi was the MD of the South Asia region at Adobe.

Shant Oknayan joined as head of e-commerce, retail and online services at Facebook in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. He formerly led Google's market development for small and medium-sized businesses in the Middle East and North Africa.

AT&T Appoints Redpoint Ventures Co-Founder to its Board of DirectorsGeoffrey Yang     

AT&T has appointed Geoffrey Yang, 56, to its Board of Directors. Geoff co-founded Redpoint in 1999 and has backed trailblazing consumer Internet companies from the earliest stages that include Ask Jeeves, Excite, MySpace, and TiVo. He has been involved in Redpoint’s investments in Arista, Bluefin, Calix, Efficient Frontier, Foundry, Juniper Networks, and Victorious. He was previously a member of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee and the advisory council for the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He currently serves on the board of Electric Imp, Machinima, Scribd, TasteMade, Tidemark, and Vurb.

SAP Appoints Concur Exec as President to Lead Team Offering Solutions for SMBs

SAP appointed Barry Padgett as new president of the SAP® Business One, SAP Anywhere, and SAP Business ByDesign® teams. He steps into the role having held various leadership positions since 1997 at Concur Technologies, including serving as Concur's chief product officer since 2014.

Accenture Announces Series of Executive Changes      

Accenture appointed Debra (Debbie) A. Polishook as group chief executive – Accenture Operations, succeeding Michael (Mike) J. Salvino, who will retire from the company and join Carrick Capital Partners. Polishook is currently group operating officer for Accenture Operations.

Accenture named Manish Sharma group operating officer – Accenture Operations, succeeding Ms. Polishook. Sharma, based in Bangalore, India, is currently senior MD – Global Delivery & Solution Development for Accenture Operations. In his new role as group operating officer – Accenture Operations, Sharma will continue as a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council.

Accenture announced Kelly Bissell is joining the company to lead Accenture Security. Bissell brings extensive knowledge of the cyber security landscape and comes to Accenture from Deloitte & Touche, where he headed up global Cyber Risk for the firm. During his career, he has served in almost every IT capacity from developer, network engineer, data center director, CISO, CTO and CIO.

Texas Instruments Elects Retired PwC Veteran to the Board of Directors     

Texas Instruments elected Jean Hobby to the Board of Directors of the company. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ms. Hobby, 55, served as strategy officer from 2013 until retirement in 2015. Earlier positions there included U.S. sector lead for the firm's multi-billion dollar Technology, Media and Telecom practice from 2008 to 2013, and CFO from 2005 to 2008. She currently serves on the board of Greatbatch.

Adobe Hires CIO from NetApp; Names MD for South Asia     

Adobe named Cynthia Stoddard as SVP and CIO. Most recently, she was CIO and SVP at data storage and management company NetApp, where she led the company's traditional IT functions while also expanding focus on innovation, customer-facing programs and strategic partnerships.

Adobe has elevated Kulmeet Bawa to MD for South Asia, taking over from Umang Bedi, who is leaving the company after five years of service. Bawa currently serves as Head of Sales for Adobe in India. Shanmugh Natarajan, Executive Director for Adobe India and VP Engineering, Digital Media, will continue to provide Site Leadership to Adobe India with a key focus on important research and development operations.

PayPal Promotes APAC Tech Exec as MD and Country Manager for India  

PayPal has appointed Anupam Pahuja as MD and country manager for India. Prior to his elevation, Pahuja was the technology head in the Asia-Pacific region at PayPal. He was worked with the company for over six years and was instrumental in establishing their technology centers in India. He worked as MD for India for SumTotal Systems, before joining the company.

Nokia Announces New Leaders for APJ Market and India      

Nokia has promoted India head Sandeep Girotra as the head of Asia-Pacific and Japan market, and named Sanjay Malik as the new head of the country. Malik, who is currently serving Nokia as the VP and head of global network implementation services, which is a part of the company's Global Services business, will assume the responsibility from August 1, 2016. Girotra is currently overseeing the combined company's customer operations across India, driving the execution of strategy and ensuring customer service.

CSC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announce Executive Appointments for New Company        

CSC announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to merge the company with the Enterprise Services segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The merger is expected to be completed by the end of March 2017, subject to shareholder and regulatory reviews and approvals. Following completion of the transaction, Mike Lawrie, who currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of CSC, will become chairman, president and CEO of the new company.

Meg Whitman, HPE’s president and CEO, will join the new company’s Board of Directors, which will be split equally between nominees of CSC and HPE.

CSC’s current CFO, Paul Saleh, will continue in that role after the transaction closes.

Mike Nefkens, the current EVP and GM of HPE Enterprise Services, will report to Lawrie and will become a key part of the new company’s executive team. Other executives and directors, as well as the name of the company, will be announced at a later date.

eBay Appoints Lyft Co-Founder as Newest Board Member     Logan Green

eBay appointed Logan Green as a new member of the company's Board of Directors. Prior to co-founding Lyft in 2012, Green founded Zimride, a rideshare program that was initially implemented at Cornell University.  Before that, he created the first car-share program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and served on the board of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. Green serves on the Board of Lyft.

Yahoo Japan Chairman Retires     

Yahoo Japan’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Nikesh Arora has retired. Nikesh Arora, a former Google executive, was the President & COO of SoftBank from October 2014 until June 2016.

NVIDIA Witnesses Executive Change     

David M. Shannon, EVP, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary informed NVIDIA, engaged in visual computing, that he will retire at the end of the calendar year 2016. The company's current SVP and General Counsel, Brian E. Cabrera will lead the legal team.

IDEO Partner Resigns from Fiserv’s Board

Christopher M. Flink, 44, resigned from the board of directors of Fiserv in connection with new employment. Flink is a partner at the innovation and design firm IDEO and consulting associate professor at Stanford University. With more than 15 years of experience in business innovation and design, Flink has served as a Director since 2012.

Electronic Arts Appoints CEO of Blackhawk Network to Its Board

Electronic Arts appointed Talbott Roche, 49, to EA’s Board of Directors. Roche is the CEO and President of Blackhawk Network. Prior to her role as CEO, Roche served as the President of Blackhawk, as well as leading Marketing, Product and Business Development for the company.

Expedia Elects Film and Theatrical Producer to Fill a Newly-Created Directorship

Expedia expanded the size of the Board from thirteen to fourteen members and elected Scott Rudin, 57, to fill the newly-created directorship. Rudin is an American film producer and a theatrical producer. Rudin began his career in the entertainment industry in the 1970s, and since then has served in a variety of roles, including as founder and principal of Scott Rudin Productions and as a senior executive at Twentieth Century Fox.

Capgemini Group Makes Management Reshuffle         

Capgemini Group announced executive appointments: Patrick Nicolet, formerly Head of the Infrastructure Services business, continues to be a member of the Group Executive Board, in charge of the newly created Competitiveness central department that encompasses Delivery, Industrialization and Procurement. Patrick also now oversees Capgemini's India operations.

In addition to the global Financial Services business, Thierry Delaporte now oversees Capgemini's Latin America operations. He has joined the Group Executive Board.

Aruna Jayanthi, formerly Head of Capgemini in India, has taken charge of a new global Business Services unit which combines Capgemini's BPO organization and IGATE 's Integrated Technology and Operations Solution (ITOPs) business. Aruna remains on the Group Executive Committee.

Srinivas Kandula, formerly Chief People Officer at IGATE, has replaced Aruna as Head of Capgemini in India and has thus joined the Group Executive Committee.

Srikanth Iyengar, who was leading Europe & Australia at IGATE, is now Capgemini's Group Sales Director and has become a member of the Group Executive Committee. He replaces Paul Nannetti who now leads the Cloud Infrastructure Services business.

Dee Burger, formerly Head of Capgemini Consulting's North America operation, is now in a new Group role as Head of Digital Services and has joined the Group Executive Committee.

Finally, Virginie Regis has succeeded Philippe Grangeon as Group Marketing & Communications Director and has joined the Group Executive Committee. Philippe Grangeon has taken on the role of special advisor to the Chairman and CEO, Paul Hermelin.

CA Sees Principal Accounting Officer Replacement

CA elected Anthony J. Radesca as the company's principal accounting officer. Radesca, 47, has served as the company's VP of Accounting since June 2008. He brings 25 years of experience in both Public and Corporate Accounting to his new role. Radesca is a NeVPw York State Licensed Certified Public Accountant. Radesca will succeed Neil A. Manna, who resigned as the Company's principal accounting officer to pursue another opportunity.

Alcatel-Lucent Splits Chair-CEO Structure         

Marc Rouanne has been appointed as Chairman of the Board and Olivier Durand as CEO of the company. The Board of Directors acknowledged the expiration of the term of Philippe Camus as Chairman and CEO of the company, and decided to distinguish the positions of Chairman of the Board and CEO.

Marc Rouanne remains Chief Innovation and Operating Officer of Nokia Corporation, as Alcatel-Lucent has joined Nokia following successful exchange of shares, creating an innovation leader in next-generation technology and services for an IP connected world.

Olivier Durand's current employment contract as Group CFO will be suspended. Durand has spent over 18 years within the Alcatel-Lucent Group.

Symantec to Acquire Blue Coat; Blue Coat CEO to Take Over as Symantec CEO  

Symantec and Blue Coat announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Symantec will acquire Blue Coat for approximately Greg Clark$4.651 billion in cash. In connection with this investment, David Humphrey, a MD of Bain Capital Private Equity, will be appointed to Symantec’s Board of Directors, effective at the close of the transaction.

Greg Clark, CEO of Blue Coat, will be appointed CEO of Symantec and join the Symantec Board upon closing of the transaction. Greg Clark has served as the CEO of Blue Coat and as a member of the company’s board of directors since September 2011. Prior to joining, Clark was president and CEO of Mincom, from 2008 to August 2011.

Twitter Sees Multiple Board and Leadership Shuffles           

Twitter announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Debra L.  Lee, 60, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, he parent company for Black Entertainment Television, to serve as a Board member. She served as the COO and President of Black Entertainment Television LLC since 1996.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino, 69, as lead independent director, effective following Twitter's 2016 Annual Meeting. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting. Scardino is the former CEO of Pearson PLC.

Twitter appointed Mark Little as the new MD of Twitter in Ireland. The former RT broadcaster, who left Storyful in June 2015, has taken up the role with current chief Stephen McIntyre leaving the company. He has previously worked as RTÃ 's Washington correspondent and left the State broadcaster in 2009.

Twitter announced that its two executives are leaving. The two executives, Jana Messerschmidt and Nathan Hubbard, led business development and media and commerce, respectively. Messerschmidt had been at the company for six years, and Hubbard had worked since August 2013 on the company's media and commerce strategies. In their place, Twitter will appoint Ali Jafari, who leads the company's video advertising product, to take over both roles.

Date Range: May 18th - June 27th

Texas Instruments Elects Retired PwC Veteran to the Board of Directors     

Texas Instruments elected Jean Hobby to the Board of Directors of the company. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ms. Hobby, 55, served as strategy officer from 2013 until retirement in 2015. Earlier positions there included U.S. sector lead for the firm's multi-billion dollar Technology, Media and Telecom practice from 2008 to 2013, and CFO from 2005 to 2008. She currently serves on the board of Greatbatch.

CSC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announce Executive Appointments for New Company       

CSC announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to merge the company with the Enterprise Services segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The merger is expected to be completed by the end of March 2017, subject to shareholder and regulatory reviews and approvals. Following completion of the transaction, Mike Lawrie, who currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of CSC, will become chairman, president and CEO of the new company.

Meg Whitman, HPE’s president and CEO, will join the new company’s Board of Directors, which will be split equally between nominees of CSC and HPE.

eBay Appoints Lyft Co-Founder as Newest Board Member     

eBay appointed Logan Green as a new member of the company's Board of Directors. Prior to co-founding Lyft in 2012, Green founded Zimride, a rideshare program that was initially implemented at Cornell University.  Before that, he created the first car-share program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and served on the board of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. Green serves on the Board of Lyft.

Yahoo Japan Chairman Retires     Nikesh Arora

Yahoo Japan’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Nikesh Arora has retired. Nikesh Arora, a former Google executive, was the President & COO of SoftBank from October 2014 until June 2016.

IDEO Partner Resigns from Fiserv’s Board

Christopher M. Flink, 44, resigned from the board of directors of Fiserv in connection with new employment. Flink is a partner at the innovation and design firm IDEO and consulting associate professor at Stanford University. With more than 15 years of experience in business innovation and design, Flink has served as a Director since 2012.

Electronic Arts Appoints CEO of Blackhawk Network to Its Board

Electronic Arts appointed Talbott Roche, 49, to EA’s Board of Directors. Roche is the CEO and President of Blackhawk Network. Prior to her role as CEO, Roche served as the President of Blackhawk, as well as leading Marketing, Product and Business Development for the company.

Expedia Elects Film and Theatrical Producer to Fill a Newly-Created Directorship

Expedia expanded the size of the Board from thirteen to fourteen members and elected Scott Rudin, 57, to fill the newly-created directorship. Rudin is an American film producer and a theatrical producer. Rudin began his career in the entertainment industry in the 1970s, and since then has served in a variety of roles, including as founder and principal of Scott Rudin Productions and as a senior executive at Twentieth Century Fox.

Alcatel-Lucent Splits Chair-CEO Structure         

Marc Rouanne has been appointed as Chairman of the Board and Olivier Durand as CEO of the company. The Board of Directors acknowledged the expiration of the term of Philippe Camus as Chairman and CEO of the company, and decided to distinguish the positions of Chairman of the Board and CEO.

Marc Rouanne remains Chief Innovation and Operating Officer of Nokia Corporation, as Alcatel-Lucent has joined Nokia following successful exchange of shares, creating an innovation leader in next-generation technology and services for an IP connected world.

Olivier Durand's current employment contract as Group CFO will be suspended. Durand has spent over 18 years within the Alcatel-Lucent Group.

Symantec to Acquire Blue Coat; Blue Coat CEO to Take Over as Symantec CEO  

Symantec and Blue Coat announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Symantec will acquire Blue Coat for approximately $4.651 billion in cash. In connection with this investment, David Humphrey, a MD of Bain Capital Private Equity, will be appointed to Symantec’s Board of Directors, effective at the close of the transaction.

Greg Clark, CEO of Blue Coat, will be appointed CEO of Symantec and join the Symantec Board upon closing of the transaction. Greg Clark has served as the CEO of Blue Coat and as a member of the company’s board of directors since September 2011. Prior to joining, Clark was president and CEO of Mincom, from 2008 to August 2011.

Twitter Sees Multiple Board Shuffles           Debra L. Lee

Twitter announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Debra L.  Lee, 60, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, he parent company for Black Entertainment Television, to serve as a Board member. She served as the COO and President of Black Entertainment Television LLC since 1996.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino, 69, as lead independent director, effective following Twitter's 2016 Annual Meeting. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting. Scardino is the former CEO of Pearson PLC.

athenahealth Appoints former Amazon CFO to its Board

athenahealth appointed Tom Szkutak, former Amazon.com CFO, to its Board of Directors. Szkutak served as SVP and CFO at Amazon.com from October 2002 to June 2015. Prior to Amazon, he spent 20 years with General Electric.

CSRA to Get New Chairman          

Mike Lawrie will resign as chairman and as a member of the board of CSRA, the company formed by the merger of CSC’s North American Public Sector business with SRA International. Lawrie joined CSC’s Board of Directors on February 7, 2012 and became President and CEO of the company on March 19, 2012. He was appointed Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors on December 15, 2015.

Nancy Killefer, who currently serves as CSRA's Lead Independent Director, has been elected to succeed Lawrie, pending her re-election to the board of directors at the annual meeting. Killefer is Director Emeritus at McKinsey & Company. She previously served as Assistant Secretary for Management and CFO to the U.S. Department of Treasury. She currently serves as Vice Chair on the Defense Business Board and is a member of the MyVA Advisory Committee. Killefer is a Director of the Advisory Board Company, Avon Products and Cardinal Health.

Fitbit Adds Two Women from Retail Industry to Board 

Fitbit, the physical activity monitoring gadget company, announced that Laura Alber, president and CEO of Williams-Sonoma, and Glenda Flanagan, EVP and CFO of Whole Foods Market, have joined the Fitbit board of directors.

Alber has served as the president and CEO of Williams-Sonoma since 2010, leading growth strategies and strengthening brand reputation for the company’s portfolio of multi-channel brands.

Since joining Whole Foods Market as CFO in 1988, Flanagan has played a major role in the development of the company from six stores in the late 1980s and going public in 1992, to 450 stores and more than $15 billion in sales today.

Dialog Semiconductor Appoints CEO of Vodafone Global Enterprise as Director

Dialog Semiconductor named Nick Jeffery to the company's Board of Directors. Jeffery has been CEO, Vodafone Global Enterprise since 2006. He joined Vodafone Group plc in 2004. He earlier served as Head of Worldwide Sales and Europe MD at Ciena, founded and led Microfone Limited in 2001, and begun his career at Cable & Wireless plc (Mercury Communications) in 1991, where he rose to lead the company's UK and international markets business units.

Shutterfly Chair to Step Down; Appoints Interim Chair        

Shutterfly announced that Philip Marineau will resign as chairman and from Shutterfly’s Board of Directors following the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Brian Swette, governance committee chair, will serve as interim chairman.

FormFactor Appoints Board Member in Conjunction with New Acquisition

FormFactor completed the acquisition of Cascade Microtech. In conjunction with this acquisition, FormFactor is appointing Ray Link to its board of directors. Link, formerly a member of the Cascade Microtech's board, brings his significant financial and operational management experience with publicly held companies in the technology sector. He also currently serves on the board of Electro Scientific Industries, and nLight.

Epiq Announces Board Changes as Epiq and Villere Enter Settlement Agreement  

Epiq announced that it has reached an agreement with St. Denis J. Villere & Company, regarding the composition of the Company's Board of Directors and other matters including a resolution of a potential proxy contest and dismissal of the litigation pending between the companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Epiq will appoint Jeffrey Galgano, Barry LeBlanc and Gregory Share to its slate of directors for the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders, and three Epiq directors will retire from the Board effective December 31, 2016. 

Vocera Communications Witnesses Board Member Replacement    

Vocera Communications, that provides mobile communication solutions for hospital staff and mobile workers across diverse enterprise organizations, announced that Mike Burkland, president and CEO of Five9, will join Vocera’s board of directors. Burkland joined Five9 as president and CEO in January 2008.

Burkland will take the place of departing board member Hany M. Nada, who joined the Vocera board in May 2003. It was previously announced that Nada, who has served on the board for more than 13 years, is retiring from his board role on June 1, 2016.

C4X Discovery Holdings Appoints Executive Chair as CEOClive Dix

C4X Discovery Holdings (C4XD) appointed Clive Dix as CEO. Clive joined C4XD as Non-Executive Chairman in October 2014 and became Executive Chairman in November 2015. Sam Williams, Non-Executive Director, will become Interim Chairman whilst a search for a new Chairman is undertaken.

Connecture Announces Board Changes     

Connecture, the company that provides web-based sales, service, and process automation solutions to the health insurance industry, finalized the previously announced $52 million investment led by Francisco Partners. In connection with the investment, Ezra Perlman, Co-President of Francisco Partners, has also joined Connecture’s Board of Directors.

Emerald Medical Applications Appoints Board Member       

Digital health startup Emerald Medical Applications Corp. appointed Professor Benad Goldwasser, an MD and a resident of the State of Israel, to its Board of Directors.

Dr. Perry Robins has joined the company's Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Robins is Professor Emeritus of Dermatology and was Chief of the Mohs Micrographic Surgery Unit at New York University Medical Center for over forty years.

Feedback Announces Chairman Changes      

Feedback plc announced the appointment of Dr. Alastair Riddell, 67, as Non-Executive Chairman. Dr. Riddell succeeds Tom Charlton, who becomes Deputy Chairman and who will step down from the board at the conclusion of the AGM which is likely to be held in November 2016. Dr. Riddell has over 30 years' experience in the pharmaceutical, life science and biotech industries. He is currently on the Board of three biotechnology companies; AzurRx Biotherapeutics, Cristal Therapeutics and Skyline Vet Pharma. He is also Chairman of the SWAHSN (South West Academic Health Science Network).

Date Range: May 18th - June 27th

CSC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announce Executive Appointments for New Company       

CSC announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to merge the company with the Enterprise Services segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Meg Whitman, HPE’s president and CEO, will join the new company’s Board of Directors, which will be split equally between nominees of CSC and HPE.

Electronic Arts Appoints CEO of Blackhawk Network to Its BoardTalbott Roche

Electronic Arts appointed Talbott Roche, 49, to EA’s Board of Directors. Roche is the CEO and President of Blackhawk Network. Prior to her role as CEO, Roche served as the President of Blackhawk, as well as leading Marketing, Product and Business Development for the company.

Twitter Sees Multiple Board Shuffles           

Twitter announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Debra L.  Lee, 60, Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, he parent company for Black Entertainment Television, to serve as a Board member. She served as the COO and President of Black Entertainment Television LLC since 1996.

Additionally, the Board has appointed Marjorie Scardino, 69, as lead independent director, effective following Twitter's 2016 Annual Meeting. She succeeds Peter Currie in the role, whose term will end following the Annual Meeting. Scardino is the former CEO of Pearson PLC.

CSRA to Get New Chairman          

Nancy Killefer, who currently serves as CSRA's Lead Independent Director, has been elected to succeed Mike Lawrie as Chairman, pending her re-election to the board of directors at the annual meeting. Killefer is Director Emeritus at McKinsey & Company. She previously served as Assistant Secretary for Management and CFO to the U.S. Department of Treasury. She currently serves as Vice Chair on the Defense Business Board and is a member of the MyVA Advisory Committee. Killefer is a Director of the Advisory Board Company, Avon Products and Cardinal Health.

Fitbit Adds Two Women from Retail Industry to Board Laura Alber

Fitbit, the physical activity monitoring gadget company, announced that Laura Alber, president and CEO of Williams-Sonoma, and Glenda Flanagan, EVP and CFO of Whole Foods Market, have joined the Fitbit board of directors.

Alber has served as the president and CEO of Williams-Sonoma since 2010, leading growth strategies and strengthening brand reputation for the company’s portfolio of multi-channel brands.

Since joining Whole Foods Market as CFO in 1988, Flanagan has played a major role in the development of the company from six stores in the late 1980s and going public in 1992, to 450 stores and more than $15 billion in sales today.

Date Range: May 18th - June 27th

New Technology CEO Stats 

New Tech CEO Openings: 18 – Sabre (TX), T-Mobile Netherlands (Netherlands), 3i Infotech (India), Ensogo (Hong Kong), Nexgram (Malaysia), Photon Control (Canada), Image Sensing Systems (MN), RiT Technologies (Israel), Spindle (AZ), VidWrx (Canada), Vogogo (Canada), Ubiquity (CA), Gateway Media (MO), Lavu (NM), HGS Colibrium (GA), Quikflo Health (Canada), chatAND (NY), and WordLogic (Canada).

CEOs Appointed

Sources of Appointments: 42 were External appointments, and 37 were internal promotions – Chair/Director (9), COO/President/EVP-Operations (5), CFOs (4), Divisional execs (4), Others (15).

Others:  founders, former execs, CFOs, CMOs, Sales Leaders, CTOs, Chief Strategy Officers, and Leaders from acquired companies, etc.

Diversity: 3.79% of the appointments are women CEOs. Verisma Systems (CO), ParaData (CA), and WegoWise (MA).

Geographic Distribution: 50 in North America, 13 in Europe, 12 in Asia/Russia, 1 in Latin America and 3 in Middle East/Africa.

The average and median times open CEO roles have been open are about 6 months, and there is little variance by continent.  The longest open searches are:

#1 -  TeleCity Group, London, UK - $529.6M, September 2014  
#2    Shanda Games Limited, China - $714M, November 2014  
#3 - Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA -  $1.4B , May 2015
#4 -  Wi-LAN, Ottawa, Ontario - $98.3M, June 2015.     

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This is the detailed version of CEOs Appointed in the month June 2016. 

Xerox, Connecticut - $17.9B, June 2016Jeffrey Jacobson

Symantec, California - $3.6B, June 2016Greg Clark

F-Secure, Finland - $170.3M, June 2016Samu Konttinen

QuickLogic, California - $15.7M, June 2016Brian Faith

Prior to Microsoft, Turner spent nearly 20 years at Walmart. Turner was named Walmart's CIO and later President and CEO of Sam's Club, a $37 billion division of Walmart. A one-time cashier at Wal-Mart, Turner was named a corporate officer there at age 29, the retailer's youngest ever at the time.

Date: July 9, 2016