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Tech Function Leadership Shuffles: Delta Air Lines, Iron Mountain & Others

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PNC Financial Services Group Promotes CTO as Chief Security Officer and Chief Information SecurityDeborah Guild

PNC Financial Services Group appointed Deborah Guild as chief security officer and chief information security, leading the initiative. Guild joined PNC in 2013 as CTO. Previously, Guild worked for Bank of America for 21 years, most recently as CTO of enterprise functions and end-user computing. She had also been a senior network engineer at Intel.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Appoints Lynwen Connick as CISO     

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced it has appointed Lynwen Connick as its CISO, reporting to Group Executive Technology, Gerard Florian. Ms. Connick joins ANZ from the Australian Government where she delivered the new National Cyber Security Strategy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Prior to this she was CISO for the Department of Defence following a distinguished 25 year career with the Australian Signals Directorate, most recently serving as Deputy Director and First Assistant Secretary Capability.

Delta Air Lines Appoints CISO from Freddie Mac    

Delta Air Lines appointed Deborah Wheeler as CISO. Over the past 12 years she served as the CISO at Fifth Third Bank, Ally Financial and, most recently, Freddie Mac. Debbie has also held information security leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase and PNC Bank.

Alaska Airlines Hires CIO From IBM

Alaska Airlines board of directors named Charu Jain as VP and CIO of Alaska Airlines. Jain comes to the airline from IBM Global Business Services, where she led the team helping American Airlines integrate its IT systems.

Iron Mountain Taps CTO from Dell EMC    Fidelma Russo

Iron Mountain has appointed Fidelma Russo as its CTO. In her most recent role, Russo led Dell EMC's Enterprise Storage and Software Solutions team.

MSCI Promotes Analytics Leader as Global Head of Research and Product Development

Investment research firm MSCI named Peter Zangari, who has headed the Analytics product line since February 2015, as Global Head of Research and Product Development. Prior to serving as Head of Analytics, Zangari served as Head of Equity Analytics from August 2011 until February 2015. He joined MSCI in 2011 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management. 

 J.D. Power Exec Joins JetBlue as IT Technology & Integration VP

JetBlue appointed Ramki Ramaswamy as the carrier’s new VP, IT Technology & Integration. Ramaswamy comes to JetBlue from J.D. Power, where he served as VP, Application Development since 2012. Prior to J.D. Power, he was Senior Director of Application Development at Standard & Poor’s.

Telekom Malaysia Promotes Veteran Tech Exec as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

Telekom Malaysia’s deputy chief technology and innovation officer (CTIO) Datuk Rafaai Samsi has been promoted to CTIO, replacing Giorgio Migliarina who resigned. Rafaai is also TM chief customer experience officer. He was appointed CEO of TM-NTT Communications’ joint venture company in July 1997 before returning to TM in July 2001.

The Weir Group Appoints Former Intel and Cisco Exec as CTO      

The Weir Group, the provider of engineered solutions for industrial markets, has appointed Geetha Dabir to its Group Executive in the new position of CTO. An electrical and software engineer, Geetha has held a number of leadership roles with Intel and Cisco and brings a wealth of electrical and digital experience which will support Weir's technology strategy.

Nutanix Names Wendy M. Pfeiffer as CIO   

Enterprise cloud company Nutanix appointed Wendy M. Pfeiffer, former VP of IT at GoPro, as CIO. Pfeiffer joins Nutanix following a successful career leading technology teams for high-profile industry-makers.

Taishin Financial Announces CIO Changes     

Taiwan based Taishin Financial Holding announced the resignation of BR Ho, EVP of Taishin Financial Holding Company as CIO and appointed Steve Sun, VP of Taishin Bank as CIO.

Blackbaud Promotes Todd Lant as CIO        

Blackbaud announced the promotion of VP, IT Todd Lant to CIO. This move recognizes Todds contributions to Blackbaud over the last 13 years, as a leader supporting the company through significant growth, both organically and through acquisitions. Since joining in 2003, Lant has led his team through many noteworthy accomplishments, including the development of Blackbaud's first long-term IT strategy, numerous important cybersecurity enhancements, and solution integrations for company acquisitions such as Target Analytics, Whipple Hill and MicroEdge.

Ellie Mae Appoints CIO from Hitachi Data SystemsJohn Abel

Ellie Mae reported that John Abel has joined the company as SVP and CIO. Prior to joining the company, Abel was SVP of IT at Hitachi Data Systems where he helped drive the transformation from a hardware-selling company to enable growth in cloud-based software and solutions. Before Hitachi Data Systems, Abel held roles at Symantec, JDS Uniphase, KPMG Consulting and British Nuclear Fuels.

Papa John’s International Names Chief Information and Digital Officer      

Papa John’s International has announced Mike Nettles as SVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO), has joined its growing pizza family. With over 27 years of proven business and technology leadership in the hospitality and retail sectors, Nettles joins Papa John’s after most recently serving as VP of Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy at Panera Bread Company. Prior to Panera, Nettles served as the CTO at DiningIn.  He also held positions with Torex, Brinker International, NeoStar Retail Group and was the Founder and Principal of Red Chair Ventures.

Diebold Nixdorf Appoints Murat Ekinci as CIO       

Financial self-service, security and services company Diebold Nixdorf appointed Murat Ekinci as CIO. In his new role, Ekinci will be responsible for leading and overseeing Diebold Nixdorf's corporate information technology organization. Most recently, Ekinci served as EVP for managed services at Freudenberg IT.

Magyar Telekom Appoints Chief Technology and IT Officer           

Magyar Telekom appointed Dr. Kim Kyllesbech Larsen as chief technology and IT Officer. Dr. Larsen joined the company from Deutsche Telekom, where he most recently served as SVP ­ Technology Economics & Transformation as well as Technology Architecture & Innovation. Prior to this, he acted as Ooredoo Group's director of Network Technology Office and CTIO in Myanmar.

FTI Consulting Appoints Chief Product Officer of its Technology Segment

Global business advisory firm FTI Consulting appointed Skip Walter as Chief Product Officer for the firm’s Technology segment. Walter will lead the design and development of FTI Technology software products, including the award-winning Ringtail e-discovery software platform and Radiance early case assessment software. Prior to joining FTI Technology, he was the founding CEO and CTO at Attenex, which was acquired by FTI Consulting in 2008.

Agero Hires Chief Digital Officer from Cimpress

Bernie Gracy, former SVP, Global Product Technology and Merchant Services, Cimpress, has been named Chief Digital Officer for the $1b connected car company, Agero. Prior to Cimpress, he served as VP Strategy, Digital Commerce Solutions at Pitney Bowes. Before joining Pitney Bowes in 1997, he served at United Parcel Service (UPS) as Director, Roadnet Technologies, a division of UPS from 1993 to 1997 and Project Leader/Technical Leader from 1990 to 1993. Earlier in his career he served as Senior Software Engineer at Gerber Scientific from 1987 to 1990 and Software Engineer at Micrognosis from 1986 to 1987.

The Navigators Group Appoints Global Cyber Leader          

International specialty insurance company The Navigators Group appointed Jacob Ingerslev to the newly created position of Global Practice Leader for Cyber Liability. Mr. Ingerslev will be responsible for leading Navigators’ Cyber Liability practice, including product development, line management and advancement of the company’s global cyber initiative.

Employers Holdings Hires CIO from West Bend Mutual Insurance Company        

Specialty provider of workers compensation insurance Employers Holdings appointed Tracey Berg as its EVP, CIO.  Berg most recently served as SVP and CIO for West Bend Mutual Insurance Company in West Bend, Wisconsin from 2008 until 2017. Prior to that, she served as 2nd VP, Strategy and Architecture and 2nd VP, Application Development for Assurant

Corizon Health CIO Joins National Healthcare in Similar Role    B. Anderson “Andy” Flatt    

National HealthCare announced that B. Anderson “Andy” Flatt has joined the company as SVP and CIO. He comes to the company from Corizon Health, where he served as SVP and CIO. Previously, he served as SVP, CIO for Cigna-HealthSpring from 2006-2014, and AIM Healthcare Services (now Optum) from 2000-2006. Prior to those roles, Andy served in technology management positions at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hexaware Technologies Limited Appoints Krishna Kumar as the CTO        

Hexaware Technologies, an India based CMMI Level 5 global IT services and consulting company, appointed Krishna Kumar as the CTO of the company. Kumar has over 25 years of experience, including about a decade each at Tata Consultancy Services and Yahoo. More recently, he has been working on big data platforms and cloud infrastructure and has an engineering degree from IIT, Madras.

Aconex Appoints CTO from Telstra

Aconex, the Australian cloud collaboration software provider to the construction industry, appointed Craig Fulton as CTO. He joins Aconex from Telstra, where he held a series of executive positions in cloud solutions and delivery, including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) engineering.

Date Range: January 25th - February 27th


Breaking News: ServiceNow Hires Former eBay CEO John Donahoe as New CEO

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ServiceNow Hires Former eBay CEO John Donahoe as New CEOJohn Donahoe

ServiceNow has named John Donahoe President and CEO. Donahoe was formerly President and CEO of eBay. Donahoe currently serves as Chairman of the Board at PayPal.

He served as President and CEO of eBay from 2008 to 2015, where he oversaw the eBay, PayPal and eBay Enterprise businesses. Prior to eBay, Donahoe served at Bain & Company, becoming the firm's President and CEO in 1999.

Current President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Frank Slootman will continue as Chairman upon stepping down from his management role next month.

Date: March 6, 2017

80 Open Tech CEO Roles and 95 CEO Appointments in February 2017

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Welcome to our CEO Turnover Newsletter. This newsletter coversthe  open tech CEO roles as of Febraury 28, 2017  and the latest appointments in the tech sector in February 2017.

The average length of time the CEO searches have been open is 3.8 months, down from 6.5 months in 2016. There is little variance across geographies. 

  • Total Tech CEO Roles Open: 80
  • New Tech CEO Appointments: 95 (7 women – 7.4%, 89 men – one being a Co-CEO appointment (one male and one female CEO)

New Technology CEO Stats 

New Tech CEO Openings: 18 – Micron Technology (ID), Autodesk (CA), FLIR Systems (OR), GlassBridge Enterprises (MN), JUST EAT (UK), SMTC (Canada), Tremor Video (NY), GO plc  (Malta), Redknee Solutions (Canada), Integrated Research (Australia), SITO Mobile   (NJ), Praemium (Australia), Rubicon Technology (IL), Pennant International Group (UK), MER Telemanagement Solutions (Israel), Microphase (CT), Intrinsic4D (MI), Forbidden Technologies (UK).

CEOs Appointed

Sources of Appointments: 55 were External appointments, and 40 were internal promotions.

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

Diversity: 7.4% of the appointments are women CEOs.

Geographic Distribution: 57 in North America, 21 in Europe, and 17 in Asia/Russia/Australia.

The average and median times open CEO roles have been open are about 3.8 months, and there is little variance by continent. The longest open searches are:

# 1 - Wi-LAN, Canada - $98.3M, June 2015  
# 2 - Epcylon Technologies, Canada - September 2015

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In this Edition

Tech Companies - CEO Roles Open
Tech Companies - CEO Roles Announced
Vell Research Reports and Summary Updates
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Tech Companies: CEO Roles Open

 This is the detailed version of the Open CEO roles
Micron Technology, Idaho - $13B, February 2017
Micron Technology announced the upcoming retirement of its CEO, Mark Durcan. The Board has initiated a search, with the assistance of an executive search firm. 
 
William Hill, UK - $2.4B, July 2016
James Henderson is stepping down as CEO. Philip Bowcock, CFO, has been appointed as Interim CEO. The search for a permanent replacement has been instigated.
 
Autodesk, California - $2.2B, February 2017Carl Bass
Carl Bass has decided to step down as president and CEO. The company's board has instituted a CEO search to consider candidates inside and outside the company and has formed an Interim Office of the CEO to oversee the company's day-to-day operations.
 
Nuance Communications, Massachusetts - $1.9B, November 2016
Nuance Communications extended Nuance Chairman and CEO Paul Ricci’s employment agreement through the first half of fiscal 2018. Mr. Ricci has advised the Board that he intends to retire at the end of this term. The Board of Directors will undertake a search process to choose Mr. Ricci’s successor during the term.
 
FLIR Systems, Oregon - $1.6B, February 2017
FLIR Systems announced that Andrew C. Teich, its President, CEO and a member of its Board of Directors, plans to retire as soon as his successor is appointed.
 
GrameenPhone, Bangladesh - $1.4B, October 2016
The Grameenphone Board has appointed Mr. Petter-B. Furberg (49) as the company's interim CEO. Furberg is the SVP Telenor Digital Businesses, based in Bangkok. Furberg will replace Rajeev Sethi who will pursue new opportunities.
 
Syntel, Michigan - $983.2M, November 2016
Syntel appointed Rakesh Khanna, formerly COO, as interim CEO and President. 
 
NII Holdings, Virginia - $981.4M, December 2016
Steven M. Shindler, CEO, was updated to provide for a target termination date of April 1, 2017.
 
Jenoptik, Germany - $754.4M, September 2016
The President & CEO Dr. Michael Mertin has informed the Supervisory Board of Jenoptik AG that he will not be seeking another term on the Executive Board after the expiry of his employment contract on June 30, 2017.

Torstar, Canada - $565.3M, July 2016
Torstar Corporation announced that David Holland has decided to retire as President and CEO later this fall. Torstar has initiated a search to fill the joint position of President and CEO of Torstar and Publisher of the Toronto Star.

GlassBridge Enterprises, Minnesota - $514.9M, February 2017
Robert B. Fernander resigned as Interim CEO. CFO Danny Zheng will serve as Interim CEO until the company Board appoints a new CEO. The company board is working with a nationally recognized executive search firm, focused exclusively on the placement of talent in the asset management industry, to identify strong CEO candidates.

JUST EAT Plc, UK - $414M, February 2017
Just Eat plc announced that, due to urgent family matters, David Buttress has informed it of his intention to step down from his role as CEO. The board is commencing an immediate search to find a replacement for David.

Sepura, UK - $215.6M, October 2016
Sepura PLC has appointed David Barrass as Interim CEO. David's appointment reflects the extended period of absence being taken by Gordon Watling, the CEO, on medical advice.

EMIS Group, UK - $208.4M, December 2016
EMIS Group plc announced that Chris Spencer, the Group's CEO since 2013, having reached the age of 60, has indicated his intention to retire from his position and from the Board by the end of 2017.

Aixtron, Germany - $190.1M, January 2017
Current CEO Martin Goetzeler is leaving. Former AIXTRON Executive Board Member and current Supervisory Board Chairman, Kim Schindelhauer, will take on Mr. Goetzeler's duties as CEO and CFO on an interim basis, until a successor is found.

SMTC, Canada - $189M, February 2017
SMTC Corporation appointed Ed Smith as its interim President and CEO. He most recently served as SVP of Global Embedded Solutions of Avnet.

Tremor Video, New York - $166.8M, February 2017
William Day has resigned as the Company’s President and CEO. The Company announced that Paul Caine has been appointed as Interim CEO.

GO plc, Malta - $165.7M, February 2017
GO plc will shortly appoint a new CEO to replace Mr. Yiannos Michaelides, who will be vacating the position to pursue other opportunities on 30 March 2017.

Redknee Solutions, Canada - $158.2M, February 2017
Redknee Solutions announced a leadership reorganization in which Danielle Royston has been appointed interim CEO. Ms. Royston replaces Lucas Skoczkowski.

Marchex, Washington - $142.1M, October 2016
Pete Christothoulou has resigned as CEO. The Board of Directors has created an Interim Office of the CEO. The Board of Directors will begin a search for the company’s next CEO.

Nera Telecommunications, Singapore - $137.6M, October 2016
Ang Seong Kang Samuel, CEO, has tendered his resignation. The Board has appointed Mr. Beck Tong Hong to serve as acting CEO in the interim.

Yuuzoo, Singapore - $106.1M, November 2016
Yuuzoo announced the cessation of James Matthew Somasundram as CEO. Due to personal reasons or health reasons.

IRIS Corporation, Malaysia - $100.9M, January 2017
The Board appointed Mr. Choong Choo Hock, the current COO of the Trusted Identification Division as the acting CEO.

Wi-LAN, Canada - $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 begun the search for a new permanent CEO with the assistance of a leading search firm.

Numerex, Georgia - $71.9M, January 2017
Numerex terminated the employment of Marc Zionts as CEO. Kenneth Gayron, the CFO, will be interim CEO while the Company conducts a search for a permanent CEO. 

Support.com, California - $65.1M, October 2016
Elizabeth M. Cholawsky resigned from her position as president and CEO of Support.com. The company elected Richard Bloom, 49. board member since June 2016, as the interim president and CEO.

Integrated Research, Australia - $64M, February 2017
Integrated Research announced the resignation for personal reasons of Mr. Darc Rasmussen as CEO and Managing Director. The Board appointed Mr. Andrew Dutton as interim CEO whilst the company conducts a search for a permanent placement.

Oculus VR, California - $58.9M, December 2016
Brendan Iribe, the CEO of Facebook's virtual reality unit Oculus VR, is stepping down from his position as part of a restructuring. Jon Thomason, who joined Oculus recently, will head the mobile VR group. Thomason and Iribe, along with Facebook's CTO Mike Schroepfer, will together look for a new CEO for Oculus.

Giken Sakata, Singapore - $55.5M, November 2016
Giken Sakata announced cessation of Tan Kay Guan as Executive Director and CEO, to pursue personal interest.

Paymark, New Zealand - $47.5M, December 2016
Paymark CEO Mark Rushworth has resigned from the firm. General counsel Liam O'Reilly will act in the role until a new head is appointed.

SITO Mobile, New Jersey - $43.6M, February 2017
Jerry Hug resigned as CEO and a director of SITO Mobile. Also effective February 17, 2017, Richard O'Connell, Jr. was appointed to serve as Interim CEO.

Xchanging Solutions, India - $42.2M, October 2016
Xchanging Solutions announced that company has received a resignation letter from Mr. Alok Kumar Sinha, CEO cum whole time director with effect from November 10, 2016.

Brady, UK - $37.3M, September 2016
Brady plc announced that after nine years Gavin Lavelle has decided to pursue new opportunities and has stepped down as CEO. Ian Jenks will assume operational control of the company as executive chairman.

Touchcorp, Australia - $34.3M, November 2016
Touchcorp announced that Managing Director, Mr. Adrian Cleeve, passed away on November 8, 2016 after a short illness. The Chairman of Touchcorp, Mr. Mike Jefferies, has been appointed as acting CEO.

1Spatial, UK - $34.1M, December 2016
1Spatial plc announced that Marcus Hanke has ceased to carry out the functions of the CEO. Claire Milverton, CFO, will carry out this function on an interim basis.

RF Industries, California - $32.7M, October 2016
RF Industries announced that Johnny Walker, President and CEO, and the company mutually agreed to terminate his employment with the company to allow Mr. Walker to attend to family medical needs and to be closer to his residence in Arlington, Texas. Howard Hill, RFI's former President, CEO and Founder, will serve, without pay, as the company's interim President and CEO.

zamano, Ireland, $26.400M , May 2016
zamano plc announced that Ross Conlon has tendered his resignation as CEO and director. The board commenced a process for the appointment of a new CEO.

Praemium, Australia - $22.8M, February 2017Greg Camm
Praemium announced that the Board has terminated the employment of Mr. Michael Ohanessian as CEO and Managing Director. Mr. Greg Camm will act as Executive Chairman until a new CEO is appointed.

Photon Control, Canada - $21.5M, June 2016
Christopher Weston has stepped down as President and CEO and has resigned from the Board of Photon Control. Michael Goldstein, Deputy Chairman of the Board, has been appointed Chairman and Acting CEO.

Myriad Group, Switzerland - $17.4M, January 2017
Erik Hansen, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been appointed Executive Chairman of Myriad as Stephen Dunford resigns from his role as CEO.

Rubicon Technology, Illinois - $17.4M, February 2017
As acquisitions are being given greater consideration by the Board, the Board has decided to commence a search for a new CEO with more extensive experience in M&A. William F. Weissman, the current CEO, is expected to stay with the Company until a new CEO is hired.

Nuix, Australia - $17.4M, January 2017
Eddie Sheehy has resigned as CEO and director. Until the board appoints a CEO, Nuix co-founder and Chairman Dr. Tony Castagna will assume some of the responsibilities.

Brekford, Maryland - $16M, November 2016
Brekford entered into a separation agreement with C.B. Brechin, the company's CEO and CFO.

Micronet, Israel - $15.7M, January 2017
On January 8, 2017, Micronet informed Mr. Shai Lustgarten that his position as CEO is terminated effective as of January 10, 2017 however Mr. Lustgarten will continue to provide his services to the company as required until the termination of his employment.

Pennant International Group, UK - $14.3M, February 2017
Pennant International Group plc announced that Chris Snook has stepped down as CEO. Phil Walker, currently the CFO, has been appointed interim CEO.

MER Telemanagement Solutions, Israel - $14.3M, February 2017
Mer Telemanagement Solutions announced that Orey Gilliam, the company's CEO, has decided to leave the company. Mr. Alon Mualem, the company's CFO, will serve as CEO on an interim basis.

Giga-tronics, California - $13.7M, August 2016
Giga-tronics appointed W. Joseph Thompson as Chairman and Acting CEO. He succeeds John Regazzi, the architect of the company’s Advanced Signal Generator and Analysis platform (ASG), who is assuming the role of CTO.

WANdisco, UK - $11M, September 2016
The Board of WANdisco announced that David Richards, CEO, will be stepping down from the Board and his role as CEO. In the interim period, Paul Walker, Non-Executive Chairman, has assumed the role of Executive Chairman.

HealthWarehouse.com, Kentucky - $9.31M, January 2017
HealthWarehouse.com appointed John Pauly as the COO and interim President and CEO. Jeffrey Holtmeier, CEO, has left the company to pursue other interests, and in connection with his departure, has also resigned his position as a director of the company.

Netccentric, Singapore - $9.18M, January 2017
Netccentric advised that Cheo Ming Shen has stepped down from his current position as CEO. Yang Huiwen, current Regional Director of the Netccentric will act as Interim CEO.

Mr Green & Co Technology, China - $7.93M, December 2016
Stefan Gustafsson has been appointed as acting CEO of Mr. Green & Co Technology AB. He has extensive experience in senior positions within IT, among other positions such as CIO at Elon Group, Boxer and Com Hem. Stefan Gustafsson succeeds Niclas Enhörning who was appointed CEO of Mr. Green & Co Technology in 2014.

International Datacasting Corporation, Canada - $7.2M, February 2016    
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.

Microphase, Connecticut - $6.59M, February 2017
Michael Ghadaksaz resigned as CEO, CTO, Chairman of the Board. Necdet Ergul, the Company’s former CEO and Chairman, and who is currently the Company’s President and Chief Technical Advisor, will act as Interim CEO.

Urbanise.com, Australia - $6.27M, January 2017
Benjamin Churchill Current CEO, Ben Churchill, will step down from his role as CEO. Current chairman Tony Scotton will assume the role of Interim CEO.

Great Elm Capital Group, California - $4.5M, July 2016
Richard S. Chernicoff was appointed, on an interim basis, as CEO. Chernicoff will remain a member of the company's board.
 
Sunvault Energy, Canada - $3.87M, October 2016
Gary Monaghan has resigned as a member of board and CEO of company. The resignation of Mr. Monaghan is as a direct result of a change of control in the company per his management contract and a difficult personal family illness at home.
 
8common, Australia - $2.74M, December 2016
CEO Nick Gonios has resigned and provided six months notice.
 
DagangHalal, UK - $1.48M, October 2016
A search for a replacement for CEO Mohamed Hazli Mohamed Hussain has commenced. In the interim period, Francis Chong, Managing Director and co-founder, has assumed the role of CEO.

iGAMBIT, New York - $1.47M, October 2016
The Board of Directors of iGambit unanimously voted to remove Rory T. Welch as its president and CEO. John Salerno named as its interim President and CEO.

Magor Corporation, Canada - $1.4M, August 2016
Magor Corporation announced that Mr. Mike Pascoe has decided to step down as CEO and a member of the Board on August 31, 2016. The board has appointed Mr. Brian Baker, its current CFO, as interim President and CEO and he will be joining the board of directors.

Spindle, Arizona - $0.6M, June 2016
Michael Schwartz resigned from his position as Interim CEO, for personal reasons. The Board appointed board member Dr. Jack Scott as Interim CEO.

Intrinsic4D, Michigan - $1.05M, February 2017
Jorey Chernett has resigned as director and the CEO of the corporation. The board of directors has appointed Kyle Appleby, current CFO of the corporation, as interim CEO.

Forbidden Technologies, UK - $0.941M, February 2017
Forbidden Technologies announced that Aziz Musa, the Company's CEO, has resigned. David Main, the Company's Chairman will, on a short term basis, be taking on the CEO's responsibilities whilst the search for a new full time CEO.

Epcylon Technologies, Canada - September 2015
Epcylon Technologies accepted the resignation of Jack J. Bensimon as the CEO and director. 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.

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.
                                    
Trendit, Israel, March 2016
The Board of Directors of Trendit appointed 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, has notified the Board of his resignation from his role as CEO and as a member of the company's board.                                    
 
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.
 
ZipLocal, Canada, May 2016
ZipLocal appointed Kent Taylor as a director and Interim CEO, effective January 26, 2017.
 
Gateway Media, Missouri, June 2016
Gateway Media announced that Gabe Douek CEO has left the company.
 
Lavu, New Mexico, June 2016
Marc Chesley has stepped down as the CEO of Lavu. Chesley confirmed that he left Lavu June 9, 2016.
 
HGS Colibrium, Georgia, June 2016
HGS Colibrium’s Board of Directors announced that Mark Poling has resigned as CEO and is leaving as a founder to pursue other interests.
 
chatAND, New York, June 2016
Effective as of January 3, 2017, David Stefasnky resigned as the interim CEO and member of the Board of Directors of chatAND.
 
WordLogic, Canada, June 2016
Frank Evanshen hereby resigned from the Board of Directors and the position of CEO and President of WordLogic.
 
Spire, Massachusetts, August 2016
On August 19, 2016, the Board of Directors of Spire Corporation notified Rodger W. LaFavre that he was released as CEO and as an employee of Spire Corporation, effective August 26, 2016. *Replacement not announced.
 
TransBiotec, California, September 2016
TransBiotec appointed Ivan Braiker as Interim CEO and Interim Secretary. Mr. Braiker was CEO of DubLi from May 2015 to January 2016.
 
INTREorg Systems, Texas, October 2016
INTREorg Systems appointed Mr. Thomas Lindholm to serve as a member of the company's board. The board intends for Mr. Lindholm to serve as Executive Director (Officer) and be charged with recruiting and hiring a full time CEO for the Company to replace out-going President, Darren Dunckel.
 
FibreCo Telecommunications, South Africa, October 2016
FibreCo Telecommunications has appointed Simon Harvey as its interim CEO for the next six months. The company says Harvey is taking over from Arif Hussain, who is leaving FibreCo after six years to pursue personal interests.
 
Omnitele, Finland, December 2016
Tomi Paatsila, the CEO of Omnitele since October 2010, is departing. Head of Service and Business Development Ville Laakso, who has been with Omnitele since 2006, is appointed as Acting CEO.
 
Zyber Holdings, Australia, December 2016
Zyber Holdings announced the resignation of Mr. Ben Daly as CEO and Mr. Jason Tomkinson will step down from his role as an executive director and will move to a non-executive role.
 
DTG bv, Netherlands, January 2017
Erik Hoekstra, the CEO of DTG B.V. has decided to leave. The CEO responsibilities will temporarily be taken over by current management team members Stef Hinfelaar (MD and CFO) and Walewein Lichtenauer (MD and chief commercial officer).
 
Others Moves:
 
CoreLogic, California - $1.9B, February 2017
CoreLogic’s board of directors granted president and CEO Anand Nallathambi a temporary medical leave of absence. During Mr. Nallathambi’s absence, the board appointed COO Frank D. Martell to serve as interim president and CEO.
 
Sizmek, Texas - $185.2M, February 2017
Sizmek announced that company’s Neil Nguyen, CEO and President, will be leaving the company and Dr. Mark Grether has been appointed as executive chairman. Dr. Grether will work with Neil Nguyen during a transition period as well as spearhead execution of company’s strategy and growth as the premier independent adtech company. 

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Wall Street Media Co. – Interim CEO Jeffrey A. Lubchansky is reported as CEO in the company’s latest sec filings. Therefore we are considering the role to be closed. There was no official announcement. 

Micromax Informatics – India based smartphone company Micromax’s CEO Vineet Taneja resigned in January 2016. There were no further announcements made. Bloomberg updated co-founder Rahul Sharma to be serving as current CEO, with no commencement dates.

UA Multimedia - Acting CEO Thu Pham is reported as CEO in the company’s latest sec filings. Therefore we are considering the role to be closed. There was no official announcement. 
 
Techstep ASA – Norway based Techstep ASA appointed Gaute Engbakk from Accenture, as CEO in late 2016.
 
ProText Mobility - Chairman and CEO of Plandaí Biotechnology Roger Baylis-Duffield is reported as CEO in the company’s latest 8-k filing. 
 
CEOs Appointed in the month February 2017
 
Activision Blizzard, California - $6.6B, February 2017Tim Kilpin
Activision Blizzard announced the appointment of veteran Mattel and Disney executive Tim Kilpin as its CEO and president. Most recently, Kilpin served as Mattel’s president and chief commercial officer.
 
Diebold Nixdorf AG, Germany - $2.9B, February 2017
Diebold Nixdorf's German subsidiary, Diebold Nixdorf AG, has named Jürgen Wunram as its CEO. Wunram, currently CFO of the subsidiary, was also named as a board member and COO of Diebold Nixdorf earlier the same day.
 
Crown Resorts, Australia - $2.5B, February 2017
Crown Resorts announced that long-term CEO Rowen Craigie would step down, with executive chairman John Alexander to take over his duties as part of a simplified structure.
 
WorldPay, UK - $2.5B, February 2017
Worldpay Group confirms the appointment of Peter Jackson as CEO of Worldpay UK. Peter joins Worldpay from Banco Santander where he was Head of Global Innovation.
 
TalkTalk Telecom, UK - $2.3B, February 2017
TalkTalk announced that after seven years, Dido Harding has decided to step down as CEO. Tristia Harrison (currently MD, TalkTalk Consumer) will succeed Dido Harding as CEO.
 
T-Mobile Netherlands B.V., Netherlands - $1.8B, February 2017
Søren Abildgaard started on 1 februrari 2017 as CEO of T-Mobile Netherlands. Søren Abildgaard has extensive experience in the European telecommunications sector. Prior to the move to T-Mobile Netherlands made, he was Chief Commercial Officer at Telia Company.
 
Aristocrat Leisure, Australia - $1.6B, February 2017
Aristocrat Leisure appointed EVP, of global product & insights Trevor Croker as CEO & Managing Director.
 
ServiceNow, California - $1.3B, February 2017
ServiceNow announced that its Board of Directors has named John Donahoe President and CEO. Donahoe was formerly President and CEO of eBay.
 
FTD Companies, Illinois - $1.1B, February 2017
FTD Companies appointed John C. Walden as President, CEO and member of the Board of Directors. From 2014 to 2016, Walden served as CEO of Home Retail Group.
 
AO World, UK - $858.9M, February 2017
AO World plc announced that Steve Caunce, COO, will succeed John Roberts as CEO.
 
P2 Energy Solutions, Colorado - $724.2M, February 2017
P2 Energy Solutions appointed J. Scott Lockhart as CEO. Prior to P2, he served as SVP of Operational Excellence and Risk Management at IHS.
 
ProQuest, Michigan - $430.5M, February 2017
ProQuest Consulting announced that COO Aymeric Zito has been appointed CEO. Zito succeeds Clive Roberts, who will remain at the company as Sales Director.
 
JP Boden, UK - $328.7M, February 2017
Boden has appointed Jill Easterbrook as its new CEO. Currently, Easterbrook serves at Auto Trader UK as its non-executive director. She has also worked with Tesco PLC.
 
Rightmove, UK - $271.6M, February 2017
Peter Brooks-Johnson, who is currently the COO and a Board director since 2011 will become the CEO.
 
RagingWire Data Centers, Nevada - $199M, February 2017
RagingWire Data Centers and its parent company NTT Communications announced that NTT Com intends to purchase the remaining shares of RagingWire and acquire 100% ownership of the company. RagingWire executive and current president, Douglas Adams, is new CEO.
 
Opus Group, Sweden - $187.1M, February 2017
The board of directors of Opus Group AB appointed Lothar Geilen as the new CEO of Opus Group. Geilen has been employed by Opus Group since 2008. He co-founded the U.S. company Systech International in 2000 and continued with Opus Group as head of the Vehicle Inspection Division after Systech was acquired by Opus Group in 2008.
 
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings , Fiji - $183.4M, February 2017
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (ATH) has confirmed Ivan Fong as its CEO. Fong previously served as ATH general manager since January 2011.
 
Vexos, Pennsylvania - $177.9M, February 2017
Vexos has appointed Paul Jona as the new President and CEO. Most recently, he served as SVP of the SATCOM division of Cobham, a producer of satellite terminal, radio communication equipment and earth stations.
 
Zenefits, California - $158.4M, February 2017
Zenefits announced that it has appointed Jay Fulcher as CEO and chairman of the board. Fulcher was most recently the president and CEO at Ooyala.
 
Cherry AB, Sweden - $121.4M, February 2017
Cherry AB has appointed Anders Holmgren as CEO. Holmgren had previously served as acting CEO, and now becomes permanent CEO.
 
OnMobile Global, India - $111.4M, February 2017
OnMobile Global appointed Francois Charles Sirois as Chairman and CEO. François-Charles Sirois is the President and CEO of Telesystem. He is also the President and CEO of OnMobile Systems.
 
Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, China - $109.5M, February 2017
The Board of Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation announced that Dr. HONG Feng has been appointed as the CEO. Dr. HONG was the EVP and COO of Wuhan Xin Xin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation prior to joining the Company.
 
Collective, New York - $79M, February 2017
Collective announced that it has appointed President Kerry Bianchi to the role of CEO. Bianchi joined Collective in 2015 as COO. She was promoted to President, overseeing the Compass and Visto divisions, in July 2016.
 
Fuze, Massachusetts - $78M, February 2017
Fuze appointed Colin Doherty as the company’s CEO. Doherty joins Fuze after 10 years of holding CEO positions at Arbor Networks. Most recently, Doherty served as CEO of Dyn, which was recently acquired by Oracle.
 
Solteq, Finland - $66.7M, February 2017
Solteq’s Board of Directors has appointed Olli Väätäinen, CEO as of April 1st, 2017. Väätäinen has been a member of Solteq’s Board of Directors since 2015 and he will continue in this role until the General Meeting.
 
NetComm Wireless, Australia - $62M, February 2017
NetComm Wireless announced the permanent appointment of Mr. Ken Sheridan to the position of CEO. Mr. Sheridan has been acting CEO for the last two months and a member of the Board and management team for over six years.
 
CompuGroup Medical, Massachusetts - $61.7M, February 2017
CompuGroup Medical US has appointed SVP of Southern and Western Europe Benedikt Brueckle as the new CEO of CompuGroup Medical US.
 
Granicus, Colorado - $55M, February 2017
Granicus announced Mark Hynes is its new CEO. He most recently was president of technology products and chief strategy and development officer for Altisource.
 
Abila, Texas - $54.2M, February 2017
Abila announced that it has appointed Craig Charlton as CEO. Most recently, he was a strategic advisor to Accel-KKR.
 
Mindteck, India - $49.2M, February 2017
Mindteck (India) appointed Sanjeev kathpalia as an additional director of the company, effective February 10, 2017 and he shall elevated to managing director and CEO, effective March 1, 2017 at board meeting held on February 10, 2017.
 
PrimeSport, Georgia - $45M, February 2017
PrimeSport hired Tim Brosnan as executive chairman and CEO. Former EVP of business, president and CEO of MLB Enterprises.
 
uShip, Texas - $39.6M, February 2017
Mike Williams will take over the top job as CEO and director. He previously spent more than three years at Accruent finishing as general manager of corporate real estate services.
 
MPS Infotecnics, India - $35.1M, February 2017
Former Bharti Airtel and Welkin Telecom exec Rahul Meena is the CEO.
 
63 Moons Technologies, India - $30.9M, February 2017
S. Rajendran, has been appointed as MD & CEO in place of Mr. Prashant Desai. Prior to this, Mr. S. Rajendran held office of Independent Director on the Board of the Company.
 
Ikon Science , UK - $24.3M, February 2017
Ikon Science has appointed Mark Bashforth as its new CEO and board member. Prior to this appointment, Bashforth worked for FEI Co as its VP and General Manager, Oil & Gas.
 
EMS Software, Colorado - $22.8M, February 2017
EMS Software announced that Craig Halliday has been named as CEO. Halliday is a leader in the enterprise software industry, having held leadership positions with software companies such as J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft, Mincom, eServGlobal, where he served as CEO, and most recently, RPM Global.
 
Fasoo.Com, South Korea - $22.1M, February 2017
Fasoo announced that John Herring has been appointed as CEO/President and a member of the company's Board of Directors. He has led four ventures from early start to market prominence, including public market listings and strategic M&A exits. Most recently, as CEO of an In-q-Tel portfolio company, the venture investment arm of the U.S. intelligence community, John fast tracked new technology information solutions to protect U.S. security.
 
TARGIT A/S, Denmark - $19.4M, February 2017
TARGIT A/S signed an agreement with GRO Capital, acquiring all shares in the company. As part of the sale, founder and now former CEO Morten Sandlykke resigns effective immediately. Ulrik Pedersen, CTO and COO of TARGIT, will now assume the role of CEO.
 
Isotrak , UK - $19.3M, February 2017
Tony English, former Managing Director of MiX Telematics Europe, will take the role of CEO.
 
InterDyn Business Microvar, Minnesota - $18.8M, February 2017
Business Unit Executive of Columbus US, Keld Jersild Olsen, will take over the leadership of InterDyn BMI as CEO.
 
SSH Communications Security, Finland - $15.9M, February 2017
Kaisa Olkkonen will serve as the company's CEO. She was previously a VP at Nokia and chairman of the board at SSH Communications Security.
 
TestPlant, UK - $13.4M, February 2017
TestPlant announced it has appointed Dr. John Bates as CEO. Most recently, he served as CEO of Plat.One.
 
SecureAuth, California - $12M, February 2017
SecureAuth appointed COO Jeffrey Kukowski as CEO.
 
Anexinet, Pennsylvania - $11.9M, February 2017
Anexinet Corporation appointed Brad Hokamp as the company's CEO and member of the Board of Directors. Most recently, he served as the CEO of Cosentry, where he was an integral part of the company's successful sale to TierPoint in 2016.
 
Revel Systems, California - $11.4M, February 2017
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Revel appointed Scott Betts as the company’s new CEO. Mr. Betts brings significant experience in senior management roles, most recently as CEO of Global Cash Access, and previously at First Data and Procter & Gamble.
 
NEXT Biometrics Group, Norway - $10.7M, February 2017
NEXT Biometrics Group ASA announced that the board of directors has appointed Ritu Favre as new CEO. Ritu Favre has worked fifteen years in Motorola as a Manufacturing Manager and Manager of Business Product Operations, before joining Freescale Semiconductor, where she worked for 11 years.
 
Clavister Holding, Sweden - $8.52M, February 2017
Clavister announced that the board has recruited Johan Öhman as the new CEO. Johan has extensive experience in developing companies to high growth and profitability, including as CEO of NetEnt. Johan has experience of running a business in a regulated market. 
 
Entuity, UK - $8.4M, February 2017
Entuity appointed Stephen Woodard to the position of president and CEO. Woodard brings to Entuity with more than 20 years of achievements in guiding sales, marketing, development, service and support organizations.
 
BRIDGE Energy Group, Massachusetts - $8.1M, February 2017
BRIDGE Energy Group announced that Hugo van Nispen has been appointed CEO. Most recently, President and CEO of KEMA.
 
Enzumo, Australia - $6.02M, February 2017
Warren Chant and Andrea West have been appointed joint Group CEOs effective 24 February 2017. Warren and Andrea have successfully managed Chant West in a joint capacity for the past 20 years. Their skill sets are complementary, and they both bring considerable experience and knowledge to the Group.
 
AHAlife, New York - $5.56M, February 2017
AHAlife Holdings appointed Sebastian Kaufmann as the company's CEO. Mr. Kaufmann has been Chief Curation Officer of AHAlife since the company acquired Kaufmann Mercantile in August 2016.
 
Uniserve Communications, Canada - $4.97M, February 2017
Uniserve Communications Corporation appointed Nicholas Jeffery, a former Director of the Data Centre Solutions group at CBRE as its new CEO.
 
Megaport, Australia - $4.61M, February 2017
Vincent English will be stepping into the role of CEO at the end of March. Vincent has worked for the company since June 2015, in the role of CFO and in January 2016 was appointed the Group COO and Deputy CEO.
 
eMedia Group, Denmark - $0.595M, February 2017
The company's VP of Business, Mr. Kok Wong Liew, was elected as a member of Board of Directors and as its CEO.
 
Rightscorp, California - $0.429M, February 2017
Cecil Bond Kyte was appointed as the CEO. Mr. Kyte has served as the company’s CFO since October 2016 and Chairman of the company’s board of directors since December 2015.
 
TimefireVR, Arizona - $0.204M, February 2017
Jeffrey Rassas, who is presently also the company's Chief Strategy Officer, will assume the role of CEO for no additional compensation.
 
Alternate Health, Canada - $0.138M, February 2017
Bryan Korba has been named chairman and CEO. Bryan has spent the last 17 years as the managing partner of JDIFU Capital.
 
TV2U International, Australia, February 2017
The board of TV2U announced that it has appointed Andy Brown to be the new CEO for the organization. Former CEO of BT Rich Media at BT PLC.
 
Aerkomm, California, February 2017
Dr. Peter Chiou was appointed as Chairman and CEO. Former CEO of Luxe Electric.
 
PeerLogix, New York, February 2017
PeerLogix announced that it has entered into an employment agreement with Ray Colwell to serve as CEO. Prior to joining PeerLogix, Mr. Colwell served as a member of successful executive teams, most recently as VP of Partner Sales at AOL.
 
Radial, Pennsylvania, February 2017
Radial appointed Matthew J. Espe as CEO. Prior to the company, Espe served as President and CEO of Armstrong World Industries.
 
Anxin-China, Hong Kong, February 2017
CFO Poon Lai Yin Michael was appointed as the CEO and the Company Secretary of the Company.
 
Confirmit, Norway, February 2017
Confirmit has announced that Ken Østreng, the company's current CFO, will become President and CEO following Henning Hansen's decision to resign from the role.
 
DDS Wireless International, Canada, February 2017
DDS Wireless International appointed Scott Hardy as its next CEO. Mr. Hardy served as President of the company's StrataGen division since joining DDS in April 2016.
 
Red River Computer, New Hampshire, February 2017Jeff Sessions
Red River announced that Jeff Sessions as been appointed the company’s new CEO. He most recently served as the company’s President, determining Red River’s go-to-market strategies and aligning its business divisions to drive innovation, profitability and growth.
 
ID Global Solutions, Wyoming, February 2017
Philip D. Beck was appointed as Chairman, CEO and President. Prior to joining the company, served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, CEO and President from 1999 until 2014 and Chairman from 2014-2015 of Planet Payment.
 
Kenergy Scientific, China, February 2017
Kenergy Scientific appointed Adel Nasser as a Director and to the positions of CEO and President.
 
Airborne Wireless Network, California, February 2017
Airborne Wireless Network announced that it has appointed Michael (Mike) J. Warren as CEO. Mike has recently served as the Regional Operations and Security Director for ECC International in Afghanistan.
 
Cytta, Nevada, February 2017
Jerry L. Smith, personally known to the Cytta principals for many years,  has agreed to join the company Co-CEO. Mr. Smith is currently President and majority owner of Gateway Group.
 
Coreworx, Canada, February 2017
Coreworx appointed John K. Gillberry as the CEO. Mr. Gillberry brings a wealth of executive-level operations experience and has garnered a well-earned track record of success within technology circles.
 
Healthsparq, Oregon, February 2017
HealthSparq named interim CEO Mark Menton as CEO. Menton began working with HealthSparq in January 2014 as part of the ClarusHealth Solutions acquisition where he served as CEO.
 
Payveris, Connecticut, February 2017
Payveris appointed Ron Bergamesca as CEO. Bergamesca spent over a decade at Online Resources (ORCC) in a variety of executive positions including EVP and General Manager of its Banking division. Most recently, Bergamesca was Chief Marketing Officer at Destination Rewards.
 
Instantlabs Medical Diagnostics, Maryland, February 2017
InstantLabs Medical Diagnostics Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement for a controlling investment from Angeon Group In connection with the investment, the company will change its name to InstantLabs, and Joseph E. Gargan, CEO of Angeon, will serve as CEO of InstantLabs and join its Board of Directors.
 
Dejero Labs, Canada, February 2017
Dejero has announced Bruce Anderson as its new CEO. Hailing from Zimbabwe, Anderson is a veteran senior executive with a 20-year proven record of managing international businesses for multinational corporations, most recently for the global commodity producer and trader firm Glencore.
 
Blue Ridge Solutions, Georgia, February 2017
Blue Ridge appointed Jim Byrnes as CEO. Byrnes is a technology industry veteran and most recently served as CEO of M4 Global Solutions.
 
Regent Education, Maryland, February 2017
Regent Education recently elevated President Jim Hermens to the role of CEO. Joined Regent in 2015.
 
Utilidata, Rhode Island, February 2017
Utilidata announced that Ed Hammersla, a software and cyber security executive with over 40 years of experience, has joined the company as CEO. Hammersla was most recently President of Forcepoint Federal and Chief Strategy Officer of Forcepoint, a Raytheon joint venture focused on marketing cybersecurity products to government and commercial organizations.
 
GEA Technologies, Canada, February 2017
GEA Technologies announced that Mr. Antonio Ruggieri, current director of GEA, has taken on the position of President and CEO.
 
COTA, New Jersey, February 2017
Cota announced that its Board of Directors has appointed John Hervey as CEO. John brought critical business acumen and a strong track record running large and complex organizations when he joined Cota's Board of Directors in 2013 to provide management and financial guidance to a group already rich with medical and healthcare knowledge and experience.
 
Nexsan, California, February 2017
Nexsan appointed Ron Bienvenu as CEO. Bienvenu was appointed Vice Chairman in January and takes on the CEO role. Former CEO at Process Software, and founder and CEO of SageMaker.
 
Boostability, Utah, February 2017
Boostability appointed Gavan Thorpe as CEO. Thorpe joined Boostability as an Infrastructure Architect in January 2013 and helped migrate the company's systems into the cloud. He was promoted to COO in 2014 and was given the title of President in mid-2015.
 
Vioguard, Washington, February 2017
Vioguard announced David Schultz has been named CEO and President. Prior to joining Vioguard, he served as EVP, global operations for EagleView Technologies.
 
Arxis Capital Group, New York, February 2017
Arxis Capital Group announced that Thomas M. Joyce, current Executive Chairman of Arxis, has been appointed CEO. 
 
Syncurity Corporation, Virginia, February 2017
Syncurity announced that it has appointed John Jolly as CEO. John joined Syncurity in January 2016 as VP of Customer Success and Business Development.
 
Silent Circle, Maryland, February 2017
Silent Circle announced Gregg Smith as CEO. Smith comes to Silent Circle following a successful tenure as CEO with Optio Labs.
 
Crowdtap, New York, February 2017
Crowdtap has appointed advertising industry veteran and longtime head and founder of MRY (now part of Publicis Groupe), Matt Britton, as its new CEO.
 
Zubie, South Carolina, February 2017
Zubie named veteran automotive industry leader Gary Tucker as CEO. Tucker most recently served as CEO for DealerRater.
 
NexDefense, Georgia, February 2017
NexDefense announced that Jeff Spence has been named CEO of company. Prior to joining NexDefense, Spence was the managing director of DraftServ Pty and was the investment director of a Zurich-based holding and investment group.
 
Barefoot Networks, California, February 2017
Barefoot Networks announced that it has appointed Craig Barratt as President and CEO. He joins the company from Alphabet and Google, where he was SVP at Google and CEO of Alphabet's Access business, which includes the Google Fiber broadband internet service.
 
Vroozi, California, February 2017
Vroozi announced that Gregg Parise is appointed CEO. Parise joins Vroozi from his most recent role as CEO of Events.com.
 
Spectral Edge, UK, February 2017
Spectral Edge announced that Rhodri Thomas has been appointed as CEO to drive the next stage of the company's development. He joins from SwiftKey, which was acquired by Microsoft in April 2016.
 
Alma-TV, Kazakhstan, February 2017
Alma TV has appointed Erick Franke the new CEO. Franke has worked in management positions at Ericsson, Microsoft, Russian mobile operator MTS and Ukrainian cable operator Volia.
 
Impact Radius, California, February 2017
Impact Radius appointed David A. Yovanno as CEO. Before Yovanno was CEO of Marin Software.
 
Symphony Commerce, California, February 2017
Symphony Commerce announced that Ken Fine has been named CEO. Prior, he served as the Chief Customer Officer and VP of Product at Medallia. 
 

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Qualcomm Chief Accounting Officer Leaves for Adobe

John Murphy, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) of Qualcomm resigned to pursue other opportunities. George S. Davis, the company's EVP and CFO, will serve as the company's Principal Accounting Officer, in addition to his continued service as CFO (Principal Financial Officer). Davis previously served as both the company's Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer upon joining the company in March 2013 until Murphy's hiring in September 2014.

Motorola Solutions Elects Former Emotient CEO to its BoardKen Denman

Motorola Solutions announced that Ken Denman has been elected to its board of directors. Denman was previously President and CEO of Emotient. He also held CEO positions at two Silicon Valley software companies Openwave Systems and iPass, and was COO – Wireless, for MediaOne International. Denman currently serves on the board of ShoreTel and Mitek.

F5 Networks Hires New CEO From Ciena   

Application delivery networking technology company F5 Networks announced that François Locoh-Donou has been named the company's President and CEO and a member of the company’s Board. Locoh-Donou succeeds current President and CEO, John McAdam, who will remain a Director on the company’s board upon his retirement.

Locoh-Donou currently serves as SVP and COO of Ciena. He previously held successive leadership positions at Ciena, including SVP, Global Products Group; VP and General Manager, EMEA; VP, International Sales; and VP, Marketing. Locoh-Donou also serves on the advisory board of Jhpiego.

ZTE’s Former CEO Resigns as Non-Executive Director     

China based telecom equipment and systems company ZTE Corporation received a resignation from Shi Lirong as Non-executive Director. Shi has been the former CEO of the company.

Carlyle MD Resigns from CommScope Board          

Campbell R. Dyer, a director of CommScope, the infrastructure solutions provider for communications networks, notified the company of his decision to resign from the Board. Dyer is currently Managing Director in the Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications  group at Carlyle.

EchoStar Makes Board Changes

EchoStar, a global satellite services provider and developer of hybrid video delivery technologies, appointed William D. Wade to EchoStar's Board of Directors.  Wade served as the President and CEO of Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) based in Hong Kong and as Deputy CEO of AsiaSat, and is currently serving as a senior advisor to the CEO of AsiaSat through March 2017.

Ciena COO Departs; Announces Management Appointments       Rick Hamilton   

Ciena Corporation announced the resignation François Locoh-Donou as SVP and COO. The company appointed three new leaders: Rick Hamilton, SVP, Global Software and Services. Hamilton joined the company in October 2016 as SVP, Global Services & Automation. Prior to joining the company, he served as Corporate VP, Professional Services for Juniper Network; and VP, Cloud & Managed Services with Cisco Systems.

Scott Mcfeely will be SVP, Networking Platforms. He previously served as company’s VP, Global Portfolio Management and Business Operations. Mcfeely joined company in 2010 in connection with the company's acquisition of Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks business, with which he spent more than 20 years in a variety of technical and management roles.

Jason Phipps has been named SVP, Global Sales and Marketing. Prior to this appointment, Phipps served as company’s VP and GM, North America sales. He joined company in 2002 and has previously held a number of sales and marketing leadership positions with the company.

ADTRAN Appoints Global Sales SVP

ADTRAN, a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, announced that Charles Marsh has been appointed as SVP of global sales. Before joining ADTRAN, Marsh served as the managing director for Xura.

Spirent Communications’ Director Resigns

Spirent Communications, that provides test and service management solutions for the communications industry, announced that Tom Lantzsch will be stepping down from the Board. Tom joined Spirent as a non-executive director in May 2015, but has stepped down from the Board to focus on his new role at Intel as SVP and General Manager of their Internet of Things (IoT) Group.

Extreme Networks Appoints John Shoemaker as Chairman John Shoemaker

Extreme Networks, that delivers software-driven networking solutions, named John Shoemaker to Chairman. Shoemaker is an industry veteran with significant experience at high technology companies, including Altera, SonicWall, Sun Microsystems and Xerox. In addition, Shoemaker has held various senior and executive-level management positions as SVP of worldwide marketing at Xerox and VP and GM of its Document Systems Business as well as EVP of worldwide operations at Sun Microsystems and EVP and GM of its Computer Systems Division.

Shoemaker succeeds John Kispert who has decided to step down from the Board to focus on other professional and personal interests.

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Digital Media Top Management and Board Moves: Facebook, PayPal & More

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Microsoft Promotes Regional Leader to New Global Digital Transformation Role

Microsoft has appointed Ali Faramawy to the newly announced global role as the head of the Emerging Markets Digital Transformation Organization which has been established within Microsoft. He has headed the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for thirteen years, most recently as President. 

Facebook Names Head Global Music Strategy and BD; New Head of Development to Join TeamTamara Hrivnak

Facebook has hired Tamara Hrivnak to head its global music strategy and business development. The former director of music partnerships at YouTube and Google Play is a veteran of the music business, having spent almost eight years at Warner Music Group and Warner/Chappell before joining Google in 2011.

Mina Lefevre will join the Facebook team as head of development and will work to create content for the social network.

SAP Appoints General Manager of SAP Digital Commerce  

SAP appointed Madhur Aggarwal as general manager of SAP Digital Commerce, reporting to chief digital officer Jonathan Becher. Madhur has been instrumental in the creation and growth of SAPs digital business since its inception in 2015, and has had multiple roles on the team, from COO to chief product owner. In those roles, he has demonstrated extraordinary passion and dedication to SAPs digital success.

Baidu Appoints Microsoft Exec as President and COO

Baidu appointed Dr. Qi Lu as Baidu's Group President and COO, in charge of products, technology, sales, marketing and operations, effective immediately. Prior to joining Baidu, Dr. Lu served as Microsoft's Global EVP and led one of Microsoft's three business units. In 2013, Dr. Lu was appointed as Microsoft's Global EVP and was put in charge of its Office business.

PayPal Announces Regional Executive Changes       

PayPal has appointed Federico Zambelli Hosmer as the new general manager of its Italian unit. Previously head of small and medium business, Western Europe, Zambelli Hosmer has been tasked with ensuring that PayPal becomes the daily payment partner of choice for a growing number of Italians. He replaces Angelo Meregalli, who becomes director of the commercial solutions and integration team for Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa after heading PayPay Italia for over four years.

Yahoo! Announces Resignation of Ronald Bell as General Counsel and Secretary    

Ronald Bell resigned as Yahoo! General Counsel and Secretary and from all other positions with the company. Yahoo announced that general counsel Ron Bell is leaving the tech giant after an investigation of the company revealed that its legal team failed to sufficiently inquire into a massive 2014 cybersecurity breach.

Global Payments Appoints Member of the Board and Promotes CFO to Senior EVP Level

Global Payments appointed William B. Plummer as a member of the Board. Plummer has served as the EVP and CFO of United Rentals. He also serves as a director of John Wiley & Sons.

The company announced the promotion of Cameron M. Bready to Senior EVP and CFO. In this role, Bready will continue to lead the company's global finance organization, including corporate finance, business financial services, accounting and tax, as well as worldwide corporate development initiatives. Bready joined Global Payments in June 2014 as EVP and CFO.

Twitter Announces More Executive Departures        

Two more executives announced their departures from Twitter. Lara Cohen stepped down as head of entertainment talent, while David Bicknell stepped down as director of finance.

Zillow Group Appoints VP of Product at Slack as Board MemberApril Underwood

Zillow Group announced that the appointment of April Underwood to the company's Board. Underwood is VP of product at Slack. She joined Slack as head of platform in June 2015. Underwood also is a founding member of #Angels. From 2010 until 2015, Underwood led product, marketing and business development teams as director of product at Twitter.

Agero Hires Chief Digital Officer from Cimpress

Bernie Gracy, former SVP, Global Product Technology and Merchant Services, Cimpress, has been named Chief Digital Officer for the $1b connected car company, Agero. Prior to Cimpress, he served as VP Strategy, Digital Commerce Solutions at Pitney Bowes. Before joining Pitney Bowes in 1997, he served at United Parcel Service (UPS) as Director, Roadnet Technologies, a division of UPS from 1993 to 1997 and Project Leader/Technical Leader from 1990 to 1993. Earlier in his career he served as Senior Software Engineer at Gerber Scientific from 1987 to 1990 and Software Engineer at Micrognosis from 1986 to 1987.

Just Eat CEO Steps Down

Online food order and delivery service firm Just Eat plc announced that, due to urgent family matters, David Buttress has informed it of his intention to step down from his role as CEO. David will work full time in the Company until the end of the first quarter, at which time John Hughes, who has been Chairman of the Board for almost six years, will assume the role of Executive Chairman. John will work closely with David and CFO Paul Harrison to ensure a smooth and orderly handover. The board is commencing an immediate search to find a replacement for David. David has agreed to serve a minimum one-year term as a non-executive director.

Grubhub Announces Departure of Benjamin Spero from Board        

Grubhub announced the resignation of Benjamin Spero from its Board. Spero is departing in order to increase his focus on other business interests. Spero first joined the Board as a Seamless director in June 2011, and served more than three years as a Grubhub director following the merger in August 2013.

Yelp Witnesses Changes in Engineering Leadership

Yelp, a website and mobile app that connects people with great local businesses, announced that longtime senior engineering manager Jason Fennell has been appointed SVP and will lead the company’s engineering efforts. After more than a decade with Yelp, current SVP of Engineering Michael Stoppelman will leave the company in the coming months to pursue personal interests and initiatives.

Fennell joined Yelp in 2008 as an engineer responsible for search and data mining. He progressed through increasingly senior roles and was most recently VP of Engineering for Data Mining, with more than 150 reports spanning Yelp’s algorithmically focused teams as well as partnerships, data infrastructure and parts of the business owner product.

Paysafe Group Appoints Chief Digital Officer and CMO

Online payments company Paysafe Group has appointed Tim Thurman as Chief Digital Officer. Thurman is joining Paysafe from Australian Securities Exchange, where he served as CIO and executed the exchange's Technology Transformation Strategy.

Paysafe announced that Oscar Nieboer has been appointed as the Group's first CMO. Before joining Paysafe, Nieboer was CMO at Amazon Instant Video.

Zynga Appoints Couple of Board Members with Venture Capital and Global Technology Experience    

Two new directors are joining Zynga’s Board, Carol G. Mills and Janice M. Roberts. Mills brings more than three decades of experience building global engineering teams to Zynga's Board. She currently serves as Chairman of Xactly and serves on the Board of Directors for RELX Group. Most recently, Mills served as the Interim CEO of Blue Coat Systems in late 2011. Before that, she spent nearly two years at Juniper Network, where she served as EVP and General Manager of its Infrastructure Products Group.

Roberts brings more than three decades of venture capital and technology experience to Zynga's Board. She is currently a Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures. Roberts serves on the Boards of Zebra Technologies and RealNetworks, and most recently served on the board of ARM Holdings. Prior to joining Benhamou Global Ventures, Roberts served as a Managing Director at Mayfield Fund for 13 years. Preceding her career in venture capital, Roberts held a number of executive roles in Europe and the U.S.

Shutterfly Names SVP, Retail from Activate

Internet-based image publishing services firm Shutterfly appointed Michele Anderson as SVP, retail. In her role at Shutterfly, Anderson will guide the development and execution of Shutterfly’s consumer growth strategy across its many product categories, both in its core business and in new categories over time. Anderson joins Shutterfly from Activate where she served as COO and managing director.

Shutterstock Appoints CFO to Additional COO Role

Global online photo marketplace Shutterstock announced that Steven Berns, its CFO, has been appointed as COO. Along with his new responsibility, Berns will also continue in his role as CFO.

Date Range: January 30th - March 6th

Software Industry Players Witnessing Leadership Changes: Microsoft, SAP, Adobe & Others

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Microsoft Promotes Regional Leader to New Global Digital Transformation Role; Appoints New MEA Region PresidentAli Faramawy

Microsoft has appointed Ali Faramawy to the newly announced global role as the head of the Emerging Markets Digital Transformation Organization which has been established within Microsoft. He has headed the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for thirteen years, most recently as President. 

Samer Abu Ltaif has been appointed as the new President for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Abu Ltaif, who joined Microsoft in 2004, has held many senior roles within the organization including regional director for enterprise and partner group across MEA. Most recently, he was the Regional General Manager of Microsoft Gulf.

SAP Appoints General Manager of SAP Digital Commerce  

SAP appointed Madhur Aggarwal as general manager of SAP Digital Commerce, reporting to chief digital officer Jonathan Becher. Madhur has been instrumental in the creation and growth of SAPs digital business since its inception in 2015, and has had multiple roles on the team, from COO to chief product owner. In those roles, he has demonstrated extraordinary passion and dedication to SAPs digital success.

Adobe Combines Chair-CEO Roles and Appoints Lead Director; Hires Chief Accounting Officer from Qualcomm

Adobe announced that its Board of Directors has elected Shantanu Narayen as Chairman of the Board. Narayen will continue in his role as President and CEO of Adobe and succeeds Co-Chairs and Co-Founders of the company, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke, who will remain on the Board.

The company also announced that board member Jim Daley, a 35-year Price Waterhouse veteran and prior CFO of a publicly traded technology company, has been named Lead Director to ensure continued sound corporate governance. Daley has been a board member since 2001 and was formerly the head of the audit committee.

John F. Murphy, 48, was appointed to the position of SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) of Adobe Systems. Mark Garrett, Adobe’s CFO, will continue to serve as interim Principal Accounting Officer until the commencement of Murphy’s employment with the Company. Murphy has served as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer of Qualcomm since September 2014. He previously served as SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of DIRECTV, and VP and General Auditor of DIRECTV.

Electronic Arts’ Chief Competition Officer to Leave

Leading global interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts announced that Peter Moore, EVP and Chief Competition Officer, will be leaving EA. His departure will be effective the end of May 2017.

Autodesk CEO to Step DownCarl Bass        

Autodesk announced that Carl Bass has decided to step down as president and CEO. The company's board has instituted a CEO search to consider candidates inside and outside the company and has formed an Interim Office of the Chief Executive to oversee the company's day-to-day operations. Bass will remain on staff as a special advisor to the company in support of the transition to a new CEO. He will continue to sit on the company's board of directors.

Former Accenture CEO Not to Stand for Reelection to First Data Board    

Joe W. Forehand will not run for reelection as a director when his term expires at First Data Board. Forehand is former Chairman of the board and former CEO of Accenture.

ServiceNow Announces New CEO   

ServiceNow has named John Donahoe President and CEO. Donahoe was formerly President and CEO of eBay. Current President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Frank Slootman will continue as Chairman upon stepping down from his management role. Donahoe currently serves as Chairman of the Board at PayPal. He served as President and CEO of eBay from 2008 to 2015, where he oversaw the eBay, PayPal and eBay Enterprise businesses.

Citrix Systems Mobility Apps Leader Steps Down    

Citrix Systems announced the departure of Christopher S. Hylen, SVP and General Manager, Mobility Apps, in connection with the closing of the transaction with LogMeIn.

CSC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Announce Future Board Members Post Merger         

CSC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) named the Board of the company that will be formed by the proposed merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services Business of HPE. CSC’s Mike Lawrie would become chairman, president and CEO of the combined company and that HPE’s president and CEO Meg Whitman would join the new company’s board.

The remaining board appointments were to be split equally between nominees of HPE and existing members of CSC’s board. The new company’s board will consist of: Mukesh Aghi, President of the U.S.-India Business Council;· Amy Alving, Former CTO of SAIC; David Herzog, Former CFO of AIG and current member of boards of MetLife and AMBAC Financial Group; Sachin Lawande, CEO of Visteon Corporation; Mike Lawrie, Chairman, President and CEO of CSC; Julio Portalatin, President and CEO of Mercer; Peter Rutland, Partner and Global Co-head of Financial Services at CVC Capital Partners; Manoj Singh, Former COO for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Meg Whitman, President and CEO of HPE; and Robert F. Woods, former SVP and CFO at Sungard Data Systems.

Open Text Appoints Former CEO of Schindler Group to Board       

Open Text appointed Jürgen Tinggren to its Board. Tinggren is the former CEO of Schindler Group and has over 30 years of international business experience. He is currently a non-executive member of the Board of Johnson Controls International, Sika AG and the Conference Board.

Former Cisco Marketing Exec Joins Sage Group as Non-Executive Director          

The Sage Group plc appointed Soni Jiandani to its Board as a Non-executive Director. Jiandani is the former SVP Marketing of Cisco. During her 22 years at the company she was part of a team which was responsible for a number of successes and helped establish multi-billion dollar revenue streams for the company in the Switching, Storage Networking and Server markets.

PTC Announces New COO and Departure of President of the Technology Platform Group

PTC appointed Craig Hayman to a newly created role of COO. Hayman has served as group president of the Solutions Group at PTC since late 2015. Prior to joining PTC, Hayman was president of eBay Enterprise.

Separately, PTC announced the planned departure of Rob Gremley, who has served as group president of the Technology Platform Group since 2014. He will remain in an advisory role during a transition period.

LogMeIn Announces Final Board Member Composition after Completion of Merger         

Steven G. Chambers, Gregory W. Hughes and Marilyn Matz resigned from the Board. Michael K. Simon (Chairman and Founder), William (Bill) R. Wagner (CEO), Steven J. Benson and Michael J. Christenson will continue on the board. The four individuals designed by Citrix pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Robert M. Calderoni, Jesse A. Cohn, David J. Henshall and Peter J. Sacripanti, were elected to fill vacancies on the Board. Edwin J. Gillis who has served as a member of the Board since November 2007, shall continue as on the board and was named Lead Independent Director.

New Enterprise Associates General Partner Regions from Tableau Software’s Board; Names Sales Leader

Forest Baskett, a member of the Tableau Software Board since 2004, resigned from the company's Board. Baskett has been a long-term investor in Tableau Software and is General Partner at New Enterprise Associates. Forest joined NEA in 1999 as a Venture Partner and became a General Partner in 2004.

Tableau Software also announced that it appointed industry veteran Dan Miller as EVP of Worldwide Field Sales, Services and Support. Before joining Tableau, Miller most recently led the global go-to-market strategy, sales and operations for Oracle's ISV/OEM and Java businesses. Previously, he led Juniper's Enterprise business, and spent nearly 20 years at Sun Microsystems where he held a variety of senior sales management positions.

Teradata Announces Board Appointments        

Teradata announced the election of Timothy Chou and Dan Fishback to its board. Timothy Chou began his career at one of the original Kleiner-Perkins startups, Tandem Computers. More recently he launched a new book, Precision: Principles, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things.

Dan Fishback is a well-regarded executive in Silicon Valley with an extensive background in guiding technology companies that specialize in applying analytics to solve complex business problems. He currently serves on the boards of several technology companies.

Tech Data Announces Executive Changes after Acquisition of Avnet’s Technology Solutions Business

Tech Data completed its acquisition of the Technology Solutions business from Avnet. The company also announced its global executive leadership, as well as several new regional and global roles. Reporting to CEO Bob Dutkowsky are: David Vetter, EVP, chief legal officer. Reporting to COO Rich Hume are: William Chu, president, Asia-Pacific; Jaideep Malhotra, president, Global Computing Components; Joe Quaglia, president, Americas; Patrick Zammit, president, Europe; Els Demeester, corporate VP, Integration; and Michael Urban, corporate VP, Strategy, Transformation and Global Vendor Management.

Ellie Mae Appoints CIO from Hitachi Data SystemsJohn Abel

Ellie Mae reported that John Abel has joined the company as SVP and CIO. Prior to joining the company, Abel was SVP of IT at Hitachi Data Systems where he helped drive the transformation from a hardware-selling company to enable growth in cloud-based software and solutions. Before Hitachi Data Systems, Abel held roles at Symantec, JDS Uniphase, KPMG Consulting and British Nuclear Fuels.

Software AG Promotes Veteran Exec as SVP in Asia Pacific & Japan           

Software AG appointed Mike Saxton to the position of SVP in Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) to bolster the company's business. Joining Software AG in 2012, Saxton brings to his role over 26 years of experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. His contribution towards Software AG has been invaluable especially in growing the company's business in Middle East and Turkey. Prior to Software AG, Saxton held key leadership roles across Europe and the United Kingdom with global technology companies, such as TIBCO, HP and Neon.

Blackbaud Promotes Todd Lant as CIO       

Blackbaud announced the promotion of VP, IT Todd Lant to CIO. This move recognizes Todds contributions to Blackbaud over the last 13 years, as a leader supporting the company through significant growth, both organically and through acquisitions. Since joining in 2003, Lant has led his team through many noteworthy accomplishments, including the development of Blackbaud's first long-term IT strategy, numerous important cybersecurity enhancements, and solution integrations for company acquisitions such as Target Analytics, Whipple Hill and MicroEdge.

SimCorp Appoints Global and Northern Europe Sales Leaders

Investment management software solutions company SimCorp has appointed Lau Harting Jeppesen as VP, Head of Global Sales, and Karel Tant as VP, Head of Sales for Northern Europe. Both positions are newly created in SimCorp and follow the recent establishment of a new organizational structure in Europe, including a new Northern Europe market unit.

Lau brings close to 20 years of sales experience, most recently serving more than 10 years as Head of Sales in the Nordic region, where he has built a strong track record in demonstrating strategic excellence and driving sales across new and existing clients.

SimCorp's new VP, Head of Sales in Northern Europe, Karel Tant, has been with SimCorp for 17 years. Starting as an implementation consultant, Karel has consistently moved through the ranks, holding both consultancy, account management and sales roles. More recently, in his position as Head of Sales in Benelux, Karel has made great advances in building strong client relationships and increasing SimCorp's local market share.

David DeWalt to Step Down from FireEye Board; CFO Changes Announced       

David DeWalt notified FireEye of his decision to resign as the Company's Executive Chairman and board member. DeWalt had served as a member of the Company's Board since May 2012, as the Company's CEO and Chairman of the Board from 2012 to 2016, and as the Company's Executive Chairman of the Board since 2016.

Michael Berry informed the Company of his decision to resign as EVP, CFO and COO of the Company, in order to pursue another opportunity. Frank Verdecanna, the Company's SVP of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, was promoted and appointed as EVP and CFO. Verdecanna will also remain as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer.

Education Technology Company 2U Appoints Senior Leaders

2U announced the addition of Gautam Guliani as SVP, technology. Prior to 2U, Guliani served in senior technology roles at AppNexus, Prometheus Global Media, iVillage, Kaplan Inc. and TheStreet.com.

Mike Tarrant joins 2U as VP and general manager of 2U’s new partnership with the University of Dayton. Tarrant brings deep experience in the higher education industry; having served in a range of academic leadership roles at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC at Greensboro, the National University of Singapore and the UNC System.

Karlo Young joins 2U as VP and general manager of 2U’s partnership with Syracuse University. Young has held senior roles at Signal Hill Capital, KPMG, Inforistec and Deloitte & Touche.

Synchronoss Technologies Appoints CFO from Avid Technologies

Synchronoss Technologies, mobile innovation company, which provides cloud solutions and software-based activation for connected devices globally, announced that John Frederick, a technology industry veteran, will become Synchronoss's CFO. Before joining the company, Frederick was EVP, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of Avid Technologies.

Hexaware Technologies Appoints Krishna Kumar as the CTO       

Hexaware Technologies, an India based CMMI Level 5 global IT services and consulting company, appointed Krishna Kumar as the CTO of the company. Kumar has over 25 years of experience, including about a decade each at Tata Consultancy Services and Yahoo. More recently, he has been working on big data platforms and cloud infrastructure and has an engineering degree from IIT, Madras.

Opera Software Appoints Interim CFO to Permanent CFO Role

Opera Software ASA appointed Petter Lade as CFO. Lade comes from the position as Director, IR & Corporate Development and has held several key roles within controlling, M&A and IR since joining Opera in 2006. Petter Lade has served as Interim CFO since January.

Date Range: January 30th - March 6th

Breaking News: AIG Names Chief Auditor Gallo as New CIO

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AIG Names Chief Auditor Gallo as New CIOMartha Gallo

American International Group reported that Martha Gallo has been named CIO. She succeeds Philip Fasano, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. ‎Gallo has been EVP and Chief Auditor of AIG before taking up the CIO role. 

Gallo joined AIG in 2015 with more than 30 years of experience from JP Morgan Chase, where she served in a variety of executive roles and served as General Auditor. Prior, she served as the Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Global Compliance and Regulatory Management at JP Morgan Chase. She serves on the Board of the Battery Park City Authority and is Co-Chair of the Women’s Refugee Commission Board.

Date: March 18, 2017

Recent Tech Exec Turnover - 61 Open CIO, CTO, CISO Roles & 54 Appointments

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Welcome to the Vell Update for the 25 days ending March 14, 2017. 

We’ve seen a lot of shakeups this past month, as 43 new heads of technology have stepped up, including new CTOs, CIOs, tech & ops execs and CISOs. Quite a few new tech executive roles have opened up, as well.

In this newsletter, you’ll find a lot more than just a list of those changes. You’ll also find summaries of recent hiring trends, breakdowns by geography and sector, and our latest original research on board structures throughout the industry. 

And now, let’s start with an overview of this month’s trends. 

By the numbers, overall:

  •      Total Tech Exec Roles Open: 61
  •      New Tech Exec Appointments: 54 (4 women or 7.4%, 50 men)

The geographic breakdown of open roles and new appointments was as follows: 

New Tech Function Openings: 2 – Liquidity Services (Washington DC) and 84 Lumber Company (Pennsylvania). 

Tech Execs Appointed - Sources

Sources of Appointments: 43 were External appointments, and 11 were internal promotions. 

Others:  SVP or VP, Technology, VP-Business Transformation, VP-Research & Innovation, Founder, Director or Senior Director of IT, CFO, CIO to CTO, CTO to President, technology etc.

Diversity: 7.4% of the appointments are women Tech Execs.

Geographic Distribution: 42 in the US, 7 in Europe, and 5 in Asia/Russia/ Australasia.  

 

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Tech Exec Roles Open

Tech Exec Open Roles (As of March 14, 2017)

 

Nordstrom, Washington, $14.4B, January 2017
Nordstrom is searching for a technology executive to lead digital strategy following an executive-level shakeup in which the retailer’s chief information officer and chief technology officer announced their departures in the span of two weeks. The CIO title will be eliminated. The company plans to hire a new CTO by the end of the year who will be responsible for all aspects of technology at Nordstrom.

TE Connectivity, Switzerland - $14.26B, October 2015  
EVP and CTO, Robert Shaddock, plans to retire from the Company effective late in 2016.

Kellogg Company, Illinois - $13.5B, August 2016
Kellogg Company is seeking a VP, Chief Information Security Officer at the Kellogg Company in Oak Brook, IL.

Biogen, Massachusetts - $9.7B, June 2016
After just over a year in the position, Biogen CIO Matt Griffiths is no longer with the company. Biogen plans to fill the CIO position. Adriana Andi Karaboutis, Biogen’s EVP of technology, business solutions and corporate affairs, who looked after the role, has also left.

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, Turkey, $4.61B, August 2016
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS announced that lker Kuruoz, who joined Company in 2006, and who has served as the EVP of Technology Group, has decided to resign from his position. *no replacement announced.

Teradata Labs, California - $2.53B, July 2016
Teradata Labs is looking for a CTO to join the Unified Data Architecture (UDA) Platform Technologies team.

Marvell Technology, Bermuda, $2.458B, September 2016
Dr. Zining Wu, CTO, notified Marvell Technology of his decision to leave Marvell. *The company did not announce whether it has yet found a permanent replacement.

Twitter, California - $2.2B, December 2016
Twitter's CTO Adam Messinger tweeted that he decided to leave the company and take some time off. Messinger didn't say where he was headed next.

Criteo SA, France - $1.62B, November 2016
Romain Niccoli resigned from his position as the company's Chief Product Officer effective December 31, 2016. Mr. Niccoli has agreed to serve the company in a consulting role for a period of time following his resignation.

Amedisys, Louisiana - $1.35B, October 2016
Amedisys announced that Martin B.  Howard, CIO, is leaving the company, effective October 31, 2016. Michael North, SVP of operations, will assume the role of interim CIO. North, a seasoned IT executive, most recently led Amedisys' successful conversion to the Homecare Homebase platform.

Informatica, California, $1.05B, September 2016
Informatica is looking for a CISO to lead the corporate security and data privacy.

US Government Publishing Office, Washington, DC - $773.4M, November 2016
U.S.  Government Publishing Office (GPO) named Tracee Boxley Acting CIO. Boxley replaces former GPO CIO Chuck Riddle, who has moved to the U.S.  Securities and Exchange Commission. Boxley came to GPO in 2006 as a Senior Customer Advocate for IT and was promoted to Deputy CIO in 2012. 

MicroStrategy, Virginia - $579.8M, June 2015    
MicroStrategy seeks a CISO, who will establish and develop global information security management programs for our internal systems and customer offerings.

Sheng Siong Group, Singapore - $577.4M, October 2016
Sheng Siong Group announced the cessation of Gary Pow Han Chin as CIO due to personal reasons. He is responsible for overseeing group's design, development, implementation and maintenance of the various computer systems required for operations, including Management Information System, as well as enterprise Resource Planning System, data recovery plans and back-up schemes.

Global Eagle Entertainment, California - $486.2M, November 2016
Global Eagle Entertainment and Aditya Chatterjee, the company’s CTO, have entered into a Separation and Release Agreement.

Splunk, California, $450.9M, September 2016
Splunk is looking for a CISO to lead the IT security.

ShoreTel,  California - $360.9M, May 2016
Pankaj Malhotra, the CTO of ShoreTel announced that he would be leaving the Company, effective June 30, 2016, on mutually agreeable terms. The company hasn’t announced any replacement yet.

Momo, China - $346.4M, October 2016
Momo announced that Zhiwei Li, CTO of the company, has resigned from the company for personal reasons.

Liquidity Services, Washington, DC - $316.5M, March 2017
Liquidity Services CIO, Mr. Leoncio Casusol, resigned from the company. While the company conducts a search for a new CIO, the responsibilities of the CIO will be shared by William P. Angrick, III, Chairman and CEO, and Roger Gravley, President of its state and local government marketplace.

StarTek, Colorado - $252.7M, October 2015       
Kamalesh Dwivedi, the company's CIO, separated from the company effective October 14, 2015.

Carbonite, Massachusetts - $188.6M, November 2016
David Raissipour tendered his resignation as SVP, Product and Engineering of Carbonite.

LogMeIn, Massachusetts - $166.3M, November 2014     
LogMeIn is seeking a CISO to serve as a subject matter expert and leader reporting into the CTO.  The CISO will lead a global team of four and be responsible for the security of LogMeIn’s suite of award winning software products (including secure development), product delivery (NOC), security features of our products (security design), internal infrastructure (development environment), and 3rd party services (CRM’s, etc).

Mastech Holdings, Pennsylvania - $123.50M, March 2016
On March 11, 2016, Denis D. Deet ceased to be VP of Technology and CIO of Mastech Holdings.

Spar Group, New York - $119.3M, April 2016
SPAR Group announced that its CIO, Panos Mastrogiannis will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities, effective May 6, 2016.

ChannelAdvisor, North Carolina - $ 113.2, February 2017
ChannelAdvisor co-founder and CTO Aris Buinevicius is retiring.

*Replacement has not been announced, or if the role is vacant.

Just Dial, India - $104.2M, October 2016
Just Dial has announced that R. V. Raman, CTO of the company has resigned from the company.

Cartesian, Kansas - $80.6M, June 2016
Cartesian announced the termination of employment to Jim Baker, the Company's CTO and CIO and a named executive officer.

Kresta Holdings, Australia - $69.9M, April 2016
Albert Xu has resigned as CIO, a role he has filled since June 2014.

Spark Networks, California - $55M, October 2015        
Spark Networks announced that resignation of Gregory J. Franchina as a CIO, delivered a notice of resignation to the Company indicating that he intended to resign from the Company effective as of November 14, 2015. The Company intends to replace Mr. Franchina and has initiated the process of recruiting qualified candidates.

BSM Technologies, Canada - $39.7M, November 2016
BSM Technologies  announced that Alban Hoxha, CTO of the company, will be leaving the organization to pursue other opportunities, effective January 20, 2017.

CSB Bancorp , Ohio - $24.5M, February 2016     
CSB Bancorp  announced that Steven R. Bailey, EVP, COO and CIO of the company and its wholly owned affiliate The Commercial & Savings Bank, notified the company that he will be retiring and resigning his positions with the Companies, effective March 4, 2016.

Diadexus, California - $18.10M, March 2016
Diadexus announced that Dr.  Emilia Zychlinksy, EVP and Chief Technical Officer, notified the company on March 14, 2016, that she is resigning effective as of April 1, 2016. She will continue in that role until the effective date of her resignation.

Microphase, Connecticut - $9.12M, December 2016
The Company approved the appointment of Mr. Michael Ghadaksaz as the CEO of the Company. Prior to the Ghadaksaz appointment, Ghadaksaz served as the CTO and CMO. No tech chief replacement has been announced.

NMI Holdings, California - $7.1M, January 2015  
Stan Pachura, EVP and CIO, leaves. Pachura's current duties and responsibilities will be assumed by existing members of the Company's management team, until a replacement is chosen.

Uni-Pixel, California - $2.87M, January 2016
On December 28, 2015, Robert Petcavich, the SVP and CTO of Uni-Pixel, Inc, tendered to the company his resignation for personal reasons, effective as of December 31, 2015. Mr. Petcavich will continue to provide services to the company as a consultant.

B-Scada, Florida - $1.8M, April 2016
B-Scada announced that Joshua Weeks, CTO, resigned his position effective April 1, 2016.

SPYR, Colorado - $1.6M, April 2016
SPYR announced that effective March 31, 2016, Mark McGarrity, the Company's CIO, resigned his position with the company.

CannaSys, Colorado - $0.08M, March 2016
Brandon C.  Jennewine resigned from his position as CTO. Mr. Jennewine remains on the board of directors.

Sam's West, Arkansas, January 2017
Wal-Mart Stores CIO Karenann Terrell is leaving the company. Terrell has been with the company for six years, beginning as EVP of information systems. She was promoted to CIO in 2012 and has remained in the role for four years.

Activistic Holdings, Australia, November 2015   
The Company announced that Activistic Holdings Pty Ltd’s CTO, Mr. Shahab Zeinoghli has resigned effective 18 November.

Brookstone, New Hampshire, June 2015 
The CIO is responsible to oversee the development of corporate standards, technology architecture, technology evaluation and transfer; sponsor the business technology planning process; manage client relations; align IT with the business; and develop IT financial management systems.

Blucora, Washington, August 2015
Blucora is looking for a CISO who will be member of the company’s Operations Team.

Supreme Group, Washington, D.C., September 2015    
The CIO’s role is to provide vision and leadership for developing and implementing IT initiatives. The CIO directs the planning and implementation of enterprise IT systems in support of business operations in order to improve cost effectiveness, service quality and business development. She/he is also responsible & accountable for all aspects of the organization's IT and systems.

First Help Financial, Massachusetts, October 2015       
In order to continue rapid growth, FHF is looking for a highly motivated CTO with leadership and hands-on experience in programming, database, and team management. 

The Buckle, Nebraska, November 2015
The Buckle is seeking a CIO to direct, plan, and manage the company's Information Systems employees and resources to ensure the effective development, implementation, and oversight of all data processing, computer operations, and related functions (Communications, Office and Retail Store Systems, Production Activities, Data Warehousing, Merchandise Management, etc.).

Ingram Content Group, Tennessee, February 2016
The Ingram Industries subsidiary is looking for a CIO who is expected to develop and implement an IT strategy that meets current needs, establishes a foundation and roadmap for future direction, and is supported and endorsed by the business.

Allina Health, Minnesota, February 2016
The company seeks a CISO, who will be responsible for overseeing the information security program, including information security policy and the coordination of security efforts across Allina Health.

Utica National Insurance Group, New York, February 2016
The company is looking for a CIO for establishing the strategic direction of the Company’s IT architecture.

Leonard Technology Group, Florida, February 2016
The computer and network security company is seeking a CIO.

Peeple App, California, July 2016
Reputation management iOS app developer Peeple App is looking for a CTO helping to transition their company and position it for maximum growth.

New York Power Authority, New York, July 2016
New York Power Authority is looking for a Chief Security Officer (CSO) to build and sustain a Cyber Risk Framework that integrates Governance and Risk Compliance controls, requirements, oversight and validation into IT and Operational Technology (OT).

SafeAuto, Ohio, July 2016
Property and casualty auto insurance carrier SafeAuto is seeking a CIO who would build a IT model to meet current organizational needs and build for continued leveraging of technology services for the future.

Jellyvision Lab, Illinois, July 2016
Jellyvision is looking for a CTO, who will be business savvy and process-minded tech leader to integrate technology and business plans, make key architectural and infrastructure decisions.

4over, California, August 2016
Trade printer company 4over is looking for a CTO, who will be responsible for overseeing the organization's software development and technology infrastructure.

Sonesta Hotels & Resorts, Massachusetts, August 2016
Sonesta is seeking a CIO, who will be responsible for the successful delivery of IT strategies, services, and operations.

ChartSpan Medical Technologies, South Carolina, September 2016
Healthcare data company ChartSpan is looking for a CIO to lead the IT department.

Deloitte, Illinois, December 2016
Deloitte is looking for a CISO reporting to the CIO.

West Virginia University, Virginia, December 2016
West Virginia University is seeking an inspiring leader for the position of CIO/Associate Provost for Information Technology.

United Medical Center, Washington, D.C., December 2016
The Not for- Profit Hospital Corporation, commonly known as United Medical Center (UMC), is looking for a CIO to provide technology vision and leadership in the development and implementation of the affiliate-wide information technology (IT) program.

USA Truck, China, January 2017
USA Truck announced that effective January 5, 2017, Christian C. Rhodes' role as CIO of USA Truck.

U.S. Energy Department, Washington, D.C., January 2017
Michael Johnson, Energy Department chief information officer, has left the agency following an almost two-year stint with the organization. Robbie Green, principal deputy CIO for enterprise information resources management, has been named interim CIO.

United States Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., January 2017
Terry Halvorsen, who as the Pentagon’s CIO, is retiring at the end of February. Current principal deputy CIO, John Zangardi, is expected to step in as acting CIO.

84 Lumber Company, Pennsylvania, March 2017
84 Lumber is investing in building out its senior management team and is conducting a search for a CIO.

Other Moves:

Biogen - Adriana “Andi” Karaboutis, EVP of technology, business solutions and corporate affairs at Biogen, has left the company. Her exit comes less than a year after the departure of another IT executive and a broader executive shuffle at Biogen. Therefore it is unclear if the company is looking for a replacement.

Dell - Bask Iyer, former CIO and IoT manager at VMware, was named interim CIO of Dell in October 2016. His current LinkedIn profile shows him as CIO. Though there were no announcement on the same, but we are considering the role to be closed.

Tech Execs Appointed

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Hudson's Bay Company There was no announcement on this, but Tiffany CISO Anthony Longo joined Hudson's Bay Company as CISO in November 2016, according to his Linkedin profile.

Tech execs appointed in 25 days ended March 14, 2017

Recent Appointments

GE, Massachusetts - $120.2B, February 2017Amit Phadnis
Amit Phadnis has been appointed VP, CTO- Imaging, GE Healthcare. Amit joins GE from Cisco Systems where, most recently, he was the India Site Leader and SVP of Engineering for the Core Software Group.
 
Target, Minnesota - $73B, March 2017
Target has promoted Rich Agostino to CISO, following the departure of Brad Maiorino, who moves to Booz Allen Hamilton's U.S. commercial business. Traget hired Agostino from General Electric as his VP of information security in September 2014.
 
AIG, New York - $51.2B, March 2017
American International Group reported that Martha Gallo has been named CIO. She succeeds Philip Fasano, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. ‎Gallo has been EVP and Chief Auditor of AIG before taking up the CIO role.
 
Deutsche Bank, Germany - $30.2B, March 2017
Deutsche Bank appointed Pascal Boillat as a Group CIO, he will take on the newly-created Group CIO role. Boillat joined Deutsche Bank in 2016 as CIO and Head of Operations for the Corporate & Investment Bank.
 
National Australia Bank, Australia - $13.2B, February 2017
National Australia Bank Group named Patrick Wright as Chief Technology & Operations Officer. Patrick joins NAB from Barclays in the US where he is global Chief Operations & Technology Officer of Barclaycard.
 
Thomson Reuters, Canada - $11.1B, February 2017
Thomson Reuters announced that Shawn Malhotra has been appointed VP of the new Thomson Reuters Toronto Technology Centre.Shawn most recently served as Director, Software Engineering &Site Director for Intel's Technology Centre in Toronto, and had worked at Intel for over ten years in various engineering and management roles.
 
Sempra Energy, California - $10.1B, March 2017
Sempra Energy announced that P. Kevin Chase has joined the company as its CIO. Previously, Chase served as the CIO and SVP of technology and supply chain at Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings from 2011 to 2016.
 
Tesla, California - $7B, March 2017
Gary Clark, a former IT CTO at Juniper Networks Inc, joined Tesla in February as its CIO.
 
Diebold Nixdorf, Ohio - $3.3B, February 2017
Diebold Nixdorf appointed Murat Ekinci as CIO. Most recently, Ekinci served as EVP for managed services at Freudenberg IT.
 
Lincoln Financial Group, Pennsylvania - $3.2B, March 2017
Lincoln Financial Group this week named Raj Chakraborty chief digital officer, a newly created position. Chakraborty comes from Accenture PLC, where he was a managing director working with financial firms on their digital strategies. He has been an associate principal with McKinsey & Co. and an operations and technology executive at Capital One Financial Corp, and has conducted research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab.
 
The Weir Group, United Kingdom - $2.2B, February 2017
The Weir Group PLC has appointed Geetha Dabir to its Group Executive in the new position of CTO. An electrical and software engineer, Geetha has held a number of leadership roles with Intel Corporation and Cisco Systems and brings a wealth of electrical and digital experience which will support Weir's technology strategy.
 
Fitbit, California - $2.1B, March 2017
Fitbit has promoted VP of Engineering, Samir Kapoor, to SVP of Device Engineering.
 
Paysafe Group, United Kingdom - $992.6M, March 2017
Paysafe Group PLC has appointed Tim Thurman as chief digital officer. Thurman is joining Paysafe from Australian Securities Exchange, where he served as CIO and executed the exchange's Technology Transformation Strategy.
 
Flybe, United Kingdom - $865.5M, February 2017
Flybe has appointed Peter Hauptvogel as CIO. Peter has more than 20 years of operational and IT experience in aviation, most recently with Thomas Cook Group Airlines where he was IT Director, and previously as Air Berlin's CIO.
 
Dunkin' Brands, Massachusetts - $828.9M, February 2017
Santhosh Kumar has been promoted to Dunkin' Brands' VP, Enterprise Infrastructure, Data Security and Privacy. A 16-year veteran of Dunkin' Brands, most recently he was Senior Director of IT, Infrastructure, Information Security/Privacy and Electronic Payments.
 
Berwin Leighton Paisner, United Kingdom - $371.5M, March 2017
Berwin Leighton Paisner appointed data protection Partner, Kate Brimsted. Currently a Partner at Reed Smith, Kate previously worked at Herbert Smith Freehills.
 
MeetMe, Pennsylvania - $76.1M, March 2017
MeetMe announced a change to engineering leadership. Skout’s co-founder and CTO Niklas Lindstrom has joined MeetMe as CTO.
 
Rubrik, California, March 2017
Rubrik appointed Ashish Gupta as VP of Engineering and Head of Rubrik Bangalore. Prior to joining Rubrik, Gupta was VP of Engineering at Flipkart where he founded the Retail Technology group.
 
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, New Jersey, March 2017Chris Andrews
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide announced that Chris Andrews will become SVP, CTO. Andrews previously held the CIO position at the Parsippany headquarters of Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide.
 
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, New Jersey, March 2017
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide announced that Steve Oliver has been promoted to CIO at the Ogilvy CommonHealth agency. Oliver has been a key member of the Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide IT team since 2008, leading the development of many key business systems and contributing to the technical aspects of all mergers and acquisitions, including the development of Ogilvy CommonHealth Market Access.
 
Wyndham Hotel Group, New Jersey, March 2017
Scott Strickland has been appointed as CIO. With 25 years of experience in the field of information technology, Strickland joins Wyndham from D+M Group where he led the company's information technology function as CIO.
 
Shapiro + Raj, Illinois, March 2017
Shapiro+Raj announced that Nizam Sayeed has been promoted to CTO of the firm as well as Managing Director of its Digital Insights and Intelligence Practice (DIIP). Nizam was previously Co-Founder and CTO of MutualMind.
 
SmartDrive Systems, California, March 2017
SmartDrive Systems appointed Ray Ghanbari as CTO. Before joining SmartDrive, Ghanbari was VP, product development for FICO.
 
Payveris, Connecticut, March 2017
Payveris announced the addition of Nathan Dudek as CTO. He joins the Payveris team with 17 years of experience in application development, architecture, infrastructure, security and executive leadership.
 
NuoDB, Massachusetts, March 2017
NuoDB announced the addition of Mark Kaufman as SVP of engineering. Mark comes to NuoDB from Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he served as VP of engineering with responsibility for HPE's information management products.
 
Rosenthal Collins Group, Illinois, March 2017
Rosenthal Collins Group LLC appointed Matthew Straight as its new CIO and EVP. Straight served since 2015 as Executive Director and Financial Solutions Architect for Burwood Group.
 
GRASS Holding, Switzerland, March 2017
Blade of Grass Holdings named Steve Merckel as CTO. He has been working in the IT industry for the past 14 years.
 
Knowlarity Communications, India, March 2017
Knowlarity has appointed Ajay Shrivastava, as its CTO. Shrivastava joins the Gurugram-based company from OYO Rooms, where he served as the head of technology.
 
SevOne, Massachusetts, March 2017
SevOne announced that Yash Shah has joined the company as CTO. Most recently, Yash was SVP of Product Design and Management at CA Technologies, which he joined after selling InteQ to CA Technologies.
 
Toyota Motor North America, New York, March 2017
Zack Hicks, group VP and CIO, Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), is named SVP and CIO and global security, TMNA.
 
Capsilon, California, February 2017
Capsilon Corporation announced that Dmitri Daveynis has joined the Capsilon leadership team as SVP of engineering. Prior to joining Capsilon, Daveynis served as SVP of engineering and CTO at Quantros.
 
Alliance Bioenergy Plus, Florida, February 2017
Alliance BioEnergy Plus announced that VP of Business Development Benjamin Slager has been elevated to the position of CTO.
 
MapR Technologies, California, February 2017
MapR Technologies appointed Tom Fisher as CTO. Tom was previously with Oracle where he was a senior executive in engineering and operations for over five years, most recently driving the successful adoption of new and emerging technologies at the company’s top 40 cloud customers globally.
 
LifeSize Communications , Texas, February 2017
Lifesize announced Bobby Beckmann as CTO. Most recently, Beckmann served as VP of service software for Lifesize, a role in which he led engineering teams responsible for the cloud-based Lifesize application.
 
BancVue, Texas, February 2017
Kasasa announced that long-time Information Security veteran, Guy Daubenspeck, has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer.
 
Qualitia Software, India, February 2017
Qualitia Software has announced a significant expansion of their management team with Mr. Amaresh Shirsat, joining as CTO. Co-founder and former CTO, Palatable Technologies.
 
Wizeline, California, February 2017
Wizeline announced that Gagan Saksena has joined the company as SVP of Technology and Engineering. Saksena has worked with Wizeline as a strategic advisor since 2015.
 
Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Iowa, February 2017
Ruan Transportation Management Systems announced that Dan Greteman has joined Ruan’s executive team as VP and CIO. He comes from other CIO positions with Allied/Nationwide and Farm Bureau Financial Services.
 
HealthiNation, New York, February 2017
HealthiNation named Mike Henderson as CTO. Henderson is a 15-year veteran of highly scalable consumer technology and services, including International Securities Exchange, Direct Edge and most recently as CTO at Influenster.
 
Rainforest QA, California, February 2017
Rainforest QA announced Zack Smocha as VP of product, Derek Choy as VP of engineering. Smocha has more than 15 years of experience generating growth at leading companies in the application life cycle industry.
 
Teikametrics, Massachusetts, February 2017
Teikametrics has added Aatish Salvi to the team as the new CTO. Most recently, Aatish was the VP of Engineering for Nanigans, a leader in advertising automation software.
 
ImmuDyne, New York, February 2017
ImmuDyne appointed Stefan Galluppi as its COO and CTO. Mr. Galluppi has an extensive background in direct to consumer marketing.
 
Raken, California, February 2017
Raken has added co-founder Sergey Sundukovskiy, Ph.D., as chief technology and product officer.
 
Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Louisiana, February 2017
Pan-American Life Insurance Group announced that Anurang Revri is joining the Group as VP of Applications Development and Architecture. Revri, who has served as trusted technology advisor to leadership at a number of Fortune 500 companies, has more than 25 years of experience in customer focused transformation of businesses and an especially strong background in IT.
 
Ventiv Technology , Illinois, February 2017
Ventiv Technology announced that Peter Yang has joined the company as CIO. Prior to Ventiv, Yang spent four years as CTO at FIS Insurance.
 
Comcast Spectacor, Pennsylvania, February 2017
Spectra by Comcast Spectacor reported that Keith White has joined the company as CTO of the Ticketing & Fan Engagement division. In his previous role as SVP of Engineering at Ticketmaster, White built product teams and led more than 250 people across multiple offices in the United States and Canada.
 
PrescribeWellness, California, February 2017
Former VP of Development and UX Yesi Orihuela has been appointed CTO.
 
WhereScape, Oregon, February 2017
WhereScape reported that Neil Barton, who currently serves as WhereScape's senior architect focused on big data solutions, has been promoted to CTO. Barton has more than 20 years of experience focused on software architecture, data warehousing and business intelligence including positions at Oracle Australia and Sequent Computer Systems.
 
Kapital Bank OJSC, Azerbaijan, February 2017
Deputy chairman of Bank of Baku BD Nahid Zeynalov was appointed deputy chairman of board and CIO.
 
Bluefin Insurance Group, United Kingdom, February 2017Graeme Lalley
Bluefin's Group IT & Operations Director Graeme Lalley will assume the role of CIO.
 
Infatics, California, February 2017
Eric Hauser, former VP of Engineering for Salesforce.com's IoT Cloud, brings 10 years of engineering leadership as DroneDeploy's new VP of Engineering.
 
Peapack-Gladstone Bank, New Jersey, February 2017
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the promotion of John Kowal to SVP, Senior Technology Officer, Information Technology at Peapack-Gladstone Bank. Prior to Peapack-Gladstone Bank, he served as Technical Architect at Gotham Technology Group.
 
First Oklahoma Bank, Oklahoma, February 2017
First Oklahoma Bank announced that Patrick McCarty has been named SVP and CIO and Information Security Officer. Before joining the bank in August 2016, Patrick worked at Continuum Energy Services as Director of IT Infrastructure and Facilities.
 
Vodafone India, India, March 2017
Vikas Grover, CIO of Vodafone India has stepped down from the post after a stint of over nine years. Former Bharti Airtel executive Meenaxi Vajpai will be taking over the role from Grover. Vajpai however would not get the CIO post, but will be given the post of head of infrastructure and architecture.
 

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Breaking News: Yahoo! Announces New CEO and Other Senior Leaders for Altaba

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Yahoo! Announces New CEO and Other Senior Leaders for AltabaThomas McInerney

As Yahoo! prepares to join Verizon, it has revealed that its remaining business under the Altaba entity will be run by its board member Thomas McInerney, 52, the former EVP & CFO of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Altaba was created in January to be an investment company, when Yahoo! announced that, following the close of its merger with Verizon, what's left of the company will be changing its name to Altaba. Altaba will be managing assets in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan, along with some non-core patents not included in the Verizon sale. It’s a successor to Aabaco, which was created by Yahoo’s board in 2015 but ultimately stalled after the company decided to do a “reverse spin-off” instead.

McInerney has served as a member of Yahoo’s Board since April 2012. He is former EVP and CFO of IAC/InterActiveCorp. He also served as CEO of the retailing division of IAC (which included HSN and Cornerstone Brands). Prior, McInerney served as EVP and CFO of Ticketmaster and worked as a Principal at Morgan Stanley.  McInerney serves on the boards of directors of HSN, Interval Leisure Group and Match Group.

The newly-announced CEO was named chairman of Yahoo’s strategic review committee last spring when the company fell under pressure to avoid a proxy battle with activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP.

Current Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer will be departing the company with a severance totaling to $23 million, according to a proxy statement filed by Yahoo!.

Arthur ChongJoining McInerney at Altaba are current Yahoo! executives and outside advisors Arthur Chong, 63, who will be General Counsel and Secretary, Alexi Wellman, 46, who is the new Chief Financial and Accounting Officer, and DeAnn Fairfield Work, 47, who is joining as Chief Compliance Officer.

Chong served as an outside legal advisor to Yahoo! from October 2016. Prior to that, he served as a special advisor to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, a law firm. Previously, he served as EVP, General Counsel and Secretary at Broadcom and EVP and Chief Legal Officer at Safeco.

Wellman has served as VP, Global Controller of Yahoo! since October 2015, being promoted from VP, Finance. Before Yahoo!, Wellman served as CFO of Nebraska Book Company, which owned and operated college bookstores, and was a Partner at KPMG.

Work has served as an outside legal advisor to Yahoo! since December 2016. From December 2012 to February 2016, she served as SVP, Senior Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Broadcom. Before that, she was VP and Deputy General Counsel of Broadcom.

Date: March 20, 2017

Technology Giants Microsoft, Amazon, SAP & Others: Board and Leadership Moves

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Microsoft Promotes Regional Leader to New Global Digital Transformation Role; Appoints New MEA Region President

Microsoft has appointed Ali Faramawy to the newly announced global role as the head of the Emerging Markets Digital Transformation Organization which has been established within Microsoft. He has headed the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for thirteen years, most recently as President. 

Samer Abu Ltaif has been appointed as the new President for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Abu Ltaif, who joined Microsoft in 2004, has held many senior roles within the organization including regional director for enterprise and partner group across MEA. Most recently, he was the Regional General Manager of Microsoft Gulf.

Amazon Appoints Louis Castle as Head of Its Seattle Game-Production Studio 

Amazon.com has appointed Louis Castle as head of the company's Seattle game-production studio. Currently, Castle serves at Castle Production Services as executive, creative, artistic and technical director. He also serves at Westwood Studios as its co-founder. Previously, he also worked for Shuffle Master and Zynga.

Facebook Names CAO, Head Global Music Strategy/BD and New Head of Development

Facebook appointed Susan Taylor, to serve as Chief Accounting Officer of the company (including as its Principal Accounting Officer). Jas Athwal, the company’s previous Chief Accounting Officer, notified the company of his intent to resign. Taylor is the VP, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer of LinkedIn, having served in such roles since January 2012. Prior, Taylor was the VP, Controller, and CAO of Silver Spring Networks.

Facebook has hired Tamara Hrivnak to head its global music strategy and business development. The former director of music partnerships at YouTube and Google Play is a veteran of the music business, having spent almost eight years at Warner Music Group and Warner/Chappell before joining Google in 2011.

Mina Lefevre will join the Facebook team as head of development and will work to create content for the social network.

Cisco Systems Appoints Allergan Chair/CEO to its Board of Directors     

Cisco Systems appointed Brenton L. Saunders, 47, Chairman, CEO and President of Allergan, to its Board of Directors. He was a co-founder of Health Care Compliance Association in 1995. He has significant healthcare industry expertise and led various business transformations and integrations.

SAP Appoints General Manager of SAP Digital Commerce 

SAP appointed Madhur Aggarwal as general manager of SAP Digital Commerce, reporting to chief digital officer Jonathan Becher. Madhur has been instrumental in the creation and growth of SAPs digital business since its inception in 2015, and has had multiple roles on the team, from COO to chief product owner. In those roles, he has demonstrated extraordinary passion and dedication to SAPs digital success.

Qualcomm Chief Accounting Officer Leaves for AdobeJohn Murphy

John Murphy, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) of Qualcomm resigned to pursue other opportunities. George S. Davis, the company's EVP and CFO, will serve as the company's Principal Accounting Officer, in addition to his continued service as CFO (Principal Financial Officer). Davis previously served as both the company's Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer upon joining the company in March 2013 until Murphy's hiring in September 2014.

Broadcom Directors Justine F. Page Decides Not to Stand for Re-Election to the Board

Justine F. Page informed the board of directors of Broadcom Limited that she would not be standing for re-election. Page will step down from the board to pursue academic and other interests. Page served as the CFO, VP of Finance, Treasurer, and Secretary of Integrated Circuit Systems from 1999 to 2005 when ICS merged with Integrated Device Technologies, following which Page retired.

Accenture Appoints New Senior Managing Director, Products and Leader for Fjord Studio in Dublin      

Accenture announced the appointment of Laura Gurski as Senior Managing Director, Products. Gurski joins Accenture from A.T. Kearney and brings more than 20 years’ consulting experience at the firm. In her most recent role, she led its services and industry practices, overseeing 3,500 consultants. Previously, she was head of the company’s global Consumer Products & Retail practice, where she focused on driving profitability through growth strategy and organization transformation.

Accenture Interactive and Fjord announced that Lorna Ross will head up a new Fjord design studio based in Dublin. Her appointment marks a return to her homeland after spending most of her career in the United States, most recently having completed an eight-year tenure at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. As design director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, she focused on innovating the experience and delivery of health services for Mayo patients and clinic staff.

TCS Announces CFO and COO Appointments

TCS announced V Ramakrishnan has been appointed as the CFO. Ramakrishnan takes over from Rajesh Gopinathan, who has been appointed as the CEO & Managing Director of TCS. Ramakrishnan joined TCS Finance in 1999 and served as the Finance head of TCS North America for 7 years. Ramakrishnan closely partnered with business in the rapid growth of TCS' operations in the region. Most recently he has been responsible for the financial controllership of TCS subsidiaries and branches globally and various merger & acquisitions integration initiatives.

N. Ganapathy Subramaniam would assume the office of COO and Executive Director. Subramaniam is currently the President of TCS Financial Solutions.

Baidu Appoints Microsoft Exec as President and COO

Baidu appointed Dr. Qi Lu as Baidu's Group President and COO, in charge of products, technology, sales, marketing and operations, effective immediately. Prior to joining Baidu, Dr. Lu served as Microsoft's Global EVP and led one of Microsoft's three business units. In 2013, Dr. Lu was appointed as Microsoft's Global EVP and was put in charge of its Office business.

Adobe Combines Chair-CEO Roles and Appoints Lead Director; Hires Chief Accounting Officer from QualcommShantanu Narayen

Adobe announced that its Board of Directors has elected Shantanu Narayen as Chairman of the Board. Narayen will continue in his role as President and CEO of Adobe and succeeds Co-Chairs and Co-Founders of the company, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke, who will remain on the Board.

The company also announced that board member Jim Daley, a 35-year Price Waterhouse veteran and prior CFO of a publicly traded technology company, has been named Lead Director to ensure continued sound corporate governance. Daley has been a board member since 2001 and was formerly the head of the audit committee.

John F. Murphy, 48, was appointed to the position of SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) of Adobe Systems. Mark Garrett, Adobe’s CFO, will continue to serve as interim Principal Accounting Officer until the commencement of Murphy’s employment with the Company. Murphy has served as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer of Qualcomm since September 2014. He previously served as SVP, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of DIRECTV, and VP and General Auditor of DIRECTV.

PayPal Announces Regional Executive Changes      

PayPal has appointed Federico Zambelli Hosmer as the new general manager of its Italian unit. Previously head of small and medium business, Western Europe, Zambelli Hosmer has been tasked with ensuring that PayPal becomes the daily payment partner of choice for a growing number of Italians. He replaces Angelo Meregalli, who becomes director of the commercial solutions and integration team for Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa after heading PayPay Italia for over four years.

Yahoo! Announces Resignation of Ronald Bell as General Counsel and Secretary   

Ronald Bell resigned as Yahoo! General Counsel and Secretary and from all other positions with the company. Yahoo announced that general counsel Ron Bell is leaving the tech giant after an investigation of the company revealed that its legal team failed to sufficiently inquire into a massive 2014 cybersecurity breach.

Yahoo! Announces New CEO and Other Senior Leaders for AltabaThomas McInerney

As Yahoo! prepares to join Verizon, it has revealed that its remaining business under the Altaba entity will be run by its board member Thomas McInerney, 52, the former EVP & CFO of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Altaba was created in January to be an investment company, when Yahoo! announced that, following the close of its merger with Verizon, what's left of the company will be changing its name to Altaba. Altaba will be managing assets in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan, along with some non-core patents not included in the Verizon sale. It’s a successor to Aabaco, which was created by Yahoo’s board in 2015 but ultimately stalled after the company decided to do a “reverse spin-off” instead.

McInerney has served as a member of Yahoo’s Board since April 2012. He is former EVP and CFO of IAC/InterActiveCorp. He also served as CEO of the retailing division of IAC (which included HSN and Cornerstone Brands). Prior, McInerney served as EVP and CFO of Ticketmaster and worked as a Principal at Morgan Stanley.  McInerney serves on the boards of directors of HSN, Interval Leisure Group and Match Group.

The newly-announced CEO was named chairman of Yahoo’s strategic review committee last spring when the company fell under pressure to avoid a proxy battle with activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP.

Current Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer will be departing the company with a severance totaling to $23 million, according to a proxy statement filed by Yahoo!.

Joining McInerney at Altaba are current Yahoo! executives and outside advisors Arthur Chong, 63, who will be General Counsel and Secretary, Alexi Wellman, 46, who is the new Chief Financial and Accounting Officer, and DeAnn Fairfield Work, 47, who is joining as Chief Compliance Officer.

Chong served as an outside legal advisor to Yahoo! from October 2016. Prior to that, he served as a special advisor to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, a law firm. Previously, he served as EVP, General Counsel and Secretary at Broadcom and EVP and Chief Legal Officer at Safeco.

Wellman has served as VP, Global Controller of Yahoo! since October 2015, being promoted from VP, Finance. Before Yahoo!, Wellman served as CFO of Nebraska Book Company, which owned and operated college bookstores, and was a Partner at KPMG.

Work has served as an outside legal advisor to Yahoo! since December 2016. From December 2012 to February 2016, she served as SVP, Senior Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Broadcom. Before that, she was VP and Deputy General Counsel of Broadcom..

Applied Materials Names Long Time Director and Former HP Exec as Board Chairman  

Applied Materials announced Thomas J. Iannotti as chairman of the Board. Iannotti succeeds Willem P. Roelandts, who has retired from the board. Iannotti joined Applied’s board in 2005. Prior to being named chairman, he served as chair of the board’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee and was a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. He spent nine years as an executive at Hewlett-Packard Company, including SVP and General Manager, Enterprise Services from 2009 to 2011.

Electronic Arts’ Chief Competition Officer to Leave

Leading global interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts announced that Peter Moore, EVP and Chief Competition Officer, will be leaving EA. His departure will be effective the end of May 2017.

TE Connectivity Announces Retirement of Juergen W. Gromer as Director         

Juergen W. Gromer has reached the Board’s retirement age of 72 and therefore, in accordance with the Board’s retirement policy, was not nominated for re-election as a director of TE Connectivity. Gromer served as the President of TE Connectivity from 1999 to 2007.

Analog Devices Elects Co-Founder at Linear Technology to Serve as Director     

Analog Devices entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Linear Technology Corporation and Tahoe Acquisition Corp. The Company elected Robert H. Swanson, Jr., Co-Founder at Linear Technology, to serve as a director for a term continuing to the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders next year.

Former Accenture CEO Not to Stand for Reelection to First Data Board   

Joe W. Forehand will not run for reelection as a director when his term expires at First Data Board. Forehand is former Chairman of the board and former CEO of Accenture.

ServiceNow Announces New CEO  John Donahoe

ServiceNow has named John Donahoe President and CEO. Donahoe was formerly President and CEO of eBay. Current President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Frank Slootman will continue as Chairman upon stepping down from his management role. Donahoe currently serves as Chairman of the Board at PayPal. He served as President and CEO of eBay from 2008 to 2015, where he oversaw the eBay, PayPal and eBay Enterprise businesses.

Motorola Solutions Elects Former Emotient CEO to its Board

Motorola Solutions announced that Ken Denman has been elected to its board of directors. Denman was previously President and CEO of Emotient. He also held CEO positions at two Silicon Valley software companies Openwave Systems and iPass, and was COO – Wireless, for MediaOne International. Denman currently serves on the board of ShoreTel and Mitek.

Motorola Solutions has also appointed Sirio Magliocca as General Manager and President for the Italian market. Sirio, who has been with the Motorola Solutions since 1986, leads the company's channel business in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta, responsible for reseller networks, marketing and sales activity. In his role as General Manager, he will lead the development and implementation of business strategies in Italy for both government and commercial sectors.

Advanced Micro Devices Announces Board Changes     

Martin Edelman resigned as a member of the Board of Directors after four years of service on the AMD Board. The Board appointed John W. Marren as an independent director to the Board. Marren's 30-year career spans both the financial and technology industries, with a deep focus on semiconductors. He retired from Texas Pacific Group (TPG) Capital in 2015 after spending 16 years at the firm as senior partner and head of technology investments.

Global Payments Appoints Member of the Board and Promotes CFO to Senior EVP Level

Global Payments appointed William B. Plummer as a member of the Board. Plummer has served as the EVP and CFO of United Rentals. He also serves as a director of John Wiley & Sons.

The company announced the promotion of Cameron M. Bready to Senior EVP and CFO. In this role, Bready will continue to lead the company's global finance organization, including corporate finance, business financial services, accounting and tax, as well as worldwide corporate development initiatives. Bready joined Global Payments in June 2014 as EVP and CFO.

NetApp Appoints SVP for its Cloud Business Unit           

NetApp appointed Anthony Lye as SVP, Cloud Business Unit. Lye drives the strategy and execution necessary to create a profitable cloud business for NetApp and establish the company as the undisputed leader in managing data in a cloud-integrated world. Lye brings more than 25 years of diverse leadership experience to NetApp, spanning roles in development, product management, marketing, sales, and as a high-tech CEO. Prior to his role as EVP and chief cloud officer at Guidewire Software, he served as president & CEO for HotSchedules.

Twitter Announces More Executive Departures       

Two more executives announced their departures from Twitter. Lara Cohen stepped down as head of entertainment talent, while David Bicknell stepped down as director of finance.

Juniper Networks Announces Couple of Management Changes               

Juniper Networks announced that Kevin Hutchins, the company’s SVP, Strategy and Business Development, has been appointed to serve in a newly created position as the company’s SVP, Strategy and Product Line Management, and Andy Athreya, the company’s SVP, Engineering, has been appointed as the company’s SVP, Chief Development Officer.

Hutchins has been responsible for strategy and business development and has been instrumental in defining and enabling Juniper’s corporate strategy through organic and inorganic growth. He now assumes responsibility for Product Line Management. He is a six plus year veteran of Juniper Networks and prior to Juniper, he held leadership roles in strategy, corporate development and general management at IBM and Lockheed Martin.

Athreya has been an engineering leader at Juniper since 2004 and has held various leadership positions within the routing and security products groups. He has consistently delivered successful products to market for Juniper’s customers across routing, security, and Junos software.

Jonathan Davidson, EVP and General Manager, Juniper Development and Innovation, notified the Company of his intention to resign from the Company.

Date Range: February 9th - March 14th

Tech Board Shuffles: Cisco, Adobe, TE Connectivity, ZTE & Many More

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Cisco Systems Appoints Allergan Chair/CEO to its Board of DirectorsBrenton L. Saunders

Cisco Systems appointed Brenton L. Saunders, 47, Chairman, CEO and President of Allergan, to its Board of Directors. He was a co-founder of Health Care Compliance Association in 1995. He has significant healthcare industry expertise and led various business transformations and integrations.

Broadcom Directors Justine F. Page Decides Not to Stand for Re-Election to the Board

Justine F. Page informed the board of directors of Broadcom Limited that she would not be standing for re-election. Page will step down from the board to pursue academic and other interests. Page served as the CFO, VP of Finance, Treasurer, and Secretary of Integrated Circuit Systems from 1999 to 2005 when ICS merged with Integrated Device Technologies, following which Page retired.

Adobe Combines Chair-CEO Roles and Appoints Lead Director

Adobe announced that its Board of Directors has elected Shantanu Narayen as Chairman of the Board. Narayen will continue in his role as President and CEO of Adobe and succeeds Co-Chairs and Co-Founders of the company, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke, who will remain on the Board.

The company also announced that board member Jim Daley, a 35-year Price Waterhouse veteran and prior CFO of a publicly traded technology company, has been named Lead Director to ensure continued sound corporate governance. Daley has been a board member since 2001 and was formerly the head of the audit committee.

Applied Materials Names Long Time Director and Former HP Exec as Board Chairman  

Applied Materials announced Thomas J. Iannotti as chairman of the Board. Iannotti succeeds Willem P. Roelandts, who has retired from the board. Iannotti joined Applied’s board in 2005. Prior to being named chairman, he served as chair of the board’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee and was a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. He spent nine years as an executive at Hewlett-Packard Company, including SVP and General Manager, Enterprise Services from 2009 to 2011.

TE Connectivity Announces Retirement of Juergen W. Gromer as Director         

Juergen W. Gromer has reached the Board’s retirement age of 72 and therefore, in accordance with the Board’s retirement policy, was not nominated for re-election as a director of TE Connectivity. Gromer served as the President of TE Connectivity from 1999 to 2007.

Analog Devices Elects Co-Founder at Linear Technology to Serve as Director     

Analog Devices entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Linear Technology Corporation and Tahoe Acquisition Corp. The Company elected Robert H. Swanson, Jr., Co-Founder at Linear Technology, to serve as a director for a term continuing to the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders next year.

Former Accenture CEO Not to Stand for Reelection to First Data Board   

Joe W. Forehand will not run for reelection as a director when his term expires at First Data Board. Forehand is former Chairman of the board and former CEO of Accenture.

Motorola Solutions Elects Former Emotient CEO to its BoardKen Denman

Motorola Solutions announced that Ken Denman has been elected to its board of directors. Denman was previously President and CEO of Emotient. He also held CEO positions at two Silicon Valley software companies Openwave Systems and iPass, and was COO – Wireless, for MediaOne International. Denman currently serves on the board of ShoreTel and Mitek.

ZTE’s Former CEO Resigns as Non-Executive Director    

China based telecom equipment and systems company ZTE Corporation received a resignation from Shi Lirong as Non-executive Director. Shi has been the former CEO of the company.

Advanced Micro Devices Announces Board Changes     

Martin Edelman resigned as a member of the Board of Directors after four years of service on the AMD Board. The Board appointed John W. Marren as an independent director to the Board. Marren's 30-year career spans both the financial and technology industries, with a deep focus on semiconductors. He retired from Texas Pacific Group (TPG) Capital in 2015 after spending 16 years at the firm as senior partner and head of technology investments.

Global Payments Appoints Member of the Board

Global Payments appointed William B. Plummer as a member of the Board. Plummer has served as the EVP and CFO of United Rentals. He also serves as a director of John Wiley & Sons.

Open Text Appoints Former CEO of Schindler Group to Board       

Open Text appointed Jürgen Tinggren to its Board. Tinggren is the former CEO of Schindler Group and has over 30 years of international business experience. He is currently a non-executive member of the Board of Johnson Controls International, Sika AG and the Conference Board. 

Carlyle MD Resigns from CommScope Board        

Campbell R. Dyer, a director of CommScope, the infrastructure solutions provider for communications networks, notified the company of his decision to resign from the Board. Dyer is currently Managing Director in the Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications  group at Carlyle. 

EchoStar Makes Board Changes

EchoStar, a global satellite services provider and developer of hybrid video delivery technologies, appointed William D. Wade to EchoStar's Board of Directors.  Wade served as the President and CEO of Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) based in Hong Kong and as Deputy CEO of AsiaSat, and is currently serving as a senior advisor to the CEO of AsiaSat through March 2017.

Zillow Group Appoints VP of Product at Slack as Board Member

Zillow Group announced that the appointment of April Underwood to the company's Board. Underwood is VP of product at Slack. She joined Slack as head of platform in June 2015. Underwood also is a founding member of #Angels. From 2010 until 2015, Underwood led product, marketing and business development teams as director of product at Twitter.

International Game Technology Names Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School to the Board               

International Game Technology announced the appointment of Heather J. McGregor as an independent director. McGregor is the Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School, the graduate school of business of Heriot-Watt University in the U.K. McGregor is also the principal shareholder and non-executive chairman of the executive search firm Taylor Bennett. In addition, McGregor is a director of Non-Standard Finance.

New Enterprise Associates General Partner Regions from Tableau Software’s Board

Forest Baskett, a member of the Tableau Software Board since 2004, resigned from the company's Board. Baskett has been a long-term investor in Tableau Software and is General Partner at New Enterprise Associates. Forest joined NEA in 1999 as a Venture Partner and became a General Partner in 2004.

Intersil Corporation Announces Board Changes               

In connection with the merger, as designated by Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that each of Mercedes Johnson, Sohail Khan, Greg Lang, Don Macleod, Ernest E. Maddock and Forrest E. Norrod resigned from his or her respective position as a member of the Board of Directors of Intersil Corporation.

The size of the Board of Directors of Intersil was reduced to two members and the following individual, as designated by Renesas, was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors of Intersil: Hisanori Kawahara, with Necip Sayiner remaining in place as a director of Intersil.

Grubhub Announces Departure of Benjamin Spero from Board      Benjamin Spero 

Grubhub announced the resignation of Benjamin Spero from its Board. Spero is departing in order to increase his focus on other business interests. Spero first joined the Board as a Seamless director in June 2011, and served more than three years as a Grubhub director following the merger in August 2013.

RealPage Announces Resignation of Kathryn V. Marinello as Director   

Kathryn V. Marinello, a member of the board of directors of RealPage, indicated her intention to resign her position as director of the Company. Marinello is the CEO, a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board for Stream Global Services, a global outsourcing solution providerr, providing BPO services for Fortune 1000 clients.

Paysafe Group Appoints Female Non-Executive Directors

Online payments company Paysafe Group named Jennifer Allerton and Karen Guerra as independent Non-Executive Directors of the company. Jennifer Allerton brings a wealth of international experience in payments technology, data innovation, operations and IT strategy. She is the former CIO of the pharmaceutical division of Hoffmann-La Roche, where she was a member of the pharmaceutical executive committee which doubled sales and quadrupled profits in a five-year period. Jennifer is currently a non-executive director on the boards of Sandvik, Iron Mountain and Aveva Group.

Karen Guerra has significant senior-level experience in the consumer goods sector, having been Managing Director and Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive's UK company between 1996-1999, followed by heading the larger French subsidiary between 1999-2006 operating across Oral, Personal & Household Care. She is a non-executive director of Davide Campari-Milano.

Groupon Adds CEO of IAC  Joey Levin to Board of Directors        

Groupon announced that Joey Levin, CEO of IAC will join its Board of Directors. Levin, has enjoyed a 14-year career at IAC and currently oversees the media and Internet company composed of widely known brands such as HomeAdvisor, Vimeo, About.com, Dictionary.com.

Blackhawk Network Appoints Accel-KKR Managing Partner as Director

Blackhawk Network Holdings appointed Thomas Barnds as a board member. Tom Barnds, 48, has been an entrepreneur and executive for more than twenty years. He is currently a Managing Partner of and founding partner at Accel-KKR, where he has been employed since 2000. In addition, Barnds currently serves and has served on the boards of various private technology companies.

Aveva Group Appoints Non-Executive Director

AVEVA Group, engineering software provider for the Plant and Marine industries, announced that Rohinton (Ron) Mobed is appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director. Ron Mobed is currently the CEO of the Elsevier business of RELX and was a Non-Executive Director of Argus Media, an information provider for the commodity industry from 2009 until 2011. Ron has also held senior positions with Schlumberger and IHS Energy.

Sapphire Ventures’ Managing Director Jai Das to Resign from the Board of Five9            

Jai Das, a Director of Five9, informed the company that he would resign from the Board. Jai is a managing director at Sapphire Ventures and looks for start-ups developing ground-breaking products and services in the United States and in India. He has led and manages the firm’s investments in Alteryx, Box (BOX), Five9 (FIVN), Justdial (JUSTDIAL), Mirantis, Mulesoft, Narrative Science, Nutanix, PayTM, Socrata and Square.

NEXTDC Appoints Sharon Warburton as Non-Executive Director              

Australia based sata centres, colocation, hybrid cloud solutions company NEXTDC appointed Sharon Warburton to the company board. Warburton brings extensive experience and insight into corporate strategy, business operations and finance, with a strong track record in the resources, infrastructure and construction industries. She is currently a non-executive director of Fortescue Metals Group and Gold Road Resources. She is also Chairman of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and a Director of Western Power.

Mitel Appoints Director with Proven Track Record in Managing Innovation Transitions

Mitel announced the appointment of Martha Bejar to the company's Board of Directors. Bejar brings to Mitel broad corporate board experience in the information, communication, technology (ICT) sector, and has also held senior leadership positions with some of the world's leading global technology companies including: CEO and Director of Flow Mobile; Chairperson/CEO of Wipro Infocrossing Cloud Computing Services; Corporate VP for Communications at Microsoft; and a series of executive positions at Nortel Networks including President of the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) region.

Sue Swenson to Step Down from the Board of Spirent Communications              

Spirent Communications announced that Sue Swenson will be stepping down from the board in order to more fully focus on her Chair and CEO role at Inseego and her non-executive role at Wells Fargo & Company.

Extreme Networks Appoints John Shoemaker as Chairman

Extreme Networks, that delivers software-driven networking solutions, named John Shoemaker to Chairman. Shoemaker is an industry veteran with significant experience at high technology companies, including Altera, SonicWall, Sun Microsystems and Xerox. In addition, Shoemaker has held various senior and executive-level management positions as SVP of worldwide marketing at Xerox and VP and GM of its Document Systems Business as well as EVP of worldwide operations at Sun Microsystems and EVP and GM of its Computer Systems Division.

Shoemaker succeeds John Kispert who has decided to step down from the Board to focus on other professional and personal interests.

Unisys Names Baxter CIO Paul Martin to Board

Unisys Corporation announced that Paul Martin has been elected to the company board of directors. Martin has served as corporate VP and CIO of Baxter International, since joining the company in 2011. Martin, 58, previously spent 11 years at Rexam, where he initially served as Division CIO leading all aspects of divisional IT across 26 factories in the Americas.

Blucora Announces New Chairman and Other Board Changes   

Blucora appointed William L. Atwell and H. McIntyre “Mac” Gardner to its Board of Directors, at which time Atwell will also become Chairman of the Board. These appointments are designed to evolve the Blucora Board to support its previously announced transition to a technology enabled financial solutions company. These additions follow the decisions by John E. Cunningham IV, Blucora’s Chairman, and David H.S. Chung to retire from the Board.

Atwell most recently served as President of CIGNA’s International business before retiring in 2012 to run his own financial services consulting firm, Atwell Partners.

Gardner brings decades of leadership and operating experience in the wealth and consumer products industries, having most recently served as the Head of Americas Region and Global Bank Group, Global Private Client at Merrill Lynch.

Eastman Kodak Sees Board Departures

John A. Janitz will retire from the Eastman Kodak Board. In addition, Derek Smith notified the Board that he will not stand for re-election to the Kodak Board of Directors. Messrs. Janitz and Smith will remain on the Board until the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.

Simcoe Capital Management Founder and Managing Member Joins Exar’s Board           

Analog mixed-signal integrated circuits maker Exar Corporation announced that it had invited Jeffrey Jacobowitz to join the Board of Directors. Jacobowitz, 47, is the founder and managing member of Simcoe Capital Management.

Tabula Rasa Healthcare Elects Former Kaiser Permanente Exec  to its Board      

Tabula Rasa Healthcare, a provider of patient-specific, data-driven technology and solutions that enable healthcare organizations to optimize medication regimens to improve patient outcomes, elected Dennis K. Helling, PharmD, ScD (Hon), FCCP, FASHP, FAPhA, to its Board. Dr. Helling is the Executive Director Emeritus, Pharmacy Operations & Therapeutics, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, and Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Helling served Kaiser from 1992 – 2013. Currently, he is the VP of The Denver Hospice Board and Chairman of the Working Group on Pharmacy Reimbursement in the Federation of International Pharmacy.

MobileIron’s Newest Board Member is CIO of Varian Medical Systems

Jessica Denecour, CIO of Varian Medical Systems, joined the board of MobileIron, an IT security vendor. Denecour has held senior technology management positions at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies.

Date Range: February 9th - March 14th

Women Appointed to Tech Boards: Zillow, IGT, Paysafe & Others

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Zillow Group Appoints VP of Product at Slack as Board Member

Zillow Group announced that the appointment of April Underwood to the company's Board. Underwood is VP of product at Slack. She joined Slack as head of platform in June 2015. Underwood also is a founding member of #Angels. From 2010 until 2015, Underwood led product, marketing and business development teams as director of product at Twitter.

International Game Technology Names Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School to the Board  Heather J. McGregor             

International Game Technology announced the appointment of Heather J. McGregor as an independent director. McGregor is the Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School, the graduate school of business of Heriot-Watt University in the U.K. McGregor is also the principal shareholder and non-executive chairman of the executive search firm Taylor Bennett. In addition, McGregor is a director of Non-Standard Finance.

RealPage Announces Resignation of Kathryn V. Marinello as Director   

Kathryn V. Marinello, a member of the board of directors of RealPage, indicated her intention to resign her position as director of the Company. Marinello is the CEO, a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board for Stream Global Services, a global outsourcing solution providerr, providing BPO services for Fortune 1000 clients.

Paysafe Group Appoints Female Non-Executive Directors

Online payments company Paysafe Group named Jennifer Allerton and Karen Guerra as independent Non-Executive Directors of the company. Jennifer Allerton brings a wealth of international experience in payments technology, data innovation, operations and IT strategy. She is the former CIO of the pharmaceutical division of Hoffmann-La Roche, where she was a member of the pharmaceutical executive committee which doubled sales and quadrupled profits in a five-year period. Jennifer is currently a non-executive director on the boards of Sandvik, Iron Mountain and Aveva Group.

Karen Guerra has significant senior-level experience in the consumer goods sector, having been Managing Director and Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive's UK company between 1996-1999, followed by heading the larger French subsidiary between 1999-2006 operating across Oral, Personal & Household Care. She is a non-executive director of Davide Campari-Milano.

NEXTDC Appoints Sharon Warburton as Non-Executive Director              

Australia based sata centres, colocation, hybrid cloud solutions company NEXTDC appointed Sharon Warburton to the company board. Warburton brings extensive experience and insight into corporate strategy, business operations and finance, with a strong track record in the resources, infrastructure and construction industries. She is currently a non-executive director of Fortescue Metals Group and Gold Road Resources. She is also Chairman of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and a Director of Western Power.

Mitel Appoints Director with Proven Track Record in Managing Innovation TransitionsMartha Bejar

Mitel announced the appointment of Martha Bejar to the company's Board of Directors. Bejar brings to Mitel broad corporate board experience in the information, communication, technology (ICT) sector, and has also held senior leadership positions with some of the world's leading global technology companies including: CEO and Director of Flow Mobile; Chairperson/CEO of Wipro Infocrossing Cloud Computing Services; Corporate VP for Communications at Microsoft; and a series of executive positions at Nortel Networks including President of the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) region.

Sue Swenson to Step Down from the Board of Spirent Communications              

Spirent Communications announced that Sue Swenson will be stepping down from the board in order to more fully focus on her Chair and CEO role at Inseego and her non-executive role at Wells Fargo & Company.

MobileIron’s Newest Board Member is CIO of Varian Medical Systems

Jessica Denecour, CIO of Varian Medical Systems, joined the board of MobileIron, an IT security vendor. Denecour has held senior technology management positions at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies.

Date Range: February 9th - March 14th

 

Exciting Round of Leadership Shuffles in Cloud & Tech Infrastructure: NetApp, Twilio & More

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Salesforce’s Board Member with Financial and Administrative Expertise Intends to Step Down

Lawrence Tomlinson, 75, intends to retire from the board of Salesforce. Tomlinson served as SVP and treasurer for Hewlett-Packard until 2003. Tomlinson has a broad global financial and administrative background that includes expertise in controllership, tax, treasury, order fulfillment, information technology, distribution, logistics and financial strategic alliances.

ServiceNow Announces New CEO  John Donahoe

ServiceNow has named John Donahoe President and CEO. Donahoe was formerly President and CEO of eBay. Current President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Frank Slootman will continue as Chairman upon stepping down from his management role. Donahoe currently serves as Chairman of the Board at PayPal. He served as President and CEO of eBay from 2008 to 2015, where he oversaw the eBay, PayPal and eBay Enterprise businesses.

NetApp Appoints SVP for its Cloud Business Unit          

NetApp appointed Anthony Lye as SVP, Cloud Business Unit. Lye drives the strategy and execution necessary to create a profitable cloud business for NetApp and establish the company as the undisputed leader in managing data in a cloud-integrated world. Lye brings more than 25 years of diverse leadership experience to NetApp, spanning roles in development, product management, marketing, sales, and as a high-tech CEO. Prior to his role as EVP and chief cloud officer at Guidewire Software, he served as president & CEO for HotSchedules.

Sophos Group Announces Board Changes     

Sophos Group, the provider of cloud-enabled end-user and network security solutions, appointed Rick Medlock as a non-executive director. Ed Gillis is to retire as a non-executive director of the company. Medlock is currently the CFO at Worldpay Group.

Former Salesforce COO Joins Twilio George Hu

Cloud communications platform as a service company Twilio hired George Hu to be its COO. Hu is a key hire for Twilio due to his global operational experience at high-growth cloud-based companies. During a 13-year career at Salesforce, Hu served four years as COO where he owned all major shared operational functions for the company. He also served in a variety of other management roles including CMO, EVP of products, SVP of applications and VP of product marketing.

Synchronoss Technologies Appoints CFO from Avid Technologies

Synchronoss Technologies, mobile innovation company, which provides cloud solutions and software-based activation for connected devices globally, announced that John Frederick, a technology industry veteran, will become Synchronoss's CFO. Before joining the company, Frederick was EVP, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of Avid Technologies.

NEXTDC Appoints Sharon Warburton as Non-Executive Director             

Australia based data centres, colocation, hybrid cloud solutions company NEXTDC appointed Sharon Warburton to the company board. Warburton brings extensive experience and insight into corporate strategy, business operations and finance, with a strong track record in the resources, infrastructure and construction industries. She is currently a non-executive director of Fortescue Metals Group and Gold Road Resources. She is also Chairman of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and a Director of Western Power.

CareCloud Welcomes Former Allscripts  Exec as Chief Revenue Officer

Cloud-based practice management and EHR software firm CareCloud announced that Greg Shorten, formerly with Allscripts and Validic, has been named chief revenue officer (CRO) to maximize new opportunities within a rapidly growing market for cloud-based health technology. He spent more than 15 years at Allscripts, where he most recently held the role of SVP of sales for the company's professional division.  He also worked at Validic as SVP of sales.

Date Range: February 23rd - March 23rd

Non-Tech Boards Welcome Directors with Tech-Relevant Domain Experience: Sanofi, Ford Motor & Others

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Sanofi Names Former CEO of Dassault Systems as Newest Board MemberBernard Charls

Sanofi appointed Bernard Charls as new independent Director. Charls has served since May 2016 as Vice-Chairman and CEO of Dassault Systems. He has been CEO of Dassault Systems since September 1995. He joined the company in 1983 and created the New Technology, Research and Strategy division, before being appointed Director for Strategy, Research and Development in 1988. Bernard Charl s is a member of the Academy of Technology (France) and of the National Academy of Engineering (United States).

Costco Wholesale Appoints Emotient CEO and Tech Venture Investor as Board Member       

Costco Wholesale Corporation elected Kenneth D. Denman to board. Most recently, Ken was the president and CEO of Emotient, a company that provides cloud-based emotion detection and sentiment analysis solutions. Previously he was the CEO at Openwave Systems (since renamed Unwired Planet) and iPass. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Mitek, Motorola Solutions, and ShoreTel.

Former Salesforce CMO Joins Ford Motor’s Board of Directors       

Ford Motor Company announced the election of Lynn Vojvodich to the company’s board of directors. Vojvodich is a global technology executive who has built, grown and transformed businesses for more than 20 years. She works with venture capital firms as an advisor to pre-IPO and start-up companies. From 2013 to February 2017, Vojvodich was EVP and CMO of Salesforce. Vojvodich has held leadership roles at Microsoft and BEA Systems and was a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. She began her career as a mechanical engineer in a hard hat working on the design and construction of Gulfstream jets and offshore oil structures. Vojvodich serves as an independent director of The Priceline Group and was chairman of Take3.

Sempra Energy Taps Ixia CEO to Serve on its Board       Bethany Jean Mayer    

Sempra Energy's Board appointed Bethany Jean Mayer to serve on the Board. Mayer has served in her current CEO role with Ixia since 2014. Previously, from 2010 to 2014, she held a variety of leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard, including SVP and general manager of its network functions virtualization business. From 2007 to 2010, Mayer was SVP, worldwide marketing and corporate development, of Blue Coat Systems, a cybersecurity and network management firm. Previously, she held management roles at Cisco Systems, Apple and Lockheed Martin.

Retired NCR EVP Joins Board of HD Supply           

HD Supply Holdings and HD Supply, one of the largest industrial distributors in North America, appointed Peter A. Dorsman to the Board. Dorsman, retired from NCR Corporation as EVP, Global Services. He served as NCR's EVP, industry solutions group and global operations and SVP, global operations. Prior to rejoining NCR, Dorsman was EVP and COO of Standard Register. Before his role at Standard Register, he previously served for nearly 20 years at NCR in various global marketing and sales leadership roles.

John Wiley & Sons Appoints Digital River’s CEO to Board

Global publishing company John Wiley & Sons appointed David C. Dobson, CEO at Digital River, to its Board of Directors. Dobson joined Digital River in February 2013 as the company’s CEO. Before joining Digital River, Dobson served as EVP and group executive, Global Lines of Business, at CA Technologies. Dobson served as President of Pitney Bowes Management Services, and as EVP and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer of Pitney Bowes.

Intuit Senior Exec Joins Bank Holding Company’s Board

Banner Corporation, the parent company of Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, appointed Merline Saintil to the Board. Saintil serves as Head of Operations for the Product & Technology group at Intuit. Before joining Intuit, Saintil served as Yahoo's Head of Operations for Mobile & Emerging Products.

Former CIO of Southern Company Joins Board of Investment Firm

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, that provides debt and equity financing to the energy efficiency and renewable energy markets, appointed Rebecca Blalock as an independent member of the board. Blalock has extensive experience in the energy and IT industries, having served in a variety of roles for over 30 years at Southern Company and its subsidiaries, most recently as its SVP and CIO from 2002 to 2011.

Date Range: February 23rd - March 23rd

 

Women Appointed on Large Boards: Sempra Energy, IGT, Paysafe & More

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Former Salesforce CMO Joins Ford Motor’s Board of DirectorsLynn Vojvodich

Ford Motor Company announced the election of Lynn Vojvodich to the company’s board of directors. Vojvodich is a global technology executive who has built, grown and transformed businesses for more than 20 years. She works with venture capital firms as an advisor to pre-IPO and start-up companies. From 2013 to February 2017, Vojvodich was EVP and CMO of Salesforce. 

Vojvodich has held leadership roles at Microsoft and BEA Systems and was a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. She began her career as a mechanical engineer in a hard hat working on the design and construction of Gulfstream jets and offshore oil structures. Vojvodich serves as an independent director of The Priceline Group and was chairman of Take3.

Sempra Energy Taps Ixia CEO to Serve on its Board           

Sempra Energy's Board appointed Bethany Jean Mayer to serve on the Board. Mayer has served in her current CEO role with Ixia since 2014. Previously, from 2010 to 2014, she held a variety of leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard, including SVP and general manager of its network functions virtualization business. From 2007 to 2010, Mayer was SVP, worldwide marketing and corporate development, of Blue Coat Systems, a cybersecurity and network management firm. Previously, she held management roles at Cisco Systems, Apple and Lockheed Martin.

International Game Technology Names Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School to the Board          

International Game Technology announced the appointment of Heather J. McGregor as an independent director. McGregor is the Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School, the graduate school of business of Heriot-Watt University in the U.K. McGregor is also the principal shareholder and non-executive chairman of the executive search firm Taylor Bennett. In addition, McGregor is a director of Non-Standard Finance.

Paysafe Group Appoints Female Non-Executive DirectorsJennifer Allerton

Online payments company Paysafe Group named Jennifer Allerton and Karen Guerra as independent Non-Executive Directors of the company. Jennifer Allerton brings a wealth of international experience in payments technology, data innovation, operations and IT strategy. She is the former CIO of the pharmaceutical division of Hoffmann-La Roche, where she was a member of the pharmaceutical executive committee which doubled sales and quadrupled profits in a five-year period. Jennifer is currently a non-executive director on the boards of Sandvik, Iron Mountain and Aveva Group.

Karen Guerra has significant senior-level experience in the consumer goods sector, having been Managing Director and Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive's UK company between 1996-1999, followed by heading the larger French subsidiary between 1999-2006 operating across Oral, Personal & Household Care. She is a non-executive director of Davide Campari-Milano.

Intuit Senior Exec Joins Bank Holding Company’s Board

Banner Corporation, the parent company of Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, appointed Merline Saintil to the Board. Saintil serves as Head of Operations for the Product & Technology group at Intuit. Before joining Intuit, Saintil served as Yahoo's Head of Operations for Mobile & Emerging Products.

Former CIO of Southern Company Joins Board of Investment Firm

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, that provides debt and equity financing to the energy efficiency and renewable energy markets, appointed Rebecca Blalock as an independent member of the board. Blalock has extensive experience in the energy and IT industries, having served in a variety of roles for over 30 years at Southern Company and its subsidiaries, most recently as its SVP and CIO from 2002 to 2011.

NEXTDC Appoints Sharon Warburton as Non-Executive Director             

Australia based sata centres, colocation, hybrid cloud solutions company NEXTDC appointed Sharon Warburton to the company board. Warburton brings extensive experience and insight into corporate strategy, business operations and finance, with a strong track record in the resources, infrastructure and construction industries. She is currently a non-executive director of Fortescue Metals Group and Gold Road Resources. She is also Chairman of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and a Director of Western Power.

Mitel Appoints Director with Proven Track Record in Managing Innovation TransitionsMartha Bejar

Mitel announced the appointment of Martha Bejar to the company's Board of Directors. Bejar brings to Mitel broad corporate board experience in the information, communication, technology (ICT) sector, and has also held senior leadership positions with some of the world's leading global technology companies including: CEO and Director of Flow Mobile; Chairperson/CEO of Wipro Infocrossing Cloud Computing Services; Corporate VP for Communications at Microsoft; and a series of executive positions at Nortel Networks including President of the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) region.

MobileIron’s Newest Board Member is CIO of Varian Medical Systems

Jessica Denecour, CIO of Varian Medical Systems, joined the board of MobileIron, an IT security vendor. Denecour has held senior technology management positions at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies.

Date Range: February 23rd - March 23rd

 


Biggest Appointments in Healthcare Technology: Cerner, Castlight Health & Others

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GE Healthcare Appoints CTO for Imaging

Amit Phadnis has been appointed VP, CTO- Imaging, GE Healthcare. In this role, Amit will drive digitization, software and cross modality initiatives across the Imaging business. Amit joins GE from Cisco Systems where, most recently, he was the India Site Leader and SVP of Engineering for the Core Software Group. 

Cerner Appoints Infectious Disease Expert as New Board Member as Former Senator Intends to Step DownDr. Julie Gerberding

Cerner announced that former Senator John C. “Jack” Danforth notified the Board of Directors he does not intend to stand for re-election to the Board. Cerner further announced that Dr. Julie Gerberding has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Gerberding, 61, is EVP for strategic communications, global public policy and population health of Merck. Prior to joining Merck, she served as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and before that served as director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.

Navigant Consulting Hires Key Member of Healthcare Practice Leadership Team and Leader of Navigant Cymetrix           

Navigant Consulting announced that James “Jim” Mapes has joined the company as a key member of its healthcare practice leadership team and leader of Navigant Cymetrix. He comes to Navigant from Genpact (formerly GE Capital), where he led the organization’s global healthcare business and served as practice leader for the integrated healthcare and life sciences business. Prior to Genpact, Mapes served as SVP for global BPO growth, payment integrity, and operations at Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s health services platform.

Castlight Health’s Chief Revenue Officer to Depart by the End of Year

Castlight Health announced certain organizational changes after the proposed acquisition of Jiff. Chief Revenue Officer John McCracken will cease being an executive officer of the company but will remain an employee of the company. McCracken will continue to hold the title of Chief Revenue Officer, and will focus his time on the company Anthem and SAP relationships. McCracken will depart the company to pursue other opportunities by the end of the year. McCracken’s other duties and responsibilities as Chief Revenue Officer will be assumed by other members of the company management team.

Tabula Rasa Healthcare Elects Former Kaiser Permanente Exec  to its Board     

Tabula Rasa Healthcare, a provider of patient-specific, data-driven technology and solutions that enable healthcare organizations to optimize medication regimens to improve patient outcomes, elected Dennis K. Helling, PharmD, ScD (Hon), FCCP, FASHP, FAPhA, to its Board. Dr. Helling is the Executive Director Emeritus, Pharmacy Operations & Therapeutics, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, and Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Helling served Kaiser from 1992 – 2013. Currently, he is the VP of The Denver Hospice Board and Chairman of the Working Group on Pharmacy Reimbursement in the Federation of International Pharmacy.

Volpara Health Technologies Appoints CFO 

Volpara Health Technologies, provider of volumetric breast imaging products for the early detection of breast cancer in the medical device software industry, appointed Craig Hadfield to the position of CFO and Joint Company Secretary. Hadfield replaces Brian Leighs who has served as a contract CFO at company, since 2009. Hadfield was most recently an Associate Director for Deloitte Wellington and was the Audit Manager for VHT.

OmniComm Systems Restructures Leadership Lineup         

eClinical solutions provider  OmniComm Systems approved a reorganization of the company’s executive management team. CEO and board member Cornelis F. Wit is transitioning to the role of executive chairman. Wit has been the company’s CEO since June of 2002.Stephen E. Johnson

Stephen E. Johnson, the company’s current president and COO, has been named by the company’s board of directors to succeed Wit as CEO. Johnson has served as the company’s president since June 2010, as the company’s COO since April 2008.

CTO and Chair Randall G. Smith will be transitioning to the role of executive vice chairman (executive officer of the company) and executive vice chairman of the board. Smith has served as the company’s CTO and chairman of the board of directors since May 1997.

John Fontenault, the company’s current SVP of operations, has been named as the company’s COO. Fontenault has served as SVP of operations since October 2013.

Keith Howells, the company’s current SVP of development, has been named as CTO. Howells has served as head of product development, initially for TrialMaster and the eClinical Suite and subsequently for TrialOne as well, since January 2011. Prior to joining the company, he was SVP of Development for Medidata Solutions from 2005 to 2010.

Kuno van der Post, SVP of business development, has been promoted to chief commercial officer (CCO).

Ken Light, EVP of professional services, has been promoted to EVP of corporate strategy.

Certive Solutions Names Canadian Politician and Former Member of Parliament as Director         

Certive Solutions, the provider of revenue cycle management solutions to the U.S. health care market, appointed The Honorable Ed Holder, P.C., ICD.D to the Board of Directors of the Company. Holder was elected as a Member of Parliament with the Government of Canada in 2008, serving with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. From May 2014 to October 2015, he served in the prestigious role of Minister of State (Science and Technology).

Jack Saltich, a director of the company since 2012, has resigned from the board. MaryAnn Miller, who was appointed to the board in late 2015, has also resigned from the board. Both individuals provided exceptional governance and independence to the board.

Certive subsequently appointed Moe Vela as Senior Corporate Advisor to the company. An attorney by profession, Vela has had the distinction of serving with two White House administrations, first as CFO and Senior Advisor on Latino Affairs to former Vice President Al Gore, and, most recently, as the Director of Administration and a Senior Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden.

Jayex Healthcare Appoints Non-Executive Director 

Australia based integrated healthcare services delivery platform provider Jayex Healthcare appointed Michael Chan to the board as a Non-Executive Director. Chan has extensive experience in broad based financial services for the past 30 years with hands on knowledge in both consumer and commercial segments. Chan currently is the founder and Managing Director at AMG Corporate.

TetriDyn Solutions Appoints CEO Antoinette Hempstead as Director         

TetriDyn Solutions appointed Antoinette Hempstead to serve as director of the company. Hempstead served as CEO and President from April 2013 until March 2015. Prior to that, Hempstead served as Deputy CEO and VP since August 2002.

Healthwise Appoints Three New Board Members; Names New Chief Client Officer

Healthwise, a non-profit company that develops health content and patient education for the healthcare industry, announced the addition of L. Ebony Boulware, MD, A. James Balkins, and Robert Kyte to its Board of Directors. Boulware is Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Vice Dean for Translational Science.

James "Jim" Balkins retired from his executive role at Healthwise in 2016. Prior to joining Healthwise in 2004, Jim served on the Healthwise board of directors for 12 years.

Robert "Bob" Kyte is currently the CEO at Healthwise taking this position in July 2016.

Healthwise announced that Dave Mink will assume the position of Chief Client Officer (CCO). Mink joined Healthwise in 2007 and previously served as Senior Director of Provider Solutions. As CCO, Mink will lead the client-facing teams and be responsible for customer experience and client satisfaction.

CareCloud Welcomes Former Allscripts Exec as Chief Revenue OfficerGreg Shorten

Cloud-based practice management and EHR software firm CareCloud announced that Greg Shorten, formerly with Allscripts and Validic, has been named chief revenue officer (CRO) to maximize new opportunities within a rapidly growing market for cloud-based health technology. He spent more than 15 years at Allscripts, where he most recently held the role of SVP of sales for the company's professional division.  He also worked at Validic as SVP of sales.

HealthcareSource to Appoints Leaders for HealthcareSource Contingent Talent Management       

HealthcareSource, the leading provider of talent & learning management software for healthcare organizations, will acquire Centricity™ Contingent Staffing, formerly API Healthcare's Clearview Staffing Software, from GE Healthcare. The product suite will be rebranded as HealthcareSource Contingent Talent Management. Mike Wejrowski will be joing from API Healthcare as VP and General Manager for this product suite.

SynerMed Appoints Jorge Weingarten as Chief Medical Officer        

SynerMed, developer of customized IT and business management solutions for independent physicians, reported that Jorge Weingarten, MD, has joined the organization as the new Chief Medical Officer. He joins SynerMed from Care1st, where he oversaw all clinical operations.

Optima Healthcare Solutions Announces Management Appointments         

Clinical management software firm Optima Healthcare Solutions appointed Jeff Browning as EVP of Product & Engineering and Christine Jones has been appointed EVP of Client Services. Jeff has more than 25 years’ experience running product and engineering organizations at technology leaders including IBM, Silverpop and SecureWorks. Before joining Optima, Jeff led development for IBM's Marketing Cloud.

Christine has more than 20 years’ experience leading both development and services organizations for numerous technology companies including MemberSuite, Innovolt and Siemens. Prior to joining Optima, Christine served as COO at MemberSuite, where she drove a cross-departmental, customer-centric focus throughout the organization.

Date Range: February 28th – March 28th

CIO, CTO, CISO & Other Tech Exec Appointments and Departures: GE Healthcare, AIG, Target & More

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GE Healthcare Appoints CTO for ImagingAmit Phadnis

Amit Phadnis has been appointed VP, CTO- Imaging, GE Healthcare. In this role, Amit will drive digitization, software and cross modality initiatives across the Imaging business. Amit joins GE from Cisco Systems where, most recently, he was the India Site Leader and SVP of Engineering for the Core Software Group. 

AIG Names Chief Auditor Gallo as New CIO

American International Group reported that Martha Gallo has been named CIO. She succeeds Philip Fasano, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Gallo has been EVP and Chief Auditor of AIG before taking up the CIO role.

Gallo joined AIG in 2015 with more than 30 years of experience from JP Morgan Chase, where she served in a variety of executive roles and served as General Auditor. Prior, she served as the Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Global Compliance and Regulatory Management at JP Morgan Chase. She serves on the Board of the Battery Park City Authority and is Co-Chair of the Women’s Refugee Commission Board.

Target Promotes VP of Information Security as CISO

Target has promoted Rich Agostino to CISO, following the departure of Brad Maiorino, who moves to Booz Allen Hamilton's U.S. commercial business. Target hired Agostino from GE as his VP of information security in September 2014.

Henkel Names Rahmyn Kress as Chief Digital Officer         

Henkel has named Rahmyn Kress as chief digital officer to accelerate Henkels digital activities. Prior to his new role at Henkel, he has been with Accenture since 2010, most recently as Managing Director of Accenture Technology Ecosystems & Ventures in Europe.

Tesla Taps Former IT CTO at Juniper Networks as New CIO         

Gary Clark, a former IT CTO at Juniper Networks, joined Tesla as its CIO. Clark succeeds Jay Vijayan, who left the electric carmaker in January last year to start his own venture - Stealth Startup Company. Clark previously worked at Barclays Global Investors as managing director and head of technology services.

Deutsche Bank Appoints Pascal Boillat as Group CIO          

Deutsche Bank appointed Pascal Boillat as a Group CIO. Boillat joined Deutsche Bank in 2016 as CIO and Head of Operations for the Corporate & Investment Bank. In his new role, he will be responsible for defining technology strategy across the bank to serve clients while further enhancing standardization and digital capabilities.

P. Kevin Chase Joins Sempra Energy as CIO 

Sempra Energy announced that P. Kevin Chase, 48, has joined the company as its CIO. Previously, Chase served as the CIO and SVP of technology and supply chain at Energy Future Holdings from 2011 to 2016. He was CIO and VP of TXU Energy, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings from 2008 to 2011.

Lincoln Financial Group Names Accenture Exec as Chief Digital Officer    

Lincoln Financial Group announced that Raj Chakraborty has been named as chief digital officer in a newly-created Senior Management Committee position. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial, Chakraborty was with Accenture, where he served as a managing director.

Paysafe Group Appoints Chief Digital Officer from Australian Securities ExchangeTim Thurman

Online payments company Paysafe Group has appointed Tim Thurman as chief digital officer. Thurman is joining Paysafe from Australian Securities Exchange, where he served as CIO and executed the exchange's Technology Transformation Strategy.

Rambus Appoints Leader for Security Architecture and Advanced Technology Team and Technical Director

Rambus appointed Drs. Helena Handschuh, a renowned cryptographer, and Thomas Vogelsang, a world recognized DRAM expert, to one of the company’s highest technical positions, Rambus Fellow.

Dr. Handschuh is a well-recognized expert in the security community for her contribution to cryptography, cryptanalysis and hardware security. She was a member of ETSI-SAGE Security Algorithms Group of Experts for more than 10 years where she provided expertise on side-channel analysis and also co-designed GSM, 3G and LTE cryptographic algorithms including MILENAGE, SNOW 3G and other algorithms deployed in over six billion SIM cards and mobile handsets. Dr. Handschuh served as the Program Co-chair of CHES 2015 and recently served as the Program Chair of CT-RSA 2017. Dr. Handschuh has been appointed to lead the Security Architecture and Advanced Technology team at Rambus, responsible for defining security architecture for existing and next-generation security technologies. She currently chairs the Security Working Group of the Secure Content Storage Association SCSA with over 250 members. 

Dr. Vogelsang is a world-recognized DRAM expert and during the course of his career has made significant contributions to a wide range of technologies, specifically DRAM architecture and core design. He is a senior member of IEEE, has been a lecturer on DRAM at Stanford University, and served as part of the technical program committee for Digital Photography and Mobile Imaging. As a technical director at Rambus, Dr. Vogelsang has been responsible for several projects and recognized for his work with low-power DRAM energy consumption based on a revolutionary power model he pioneered.

Fitbit Promotes Device Engineering Exec    

Wearable technology devices company Fitbit has promoted VP of Engineering, Samir Kapoor, to SVP of Device Engineering. Samir brings nearly 20 years of engineering management experience, most recently having spent ten years with Qualcomm.

CorVel Appoints VP, Information Systems as CIO

Maxim Shishin, VP, Information Systems, will be promoted to the position of CIO at CorVel, the provider of workers' compensation solutions for employers, third party administrators, insurance companies and government agencies.  Shishin has been with the Company for 14 years, joining the company as a Senior Software Engineer in 2002.  His prior positions include Software Engineering Manager, Director of Software Engineering and VP of Information Systems.

Tucows CIO Steps Down

Kenneth Schafer, EVP, CIO of Tucows, the company that offers OpenSRS group, a reseller network that offers domain name, email, and other related services, notified the company of his intention to resign from the company. Schafer is resigning from the company to pursue other interests, and his resignation is not a result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company.

MeetMe Announced Change in Engineering Leadership

Skout’s co-founder and CTO Niklas Lindstrom has joined MeetMe, the social networking service providing members the opportunity to meet and interact with new people, as CTO.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide Appoints CTO and CIOChris Andrews

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, the health behavior change specialists of Ogilvy & Mather, announced that Chris Andrews will become SVP, CTO. Andrews previously held the CIO position at the Parsippany headquarters of Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide.

Steve Oliver has been promoted to CIO at the Ogilvy CommonHealth agency. Oliver has been a key member of the Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide IT team since 2008, leading the development of many key business systems and contributing to the technical aspects of all mergers and acquisitions, including the development of Ogilvy CommonHealth Market Access.

Wyndham Hotel Group Gets New Information Chief from D+M Group

Scott Strickland has been appointed as CIO at Wyndham Hotel Group. With 25 years of experience in the field of IT, Strickland joins Wyndham from D+M Group where he led the company's IT function as CIO.

Toyota Motor North America Promotes CIO from VP to SVP

Zack Hicks, group VP and CIO, Toyota Motor North America, is named SVP and CIO and global security, TMNA. He is also the CEO and president of Toyota Connected. Additionally he has a global role leading information security management department for Toyota Motor.

Date Range: February 28th – March 28th

87 Open Tech CEO Roles and 102 Tech CEO - April 2017 Leadership Update

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Welcome to our CEO Turnover Newsletter. This newsletter covers open CEO roles and latest appointments in the tech sector in the month of March 2017.

The average length of time the CEO searches have been open is 4.06 months, up from 3.8 months earlier this year. There is little variance across geographies. 

  • Total Tech CEO Roles Open: 87
  • New Tech CEO Appointments: 102 (5 women – 4.9%, 97 men)

New Technology CEO Stats 

New Tech CEO Openings: 15 – Thuraya Telecommunications (UAE), Manitoba Telecom Services (Canada), NCC Group (UK), Makedonski Telekom (Macedonia), Marchex (WA), Edgewater Technology (MA), LPKF Laser & Electronics (Germany), Lauritz.com (Denmark), COPsync (TX), Mach7 Technologies (Australia), RapidCloud (Malaysia), iSIGN Media Solutions (Canada), NanoSensors (MI), Search Party Group(Australia), and Netlinkz (Australia).

CEOs Appointed

Sources of Appointments: 51 were External appointments, and 51 were internal promotions.

Others: Founders, Former Execs, CMOs, Sales Leaders, CTOs, Chief Strategy Officers, and Leaders from acquired companies, etc.

Diversity: 4.9% of the appointments are women CEOs.

Geographic Distribution: 52 in North America, 26 in Asia/Russia/Australasia, 17 in Europe, 6 in Middle East and Africa, 1 in Latin America.

The average length of time the CEO searches have been open is 4.06 months, up from 3.8 months earlier this year. There is little variance across geographies. The longest open searches are:

# 1 - Wi-LAN, Canada - $98.3M, June 2015  
# 2 - Epcylon Technologies, Canada - September 2015

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Tech Companies: CEO Roles Open


Micron Technology, Idaho - $13B, February 2017
Micron Technology announced the upcoming retirement of its CEO, Mark Durcan. The Board has initiated a search, with the assistance of an executive search firm. 
 
Autodesk, California - $2.2B, February 2017
Carl Bass has decided to step down as president and CEO. The company's board has instituted a CEO search to consider candidates inside and outside the company and has formed an Interim Office of the CEO to oversee the company's day-to-day operations.
 
Nuance Communications, Massachusetts - $1.9B, November 2016
Nuance Communications extended Nuance Chairman and CEO Paul Ricci’s employment agreement through the first half of fiscal 2018. Mr. Ricci has advised the Board that he intends to retire at the end of this term. The Board of Directors will undertake a search process to choose Mr. Ricci’s successor during the term.
 
Thuraya Telecommunications, United Arab Emirates - $1.8B, March 2017
Thuraya Telecommunications Company has announced that Ahmed Al Shamsi, CTO, has been appointed as interim Acting CEO of the company, assuming the role immediately.
 
FLIR Systems, Oregon - $1.6B, February 2017
FLIR Systems announced that Andrew C. Teich, its President, CEO and a member of its Board of Directors, plans to retire as soon as his successor is appointed.
 
GrameenPhone, Bangladesh - $1.4B, October 2016
The Grameenphone Board has appointed Mr. Petter-B. Furberg (49) as the company's interim CEO. Furberg is the SVP Telenor Digital Businesses, based in Bangkok. Furberg will replace Rajeev Sethi who will pursue new opportunities.
 
Syntel, Michigan - $983.2M, November 2016
Syntel appointed Rakesh Khanna, formerly COO, as interim CEO and President. 
 
NII Holdings, Virginia - $981.4M, December 2016
Steven M. Shindler, CEO, was updated to provide for a target termination date of April 1, 2017.
 
Manitoba Telecom Services, Canada - $765.5M, March 2017
Manitoba Telecom Services announced that President and CEO Jay Forbes will be leaving the company following the expected successful closing of its pending transaction with BCE  (BCE) on March 17, 2017.
 
Jenoptik, Germany - $754.4M, September 2016
The President & CEO Dr. Michael Mertin has informed the Supervisory Board of Jenoptik AG that he will not be seeking another term on the Executive Board after the expiry of his employment contract on June 30, 2017.
 
GlassBridge Enterprises, Minnesota - $514.9M, February 2017
Robert B. Fernander resigned as Interim CEO. CFO Danny Zheng will serve as Interim CEO until the company Board appoints a new CEO. The company board is working with a nationally recognized executive search firm, focused exclusively on the placement of talent in the asset management industry, to identify strong CEO candidates.
 
JUST EAT Plc, UK - $414M, February 2017
Just Eat plc announced that, due to urgent family matters, David Buttress has informed it of his intention to step down from his role as CEO. The board is commencing an immediate search to find a replacement for David.
 
 
NCC Group, United Kingdom - $301.4M, March 2017
NCC Group plc announced that the Rob Cotton has stepped down as CEO of the Group and as an Executive Director of the board with immediate effect. Brian Tenner, CFO, will take over as Interim CEO and will lead the strategic review.
 
Sepura, UK - $215.6M, October 2016
Sepura PLC has appointed David Barrass as Interim CEO. David's appointment reflects the extended period of absence being taken by Gordon Watling, the CEO, on medical advice.
 
 
EMIS Group, UK - $208.4M, December 2016
EMIS Group plc announced that Chris Spencer, the Group's CEO since 2013, having reached the age of 60, has indicated his intention to retire from his position and from the Board by the end of 2017.
 
Aixtron, Germany - $190.1M, January 2017
Current CEO Martin Goetzeler is leaving. Former AIXTRON Executive Board Member and current Supervisory Board Chairman, Kim Schindelhauer, will take on Mr. Goetzeler's duties as CEO and CFO on an interim basis, until a successor is found.
 
SMTC, Canada - $189M, February 2017
SMTC Corporation appointed Ed Smith as its interim President and CEO. He most recently served as SVP of Global Embedded Solutions of Avnet.
 
Makedonski Telekom, Macedonia - $186.3M, March 2017
Makedonski Telekom announced that its CEO, Andreas Maierhofer, is leaving the company and a new CEO is to be elected on May 1. He was appointed CEO of Makedonski Telekom in 2014.
 
Tremor Video, New York - $166.8M, February 2017
William Day has resigned as the Company’s President and CEO. The Company announced that Paul Caine has been appointed as Interim CEO.
 
GO plc, Malta - $165.7M, February 2017
GO plc will shortly appoint a new CEO to replace Mr. Yiannos Michaelides, who will be vacating the position to pursue other opportunities on 30 March 2017.
 
Redknee Solutions, Canada - $158.2M, February 2017
Redknee Solutions announced a leadership reorganization in which Danielle Royston has been appointed interim CEO. Ms. Royston replaces Lucas Skoczkowski.
 
Marchex, Washington - $142.1M, October 2016
Pete Christothoulou has resigned as CEO. The Board of Directors has created an Interim Office of the CEO. The Board of Directors will begin a search for the company’s next CEO.
 
Nera Telecommunications, Singapore - $137.6M, October 2016
Ang Seong Kang Samuel, CEO, has tendered his resignation. The Board has appointed Mr. Beck Tong Hong to serve as acting CEO in the interim.
 
Marchex, Washington - $129.5M, March 2017
Gary Nafus resigned as Chief Revenue Officer of Marchex, and as a member of the Interim Office of the CEO.
 
Edgewater Technology, Massachusetts - $119.9M, March 2017
Edgewater Technology voted to remove without cause Shirley Singleton as the company’s President and CEO. The Board appointed Jeffrey L. Rutherford, as Interim President and Interim CEO. The Board also elected Mr. Rutherford as Chairman of the Board.
 
Yuuzoo, Singapore - $106.1M, November 2016
Yuuzoo announced the cessation of James Matthew Somasundram as CEO. Due to personal reasons or health reasons.
 
LPKF Laser & Electronics, Germany - $102.1M, March 2017
Dr. Ingo Bretthauer, CEO of LPKF Laser & Electronics AG, has announced the supervisory board that he will not be seeking another term in the management board after the expiry of his contract at the end of this year. The supervisory board will now focus on finding a successor in good agreement with Dr. Bretthauer, before he leaves.
 
 
IRIS Corporation, Malaysia - $100.9M, January 2017
The Board appointed Mr. Choong Choo Hock, the current COO of the Trusted Identification Division as the acting CEO.
 
Wi-LAN, Canada - $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 has begun the search for a new permanent CEO with the assistance of a leading search firm.
 
Numerex, Georgia - $71.9M, January 2017
Numerex terminated the employment of Marc Zionts as CEO. Kenneth Gayron, the CFO, will be interim CEO while the Company conducts a search for a permanent CEO. 
 
Support.com, California - $65.1M, October 2016
Elizabeth M. Cholawsky resigned from her position as president and CEO of Support.com. The company elected Richard Bloom, 49. board member since June 2016, as the interim president and CEO.
 
 
Integrated Research, Australia - $64M, February 2017
Integrated Research announced the resignation for personal reasons of Mr. Darc Rasmussen as CEO and Managing Director. The Board appointed Mr. Andrew Dutton as interim CEO whilst the company conducts a search for a permanent placement.
 
Oculus VR, California - $58.9M, December 2016
Brendan Iribe, the CEO of Facebook's virtual reality unit Oculus VR, is stepping down from his position as part of a restructuring. Jon Thomason, who joined Oculus recently, will head the mobile VR group. Thomason and Iribe, along with Facebook's CTO Mike Schroepfer, will together look for a new CEO for Oculus.
 
Giken Sakata, Singapore - $55.5M, November 2016
Giken Sakata announced cessation of Tan Kay Guan as Executive Director and CEO, to pursue personal interest.
 
Paymark, New Zealand - $47.5M, December 2016
Paymark CEO Mark Rushworth has resigned from the firm. General counsel Liam O'Reilly will act in the role until a new head is appointed.
 
 
SITO Mobile, New Jersey - $43.6M, February 2017
Jerry Hug resigned as CEO and a director of SITO Mobile. Also effective February 17, 2017, Richard O'Connell, Jr. was appointed to serve as Interim CEO.
 
Xchanging Solutions, India - $42.2M, October 2016
Xchanging Solutions announced that company has received a resignation letter from Mr. Alok Kumar Sinha, CEO cum whole time director with effect from November 10, 2016.
 
Brady, UK - $37.3M, September 2016
Brady plc announced that after nine years Gavin Lavelle has decided to pursue new opportunities and has stepped down as CEO. Ian Jenks will assume operational control of the company as executive chairman.
 
Touchcorp, Australia - $34.3M, November 2016
Touchcorp announced that Managing Director, Mr. Adrian Cleeve, passed away on November 8, 2016 after a short illness. The Chairman of Touchcorp, Mr. Mike Jefferies, has been appointed as acting CEO.
 
1Spatial, UK - $34.1M, December 2016
1Spatial plc announced that Marcus Hanke has ceased to carry out the functions of the CEO. Claire Milverton, CFO, will carry out this function on an interim basis.
 
RF Industries, California - $32.7M, October 2016
RF Industries announced that Johnny Walker, President and CEO, and the company mutually agreed to terminate his employment with the company to allow Mr. Walker to attend to family medical needs and to be closer to his residence in Arlington, Texas. Howard Hill, RFI's former President, CEO and Founder, will serve, without pay, as the company's interim President and CEO.
 
Lauritz.com, Denmark - $31.2M, March 2017
Lauritz.com Group A/S announced that its CEO Mette Rode Sundstrøm has intends to resign her position. The search for a new CEO will commence immediately.
 
zamano, Ireland, $26.400M , May 2016
zamano plc announced that Ross Conlon has tendered his resignation as CEO and director. The board commenced a process for the appointment of a new CEO.
 
Praemium, Australia - $22.8M, February 2017
Praemium announced that the Board has terminated the employment of Mr. Michael Ohanessian as CEO and Managing Director. Mr. Greg Camm will act as Executive Chairman until a new CEO is appointed.
 
Myriad Group, Switzerland - $17.4M, January 2017
Erik Hansen, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been appointed Executive Chairman of Myriad as Stephen Dunford resigns from his role as CEO.
 
Nuix, Australia - $17.4M, January 2017
Eddie Sheehy has resigned as CEO and director. Until the board appoints a CEO, Nuix co-founder and Chairman Dr. Tony Castagna will assume some of the responsibilities.
 
Brekford, Maryland - $16M, November 2016
Brekford entered into a separation agreement with C.B. Brechin, the company's CEO and CFO.
 
Micronet, Israel - $15.7M, January 2017
On January 8, 2017, Micronet informed Mr. Shai Lustgarten that his position as CEO is terminated effective as of January 10, 2017 however Mr. Lustgarten will continue to provide his services to the company as required until the termination of his employment.
 
Pennant International Group, UK - $14.3M, February 2017
Pennant International Group plc announced that Chris Snook has stepped down as CEO. Phil Walker, currently the CFO, has been appointed interim CEO.
 
MER Telemanagement Solutions, Israel - $14.3M, February 2017
Mer Telemanagement Solutions announced that Orey Gilliam, the company's CEO, has decided to leave the company. Mr. Alon Mualem, the company's CFO, will serve as CEO on an interim basis.
 
Giga-tronics, California - $13.7M, August 2016
Giga-tronics appointed W. Joseph Thompson as Chairman and Acting CEO. He succeeds John Regazzi, the architect of the company’s Advanced Signal Generator and Analysis platform (ASG), who is assuming the role of CTO.
 
 
WANdisco, UK - $11M, September 2016
The Board of WANdisco announced that David Richards, CEO, will be stepping down from the Board and his role as CEO. In the interim period, Paul Walker, Non-Executive Chairman, has assumed the role of Executive Chairman.
 
HealthWarehouse.com, Kentucky - $9.31M, January 2017
HealthWarehouse.com appointed John Pauly as the COO and interim President and CEO. Jeffrey Holtmeier, CEO, has left the company to pursue other interests, and in connection with his departure, has also resigned his position as a director of the company.
 
Mr Green & Co Technology, China - $7.93M, December 2016
Stefan Gustafsson has been appointed as acting CEO of Mr. Green & Co Technology AB. He has extensive experience in senior positions within IT, among other positions such as CIO at Elon Group, Boxer and Com Hem. Stefan Gustafsson succeeds Niclas Enhörning who was appointed CEO of Mr. Green & Co Technology in 2014.
 
International Datacasting Corporation, Canada - $7.2M, February 2016    
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.
 
 
Microphase, Connecticut - $6.59M, February 2017
Michael Ghadaksaz resigned as CEO, CTO, Chairman of the Board. Necdet Ergul, the Company’s former CEO and Chairman, and who is currently the Company’s President and Chief Technical Advisor, will act as Interim CEO.
 
COPsync, Texas - $6.5M, March 2017
COPsync dismissed Ronald A. Woessner as CEO and terminated his employment. Woessner did not have an employment agreement and remains a director of the Board. At the same meeting, the Board appointed Philip J. Anderson as Interim CEO. Anderson remains as CFO.
 
Urbanise.com, Australia - $6.27M, January 2017
Benjamin Churchill Current CEO, Ben Churchill, will step down from his role as CEO. Current chairman Tony Scotton will assume the role of Interim CEO.
 
Mach7 Technologies, Australia - $4.6M, March 2017
Mach7 Technologies announced the resignation of its Managing Director and Global CEO, Albert Liong.
 
Great Elm Capital Group, California - $4.5M, July 2016
Richard S. Chernicoff was appointed, on an interim basis, as CEO. Chernicoff will remain a member of the company's board.
 
RapidCloud, Malaysia - $4.2M, March 2017
RapidCloud International Plc announced that Chee Han Wen (Raymond) will also relinquish his duty as CEO. The Board has appointed Chew Man Fai, Executive Director, as interim CEO.
 
Sunvault Energy, Canada - $3.87M, October 2016
Gary Monaghan has resigned as a member of board and CEO of company. The resignation of Mr. Monaghan is as a direct result of a change of control in the company per his management contract and a difficult personal family illness at home.
 
8common, Australia - $2.74M, December 2016
CEO Nick Gonios has resigned and provided six months notice.
 
DagangHalal, UK - $1.48M, October 2016
A search for a replacement for CEO Mohamed Hazli Mohamed Hussain has commenced. In the interim period, Francis Chong, Managing Director and co-founder, has assumed the role of CEO.
 
iGAMBIT, New York - $1.47M, October 2016
The Board of Directors of iGambit unanimously voted to remove Rory T. Welch as its president and CEO. John Salerno named as its interim President and CEO.
 
Magor Corporation, Canada - $1.4M, August 2016
Magor Corporation announced that Mr. Mike Pascoe has decided to step down as CEO and a member of the Board on August 31, 2016. The board has appointed Mr. Brian Baker, its current CFO, as interim President and CEO and he will be joining the board of directors.
 
Spindle, Arizona - $0.6M, June 2016
Michael Schwartz resigned from his position as Interim CEO, for personal reasons. The Board appointed board member Dr. Jack Scott as Interim CEO.
 
 
Intrinsic4D, Michigan - $1.05M, February 2017
Jorey Chernett has resigned as director and the CEO of the corporation. The board of directors has appointed Kyle Appleby, current CFO of the corporation, as interim CEO.
 
Forbidden Technologies, UK - $0.941M, February 2017
Forbidden Technologies announced that Aziz Musa, the Company's CEO, has resigned. David Main, the Company's Chairman will, on a short term basis, be taking on the CEO's responsibilities whilst the search for a new full time CEO.
 
Epcylon Technologies, Canada - September 2015
Epcylon Technologies accepted the resignation of Jack J. Bensimon as the CEO and director. 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.
 
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.
                                    
Trendit, Israel, March 2016
The Board of Directors of Trendit appointed 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, has notified the Board of his resignation from his role as CEO and as a member of the company's board.                                    
 
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.
 
ZipLocal, Canada, May 2016
ZipLocal appointed Kent Taylor as a director and Interim CEO, effective January 26, 2017.
 
Gateway Media, Missouri, June 2016
Gateway Media announced that Gabe Douek CEO has left the company.
 
Lavu, New Mexico, June 2016
Marc Chesley has stepped down as the CEO of Lavu. Chesley confirmed that he left Lavu June 9, 2016.
 
HGS Colibrium, Georgia, June 2016
HGS Colibrium’s Board of Directors announced that Mark Poling has resigned as CEO and is leaving as a founder to pursue other interests.
 
chatAND, New York, June 2016
Effective as of January 3, 2017, David Stefasnky resigned as the interim CEO and member of the Board of Directors of chatAND.
 
Spire, Massachusetts, August 2016
On August 19, 2016, the Board of Directors of Spire Corporation notified Rodger W. LaFavre that he was released as CEO and as an employee of Spire Corporation, effective August 26, 2016. *Replacement not announced.
 
TransBiotec, California, September 2016
TransBiotec appointed Ivan Braiker as Interim CEO and Interim Secretary. Mr. Braiker was CEO of DubLi from May 2015 to January 2016.
 
INTREorg Systems, Texas, October 2016
INTREorg Systems appointed Mr. Thomas Lindholm to serve as a member of the company's board. The board intends for Mr. Lindholm to serve as Executive Director (Officer) and be charged with recruiting and hiring a full time CEO for the Company to replace out-going President, Darren Dunckel.
 
FibreCo Telecommunications, South Africa, October 2016
FibreCo Telecommunications has appointed Simon Harvey as its interim CEO for the next six months. The company says Harvey is taking over from Arif Hussain, who is leaving FibreCo after six years to pursue personal interests.
 
Zyber Holdings, Australia, December 2016
Zyber Holdings announced the resignation of Mr. Ben Daly as CEO and Mr. Jason Tomkinson will step down from his role as an executive director and will move to a non-executive role.
 
iSIGN Media Solutions, Canada, March 2017
iSIGN Media Solutions  announced a restructuring of its senior management. Joe Kozar, a major shareholder in iSIGN, will be taking on the role of Interim CEO. Alex Romanov, the company's former CEO will be undertaking the role of VP, Sales and Operations and will retain his Board position.
 
NanoSensors, Michigan, March 2017
NanoSensors announced that it has reinstated its corporate charter with the State of Nevada. The company, currently subject to a court-appointed custodianship, also named Terrance Flowers as its interim CEO and director.
 
Search Party Group, Australia, March 2017
The Board of Search Party Group announced the resignation of Managing Director and CEO Mr. Ben Hutt. The company also announced that major shareholder and marketplace specialist Joshua Rogers, who has been consulting to the company on the product development and strategic review process, will assume the role of Interim CEO.
 
Netlinkz, Australia, March 2017
Netlinkz announced that Suthan Naganayagam has resigned as Managing Director and CEO of the company, effective 24 March 2017.
 
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American Software, Georgia - $108.9M, March 2017
American Software,  announced that J. Michael Edenfield, the President and CEO of the company, has taken a medical leave of absence from the company and that H. Allan Dow, the President of the company’s Logility unit, has been elected to the office of President of the company.
 
Aware, Massachusetts - $21.6M, March 2017
The Board of Directors of the company appointed Kevin T. Russell, the company co-CEO and co-President, General Counsel and a member of the Board of Directors of the company to serve as CEO, President and General Counsel.
 
ZYTO, Utah, March 2017
ZYTO Corporation announced that it is retaining both its health and wellness business and the recently acquired Kailo solar energy business. Dr. Vaughn Cook will resume his duties as CEO of ZYTO Corp.
 
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CEOs Appointed in the month March 2017
 
Comcast Cable, Pennsylvania - $80.4B, March 2017
Comcast announced that after seven years as CEO of its Cable division, Neil Smit is changing roles beginning April 1. Smit will become the vice chairman of Comcast Corp. with plans to focus on developing future technology oriented business opportunities by working part-time with other company leaders. The current COO of Comcast Cable, Dave Watson, will take over as CEO. Smit will spend several months working with Watson to ensure a smooth transition.
 
KT Corporation, South Korea - $18.8B, March 2017
KT announced that, BC Card's VP Chae Jong-jin was named the new CEO of the company. Chae has also served as CEO of KT Telecop, and head of corporate communications business at KT.
 
Sistema, Russia - $11.3B, March 2017Mikhail Shmolin
AFK Sistema appointed Mikhail Shmolin as president and CEO, for 3 years from March 16, 2017. Shamolin was appointed President of Sistema in March 2011 and previously served as President and CEO of MTS Group from May 2008 until March 2011.
 
MediaTek, Taiwan - $8.5B, March 2017
MediaTek appointed Dr. Lih Shyng Tsai (Rick) as the Co-CEO of the company effective July 1, 2017. Prior to the company, Dr. Tsai served as Chairman and CEO of Chunghwa Telecom, from 2014 to 2016.
 
Yahoo!, California - $5.1B, March 2017
Yahoo announced that Thomas McInerney will be CEO of the leftover company, to be called Altaba.  McInerney has been on Yahoo's board since April 2012 and has worked at IAC/InterActiveCorp and Ticketmaster.
 
Zain, Kuwait - $3.5B, March 2017
The newly elected board of directors of Zain Group has appointed Vice-Chair Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi as vice-chairman and CEO of the company, and appointed Scott Gegenheimer in a new role as CEO of operations.
 
Naver, South Korea - $3.3B, March 2017Han seong-sook
Naver has appointed VP Han Seong-sook as its CEO.
 
Telekom Malaysia, Malaysia - $2.6B, March 2017
Telekom Malaysia Bhd has appointed Datuk Seri Mohammed Shazalli Ramly as its new Managing Director and Group CEO. Shazalli is currently the regional CEO and Corporate EVP for Axiata Group Bhd.
 
William Hill, United Kingdom - $1.9B, March 2017
William Hill PLC has appointed Philip Bowcock as CEO with immediate effect. Philip was appointed Interim CEO in July 2016 having previously been CFO of the company.
 
CoreLogic, California - $1.9B, March 2017
CoreLogic announced that Frank Martell has been named President & CEO and Director. Martell joined the company as CFO in 2011 and became COO in 2014.
 
Digital China Holdings, Hong Kong - $1.5B, March 2017
Denis Shing Fai YIP will be appointed as a CEO of the company, together with Mr. LIN Yang, who will continue to serve as CEO and an executive Director of the Company. Yip has been the Global SVP and the President of Greater China of EMC Corporation since July 2006.
 
Lands' End, Wisconsin - $1.3B, March 2017
Lands' End announced that Jerome Griffith started in his role as the CEO of the company. Mr. Griffith brings a wide range of consumer brand experience to the company, most recently serving as President and CEO at Tumi Holdings.
 
Cincinnati Bell, Ohio - $1.1B, March 2017
Cincinnati Bell announced that President and COO Leigh R. Fox has been named president and CEO.
 
Telecom Egypt, Egypt - $779.2M, March 2017
Telecom Egypt’s board announced that Board Member Ahmed El Beheiry will be the new CEO.
 
Torstar, Canada - $510.0M, March 2017
Torstar Corporation announced that John Boynton has been named as President and CEO of Torstar and as Publisher of the Toronto Star. Since 2014 Mr. Boynton has served as Chief Marketing Officer of the Americas Coalitions business of Aimia.
 
MTNL, India - $498.5M, March 2017
MTNL has appointed P K Purwar as its new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) for a period of 5 years. Purwar first joined MTNL in May 2014 and currently works with the company as Director of finance operations.
 
Huawei Technologies (Australia), Australia - $467.7M, March 2017
Huawei Australia has appointed Meng Xiaojie as its CEO. Prior to this appointment, Xiaojie worked for Huawei as CEO in Pakistan.
 
YES24, South Korea - $349.7M, March 2017
YES 24 has appointed Kim Seok Hwan as co-CEO of the company. Currently, Hwan serves at Yes24 as an executive director.
 
Cegid, France - $332.0M, March 2017
Cegid announced that Pascal Houillon, former CEO of Sage Americas and of Sage France, has been appointed as the new CEO.
 
U.S. Auto Parts Network, California - $303.6M, March 2017
U.S. Auto Parts Network appointed Aaron Coleman as CEO and Director. Coleman, 42, has served as President of U.S. Auto Parts since October 2016 and COO since September 2010.
 
The Rubicon Project, California - $278.2M, March 2017
Rubicon Project announced that Michael Barrett will be joining the company as CEO. Barrett was previously the CEO of Millennial Media. Previously, Michael was Chief Revenue Officer at Yahoo!.
 
Sanoma Magazines, Belgium - $258.4M, March 2017
Sanoma Media Belgium has appointed Yves Berlize as the new CEO of the media company. Berlize has considerable experience in media and currently fulfils the role of Domain Director Women in Sanoma Media Belgium.
 
EXFO, Canada - $245.6M, March 2017
EXFO has appointed Philippe Morin as EXFO's new CEO. Mr. Morin has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and became EXFO's COO in November 2015.
 
Addnode, Sweden - $241.8M, March 2017
Addnode Group's current CFO Johan Andersson will take over as President and CEO of Addnode Group.
 
Globenet, Brazil - $229.4M, March 2017
GlobeNet announced two new leadership appointments: that of Erick W. Contag as Executive Chairman, and Eduardo Falzoni as CEO. Falzoni joined Globenet as its Chief Commercial Officer in April 2016, having served in several C-level roles prior to joining the GlobeNet team.
 
exceet Group, Luxembourg - $142.9M, March 2017
The Board of Directors of exceet Group SE appointed Wolf-Gunter Freese's position as interim acting CEO into a regular function as group CEO.
 
magicJack VocalTec, Israel - $97.4M, March 2017
magicJack VocalTec  appointed Don Carlos Bell III as CEO of magicJack. Bell is also a Board nominee of magicJack since December 2016, and has spent the interim forming his strategy and recruiting his executive team. Bell is a Telecom and Technology Entrepreneur and Investor.
 
KT linkus, South Korea - $97.2M, March 2017
KT announced appointments of the chiefs of group subsidiaries. The company appointed Kim Jin-hoon as CEO for KT Linkus.
 
Sunworks, California - $86.4M, March 2017
Sunworks appointed Charles (Chuck) F. Cargile as CEO. Cargile has served as an independent director of Sunworks since September 2016. Cargile served as CFO of Newport Corporation.
 
Accela, California - $80.0M, March 2017
Accela appointed Ed Daihl as CEO. Most recently, Daihl served as SVP for Epicor, where he managed a P&L of ERP and retail software solutions spanning 5,000+ clients in 11 international markets.
 
Prescient, South Africa - $68.6M, March 2017
The board of directors of the PBT Group announced that the appointment of Mr. Pierre de Wet as CEO. Wet co-founded PBT in 1998.
 
Solteq, Finland - $66.7M, March 2017
Solteq Oyj announced that Olli Väätäinen current Member of the Board of Directors, will start as CEO of Solteq Plc on April 1, 2017.
 
ad pepper media, Germany - $64.6M, March 2017
Dr. Jens Körner appointed as CEO of ad pepper media International N.V. and sole member of the group's Management Board. As CFO, Jens Körner has for the past ten years managed the finances of the ad pepper media group.
 
Lightspeed, New Jersey - $57.5M, March 2017
Kantar announced new leadership for Lightspeed. Caroline Frankum, previously CEO, Europe Middle East and Africa, is promoted to global CEO while Nick Nyhan becomes Chairman of Lightspeed.
 
Mindteck, India - $49.2M, March 2017
Mindteck (India) announced that Mr. Sanjeev Kathpalia was appointed as an Additional Director, Managing Director and CEO. Most recently, Mr. Kathpalia served as a Senior Advisor for the Republic of Turkey – Prime Ministry, Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey. 
 
Cloudmark, California - $41.1M, March 2017
Cloudmark appointed Jason Donahue as its CEO. Donahue brings nearly two decades of experience with a track record of success leading both public and private companies including Acronis, Vertex Business Services, Atlantis Computing, Meiosys, Ejasent, ClearApp, TeleComputing, and Apptix.
 
Evariant, Connecticut - $39.3M, March 2017
Evariant announced that it has appointed Clay Ritchey as CEO. Most recently, Ritchey served as GM and Chief Marketing Officer of Imprivata.
 
Trabon Solutions, Missouri - $24.5M, March 2017
Trabon Group announced that Shawn Nicholas is the new CEO at Trabon Group. Nicholas, who has been the firm's CFO since 2013, succeeds Tim Trabon, the company's owner and CEO for more than 50 years.
 
OmniComm Systems, Florida - $24.4M, March 2017
OmniComm Systems approved a reorganization of the company’s executive management team. CEO Cornelis F. Wit is transitioning to executive chairman. Stephen E. Johnson, the company’s current president and COO, has been named by the company’s board of directors to succeed Mr. Wit as CEO.
 
DDB Mudra, India - $23.1M, March 2017
Madhukar Kamath is stepping down as group CEO and MD, DDB Mudra Group. His successors are Vineet Gupta, (currently chief digital officer, DDB Mudra Group) who will be group CEO and Aditya Kanthy (currently chief strategy officer, DDB Mudra Group) who will be group managing director.
 
R&D-Altanova, New Jersey - $22.0M, March 2017
R&D Altanova announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Seyed Paransun as CEO. Seyed joined R&D in 2016 and in a short period of time has proven to be a visionary leader with superb execution abilities. Prior to Joining R&D Altanova, Seyed served as VP of worldwide back-end operations and operations excellence at Atmel Corporation.
 
Photon Control, Canada - $21.5M, March 2017
Photon Control appointed Scott Edmonds, president and CEO, and director. Most recently Edmonds led the turnaround of Webtech Wireless into a supplier of software-as-a-service solutions to fleet managers across North America.
 
Majestar, South Korea - $20.3M, March 2017
Majestar has appointed Woo Sung Deok as co-CEO of the company. The appointment is effective from March 14, 2017.
 
Savi Technology, Virginia - $19.7M, March 2017
Savi reported that it has appointed J. Richard (Rich) Carlson as CEO. Carlson is the founder and president of the Neon Dolphin Technology Group where he advised and helped grow IoT (Internet of Things) and software firms.
 
Safe Computing, United Kingdom - $19.6M, March 2017
The Access Group has completed the acquisition of Safe Computing. Sandy Scott, Safe CEO, is leaving the business and Paul Vogel, an executive with more than 30 years in the enterprise software industry, has joined Access as Managing Director of the Safe subsidiary.
 
Rubicon Technology, Illinois - $19.6M, March 2017
Rubicon Technology reported that it has concluded its search for a new CEO and appointed Timothy E. Brog, as CEO. Brog has been a director of Rubicon since May 2016.
 
IEH Corporation, New York - $19.0M, March 2017
Michael Offerman, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO died suddenly. The Board elected David Offerman to replace Michael Offerman as Chairman, President and CEO of the company. David Offerman became a director of the company in 2016 and currently holds the position of VP-Sales and Marketing of the company.
 
Guestline, United Kingdom - $16.9M, March 2017
Guestline appointed Andrew McGregor as new CEO. Andrew brings extensive international software and IT experience, most recently in retail, where as CEO he built eCommera into a global SaaS and IT services leader that counted some of the most famous global brands and retailers as customers.
 
Ecoark, Arkansas - $14.4M, March 2017
Ecoark Holdings announced several key organizational changes and voted to appoint Jay Puchir CEO of Ecoark Holdings. Most recently, he led Ecoark's financial planning and analysis, treasury and secretary functions, and worked with the Corporate Controller with financial reporting.
 
Image Sensing Systems, Minnesota - $14.1M, March 2017
Image Sensing Systems announced that the board has appointed Chad Stelzig as permanent president and CEO. Mr. Stelzig previously served as interim president and CEO, and VP of engineering.
 
Ascentis Corporation, California - $13.7M, March 2017
Ascentis Corporation announced a majority recapitalization by global growth equity investor Summit Partners. Brian Provost, an Executive-in-Residence with Summit Partners and a software industry leader with more than 20 years of executive experience, will join Ascentis as CEO.
 
Prophecy International, Australia - $9.3M, March 2017
Prophecy International Holdings appointed Brad Thomas to the new position of CEO for the company. Brad joined eMite in October 2016 as the General Manager of Sales.
 
CCN-Tech, Thailand - $8.9M, March 2017
CCN-Tech appointed Mr. Sithidej Mayalarp as CEO.
 
Netccentric, Singapore - $8.7M, March 2017
Netccentric appointed Mr. Desmond Kiu as its new CEO. Most recently he was the CEO of Sashimi Asia ­ a subsidiary of Netccentric.
 
RichRelevance, California - $8.7M, March 2017
RichRelevance appointed Carl Theobald as President and CEO. Theobald most recently served as CEO of FollowAnalytics.
 
Megaport, Australia - $4.6M, March 2017
Megaport announced that it has signed a new employment agreement with Mr. Vincent English, who will be appointed as CEO, effective 1 April 2017. He joined the company in June 2015.
 
LightwaveRF, United Kingdom - $1.9M, March 2017
LightwaveRF Plc appointed Andrew Pearson as its new CEO, replacing Mike Lord. Pearson spent six years as CEO of CloudPay, before later becoming a non-executive director of the business.
 
Rision, Australia - $0.1M, March 2017
Rision announced that Mr. Andrew Dale has been appointed as the company's new CEO. Mr. Dale replaces interim CEO Mr. Paul Steele. Andrew's previous roles include Sales Director APAC for CU2 Global Distribution, APAC Sales Director for JASCO, etc.
 
T-Mobile Polska, Poland, March 2017
T-Mobile Poland's CEO Adam Sawicki is leaving the company as of 31 March 2017 and from 1 April 2017 Andreas Maierhofer, currently CEO of Makedonski Telekom, will be appointed CEO of T-Mobile Poland.
 
First Advantage, Georgia, March 2017
First Advantage announced that it has selected Scott Staples as the organization's next CEO. Staples currently serves as president of the Americas and head of vertical markets at Mindtree.
 
Michael Baker International, Pennsylvania, March 2017
Michael Baker International has named Brian A. Lutes as president and CEO. Lutes has served as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Michael Baker where he has made significant contributions to the growth of the company.
 
Elavon, Georgia, March 2017
Jamie Walker has been named CEO of Elavon.  Walker is transitioning from his current role as chief administrative officer (CAO) for U.S. Bank's Payment Services division, a role he has held for two years.
 
DTG bv, Netherlands, March 2017
Erik Wiechers has been appointed as new CEO of DTG. In the past seven years, Erik was SVP of Ziggo Business. New CEO will lead DTG in second phase of online transition.
 
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, California, March 2017
Peregrine Semiconductor appointed Stefan Wolff as Peregrine's new CEO. He most recently served as VP and general manager of Intel's mobile communications business in Munich, Germany.
 
Softvision Paradigms International Group, Georgia, March 2017
Softvision announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Andres Angelani as CEO. Prior to Softvision, Angelani worked at Globant, which he joined in 2004.
 
Omnitele, Finland, March 2017
Omnitele has appointed Ville Laakso as its new CEO. Laakso became acting CEO at the start of 2017 when Tomi Paatsila announced his departure from the position.
 
NuState Energy, Florida, March 2017
The company's Board of Directors appointed Mr. Scott Wroblreski as its CEO. Mr. Wroblreski has over 25 years of experience working direct or as a consultant for many of leading companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Sciences and Safran (formely Snecma). He was deputy Director of Launch Nuclear Safety at Lockheed Martin Astronautics for the NASA New Horizons satellite that recently flew by Pluto onto the Kuiper Belts.
 
AppTech, California, March 2017
AppTech announced several changes in its management and board of directors. Mickey Gross, a significant shareholder of the company and CEO of Crossfire Marketing Group, will replace Steven Cox as CEO.
 
Telecom Vanuatu, Vanuatu, March 2017
The boards of Telecom Vanuatu and ATH appointed Mr. Divik Deo as CEO for Telecom Vanuatu . Most recently, Divik was the CFO at Vodafone Fiji.
 
VoltDB, Massachusetts, March 2017
VoltDB appointed David Flower to the role of President and CEO. He had most recently served as the company's Chief Revenue Officer.
 
Ayasdi, California, March 2017Robert Griffin
Ayasdi appointed Robert Griffin to the position of CEO. Formerly the general manager of IBM's Safer Planet and Smarter Cities division, he succeeds co-founder and former-CEO Gurjeet Singh who will serve as executive chairman of the board of directors.
 
Sonion, Denmark, March 2017
Sonion appointed Jesper Ahlmann Funding Andersen as the President & CEO of the Sonion Group. Since 2014, he has been SVP of Global Sales and Marketing at Widex A/S.
 
Seven Bridges Genomics, Massachusetts, March 2017
Seven Bridges appointed Brandi Davis-Dusenbery, Ph.D., to the position of CEO. Seven Bridges's SVP of Science & Product, Brandi succeeds co-founder Deniz Kural, Ph.D., who is assuming the role of Executive Chairman.
 
Viewics, California, March 2017
Viewics appointed Keith Laughman as the company's new CEO. Laughman has served as President of Mayo Collaborative Services and Mayo Medical Laboratories, President of AmeriPath Reference Services and Specialty Reference Laboratory, as well as President and CEO of Med Fusion Clinical Lab.
 
Accelyst Solutions, India, March 2017
Snapdeal appointed Jason Kothari as the CEO of FreeCharge, Jason has already been the CEO of two successful companies - Softbank-backed online real estate company Housing.com, and character-based entertainment company, Valiant Entertainment. Kothari will, however, continue his role as Chief Strategy and Investment Officer at Snapdeal.
 
InMoment, Utah, March 2017
InMoment reported that its board of directors has appointed Andrew Joiner as the company's new CEO. Prior to joining InMoment, Joiner served as worldwide head of the HP Software's customer experience business.
 
Beckon, California, March 2017
Beckon appointed Bernardo de Albergaria to CEO, leveraging his go-to-market and technology experience to continue Beckon's remarkable growth. Most recently, de Albergaria was VP and GM of the collaboration product group at Atlassian.
 
CreativeDrive, New York, March 2017
Myles Peacock has been named CEO of CreativeDrive. Peacock joins company from Omnicom Group's global implementation and production agency, where he was President, Americas, Global Brand Leader and original Worldwide COO and Co-Founder.
 
Syapse, California, March 2017
Syapse announced that Ken Tarkoff is joining the company as its new CEO. Previously, Ken served as COO for RelayHealth and SVP and general manager at RelayHealth after it was acquired by McKesson.
 
Cedexis, Oregon, March 2017
Cedexis appointed Ryan Windham as its new CEO, as the company heads towards its next phase of growth. Windham originally joined Cedexis in mid-2016 as VP of Product and Strategy, with a mandate to chart a strategic course for the company's future.
 
Brand Networks, Massachusetts, March 2017
Brand Networks announced that it has appointed Chief Revenue Officer Todd Taplin to the position of CEO.
 
iQ media Group, Pennsylvania, March 2017
iQ Media announced its new CEO, Kevin Kohn. Kohn served as the CRO of data management company Lotame.
 
JOOR, New York, March 2017
JOOR announced that longtime retail, e-commerce and marketplace executive Kristin Savilia has joined the company as CEO to lead the company through its next phase of growth. Savilia most recently spent 11 years at XO Group.
 
Edgeverve Systems, India, March 2017
Infosys has appointed Pervinder Johar as the new CEO of Edgeverve, its wholly owned products and platforms subsidiary. Johar was previously CEO of Steelwedge Software.
 
Microsoft Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, March 2017
Microsoft has appointed Ronald Binkofski as CEO of its Kazakhstan regional branch. Binkofski earlier worked as head of the Microsoft branch in Poland.
 
Siva Power, California, March 2017
Siva Power has hired Bruce Sohn to lead the company as CEO. Sohn previously was the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Siva Power and he replaces Brad Mattson in the leadership role, while Mattson now serves as Executive Chairman of the Board.
 
Kryon Systems , Israel, March 2017
Kryon Systems appointed Harel Tayeb as the new CEO. He has held several leadership positions including AVG Israel Country Manager. Prior to AVG Harel led Como.
 
TiTANplatform, South Korea, March 2017
TiTANplatform announced that Adrian Sexton as CEO to lead expansion of its operations in the United States. Sexton was most recently COO & Interim President of Endemol Shine Beyond.
 
Secoo Holding, China, March 2017
Eric Chan, former general manager of shopping mall K11, will join the company as CEO of secoo mall.
 
MTN South Africa, South Africa, March 2017
The MTN Group announced that Mteto Nyati will be stepping down as the CEO of MTN SA. MTN announced that Godfrey Motsa will assume the position of CEO of MTN SA. Godfrey is currently VP of the SEA region at MTN Group.
 
Sigstr, Indiana, March 2017
Sigstr announced former Salesforce Marketing Cloud chief product officer Bryan Wade is joining Sigstr as CEO.
 
Monarch Medical Technologies, North Carolina, March 2017
Monarch Medical Technologies announced that Linda Beneze has joined the company as its new CEO. Formerly the CEO at Medical Technology Products, Beneze has extensive experience building and leading global high-performance teams.
 
Blue Sky Network, California, March 2017
Blue Sky Network announced that Kambiz Aghili has been named CEO. Mr.  Aghili is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
 
Article One Partners, New York, March 2017
Article One Partners announced that former President Peter Vanderheyden has been promoted to the position of CEO.
 
Aston EyeTech, United Kingdom, March 2017
Aston EyeTech has appointed Carl D Francis as Group CEO. Francis, comes from the consumer electronics industry, most recently as CEO at P2i.
 
Ecrebo, United Kingdom, March 2017
Ecrebo announced that it has appointed David Buckingham as CEO. Buckingham, who joins Ecrebo from Aimia Shopper Insights in New York, brings over 25 years’ experience in the retail and CPG insights and analytics space.
 
Cox Automotive, Australia, March 2017
Cox Automotive Australia has appointed Gary Martin as their CEO. Gary is currently based in the USA leading Xtime.
 
e-Zassi, Florida, March 2017
eZassi announced that Jennifer Creech has joined the company as CEO. Prior to joining eZassi, Creech was the CEO and President of InHouse.
 
Totally Hip Technologies, Canada, March 2017
Totally Hip Technologies appointed Mr. Anthony J. Beruschi, B.Sc, LLB, as President, director and CEO. Mr. Beruschi has been a significant investor in transformative technologies. He is a senior securities and corporate finance lawyer, member of the Law Society of British Columbia and venture capitalist.
 
RealMassive, Texas, March 2017
RealMassive recruited technology executive Patrick Lashinsky as CEO. With critical investments in personnel and infrastructure, they aim to finally solve the industry's legacy issues involving data accuracy and accessibility.
 
Technovative Group, Hong Kong, March 2017
Dato Foo Khee Long was appointed as the CEO, President, Treasurer, Secretary and director of the Board of the Company. Dato Foo Khee Long has been associated with the ICT industry for more than 20 years, and worked for a few renowned companies like Sony and Hewlett-Packard-Packard.
 
Transaction Solutions International, Australia, March 2017
The Board of Transaction Solutions International (TSN) appointed Mr. Jeffrey Lai as CEO. Lai's professional career includes senior management roles at: Accenture PLC as Managing Director of Banking Strategy in Southeast Asia, with a focus on digital strategy and transformation execution for the banking sector.
 
 

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Apple Hires Shiva Rajaraman to Boost its Video and Music StrategyShiva Rajaraman

In a bid to boost its video and music strategy, Apple has hired former YouTube and Spotify executive, Shiva Rajaraman. Rajaraman spent 8 years at YouTube, working to secure licensed content from companies like Disney for streaming.  After his tenure at YouTube, Rajaraman spent two years at  Spotify working on its video and podcasting efforts, licensing content from Time Warner, Disney and NBC.

Comcast Cable COO Promoted as CEO       

Comcast announced that after seven years as CEO of its Cable division, Neil Smit is changing roles beginning April 1. Smit will become the vice chairman of Comcast with plans to focus on developing future technology oriented business opportunities by working part-time with other company leaders. The current COO of Comcast Cable, Dave Watson, will take over as CEO. Smit will spend several months working with Watson to ensure a smooth transition.

Cisco Systems Appoints Allergan CEO to its Board  

Cisco appointed Brenton L. Saunders, 46, Chairman, CEO and President of Allergan, to its Board of Directors. He has significant healthcare industry expertise and led various business transformations and integrations. He has an extensive experience negotiating and implementing corporate integrity agreements with state and federal agencies.

Qualcomm Appoints EVP, Engineering as CTO      Dr. James H. Thompson 

Qualcomm announced that Dr. James H. Thompson, EVP of engineering, has been appointed to the additional position of CTO. Matt Grob, EVP, Qualcomm Technologies and CTO, will transition to the role of EVP of technology, Qualcomm Technologies. In addition to leading QCT engineering, as CTO, Thompson will align the companywide technical and product roadmaps across all business areas.

Nokia Changes Organizational Structure; Brings Changes to Group Leadership Team

Nokia announced changes in its organizational structure and Group Leadership Team (GLT). The organizational changes include the separation of Nokia's current Mobile Networks business group into two distinct, but closely linked organizations: one focused on products and solutions, called Mobile Networks, and the other on services, called Global Services. 

The company also announced that Marc Rouanne, currently Chief Innovation and Operating Officer, will become President of the Mobile Networks business group, responsible for mobile products and solutions, including 4G, 5G, cloud core, small cells and other advanced mobile solutions. Rouanne will remain on the GLT.

Igor Leprince, currently EVP of Global Services, will take the role of President of Global Services, a new business group comprised of the Services organization that currently resides within the existing Mobile Networks business group, including company-wide managed services. Leprince will join the GLT as a new member.

Monika Maurer, currently COO of Fixed Networks, will assume the position of Group COO, responsible for Nokia's operating model, Global Operations (manufacturing and supply chain), procurement, implementation of cost saving and ongoing transformation activities, information technology, real estate, and quality. Maurer will join the GLT as a new member.

Marcus Weldon, currently President of Nokia Bell Labs and CTO, will retain those responsibilities and join the GLT as a new member.

Kathrin Buvac, Chief Strategy Officer, will assume additional responsibilities for incubation of select new business opportunities, and Barry French, Chief Marketing Officer, will assume additional responsibilities for Health, Safety, Security and Environment. They will both remain on the GLT.

With the integration of Alcatel-Lucent largely complete, Samih Elhage has decided to leave Nokia to pursue new opportunities.

Ericsson Simplifies Organizational Structure; Witnesses Leadership Shuffles

In line with the business strategy, Ericsson is simplifying its organizational structure by removing the two-tiered leadership structure, Executive Leadership Team and Global Leadership Team, and forming a single Executive Team. In addition, the geographical setup with ten regions will become five market areas, and the business areas are re-defined and reduced to three.

Per Borgklint, Anders Lindblad, Jean-Philippe Poirault and Charlotta Sund will leave the executive leadership team.

Ericsson appointed Nunzio Mirtillo as head of market area South East Asia, Oceania and India.

Rafiah Ibrahim named as President and Head of the newly created Market Area Middle East and Africa. The appointment follows a review of the Ericsson's business strategy and changes to the Executive team. Ibrahim, who has led Region Middle East since July 2014, stepped into the role from April 2017 as a new member of Ericsson's Executive Team. The newly-created Market Area was formed by merging the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, in a move to revitalize technology and market leadership and enable customer success.

Motorola Solutions Appoints Skype Exec as Head of Software        

Motorola Solutions announced the leader of the company’s new software organization. Andrew Sinclair, previously of the Skype division of Microsoft, joins Motorola Solutions as the company’s first-ever head of software. Sinclair will lead the company’s software organization. As head of software, Sinclair will lead an integrated team focused on development, sales and delivery of software that provides critical intelligence to public safety and commercial users.

Motorola Solutions has appointed Sirio Magliocca as General Manager and President for the Italian market. Sirio, who has been with the Motorola Solutions since 1986, leads the company's channel business in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta, responsible for reseller networks, marketing and sales activity. In his role as General Manager, he will lead the development and implementation of business strategies in Italy for both government and commercial sectors.

Juniper Networks Announces Management Changes

Networking products giant Juniper Networks announced that Kevin Hutchins, the company’s SVP, Strategy and Business Development, has been appointed to serve in a newly created position as the company’s SVP, Strategy and Product Line Management, and Andy Athreya, the company’s SVP, Engineering, has been appointed as the company’s SVP, Chief Development Officer.

Jonathan Davidson, EVP and General Manager, Juniper Development and Innovation, notified the Company of his intention to resign from the Company.

ZTE EVP Resigns

Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment company ZTE Corporation received a resignation report in writing from Zeng Xuezhong, an EVP of the company. Due to his personal reasons, Zeng Xuezhong has tendered his resignation from the position of the EVP of the company.

F5 Networks Appoints SVP, Sales, Asia Pacific         

F5 Networks appointed Adam Judd to the company's leadership team as SVP, Sales, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Judd is responsible for charting F5's strategic business growth across 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region. He was most recently VP, APAC at Brocade Communications.

InterDigital Announces Board Changes

InterDigital, the company that designs and develops technologies for wireless communications, appointed Joan Gillman to the company's Board of Directors. Gillman was EVP of Time Warner Cable and President and COO of Time Warner Cable Media from 2006 until shortly after Time Warner’s acquisition by Charter Communications in May 2016.

The company also announced that longtime director Robert S. Roath will retire from the Board of Directors at the end of his current term.

Cheetah Mobile Announces CFO Departure  

Cheetah Mobile announced that Ka Wai Andy Yeung has resigned as CFO, to pursue other opportunities. Pending the appointment of Yeung's successor, the Company's Board of Directors has appointed Yuk Keung Francis Ng, a director and the CFO of Kingsoft, as the interim CFO of the Company.  Yeung will remain as an external advisor to the Company to facilitate a smooth transition.

Mitel Appoints Director with Proven Track Record in Managing Innovation Transitions; Names New Senior LeadersMartha Bejar

Mitel announced the appointment of Martha Bejar to the company's Board of Directors. Bejar brings to Mitel broad corporate board experience in the information, communication, technology (ICT) sector, and has also held senior leadership positions with some of the world's leading global technology companies including: CEO and Director of Flow Mobile; Chairperson/CEO of Wipro Infocrossing Cloud Computing Services; Corporate VP for Communications at Microsoft; and a series of executive positions at Nortel Networks including President of the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) region.

Graham Bevington, the company's current EVP and Chief Sales Officer and a named executive officer of the company, will become the EVP of Business Development of the Company.

Mitel appointed Todd Abbott, a seasoned executive and industry leader with over 30 years of technology and business communications experience, to oversee the global sales operations at Mitel as EVP of Global Sales. Abbott joins Mitel following a career spanning senior sales positions at Cisco, Symbol Technologies, Seagate Technologies, Avaya and Sonus Networks.

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Digital Media Board and Management Moves: Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Yahoo! & Others

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Kleiner Perkins’ Chief Product Officer Resigns from Amazon Board; Appoints Head of Its Seattle Game-Production StudioWilliam B. Gordon

William B. Gordon, 66, resigned as a director of Amazon after fourteen years on the board. Gordon stepped down so he could provide consulting services to the company for two years. Gordon is currently the Chief Product Officer at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Bing also leads KPCB’s sFund, the investment initiative to fund and build applications and services that deliver on the promise of the social web.

Amazon.com has appointed Louis Castle as head of the company's Seattle game-production studio. Currently, Castle serves at Castle Production Services as executive, creative, artistic and technical director. He also serves at Westwood Studios as its co-founder. Previously, he also worked for Shuffle Master and Zynga.

Facebook Names CAO

Facebook appointed Susan Taylor, to serve as Chief Accounting Officer of the company (including as its Principal Accounting Officer). Jas Athwal, the company’s previous Chief Accounting Officer, notified the company of his intent to resign. Taylor is the VP, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer of LinkedIn, having served in such roles since January 2012. Prior, Taylor was the VP, Controller, and CAO of Silver Spring Networks.

eBay Founder Pierre Omidyar Not to Stand for Re-Election to PayPal Board          

Pierre Omidyar informed PayPal that he will not stand for re-election to PayPal’s Board of Directors when his current term expires. He is the founder of the eBay where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015.

Yahoo! Announces New CEO and Other Senior Leaders for Altaba

As Yahoo! prepares to join Verizon, it has revealed that its remaining business under the Altaba entity will be run by its board member Thomas McInerney, 52, the former EVP & CFO of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Altaba was created in January to be an investment company, when Yahoo! announced that, following the close of its merger with Verizon, what's left of the company will be changing its name to Altaba. Altaba will be managing assets in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan, along with some non-core patents not included in the Verizon sale. It’s a successor to Aabaco, which was created by Yahoo’s board in 2015 but ultimately stalled after the company decided to do a “reverse spin-off” instead.

McInerney has served as a member of Yahoo’s Board since April 2012. He is former EVP and CFO of IAC/InterActiveCorp. He also served as CEO of the retailing division of IAC (which included HSN and Cornerstone Brands). Prior, McInerney served as EVP and CFO of Ticketmaster and worked as a Principal at Morgan Stanley.  McInerney serves on the boards of directors of HSN, Interval Leisure Group and Match Group.

The newly-announced CEO was named chairman of Yahoo’s strategic review committee last spring when the company fell under pressure to avoid a proxy battle with activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP.

Current Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer will be departing the company with a severance totaling to $23 million, according to a proxy statement filed by Yahoo!.

Joining McInerney at Altaba are current Yahoo! executives and outside advisors Arthur Chong, 63, who will be General Counsel and Secretary, Alexi Wellman, 46, who is the new Chief Financial and Accounting Officer, and DeAnn Fairfield Work, 47, who is joining as Chief Compliance Officer.

Chong served as an outside legal advisor to Yahoo! from October 2016. Prior to that, he served as a special advisor to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, a law firm. Previously, he served as EVP, General Counsel and Secretary at Broadcom and EVP and Chief Legal Officer at Safeco.

Wellman has served as VP, Global Controller of Yahoo! since October 2015, being promoted from VP, Finance. Before Yahoo!, Wellman served as CFO of Nebraska Book Company, which owned and operated college bookstores, and was a Partner at KPMG.

Work has served as an outside legal advisor to Yahoo! since December 2016. From December 2012 to February 2016, she served as SVP, Senior Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Broadcom. Before that, she was VP and Deputy General Counsel of Broadcom.

Paychex Director Pamela A. Joseph Resigns 

Pamela A. Joseph, 57, notified Paychex of her resignation from the Company's Board of Directors. Joseph has been a member of the Board since 2005. Joseph has been the President and COO of Total System Services since May 2016.

Expedia Elects Chelsea Clinton as Director  Chelsea Clinton

Expedia expanded the size of the Board from thirteen to fourteen members and elected Chelsea Clinton to fill the newly-created directorship. Clinton currently serves as Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation where her work emphasizes improving global and domestic health, creating service opportunities and empowering the next generation of leaders. She has previously worked as an associate at McKinsey and as an Assistant Vice Provost at New York University, where she focused on interfaith initiatives and the university’s Global Expansion Program.

Auto Trader Group Appoints New COO       

UK's largest digital automotive marketplace Auto Trader Group announced that Nathan Coe has been appointed COO and Executive Director of the company. Nathan joined Auto Trader in 2007 to oversee the transition from a magazine business to being a pure digital company. Prior to joining Auto Trader, Nathan was at Telstra, where he led Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Development for its media and internet businesses.

Criteo Hires EVP, Americas from NinthDecimal

Digital advertising firm Criteo announced that Greg Archibald has joined the company as EVP, Americas. Archibald joins Criteo after four years serving as Chief Revenue Officer for NinthDecimal, where he was instrumental in transforming the Wi-Fi ad network into a true mobile location data player. Before joining NinthDecimal, Archibald held senior-level strategic revenue positions at Datalogix, Yahoo and Intuit.

Paysafe Group Appoints Female Non-Executive Directors

Online payments company Paysafe Group named Jennifer Allerton and Karen Guerra as independent Non-Executive Directors of the company. Jennifer Allerton brings a wealth of international experience in payments technology, data innovation, operations and IT strategy. She is the former CIO of the pharmaceutical division of Hoffmann-La Roche, where she was a member of the pharmaceutical executive committee which doubled sales and quadrupled profits in a five-year period. Jennifer is currently a non-executive director on the boards of Sandvik, Iron Mountain and Aveva Group.

Karen Guerra has significant senior-level experience in the consumer goods sector, having been Managing Director and Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive's UK company between 1996-1999, followed by heading the larger French subsidiary between 1999-2006 operating across Oral, Personal & Household Care. She is a non-executive director of Davide Campari-Milano.

Groupon Adds IAC CEO Joey Levin to Board of Directors   

Groupon announced that Joey Levin, CEO of IAC will join its Board of Directors. Levin, has enjoyed a 14-year career at IAC and currently oversees the media and Internet company composed of widely known brands such as HomeAdvisor, Vimeo, About.com, Dictionary.com.

Blackhawk Network Witnesses Board and Exec Transitions 

Digital payment solutions provider Blackhawk Network Holdings and JANA Partners announced Robert Henske and Jeffrey H. Fox as new independent directors. Robert B. Henske served as a Managing Director at Hellman & Friedman from July 2007 through 2014, and as a Senior Advisor from 2014 to 2016. From May 2005 until July 2007, he served as SVP and GM of the Consumer Tax Group of Intuit.

Jeffrey H. Fox is a principal of The Circumference Group. He was President and CEO of Convergys from 2010 to November 2012, and then Executive Chairman until April 2013.

Jerry Ulrich, the company’s CFO, announced that he plans to retire by the end of 2017 after 11 years with the company. The company has initiated a search to identify a replacement for Ulrich.

As previously disclosed, the Blackhawk Board has also been engaged in succession planning for Bill Tauscher’s responsibilities as Head of International leading the company’s international business and its corporate development strategy and execution. Mr. Tauscher anticipates stepping down from his international responsibilities in 2017 as a search and transition is completed. In addition, a similar transition is planned for Mr. Tauscher’s corporate development responsibilities following the transition of his international responsibilities. Mr. Tauscher intends to continue serving as Chairman of the Blackhawk Board.

Travelport Worldwide Appoints Board Members and Senior Leader 

Travel commerce platform Travelport Worldwide appointed Elizabeth L. Buse and John B. Smith to the Board. The Board also designated Rose Thomson, EVP and CHRO as an executive officer of the company.

Buse was previously employed as CEO and Director by Monitise Plc, EVP Product Development & Management by Visa USA, VP Strategic Initiatives by First Data, EVP Solutions by Visa, and Senior Engagement Manager by Windermere Investment Associates.

Smith served as COO of Burberry Group and CEO of BBC Worldwide.

TrueCar Appoints Retired American Honda Motor EVP as Board Member; Names Leaders to Drive OEM Program Initiatives      John Mendel 

Automotive pricing and information website Truecar nominated John Mendel to its board of directors. Mendel recently retired from American Honda Motor Company, where he was the EVP, Automobile Division. Prior to joining American Honda, Mendel spent 28 years with Ford Motor Company and served as EVP and COO for Mazda North American Operations.

Abhishek Agrawal, board member since 2013, informed TrueCar that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Michael Darrow has become the company’s EVP of OEM Development for new OEM program initiatives in support of TrueCar’s ongoing commitment to create modern automotive marketplace. Prior to joining TrueCar, Mike spent more than 14 years with Edmunds.com, where he played a key leadership role in the company’s growth and development.

Etsy Hires CFO from Leaf Group

Peer-to-peer e-commerce website Etsy named Rachel Glaser as CFO. Rachel brings more than 30 years of senior financial experience to Etsy and will oversee global financial operations. She joins from Leaf Group, where as CFO she helped scale their global marketplace and consumer media businesses. Rachel succeeds Kristina Salen, whose departure was announced earlier. Karen Mullane, Etsy's VP, Corporate Controller, will serve as interim CFO until Rachel officially starts.

CommerceHub Names Former Oracle Exec as Chief Revenue Officer 

Cloud-based e-commerce technology platform CommerceHub named Gary Nafus as Chief Revenue Officer. Most recently he was CRO at Marchex. Nafus is an enterprise-class software sales executive spending 10 years at Oracle, where he was VP of Sales for several verticals including Oracle Retail North America.  He was also Managing Director of Americas for Kenshoo.

Date Range: March 7th - April 6th

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