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

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

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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Autodesk, California - $2.2B, February 2017Carl Bass

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.

Activision Blizzard, California - $6.6B, February 2017Tim Kilpin

Red River Computer, New Hampshire, February 2017Jeff Sessions

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.

Date Range: January 30th - March 6th

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

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

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

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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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.

Oops! We Missed It

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

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, New Jersey, March 2017Chris Andrews

Bluefin Insurance Group, United Kingdom, February 2017Graeme Lalley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 28^th – March 28^th

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 28^th – March 28^th

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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Sistema, Russia - $11.3B, March 2017Mikhail Shmolin

Naver, South Korea - $3.3B, March 2017Han seong-sook

Ayasdi, California, March 2017Robert Griffin

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.

Date Range: March 7th - April 6th

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