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COO Moves – week ending October 6, 2017

Posted on October 11, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

2e Creative	Showpad	MarineMax, Inc.
ExamWorks Clinical Solutions, LLC	Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate	Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Confluence	Cedar Fair Entertainment Company	PDI
Robins Kaplan LLP	ContraFect Corporation	DreamWorks Feature Animation
Lennox International Inc.	Arsanis, Inc.

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2e Creative [ST. LOUIS] promoted its current chief financial officer Steve Roseman to chief operating officer. Roseman joined 2e Creative in 2015.

Showpad [SAN FRANCISCO] has hired Jason Holmes as President and Chief Operating Officer. Holmes brings more than 20 years of experience in leading strategies at organizations such as Adobe and Oracle. Most recently, Holmes spent time leading operations at Marketo as the EVP and Chief Operating Officer.

MarineMax, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HZO) announced that the Company has promoted Brett McGill to President and Chief Operating Officer. McGill has served as MarineMax’s Chief Operating Officer since October 1, 2016 after serving as Executive Vice President Operations since October 2015 and Executive Vice President of West Operations since May 2012. Prior to these roles, McGill served as one of the Company’s Regional Presidents from May 2006 to 2012. McGill launched his career with MarineMax in 1998 and held positions which included Director of Information Services, as well as Vice President of Information Technology, Service and Parts.

ExamWorks Clinical Solutions, LLC [LAWRENCEVILLE, GA] announced that Jeffrey D. Gurtcheff has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer. Gurtcheff is the creator Medicare.

Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate [MADISON, N.J.] announced the appointment of Rich DeNicola to Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, DeNicola has served as the Senior Vice President of Franchise Sales for Better Homes and Gardens Real estate since 2013. DeNicola’s career in real estate began in 2004 when he joined Realogy, serving in a variety of roles within operations and development.

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (Nasdaq: MNTA), announced the promotion of Ganesh Kaundinya to Chief Operating Officer. Kaundinya will also continue to serve as Chief Scientific Officer. Prior to founding Momenta, Kaundinya was a member of the MIT faculty. He also served as the Director of Bioinformatics for the Consortium for Functional Glycomics.

Confluence [PITTSBURGH] announced that Todd Moyer has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Moyer joined Confluence in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Global Sales. In 2014, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Global Business Development. Prior to joining Confluence, he served as Executive Vice President of SunGard’s Wealth Management business. During his time at SunGard, Moyer also held several management positions in the areas of product development, operations and client services.

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company [SANDUSKY, Ohio] (NYSE: FUN) announced that Richard Zimmerman, its president and chief operating officer, will succeed Matt Ouimet as chief executive officer effective January 1, 2018. Zimmerman will also be added to the board of directors. He became president of Cedar Fair in 2016, having been named COO in 2011 after serving as an executive vice president since 2007. He also served as vice president and general manager of the Kings Dominion amusement park beginning in 1998. Prior to entering the amusement park industry, Zimmerman served in various financial and strategic planning roles with Paramount Communications, Inc.

PDI [ORANGEBURG, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Kent J. Davies as President and Chief Operating Officer. Kent has over twenty-five years of successful operating, general management and leadership experience, including assignments with name brand multi-nationals such as 3M, Kimberly-Clark and Stryker. Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Haemonetics Corporation.

Robins Kaplan LLP^® [MINNEAPOLIS] announce that Shonette Gaston has joined the firm as chief operating officer. Gaston joins Robins Kaplan from Covington & Burling LLP. Before joining Covington in 2014, Gaston served as the director of business unit controversies and Washington-area operations at McDermott Will & Emery LLP and, before that, as the firmwide director of practice group management at O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

ContraFect Corporation [YONKERS, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: CFRX) announced that it has appointed Lisa Ricciardi as Chief Operating Officer. Ricciardi will continue to serve in her role as a director of ContraFect. She has previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Corporate & Business Development at Foundation Medicine and Senior Vice President, US and International Business Development at Medco Health Solutions, Inc., and was also a Venture Partner at Essex Woodlands Health Ventures. Ricciardi also held several senior management positions at Pfizer. Ricciardi currently serves on the board United Drug Healthcare Group, PLC, and was a prior board member Chimerix Inc. as well as Sepracor Inc.

DreamWorks Feature Animation [GLENDALE, Calif.] announced that Focus Features COO Abhijay Prakash has been named Chief Operating Officer. Prakash most recently served as Chief Operating Officer for Focus Features. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President, Film Strategy & Operations at Universal. Prior to Universal, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group and also held other positions in media and worked as a public policy researcher.

Lennox International Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: LII) announced Gary Bedard as EVP, President and COO of its Worldwide Refrigeration business, effective October 16, 2017. Bedard succeeds David Moon who is leaving LII at year end to pursue other career opportunities. Bedard has a proven record of success at Lennox International over two decades, including the last ten years as Vice President and General Manager of Lennox Residential business. Prior to joining LII in 1998, Bedard spent eight years at York International in product management and sales leadership roles for commercial applied and unitary systems as well as residential systems.

Arsanis, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass. & VIENNA] announced that the company has promoted Michael Gray to Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Gray had served as Arsanis’ Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer since March 2016. Prior to joining Arsanis, Gray served in various senior leadership roles from 2000 to 2016 at Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS). Previously, Gray held positions at Reprogenesis and Ernst & Young, LLP.

COO Moves – week ending September 29, 2017

Posted on October 5, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Mid-Atlantic Dental Service Holdings LLC	Utz Quality Foods, LLC.,	Sema4
Oska Wellness	Advan Research Corporation	Faction
HSF Affiliates LLC	Global Convergence, Inc.	Health Alliance Plan
Northrop Grumman Corporation	Gilead Sciences, Inc.	Gemstone Foods, LLC
Hayes Software Systems

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Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners [PHILADELPHIA] announced the hiring of Leigh Feenburg as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Feenburg was a Vice President of Operations in Florida and Texas for Great Expressions Dental Centers.

Utz Quality Foods, LLC. [HANOVER, Pa.] announced Tom Flocco as President and Chief Operating Officer. Flocco brings over 30 years of CPG experience, most recently as an operating partner, Chairman and CEO with several PE backed companies. He also spent nine years with Fortune Brands, six of which as President & CEO of Beam Suntory, and eight years with McKinsey & Co.

Sema4 [STAMFORD, Conn.] announced the appointment of Jamie Coffin, as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Sema4, Coffin was the CEO of Source Medical Solutions, Inc., Worldwide Vice President, General Manager, and Global Practice Lead at Dell’s Healthcare and Life Sciences group. He began his career at IBM, where he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility, ultimately becoming Worldwide Vice President of IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences.

Oska Wellness [CARLSBAD, Calif.,] announced hiring of Mike Regan as Chief Operating Officer. Regan has played a key role in helping such companies as Sybase, KACE Networks, and Alteryx, expand their global footprint in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

Advan Research Corporation [NEW YORK] has appointed Grigorios Reppas as its COO. Reppas joins Advan from MarketAxess, where he was the Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales and CDS product manager, from 2010-2017.

Faction [DENVER] announced that David Scholtz has joined the company as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Faction, Scholtz was CEO of Damballa and SVP of Global Alliances at McAfee. Before McAfee, Scholtz was VP of Worldwide Alliances & Channels at HP Software, which he joined via its acquisition of Mercury Interactive. While at Mercury Scholtz was VP of Americas Alliances and Channels.

HSF Affiliates LLC [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Allan Dalton as chief operating officer at Real Living. Dalton has served HSF Affiliates in a consulting role for two years. Dalton is the former CEO of realtor.com and past president and co-owner of a 32-office Regional Brokerage – Murphy Realty Better Homes and Gardens. Dalton was also a consultant to Cendant (now Realogy), former SVP for NRT, president of Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty and chief marketing officer of RISMedia.

Global Convergence, Inc. (GCI) [TAMPA, Fla] announced that it has appointed Allan R. Taylor as its new Chief Operating Officer for the Channel Sales Business Unit.

Health Alliance Plan [DETROIT] has appointed Mike Treash as senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO). Prior to joining HAP, he was vice president of enterprise operations at Priority Health in Grand Rapids, Mich. Treash’s previous experience includes serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Mercy Health Plans in Chesterfield, Mo.; chief operating officer of The Outsource Group in St. Louis; associate executive director for operations at Scott & White Health Plan in Temple, Texas; and senior manager, advisory services at Ernst & Young.

Northrop Grumman Corporation [FALLS CHURCH, Va] (NYSE: NOC) announced that Gloria A. Flach, chief operating officer, has decided to retire from the company, effective Dec. 31, 2017. The Northrop Grumman has elected Kathy J. Warden president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Warden currently is corporate vice president and president, Mission Systems. Previously, Warden was corporate vice president and president of the former Information Systems sector. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman in 2008, Warden held leadership roles at General Dynamics, Veridian and General Electric.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GILD) announced that Kevin Young Chief Operating Officer, plans to retire, effective early 2018. Young will remain with Gilead through the first quarter of next year and in an advisory capacity thereafter.

Gemstone Foods, LLC [DECATUR, Ala.] has announced the appointment of Heath Loyd as President and Chief Operating Officer. Loyd joins Gemstone after 20 years of success in the poultry industry; most recently at Wayne Farms where he was responsible for facility operations, and at Pilgrim’s as Vice President of Prepared Foods. Loyd began his career at Cagle’s.

Hayes Software Systems [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the promotion of Anna Maxin as Chief Operating Officer. Maxin has 15 years of experience working in the K-12 software industry at Hayes. Prior to this promotion, Maxin was responsible for designing, developing, and implementing key strategic initiatives while overseeing the largest and most complex projects in the company’s history.

COO Moves – week ending September 22, 2017

Posted on September 27, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Envision Healthcare Corporation	Flywheel Sports	Swagelok Company
Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc.	American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.	Bank of Marin Bancorp
STORE Capital Corporation	Voyager Therapeutics, Inc.	Rational Surgical Solutions
Robix Environmental Technologies, Inc.	Organogenesis Inc.	Music Audience Exchange
Zoës Kitchen	Canvs	Medical Innovation Holdings, Inc.
Neogen Corporation	Nevsun Resources Ltd	ORHub, Inc.
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC	TSYS

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Envision Healthcare Corporation [NASHVILLE, Tenn. & GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NYSE: EVHC) announced that Karey Witty has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. He succeeds Brian Jackson, current COO. Witty most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Corizon Health. Prior to joining Corizon, Witty served as CFO for naviHealth, Inc. Witty also served as CFO of HealthSpring from 2009 until its acquisition by CIGNA in 2012. He was with Centene Corporation for eight years, including six years as CFO and one year as Chief Executive Officer of its Health Plan Business unit.

Flywheel Sports [NEW YORK] announced that Bill Stauffer has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. Stauffer joins Flywheel after working at EHE International, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to EHE, Stauffer held senior operating roles at high-growth brands such as SoulCycle, Juice Generation and Equinox.

Swagelok Company [SOLON, Ohio] announced that William Canady will join the organization as president and chief operating officer. Canady brings nearly 30 years of industrial management experience, most recently as senior vice president and president, Industrial Products Group, Hillenbrand, Inc.

Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc. [VANCOUVER, Wash.] (NASDAQ: FRSH) announced that Chief Financial Officer Mark Hutchens has been promoted to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mark Hutchens has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 2014 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in June of this year. Previously, Hutchens served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer – International, for Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Prior to joining Bloomin’ Brands, he held a variety of leadership positions at Office Depot, Yum! Brands, PepsiCo’s KFC subsidiary and Ford Motor Company.

American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. [BEVERLY, Mass.] (NYSE: ARA) announced that it has named Don E. Williamson as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Williamson has served as one of ARA’s National Chief Medical Officers since 2011, and has been an ARA physician partner since 2002. Williamson most recently served as President, CEO and Managing Partner of Nephrology Associates.

Bank of Marin Bancorp [NOVATO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: BMRC) announced that James S. Kimball will be joining the Bank as an executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer, effective October 16, 2017. Kimball has more than 28 years of commercial banking experience and joins Bank of Marin from Wells Fargo Bank, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Region Head for the North Coast Regional Commercial Banking Office and Wine Industry Specialty Group. Prior to Wells Fargo, Kimball served as Regional President of Northern California and Nevada for Wachovia Bank. Earlier in his career, Kimball spent more than 20 years with Bank of America.

STORE Capital Corporation [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: STOR) announced that Mary Fedewa, Executive Vice President – Acquisitions, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Mary will continue to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: VYGR) announced the appointment of Matthew P. Ottmer as chief operating officer. Ottmer joins Voyager most recently from Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was chief operating officer. Prior to this role, Matt spent 16 years at Biogen, Inc., in a variety of leadership roles, including as senior vice president, strategy and emerging businesses, head of Tysabri business, chief of staff to the chief executive officer, president of Syntonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and vice president of global operations.

Rational Surgical Solutions [DES MOINES, Iowa] announced the hiring of Dennis J. Murphy as chief operating officer and senior vice president of sales. With more than 25 years of experience in technology and sales, Murphy most recently served as vice president of sales and business development at Nexistant. Prior to his tenure at Nexistant, Murphy served as vice president of managed services at Telaid. Prior to that, he spent nine years as executive vice president at SPL Inc. and more than 10 years as vice president of enterprise technology at Goldman Sachs & Co.

Robix Environmental Technologies, Inc. [LETHBRIDGE, Alberta] (CSE: RZX) announced that it has accepted the resignation of Karla Jorstad as Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation.

Organogenesis Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] has promoted Patrick Bilbo to Chief Operating Officer. Bilbo previously served as Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Government Relations and Administration for Organogenesis, and has been with the company in a wide variety of roles for more than 20 years.

Music Audience Exchange (MAX) [DALLAS, TX] announced the appointment of Steve Fullbright as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Fullbright was COO at B2B digital marketing company MultiView, Inc. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Global Services at ReachLocal for four years. Prior to that he was Senior Director of Application Delivery & Security at Rockwell Collins.

Zoës Kitchen [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: ZOES) announced the departure of Chief Operating Officer, Jeremy Hartley, October 23, 2017.

Canvs [NEW YORK] announced that James Delaney has been named as its Chief Operating Officer. James Delaney has served at JP Morgan Chase, Dun & Bradstreet and Verizon Communications. Delaney has held a number of leadership positions including CEO of Sysomos and CEO of Marketwired.

Medical Innovation Holdings, Inc. [DULUTH, GA] (OTC: MIHI) announced the appointment of Kevin Swint to the role of Chief Operating Officer. He formerly worked for IBM where he served as a senior executive for over six years.

Neogen Corporation [LANSING, Mich.] (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced that Richard E. Calk Jr., formerly president and chief operating officer, has resigned from the company to pursue alternative opportunities. Calk’s duties have been assumed by John Adent.

Nevsun Resources Ltd. [VANCOUVER] (TSX: NSU) (NYSE MKT: NSU) announced that Chief Operating Officer, Frazer Bourchier, will step down from the Company but will continue until December 31, 2017.

ORHub, Inc. [NEWPORT BEACH, CA] (OTC: ORHB) announced that its Chief Operating Officer, Cyrus P. Olsen, will be taking a leave of absence. For personal reasons, Dr. Olsen will leave his role as COO, but act in an advisory role to the company through the end of the year.

Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC [MADISON, N.J.] announced the appointment of Julie Leonhardt LaTorre as chief operating officer. Prior to joining Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, she served as senior vice president of affiliate services and head of operations for Christie’s International Real Estate. LaTorre has also held positions as a commercial real estate finance attorney at two leading Wall Street firms: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP.

TSYS [COLUMBUS, Ga.] (NYSE: TSS) announced that Pamela Joseph has resigned as President and Chief Operating Officer, and as a member of its Board of Directors.

COO Moves – week ending September 15, 2017

Posted on September 20, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.	Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation	Authentidate Holding Corp.
Velodyne LiDAR Inc.	VerifyMe, Inc.	WuXi NextCODE
APTIM	Vena Solutions	Air Transport Services Group, Inc
LifeEnergy, LLC	MercuryGate International, Inc.	LW Hospitality Advisors
Frequency Electronics, Inc.	prooV	NorthPoint Logistics
Lemonade Restaurant Group	Security Devices International Inc.

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Amplify Snack Brands, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] (NYSE: BETR) announced that Craig Shiesley joins as Chief Operating Officer and President. Shiesley joins Amplify from DanoneWave where he was President of Vega® and the Performance Nutrition Division. Prior to Vega®, Shiesley also served as President of Plant-Based Foods and Beverages, Yogurt and Canada at DanoneWave. Prior to DanoneWave, he spent 17 years at S.C. Johnson in various International, Innovation and Brand Management roles.

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MIC) announced that Christopher Frost has been appointed president and chief operating officer of the Company effective on or before October 31, 2017. Frost has been with Macquarie for over 20 years and has served since 2015 as MIRA’s Chief Commercial Officer.

Authentidate Holding Corp. [GAINESVILLE, Ga.] (OTCQB: ADAT) announced that David C. Goldberg has joined the Company as its new Chief Operating Officer. He joins Aeon after recently completing an extended stint at Enzo where he was President and General Manager of its clinical laboratory and research products divisions. Prior to joining Enzo, Goldberg held marketing and management positions with both NEN Life Sciences and Gallard Schlesinger Chemical Manufacturing.

Velodyne LiDAR Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Frank Blohm as Chief Operating Officer. Frank Blohm moves into the Chief Operating Officer role after serving as the General Manager at Velodyne for the past six months. Blohm joined the company with over 17 years of experience in production, manufacturing engineering, and supply chain management. He previously held senior roles at Extreme Networks and Sanmina.

VerifyMe, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: VRME) announced that Keith E. Goldstein has been appointed Chief Operating Office. Goldstein has more than 25 years of experience in strategic, operational and financial management across a variety of industries. Most recently, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of ABnote North America.

WuXi NextCODE [SHANGHAI, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland] announced the appointment of Rob Brainin as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Brainin joins the company from Illumina, where he was vice president and general manager of life sciences and applied genomics. Brainin also led business units at Invitrogen, Life Technologies and Thermo Fisher, and prior to that held leadership positions at Gateway Computing.

APTIM [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Mike Gallagher has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mike comees from Sempra Energy where he was a Senior Vice President in Sempra Infrastructure LLC for almost 11 years. Prior to Sempra, Mike was a managing partner at Sterling Energy Operations, LLC and before that, worked 11 years for Duke Energy.

Vena Solutions [ALBANY, NY and TORONTO, ON] announced it has appointed Shawn Cadeau to chief operating officer. Cadeau joined Vena as CRO in January. Prior to joining Vena, Cadeau was chief marketing officer at FreshBooks and senior vice president of global marketing at Corel Corporation. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for product marketing for Adobe’s enterprise and server business.

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (ATSG) [WILMINGTON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: ATSG) announced that it has elected Richard F. Corrado as chief operating officer of the cargo aircraft leasing and services company. Corrado has served since 2010 as chief commercial officer of ATSG, and president of its Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. and Airborne Global Solutions, Inc.subsidiaries. Prior to joining ATSG, Corrado was chief operating officer of AFMS Logistics Management, and president of Transform Consulting Group. He also held other key senior marketing leadership positions in the air express industry, serving as executive vice president of air services for DHL Express, and senior vice president of marketing for Airborne Express.

LifeEnergy, LLC [HOUSTON, TX] announced the appointment of its new Chief Operating Officer, Victor Howard. Howard brings a wealth of career experience across multiple industries including Retail Energy, Technology, and Retail Banking, where his responsibilities spanned key functions including Marketing, Sales and Operations. Howard comes to LifeEnergy from Centerpoint Energy, where he was the executive leading the Retail Choice gas business. Prior to Centerpoint, Howard held leadership roles in Marketing and Operations at Continuum Energy, ENCOA and Gexa Energy.

MercuryGate International, Inc. [CARY, N.C.] announced Mike Lipps has joined the company as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mike comes from LexisNexis where he was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director for the Legal Software division. Prior to LexisNexis, Mike was with Intuit Inc. for over 14 years in a variety of leadership roles.

LW Hospitality Advisors [NEW YORK] announced that Evan Weiss, Principal, has expanded his role with his appointment as Chief Operating Officer of the firm. Weiss has fifteen plus years of experience providing an array of hospitality operational, valuation, and real estate advisory services.

Frequency Electronics, Inc. [MITCHEL FIELD, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: FEIM) announced that Stanton Sloane has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Stan began his career at General Electric Aerospace and has previously served as CEO of SRA International and COMTECH.

prooV [TEL AVIV, Israel and NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Yossi Ben Harosh as the company’s first Chief Operating Officer. Harosh has held C-level roles, most recently as the President and CEO of RiT Technologies, and earlier, Global Operations of Amdocs. Ben Harosh currently serves as board director of Mobile SmartCity Corp and the Israeli Chapter of the YPO.

NorthPoint Logistics [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced today that Amy Rice has joined NorthPoint Logistics as its first Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining NorthPoint Logistics, Rice was Vice President of Operations at Marisol International.

Lemonade Restaurant Group [Los Angeles, CA] has named Ame Hull as Chief Operations Officer. Hull joins Lemonade Restaurant Group from Pei Wei Asian Diner where she served as both Regional Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Operations Services. Prior to joining Pei Wei Asian Diner, Hull was Senior Vice President of Operation Services and Talent Development at BJ’s Restaurant Inc.

Security Devices International Inc. [WAKEFIELD, Mass.] (TSX-V: SDZ, OTCQB: SDEV) appoints Paul Jensen as the Company’s new President & COO effective October 1, 2017. Jensen’s tenures include: co-founding HALO Maritime Defense Systems; Nypro Inc., where Paul held senior management positions for nearly two decades; and positions with Kodak and GE as well as the United States Army.

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