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COO Moves – week ending June 16, 2017

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

COO Moves this week include:

Fringe Benefit Group	TreeHouse Foods, Inc.	USPA Global Licensing Inc.
Checkmate Pharmaceuticals	Sutherland Asset Management Corporation	iWorks Corporation
Nuance Energy	iCIMS, Inc.

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Fringe Benefit Group [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that John Malnar has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer (COO/CFO). Malnar most recently served as CFO of YapStone Holdings, Inc. Prior to YapStone, Malnar served as CFO at PayPros and spent more than a decade in New York at BlackRock, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan.

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [OAK BROOK, Ill.] announced that Robert B. Aiken Jr. has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of TreeHouse. Most recently, Aiken served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Essendant Inc. Prior to Essendant, Aiken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Feeding America. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of US Foods. Additionally, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Metz Baking Company.

USPA Global Licensing Inc. [WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.] announced the signing of J. Michael Prince as COO. Prince comes to USPA Global Licensing after serving as President and COO of global fashion brand Cole Haan. Prince has held senior leadership positions with iconic global lifestyle brands such as Cole Haan, Converse, Guess and Nike.

Checkmate Pharmaceuticals [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Karen Brennan as Chief Operating Officer. Brennan recently held the position of Vice President of Clinical and Development Operations at Forum Pharmaceuticals, and prior to that held similar positions of progressively increasing responsibility at Millennium/Takeda and other companies.

Sutherland Asset Management Corporation [NEW YORK] announced that Carole Mortensen has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Mortensen has worked for Waterfall Asset Management, the external manager of Sutherland, since 2011. Most recently, Carole served as Managing Director of the Capital Markets team. She previously served as Head of Asset Management. Before joining Waterfall, Mortensen has held several positions within the financial services industry including Ally Bank, UBS Investment Bank, Credit Suisse and Moody’s Investors Service.

iWorks Corporation [MCLEAN, Va.] announced that Charlie Sowell has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Sowell brings 30 years of national security experience to the iWorks team, including roles as Deputy Assistant Director for Special Security and Program Executive for Security Clearance Reform as a Senior National Intelligence Service officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He held executive leadership positions at SRA International, ORION Scientific Systems, McDonald Bradley, and, most recently, Salient CRGT.

Nuance Energy [SAN RAMON, Calif.] announced the appointment of Jimmy Ryan as chief operating officer.

iCIMS, Inc. [Matawan, New Jersey] announced that effective Sept. 1, 2017, Ronald Kasner will serve as the company’s president and COO. Kasner, who has been with iCIMS since 2010 and has 13 years of software experience, currently serves as the company’s chief financial officer.

COO Moves – week ending June 9, 2017

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

COO Moves this week include:

Aviva Systems Biology Corporation	Gastar Exploration Inc.	Exari
Procon Analytics	BevMo!	Main Street Hub
Dollar Tree, Inc.	LoanCare	Science Applications International Corp.
Viramal	Ladera Sports Center	ABM
The New York Times Company	MSA Safety Incorporated	PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
Clearbrook Global Advisors	iTEDIUM, Inc.

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Aviva Systems Biology Corporation (ASB) [SAN DIEGO] has recruited Yi-Chun “James” Wang as its Chief Operating Officer. Wang is a 17-year veteran in the life science proteomics market and was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of GeneTex Incorporated.

Gastar Exploration Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE MKT: GST) announced that Stephen P. Roberts has joined Gastar as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Roberts joins Gastar from Jones Energy, Inc., where he served as a Senior Vice President over the Anadarko and Arkoma asset groups and as Senior Vice President of Drilling and Completions. Prior to joining Jones Energy, he held various positions of increasing responsibility with Marathon Oil Corporation and Samson Resources Corporation.

Exari [BOSTON] announced Laurie Davison, has been named Chief Operating Officer. Davison was most recently CEO of Adsensa, and has spent over 18 years working in the technology and insurance sectors. Before Adsensa, she spent 5 years as COO for Faraday Re and Faraday Syndicate 435. Prior to Faraday, she spent 12 years with Xchanging.

Procon Analytics [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that David Meyer has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Meyer served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Client Services at Spireon Inc.

BevMo! [CONCORD, Calif.] has named Matt Navarro as senior vice president of operations. Navarro joins BevMo! from Dick’s Sporting Goods, where he served as regional vice president since 2015. Prior to that, he spent more than 16 years at Staples, starting as a district manager in 1998, and rising to the position of regional vice president in 2009.

Main Street Hub [AUSTIN, Texas] appointed Jeff Mosler as its Chief Operating Officer. Mosler joins Main Street Hub from HomeAway, where he served as Chief Services. Prior to HomeAway, Jeff spent over a decade as an operations leader at Amazon and Microsoft in Seattle and Ireland. Over his career, Mosler has also held positions at Exxon, Arthur D. Little, and Dell.

Dollar Tree, Inc. [CHESAPEAKE, Va.] (NASDAQ: DLTR) announced that Michael A. Witynski has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Dollar Tree segment. A Dollar Tree veteran, Witynski has served as Chief Operating Officer since July 2015, and he previously served as Senior Vice President of Stores since joining Dollar Tree in 2010. Prior to joining Dollar Tree, he held executive leadership positions at Shaw’s Supermarkets and Supervalu, Inc..

LoanCare [VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA] announced that Adam Saab has assumed the role of executive vice president and chief operating officer. In his most previous role, Saab held the position of senior vice president at PNC Mortgage. Prior to joining PNC Mortgage, Saab spent 14 years at CitiFinancial Mortgage Company.

Science Applications International Corp. [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: SAIC) announced the appointment of Nazzic S. Keene as chief operating officer (COO). The move expands Keene’s executive roles to include both COO and president of the Global Markets & Missions Sector. Before joining SAIC, she was the senior vice president and general manager for U.S. Enterprise Markets at CGI Group Inc..

Viramal [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Alexandra Pearce as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Regulatory Affairs. She has held executive-level regulatory affairs positions at pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Amgen and Glenmark. Most recently, Pearce served as Executive Vice President and Head of Global Regulatory Affairs at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this, she was Executive Director, Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety at Amgen. Prior to Amgen, Pearce was the Global Regulatory Leader and Director of Worldwide Regulatory Affairs at Pfizer.

Ladera Sports Center [LADERA RANCH] announced that Steve Harris has been promoted to chief operating officer. Prior to joining Ladera Sports Center as general manager, Harris spent seven years as the director of operations of boys and girls basketball for Ocean View High School. Prior to Ocean View High School, he coached the boys’ varsity basketball team of Villa Park High School, served as assistant coach for San Diego State University’s men’s basketball team, and was head student manager of the University of California, Los Angeles men’s basketball team.

ABM [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ABM) announced that Scott Giacobbe, Senior Vice President and President of ABM Technical Solutions, has been elected Executive Vice President and will succeed James P. McClure as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective November 1, 2017. McClure informed the Company of his decision to retire at the end of the current fiscal year after more than 30 years with the Company. Giacobbe most recently served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Linc Network.

The New York Times Company [NEW YORK] announced that Meredith Kopit Levien has been promoted to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. She joined the company in August 2013 as executive vice president of advertising and was named chief revenue officer in April 2015. She previously served as chief revenue officer at Forbes Media.

MSA Safety Incorporated [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: MSA) announced the election of Nishan J. Vartanian to the newly-created position of President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. Vartanian had served as Senior Vice President and President of MSA’s business in the Americas since May 2015. Over his 32-year career with the company he has served in a variety of capacities of increasing responsibility, including U.S. National Sales Manager; Director of North America Commercial Sales and Distribution; Director of Integration for General Monitors, Vice President and Global Business Leader for MSA’s Fixed Gas and Flame Detection business; Vice President of MSA North America; and, most recently, Senior Vice President and President, MSA Americas.

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.] announced the appointments of Marcio Souza to Chief Operating Officer. Souza joined PTC in July 2014 as Vice President of Global Marketing and was subsequently Senior Vice President and Head of Global Product Strategy. Prior to joining PTC, Souza was the Executive Director of Marketing for NPS Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he has worked for Shire HGT.

Clearbrook Global Advisors announced the promotion of Thomas E. Deegan to Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Clearbrook, Deegan was the independent Trustee for the Stamford Policemen’s Pension Fund. Prior to Stamford Policemen’s Pension Fund, Deegan was a Founding Partner and Chief Operating Officer of GlobeOp Financial Services.

iTEDIUM, Inc. [OVERLAND PARK, KS.] has named Chris Ballard to its leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his appointment, Ballard was iTEDIUM’s Vice President of Technology for 12 years and, before joining iTEDIUM, Williams was Director of Software Development for 13 years at iModules Inc..

COO Moves – week ending June 2, 2017

Posted on June 14, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

SenesTech, Inc.	Saddle Creek Logistics Services	BL Restaurant Operations, LLC.
AutoNation, Inc.	TETRA Technologies, Inc.	PasswordPing Ltd.
Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings	Western General Insurance Company	Pharm-Olam International LLC.
Anixter International Inc.

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SenesTech, Inc. [FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: SNES) announced the hiring of Andrew Altman as Chief Operations Officer. Prior to joining SenesTech, Altman was Vice President and General Manager at IDEXX BioResearch.

Saddle Creek Logistics Services [LAKELAND, Fla.] announced Mark Cabrera, Saddle Creek’s current senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will take on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) in anticipation of succeeding current CEO Cliff Otto upon his retirement. Cabrera will assume the COO role July 1, 2017, and the role of CEO within two years. Cabrera, who joined Saddle Creek in 2001, currently serves as chief strategy officer for the company. Previously, Cabrera spent 15 years in financial roles in a variety of industries for companies including Arthur Andersen LLP, GTE Financial, National Insurance Services and Reeves Steel, Inc.

BL Restaurant Operations LLC. [ADDISON, Texas] announced Tony Wehner as the new chief operating officer of Bar Louie. Most recently, he served as the Senior Vice President of Operations for Logan’s Roadhouse. Prior to that, Wehner served as the Senior Vice President of Operations for On the Border Restaurants and held leadership positions within Brinker International’s Chili’s and Red Lobster. The announcement follows news that James “Smokey” Hughes will be retiring as chief operating officer.

AutoNation, Inc. [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] (NYSE: AN) announced that AutoNation Western Region President, Lance Iserman has been named Executive Vice President of Sales and Chief Operating Officer. Iserman has over 30 years of retail automotive experience and over 15 years of experience within the AutoNation organization. Most recently, Iserman was the Western Region President. Prior to this role, Iserman served as a Market President as well as a Market President in Arizona.

TETRA Technologies, Inc. [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] (NYSE: TTI) announced that Joseph Elkhoury, its senior vice president and chief operating officer, has resigned. TETRA’s President and CEO, Stuart M. Brightman, has assumed Elkhoury’s responsibilities.

PasswordPing Ltd. [BOULDER, Colo.] announced that Josh Horwitz has joined as a co-founder and chief operating officer. Most recently, Josh founded Boulder Logic.

Conterra Ultra Broadband Holdings [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the hiring of Craig S. Gunderson as its President & Chief Operating Officer. After an appropriate transition period, Conterra’s Executive Vice President of Operations and Technology, Dennis Francis, will be retiring from day-to-day responsibilities but will remain an active advisor to the Company. Prior to his executive roles at Oxford Networks, Gunderson spent eight years at Frontier Communications/Global Crossing.

Western General Insurance Company [CALABASAS, Calif.] announced the hiring of Denise M. Tyson as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Western General, Tyson was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Workmen’s Auto Insurance Company. Prior to that she held executive level positions with Balboa Insurance Group and National Automobile Insurance Company.

Pharm-Olam International LLC [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of John Barry as Chief Operating Officer. Barry has extensive experience in the drug development industry and has worked as executive leader for two of the top 5 CROs and was previously with Merck as the Head of Portfolio Sourcing and Relationship Management.

Anixter International Inc. [GLENVIEW, Ill.] (NYSE: AXE) announced that William A. Galvin has been promoted to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer.

COO Moves – week ending May 26, 2017

Posted on June 14, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

National DCP	NantHealth, Inc.	CACI International Inc.
Allegiant Travel Company	Thesys CAT LLC	Senscio Systems, Inc.
Aldevron	Ward Transport and Logistics Corp.	Allied Power Group
Crawford Hoying	1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc.	Upskill
The Hawthorn Group, LC	GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc.

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National DCP (NDCP) [ATLANTA] has hired Robert A. Sharpe to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining NDCP, he served as the President and CEO of CSM Bakery Solutions. Previous roles have also included Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Campofrío Food Group in Madrid, Spain; President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Groupe Smithfield in Paris, France; and serving as President, International Operations, of Smithfield Foods, Inc.

NantHealth, Inc. [CULVER CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ-GS: NH) announced the appointment of Ronald A. Louks as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining NantHealth, Louks served as President of Devices & Emerging Solutions at BlackBerry Limited. Earlier, Louks served as Chief Executive Officer of the OpenNMS Group. Before that, he was Chief Strategy Officer for HTC Corporation. Previous to this, he held a number of senior leadership positions at Sony Ericsson, most recently serving as its Chief Technology Officer.

CACI International Inc. [ARLINGTON, Va.] (NYSE: CACI) announced that John Mengucci the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) and President of U.S. Operations, will take on an expanded role as COO. Mengucci joined CACI in 2012 as COO and President of U.S. Operations.

Allegiant Travel Company [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: ALGT) announced that Jude Bricker has resigned his position as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Scott Sheldon, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will act as interim chief operating officer.

Thesys CAT LLC [NEW YORK] announced today the appointment of Edward Watson as Chief Operating Officer. Watson has held senior level executive roles at Citigroup, BNY Mellon, FIS/Capco, and Fannie Mae.

Senscio Systems, Inc. [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Gary M. Janko. Janko’s career spans 35 years, including the launch of Bay State Health Care as its president and chief operating officer. Subsequent to Bay State he established Access Partners, Inc. Janko joins Senscio after ten years as COO at a national chronic pain management network. Janko has also served as President of the New Hampshire chapter of Medical Group Management Association and Chair of the Physician Practice Management Committee of the MA-RI Chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Aldevron [FARGO, N.D.] has named Henry Hebel as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently Hebel served as vice-president of operations for Aeglea Biotherapeutics. Previously he served as vice-president of drug development for Terapio. Additionally, Hebel was chief operating officer of VGXI (previously known as ADViSYS). Prior to his work at VGXI, Hebel served as key account manager at Qiagen. His early career included work as senior manager of bioprocessing for GeneMedicine, and he has experience in antibody product development and manufacturing at Tanox Biosystems. Hebel succeeds Ron Robson, who recently retired as Aldevron’s COO after 18 years with the company.

Ward Transport and Logistics Corp. [ALTOONA, Pa.] announced that Chuck DeLutis, COO, will retire at the end of June.

Allied Power Group [HOUSTON, TEXAS] announced the appointment of David (Dave) Theis as President and Chief Operating Officer. Theis brings over thirty (30) years of successful operational, business development and strategic leadership experience to Allied, most notably founding and growing Leading Edge Turbine Technologies. Most recently, Theis served as Senior Vice-President at PAS Technologies, Inc.

Crawford Hoying [DUBLIN, Ohio] announced the addition of a new leadership role-Chris Lanning as President and Chief Operating Officer. Lanning has held general manager and senior leadership roles within world class brands such as Gap, Victoria Secret Stores, The Coca Cola Company and DSW, Inc.

1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. [TAMPA, Fla.] (NASDAQ: PIH) announced that the Company has appointed Dan Case to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Case was an Executive Vice President at BMS Re from September 2016 to March 2017 and a founding partner at Advocate Reinsurance Partners from October 2010 until its purchase by BMS Re in September 2016. Case began his career as an analyst in Banc of America Securities’ Financial Institutions Group in 2000. In 2002, Case joined Aon Benfield Securities where he served the insurance and reinsurance industries until 2006. In 2006, he joined HBK Investments as an analyst managing private equity. Case was also a partner at TigerRisk Partners, from 2009 – 2010.

Upskill [WASHINGTON] announced the addition of Jeremy Kirsch as chief operating officer (COO). Kirsch comes to Upskill from Opower (acquired by Oracle in June 2016), where he was executive vice president and general manager for worldwide sales. Previously, Kirsch served as vice president, sales and marketing, for the Viisage Secure Credentialing Business at L-1 Identity Solutions. Kirsch also held a business development leadership role at Art Technology Group and was a founding team member at InvestorTree.com. Before that, Kirsch served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy (Special Operations).

The Hawthorn Group, LC [ALEXANDRIA, Va.] announced that Suzanne Hammelman has been appointed president and chief operating officer. Hammelman, previously was Hawthorn’s Chief Client Officer. Before joining Hawthorn, Hammelman headed her own public affairs firm, served as political director for the National Association of Homebuilders and earlier worked in the U.S. Senate.

GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. [PHOENIX] announced that Kirsten Castillo Hall has been named chief operating officer. Hall joins GlobalTranz as part of its recently announced acquisition of Logistics Planning Services (LPS), where she was chief executive officer. Prior to becoming CEO of LPS, Hall served as chief operating officer. Prior to joining LPS, Hall held progressive supply chain operations management roles at Imation.

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