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COO Moves – week ending August 11, 2017

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

COO Moves this week include:

Natural Resource Partners L.P.	JConnelly	Verity Health System
Hylan	Cogent Energy Services	DSP Concepts, Inc.
Digital Realty	TMAC Resources Inc.	Oasis
Jagged Peak Energy Inc.	Ichor Holdings, Ltd.	Severn Bancorp, Inc.
Cybrary	Trimax Corporation, Inc.	CIFC LLC
Alkahest, Inc.	uniQure

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Natural Resource Partners L.P. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: NRP) announced that Wyatt L. Hogan, NRP’s President and Chief Operating Officer, has resigned. Craig W. Nunez, NRP’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will succeed Hogan as President and Chief Operating Officer.

JConnelly [NEW YORK] has appointed Adam Schiff to serve as its Chief Operating Officer. Schiff comes to JConnelly following a 15-year tenure at DKC, most recently as Executive Vice President.

Verity Health System [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Richard Adcock as chief operating officer. Prior to joining Verity Health, Adcock served as executive vice president and chief innovation officer for Sanford Health. Adcock began his tenure at Sanford in 2004, serving in various positions including director, vice president and executive vice president for Sanford Clinic, and president of Sanford Frontiers. Earlier, he was director of engineering for GE Medical Systems. He began his career as co-owner and vice president of research and development at Micro Medical Systems.

Hylan [HOLMDEL, N.J.] has announced the appointment of Carmine V. Manna as the Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Operations, Hylan Datacom and Electrical. Carmine is a 17-year veteran of Hylan Datacom and Electrical where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Wireline. Prior to joining Hylan Datacom and Electrical, Carmine managed internationally known sports and convention facilities in New York City.

Cogent Energy Services [HOUSTON] announced that Chris Simmons has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Simmons began his career in 1990 with Cudd Pressure Controls as an equipment operator. In 2001, he joined C&J Energy Services as COO. After C&J, Simmons was a Consultant for various E&P companies before joining Cogent in January 2017.

DSP Concepts, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that John Whitecar has joined the organization as Chief Operating Officer. Before joining DSP Concepts, John was at Tesla Motors. Prior to Tesla, he served as CTO of Infotainment Platforms for Texas Instruments.

Digital Realty [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: DLR) announced that Chief Operating Officer Jarrett Appleby will be leaving the company effective September 15, 2017.

TMAC Resources Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: TMR) announced that Gil Lawson has joined as Chief Operating Officer effective August 31, 2017. Lawson has managed two start-up operations, Goldcorp Inc.’s Musselwhite Mine in Ontario and De Beers Canada Ltd.’s Snap Lake Mine in the Northwest Territories.

Oasis [LOS ANGELES] has announced that Saleem Dababneh has joined the team as COO.

Jagged Peak Energy Inc. [DENVER] (NYSE: JAG) announced that it has appointed J. Jay Stratton Jr. as its Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Stratton was the Chief Operating Officer of Permian Resources LLC. Prior to that, he was a District Manager for Permian Basin and Mid-Continent assets for Chesapeake Energy Corporation. He began his career with Atlantic Richfield Company, Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in various engineering roles.

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. [FREMONT, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ICHR) announced that Kevin Canty joins Ichor as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Canty was the Vice President of Worldwide Operations for Aruba Networks. Past roles include COO at Aurora Networks, Vice President of Operations and Global Supply Chain at Applied Materials, and Vice President of Manufacturing at 3Com Corporation.

Severn Bancorp, Inc. [ANNAPOLIS, Md.] (NASDAQ: SVBI) announced the appointment of Eric M. Keitz as Chief Operating Officer. Keitz has been a director of Severn Bancorp since 2010 and a director of Severn Bank since 2009.

Cybrary [GREENBELT, MARYLAND] announced that Kathie Miley has been hired as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Before joining the company, Miley was the Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Engame and Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Invincea, Inc. She also spent more than 12 years with Verizon Enterprise Solutions, where she served as Executive Director of Global Security Sales.

Trimax Corporation, Inc. [CHATSWORTH, CA] (OTC PINK: TMXN) announced the appointment of Justin Miloro as the new Chief Operating Officer. Miloro brings over 25 years of sales and executive level management skills holding key executive positions with Whole Foods Market, Mineral Fusion Natural Brands and Hugo Naturals.

CIFC LLC [NEW YORK] announced that John DiRocco has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, DiRocco served as Chief Operating Officer and a founding member of credit investment firm Reef Road Capital LLC. Additionally, DiRocco has served as Chief Financial Officer at Citadel Investment Group and held the role of Chief Operating Officer at Paloma Partners LP.

Alkahest, Inc. [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced that Helen Jenkins has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Operating Officer. Jenkins joins Alkahest from Tobira Therapeutics, Inc. where she served as Chief Operating Officer. Before serving in multiple roles of increasing responsibility at Tobira, Helen served as a corporate officer at Nuon Therapeutics, Inc. and Saegis Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Nuon and Saegis, Jenkins was Senior Director, Product Development/Regulatory Affairs, at Valentis, Inc. Jenkins previously led preclinical programs at Glycomed Inc. and Genentech, Inc.

uniQure [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: QURE) announced the appointment of Scott McMillan as Chief Operating Officer. McMillan served most recently as Senior Vice President of Quality and Technical Operations at AMAG Pharmaceuticals where he also was a member of its Executive Management Team. McMillan held similar positions at AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc., and with Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials, Inc.

COO Moves – week ending August 4, 2017

Posted on August 9, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC	Ossia, Inc.	Teza Capital Management LLC
WSFS Financial Corporation	Alta Energy	Axia Technology Partners
EQT Corporation	Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.	Security Innovation
FTD Companies, Inc.	Vident

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Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] announced that it has appointed Christina Mott as Chief Operating Officer. Mott previously served as Innovation Leader, Marsh Global Risk & Specialties. Her prior roles at MMC include Global Head of Innovation for MMC Corporate and Director of Solution Development for Oliver Wyman.

Ossia, Inc. [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced that Gaston Zenden has joined the executive team as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Ossia, Zenden served as Head of Network Services at Ericsson. He previously served as Managed Service COO with Clearwire, Inc.

Teza Capital Management LLC [CHICAGO] announced that Reinhold Gebert has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Gebert most recently held the same positions at Gresham Investment Management. Previously, Gebert was Managing Director and CAO of the wealth management business at Barclays Wealth Americas. Prior to that, he was SVP and CAO of Private Investment Management at Lehman Brothers. He spent four years at McKinsey & Company in their financial services practices.

WSFS Financial Corporation [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: WSFS) announced that Rodger Levenson has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Levenson joined WSFS in November 2006 as Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking. He served as Chief Commercial Banking Officer through April 2015 at which time he assumed the role of interim Chief Financial Officer until June 2016. Most recently, Levenson served as Chief Corporate Development Officer.

Alta Energy [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Paul Detering as Alta Energy’s chief operating officer and board member. Detering founded and led Tioga Energy, served as the CEO and CFO at REC Solar and led CODA Energy as its first CEO.

Axia Technology Partners [INDIANAPOLIS, IN] announced the addition of Don Scifres as Chief Operating Officer. Scifres is a co-founder and general partner of VisionTech Partners and VisionTech Angels. Throughout his career, Scifres has held leadership positions at several prominent companies, including Cummins Inc., ANGEL Learning Inc., Courseload Inc. and SmartFile.

EQT Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: EQT) announced the appointment of Jeremiah J. Ashcroft III as senior vice president and chief operating officer for EQT Midstream Partners, LP. Ashcroft has a distinguished military career with the United States Marine Corps, as well as more than 15 years of experience in the oil, gas, and pipeline industries. His most recent position was chief executive officer of Gulf Oil L.P. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer for JP Energy Partners where he led their initial public offering and had P&L responsibility for their NGL, crude, and refined products businesses. He also spent several years with Buckeye Partners, L.P. Ashcroft held various roles of increasing responsibility while with Buckeye, including vice president of field operations, senior vice president global operations, and president of three business units. Ashcroft began his energy career with Colonial Pipeline Company, L.P.

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. [SOUTHFIELD, Mich.] announced that Cheung Kwan has joined Century Insurance Group, a division of Meadowbrook, in the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer.

Security Innovation [WILMINGTON, Mass.] announced the addition of Jeff Emig as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Emig served as Chief Operating Officer for RobbinsKersten Direct. Prior to that, Jeff was a Principal at Brook Venture Partners. Before Brook, he was a founding team member at Tenor Networks.

FTD Companies, Inc. [DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: FTD) announced the appointment of Simha Kumar as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Kumar joins FTD from Sears Holding Corporation where he served as President of the Toys, Sporting Goods and Fitness retail divisions. At Sears Holdings he also served as Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive. Kumar Previously held key leadership roles at Amazon.com, including Category Leader, Consumer Electronics, and Category Leader, Consumer Electronics, where he led merchandising, operations, marketing and financial planning. Kumar worked at JPMorgan Chase from 2005 to 2011, serving as the Director of the Corporate Strategy group as well as the Director of Marketing. Earlier in his career, he held positions as an Associate at McKinsey & Company, Manager of E-commerce for Bluespark, Inc., and Investment Banking Analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities.

Vident Financial [ATLANTA, GA] announced the appointment of Deborah Kimery as Chief Operating Officer of Vident Financial. Prior to joining Vident, Kimery was the Executive Vice President of Operations and a Principal at Ronald Blue & Co. In addition, Kimery served in various leadership roles with ING North America Investment Centre and Carillon Mutual Funds.

COO Moves – week ending July 28, 2017

Posted on August 2, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Vacasa	Clearwater Properties	Windermere Real Estate
Ayla Networks	Lygos	Ferrotec Corporation
Riverview Bancorp, Inc.	MegaPath	Farsight Security, Inc.
Outcome Health	Lime Energy Co.	Kaufman Hall

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Vacasa [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced the appointment of Bob Milne as chief operations officer. Milne was previously the President of Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America division. Prior to joining Vacasa, Milne founded his own vacation rental company, The Resort Company.

Clearwater Properties [SEELEY LAKE, Mont.] announced that Shaun Lewis has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Shaun previously served as a Strategic Advisor. Shaun joined Clearwater in 2016 and previously served in senior management roles with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Justice and as a Strategy Consultant for BoldIQ. Prior to his work in the public and private sectors, Shaun served in the United States Navy as an Aviation Electronics Engineer.

Windermere Real Estate [SEATTLE] announced that Brooks Burton has has joined the company as Windermere’s Chief Operating Officer.

Ayla Networks [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has named Jonathan Cobb to the position of chief operating officer (COO). Cobb comes to Ayla from the Bay Area office of ARRIS, a UK company where he was senior vice president of consumer solutions. Previously, Cobb was president, software and services, at Pace.

Lygos [BERKELEY, Calif.] announced that Johan van Walsem will join as Chief Operations Officer. Walsem joins Lygos from Metabolix where he served as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Development.

Ferrotec Corporation [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] announced that Nigel Hunton has joined the company as president and chief operating officer. Hunton was previously chairman and CEO of Edwards Limited. More recently, Hunton served as CEO for MBA Polymers.

Riverview Bancorp, Inc. [VANCOUVER, Wash.] (NASDAQ: RVSB) announced that Ron Wysaske will be retiring as President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of the Company and the Bank.

MegaPath [PLEASANTON, Calif.] announced that Dan Foster is expanding his current role of President to include Chief Operating Officer. Dan has served in several leadership roles at MegaPath, most recently and currently as President of Business Markets.

Farsight Security Inc. [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Alexa Raad as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Raad previously founded Architelos, Inc. and was its CEO. Prior to Architelos, Raad served as CEO of the Public Interest Registry.

Outcome Health [CHICAGO] announced that Vivek Kundra has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Kundra joined Outcome Health in January of 2017 as Executive Vice President. Before joining Outcome Health, Kundra served as Executive Vice President at Salesforce. Prior to this, Kundra served as the first CIO of the United States during the Obama administration.

Lime Energy Co. [NEWARK, N.J.] announced that it has appointed Philip Luccarelli as Chief Operating Officer. Luccarelli joins Lime Energy from Altice USA where he served as VP of Field Service Operations. Prior to Altice, Luccarelli served as Senior Vice President of HomeServe USA.

Kaufman Hall [SKOKIE, Ill.] announced that R. Wesley Champion has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Kaufman Hall, Champion was Senior Vice President with Premier, Inc. His previous positions include Senior Executive with Accenture, LLC, Vice President with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young LLP, and Senior Manager with Ernst & Young LLP.

COO Moves – week ending July 21, 2017

Posted on July 26, 2017 Written by Dergel Executive Search Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Intelivideo	MGM Resorts International	Stream Data Centers
OppLoans	VLP Therapeutics, LLC	Citcon
Blue Ridge Networks	MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC	Pramata
XMI	Valify, Inc.	Eco-Stim Energy Solutions, Inc.

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Intelivideo [DENVER] announced the appointment of Scott Heinemann as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Heinemann served as the Chief Financial Officer at Workforce Insight, Inc.

MGM Resorts International [LAS VEGAS] announced that it has appointed Marcus Glover president and chief operating officer of Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. Glover joined MGM Resorts in 2015, first serving as general manager and then president and chief operating office of Beau Rivage Resort & Casino. He previously served as senior vice president and general manager for Caesars Entertainment in northeastern Ohio, and as assistant general manager and vice president of operations for Harrah’s in St. Louis. He also held several leadership positions with Caesars in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Stream Data Centers [DALLAS] announced that Michael Lahoud, former Senior Vice President of Technology Services, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer.

OppLoans [CHICAGO] has hired Sal Hazday as Chief Operating Officer. Hazday joins OppLoans from ADP, where he most recently led its Small Business Services division. Prior to that role, he ran ADP’s Insurance Services agency.

VLP Therapeutics, LLC [GAITHERSBURG, Md.] announced the appointment of Jacob Licht as Chief Operating Officer. Licht joins VLP Therapeutics after 10 years at Emergent BioSolutions, where he most recently served as VP, Corporate Development.

Citcon [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] has announced the appointment of Wei Jiang as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Citcon, Wei led the consumer and commercial prepaid product and innovation team at Visa. He was previously Global Product Director at Terex, Senior Business Unit Manager at Belkin, Senior Brand Manager at Whirlpool, and Sales Manager at Procter & Gamble China.

Blue Ridge Networks [CHANTILLY, Va.] announced that Vice President of Operations, Maureen Gray, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer.

MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings, LLC [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Paul Twohig to the new role of Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Twohig, who has served on MOD’s Advisory Board since 2008, brings more than four decades of industry experience having served as President of Dunkin’ Donuts, Senior Vice President at Starbucks and COO and Executive Vice President at Panera Bread.

Pramata [BRISBANE, Calif.] announced the hiring of Craig Doud as chief operating officer. Before Pramata, Doud spent five years with IBM as the director of customer success and services. Previously, Doud worked at Emptoris and served as vice president of customer loyalty. Doud also has years of experience working in management and sales positions at Zyme Solutions as the vice president of new markets and E2open as the vice president of sales consulting.

XMI [NASHVILLE, TN] announced that Jennifer LeMieux has joined the company as chief operating officer. Prior to joining XMI, LeMieux was chief customer/operations officer at Gaffey Healthcare and HealthTechS3.

Valify, Inc. [FRISCO, Texas] announced the appointment of Lester Popiolek to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Popiolek joins Valify following his departure from MedAssets in 2016. Before MedAssets, Popiolek served as Chief Technology Officer for Broadlane.

Eco-Stim Energy Solutions, Inc. [HOUSTON, TX and NEUQUEN CITY, ARGENTINA] (NASDAQ: ESES) announced that Barry Ekstrand, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Operations, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Simultaneously, Bobby Chapman, the Company’s current Chief Operating Officer will be stepping down from that role.

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