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COO Moves – week ending June 23, 2017

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COO Moves this week include:

goTRG IrisVR The Institute for Functional Medicine
Vapor IO Attune Medical Reviver
MHVC Acquisition Corporation 3M SUNZ Insurance Company
Racepoint Global NRG Metals Inc. Carver Bancorp, Inc.
AXIS Insurance Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig AngMar Medical Holdings, Inc.
Blackwood Seven VITAS Healthcare Public Service Enterprise Group
Sunoco LP    

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goTRG (The Recon Group LLP) [MIAMI] announced that Chuck Johnston joined the company as COO. Prior to joining goTRG, Chuck was the director of repair and returns at Home Depot for the past five years and spent the previous 10 years as the vice president of distribution and senior director of returns/PMDC at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

IrisVR [NEW YORK] is welcoming Antonia Abraham Pitney as Chief Operating Officer who previously served as interim COO. Prior to IrisVR, Abraham Pitney was the Chief Financial Officer for Handshake Corp. She also served as a Venture Partner for FinTech Collective, Inc. and held the position of Director of Operations for Yodle. Abraham Pitney is also a founder at Foredeck Consulting, LLC.

The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) [FEDERAL WAY, Wash.] welcomes Amy R. Mack as its new chief operations officer (COO). Before joining IFM as the COO, Mack was the executive director of Year Up Puget Sound in Seattle, WA. Previously she was the chief executive officer for two Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliates and the chief of staff for the Corporation for National and Community Service. Mack started her career in city government in Indianapolis, IN, working with former Mayor Stephen Goldsmith.

Vapor IO [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Don Duet to the position of president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Vapor IO, Duet served as head of the Global Technology Division at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. He served as the Chief Information Officer for Goldman Sachs Asia from 2001 to 2006 and was named its Managing Director in 2000 and Partner in 2006.

Attune Medical [CHICAGO] has hired industry veteran Keith Warner as Chief Operating Officer. Warner served in leadership roles at organizations including Wafergen BioSystems, Novartis/Chiron and Biodesix. Warner also held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, sales and marketing and management at Abbott Diagnostics.

Fabrice Barbier

Reviver [SAN FRANCISCO, CA] announced that Fabrice Barbier, who served as Senior Vice President of Consumer Devices at GoPro since 2013, has been appointed as Chief Operations Officer.

MHVC Acquisition Corporation [HERNDON, Va.] has announced that Jeremy Wensinger has been named chief operating officer (COO). Wensinger was most recently principal at Augusta Management Strategies. He was president of PAE’s National Security and Solutions business following his service as COO of GTSI, and chairman and president of Cobham Defense Systems. He spent 20 years with Harris Corporation, where he served as president of the IT Services business and group president of the Government Communications Systems division. 

3M [ST. PAUL, Minn.] announced that Michael F. Roman was appointed chief operating officer (COO) and executive vice president. He most recently served as executive vice president of 3M’s largest business, Industrial Business Group. Prior to that role, Roman was senior vice president, Strategy and Business Development.

SUNZ Insurance Company [BRADENTON, Fla.] announced the promotion of Karen Bolinder from Director of Financial Operations to Chief Operating Officer.

Racepoint Global [BOSTON] announced the promotion of Karen Lew Bouchard to Chief Operating Officer. Bouchard previously served as the agency’s Chief Human Resources Officer.

NRG Metals Inc. [VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (TSX-V: NGZ, OTCQB: NRGMF) announced the appointment of José de Castro to the board of directors, and to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he was country manager of Orocobre Ltd. for Argentina. Prior to Orocobre, he served as Assistant Superintendent at the lithium division of FMC Corp. 

Carver Bancorp, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: CARV) announced that John J. Fitzpatrick was recently appointed First Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Fitzpatrick is a senior banking and operational specialist who formerly served as the Chief Operating Officer of Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust in Greenwich, CT. Before joining Fieldpoint, he was the Director of Operations at Sterling National Bank and, prior to this role, he was the Director of Finance and Management Information Systems at Provident Bank.

AXIS Insurance [PEMBROKE, Bermuda & NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Robert Hartman to Chief Operating Officer. Hartman currently serves as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Prior to AXIS, Hartman was a partner at McKinsey & Company.

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig [Leesburg, VA] announced that DeAnna Burke has joined the Firm as the new Chief Operating Officer. Burke most recently served as the Project and Operations Manager for Metron Aviation.

AngMar Medical Holdings, Inc. [MANSFIELD, Texas] announced that it has named Anthony “Tony” P. Miller as its Chief Operating Officer. Miller joined AngMar Medical Holdings in 2013 as Vice President of Therapy Services and soon excelled to serve as the company’s Vice President of Operations. Prior to AngMar, he had an 8-year home health career, holding positions such as the owner of “ABC Therapy Company” and a rehab specialist for Amedisys Home Health.

Blackwood Seven [NEW YORK] announced that Nick Stoltz joins the company as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Blackwood Seven, he served as Associate Managing Director at MarketShare.

VITAS Healthcare [MIAMI] announced the appointment of Joel Wherley as Chief Operating Officer. He joined VITAS in 2016 as senior vice president of hospice operations. 

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) [NEWARK, N.J.] (NYSE: PEG) announced today the election of Ralph LaRossa as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of PSEG’s merchant generation business, PSEG Power effective October 2, 2017.  LaRossa is currently President and COO of PSEG’s utility business, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G).  In his new role, LaRossa succeeds Bill Levis who in December 2016 had announced his plans to retire. PSEG also announced David M. Daly has been elected to succeed Ralph LaRossa as President and COO of PSE&G effective October 2, 2017.  Daly will also assume the role of Chairman of the Board of PSEG Long Island currently held by Ralph LaRossa.  Daly is currently President and COO of PSEG Long Island.

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) [UNIONDALE, N.Y.] announced that Daniel Eichhorn was named President and COO of PSEG Long Island effective October 2, 2017. Eichhorn is currently Vice President of Customer Services at PSEG Long Island. Eichhorn succeeds David Daly, who was elected President and COO of PSE&G. Prior to this position, Eichhorn spent 25 years with PSE&G in New Jersey.

Sunoco LP [DALLAS] (NYSE: SUN) announced that Joe Kim, who has been serving as executive vice president and chief development officer for Sunoco, has been appointed president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Sunoco, he held various executive positions, including chief operating officer for Pizza Hut and senior vice president for Valero Energy.

COO Moves – week ending June 16, 2017

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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.

J. Michael Prince

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.

Charlie Sowell

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

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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.

Nishan J. Vartanian

 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 March 3, 2017

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COO Moves this week include:

DDR Corp. United States Steel Corporation Snagajob
Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America Kimco Realty Corp. Alliance for Strong Families and Communities
Mapbox CVS Health Corporation BackBay Communications
Skyline Corporation CoventBridge Group, Ltd. Athenex, Inc.
Contessa Health Medical Metrics, Inc.
 Astea International Inc.
Social Solutions Global The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board   

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DDR Corp. [BEACHWOOD, Ohio] (NYSE: DDR) announced Michael Makinen will serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Makinen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Equity One from July 2014 to March 2017. Prior to joining Equity One, Makinen served as Chief Operating Officer of Olshan Properties. Makinen also previously served as the head of real estate and development with several major retailers.

United States Steel Corporation [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: X) announced that David B. Burritt, who currently serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been elected president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining U. S. Steel in September 2013 as executive vice president and chief financial officer, David B. Burritt served as chief financial officer at Caterpillar Inc. and retired in 2010.

Jocelyn Mangan

Snagajob [Arlington, Virginia] has promoted Jocelyn Mangan to Chief Operating Officer. She has nearly two decades of experience building iconic global mobile apps and market-leading software products as the former head of product for OpenTable and TicketMaster.

Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America (Hannover Re US) [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced Lisa Smith has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. Lisa joined the company in 2009 as senior vice president of operations when Hannover Re US acquired the ING reinsurance portfolio from Scottish Re.

Kimco Realty Corp. [NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.] (NYSE: KIM) announced the promotion of David Jamieson to Chief Operating Officer. He joined Kimco in 2007, and most recently served as Executive Vice President of Asset Management and Operations.

Alliance for Strong Families and Communities [MILWAUKEE, WIS.] announced Ron Clewer will join as chief operating officer on April 10, 2017. Clewer is currently CEO of the Rockford Housing Authority and Bridge Rockford Alliance in Rockford. Clewer replaces John Schmidt, who decided in late 2016 he would leave the Alliance after 10 years of service. In addition to his work with Bridge Rockford Alliance, Clewer served as an advisor to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Mapbox [SAN FRANCISCO] announced Roy Ng has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ng joins Mapbox from Twilio, where he was COO and led commercial operations for the company. Prior to Twilio, Ng was Senior Vice President and COO for SAP’s Cloud Business Unit. Ng joined SAP through its acquisition of SuccessFactors where he was Vice President of Global Business Operations. Prior to SuccessFactors, Ng was Vice President and Head of West Coast Software Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs. He serves on the Boards of several technology companies.

CVS Health Corporation [WOONSOCKET, R.I.] (NYSE: CVS) announced that Jonathan C. Roberts has been appointed to the new position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Roberts currently serves as president of CVS Caremark. Jon Roberts has been with CVS Health for 26 years and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility and impact. Prior to his appointment as president of CVS Caremark in 2012, he served as chief operating officer of the PBM business. Roberts also served as EVP of pharmacy purchasing, pricing and network relations from 2009 to 2010 and senior vice president and chief information officer from 2006 until 2008. Prior to that, he held a variety of key leadership roles in the company’s retail business, CVS Pharmacy, including senior vice president of store operations from 2002 until 2005.

BackBay Communications [BOSTON] announced that Jen Dowd has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Since joining the firm in 2007, Dowd has developed and led strategic branding, marketing and public relations programs for global asset management, private equity and financial technology clients. Dowd joined BackBay from Compton Consulting. Prior to that, she served as an Editorial Assistant for Euromoney magazine in London.

Skyline Corporation [ELKHART, Ind.] (NYSE: SKY) announced that Jeff Newport has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Newport previously served as Senior Vice President of Operations since joining Skyline in February 2016.

Doug Merriman

CoventBridge Group, Ltd. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced the addition of Chief Operating Officer (COO) Doug Merriman to the company’s management team. Merriman rejoins CoventBridge from Texas-based health information services provider EMSI, where he was the Executive Vice President of Operations for Health Plan Services

Athenex, Inc. [BUFFALO, N.Y.] announced the promotion of Jeffrey M. Yordon to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the company effective upon Board approval. Previously Yordon was the President of the Athenex Pharmaceutical Division, which was focused on commercializing all of Athenex’s products and intellectual property. Previous to joining Athenex, he was the Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sagent Pharmaceuticals which was recently sold to Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Company. Yordon was one of the founders of American Pharmaceutical Partners and served as President and COO of the company which was eventually purchased by Fresenius Kobi. Yordon also previously held senior management positions at YorPharm, LyphoMed, Faulding Pharmaceuticals and Gensia Laboratories.

Aaron Stein

Contessa Health [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced the addition of Aaron Stein as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Aaron served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Aspire Health. Prior to Aspire, Aaron was President for Evolent Health’s Mid-Atlantic Region. In addition, he held national and regional leadership roles with UnitedHealth Group.

Medical Metrics, Inc. (MMI) [HOUSTON] announced the addition of Jeffrey “Jesse” Bowden to its executive management team as Chief Operating Officer. Bowden joins the team at MMI with extensive industry knowledge, having served the past two years as COO of Radiant Sage Ventures. Prior to Radiant Sage Ventures, he served as Vice President and then President of Imaging Services at Biomedical Systems Corporation.

Astea International Inc. [HORSHAM, Pa.] announced that David F. Giannetto has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, a new position within Astea. For the past 18 months, David Giannetto ran Astea’s U.S. and EMEA Customer Services Departments. Prior to joining Astea, David spent over 15 years with several top technology companies implementing enterprise-changing Business Intelligence initiatives among the Fortune 2000. He also brings over ten years of operational management experience.

Social Solutions Global [AUSTIN] has announced that Nikhil Kumar, the former SVP of Partner Services at Civitas Learning, has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his time at Civitas, Kumar was the Head of Client Services, Americas, for the Google Analytics Suite. He has also held various executive leadership roles at Blackbaud, Bazaarvoice, and National Instruments.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) [WASHINGTON] announced Mark T. Kim, Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), will join the MSRB as Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. Kim recently served as a member of the MSRB’s Board of Directors, where he was a member of the Finance and Steering Committees and chaired the Audit Committee. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at DC Water. Prior to DC Water, Kim held various positions in the public and private sectors including with the City of New York, Fidelity Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co. and UBS Investment Bank.