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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 March 3, 2017

Posted on March 9, 2017 Written by cfomoves Leave a Comment

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.

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.

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.

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.

COO Moves – week ending January 27, 2017

Posted on February 24, 2017 Written by Samuel Dergel Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

NIKA	RideBidz Inc.	The Doctors Company
Business First Bancshares	Pulleez	The Segal Group
HealthONE	bulb	Creative Learning Corporation
Kindred Systems Inc.	Watercrest Senior Living Group	Yippy, Inc.
Texas Instruments Incorporated	OppenheimerFunds	ConcertoHealth
Global Education & Workforce at Educational Testing Service	Unit4	Ciena
FedEx Corp.	Bulletproof	C Space
First Internet Bancorp	The Vosay Collection	Sprint

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NIKA [ROCKVILLE, Md.] announced the current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Usman Shakir will also be named Chief Operating Officer of the company. Before joining NIKA, Shakir served as Chief Financial Officer at Berico Technologies and held senior corporate finance roles with Deltek and with AOL.

RideBidz Inc. [CALABASAS, Calif.] announced that Jeanella Blair has joined the Executive Management team as COO. Most recently Blair consults representing some of the most respected non-profit agencies in the country including the Magic Johnson Foundation where she previously served as Executive Director, Kanye West Foundation, HollyRod Foundation and the South Carolina’s Department of Commerce. In 1999 Blair launched Eastwind Consulting Group and consulted to corporations such as Pfizer, Cheap Tickets Travel, Cedar Sinai, Toyota Lift and others. Prior to launching Eastwind Consulting Group she was employed by Reuters America relocating to Los Angeles from Boston to be a part of the Executive Leadership team for the western region.

The Doctors Company [NAPA, Calif.] announced the appointment of Bill Fleming as chief operating officer. Fleming replaces Rob Francis, who is leaving the company. Fleming is a 24-year veteran of The Doctors Company and had been senior vice president and regional operating officer for the Northeast. Previously, he served in a number of capacities, including claims, underwriting, product development, and as integration leader for AP Capital, Advocate MD, and Intermed as they joined The Doctors Company.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. [BATON ROUGE, La.], and its wholly owned subsidiary, Business First Bank announced the promotion of Keith Mansfield to Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Mansfield brings nearly 20 years of experience to his responsibilities, serving most recently as the bank’s chief information officer.

Pulleez International Incorporated (Pulleez) [RUMSON, N.J.] announced Laura Duprey will assume the responsibilities of Chief Operating Officer.

The Segal Group [NEW YORK] has announced John Flynn has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Flynn is a senior vice president and has successfully led the firm’s East Region for more than a decade.

HealthONE [ENGLEWOOD, Colo.] announced that Ryan Simpson has been named the new Chief Operating Officer. Simpson will transition from his current role as COO at The Medical Center of Aurora (TMCA) to Swedish Medical Center, HealthONE’s only Level 1 Trauma Center. Simpson has been with HCA since 2010.

bulb [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Ed Gillispie as Chief Operating Officer.

Creative Learning Corporation [ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.] (OTCQX: CLCN) announced that it has retained Karla Kretsch to serve as its Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Kretsch brings to the Company expansive, high-level professional experience at major U.S. corporations as well as in franchising, where Ms. Kretsch has herself operated one of the Company’s most successful Bricks 4 Kidz® franchises. Prior to becoming a Bricks 4 Kidz® franchisee in 2010, Ms. Kretsch served in various executive positions at Wells Fargo for 18 years. Ms. Kretsch began her career at Arthur Andersen in audit and in financial consulting.

Kindred Systems Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced it hired Jim Liefer to be its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Most recently he served as One Kings Lane’s COO. Before One Kings Lane, he was vice president of operations for Walmart.com.

Watercrest Senior Living Group [VERO BEACH, Fla.] is proud to announce the promotion of Michele Thompson to Chief Operating Officer. Thompson joined Watercrest in 2013 as Vice President of Operations. Thompson previously served as National Director of Dementia Services and Vice President of Operations for a regional operating company.

Yippy, Inc. [ATLANTA] (OTCMKTS: YIPI) announced that it has appointed John P. Macartney as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Macartney will continue to serve as a member the Company’s Board of Directors and Mike Pointer, who previously served in the capacity of Chief Operations Officer, will now serve as the Company’s Chief Scientist. Mr. Macartney previously served as the Chief Scientist for the web research business unit of Cengage Learning. Prior to Cengage, Mr. Macartney held various positions including Director of Technology, Chief Architect and Chief Scientist at Highbeam Research, Inc. Between 1985 and 1999, Mr. Macartney held senior engineering positions for IBM/Lotus and Unisys.

Texas Instruments Incorporated [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: TXN) promoted Brian Crutcher to chief operating officer (COO). Crutcher is a 21-year veteran of the company and has been executive vice president responsible for all business and sales operations, Kilby Labs and information technology. Crutcher joined TI in 1996 and during his first 10 years served in a variety of leadership roles in the sales organization, including vice president in charge of the Americas. He later moved into business operations and at separate times led each of the company’s two business segments, Analog and Embedded Processing.

OppenheimerFunds [NEW YORK] announced Alex Depetris has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer, Beta Solutions. Depetris joins from Deutsche Bank AG where he was a founder, COO and Chairman of the board of Deutsche X-trackers ETF business in the U.S. and also managed the PowerShares DB ETF platform (sold to Invesco PowerShares in 2015). Previously, Depetris was an associate with the law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP in New York.

ConcertoHealth [IRVINE, CA] announced the appointment of Chrissie Cooper as chief operating officer. Prior to joining ConcertoHealth, Cooper served as chief operating officer for the California division of DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. Cooper previously held the roles of president of Florida and the west region at WellCare Health Plans. She has also held leadership roles at United HealthCare and PacifiCare Health Systems.

Global Education & Workforce at Educational Testing Service (ETS), [PRINCETON, N.J.] announced Senior Vice President, David Hunt has been appointed as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Hunt joined ETS in 2003 as Executive Director of the Account Management Organization in the Operations division. In 2004, he was named Group Executive Director of the Process Management Organization in the company’s Brand division. And, in 2005 as Associate Vice President for Channel Expansion in the Higher Education division. Hunt was promoted to Vice President of ETS’s International Division in 2006 and named Chairman of ETS’s for-profit foreign subsidiaries, ETS Global B.V. and Edusoft Learning. Before joining ETS, Hunt was Vice President of Customer Service with Global Crossing Telecommunications, He also served as Vice President of Acquisition Marketing with Prudential^® Financial Services.

Unit4 [BURLINGTON, Mass.] announced Jim Millard as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He was formerly VP of Sales and Strategic Alliances. He joined Unit4 in 2013 having held a number of senior sales roles with enterprise software vendors including Lawson Software and Information Mosaic.

Ciena^® [HANOVER, Md.] (NYSE: CIEN) announced that François Locoh-Donou will step down as senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO). Locoh-Donou joined Ciena in 2002 and served in several leadership positions before becoming COO in November 2015.

FedEx Corp. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NYSE: FDX) announced that David J. Bronczek is assuming a new role as President and Chief Operating Officer of FedEx Corporation. David L. Cunningham will succeed Bronczek as President and CEO of FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp.

Bulletproof™ [SEATTLE] announced the hiring of Anna Collins as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Most recently, she served as worldwide general manager of Amazon Prime membership. Prior to Amazon, she served in a variety of leadership roles with responsibilities including operations, business development, product and marketing at Microsoft, CVS Health, Johnson & Johnson and aQUANTIVE.

C Space [BOSTON] announced that Howard Kogan has taken on the role of global Chief Operating Officer of C Space. Kogan joined C Space in 2010, and has successfully led the business in the Americas as President for the last three years. Outside of C Space, Howard serves on the Board of Advisors of AnswerLab, the Board of Directors of America SCORES Boston and is a mentor for entrepreneurs at MassChallenge, a start-up accelerator.

First Internet Bancorp [FISHERS, Ind.] (NASDAQ: INBK), the parent company of First Internet Bank, announced today Nicole Lorch has been named Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank. Ms. Lorch joined First Internet Bank as Director of Marketing. She served as Vice President, Marketing & Technology from May 2003 to May 2011 and Senior Vice President, Retail Banking from May 2011 until this appointment.

The Vosay Collection [NEW YORK] announced that Kevin Killough will join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Killough was one of the initial team members of Twin-Star International (TSI).

Sprint [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: S) named Néstor Cano to the newly created position of chief operating officer. Most recently, he was president of European Operations at Tech Data. Before joining Tech Data, Cano held positions with technology companies in Spain, including Tronik and CCR Informatica.

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