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COO Moves – week ending April 6, 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 Written by cfomoves Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Scribd Methodist Medical Group Kia Motors America
Hornet BridgeStreet Palmer Square Capital Management
NAES Corporation Magenta Therapeutics Celgene Corporation
STATS Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. Hi-Crush Partners LP
Cingulate Therapeutics LLC Data Foundry Utegration

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Scribd [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Jared Fliesler will join the company as Chief Operating Officer. Fliesler has held executive positions at Square, Slide, was a Director of Product at Google and most recently served as General Partner at venture capital firm Matrix Partners.

Methodist Medical Group [RICHARDSON, Texas] announced that Michael W. Bukosky joined as Senior Vice President / Chief Operating Officer. Bukosky comes to MMG from a position as chief administrative officer of USMD Holdings, Inc. and president of USMD Physician Practice Management. Earlier in his career, Bukosky served as chief executive officer of University of Louisville Physicians in Louisville, Ky. He also served previously as executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Carle Clinic Association in Urbana, Ill.

Kia Motors America [IRVINE, Calif.] announced that Michael Sprague, chief operating officer and executive vice president, has announced his intent to leave to pursue new opportunities, effective April 17, 2018.

Hornet [NEW YORK] announced that Alim Dhanji will join the company’s executive team as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Hornet, Alim was Chief People Officer at Kik, after having served on its board and as a senior advisor to the CEO. Alim has also held senior executive roles with leading companies such as Citigroup, TD Bank Financial Group, KPMG International and Scotiabank Group.

BridgeStreet [RESTON, Va.] has named Brian Proctor as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Brian most recently served as VP of Operations at Evolution Hospitality in San Clemente.

Palmer Square Capital Management [MISSION WOODS, Kan.] announced the hiring of Scott Betz as Chief Operating Officer, a new position at Palmer Square. Scott will also serve as Chief Compliance Officer. Scott brings almost 20 years of experience, most recently at Scout Investments where he was Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Treasurer.

Tom Bartolomei

ITOCHU Corporation and NAES Corporation [NEW YORK and ISSAQUAH, Wash.] have named Tom Bartolomei President and Chief Operating Officer of NAES. Bartolomei currently serves as NAES Senior Vice President. Before joining NAES in 2014, he served as President and CEO of Eco Power Solutions. He has also held executive-level positions at Alstom Power, Burns & Roe Enterprises and AREVA.

Magenta Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that chief operating officer Bastiano Sanna, Ph.D., has resigned from the Company to pursue an opportunity outside of Magenta.

Celgene Corporation [SUMMIT, N.J.] (NASDAQ: CELG) announced that Scott A. Smith, President and Chief Operating Officer, is leaving the company.

STATS [CHICAGO] bolstered its executive roster with the introduction of Mike Perez as its new Chief Operating Officer. Perez joins STATS from the Tidewater Group. His previous roles include Chief Development Officer of Whitney Bradley and Brown, Senior Vice President of Tiburon, and Senior Vice President of SIGBA.

Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. [BETHESDA, Md.] (NYSE American: CDOR) announced that Jeffrey Dougan, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, gave notice to the Company of his resignation, effective April 27, 2018. Mr. Dougan has accepted a position as the Chief Executive Officer of a Boston-based hospitality management company.

Hi-Crush Partners LP [HOUSTON] (NYSE: HCLP) announced that Scott J. Preston has joined as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Mr. Preston served simultaneously as Chief Operations Officer of Unimin Corporation and Chief Executive Officer of Winchester & Western Railroad, within the Sibelco Group portfolio.  Prior to that, Mr. Preston has held various senior-level supply, procurement, and planning positions for other logistically complex businesses during his tenures with Tronox Incorporated, International Flavors & Fragrances and Pepsi Bottling Group.

Cingulate Therapeutics LLC [KANSAS CITY, Kan.] announced the appointment of Laurie A. Myers, Ph.D. to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Dr. Myers currently serves as a founding member of the Cingulate Therapeutics Board of Directors. Dr. Myers has played key role in clinical drug development, marketing and commercialization for leading global pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis, DuPont, Pfizer and Sanofi (including predecessor companies) which included leadership positions in both R&D and marketing.

Data Foundry [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the promotion of Cameron Wynne, who has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Wynne has been with Data Foundry for 17 years, previously serving as the company’s vice president of operations. Before joining Data Foundry, Wynne worked as an IT consultant for PwC and Cap Gemini.

Utegration [HOUSTON] announced that Bart Thielbar assumed the role of President and COO. Thielbar formerly served as VP and North American Utility Practice Leader for Capgemini. Prior to joining Capgemini, he held various executive positions including: SVP at Five Point Partners, COO TMG, and SVP and CIO at Northwestern Energy.

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COO Moves – week ending Feburary 23, 2018

Posted on February 28, 2018 Written by cfomoves Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

99 Cents Only Stores LLC Barton Malow Company Orange Leaf
Higher Ed Partners Nautilus Minerals Inc. Clique
Serenova Bridge Therapeutics Glance Technologies Inc.
V3 Insurance Partners LLC FAT Brands Inc. Welty Building Company
Liberty Tax Inc.

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99 Cents Only Stores LLC [CITY OF COMMERCE, Calif.] announced that Jason Kidd has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Kidd has over 25 years of retail experience and joined the Company in 2014 as Senior Vice President of Store Operations. Prior to joining 99, Mr. Kidd held a Senior Vice President role with Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart Stores Inc. Mr. Kidd’s career has included senior positions in Operations, Communications, Planning, Integration and Merchandising.

Barton Malow Company [DETROIT] announced Chuck Binkowski as Chief Operating Officer. Binkowski began his career in the construction trades as a laborer. He progressed through the trades and became General Superintendent overseeing every phase of construction for numerous Barton Malow projects across Michigan. In 2005, the firm recognized Binkowski’s leadership abilities and promoted him to General Manager of its Oak Park location, which included managing the company’s equipment assets and concrete services operations. In 2009, Chuck was named Vice President responsible for Industrial and Energy work and later rose to Senior Vice President of the Central Region.

Kendall Ware

Orange Leaf [OKLAHOMA CITY] named Kendall Ware as President and Chief Operating Officer. Ware, who has over 10 years of franchise leadership experience and is a certified franchise executive through the IFA, most recently served as Vice President of Operations and Training for the Orange Leaf brand. Prior to his time at Orange Leaf, Ware developed his leadership experience at other franchised concepts such as CiCi’s Pizza and Genghis Grill.

Higher Ed Partners (HEP) [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Jade Roth as Chief Operating Officer. Roth joins Higher Ed Partners, after serving as CEO of Sagence Learning. Prior to Sagence Learning, Roth served as Vice President Books, Digital Strategy and Chief Product Officer for Barnes & Noble College.

Nautilus Minerals Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX: NUS, OTC: NUSMF) appointed Wayne Knott to the role of Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), commencing March 19, 2018. Wayne previously worked for Nautilus Minerals as Operations Manager during 2010 to 2012. His immediate past role was Operational Readiness Specialist for Hatch.

Clique [LOS ANGELES] announced that it has hired Marc Rothschild as president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Clique, Rothschild most recently was in charge of digital revenue as the senior vice president of Meredith Digital. Rothschild joined Meredith in 2015 when the company bought Selectable Media, a company he co-founded and for which he served as COO. Prior to Selectable, Rothschild served as senior vice president of Phorm and held multiple roles at AOL, including vice president of strategic alliances.

Julian Critchfield

Serenova [Austin, Texas] announced that Julian Critchfield has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Critchfield joins Serenova from CA Technologies, where he was the General Manager and Senior Vice President responsible for the company’s cloud analytics platform, Jarvis. Prior to that he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at InContact. Critchfield has also held executive positions at GE Healthcare, Micro Focus and Oracle.

Bridge Therapeutics® [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] named David H. Bergstrom as its new Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Bergstrom has more than 30 years of new product development and commercialization experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Glance Technologies Inc. [VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (CSE: GET.CN, OTCQB: GLNNF) announced the termination of Penny Green as President and Chief Operating Officer.

V3 Insurance Partners LLC [NEWTOWN, Pa.] announced that Brian Janitschke has been named Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Janitschke most recently held roles focused on predictive analytics as the Chief Actuary of Capital Insurance Group and the leader of Business Intelligence at Western National Insurance. However he is best known in the industry for his role as Senior Vice President of Program Products at QBE North America where he was also a member of the senior management team.

FAT Brands Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: FAT), parent company of Fatburger, announced the hiring of Toni M. Bianco as President and Chief Operating Officer of Fatburger. In addition, after 15 years of outstanding service, former Fatburger President and Chief Operating Officer Don Berchtold will be transitioning to a new role as Executive Vice President and Chief Concept Officer for FAT Brands. Prior to joining Fatburger, Bianco oversaw significant international expansion deals for Papa John’s. Most recently, he managed global operations, training, development and IT for the growing Long John Silver’s brand.

Bradley Ewing

Welty Building Company [AKRON, Ohio] named Bradley Ewing as President and Chief Operating Officer of Welty Energy Business. Bradley comes to Welty from NG Gilbert, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He brings over 30 years of energy experience, primarily at First Energy where he served as Vice President – Energy Delivery.

Liberty Tax Inc. [VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.] (NASDAQ: TAX) announced that Shaun York will become the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Shaun has been involved with Liberty Tax Service since 2003 when he started working with the Central Florida Area Developers. He joined Liberty Tax as a franchisee in October of 2003.  Currently he owns multiple franchise stores in the Tampa area. Over the last 10 years, York has been an Area Developer in Tampa, Polk County and Brevard County in Florida and Birmingham, Alabama (sold in 2016). Over the past 5 years, Shaun has worked as a consultant for Liberty Tax Service in operations. His latest role was in an advisory capacity to the Vice-President of Operations and the previous COO.

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COO Moves – week ending Feburary 2, 2018

Posted on February 7, 2018 Written by cfomoves Leave a Comment

COO Moves this week include:

Emera Inc. dv01 Barton Malow Company
Great Lakes Graphite Inc. JP & Associates REALTORS RJD Green Inc.
OptiRTC, Inc. Maropost Seres Therapeutics, Inc.
Kateeva ESO Solutions, Inc. Unikrn
Isabella Bank

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Emera Inc. [HALIFAX, Nova Scotia] (TSX: EMA) announced that Rick Janega will become the Chief Operating Officer, Electric Utilities – Canada, US Northeast and Caribbean effective March 31, 2018. Over his almost 30 years with the company, Rick has held a variety of leadership roles. He was appointed President, Emera Newfoundland & Labrador (ENL) in February 2011 and became CEO of ENL in April 2014. Prior to this, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Nova Scotia Power Inc. and has held a number of positions from Senior Plant Manager at Trenton and Point Tupper generating stations to VP, Operations and General Manager of Power Production.

dv01 [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Amy Johnson as Chief Operating Officer. Amy began her career as an Investment Banker in the technology group at Merrill Lynch before moving to Goldman Sachs as a Credit Trader. She then spent six years at Deutsche Bank as a Business Manager in Flow Credit Trading. Most recently, Johnson was the Global Head of Credit Execution at Intercontinental Exchange.

Chuck Binkowski

Barton Malow Company [DETROIT] named longtime employee Chuck Binkowski to Chief Operating Officer. He also served as Vice President responsible for Industrial and Energy work, and as Senior Vice President for the company’s entire Central Region.

Great Lakes Graphite Inc. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: GLK, OTCQB: GLKIF) announced that Todd Jorn has been appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, Mr. Jorn was a Managing Director at The Seaport Group. Prior to joining Seaport, Mr. Jorn, along with John Thomas, was a founding partner of Pfife Hudson Group (2005-2009); a Managing Director of The Provident Group (2003-2005); the founding partner of PFI Capital (2002-2003); and from 1984-2002, a Managing Director of Fixed Income and a member of the Fixed Income Operating Committee at Lehman Brothers.

JP & Associates REALTORS (JPAR) [DALLAS] announced the hiring of Mark Johnson as the firm’s new Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mark held the position of Vice President of Business Development and Coaching Success for the Tom Ferry Coaching Organization.

RJD Green Inc. [TULSA, OK] (OTCPK: RJDG) announced that Jerry Niblett will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Niblett has served as a Board Director for RJDG since 2014. In his most recent employment with Sunoco Pipeline, Jerry served as part of a corporate turnaround team. Energy sectors in which Jerry has participated include; petro-chemical refining, natural gas compression, crude oil pipeline and storage, oil & gas exploration, and business development within oil & gas products and services.

David Rubinstein

OptiRTC, Inc. [BOSTON] announced the appointment of David Rubinstein as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to joining Opti, he held senior executive roles and was responsible for setting the strategy, operations, and structure at several high-growth SaaS organizations, including DataXu, Inc., Resolve Technology, and Invoke Solutions. He was also instrumental in leading Convergent Group to a successful IPO and the subsequent sale of the company to Schlumberger. 

Maropost [TORONTO] named current Chief Financial Officer—Joseph Schirripa—as its new Chief Operating Officer.

Seres Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MCRB) announced the appointment of Eric D. Shaff to the additional role of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Shaff has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since joining the Company in November 2014, and he will continue to retain both positions. Mr. Shaff also serves on the Board of Directors for Sigilon Therapeutics and has extensive experience in the biotechnology field, having worked at Momenta Pharmaceuticals and Genzyme Corporation, where he was Vice President of Finance for the Personalized Genetic Health division.

Kateeva [NEWARK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Marc Haugen as chief operating officer (COO). Mr. Haugen was group vice president of worldwide operations and supply chain for Applied Materials from 2013-2016. Before that, he was corporate vice president of global product operations at Lam Research. Immediately prior to Kateeva, Mr. Haugen was EVP of global operations and engineering at Cepheid.

ESO Solutions, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of Matt Walker as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, he was the President, West Region, for Sharecare Health Data Services. Prior to Sharecare, Walker was the President, NIGP and Vendor Services, for Periscope Holdings.

Unikrn [SEATTLE] hired a new COO, Andrew Vouris. Vouris has over 10 years of experience growing one of Wagering and Gaming’s most successful brands (Tabcorp) and will join Unikrn in February.

Isabella Bank [MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.] (OTCQX: ISBA) announced the promotion of Peggy Wheeler to Chief Operations Officer. Wheeler has 40 years of banking experience with Isabella Bank, holding various positions including customer service, accounting, corporate controller, and most recently senior vice president of operations.

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COO Moves – week ending December 15, 2017

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

COO Moves this week include:

Atlas Genetics Meta Company Square Mile Capital Management LLC
Capital Institutional Services, Inc. Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital Outcome Health
Estimize Inc. Hostess Brands, Inc. Cromos™ Pharma
Kaleido Biosciences Rumble APPrise Mobile
Banker’s Toolbox, Inc. Captain D’s Robin Hood
Prime Risk Partners Manitex International, Inc. AudioEye, Inc.
Compass BorgWarner Bittrex

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Atlas Genetics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & BATH, United Kingdom] announced the appointment of Marc Jones as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Jones joins Atlas Genetics from Good Start Genetics, where he served as the COO and CFO. Prior to Good Start Genetics, Jones served as the CFO of T2 Biosystems. Previously, Jones held the CFO position at Crashlytics, Ivenix and CHiL Semiconductor.

Maneesh Dhir

Meta Company [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that former Apple India Managing Director Maneesh Dhir has joined the company as its new chief operating officer. Before joining Meta, Dhir served as the managing director for Apple India. Prior to working at Apple, Dhir served as executive vice president – international at America Online. Dhir previously held the position of vice president and general manager of the Application Platform division at Netscape. Earlier in his career, he was part of the leadership team for KIVA Software.

Laurie Golub

Square Mile Capital Management LLC [NEW YORK] has appointed Laurie Golub as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Square Mile, she held leadership positions at HFZ Capital Group, Africa Israel USA and Forest City Ratner Companies.

Capital Institutional Services, Inc. (CAPIS) [DALLAS] announced that its Chief Operating Officer, Jim Morrow, will retire effective January 15, 2018. Following his retirement, Morrow will be under contract with CAPIS as a consultant.

Hannah Gelbs

Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital [HOUSTON] announced that Hannah Gelbs has been promoted to chief operating officer from her existing role as associate administrator at West Houston Medical Center.

Outcome Health [CHICAGO] announced that Nandini Ramani has been named Chief Operating Officer. Ramani joined Outcome Health in August 2017 as Chief Engineering Officer. Prior to joining Outcome Health, Ramani was the Vice President of Engineering at Twitter. Prior to that, Ramani led the Java business unit for Oracle.

Jeffrey Geisenheimer

Estimize Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Jeffrey Geisenheimer has been appointed as Chief Financial and Operating Officer. Jeff has served as an advisor and Estimize Board member since July 2016. He has held the role of Chief Financial Officer at various companies such as Multex, Moneyline Telerate, Ford Models and most recently Coleman Research Group.

Hostess Brands, Inc. [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NASDAQ: TWNK) (NASDAQ: TWNKW) announced the promotion of Andrew Jacobs to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Jacobs has been the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer since June 2017. Prior to that, he served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer from September 2014 through May 2017 and Senior Vice President, Strategic Channels from February 2014 through September 2014. Prior to joining Hostess, Jacobs served as President of Wolfgang Candy Company from September 2012 until February 2014 and was Vice President and General Manager (US Customers) for The Hershey Company from September 2003 through May 2012.

Cromos™ Pharma [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Stephanie Finnegan has been appointed as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Cromos™ Pharma, she was the president of a US-based CRO. Prior to joining the CRO, Finnegan founded and led the biopharmaceutical industry’s first contract manufacturer dedicated to the clinical development of biotherapeutics.

Kaleido Biosciences [BEDFORD, Mass.] announced the appointment of Alison Lawton as president and chief operating officer. Lawton was most recently chief operating officer at Aura Biosciences, and previously held the same role at OvaScience. Prior to that, she spent more than 20 years in various positions of increasing responsibility at Genzyme Corporation and Sanofi. At Genzyme, Lawton served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company’s biosurgery unit. Previously, Lawton worked for seven years at Parke-Davis.

Rumble [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Miguel Monteverde as its chief operating officer. Monteverde is a founder and principal at Green Mountain Advisors. He also serves as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Monteverde was most recently a senior vice president of digital media at Discovery Communications. Prior to joining Discovery in 2008, Monteverde spent more than ten years at AOL in a variety of programming and business roles, including serving as general manager of AOL Video.

APPrise Mobile [NEW YORK] announced that Doug Pierce has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, he was the COO of mobile SaaS company, Scrollmotion. He has held COO positions at POSSIBLE and Bridge Worldwide. Previously, Pierce led client delivery and was part of the leadership team at enterprise social media software startup BuzzMetrics which was acquired by Nielsen Online.

Banker’s Toolbox, Inc. [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Max Thoene as Chief Operating Officer. Most recently, he was Chief Operating Officer at FATHOM Global Water Management, LLC. Thoene also has experience creating world-class operations and services at Accruent, Rackspace and Dell.

Captain D’s [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Tim Ward has been promoted to chief operating officer. Ward joined Captain D’s seven years ago, and most recently served as vice president of company operations.

Derek Ferguson

Robin Hood [NEW YORK] announced that Derek Ferguson as its chief operating officer. Most recently, Ferguson was chief operating officer of Revolt Media & TV. Prior to Revolt, Ferguson was chief growth officer of Combs Enterprises. Since joining Combs Enterprises in 1998, he’s had multiple responsibilities, including serving as CFO and managing all business operations for the company. Before joining Combs Enterprises, Ferguson was vice president of finance and operations for BMG Special Products. He was previously a manager at Bain and Company. His professional career began in 1985, when he worked at Coopers and Lybrand as an auditor and mergers and acquisitions analyst.

Prime Risk Partners [ATLANTA] announced that Robert C. Smith has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He was a senior consultant and shareholder with Reagan Consulting. He most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer of a leading Southwest regional firm.

Manitex International, Inc. [BRIDGEVIEW, Ill.] (NASDAQ: MNTX) announced that Steve Kiefer has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of Manitex International, Inc. Kiefer, who was promoted to President, North America in September 2017. He began his career at Eaton Corp, where he spent seven years in various new product development roles. He additionally spent over ten years at Hendrickson International, where he held numerous senior-level positions in new product development, program management, and sales & marketing. He was also president of Intellitec Products for three years. Prior to joining Manitex-Sabre as president, he was, for five years, with the Pettibone Heavy Equipment Group.

AudioEye, Inc. [TUCSON, Ariz.] (OTCQB: AEYE) announced the promotion of Lonny Sternberg to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining AudioEye in 2014 and serving as the Vice President of Operations, Lonny led Sales and Marketing initiatives for a leading Arizona-based Business Technology Solutions Company. Earlier in his career, Lonny served as a Senior Operations Leader in a private family business.

Compass [CALGARY] announced the appointment of Bill Moore as Chief Operating Officer. Bill spent 20 years with Enerflex in a variety of leadership positions. His roles included President International, Senior Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Service and General Manager, Asia Pacific.

BorgWarner [AUBURN HILLS, Mich.] (NYSE: BWA) announced the appointment of Frédéric Lissalde to executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective January 1, 2018. He most recently served as president and general manager of Turbo Systems. Prior to that, he served as vice president and general manager of BorgWarner Transmissions Systems and vice president of global sales and marketing of BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems. He also served as managing director of several operations in Europe for BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems.

Bittrex [LAS VEGAS] announced the appointment of Jim Waschak as Chief Operating Officer. Jim is joining Bittrex after 12 years at Amazon, most recently serving as Director of Information Security and CISO for Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer Organization. Prior to Amazon, Jim worked for seven years at as a Director at Capital One.

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