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COO Moves – week ending August 11, 2017

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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.

Scott McMillan

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 July 21, 2017

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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.

Michael Lahoud

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.

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 June 2, 2017

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COO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

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

Tony Wehner

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

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

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

Josh Horwitz

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

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

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

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