CFO Leadership

(RTTNews.com) - Brown Shoe Company Inc. (BWS) Tuesday said it appointed Russ Hammer as Chief Financial Officer of the company, replacing Mark Hood as of June 11. Hammer, who was formerly the chief financial officer of Orbitz Worldwide, will have ...  

Wofford College announced Tuesday it has appointed Barbara “Barbie” Jefferson as chief financial officer, effective June 30. Jefferson will continue to oversee the college's business operations, including information technology, human ...  

The restaurant supplier Chefs' Warehouse named a new chief financial officer Wednesday. CFO Ken Clark will serve as an adviser to incoming CFO John Austin when he takes over on July 1, and will remain with the company until March. Austin has been on the ...  

Stuart Snow, associate superintendent for business and financial services, was recognized by the Houston Business Journal as the Best Education CFO of the Year during an awards luncheon at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday. A selection ...  

Back on May 15, Rex Energy Corp’s CFO, Thomas Charles Stabley, invested $25,625.00 into 2,500 shares of REXX, for a cost per share of $10.25. Bargain hunters tend to pay particular attention to insider buys like this one, because presumably ...  

The company has sold some radio stations in smaller markets, for example. Asked about a potential sale of the CBS outdoor ad business, Ianniello said he is always open to deals that make sense, but the outdoor unit is focusing on its sales. He quipped that ...  

(AGI) Rome - Electricity giant ENEL's CFO today reported with Parliament's Trade and Industry committee. Updating the Committee on the part-privatised company's current standings, Luigi Ferraris underscored ENEL's 71bn euro contribution to state coffers ...  

BEIJING, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Deyu Agriculture Corp. (DEYU.PK) (the "Company"), a Beijing, China based vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains, today announced that it...  

ePrize is proud to announce that Craig Sprinkle was named a CFO Winner for Crain's Detroit Business magazine's CFO of the Year Awards in the 25 million to 100 million revenue category. The CFO of the Year Awards honor Detroit's leading financial ...  

May 29, 2012 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Brown Shoe Co. has named a former Orbitz and Crocs executive to be its next chief financial officer. Russ Hammer, 55, will begin his new duties in June 11.  

They share many traits: They think strategically, understand the driving forces behind their businesses, possess leadership skills, and often are the unsung heros of the businesses for which they work. They are the Kansas City Business Journal’s 2012 CFO of the Year finalists. The awards program, now in its fifth year, honors the Kansas City area’s top financial executives. Applicants were judged for their contributions to their companies...  

Footwear retailer Brown Shoe Co. named Russ Hammer as its new chief financial officer, effective June 11. Hammer will replace Mark Hood who has resigned, the company said. Brown Shoe did not say why Hood, who will assist in the transition ...  

Brown Shoe Co. has named a former Orbitz Worldwide and Crocs, Inc. executive to be its next chief financial officer. Russ Hammer will begin his new duties in June 11. He will replace Mark Hood, who is resigning and will assist in the transition. A news ...  

The $50 billion General Motors (GM) bailout was a Democrat Crony Socialist nightmare. The Obama Administration illegally over-rewarded its union friendsand destroyed Republican-enemy auto dealers, to name but two facets of the titanic debacle.  

The national carmaker, in a statement, also announced the resignation of its chief financial officer Azhar Othman, effective July 6 2012. Proton said its executive chairman, Datuk Seri Mohd Khamil Jamil, who is also DRB-HICOM managing director, would continue to lead the company. "Syed Zainal has been with Proton for over six years and we are grateful for his contributions to the company. He has decided to leave Proton on his own accord to...  

Mother is a well-respected ad agency with offices in London, New York and Buenos Aires. Another noteable detail about Mother is that Pernilla Ammann is a partner and COO of Mother New York. That's important, because Mrs. Ammann's husband is ...  

Rexel SA (RXL) Chief Financial Officer Michel Favre said getting paid in Spain is a daily struggle for the distributor of electrical equipment as the financial crisis exacerbates a construction slump in Southern Europe. “We are focused on the ...  

Martin said it's a "huge job" with "no end to the challenges," and already has met with Mayor Dave Bing, his top aides and members of the city council. He told The Detroit News ( http://bit.ly/KKvva6) he wants feedback on how to solve Detroit's problems.  

(RTTNews.com) - Cree Inc.'s (CREE) executive vice president-finance and chief financial officer, John Kurtzweil, has resigned from the company, effective May 21, 2012, to join Extreme Networks Inc. (EXTR) as chief financial officer and senior vice president.  

About the company: Cormant provides IT infrastructure management software systems for midsized to large enterprises across a range of industries. 1. Where did you start in finance and what experiences led you to the job you have today? Right out of college ...  

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, today announced that John Kurtzweil has resigned as executive vice president-finance and chief financial officer.  

It's like starting a new business every few years ... If we make a sale to a new customer, we get a really good review from an existing customer, and I can hear that staff are really happy and productive -- I hear lots of giggles and jokes and that ...  

Shen Xiaotong, chief financial officer of Ku6.com, has resigned due to personal reasons, and Feng Jie, the company's vice president for finance, will temporarily command the CFO position. According to a document submitted by the Chinese video website Ku6.com to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Ku6.com said that the changes and appointments have already [...]  

Three Pittsburgh-area CFOs discussed the challenges and opportunities of doing business in an increasingly globalized and uncertain world at a panel discussion held at the Rivers Club Thursday morning. The Pittsburgh Business Times hosted the event, which included winners from the 2011 CFO of the Year award program. Panelists included Craig Creaturo of II-VI Inc., Matthew Davin of Dynamics Inc. and Larry Friend of Werner Ladder Co...  

Jason Hill has joined engineering and architectural firm Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and Cannon, Inc., as chief financial officer, company CEO Bob Higgins announced Monday. Hill replaces Tom Allen, the firm’s former CFO, who retired after working ...  

Paul Saleh will join Computer Sciences Corp. in Falls Church as vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 23, according to RTT News. Saleh, 55, will report to CSC president and CEO, Mike Lawrie, and will be responsible for CSC’s global financial operations. Most recently, Saleh was the senior vice president and chief financial officer at Gannett Co., Inc. in McLean. Effective immediately, Michael Hart, vice president and...  

Cimarron Casino, located in Perkins, OK is accepting applications for Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The CFO will be responsible for the financial statements and financial activities of Cimarron Casino, its component units, and/or any other entities as assigned.  

Covance Inc. (NYSE: CVD), a leading provider of drug development services, has promoted Alison Cornell, previously its vice president of Global Financial Planning ... Cornell is a life-long resident of New Jersey; she currently resides in ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's largest outside shareholder said the Internet company should make its finance chief or head of media the interim chief executive because of the controversy surrounding CEO Scott Thompson's educational background.  

General Motors said Pernilla Ammann, the wife of Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, is an officer and a partner in an advertising agency that received about $600,000 for services last year to a GM subsidiary. The transaction was “properly ratified” under the Detroit-based company’s policy covering related-party transactions...  

Sharon Ozment, the chief financial officer for Guilford County Schools, has announced she will retire on June 30, after nearly 40 years with the school sytem. She has been the district's CFO for the past 12 years, overseeing the district’s financial operations and its $680 million budget. “During my time working with Ms. Ozment, I have come to rely on her expertise, calm-natured manner and astuteness,” said Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green...  

The McClatchy Co. announced today that Elaine Lintecum, who has worked in the company's finance department for 24 years, has been promoted to vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Elaine Lintecum Patrick Talamantes, McClatchy's chief financial officer, will replace Gary Pruitt as CEO.  

SOLNA, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Anders Haker has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of cash handling company Loomis (STO:LOOMB) with effect from June 1, 2012. He succeeds Marcus Hagegård, who is moving to take up the position of CFO at Loomis’ business in the US – the Group’s largest segment, with approaching 40 percent of sales and employees. Anders Haker's previous positions include Chief Financial Officer at the...  

General Motors told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today that it failed to report a $600,000 deal given to an advertising agency where the wife of a top GM executive is a partner GM said in an SEC filing that it had "recently learned about" a contract ...  

FRANKFURT – The Chief Financial Officer of Germany's Hochtief AG (HOT.XE), Peter Sassenfeld, said he sees a large potential for joint projects with the construction company's major shareholder, Spain's Actividades de Construccion y Servicios ...  

The Houston Business Journal kicked off Celebrate Enterprise 2012 — a week of events celebrating capitalism — with a VIP reception honoring its finalists for Best CFOs of the Year. Finalists and sponsors of the Best CFOs awards mixed and mingled at a May 16 VIP reception at The Tasting Room in the Galleria area. Around 50 people attended the exclusive event, which included several CFO award alumni. BancorpSouth Insurance Services was the...  

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (EFII) Barclays Capital Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference May 23, 2012 02:20 pm ET Executives Vincent Pilette – Chief Financial Officer Analysts Presentation Vincent Pilette Good afternoon. I’m Vincent Pilette, the Chief Financial Officer of EFI and I’ll quickly run through a few slides, sharing with you both the results we obtained and the product offering we...  

Chief financial officers at U.S. firms are feeling more optimistic about the economy even though a majority of them give a failing grade to the elected officials expected to spur a recovery, according to a Columbus Business First report on a recent survey. Half of CFOs in a quarterly CFO Outlook Survey by Financial Executives International and Baruch College said the U.S. economy is in recovery mode, but more said they would give a D or F...  

The former CFO of a troubled bank recently purchased by Louisville-based Republic Bancorp Inc. has been named CFO of Elizabethtown-based First Financial Service Corp. as part of a management shakeup. First Financial (NASDAQ: FFKY) announced Wednesday that it had hired Frank Perez as CFO for the holding company and for its subsidiary, First Federal Savings Bank. According to a news release from First Financial, Perez’s most recent job was CFO...  

Panera Bread Co.'s board appointed Thomas Patrick Kelly, 54, as interim chief financial officer while it searches for a permanent CFO, the St. Louis Business Journal reports. Kelly, who goes by the name Patrick, replaces Jeff Kip, former executive vice president and chief financial officer, who left Panera effective March 15.  

Who knew hanging out with CFOs could be so much fun and so interesting! That’s Business Journal Brian Cassidy’s takeaway this week. Cassidy got some great shots of our CFO Award winners and finalists and along the way discovered he lives in CFO Award winner Steve Appelbaum’s old house in Kirkwood. It’s a small world, indeed. Click the photo on the right to see Appelbaum’s picture and more.  

has announced the appointment of CFO Solutions Limited to provide Interim CFO services to the Group. This appointment is being made pending the recruitment of a replacement for CFO Ceri Jones, who leaves the business today.  

San Luis Obispo-based Shopatron, the developer of a e-commerce software which combines online ordering for brands with distribution of those orders to local distributors, has named a new CFO. The firm said it has named Dave Morrison as its Chief Financial officer. Morrison was previously at Shop.com, as well as serving at Heller Ehrman and Consolidated Freightways. Shopatron's software lets major brands take online orders, and then allows...  

The Portland Business Journal’s 2012 CFO of the Year Awards honor 15 finance executives for outstanding performance during 2011. The Business Journal received nominations for these awards early this year. An independent panel of judges chose one winner and two honorees in five categories: publicly held companies; large, medium and small private companies; and nonprofits. See the CFO of the Year finalists We aren’t prepared to...  

Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) need to be commercially attuned and think like owners in order to enhance the value proposition and help the business achieve sustainable growth with appropriate margins, says Craig Omtvedt, Former Senior Vice President & CFO, Fortune Brands, Inc. "Some CFOs are so focused on IRR that they cause the company to lose market share, which can ultimately be a death spiral," he adds.read more  

Jeff Sanders has been appointed chief financial officer of Mycroft Inc., a company that offers cloud-based IT identity and security solutions. Sanders has more than 20 years of experience as a senior executive, board member and adviser for a variety of high-growth technology businesses. He most worked at St. Louis-based Affinity Wind as a partner and chief financial officer. He is still a partner and shareholder at Affinity, which is focused...  

Hans S. Weger has been named chief financial officer of Outrigger Enterprises Group, a Hawaii-based hotel and resort chain. Weger most recently was an independent director at the real estate company STAG Industrial Inc. Before that he served from 1998 to 2011 as CFO, executive vice president and treasurer of LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO), a real estate investment trust that focuses on upscale and luxury full-service hotels. He also was...  

(RTTNews) - General Motors Co. (GM: News ) said in a regulatory filing that it has recently learned about a related party transaction in 2011 not included in the proxy statement. Pernilla Ammann, the wife of GM's Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, is an ...  

PLANO, Texas (AP) — J. C. Penney Co. said Thursday that it hired a new chief financial officer as it tries to reshape its business. Ken Hannah will take over as CFO on Monday. The company's former chief financial officer, Michael Dastugue, left in...  

Tracy L. Keegan left her position as executive VP and CFO of Florida Community Bank to join Boca Raton-based First Southern Bank as CFO and COO. The move comes a month after First Southern Bank promoted Lynne Wines to CEO, in addition to her previous position as president. This is one of the few banks in the country with women in the top two executive positions. “As we build our Florida community banking franchise, our success will come from...  

M Technologies has named Bob Boulanger as its new chief financial officer. Dallas-based M, an IT professional services firm specializing in security and network solutions, said that Boulanger already has begun his new duties. Boulanger has 30 years of experience and he will oversee the company's finance, accounting and real estate functions. Previously, Boulanger worked as CFO for Caris Life Services and was CFO/COO at Samsung...  

BackOffice Associates LLC, a Massachusetts data migration software company, plans to open an office in Tysons Corner and has hired John Kinzer, former chief financial officer at Blackboard Inc., as its new CFO. Kinzer will work out of the new Tysons office along with two other executive hires: Chief Strategy Officer Rex Ahlstrom and Chief Sales Officer Mark Logan. Kinzer helped take D.C.-based education software company Blackboard public in...  

The St. Louis Business Journal has announced its 2012 class of finalists for the annual CFO Awards section. Led by Express Scripts’ Jeff Hall, this year's CFO group features executives from some of St. Louis’ largest companies, exceptional nonprofits and a few up-and-comers. For 2012, the Business Journal will recognize Hall with the “Deal of the Year” award for his work to complete Express Scripts’ acquisition of Medco Health Solutions for...  

M/I Homes Inc. has filled a newly created seat on its board of directors with the CFO of a Columbus-based chemicals producer. William Carter, also executive vice president and a director at Momentive Performance Materials Holdings LLC, brings a background in accounting from a two-year stint at Price Waterhouse before joining the former Borden Inc. Details about Carter and his selection as the 10th director for M/I Homes (NYSE:MHO), the...  

Nominations are open for the Austin Business Journal’s CFO of the Year awards, so don’t pass up the chance to submit your chief financial officer or someone you think is most deserving. The deadline to submit a nomination is May 4. Nominations are open for five categories which include the following: •Public company CFO; •Small private company CFO — 2011 revenue up to $10 million; •Medium private company CFO —2011 revenue from $10 to $49...  

Los Angeles-based Prime Focus World, a provider of technical services to the film, broadcast, and advertising industry, said this week that it has named Massoud Entekhabi as its Global Chief Financial Officer. Entekhabi was previously founder of venture firm Zenith Equity Partners, and also was General Partner and Managing Director at TL Ventures. Entekhabi was also previously at Coopers & Lybrand LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Prime...  

InterDigital Inc. said Thursday it has named Scott McQuilken senior executive vice president, strategy and finance. The new title for McQuilken, who had been InterDigital’s chief financial officer, reflects his expanded duties. He will oversee InterDigital’s efforts to broaden its operating model through new licensing opportunities, patent sales and partnerships, as well as lead its corporate development and finance teams. McQuilken joined...  

Donald Yacktman, president and co-chief investment officer of Yacktman Asset Management Co., is schedule to speak at the next meeting of the CFA Society of Louisville. The event will be held Wednesday, May 16, at the Pendennis Club, 218 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. Before founding the firm in 1992, Yacktman served for 10 years as senior portfolio manager for Selected Financial Services Inc. He was named portfolio manager of the year by Morningstar...  

ZeaChem Inc. said Tuesday it has hired Peter Cheesbrough, chief financial officer at Ciber Inc. until recently, as its new CFO. Lakewood-based ZeaChem is a biorefiner working on converting woody biomass into fuel at a demonstration plant in Oregon. It also has a research facility in Menlo Park, Calif. Cheesbrough had been CFO at Ciber, a Greenwood Village-based information technology integrator (NYSE: CBR), since 2007. In 2010 he served...  

KARLSHAMN, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Peter Korsholm is appointed as CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of AarhusKarlshamn AB (STO:AAK) and member of the AAK Executive Committee as of June 1st 2012. Peter Korsholm, 40, is a Danish national, he was with EQT Partners A/S from 1999 to 2011, as Partner since 2006 and responsible for EQT in Denmark since 2008. From 1996-98 he worked for Morgan Stanley in London. Peter Korsholm has an MBA...  

Selecting the finalists for Business First’s CFO of the Year program always is a difficult task. But this year it seemed more challenging than ever. Financial executives have intensive, tough duties at any time — much less when the country is recovering from a recession and businesses are growing and changing in a new economic environment. Business First publisher Tom Monahan, associate editor and CFO project manager Judith Berzof and I...  

CFO of Issuer and Advisor of TCP CAPITAL CP (TCPC) Paul L Davis buys 1,100 shares of TCPC on 05/23/2012 at an average price of $13.9 a share. This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of TCPC over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial ...  

The May 18 deadline is fast approaching for our CFO of the Year nominations. These awards recognize outstanding performance among financial executives in the Tri-State. Nominees must be chief financial officers or hold equivalent positions in the 15-county Greater Cincinnati region. The nominee’s home office must be in this region. A panel of local financial professionals serves as judges for the awards. Finalists and an overall winner in...  

Port Logistics Group, a Houston-based provider of gateway logistics services, named Tim Smith as its new CFO. Smith formerly worked as the CEO of Probity Financial Services and the president and CFO of Sheshunoff Management Services, both based in Austin. Port Logistics Group also named two additional new leadership positions in an April 26 press release. Lou Riccitelli was named as the company’s vice president of east coast operations, and...  

General Motors disclosed in a regulatory filing that it has recently learned about a related party transaction in 2011 not included in the proxy statement. Pernilla Ammann, the wife of GM's CFO Dan Ammann, is an officer and partner in an ...  

Books-A-Million Inc. (Nasdaq BAMM) named a new chief financial officer Wednesday following the resignation of former CFO Brian White. R. Todd Noden, former CFO of Dobbs Mills LLC, takes over immediately from White, who “resigned to pursue other endeavors,”the book retailer stated. Noden, a 20-year finance and accounting veteran, comes onboard at a crucial time for the company, which ended last year with a net loss of $2.8 million and a new...  

M Technologies, a leading IT Professional Services firm specializing in security and network solutions, today announced that Bob Boulanger will be the new Chief Financial Officer. Bob is the CFO of B2B and previously worked as CFO for Caris Life Services ...  

Austin Energy Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Services Elaine Hart has been appointed chief financial officer for the city of Austin. Hart has served as the interim CFO for the city since former CFO Leslie Browder retired mid-January 2012. She has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry and 20 years with the city of Austin, including serving as the director of financial services, controller and deputy city...  

Chicken chain Zaxby’s Franchising Inc. named Blake Bailey chief financial officer. He replaces co-founder Tony Townley, who gave up the CFO title and became executive vice president to “streamline the financial responsibilities of the business and the day-to-day decision-making process, as well as increase the collaboration and innovation of the management team.” Blake joined Zaxby’s Franchising in August 2000 from Smithfield Foods in...  

Los Angeles-based TeleSign has appointed a new CFO, saying today that it has named Matthew Hardy as its new Chief Financial Officer. The firm, which provides phone-based, Internet fraud prevention and authentication services to major Internet properties, said that Hardy joins the company from LiveOffice. Hardy was most recently CFO at the firm, before the company's acquisition by Symantec. Hardy also has served at Digital Insight and Credit...  

This is the final week to nominate a CFO for the Philadelphia Business Journal CFO of the Year program, sponsored by Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. Nominate by Friday, April 20 at 5 p.m. by visiting http://tinyurl.com/2012pbjcfoy.  

Jim Hilger is once again filling the role of CFO for DaVita Inc. after the kidney dialysis company announced the departure of its top financial executive Monday. Denver-based DaVita (NYSE: DVA) said Luis Borgen is leaving after two years to become CFO of Davids Tea Inc. Borgen earned an annual salary of $450,000 at DaVita. Hilger, the company's chief accounting officer since 2010, will step into the CFO on an interim basis effective...  

The chief financial officer of convenience store operator The Pantry Inc., Mark Bierley, has announced his resignation effective May 25. Bierley is leaving Cary-based Pantry (Nasdaq: PTRY) in order to accept another job position near his home in Michigan. The Pantry’s new CEO, Dennis G. Hatchell, who started his job on March 5, did not disclose details about Bierley’s new job in a news release issued April 27. “Mark has made tremendous...  

Dulles-based Internet domain company VeriSign Inc. reports higher quarterly earnings and has named a new chief financial officer. VeriSign had first-quarter net income of $68 million, or 42 cents per share, compared with $41 million, or 24 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 13 percent to $206 million. The company said it added 2.86 million new Internet domain names last quarter. George Kilguss III, previously finance chief at...  

The deal, which still requires Chinese government approval, gives GM equal control of the venture's operations. Approval could come some time around the third quarter, Cain said. (Reporting By Deepa Seetharaman; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Matthew Lewis)  

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The CFO is increasingly becoming a top technology investment decision maker — if not the leading decision maker — in many organizations, according to a joint study by Gartner, Inc., and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research affiliate of Financial Executives International (FEI). The study shows that the CFO's role in technology decision making has increased in the last year with 44...  

General Motors [GM 22.44 0.40 (+1.81%) ] has released an SEC filing disclosing a contract between the automaker and an ad agency that employs the wife of GM CFO Dan Ammann. The disclosure comes a month after GM filed its annual proxy statement listing potential conflicts of interest involving GM executives. In this case, Ammann says he was unaware of the contract with his wife’s ad agency until GM’s corporate governance team asked him about it...  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HSBC North America Holdings Inc. announced today that Jack McGinnis has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective on June 30, subject to regulatory approvals. McGinnis, currently CFO for HSBC Bank USA, succeeds Edgar Ancona, who has decided to retire after 18 years at HSBC. In addition to his new role, McGinnis will retain his responsibilities as CFO for HSBC USA and will become a member of HSBC’s...  

General Motors Co. (GM) (GM) said Pernilla Ammann, the wife of Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, is an officer and a partner in an advertising agency that received about $600,000 for services last year to a GM subsidiary. The transaction was ...  

Intronis, the world’s leading cloud backup and recovery solution for the IT Channel, today announced the appointment of Jacquelyn Barry Hamilton to CFO. Hamilton is a veteran of the IT services market, having served as CFO for Corporate Software, a ...  

Elson said. He added: "How much of that did she share in ... a 50-50 partnership between San Francisco-based Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and New York-based McCann Erickson Worldwide. Commonwealth has the authority to subcontract deals.  

GM spokesman Dave Roman said the automaker "inadvertently failed to disclose in our proxy statement" that the deal had occurred last year, in part because Dan Ammann only found out about the deal recently. "Dan was not aware of the 2011 transaction ...  

EVP, CFO & Treasurer of (NONE) D Kirk Jr Mcallaster buys 1,648 shares of NONE on 02/13/2012 at an average price of $9.1 a share. This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of NONE over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and ...  

Qihoo 360 Technology Co. (QIHU) Chief Financial Officer Alex Xu said in an e-mail to analysts that short sellers are targeting the Chinese software developer after the company named Jue Yao as co-CFO. “I heard some short sellers are out there ...  

LONDON, May 24 (IFR) - Christophe Frankel, European Financial Stability Facility's CFO and deputy CEO speaking at the ICMA's 44th AGM called for the market to show patience and give countries time to implement their reforms. "The market is not ...  

Delivery Agent, Inc. appointed Kelyn Brannon Chief Financial Officer. Kelyn had been EVP and CFO of Calix, a communications equipment supplier. She also had previously been chief accounting officer, vice president of finance and CFO of Amazon’s international division. Read...  

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Volt Consulting Group (VCG), a leading provider of contingent workforce and human capital management solutions will be presenting at the 2012 Argyle CFO Leadership Forum on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in New York . The event will explore approaches and strategies to help secure the Chief Financial Officer’s critical role in strengthening organizations’ profitability and competitive advantage. The Argyle Executive Forum is...  

In this case, Ammann says he was unaware of the contract with his wife’s ad agency until GM’s corporate governance team asked him about it just a few days ago. GM says the transaction has since been ratified under the automakers Related Party ...  

ALEC HOGG: Not surprisingly there was a little bit of concern coming out of Australia, the Australian media pointing out that Foster’s has lost a fair chunk of its turnovers because of the SABMiller deal. JAMIE WILSON: Yeah, I think that’s a little bit describing  

General Motors Co. (GM) said Pernilla Ammann, the wife of Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, is an officer and a partner in an advertising agency that ... said in an e-mail. “In this instance, it was ratified after the fact.”  

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Delivery Agent, Inc., the leader in transactional media for more than 350 of the leading global media brands, today announced the appointment of Kelyn Brannon as chief financial officer (CFO). Ms. Brannon brings 20 years of experience in operations and finance to Delivery Agent having served as CFO for private, public, and venture-backed companies including Amazon’s international division. In her role at...  

General Motors told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today that it failed to report a $600,000 deal given to an advertising agency where the wife of a top GM executive is an owner. GM said in an SEC filing that it had “recently ...  

Remember Crazy Eddie, the electronics-store king who concocted one of the biggest public company frauds of the 1980s? Eddie Antar ended up in prison, but his cousin and onetime chief financial officer, Sam E. Antar, today advises federal and state law enforcement agencies about white-collar crime and trains them to identify and catch crooks. Often, the former CPA refers cases as an independent whistle-blower and teaches about white-collar...  

The SEC now charges that a Chicago securities dealer whose chief financial officer was a one-time chief financial officer of optionsXpress continued to trade as a customer account under optionsXpress’s auspices, after delisting itself from the only market of which it was a member, the Chicago Board Options Exchange.  

NEW YORK - Apollo Investment Corp. said Wednesday that it named Gregory Hunt as its chief financial officer and treasurer. Hunt most recently served as executive vice president and CFO for Yankee Candle. Before joining that company in April 2010, Hunt was ...  

As a result, Marc Elliott will transfer his Principal Financial and Accounting Officer duties to Eric. Marc will continue as President of Gencor Industries, a position he has held since 2005. Larry Maingot will be promoted to Vice President and ...  

ERP implementations are a lot like the "Hunger Games" for CIOs, CFOs and other executives tasked with making their ERP projects successful. For those that aren’t familiar with the novel or movie, Hunger Games is predicated on a story where two children from each “district”  

Remember Crazy Eddie, the electronics-store king who concocted one of the biggest public company frauds of the 1980s? Eddie Antar ended up in prison, but his cousin and onetime chief financial officer, Sam E. Antar, today advises federal and state law enforcement agencies about white-collar crime and trains them to identify and catch crooks. Often, the former CPA refers cases as an independent whistle-blower and teaches about white-collar...  

Much has been made of Facebook CFO David Ebersman’s decision to boost the number of shares available for sale in last week’s IPO by asking early investors to sell more shares than originally planned. The surfeit of stock may have made it all ...  

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced that Luis Borgen, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company to become Chief Financial Officer of Davids Tea Inc., a venture-capital backed company. "These have been a rewarding two years at DaVita. My personal and...  

He has a BS in Finance and Management and an MBA. As a result, Marc G. Elliott will transfer his Principal Financial and Accounting Officer duties to Eric. Marc will continue as President of Gencor Industries, a position he has held since 2005. Larry C.  

R ick Smith is the new chief financial officer at Mason General Hospital in Shelton, replacing Merle Brandt, who retired. Smith has 25 years’ experience in finance and oversees the financial operations for the hospital and its eight clinics.  

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Radian CFO To Present At KBW 2012 Mortgage Finance ConferenceTheStreet.com (press release)By Business Wire 05/23/12 - 06:09 PM EDT Radian Group Inc. announced today that C. Robert Quint, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the KBW 2012 Mortgage Finance Conference, which is being held at the Crowne ...and more »  

(RTTNews) - Cree Inc. (CREE: News ) announced Tuesday morning that John Kurtzweil has resigned as executive vice president-finance and CFO, effective May 21, 2012, to pursue other opportunities, and that Michael McDevitt has been appointed CFO on an interim basis.  

They need someone to handle the financial risk, says David Wilton, the director of small business banking for Bank of Nova Scotia and co-author of Get ... could help develop the new flooring business. Mr. Caporrella met with Mr. Picco and his senior ...  

A former member of the D.C. Council and a civic activist are urging Mayor Vincent Gray to open a nationwide search for the District's chief financial officer position when Natwar Gandhi's second five-year term as CFO expires on July 1, The Washington Post reported. Bill Lightfoot and Marie Drissel have penned a letter asking Gray to consider other candidates for the CFO job.  

After MBR takes initial steps to increase its clients’ payments from insurers, North Highland, a healthcare consulting firm with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, is able to offer a detailed process improvement plan, based on MBR’s analysis.  

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Card Compliant today announced the hiring of Becky Shulman as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Shulman will lead Card Compliant’s finance, accounting, operations and investor relations initiatives. Ms. Shulman returns to Kansas City after recently serving as Managing Director and Deputy Chief Financial Officer for LPL Financial, the country’s largest independent broker-dealer. Prior to...  

ST. PETERS, Mo., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) today announced that it will transition the Chief Financial Officer role to Brian Wuebbels from the company's current CFO, Mark Murphy.  Mr. Murphy resigned as MEMC's Chief Financial...  

TIGARD — Pamela Blikstad, vice president and chief financial officer of Medical Teams International, has been honored by the Portland Business Journal as NonProfit CFO of the Year. Blikstad was recognized for her outstanding accomplishments in managing annual budgets of more than $125 ...  

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Radian Group Inc. announced today that C. Robert Quint, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the KBW 2012 Mortgage Finance Conference, which is being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in ...  

LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackLine Systems CFO Charles Best was honored last night with a TechAmerica 2012 'Financial Stars of the Year' Award in the category of private companies under $50 million.  The appointment reflects BlackLine's strong financial performance...  

Number of employees total: about 500 Number of employees the CFO oversees: 40 CFO's areas of responsibility: finance, accounting, financial planning ... product folks understanding the newest and the best and the coolest. And with our sales organization ...  

Yesterday, the CFO of Verizon Wireless kicked the hornet's nest that is the Internet by unofficially announcing that VZW would be killing off currently grandfathered unlimited data plans as customers made the shift from 3G to 4G LTE. Judging by the company's response since then, he probably wasn't supposed to let that particular cat out of the bag just yet. In a statement that the L.A. Times labels "backpedaling," but which we would call...  

Hercules Technology Growth Capital has appointed Jessica Baron to permanently serve as chief financial officer. Baron has served as the company’s vice president of finance and interim chief financial officer since June 2011. Baron joined the company in October 2006 as corporate controller and was promoted to vice president of finance in October 2010. PRESS [...]  

Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc. (NYSE: CGI) has named Eric Meek executive vice president and chief financial officer. He previously served as principal financial officer with the freight services company.  

CFO loses cool grabs bat in Utah investment company meeting By cimaron Neugebauer The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 16, 2012 07:55PM MDT A chief financial officer for an investment company lost his poise when a business meeting with fellow co-workers didn’t turn out the way he wanted — so he grabbed a baseball bat, prosecutors say. Mark E. Oleksik, 59, of Greenwood Village, Colo., was charged in 3rd District Court on Wednesday with...  

Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo shattered many a hopes and dreams today speaking at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference. During his address, Shammo indicated that customers who have been grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan may soon find themselves pushed into tiered territory, with the debut of the carrier's shared data plans. "Everyone will be on data share," Shammo said, clarifying that, "a lot of our 3G...  

BEIJING (Reuters) - BMW Group (GER:BMW.DE - News) expects its China sales to rise 25-30 percent this year, Chief Financial Officer Friedrich Eichiner told reporters in Beijing on Thursday. BMW Group sold about 1.6 million cars worldwide in 2011.  

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is at a point where a turnaround analysis and a valuation analysis just no longer matter.  Having fallen from over $90.00 per share, the stock is now down under $2.00.  The drop today is 20% to $1.70 and the prior 52-week trading range was $2.07 to $10.64.  The question [...]  

With an explosion of rival newsstand and reader apps, Zinio has to ensure it doesn't get bypassed by everyone from Amazon to Zite. Online Media Daily sat down with Zinio CFO Jeanniey Mullen to talk about how the company deals with a dynamic, ever-changing digital world.  

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) pledged to stabilize its largest, most profitable businesses ... Moeller laid out a strategy to prioritize spending in its upcoming fiscal year in its 40 largest business lines--P says it ...  

As I edited the Business Journal’s 2012 CFO of the Year Awards, I got a chance to learn more about each of the 15 award recipients. Some remarks the honored CFOs made in their interviews struck me as especially intriguing or insightful. • There’s a ...  

LONDON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Land Securities, the UK's largest commercial property company, today announced its annual 2011/12 results saying a strong balance sheet meant it was set to deliver further earnings growth and capitalise on new opportunities. In his first set of...  

The Business Journal honored its CFO of the Year Award recipients at a Friday luncheon. Maria Pope, CFO of Portland General Electric, was the winner in the publicly held companies category; Heidi Pozzo of Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging won ...  

EAGAN, Minn., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marc Vassanelli has joined ConvergeOne, a leading national provider of integrated data, communications, collaboration, and customer interaction solutions, as its Chief Financial Officer. John McKenna, CEO and Chairman of the company, made...  

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg delegated the lead ... who portrayed the lead singer in the movie "Spinal Tap," was injured when he was struck by a car in New York City. Officials said it happened while McKean was on West 86th Street Actor ...  

Jamie Rice is the latest appointment to the Eagan-based insurer ... He also previously worked at Richfield-based Best Buy and Illinois-based Arthur Andersen. In his role as Blue Cross’ CFO, Rice will oversee the organization’s financial ...  

CFO of Marchex Inc. (MCHX) Michael A Arends buys 1,500 shares of MCHX on 05/18/2012 at an average price of $3.26 a share. Marchex Inc has a market cap of $126.7 million; its shares were traded at around $3.36 with a P/E ratio of 341 and P/S ratio of 0.9 ...  

The McClatchy Co. has chosen a vice president, finance and chief financial officer to replace Patrick Talamantes, who takes over as president and chief executive officer. Elaine Lintecum, who has been in McClatchy’s corporate finance department for 24 years, has been treasurer since 2002, and will keep those duties, according to a news release from the company. Talamantes, in turn, takes over from former CEO Gary Pruitt, who in March...  

EVP, CFO of McKesson Corp. (MCK) Jeffrey C Campbell sells 43,073 shares of MCK on 05/21/2012 at an average price of $87.02 a share. Mckesson Corp has a market cap of $21.52 billion; its shares were traded at around $87.26 with a P/E ratio of 13.7 and P/S ...  

Mr. Moore most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pamida Stores and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Kellwood, Inc., portfolio companies of Sun Capital Partners. Prior to his tenure with Sun Capital Partners, Mr ...  

May 23 (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co said it may have tried to grow too quickly in emerging markets as it dealt with issues in developed markets, such as pricing pressure in the United States, Chief Financial Officer Jon Moeller said on Wednesday.  

Maybe this is why CFO optimism has been on the rise lately: About 74% of U.S. finance executives are getting a pay bump as part of their 2012 compensation packages, according to this year’s Financial Executive Compensation survey by Grant ...  

Nominees may either be CFOs or hold top finance positions at companies headquartered in the DBJ's nine-county coverage area (Butler, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby and Warren counties). NOTE: Nominee's title does not have to be CFO ...  

Colorado Springs-based Ramtron said today that it has named Gary E. Richards, currently serving as its Interim CFO, to the permanent position of Chief Financial Officer. Richards has been interim CFo since October of 2011. Richards had been serving as controller of Ramtron since 2008, and also had served at Photo Stencil, Pricewaterhouse, Martin Marietta, Digital Equipment, United Technologies and Apple.... (more)  

On Gene Morphis's blog Morph's View, he writes, "I'm a middle-aged, politically conservative guy. I've been married to the same wonderful woman for 36 years. I've had a good career run as a financial officer. I'm also increasingly unhappy with demise of the conservative movement in the U.S., which will be the topic of many posts." He also reviews cigars. In other words, he's every dull old white dude who's ever decided to try his hand at this...  

BackOffice Associates said Wednesday that John Kinzer has joined as CFO while Rex Ahlstrom was named chief strategy officer. Mark Loan joins as BackOffice’s chief sales officer, according to a statement. BackOffice supplies data migration and information governance solutions. BackOffice is backed by GS Capital partners. PRESS RELEASE BackOffice Associates, LLC, a worldwide leader in [...]  

With growth opportunities accelerating across many of our business units, we believe this is an opportune time for Mr. Miller to officially assume the CFO role and title and permit Mr. Dave Jackson to concentrate on our growth initiatives.  

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. climbed Monday after the teen retailer announced plans to exit its children's business and detailed the departure of Chief Financial Officer Joan Hilson. THE SPARK: American Eagle said ...  

Forward-thinking organisations are viewing cloud computing as an investment in business transformation, not just a way to cut costs for IT. Thanks to the cloud, CFOs and CIOs are moving beyond the “either/or” discussions that once forced them to make tradeoffs between IT cost cutting and the creation of new business agility and value.  

Forward-thinking organisations are viewing cloud computing as an investment in business transformation, not just a way to cut costs for IT. Thanks to the cloud, CFOs and CIOs are moving beyond the “either/or” discussions that once forced them to make tradeoffs between IT cost cutting and the creation of new business agility and value.  

CHICAGO, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Michael Horowitz, president & CEO of TCS Education System (TCS ES), announces the appointment of Glenn Renzulli as Chief Financial Officer. Renzulli joined TCS ES in February 2011 as its vice president of finance and will continue...  

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Celadon Group Inc. announced Monday that it has named Eric Meek as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at the trucking company, effective immediately. Meek, who has been with Celadon for eight ...  

The more traditional titles for this vocation — mortician, undertaker — have a gloomy air and are not often linked with the word "fun" in career descriptions or job postings. Not only that, this part-time job is often "about a break-even deal" with the ...  

NEW YORK, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After two quarters of sharp declines, CFO optimism turned solidly positive in the first quarter of 2012, according to the most recent Deloitte CFO Signals survey. Moreover, CFOs' outlooks toward earnings, capital investment – and...  

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Department of Education official Jack Martin will be Detroit's newly appointed chief financial officer, representing one of the first major initiatives taken by the city under its fiscal-oversight pact with the state of Michigan. Martin, who began his career at General Motors and is the former head of Home Federal Savings Bank of Detroit, was appointed by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing. He will be paid $220,000 annually...  

Miller replaces David Jackson, who was named Knight's president last year. Knight said Monday that Miller's appointment will allow Jackson to "concentrate on our growth initiatives." Miller recently served as the company's senior vice president of ...  

but only one reason to buy. Back on May 8, Computer Programs & Systems Inc’s CFO, David A. Dye, invested $199,584.00 into 3,600 shares of CPSI, for a cost per share of $55.44. Bargain hunters tend to pay particular attention to insider buys ...  

U.S. banks may be getting far more leverage out of dividends and acquisitions than share repurchases, according to Daryl Bible, the chief financial officer of North Carolina-based bank BB Corp. The bank, which raised its dividend by 25% in ...  

Silicon Graphics International Corp. said Monday it has appointed Robert "Bob" Nikl as its new executive vice president and CFO. Fremont-based SGI (NASDAQ:SGI) specializes in technical computing. Nikl replaces former CFO Jim Wheat, who resigned for personal reasons but is staying on through June 1 to facilitate the transition. Nikl was the previous CFO of Verigy Ltd. and has more than 35 years of finance experience. Click here to read the...  

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Discover Financial Services (DFS) is interested in getting into the private-label credit-card business, Chief Financial Officer Mark Graf said, noting the lender "took a look" at HSBC Holdings PLC's (HBC) U.S. card business.  

Remember Crazy Eddie, the electronics-store king who concocted one of the biggest public company frauds of the 1980s? Eddie Antar ended up in prison, but his cousin and onetime chief financial officer, Sam E. Antar, today advises federal and ...  

LEAWOOD, Kan., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mother's Day is all about making Mom as comfortable as possible without a care in the world. This year, M&I, a part of BMO Financial Group, wants to help Mom extend that feeling of ease with a few tips to keep the family finances on...  

ANGOLA — Cameron Memorial Community Hospital has named Douglas Bomba as its new chief financial officer. He starts May 21. Bomba’s selection follows an extensive search and interviews with a number of candidates. Bomba’s prior experience as a chief ...  

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has named John Theuer as its new chief financial officer, reporting directly to president and CEO Mel Elias. In his new role, Theuer will oversee the accounting, finance, treasury, and IT departments. He will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s financial plans, policies, general accounting, budgeting, and growth planning. read more  

Shares of American Eagle Outfitters Inc. climbed Monday after the teen retailer announced plans to exit its children's business and detailed the departure of Chief Financial Officer Joan Hilson. THE SPARK: American Eagle said late Friday that it will exit ...  

WordPress.com parent Automattic has found its first full-time chief financial officer: Stuart West. In this newly created role, West will be responsible for the company's global financial strategy, which remains squarely focused on scale. Most recently ...  

American Eagle Outfitters waited until after the close of the stock market for two big announcements: Plans to leave the 77kids children’s apparel business and the departure of its chief financial officer. The South Side-based company said it will sell ...  

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- API Technologies Corp. said Tuesday that it has appointed Phil Rehkemper as chief financial officer of the electronics and microwave systems maker. Its current chief financial officer, Jack Freeman, is retiring. Freeman has ...  

(PR-inside.com) The CFO Strategy Resources Summit will bring together over 200 of the industry’s leading CFO's from various companies within the Mining, minerals, oil and gas communities to discuss issues and topics around the unresolved taxation environment, rising labour and input costs, the shifting Aussie Dollar, and Carbon accounting & Governance issues. This event is exclusive to the invited guests in Senior Financial positions within...  

ZeaChem Inc. said Tuesday it has hired Peter Cheesbrough as its new CEO. Cheesbrough replaces Andy Vietor, who is now VP of finance. The Lakewood, Colo.-based company, which has a research facility in Menlo Park, develops biorefineries for converting renewable feedstocks into sustainable fuels and chemicals. Cheesbrough was previously CFO of Ciber Inc. (NYSE:CBR), a Denver-based international IT consulting services company. Click here to...  

PHOENIX (AP) -- Trucking operator Knight Transportation Inc. said Monday that it has named Adam Miller as chief financial officer. Miller replaces David Jackson, who was named Knight's president last year. Knight said Monday that Miller's ...  

VIENNA, Va., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paragon Technology Group, a leading provider of strategic technology solutions to the public sector, today announced that Marc Tommer has joined the company as chief financial officer.  As such, he will ...  

The hierarchy inside a company reflects its values and priorities. It can be a sensitive topic for CIOs. Who your boss is -- CEO, CFO, COO, someone else -- can color the way other executives view you and your staff. Conventional wisdom says that the CIO must report to the CEO or risk losing stature, authority and access to the power center of the company. Reporting to the CFO is bad, the theory goes, because IT is then viewed as a nonstrategic...  

GÖTEBORG, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Current CFO of Concordia Maritime AB (STO:CCORB) moves on to a new and interesting position in the company’s principal shareholder, Stena AB. Appointed new CFO is Ms Anna Forshamn, who will take up her position on 1 May. Anna comes from a position as Group Financial Controller and Group Pensions Manager at Stena AB and previously as Controller at Stena Line. This information was brought to...  

Intel Chief Financial Officer Stacy Smith explains why China and the 'Internet of things' loom large in the chip giant's future. Click to view a price quote on INTC. Click to research the Electronics industry.  

May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Wolfgang Schaefer, chief financial officer at Continental AG, discusses first-quarter profit, sales targets and expansion plans in Russia and China. He speaks from Munich with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television's "The Pulse." (Source: Bloomberg)  

Patten was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SolarBlue, a developer of alternative energy solutions located in Orlando. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Legacy ...  

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County's deficit in the next fiscal year will be about $10 million more than estimated, while increasing labor and pension obligations, along with the cost of building a new jail, will require ''creative thinking'' to balance the budget in future years, the county's chief financial officer told the Board of Supervisors today. ''We need to keep up with the (spending) curve that's before us,'' CFO Ed Corser said during a...  

FREMONT, Calif., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced the appointment of Robert J. "Bob" Nikl as SGI's executive vice president and chief financial officer effective on May 15, 2012. Mr. Nikl brings more than 35...  

JBS SA ("Company") announces to its shareholders and to the market that Maurício Hasson has joined Vigor Alimentos SA ("Vigor") as Chief Financial Officer. He will report directly to Gilberto Xandó, CEO of Vigor. With over 13 years experience in ...  

Four local nonprofits have collaborated to use the same chief financial officer in a pilot program – and the groups and the CFO say the idea is working very well.   "Everyone is really coming to the table and embracing the change,” says Kevin Gieder, the group’s CFO, who joined the effort after working as Finance Group Leader at the H.J. Heinz Company. “It's making my job very easy."   "It is a unique collaboration, and it's been really...  

Maumee, OH—The Andersons, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDE) has appointed John J. Granato to the newly-created role of Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Mike Anderson, Chairman and CEO. With broad and extensive global finance and business leadership experience, Granato joins The Andersons after most recently serving as a Principal of Finance and Operations for Global Infrastructure Partners in New York, NY. His experience spans diverse...  

PARK RIDGE, N.J., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) CFO, Elyse Douglas, has been nominated for CFO magazine's Women in Finance Awards.  The awards will be presented on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the first annual CFO Women in Finance Conference held at Capitale in...  

CQ Roll Call is losing its CFO Chip Wallen to “new opportunities.” They say it wasn’t a “sudden” decision. They say they have “mixed emotions” about it. Nonetheless, the long and short of it is that he’s outta there! The “national” hunt for a new CFO is underway. See the effusive internal memo… continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.  

GREENVILLE, S.C., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- David J. Firstenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Canal Insurance Company, announced that John N. DiBlanda has joined Canal as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.   (Logo:...  

"We never wanted to be in this litigation with Google," Catz said. [PJ: Hmm. They should probably set up a commission to look into who filed the complaint then. Because he or she should be fired for working against the desires of the company. : ) ] - Rachel King, CNET  

Chinese e-Commerce business Dangdang has announced that its CFO Conor Chia-huang Yang has tendered his resignation for personal reasons. He will remain with the company for a transition period of up to three month while the company searches for qualified CFO candidates. PRESS RELEASE E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. (“Dangdang” or the “Company”) (NYSE: DANG), a [...]  

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) The University of Virginia's chief financial officer is stepping down at the end of the year. Yoke San Reynolds plans to retire after managing the university's finances for more than a decade. The 68-year-old Reynolds also is  

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Scott Di Valerio, chief financial officer at Coinstar Inc., talks about the company's first-quarter results and business strategy. He speaks with Adam Johnson and Trish Regan on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)  

ATLANTA, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a leading provider of high-performance IT infrastructure services, today announced that George Kilguss III will resign as Chief Financial Officer of Internap effective May 8, 2012 and has...  

THE SPARK: The company, based in St. Peters, Mo., announced Wednesday that CFO Mark Murphy had left to return to Praxair Inc. and had been replaced by Brian Wuebbels, a vice president and general manager of MEMC's balance of system products business.  

VANCOUVER , April 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Heatherdale Resources Ltd. ("Heatherdale" or the "Company") (TSXV: HTR.V - News) announces that Mark Peters has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"). Mr. Peters has assumed the role of CFO ...  

CFO and COO of Northeast Bancorp (NBN) Claire S Bean buys 62,500 shares of NBN on 05/16/2012 at an average price of $8 a share. Northeast Bancp has a market cap of $35 million; its shares were traded at around $8 with a P/E ratio of 29.4 and P/S ratio of 0 ...  

AXIS Capital found a successor to its CFO who was elevated to chief executive; Hurricane Exploration brought back a former CFO into the same role; Berkeley Resources hired its new CFO from Global Petroleum Limited.  

MEMC Electronic Materials shares are taking a pounding this morning after the maker of polysilicon and silicon wafers for the chip and solar segments announced that CFO Mark Murphy is leaving the company. Murphy will return to a former employer ...  

With Redbox and Verizon set to launch their joint streaming business (which includes rental discs) by August, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo told an investor group the telecom’s goal is attracting the kiosk vendor’s 30 million users. Speaking May 16 at the ...  

This is a cautionary tale for any of your “over-sharers” on Twitter or Facebook: A CFO of a major fashion company lost his six- to seven- figure job over company-related tweets. Gene Morphis has a pretty innocuous social media presence. His Twitter ...  

ST. PETERS, Mo., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) today announced that it will transition the Chief Financial Officer role to Brian Wuebbels from the company's current CFO, Mark Murphy. Mr. Murphy resigned as MEMC's ...  

With Redbox and Verizon set to launch their joint streaming business (which includes rental discs) by August, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo told an investor group the telecom’s goal is the kiosk vendor’s 30 million users. Speaking May 16 at the 40th Annual J ...  

CFO of (PRMW) Mark Castaneda buys 10,269 shares of PRMW on 05/16/2012 at an average price of $1.32 a share. Primo Water Cp has a market cap of $33.1 million; its shares were traded at around $1.32 with and P/S ratio of 0.4. This is the annual revenues and ...  

ChinaCast Education Corp (NASDAQ: CAST) announced that its board of directors had appointed Doug Woodrum as interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective immediately, replacing Antonio Sena, who stepped down as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.  

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Big Communications has named Rachael Wingo as its new chief financial officer, the Birmingham advertising agency announced this morning. Wingo, who has been the agency's business manager since 2007. Along with the ...  

(RTTNews.com) - ChinaCast Education Corp. (CAST) announced that its board had appointed Doug Woodrum as interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective immediately, replacing Antonio Sena, who stepped down as Chief Financial Officer and ...  

POST FALLS, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Command Center, Inc. (OTCQB:CCNI) (http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CCNI/quote), a national provider of on-demand and temporary staffing solutions, today announced the appointment of Dan Jackson, 58, as the company’s ...  

(RTTNews) - Harris Interactive Inc. (HPOL: News ) announced that it has appointed Eric Narowski as its Chief Financial Officer, having served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since June 2011. The company stated that he continues to also serve as the ...  

OPP Supt. Chris Wyatt said Monday that federal firearms legislation stipulates he "may" ask gun store sellers to write down the names and gun licence numbers of purchasers -- and he intends to continue doing so. "I don't like being in conflict with the ...  

Shares of AllianceBernstein Holding LP, based in New York, added 9 cents to $14.85 in afternoon trading. . (Reuters) - Gannett Co Inc said its Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh had … Full Story »Gannett says CFO resigns, names interim CFO