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CIO Moves – March 2017

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CIO Moves this month include:

Treasure Data Sempra Energy American International Group, Inc.
Doc & I World and Main, LLC Complia Health
HaulFox LLC Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide Junxure
Securities Service Network, Inc. Michael Baker International AssetMark, Inc.

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Paul Kip James

Treasure Data [MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA] announced the hire of Paul ‘Kip’ James as the company’s first Chief Information Security Officer. Treasure Data welcomes James an IT security expert and retired U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant, who has received six medals for technology-related processes and engineering.

Sempra Energy [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: SRE) announced P. Kevin Chase as its chief information officer. Previously, Chase served as the chief information officer and senior vice president of technology and supply chain at Energy Future Holdings from 2011 to 2016. He was chief information officer and vice president of TXU Energy, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings from 2008 to 2011. Prior to that, from 2005 to 2008, Chase was a vice president of Black & Veatch. In 2005, Black & Veatch acquired Fortegra, co-founded by Chase six years earlier. Previously, he was a senior manager at Accenture.

American International Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AIG) announced that Martha Gallo has been named Chief Information Officer. She previously served as AIG’s Chief Auditor. She succeeds Philip Fasano, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities.

Doc & I [CHICAGO, ILLINOIS] announced that Meghan Hendricks has joined the team as Chief Information Officer. Before joining Doc & I Meghan served as the Regional CIO for SSM Health of Wisconsin since 2014. Prior to her time serving as the CIO, Meghan spent the better part of a decade successfully leading large SSM Health IT teams.

World and Main, LLC [CRANBURY, N.J.] appointed Nick Pendrous as Chief Information Officer and General Manager, eCommerce. Pendrous leads the Company’s technology team and strategic technology initiatives and is the General Manager for the Company’s eCommerce business.  He recently served as Chief Operating Officer for Dotcom Distribution. Prior to Dotcom Distribution, Pendrous spent fifteen years with Rust-Oleum / Zinsser  where he served as Vice President of Information Technology and most recently as Vice President of Distribution and Transportation.

Complia Health [SCHAUMBURG, IL.] announced it has appointed Chris Azar to the executive team as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Most recently, Chris served as the Chief Architect at Cognizant. Prior to that, Chris was the Practice Lead at Kanbay, Inc. Chris’ depth of experience includes serving as the Executive Director of Technology & Product Development at Bluesuit as well as being the Chief Architect & Executive Director of Development at Integrated Capital. Chris has also served as the EA/Product Lead at Ameritrade, where he led PMO, information services, product development, architecture, QA including Web application development, MDM, Integration, business analytics, infrastructure, Cloud, mobile development, and oversaw all new technology initiatives. Additionally, Chris’s has held various leadership positions at multiple startups were he successfully lead these companies to profitability.

HaulFox LLC [DALLAS, TX.] announced the appointment of Real Drouin to the leadership team as Chief Information Officer. Prior to Haul Fox, Real held technology leadership and consulting roles with GE, SanDisk and JP Morgan Chase, as well as organizations that range from private equity holdings to significant multinational enterprises.

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide [PARSIPPANY, NJ] announced that Steve Oliver has been promoted to chief information officer at the New Jersey-based Ogilvy CommonHealth agency. Steve Oliver has been a key member of the Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide IT team since 2008.

Junxure [RALEIGH, N.C.] announced Timothy Betts as its new Chief Information Officer. Betts has over 25 years of experience in Software Development and was most recently a Software Development Managing Director over financial advisor and client applications produced by Schwab Performance Technologies. Betts also brings a rich history in application, process, and product development with a diverse range of companies, including LMS Medical Systems, GE Healthcare and IBM.

Securities Service Network, Inc. (SSN) [KNOXVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Joe Simpson has been named to the newly-created position of Chief Information Officer. Formerly, Vice President of Technology for SSN, Simpson first joined SSN’s Technology department in 1999 and progressed through a series of positions at SSN, including Assistant Vice President of Technology, and later, Vice President of Technology.

Michael Baker International [PITTSBURGH] announced that Elese (Lisa) Roger has joined the firm as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Previously, she served as Vice President of Technology Services for SC3. At Leidos, Roger was Vice President of Commercial Cyber Security/Operations Manager, Vice President of Federal Information Technology Solutions division and Assistant Vice President of the Language Services division.

AssetMark, Inc. [CONCORD, CA] announced that Mukesh (Muk) Mehta has joined the company as Chief Information Officer. Mehta brings to AssetMark over 20 years of experience developing effective technology systems and solutions for financial advisors. He comes to AssetMark from Cetera Financial where he served as Chief Information Officer. Prior to that, he was Chief Information Officer at TD Ameritrade. He also previously worked as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Schwab Institutional.

 

 

CIO Moves – February 2017

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CIO Moves this month include:

Employers Holdings, Inc. Destination XL Group, Inc. Ellie Mae
Arrive Logistics Nutanix Alaska Airlines
National HealthCare Corporation Diebold Nixdorf   Catalant

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Employers Holdings, Inc. [RENO, Nev.] (NYSE: EIG) announced the appointment of Tracey Berg as its executive vice president, chief information officer. Berg most recently served as senior vice president and chief information officer for West Bend Mutual Insurance Company in West Bend, Wisconsin from 2008 until 2017. Prior to that, she served as 2nd Vice President, Strategy and Architecture and 2nd Vice President, Application Development for Assurant, Inc.

Destination XL Group, Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DXLG) announced that Sahal Laher has been named Senior Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer. Laher will also be a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. He was most recently Executive Vice President of Digital Innovation and Technology & Global CIO at Brooks Brothers. Prior to Brooks Brothers, Laher was Global CIO at Stride Rite Corporation Sahal also held senior strategic consulting positions at Deloitte Consulting, Andersen Consulting and Data General Corporation.

Ellie Mae® [PLEASANTON, Calif] (NYSE: ELLI) announced that John Abel has joined the company as senior vice president and Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining the company, Abel was Senior Vice President of IT at Hitachi Data Systems. Before Hitachi Data Systems, Abel held roles at Symantec, JDS Uniphase, KPMG Consulting and British Nuclear Fuels plc.

Arrive Logistics [AUSTIN, Texas] announced Eric Harrison has been appointed as Chief Information Officer. Harrison comes to Arrive from Coyote Logistics where he was Vice President of Software Development. Harrison has also developed technology for American Backhaulers, C.H. Robinson and Command Transportation.

Nutanix [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NTNX) announced it has appointed Wendy M. Pfeiffer former vice president of IT at GoPro, as chief information officer. She began her career in IT leadership running professional services at Exodus Communications, supporting production operations and privacy initiatives at Yahoo, and helping companies like Robert Half and GoPro make their private and public cloud operate at enterprise class.

Alaska Airlines [SEATTLE] named Charu Jain vice president and chief information officer. Jain comes to the airline from IBM Global Business Services. Prior to that she worked 20 years at United Airlines in progressive roles from programmer to senior managing director of airline operations technology and technology integration before leaving the company in 2012.

National HealthCare Corporation [MURFREESBORO, Tenn.] (NYSE MKT: NHC) announced B. Anderson “Andy” Flatt has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He comes to the company from Corizon Health where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for Cigna-HealthSpring from 2006-2014, and AIM Healthcare Services (now Optum) from 2000-2006. Prior to those roles, Andy served in technology management positions at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. [Andy Flatt co-founded MIQS, Inc., an award-winning EMR company after beginning his career as a software developer for Dialysis Clinic, Inc. He has led teams that have been globally recognized for many industry achievements including: Computerworld’s Laureate Award Winning Team (2009); Wintercorp recognition for the world’s largest Windows-based transactional database (2005); Cisco large-scale VoIP telephony early adoption (2001); and Smithsonian Award Finalist for early use of electronic medical records (1998).] Flatt serves on the Board of Directors for Ascend Federal Credit Union and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. He served on the Board of the Nashville Technology Council for ten years, serving as Board Chair for the 2009-2011 term. Flatt has also served his alma mater, Lipscomb University, as the chair of the College of Computing and Technology Advisory Board and the College of Business Alumni Board.

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio and PADERBORN, Germany] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Murat Ekinci has been named chief information officer. Ekinci most recently served as executive vice president for managed services at Freudenberg IT. Ekinci also held various management positions with T-Systems.

Catalant [BOSTON] announced the hire of Bryan Stevenson as chief information officer (CIO). Most recently, he was part of the co-founding team at InsightSquared where he spent seven years as the company’s chief technology officer (CTO). Prior to that, Stevenson founded 80concepts, where he was the head of web software development, and Groovr.com, where he served as vice president of engineering. He started his career at Akamai as a technical lead. He remains an advisor at InsightSquared.

 

CIO Moves – January 2017

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CIO Moves this month include:

Oak Valley Community Bank Continuum Health Alliance American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
Prime Care Technologies, Inc.    

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Oak Valley Community Bank [OAKDALE, CA] (NASDAQ: OVLY) a wholly owned subsidiary of Oak Valley Bancorp announced the promotion of Russell Stahl to Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Stahl started working for Oak Valley in 1998, managing the bank’s network and electronic channels as the company grew. He had previously held the SVP, Information Technology title since 2012.

David Kovel

Continuum Health Alliance [MARLTON, N.J.] has hired David Kovel as Chief Information Officer. Kovel has acted as the interim CIO and senior technology leader for several physician-led provider organizations across the country.

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM) [DETROIT] (NYSE: AXL) announced that Donald E. Wright has been appointed vice president and chief information officer. Wright joined AAM in 2012 as executive director and CIO. Prior, Wright was chief information officer at Atlas Oil. Wright also served in a variety of senior level Information Technology roles with Continental Automotive and LG Philips Displays.

Prime Care Technologies, Inc. [DULUTH, GA] announced the appointment of Travis Stevenson as Chief Information Officer. For the last 20 years, Stevenson held various leadership positions in engineering, security and operations, and most recently as Director of Platform Engineering for Direct Supply, Inc. Prior to Direct Supply, Stevenson led Retail.net’s Cloud Platform and Managed Services teams, which recently became the Salesforce eCommerce Cloud.