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Barnes & Noble Appoints General Counsel

Jaclyn Jaeger October 19, 2010

Barnes & Noble has appointed Gene DeFelice as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.DeFelice will be responsible for all legal matters regarding Barnes & Noble and its subsidiaries, including management of outside counsel. He will provide guidance to the company and its board of directors on all corporate governance...

Edgar Online Names Interim CEO

Jaclyn Jaeger October 11, 2010

EDGAR Online, a provider of XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) filing services, datasets and analysis tools, dropped a bombshell recently: president, chief executive officer, and board member, Philip Moyer, resigned from his positions on Sept. 30, citing "personal reasons."Interestingly, his resignation follows the departure of Chief Financial Officer John Ferrara,...

Reval Forms Risk & Compliance Committee, Hires CCO

Jaclyn Jaeger August 09, 2010

Reval, a global derivative risk management and hedge accounting solutions provider, has announced the formation of a board-level risk and compliance committee and has hired a chief compliance officer in advance of its registration as a Swap Data Repository (SDR) with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Serving as Reval’s chief...

Wolters Kluwer Names New Director

Jaclyn Jaeger July 29, 2010

Paul Murdock has been named director of Consulting and Professionals Services for the U.S. securities market within Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ Enterprise Risk Compliance business. In this role, Murdock manages the company’s enterprise risk management offering, ARC Logics for Financial Services, for the securities market. ARC Logics for Financial Services,...

AECOM Appoints Two New Executives

Jaclyn Jaeger July 28, 2010

AECOM Technology Corporation, a provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, has announced two key executive appointments as part of the company's efforts to grow its global business operations. Nancy Laben has joined the company as senior vice president of legal,...

Leviton Names Corporate Controller

Jaclyn Jaeger June 11, 2010

Leviton, a provider of electrical wiring devices, data center connectivity solutions, and lighting energy management systems, has appointed Lucy Guilherme to the role of corporate controller for all Leviton operations. In her new position, Guilherme oversees the company's accounting operations.Guilherme joins Leviton with an extensive background in public accounting, auditing,...

Keynote Systems Appoints New Chief Accounting Officer

Jaclyn Jaeger June 09, 2010

Keynote Systems, a provider of on-demand mobile and Internet test and measurement solutions, has promoted David Peterson to chief accounting officer, effective as of June 1.Peterson has served as corporate controller since 2009 with responsibility for worldwide accounting and financial reporting, including Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and...

Paladyne Hires Hong Kong Director of Client Services

Jaclyn Jaeger April 12, 2010

Paladyne Systems, a provider of technology and services to the global hedge fund industry, has appointed Askin Leung as director of client services for the Asia-Pacific region. Paladyne has also increased its office space in Hong Kong to support its rapidly growing staff and Asia-Pacific client base.Leung brings deep knowledge...

SRA International Appoints New Board Member

Jaclyn Jaeger April 07, 2010

SRA International, a provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients, has elected W. Robert Grafton to its board of directors. Grafton's election brings the size of the board to eleven members.Grafton currently serves as lead director at DiamondRock Hospitality Company, where he...

Global Compliance Names New CCO

Jaclyn Jaeger March 12, 2010

Global Compliance, a global provider of comprehensive, integrated ethics and compliance solutions, has named Nick Ciancio as chief compliance officer. In addition to this new role, Ciancio will remain as president of GCS International.Ciancio has extensive experience in the ethics and compliance industry. He is a member of the Leadership...

Trimble Adds New Member to Board

Jaclyn Jaeger March 10, 2010

$1.1 billion Trimble, a wireless technology solutions provider based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has appointed Mark Peek to serve on its board of directors, effective immediately. He has not yet been appointed to serve on any committee.Peek is CFO at VMware, a provider of business infrastructure virtualization solutions. He has more...

XBRL Board Names Chair

Jaclyn Jaeger January 07, 2010

The board of directors and International Steering Committee of XBRL International have approved the appointment of Chethan Gorur, director of Interactive Data Services at Trintech, as Chairman Designate of the XBRL International Standards Board, effective immediately.Gorur succeeds John Turner, CEO of CoreFiling, who is retiring as Chair after serving in...

OptionEase CEO Appointed to NCEO Board

Jaclyn Jaeger January 05, 2010

OptionEase, an on-demand software-as-a-service applications provider for equity administration and compliance, announced that the National Center for Employee Ownership has appointed Kimberly Kovacs, co-founder and CEO of OptionEase, as a member of the NCEO’s board of directors.Founded in 1981, the NCEO is a clearinghouse of research information on broad-based employee...

Archer Technologies Names Chief Risk Strategist

Jaclyn Jaeger September 30, 2009

Archer Technologies, a provider of enterprise governance, risk, and compliance solutions, has announced the appointment of John Pironti as the company's chief information risk strategist. In this role, Pironti will consult with Fortune 1000 executives on IT-GRC and information security issues and initiatives, evangelize product concepts in the marketplace to...

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