Post Tagged with: "CEO"
First Solar names CEO
First Solar Inc. announced that it has appointed James Hughes as chief executive officer. Hughes succeeds Mike Ahearn, First Solar’s founder and chairman, who has been serving as interim CEO since Oct. 2011. Hughes joined First Solar in March as chief commercial officer. Ahearn will continue in his role as chairman of the board, First [...]
iQor appoints CEO
iQor, a provider of customer-centric business process outsourcing (BPO) services, announced that it has appointed Norm Merritt as president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Merritt, who was iQor’s president and acting CEO, has been with the company since 2003. “Norm Merritt is a terrific choice to lead iQor to its next phase of [...]
McDonald CEO to retire in June
McDonald Corp. CEO Jim Skinner will retire on June 30 after eight years running the world’s largest restaurant chain, Bloomberg News reported. McDonald COO Don Thompson will succeed Skinner, who will also retire from the board as vice chairman. Thompson’s appointment will become effective on July 1. Source: Bloomberg News
SoBran CEO joins Federal Reserve Bank as director
SoBran Inc. Founder, President and CEO Amos L. Otis has been appointed as director of the Cincinnati Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, effective January 1, 2012. Directors’ responsibilities include making recommendations to the board of governors regarding the Federal Reserve’s discount rate on primary credit; providing information about regional business conditions to [...]
Rive Technology appoints CEO
Rive Technology has named David C. Aldous as chief executive officer of the company. Aldous brings over 30 years of diverse experience in the refining, chemicals and catalyst industries, including over 20 years at Royal Dutch Shell where he was executive vice president of strategy and portfolio. Aldous will succeed founding CEO Lawrence Evans as [...]
Oversee.net names CEO
Oversee.net, which operates one of the largest internet traffic monetization networks in the world, has appointed its Co-CEO Debra Domeyer as CEO. To facilitate the transition into her expanded role as CEO, Debra will be handing over her duties as Oversee.net’s chief technology officer to an executive yet to be hired. She became CTO of [...]
Quest Software makes executive changes
Quest Software said Doug Garn is stepping down from his role as president and CEO of the company. The company’s board of directors has named Vinny Smith as a CEO to succeed Garn, who has been appointed vice chairman of the board. Smith will remain as chairman. These changes are effective immediately, the company said. [...]
Warrior Girl appoints new CEO
Warrior Girl Corp. has appointed Julian Sula as chief executive officer of the company, effective immediately. Julian Sula is an expert in the fields of design, programming, internet marketing and information technology. Having spent the last 16 years in creative direction, programming, application development, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), new media & [...]
National Retail Properties names Highwoods Properties CEO to board
National Retail Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust, has appointed Ed Fritsch to its board of directors. Fritsch is president, chief executive officer and director of Highwoods Properties, a real estate investment trust based in Raleigh, North Carolina. “We are pleased to add a director of the caliber of Ed Fritsch,” National Retail Properties [...]
MasterCard names former VocaLink CEO as president of UK and Ireland business
MasterCard, the world’s biggest payments network, has appointed Marion King as president of its UK and Ireland business. King previously served as chief executive officer (CEO) of VocaLink. She left the company late last year. King will join MasterCard next month and will report to MasterCard Europe President Javier Perez. She succeeds Hany Fam, who [...]
