Volume of new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã appointments continues to trend upward ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã As we get ready to close out the first half of 2015, and have now officially begun summer, we continue to see a strong showing of new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã hiring – as well as a highly visible ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã board of directors appointment – across all industries. McKesson named Kathy McElligott as executive vice president, ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã and CTO, effective later this summer. Kathy will succeed Randy Spratt, who is retiring after 29 years of service with McKesson. Walgreens announced that , Senior VP & International ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, will transition to the role of Senior VP & Global ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Walgreens Boots Alliance following the upcoming departure of Timothy Theriault. Cisco Systems has promoted to the role of ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Guillermo was previously SVP, Connected IT with Cisco and fills the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã position previously held by Rebecca Jacoby, who has transitioned to a new role. Blane Peery has joined Tesoro Corporation as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, filling the role that was previously held by Marlee Perez. Blane joined Tesoro from Mylan, where he served as Vice President, Global Business Services Nike has named its new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Jim was most recently Chief Technology Officer for The Coca-Cola Company. Air Products has promoted from Director, IT Service Delivery to Chief Information Officer, filling the role that was previously held by Kevin Michaelis. Eileen Mahoney was promoted from Senior VP, Retail Information & Technology to the role of Executive VP & Chief Information Officer with Phillips-Van Heusen. Biogen announced that was named senior vice president and chief information officer. Matt was previously Vice President, IT Pharmaceutical Operations & Technology with Biogen. Rajesh Nagarajan is the new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with Celanese, replacing Mike Jackson, who is now Europe Shared Services Leader with Celanese MultiCare Health System has hired Dr. Robert Biernbaum as Chief Information Officer. has been named Chief Information Officer at Cablevision. Keith was previously ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with Office Depot. Yahoo! Has promoted to ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, replacing Mike Kail, who stepped down after less than a year with the company. , formerly the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Safeway Inc. is the new global ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Experian, reporting in to Chief Operating Officer Kerry Williams. Barry will manage the company’s global IT strategy. Vish M. Narendra recently joined Graphic Packaging as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Vish was ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at Alstom Integration, a GE Power & Water business. Charlie Lickfold has been hired as Chief Information Officer with Gilbarco Veeder-Root. Gary Morris was promoted from Director, Information Technology (Components Group) to Chief Information Officer with Moog. Andy Dulka has recently been promoted from Vice President, Retail Systems & Enterprise Architecture to ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with Regis Corporation. At Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, Carl Christensen has transitioned from the role of CTO and now serves as the organization’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer. AARP has promoted Amy Jean Doherty from VP, Customer Service & Solution Delivery to acting ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Amy has been with AARP since December 2011. TriHealth has announced that , Director, Ambulatory Systems & Interim ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã has been promoted to the permanent role of Chief Information Officer Georgetown University announce that has been appointed interim ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, replacing John Zangardi. Shell Federal Credit Union announced that is their new Chief Information Officer. He was previously with Mobiloil Credit Union. has been named Chief Information Officer with American Apparel. has been named the new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, replacing Robert Hess, with restaurant holding company American Blue Ribbon. Health First announced that Alex Popowycz recently joined the company as Chief Information officer. Dennis Rice is the new Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Innovation with AmeriCares. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center named to the position of vice president of information technology and chief information officer. Dain Bussewitz was named Executive VP, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Information Officer at Jockey International, following the departure of Frank Schneider. Previously, Dain was Vice President, Finance at Abercrombie & Fitch. Sonus Networks promoted William Parks to the role of Chief Information Officer following the departure of Bill Scudder. Previously, Parks served as the company’s Senior Director, Enterprise Applications. First Financial Credit Union hired as its new Chief Information Officer. Reed Smith has named as chief information officer. Steven was previously with pharma giant Mylan. SIGMAnet has appointed as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã & SVP of Professional Services. Apo will bring a broad range of IT initiatives to support the company’s customers and employees. Cadence Bancorp announced that has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Gregory Smith is the new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã and VP of Operations and Technology for ASHP – the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, located in Bethesda, Maryland. Richard Brennan has joined TransFirst as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, following the departure of Craig Page. Prior to joining TransFirst, Richard was SVP, Information Technology at AIMCO. Massage Envy named George Hines as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, reporting to Dave Crisalli, president and chief executive officer for Massage Envy. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has named as Vice President and Chief Information Officer, as of August 31. And finally, Dun & Bradstreet has appointed General Motors’ Randy Mott, SVP and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, Global Information Technology, to its Board of Directors. If you have ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã job news to share, please get in touch with me! Till next time- Martha SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe