Martha Heller shares her latest list of IT executives who were recently promoted or hired into new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã positions. ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã Summer is just about over, and the official start of fall is right around the corner. The shorter days, however, are no match for the number of new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã appointments that took place during the last few weeks of the third quarter. And they show no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Smithfield Foods announced that, former vice president of global applications at H.J. Heinz Company, is Smithfield’s global ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Marsh & McLennan Companies appointed to the newly created role of ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. He was previously the company’s chief risk and compliance officer, will continue to report to President and CEO Dan Glaser, and will also continue to serve on the executive committee. was promoted from senior vice president, IS applications, to ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Mutual of Omaha. Royal Caribbean Cruises named as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Giresi was most recently ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Tory Burch. recently re-joined Santander Consumer USA as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Don previously served as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for the company from 2006 to 2011. Verisk Analytics announced that Nick Daffan, ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Verisk’s Argus business, was promoted to senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Verisk Analytics. was promoted from ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of Freeman’s audio visual division to senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Volt Information Sciences hired Chuck Sperazza as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Chuck was previously the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with Nature’s Sunshine Products. REI recently promoted Julie Averill from vice president, IT, to the newly-created role of ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. accepted the role of global ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with National Grid. Rich was formerly with Boston Scientific. Methodist Healthcare hired as senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Mark served as vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of University Indiana Health. UMB Financial announced the appointment of as executive viceo president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. NuVasive appointed Johnson Lai as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã, effective August 31. joined Bank of Hawaii as senior executive vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. She was most recently the CTO for Zions Bancorp. Matthew Hall was appointed associate vice chancellor for IT and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at the University of California Santa Barbara, effective September 22. is now senior vice president, ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with Vertafore. Previously, he was vice president, IT operations at American Express. was named senior vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Formerly, he was associate vice president and deputy ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Chris Shigley is now the first ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Mannington Mills. He was previously the vice president of IT with II-VI Inc. Vinod Nair has joined Milgard Manufacturing as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã and vice president of IT. He was previously with Assa Abloy. joined SGS International as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Mark was previously the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for Acosta Sales & Marketing. Quarles & Brady named as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Rich directed the firm’s security and network services team. Forcht Group of Kentucky named Greg Horsman the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Previously, Greg was the vice president, infrastructure, security and systems support for Southern Graphic Systems. Ajay Kumar was appointed ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã and head of technology with KeyPoint Credit Union. Paul Holden was named ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with ESIS, which is part of ACE Group. joined Dover Federal Credit Union as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Gant Travel Management announced the appointment of Jenni Murer as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. Jenni was previously with Cornerstone Information Systems. was named ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with Epic Sciences. He was formerly the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã with Sequenom. And finally, Exelon announced that it elected Linda Jojo, executive vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã for United Airlines, to its board of directors. If you have ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã job news to share, please get in touch with me! ‘Til 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