Martha Heller brings you career advice, job changes and best practices from Íæż½ã½ãs in the trenches.
Plus: BancInsure Hires New Íæż½ã½ã
I'll be keeping my eye on Patricia Morrison, Dick LeFave and Marc West.
Plus: Scripps names technology execs
Plus: AutoZone appoints internal candidate to succeed retiring Ken Brame as Íæż½ã½ã
Yesterday I wrote about the number of CEOs and Íæż½ã½ãs of companies based in the United States who hail from foreign shores. I've got another name to add to the list:
Cory Ondrejka quit his job Tuesday, according to the AP.
The New York Times reports today on the increasing number of American companies whose CEOs were born outside the United States.
Kevin Kujawa was promoted from SVP of IT to EVP and Íæż½ã½ã of American Specialty Health (ASH). He serves on the company's newly created senior executive team. Kujawa joined ASH in 1995.
A tipster e-mailed to me last night a memo that Fidelity President Roger Lawson allegedly* sent out announcing the investment company's hire of Marv Adams as president of Fidelity's newly created shared services organization. Adams, 50, mos....
Database marketing agency Merkle promoted two technology executives today. Barry Smith was appointed Íæż½ã½ã, and Christian Wright was named CTO (a new title for the company). Smith has worked for Merkle since 2004, when he was hired as VP of IT.
Plus: Íæż½ã½ã announcements from Aon eSolutions Group, Navistar International and more.
Kathy Owen and Brent Rogers Promoted at Unum
As many of you are aware, Stuart Scott, who was fired from his post as Íæż½ã½ã of Microsoft earlier this month, began a new job as COO of mortgage lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker on Monday of this week.
Plus: More Íæż½ã½ã announcements from New York Life, ING, Ikon Office Solutions and Solo Cup Company.
Plus: New Íæż½ã½ãs at myShape.com and Dot VN.
Gilles Bouchard starts a new job as COO of Opnext today. He joined the Eatontown, N.J.-based manufacturer of laser technologies from Hewlett Packard (HP). Bouchard most recently served as HP's executive vice president of global operations.
Plus: Dow Chemical Íæż½ã½ã David Kepler Joins Teradata's Board of Directors
For details on Amazon.com's growth story, read Íæż½ã½ã.com's recent article about the company's evolution and IT infrastructure.
Plus: Banner Bank Promotes its Íæż½ã½ã, and Bucknell U Recruits New IT Chief from Arcadia U.
"Is there a Íæż½ã½ã more famous for shaking things up than Mitchell Habib," writes my colleague, Senior Editor Kim Nash. Over the years, Mitchell Habib, who is Nielsen's executive vice president of global business services, developed a rep....
Plus: New Íæż½ã½ã at Liquidity Services
Align Technology seems to have a revolving door for Íæż½ã½ãs. The maker of orthodontic devices announced last week that it had hired a new Íæż½ã½ã, Sunny Azadeh.
Todd Nelson joined $2 billion performance material supplier Ferro Corp. as its Íæż½ã½ã on September 28. He comes to the Cleveland, Ohio-based company from Lubrizol Corp., where he was VP of corporate infrastructure and VP of information systems for the N....
Scott Arvidson was promoted from SVP and Íæż½ã½ã to EVP and Íæż½ã½ã at Kansas City Southern amidst a reorganization of the transportation holding company's executive managment on October 1, 2007. He's the latest Íæż½ã½ã to make lemonade out of an execu....
Plus: State Street Hires New Íæż½ã½ã and Elizabeth Hackenson Gets Board Appointment
Rather than shop around for new IT executives, ShopKo tapped two internal employees to fill the Íæż½ã½ã and CTO spots. Tammy Hermann was promoted to SVP and Íæż½ã½ã of the $2.2 billion retailer. She reports to Chairman and CEO Michael R. MacDonald. Ray Peter....
Keith Morrow is back in the Íæż½ã½ã role after serving as a leadership consultant. Blockbuster announced yesterday that it had hired Morrow as its new Íæż½ã½ã.
Dana Deasy is joining British Petroleum (BP) on October 1 as its Íæż½ã½ã and group vice president of the company's IT function, Digital and Communications Technology (DCT). He will report to BP CFO Byron Grote and will be based in London.
Jan Bertsch, who was appointed VP of IT and Íæż½ã½ã of Chrysler Group and Mercedes Benz in May 2006, will be leading Chrysler LLC's IT organization as VP and Íæż½ã½ã, the newly privatized automaker announced yesterday.
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Amazon.com SVP and Íæż½ã½ã Rick Dalzell plans to retire from the e-commerce company by the end of this year.
Paper and packaging distributor Unisource Worldwide hired an Accenture consultant as its new SVP and Íæż½ã½ã. Tim Kutz worked in Accenture's Global Forest Products practice as a partner before joining the Norcross, Ga.-based company. He joined the c....
Aussie Airline Qantas hired a new Íæż½ã½ã who starts on September 17, 2007. Jamila Gordon was selected for her experience managing complex outsourcing arrangements, and lord knows, Qantas has many of those.
Banking technology company Metavante named EVP Gary Refinski Íæż½ã½ã last week. Refinski, 48, succeeds Brian Hurdis in the Íæż½ã½ã role.
RehabCare, a $614 million provider of physical rehabilitation services, elected Kroger Íæż½ã½ã Christopher Hjelm to its board of directors on July 31.
Expedia announced changes to the top of its IT organization on Tuesday, August 7. The online travel company promoted Pierre Samec, its SVP of worldwide product development, to CTO.
Supply chain management software provider i2 selected a former Íæż½ã½ã to serve as its new CEO.
TIAA-CREF announced last week that it is looking for a new executive to replace technology chief Susan Kozik, who left the financial services company on August 2. Kozik had been with TIAA-CREF, which manages more than $414 billion in assets and serve....
With Bill Crowell leaving the Íæż½ã½ã Job Search blog for greener pastures in San Diego, Calif., Íæż½ã½ã.com lined up a new blogger to take Bill's place.
Colin Osburn was promoted to Íæż½ã½ã of Intelligentz, a provider of inventory management and RFID software. Osburn most recently served as vice president of operations, a position he had held since he joined the Austin, Texas-based company in 2006.
Ameristar Casinos officially welcomed Sheleen Quish to the company as its Íæż½ã½ã on June 28. Quish had been serving as Ameristar's interim Íæż½ã½ã since January. She works with CEO John Boushy, the former Íæż½ã½ã of Harrah's Entertainment.
FedEx Íæż½ã½ã Rob Carter was elected to First Horizon National's board of directors. Jerry Baker, CEO of the Memphis, Tenn.-based financial services company, said in a statement that Carter would help the board evaluate technology investments.
Isle of Capri Casinos snatched up Virginia McDowell, the former EVP and Íæż½ã½ã of Trump Entertainment Resorts. She lost her job with Trump in early July in what appeared to be a cost-cutting move.u00a0 McDowell begins her bigger (and hopefully better) j....
Cedric Vanzura is leaving his post as Borders' chief strategy officer and EVP of emerging business and technology. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based bookseller announced today that it is eliminating Vanzura's position.
Earlier this week, two outsourcing advisory firms, TPIu00a0 and Equaterra, hired public sector Íæż½ã½ãs into their organizations.
Michael Capellas was appointed CEO of First Data, the Denver-based electronic payment solutions provider announced yesterday. Capellas will assume his new role once First Data is acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), which is expected ....
Still catching up on Íæż½ã½ã announcements from last week...On June 29, ELM Resources announced that it had hired Rich Garner as its new SVP and Íæż½ã½ã. Garner
I missed some good news and bad news while I was on vacation, and in case you missed it, too, here I am, your humble, faithful servant, filling you in. First, the good news:
Guardian Life Insurance Company promoted Frank Wander to SVP and Íæż½ã½ã. He most recently served as Íæż½ã½ã of Guardian's Group Insurance division. Before joining Guardian he was Íæż½ã½ã of Prudential Institutional, COO of an Internet startup, and held lea....
David Kline is joining Discovery Communications as the broadcaster's new EVP and Íæż½ã½ã. As the top
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