VideoPillow Talk
The folks at Dallas-based Pillowtex Corp. can rest easy, now that Anthony T. Williams is in the house. The new CFO and EVP for the maker of bedding and towels succeeds Jeffrey D. Cordes, who resigned in November. Williams was previously VP of finance for Lucas Varity Plc.
Bernard Jacob has bought into the corporate life at New Yorkbased Consumer Financial Network. The provider of employee benefits, HR, and life planning portal solutions named Jacob EVP and CFO, a new position. Jacob most recently served as SVP, finance and administration, for Liberty Brokerage Investment Corp.
John Considine, 50, is preserving the financial health of Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based Becton, Dickinson & Co. He is replacing former CFO Kenneth R. Weisshaar, 50, who left the medical-technology firm in October to "pursue other interests." Considine was SVP, finance, at American Home Products Corp.
If The Clothes Fit
Wesley S. McDonald is no Abercrombie zombie. The former director of finance and administration at Target Corp. plans to liven things up as the new CFO of Reynoldsburg, Ohio- based Abercrombie & Fitch Co. McDonald replaces Seth Johnson, who was named EVP and COO of the clothing retailer in February.
John A. Haedicke has lost his appetite for Nash Finch Co. finance. The 47-year-old EVP and CFO left the Minneapolis-based food- distribution concern "to pursue other areas of interest." Nash Finch has not yet named his successor.
Moo'vin On Up
Barbara A. Klein is udderly pleased to be the CFO of Franklin Park, Ill.-based Dean Foods Co. Klein, 46, joins the dairy processor from Ameritech Corp., where she served as VP and corporate comptroller. She replaces William McManaman, who resigned in February.
No one is craftier than Carl A. Texter. That's why the former CFO of Amoco Fabrics & Fibers Co. was made finance chief at Crown Crafts Inc., in Atlanta. Texter, 44, succeeds David S. Fraser, 61, who resigned from the provider of home-textile furnishings.
Steelin' The Show
The board at Weirton Steel Corp. admires Mark E. Kaplan's mettle. The panel recently elected Kaplan, 38, to the job of CFO, empty since 1998, at the Weirton, W. Va.-based steelmaker. He retains his roles of VP and controller.
Everyone's talking about Paul Suijk. Suijk, 43, has been named SVP and CFO of integrated communications services firm Comdial Corp., in Charlottesville, Va. He most recently served as VP and corporate treasurer at Danka Business Systems Plc. Suijk takes over for Wayne W. Wilver, who has retired.
Divine Providence
Insomuch as the board of Providence-based Inso Corp. can figure, Christopher Burns will make a great VP, treasurer, and CFO. Burns was most recently VP of finance for the software solutions company's E-business Technologies unit before assuming the new positions.
There's no reason to outsource the CFO position when Parexel International Corp. has James F. Winschel. The former president of U.B. Vehicle Leasing Inc. inherits the CFO title from William T. Sobo, who departed from the Boston-based pharmaceuticals outsourcing firm in June.
John M. Greeley flew straight into the SVP and CFO positions at software-services concern Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Greeley, 52, was financial and operating chief at Leasing Solutions Inc. before joining the San Jose, Calif.-based firm.
Lucky Town
The former CFO of Alliance Gaming Corp., Scott D. Schweinfurth, is famous for his poker face. Schweinfurth, 46, is the new CFO at Chicago- based gambling concern WMS Industries Inc. He takes over from Jeffrey M. Schroeder, who left "to pursue other interests."
Stephen Scheppmann, 44, is the new man in charge of Atlanta-based NOVA Corp. He is replacing former CFO Charles Cannada, 41, at the credit- and debit-card processing firm. Scheppmann was SVP and CFO at Albecca Inc., in Norcross, Ga.
Fort Worthbased PawnMart Inc. has a hot new CFO. The pawn concern recently named former Gadzooks Inc. CFO Monty R. Standifer to finance chief, replacing Thomas W. White, 30, who is leaving to pursue another business opportunity.
If You Build It
Richard J. Miller must tower over other CFOs. After all, building communications provider OnSite Access chose Miller as CFO, replacing Ken Hall, who is pursuing other opportunities. Miller was EVP of business development at the New Yorkbased firm.
Gaylord Entertainment Co., a Nashville-based broadcasting, hospitality, and entertainment company, warmly welcomed its new SVP and CFO, 38-year-old Denise Wilder Warren. She replaces Carl Kornmeyer, 47, Gaylord's EVP for corporate and operational development. He was CFO on an interim basis following the December departure of the previous finance chief.
Stephen H. Foltz, 54, has a new lease on life as CFO of Sunrise, Fla.-based Mortgage.com Inc., a provider of online mortgage-banking services. Foltz, previously SVP of finance at Transamerica Commercial Finance Inc., assumes the note from Edwin D. Johnson, 43, who has been named president and CFO of Able Telcom Holding Corp.
In the wake of former CFO David Beck's promotion to VP, business strategy and development, Bruce Broussard was named finance chief at casket maker York Group Inc., in Houston. Broussard, 56, was previously controller for the company.
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