American Commercial Lines Inc., the $1.1 billion marine transportation and service company headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ind., appointed Thomas R. Pilholski senior vice president and CFO. Pilholski, 52, takes over for Christopher A. Black, who left the company in February to pursue other interests. Before joining the American Commercial Lines, Pilholski, who has more than 20 years of experience in senior financial roles, was CEO of S3I LLC. Previously, he was CFO of Eagle Picher Inc. and CFO of Honeywell Consumer Products Group.
Gibraltar Industries Inc., the $1.3 billion manufacturer, processor and distributor of products for the building, industrial and vehicle markets based in Buffalo, N.Y., named Kenneth W. Smith senior vice president and CFO. Smith, 57, succeeds David W. Kay, who retired after four years with the company. Smith joins Gibraltar after eight years as CFO of Circor International Inc. Before joining Circor, Smith was vice president of finance for North Safety Products Inc. for four years.
Dycom Industries Inc., the $1.1 billion provider of specialty contracting services located in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., appointed its vice president and chief accounting officer, H. Andrew DeFerrari, CFO. DeFerrari, 39, replaces Richard L. Dunn, who left to pursue other interests. DeFerrari joined the company in 2004 as controller, becoming vice president and chief accounting officer in 2005. Previously he was a senior audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP.
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Movado Group Inc., the $533 million watchmaker based in Paramus, N.J., appointed Sallie A. DeMarsilis principal accounting officer and CFO. DeMarsillis, 43, succeeds Eugene Karpovich, who will remain a company officer and a senior member of its management team. Before joining Movado, DeMarsillis was senior vice president of Warnaco Group Inc., a clothing wholesaler.
ImClone Systems Inc., the New York-based $591 million biopharmaceutical company, announced the appointment of Kenneth J. Zuerblis as senior vice president and CFO. Zuerblis, 49, replaces Peter R. Borzilleri, who returned to his position as the company's vice president of internal audit. From 1994 to 2005, Zuerblis was CFO of Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc., which he joined in 1991. Prior to Enzon, he spent 10 years at KPMG LLP, in various advisory roles with increasing responsibility, including strategic business, tax, audit and debt and equity financings.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the $731 million internet security vendor based in Tel Aviv, Israel, named Tal Payne CFO, effective mid-2008. Payne, 36, will replace Eyal Desheh, who will leave Check Point after eight years to become CFO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Payne will join Check Point after nine years at Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., where she has been CFO since 2005. Before that, she was a CPA and manager of Kesselman & Kesselman, PriceWaterhouseCooper's Israel office.
Verifone Holdings Inc., the $904 million provider of electronic payment solutions based in San Jose, Calif., announced the resignation of executive vice president and CFO Barry Zwarenstein. Zwarenstein, 59, resigned after an internal audit confirmed that the company overstated its operating income for the first three quarters of 2007. Zwarenstein will leave after the company restates its financial reports for the affected period. Verifone has begun a search for a new CFO.
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