iovation named Doug Shafer to the role of CFO. Most recently, Shafer served as CFO at Unicru, a software solutions provider of hiring management solutions.

Karen Davis has been named as the vice president for Administration and Finance at California Lutheran University, overseeing senior financial management and several departments, including human resources, facilities and security.

24 Seven Inc., a global creative talent recruiting agency, promotes former west coast vice president of operations, Anthony Donnarumma, to chief financial officer.

Jill Sullivan Grueter has been promoted to Vice President of Communications at HireAbility.com. For the past 2 years, she has been its Director of Marketing and Technical Communications.

George Rose has been named, Sony Pictures Entertainment Human Resources and Administration executive vice president, coming from Ogilvy & Mather in New York, where he worked as chief talent officer.

The City of Salisbury (NC) has hired Zechariah "Zack" Kyle as its new director of human resources. He replaces Melissa Taylor, who became human resources director for the ity of Winston-Salem.

Connextions Inc., technology-based business process outsourcing firm, selects Steven G. Auerbach for the position of President. Most recently he was the Executive Vice President of Provider / Member Operations at UnitedHealth Group.

Anonymous recruitment agent QuietAgent names Mark Bryant as Vice President, West Coast New Business Development, and Geoff Weathersby as Product Manager, overseeing the development of QuietAgent design and usability.

Kevin Jones was named vice president of engineering at Green Plug. He previously was director of engineering at Rambus.

Tom Smallhorn is the new SVP of Marketing at San Francisco's Popchips Inc. He previously was an executive at Pepsi-Cola.

ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc.), the premier provider of e-commerce solutions, appoints Nina McIntyre as senior vice president of marketing and chief marketing officer. Prior to joining ATG, she served as senior vice president of marketing at Authoria.

National risk management provider Avizent announced that Adrienne Paler has been appointed Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Previously, she served as Regional Manager of Disability and ADA Compliance at Providence Health & Services.

Tom Long and Brad Belanger have joined the Toronto office of Russell Reynolds Associates.

Former Principal with Mercer, Dean Aloise has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal and will also serve as Retirement Practice Leader for the firm's Pittsburgh office.

Indianapolis-based consulting firm Walker Information appoints Bruce Kidd as senior vice president of middle markets.

Atos Origin, an international IT services company, appoints Sabrina Shumsky as its new vice president responsible for the Company's Human Resources in North America.

Executive search firm Boyden promotes Tim Hogan to Managing Director.

The Nurse Company, a Nashville-based nursing staffing firm, welcomes Curtis McDowell as its President.

Vitruva, Inc., a career site for technology professionals, appoints Tad Goltra as chief marketing officer. He joins from ZoomInfo.

Library Associates Companies adds Beth Maser to its management team as Senior Director, Professional Services.

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CheckPoint HR, specializing in human capital management, announced that its founder, president, and CEO Tim Padva has been named a 2009 HRO Superstar by HRO Today Magazine.