Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone?

And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Huron Consulting hired Mark Linver as a managing director in the life sciences practice to handle aggregate spend, merger integration requirements, contract management, government pricing and accrual analysis. Previously, Linver served as a senior principal at IMS Health.

Qforma added Mark Spiers to its board;
Foundation Medicine named Michael Pellini as ceo and president;
Autism Speaks hired Robert Ring as vp of translational research;
Medtronic named Omar Ishrak as chairman and ceo;
Depomed hired Steve Greco as vp of sales;
Edelman hired Shwen Gwee to lead its digital health practice;
Johnson & Johnson says bye to Marc Monseau, who opened a media relations firm;
Cambridge Major Labs named Richard Proehl as vp of manufacturing;
Penn Pharma appointed Mark Dean-Netscher as chief operating officer;
Catalent Pharma named Harry Jeffreys as vp quality mgmt systems & compliance;
Huron Consulting hired Barbara Godlew as a director in the life sciences practice;
Avivagen Animal Health hired Charlotte Foster as director of marketing and sales;
Ogilvy Healthworld hired Carsten Edwards to head its new market access business;
Kinex Pharmaceuticals says Allen Barnett stepped aside as ceo;
Kinex Pharmaceuticals named Johnson Lau as its new ceo;
Almac Clinical Technologies hired Todd Kole as vp of clinical project services;
Aileron Therapeutics added Julian Adams, Scott Kapnick and John McArthur to its board;
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research named Martha Somerman as director;
Patheon hired Michael Lytton as exec vp corp development & strategy, and general counsel.

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