Personnel Announcement

NECP Promotes Chertova, 20, to Senior Business Analyst

BOSTON – October 29, 2026 -- New England Consulting Partners (NECP) has promoted Anastasia Chertova, 20, to Senior Business Analyst three years after she joined the turnaround advisory firm as a 17-year-old intern.

Chertova moved from cash flow modeling to client-facing presentations

Chertova joined NECP in 2023 and assisted with 13-week cash flow modeling, market research and report preparation. On at least three occasions she presented to the C-suite of NECP clients and to senior workout officers of major American banks, according to NECP founder Thomas V. Desmond, CPA, MST. Desmond said both audiences noted her poise and called her a "legitimate turnaround professional."

Vesta Home Names Ex-RH Executive Michael Brown Chief Creative Officer

Los Angeles – October 08, 2026 -- Vesta Home has appointed Michael Brown, a 15-year veteran of RH, as Chief Creative Officer to lead its luxury furnishings and interior design business.

Brown exits RH after serving as Senior Vice President for RH Interior Design

Brown joins Vesta Home following more than 15 years at RH, where he most recently held the role of Senior Vice President for RH Interior Design. At RH, he helped launch several interior design initiatives, including embedded design offices and ateliers, the company's first standalone RH Interior Design studio in Palm Desert, and Bespoke RH Interior Design, a full-service residential architecture and design offering operated independently from RH galleries.

Boston Green Taps Ex-Sprague Director to Lead Terminal, Marine Growth

Lakeville, Mass. – October 07, 2026 -- Boston Green Company has named Dmitro Popovich as Director of Business Development for Terminal, Marine & Industrial Services, tasking him with expanding client partnerships across the Northeast's terminal and industrial operators.

Popovich brings 18 years of bulk liquid and dry bulk terminal experience to the role

Popovich's background spans petroleum and third-party cargo handling, safety and environmental compliance, capital planning, and maintenance coordination. He most recently served as Director of Operations at Sprague Operating Resources LLC, where he oversaw bulk liquid and dry bulk operations across five terminals in New Hampshire and Maine.

HavenLock Names 30-Year Security Veteran Jason Lutz SVP of Sales

Nashville, Tenn. – – October 05, 2026 -- HavenLock, Inc. has appointed Jason Lutz as Senior Vice President of Sales and Channel, tasking the 30-year security-industry veteran with building out the dealer network ahead of the national rollout of its Haven Gen4 access-control platform.

Lutz will direct channel strategy as Haven shifts from launch to national distribution

Lutz will work directly with distributors, dealers, and systems integrators to build channel programs and partner support, reporting to Chief Commercial Officer John Heller. The hire follows a series of leadership additions Haven has made in 2026 to strengthen its channel infrastructure before the Gen4 national rollout, with further build-out details expected in coming weeks.

Dell'Oro Group Hires Frank Yang to Lead Data Center Optical Connectivity Research

Redwood City, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Dell'Oro Group has appointed Frank Yang, a 25-year veteran of networking and data center technologies, to build out its coverage of the Data Center Optical Connectivity market.

Yang will build forecasting models spanning 800G to 3.2T optics

Yang's mandate centers on quantitative forecasting models covering 800G, 1.6T, and 3.2T pluggable modules, coherent optics, near-packaged optics (NPO), and co-packaged optics (CPO). He will also track the evolution of server Ethernet adapters and smart NICs as AI cluster scaling strains traditional interconnect capacity.

OutRival Names Ex-NICE Executive Shaun Sjolin Chief Customer Officer

Miami – October 01, 2026 -- OutRival, creator of AI-powered Digital Workers, has appointed Shaun Sjolin as Chief Customer Officer to oversee customer relationships from onboarding through the full customer lifecycle.

Sjolin brings enterprise contact center expertise from NICE to OutRival's growth strategy

Sjolin joins from NICE, a global contact center software provider, where he served as Vice President of Customer Success managing large enterprise accounts across travel, hospitality, retail, healthcare, insurance, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. His prior roles include leading enterprise customer journeys at SAP, IBM, and Aon Hewitt.

UpperEdge Names First Advisory Board With Ex-Accenture, EY Leaders

Boston – October 01, 2026 -- UpperEdge, an independent IT sourcing and vendor negotiation advisory firm, has formed its first-ever Advisory Board, bringing together five executives with decades of combined experience in technology, finance, operations and large-scale transformation.

Five executives join as enterprises reshape cloud and AI contracts

The board includes a former biopharma CIO, two former senior leaders from Accenture and EY, a former consumer products President and CFO, and a procurement and supply chain executive. Their appointment comes as large enterprises confront major platform transformations and shifting pricing and contracting models for enterprise software, cloud and AI services.

Lode Gold Taps 35-Year Mining Veteran for Fremont Project

Vancouver – September 30, 2026 -- Lode Gold Resources Inc. (TSXV: LOD; OTCQB: LODFF; X27: FR) has named Patrick W. Garretson as Senior Technical Advisor to its Fremont Gold Mine project in Mariposa, California, bringing 35 years of operational experience from South32, Newmont, Goldcorp, Barrick and BHP Billiton to the brownfield asset.

Garretson led feasibility work on South32's Hermosa Project in Arizona

Most recently, Garretson served as Project Lead for Technical Services and Feasibility Study at South32's Hermosa Project, overseeing the Taylor-Hermosa Feasibility Study through mine design, permitting and planning. He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from Fort Lewis College and is a member of the Geological Society of Nevada, Arizona Geological Society and AusIMM.

Frost & Sullivan Rehires Sarwant Singh to Lead AI Platform Push

London – – September 30, 2026 -- Frost & Sullivan has appointed Sarwant Singh, a 30-year veteran of the advisory industry, to accelerate its digital and AI platform strategy from the company's London base.

Singh returns to steer two flagship digital platforms

Singh's mandate centers on advancing the Frost Transformation Engine and MetaBrain, Frost & Sullivan's integrated digital solutions, while strengthening the firm's industry Practice Areas and driving new business development and sales transformation initiatives.

DE-YAN Names First-Ever President as Studio Passes 160 Staff

New York – September 29, 2026 -- Brand experience studio DE-YAN has appointed Jonathan Akwue as its first President, hiring the former Translation chief and ex-Publicis Groupe executive as the firm builds on a year of double-digit headcount growth and an industry-first ROI certification.

Akwue arrives from Translation after more than 25 years across network agencies

Akwue previously served as President and Global Media Lead at Publicis Groupe, with earlier stints at Digitas UK and Lost Boys. Based in New York, he will work alongside founder and CEO Dejan Jovanovic to deepen client relationships and expand the studio's scope. He is the second senior network-agency executive to join DE-YAN in under two years, following Chief Creative Officer Jason Kreher, who arrived from Wieden+Kennedy and Maximum Effort in 2025.