Leadership Change

Huntington Beach, Calif. – October 21, 2026 -- Mach Industries, a defense manufacturer developing autonomous systems for the U.S. military and its allies, has appointed Zach Kirkman, previously Deputy Chief Financial Officer at General Motors, as its Chief Financial Officer.

Kirkman to lead financial strategy and capital markets activity as Mach scales production

Kirkman will run the company's financial strategy, capital markets activities and finance organization. Mach says it is scaling production, expanding its capital base and advancing its portfolio of unmanned systems and critical defense components.

He brings nearly two decades of experience in financial leadership, capital allocation, corporate strategy, and mergers and acquisitions across the technology and automotive sectors.

Waltham – October 19, 2026 -- Lumicell, Inc. has promoted Chief Commercial Officer Marnie Curbow to Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, less than a year after she joined the fluorescence-guided cancer surgery company.

Curbow rose from VP of Sales to CEO within roughly 12 months

Curbow joined Lumicell in October 2025 as Vice President of Sales. She was then promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, with responsibility for sales, marketing, reimbursement and clinical applications. Lumicell credits her with building its commercial organization and strengthening its go-to-market strategy.

Before Lumicell, she served as GM & VP Sales Diagnostics for the Americas at Rhinomed, where she launched a novel diagnostic and secured a SPARK accelerator award from BARDA. She brings nearly two decades of experience across breast oncology, surgery, diagnostics and therapeutics.

Dallas – October 19, 2026 -- Ethos Support, a global customer experience and business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, has named co-founder Anne Kirby as Chief Executive Officer, elevating the operations chief who scaled the company from a startup to a team of more than 200 professionals.

Kirby co-founded Ethos Support in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer, ahead of its official launch in 2023. She brings more than 20 years of experience in customer experience, employee experience and outsourcing.

COO tenure added four service lines and two Philippine offices

Under Kirby as COO, Ethos Support expanded its customer support, technical support, trust and safety, and back-office capabilities. The company now operates two physical offices in the Philippines. It also recently achieved SOC 2 Type II certification.

Ethos serves high-growth brands in e-commerce, travel, hospitality, SaaS and technology.

East Dubuque, Illinois – October 19, 2026 -- Crescent Electric Supply Company has appointed Cindi Evans as Chief Revenue Officer, effective October 16, 2026, putting a 25-year commercial executive in charge of enterprise revenue strategy at one of the largest independent U.S. distributors of electrical hardware and supplies.

Evans takes charge of enterprise revenue strategy at Crescent

Evans will lead Crescent's revenue strategy with a focus on accelerating profitable growth, deepening customer and supplier relationships, and strengthening commercial execution. CEO Penny Cotner said the company looks forward to continuing its growth journey with Evans at the helm of its revenue functions.

New York – October 19, 2026 -- Swiss sports supplement brand KA-EX has appointed Aaron Heidebreicht as CEO North America, as its US distribution passes 4,000 points of sale following a national launch across 2,200 GNC stores in August 2026.

Heidebreicht to lead US strategy from Nashville

Heidebreicht brings more than 20 years of sports nutrition leadership. He is a former professional baseball player who held positions at GNC and Nutrabolt. At KAGED he served as Chief Commercial Officer, and most recently he ran Applied Nutrition's North American business as CEO.

At KA-EX, he is responsible for US commercial strategy, retail expansion and building out the North American team from Nashville, Tennessee. Founder and CEO Pedro Schmidt called North America the company's most important growth market and said KA-EX is investing in a dedicated US team.

Boston – October 19, 2026 -- VIA Science, Inc. has created the post of Chief Mission Officer and appointed Joe Babiec, previously its Chief Commercial Officer, to fill it as the software provider scales globally.

Babiec moves from commercial chief to a mission-focused mandate

Babiec joined VIA in 2018. VIA supplies software to defense, law enforcement and humanitarian organizations. In the new role he will lead efforts to expand the company's mission impact with customers and the communities it serves.

The company defines its mission as securing data and AI for community safety, resilience and prosperity.

Internal and external remits cover customer decisions and public profile

Internally, Babiec will ensure that VIA's customer and partner decisions support that mission. Externally, he will raise awareness of VIA's impact as the company expands across the globe.

Wadsworth – October 16, 2026 -- Rohrer Corporation has promoted Nadine Powell to Vice President, Product Strategy and Marketing, giving the thermoformed and contract packaging provider a new seat on its Executive Leadership Team. Powell will report directly to Danny Teixeira, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Powell takes charge of product, innovation and branding at Rohrer

Powell will lead Rohrer's Product Strategy and Marketing organization, which covers product management, innovation strategy, market development, branding and long-term business planning. She currently serves as Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing at the company.

Wadsworth – October 16, 2026 -- Rohrer Corporation has promoted John Fuchs to Vice President, Commercial, giving him control of the thermoformed packaging maker's commercial strategy, sales organization, business development and customer growth efforts.

Fuchs joins the Executive Leadership Team and reports to the CEO

Fuchs reports directly to Danny Teixeira, President and Chief Executive Officer, and becomes a member of Rohrer's Executive Leadership Team. He will work with that team to support the company's long-term growth objectives and customer relationships.

Los Angeles – October 16, 2026 -- TORL BioTherapeutics has appointed Sandip Kapadia as Chief Financial Officer, a executive who has raised more than $2 billion in public capital for emerging biotechnology companies, and Eric Sievers, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer, completing a year-long expansion of its leadership team.

TORL prepares lead antibody-drug conjugate for late-stage development

The clinical-stage oncology company is advancing its antibody-based portfolio toward late-stage development and potential commercialization. Its lead asset, ixotatug vedotin (Ixo-V), is being evaluated in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer and other cancers that express CLDN6, including germ cell tumors, and in various combinations. Ixo-V has FDA Fast Track designation.

TORL describes Ixo-V as the first and only antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that selectively targets Claudin 6 (CLDN6) using a proven monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) linker-payload construct.

Columbus, Ohio – October 16, 2026 -- Core Molding Technologies (NYSE American: CMT) has promoted Michael J. Gayford to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately, giving him operational responsibility for all of the company's North American operations.

Mexico operations chief Arnold Alanis now reports to Gayford

Arnold Alanis, Executive Vice President of Operations in Mexico, will report to Gayford in the new structure. Gayford will keep his existing focus on operational excellence, program management and research and development. He will also execute strategic programs aimed at accelerating growth and improving operational performance.