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Microsoft Xbox Exec Named Activision Blizzard CFO

Lauren Goode in News on March 5 at 12:10 pm PT

Microsoft veteran Dennis Durkin will join Activision Blizzard Inc. as chief financial officer, reporting to CEO Bobby Kotick and replacing interim CFO Thomas Tippl, who will continue to act as chief operating officer. Durkin had been at Microsoft since 1999, where he was vice president, COO and CFO of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), which includes Xbox.

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Trulia Hires CFO and General Counsel on Way to IPO

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 9:20 am PT

San Francisco-based online real estate company Trulia has rounded out its executive team by hiring a new CFO and general counsel before it plans to file for an initial public offering next year. The company has appointed Sean Aggarwal, formerly VP of finance at PayPal, to the position of CFO and Scott Darling to the position of general counsel. Darling held previous positions at Imperva, Microsoft and Danger.

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Yelp Hires CFO to Work on That Other Three-Letter Acronym

Liz Gannes in Commerce on July 28, 2011 at 2:55 pm PT

Local reviews site Yelp, which has said it intends to go public, today announced it has hired Rob Krolic to be its CFO. Krolic was CFO of the public online real estate company Move, and before that was at eBay and Shopping.com. Yelp had said in April it was looking for a new CFO in the lead-up to an IPO.

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Kayak Hires First-Ever CFO Ahead of Pending IPO

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 19, 2011 at 11:11 am PT

Six months after filing to go public, online travel service Kayak has gotten around to hiring its very first CFO: Bill H. Smith, previously VP of global finance for Novell, where he worked for 13 years. Earlier this year, Kayak’s plans faced a delay as the Justice Department examined (and ultimately okayed) Google’s acquisition of ITA Software, but the Norwalk, Conn.-based company is likely encouraged today by LinkedIn’s frothy IPO.

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Travelzoo's New CFO is Ex-eBay Controller Glen Ceremony

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 17, 2011 at 3:23 pm PT

Travelzoo has appointed former eBay Controller Glen Ceremony to the position of CFO, starting June 15. Travelzoo’s current CFO, Wayne Lee, will stay on board until July. The discount travel company said Lee is stepping down to take time off with his family and pursue other opportunities. Before joining eBay in 2004, Ceremony held positions at Electronic Arts and PWC.