Akeena Solar (AKNS) Names Gary Effren to President and Margaret Randazzo to CFO
Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKNS) has appointed Gary Effren, currently CFO, to the position of President and named Margaret Randazzo, currently controller, as Chief Financial Officer effective today.
Prior to joining the company, Effren held various executive financial positions, including vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Knight Ridder, Inc. a Fortune 500 media company and the second largest newspaper company in the United States. Mr. Effren is a CPA with a BS in Commerce from Rider College and an MBA from the University of Miami.
Randazzo, a certified public accountant, is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where she earned a bachelor's of business administration degree in accounting in 1990. She began her career as a manager in the Audit and Business Advisory Division of Arthur Andersen LLP in Dallas. In 1996 she joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as a financial planning manager and in 1998, was named vice president and chief financial officer of the Star-Telegram. In 2001, Randazzo joined the Star-Telegram's corporate parent, Knight Ridder, and held positions of increasing responsibility at the company, including vice president and controller and special assistant to the president. In 2006, upon The McClatchy Company's acquisition of Knight Ridder, Randazzo was named president and publisher of The Modesto Bee and had oversight of the Merced Sun-Star. Randazzo served in that role through the end of 2008 prior to joining Akeena.
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