Sprint Nextel, the $41 billion provider of wireless and wireline communications services, with headquarters based in Reston, Va., named senior vice president and controller, William G. Arendt, acting CFO Arendt, 50, replaces Paul Saleh, who left the company January 25. Beginning in 1997, Arendt served in various senior finance position with Nextel until the time of the Sprint Nextel merger. Post merger he served as senior vice president and controller.

RH Donnelley Corp., the $1.9 billion provider of interactive offerings, with headquarters in Cary, N.C. has named R. Barry Sauder vice president, corporate controller and CAO. Sauder, 47, joins RH with over twenty years of financial management experience, he previously served as vice president of finance, corporate controller and CAO for InfraSource Services Inc. Prior to InfraSource, he assumed the role of vice president of finance and principal accounting officer for GSI Commerce Inc.

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc, the $2.5 billion power supplier to over 400,000 customers in the Hawaiian Islands, with headquarters based in Honolulu, named controller Curtis Y. Harada interim financial vice president, treasurer and CFO. Harada, 51, replaces Eric K. Yeaman, who has been promoted the company's senior vice president and COO. Harada, joined Hawaiian in 1989 as director of internal audit. One year later he was named the company's controller. Prior to Hawaiian, he held numerous financial positions with Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco and was an auditor with Coopers and Lybrand in Honolulu.

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Citadel Broadcasting Corp. the $433 million radio group, based in Las Vegas, announced that CFO, Robert G. Freedline, resigned January 31, 2008. Freedline will be replaced by newly named senior vice president and acting CFO, Randy L. Taylor. Taylor, 47, has served as the Citadel's vice president of finance, principal accounting officer since November 2006. Prior to that he served as vice president of finance, principal accounting officer of Citadel Broadcasting Company. January 2001 to September 2005, Taylor held the position of vice president of finance and corporate secretary, and from April 1999 through January 2001, as its vice president and controller. From September 2005 and September 2006, he served as vice president and corporate controller for Bally Technologies, Inc.

NYMEX Holdings Inc. , the $497 million parent company of New York Mercantile Exchange Inc., based in New York, has appointed Anthony Filoso senior vice president of finance and corporate controller. Filoso joined the company in 2004 serving as director of Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and taxation and has most recently served as vice president of finance and corporate controller. Before joining NYMEX, Filoso, served as director of financial reporting for Nautica Enterprises Inc. Prior to Nautica he was with Marks Paneth & Shron LLP serving as a senior manager,

Brooks Automation Inc., the $743 million provider of automation solutions and integrated subsystems, with headquarters in Chelmsford, Mass., named Martin S. Headley as executive vice president and CFO. Headley, 50, replaces Richard Small, who has been serving as acting CFO since the beginning of the year. Prior to joining the company, Headley served as executive vice president and CFO for Teleflex Inc. Earlier, he assumed the role of CFO for both Roper Industries Inc. and the North American arm of McKechnie. Earlier in his career, he spent 13 years with Arthur Andersen & Co.

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