CNO Financial Group, a $4.1 billion insuranceholding company, named Frederick Crawford CFO andexecutive vice president. He succeeds Ed Bonach,who was promoted to CEO after James Prieur retiredin October. Crawford, 48, joins Carmel, Ind.-based CNO from LincolnFinancial, where he was CFO for six years and most recently servedas executive vice president of corporate development andinvestments. Previously, he was president of Bank One's operationsin Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

M.D.C. Holdings, the $958 million Denver-basedhomebuilder, appointed John Stephens CFO,principal accounting officer and senior vice president. He replacesVilia Valentine, who left to become CFO atInspirato. Stephens, 43, joins M.D.C. from homebuilder StandardPacific Corp., where he was CFO since 2009. Earlier, he served asthe company's corporate controller and treasurer and worked inpublic accounting for five years at Arthur Andersen.

Mercury Computer Systems, a $228 millionprovider of real-time digital signal processing, namedKevin Bisson CFO, treasurer and senior vicepresident. He succeeds Robert Hult, who retired.Bisson, 50, joins Chelmsford, Mass.-based Mercury from SeaChangeInternational, where he was also CFO, treasurer and senior vicepresident. Earlier, he worked for a number of other technologycompanies, including American Superconductor, Axcelis Technologiesand United Technologies.

SeaChange, a $217 million Acton, Mass.-basedmulti-screen video company, appointed MichaelBornak CFO to replace Kevin Bisson.Bornak, 49, was CFO and treasurer at Tollgrade Communications since2009. Previously, he served as CFO at Solar Power Industries, MHFLogistical Solutions and Portec Rail Products and worked at Ernst& Young.

Overhill Farms, a $169 million frozen foodcompany, named Robert Bruning CFO. He replacesTracy Quinn, who is leaving the Los Angelescompany for personal reasons. Bruning, 69, most recently was CFO offood processing and distribution company Okani. He also served asCFO positions at Zacky Farms and Coastcast Corp. Earlier, Bruningwas a financial consultant for Kaiser Aluminum, partner in chargefor Coopers & Lybrand's manufacturing consulting group and apartner at Andersen Consulting.

Virgin America, the $131 million Burlingame,Calif.-based airline, appointed Karen Walkercontroller and vice president. She replaces KenScarince, who left to join sister company Virgin Galactic.Walker, 39, joins Virgin America from CNET, where she was mostrecently served as controller and earlier was director of revenue. Walker also worked in finance at Applied Materials andMacromedia, which was acquired by Adobe.