TE Connectivity, a $14 billion manufacturingcompany formerly known as Tyco Electronics, named RobertHau CFO and executive vice president. He succeedsTerrence Curtin, who was named president of a newindustrial solutions unit that includes the company's industrial,energy, aerospace, defense and marine businesses. Hau, 46, mostrecently was CFO and EVP at Lennox International. Earlier, heworked at Honeywell, where he served as CFO of the aerospace unitfrom 2006 to 2006. Lennox International, a $3.3billion Richardson, Texas, heating, air conditioning andrefrigeration company, named Joseph Reitmeier CFOto replace Hau. Reitmeier, 47, was previously CFOand vice president of Lennox's commercial heating and coolingunit.

Barnes & Noble, the $7.1 billion NewYork-based bookseller, named Thomas Donohuetreasurer and vice president. Donohue, 42, succeeds MariaFlorez, who left the company. He joins Barnes & Noblefrom the Interpublic Group, an advertising and marketing companywhere he was vice president and assistant treasurer for theinternational unit. Barnes & Noble also named AndyMilevoj vice president of investor relations. Milevojjoined the company's finance department in 1999 and most recentlyserved as director of investor relations.

Stater Bros. Markets, the supermarketsubsidiary of $3.6 billion Stater Bros. Holdings, appointedDavid Harris CFO, principal accounting officer andsenior vice president of finance. He succeeds PhillipSmith, who retired. Harris, 53, most recently served assenior vice president of finance for the San Bernardino,Calif., company. He joined Stater Bros. in 2009 as vice presidentof finance after serving as a partner at accounting firms Ernst& Young and Soren McAdam Christenson.

Estee Lauder Cos., the $1.6 billion skin carecompany, named Tracey Travis CFO and executivevice president. She succeeds Richard Kunes, who isretiring after working for the company for 26 years and serving asCFO since 2000. Travis, 50, joins the New York City-basedcompany from Ralph Lauren Corp., where she had been CFO and seniorvice president since 2005. Travis was CFO and senior vice presidentof finance for the Intimate Brands unit of Limited Brands from 2001to 2004 and earlier spent a decade in operations and financepositions at PepsiCo and Pepsi Bottling.

Plantronics, a $713 million Santa Cruz, Calif.,maker of telephone headsets, named Pamela StrayerCFO and senior vice president. She succeeds BarbaraScherer, who retired after 15 years in the position.Strayer, 44, previously served as vice president of finance andprincipal accounting officer at Autodesk, a design, engineering andentertainment software company. She also served as corporatecontroller and vice president of finance at Epiphany, a customerrelationship management software company.

LeapFrog, a $455 million Emeryville, Calif.,children's educational entertainment company, appointed RayArthur CFO. He will replace Mark Etnyre,who resigned in early July to pursue personal interests. Arthur,53, joins LeapFrog from Pep Boys, where he was CFO. Prior tojoining Pep Boys, Arthur worked at Toys 'R' US, where he served asCFO, as controller, and as president and CFO of toysrus.com.Earlier, he worked at General Signal Corp., American Home ProductsCorp. and American Cyanamid.

Progress Software, a $533 million Bedford,Mass., software company, named Melissa Cruz CFOand senior vice president of finance and administration. Shesucceeds Charles Wagner, who left the company inlate March; the company's president and CEO, Jay Bhatt, served asinterim CFO since then. Cruz, 50, has served as CFO atsoftware companies Picis, which was acquired by UnitedHealth,BladeLogic and Concord Communications. She began her career atDigital Equipment.