Avaya, a $5.5 billion communication systems andsoftware provider, named Dave Vellequette CFO andsenior vice president. He succeeds AnthonyMasetti, who is leaving the company. Vellequette, atright, joins Avaya from JDS Uniphase, where he was CFO since2005. He has also served as vice president of worldwide sales andservice operations at Openwave Systems and worked in finance atCisco.

Ingredion, a $6.2 billion Westchester,Ill.-based company that produces starches, sweeteners and otheringredients, appointed Matthew Galvanoni corporatecontroller and vice president. He succeeds RobinKornmeyer, who will retire. Galvanoni, 40, joins Ingredionfrom Exelon, where he worked for 10 years, most recently serving asassistant corporate controller and vice president. Galvanoni, whowas included in Treasury & Risk's 2009 40 Under 40 list, has also worked atPricewaterhouseCoopers as senior manager of assurance.

Timken Co., a $5.2 billion dollar Canton,Ohio-based transmission manufacturer, named KevinBeck assistant treasurer. He replacesAndrzej Polak, who left thecompany to pursue other opportunities. Beck, 43, most recentlyserved as controller for Timken's aerospace and defense unit. Sincejoining the company in 1998, he has held multiple positions atTimken, including senior financial analyst. PaulLocke will succeed Beck as controller for the aerospaceand defense unit; Locke most recently served as assistantcontroller for Timken's mobile industries unit.