McLean, Va., USA – Commtouch, an internet security technology company, announced that Brian D. Briggs will replace outgoing CFO Ron Ela, effective January 1, 2013.[break]
Mr. Briggs will join Commtouch after serving as executive vice president and CFO at SecureNet Payment Systems, a payment processing technology provider.
He brings more than 22 years of finance and operations experience, offering extensive expertise in profitability building in both public and private equity sectors, including leading an IPO and over four years of successfully serving as CFO of a publicly traded company.
Prior to his post at SecureNet, Briggs served in various management roles at Custom Direct, Ashton - December 13, 2012, McLean, Va., USA – Commtouch, an internet security technology company, announced that Brian D. Briggs will replace outgoing CFO Ron Ela, effective January 1, 2013.
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Mr. Briggs will join Commtouch after serving as executive vice president and CFO at SecureNet Payment Systems, a payment processing technology provider.
He brings more than 22 years of finance and operations experience, offering extensive expertise in profitability building in both public and private equity sectors, including leading an IPO and over four years of successfully serving as CFO of a publicly traded company.
Prior to his post at SecureNet, Briggs served in various management roles at Custom Direct, Ashton-Potter, Ithaca Bancorp (now M&T Bank), and Ernst & Young.
Mr. Briggs earned a degree in finance and economics from Cornell University and completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School, The Wharton School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Johnson School of Business – Cornell.
Mr. Ela joined Commtouch in July, 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Ela formerly held management positions at two Israeli-based Nasdaq listed companies, and most recently held the role of Controller at Verint Systems Ltd., a wholly–owned subsidiary of Verint Systems Inc.
During the five years prior to that time, Mr. Ela served as Deputy Controller and subsequently Controller for Partner Communication Ltd. Also, Mr. Ela spent 3 years in public accounting with Kesselman & Kesselman, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Israel. ■