CA unanimously elected William E. McCracken CEO. McCracken was serving as executive chairman of the board. He now holds both positions. CA is an IT management software company.
Christopher O’Malley was named to the board of directors at Bluenog. O’Malley is executive vice president at CA’s cloud products and solutions line. Bluenog is an enterprise software and solutions company.
Southwest Airlines appointed Doug Brooks to its board of directors. Brooks is currently chairman, president and chief executive officer of Brinker International. Brinker owns or franchises 1,700 restaurants across the country.
First Business Financial Services elected Barbara H. Stephens to its board of directors. Stephens is the senior vice president of human resources at Bucyrus, a manufacturer of mining equipment.
John Hamill was named to the board of directors for Sovereign Bancorp. Hamill has served as chairman of the Sovereign Bank in New England for 10 years. Sovereign Bancorp is a unit of Spain’s Banco Santander.
Senior vice president, CFO and treasurer of Monotype Imaging, Scott Landers, joins Bridgline’s board of directors. Bridgeline develops web application management software and interactive technology solutions.