Yahoo! has named Ken Goldman as chief financial officer (CFO), effective 22 October. In this role, he will be responsible for Yahoo!'s global finance functions including financial planning and analysis, controllership, tax, treasury, and investor relations. Goldman will report directly to Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. Goldman brings more than 30 years of experience in financial, operational and business management. He joins Yahoo! from Fortinet, a provider of threat management technologies, where he served as CFO. Prior to Fortinet, Goldman spent nearly six years as senior vice president of finance and administration and CFO of Siebel Systems. He has held CFO positions at Excite@Home, Sybase, Cypress Semiconductor and VLSI Technology. Goldman has served as a director on several public and private sector boards. Goldman succeeds Yahoo! CFO Tim Morse, who has been with the company. Morse will leave the company later this fall.
