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"Nest Labs, the learning thermostat company, has appointed\u00A0Tom vonReichbauer as it's new CFO. The announcement was made today by founder and CEO Tony Fadell.\u00A0vonReichbauer comes from Tesla motors, where he served as Director of Finance for the last 4 years.\r\n\r\nvonReichbauer brings a history of financial positions at other automotive companies like Ford and Volvo.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Through his leadership and involvement in financial and strategic planning and public and private financing,&amp;quot; says Fadell, &amp;quot;Tom helped Tesla grow into a major player in the global auto industry.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTesla has shown impressive growth lately, with founder Elon Musk saying that &amp;quot;\u201DI\u2019m hoping we\u2019ll have a profitable quarter this year...shame on us if we can\u2019t achieve that,&amp;quot; at the Detroit Auto Show earlier today.\r\n\r\nIn addition to a new CFO, second Nest employee\u00A0Shige Honjo has been promoted to\u00A0VP, Program Management and Manufacturing. As is the case with Fadell and co-founder Matt Rogers, Honjo is an ex-Apple employee who acted as\u00A0Lead Engineering Program Manager for several 'early generations of iPhone'.\r\n\r\nImage Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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