Kitty Hawk, Inc. (KHK)

[energymanNJ]

This guy Keating seams to step in when companies start to falter and smacks the around a bit and the stock does seem to react to his arrival and doings..IMO / Or they make the stock go down and then step in because they like the company $$$

Here is a chart of this company he took over right when the stock plummeted...just like kitty hawk.....IMO

QVDX -- Quovadx, Inc

http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/chart.jsp?symbol=QVDX&duration=2-6-9-0-0-548


ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004--Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq:QVDX), a global platform software and vertical solutions company, today announced the appointments of Harvey A. Wagner as acting president and chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2004, and Mel Keating, who is affiliated with Tatum Partners, an organization that provides financial and IT leadership, as acting chief financial officer effective tomorrow, April 13, 2004. Quovadx will immediately begin a search to fill the chief executive officer and chief financial officer positions, respectively held by Lorine Sweeney and Gary Scherping, who have both resigned from the company. Afshin Cangarlu, president of the Company's Enterprise Application Software division will serve as president of Quovadx on an interim basis until Mr. Wagner officially joins the company on May 1st.

Mr. Wagner, 63, who will immediately join the company's board of directors in the position vacated by Ms. Sweeney, is skilled at improving profitability, managing growth and implementing strategic business planning. Mr. Wagner has over 35 years of broad financial and general management experience in Fortune 500 companies and emerging, multi-national high-technology companies. He has served as chief financial officer for four NYSE and two NASDAQ-listed companies in the software, computer hardware, semiconductor and telecommunications industries. Since January 2003, Mr. Wagner has been serving as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Mirant Corporation and he presently sits on the boards of Cree, Inc. and Proficient Systems, Inc.