When Sasan Goodarzi becomes CEO of Intuit he will preside over a team which has many new members. Outgoing CEO Brad Smith recently addressed a question from an analyst who noted some investors are “a little unsettled” by the changes.

Oracle NetSuite has hired John Goode as director of field and channel marketing. Goode fills in the role left open with the departure of Amede Hungerford in October 2015.

Dynamics VAR Merit Solutions has named Kathy Cochran as its first COO. Cochran reports to Bill Burke, CEO and founder of the Wheaton, Ill.-based reseller. Her experience includes more that 10 years with Great Pains and Microsoft.