Nonprofit software vendor Abila has hired Jeff Cross as the company's first chief financial officer. Cross is in charge of the finance, accounting and legal departments for the Austin, Texas-based company and will primarily be responsible for revenue recognition, forecasting, and merger and acquisition activities. Cross was most recently a consultant with DigitalGlobe from September 2014 until taking the Abila job.
He was SVP of American operations at TravelClick from November 2011 through June 2014 during its sale to a private equity firm. He spent more than 14 years with Hoover's and its parent Dun & Bradstreet from February 1997 through July 2011. His positions there included serving as CFO of Hoover's, CFO of Dun & Bradstreet's Small Business Group and COO of Hoover's.