It did not give an end date for Karpas. Xero will need someone in place since it plans an initial public offering in this country before its year ends on March 31. Xero also plans to build its U.S. and world markets and “expects to make a number of key appointments over the next three months.” Whatever his contributions, Karpas made them since joining in February as the first CEO for the accounting software company on this continent. Before that his positions include three-and-a-half years with PayPal and slightly more than 10 years at Intuit where he was an SVP and later president of the Quicken Health operations.