Kevin Moriarty has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Scottsdale-based JDA Software. He most recently served as CFO at Avnet.

While at Avnet, Moriarty played a critical role in reprioritizing the company’s portfolio with the sale of the Technology Solutions business to Tech Data Corporation and the acquisitions of Premier Farnell and Hackster.IO. He was also instrumental in Avnet’s capital allocation program.

Moriarty also was at Honeywell, where he led a global team of more than 1,000 finance professionals supporting 95 sites around the world and was heavily involved in several large Honeywell acquisitions and divestitures.