WD Lab Grown Diamonds Names Kurt Haufler as CFO

WD Lab Grown Diamonds is pleased to announce the appointment of Kurt Haufler as its Chief Financial Officer. He will be based at the company's headquarters in Maryland.

With more than 22 years of experience, Haufler brings a lengthy record of driving ongoing growth for area companies ranging from leaders in information technology to financial services and planning. He most recently served as CFO of Datablink, an innovator in user authentication technologies.

Other previous positions include CFO at RapidAdvance, a Maryland-based financial services firm, where he led transformative initiatives to significantly scale the business and accelerate growth. During his time at RapidAdvance, Rockbridge Growth Equity purchased a majority stake in the firm and became part of Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans family of companies.

Previously, Haufler served as vice president of finance at SkyTerra Communications when the company went public and was later sold with a valuation in excess of $1 billion to Harbinger Capital Partners and subsequently became LightSquared.

He holds degrees in finance and marketing from Boston College.