Outplacement provider RiseSmart named Vinod Damodaran as vice president of engineering. Damodaran has 25 years of experience and previously served as senior vice president of technology at Symphony Services.

Millennium Search, a Charlotte, N.C.-based executive search firm appointed Jane Gimbel as a senior executive recruiter. Gimbel has more than 15 years of experience as a recruiting professional.

SolomonEdwardsGroup LLC, a Dallas-based staffing provider, announced that James Lukowicz has joined the Dallas office as a senior manager within its national banking and financial services practice. Lukowicz has more than 24 years of banking and corporate development experience. SolomonEdwardsGroup also announced that Melanie Farmer has joined the Dallas office as director. Farmer specializes in the areas of technical accounting, SEC reporting and audit services.