Accuray Incorporated announced that Franco N. Palomba has joined the company as chief accounting officer & controller. Mr. Palomba will be responsible for the controllership function, including the global accounting organization and associated budgetary and administrative operations, as well as financial and regulatory compliance. He will report to Accuray senior vice president & chief financial officer Ali Pervaiz.

Mr. Palomba is a skilled executive with more than 30 years of accounting and finance expertise, primarily in the radiation therapy industry at Varian Medical Systems, now a part of Siemens Healthineers. Most recently, he served as vice president of finance and controller at Ashvattha Therapeutics where he was responsible for all internal and external resources supporting the successful completion of the company's first multiyear audit, establishment of an internal finance team and closing of a major company funding initiative. Prior to Ashvattha Therapeutics, Mr. Palomba held various leadership positions at Genomic Health Inc., acquired by Exact Sciences, Varian, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.