Barnes & Noble has hired Carlo Pochintesta as chief information officer, reporting to cfo Allen Lindstrom, starting today. He was CIO at Rag & Bone Holdings. More intriguingly, with no sign that the bookseller has any intention of looking for a full-time ceo before completing their “strategic review” of a potential sale (now more than five months old), they signed new employment agreements with ranking executives Timothy Mantel, William Wood and Mary Ellen Keating, and a revised agreement with Lindstrom, filed with the SEC last Friday. Everyone has a base salary of around $600,000, plus target bonuses of about 50 […]