Barnes & Noble online ceo resigns

NEW YORK Barnes & Noble announced that Marie Toulantis, ceo of its online business, Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), has resigned from her position and will now work for the company in the capacity as consultant. Her duties have been assumed by Tom Burke, evp of e-commerce and Kevin Frain, cfo, who has been appointed evp of e-commerce operations.

Toulantis joined Barnes & Noble in 1997 as evp of finance and later became cfo. In 1999, she was appointed cfo of Barnes & Noble.com, and helped lead the company’s successful initial public offering in May of that year. She was named president and coo of the online company in 2001 before being named ceo a year later.