Apple nominates former Aerospace Corp. President-CEO Wanda Austin for election to its board at Feb. 27 annual meeting; former Vice President Al Gore and James Bell, former Boeing chief financial officer and corporate president, to retire from the board this year under longstanding Apple policy that generally bars board members from running for reelection after they turn 75 ... Under succession plan, Info-Tech Research Group promotes Chief Product Officer Tom Zehren to CEO, effective Feb. 2, when current CEO David Godfrey moves to chief growth officer, newly created role ... Blackbaud software provider appoints Kristian Talvitie, PTC chief financial officer, to its board.