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Wireless Infrastructure Association names Rikin Thakker, ex-Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council, as chief technology officer; Brent Weil, ex-Argentum, as vice president-workforce development; and Jason Nelson, ex-Smart Cities Council, as vice president-partnerships and development ... California Public Utilities Commission picks Douglas Sicker as T-Mobile/Sprint compliance monitor, through pact with University of Colorado-Denver, where he's senior associate dean and professor ... Patent and Trademark Office moves Mary Critharis to acting chief policy officer and director-international affairs, succeeding for now Shira Perlmutter, recently named to lead Copyright Office (see 2009210059).
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Etsy taps Jeffrey Zubricki from Walmart as head-U.S. government relations ... TechNet hires ex-aide to Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., Meghan Pearce as federal policy coordinator ... T-Mobile Director-Legal Affairs Luisa Lancetti retiring, effective in early November ... PBS promotes Sylvia Bugg to chief programming executive and general manager-general audience programming.
FreedomFi 5G and private LTE firm names co-founder Joey Padden to also be chief technology officer ... Sinclair hires David Morgan, ex-USA Today Sports Media Group, as vice president-digital sports news for the company’s regional sports networks ... Actus Digital broadcast compliance and monitoring solutions provider appoints Ken Dillard, ex-Strategic Franchising, vice president-sales and marketing, North America ... Pinterest puts ex-Disney’s ABC Family and Freeform Executive Vice President-Programming and Strategy Salaam Coleman Smith on the board, which also recently added ex-Harpo Studios executive Andrea Wishom.
In Enterprise Wireless Alliance elections, newly appointed to roles are Chairman Geno Viviano, Communications International, and Vice Chair Jenna Riess, New York Communications Co.; joining Executive Committee are Frank Anderson, A Beep, and Perry Vincent, Louisiana Radio Communications ... Teledyne Technologies appoints former Harley-Davidson Motor Chief Operating Officer Michelle Kumbier to its board ... Intuit names Waymo COO Tekedra Mawakana a director.