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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr adds as policy adviser Greg Watson, ex-White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he "led efforts to increase broadband access through the American Broadband Initiative" ... Nebraska Public Service Commissioners elects for coming year: as chair, Dan Watermeier, and vice chair Tim Schram, who also is co-vice chair, NARUC Telecom Committee.
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Vector Capital completes buy of Mood Media, with private equity firm's Malcolm McRoberts named CEO and ex-chief David Hoodis supporting the acquired company "on a transitional basis" ... RingCentral hires Heather Hinton from IBM as chief information security officer ... Maximus Chief Financial Officer Richard Nadeau retires, effective Nov. 30, and then David Mutryn moves to CFO ... Everspin Technologies promotes Vice President-Technology Research and Development Sanjeev Aggarwal to also be in the newly created job of chief technology officer.
Movandi, a 5G millimeter wave networks firm, adds as advisers to leadership team Sandeep Chennakeshu, ex-BlackBerry Technology Solutions, who also is named executive adviser and consultant; and RingCentral's Homayoun Razavi, also ex-Ericsson ... Maxar Technologies appoints University of Texas at El Paso President Heather Wilson to its board.
SMPTE Board of Governors for 2021-22 term includes Hans Hoffmann, European Broadcasting Union, as president; Patricia Keighley, Imax, as executive vice president; and Patrick Griffis, Dolby Labs, as past president; new U.S. regional governors are William Hayes, Iowa PBS, for Central region; Marty Meyer of Gravity Media/Gearhouse and Michael Devalue, both Hollywood region; Rose Lockwood, Belden, New York region; Karl Kuhn, Telestream, for Eastern region; Lisa Hobbs, MediaKind, Southern region; and Jessica Wan, Pixar Animation Studios, Western region.
At Women in Cable Telecommunications, Karen Buchholz, Comcast, and Alaka Williams, Discovery, join Executive Committee as Governance Committee chair and Industry Relations Committee chair, respectively; and new directors-at-large are Crystal Barnes, ViacomCBS; Laura Gentile, ESPN; Grace Ho, Liberty Global; and Tina Simmons, Comcast Cable Central Division.