Communications Personals
McKool Smith taps Alan Whitehurst from Quinn Emanuel as principal, working on intellectual property and unfair competition litigation and specializing in telecom disputes ... Lumen hires Nick Andersen, ex-Department of Energy, as chief information security officer, public sector ... In acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel's starting Broadband Data Task Force, others named to it, besides the agency's Jean Kiddoo as chair (see our report here and more details here), are Senior Implementation Officer Chelsea Fallon and Senior Counsel Sean Spivey.
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Twilio Chief Legal Officer Karyn Smith to leave once a successor begins job ... Data & Society adds Brittany Smith, ex-DeepMind, as the first policy director for the nonprofit researcher on new technology development and governance ... Clyde Group hires public relations expert Lauren Hovey, ex-Hundred Stories, as vice president, working with clients including Rover ... Work anywhere platform Fiverr International promotes Ofer Katz to president-chief financial officer and Gurit Kainnan Vardi to executive vice president-general counsel.
Digimarc appoints Tim Price from Smarsh chief revenue officer ... Belden Executive Chairman John Stroup retires after annual meeting in May, when lead independent director David Aldrich becomes chairman ... Cloud storage company Backblaze adds former Office Depot Chief Marketing Officer Jocelyn Carter-Miller, ex-Element Labs CEO Barbara Nelson and Redis Labs CFO Rafael Torres to the board ... BAI Communications taps ex-BroadSoft CEO Michael Tessler as nonexecutive director.
Lobbyist registrations: Miller Strategies on behalf of Amazon Web Services, Tower 19 on “cloud computing, digital transformation, cybersecurity and general technology,” effective Feb. 1 … NCTA, Kevin Kayes on telecom and “broadband policy,” effective Feb. 1 … NextNav, Kevin Kayes on “deployment of a terrestrial-based network to complement the position, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities of” GPS “for national security and critical infrastructure,” and O’Keeffe Shahmoradi Strategies on “3D positioning, navigation, and timing for backup GPS and emergency response,” effective Feb. 1 … Salesforce.com, Nelson Mullins, effective Feb. 1 … IT software developer Ultrata, Van Scoyoc Associates, effective Jan. 28 … VMware, Crossroads Strategies on “IT procurement,” effective Jan. 26 … Hughes Network Systems, Emmer Consulting on “broadband access,” effective Jan. 21 … Apple, Team Hallahan, effective Jan. 16 … Palantir, Ervin Graves Strategy Group, effective Jan. 15.
Verizon, The Raben Group on broadband, data privacy, emergency preparedness, spectrum policy, 5G deployments and other issues, effective Jan. 14 … Dataminr, TheGROUP DC, effective Jan. 4 … Microsoft, Hodgkins Consulting on “cloud computing,” effective Jan. 4, and Forza DC Strategies on “cloud computing, artificial intelligence” and other IT, effective Jan. 1 … ISP Spectrum Five, Adams and Reese, effective Jan. 4 ... Digital Realty Trust, Venable, effective Jan. 1 … Liberty Media, Invariant on “competition policy, corporate tax, intellectual property, and consumer protection,” effective Jan. 1 … Logos Technologies, Cross Potomac Consulting, effective Jan. 1 … Motorola Solutions, Forza DC Strategies on telecom, “security equipment, artificial intelligence, biometric technology, law enforcement reform, and Next Generation 911,” effective Jan. 1 … NextNav, Telemedia Policy, effective Jan. 1 … DataRobot, Ferox Strategies, effective Dec. 23.