Comtech taps Chief Corporate Development Officer John Ratigan as interim CEO, effective immediately, succeeding Ken Peterman, terminated as president-CEO and from the board for conduct unrelated to Comtech’s business strategy, financial results or previously filed financial statements; Comtech also elects current board member Mark Quinlan as chair ... Equinix, digital infrastructure company, names Google Cloud executive Adaire Fox-Martin president-CEO, succeeding Charles Meyers, moving to executive chairman to replace Peter Van Camp, becoming special adviser, all effective late Q2 ... People.ai, generative AI company, hires Microsoft’s Linda Simovic as executive vice president-chief product officer ... PayPal hires SoFi’s Aaron Webster as executive vice president-chief enterprise services officer, effective Monday ... New Enterprise Associates, global venture capital firm, taps Microsoft Deputy Chief Technology Officer Lila Tretikov as partner and head-AI strategy.

Paychex appoints WestCap Partners’ Beaumont Vance senior vice president-data, analytics and AI ... Deepwatch, managed security platform, adds retired Booz Allen Hamilton executive Bill Phelps to its board ... DeNexus, cyber risk modeling platform for industrial networks, names Iberdrola Group’s Rosa Kariger to its board ... MightyID, identity resilience solutions provider, appoints Vishal Amin, Microsoft Federal Defense general manager-security solutions, to its advisory board.

Cogeco and Cogeco Communications promote Frederic Perron to president-CEO of both companies and add him to their boards, succeeding Philippe Jette, retiring, but remaining a strategic adviser until Aug. 31 ... Young’s Communications names Chief Operating Officer Rob Hughart interim CEO to replace outgoing CEO Chad Rasmussen ... Altice USA taps John Hsu, ex-AMC Networks, as senior vice president-corporate finance, and John Lombana, ex-Mitsubishi Power Americas, also former Verizon and AT&T, as senior vice president-corporate controller ... Rohirrim, generative AI company, taps Andrew Shoaff, ex-Zywave, as vice president-customer success, and Nintendo’s Savani Tatake, also former Meta and T-Mobile, as vice president-engineering.

Absolute Software, cyber resilience platform for government and enterprises, hires Saul Gates, ex-Level Access, as chief financial officer and Chief's Colleen Wood as chief people officer ... Belden promotes Hiran Bhadra to senior vice president-strategy and technology ... Willdan Group, provider of consulting services to utilities, government agencies and private industry, announces retirement of board member Keith Renken, effective immediately, reducing board’s composition to seven members.

Phosphorus Cybersecurity appoints Mike Sullivan, ex-Talon Cyber Security, as president-worldwide field operations, effective April 1 … Bluebird Network, communications infrastructure provider, hires Jason Adkins, ex-Unite Private Networks, as CEO, effective March 18 ... Publishers Clearing House Media names Ed Leahy, ex-Lotame, senior director-sales, North America ... PayPal taps Amy Bonitatibus, former Wells Fargo chief communications officer, as chief corporate affairs and communications officer, effective May 28 ... Iris.TV, video and connected TV content data platform, promotes Nancy Neumann-Grey to senior vice president-business development and data partnerships, newly created position ... New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) names IBM CEO Arvind Krishna and Girls Who Code CEO Tarika Barrett as co-chairs of the state’s new Emerging Technology Advisory Board.

Former Rep. Brad Carson, D-Okla., and Eric Gastfriend, DynamiCare Health co-founder, formally launch Americans for Responsible Innovation advocacy group focused on emerging technologies including AI, with Carson as president; Gastfriend as executive director; Douglass Calidas, ex-office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., as senior vice president-government affairs; Canoe Collective’s Kristina Banks as chief operating officer consultant; and Sanice Arrington, also Canoe Collective, as human resources manager … C-SPAN announces departures of co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain this year, with Kennedy, also chief financial officer, retiring in May and Swain’s departure date not determined; network names Vice President Matt Deprey to replace Kennedy as CFO …

Meagan Foster, former chief of staff for Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and former staffer at NTCA and USTelecom, joins Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies as senior principal with tech focus … Cable One elevates Ken Johnson to chief operating officer ... Metronet promotes Joe Salerno to senior director-business development ... Ericsson promotes Rebecca Rohr to chief compliance officer, succeeding Jan Sprafke, departing “to pursue other opportunities” … FuboTV adds Neil Glat, Sportfive, also former NFL, to its board ... CommentSold, video commerce platform, hires Filip Vítek, ex-Flaconi, as executive vice president-AI and data ... Incompas creates AI Center with MLC Strategies’ Mignon Clyburn, former FCC commissioner; Colin Crowell, The Blue Owl Group managing director; Rob Hale, Granite Telecomm CEO; Milo Medin, Google vice president-access and wireless services; and Robert Robbins, University of Arizona president, as advisers.

Enterprise Wireless Alliance announces Marty McKinney, ex-APCO, as director-business development …Alaska Communications hires Jeff Vogt, ex-Actifai, also former Cantaloupe, Comcast, Level 3 Communications and AOL, as chief operating officer ... Piper Sandler investment bank promotes Brian White to co-head-technology investment banking, sharing that title with Steven Schmidt; White succeeds Nicholas Osborne, promoted to chairman-technology investment banking ... LastPass taps Asad Siddiqui, ex-Celigo, also former LinkedIn, as chief information officer ... AT&T elects Sunshine Products CEO Marissa Mayer, also former Yahoo and Google, to its board ... Mobix Labs, fabless semiconductor company specializing in connectivity technologies for 5G infrastructure and satellite communications, names Chief Technology Officer Jim Aralis to lead new technical advisory board; inaugural board members are Greg Winner, InnoPhase chief operating officer; Jay Standiford, longtime engineering executive and consultant; and Frank Thiel, founder of Kolvenier Solutions, technology consulting company.

Lumen Technologies hires Microsoft’s Ryan Asdourian as executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... AMC Entertainment Holdings adds Cars.com Chief Financial Officer Sonia Jain, also former Redbox CFO, to its board ... Cybersecurity company Resecurity adds Teisuke Hayano, retired rear admiral in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, to its advisory board.

Wireless Infrastructure Association hires Karen Groppe, ex-ACT|The App Association, as vice president-communications … SpaceFund announces Kfir founder Sagi Kfir, ex-Blue Origin, as general counsel … Snowflake cloud company promotes Sridhar Ramaswamy to CEO and adds him to its board, effective immediately; Frank Slootman retires as CEO, but remains chairman ... E.W. Scripps promotes Kate O'Brian to president-news, newly created role ... Airwavz smart building tech provider elevates Perry Welch to chief sales officer ... Lantronix appoints Calumet Park Advisors’ Kurt Hoff, ex-Synaptics, as vice president-worldwide sales, effective March 4, succeeding Roger Holliday, retiring … Pionaire Podcasting taps Ben Juster, ex-iHeartMedia, as vice president-podcasting operations ... Quantum computing company IonQ adds Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president-global sales and customer operations, to its board.