Krista Witanowski, ex-Meta, joins FCC as legal adviser-Office of Engineering and Technology.

Cybersecurity firms SecureMac and ThreatHunter.ai add their respective CEOs, Nicholas Raba and James McMurry, to each other’s advisory boards.

General Datatech, network integration services provider to the telecom industry, hires Riveron Consulting’s Rick Haughey as chief financial officer.

Coalition for Independent Technology Research announces board member Brandi Geurkink, ex-Mozilla Foundation, as inaugural executive director, effective January … Diodes, supplier of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optical transceiver modules, promotes Chief Operating Officer Gary Yu to president, effective Jan. 2 ... Sealsq tech hardware and software company hires Franck Buonanno, from WISeKey International, as vice president-global sales, semiconductor and public key infrastructure activities.

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appoints Lori Mohr, from the office of Vice Chair Kim Barrow, as director-Bureau of Consumer Services … Fastly, edge cloud computing platform, hires Cisco’s Kip Compton as chief product officer, effective Jan. 2 ... Knocking, e-commerce and content creation company, promotes Scott Spurgeon to vice president-Knocking Studio and Courtney Spencer to director-brand partnerships.

Dish Network announces Svetlana Matt, ex-Meta, as director-public policy; Malcolm Sherrod, former FGS Global, as manager-government relations; and Phillip Waller, ex-office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as manager-policy communications and public affairs … Nexstar Media Group extends employment agreement for Lee Ann Gliha, executive vice president-chief financial officer, through 2026, with one-year renewals ... EnCharge AI, developer of advanced AI chipsets, hires Embark Trucks’ Jonny Morris, also onetime presidential management fellow under President Barack Obama, as vice president-government affairs and communications, and adds Don Rosenberg, retired former Qualcomm executive vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, to its board ... TDS Telecom promotes Jeff Mand to vice president-construction and service enablement, effective Dec. 31 ... DoubleVerify, digital media measurement software platform, adds Match Group President-Chief Financial Officer Gary Swidler to its board, effective Feb. 20.

Brent Skorup announces his departure as senior research fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, to join the Cato Institute’s Levy Center for Constitutional Studies as a research fellow, effective Jan. 2 … Senate confirms Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh as National Security Agency director and U.S. Cyber Command head on voice vote … C-Spire promotes Chief Marketing Officer Suzy Hays to president and Chief Information Officer Brad Carpenter to chief operating officer.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appoints Cosgrove Law Group founder Joe Cosgrove to Broadband Development Office board of advisers for a term expiring Feb. 1, 2025 … Lumen Technologies taps Amazon Web Services’ Satish Lakshmanan as chief product officer ... Wireless network Really hires Jessie Scelzi, ex-Let's Do This and formerly The Zebra, as chief revenue officer ... Tegna promotes Byron Wilkinson to president-general manager at KVUE Austin, where he was interim general manager ... Streaming tech company Brightcove hires Rapid7's Kathy Klingler as chief marketing officer and Flowcode’s Jim Norton as chief revenue officer, both effective Jan. 8, and promotes David Beck, Brightcove’s current chief strategy and corporate development officer, to newly expanded role as chief operating officer ... OpenWeb names AI Foundation founder Rob Meadows chief technology officer ... JMI Equity, venture capital firm focused on investing in cloud software companies, promotes Maggie Schmitt to partner; she continues as chief financial officer ... BCN, communications technology solutions provider, hires Nitel’s Rich Fisher as a partner sales director ... Cineverse, streaming tech and entertainment company, adds Beech Lane Media Advisors’ Mary Ann Halford, also former Altman Solon, to its board, replacing Bison Finance founder Peixin Xu, retiring.

USTelecom announces Ben Elleson, ex-office of Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., as senior director-government affairs … TDS Telecommunications adds vice president-data management position for Steve Mathesius, who also continues chief information security officer, leading cybersecurity and risk management functions at TDS Telecom and parent company, Telephone and Data Systems … Telecon promotes Executive Vice President-Chief Customer Officer Robert Pothier to president-CEO and adds him to its board ... Hitachi Vantara, Hitachi’s hybrid cloud management subsidiary, names Palo Alto Networks’ Tony Gonnella chief financial officer ... Southern Co. hires Bentina Terry from Southern subsidiary Georgia Power as president-CEO of Southern Communications, with responsibility for leading the Southern Linc and Southern Telecom business units, and Arnab Ghosal as Southern Telecom vice president-chief operating officer in addition to his current role at Alabama Power, another Southern subsidiary, both effective Jan. 1.

Ballard Spahr hires Courtney Adams Thornton, ex-Troutman Pepper, as of counsel, intellectual property, trademarks and copyright, in its Atlanta office … Senate confirms to the U.S. Agency for Global Media's International Broadcasting Advisory Board: Luis Botello, special adviser, International Center for Journalists; Jamie Fly, CEO-Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Jeffrey Gedmin, Georgetown University senior fellow; Michelle Giuda, CEO-Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University; Kenneth Jarin, partner-Ballard Spahr and also named advisory board chair; and Kathleen Matthews, former Marriott International chief communications-public affairs officer ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise hires HP Inc.’s Marie Myers as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Jan. 15; Jeremy Cox, interim CFO since August, will return full time to his roles as senior vice president-corporate controller and chief tax officer, reporting to Myers.