Charter Communications hires Elizabeth Biley Andrion, ex-FCC, as senior vice president-regulatory affairs, and moves in government affairs Senior Vice President Alex Hoehn-Saric to newly created position of senior vice president-policy and external affairs ... Wiley Rein promotes David Gross and Kathleen Kirby to co-chairs, Telecom, Media & Technology practice ... Covington & Burling hires Jadzia Butler, Center for Democracy & Technology privacy, surveillance and security fellow, as associate, effective Oct. 10 ... Goodwin law firm adds Karen Neuman, ex-Department of Homeland Security, as partner, Privacy & Cybersecurity practice, and as privacy lead in Washington office ... Wilkinson Barker hires Mark Settle, ex-FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, as senior engineering adviser, and Danielle Thumann, Catholic University graduate, as associate.
FairPoint Communications appoints Bruce Metge, ex-Hillcrest Laboratories, executive vice president-chief legal officer ... Charter Communications announces Tom Montemagno, ex-Cablevision, which was bought by Altice, is executive vice president-programming acquisition ... Holland & Knight adds David Kully, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division, as partner, litigation practice ... TwinLogic Strategies announces Debra Dixon, ex-Dixon Avecilla, joined the firm ... Discovery Communications appoints Ralph Rivera, ex-BBC, managing director-Eurosport Digital, new position, effective Sept. 26 ... Skorpios Technologies adds Brian Griffiths, ex-Guggenheim Partners, as chief financial officer ... Connect First, software as a service telecom and cloud contact center software firm, said Steve Bederman, by mutual agreement of the board, is no longer CEO; board starts an Executive Management Committee led by President Richard Manulkin and Chairman-Chief Information Officer Geoff Mina.
Cincinnati Bell elevates Leigh Fox to president-chief operating officer and Andrew Kaiser to succeed Fox as chief financial officer ... Tessco hires Murray Wright, ex-Zones Inc., as president-CEO and he joins the board, which Robert Barnhill continues to chair as executive chairman ... At Liberty Broadband effective Oct. 1, it said: Chief Development Officer Mark Carleton named chief financial officer; CFO Christopher Shean named senior adviser and continues reporting to CEO Greg Maffei; and Albert Rosenthaler, who had been chief tax officer, named chief corporate development officer; at Liberty Interactive, it said, those changes also occur, and Shean remains that company's designee to boards of Expedia and FTD, and expected to be president-CEO, Liberty Expedia Holdings, when that split off takes place.
Fletcher Heald hires Keenan Adamchak, ex-Marashlian & Donahue, as associate ... Frontier Communications hires Sydney Ridley, ex-aide to Florida House Republican Leader Dana Young, as manager-government and regulatory affairs, Florida, and Dale Shover, ex-TXU Energy, as vice president-business operations/finance, South region ... Tribune Broadcasting appoints Vice President-General Manager James Aitken to that position for WXIN Indianapolis and WTTV Bloomington, Indiana, succeeding Paul Rennie, previously elevated to president-general manager, WGN-TV Chicago (see 1607120044) ... Returning to Sunbeam Television is Bob Leider to past job as executive vice president-general manager, effective Sept. 12; he semi-retired previously and had been vice president-consultant; and takes a post similar to that held by Chris Wayland, hired by Tribune Media recently (see 1608290037) as vice president-group operations, Tribune Broadcasting, effective Sept. 19.
R Street Institute adds Anne Hobson, ex-Facebook, as technology policy fellow ... Nokia Technologies President Ramzi Haidamus leaving; Brad Rodrigues, head-strategy and business development, moves to acting president; and Nokia Group leadership team (see this space in the Oct. 8 issue) has Rajeev Suri, Timo Ihamuotila, Samih Elhage, Federico Guillen, Basil Alwan, Bhaskar Gorti, Hans-Jurgen Bill, Kathrin Buvac, Ashish Chowdhary, Barry French, Marc Rouanne and Maria Varsellona ... Pete Thompson, ex-Sonos, joining Rovi as executive vice president-chief operating officer, effective Sept. 6 ... Business Wire elevates Rob Schmitt to general counsel.
FTC moves Chuck Loughlin to chief trial counsel, Competition Bureau, succeeding Tara Reinhart, leaving the agency ... Uber names Jeff Jones, leaving Target, as president-ridesharing; succeeding Ryan Graves, who becomes resident entrepreneur and builder ... Time Warner elevates Tina Shah to senior vice president-business affairs, Turner Sports, and associate general counsel, and she continues to work on linear and digital issues ... Skyworks Solutions appoints Kris Sennesael, ex-Enphase Energy, senior vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding outgoing CFO Donald Palette, to be in an advisory role for transitional period ... E.W. Scripps names TV station executive Les Vann vice president-general manager, WFTX-TV Cape Coral, Florida, effective Sept. 12.
Tele2 promotes Stefan Backman to executive vice president-group general counsel, effective Dec. 1, succeeding Caroline Fellenius-Omnell, named Skanska Group executive vice president-group general counsel ... Tribune Media hires Chris Wayland, ex-Sunbeam Television, as vice president-group operations, Tribune Broadcasting, effective Sept. 19 ... Boomtown accelerator announces Jason Searfoss, ex-Longford Capital, as chief financial officer ...Syniverse names Jeff White, ex-Cisco, group vice president-global sales, Service Provider Group unit ... Under Concurrent's agreement with some investors, Wayne Barr, Oakleaf Consulting Group, will join the board, as Shelton James resigns.
Mediacom promotes to vice presidents Jerold Lambert, group vice president-legal affairs, Timothy Hubert, accounting, and John Maccagnen, financial operations ... Airborne Wireless Network names Marius de Mos, airborne in-cabin radio systems expert, as vice president-technical affairs and development ... In agreement with shareholder Nokomis Capital, Telenav said it's naming Wes Cummins, Nokomis, to its board, from which Richard Todaro will resign; if another director isn't identified by Jan. 30, Brett Hendrickson, Nokomis, also will join board until an independent director is found ... Newly elected at Society of Broadcast Engineers: Tim Anderson, GatesAir, secretary, one-year term; and to two-year terms effective Oct. 27: JT Tucker, Cumulus Media; Jim Bernier, Turner Entertainment Networks; Kirk Harnack, Telos Alliance; Marcelo Sanchez, WFOR-TV/WBFS-TV Miami; and Mark Simpson, Townsquare Media.
Univision Communications promotes Patsy Loris to executive vice president-news and executive news director, Univision News ... Frontier Communications names Crosby Smith, ex-Black Box Network Services, area general manager, Southern California low-desert operating area, and Tom Novotney, ex-CenturyLink, area general manager, Central California operating area ... At University of Colorado's Silicon Flatirons, the program said: CU Law School legal writing professor Amy Bauer was named faculty director-Tech Lawyer Accelerator, succeeding Bill Mooz, named Silicon Flatirons senior fellow; David Camerucci, recent CU Law graduate, was named executive director-Startup Summer and New Venture Challenge, succeeding Andy Marchant, joining Catalyst Law Group as associate; leaving Silicon Flatirons are Administrator Jamie Stewart and Events Coordinator Cactus Woodworth-Lies.
Arris promotes Bruce McClelland to CEO and gives him a seat on the board, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Bob Stanzione, who will become executive chairman and will continue to chair Arris board ... 21st Century Fox promotes in succession plan at Twentieth Century Fox Film Stacey Snider to chairwoman-CEO, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Jim Gianopulos, who chose to step down earlier; previously, date was June 30, 2017 (see this section in the June 17 issue) ... Lear Corp. appoints André Weimerskirch, ex-Escrypt, vice president-cybersecurity, E-Systems ... BDS Mobile names Jim O'Gara, ex-Synactive, chief operating officer ... One More Co., providing email recipients more information about email senders, moves Chad Woodford to chief privacy officer, and he still leads core product efforts.