Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology names as first affiliate scholars Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University Communication, Culture & Technology program, Laura Moy, Georgetown Law and its Institute for Public Representation, and Abraham Newman, university's School of Foreign Service Department of Government ... Office of Personnel Management hires David DeVries, leaving DOD, as chief information officer ... Rivada Networks hires Joseph Sanzo, ex-SAC Wireless, as chief network officer ... Joining Emmis Communications is Chuck Williams, ex-Radio One, as senior vice president-market manager, Indianapolis ... Altice names Paul Haddad, ex-Cablevision, which Altice acquired, global chief data officer ... National CineMedia said it hired Katie Scherping, ex-Quiznos, as chief financial officer; co-interim CFOs David Oddo named treasurer/senior vice president-finance and Jeffrey Cabot named senior vice president-controller ... Tremor Video adds Clare Dunnett, ex-Yahoo/BrightRoll, as vice president-operations, seller platform ... Billaway elevates Charnsin Tulyasathien to chief operating officer.
Wiley Rein's McBee Strategic Consulting hires Robert Marcus, ex-special assistant for legislative affairs to President Barack Obama, as executive vice president, working on lobbying and communications teams, effective Sept. 6 ... New ICANN ombudsman is Herb Waye; he was previously adjunct ombudsman and recently retired from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ... Washington, D.C.-based Tech incubator 1776 hires Peter Cherukuri, leaving Politico, as chief innovation officer and president-insights and intelligence, effective in fall ... Cision hires Kevin Akeroyd, ex-Oracle, as CEO; Peter Granat moves to chairman ... Viacom promotes Dion Vlachos to executive vice president-retail sales, marketing and publishing, Nickelodeon ... Cromwell Group hires Tom English as chief revenue officer ... GuidepostSolutions promotes John Torres to chief operating officer, Security and Technology Consulting group, new position, and hires Ed Batchelor, ex-Jensen Hughes, to lead its Chicago office ... Okta, identity and device management provider, adds Mark Settle, ex-IHS, as chief information officer, new position ... Small Cell Forum names David Orloff, AT&T, chairman, succeeding Alan Law.
Orrick hires James Tierney, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division Networks and Technology Enforcement Section, as partner, effective Aug. 22 ... Paul, Weiss antitrust additions from Cadwalader, Wickersham include Rick Rule, who worked on software and other matters, and Jonathan Kanter, who worked on tech and media matters ... Drone USA appoints Paulo Ferro, ex-General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, as chief strategic officer and board member ... Joining MediaLink is Jennifer Kasper, ex-Macy's, as senior vice president ... Comcast names Fernando Gastón, ex-Viacom, vice president-production and development, NBCUniversal's NBC Universo.
FirstNet names Bill Schrier, ex-Seattle chief technology officer, as member, Chief Customer Office ... Network Advertising Initiative promotes to vice presidents Anthony Matyjaszewski for compliance & member development and Jurgen Van Staden, policy & technology ... Ofcom appoints Kevin Bakhurst, leaving RTE, as content group director, overseeing content and media policy ... HSN Inc. moves Chief Financial Officer-Chief Operating Officer Judy Schmeling to president, Cornerstone; she will continue as overall company COO and will remain CFO until a successor is named ... Digital Realty Trust said it and Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing Matt Miszewski agreed he would leave to pursue other opportunities, effective Aug. 15 ... National Association of Counties elects Bryan Desloge, Leon County, Florida commissioner, as president ... Ethernet Alliance names to board David Rodgers, Teledyne LeCroy.
DMA hires Emmett O’Keefe, ex-Cablevision, as senior vice president-advocacy ... Internet Association adds Christopher Hooton, ex-World Bank, as chief economist ... New to Common Cause is David Vance, ex-Campaign Legal Center, as national media strategist, new position ... LifeLock said it names LifeLock ID Analytics CEO Scott Carter also to be the parent company's executive vice president-enterprise, a promotion; Finn Faldi, ex-Yahoo, as senior vice president-partner revenue officer; and Terry Reams, ex-HUB International, as general manager-Employee Benefits team ... Kudelski Group's Kudelski Security names Andrew Howard, ex-Georgia Tech, chief technology officer.
CTIA promotes Jamie Hastings to senior vice president-external and state affairs, new position, and Jim Schuler to vice president-external and state affairs ... T-Mobile elevates Marie Sylla to vice president-external and legislative affairs ... Joining R Street Institute is Sasha Moss, ex-counsel to Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, named technology policy fellow ... AwesomenessTV, multi-platform media company owned by DreamWorks Animation, Hearst and Verizon, hires Samie Kim Falvey, ex-ABC Entertainment, in new position of chief content officer of its unnamed premium content service ... Comcast's NBCUniversal hires Errol Cockfield, ex-Edelman, as senior vice president-MSNBC Communications.
Joining TRUSTe is Hilary Wandall, ex-Merck & Co., as general counsel and chief data governance officer ... Coming to Pryor Cashman is Thomas Vidal, ex-Abrams Garfinkel, as partner, Litigation, Media + Entertainment, Intellectual Property and Technology groups ... Birch Communications appoints Chuck Williams, ex-Culhane Meadows, senior vice president-general counsel ... Huawei promotes David He to president, Huawei Enterprise US ... Zayo hires Jack Waters, ex-Level 3, as chief technology officer and president-Network Solutions, effective Aug. 15 ... Cox Media Group promotes Rob Rohr to Ohio market vice president, succeeding Julia Wallace, who announced her retirement earlier this year.
Vivek Badrinath is stepping down from the Nokia board, effective immediately due to his appointment as CEO for Vodafone's Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific region, leaving the Nokia board with eight members through it 2017 Annual General Meeting ... Gabriel Torres, ex-T-Mobile USA, joins Sprint as president of the New England Region ... Julie Haddon, founder of consulting firm The Marketing Farm, named NFL Media senior vice president-marketing.
Charter Communications Chief Operating Officer John Bickham adds title of president ... Entravision names Michael Holderle, ex-Foster Communications, vice president-Integrated Marketing Solutions, McAllen, Texas ...Tribune Media promotes David Ulmer to chief technology officer, from interim CTO.
CTIA names former consultant Kelly Cole senior vice president-government affairs, effective Aug. 1 ... Cox Enterprises promotes Alexander Taylor to executive vice president-chief operating officer ... AT&T promotes Marvy Moore to vice president-general manager, Georgia and South Carolina ... Promotions at Impact Telecom: President-CEO Bob Beaty adds title of chairman; Doug Funsch becomes chief revenue officer ... Telemundo promotes Eduardo Suñol to vice president-Telemundo News Digital ... Mack Araki departs Sony America corporate communications July 31 after 30-year career at Sony to pursue new interests, may be reached at mack.araki@outlook.com.