Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development names Doug Frantz, ex-U.S. State Department, deputy secretary general, effective Nov. 1 ... At Goodwin Procter, lawyers elected to the firm’s partnership include, in technology & life sciences: Jason Breen, Andrew Hill and Jacqueline Mercier; and in IP litigation Robert Frederickson and Srikanth Reddy ... At McDonald Hopkins, Dominic Paluzzi, lawyer in the national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, elected to the firm's membership, essentially equivalent to being promoted to partner ... Viacom hires Julian Zilberbrand, ex-ZenithOptimedia, as executive vice president-audience science, effective Oct. 19 ... Technicolor hires Luis Martinez Amago, Alcatel-Lucent, as president of its Connected Home division for the North American market ... ShoreTel adds to board Josef Vejvoda, Jove Capital.
FCC moves Claude Aiken to Office of General Counsel as associate general counsel and special adviser-Internet law and policy, taking over portfolio of Stephanie Weiner, who recently moved to Chairman Tom Wheeler's office to work on wireline issues and to succeed the departing Daniel Alvarez (see 1509240035); also at the agency, OGC moves William Dever to front office and names him special counsel-broadband competition policy, with focus on wireline and video competition, and to continue working for the transaction team, including on Charter Communications buying Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable ... Pillsbury hires Patrick Murck, ex-Bitcoin Foundation, as special counsel, Corporate & Securities Technology practice section.
Cumulus Media hires Mary Berner, ex-Association of Magazine Media and a current director of Cumulus, as CEO, effective Oct. 13, succeeding Lew Dickey, who becomes vice chairman ... C Spire hires Stephen Bye, ex-Sprint, as chief technology officer, effective Nov. 1 ... Time Warner promotes Craig Barry to executive vice president-production and chief content officer, Turner Sports, adding oversight of a new (see 1509240042) e-sports league ... Among other management assignments at comScore after it buys Rentrak (see 1509300031), the companies said, Magid Abraham remains executive chairman, Mel Wesley remains chief financial officer, and David Chemerow, Rentrak current chief operating officer and CFO, will advise CEO Serge Matta, focused on integration of the companies ... Pandora elects to board Mickie Rosen, ex-Yahoo ... eBay adds to board Paul Pressler, Clayton Dubilier.
Hulu hires Ben Smith, ex-Sonos, as senior vice president-head, experience ... Wireless Telecom Group hires Daniel Monopoli, ex-LeCroy, as general manager-test and measurement, overseeing Boonton Electronics and Noisecom ... CyrusOne Chief Financial Officer-Administrative Officer Kimberly Sheehy leaving, will be an employee through year's end and then a consultant on its SEC annual report, being succeeded by Gregory Andrews, ex-Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, hired as executive vice president effective Oct. 19, and to become CFO after SEC 10-Q filed for Q3 ... TVB hires Brian Wexler, ex-WTSP St. Petersburg, Florida, as vice president-Local Division ... Nexstar names Craig Marrs, ex-KMIR-TV Palm Springs, California, vice president-general manager, WFFF-TV Burlington, Vermont, and associated digital and mobile services; he also will oversee WVNY Burlington through a joint operating agreement with Mission Broadcasting.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court names Preston Burton amicus curiae on a matter involving NSA collection of phone metadata ... Westell Technologies President, In-Building Wireless Inc. Scott Goodrich resigns, effective Oct. 2; Tom Gruenwald, Westell CEO, named interim general manager of the unit and Goodrich to be a part-time consultant through this year ... Scripps Networks promotions involving senior vice presidents are Shannon Jamieson Driver for network marketing & creative services, Freddy James, network integrated programming, Alaka Williams, network human resources, and Cheryl Middleton Jones, international human resources; it promotes Gabriel Gordon to vice president-network research ... Elephant Talk Communications, software defined network architecture and cybersecurity firm, separating roles of chairman and CEO, with Steven van der Velden remaining chairman and to step down as CEO once a successor is named, and Roderick de Greef, who had been on the board, again named a director ... Epix hires Ben Tappan, ex-Landscape Entertainment, as vice president-scripted programming ... Lobbyist registration: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Innovative Federal Strategies, effective Aug. 1.
Time Warner hires Lauren Hurvitz, ex-Starcom Mediavest Group, as executive vice president-chief communications and corporate marketing officer, Turner Broadcasting System ... Univision Communications promotes to senior vice presidents, Univision Deportes, Eric Conrad for programming and acquisitions and Olek Loewenstein for strategy and operations.
Discovery Communications hires Paul Guyardo, ex-DirecTV, which now is part of AT&T, as chief commercial officer, new position and effective Oct. 5, while Bruce Campbell expands responsibilities, named chief development, distribution & legal officer ... Trustworthy Accountability Group hires Rachel Nyswander Thomas, now at Direct Marketing Association, as senior vice president-operations and policy, effective Oct. 12 ... National Cable Television Cooperative hired John Childress, ex-WideOpenWest, as vice president-product strategy and management, effective in May, NCTC says this week ... Technology CEO Council names Mark Durcan, Micron Technology, chairman, succeeding Ursula Burns, Xerox, and adds Safra Catz, Oracle, and Tom Leighton, Akamai.
Harris Wiltshire hires Julie Veach, ex-FCC, as partner ... Internet Association hires Ellen Schrantz, leaving as aide to Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., as director-government affairs and counsel ... Leaving Cogent is Ernest Ortega, vice president-global sales and chief revenue officer, the company said in an SEC filing; a spokesman told us that employee Jim Bubeck succeeds Ortega on an interim basis, while Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche told investors that may become permanent ... FCC names Sally Talberg, Michigan Public Service commissioner, to serve Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, succeeding James Cawley, Pennsylvania Public Utility commissioner Disney board elects Maria Elena Lagomasino, WE Family Offices, a director, effective Dec. 1 ... Univision promotes Rosemary Mercedes to senior vice president-corporate communications ... Comcast hires Carol Eggert, ex-military and civilian official, as vice president-military and veteran affairs, new position ... Lobbyist registration: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group, effective Aug. 8.
Vinson & Elkins hires from Perkins Coie IP lawyers Christopher Kao and David Tsai as partners, to work on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets litigation, and Kao is also managing partner of the Palo Alto office ... Sage Communications hires Catherine Melquist, ex-MTN Government, as senior vice president, satellite division, succeeding Penelope Longbottom, head of the Longbottom Communications division that Sage acquired two years ago and who is retiring Oct. 31 ... Personal BlackBox hires Patrick Deegan, ex-Institute of Data Driven Design, as chief technology officer ... Inrix hires Chris Handley, ex-Vodafone, as vice president-product management and analytics.
Univision Communications hires Derek Bond, ex-Imagina US, as senior vice president-production strategy ... American Library Association hires Nancy Gravatt, communications expert, as press officer, Washington office, succeeding Jazzy Wright, departing for University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health ... Electronic Frontier Foundation hires Rob Manhatton, ex-Excelsior Paint & Design, as Web developer, maintaining open-source democracy tools ... Demand Media names LEAFtv founders Geri Hirsch and Erin Falconer executive editor and general manager, LEAFtv, respectively ... Symantec hires Dan Rogers, ex-Salesforce, as chief marketing officer ... MicroTech, cloud computing services provider, hires David Hinson, former director of Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Agency, as chief financial officer and chief of mergers and acquisitions ... Arctic Economic Council names Robert McDowell, Wiley Rein, chairman, (newly formed) AEC telecom working group ... Rovi board adds Eddy Hartenstein, ex-DirecTV and member of Tribune Publishing board ... Lobbyist registrations: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, registering on behalf of itself, effective Aug. 3 ... Nex-Tech, telecom company, FaegreBD Consulting, effective Aug. 1 ... Univision Communications, Covington & Burling, effective July 6.