Ciena names Senior Vice President François Locoh-Donou to also be chief operating officer, effective Nov. 1 ... Juniper Networks hires Brian Martin, formerly of KLA-Tencor, as senior vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, effective Oct. 5, succeeding Mitch Gaynor ... Weather Co. hires Amol Jadhav, ex-Rakuten's Ebates, as vice president-global expansion ... Cox Media Group promotes Michelle Harper to vice president-sales, effective Sept. 21, succeeding Paul Curran, previously named vice president-general manager of WFTV Orlando, Florida (see 1506080041) ... Verizon elects to board Gregory Weaver, ex-Deloitte & Touche.
Z-Wave Alliance names Mitchell Klein, ex-Universal Remote Control, executive director ... Silver Spring Networks hires Michael Bell, ex-Intel, as president-CEO, names him to board; Scott Lang becomes executive chairman ... Disney promotes Senior Vice President Jonathan Headley to also be treasurer ... MobileIron promotes Simon Biddiscombe to permanent chief financial officer after he held job on interim basis ... Server Farm Realty, data center developer and operator, hires Timothy Doherty, ex-Nobis Technology, as chief operating officer ... Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program adds to board Laurie Gebhardt, Verizon Wireless ... ICANN Development and Public Responsibility Department admits as NextGen@ICANN program members: Sana Ali, Michael Booth, Giovanna Carloni, Alexandra Chernyavskaya, Christopher Dennett, Ayden Férdeline and Stacie Walsh, all from the U.K.; Rachel Barry, Ireland; Benjamin Bergemann, Germany; Tamara Bizyuk, Ukraine; Agustina Callegari, Argentina and the NextGen ambassador; Vinzenz Heussier, Austria; Jelena Ožegović, Serbia; and Monika Zainierute, Lithuania.
Sunlight Foundation hires Waldo Jaquith, who remains at U.S. Open Data, as part-time senior technology adviser ... General Electric names Beth Comstock company vice chairwoman leading GE Business Innovations, and she continues current GE Business Innovations responsibilities leading lighting, ventures and licensing, and other activities ... Siemens promotes Barbara Humpton to president-CEO, Siemens Government Technologies, effective Oct. 1, when SGT President-CEO Judy Marks is promoted to executive vice president-global solutions, Dresser-Rand ... Wireless 20/20 hires Tom Gruba, ex-Alcatel-Lucent, as principal consultant.
ZwillGen hires Kandi Parsons, ex-FTC Privacy and Identity Protection Division, as counsel, and Marci Rozen, ex-Sidley Austin, as attorney ... Pillsbury Winthrop names Marco Santori leader, Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology focus team, and he remains a counsel at the law firm ... Comcast promotes Myrna Soto to senior vice president-global chief information security officer ... With Aerohive Networks Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Gordon Brooks leaving, John Ritchie, ex-Telerik, hired as senior vice president-CFO and Brooks remains with the company as an adviser to help with the transition ... Extreme Networks names board member John Kispert, ex-Spansion, chairman, and Ed Meyercord executive director on the board.
Integra hires Marc Willency, ex-Level 3, as CEO, effective Sept. 8, and he joins the board, succeeding interim President-CEO Robert Guth, who remains on the board as vice chairman ... Hewlett-Packard hires Kelly Herman, ex-Morgan Lewis, as senior import compliance manager ... Noel Biderman stepped down as CEO of Avid Life Media, which runs the Ashley Madison website that was hacked (see 1508210042) ... Lobbying registration: Televisa, Pillsbury Winthrop, effective July 10.
Airbnb hires Chris Lehane, a consultant to the firm who also recently represented AT&T as it bought DirecTV, as head-global policy and public affairs, with David Hantman moving to a consulting role ... Lobbyist registration: Charter Communications, Polaris Government Relations, effective July 10.
Steve Molina, ex-Defense Information Systems Agency, joins NTIA as deputy associate administrator, Office of Spectrum Management ... University of Colorado-Boulder's Philip Weiser steps down as dean of the law school and returns to its faculty, effective July 1, 2016, and remains executive director, Silicon Flatirons ... Disney moves for Disney Television Animation Studio: promotes Eric Coleman to senior vice president-original programming/general manager, and Jonathan Schneider to vice president-strategy; hires Aaron Simpson, ex-Mondo Media, as vice president-development; promotes Shane Prigmore to vice president-creative affairs; and hires Bonnie Lemon, ex-DreamWorks Animation, as vice president-production ... Jason Allen, ex-Participant Media, rejoins Sony Pictures Entertainment as vice president-corporate communications ... Lycos adds to board Michael Mauldin, creator of the Web search technology ... Lobbyist registration: Xilinx, Lincoln Policy Group including ex-Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., effective July 8.
GCI hires Kara Leibin Azocar, ex-Covington & Burling, as regulatory counsel-federal affairs ... GSM Association hires Mats Granryd, ex-Tele2 Group, as director general and board member, effective Jan. 1 ... NII Holdings names Francisco Tosta Valim Filho, ex-Via Varejo, president, Nextel Brazil, succeeding Gokul Hemmady, and adds to board Robert Schriesheim, Sears ... Rovi hires Michael Hawkey, ex-EchoStar's Sling Media, as senior vice president-general manager, Discovery business group ... Coalfire hires Steve Deitsch, ex-Biomet, as chief financial officer ... Riverbed Technology hires Bjorn Engelhardt, ex-Actifio, as senior vice president, Riverbed Asia Pacific and Japan ... Belden names to board Jonathan Klein, Tapp Media and ex-CNN.
With AT&T's Wayne Watts retiring as senior executive vice president-general counsel effective Sept. 30, David McAtee promoted to senior executive vice president-general counsel, effective Oct. 1. ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers hires Mark Sperling, ex-Allen & Co., as senior vice president-strategy and business development ... Park Electrochemical promotes Anthony DiGaudio to vice president-marketing technology ... Michigan Association of Broadcasters elects to 2015-16 board: Ed Fernandez, E.W. Scripps, chairman, Debbie Kenyon, CBS Radio, vice chairwoman/chairwoman-elect, and Peter Tanz, Midwest Communications,secretary/treasurer; at-large director Gary Baxter, WSYM-TV Lansing; and board members Nick Gnau, iHeartMedia, Sheryl Coyne, Blarney Stone Broadcasting, Chad Conklin, WSMH Flint, and Mike Renda, WJBK Detroit.
Following retirement of Scripps Networks Interactive's Brooke Johnson as president, Food Network and Cooking Channel (see 1508200021), it promotes Burton Jablin to chief operating officer and Kathleen Finch to chief programming, content & brand officer, and names Shannon O’Neill, president, Travel Channel, managing director-finance & operations, U.S. networks ... QLogic names director Christine King executive chairman and Jean Hu, who remains chief financial officer, acting CEO; Prasad Rampalli resigns as president-CEO ... Society of Broadcast Engineers elections to new positions for 2015 include Jerry Massey, Entercom, president, Jim Leifer, iHeartMedia, vice president, and Ted Hand, Cox Media Group-Charlotte, secretary, and as directors on the board Mark Fehlig, Osborn Engineering, Michael Hendrickson, American Public Media Group/Minnesota Public Radio/Classical South Florida, Jeff Keith, Wheatstone Corp., and Kevin Plumb, ESPN Technology ... iRobot adds to board Mohamad Ali, Carbonite.