FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces Scott Marshall, designated federal officer to FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee, is retiring from agency after 22 years … Wireless ISP Association promotes Eric Slee to vice president-government affairs … Lumen Technologies advances Melissa Mann to vice president and head-public policy and government affairs, succeeding Clay Bailey, now focused on the sale of company’s assets in 20 states under the CenturyLink brand to Apollo’s Brightspeed … Former Minnesota Office of Broadband Development Executive Director Angie Dickison joins TDS Telecommunications as manager-state government affairs … California Strategies public affairs firm announces Marybel Batjer, former California Public Utilities Commission president, as partner.
National Captioning Institute hires Scott Pentoney, ex-ESPN, as manager-technology operations ... Alphabet drone delivery subsidiary Wing hires Angela Chadwick, ex-Tesla, as general counsel … Underwriters Labs recruits David Steel from Samsung Electronics as the first executive director of its newly formed Standards and Engagement organization.
ACA Connects names Grant Spellmeyer, from UScellular, president-CEO, succeeding Matt Polka, leaving in July (see this section, May 3); Spellmeyer joins organization June 1 … National Spectrum Consortium announces Joe Kochan, ex-NTIA, as executive director (see 2205170062) ... Nokia promotes Grace Koh to vice president-government affairs, North America, which includes leading the Washington office, and Jeffrey Marks to vice president-global technology policy and regulatory affairs … The Center for Industry Self-Regulation names Justin Connor, ex-Association of Corporate Counsel, its inaugural executive director.
President Joe Biden nominating Rubydee Calvert, ex-Wyoming PBS, to Corporation for Public Broadcasting board … Cloud security company Sysdig hires Google’s Edd Wilder-James as vice president-open source ecosystem ... Cloud company Unit4 adds Adobe’s Tania Garrett as chief people officer ... Cybersecurity platform Axellio names former Charon Technologies President Scott Aken CEO, succeeding Bill Miller, who remains executive chairman ... Quadric, processor technology patent licensor, announces former Arm Vice President Steve Roddy as chief marketing officer.
CBS News and Stations advances Lisa White, assistant news director-KPIX San Francisco, to vice president and news director for CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in San Francisco Bay area … Flo Networks promotes Chase Killeen to chief financial officer, succeeding Rodrigo Fernandez, who becomes executive vice president-corporate planning and strategic investments, newly created position ... Software integration testing platform AtomicJar adds VMware's Eli Aleyner as a co-founder ... Cybersecurity company SentinelOne names Anaplan Chief Development Officer Ana Pinczuk, also former Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to its board.
California Consumer Protection Agency hires Maureen Mahoney, ex-Consumer Reports, as deputy director-policy and legislation … Charter and Comcast appoint Comcast Cable President-Advertising Marcien Jenckes as president of their new joint venture to develop a next-generation streaming platform (see 2204270057) ... Arrow Electronics taps Kirk Schell, ex-Dell Technologies, as president of its global components business, succeeding David West, who will be an adviser to support Schell and Chief Operating Officer Sean Kerins, recently named president-CEO, effective June 1 ... Integral Ad Science, digital media quality platform, adds Twitter’s Yannis Dosios as global chief commercial officer ... WWE hires Suzette Ramirez-Carr, ex-United Talent Agency, as chief human resources officer ... IBM promotes Mimi Poon to general manager-IBM Hong Kong, succeeding Charles Kiang, who recently became technology leader-IBM Asia Pacific.
Jenner & Block adds to Communications, Internet and Technology Practice Tom Peters, ex-Hogan Lovells and FCC, as senior technical adviser and Max Staloff, also ex-FCC, and Christina Isnardi, also ex-Hogan Lovells, as associates.
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter announces Miriam DeChant, ex-Patent and Trademark Office, as associate register-copyrights and director-public information and education … National Highway Traffic Safety Administration names Brian Tegtmeyer, from DuPage (Illinois) Public Safety Communications, as 911 program coordinator, succeeding Laurie Flaherty, retired … Wireless Infrastructure Association promotes Stephen Keegan to counsel-government affairs.
Office of U.S. Trade Representative taps New America’s Heather Hurlburt as chief of staff ... E-commerce platform Marketplacer taps Adobe’s Doug McIver as chief product officer, newly created role, and Tal Rotbart, ex-PageUp, as chief technology officer ... Yahoo announces former NerdWallet executive Tapan Bhat, also ex-News Corp and Adobe, as president-general manager, Yahoo Finance ... Telstra hires Zayo Group’s Noah Drake as president-the Americas.
Velodyne Lidar hires Avinger’s Mark Weinswig as chief financial officer, effective May 16, succeeding Drew Hamer, who will transition out of Velodyne ... Wireless connectivity platform TeraGo taps Philip Jones from Redline Communications as CFO, effective May 24, replacing interim CFO Andy Ramsey, who will leave the company ... Cisco announces Bill Davenport, ex-FCC, as senior director-government affairs … Splunk promotes Katie Bianchi to senior vice president-chief customer officer ... Internet security company Cloudfare names Cisco’s Carlos Torales Montero vice president-head of sales, Latin America.