Bill Heitmann to retire at end of year as...

August 27, 2010 |Communications Personals

Bill Heitmann to retire at end of year as Verizon senior vice president-finance; Ron Lataille, senior vice president-investor relations, to succeed him, and John Doherty, moves from Verizon Services Operations to succeed Lataille, both effective Sept. 2 … Richard Ramlall left RCN Thursday as senior vice president of strategic external affairs and programming for new, undisclosed business opportunity … Marion Van Fosson, ex-BAE Systems, hired by EMS as vice president and general manager of Defense & Space business … Former RTDNA President Barbara Cochran joins Missouri School of Journalism faculty in Washington as Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting … Matt Spragins, ex-RealNetworks, becomes Fisher Communications vice president and general manager of digital division … Concurrent hires: Jim Denenny, ex-ANT Software, named vice president and general manager of Web and Mobile Video Solutions; Andy Huang, ex-Cisco, to vice president of engineering.