Kevin Gage, ex-Warner and NBC, becomes NAB executive vice...

May 27, 2011 |Communications Personals

Kevin Gage, ex-Warner and NBC, becomes NAB executive vice president and chief technology officer, new position … Irene Esteves, ex-XL Group, to become Time Warner Cable executive vice president and chief financial officer … Media General changes: Chief Operating Officer Reid Ashe retiring from job and board Dec. 31; Chief Financial Officer John Schauss named vice president of market operations, being succeeded by James Woodward; Andrew Carington promoted to vice president, general counsel and secretary, succeeding George Mahoney, who becomes vice president of growth and performance, effective Oct. 1.

Facebook hires: Joel Kaplan, ex-Bush White House, as vice president-U.S. public policy; Myriah Jordan, ex-aide to Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., policy manager … Society of Cable Telecom Engineers Senior Vice President-Strategy Marv Nelson to leave at end of month … Jeff Wittek, Cassidian Communications, joins Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials broadband committee … Pankaj Patel, Cisco, joins eASIC board … William Burton promoted by ABC to president-general manager, KGO-TV San Francisco … CBS Radio hires Kevin McCarthy, ex-CityGrid Media and HipCricket, as senior vice president and market manager for Seattle.