Retired Rear Adm. James Barnett, ex-Potomac Institute for Public...

Retired Rear Adm. James Barnett, ex-Potomac Institute for Public Policy and FCC, joins Venable’s Telecommunications Group in Washington … New officers of the Fiber Optics Technology Consortium of the Telecommunications Industry Association: Chair Rodney Casteel, CommScope; Vice Chair Alfred Flores, Berk-Tek; Standards Chair Pete Pondillo, Corning; Membership Chair Dave Cook, 3M; and Communications Chair Paul Neveux, Superior Essex … Telemundo Media hires Jesús Torres Viera, ex-Jtvmedia and Ploptv, as executive vice president- programming and content; and names Daniel Cubillo, ex-Univision, as vice president of non-scripted content development, new position … Veria Living hires Andrew Struse, ex-Switched-On, as vice president-creative services, new position … CTAM President Char Beales says she'll retire at the end of 2013 … Irene Esteves, Time Warner Cable, joins National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications board of advisers … Cravath Swaine hires David Kappos, ex-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as partner … Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen won’t seek re-election as a director and will step down as CEO after a transition … Sony Pictures Television hires Carrie Ferman, ex-Remark Media, as senior vice president-business strategy and development, international production.