FTC moves Pauline Ippolito to Bureau of Economics acting...

FTC moves Pauline Ippolito to Bureau of Economics acting director, with Director Howard Shelanski having left Tuesday to become administrator of the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory affairs after his Senate confirmation June 27 … CTIA promotes Mark Sargent to vice president-certifications, Jaime Hjort to assistant vice president-government affairs and Will Colbert to director-Web & digital technology … Steptoe & Johnson hires Robert Rogers, ex-International Trade Commission administrative law judge, as senior counsel-Intellectual Property Department … MTN Satellite Communications hires Chris Leber, ex-ViaSat, as executive vice president-commercial business development, and Mark Walter, ex-Sheridan Healthcare, as chief financial officer, as CFO Peg Grayson moved to MTN Government Services and is president there, where MTN founder Richard Hadsall is chief technology officer, and as vice presidents are Mike Shakarji, ex-Inmarsat, for business development, and Catherine Melquist, ex-Astrium Services, for market development.

Harris Broadcast hires Charlie Vogt, ex-Genband, as CEO, succeeding Harris Morris, who ran the business when it was a unit of Harris Corp. and led it through the sale to current owner Gores Group … Univision Communications hires Iveliesse Malavé, formerly of Fleishman-Hillard, as vice president-consumer and entertainment public relations, new position … NTT’s Dimension Data promotes Mark Slaga to CEO, Americas, succeeding Jere Brown, retiring at year’s end … ItsOn mobile service provider to carriers hires as senior vice presidents Thierry Chassaing, ex-Yahoo, for product and engineering and Mak Azadi, ex-Shutterfly, for operations … Named to NARUC’s Committee on Critical Infrastructure: Carolene Mays, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, as chairman, replacing Terry Jarrett, who won’t seek renomination to the Missouri Public Service Commission after his term expires in September, and vice chairs Jeanne Fox, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, and Swain Whitfield, South Carolina Public Service Commission, effective Aug. 1.