Rand Beers named acting Department of Homeland Security secretary, succeeding

Rand Beers named acting Department of Homeland Security secretary, succeeding Janet Napolitano, whose last day was Friday (CD Aug 28 p1) … TechAmerica names Jarita Diana Christie, ex-Norsk Hydro, to lead TechAmerica’s European arm, TechAmerica Europe, as senior director … Time Warner Cable promotes Senior Vice President Mark FitzPatrick to also be chief financial officer-residential services … Clear Channel hires Greg Strassell, ex-CBS Radio, as senior vice president-programming … Time Warner’s truTV promotes in restructuring to senior vice presidents Marissa Ronca for development & original programming and Michael Lanzillotta, also to general manager, truTV … Alticast interactive TV company hires David Nicholas, ex-iNovo Broadband, as senior vice president-sales … Broadway Systems ad management software for cable network provider names James Ackerman, ex-Documentary Channel, as executive chairman … International M2M Council elects to first slate of officers: Matthew Jennings, Digi International; Alex Brisbourne, Kore Telematics; Chris Baker, Oracle; Patrick Shay, Orbcomm; and Alexander Bufalino, Telit Wireless Solutions … Hollywood Radio and Television Society names officers including Bela Bajaria, Universal Television, as president; Adam Berkowitz, CAA, vice president; and Ian Moffitt, Machinima, secretary; and among new board members Michael Lombardo, HBO; Beth Roberts, NBCUniversal; Carmi Zlotnik, Starz; and Scott Hervey, Weintraub Tobin.