FCC hires David Gossett, ex-Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as Office...

FCC hires David Gossett, ex-Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as Office of General Counsel acting deputy general counsel for litigation … National Institute of Standards and Technology names Kent Rochford, ex-Sharp Labs of America, to head NIST’s new initiative on spectrum called Communication Technology Laboratory in Boulder, Colo., the agency’s part of the Center for Advanced Communications joint effort with NTIA … Lachlan Murdoch returns to 21st Century Fox, where he is on the board, in expanded role as non-executive co-chairman, James Murdoch promoted to co-chief operating officer and Fox Networks Group Chairman and CEO Peter Rice extended employment agreement.

Lumos Networks, telecom services provider in mid-Atlantic U.S., names Vice President Johan Broekhuysen as interim chief financial officer, succeeding Harold Covert, resigning as CFO for family reasons … Entercom names as vice presidents/market managers Chuck Sullivan, ex-Cumulus, for Milwaukee, and Ed Schulz promoted for Madison, Wis., both replacing Michael Keck, who resigned to move to Minneapolis to pursue new opportunities … Cyan, which provides software-defined networking (SDN) and packet-optical solutions for network operators, hires Jeff Ross, ex-Velti, as chief financial officer … Elephant Talk Communications SDN and cybersecurity firm adds to board Carl Stevens, ex-IBM, and Geoffrey Leland, LTR Advisory, effective April 1.