Mintz Levin hires Geoffrey Why,...

Mintz Levin hires Geoffrey Why, ex-commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable, as partner, communications practice, where he will focus on telecom and wireless issues and especially those before state commissions … Cablevision hires Kevin Packingham, ex-Samsung Telecommunications America, as executive vice president-product management … Comporium, video and telecom provider, promotes Matthew Dosch to executive vice president-customer operations and external affairs … Zayo Group Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer Marty Snella resigns to “take a break,” says the provider of fiber services for broadband and other applications … Mellanox Technologies, provider of interconnection and other services to data centers, adds to board Dadi Perlmutter, ex-Intel.