Mintz Levin hires Paul Abbott, ex-Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications...

Mintz Levin hires Paul Abbott, ex-Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable, as of counsel, returning to the law firm, where he will work on cable and broadband provider matters … Pandora hires David Gerbitz, ex-Yahoo, as executive vice president-revenue operations; Pandora General Counsel Delida Costin departs, effective end of September … IO, software-defined data center technology and software firm, hires Bob Olson, ex-GoDaddy, as chief customer officer.