Jenner & Block hires Patrick Webre, ex-Huron Consulting Group, as...

Jenner & Block hires Patrick Webre, ex-Huron Consulting Group, as staff attorney … Leaving Justice Department is Associate Attorney General Tony West … Carnegie Mellon University hires Rick Siger, ex-aide to Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren, as director-strategic initiatives and engagement … Amazon Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Thomas Szkutak retiring, effective in June, with Brian Olsavsky, vice president-finance, global consumer business, succeeding him as CFO … Leaving Avnet is Avnet Technology Solutions Global President Phil Gallagher, after successor named, to focus on new career opportunities.

Filip Technologies, developer of wearable phone and locator for kids, hires Patrick McDevitt, ex-AOL, as senior vice president-engineering … Nokia Networks promotes Dimitri Diliani to vice president-Latin America, succeeding Almir Narcizo, stepping down and after transition period will seek new opportunities outside the company … Debmar-Mercury and Gannett Broadcasting hire Stephanie Eno, ex-TLC, as vice president-development for the two companies’ recently formed programming partnership … DigitalGlobe names as interim chief financial officer Fred Graffam, also vice president-financial planning & analysis, after Yancey Spruill departed as CFO, as previously disclosed.

Echelon Corp., open-interoperable control networking company for industrial Internet of Things, hires Sohrab Modi, ex-Huawei’s FutureWei, as chief technology officer, replacing Robert Dolin, retired … Named to board of Washington Space Business Roundtable for 2014-15 (CD Sept 3 p18) is Skot Butler, Intelsat General … Lobbyist registrations: Advanced Micro Devices, McDermott Will, effective July 16 … Viacom, Covington & Burling, effective July 14.