Sidley Austin confirms it hired Cam Kerry, ex-Commerce Department,...

Sidley Austin confirms it hired Cam Kerry, ex-Commerce Department, as senior counsel, Privacy, Data Security and Information Law group; also will work on issues including litigation, intellectual property, government affairs and communications. … Verizon hires Courtney Reinhard, who left FCC office of Commissioner Mike O'Rielly (CD Sept 8 p18), as vice president-congressional relations … Gray Television hires Robert Folliard, leaving Cooley, as vice president and deputy general counsel … RigNet hires Pal Jensen, ex-Harris CapRock Communications, as vice president-energy maritime.

Venable hires Courtney Sullivan, ex-Justice Department, as counsel … Pablo Calamera, ex-Clear Channel Digital, joins Vonage Holdings in mid-October as chief technology officer … Nutanix, data center infrastructure company, hires Eric Whitaker, ex-SanDisk, as chief legal officer … Infoblox promotes Thorsten Freitag to executive vice president-worldwide field operations, effective Oct. 1, succeeding Chris Andrews, who remains with company through this month … Madison Square Garden Co. hires David Goodman, ex-CBS, as president-productions and live entertainment … Cloud-based security provider Catbird hires Sri Sundaralingam, ex-Cisco, as vice president-products and marketing … ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee names member Alan Greenberg, ex-McGill University, chairman of ALAC, succeeding Olivier Crépin-Leblond.