FTC names Ashkan Soltani, technology consultant and researcher who has previously worked at the agency, chief technologist, succeeding Latanya Sweeney, returning to Harvard University, where she directs Harvard’s Data Privacy Lab ... Perseus Telecom starts Perseus TMT, targeting telecom carriers, multimedia and technology companies, and names President Wendell Kadunce to run it ...Tremor Video hires Coleen Collins, ex-own consulting firm, as head-people ... Silicon Image hires Khurram Sheikh, ex-JKSFS, as chief strategy and technology officer ... Broadcast Music Inc. names Lauren Branson, ex-Yep Roc Records, director-public relations ... Lobbyist registrations: Amazon, Venable, effective July 8 ... ViTel Net, a telehealth firm, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Oracle, Venable, effective Sept. 15.