FCC hires Will Wiquist as deputy press secretary ... ZwillGen promotes to "shareholder" Jon Frankel, who works on privacy, data security, e-commerce, intellectual property and litigation ... Keller and Heckman hires Michael Fitch, ex-wireless consultant, as senior counsel, Telecommunications Practice Group ... Baker Botts names Suzanne Hengl special counsel, intellectual property ... Univision Communications promotes Chiqui Cartagena to vice president, Political and Advocacy Group.
Cable One promotes Julie Laulis to president, and she remains chief operating officer, and Alan Silverman to senior vice president, and he remains general counsel and secretary ... WeBoost promotes Jeffrey Gudewicz to vice president-corporate development ... Universal Music Publishing Group hires Marc Cimino, ex-Warner Bros. Records, as chief operating officer, new post ... Discovery Communications moves Jean-Thierry Augustin to president-sports strategy & development, Discovery Networks International, new position, and hires Peter Hutton, ex-MP & Silva Group, as CEO, Eurosport ... DigitalGlobe hires Gary Ferrera, ex-Intrawest Resort Holdings, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective by March 9, and until then Fred Graffam remains interim CFO, and then resumes full-time responsibility for financial planning and analysis ... Starz promotes Suzanne Sell to senior vice president-research and Neal Massey to vice president-business and consumer insights for research ... Snom technology promotes Olivier Gerling to chief sales officer ... EyeLock, identity authentication services provider, hires Chris Ream, ex-Department of Defense, as chief security officer ... Quantcast hires John Lamphiere as director-corporate sales and operations, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based in company's Dublin office.
FCC names to Optimal Public Safety Answering Point Architecture Task Force Jay English, APCO, Brian Fontes, National Emergency Number Association, April Heinze, Michigan Communication Directors Association, Phil Jones, Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission, Robert Rhoads, Department of Homeland Security, and Dana Wahlberg, Minnesota Department of Public Safety ... NECA elects Ed Buchanan, Interstate Communications, chairman, and Raymond Henagan, Rock Port Telephone, vice chairman ... Women in Cable Telecommunications elects Martha Soehren, Comcast Cable, chairwoman, and to directors-at-large Catherine Avgiris, Comcast, Amy Blair, Liberty Global, and Wendy Knudsen, Suddenlink, and to one-year special directors at large Ingrid Simunic, Time Warner Cable, as chapter leader designee, and Chandni Thakrar-Ochoa, Suddenlink, emerging leader designee ... International M2M Council elects Alex Brisbourne, KORE, chairman.