NAB promotes Tanya Van Pool to vice president-research, heading NAB Research, succeeding Sharon Warden, who retired ... Brightstar hires Jaymin Patel, ex-GTech, as president-CEO, and adds him to board, effective by March 30; stepping down from board is Arturo Osorio, interim Brightstar head as president-chief operating officer after the departure in August of Marcelo Claure, now Sprint president-CEO ... Univision Communications promotes Sandra Smester to executive vice president-programming, Univision Network ... Emulex names David Williams, ex-BMC, vice president-product management and strategy, Network Visibility Products portfolio ... Disney's KABC-TV Los Angeles promotes Cheryl Fair to president-general manager, succeeding Arnie Kleiner, who retired.