Hogan Lovells adds technology-focused IP litigator Nitin Gambhir from Polsinelli as partner-Intellectual Property, Media and Technology practice; he's representing clients in computer networking, telecom, smartphones, memory controllers, entertainment, gaming and internet systems ... Univision Communications hires from Disney+ MC Cerda as the broadcaster’s first executive vice president-product and engineering, streaming ... Disney’s ESPN promotes Burke Magnus to president-programming and original content.
Linksys promotes Harry Dewhirst to CEO, adds Fortinet’s Rob Atherton to its board and taps former Belkin CEO Chet Pipkin as chairman ... Verizon hires Mark Jules from Hitachi as head-sensor intelligence, New Business Incubation team ... The Diffusion Group adds Paul Hockenbury, ex-Comcast, as senior consultant-product strategies ... WarnerMedia names Amit Malhotra from Disney+ as managing director-HBO Max in Southeast Asia and India, effective later this month ... Mobile commerce platform Snapcommerce adds Poshmark Chief Financial Officer Anan Kashyap to its board and hires former BofA Securities investment banker Daniel Weisenfeld as its CFO.
President Joe Biden nominates Connect Frontier CEO Grant Harris to be Commerce Department assistant secretary-industry and analysis ... National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' New York Chapter newly elects, serving through May 2023: ex-governors Davis Stern, Bard Entertainment, first vice president, and Amy Waldman, News 12 Long Island, secretary; and as governors Julie Meyer, TheNextComeUp.com, for advanced media; Mike Grabowski, Lighting Design Group, design; Kellie Castruita Specter, WNET Newark, executives; Jessica Moore, WLNY-TV Riverhead, New York, performers; and Louisa Burns-Bisogno, screenwriter and consultant, writing.
IHeartMedia names Graciela Monteagudo, who has been CEO of Lala U.S., to the broadcaster's board ... At CompTIA, Maximity founder-Managing Director Tracy Pound picked as chairwoman, the first British executive to land that slot ... Cisco appoints Intuit Chief Technology Officer Marianna Tessel to the board ... Kulicke & Soffa Industries names ex-Xilinx Chief Financial Officer Jon Olson to the board.