NTIA's Allan Friedman, who helped lead software bill of materials (SBOM) multistakeholder work, leaves for Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, where he says he will help CISA "focus on scaling and operationalizing" SBOM, "in the context of the vulnerability and security ecosystem" ... Also at NTIA, Aadil Ginwala begins as chief of staff; he had worked at Sandpaper Medical and Walla Technologies ... Forbes Tate Partners hires ex-AT&T Assistant Vice President-Federal Relations Kevin McGrann as senior vice president, working in Public Affairs and Government Relations practices.
Univision announces for ad-supported and subscription VOD streaming services launching in 2022: Augusto Rovegno from Netflix as senior vice president-acquisitions and SVOD programming; Cameron Carr, from NerdWallet and ex-Facebook and Sony PlayStation, as executive vice president-data and insights, streaming; Mariela Stescobich, from Hulu and Fox, senior vice president-marketing, user growth and retention for AVOD; and Daniel Sanders, ex-Crackle and Pluto TV, as senior vice president-engineering, streaming.
Energous taps Cesar Johnston, chief operating officer and executive vice president-engineering, as acting CEO following this month’s retirement of President-CEO Stephen Rizzone after recent medical leave (see this section, July 13 issue); Vice President-Finance and Controller Bill Mannina becomes acting chief financial officer as current CFO Brian Sereda plans to depart the company; former Western Digital CFO Kathleen Bayless added to the board ... Discovery promotes Jason Sarlanis to president-crime and investigative content, linear and streaming, effective Sept. 1; Group Executive Vice President-Programming and General Manager, Investigation Discovery Kevin Bennett departs in September; and Henry Schleiff steps down from ID leadership Dec. 31 "to pursue his passion for independent production."
Nomination sent to Senate for Thea Rozman Kendler for assistant secretary-commerce ... Florida Association of Broadcasters adds to TV board Alan Chatman, Gray Television; to radio board Donny Hudson, Spanish Broadcasting System (see this section, July 30 issue of this publication); AJ Lurie, Beasley Media Group; Claudia Menegus, Audacy; Katie Reid, Cox Media Group; and Dave Hoxeng; ADX Communications; and Keith Miles, FAMU, as associate board member.
Additional individuals (see this section, July 30 issue of this publication) named to rechartered FCC North American Numbering Council, all as voting members: 10x People's Lisa Marie Maxon; 800response's Heather Barrows; from ACA Connects are Mike Jacobs and alternate Brian Hurley; Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, Susan Gately, economic consultant; for AT&T, Ola Oyefusi and alternate George Guerra; ATIS' Jackie Wohlgemuth and alternate Thomas Goode; Bandwidth's Greg Rogers and alternate Lisa Jill Freeman; at Charter Communications, Betty Sanders and alternate Glenn Clepper; Comcast's Beth Choroser and alternate Beth O’Donnell; Competitive Carriers Association's Alexi Maltas with alternate Alexandra May; CTIA's Matthew Gerst, alternate Sarah Leggin; Google's Craig Lennon; Christopher Shipley at Incompas; Inteliquent's Bryan Bethea; Intrado's Robert McCausland, alternate Jaime Zetterstrom; Lumen's Philip Linse; Maine Public Utilities Commission Chairman Philip Bartlett; National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates' Robert Nelson, president of Citizens Utility Board of Michigan; NTCA's Brian Ford and alternate Tamber Ray; Peerless Network's Julie Oost and alternate Patrick Phipps; District of Columbia Public Service Commission Senior Attorney-Adviser Lara Howley Walt; Nevada Public Utilities Commissioner Tammy Cordova; SIP Forum's Richard Shockey; Paul Nejedlo, TDS; Teliax's Darren Krebs; from Telnyx, David Casem; T-Mobile USA's Rosemary Leist and alternate Scott Freiermuth; Twilio's Rebecca Murphy Thompson and alternate Melissa Blassingame; representing USConnect, John Staurulakis LLC Staff Director-Business Development Bridget Alexander White; USTelecom's Kristine Hackman; at Verizon, Dana Crandall; and from Vonage, Colin Brown.