Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announces retired Chief Copyright Royalty Judge Suzanne Barnett as interim chief copyright royalty judge and head of the Copyright Royalty Board, replacing Chief Judge Jesse Feder who's stepping down ... Institute for Security and Technology hires Megan Stifel, ex-Global Cyber Alliance, as IST chief strategy officer; tech policy expert Yael Eisenstat to co-lead the new Digitally Influenced Democracy Initiative; and recent Clark University graduate Zoe Brammer and Lauren Pompey, from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, as full-time staffers to work on cyber and information security.
Ping Identity names Shalini Sharma from Vantage Data Centers chief legal officer, effective Jan. 10, replacing Lauren Romer, who steps down ... At American University, Red Branch founder Paul Rosenzweig affiliates with its Washington College of Law tech, law and security program as a senior fellow, advising the Harmful Content project ... PBS advances Lori Brittain to vice president, LearningMedia ... Verizon promotes Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO Manon Brouillette to Verizon Consumer Group CEO, effective Jan. 1, replacing Ronan Dunne, who becomes strategic adviser.
Argus Capital Chief Marketing Officer Kelli Raftery, also ex-CBS, posts that she’s joining Roku this week as vice president-global communications ... Sierra Wireless hires Pravin Desale from Veritas Technologies as senior vice president-engineering; it also gives Chief Financial Officer Sam Cochrane, in charge of finance, IT networks and security, additional responsibilities in human resources and facilities; and it reassigns Roy McLean to new role of senior vice president-operations from senior vice president-customer experience and quality ... Flex hires Microsoft’s Cameron Carr as chief strategy officer.
Lobbyist registrations: ​International Society of Automation Global Cybersecurity Alliance, Monument Advocacy on the ISA/International Electrotechnical Commission 62443 cybersecurity standard, effective Oct. 1 ... Oracle, Meeks Butera on IT modernization and procurement, effective Oct. 1 … Palantir, The Bridge Advisory Group, effective Oct. 1 … Wireless ISP Association, Agora Consulting on rural broadband, “spectrum allocations/auctions” and “small business,” effective Oct. 1 … Chinese technology company Tuya, effective Sept. 29, and Shutterstock, effective Sept. 20, both Mercury Public Affairs … Caci, J.A. Green, effective Sept. 27 … LPTV Broadcasters Association, on its own behalf on the Local Journalism Sustainability Act (HR-3940), FY 2021 appropriations and the FCC’s rip-and-replace equipment reimbursement program, effective Sept. 22.
Cleveland digital equity nonprofit DigitalC, Van Scoyoc Associates on “expanding broadband to unserved and underserved urban communities,” effective Sept. 20 … Orbcomm, on IoT and machine-to-machine telecom “legislation and funding,” effective Sept 16, and Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, effective Sept. 15, both Innovative Federal Strategies … Application programming interface connection company Pinwheel API, FS Vector, effective Sept. 15 … Computer & Communications Industry Association, Arent Fox on antitrust competition policy, effective Sept. 14 … Stonington Global on behalf of B&H Foto & Electronics, Subject Matter, effective Sept. 14 ... Coinbase, Wilmer Cutler on "cryptocurrency legislation," effective July 15.