CTIA names Umair Javed, former adviser to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, senior vice president-spectrum (see 2308010025) … Cloudera, data company for enterprise AI, appoints Charles Sansbury, ex-ASG, as CEO, to begin Monday … Backlight, media and entertainment technology company, names Telestream’s Benjamin Desbois chief operating officer ... Synopsys names PTC’s Jill Larsen chief people officer ... RealBlocks, web-based private equity platform, hires Addepar’s Ron Barasch as chief marketing officer.
MacStadium, private Mac cloud provider, adds World Trade Center Atlanta’s Sherry Grote, also former Kore Wireless, as head-global marketing ... Siklu wireless fiber company promotes Alex Doorduyn to chief revenue officer, succeeding Ilan Moshe, leaving company, and Oded Ovadia to assistant vice president-general manager, global sale, and assistant vice president-global services, replacing Uri Levi … Newly promoted at JMI Equity, growth equity firm focused on software company investments: Lindsay Mehta to director-investor relations and marketing; Christian Kurth to principal; and Dina Berdichevsky and Josh Wang to vice presidents ... Monroe Capital names Jeff Kaye, ex-Wells Fargo Capital Finance, managing director-tech finance originations group.
Executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates taps Henry Topping, from Korn Ferry’s global media and entertainment practice, as a managing director focused on media clients ... Cybersecurity company Resecurity adds retired Marine Maj. Gen. Richard Lake, ex-Booz Allen, as a senior adviser ... Starpower Home Entertainment Systems promotes Brandi Thompson to vice president-VIP services ... IBM elects Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach to its board, effective Oct. 30 ... CDW adds Kelly Grier, recently retired Ernst & Young U.S. chair and managing partner, to its board.