BerlinRosen, public relations firm, hires Bartees Cox, ex-FCC, as senior associate, to work in its labor practice ... European Parliament Conference of Presidents approves Giovanni Buttarelli, ex-assistant European data protection supervisor, as European data protection supervisor, and Wojciech Rafał Wiewiórowski, ex-Polish Data Protection Authority, as assistant supervisor.
Infoblox hires Jesper Andersen, ex-Cisco, as president, CEO and board member, effective Dec. 8; succeeding Robert Thomas, who's departing company but will remain there for about four months as an executive adviser ... FCC names John Schanz, Comcast, chairman of Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council, succeeding Larissa Herda, as Comcast takes over chair position from tw telecom, which was recently acquired by Level 3.
Fletcher Heald hires telecom lawyer Laura Stefani, ex-Goldberg Godles, as of counsel ... New America Foundation hires Josh Stager, ex-legal fellow to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., as policy counsel, Open Technology Institute, working on issues including net neutrality ... Cablevision promotes Lisa Anselmo to vice president-corporate communications ... Harbinger Group CEO, Chairman and board member Philip Falcone resigning from those positions, effective Dec. 1; board member Joseph Steinberg named chairman and Keith Hladek resigning from board, and he and Falcone are expected to focus on HC2 Holdings and Harbinger Capital Partners.
Wilson Sonsini hires John Flynn, ex-McLeod Witham, as partner, litigation practice ... Among those Media Institute names to advisory council of new Global Free Speech and the Internet program are Robert McDowell, Wiley Rein, as chairman, and he becomes ex officio member of institute’s board, and as members are Stuart Brotman, Harvard University; David Gross, Wiley Rein; Larry Kilman, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers; Karim Lesina, AT&T; Jackie Ruff, Verizon; Sally Shipman Wentworth, Internet Society; and Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School ... UL promotes Carlos Correia to president-global supply chain and sustainability ... Collective, digital advertising company, hires John Vandermay, ex-BlackBerry, as chief technology officer ... BrandShop, supplier of branded e-commerce services, hires Reuben Hendell, ex-eBay Enterprise, as CEO ... EdgeWave, cybersecurity firm, hires Farley Stewart, ex-McAfee, as vice president-product management.
Arnold Kleiner retires as president and general manager of KABC-TV Los Angeles, no successor named.
Comcast hires Devesh Raj, ex-The Boston Consulting Group, as senior vice president-strategic and financial planning ...Time Warner promotes Sal Petruzzi to senior vice president-domestic communications officer, Turner Broadcasting ... EWTN Global Catholic Network hires Libby Isaack, ex-healthcare consultant, as vice president-chief financial officer ... C-Labs, supplier of mobile access technologies for the Internet of Things, hires John Traynor, ex-Bsquare and former Microsoft, as chief operating officer.
Ofcom promotes Steve Unger to acting CEO, effective at year's end, succeeding interim CEO Ed Richards ... Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International hires Brian Wynne, ex-Electric Drive Transportation Association, as president and CEO, effective Jan. 12, succeeding Michael Toscano, retiring ... Concurrent hires Derek Elder, ex-Arris, as CEO and adds him to board, succeeding CEO Dan Mondor ... Lobbyist registration: Neustar, Witt O'Brien's, effective Oct. 17.
Sprint hires Douglas Michelman, ex-Visa, as senior vice president-corporate communications and corporate social responsibility, effective Dec. 1, replacing Bill White, who's leaving the company ... GigOptix hires Darren Ma, ex-Semtech, as vice president and chief financial officer, replacing Curt Sacks, separated from the company to pursue other interests ... Pluribus Networks, software defined network firm, hires George de Urioste, ex-Marvell, Ricoh and elsewhere, as chief financial officer.
Office of FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly hiring Robin Colwell, now aide to Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., as chief of staff, legal adviser for media issues and handling news media inquiries, expected to be effective Dec. 15 ... New Street Research hires Blair Levin as special adviser, and he remains at Brookings Institution and Gig.U ... CBS moves Vice President Amy Young to that title for VOD and content distribution in CBS Network Sales ... American Intellectual Property Law Association 2014-15 board installed at AIPLA's annual meeting last month includes Sharon Israel, Mayer Brown, president and chairwoman of the executive committee, which also includes Denise DeFranco, Finnegan Henderson, president-elect, Mark Whitaker, Baker Botts, first vice president, and Myra McCormack, Johnson & Johnson, second vice president; and regular directors include Salvatore Anastasi, Barley Snyder, Patrick Coyne, Finnegan Henderson, Nicholas Godici, Godici Patent Consulting, and Nancy Mertzel, Schoeman Updike ... Gannett hires Ali Engel, ex-A.H. Belo, as vice president-finance.
Boku, mobile payments firm, hires co-founders of mopay, which Boku recently bought, naming Ingo Lippert chief business officer and Christian Hinrichs chief financial officer ... Lookout, mobile security company, hires as vice presidents Aaron Cockerill, ex-Citrix Systems, for enterprise product and David Helfer, ex-Juniper Networks, worldwide channel development ... IHeartMedia Minneapolis Market President Mike Crusham retiring.