Federated Wireless hires Iyad Tarazi, ex-Sprint, as CEO … Arianespace names Thomas Hundt, ex-Airbus, chief financial officer … Novatel Wireless hires Michael Newman, ex-Websense, as executive vice president and chief financial officer … Cox Enterprises promotes Brett Fennell to senior vice president and chief financial officer, Cox Media Group, succeeding Charles Odom, recently promoted (CD June 27 p12) … LGS Innovations, providing communications products to government and business clients, hires John Fitzgerald, ex-ManTech, as executive vice president and chief financial officer … Neustar hires Michael Schoen, ex-Mediabrands Audience Platform, as vice president-marketing services.
Among those President Barack Obama plans to nominate are: Russell Deyo, ex-Johnson & Johnson, as Homeland Security undersecretary for management, and to President’s Intelligence Advisory Board James Crown, Henry Crown and Co.; Scott Davis, United Parcel Service; Jamie Dos Santos, Cybraics; Julius Genachowski, Carlyle Group and ex-FCC; Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Neal Wolin, ex-Treasury Department … CTIA board adds Stephen Gray, Syniverse, replacing Jeff Gordon, who was succeeded at the company recently by Gray (CD Aug 27 p16).
Technology Policy Program at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center promotes Eli Dourado to director; Jerry Brito leaves and now working full time on bitcoin policy … Discovery Communications promotes at TLC Alon Orstein to senior vice president-production and development, and to vice presidents Wendy Douglas for production and Marisa Levy, development … Gannett promotes Ellen Crooke to vice president-news, Gannett Broadcasting … Back9Network hires Chris Lencheski, ex-Front Row Marketing, to head linear and digital sales initiatives.
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Universal Service Administrative Co. hires as CEO Chris Henderson, ex-ASI Government, whose unanimous nomination by USAC’s board was approved Tuesday by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler … Dish moves Senior Vice President Warren Schlichting to lead programming group, succeeding Steve Swain, recently named chief financial officer (CD Aug 25 p16), both moves effective Oct. 1, and Adam Gaynor promoted to vice president, adding responsibilities in Media Sales group, leadership of which still reports to Schlichting … John Batter, formerly of M-Go, hired as CEO, Gracenote and executive vice president, Tribune Media, the owner of Gracenote … LIN Media moves Les Vann to president and general manager of WISH-TV Indianapolis and WNDY-TV Marion, Indiana.
MRV Communications names Mark Bonney, a director of the firm, executive vice president and chief financial officer, replacing Stephen Garcia as CFO … Returned to O'Melveny & Myers is Ted Hassi, ex-FTC Competition Bureau, as partner, Antitrust and Competition Practice Group … SpinMedia, network of pop culture, music and entertainment mobile and Web content, hires Stephen Blackwell, founder of website Death and Taxes which the company acquired in July, as CEO, replacing Dale Strang, remaining with company as chairman … Cleversafe, data storage firm, hires Greg Palinckx, ex-NetApp, as vice president-systems engineering.
Dish Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Olson retiring Oct. 15, being succeeded by Steve Swain, who remains senior vice president, and also becomes CFO … Free Press hires Sandra Fulton, leaving ACLU, as government relations manager … House Homeland Security Committee hires Lauren Claffey, ex-aide to Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Senate Intelligence Committee, as communications director … Quebecor moves to its Videotron unit Hugues Simard, named cable operator’s senior vice president and chief financial officer.
Tremor Video hires Manish Jha, ex-NFL, as president-publisher platforms … TDS adds to board David Wittwer, president and CEO of the company’s TDS Telecommunications unit, succeeding Donald Nebergall, named director emeritus … Thomas Stilling, 20th Century Fox vice president-product and promotion management, to keynote ESCA Digital Europe conference Sept. 10 in London.
Kerbey Harrington hires Brendon Pinkard, ex-Wiley Rein and specialist in broadband, cable-TV, video and telecom issues, as partner; Now called Kerbey Harrington Pinkard, it opens a Washington office where he will work and which includes government affairs consulting affiliate Government Insight Group, which he will advise … Silicon Flatirons adds Kristelia Garcia, ex-George Washington University Law School, as director of its content initiative and she joined the University of Colorado’s law school as associate professor, teaching trademark, property and copyright-related courses.
Uber hires David Plouffe, ex-assistant to President Barack Obama, as senior vice president-policy and strategy, starting late next month … Sinclair promotes Mike Kralec to vice president-data systems and information technology services, new post … Sprint hires Jeff Silva, ex-Medley Global Advisors, as manager-public affairs, succeeding John Taylor, who had left for SpaceX (CD May 9 p23) … Riverbed Technology hires Paul Mountford, ex-Sentillian, as senior vice president and chief sales officer … Imperva, data center security provider, names Anthony Bettencourt, ex-Coverity, as president and CEO and he joins board; ex-CEO Shlomo Kramer remains chairman and also is chief strategy officer.