Fazal Merchant, ex-DirecTV, joins DreamWorks Animation Sept. 15 as chief financial officer, replacing Lew Coleman, who shifts to vice chairman in charge of “global growth initiatives” … Neustar hires Gregory Weinhold, ex-FICO, as vice president-professional services … DecisionPoint Systems, enterprise mobility and wireless applications provider, promoted Dan Romanello to acting CEO after Nicholas Toms resigned as CEO and from board … Signalhorn promotes Andy Frost to chief commercial officer and names Tom Wright, ex-NewSat, as vice president-sales, North America.
NQ Mobile Chief Financial Officer KB Teo resigns for family reasons; co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Vincent Wenyong Shi named acting CFO … Northrop Grumman hires Nick Hopkinson, ex-CSC, as director, U.K. cyber strategy.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting moves Greg Schnirring to vice president for station grants & TV station initiatives and promotes Erika Pulley-Hayes to succeed him as vice president-radio … 21st Century Fox promotes Joe Earley to chief operating officer, Fox Television Group, and moves David Madden from Fox Television Studios to president-entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Co. … Voxox promotes to vice presidents Chris Meyer for user experience and Tim Schuh for customer experience … SMS/800 elects to board Lisa Youngers, XO Communications; Doug Davis, West Corp.’s HyperCube; James Garvert, Transaction Network Services; and Bayan Towfiq, Flowroute.
Mobile apps developer Robosoft Technologies hires Lakshmipathy Bhat as vice president-corporate communications … Google Chief Economist Hal Varian to keynote Hollywood IT Society’s Digital Marketing & Analysis Summit Sept. 24, Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles.
United Launch Alliance names Tory Bruno, ex-Lockheed Martin, president and CEO, succeeding Michael Gass, who will assist in the leadership transition … Scripps Networks Interactive names Melissa Mick, ex-MedExpress, senior vice president and corporate controller … ITC Global names David Kagan, ex-Globe Wireless, president.
Wilkinson Barker names Brian Murray, ex-Latham & Watkins, partner in its telecommunications and media regulatory practice … New on board at Brightstar following departure of Marcelo Claure for Sprint: President & Chief Operating Officer Arturo Osorio, General Counsel Catherine Smith, and SoftBank director Kazuhiko Fujihara … Changes at Demand Media: Sean Moriarty, ex-Ticketmaster, becomes CEO and joins board; Shawn Colo, co-founder and interim CEO, becomes president and joins board … Lobbyist Registration: Charter, Empire Consulting Group, effective July 1.
GatesAir hires Phil Argyris, who formerly worked for a then-affiliate of the company, as CEO, succeeding Charlie Vogt, who remains CEO of Imagine Communications … Univision Communications promotes Kevin Cuddihy to president-local media, which includes radio and TV stations and digital operations, and Jessica Rodriguez to chief marketing officer of entire company … Shutterstock President and Chief Operating Officer Thilo Semmelbauer leaving day-to-day operating role at year’s end.
Yahoo hires Mike Kail, ex-Netflix, as chief information officer and senior vice president-infrastructure … Lobbyist Registration: Netflix, Corley Consulting, effective May 1.
Madison Square Garden Co. hires Sean Creamer, ex-Arbitron, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Sept. 1; Bob Pollichino retiring from those jobs, remains CFO until Sept. 1 and an executive vice president until later this year … Microsoft hires Margaret Johnson, ex-Qualcomm, as executive vice president-business development … Returning to Crown Media is Tara Meyer, ex-Martha Stewart Living, as vice president-digital ad sales, new post.
Mel Wesley, ex-Mandiant, joins comScore Aug. 29 as chief financial officer, succeeding CFO Kenneth Tarpey, retiring … Entravision promotes to executive vice presidents Eddie Melendez for western region, including broadcast and digital sales, and James Lyke for integrated marketing solutions … Bayou City Broadcasting (BCB) owner DuJuan McCoy will be president and CEO of Bayou City Broadcasting Evansville once it buys WEVV-TV Evansville, Indiana, a deal in which BCB is taking part (see separate report above in this issue) … NovaWurks, high technology space products and services provider, hires Paul Lithgow, ex-Sunrise Analytics, as chief-advanced concepts.