Citrix hires Brian Dye, ex-Symantec, as group vice president-general manager, Mobile Platforms group … Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project hires Dana Chinn, who remains at MIP affiliate University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, as director … Comcast’s NBCUniversal promotes Gregory Resh to senior vice president-finance, Hispanic Enterprises and Content … Saban Brands hires Kendall Doty, ex-Hub Network, as vice president-digital … Advertising Council names Laura Desmond, Starcom MediaVest Group, chairwoman of the board, succeeding Debra Lee, BET Networks; David Kenny, The Weather Company, named vice chairman of media; and in June, David Christopher, AT&T Mobility, will become board chairman.
J2 Global President Scott Turicchi to add role of chief financial officer, with Kathleen Griggs resigning as CFO and treasurer for personal reasons, effective Aug. 8 … Steve Youngwood, ex-Nickelodeon, joins LeapFrog board.
Northrop Grumman promotes to vice presidents in Information Systems sector: Bobby Lentz, for strategy; Tom Afferton, for operations, Civil division; Jay Grove, for business development, Communications division; and Michael King, for business development, Civil division … Lobbyist registration: Patent licensing firm PatentBooks, Jefferson Business Consulting, effective May 4.
NAB hires Sam Matheny, ex-Capitol Broadcasting, as executive vice president-chief technology officer, after previous holder of that job, Kevin Gage, was hired by One Media, the Coherent Logix and Sinclair project to bring next-generation broadcast platform to market faster than ATSC 3.0 (CD June 24 p17) … FCC hires Bartees Cox, ex-Public Knowledge, as public affairs specialist, effective July 28 … AT&T Vice President-Federal Relations Peter Jacoby hired by UnitedHealth Group to run government affairs … New America Foundation hires Peter Singer, consultant and author with cybersecurity and other experience, as strategist and senior fellow, joining NAF’s Future of War project, effective in September … Front Porch Digital promotes Phil Jackson to chief strategy officer … Richard Hochhauser to retire from Rentrak board at company’s annual meeting Aug. 13; Patricia Gottesman, ex-Cablevision, nominated to replace him.
NTCA hires David Hoover, ex-CTIA, as vice president-legislative affairs … ZwillGen hires Amy Mushahwar, ex-Ballard Spahr, as counsel and chief information security officer, will work for information security and e-commerce practice, where she will work on state and federal information security and cybersecurity, health privacy and other areas … Manatt Phelps hires Robert Jamison, ex-Eline Group, as managing director, Federal Government Affairs and Public Policy team, where he will work on cybersecurity and other issues.
JW Player, online and mobile video firm, hires Eric Hoffert, ex-Spotify, as chief technology officer and executive vice president-product, and John Luther, ex-Google, as vice president-devices … Tribune Broadcasting hires Chris Topf, ex-WNWO-TV Toledo, Ohio, as vice president and general manager of WPMT York, Pennsylvania … Jean-Paul Philippot, CEO of Belgian public broadcaster RTBF, re-elected European Broadcasting Union president for a fourth term; Anna Maria Tarantola, president of Italian public broadcaster RAI, newly elected EBU vice president … AT&T adds Glenn Hutchins, ex-Silver Lake, to board … Media Institute First Amendment Advisory Council adds Joshua Wheeler, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.
AOptix, ultra-high capacity wireless communications technology provider, hires Jan Kang, ex-Cupertino Electric, as vice president-general counsel … SMS/800 hires Alan Stiffler, ex-Neustar, as vice president-business development … Cox Enterprises moves Charles Odom to vice president-treasurer… Gogo adds Christopher Payne, eBay, to board.
FCC names Andrew Woelfling, leaving office of Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., as deputy director, Office of Legislative Affairs … Charter Communications hires James Nuzzo, ex-Cablevision, as executive vice president-business planning … Francis Yip promoted to group vice president-Verizon Asia Pacific … Beasley Broadcast Vice President and Philadelphia Market Manager Natalie Conner retiring … Envivio, any-screen software-based video processing and delivery firm, hires Judith Coley, ex-Vuclip, as vice president-corporate and investor communications … Broadcasters Foundation of America elects to board: Peter Dunn, CBS Television Stations; David Lougee, Gannett Broadcasting; Beth Neuhoff, Neuhoff Communications; and Mike O'Neill, Broadcast Music Inc. … Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association elects Linda Gooden, ex-Lockheed Martin, as AFCEA International board chairwoman.
Mintz Levin hires Paul Abbott, ex-Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable, as of counsel, returning to the law firm, where he will work on cable and broadband provider matters … Pandora hires David Gerbitz, ex-Yahoo, as executive vice president-revenue operations; Pandora General Counsel Delida Costin departs, effective end of September … IO, software-defined data center technology and software firm, hires Bob Olson, ex-GoDaddy, as chief customer officer.
Returning to Kelley Drye is Mark Anderson, ex-office of Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., as senior adviser, Government Relations and Public Policy practice group, where he will work on issues including cybersecurity; also hired for that practice group is Scott McGee, ex-office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as adviser … One Media, the Coherent Logix and Sinclair project to bring a next-generation broadcast platform to market faster than ATSC 3.0, hires Kevin Gage, ex-NAB, as executive vice president-chief technology officer.