MPAA hires John McCoskey, ex-PBS, as executive vice president-chief technology officer, Office of Technology, and Alex Deacon, ex-Neustar Media, as senior vice president-Internet technology, new post … Herman & Whiteaker hires telecom lawyer Robin Tuttle, ex-Karen Brinkmann PLLC, as of counsel.

Time Warner Inc. moves Senior Vice President Doug Shapiro to senior vice president-international and corporate strategy, succeeding Michael Del Nin, who resigned to become co-CEO of Central European Media Enterprises, while Michael Kopelman advances to senior vice president, succeeding Shapiro in investor relations post … Mark Hollinger to resign as Discovery Networks International CEO effective June 14, successor undisclosed … NFC Forum, which advocates for near-field communication technology, elects Paula Hunter, ex-Outercurve Foundation, as executive director, succeeding Debbie Arnold … SAP hires Joe Kernan, retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, as vice president-business development, SAP National Security Services … Aerohive Networks Wi-Fi and cloud-managed mobile networking firm hires David Greene, ex-Riverbed, as chief marketing officer and senior vice president … Firetide private wireless broadband network firm hires Nader Vasseghi, ex-SelfOptima, as vice president-engineering … Dish Network adds George Brokaw, Highbridge Growth Equity Fund, to board … TNCI promotes Debi Yphantides to vice president-sales and marketing at telecom provider formed by Garrison Investment Group and Blue Casa Telephone … Business Roundtable names Randall Stephenson, AT&T, chairman, effective Jan. 1 for two-year term, succeeding Jim McNerney, Boeing.

Vermont Rep. Margaret Cheney appointed by Gov. Peter Shumlin to state Public Service Board; she will resign from the legislature, and start hearing new matters before the board Oct. 1 … ITV Studios hires Orly Adelson, ex-Dick Clark Productions, as president, ITV Studios America … Nexstar names William Sally, formerly of WXXA-TV Albany, N.Y., senior vice president and regional manager, East region, new position … Young Broadcasting hires Dean Littleton, ex-Gray Television, as vice president and general manager of WATE-TV Knoxville, Tenn. … Enlightened information technology consulting firm hires Derek Smith, ex-Computer Sciences Corp., as director-cyber initiatives … Alaska Communications adds Carol Mills, whose former employers include Hewlett-Packard, to board … Iotum board adds Jim Estill, an investor in the VoIP and conference-calling company, and Majd Shweikeh, ex-Orange Mobile … HSN Inc. board adds Matthew Rubel, TPG Capital.

Peter Karanjia leaving FCC, where he was deputy general counsel, to return to Davis Wright in its Communications, Media, IP & Technology Group, and he will be Appellate Practice Group co-chairman … Deloitte & Touche hires Mary Galligan, ex-FBI, as director-security and privacy practice … FairPoint Communications promotes John Lunny to chief technology officer … PCTEL board promotes Chief Financial Officer John Schoen to also be senior vice president … Intelsat General promotes Skot Butler to vice president-sales, marketing and business development, new position … Gannett hires Judy Vogel, ex-Media Storm, as vice president-research … Among those elected to NATPE board for 2014 are Jack Abernethy, Fox TV Stations; Joe Abruzzese, Discovery Communications; Deborah Bradley, Turner Broadcasting; Sean Carey, Netflix; Alberto Ciurana, Univision; and Lauren Zalaznick, NBCUniversal.

Cesar Conde resigns as president of Univision Networks, to become NBCUniversal executive vice president-international group; in reorganization, Alberto Ciurana, president-programming and content, Isaac Lee, president-news, and Juan Carlos Rodriquez, president-Univision Sports will report directly to CEO Randy Falco … NPR names board member Paul Haaga acting president and CEO, effective Sept. 30 … DirecTV adds to board Anthony Vinciquerra, Texas Pacific Group … Daniel Maloney, ex-Motorola Mobility president, appointed to TiVo board, which expands to eight members … Zuora subscription commerce firm hires Keith Costello, ex-SAP, as senior vice president-global services, and Senior Vice President Guillaume Vives is now senior vice president-strategy and product management … Viacloud hires Jon Kandiah, ex-EE, as chief technology officer of the carrier infrastructure firm.

RDK Management names Steve Heeb, who remains at Comcast, president and general manager of joint venture of Comcast and Time Warner Cable for common framework for cable consumer electronics … Rogers Communications hires Guy Laurence from Vodafone UK as president-CEO, effective Dec. 2, to succeed Nadir Mohamed, who said he’s retiring this year … Communications Systems hires Scott Otis, ex-TE Connectivity, as president and general manager, Transition Networks, and last week named Chairman Curtis Sampson as interim CEO, board member Edwin Freeman as chief financial officer and director Roger Lacey vice chairman … 8x8 hires Darren Hakeman, advisor to Silicon Valley companies, as senior vice president-product and strategy … Sesame Workshop hires Juan Martinez, ex-Teach for America, as vice president-strategic communications … Comverse names Neil Montefiore, ex-StarHub, to board … National Association of State Technology Directors board includes Darin Rand, Oregon’s Enterprise Technology Services, as president; Bernie O'Donnell, Connecticut’s communications services director, vice president; Jack Doane, Alabama’s information services division, secretary/treasurer; Brad Steele, Massachusetts Information Technology Division, Eastern region president … Content delivery network services provider Highwinds appoints Chris Petrovic, ex-GameStop, to board.

Comcast promotes to senior vice presidents Lynn Charytan for legal regulatory affairs, and she also becomes senior deputy general counsel, and Jennifer Khoury for corporate and digital communications; elevates Marcien Jenckes to executive vice president-consumer services and hires Ed Brassel, ex-DirecTV, as senior vice president-business intelligence, Comcast Cable … Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Senior Research Fellow Richard Bennett leaves, developing a new project to bridge the gap between broadband technologists and policy experts in Washington … Brian McAndrews, ex-Madrona Venture Group, named Pandora CEO, replacing Joe Kennedy, retiring … Robin Pringle, Liberty Media, and Mark Carleton, Liberty Media, resign from Sirius XM board, nine months after being appointed, replaced by Anthony Bates, Microsoft, and George Bodenheimer, ESPN.

Rand Beers named acting Department of Homeland Security secretary, succeeding Janet Napolitano, whose last day was Friday (CD Aug 28 p1) … TechAmerica names Jarita Diana Christie, ex-Norsk Hydro, to lead TechAmerica’s European arm, TechAmerica Europe, as senior director … Time Warner Cable promotes Senior Vice President Mark FitzPatrick to also be chief financial officer-residential services … Clear Channel hires Greg Strassell, ex-CBS Radio, as senior vice president-programming … Time Warner’s truTV promotes in restructuring to senior vice presidents Marissa Ronca for development & original programming and Michael Lanzillotta, also to general manager, truTV … Alticast interactive TV company hires David Nicholas, ex-iNovo Broadband, as senior vice president-sales … Broadway Systems ad management software for cable network provider names James Ackerman, ex-Documentary Channel, as executive chairman … International M2M Council elects to first slate of officers: Matthew Jennings, Digi International; Alex Brisbourne, Kore Telematics; Chris Baker, Oracle; Patrick Shay, Orbcomm; and Alexander Bufalino, Telit Wireless Solutions … Hollywood Radio and Television Society names officers including Bela Bajaria, Universal Television, as president; Adam Berkowitz, CAA, vice president; and Ian Moffitt, Machinima, secretary; and among new board members Michael Lombardo, HBO; Beth Roberts, NBCUniversal; Carmi Zlotnik, Starz; and Scott Hervey, Weintraub Tobin.

FTC hires Martin Gaynor, ex-Carnegie Mellon University, as Bureau of Economics director, effective Oct. 1, and David Robbins, ex-FCC and Small Business Administration, rejoins agency as executive director, while Thomas Dahdouh is promoted to regional director of Western Region offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles … Centre for Information Policy Leadership privacy and information security think tank founded by Hunton & Williams hires Bojana Bellamy, ex-Accenture, as president … Electronic Transactions Association hires Jaime Graham, ex-office of Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., as senior government affairs manager … BMI board promotes Michael O'Neill to CEO, to be effective Monday, and he joins board, succeeding CEO Del Bryant, who had said he is stepping down; once Bryant retires as president in June, O'Neill also will become president … Newtec Internet Protocol trunking and very small aperature terminal company promotes Thomas Van den Driessche to chief commercial officer … Comcast and Radio One’s TV One hires D'Angela Proctor, ex-Strange Fruit Media, as senior vice president-programming … Foundation Capital hires Jonathan Ehrlich, ex-Facebook, as partner to help invest in technologies including mobile.

Newspaper National Network hires Marshall Genger, ex-impreMedia, as vice president-finance of the partnership owned by 25 U.S. newspaper companies and administered by the Newspaper Association of America; NNN is run by Ray Chelstowski, ex-Digital First Media, named CEO in July … Silver Spring Networks hires Jim Burns, formerly of Hewlett-Packard, as executive vice president and chief financial officer; ex-CFO John Joyce continues as vice chairman … TDF hires Bastian Manintveld, ex-BeBanjo, as head-M&A and business development, Media Services division at company that manages broadcast and VOD digital workflow … Intelsat board elects John Diercksen, Verizon, as director.