LIN Media promotes Erik Schrader to president and general manager of KSNW-TV, Wichita, Kan. … E.W. Scripps promotes Robert Sullivan to vice president-programming … Kathleen Keefe, Hearst TV, joins board of Partnership at Drugfree.org … Heather Reid, Copyright Clearance Center, elected chair of the National Information Standards Organization.
Electronic Recyclers International names former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Patton Boggs, to its executive board.
Andrew Heller, ex-Turner Broadcasting, joins Starz board … Andrew White, ex-consultant to Nokia and others, is the new ATIS vice president-technology and standards; also Jim McEachern, ex-Genband and Nortel, is senior technology consultant to ATIS.
FirstNet hires Randolph Lyon, ex-Office of Management and Budget, as chief financial officer … Digital Entertainment Group promotes Amy Jo Smith to president from executive director … Voip-Pal.com names board member Thomas Sawyer CEO and chairman; Dennis Chang, who was CEO, remains a director … Twilio hires Ott Kaukver, ex-Skype, as vice president-engineering.
Motorola Solutions promotes Gino Bonanotte to acting chief financial officer, replacing Ed Fitzpatrick, leaving the company, which began a search for a permanent CFO and hopes to finish the process by year’s end … Comverse hires Andy Herzog, ex-industry consultant, to lead Comverse Managed Services … MegaPath Corp. hires Matthew Hutchinson, formerly of 8x8, as vice president-channel sales … Elected officers of Texas Association of Broadcasters board: Mike Lee, KRHD-TV Waco, as chairman; Chris Paddie, KMHT Marshall, vice chairman; Roger Bare, KIAH-TV Houston, secretary; and Ben Downs, Bryan Broadcasting, treasurer.
Equinix promotes Charles Meyers to chief operating officer, new position … Comcast promotes Ralph Martinez to senior vice president, Houston region … Fiberlink hires Eric Cunningham, ex-Salesforce.com, as vice president-North America sales … Advanced at Entercom to vice president-sales: Pat Galloway, New Orleans; Mike Johnson, Rochester; Joby Koren and Roxanne Marati, Denver; Lisa Powell, Greensboro; Kristen Kelleher-Wong, Sacramento; promoted to vice president-operations: Brian Kelly, Milwaukee; Brian Douglas, Greensboro … Added to CompTIA Vendor Advisory Council: Francois Daumard, Fiberlink; Len Srinivasan, Vembu Technologies; Muhammad Adeel Javaid, VisioTech Solutions.
Center for Digital Democracy hires Hudson Kingston, ex-Center for Food Safety, as legal director … Windstream hires Matt Preschern, ex-IBM, as senior vice president and enterprise chief marketing officer … Comverse hires Dwight Davis, leaving Alcatel-Lucent, to lead Comverse Business Support Systems … CenturyLink’s Savvis cloud infrastructure company names as vice presidents: Ian Bryant, ex-Cognizant, advanced services-Europe, Middle East and Asia; Eric McDougal promoted for sales; and Nick Barley, ex-Juniper Networks, international marketing-Europe, Middle East, Asia and Asia Pacific … Ensequence hires Gary Perrelli, ex-Disney, as senior vice president of interactive sales-content providers … Envision Technology Advisors consulting firm hires Phil Magnuszewski, ex-Carousel Industries, as vice president and general manager-Boston.
Disney promotes Tiffany Rende to senior vice president-corporate alliances … Video compression company for broadcasters ATEME hires Karen McCone, ex-Aldea Solutions, as vice president-media accounts, Americas … Boingo Wireless adds Mike Finley, Qualcomm, to board.
International Intellectual Property Institute Executive Director and General Counsel Andrew Jaynes leaving to become the director of Center for Law and Global Affairs at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law … Iridium promotes Thomas Fitzpatrick, who remains chief financial officer, to also be chief administrative officer, and Scott Smith to chief operating officer … ShoreTel unified communications system provider promotes Don Joos to president and CEO … New NBCUniversal digital advertising sales moves for senior vice presidents: Phil Cara, ex-Huffington Post, hired for entertainment advertising sales, for sites anchored by Fandango and E Online; Aaron Radin, ex-Toura, hired in new position for partnerships & portfolio products; and James Kreckler promoted to digital entertainment advertising sales … Altman Vilandrie & Co. consultant promotes Patrick Redmond to principal, advising telecom, media, technology and other clients … Extreme Networks promotes Gary Newbold to vice president-sales, Asia-Pacific.
Minority Media and Telecommunications Council hires Nicol Turner-Lee, ex-National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications, as vice president-chief research and policy officer, to start new research and policy arm to advance U.S. leadership on telecom issues and direct MMTC’s Telecom and Internet Policy Taskforce, of which MMTC Senior Attorney Latoya Livingston, who was the task force’s interim director, will continue to be assistant director … Winston & Strawn adds from Finnegan lawyers who litigate technology patent cases before the International Trade Commission, as partners in law firm’s intellectual property practice: John Alison, Steven Anzalone, Paul Goulet and Thomas Jarvis … Disney promotes Paul Pastor to senior vice president-strategy and consumer analytics, Disney/ABC Television Group … Beasley Broadcast Group hires Stacey Sedbrook, ex-Wicked Local-Gatehouse Media Solutions New England, as vice president-digital, effective Sept. 1 … Internet Society elects Robert Hinden, Check Point Software, chairman.