Aaron LaBerge rejoins ESPN as senior vice president-technology and product development after six-year stint as CEO of digital product development company Fanzter; he reports to Chief Technology Officer Chuck Pagano …The Bluetooth Special Interest Group names Minsoo Lee, chief research engineer for standards and technology at LG Electronics, to the Bluetooth SIG board … Mobile radio applications developer jacAPPS names Bob Kernen, ex-Sharecare, vice president-chief operating officer. … Univision promotes Ruth Gaviria to executive vice president-corporate marketing.
Mark Whittington, ex-Microsoft and Oracle, joins Command Consulting Group as partner … Univision promotes Sarah Madigan to the newly created position of executive vice president-content distribution … Tellabs names Lawrence Rieger, ex-Crowe Horwath, acting chief financial officer, succeeding Tom Minichiello, who resigned to become chief financial officer at Westell … Television changes: Don Ray retires as a regional vice president general manager of WSAZ-TV in Charleston/Huntington, W.Va.; Matt Jaquint promoted to general manager at WSAZ-TV; new vice presidents and general managers Don Vesely, WMTV, Madison, Wis., Heather Peeples, WCTV, Tallahassee, Vic Richards, WOWT Omaha, Susan Ramsett-Kretz, KOLN/KGIN and KSNB, Lincoln, Neb. … registrations: Softbank Holdings, Polsinelli, effective June 1 … Sprint, TwinLogic Strategies, effective June 17.
Command Consulting Group national security adviser hires Mark Whittington, ex-Microsoft, no title given.
President Barack Obama plans to nominate Margaret Louise Cummisky, now on staff of Senate Appropriations Committee and ex-Senate Commerce Committee, to be Department of Commerce assistant secretary for legislative and intergovernmental affairs … Genband Executive Chairman David Walsh becomes president and CEO after Charlie Vogt left for Harris Broadcast (CD July 10 p21) … Group 1200 Media digital and entertainment media company hires Mike DuBoise, ex-Universal Studios Home Entertainment, as chief operating officer … C-SAM mobile transactions technology company hires Kurt Weiss, ex-Citigroup, as managing director-global financial institutions, and Conrad Sheehan, ex-mPayy, as vice president and general manager-strategic initiatives.
FTC moves Pauline Ippolito to Bureau of Economics acting director, with Director Howard Shelanski having left Tuesday to become administrator of the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory affairs after his Senate confirmation June 27 … CTIA promotes Mark Sargent to vice president-certifications, Jaime Hjort to assistant vice president-government affairs and Will Colbert to director-Web & digital technology … Steptoe & Johnson hires Robert Rogers, ex-International Trade Commission administrative law judge, as senior counsel-Intellectual Property Department … MTN Satellite Communications hires Chris Leber, ex-ViaSat, as executive vice president-commercial business development, and Mark Walter, ex-Sheridan Healthcare, as chief financial officer, as CFO Peg Grayson moved to MTN Government Services and is president there, where MTN founder Richard Hadsall is chief technology officer, and as vice presidents are Mike Shakarji, ex-Inmarsat, for business development, and Catherine Melquist, ex-Astrium Services, for market development.
Paul Hastings hires Sherrese Smith, ex-FCC chief counsel to then-Chairman Julius Genachowski, as partner-Telecommunications, Media and Technology and Privacy and Data Security practices … Time Warner Inc. promotes Jennifer Dorian to chief strategy officer, Turner Entertainment Networks … Acta Consulting wireless strategy firm names telecom expert Ronald Tonge CEO … Broadcom hires Ting Wei Li, ex-Marvell, as senior vice president-sales for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and president-greater China … Mformation mobility management firm hires David Shimoni, ex-Funambol, as executive vice president, global sales and business development … Extreme Networks hires Allison Amadia, ex-legal consultant to companies including Good Technology and MoSys, as vice president and general counsel.
Samsung Electronics moves Gregory Lee to president-Samsung Telecommunications America, as outgoing President Dale Sohn returns to Korea as executive adviser to J.K. Shin, co-CEO of the IT & Mobile Communications division at Samsung … New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute names Bruce Schneier, security expert, program fellow to work on privacy and security issues.
Texas Cable Association elects: Craig D'Agostini, Comcast, chairman; Todd Baxter, Time Warner Cable, vice chairman; Kathy Brabson, Time Warner Cable, secretary; Kenny Walker, Cable One, treasurer; and directors Gary Underwood, Charter Communications; Leo Munoz and Michael Bybee, both Comcast; and Shawn Beqaj, BCI Broadband … Lobbying registrations: CEA, SBL Strategies, effective July 1 … E-911 location technology company TruePosition, Venable, effective May 24.
European Broadcasting Union names Simon Fell, Digital Television Group, director-technology & innovation, effective Aug. 15 … Discovery Communications promotes Executive Vice President Todd Davis to oversee tax and treasury worldwide … Viacom promotes to Nickelodeon Animation vice presidents-current series Megan Casey and Claudia Spinelli … EMC Corp. adds William Green, ex-Accenture, to board.
Tellabs acting Chief Financial Officer Tom Minichiello resigns July 12 to become CFO at Westell … Filip Technologies, maker of a wearable locator and phone for kids that is changing its name from Evado Filip, hires Jonathan Peachey, ex-Virgin Group, as CEO … Comcast’s NBC Owned Television Stations promotes to senior vice president Meredith McGinn for Cozi TV Network and LX.TV Productions and Jeff Kurtz for digital media and multicast sales … Moffett Research hires media analyst Michael Nathanson, ex-Nomura Securities, and firm will be called MoffettNathanson … Disney’s board extends tenure of CEO and Chairman Robert Iger through the expiration of his contract on June 30, 2016 … Sundance Channel hires TV producer Alysse Bezahler as vice president/head of production, and earlier this year promoted Christian Vesper to senior vice president-scripted development and current … Viacom’s Nickelodeon Group promotes Andrea Fasulo to senior vice president-retail and movie marketing … Univision Radio promotes Andrew Olivera to general manager/director of sales for Austin, Texas, stations … Comcast hires Matthew Fassnacht, ex-Cox Communications, as vice president, Comcast Business, for the Washington State region … AT&T adds Cindy Taylor, Oil States International, to board … Arris adds Doreen Toben, ex-Verizon, to board.