Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in May; Chief Operating Officer Brian Krzanich, Chief Financial Officer Stacy Smith and Renee James, general manager of software and solutions group, named executive vice presidents … T-Mobile USA hires Michael Sievert, ex-Discovery Bay Games, as chief marketing officer, replacing acting CMO Andrew Sherrard, returning to senior vice president-marketing, T-Mobile’s contract business … CBS Television Station Group hires Jack Walsh, ex-WGCL-TV Atlanta, as vice president/general manager, WUPA-TV Atlanta, succeeding Tom Canedo, previously promoted (CD Oct 29 p16).
Time Warner Cable hires Cinnamon Rogers, ex-Discovery Communications, as vice president-federal affairs … Boingo Wireless promotes Peter Hovenier to chief financial officer … Lobbyist registrations: LightSquared, NormInc, effective Oct 3.
Business Industry Political Action Committee elects Todd Flemming, Infrasafe, chairman; succeeding Tom Tauke, Verizon.
Changes at FTC: Will Tom leaves as general counsel to return to private sector, and Principal Deputy General Counsel David Shonka named acting general counsel; Peter Miller promoted to chief privacy officer … Competitive Enterprise Institute hires Lawson Bader, ex-George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, as president, effective in January, succeeding Fred Smith, who remains chairman and heads CEI’s Center for Advancing Capitalism … SAMENA Telecommunications Council hires Bocar Ba as CEO, replacing Thomas Wilson, resigned … Mozido mobile payment company hires David Luther, ex-Distra, as executive vice president-global business development … Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions elects to board Stephen Bye, Sprint Nextel, first vice chair; and Nick Adamo, Cisco, as secretary.
NTIA hires Stephen Fletcher, ex-Utah chief information officer, to head new Office of Public Safety Communications … GlobeCast Americas promotes Michele Gosetti to chief financial officer, replacing Anne Philippe, hired by Orange Group as financial controller, Content Division … Twitter hires Ben Grossman, ex-Broadcasting & Cable, as head of global operations, Twitter Media … Comverse hires Gani Nayak, ex-Alcatel-Lucent, as senior vice president-systems and solutions … Telesat Brasil hires Mauro Wajnberg, ex-Star One, as general manager … AOptix wireless identity verification company hires Scott Clark, ex-Arecont Vision, as vice president-operations … American Intellectual Property Law Association 2012-2013 board includes: Jeffrey Lewis, Patterson Belknap, president; Wayne Sobon, Rambus, president-elect; Sharon Israel, Mayer Brown, first vice president; Denise DeFranco, Finnegan Henderson, second vice president; Mercedes Meyer, Drinker Biddle, secretary; and Georgann Grunebach, Fox Legal Group, treasurer.
CBS promotes Scott Koondel to senior vice president-chief corporate content licensing officer, new position … Unwired Planet names Eric Vetter, ex-Aristocrat Technologies, chief financial officer-chief administrative officer, replacing Anne Brennan, resigned but will be a consultant to company; Brian Beattie resigns from board … Global Telecom & Technology managed data service provider hires Layne Levine, ex-Alpheus Communications, as executive vice president-sales and marketing … Comverse hires Jacques-Herve Maupin, ex-Ingenico, as senior vice president-managing director, Asia Pacific … Discovery Communications promotes: Kevin Bennett to general manager, Investigation Discovery, and remains senior vice president-programming and research, Investigation Discovery, Destination America and Military Channel; Jane Latman to senior vice president-development, Investigation Discovery.
Newly elected to National Association of Tower Erectors board is Joel Hightower, Hightower Communications … NEC of America hires Kevin Hooper, ex-Hewlett-Packard, as senior vice president, to run NEC Enterprise Platform Solutions business.
Comcast moves Rodrigo Lopez to regional vice president-Oregon and Southwest Washington state, replacing Hank Fore, now running the company’s California operations … Nickelodeon hires Jill Sanford, ex-Disney, as vice president-animation development, Nickelodeon Group.
Media earnings: News Corp.’s fiscal Q1 sales were $8.14 billion, up 2 percent from a year earlier, it said. Net income increased 192 percent from a year earlier to $2.23 billion on proceeds of its sale of NDS to Cisco … Q3 sales at Discovery fell less than 1 percent from a year earlier to $1.07 billion, the company said. Net income fell 10 percent to $214 million as a result of foreign currency fluctuations, an increase in mark-to-market equity-based compensation, interest expenses and higher taxes, Discovery said.
NBCUniversal promotes Hilary Smith to senior vice president-communications, entertainment and digital networks/integrated media … Cox Enterprises hires Paul Scolese, ex-Akin Gump, as assistant vice president-government affairs … TrustComm commercial satellite company hires Rodrigo Gomez, ex-Stratos Global Corp., as chief technology officer; and Jim Tran, ex-Harris CapRock, as chief sales officer … News Corp.’s Fox Cable Networks promotes to senior vice president-business and legal affairs: Peter Marco and Lisa Richardson … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing elects as new executive committee members: Shelley Wright Brindle, Home Box Office; and Gemma Toner, Cablevision.