Lobbyist Registrations: Cisco, McGuireWoods Consulting, effective May 1.
FCC hires Brendan Holland, ex-Davis Wright, as assistant chief of Media Bureau’s Industry Analysis Division … Cablevision promotes Yvette Kanouff to executive vice president-corporate engineering and technology.
Jerry Genova, industry consultant, returns to Cablevision, named executive vice president of network management and field operations … Hearst Television Senior Vice President Philip Stolz moving to advisory role before retiring Feb. 1 … Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Albert Rodriguez to chief operating officer … Pivotal Research hires Steve Sweeney, ex-Citi Principal Strategies and Sandell Asset Management, as telecom analyst … Fox Networks promotions to vice president: Bonnie O'Donnell and Jody Vogelaar for distribution marketing; Sol Doten for communications.
Kathy Kleiman, ex-Internet Matters, returns to Fletcher Heald, where she’s named Internet counsel and co-lead of Internet law and policy group … Mediacom promotes Italia Commisso Weinand to executive vice president of programming and human resources … Sesame Workshop promotes Erica Branch-Ridley to vice president and executive in charge of production for Sesame Learning … Michael French, ex-Morgan Joseph Triartisan and Communications Daily, joins Spectrum Group as managing director … Telefónica Digital hires Wayne Thorsen, ex-BlueKai, as vice president of global partnerships … Adobe expands board by adding as directors: Amy Banse, Comcast Ventures; Frank Calderoni, Cisco; and Laura Desmond, Starcom MediaVest.
Howard Shelanski returns to FTC from Davis Polk, named director of Bureau of Economics, effective July 1, replacing Joseph Farrell, again working as an academic starting May 31; Deputy Director Pauline Ippolito will be acting bureau director in June … Gannett Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh resigns to become CFO of information technology services provider Computer Sciences Corp.; Treasurer Michael Hart is interim Gannett principal financial officer.
Univision hires Juan Carlos Rodriguez, ex-Televisa Deportes Network, as president of Univision Deportes.
Nickelodeon promotes Jim Mollica to senior vice president-consumer marketing … Lobbyist Registrations: Cablevision, Franklin Square Group, effective April 1.
Convergys changes: Jeff Fox to become executive chairman in Q4; non-executive chairman Phil Odeen to be regular director; Andrea Ayers promoted to replace Fox as president and CEO; Chief Financial Officer Earl Shanks to leave in Q3; Andre Valentine promoted to replace him … Patrick Ross, ex-Copyright Alliance and ex-Warren Communications News, hired by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office as deputy chief communications officer and acting communications chief … Frontier Communications promotes Tressa Bader to general manager for California … GlobeCast Americas hires Eddie Ferraro, ex-United Service Source, as North American head of sales … mDialog addressable TV ad firm hires Jeff Clark, ex-CBS Interactive, as chief revenue officer … Signiant media and entertainment file software company hires Michael Burnie, ex-EMC Corp., as managing director of Asia-Pacific operations.
Carrier IQ hires Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley, ex-Verizon, as general counsel and chief privacy officer … Washington Post Co. says Post-Newsweek Stations President and CEO Alan Frank will retire at year’s end, and be replaced by Emily Barr, ex-ABC’s WLS Chicago, joining the company in July … IFC promotes Craig Parks to senior vice president of digital media and alternative content … Kristian Tear, ex-Sony Mobile Communications, and Frank Boulben, ex-LightSquared, named Research in Motion chief operating officer and chief marketing officer, respectively … Intelsat moves Peter Ostapiuk to vice president of media product management; Mark Rasmussen to regional vice president of North American sales.
Lobbyist Registrations: Microsoft and Verizon, Schmitz Global Partners, effective Jan. 2 … CEA, Barbour Griffith, effective April 1 … SAIC, Steptoe & Johnson, effective April 1 … Bravo Media hires Nancy Jo, ex-Vevo, as vice president of digital strategy and business development, new post … Alvarion director Eng Ho Ng resigns for personal reasons.