Communications Personals
C&D Technologies, maker of standby batteries for industries including telecom, hires Armand Lauzon, ex-Carlyle Group, as president-CEO, succeeding outgoing CEO Christian Rheault ... DirecTV Sports Networks hires David Peart, ex-Pittsburgh Penguins, as general manager, AT&T and DirecTV's Root Sports Southwest ... Our American Revival PAC hires AshLee Strong, ex-aide to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., as national press secretary ... Vantiv promotes Chief Financial Officer Mark Heimbouch to also be chief operating officer ... Time Warner hires Maureen Taran, ex-New Wave Entertainment, as executive in charge-talent, truTV.
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Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions names Andre Fuetsch, AT&T, first vice chairman, and Joseph Hanley, TDS, second vice chairman; Chris Stark, Nokia Networks, chairman, Membership Committee; and Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, Juniper Networks, chairman, ATIS TOPS Council ... National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications names Michelle Rice, TV One, chairwoman, and at NAMIC Mid-Atlantic, Joelle Patience, BrandBravo Creative, president; Kash Kabaria, National Systems Infrastructure, vice president; Jason Rademacher, Cooley LLP, treasurer; and Tselane Robertson, Cox Communications, secretary ... Immersion board adds John Veschi, ex-Rockstar Consortium ... Resigning from Control4 board are Len Jordan, Madrona, and Steven Vassallo, Foundation Capital, effective with the company's annual meeting April 28 ... Lobbyist registration: Viacom, Harbinger Strategies, effective Jan. 1.