Communications Personals
AT&T Services Vice President-Public Policy Joel Lubin retiring, effective Sept. 30 ... Copyright Alliance hires Keith Kupferschmid, leaving Software & Information Industry Association, as CEO, effective Oct. 1; Sandra Aistars, who had been CEO, hired by George Mason University School of Law as clinical professor and head-new Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Program ... Information Technology Industry Council hires John Miller, ex-Intel, as vice president-global cybersecurity policy and law ... CBS Entertainment Chairwoman Nina Tassler steps down at year's end and remains in advisory role through at least 2017; succeeding her is Glenn Geller, promoted to president, CBS Entertainment.
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Rob Tobias named HDMI Licensing president, replaced as MHL Consortium president by Gordon Hands, ex-Lattice Semiconductor ... Disney names to new executive vice president positions Cindy Davis, ex-Walmart, for consumer experience, and John Frelinghuysen, ex-AOL, for digital media, strategy and business development ... Veritone hires John Markovich, technology executive, as chief financial officer, and James Williams, ex-Thotspots, as chief technology officer ... SigFox, IoT connectivity firm, hires Allen Proithis, ex-wot.io, as president, SigFox North America, new position ... Media General hires Lucy Hughes, ex-CBS, as head-research, working across screens, new position ... Canvas Venture Fund hires Ben Narasin, ex-TriplePoint, as general partner ... Best Buy adds to board Karen McLoughlin, chief financial officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions ... Lobbyist registration: Palantir Technologies, Capitol Tax Partners, effective Aug. 3.