Communications Personals
Visa hires Demetrios Marantis, ex-Square and former acting U.S. trade representative, as senior vice president-global government relations ... JSI hires Dave Lewis, ex-consultant to ILECs, as vice president-product innovation ... eBay changes to Americas Government Relations team include promoting Senior Director David London to head of the team, and hiring Laura Dooley as senior manager, North American government relations ... Mozilla hires Ari Jaaksi, ex-Intel, as senior vice president-connected devices, effective next month ... Verve Mobile hires Kevin Arrix, ex-SFX Entertainment, as chief revenue officer ... Comcast moves Janet Uthman to vice president-inclusion and multicultural marketing, Northeast division.
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At Nokia, as it's buying Alcatel-Lucent, the acquirer said its executive lineup includes: naming to presidents of networks business groups Samih Elhage for mobile networks, Federico Guillén, fixed networks, Bhaskar Gort, applications & analytics, Basil Alwan, IP/optical networks; and Ramzi Haidamus remains president, Nokia Technologies; and other company leaders include Timo Ihamuotila as chief financial officer, Ashish Chowdhary, chief customer operations officer, Marc Rouanne, chief innovation & operating officer, Hans-Jürgen Bill, chief human resources officer, Kathrin Buvac, chief strategy officer, Barry French, chief marketing officer, and Maria Varsellona, chief legal officer ... Lobbyist registration: Electronic Payments Coalition, Lindbergh Counsel, effective Aug. 25.