Communications Personals
Patent and Trademark Office hires Hope Shimabuku, ex-Xerox, as director, new Texas regional office, new position, effective in January ... FirstNet said it names to user advocacy team as area leads Jeff King for regions I-V and Steven Smith, both ex-Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for regions VI-X; Lori Stone, ex-Maryland state official, for Region III; and Michael Varney, ex-Connecticut official, Region I; and as federal consultation liaisons Tiffany Perry, ex-CACI, and Charlotte Whitacre, ex-Department of Justice ... SiriusXM hires Jack Vaughn, ex-New Wave Entertainment, as senior vice president-comedy programming ... magicJack VocalTec hires Keith Reed, ex-Intuit, as general manager/senior vice president-enterprise sales.
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At Outerwall's Redbox, which cut its forecast (see here and 1512080016), Outerwall CEO Erik Prusch became interim president, Redbox, succeeding Mark Horak, who left the company; Controller Jeffrey Kist named interim chief accounting officer, succeeding Peter Osvaldik, who left the company ... Align Commerce, payments provider, hires Jay Hansen, ex-Intuit, as compliance officer and general counsel ... Mellanox Technologies names to board co-founder and ex-Chief Operating Officer Shai Cohen.