Communications Personals
FCC Public Safety Bureau Policy and Licensing Division Chief Tom Beers retired ... Sprint promotes Brian Miller to president-Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee region, and Brian Hedlund to president-Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Virginia region, though Hedlund remains director-general business sales until the new regional structure is completely rolled out next year ... As part of Crestview Partners' agreement earlier this month to buy what it described as a "significant stake" in cable operator WOW, Jeffrey Marcus, a Crestview partner, named chairman, succeeding Colleen Abdoulah, retiring as chairwoman and remaining on the board, effective Jan. 1 ... Scripps Networks Interactive promotes Senior Vice President Suzanne Underwald to that role for business and legal affairs, content distribution & marketing, new position, which includes some linear and digital operations.
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NPD hires Jeremy Allen, ex-Nielsen, as group president-product ... Raytheon promotes Kevin Neifert, who was chief information officer at its Integrated Defense Systems, to company CIO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding in that job Rebecca Rhoads, who remains president-global business services ... Electronic Frontier Foundation hires Caroline Bokman, ex-California software company and DNA Lounge, as staff accountant, finance and HR team ... Elephant Talk Communications said Gary Brandt, ex-Arbinet, hired as chief restructuring officer; Armin Hessler, formerly co-president, Elephant Talk’s Mobile Platform, promoted to company's chief operating officer; Tim Payne, currently president, ETNA (North American operations), steps down as interim CEO; and Robert Skaff, DiNotte Lighting Hampton, elected director, succeeding Jaime Bustillo ... Lobbyist registrations: CTIA, Ogilvy Government Relations, effective Nov. 3 ... T-Mobile, The Majority Group, effective Nov. 1.