Communications Personals
Intelsat hires Jacques Kerrest, ex-DPC Data, as executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Alston & Bird hired Ted Schroeder, ex-aide to Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., as counsel-Legislative & Public Policy Group; he has worked on intellectual property and telecom issues ... Grant Thornton hires cybersecurity expert Vishal Chawla as managing principal-Cyber Risk Advisory Services practice ... Sky board appoints James Murdoch chairman, to succeed Nicholas Ferguson when he departs as chairman and director at the end of April; Martin Gilbert appointed deputy chairman; Andrew Sukawaty re-assumes his former role as senior independent director ... Damballa hires Dale Gonzalez, ex-Concurrent, as chief product officer.
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Intel promotes to senior vice presidents: Wendell Brooks, also president, Intel Capital, who will lead Strategic Transactions Group; and Steven Fund, also chief marketing officer; to corporate vice presidents: Peng Bai, co-director, Logic Technology Development in Technology and Manufacturing Group; Brice Hill and Christina Min, both of whom are group controllers, Corporate Finance organization; Matthew Smith, director, HR Business and Employee Solutions; Weng Kuan Tan, general manager, Client Computing Group, China; and Jason Waxman, general manager, Cloud Platforms Group in Data Center Group.
Telecommunications Industry Association said 2016 board officers include: Mark Walker, Walker & Associates, as chairman; David Heard, Heard Consulting, first vice chairman; Joyce Mullen, Dell, second vice chairwoman; Jennifer Sims, Power and Telephone Supply, treasurer; and Glenn Laxdal, Ericsson, secretary; and among those to board for three years are Betty Manetta, Argent Associates, Jeff Campbell, Cisco, Gary Niederpruem, Emerson Network Power, Dan Pigott, Henkels & McCoy, Charles Vogt, Imagine Communications, Victoria Obenshain, Panasonic, and Fred Yentz, Telit ... Lobbyist registrations: American Public Power Association, Advanced Policy Consulting, effective Jan. 6 ... T-Mobile, American Continental Group, effective Nov. 1 ... TwinLogic Strategies on behalf of Carolina West Wireless, Winn Strategies, effective Dec. 1, and on behalf of Intel, effective Nov. 9, and on behalf of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition, effective Nov. 17 ... Microstrategy, Podesta Group, effective Oct. 30.