Communications Personals
FCC personnel moves: Jean Kiddoo moves to Incentive Auction Task Force as deputy chairwoman-transition; Kiddoo is succeeded as deputy Wireless Bureau chief by Suzanne Tetreault; Tetreault is succeeded as Office of General Counsel deputy general counsel by Jennifer Tatel, who also remains the office's chief of staff; and at that office John Williams expands role, named senior counselor to the general counsel ... Norm Leventhal, ex-Holland & Knight, now is principal at Leventhal Law Group and counsel to AvaLerroux law firm ... AT&T hires as directors-global public policy Lisl Brunner, ex-Global Network Initiative, to work on privacy issues, and Sarah Geffroy, ex-Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, to work on issues including cybersecurity.
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Hemlock Semiconductor names Mark Bassett, from Dow Chemical -- which with Corning owns part of Hemlock -- chairman-CEO, succeeding Denise Beachy, named commercial director-Europe, Middle East, Africa and India for Dow’s Elastomers, and Electrical and Telecommunications business ... VRstudios hires Kevin Vitale, ex-NetSteps, as executive vice president-international operations ... Mer Telemanagement Solutions hires Orey Gilliam, internet and mobile industry consultant, as CEO, succeeding Lior Salansky ... Marvell Technology hires Chris Koopmans, ex-Citrix Systems, as executive vice president-marketing and sales.
KVH Industries hires John McCarthy, ex-Ernst & Young, as interim chief financial officer, succeeding Peter Rendall, leaving to pursue other opportunities after 30-day transition ... Cox Enterprises hires Andrea Lawson, ex-NCR, as vice president-talent and organization development ... IRobot moves Christian Cerda to chief operating officer ... Actility, low-power wide area network and IoT firm, hires Mike Mulica, technology executive, as CEO ... Coalfire hires Patrick Kehoe, ex-Arxan, as chief marketing officer.
BAE Systems adds to board for three-year term John Campbell, retired Army general ... Vuzix, supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses, names Paul Boris, GE Digital, to board ... Lobbyist registrations: Information Technology Industry Council, Mehlman Castagnetti, effective April 15 ... Siemens, Forbes-Tate, effective April 15 ... Lewis-Burke Associates LLC on behalf of California Institute of Technology, Pinnacle Engineering and Management Solutions, effective Jan. 1.