Communications Personals
CTIA hires Becky Relic, ex-Live Nation, as senior vice president-public affairs and communications, effective June 20 ... Frontier Communications hires Michael Saperstein, ex-FCC Public Safety Bureau Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, as vice president-regulatory affairs ... Internet Association hires Ari Giovenco, ex-U.S. Trade Representative's office, as director-trade and international policy, and promotes Abigail Slater to general counsel ... Robins Kaplan hires Breton Bocchieri, ex-Novak Druce, as partner, Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Group ... IABM hires Fernando Lopez Cisneros, ex-Grass Valley, as director-Europe, new position ... Stratasys CEO David Reis decides to step down, effective June 30, will remain an executive director and is succeeded by board member Ilan Levin.
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Internet Association hires Ari Giovenco, ex-U.S. Trade Representative's office, as director-trade and international policy, and promotes Abigail Slater to general counsel ... Accenture promotes Debbie Polishook to group CEO-Accenture Operations, succeeding Mike Salvino, leaving to join technology-business investment firm Carrick Capital Partners; Manish Sharma is promoted to succeed Polishook as group operating officer-Accenture Operations; and changes are effective Sept. 1 ... Verve hires Melanie Kalemba, ex-BigCommerce, as senior vice president-general manager, Verve Enterprise, new position ... Wireless Telecom Group hires Christian Newton, ex-TE Connectivity, as vice president-sales, Americas, expanding Network Solutions and Microlab Subsidiary Sales team ... Fitbit board adds Laura Alber, Williams-Sonoma, and Glenda Flanagan, Whole Foods Market ... Boingo Wireless adds to board Maury Austin, adviser to tech businesses; David Cutrer, Kumu Networks; and Kathleen Misunas, Essential Ideas, the company said, as part of an agreement with Ides Capital Management and Legion Partners Asset Management.