Communications Personals
FairPoint Communications appoints Bruce Metge, ex-Hillcrest Laboratories, executive vice president-chief legal officer ... Charter Communications announces Tom Montemagno, ex-Cablevision, which was bought by Altice, is executive vice president-programming acquisition ... Holland & Knight adds David Kully, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division, as partner, litigation practice ... TwinLogic Strategies announces Debra Dixon, ex-Dixon Avecilla, joined the firm ... Discovery Communications appoints Ralph Rivera, ex-BBC, managing director-Eurosport Digital, new position, effective Sept. 26 ... Skorpios Technologies adds Brian Griffiths, ex-Guggenheim Partners, as chief financial officer ... Connect First, software as a service telecom and cloud contact center software firm, said Steve Bederman, by mutual agreement of the board, is no longer CEO; board starts an Executive Management Committee led by President Richard Manulkin and Chairman-Chief Information Officer Geoff Mina.
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IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications hires Nick Taluja, ex-SK hynix and Texas Instruments, as vice president-worldwide sales ... Dolby Labs hires Simon Gauntlett, chief technology officer at U.K.'s Digital TV Group, as director-imaging standards and technology, effective Oct. 1 ... On FTC Performance Review Board, agency said in Tuesday's Federal Register, are: Executive Director David Robbins, also ex-FCC; acting FTC General Counsel David Shonka; Competition Bureau Director Deborah Feinstein; Consumer Bureau Director Jessica Rich; and Economics Bureau Deputy Director Michael Vita ... Lobbyist registrations: AT&T, Carpenter Strategic Consulting, effective Aug. 1 ...CTIA and Verizon, Carpenter Strategic Consulting, effective Aug. 31.