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U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute board promotes Jim O’Connor to president ... PCTel said: Chairman-CEO Marty Singer retiring from those positions, effective Jan. 2, and will be vice chairman until later in 2017; David Neumann, leader of company's RF Solutions business, promoted to CEO, effective in January; at that time, board member Steve Levy becomes chairman; and Jeff Miller, senior vice president-global sales and services, RF Solutions, promoted to succeed Neumann as its general manager ... Palo Alto Networks hires David Colberg, ex-EMC, which was bought by Dell, as senior director-government affairs ... Electronic Frontier Foundation promotes Camille Ochoa to coordinator-grassroots advocacy.
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MDA Information Systems, geospatial and advanced information provider to governments and others, hires Don Schaefer, ex-Noblis, as president, reporting to interim CEO Jerry Agee, and effective in two or three months, Schaefer succeeds Agee, who retires ... Sonar Entertainment said it's expanding global sales organization, including: Carol Eymery, ex-Lionsgate International, appointed executive vice president-international distribution, Europe, Middle East and Africa; Kylie Munnich, ex-Sky Vision, joining as senior vice president-international distribution, "Australasia"; Roberta Ibba-Hartog, ex-Lionsgate UK, hired as senior vice president-international distribution, Europe, Middle East and Africa; Andres Santos, ex-Televisa USA, named vice president-international distribution, Latin America, Brazil and Hispanic North America; and Vice President Patrick Phelan is in that job for international distribution, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
RTX, voice, call center and SMS exchange hub, appoints Alex Mashinsky, VoIP expert, as global CEO ... Salesforce says Tony Prophet, ex-Microsoft and now on Gannett's board, joins company, named chief equality officer, effective Sept. 26 ... National Amusements, parent of CBS and Viacom, promotions to senior vice president include Duncan Short for operations ... DigiCert, IoT authentication provider, promotes Flavio Martins to chief operating officer ... Spyr, mobile game and app developer, adds Johannes Rolf, ex-ad2games, as vice president-marketing.
Center for Democracy & Technology adds to board: Julie Brill, Hogan Lovells; Carl Landwehr, George Washington University Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute; and Mark Seifert, Brunswick Group privacy and data security practice ... Elected to Interactive Advertising Bureau Data Center of Excellence board is Rebecca Schlachter, Valassis Digital ... ComScore Executive Vice Chairman Serge Matta resigning, effective Oct. 10, and director William Katz resigning, effective Oct. 30, because his new employer required him to resign from directorships that could potentially be a conflict of interest, comScore said in an SEC filing.