Communications Personals
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council hires Rikin Thakker; a spokeswoman for the group said he remains at RF Academics, which he co-founded, in a consulting capacity and previously had been president; at MMTC, he is vice president-telecommunications and spectrum policy and the lead content developer for its Department of Labor contract with the National Urban League and the Wireless Infrastructure Association; the MMTC spokeswoman said Thakker succeeds Nicol Turner-Lee, who joined the Brookings Institution (see this section in the Nov. 8 edition of this publication) ... Cable One board promotes President-Chief Operating Officer Julie Laulis to CEO and a director, effective Jan. 1; she will continue as president; Laulis succeeds CEO-Chairman Tom Might, who remains as executive chairman.
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Imagine Communications Labs will be led by Peter Riordan, ex-Encompass Digital Media, and Imagine moves include promoting: Ajay Kapoor to lead global services; Sarah Foss to chief product officer; and Chris Sjerven to vice president-operations ... Rockwell Automation names Becky House, ex-Harley-Davidson, as senior vice president-general counsel-secretary, effective Jan. 3, succeeding Douglas Hagerman, retiring ... Joining ClearForce is Tom Miller, ex-ALI Solutions, as CEO ... TiVo Senior Director-International Marketing Charles Dawes to keynote MESA Europe conference Jan. 18 in London ... Visteon elects James Barrese, ex-PayPal chief technology officer, to its board.
FCC said it named to Universal Service Administrative Co. board: Joel Lubin, AT&T, consultant, representative for incumbent LECs; Robert Bocher, consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, for libraries eligible to receive discounts under some commission rules; representing such schools is Daniel Domenech, American Association of School Administrators; Cynthia Kinser, deputy Tennessee attorney general, for state consumer advocates; Matt Gerst, CTIA, for wireless carriers; and for cable operators, Beth Choroser, Comcast ... TechNet adds to Executive Council Aaron Levie, Box, and Greg Becker, Silicon Valley Bank ... Elected at Liberty Interactive is Richard Barton, Zillow Group, to the board.