Communications Personals
Free Press adding Jessica Gonzalez, leaving National Hispanic Media Coalition, as deputy director-senior counsel, effective Jan. 30 ... Jenner & Block elections to partnership include: Michael Babbitt, Patent Litigation and Counseling and Technology Litigation practices; Alison Stein, Content, Media & Entertainment practice; and Erica Ross, Appellate and Supreme Court; Content, Media and Entertainment; and Government Controversies and Public Policy Litigation practices ... TVFreedom hired Casey Mohan, ex-Hillary for America and NAB, as spokesperson ... Electronic Payments Coalition hires Peter Goelz, ex-Brownstein Hyatt.
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At Comcast, NBCUniversal President-Research and Media Development Alan Wurtzel moves to senior advisory role; NBCU Telemundo Enterprises hires Monica Gil, ex-Nielsen, as executive vice president-corporate affairs, new position; and Ed Brassel is promoted to executive vice president-enterprise business intelligence, Comcast Cable and NBCU ... Numerex said its board has terminated CEO Marc Zionts, unrelated to any "company accounting, internal controls or financial reporting matter." Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Gayron is named interim CEO; and it rehires Kelly Gay, who previously was president-security solutions, as chief operating officer ... Viacom promotes David Lynn to president-CEO, Viacom International Media Networks.
Discovery Communications names Alex Kaplan, ex-NBA, executive vice president-commercial, Eurosport Digital ... Blue Jay Wireless moves Shannon Davis to chief marketing officer ... New at PaySimple: Marc Thompson, ex-Oppenheimer & Co., as chief financial officer ... Illumio hires Jim Yares, ex-Crownpeak, as senior vice president-worldwide field operations ... Syniverse appoints Norris Powell, ex-CSM Bakery Solutions, chief human resources officer, succeeding Leigh Hennen, retired ... Good2bSocial, digital marketing agency for lawyers, names David Brown, ex-ALM Media, chief content officer and Tim Baran, ex-Rocket Matter, chief marketing officer ... Kapor Center for Social Impact hires Ellen Pao, ex-Reddit, as chief diversity and inclusion officer and venture partner at Kapor Capital ... Joining ID Experts is Brent VanLoo, ex-HealthSparq, as chief technology officer.
Time Warner hires Karina Kogan, ex-Participant Media, as senior vice president-digital media and products, TBS and TNT ... Qualcomm moves Larry Paulson to vice president and president-Qualcomm India ... Cobalt Digital elevates to vice presidents Suzana Brady, North and South American sales, and Bob Nicholas, international sales ... Zetta Venture Partners announces angel investor Jocelyn Goldfein as partner ... Carrick Capital Partners names Paul Zolfaghari, ex-MicroStrategy, operating executive ... Fluke Corp. moves Eric Conley to vice president-general manager, Fluke Networks ... New to Tremor Video board: Kevin Thompson, ex-Google’s YouTube Ads.