Communications Personals
Howard Symons said Friday was his last day as FCC general counsel ... Harris Wiltshire hires Roy Austin, ex-White House Domestic Policy Council, as partner, litigation and data practices ... Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson rejoins Paul, Weiss as partner, Litigation Department ... Akin Gump adds: Kevin Wolf, ex-Bureau of Industry and Security, as partner, international trade practice; he is joined by Steve Emme, ex-aide to then-Assistant Secretary Wolf.
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National Wireless Safety Alliance picked Duane MacEntee, from Barker MacEntee, where he remains as well, as executive director, succeeding Chuck Slagle, retired as executive director and taking "a consultancy role within the alliance"; Shelly Trego, ex-National Association of Tower Erectors, named executive administrator; Clint Cook, who remains safety director at Centerline Solutions, is practical examiner accreditation program instructor; and NWSA moves to Fairfax, Virginia, as its headquarters, from Watertown, South Dakota ... 21st Century Fox hires Jim Fielding, ex-DreamWorks Animation, as president-consumer products and innovation, Fox Television Group, Twentieth Century Fox Film and FX Networks.
Scientific Systems, advanced intelligent and autonomous systems firm, names Owen Brown, ex-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, vice president-research and development, responsible for operations in the National Capital Region ... Crown Media hires Samantha DiPippo, ex-Lifetime Networks, as vice president-development ... Joining Time Warner is Jenny Ramirez, ex-Irwin Entertainment, as vice president-unscripted programming, TBS and TNT ... Helios and Matheson Analytics name Chairman Theodore Farnsworth CEO, succeeding Pat Krishnan, named chief innovation officer, new position ... Boku appoints Gillian Davies, ex-Banner Managed Communication, chief financial officer ... Tangoe appoints Dhesi Ananchaperumal, ex-Dell EMC, executive vice president-engineering ... Yext said Jim Steele, ex-InsideSales, is leaving board to join the company full time as president-chief revenue officer, and it hired David Rudnitsky, ex-InsideSales and others, as executive vice president-North American enterprise sales.
Anti-Phishing Working Group new board members: Brad Wardman, PayPal; Dave Piscitello, ICANN; and Pat Cain, Cooper-Cain Group ... As his company invests in the streaming music firm (see 1701230023), Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is joining Tidal’s board, the carrier said ... Ethernet Alliance said its 2017 board has: John D’Ambrosia, Huawei, as chairman; Scott Kipp, Brocade, president; Mark Nowell, Cisco, vice president; David Rodgers, Teledyne LeCroy, marketing chairman; and on board Craig Carlson, Cavium; David Chalupsky, Intel; Yong Kim, Broadcom; and Greg McSorley, Amphenol ... Named IEEE fellow is Yong Liu, New York University and NYU Wireless.