Communications Personals
New America adds ex-White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz as vice president-policy and technology to direct new initiative in public interest technology and to lead the New America National Network, effective April 1 ... SpeedCast hires David Kagan effective in March as chief operating officer from Globalstar, which said separately that effective around then, he leaves as president-COO, will be an adviser and if the job isn't filled, his responsibilities will be assumed by CEO Jay Monroe on an interim basis ... Wireless handset and related device provider SectorSeven adds Todd Montgomery, ex-Verizon Wireless, as president-chief operating officer.
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Microsoft names Kevin Scott to new position of chief technology officer, expanding his role as senior vice president-infrastructure for LinkedIn, which the software company bought ... Ciena Senior Vice President-Chief Operating Officer François Locoh-Donou steps down, effective around March 23 ... New to Towerstream is Ernest Ortega, ex-Colt Technology, as CEO, succeeding interim CEO Philip Urso, who remains on the board ... Univision Communications moves up Rick Resnick to senior vice president-sports partner solutions ... WhiteHat Security names Matthew Handler, ex-Sumo Logic, as senior vice president-global sales ... IDC Government Insights hires Mark Zannoni, ex-Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, as research director-smart cities and transportation, Smart Cities Strategies research service.
Nexstar Media shifts WCWJ Jacksonville, Florida, Vice President-General Manager Marc Hefner to that job at WSAV-TV Savannah, Georgia, and associated digital services; a spokeswoman noted that WCWJ being divested ... Momentum Telecom added Chuck Piazza, ex-West IP, as executive vice president-sales and marketing ... Wazee Digital promotes Greg Loose to chief technology officer ... Joining LegalShield from LegalZoom is Jacob Varghese as vice president-Launch general manager ... Ford hires brand expert Musa Tariq, ex-Apple, as vice president-chief brand officer ... Share Rocket announces Charlie Thomas, ex-Centro, as chief revenue officer ... Xaxis elevates Erik Castillo to president, Latin America.
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Doug Little picked for NARUC board ... Shentel board elects Kenneth Quaglio, Siteworx, a director ... CompTIA said it starts Advisory Council on Cybersecurity with: Jen Ellis, Rapid7; Ari Schwartz, Venable; Bill Wright, Symantec; Jim Harvey, Alston & Bird; Dave Fedorchak, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Corey Schou, Idaho State University; Paul Gupta, Reed Smith; Sean Manning, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; and Scott Scheferman, Cylance ... Lobbyist registrations: FWD.us, Brownstein Hyatt, effective Dec. 19 ... Samsung Electronics America, Bracy Tucker, effective Dec. 7.