Communications Personals
Comcast promotes Kathy Zachem to executive vice president-regulatory and state legislative affairs ... Megan Pollock moves up to Samsung Electronics America vice president-strategic communications ... Rubicon Project hires Michael Barrett, ex-Millennial Media, acquired by Verizon's AOL, as CEO; Frank Addante continues with company as founder-chairman ... Information Technology Industry Council hires Naomi Wilson, ex-Department of Homeland Security, as director-global policy for China, with additional responsibilities on policy throughout Asia.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
DarkLight moves Shawn Riley, a senior adviser to the cybersecurity analytics firm, to chief data officer ... Zinwave, providing wideband distributed network solutions for in-building wireless, names Mike Russell, ex- Future Telecom, chief financial officer ... Stratix rejoined by Gary Lee, ex-chief marketing officer there and previously CEO at InReality; he becomes chief solutions officer, reporting to CEO Gina Gallo ... Amplero, artificial intelligence marketer, hires Andrew Toner, ex-Microsoft, as chief technology officer ... iPayment adds Denise Tahali, ex-First Data, as senior vice president-ISO and direct agent sales ... Rambus appoints as fellows Helena Handschuh, cryptographer, and Thomas Vogelsang, DRAM expert.
FirstNet adds to board Kathy Kraninger, Office of Management and Budget, and David Hess, Department of Homeland Security ... Advertising Research Foundation, which last week said it named ex-Chairman Scott McDonald, whose past employers include Time Inc. and Time Warner, president-CEO, according to comScore Wednesday announced that company's Josh Chasin elected to the ARF board ... Microsoft adds Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, which the software company acquired, to its board ... Newly started Endeavor Atlanta, focused on job growth and startups, includes on its board co-Chairman and WebMD founder Jeff Arnold, and directors CNN's Sanjay Gupta, and Duncan O'Brien, Cox Enterprises; and new office run by Aaron Hurst, hired from Ceridian.