Communications Personals
Wilkinson Barker hires ex-FCC member Kathleen Abernathy, most recently at Frontier Communications, to return to the law firm, as special counsel, and she may work with clients in sectors including in media, communications and technology ... Towerstream names Laura Thomas, ex-TNCI, as chief financial officer, succeeding Frederick Larcombe ... Ex-Bose veteran Pete Ogley named chief operating officer at Sennheiser ... Discovery Communications moves up Donna D'Alessandro to senior vice president-programming, Discovery Channel and Animal Planet ... Comcast adds J.D. Keller, ex-ADT, as regional vice president, Twin Cities region.
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Nexstar Media appoints at Nexstar Digital Tony Katsur, ex-Sonobi, as senior vice president-platform and also to a new post Michael Kestenbaum, ex-IAC, to senior vice president-strategy and corporate development ... Polycom moves up Amy Barzdukas to executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... Leaving Ericsson: Senior Vice President/Head-Market Area North America Rima Qureshi; succeeding her on acting basis is Niklas Heuveldop, senior vice president-chief strategy officer/head-technology and emerging business.
BluVector adds Robert Carr, CEO of Beyond and founder of Heartland Payment Systems, to its board ... Utilities Technology Council board OKs officers for 2017-18 board-year, including: Kathy Nelson, Great River Energy, as chairwoman; outgoing chairman is Matt Schnell, Nebraska Public Power District; Roger Bryant, Southern Co., as vice chairman; and Greg Angst, CenterPoint Energy, secretary/treasurer ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance newly elected directors include: Hal Herron, Performance Innovators; Robert McGowan of Ledgewood, New Jersey; Scott Schoepel, Motorola Solutions; Scott Skibness, Harris Corp.; and Geno Viviano, Communications International.