Communications Personals
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross names Patent and Trademark Office Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal to perform functions and duties of under secretary-IP and director, PTO; Michelle Lee resigned (see 1706060067) ... CSRA Chief of Staff Christian Marrone adds senior vice president title ... Stateside Associates adds Kiley Smith, ex-Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, to State and Local Government Issue Management practice as senior political consultant.
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Time Warner promotes Amit Chaturvedi to Turner executive vice president-revenue operations and product management ... Leidos adds Jerald Howe, ex-Fried Frank, as executive vice president-general counsel, succeeding Vincent Maffeo, retiring effective July 15 ... Cybersecurity company Lookout hires Vijaya Kaza, ex-FireEye, as chief development officer, and Wim van Campen, ex-McAfee, as vice president-European sales ... TierPoint promotes Kenny Ash to vice president-channel ... Electronic sports and gaming company aXiomatic adds Jeff Vinik, Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm, as investor, co-executive chairman and voting manager.
Mozilla’s new tech policy fellows include: Gigi Sohn, ex-FCC and now with affiliations at Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy and Open Society Foundations; Alan Davidson, ex-Commerce Department; Amina Fazlullah, ex-Benton Foundation; Camille Fischer, ex-National Economic Council; Caroline Holland, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division; Terah Lyons, ex-Office of Science and Technology Policy; Jason Schultz, professor at NYU Technology Law & Policy Clinic; and Cori Zarek, senior fellow leading Tech Policy Fellows team and liaison with the Mozilla Foundation.
Among nominations sent to the Senate by President Donald Trump: Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Kirkland & Ellis to be assistant attorney general-environment and natural resources, plus various appointments to district and appellate court judgeships not including on D.C. Circuit ... Lobbyist registrations: Bsquare Corp., The Petrizzo Group, effective June 1 ... CompTIA Certifications, Plurus Strategies, effective May 1 ... J.A. Green and Co. on behalf of Tanium, Hettinger Strategy Group, effective June 1.