Communications Personals
Georgia Public Service Commission unanimously elects Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald as chair for a two-year term, succeeding Commissioner Stan Wise, resigned from the commission (see 1802210022), succeeded by Tricia Pridemore, tech and workforce development expert, added to the PSC after Gov. Nathan Deal (R) appointed her to finish Wise's term through Dec. 31 ... WTA promotes in Washington office Derrick Owens to senior vice president-government and industry affairs and Eric Keber to succeed him vice president-government affairs.
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ICANN Senior Vice President-Global Communications Duncan Burns leaves at the end of March, after ICANN61 conference; his deputy, Senior Director ​Gwen Carlson for now runs Communications and Language Services, and Vice President-Stakeholder Engagement, North America and Global Business Engagement Chris Mondini leads U.S. government engagement; Senior Vice President-Chief Technology Officer David Conrad continues running Information Transparency Initiative.
ESync Alliance names Rick Kreifeldt, founder and president of Motoforza, executive director ... Ipswitch advances Michael Grossi to CEO; Chief Financial Officer Kevin Bisson was interim CEO ... Digital products and solutions company Tavant hires Atul Varshneya, ex-Samsung, as head of its artificial intelligence practice ... Tegna board changes: Howard Elias moves up to non-executive chairman, replacing Marjorie Magner, retiring; Stuart Epstein, ex-Evolution Media and NBCUniversal, joins board ... Mellanox adds to board Steve Sanghi, Microchip Technology, and Umesh Padval, Thomvest Ventures.
Telecommunications Industry Association starts Edge Data Center Working Group; executive committee members are Rebecca Hunter, Crown Castle, chair of working group; Don Duet, Vapor IO, chair of Whitepaper Committee; and Don Byrne, Metrix411, chair of 942 Edge Integration Committee ... ATSC board names LG Electronics consultant Madeleine Noland to chair its Technology Group 3, committee responsible for framing and implementing ATSC 3.0, effective with the May 22 TG3 meeting, succeeding Rich Chernock, Triveni Digital.
Lobbyist registrations: Securus, Holland & Knight, effective Jan. 30 ... Lyft, InSight Public Affairs, effective Jan. 23 ... Akamai Technologies, Monument Policy Group, effective Jan. 15 ... Univision, Peck Madigan, effective Jan. 2 ... SAS Institute, Monument Policy Group, effective Jan. 1 ... T-Mobile USA, InSight Public Affairs, effective Jan. 1.