Communications Personals
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) names Genevieve Shiroma to California Public Utilities Commission, replacing Carla Peterman, retiring ... AT&T promotes Trey Rabon to state president-North Carolina, succeeding Venessa Harrison, now president-Georgia ... Federal Street Strategies hires Derron Parks, ex-Samsung Electronics, as senior strategist ... Spectrum Consortium taps Sasha Javid, ex-Hogan Lovells, as chief operating officer.
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CenturyLink adds cybersecurity customer relationship with Homeland Security Department for Zain Ahmed, vice president-general manager of federal civilian and law enforcement sales, and promotes Meg Coker to senior director-government strategy and Barbara Farnham to senior director and general manager for special programs sales and account management, with responsibility for customer relationship with intelligence community and agencies performing national security missions.
Viacom announces agreement to acquire Pluto TV for $340 million in cash (see 1901230029), says Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan continues in that role upon closing ... Discovery names AviSaxena, ex-Amazon Marketplace, chief technology officer-direct-to-consumer ... Nickelodeon expands role of Paula Kaplan, executive vice president-talent and development, Viacom Digital Studios, to now also oversee talent-Nickelodeon ... Mozilla names Roxi Wen, from Elo Touch Solutions, chief financial officer.
Korn Ferry announces Justin Gilbert, ex-Honeywell, as senior client partner-global technology and global marketing ... Contegix appoints Brad Hokamp, ex-Anexinet, CEO, succeeding David Turner ... Hotwire appoints Chris Paxton, ex-The Leading Edge, chief strategy officer ... Attivo Networks adds Chris Roberts, ex-Lares, as chief security strategist.
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates appoints Willie Phillips, Public Service Commission of District of Columbia, to board ... Synchronoss Technologies elects MohanGyani, ex-AT&T Wireless Mobility, to board.