Communications Personals
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks names William Davenport, ex-Ligado, chief of staff-senior legal adviser for wireless and international issues, replacing acting chief of staff-legal adviser Daudeline Meme, returning to International Bureau as deputy chief, Telecom & Analysis Division ... NPD Group hires Gina Pingitore, ex-Deloitte, as senior vice president-research and innovation.
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DoCoMo Digital advances Jonathan Kriegel to CEO, effective April 1, succeeding Hiroyuki Sato, returns to NTT DoCoMo to assume responsibility for developing new business ... Lumentum appoints Wajid Ali, ex-Synaptics, executive vice president-chief financial officer, in place of interim CFO Christopher Coldren ... Walmart adds NBCUniversal International Chairman Cesar Conde to board and its audit and technology and e-commerce committees.
Interactive Advertising Bureau expands memberships to include brand leaders, with Hubble's Jesse Horwitz first such person to join board; new officers are Chairman Rik van der Kooi, Microsoft Advertising, and Vice Chairman Troy Young, Hearst; other new directors are Brad Bender, Google; Krishan Bhatia, NBC Universal; Gina Garrubbo, National Public Media; Jeremi Gorman, Snap; Steve Horowitz, Ziff Davis; Julie Jacobs, Verizon Media; Craig Kostelic, Conde Nast; Danielle Lee, Spotify; Shailesh Prakash, The Washington Post; Seb Tomich, The New York Times; Abbey Thomas, Tremor Video; and Jon Werther, Meredith National Media Group.