Communications Personals
Wireless ISP Association hires Louis Peraertz, ex-FCC Wireless Bureau, as vice president-policy ... FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Chief of Staff Jamie Susskind, leaving agency, reportedly for CTA; she and CTA didn’t confirm that ... Fulcrum Public Affairs, which represents such companies as Google and T-Mobile, hires Aaron Trujillo, ex-Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as vice president ... International Game Developers Association names board member and secretary Renee Gittins executive director, succeeding Jen MacLean; Nika Nour, ex-Entertainment Software Association, succeeds MacLean, as IGDA Foundation executive director.
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AT&T’s WarnerMedia Gerhard Zeiler becomes interim president-ad sales operation; Amit Chaturvedi leads revenue operations, ad innovation, ad product strategy, digital sales planning and digital yield management; Katrina Cukaj, linear strategic planning, research, network partnerships and marketplace image and experience; and Joe Hogan, sales; President-ad sales Donna Speciale and Executive Vice Presidents Frank Sgrizzi, portfolio sales and client relationships, and Dan Riess, Ignite content and data solutions unit, all leaving.
Disney Television Studios restructuring: Jonnie Davis moves up to president, ABC Studios, replacing Patrick Moran, leaving; Carolyn Cassidy ascends to president-creative affairs, 20th Century Fox Television; Josh Sussman moves up to executive vice president-business affairs, ABC Studios, replacing Howard Davine, departing.
California Senate confirms Genevieve Shiroma as public utilities commissioner (see this section, Feb. 4) ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appoints speech language pathologist Kevin Cohen to state Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Board.
Lobbyist registrations: Conduent, State Federal Strategies, effective July 2 ... Artificial intelligence security firm Calypso, Capitol Knowledge, effective July 1 ... Identity management firm Clear, on its own behalf on data privacy and biometrics issues, effective July 1 ... Frequency Electronics, King & Spalding, effective June 26 ... Small satellite wireless provider Ubiquitilink, Carpenter Strategic Consulting, effective June 4 ... SoftBank, on its own behalf on T-Mobile's buy of Sprint, digital infrastructure, AI, privacy and autonomous vehicles, effective June 3 ... Cybersecurity firm Ampex, American Capitol Group, effective June 1 ... Tesla, Fulcrum Public Affairs, effective June 1 ... SoftBank, Subject Matter on a possible federal privacy standard and other tech and telecom legislative issues, effective May 28 ... SoftBank, Fierce Government Relations on T-Mobile/Sprint and commercial space issues, effective May 21 ... Facial and body recognition AI developer AnyVision, Franklin Square Group, effective May 13 ... Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, Franklin Square Group, effective May 6 ... Microsoft, TwinLogic Strategies on broadband and emerging tech issues, effective May 1 ... Rural Media Group, The O Team, effective April 1 ... LinkedIn, TwinLogic Strategies, effective March 20.