Communications Personals

Involta advances Jim Buie to president … RingCentral names Phil Sorgen, ex-Microsoft, chief revenue officer … Skydance Television names Drew Brown, ex-AMC, and Jeff Hegedus, ex-Sony, as executive vice presidents, respectively, physical production and business and legal affairs; and Zack Beckman, ex-Lucid Road Productions, vice president-creative development; promotes Dawn Lach to senior vice president-marketing and publicity and Katherine Morrison to vice president-creative development.

Pritzker Private Capital moves Jeff Carlson to director-technology, new position … Lutz Rathmann returning to Riedel Communications as director, Riedel Group managed technology division, succeeding Kai Houben, moving to wige Solutions … Mitre adds as senior visiting fellows: Daniela Rus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Nadia Schadlow, ex-deputy national security adviser … Sierra Wireless looks to expand board, adding Thomas Linton, from Flex; Martin McCourt, ex-Gemalto; and Mark Twaalfhoven, ex-Pulse Electronics.

Lobbyist registrations: USTelecom, Consilium Consulting on “net neutrality policy,” effective May 1 … Crown Castle, on its own behalf on “communications infrastructure issues relating to broadband deployment, including spectrum policy, tower siting, fiber and small cell policies, [Spectrum Act Section] 6409, 5G and related FCC proceedings,” effective April 28 … Instacart, Harbinger Strategies, effective April 22 … Ligado, The McKeon Group on FCC/DOD jurisdiction over 5G spectrum, effective April 21 … Axis Communications, Capitol Integration on “integration of communications technologies” and “compliance with supply chain standards,” effective April 20 … IT consultancy GovernmentCIO, Beacon Strategies, effective April 20 … Alaska Power and Telephone, Robertson Monagle, effective April 17 … Gogo, Brownstein Hyatt on COVID-19 stimulus legislation, effective April 13 … Microsoft, Mercury Public Affairs, effective April 8 … American Association of Independent Music, NVG on music licensing, competition in music distribution, copyright protection and enforcement, effective April 6 … Yelp, Squire Patton, effective April 6 … Square, Capitol Tax Partners on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (HR-748), effective April 3.

Instacart, Faegre Drinker on support for efforts to expand Agriculture Department’s “pilot program providing online access to [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] benefits,” effective April 2 … Comcast, Robert A. Brady Consulting, effective April 1 … Crown Castle, Waneta Strategies, effective April 1 … DoorDash, Cassidy & Associates on “labor/unemployment, technology, consumer issues, food/restaurant, tax, and the gig economy,” effective April 1 … EHR Data, Horizon Government Affairs, effective April 1 … Google Cloud, The Roosevelt Group on DOD cloud services, effective April 1 … InterDigital, Resolution Public Affairs on “protecting against foreign patent infringement,” effective April 1 … Outfront Media, Mercury Public Affairs, effective April 1 … Satellite company OverHorizon, Cassidy & Associates, effective April 1 … StubHub, on its own behalf, effective April 1 … VMWare, Cassidy & Associates on “5G, cloud and cybersecurity,” effective April 1 … Zoom, Mehlman Castagnetti, effective April 1 … Consumer Data Industry Association, Michael Best Strategies, effective March 27 … TruConnect, Michael Best Strategies, effective March 27.

Facial recognition software company FaceFirst, Atlas Crossing and Hill East Group, effective March 26 … Veritas Technologies, Efrus Federal Advisors, effective March 23 … Ripple Labs, FS Vector on financial IT modernization and “use of emerging payment systems for government relief” amid COVID-19, effective March 22 … Wireless medical tech firm BioTelemetry, Arnold & Porter, effective March 20 … Vodafone, Avisa Partners US, effective March 20 … Uber, Forbes-Tate on HR-748 and other COVID-19 legislation, effective March 18 … QualTek, Beacon Strategies, effective March 16 … Software developer 98point6, Mason Street Consulting, effective March 15 … Micro Electronics, Barnes & Thornburg, effective March 15 … BSA|The Software Alliance, Ice Miller Strategies on artificial intelligence, effective March 10 … Intuit, Gephardt Group Government Affairs, effective March 10 … Shopify, Capitol Counsel on “combating online sale of counterfeit goods, the Communications Decency Act and the automation and delivery of financial services,” effective March 6.

TwinLogic Strategies on behalf of Crown Castle, Winn Strategies, effective March 5 … Crown Castle, TwinLogic Strategies on broadband deployment, effective March 3 … Mavenir, Glover Park Group on “advancing” open radio access network deployment, effective March 3 … Altiostar Networks, Arent Fox on the Utilizing Strategic Allied (USA) Telecommunications Act (HR-6624/S-3189) and FCC appropriations “to implement” the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (HR-4998), effective March 2 … American Telemedicine Association, on its own behalf, effective March 2 … Online travel search company SkyScanner, Kountoupes Denham, effective March 2 … Adobe, Cornerstone Government Affairs, effective March 1 … Black News Channel, Kelsay Strategies on media diversity, effective March 1 … Square, FS Vector, effective March 1 … Tenable, Play-Book Policy, effective March 1 … HackerOne, Steptoe & Johnson, effective Feb. 26.

National Spectrum Consortium, Akin Gump on DOD spectrum, effective Feb. 26 … Oceus Networks, Squire Patton on “communications with senior DoD officials regarding defense 5G procurement policy and program,” effective Feb. 25 … Ligado, American Continental Group, effective Feb. 24 … Amazon Web Services, Franklin Square Group on “cloud computing, cybersecurity, trade, and emerging technology,” effective Feb. 3 … American Telemedicine Association, Faegre Drinker on the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (Connect) for Health Act (HR-4982/S-2741), Telemental Health Expansion Act (HR-5201) and other telemedicine legislation, effective Feb. 1 … Coalition for a Secure and Transparent Internet, Faegre Drinker on “public access to transparent, non-anonymous WHOIS data; domain name system accountability regarding COVID-19 fraud,” effective Feb. 1 … Riot Games, Platinum Advisors DC on data privacy and IP, effective Feb. 1 … Copyright Alliance, on its own behalf on Copyright Office revamp and copyright enforcement, effective Jan. 1, 2020 … NewWave Telecom & Technologies, M.J. Simon & Co., effective Oct. 16, 2019.