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Kelley Drye promotions include to special counsel Bradford Currier, Communications, and Donnelly McDowell, Advertising ... Freshfields opening Silicon Valley office with seven founding partners, including Sarah Solum, from Davis Polk, leading office as managing partner; John Fisher from Sidley Austin as head-U.S. technology and life sciences mergers and acquisitions; Boris Feldman from Wilson Sonsini is head-U.S. technology practice; and Doru Gavril also from Wilson Sonsini works on shareholder litigation and government investigations, and clients have included technology and social media companies.
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Recording Academy promotes Shonda Grant to chief people and culture officer ... Craig Thomas, ex-Abzorb, joins Broadband Forum as senior director-strategic marketing ... Its $1.4 billion purchase of Sprint's Boost Mobile complete (see 2007010017), Dish Network says John Swieringa, group president-retail wireless and chief operating officer, Dish, to lead Boost Mobile ... Motorola Solutions promotes Jason Winkler to executive vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding Gino Bonanotte, retiring at year's end.
ViacomCBS hires from Amazon Naveen Chopra for executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Aug. 10, succeeding Christina Spade, moving to advisory role after Q2 call ... SentinelOne cybersecurity platform adds Patty Trexler, ex-Tanium, as vice president-government, healthcare and education ... Digital River promotes Ted Rogers to chief marketing officer.
CTIA's new chairman is David Christopher, AT&T Mobility, who moves up on the board as outgoing CTIA Chairman Ken Meyers retiring as U.S. Cellular president-CEO; Christopher succeeded by Slayton Stewart, Carolina West Wireless, becoming the group's vice chairman ... Ciena adds to board Hassan Ahmed, who was chairman-CEO of Affirmed Networks, which Microsoft bought in April.