Communications Personals
Dentons hires from McGuireWoods Michael Drobac as principal and Gregory Walden as partner, Public Policy practice; they have worked on emerging technologies, online travel, e-commerce, IT services and internet platforms ... Phillips Lytle hires Darren Fernandez as associate; he focuses on telecom and is ex-FCC Wireline Bureau attorney-adviser ... Staff Assistant Ovonda Walker leaving Mike O’Rielly's FCC office for similar post in Office of Bureau Chief, Public Safety Bureau.
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CBS promotes Bryon Rubin to chief operating officer-CBS Entertainment Group, where he also remains chief financial officer ... Firstlight Media names Bal O’Neil, ex-QuickPlay that's the predecessor of Firstlight and most recently she was at Evergent, as vice president-solutions engineering; Eric Goldstein, ex-Disney-ABC, as head-business development; and John Ferrandino, ex-Amagi, becomes head-sales.
Mimecast taps Jonathan Corini, ex-Forescout Technologies, as senior vice president-global channel sales ... Shift5 cybersecurity company taps Scott Shreve from Opaq Networks as head-product ... Pixelworks hires Alan Zhou, from An Xin Capital and ex-Qualcomm, as executive vice president-president, Pixelworks China ... Clinc artificial-intelligence researcher hires John Lichtenberg, ex-Park West Gallery, as chief marketing officer.
Space Force Association says Reps. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo.; Kendra Horn, D-Okla.; Brian Babin, R-Texas; Jason Crow, D-Colo; Michael Waltz, R-Fla.; and Charlie Crist, D-Fla., start Space Force Caucus in the U.S. House ... Continental Automated Buildings Association appoints Trevor Deters, Steelcase's Smart + Connected category, to its board ... U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Japan Business Council elects Doug Peterson, S&P Global CEO, as its chairman for two-year term, succeeding Chuck Robbins, Cisco chief.