Communications Personals
Mitchell Silberberg elects partners as firm co-chairs Lucia Coyoca, entertainment industry litigation expert; David Steinberg of entertainment and IP litigation practice; and Greg Hessinger, former executive director of American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and of Screen Actors Guild; they succeed Kevin Gaut and Nimish Patel, who remain at the firm and return to their full-time practices ... At US Ignite, Joe Kochan decides to step down as CEO and remains on the board; Nick Maynard moves up to CEO; Nancy Jemison advances to chief financial officer; and Mari Silbey ascends to director, Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Program.
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Autodesk's Pascal Di Fronzo retires as executive vice president-corporate affairs and chief legal officer, effective in December ... CSG promotes Liz Bauer to executive vice president-chief marketing and customer officer ... Boston Consulting Group elects Head-Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East Christoph Schweizer next CEO, effective Oct. 1, succeeding Rich Lesser, who moves to global chair.
Expedia appoints from Verizon Media Rathi Murthy as chief technology officer-president, Expedia Services; board member Jon Gieselman from Apple as president, Expedia Brands; ex-President, Platform & Marketplaces John Kim becomes president, Expedia Marketplace; and Ariane Gorin named president of newly formed Expedia for Business; President, Travel Partners Group Cyril Ranque; President and co-Lead-Marketing Adam Jay; and President-Retail Product and Technology Tucker Moodey all departing.
Disney elects ex-Cisco executive Amy Chang and lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald to its board ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance newly elects to its board Scott Carpenter, UPS; Kurt MacDonald, Radio One; and Tim Totten, ex-UPS, honorary board member ... Payability adds venture capitalist Andy Sack and Silicon Valley Connect’s Ellen Levy to its board ... ChargePoint adds Susan Heystee, ex-Verizon Connect, to its board, replacing Neil Suslak, stepping down.
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