Communications Personals
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association promotes Hill Thomas to vice president-legislative affairs ... Matt Handverger, press secretary for Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., named communications director for Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., effective Aug 16 ... Charter Communications promotes Jodi Robinson to executive vice president-digital platforms and Jake Perlman to executive vice president-software development and information technology.
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Activision Blizzard promotes Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra to co-leaders, Blizzard Entertainment; Blizzard President Allen Brack leaving the studio ... Yieldmo hires Walmart’s Melissa Gallo as senior vice president-global exchange operations ... Tech:NYC Executive Director Julie Samuels steps down, says she will remain on the board ... SentinelOne adds ex-Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki to its board.
As part of completion of AT&T spinoff of its U.S. video distribution business and TPG Capital's investment (see 2108020063), DirecTV board includes DirecTV CEO Bill Morrow and additional voting members Steve McGaw and Thaddeus Arroyo, appointed by AT&T, and David Trujillo and John Flynn, appointed by TPG ... App development company OutSystems adds Atlassian Vice President-Product Anu Bharadwaj to its board.
Lobbyist registrations: Ligado, Capitol City Group on “satellite communications and spectrum,” effective July 1 … Lyca Tel, Thompson Advisory Group, effective July 1 … PayPal, Capitol Chambers Strategies on mobile payments, cybersecurity and technology, effective July 1 … Cybersecurity software developer Viakoo, Pillsbury Winthrop on “cybersecurity technology acquisition” and “cybersecurity legislative proposals,” effective July 1 … Wi-Fiber, Foley & Lardner, effective July 1 … Aviat Networks, GuidePost Strategies, effective June 29 … Intuit, Ice Miller Strategies, effective June 21 … National Spectrum Consortium, Alpine Group Partners on “dual-use benefits of 5G and beyond prototyping” and “civil and military spectrum challenges and solutions,” effective June 21.
Additional lobbyist registrations: Shipt, on its own behalf, effective June 21 … Computer & Communications Industry Association, King & Spaulding on “national security issues arising from tech industry antitrust bills,” effective June 18 … ​Technetics Group Daytona, Flagship Government Affairs on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S-1260) and other bills to expand “domestic manufacturing for semiconductor industry,” effective June 18 … Amazon.com Services, Holland & Knight, effective June 15 … American Innovation -- The AI Project, Miller Strategies on S-1260, effective June 15 … America’s Public Television Stations, Baker Donelson, effective June 15.