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K&L Gates hires Jeffrey Gargano from Morgan Lewis as partner, Intellectual Property Litigation Practice; his work includes technology, regulatory, patent and antitrust issues ... Mike Schroepfer says he decides to step down as Facebook chief technology officer, being succeeded by Andrew Bosworth "at some point in 2022"; CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Schroepfer becomes platform's first senior fellow and Bosworth continues leading Facebook Reality Labs and overseeing augmented reality and virtual reality.
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BlackBerry hires John Giamatteo, ex-McAfee president-chief revenue officer, as president of its cybersecurity business, effective Oct. 4; Tom Eacobacci steps down as BlackBerry president-chief operating officer, effective Oct. 29 ... Virgin Galactic hires Disney’s Aparna Chitale as chief people officer, effective Sept. 30 ... Socure taps Symphony’s Scott Slipy, also ex-Microsoft and Cisco, as chief people officer.
Griffin Communications CEO David Griffin named to NAB TV board by panel's Chair Perry Sook ... Writers Guild of America West newly elects for 2021 President Meredith Stiehm; Vice President Michele Mulroney; and Secretary-Treasurer Betsy Thomas; to board for two-year terms Marjorie David, Dailyn Rodriguez and Adam Conover; and Nicholas Mariani for one-year term, filling vacancy created by Thomas’ move ... Tower Family Foundation appoints to board Bud Noel, American Tower, and Patrick Murphy, Murphy Tower Service.