Former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright leaves post as George Mason University Law School professor to become founding partner of Lodestar Law and Economics … FTI Consulting names Michael Driscoll, former FBI assistant director-New York, senior managing director-cybersecurity … EchoStar President-CEO Hamid Akhavan will fill those roles in the combined Dish Network and EchoStar company when the acquisition closes by year-end (see 2308080009); Charlie Ergen, current chairman of both Dish and EchoStar, will become executive chairman; Dish Wireless President-Chief Operating Officer John Swieringa will become president-technology and COO; and Dish President-CEO Erik Carlson will continue in those roles until he departs the business at the closing of the transaction.
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National CineMedia, newly emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, names Lauren Zalaznick, former Comcast NBCUniversal executive vice president-chair, entertainment and digital networks, chair; other new board members: Bernadette Aulestia, former HBO president-global distribution; Nicholas Bell, current Fanatics Live CEO and former head-product, Google Search Experience; former Standard General partner David Glazek; Juliana Hill, former iHeartMedia senior vice president-liquidity and asset management; current Blantyre Capital partner Tiago Lourenco; Jean-Philippe Maheu, former Twitter global vice president-client solutions and advertising sales; and Attention Capital CEO Joe Marchese, former Fox Networks Group president-advertising revenue.
Emerson promotes Nick Piazza to chief people officer, succeeding Elizabeth Adefioye, departed ... Cohesity, data security company, names Informatica’s Eric Brown CFO and former Google Cloud Vice President-Engineering Srinivasan Murari chief development officer ... Sisense, analytics tools company, hires Gloat’s Ayala Michelson as chief products and technology officer, and general manager-Israeli operation ... ConnexPay, end-to-end payments platform, names PayPal’s George Hansen chief revenue officer.
Hallmark Media says President-CEO Wonya Lucas will leave at year’s end … Valor Capital Group, growth equity firm focused on U.S., Brazilian and Latin American tech markets, adds SoftBank’s Paulo Passoni as a managing partner ... Sierra Space promotes Jen Splaingard to senior vice president-engineering and test ... Anyline, mobile data capture and data insights company, taps AT&S CFO Petra Preining as its first chairperson ... Boomi, intelligent connectivity platform, names Sean Wechter, ex-Benefitfocus, chief information officer.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise says Tarek Robbiati will depart as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Aug. 25, to become CEO of RingCentral, where he has been a board member since December; Jeremy Cox, HPE senior vice president-corporate controller and chief tax officer, becomes interim CFO during search for Robbiati’s permanent replacement; current RingCentral CEO Vlad Shmunis will become executive chairman; RingCentral President-Chief Operating Officer Mo Katibeh will depart, but advises through transition ... Synopsys names Trimble CEO Rob Painter to board … Former Sierra Wireless CEO Philip Brace joins Lantronix board.