Charter Communications Senior Executive Vice President David Ellen moves to an advisory role to President-CEO Chris Winfrey beginning Dec. 1 ... The Cybersecurity Studio adds Edna Conway, retired former Microsoft vice president-chief security and risk officer, cloud infrastructure, as an adviser ... Cable One elects Crown Castle Chair Robert Bartolo, ex-T. Rowe Price, to board, increasing it to nine members …
White House Office of Science and Technology promotes Austin Bonner to deputy U.S. chief technology officer-policy … Fetch, rewards app and consumer engagement platform, names Gideon Oppenheimer, ex- Uber Freight, chief financial officer ... HubSpot, customer relationship management platform, adds Autodesk President-CEO Andrew Anagnost to its board, effective Sept. 5, filling seat to be vacated by former Google executive Avanish Sahai ... AeroVironment, robotics and connectivity company, nominates Mary Beth Long, former assistant defense secretary under President Barack Obama, for election to its board at Sept. 29 annual meeting, filling seat being vacated by Vista Venture Managing Partner Catharine Marigold.
Vectra AI names Scott Dussault, ex-Workhuman, chief financial officer … Synopsys promotes President-Chief Operating Officer Sassine Ghazi to president-CEO, effective Jan. 1, when current Chair-CEO Aart de Geus moves to executive chair; Synopsys also added Ghazi to its board, effective Aug. 13 ... Spire Global, provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, names Equifax’s Leo Basola chief financial officer, replacing Thomas Krywe ... Xsolla, video game e-commerce company, names Salesforce’s Steve Lambert chief operating officer.
Richard Cameron, ex-Broadband Law Group, joins Womble Bond’s communications, technology and media team as partner … Ernesto Falcon says he has left his job as Electronic Frontier Foundation senior legislative counsel; the Democrat is running for a California state Senate seat for San Francisco's eastern Bay Area (see 2305090063) … Interactive Advertising Bureau adds former Mindshare CEO Amanda Richman as executive in residence and KPMG’s Piya Mehra, also ex-Horizon Media, as chief of staff.
Newly promoted in Fox Television Stations advertising sales division restructuring: Patrick Paolini to executive vice president-ad sales; Sheila Bruce and Tom Fleming to senior vice president-ad sales; and Michael Page to senior vice president-digital sales ... Seclore, data-centric security solutions provider, taps Justin Endres, ex-SolarWinds, as chief revenue officer, and promotes Vishal Gauri to chief strategy officer ... Global Relay, electronic communication compliance company, promotes Sahar Kayhani to chief product officer and Alex Viall to chief strategy officer, both newly created roles.
USTelecom names Alanna Chapell, ex-office of Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Mich., director-government affairs ... The Blue Owl Group, consultants including for internet, launches with Colin Crowell, ex-Twitter vice president and ex-FCC senior counselor, as managing director and including as advisers Alder Renewables’ Ian Punkett, Lucia Gamboa, Ledyard Group’s Lauren Culbertson Grieco, all also ex-Twitter, and Sotera Consulting founder Patricia Cartes Andres, ex-Google.
WeVideo, cloud-based multimedia platform, names former Blackbaud and Anthology executive Kevin Knight CEO ... BrightEdge, organic search, content and digital automation platform, promotes Krish Kumar to CEO; founder and former CEO Jim Yu moves to executive chairman ... Mad Mushroom, indie video game publishing company, names former Activision Blizzard executive Mike Silbowitz CEO ... Early Warning Services, fraud and payment solutions provider, names BMO Financial Group’s Cameron Fowler CEO, effective Oct. 2.
Nexstar extends contract of Gary Weitman, executive vice president-chief communications officer, for an unspecified multiyear term ... ECS, advanced technology, science and engineering solutions company, names Martin Klein, ex-DOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and a former ECS executive, vice president-analytics and AI ... Kofax, intelligent automation software provider, names Ceridian’s Jeff Hartnett senior vice president-sales, Americas ... Comcast promotes Tracy Pitcher to senior vice president-Comcast Business, at its Central Division headquarters in Atlanta ... Identiv, IoT security company, adds Software House founder John Moss as senior adviser ... Zayo, communications infrastructure provider, adds ex-interim PG&E CEO Bill Smith, also ex-BellSouth and AT&T, to its board ... Rivada Networks adds Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense under President Barack Obama, to its board.
National Treasury Employees Union, which represents FCC employees, elects National Executive Vice President Doreen Greenwald national president, succeeding Tony Reardon, retiring, and Customs and Border Protection Officer Anand Muni as national executive vice president … David Glenn, from NV5, joins SmithGroup as principal and director of firm’s new information and communications technology team … E Source, data company for the utility industry, names former board chairman Dave Perotti CEO, succeeding Ted Schultz, remaining on the board as an independent director ... Conversational AI company LivePerson names Chief Financial Officer John Collins to the additional role of interim CEO; former CEO Robert LoCascio remains a special adviser through Dec. 31.
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.