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.
Public Knowledge names Elise Phillips, from office of Rep. Pramila Jayapa, D-Wash., policy counsel and promotes Senior Policy Counsel Sara Collins to director-government affairs …National Cybersecurity Center hires Scott Sage, ex-Peraton, as chief operations officer … CW Network extends contract of President Dennis Miller by another year through 2027 ... E.W. Scripps names NBCUniversal’s Brian Norris, also former Dish Network, chief revenue officer, effective Aug. 28 ... Unisys hires ITT’s Kristen Prohl as general counsel-chief administrative officer.
Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission elects Bert Huffman, former president and interim CEO of Georgia Public Broadcasting, as its CEO, succeeding Teya Ryan, who retired in May ... Core Scientific, blockchain computing data centers company, promotes President Adam Sullivan to CEO; Chairman Mike Levitt relinquishes CEO role ... Firefly Aerospace names Blue Origin's Brett Alexander, also ex-White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under former President George W. Bush, chief revenue officer ... Cisco promotes Oliver Tuszik to president-Europe, the Middle East and Africa ... Tech investment bank Carlsquare North America names Citigroup’s David Lamb a director in its San Francisco office ... GVTC Communications, fiber telecom provider, elects board member Clint Swindall chairman to succeed Chuck Knibbe, resigning after 27 years in that role, but remaining on the board ... Contract manufacturer Dover adds former Ernst & Young partner Danita Ostling to its board, expanding it to 10 members.
Claudia Tillery, Media Bureau’s Policy Division, is retiring … Cybercheck criminal intelligence tech company appoints Salesforce’s Chris Ramsey CEO, effective Sept. 18, succeeding Adam Mosher, transitioning to chief technology officer … AuthID.ai, provider of secure identity verification and authentication solutions, names Zero Hash’s Ed Sellitto chief financial officer, effective Aug. 15, succeeding Annie Pham, remaining through of Q2 results and “to help ensure a smooth transition” … Cybersecurity provider VMD promotes Mike Brokaw to chief delivery officer, newly created role.
Former ACA Connects Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Michael Jacobs joins Lumen as assistant general counsel-federal regulatory affairs … Ngrok, application programming interface-first ingress-as-a-service platform, names Zubin Tavaria, ex-F5, chief marketing officer; Heather McLinden, ex-HoneyBook and ex-Twilio, chief people officer; and Chad Tindel, ex-Amazon, field chief technology officer and vice president-worldwide solution architecture … BDx Data Centers names Manish Prakash, ex-Microsoft, president-chief business officer ... Legal tech company Litify names Davisware’s Curtis Brewer CEO.
CTIA names Umair Javed, former adviser to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, senior vice president-spectrum (see 2308010025) … Cloudera, data company for enterprise AI, appoints Charles Sansbury, ex-ASG, as CEO, to begin Monday … Backlight, media and entertainment technology company, names Telestream’s Benjamin Desbois chief operating officer ... Synopsys names PTC’s Jill Larsen chief people officer ... RealBlocks, web-based private equity platform, hires Addepar’s Ron Barasch as chief marketing officer.
Former Treasury Department attorney Colgate Selden and Alan Lindeke, former Change Home Mortgage general counsel, launch SeldenLindeke, new law firm focusing on federal and state regulatory and licensing specialties, including for tech clients ... BT Group announces Telia CEO Allison Kirkby as chief executive, succeeding Philip Jansen by end of January 2024; Jansen will then help with transition until his retirement in March (see 2307310033) ... Orbit Fab, on-orbit refueling services provider, names Shawn Hendricks, from Terran Orbital, the company’s first chief operating officer.
Executive changes at Accenture, all effective Sept. 1: Chief Operating Officer Manish Sharma becomes CEO-North America, succeeding Jimmy Etheredge, retiring but remaining adviser for a transition period; John Walsh, chief strategic accounts and global sales officer, succeeds Sharma as COO; Steve Ferneyhough, lead-sales, Europe, succeeds Walsh; Paul Daugherty becomes chief technology and innovation officer; and Karthik Narain, Accenture’s lead-cloud first, data and AI, succeeds Daugherty as group CEO-technology ... The Futurum Group, technology advisory, media and research firm, names Honeywell’s Nati Katz its first vice president-strategic communications ... International Data Group names Genevieve Juillard, ex-Experian Marketing Services, CEO, effective Sept. 5 ... Vnet Group, Chinese internet data center services provider, moves Tim Chen to chief strategy officer, and promotes Vice President-Finance Qiyu Wang to replace Chen as chief financial officer ... Bespin Global, South Korean multi-cloud operations management company, promotes U.S. CEO Sunny Kim to corporate-wide CEO.
CTIA promotes Assistant Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Michael Mullinix to vice president-regulatory affairs … Berkeley Research Group names Chris Stangl, ex-section chief in the FBI’s Cyber Division, managing director-cybersecurity and investigations practice in its D.C. office ... Pocket FM, audio streaming app for iOS and Android, promotes Vice President-Finance Anurag Sharma to CFO ... Rivada Space Networks hires former Singtel, AsiaSat and SES executive Donald Chew as vice president-sales, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore ... Enterprise browser company Island names Forescout Technologies’ Steve Tchejeyan president ... Nexstar adds former Verizon Chief Media Officer Tony Wells to its board, filling seat vacated when Dennis Miller left in October to become CW Network president.
Alphabet promotes Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat to Alphabet/Google president-chief investment officer, newly created role, effective Sept. 1 … Mobility software company Passport promotes Chief Operating Officer Jim Parks to president, and names board member Brian Mooney interim CEO to replace former CEO David Evans ... Surefire Local, business intelligence software company, promotes Michael Pierce to CEO, replacing Christopher Marentis, moving to executive chairman.