Strategy & Technology promotions in Americas interactive TV technology business: Adrian Fowkes to chief technical officer; Kate Chaux to director of operations.
Mike Florio and Catherine Sandoval appointed to California Public Utilities Commission … Nebraska Public Service Commissioner Anne Boyle nominated by NARUC to Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, replacing former Commissioner Ray Baum, who’s moved to Capitol Hill staff job … Discovery Communications changes: Laurie Goldberg promoted to executive vice president-public relations, Discovery and TLC Networks; Elizabeth Hillman moves to senior vice president, international communications, new position … Lon Goldstein, ex-NCTA, named senior vice president-government relations, CIT Group … Fox Networks promotes Jamia Bigalow to senior vice president of affiliate marketing … Bravo Media promotes Jenn Levy to vice president of development and production … New Cable Center board members: Kimberly Edmunds, Cox; Peter Kalan, CSG Systems; Paul Liao, CableLabs; and Josh Sapan, Rainbow Media.
Linda Haller Sloan retires as associate bureau chief of FCC International Bureau, effective Monday … Nevion hires Adam Mendelson as director of government sales … Entercom promotes Tim Murphy to vice president of digital strategy and enterprise platforms, new position.
Jennifer Tatel, ex-Sidley Austin, becomes media adviser to FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker; Krista Witanowski returns to Media Bureau … Cisco promotes Blair Christie to chief marketing officer, worldwide government affairs, replacing Susan Bostrom … American Teleservices Association promotes Robert Kobek to interim president, replacing CEO Tim Searcy … Kirk Pysher, ex-Sea Launch, becomes chief operating officer of Energia Logistics … Level 3 co-founder Kevin O'Hara joins Elemental Technologies board … MUSL TV names Scott Peyton, ex-Sony, chief financial officer … Hallmark Channels promotes Lisa Barroso to vice president, distribution.
Edouard Silverio, ex-Club Mediterranee, becomes Eutelsat group general counsel … Clear Channel Radio promotes Amit Aggarwal to senior vice president-revenue management … Cox Media Group promotes Dave Siegler to vice president-technical operations, replacing Sterling Davis, retired … California PUC promotes Nancy Ryan to deputy executive director … Jack Foley, ex-Clear Channel, becomes Entercom vice president-sales for New England region … Jim Grillo, Cricket Group, joins boards of Adelphia Comunicacoes, S.A. Comunicacoes and STV Comunicacoes.
Mark Bayer promoted to chief of staff to Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., replacing Jeff Duncan, moving to Democratic staff director, House Natural Resources Committee … Videotron names Serge Legris, ex-Rogers and Bell Canada, vice president-engineering and wireless access.
Google co-founder Larry Page will become CEO April 4, current CEO Eric Schmidt becoming executive chairman. Co-founder Sergey Brin, president of technology, will work on new products … Norsat International rehires Arthur Chin, who becomes chief financial officer Feb. 1, replacing Trevor Greene, who left for other opportunities … Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, won’t seek re-election to Washington Post Co. board … McGraw-Hill adds Bill Green, Accenture, to board.
Michael Pryor, ex-Mintz Levin and FCC Common Carrier Bureau, becomes member of Dow Lohnes … Viacom promotes Robert Bakish to president-CEO, Viacom International Media Networks … Brightpoint General Counsel Steven Fivel leaves company for new opportunity; Craig Carpenter promoted to replace him … Dish Network Senior Vice President-Operations Brian Delaney moves to outsource services provider Stream Global Services … New NATPE officers: Co-chairs Chris Grant, Shine International, and Jordan Levin, Generate; new board members Rob Barnett, My Damn Channel, Cesar Diaz, Venevision, David Ellender, FremantleMedia, Bob Friedman, Radical Media, Greg Lipstone, ICM, John Morayniss, Entertainment One TV, Scott Sternberg, Sternberg Productions, and Elizabeth Tumulty, CW Network … NTT promotes Takahiro Sumimoto to CEO of Pacific Crossing.
Clearwire board member John Stanton becomes chairman … Communications attorney Phillip Marchesiello, ex-Akin Gump, becomes Wilkinson Barker partner … Deirdre O'Hearn, ex-Darlow Smithson Productions, joins WE tv and Wedding Central as vice president, development and talent … CommScope hires Phil Sorsky, ex-Juniper Networks as vice president of wireless sales for Europe … Sundance Channel names Marco Bresaz, ex-ABC, MTV and Lifetime as vice president, original programming and development … Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence; Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook takes responsibility for company’s day-to-day operations … Randy Falco, ex-AOL and NBC Universal becomes Univision executive vice president and chief operating officer … Intel picks Erik Huggers, ex-BBC, as corporate vice president and general manager, Digital Home Group and a member of Intel’s Management Committee … Video compression and transmission company T-VIPS America hires John McCluskey, ex-Miranda Technologies, as director of Western regional sales.
John Godfrey, Samsung, elected chairman, ATSC board … Vicki Hadfield, ex-Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, becomes TechAmerica senior vice president-global public policy … Jeanne Jackson, Nike Inc., joins Motorola Mobility board … Cox Communications changes, as field systems cut to nine from 11: Jill Campbell, senior vice president of operations, gets oversight over all systems; Bill Geppert retires next month as general manager of San Diego system, being combined with Southern California operations to be led by David Bialis; Duffy Leone now senior vice president of operations for California service; Janet Barnard to run Omaha, Sun Valley, Kansas and Arkansas operations; David Blau becomes vice president of new growth and development for the corporate strategy group … Hearst TV promotes Jordan Wertlieb to executive vice president and Dan Joerres to president-general manager, WBAL-TV Baltimore.