ISACA names Outerwall’s Erik Prusch CEO … SES names Chief Technology Officer Ruy Pinto interim CEO until permanent successor is found for Steve Collar, departing as CEO at the end of June ... Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group hires Skydance Media’s Bill Damaschke, also former DreamWorks Animation, as president of its newly rebranded Warner Bros. Pictures Animation ... Changes at DigitalBridge, digital infrastructure investor: Geoffrey Goldschein promoted to chief legal officer and company secretary; Francisco Sorrentino hired from SoftBank as chief people officer; Stephen Stryker tapped from Varde Partners as chief information officer to succeed Mark Serwinowski, retiring; and Justin Chang promoted to senior managing director-Asia Pacific ... Cybersecurity company Cyemptive Technologies names former Hitachi executive Ray McCay chief revenue officer.
Roku elects Jeff Blackburn, former Amazon senior vice president-global media and entertainment, to its board ... DocuSign adds Anna Marrs, American Express group president-global commercial services and credit and fraud risk, to its board ... E-commerce tech company Rokt names Srishti Gupta, ex-Amazon, chief product officer, and Flatiron Health’s Josh DeFrain chief information security officer; Rokt also promotes Craig Galvin to chief revenue officer ... Ad tech platform TripleLift adds Tony Wells, former Verizon senior vice president-marketing and chief media officer, and Adolfo Villagomez, former Home Depot chief marketing officer-U.S. retail, to its board ... Tint, social content and community platform, promotes Susan Frech to CRO.
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Warner Bros. Discovery announced immediate departure of Chris Licht as CNN Worldwide chairman-CEO; "interim leadership team" installed until Licht’s replacement is found includes Amy Entelis, executive vice president-talent and content development; Virginia Moseley, executive vice president-editorial; Eric Sherling, executive vice president-U.S. programming; and Chief Operating Officer David Leavy ... Slate of newly elected NAB officers includes Nexstar Chairman-CEO Perry Sook as chairman of NAB joint board; Collin Jones, Cumulus Media executive vice president-strategy and development, as radio board chair; Gray Television President and co-CEO Pat LaPlatney as NAB television board chair; Kristopher Jones, Fox executive vice president and head-government relations, appointed to the designated TV network seat on NAB board's executive committee.
Summit Broadband names FirstLight Fiber’s Kurt Van Wagenen CEO ... Wedbush Securities names former Stifel Financial and Morgan Stanley executive Scott Devitt managing director-equity research, internet, e-commerce and online travel ... Big Ten Conference promotes Kerry Kenny to chief operating officer, responsible for broadcast and media rights negotiations and oversight of content, digital and social media strategy ... IFA Management names former Samsung Electronics Germany executive Leif-Erik Lindner managing director, effective Oct. 1, replacing Oliver Merlin, interim managing director since November ... Digital Reality promotes Colin McLean to chief revenue officer; former CRO Corey Dyer departs, June 30 ... Dynatrace, digital transformation software company, names VMware’s Dan Zugelder CRO, effective July 5, replacing retiring Steve Pace, remaining advisor through Sept. 30 ... Skillburst Interactive, on-demand learning platform for law professionals, taps former UnitedLex and Eversheds Sutherland executive Anusia Gillespie as chief strategy and growth officer ... Digimarc elects Salesforce executive LaShonda Anderson-Williams, also former Microsoft and IBM, to its board, effective June 12 ... Logistics services company C.H. Robinson names Ford’s Dave Bozeman, also ex-Amazon, CEO and adds him to its board, effective June 26; Scott Anderson, interim CEO since January, will remain in that role until Bozeman’s start date and will continue on the board ... Clio, provider of cloud-based legal technology, taps ServiceTitan’s Hemant Kashyap as chief product officer ... Augmented reality company ImagineAR adds Gurdip Panaich, Star Navigation Systems Group, to its board ... AI security company Cranium adds Kodiak Robotics Chief Security Officer Gerhard Eschelbeck, also ex-Google and Qualys, to its board ... 8x8 promotes former Senior Vice President-Finance Kevin Kraus to chief financial officer; he was interim CFO since November ...
Analog Devices adds retired Deloitte executive Stephen Jennings to its board, expanding it to 12 members ... Crypto platform Kraken names StockX’s Vishnu Patankar, also ex-Microsoft, Amazon and Intel, chief technology officer ... Connected cloud company Samsara hires ServiceNow’s Lara Caimi as president-worldwide field operations, and adds her to its executive management team; Chief Revenue Officer Andy McCall announces his retirement, plans to remain advisor through year-end ... Cryptocurrency exchange Binance names Rachel Conlan, ex-OKX, vice president-global marketing ... Low-code development platform 8base adds former Digital Ocean Chief Marketing Officer Carly Brantz and current Product Maestro CEO Connie Kwan to its board ...
Peter Lake resigns as chairman, Texas PUC, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to announce successor "in the coming days" ... Discover Financial Services adds former BMO U.S. Chief Operating Officer Daniela O’Leary-Gill to its board, effective June 14 ... Kopin elects former Lucent Technologies executive James Brewington chairman, succeeding John Fan, who remains on Kopin’s board ... CBC/Radio-Canada extends term of President-CEO Catherine Tait until Jan. 2, 2025 ... Pitney Bowes board elects MG Advisors Chair Mary Steele Guilfoile, a board member since 2018, non-executive chair ... Cybersecurity company Millennium adds retired Army Lt. Gen. Leslie Smith to its board of advisers ... Cybersecurity platform Resecurity names Shawn Loveland, ex-Microsoft, COO ... Jegi Clarity, mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, taps Lincoln International’s Bob Lockwood as managing director ... Capital market company Pluribus Technologies names Nancy Fahy, ex-Ernst & Young, chief financial officer and adds her to its executive leadership team; former CFO Simon Giannakis moves to a new role overseeing the company's M&A function ... Gannett names Terence Samuel, ex-NPR News, USA Today editor-in-chief, effective July 10, replacing Michael McCarter, who was interim editor-in-chief and is newly promoted to vice president-opinion; Regional Editor Michael Anastasi is also promoted to Vice President-USA Today Network Local.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) appoints his senior adviser-policy director, Kayla Hahn, to Missouri Public Service Commission … Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) names John Scott, former Texas deputy attorney general-civil litigation, interim Texas AG, as suspended AG Ken Paxton (R) awaits his state Senate impeachment trial ... Targeted Victory’s Nathan Leamer, ex-FCC, launches Fixed Gear Strategies, focusing on the intersection of tech and policy … Cybersecurity services company Conversant Group taps HBR Consulting’s Josh Nardo as vice president-advisory services ... Incident response platform Cado Security names Holly Shea Cappello, ex-Carbon Black, senior vice president-global sales ... ID.me, digital identity and credentials network, names Mike Durso, ex-VMware, chief revenue officer and Marcus Hearne, ex-IBM, chief marketing officer ... AlertEnterprise, provider of AI-powered workforce management solutions, adds former SAP and Google Cloud executive Greg Tomb to its board.
President Joe Biden formally sends to Senate his nomination of former NTIA acting Administrator Anna Gomez to the vacant fifth FCC seat and nominations of sitting Commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks for new terms (see 2305310055) … News/Media Alliance promotes Executive Vice President-General Counsel Danielle Coffey to president-CEO.
NCTA hires Rikin Thakker, ex-Wireless Infrastructure Association, as chief technology officer and senior vice president-technology ... MPA Senior Adviser Vans Stevenson leaving to become consultant on state and local government affairs projects … SatixFy Communications, Israeli satellite communications company, names former Chief Commercial Officer Nir Barkan acting CEO, effective Thursday, replacing former CEO Ido Gur, leaving ... Advantage Communications Group names Code42’s Eric Wansong global chief operating officer … Spot, third-party logistics company, names former Hammond Kennedy partner John Carsello chief of staff, newly created role ... Public affairs firm Oaktree Solutions names Smart City Expo USA CEO Aarti Tandon managing director-equity, entertainment and technology.