In creating Sony Electronics (see 2003260018), Sony shifts Shigeki Ishizuka to CEO and Ichiro Takagi to chief operating officer of the new holding company ... Groupon moves Aaron Cooper to interim CEO, replacing Rich Williams, who remains at company; Steve Krenzer no longer chief operating officer, but also remains employee ... Anterix names Ryan Gerbrandt, from Trilliant Networks, chief operating officer.
Communications lawyer Mark Palchick, ex-Womble Bond, joins Lerman Senter ... American Intellectual Property Law Association Executive Director Lisa Jorgenson departing; Vincent Garlock moves to acting executive director ... Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing promotes Eric Kaika to CEO, effective April 1, succeeding Claude Stout, retiring as executive director May 31 ... Halloran Farkas hires financial technology lawyer Linda Lerner, ex-Crowell & Moring, as partner, heading newly opened New York office ... Maynard Cooper taps Chris Harnett as shareholder-intellectual property.
Sean Pugh, ex-Senate Judiciary Committee, joins Faegre Drinker as counsel-antitrust litigation ... Pennsylvania Cable Network advances Debra Kohr Sheppard to president-CEO, succeeding Brian Lockman, retiring and remaining on board and as senior adviser ... MAVTV promotes Dan Teitscheid to president; hires John Duff as head-content.
Wolfe Research taps John Janedis, from Tegna, as managing director and head-media ... In FaceBank acquiring fuboTV (see 2003230065), combined company to be led by fuboTV CEO David Gandler and called fuboTV.
Burns & Levinson adds Christopher Carroll, ex-White & Case, as partner-intellectual property ... National Association of Record Industry Professionals promotes Juliett Rowe to co-executive director, Atlanta board ... BullsEye Telecom advances Vilas Uchil to chief technology officer and hires Tamie Whitefoot, ex-Sprosty Network, as vice president-operations ... FirstNet designates Janell Smith, ex-FEMA, as board secretary, new hire.
Alliance for Automotive Innovation names Hilary Cain, ex-Toyota, vice president-technology, innovation and mobility policy ... K.J. Bagchi, ex-Asian Americans Advancing Justice, joins New America's Open Technology Institute as senior policy counsel ... Perkins Coie hires Andy Shawber, ex-Summit Law Group, as senior innovation counsel-emerging company and venture capital group ... President Donald Trump nominates Aditya Bamzai for reappointment to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for term expiring Jan. 29, 2026; and nominating acting OMB Director Russell Vought to permanent post.
Fox agrees to buy Tubi, with the latter’s founder-CEO Farhad Massoudi to continue heading Tubi ... IHeartMedia promotes Bridgett Knupp to market president-Harrisonburg, Virginia ... Akamai appoints Marianne Brown, ex-Fidelity National Information Services, to board.
National Electrical Manufacturers Association appoints Peter Tolsdorf, ex-National Association of Manufacturers, general counsel and corporate secretary ... YouTube hires Alexandra Veitch, from Tesla, as lead-public policy, Americas and emerging markets ... Activision Blizzard names Daniel Alegre, from Google, president-chief operating officer, succeeding Coddy Johnson, who continues as special adviser to CEO Bobby Kotick; and Helaine Klasky, from SoundDesign, chief communications officer, succeeding Kristin Binns, who becomes senior adviser, new role ... Telo announces Kimberly DellaTorre, ex-Nokia, is vice president-customer success.
American Tower promotes Tom Bartlett to president-CEO, succeeding Jim Taiclet, becoming president-CEO, Lockheed Martin, effective June 15, replacing Marillyn Hewson, becoming executive chairman; American Tower also advances Rod Smith to executive vice president-chief financial officer and treasurer ... ICANN appoints Mikhail Anisimov, ex-.RU/.РФ, as head-global stakeholder engagement, Eastern Europe and Central Asia ... T-Mobile Executive Vice President David Carey retiring, effective April 30.
Colony Capital CEO-elect Marc Ganzi, from Digital Colony, becomes CEO, effective July 1, succeeding Thomas Barrack, continuing as executive chairman; Jacky Wu, ex-Driven Brands, becomes executive vice president-finance March 23, chief financial officer and treasurer July 1, succeeding Mark Hedstrom, continuing as executive vice president-chief operating officer; company nominating various board members, see here ... McDermott Will hires April Weisbruch, ex-Sheppard Mullin, as partner-intellectual property.