With Nielsen spinning off global connect business, creating two publicly traded companies, Global Media and Global Connect, James Attwood resumes Nielsen chairman role and Nielsen CEO David Kenny becomes CEO-Global Media ... Dish Network, which reported Q3 results (see 1911070007) and aims to buy assets from T-Mobile/Sprint (see 1911070066), names executive vice presidents Marc Rouanne, ex-Mobile Networks, also chief network officer, and Stephen Bye, ex-Connectivity Wireless, also chief commercial officer.
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks appoints Austin Bonner, ex-Harris Wiltshire, legal adviser-wireline and public safety issues ... Ofcom moves Jonathan Oxley to interim chief executive, replacing Sharon White, who leaves that interim post month’s end ... BBB National Programs hires Eric Reicin, from MorganFranklin, as president-CEO ... IAB taps Rick Berger, ex-Conversant, for vice president-member engagement.
Shearman & Sterling names John Beahn, ex-DLA Piper, partner-Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and telecom transactions ... BlackBerry says President-Chief Operating Officer Bryan Palma stepping down “to pursue other opportunities” ... SiriusXM taps Alex Luke, ex-Amazon, as senior vice president-digital content, SiriusXM and Pandora, new position ... BAE Systems announces Caitlin Hayden, ex-Aerospace Industries Association, as senior vice president-communications.
Computer & Communications Industry Association hires Vann Bentley, ex-Amazon, as policy counsel-artificial intelligence and telecommunications, Washington office, and Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli, ex-Fried Frank, as competition and regulatory counsel, Brussels.
Kevin Goldberg, ex-Fletcher Heald, becomes Digital Media Association vice president-legal ... Accenture advances John Walsh to group chief executive-communications, media and technology, succeeding Omar Abbosh, who remains until Feb. 29.
Latham & Watkins advances Brenda Danek, patent litigation, and Inge Osman, intellectual property litigation, to partners and Herman Yue, patent litigation, to counsel ... FCC Media Bureau Video Division Deputy Chief Hossein Hashemzadeh retires Jan. 3 ... CenturyLink moves David Young to senior vice president-newly formed public sector group and Sonia Ramsey to regional vice president-state and local government and education.
Software & Information Industry Association names Michelle Harris, ex-News Media Alliance, vice president-membership and marketing.
Quadra Partners adds as partner Roger Sherman, ex-Waneta Strategies, and engineer Chris Helzer, ex-Nextel ... Congressional Spectrum Caucus co-Chair Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., hires Flynn Rico-Johnson, ex-FirstNet, as tech and telecom policy aide ... Kelley Drye advances Privacy and Information Security Chair Dana Rosenfeld to managing partner, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Lew Rose, retiring.
Davis Wright announces Marisa Brutoco, ex-Google, as partner-technology, privacy and security ... Altice USA promotes Michael Grau to chief financial officer, succeeding Charles Stewart, who becomes CEO, Sotheby’s and remains on Altice USA board and as special adviser to the CEO ... Freewheel appoints Jon Whitticom, from WPP’s GroupM, chief product officer.
Changes in Commissioner Geoffrey Starks' office: Acting Legal Adviser-Wireline and Public Safety Randy Clarke leaving FCC, effective Friday, and not disclosing plans; FCC Attorney-Adviser Gavin Logan detailed to Starks’ office from Wireline Bureau during paternity leave of Michael Scurato; during that time, Logan working on media issues, which Scurato has been doing; FCC Senior Research Librarian Gloria Thomas retires, Chairman Ajit Pai announced at Friday's meeting ... Dan Margolis, ex-FCC, now Verizon compliance counsel.