Paramount Global taps Sydney Butler, ex-Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Senate, as vice president-government affairs and special projects … QVC Group appoints Tony Williams, formerly Estee Lauder, as chief people officer, effective April 28, replacing Linda Aiello, who departed the company … WideOpenWest's Christine Simmons and Darius Clay join C2HR advisory board … Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leo Kosinski joins Air Space Intelligence as chief strategy officer.
Comcast taps Jon Gieselman, formerly Expedia Group, as chief growth officer-residential domestic businesses, connectivity and platforms segment, a new position, effective April 28 … David Brodian, formerly FCC, becomes NTIA chief counsel, replacing Stephanie Weiner … Wiley taps Shiva Goel, ex-NTIA and FCC, as partner in its telecom, media and technology practice ... SEALSQ names Loic Hamon, ex-Capgemini, COO, a new position … Utopia Fiber adds deputy director to the title of Nicole Cottle, who's also general counsel and director of government affairs ... National Wireless Communications Council elects to board: David Smith, Forest Industries Telecommunications, president; Ralph Haller, Forestry Conservation Communications Association, vice president; Mark Crosby, Enterprise Wireless Alliance, secretary/treasurer; at large: Douglas Aiken, International Association of Fire Chiefs; Michele Farquhar, Association of American Railroads; and Farokh Latif, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International.
Globalstar promotes Vice President Tamer Kadous to add general manager and head of the terrestrial spectrum and network solutions business to his responsibilities; names Daaman Hejmadi, ex-7Rays Semiconductors, vice president, general manager and leader of wholesale satellite capacity business … Infrastructure construction firm MasTec taps Chris Mecray, formerly DuPont de Nemours, as vice president-investor relations, replacing Marc Lewis, who is retiring but remains an adviser during the transition … Comviva Technologies appoints Bhagwati Shetty, formerly Mahindra Group, as chief human resources officer … The Internet Society names Yogesh Khanna, formerly Sev1Tech, as executive vice president and managing director, succeeding Sally Wentworth, now president and CEO.
Sinclair promotes Christina Tesauro to senior vice president-sales, Tennis Channel, AMP Sports ... Global aerospace consultant AeroDynamic Advisory adds Liang Sim, ex-Blue Origin, and JJ Gertler, Defense Concepts Organization, as senior advisers.
Connor GIisson, ex-SES Satellites, joins staff of Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., as tech policy counsel … Changes at Hong Kong telecom provider HGC Communications: Cliff Tam, senior vice president-international business and global data strategy, adds to his responsibilities global carrier management and wholesale, over-the-top and international; Ravindran Mahalingam, senior vice president-international business and digital Infrastructure, will focus on in-country business expansion and digital infrastructure.
Boston Consulting Group reelects Christoph Schweizer to a second four-year term as CEO … Space infrastructure provider Redwire promotes Mike Gold to president-civil and international space business, a new position ... Hogan Lovells adds former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., to its global regulatory and intellectual property practice group; Daniel Winkler, Sinema’s chief of staff, joins as a policy adviser ... Intelligent infrastructure provider Ubicquia appoints Doug Yates, ex-Amazon MGM Studios, as chief marketing officer.
Vivacity Infrastructure Group promotes Jeff Sobotka to senior vice president … Ken Wainstein, ex-Department of Homeland Security, joins Mayer Brown as leader of its global investigations and white-collar defense practice and member of its national security and congressional investigations practices … The Motion Picture Association taps Dawn Barriteau, formerly DHS, as vice president-content protection for the Asia Pacific region, a new position … News/Media Alliance names Greg Orlando, ex-National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, senior vice president-government affairs, replacing Senior Vice President-Global Government Affairs Neil Quinter, who becomes senior vice president-policy.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper names Madi Lottenbach, ex-Wiley, senior lead-licensing and regulatory affairs … Incompas promotes Keith Matthews to director-communications … Akima promotes Jon Stringfield to general manager, Arctic Peak … Analytics cloud platform Alteryx taps Ben Canning, formerly Smartsheet, as chief product officer.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appoints Matthew Homsher as secretary, effective April 19, replacing Rosemary Chiavetta, retiring … Correction: Retiring from FCC Wireline Bureau is Suzanne Yelen (see 2503270070).
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced retirements, including: Carr’s longtime confidential assistant Drema Johnson; Wireline Bureau: Victoria Goldberg (22 years of service), Al Lewis (19), Todd Mitchell (30), Suzanne Yelen, Sue McNeil, Terri Natoli, Ted Burmeister (25); Public Safety Bureau: Nikki McGinnis (20), Rochelle Cohen; Wireless Bureau: Kevin Holmes; Enforcement Bureau: David Strickland (25), Jeremy Marcus (23), Jane Kelly, Kimberly Cook (24), Greg Hermes (25), Luke Kessinger, Brian Wondrack (24); Media Bureau: Bobby Baker (50), Dale Bickel (41), Radhika Karmarkar, Karen Kosar (42), Raelynn Remy (30), Gary Schonman (40); Space Bureau: Kal Krautkramer (34); Office of International Affairs: Francis Gutierrez (25), Sumita Mukhoty (30), Larry Olson (62).