Copyright Office promotes Sy Damle to general counsel/associate register-copyrights, effective July 31, succeeding General Counsel Jacqueline Charlesworth, moving to New York ... Fried Frank hires Robert Masters, ex-Paul Hastings, as partner, Litigation Department; his practice focuses on patent litigation, specifically in the technology sector ... Starz said it promotes Carrie Dolce, Todd Hoy and Gavin Wise to senior vice presidents, business & legal affairs; Deanne Bloch to vice president-business & legal affairs; John Martin to vice president-business & legal affairs-production labor relations; and Janine Scalise Boyd to vice president-business & creative affairs ... Simulmedia hires Tim Spengler, ex-iHeart Media, as president-chief revenue officer.
Crown Media hires Erin McIlvain, ex-Charter Communications, as executive vice president-content distribution and strategy, new position; Chief Financial Officer Andy Rooke becomes operations & chief financial officer; and Casey Gould promoted to vice president-advertising & digital sales ... Pritzker Group Venture Capital promotes Gabe Greenbaum, who has worked on software, marketplace technologies, machine learning and healthcare IT, to partner, and Peter Liu, who has worked on tech investments, to vice president ... Swift Navigation, GPS startup targeting autonomous vehicles, hires Zaka Ashraf, ex-EMC, as vice president-engineering ... Cytelligence, cybersecurity firm with clients in software, tech, telecom and other industries, hires Karen Ellis, ex-Entrust Datacard, as vice president-business development ... Lobbyist registrations: Alibaba Group, Baker & Hostetler, effective June 1 ... Claim Your Health Data Coalition, Jeffrey J. Kimbell and Associates, effective July 1 ... The Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, Venable, effective June 23 ... TransUnion, Hawksbill Group, effective June 1.
National Hispanic Media Coalition hires Carmen Scurato, ex-Lockheed Martin contractor for DOJ, as policy counsel ... Cravath Swaine said it's elected Faiza Saeed, who has been co-head, Mergers & Acquisitions practice and worked on media, technology and other issues, as presiding partner, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Presiding Partner Allen Parker; until then, her promotion is to deputy presiding partner ... Michael Bergeron to depart as Dolby Labs senior vice president-worldwide sales and field operations, effective Sept. 30, but will provide "transitional and advisory services" through June ... Skyworks Solutions hires Mitchell Haws, ex-NXP Semiconductors, which combined in December with Freescale Semiconductor, as vice president-investor relations ... AmpThink, HD Wi-Fi company, hires Chip Foley, ex-Venue Innovation Group, to lead tech strategy ... Lobbyist registration: Crisis Text Line, Gibson Dunn, effective April 1.
Recently sworn in at South Carolina Public Service Commission are Swain Whitfield as chairman and Randy Randall as vice chairman ... FairPoint Communications Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Ajay Sabherwal resigned, potentially effective after the first week of August; promoted to succeed him as CFO is Executive Vice President Karen Turner, who will continue leading human resources and risk management ... Tribune Broadcasting hires Kerry Oslund, ex-Schurz Communications, as vice president-strategy and business development ... Frontier Communications moves Michael Golob to senior vice president-engineering and technology, West region, the telco's largest operating region ... Epix hires Jonathan Dakss, ex-NBCUniversal, as chief digital officer ... Neustar hires Venkat Achanta, ex-Walmart, as chief data and analytics officer, new position.
FCC moves Holly Saurer to legal adviser, office of Chairman Tom Wheeler, on international and consumer affairs issues, as Diane Cornell moves to International Bureau, and she's a special adviser to Wheeler ... Scripps Networks Interactive said Markus Tellenbach is stepping down as president-CEO, TVN, which Jim Samples, president of Scripps Networks’ international division, will run as president of the management board ... Box said it hired Carrie Palin, ex-IBM, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer, the latter a new position, and promotes Senior Vice President Lesley Young to also be general manager-global commercial and online sales operations, and Senior Vice President Tom Addis to also be general manager-global field operations.
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission promotes Lauren McCloy to director-legislation ... Tribune Broadcasting promotes Paul Rennie to president-general manager, WGN-TV Chicago, and he's responsible for operations of CLTV ... Viamedia promotes Rick Tarvin to executive vice president-sales ... Frontier Communications hires include Roy Labrador, ex-ZeroChaos, as vice-president-commercial sales, Southeast region ... Symantec hires Michael Fey, president-chief operating officer of Blue Coat, which the company is buying (see 1606130010), as president-COO once the deal is completed, reporting to Greg Clark, Symantec CEO-designate ... ChyronHego hires Neil Foster, ex-Take-Two Interactive Software, as chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
FTC said it promotes at Competition Bureau: Peter Richman to assistant director-Mergers III Division, succeeding Phill Broyles, retired; Brian Telpner, to deputy assistant director for the division, succeeding Richman; Jim Mongoven to assistant director-Office of Policy and Coordination, succeeding Michael Bloom, retired; and succeeding Mongoven as deputy assistant director is Kelly Signs ... Charter Communications hires Mike Bair, ex-Bleachers, as executive vice president-spectrum networks, and Clifford Harris, ex-Cablevision, which Altice bought last month, as senior vice president-law, programming, product and regulatory ... Broadcasting Board of Governors hires Nnake Nweke, ex-FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, as director, newly created Office of Internet Freedom, effective July 25.
Orange Group hires Cedric Hardouin, ex-Kudelski Group, as executive vice president-research and development, Viaccess-Orca ... SeaChange hires Peter Faubert, ex-This Technology, which Comcast bought, as chief financial officer-senior vice president-treasurer, succeeding Anthony Dias, who held those jobs and resigned ... Wireless network design specialist Ranplan hires Alastair Williamson, ex-Cambridge Broadband Networks, as CEO ... Equinix promotes Mike Campbell to chief sales officer ... UltiSat hires Chris Hetmanski, satellite executive, as chief technology officer ... As Astra Capital Management completes buying Logix Communications, the investment firm's partners Matt Murphy and Mark Johnson and adviser Kevin Beebe join Logix board, with Murphy named chairman and interim CEO.
FCC hires Michael Scurato, leaving National Hispanic Media Coalition, as legal adviser, Enforcement Bureau Office of the Bureau Chief, effective July 11 ... Hawaii Public Utilities Commission's Thomas Gorak, who has been chief counsel, sworn in as a commissioner, succeeding, with term expired June 30, Michael Champley ... Michigan Public Service Commission names Kavita Kale, ex-Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, executive secretary and Freedom of Information Act coordinator ... Univision Communications promotes Isaac Lee to chief news, entertainment and digital officer, and he continues to oversee Fusion Media Group and is leading the search for Univision's new president-entertainment, a position that will report to him.
CBS hires Paul Franklin, ex-20th Television, as president-CBS Television Distribution, succeeding Armando Nuñez, now focused on overseas as president-CEO, CBS Studios International ... Dish Network hires Jay Roth, ex-JP Morgan Chase, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer ... Kroll hires Andrew Valentine, ex-Verizon/Cybertrust, as associate managing director, Cyber Security and Investigations practice ... Avnet promotes Steve Gomez to senior vice president-sales, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas ... Spok Holdings hires Nat’e Guyton, ex-Trinity Health System, as chief nursing officer.