DOJ names Principal Deputy Solicitor General Ian Gershengorn acting solicitor general, effective June 25, a day after Solicitor General Donald Verrilli leaves ... Vrge tech advocacy and strategy firm hires Emily Pierce, ex-DOJ, as senior vice president, to lead communications on legal, antitrust and homeland security matters ... F-Secure promotes Samu Konttinen to president-CEO, effective Aug. 1 and succeeding Christian Fredrikson ... Fingerprint Cards hires Fredrikson as new CEO, also effective in August, and until then, Jörgen Lantto remains CEO ... Rivada Networks adds ex-Govs. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and Martin O'Malley, D-Md., to board ... Lobbyist registrations: Association of Global Automakers, Paula Timmons, effective May 1 ... Compuware, Grant Consulting Group, effective June 1 ... IT provider Smartronix, Van Scoyoc Associates, effective April 27 ... Online payments company Stripe, Franklin Square Group, effective April 18.
CTIA hires Becky Relic, ex-Live Nation, as senior vice president-public affairs and communications, effective June 20 ... Frontier Communications hires Michael Saperstein, ex-FCC Public Safety Bureau Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, as vice president-regulatory affairs ... Internet Association hires Ari Giovenco, ex-U.S. Trade Representative's office, as director-trade and international policy, and promotes Abigail Slater to general counsel ... Robins Kaplan hires Breton Bocchieri, ex-Novak Druce, as partner, Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Group ... IABM hires Fernando Lopez Cisneros, ex-Grass Valley, as director-Europe, new position ... Stratasys CEO David Reis decides to step down, effective June 30, will remain an executive director and is succeeded by board member Ilan Levin.
FCC personnel moves: Jean Kiddoo moves to Incentive Auction Task Force as deputy chairwoman-transition; Kiddoo is succeeded as deputy Wireless Bureau chief by Suzanne Tetreault; Tetreault is succeeded as Office of General Counsel deputy general counsel by Jennifer Tatel, who also remains the office's chief of staff; and at that office John Williams expands role, named senior counselor to the general counsel ... Norm Leventhal, ex-Holland & Knight, now is principal at Leventhal Law Group and counsel to AvaLerroux law firm ... AT&T hires as directors-global public policy Lisl Brunner, ex-Global Network Initiative, to work on privacy issues, and Sarah Geffroy, ex-Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, to work on issues including cybersecurity.
RigNet hires Steven Pickett, ex-21st Century Towers, as CEO-president, succeeding interim CEO-President Marty Jimmerson ... Retarus Group, professional messaging solutions provider, hires Florian Frick, ex-Kabel Deutschland, as general counsel, new position ... Comcast promotes at Comcast Cable Tony Werner to president-technology and product, and Sree Kotay to chief technology officer ... Zayo co-Chief Operating Officer Chris Morley named sole COO, with co-COO Matt Erickson leaving in late July for personal reasons ... Sprint hires Nelly Pitocco, ex-Apollo Education Group, as vice president-enterprise sales ... 21st Century Fox hires Gabe Goodwin, ex-Embassy Row, as vice president-cross-platform content, Fox Sports, new position ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance elects to board Michael Saia, Saia Communications, and Tommy Tomba, Tomba Communications ... Rubicon Technology names to board Timothy Brog, Locksmith Capital.
Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations names Teresa Wankin secretary general, the first employee at the group to have that role ... Raycom Media promotes John Ware to vice president-general manager, KPLC Lake Charles, Louisiana, succeeding Jim Serra, retiring effective June 30 ... Coalfire promotes Mark Lucas to chief information security officer ... Comstar Supply, distributor of network products and services, hires Dan Clifton, ex-Soleo Communications, as senior vice president-marketing.
Jones Day hires Michael Hazzard, ex-Arent Fox, as partner, Government Regulation Practice, focusing on IT and telecom ... 21st Century Fox promotes Craig Kurland to executive vice president-business affairs, Fox Broadcasting ... Neustar hires Tom Pageler, ex-DocuSign, as chief risk officer and chief information security officer ... Qorvo hires Mark Murphy, ex-Delphi Automotive, as chief financial officer, effective June 6, succeeding Steven Buhaly, who had said he's retiring and will remain in an advisory role until July 31 ... GfK promotes Gregg Lindner to managing director, GfK MRI ... Rubicon Project Chief Financial Officer Todd Tappin resigns to become president at another unidentified company; Chief Accounting Officer David Day named interim CFO ... Stratasys hires Tim Bohling, ex-IBM, as chief marketing officer.
National Wireless Safety Alliance hires Chuck Slagle, who has consulted for NWSA and is ex-Sprint, as executive director ... Congressional Budget Office promotes General Counsel Mark Hadley to deputy director, effective June 6, succeeding Bob Sunshine, who moves to senior adviser, Director’s Office ... Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute hires Domenika Lynch, now at Latino Alumni Association at the University of Southern California, as president-CEO, effective July 1 ... ICANN hires Matt Larson, ex-Dyn, as vice president-research ... AT&T hires Anthony Robbins, ex-Brocade, as vice president-public sector solutions/global defense, AT&T Business Solutions ... Univision Communications promotes to Univision News vice presidents and executive producers María Martínez-Guzmán, newsgathering, and Gabriela Tristán, news production.
Starz hires Pamela Wolfe, ex-Eleventh Hour Entertainment, as executive vice president-human resources ... Starting wearable tech firm iBeat, Ryan Howard, ex-Practice Fusion, named CEO, and company said others from Practice Fusion joining are Larry Stone, named lead front-end architect, Brian Boarini, working on product and business development and Kristin Tinsley, running public relations and marketing ... InFocus names Dave Litwak, ex-MarketLive, senior vice president-worldwide sales, and Vikki Rehn, ex-Vigilent, as vice president-software engineering ... Viacom promotes Kristi Wasmer to senior vice president-retail sales, Nickelodeon Consumer Products ... DSP Group hires Daniel Amir, ex-Ladenburg Thalmann, as corporate vice president-business development, strategy and investor relations.
Qualcomm promotes John Kuzin to vice president-regulatory counsel ... Evine Live hires Michael Henry, ex-Eastern Home Shopping, as senior vice president-chief merchandising officer ... In RigNet restructuring and cost cuts, Systems Integration and Automation reports to Group Vice President-Managed Services Hector Maytorena, as Group Vice President-Telecoms Systems Integration Gerry Gutierrez leaves ... CellTrak Technologies hires include Heidi Ewell, ex-Truven Health Analytics, as vice president-provider sales, North America ... Raycom's Jim Serra, vice president-general manager of KPLC Lake Charles, Louisiana, retiring, effective in June ... Lobbyist registrations: Federal Aviation Administration Managers Association, Liz Williams and Co., effective March 7 ... United Launch Alliance, The Madison Group, effective April 7.
O3b moves Jack Deasy to lead U.S. and international government sales and business development efforts as vice president-government solutions ... Time Inc. hires MaryAnn Bekkedahl, ex-Keep Holdings, as president, fashion & luxury, effective June 1, and promotes immediately Charlie Kammerer to president-lifestyle ... Thin Film Electronics hires Christian Delay, ex-IAC's Ask Partner Network, as senior vice president-strategic marketing and general manager, software platforms, and has promoted Bill Cummings to senior vice president-corporate communications ... Univision's The Root promotes Danielle Belton to managing editor, succeeding Lyne Pitts, planning to retire from her full-time position ... Xerox's Ursula Burns to be chairwoman-Document Technology following the separation of Xerox into two independent, publicly traded companies and until then remains chairwoman-CEO of company ... Navigant adds to board Kevin Blakely, financial risk management expert ... Lobbyist registration: Harris Corp., Porter Group, effective April 25.