Novatel Wireless hires as CEO FirstNet board Chairwoman Sue Swenson succeeding Alex Mashinsky, who the company said was "terminated" and is leaving the board ... Neustar hires Peter Burke, ex-Arris, as senior vice president-engineering and operations ... Comcast hires Maria Isabel Figueroa, ex-Sony Pictures Latin America & Brazil, as vice president-marketing, Telemundo Network.

Software and Information Industry Association hires Chris Mohr, ex-Meyer Klipper, as vice president-intellectual property and general counsel ... Greg Shannon, cybersecurity expert from Carnegie Mellon University, assigned to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as assistant director-cybersecurity strategy, National Security and International Affairs Division ... Qualcomm hires Brian Modoff, ex-Deutsche Bank Securities, as executive vice president-strategy, M&A and ventures, new position ... GTT Communications hires Gina Nomellini, ex-One Source Networks, as chief marketing officer, and Brent McCutchin, also ex-One Source Networks, as senior vice president-global service delivery ... Palo Alto Networks hires Nick Urick, ex-FireEye, as vice president-federal sales ... RingCentral adds to board Allan Thygesen, Google ... Lobbyist registrations: Mobile messaging app company reTXT, Becker & Poliakoff, effective Oct. 1 ... Verizon, Creative Government Solutions, effective Oct. 1.

L-3 Communications hires Christopher Kubasik, ex-Seabury Advisory Group, as president-chief operating officer, new position ... Spectrum Equity, investor in Internet, software and information services companies, hires Brian Regan, leaving Shutterfly, as managing director-chief financial officer ... Hearst Television's WAPT Jackson, Mississippi, President-General Manager Stuart Kellogg retiring, effective at year's end ... Software company Synopsys hires cybersecurity expert Howard Schmidt, also of Ridge-Schmidt Cyber, as security adviser, new position ... American Intellectual Property Law Association 2015-16 board includes: Denise DeFranco, Finnegan Henderson, president; Mark Whitaker, Baker Botts, president-elect; Myra McCormack, Johnson & Johnson, first vice president; Sheldon Klein, Gray Plant, second vice president; David Ruschke, Medtronic, secretary; and John Hornickel, PolyOne, treasurer; newly elected regular board members are Gregory Allen, 3M Innovative Properties, Monica Barone, Qualcomm, James Hallenbeck, Schwegman Lundberg, and Thomas Moga, LeClairRyan ... Next Generation 9-1-1 Institute elects to board Catherine Bishop, OnStar, Daryl Branson, Colorado 9-1-1 Resource Center, and Rebecca Murphy Thompson, Competitive Carriers Association.

Scripps Networks Interactive promotes Dylan Jones to executive vice president-chief communications officer, succeeding Mark Kroeger, who remains senior adviser to CEO ... 21st Century Fox hires Jonathan Bing, ex-Bing Communications, as senior vice president-corporate communications, new position ... Trimble hires Sachin Sankpal, ex-Honeywell, as senior vice president-sector head, managing issues including intelligent transportation ... SentinelOne hires Scott Gainey, ex-Palo Alto Networks, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer ... Metaswitch hires Pablo Strika, ex-Mavenir Systems, as regional vice president-sales, Central and Latin America ... Sharp Imaging and Information Co. of America promotes Dave Dwyer to vice president-supply chain and operations, for Sharp's consumer and business product subsidiaries ... X-Lab names Sean Vitka, legislative counsel for Credo Action and senior fellow for Demand Progress, a fellow ... Navidar, investment banking firm, hires Kenneth Bresnen as managing director for software, electronics, Internet, e-commerce, specialty manufacturing and technical professional services sectors ... TouchCare, telemedicine app, adds to board Bob Kerrey, ex-Democratic U.S. senator from Nebraska, now at Allen & Co., and Brad Wilson, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

GSMA moves John Giusti to chief regulatory officer, effective Nov. 1, succeeding Tom Phillips, who remains a special adviser to the group ... Jenner & Block hires Nancy Libin, ex-Wilkinson Barker, as partner, Privacy and Information Governance Practice, working on issues including cybersecurity and privacy ... Yahoo hires Bob Lord, ex-Rapid 7, as chief information security officer ... Univision Communications hires Delia Rodríguez, ex-Verne, as deputy managing editor-audience engagement, Univision Digital ... Lobbyist registrations: KinetX, National Group, effective Jan. 12 ... American Society of Media Photographers, Meyer Klipper, effective June 6 ... Dropbox, Franklin Square Group, effective Sept. 8.

Lerman Senter hires media and communications lawyer Paul Cicelski, ex-Pillsbury Winthrop ... Interactive Advertising Bureau promotes Joe Laszlo to vice president-industry initiatives ... Drexel Hamilton hires for semiconductor research from Ascendiant Capital Markets Cody Acree as senior equity analyst and David Williams as equity research associate ... Discovery Communications promotes Sara Helman to vice president-development & production, TLC ... Intelsat adds to board CEO Stephen Spengler, succeeding Denis Villafranca, who resigned ... Lobbyist registration: National Association of Software and Services Companies, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates, effective July 1.

AT&T hires Raquel Noriega, ex-Connected Nation, as director-federal regulatory, working on USF issues and focused on E-rate ... Univision Communications adds to responsibilities of John Eck, naming him chief local media officer, succeeding Kevin Cuddihy, who is stepping down as president-Local Media ... Activision Blizzard starts e-sports division, names Steve Bornstein, ex-ESPN and NFL Network, division chairman, and Mike Sepso, ex-Major League Gaming, senior vice president ... ZoneTV, digital platform for pay TV that was renamed from ES3, hires Jeff Weber, ex-AT&T, as CEO ... Coalfire hires cybersecurity experts Luke McOmie as director-penetration testing and Ryan Jones, ex-Cisco, as managing director, Labs division, which they will help run ... ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee members named GAC vice chairs for 2016-17 Olga Cavalli, representing Argentina, Henri Kassen, Namibia, Gema Campillos, Spain, and Wanawit Ahkuputra, Thailand, GAC said after ICANN's just-completed meeting in Dublin ... Lobbyist registrations: DraftKings, Morgan Lewis, effective Sept. 17 ... MSG Sports & Entertainment, Liz Robbins Associates, effective Oct. 1 ... Univision, The Raben Group, effective Sept. 11.

Kelley Drye said it hires from Ward & Zinna intellectual property law firm John Ward and Michael Zinna, as partners, Frank Morris as special counsel, and David Lindenbaum as senior associate ... Time Warner promotes David Haddad to president, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment ... Tremor Video hires John Walsh, ex-CareCloud, as chief technology officer; ex-CTO Steven Lee continues at the company as senior adviser ... Westell hires Mike Moran, ex-Tellabs, as senior vice president-chief technology officer ... Netlist hires Mat Young, ex-SanDisk, as vice president-marketing ... Lobbyist registrations: Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Banner Public Affairs, lobbying on cybersecurity, effective Oct. 15 ... Cognizant Technology Solutions, Dilworth Paxson, effective June 15 ... Sabai Technology, Edgepoint, effective Oct. 9.

AT&T hires Kevin McGrann, ex-political office of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, as assistant vice president-federal relations ... Mintz Levin hires Greg Simon, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau, as associate, communications practice ... Goodwin Procter hires William Growney, ex-RichRelevance, as partner, Technology & Life Sciences Group ... Munck Wilson, technology law firm, hires Changhoi Koo, ex-Slater and Matsil, as patent agent, Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group.

Microsoft names Amrote Abdella regional director, 4Afrika Initiative, succeeding Fernando de Sousa ... FCC names to Universal Service Administrative Co. board, it said, as of Nov. 1: Joel Lubin, consultant to AT&T, representing incumbent LECs; Robert Bocher, consultant to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, libraries getting discounts; Wayne Jortner, New Hampshire Office of Consumer Advocate, state consumer advocates; Matt Gerst, CTIA, CMRS providers; Jose Jimenez, Cox Communications, cable operators; Daniel Domenech, American Association of School Administrators, and Brian Talbott, Association of Educational Service Agencies, both for schools that are eligible to receive discounts; Ellis Jacobs, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, low-income consumers; Joseph Gillan, Gillan Associates, competitive LECs; Katharine Hsu Wibberly, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, rural healthcare providers; Geoffrey Feiss, Montana Telecommunications Association, incumbent LECs with $40 million or less in annual revenue; and Atilla Tinic, Level 3, interexchange carriers with $3 billion or less in annual revenue ... Lobbyist registrations: Credo Action, Sean Vitka, effective Sept. 9 ... NAB, Kelly Cole Strategies, effective Aug. 17 ... 21st Century Fox, Elmendorf Ryan, effective Sept. 1.