AT&T Services Vice President-Public Policy Joel Lubin retiring, effective Sept. 30 ... Copyright Alliance hires Keith Kupferschmid, leaving Software & Information Industry Association, as CEO, effective Oct. 1; Sandra Aistars, who had been CEO, hired by George Mason University School of Law as clinical professor and head-new Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Program ... Information Technology Industry Council hires John Miller, ex-Intel, as vice president-global cybersecurity policy and law ... CBS Entertainment Chairwoman Nina Tassler steps down at year's end and remains in advisory role through at least 2017; succeeding her is Glenn Geller, promoted to president, CBS Entertainment.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hires Tim Wu, taking leave from Columbia University, as senior enforcement counsel and special adviser, to work on technology, competition and Internet issues ... Wilson Sonsini hires Christopher Olsen, ex-FTC Consumer Protection Bureau, as partner, privacy and data protection practice ... LeoSat hires Mark Rigolle, ex-adviser to satellite operators, as CEO ... Following Madison Square Garden Co. spinoff of sports and entertainment businesses from media business expected to occur Sept. 30, Andrea Greenberg promoted to president-CEO, MSG Networks, where Cablevision's Bret Richter named chief financial officer, and joining as directors are Eugene DeMark, ex-KPMG, Joel Litvin, retiring from NBA, William Bell, who has consulted for Cablevision and used to work there, Hank Ratner, Cablevision vice chairman and ex-MSG Co., Paul Dolan, Cleveland Indians, and Quentin Dolan, New York University.
USTelecom President-CEO Walter McCormick to resign, effective end of 2016 ... Microsoft promotes Brad Smith to president-chief legal officer ... GeoDigital International hires Chris Thibodeau, ex-Harman International, as senior vice president-general manager, autonomous driving business unit ... Sinclair hires Jerry Lilly, ex-Jdesics, as vice president-operations ... STX Entertainment hires Yahoo Chief Marketing Officer Kathy Savitt as president-digital, responsible for the studio's global digital content strategy, effective October ... Tegna promotes Tom Cury to president-general manager, KENS San Antonio ... Comcast promotes Caley Gray to vice president-communications, NBCUniversal Content Distribution Group, new position.
TechNet hires David Toomey, ex-FCC Office of Legislative Affairs, as director-federal policy and government relations ... FirstNet hires Dean Prochaska, ex-National Institute of Standards and Technology, as director-standards ... Debevoise & Plimpton hires Jeewon Kim Serrato, ex-Fannie Mae, as counsel, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice ... CBS and Lionsgate's Pop network promotes David Mandell to chief operating officer, new position, and he remains general counsel ... NATPE hires Matt Palmer, ex-entertainment consultant, as chief marketing officer, new position ... AMC Networks hires Sallie Schoneboom, ex-NBCUniversal, as senior vice president-public relations, IFC ... Returning to E.W. Scripps is Cater Lee, as vice president-programming ... Warren Communications News promotes John Hendel to associate editor, Communications Daily.
Wiley Rein adds Kelly Cole, who recently began and continues to run Kelly Cole Strategies after leaving NAB (see 1507160027), as an affiliate with the law firm’s Telecom, Media & Technology Practice ... Partner Communications hires Yuval Keinan, leaving Bezeq, as deputy CEO, effective beginning of 2016 ... Future Technologies, wireless communications design firm, promotes David Rumore to chief revenue officer, new position, and adds him to board ... Pure Flix Digital, “faith-based” content streaming service, hires Greg Gudorf, ex-Technicolor and Sony Electronics, as CEO, and Brian Pancarik, also ex-Sony Electronics, as vice president-operations and support ... National Institute of Standards and Technology adds Tod Sizer, Bell Labs, to NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology ... Personal BlackBox adds to board Marc Mathieu, Samsung.
FCC hires Lauren Wilson, leaving Free Press Friday, as legal adviser to Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau chief ... Angie’s List hires Scott Durchslag, ex-Best Buy, as president-CEO and adds him to board ... Nexstar names Rafael Archilla, formerly of KULR-TV Billings, Montana, vice president-general manager, KSVI Billings and associated digital services, succeeding Sandra Zoldowski, recently promoted to general manager of Nexstar’s Grand Junction/Montrose/Glenwood Springs, Colorado, TV and digital operations ... Cloud Computing Caucus Advisory Group adds as co-chairs Reps. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Mark Walker, R-N.C. ... Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks board elects as chairman Matthew Crouch ... Internet of Things Consortium adds to advisory board Sunny Choi, WeMo.
Viacom promotes to senior vice presidents John Paul Geurts for Nickelodeon experience design and Russ Spina, Nickelodeon character art, illustration and media product design ... Teladoc hires Julian Cohen, ex-Breakthrough Behavioral, as president-general manager, Teladoc Behavioral Health, new position as firm expands psychiatric telehealth program ... Glu Mobile adds to board Greg Brandeau, Chromatik ... Lobbying registrations: PayPal, FTI Government Affairs, effective July 24 ... PayPal, on behalf of itself, effective Sept. 1 ... 2U, educational technology firm, Cooley, effective Aug. 3 ... Motor Vehicle Software Corp., Forbes-Tate, effective July 2 ... Nutanix, Cyrrus Analytics, effective Aug. 1 ... Workday, APCO Worldwide, effective July 16.
Ciena names Senior Vice President François Locoh-Donou to also be chief operating officer, effective Nov. 1 ... Juniper Networks hires Brian Martin, formerly of KLA-Tencor, as senior vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, effective Oct. 5, succeeding Mitch Gaynor ... Weather Co. hires Amol Jadhav, ex-Rakuten's Ebates, as vice president-global expansion ... Cox Media Group promotes Michelle Harper to vice president-sales, effective Sept. 21, succeeding Paul Curran, previously named vice president-general manager of WFTV Orlando, Florida (see 1506080041) ... Verizon elects to board Gregory Weaver, ex-Deloitte & Touche.
Z-Wave Alliance names Mitchell Klein, ex-Universal Remote Control, executive director ... Silver Spring Networks hires Michael Bell, ex-Intel, as president-CEO, names him to board; Scott Lang becomes executive chairman ... Disney promotes Senior Vice President Jonathan Headley to also be treasurer ... MobileIron promotes Simon Biddiscombe to permanent chief financial officer after he held job on interim basis ... Server Farm Realty, data center developer and operator, hires Timothy Doherty, ex-Nobis Technology, as chief operating officer ... Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program adds to board Laurie Gebhardt, Verizon Wireless ... ICANN Development and Public Responsibility Department admits as NextGen@ICANN program members: Sana Ali, Michael Booth, Giovanna Carloni, Alexandra Chernyavskaya, Christopher Dennett, Ayden Férdeline and Stacie Walsh, all from the U.K.; Rachel Barry, Ireland; Benjamin Bergemann, Germany; Tamara Bizyuk, Ukraine; Agustina Callegari, Argentina and the NextGen ambassador; Vinzenz Heussier, Austria; Jelena Ožegović, Serbia; and Monika Zainierute, Lithuania.
Sunlight Foundation hires Waldo Jaquith, who remains at U.S. Open Data, as part-time senior technology adviser ... General Electric names Beth Comstock company vice chairwoman leading GE Business Innovations, and she continues current GE Business Innovations responsibilities leading lighting, ventures and licensing, and other activities ... Siemens promotes Barbara Humpton to president-CEO, Siemens Government Technologies, effective Oct. 1, when SGT President-CEO Judy Marks is promoted to executive vice president-global solutions, Dresser-Rand ... Wireless 20/20 hires Tom Gruba, ex-Alcatel-Lucent, as principal consultant.