Sprint hires Douglas Michelman, ex-Visa, as senior vice president-corporate communications and corporate social responsibility, effective Dec. 1, replacing Bill White, who's leaving the company ... GigOptix hires Darren Ma, ex-Semtech, as vice president and chief financial officer, replacing Curt Sacks, separated from the company to pursue other interests ... Pluribus Networks, software defined network firm, hires George de Urioste, ex-Marvell, Ricoh and elsewhere, as chief financial officer.

Office of FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly hiring Robin Colwell, now aide to Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., as chief of staff, legal adviser for media issues and handling news media inquiries, expected to be effective Dec. 15 ... New Street Research hires Blair Levin as special adviser, and he remains at Brookings Institution and Gig.U ... CBS moves Vice President Amy Young to that title for VOD and content distribution in CBS Network Sales ... American Intellectual Property Law Association 2014-15 board installed at AIPLA's annual meeting last month includes Sharon Israel, Mayer Brown, president and chairwoman of the executive committee, which also includes Denise DeFranco, Finnegan Henderson, president-elect, Mark Whitaker, Baker Botts, first vice president, and Myra McCormack, Johnson & Johnson, second vice president; and regular directors include Salvatore Anastasi, Barley Snyder, Patrick Coyne, Finnegan Henderson, Nicholas Godici, Godici Patent Consulting, and Nancy Mertzel, Schoeman Updike ... Gannett hires Ali Engel, ex-A.H. Belo, as vice president-finance.

Boku, mobile payments firm, hires co-founders of mopay, which Boku recently bought, naming Ingo Lippert chief business officer and Christian Hinrichs chief financial officer ... Lookout, mobile security company, hires as vice presidents Aaron Cockerill, ex-Citrix Systems, for enterprise product and David Helfer, ex-Juniper Networks, worldwide channel development ... IHeartMedia Minneapolis Market President Mike Crusham retiring.

FCC names David Waterman, Indiana University, chief economist, effective in January; Michael Chris Gibbons, Johns Hopkins University, named distinguished scholar in residence, advising Connect2HealthFCC Task Force on health IT, data analytics and other issues ... Semiconductor Industry Association board elects Brian Krzanich, Intel, 2015 chairman, and Necip Sayiner, Intersil, vice chairman ... Lobbyist registration: Shared Services Leadership Coalition, affiliated with Microsoft, Marshall McLean, effective Oct. 6.

CEA hires Denise Medved, ex-Tiny Kitchen and formerly with Reed Exhibition Companies, as vice president-sales and business development for CES and CES Asia ... Juniper Networks promotes Rami Rahim to CEO and adds him to board; Shaygan Kheradpir resigns as CEO and a director after a board review of his leadership and conduct in negotiations with a customer ... Madison Square Garden Co. hires Andrew Lustgarten, ex-NBA, as executive vice president-corporate development and strategy ... At Discovery Communications, in Discovery Networks International realignment of European operations: Dee Forbes promoted to lead operations in Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Nordic countries as president and managing director, Discovery Networks Northern Europe; Henrik Ravn, who managed Discovery's Nordic operations, stepping down at year's end; Kasia Kieli also now oversees Austria, Germany and Switzerland as president and managing director, Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Marinella Soldi now also oversees France as president and managing director, Discovery Networks Southern Europe ... Brightcove hires Kevin Rhodes, ex-PlumChoice, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Dec. 1; Chief Accounting Officer Chris Stagno, named interim CFO earlier this year, will resume previous role ... 8x8 hires Enzo Signore, ex-Avaya, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer.

TechNet hires Megan Schrader, ex-Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, as executive director, Washington and northwest region, overseeing state advocacy and political activities in states including Alaska, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin ... Otter Products, supplier of protective cases for mobile devices, promotes President Peter Lindgren to also be CEO, succeeding Brian Thomas, who has left the firm ... Andrew Crouch shifts to Level 3 regional president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa from regional president, North America and Asia Pacific ... AMC Networks promotes Lauren Gellert to executive vice president-development & original programming, WE tv, new position ... Scripps extends contract of Chairman, President and CEO Rich Boehne by a year to Aug. 7, 2016, followed by one-year renewals until either he or the company gives at least 90 days' notice of nonrenewal ... Sprint adds to board Nikesh Arora of SoftBank, which is affiliated with the company.

Universal Music Publishing Group hires Richard Conlon, ex-Broadcast Music Inc., as special adviser on performing rights ... QVC promotes Ken O'Brien to senior vice president-merchandising ... Samsung hires John Herrington, ex-Sharp, as senior vice president and general manager-home appliances, replacing Kevin Dexter, who will lead the development of a new business segment at Samsung ... AT&T adds to board William Kennard, ex-FCC ... CTIA adds to 2015 Executive Committee Stephen Gray, Syniverse ... FCC names to Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services Paul Kjellander, Idaho Public Utilities Commission, filling position vacated by Larry Landis, ex-Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ... Named to keynote Digital Entertainment World conference Feb. 10-12, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles: Sony Pictures TV President Steve Mosko; Maker Studios President Ynon Kreiz; Vice Media Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Eddy Moretti.

BakerHostetler hires Melinda McLellan, ex-Hunton & Williams, as member, Privacy and Data Protection team, focusing on cybersecurity and privacy ... Interactive Advertising Bureau names to new IAB Digital Video Center of Excellence: Anna Bager, to run it, promoted to senior vice president-mobile and video, new position, and Peter Naylor, Hulu, to head the center's board ... MCNC hires Jean Davis, ex-North Carolina Department of Commerce, as president and CEO of the nonprofit operator of the broadband North Carolina Research and Education Network... Discovery Communications hires Phil Craig, ex-ABC TV in Australia, as executive vice president-chief creative officer, Discovery Networks International, new position.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting hires Joyce MacDonald, ex-National Public Media, as vice president-journalism ... Comcast hires Javier Garcia, ex-Yahoo, as vice president and general manager-multicultural services, Comcast Cable ... Electronic Frontier Foundation promotes Cindy Cohn to executive director, effective in April, succeeding Shari Steele, stepping down; Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry promoted to legal director, succeeding Cohn, and will continue to lead IP team; Kurt Opsahl promoted to general counsel, also succeeding Cohn, and also named deputy executive director, new position; David Greene promoted to civil liberties director, new position ... Safe-T Data, cloud security provider, hires Derek Schwartz, ex-Cyclone Commerce, as CEO ... Jeffrey Cammerrer departs as chief financial officer of Appliance Recycling Centers of America to work for a private equity firm in the healthcare industry, effective Nov. 21, his duties to be assumed on an interim basis by CEO Mark Eisenschenk ... Meruelo Media hires Rick Rodriguez, ex-Discovery Networks, as general manager, Meruelo Television ... Lobbyist registration: Neustar, Gephardt Group Government Affairs, effective Oct. 27.

­SMS/800 hires Joel Bernstein, ex-Temple Strategies, as vice president-regulatory and public policy ... Fletcher Heald hires Bob Winteringham, ex-Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as of counsel ... IHeartMedia promotes Kelly Parker to vice president-sales, Dallas ... Nokia Networks promotes Ashish Chowdhary to lead customer operations, effective Jan. 1, and until then he will continue to lead Asia, Middle East and Africa; René Svendsen-Tune, executive vice president, Europe and Latin America, to leave the company at the end of Q1 ... iHeartMedia hires Adam Denenberg, ex-Huffington Post, as chief technology officer, iHeartRadio Network, effective Nov. 17 ... Time Warner promotes Dan Riess to executive vice president-integrated marketing and branded content, Turner Broadcasting’s Ad Sales division.