Leaving office of FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly is Chief of Staff Courtney Reinhard, future plans not disclosed …Justice Department promotes Stuart Delery to acting associate attorney general, succeeding Associate Attorney General Tony West, who’s leaving (CD Sept 4 p15) … Hitachi America promotes Masaya Watanabe to president and CEO, succeeding Kenji Nakamura, named adviser to chief marketing officer, Hitachi Corporate Sales & Marketing Group … Dickstein Shapiro Public Policy & Political Law Practice hires David Thompson, ex-Capitol Hill Consulting Group and with expertise on issues including technology, and Carrie-Lee Early, ex-House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and before that FCC … Sony Pictures Entertainment hires Josh Greenstein, ex-Paramount, as president-worldwide marketing and distribution … Lobbyist registrations: Microsoft, Brian Fitzgerald, effective Aug. 1 … Open Source Elections Technology Foundation, The Smith-Free Group, effective Aug. 1.
Oceus Networks promotes Randy Fuerst to CEO, and he remains president; Douglas Smith leaves as CEO … Internet Association hires Abigail Slater, ex-aide to FTC Commissioner Julie Brill, as vice president-legal and regulatory … Sony Pictures Entertainment hires Ryan Doherty, ex-Ballantine Bantam Dell, as vice president-literary development, new post, pursuing book-to-film-and-television opportunities for all content divisions … Aerohive Networks hires Stathis Papaefstathiou, ex-F5 Networks, as senior vice president-engineering … Non-Contracted Parties House of the Generic Names Supporting Organization names to ICANN board Markus Kummer, Internet Society, on Oct. 14, filling Bill Graham’s seat … Lobbyist registrations: Intuit, Greenberg Traurig, effective July 18 … USTelecom, Greenberg Traurig, Aug. 1.
Jenner & Block hires Patrick Webre, ex-Huron Consulting Group, as staff attorney … Leaving Justice Department is Associate Attorney General Tony West … Carnegie Mellon University hires Rick Siger, ex-aide to Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren, as director-strategic initiatives and engagement … Amazon Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Thomas Szkutak retiring, effective in June, with Brian Olsavsky, vice president-finance, global consumer business, succeeding him as CFO … Leaving Avnet is Avnet Technology Solutions Global President Phil Gallagher, after successor named, to focus on new career opportunities.
Federated Wireless hires Iyad Tarazi, ex-Sprint, as CEO … Arianespace names Thomas Hundt, ex-Airbus, chief financial officer … Novatel Wireless hires Michael Newman, ex-Websense, as executive vice president and chief financial officer … Cox Enterprises promotes Brett Fennell to senior vice president and chief financial officer, Cox Media Group, succeeding Charles Odom, recently promoted (CD June 27 p12) … LGS Innovations, providing communications products to government and business clients, hires John Fitzgerald, ex-ManTech, as executive vice president and chief financial officer … Neustar hires Michael Schoen, ex-Mediabrands Audience Platform, as vice president-marketing services.
Among those President Barack Obama plans to nominate are: Russell Deyo, ex-Johnson & Johnson, as Homeland Security undersecretary for management, and to President’s Intelligence Advisory Board James Crown, Henry Crown and Co.; Scott Davis, United Parcel Service; Jamie Dos Santos, Cybraics; Julius Genachowski, Carlyle Group and ex-FCC; Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Neal Wolin, ex-Treasury Department … CTIA board adds Stephen Gray, Syniverse, replacing Jeff Gordon, who was succeeded at the company recently by Gray (CD Aug 27 p16).
Technology Policy Program at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center promotes Eli Dourado to director; Jerry Brito leaves and now working full time on bitcoin policy … Discovery Communications promotes at TLC Alon Orstein to senior vice president-production and development, and to vice presidents Wendy Douglas for production and Marisa Levy, development … Gannett promotes Ellen Crooke to vice president-news, Gannett Broadcasting … Back9Network hires Chris Lencheski, ex-Front Row Marketing, to head linear and digital sales initiatives.
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Universal Service Administrative Co. hires as CEO Chris Henderson, ex-ASI Government, whose unanimous nomination by USAC’s board was approved Tuesday by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler … Dish moves Senior Vice President Warren Schlichting to lead programming group, succeeding Steve Swain, recently named chief financial officer (CD Aug 25 p16), both moves effective Oct. 1, and Adam Gaynor promoted to vice president, adding responsibilities in Media Sales group, leadership of which still reports to Schlichting … John Batter, formerly of M-Go, hired as CEO, Gracenote and executive vice president, Tribune Media, the owner of Gracenote … LIN Media moves Les Vann to president and general manager of WISH-TV Indianapolis and WNDY-TV Marion, Indiana.
MRV Communications names Mark Bonney, a director of the firm, executive vice president and chief financial officer, replacing Stephen Garcia as CFO … Returned to O'Melveny & Myers is Ted Hassi, ex-FTC Competition Bureau, as partner, Antitrust and Competition Practice Group … SpinMedia, network of pop culture, music and entertainment mobile and Web content, hires Stephen Blackwell, founder of website Death and Taxes which the company acquired in July, as CEO, replacing Dale Strang, remaining with company as chairman … Cleversafe, data storage firm, hires Greg Palinckx, ex-NetApp, as vice president-systems engineering.
Dish Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Olson retiring Oct. 15, being succeeded by Steve Swain, who remains senior vice president, and also becomes CFO … Free Press hires Sandra Fulton, leaving ACLU, as government relations manager … House Homeland Security Committee hires Lauren Claffey, ex-aide to Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Senate Intelligence Committee, as communications director … Quebecor moves to its Videotron unit Hugues Simard, named cable operator’s senior vice president and chief financial officer.