FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai hires Brendan Carr, ex-Office of General Counsel, as legal adviser on wireless, public safety, and international issues, replacing Jeffrey Neumann, who had been acting legal adviser to Pai while detailed from Media Bureau Engineering Division, returning to division as senior engineer … Intellectual property law firm Hamilton Brook hires Ronald Demsher, ex-WilmerHale, as associate … Sinclair promotes Executive Vice President David Amy to also be chief operating officer; he’s replaced as chief financial officer by Christopher Ripley, ex-Canor and before that UBS, effective April 2 … Telemundo Media hires Michael Guariglia, ex-Univision Communications, as vice president-network sales.
Hogan Lovells hires Tom Peters, ex-FCC Wireless Bureau, as senior technical advisor, Technology, Media and Telecoms group … FiberLight promotes Paul Pierron to CEO … Nielsen Chief Financial Officer Brian West promoted to chief operating officer, effective March 10; Jamere Jackson, ex-General Electric, hired as CFO … Synapse Wireless hires as senior vice presidents George Sun, ex-Intelligent InSites, for sales and business development, and Kathy Snyder, ex-CareFusion, client services … Microsoft moves Executive Vice President Julie Larson-Green to chief experience officer, Applications and Services Group … Channel promotes Clay Hunnicutt to executive vice president and general manager-national programming platforms … WideOrbit advertising management software provider to media companies hires Susie Hedrick, ex-Marketron, as vice president-sales and business development, radio … Lobbyist registrations: Amazon, Van Ness Feldman, effective Jan. 10 … CoCo Communications maker of software defined routers, Capitol Strategies Partners, effective Feb. 17.
Pandora hires Sara Clemens, ex-Greylock Partners, as chief strategy officer, and Kristen Robinson, ex-Yahoo, as chief human resources officer, new post … Mercury Public Affairs hires Vince Frillici, ex-Patton Boggs, as managing director, to be effective March 3 … Synapse Wireless machine-to-machine connectivity firm hires Johnny Thorington, ex-Adtran, as vice president-product management.
Inmarsat hires Tony Bates, ex-Hibu, as chief financial officer … Time Warner hires Virginia Lazalde-McPherson, ex-MTV, as senior vice president-business affairs, truTV … Eric Meyrowitz, ex-Tribune Co., rejoins Hearst Television as vice president-sales, effective March 1 … Viacom promotes Audrey Diehl to vice president-animation development, Nickelodeon Group … NABPAC, NAB’s PAC, names as co-chairs Bill McElveen, L&L Broadcasting, and Ralph Oakley, Quincy … National Public Safety Telecommunications Council adds as vice chairman Terry Hall, Virginia’s York-Poquoson-Williamsburg Emergency Communications Center.
CBS promotes Nina Tassler to chairman, CBS Entertainment … Vidyo hires Eran Westman, ex-Ceragon Networks, as chief revenue officer, succeeding Rob Hughes, leaving company … WWE promotes Tandy O'Donoghue to executive vice president-strategy & analytics, new position, effective March 15 … Telemundo Media promotes Eli Velazquez to senior vice president-sports … Enacomm self-service application voice processing firm hires David Anderson, ex-marketing consultant, as vice president and chief marketing officer … Applicaster cross-screen TV firm hires Peter Cassidy, ex-FremantleMedia UK, as vice president-Europe.
ZwillGen law firm hires as lawyers Jeff Landis, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, who has represented high-technology and Internet companies, and Anna Hsia, ex-Goodwin Procter, to work on California privacy issues … BIA/Kelsey promotes Mark Fratrik to senior vice president … DirecTV hires Steve Raymond, ex-Disney, as vice president-affiliate relations, DirecTV Sports Networks’ Root Sports regional sports networks … North American Broadcasters Association board names Robert Ross, CBS, as president, succeeding Robert Briskman, Sirius XM, and as vice presidents Richard Friedel, Fox Entertainment Group and John Lee, CBC/Radio-Canada … Lobbyist registration: Telecommunications Industry Association, Peck Madigan, effective Jan. 1.
Hulu hires Tian Lim, ex-Sony Network Entertainment International, as chief technology officer, effective March 3 … Wyless, which works with mobile operators on Internet of Things, hires Gilli Coston, ex-CGI, as chief strategy officer … Lobbyist registrations: 21st Century Fox, D&D Strategies, effective Jan. 17 … Dell, Ogilvy Government Relations, effective Feb. 1.
Syniverse names Mary Clark, ex-CTIA and Cellular One, chief marketing officer.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies names Spencer Overton, on sabbatical from George Washington University, as interim president and CEO … CSG promotions to slots at its new CSG Invotas business: Mike Henderson, president; Paul Nguyen, president, global security solutions; Fred Brott, president, government solutions; Dwayne Ruffin, chief-global market development; and Jessica Gulick, ex-SAIC, hired as chief strategist … Warburg Pincus private-equity firm names Dinesh Moorjani, ex-Hatch Labs, as executive-in-residence, where he'll work on the mobile industry … Lobbyist registration: Comcast, Holland & Knight, effective Jan. 1.
Harris Corp. hires Mick Lopez, ex-Aricent Group, as chief financial officer, succeeding Gary McArthur, who is leaving company to pursue other opportunities … Sunlight Foundation hires Jenn Topper, ex-Free Press, as communications manager, effective Feb. 24 … American Enterprise Institute names intellectual property attorney Michael Rosen as Center for Internet, Communications and Technology Policy visiting fellow, working on patent litigation and copyright issues … Journal Communications promotes Jason Graham to senior vice president-finance, controller and chief financial officer, and President Andre Fernandez also named chief operating officer.