Viacom names digital ad sales executives for music and entertainment brands of cable channels: Melanie DiMemmo and Sarah Iooss to lead it, with Sharon Silverstein running West Coast business, and all three named senior vice president; Tim Carroll continues in Midwest region as vice president … CBS Interactive hires Rosabel Tao as senior vice president of communications … FTTH Council Europe elects Karin Ahl, Rala Infratech, president; Matthias Nass, ECI, treasurer; and directors including Eric Festraets, Alcatel-Lucent; Pastora Valero, Cisco; and Pär Cedergren, Ericsson … HSN hires Anne Martin-Vachon, ex-Nordstrom, as chief merchandising officer, effective May 14 … Lobbyist registrations: Verizon, Brownstein Hyatt, effective March 1.
Jason Oxman departs CEA as senior vice president-industry affairs, becoming CEO of Electronic Transactions Association, global trade group of the payment processing industry, effective May 7 … Edward An leaves Time Warner Cable, where he was a vice president of legislative affairs, effective June 30 … Lobbyist Registrations: Qualcomm, Lugar Hellmann Group, effective March 6 … CEA, Lugar Hellmann Group, effective March 6 … Bill Schrier retires as Seattle chief technology officer effective May 2, to be replaced on acting basis by Deputy Director Erin Devoto of Department of Information Technology.
Discovery Channel hires Jason Hyde, ex-Scripps Networks Interactive, as vice president of research … Euridice Ventura rejoins Spanish Broadcasting System, named vice president of affiliate marketing for consolidated operations … Tellabs names Andrew Szafran, ex-APAC Customer Services, chief financial officer and executive vice president.
Turner Broadcasting promotions to senior vice president: Andrea Ching for CNN and Turner digital ad sales marketing and promotions, new position; Jeff Collins for CNN ad sales; and Michael Strober for Turner Entertainment ad sales … Meredith Corp. hires Jon Werther, ex-Simulmedia, as chief strategy officer … Frontier Communications Chief Operating Officer Daniel McCarthy adds title of president … Dial Global names Michael Schreck senior vice president and director of corporate sports.
Librarian of Congress names Suzanne Barnett, judge in King County, Wash., as chief copyright royalty judge and Copyright Royalty Board head, effective May 20 and succeeding James Sledge … Richard Loomis promoted to senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Disney channels worldwide, new position … Lobbyist Registrations: AT&T, Purple Advocacy, effective March 14 … Application Developers Alliance, Brownstein Hyatt, effective March 19 … Rackspace Hosting, JTM Consulting, effective March 1.
Nokia Siemens Networks hires Ken Wirth, ex-Alcatel Lucent, as head of customer operations for North and Latin America, effective April 23 … Neustar hires Jonathan Coombes, ex-Rackspace Hosting, as chief information security officer … Payfone, payment processing service whose backers include Verizon and Rogers Communications, hires Paul Tocatlian, ex-Minerva Networks, as vice president of engineering … Arbitron Chief Financial Officer Richard Surratt to leave job for personal reasons May 11, be replaced on interim basis by Chief Operating Officer Sean Creamer … Eutelsat names Jean-Louis Robin, ex-TDF, human resources director, replacing Izy Béhar, retiring.
Todd Bertoson, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, hired by SNR Denton as senior managing director-public policy and regulation practice … MPAA promotions: Named senior vice president and associate general counsel are Linda Kinney in Washington office and Dan Robbins in Los Angeles office, where Karen Thorland becomes senior vice president and global content protection counsel and Kelly McMahon is named vice president and corporate counsel; Ben Sheffner promoted to vice president of legal affairs, moving to Washington office … Dish Network names James Moorhead, ex-Procter & Gamble, chief marketing officer … Samsung Electronics America hires Tod Pike, ex-Canon USA, as senior vice president responsible for Enterprise Business division.
Video network company IneoQuest Technologies hires Rick Ford, ex-BigBand, as senior vice president-worldwide sales … Cable maker Atlona hires Robert Colaizzi as chief financial officer … National Cable Television Cooperative changes: Judy Meyka, ex-consultant, hired as executive vice president-programming; Chief Financial Officer Corey McCarthy adds title of senior vice president for business development, new position; Frank Hughes named senior vice president of member services; Jeff Nourse, senior vice president of legal affairs, adds responsibility for regulatory oversight … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing promotes Ken Leonardo to vice president-marketing.
CEA promotes Laurie Lutz to vice president, CES operations … Neustar adds Mark Greene, Fair Isaac Corp., to board … Lobbyist Registrations: Motorola Mobility, OB-C Group, effective March 1.
FCC names William Levis, Colorado consumer counsel, to USF Federal-State Joint Board, replacing Simon ffitch, state of Washington … Alliance for Women in Media new directors: Cyndee Everman, Time Warner Cable; Janet Noll, RFD-TV; Christine Travaglini, Christal Radio, Nicol Turner-Lee, NAMIC.