TechNet hires PF Consulting’s Patrick Fleming, also ex-Republican House aide, as director-federal policy and external affairs … Summit Ridge Group appoints to its valuation and technology teams Kevin McElroy, ex-Crowe, as director and Yagnik Mehta, ex-New York University Stern School of Business, as analyst ... GlobalFoundries appoints Silicon Labs Chief Financial Officer John Hollister as CFO, effective Feb. 5; Silicon Labs announces Chief Accounting Officer Mark Mauldin will be named interim CFO when the “handover” is completed by Feb. 2, while search is underway for Hollister’s permanent replacement.
Crown Castle announces CEO Jay Brown is retiring, effective Jan. 16; board member Anthony Melone to become interim CEO during replacement search (see 2312080042) ... Spotify to “part ways” with Chief Financial Officer Paul Vogel, effective March 31; it launches “external search” for his successor, and in the interim names Ben Kung, vice president-financial planning and analysis, to “take on expanded responsibilities to support the company’s realignment of its financial leadership team” ... Commvault promotes Anthony Anzevino to senior vice president-Americas field organization ... Analog Devices adds Stanford University economist Peter Henry to its board, expanding it to 13 members.
Davis Wright adds Gerald Stein, a former attorney in the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, as a partner in its New York office ... Telecommunications Association of Michigan taps Consumers Energy’s Michael Rampe, also formerly with the Miller Canfield law firm, as its next general counsel, replacing Michael Holmes, moving to new role as legal adviser ... Verizon hires Leslie Berland, ex-Peloton and ex-Twitter, as chief marketing officer, effective Jan. 9.
Comtech hires former iDirect Government CEO John Ratigan as its first chief corporate development officer ... SkyePoint Decisions, cybersecurity solutions provider to the federal government, promotes Heather Newlin to chief strategy officer ... PayPal hires Fiserv’s Suzan Kereere as president-global markets, effective Jan. 1 ... Disney promotes Tracy Underwood to ABC Signature president … Gallup rehires William Kruse, CFA Institute deputy general counsel, as general counsel; he's Gallup's former senior counsel-public sector division ... American Weekend Entertainment adds ConroyCo Ventures CEO Kevin Conroy to its advisory board.
Lawler Metzger law firm, specializing in wireline, wireless and satellite communications matters, announces it's shutting with year-end retirements of partners Greg Lawler, Richard Metzger and Gina Keeney … Atlas Digital Group appoints Altice’s Chad Neuhaus as chief operating officer ... Pax8, cloud commerce marketplace, names Robb Reck, ex-Red Canary, as chief trust and security officer … iHeartMedia announces realignment in its Markets Group, shifting division presidents: Bernie Weiss, Paul Corvino and Tom McConnell for Region Division; Kristin Foley, Chris Soechtig, DJ Hodge and Nick Gnau for Metro Division; and Shosh Abromovich and Dan Lankford, Community Division; also promotes Amy Leimbach to president-Austin, Dallas and San Antonio markets; and names Tony Coles president-multicultural business and development and he continues as president of BIN: Black Information Network.
Windstream promotes Joe Scattareggia to president-wholesale, and Mike Flannery to president-enterprise; Scattareggia and Flannery, who previously served as the chief revenue officers of their respective business units, succeed former Windstream Wholesale and Enterprise President Buddy Bayer, departing year-end to pursue another opportunity ... Varnish Software, caching, streaming and content delivery software solutions provider, hires Global Connect’s Fredrik Borg as CEO, succeeding Lars Larsson, moving to a new Varnish role focused on customer acquisition and strategic partnerships.
Optimum hires Comcast’s Michael Parker as executive vice president-business services, newly created role, and promotes David Williams to executive vice president and president-consumer services and Leroy Williams to executive vice president-chief growth and innovation officer ... Arista Networks appoints Aspen Technology’s Chantelle Breithaupt as chief financial officer, effective February ... Cox Enterprises advances Patrick O'Boyle to senior vice president-corporate development, and elevates Rob Huting to vice president-corporate development, reporting to O'Boyle ... Tencent Music Entertainment Group Vice President Lixue Shi resigns for personal reasons, effective Dec. 31.
TechNet promotes Chief Financial Officer-Vice President of Administration Patricia Albertson to CFO-senior vice president of administration … Wiley announces T-Mobile’s Sydney White, former T-Mobile analyst, as special counsel privacy, cyber and data governance and telecom, media and technology practices … Disney adds Morgan Stanley Chairman-CEO James Gorman and former Sky Group Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch to its board; Gorman’s appointment is effective Feb. 5, Darroch's is effective Jan. 9 ... Radware appoints Alex Pinchev, ex-Red Hat, to board until next annual meeting when appointment will be up for a shareholder vote … Musixmatch, global music data platform, names former Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff chief business officer ... Bastion, web3 orchestrator company, promotes Caroline Friedman to chief operating officer ... Inseego, 5G edge cloud solutions company, hires Sierra Wireless’ Keri Bolding as senior vice president-global channel sales and distribution, newly created role.
SkyePoint Decisions, cybersecurity solutions provider to the federal government, promotes Heather Conigliaro to president ... AlertMedia, emergency communications provider, names Marc Ostryniec, ex-BigCommerce, chief revenue officer ... Arkose Labs, bot management and online security company, hires Mimecast’s John Walsh as chief technology officer; Ashish Jain, who previously headed engineering and product for Arkose, moves to chief product officer ... Qrypt, quantum-secure encryption company, adds Roger Biscay, Cisco senior vice president-corporate treasurer and head-global corporate security, to its board of advisers.
NARUC President Julie Fedorchak appoints Iowa Utilities Board member Joshua Byrnes as treasurer ... Ritter Communications promotes Victor Esposito to chief technical officer ... Mimecast moves interim Chief Human Resources Officer Janet Prosper to permanent CHRO; she had served as interim CHRO since October 2022 ... Zscaler hires ServiceNow’s Mike Rich as chief revenue officer-president, global sales, and Joyce Kim, ex-Twilio, as chief marketing officer ... TowerNorth, developer and operator of wireless infrastructure assets in the U.S. and Europe, hires Full Tilt Energy Systems’ Tim Jaki, also former Crown Castle, as chief operating officer; Parallel Infrastructure’s Joshua Mossey as chief financial officer; and American Tower’s Pablo Herrera as vice president-corporate development.