Analog Devices adds retired Deloitte executive Stephen Jennings to its board, expanding it to 12 members ... Crypto platform Kraken names StockX’s Vishnu Patankar, also ex-Microsoft, Amazon and Intel, chief technology officer ... Connected cloud company Samsara hires ServiceNow’s Lara Caimi as president-worldwide field operations, and adds her to its executive management team; Chief Revenue Officer Andy McCall announces his retirement, plans to remain advisor through year-end ... Cryptocurrency exchange Binance names Rachel Conlan, ex-OKX, vice president-global marketing ... Low-code development platform 8base adds former Digital Ocean Chief Marketing Officer Carly Brantz and current Product Maestro CEO Connie Kwan to its board ...
Peter Lake resigns as chairman, Texas PUC, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to announce successor "in the coming days" ... Discover Financial Services adds former BMO U.S. Chief Operating Officer Daniela O’Leary-Gill to its board, effective June 14 ... Kopin elects former Lucent Technologies executive James Brewington chairman, succeeding John Fan, who remains on Kopin’s board ... CBC/Radio-Canada extends term of President-CEO Catherine Tait until Jan. 2, 2025 ... Pitney Bowes board elects MG Advisors Chair Mary Steele Guilfoile, a board member since 2018, non-executive chair ... Cybersecurity company Millennium adds retired Army Lt. Gen. Leslie Smith to its board of advisers ... Cybersecurity platform Resecurity names Shawn Loveland, ex-Microsoft, COO ... Jegi Clarity, mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, taps Lincoln International’s Bob Lockwood as managing director ... Capital market company Pluribus Technologies names Nancy Fahy, ex-Ernst & Young, chief financial officer and adds her to its executive leadership team; former CFO Simon Giannakis moves to a new role overseeing the company's M&A function ... Gannett names Terence Samuel, ex-NPR News, USA Today editor-in-chief, effective July 10, replacing Michael McCarter, who was interim editor-in-chief and is newly promoted to vice president-opinion; Regional Editor Michael Anastasi is also promoted to Vice President-USA Today Network Local.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) appoints his senior adviser-policy director, Kayla Hahn, to Missouri Public Service Commission … Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) names John Scott, former Texas deputy attorney general-civil litigation, interim Texas AG, as suspended AG Ken Paxton (R) awaits his state Senate impeachment trial ... Targeted Victory’s Nathan Leamer, ex-FCC, launches Fixed Gear Strategies, focusing on the intersection of tech and policy … Cybersecurity services company Conversant Group taps HBR Consulting’s Josh Nardo as vice president-advisory services ... Incident response platform Cado Security names Holly Shea Cappello, ex-Carbon Black, senior vice president-global sales ... ID.me, digital identity and credentials network, names Mike Durso, ex-VMware, chief revenue officer and Marcus Hearne, ex-IBM, chief marketing officer ... AlertEnterprise, provider of AI-powered workforce management solutions, adds former SAP and Google Cloud executive Greg Tomb to its board.
President Joe Biden formally sends to Senate his nomination of former NTIA acting Administrator Anna Gomez to the vacant fifth FCC seat and nominations of sitting Commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks for new terms (see 2305310055) … News/Media Alliance promotes Executive Vice President-General Counsel Danielle Coffey to president-CEO.
NCTA hires Rikin Thakker, ex-Wireless Infrastructure Association, as chief technology officer and senior vice president-technology ... MPA Senior Adviser Vans Stevenson leaving to become consultant on state and local government affairs projects … SatixFy Communications, Israeli satellite communications company, names former Chief Commercial Officer Nir Barkan acting CEO, effective Thursday, replacing former CEO Ido Gur, leaving ... Advantage Communications Group names Code42’s Eric Wansong global chief operating officer … Spot, third-party logistics company, names former Hammond Kennedy partner John Carsello chief of staff, newly created role ... Public affairs firm Oaktree Solutions names Smart City Expo USA CEO Aarti Tandon managing director-equity, entertainment and technology.
Mintz names Reza Dokhanchy, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice … NCTA names Mansoor Abdul Khadir, ex-Democratic National Committee, associate vice president-external affairs, and Michael Pauls, from USTelecom, vice president-government relations.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) appoints Wesley Bennett, commissioner-Department of Local Government Finance, to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, effective June 26; replacing Stefanie Krevda, who stepped down … Public Service Commission of West Virginia promotes Andy Gallagher to communications director … Alan Chartock retires as WAMC Albany president-CEO; Operations and Engineering Director Stacey Rosenberry is interim CEO … CBS Stations promotes Kari Patey to vice president-producer development for 14 CBS local newsrooms across country, new position; she remains vice president-news director, CBS News Minnesota, until successor is found.
RealNetworks promotes Chris Wheaton to president-chief operating officer and chief financial officer; Michael Parham departs as senior vice president-general counsel, effective June 30 ... Cloud-based platform AuditBoard adds former Medallia Chief Financial Officer Roxanne Oulman to its board ... Cybersecurity company Exabeam adds Blue Owl Capital’s Pravin Vazirani to its board ... Identity verification company SecureAuth names former 8x8 CEO Vikram Verma chairman ... BAE Systems adds former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., to its board ... PlusMusic, adaptive audio AI startup for the gaming industry, adds former Sony Interactive Entertainment executive Shawn Layden to its board ... Cybersecurity vendor SoSafe adds former Palo Alto Networks Chief Marketing Officer Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir and Bhagwat Swaroop, Entrust president-digital security solutions, to its board.
American Public Television names PBS Senior Vice President James Dunford president-CEO, effective June 12; he succeeds Cynthia Fenneman, retiring in early June … Former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis returns to Paladin Capital Group as strategic adviser; he was a Paladin managing director for seven years before joining President Joe Biden’s White House ... Harmonic names Lumentum’s Walter Jankovic chief financial officer ... Intelligent connectivity company Boomi names MuleSoft’s Josh Rutberg, also ex-Bain & Co., chief customer officer ... Optiva, supplier of cloud-native revenue management software for the telecommunications industry, names Mobileum’s Michele Campriani chief revenue officer.
Wiley announces former Senate Commerce Committee staffer Crystal Tully as special counsel in the firm’s Telecom, Media and Technology Practice … Data center developer CyrusOne says CFO Katherine Motlagh will leave June 1; Senior Vice President-Finance Michael Schafer becomes interim CFO on Motlagh’s departure while the company launches a search for her permanent successor ... Gray Television promotes Senior Managing Vice President Sandy Breland to executive vice president-chief operating officer, succeeding Bob Smith, retired … Private equity firm Welsh Carson adds Dun & Bradstreet’s Andrew Hausman, also former IDC, as an operating partner-technology group.