Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO for two years, effective immediately, replacing Bob Chapek, leaving ... GlobaFoundries names Cisco’s Ashlie Wallace senior vice president-global supply chain, effective Nov. 28 ... Zebra Technologies promotes Tami Froese to chief supply chain officer ... Project Liberty’s McCourt Institute names Constance Bommelaer de Leusse, ex-Internet Society, executive director ... AI company Rad Intelligence adds business management veteran Christopher Robert Celona as strategic adviser-corporate development and computer scientist Alexander Wissner-Gross as founding adviser ... Newly promoted to managing directors in Allison+Partners technology practice: Sharon Barclay, business-to-business technology, U.S.; Jeff Leopold, customer experience; and Jaime Tero, technology ... Amazon Web Services consultancy Rebura names AWS partner ecosystem veteran Marty Legg chief revenue officer, newly created role ... Talkdesk names Odigo’s David Paulding senior vice president-international ...
Viq Solutions, provider of AI-driven digital voice and video capture technology, promotes Chairman Larry Taylor to newly created role of executive chairman, and names Tim Johnson, ex-Microsoft’s Nuance, senior vice president-international ... Visa promotes President Ryan McInerney to CEO, effective Feb. 1, succeeding Alfred Kelly, who becomes executive chairman ... Legato Security names former Utah Chief Information Security Officer Tim Hastings CISO ... Rogers, provider of advanced electronic and elastomeric materials, says President-CEO Bruce Hoechner will retire effective Dec. 31, will remain a board member and as adviser until March 31; board plans to appoint Senior Vice President Colin Gouveia to succeed Hoechner as president-CEO.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirements this month of Michelle Carey, deputy chief-Media Bureau; Linda Oliver, associate general counsel, Administrative Law Division; Vienna Jordan, public utilities specialist-Wireline Bureau Pricing Policy Division; and Vanessa Stallings, webmaster-Media Bureau … CTIA names Frank Wong, from Amtrak, director-wireless technology … American National Standards Institute promotes Douglas Leonard to executive director of its National Accreditation Board; he was co-interim executive director since December; ANSI moves Warren Merkel to the board's vice president-policy, both effective Monday.
Fortra cybersecurity company names Matthew Schoenfeld, from Absolute Software, president, succeeding Jim Cassens who remains executive director … Mobility-as-a-service company Social Mobile names telecom veteran Jai Rao, ex-Orbic, chief engineering officer ... Cloud reskilling platform Revolent names former Salesforce and Microsoft executive Richard Jones-Penny chief revenue officer ... Digital agreements security company OneSpan promotes Samy Ibrahim to CRO ... Social media management company Hootsuite adds DocuSign’s Antonis Papatsaras as chief technology officer ... Bluepeak hires Billy Parker, ex-Lumen Technologies, as vice president-business and connected properties division.
BSA|The Software Alliance adds Matthew Lenz, ex-Entertainment Software Association, as senior director-state advocacy, running BSA’s 50-state advocacy program … Horizon Media launches Horizon Sports & Experiences (HS&E), led by former Turner President David Levy, and former Momentum Worldwide Chair-CEO Chris Weil, who become co-CEOs and equity partners in HS&E; Michael Neuman, head of Horizon’s Scout becomes HS&E executive vice president … Fleet Space names Ramani Ventures’ Kevin Ramani chief revenue officer.
Lazard financial advisory firm adds Cowen’s Edward Rubin as a managing director-Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment Group ... Cybersecurity company Anomali names Arkose Labs’ Udit Tibrewal to chief financial officer-chief operating officer ... Commercial space company Momentus announces retirement of Chief Revenue Officer Dawn Harms, effective Dec. 31 ... Integral Ad Science hires Interpublic Group’s Tania Secor as CFO, effective Dec. 5 ... Wipro names Accenture’s Ankush Saigal head-telecom industry sector, Southeast Asia.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) appoints Ted Trabue, ex-of DC Sustainable Energy Utility, to Public Service Commission, and Jason Fink, from Mayor’s Office of Scheduling and Advance, as statehood initiatives director-Office of Federal and Regional Affairs … Group Black collectives of Black-owned media and diverse creators names Delida Costin, ex-Grove Collaborative, chief legal officer-general counsel … Fiber provider Metronet hires Telly Whitfield from the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina, as director-government affairs.
Daniel Smith, former chief counsel-Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., for Senate Judiciary Committee, joins Gibson Dunn as of counsel, Public Policy and Congressional Investigations practice groups … Wireless connectivity licensor CEVA taps Amir Panush from TDK’s InvenSense as CEO, effective Jan. 1, to succeed Gideon Wertheizer, retiring at the end of 2022 ... CtrlS Datacenters names Ashish Ahuja, ex-Google, chief technology officer.
Margaret Harding McGill announces she left Axios to become NTIA’s senior adviser-public affairs … Wi-Fi sensing platform Origin promotes Chief Commercial Officer Spencer Maid to president-CEO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding CEO Ray Liu, who will remain chairman and chief technology officer ... NCR names Patricia Watson, ex-Bank of America, chief information officer and adds her to its executive leadership team.
BSA|The Software Alliance names Michael O’Brien, ex-National Association of Manufacturers, vice president-global public affairs … WekaIO global data platform provider appoints Jeffrey Giannetti, ex-Cleversafe, chief revenue officer … Avaya taps AlixPartners Managing Director Becky Roof as interim chief financial officer, effective Wednesday, replacing retiring Kieran McGrath, remaining an adviser until Dec. 1; Executive Vice President-Chief Administrative Officer Shefali Shah will take on responsibilities in connection with strategic initiatives being implemented by CEO Alan Masarek.