Token, supplier of biometric authentication for thwarting ransomware attacks, names Project44's Rommel De La Cruz chief financial officer ... Cybersecurity company SafeGuard Cyber promotes John McCabe to global head-strategic partnerships ... Digital publisher XLMedia names Flutter’s Karen Tyrrell chief people and operations officer ... AI communications company Dialpad recruits Google's Joe Faber as general counsel ... Web3 consumer gateway company Zelcore promotes Gil Rutkowski to chief technology officer; previous CTO and co-founder Tadeas Kmenta becomes senior principal developer ... President Joe Biden appoints 26-member President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council with Global Infrastructure Partners CEO Adebayo Ogunlesi as chair and Maria Lehman, soon to start her term as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, as vice chair.
Patent and Trademark Office new appointees to Performance Review Board are PTO Deputy Director Derrick Brent as chair and, as alternates, Amy Cotton, deputy commissioner for trademark examination policy, and Katherine Vidal, PTO director … SAP promotes Lloyd Adams to president-North America … With HP’s $3.3 billion Poly buy complete (see 2203280036), HP adds ex-Poly CEO Dave Shull as president-workforce services and solutions, newly created position, naming him to its executive leadership team, effective Nov. 1, and appoints HP's Andy Rhodes to run the combined HP-Poly business as general manager-hybrid work solutions and peripherals, effective immediately ...
Bradley law firm becoming Bradley Werner with the addition of NATOA General Counsel Nancy Werner as partner focused on local government telecom, effective Sept. 15 … Scripps names West Virginia University’s Jim Iovino to lead new Google-backed Scripps Journalism Journey Initiative for transitioning experienced print journalists into video-driven news careers ... Y Combinator’s Geoff Ralston says he’s stepping down as president-CEO at year’s end, with Initialized Capital co-founder Garry Tan returning to company to replace him in those roles … Fullerton Engineering Consultants hires Kelly Lazuka from SAC Wireless as CEO ... Google moving Mary Ellen Coe to YouTube chief business officer, succeeding Robert Kyncl, leaving "soon" for "next challenge."
NARUC promotes Regina Davis to assistant executive director ... Massmart, Walmart majority-owned South African retailer, promotes Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Molapo to CEO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding current CEO Mitchell Slape when he departs Dec. 31 ... Arlo Technologies hires CalAmp’s Kurt Binder, also ex-Vizio, as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 26; current CFO Gordon Mattingly departs Arlo Sept. 21 ... Pindrop, voice authentication technology company, names Marc Diouane, ex-Checkr, president-chief operating officer ... UScellular names Twilio's Rebecca Murphy Thompson, also ex-Competitive Carriers Association, vice president-government affairs ... Data resiliency platform Druva names former eBay executive Tom Brown chief human resources officer ... UL Research Institutes names Dematic's Kristen Delphos vice president-corporate communications and public relations.
Andre Fuetsch to retire as AT&T network chief technology officer and step down as O-RAN Alliance chairman, both effective Tuesday; alliance names no successor, but AT&T will keep its seat on the O-RAN board as a founding member ... GlobalFoundries names Pradheepa Raman, ex-Stanley Black & Decker, chief people officer, effective Sept. 12 ... Cloud provider Elastic names Amazon Web Services’ Ken Exner chief product officer, effective Monday ... Ad management platform Mediavine promotes Yolanda Evans to chief people and culture officer, newly created position.
WildBrain extends contract of CEO-Vice Chair Eric Ellenbogen for three years, with an option to move him to executive chair in the second half of his term ... Altafiber names Rob Shema, ex-Com Net (CNI), director-government affairs and business development; CNI says a search is underway for his replacement as CEO.
Law firm Verrill taps Mark Rubin, former Tracfone senior executive-government affairs, as counsel-telecommunications … Executive changes at Comscore: Chief Product Officer David Algranati assumes new role as chief innovation officer; Greg Dale named chief operating officer, having previously rejoined Comscore through its 2021 acquisition of social media measurement company Shareablee, where he was COO; Jon Lieberman, who also joined Comscore via the Shareablee acquisition, becomes chief technology officer; Chief Commercial Officer Chris Wilson leaving the company.
Supply chain resilience company Interos names Justworks’ Aida Sukys chief financial officer ... Cybersecurity services provider Kivu Consulting names Palo Alto Networks’ Billy Evans senior vice president ... Abbyy, intelligent process automation company, hires former Broadcom executive Gabrielle Lukianchuk as CMO ... Fleet Space Technologies names Gerrit Olivier, from the Institute of Mine Seismology, director-planetary geophysics … Autodesk adds Juniper Networks CEO Rami Rahim to its board ... Ebooks subscription service Scribd adds Life360's Ariana Hellebuyck as chief marketing officer, newly created position ... Identity verification platform Okta adds Coinbase Global President-Chief Operating Officer Emilie Choi, also former Warner Bros. Entertainment, to its board.
ACA Connects says Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Ross Lieberman is resigning, effective Aug. 31, “to pursue new interests” … New Mexico Public Regulation Commission names Ed Rilkoff, from Smartflower Solar tech company, director-Utility Division … Qualcomm hires Izzy Santa, ex-One Concern, as senior director-public affairs and Katie Patala, formerly Mercury Public Affairs, as director-public affairs … Saga Communications appoints board member Warren Lada interim CEO following Friday’s death of founder and CEO Ed Christian.
HTC announces CEO Mike Hagg retiring before year-end, with Chief Operating Officer Carlton Lewis rising to that post … Bill.com names Typeform’s Irana Wasti, also ex-GoDaddy, chief product officer, and names former PayPal executive Sofya Pogreb chief operating officer ... Redpoint Cybersecurity promotes David Duncan to vice president-cyber operations ... NEC America names Idemia’s Gary Lac vice president-solutions.