Cloud-native security startup Skyhigh Security names Scott Goree, ex-Nutanix and also former Cisco, vice president-worldwide channels, and Dell’s Jeff Tripp, also ex-AT&T, senior director-America’s channels ... Cyber defense company BlueVoyant taps Shane Akeroyd as vice chairman and Eric Staffin as vice president-strategic development, both joining from IHS Markit ... Software intelligence company Dynatrace names Akamai’s Nicole Fitzpatrick general counsel and Sue Quackenbush, ex-Vonage, chief people officer ... Telstra promotes Eric Dalessio to vice president-customer service delivery, the Americas ... Voice AI technology company Suki names Google’s Belwadi Srikanth vice president-product and design, and Anmol Rastogi, ex-Lendingkart, senior director-product management ... Yahoo adds Away CEO Jen Rubio to its board, expanding it to 10 members ... Box content cloud platform adds Informatica CEO Amit Walia to its board.
FuboTV names Merkle’s Lynette Kaylor senior vice president-advertising sales ... Israeli 5G wireless transport company Ceragon Networks hires Ronen Stein, ex-Siklu, as CFO, effective Sept. 21 ... Thunderbird Entertainment’s Great Pacific Media unscripted content subsidiary promotes Lindsay Macadam to executive vice president and Todd Serotiuk to vice president-creative ... Darren Throop plans to step down as president-CEO of Hasbro’s eOne entertainment content subsidiary when his contract expires year-end, no successor named ... MusiCares names Theresa Wolters, from Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, vice president-health and human services ... Blockchain company Lamina1 names former Google and Electronic Arts executive Jamil Moledina its first vice president-games partnerships and media ... Energous adds Quantum CFO Michael Dodson and RoseRyan CEO David Roberson to its board ... Cloud database company Cockroach Labs adds former Amazon General Counsel Michelle Wilson to its board.
IT solutions provider Softchoice names Vice President-Financial Reporting and Tax Yota Skederidis interim chief financial officer, effective with Sept. 9 departure of current CFO Bryan Rocco ... Melanie Tiano, ex-CTIA, joins T-Mobile as director-regulatory affairs … Intel elects Cadence Design Systems Executive Chairman Lip Bu Tan, also chairman of Walden International and founding managing partner of Celesta Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, to its board, effective Sept. 1 ... Digital Entertainment Group appoints Robin Tarufelli, Deloitte managing director-media and entertainment, special adviser to its board.
With its $375 million Redbox Entertainment buy complete (see 2205110051), Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment appoints former Redbox CEO Galen Smith to newly created role of executive vice chairman of Redbox and Chicken Soup, and names former Scripps Networks executive Jonathan Katz Chicken Soup president ... Axon, network of devices and apps for public safety personnel, hires Sonos Chief Financial Officer Brittany Bagley as CFO-chief business officer, effective Sept. 26; Jim Zito, Axon’s interim CFO since May 4, will return to senior vice president-accounting; at Sonos, Chief Legal Officer Eddie Lazarus succeeds Bagley as interim CFO, effective Sept. 1.
Comtech Telecommunications names Chairman Ken Peterman president-CEO, succeeding departing Michael Porcelain, who also resigns from Comtech’s board ... Cryptocurrency platform Bakkt Holdings names Karen Alexander chief financial officer; she had been interim CFO since May and previously was chief accounting officer ... Automated cybersecurity platform Forescout Technologies hires former Trend Micro executive Rik Ferguson as vice president-security intelligence ... Software development tools provider SmartBear promotes Christine Whichard to chief information security officer, in addition to her current responsibilities as senior vice president-IT services and infrastructure ... Accion Labs, software product engineering company for emerging technologies, names GlobalLogic’s Tom Collins, also ex-Accenture, chief operating officer ... Cloud identity platform Authomize adds Rene Bonvanie, Palo Alto Networks chief marketing officer emeritus, to its board ... Digital Global Systems, specializing in next-generation software for wireless networks, adds former T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer Cole Brodman to its advisory board.
FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips tells President Joe Biden he plans to resign in the fall (see 2208090061) ... Digital contracting platform Ironclad names former Twilio executive Leslie Henthorn chief marketing officer ... Connext, information technology deployment company, recruits Onepath’s William Bailey, also former Facebook, as president, and promotes Matt Howard to chief operating officer ... Video-editing platform VideoVerse names Waymo’s Ashwin Limaye chief product officer, based in London ...Frontier names former British Telecom executive Ettienne Brandt executive vice president-commercial ... Newly promoted to Triton Digital vice presidents: Oscar Sermeno, market strategy, Americas; Daniel Karlsson, market development and global strategy; and Michael Chien, advertising product strategy ... Dell’Oro Group hires telecom industry veteran Sian Morgan as research director-wireless LAN.
Sinclair names Richard Cooke, ex-podcast studio Cadence13, vice president-audio programming, and promotes Lou Ferrara to vice president-consumer data and strategy, both newly created roles ... Cybersecurity company [redacted] hires Trend Micro’s Aaron Ansari as chief revenue officer, newly created role ... Simulmedia, cross-channel TV advertising company, rehires its former executive Jon Werther from Professional Fighters League as executive vice president-operations and business development, newly created position.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces Claudia Fox, Wireline Bureau attorney, is retiring after 26 years with agency … Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appoints engineer Kathleen Jackson to state's Public Utility Commission for a term that expires Sept. 1, 2027 … Megan Stoll leaves Google, where she was general counsel, to join Apple Sept. 1 … Colin Angle to remain iRobot CEO after Amazon’s $1.7 billion buy of his robotic-vacuum company is complete ... Cybersecurity company Schellman adds Craig Kallin, ex-Disney, as chief marketing officer ... Electromechanical device manufacturer Ametek adds Suzanne Stefany, from PJT Partners investment bank, to its board.
MicroStrategy says Chairman Michael Saylor will add role of executive chairman and President Phong Le will add title of CEO and board member, effective Monday … Cloud platform Fastly appoints Cisco’s Todd Nightingale as its next CEO and adds him to its board, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Joshua Bixby, stepping down as CEO and from Fastly’s board, remaining an adviser ... GlobalLogic, Hitachi Group’s digital engineering subsidiary, names Chief Operating Officer Nitesh Banga its president-CEO, effective Oct. 1, succeeding Shashank Samant, who will become chairman, in addition to his role as executive adviser to Hitachi Digital Systems and Services Head Toshiaki Tokunaga ... Alibaba Group adds Hysan Development Chairwoman Irene Yun-Lien Lee and former Ernst & Young China Chairman Albert Kong Ping Ng, to its board, expanding it to 12 members.
Fiber company LS Networks taps Meta’s Randy Brogle as CEO ... Xerox board promotes President-Chief Operations Officer Steven Bandrowczak to CEO; he was interim CEO since June death of Vice Chairman-CEO John Visentin ... PayPal names Blake Jorgensen, ex-Electronic Arts, chief financial officer, replacing interim CFO Gabrielle Rabinovitch, who's promoted to new role of treasurer in addition to her responsibilities as senior vice president-corporate finance and investor relations; PayPal also says Mark Britto will retire as chief product officer, effective year-end, and an external search is underway to find his replacement ... Digital customer experience platform Hero Digital adds Gorilla Group’s Ryan Noel as senior vice president-growth and alliances ... Mobile app experience company Airship names Tracey Ryan O’Connor, ex-Coveo, senior vice president-global sales and adds her to its executive leadership team ... BMC, autonomous digital enterprise company, adds Corning Chief Legal and Administrative Officer Lewis Steverson to its board, replacing Nate Taylor, who left to return full-time to his duties at global investment firm KKR.