Aegis Trade Law hires satellite, spectrum and telecom attorney Will Lewis, ex- Spaceflight … NTCA promotes Michael Romano to executive vice president … ML Strategies government relations firm promotes Christian Fjeld to senior vice president and Anthony DeMaio to vice president; hires Pamela Mejia, from the Community Justice Action Fund, as manager-government relations … Private equity firm Welsh Carson recruits Tealium’s Travis Cameron, also former Dentsu, as an operating partner in its Technology Group.
Ford announces retirements of Hau Thai-Tang as chief industrial platform officer, effective Oct. 1, and of Frederiek Toney as vice president-global Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD), effective Dec. 1; Dave Bozeman, ex-Amazon Transportation Services, will lead global FCSD and Enthusiast Vehicles product line in Ford Blue, effective Sept. 1 ... Connectivity company Software AG hires SambaNova’s Joshua Husk, also former IBM and Intel, as chief revenue officer to replace departing Scott Little, and promotes Benno Quade to group chief operating officer; the Husk and Quade appointments are effective Aug. 1, and both join the Software AG management board, which expands to six members ... Ozy Media retains John Squires, former Goldman Sachs chief intellectual property counsel, to advise the company on entering into the metaverse.
Accenture promotes Leo Framil to CEO-growth markets, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Gianfranco Casati, who will become chairman-growth markets; Rodolfo Eschenbach named market unit lead-Latin America, succeeding Framil in that role, and he joins Accenture’s global management committee ...Cybersecurity platform Cerby names Matthew Chiodi, ex-chief security officer-public cloud at Palo Alto Networks, chief trust officer ... RealNetworks hires former Loud Audio executive Brian McClain as full-time strategic adviser, becoming interim chief financial officer Aug. 1 to succeed current Chief Financial Officer-Treasurer Christine Chambers when she departs July 31.
Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston announces Glen Howie, from Louisiana’s Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, as state’s broadband director, effective Aug. 1; Steven Porch, who was interim head of the state broadband office’s Arkansas Rural Connect program since 2020, will remain chief legal counsel for commerce and as adviser to broadband office.
NAB promotes to senior vice presidents: Nicole Gustafson and Josh Pollack, both government relations; Laura Kaufman, also corporate counsel-legal and regulatory affairs; and John Clark, emerging technology and also executive director-Pilot technology innovation initiative … The Cable Center names Camilla Formica, from NCTI, chief program officer.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel names Carmen Scurato, ex-Free Press, as legal adviser-consumer and public safety; Rosenworcel also shifts to her office David Strickland as legal adviser for media; Ethan Lucarelli, for wireless and international; and Ramesh Nagarajan, for wireline and enforcement (see 2207110050) … Internet Society recruits John Morris, from Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, also former NTIA, as principal-U.S. internet policy and advocacy.
Retiring Secret Service Director Jim Murray joining Snap as chief security officer, effective Aug. 1 … GameStop promotes Chief Accounting Officer Diana Saadeh-Jajeh to chief financial officer, coinciding with Thursday’s firing of CFO Michael Recupero; Saadeh-Jajeh was interim CFO in 2021 before Recupero joined GameStop from Amazon last July ... Cybersecurity services company Cybriant promotes Roger Edwards to director-customer success and Mary Pizzella to vice president-sales ... Metaverse company NFT Technologies acquires Run It Wild, a non-fungible tokens development studio, naming Run It Wild’s founder Adam De Cata as its new CEO, replacing Mario Nawfal, who will be a strategic adviser ... Innovid, connected TV ad measurement platform, adds former KPMG executive Brian Hughes to its board, replacing Steven Cakebread, resigned for personal reasons ... Digital accessibility platform Siteimprove adds former SAP executive Judith Michelle Williams to its board.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) appoints Cox Director-Governmental Affairs Kristina Lagasse Sarai to Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana Commission …Tom Keane, Microsoft head-product and engineering, announces he’s leaving company … TV performance marketing firm Tinuiti adds former Trade Desk Chief Marketing Officer Susan Vobejda to its board ... Cloud-based Wi-Fi company Airties taps former BSkyB CEO Tony Ball as chairman; Philippe Alcaras remains CEO ... Digital experience consultancy Bounteous adds former Accenture Interactive CEO Brian Whipple and FTI Consulting Chief Human Resources Officer Holy Paul to its board ... President Joe Biden nominates Rasmuson Foundation CEO Diane Kaplan to CPB board.
FCC Media Bureau’s Michael Scurato says he’s agency detailee to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce … Comscore promotes Chief Financial Officer Jon Carpenter to CEO and Chief Accounting Officer Mary Margaret Curry to CFO and treasurer; designates board member Nana Banerjee as non-executive chairman; and announces that Brent Rosenthal, chairman since 2018, will become lead director ... Cybersecurity company SoSafe recruits former Smartly.io executive Felix Fichtl as CFO ... Comcast Advertising promotes James Rooke, former general manager of its Effectv brand, to president, replacing and reporting to Marcien Jenckes, recently tapped as president of the new Charter-Comcast streaming joint venture, while filling dual role as Comcast Advertising managing director ... Security platform Dtex Systems adds Brian Stoner, ex-McAfee, as vice president-worldwide channel and alliances ... IBM cybersecurity executive Mary O'Brien joins internet security nonprofit Quad9 Foundation Council, filling seat vacated by NTT's Dorian Kim, who died earlier this year.
Lerman Senter's Brett Freedson becomes firm member; she advises utilities on regulation, including pole attachment, spectrum and Telephone Consumer Protection Act issues … Rocket Software taps Bottomline Technologies’ Bruce Bowden, also ex-Nuance Communications, as chief financial officer ... IDnow Group, identity verification company, hires former LSI Logic and NXP executive Jean-Marc Guyot as vice president-R&D ... Bloomberg Government taps Politico’s Angela Greiling Keane as news director.