Global Satellite Operators Association elects Inmarsat CEO Rajeev Suri as chair and AsiaSat’s Roger Tong and OneWeb’s Neil Masterson as vice chairs … Tech industry policy coalition Chamber of Progress hires Jamie Pascal from African American Mayors Association as director-civic innovation policy, and New America's Sade Bruce as operations and partner manager ... Verra Mobility taps Fortive’s Jon Baldwin as executive vice president-government solutions, effective April 4.
National Research Group says Grady Miller, formerly Apple TV+, rejoins the company as chief marketing officer ... Sonic Automotive says former Comcast executive Stephen Carvelli is its first chief technology officer ... Semiconductor company Onto Innovation adds Kateeva CEO May Su to its board ... Ford promotes Kiersten Robinson to general manager-Ford Blue family vehicles and president of Ford’s operations in Mexico and Canada; Jennifer Waldo hired from Apple succeeds Robinson as chief people and employee experiences officer, effective mid-May; and Christopher Smith, ex-Cheniere Energy, also former Department of Energy, joins April 4 as chief government affairs officer, succeeding Mitch Bainwol, ex-RIAA, who retired from Ford at the end of 2021 ... Educational tech company Osmo taps WarnerMedia’s Shawn Smith as its first global head-communications.
Grace Abuhamad, ex-Service Now, returns to NTIA as senior adviser to Administrator Alan Davidson … Wilkinson Barker names as partner Evelyn Remaley, former acting NTIA administrator ... Former DOJ antitrust lawyers Rick Rule, ex-Paul Weiss, and Deborah Garza, ex-Covington & Burling, with Daniel Howley, also ex-Paul Weiss, form antitrust boutique firm Rule Garza Howley; joining them as partners are William Dolan, from Debevoise & Plimpton, and Margot Campbell, from Johnson & Johnson.
Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus co-Chairs Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., and Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, announce Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, will join caucus leadership as vice chairs … Madison Square Garden Entertainment hires Cruise’s Lucas Watson, also ex-Google, as president-MSG Sphere, brand of new venues, effective March 28 ... Mobile game developer FunPlus taps Josh Burns from DigitalDevConnect as senior director-business development, North America ... Cybersecurity company LogPoint announces AVG Technologies’ John Little as chief financial officer ... Wireless mesh and cloud company Spintly adds Nuovations founder Grant Erickson as a technology adviser.
National Geographic announces senior BBC executive Tom McDonald joining as executive vice president-global factual/unscripted content, newly created role, effective in June ... SoundExchange hires Sony Music Entertainment’s Tommy Korpinen as chief business development officer ... Contract manufacturer Kimball Electronics announces retirement of Vice President-Information Technology Sandy Smith, effective March 31, to be succeeded by Isabel Wells as vice president-chief information officer ... Data enablement platform LiveRamp hires Jessica Shapiro from Icertis, also former Microsoft, as chief marketing officer ... IAB Tech Lab taps Jason Raqueno from Loblaw Companies as senior director-privacy, identity and data protection ... Digital medicine company Akili hires Glu Mobile’s Jon David as chief product officer ... Bill.com taps former Twitter executive Rinki Sethi as vice president-chief information security officer.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces David Horowitz, assistant general counsel-general counsel's administrative law division, retiring later this month … Ericsson appoints Scott Dresser, from Veon, senior vice president-chief legal officer and head-group function legal affairs and compliance, effective Monday, succeeding Xavier Dedullen, who remains with company “for a transition period” ... Open distributed cloud service Platform9 announces Maxim Integrated's Vishwa Kapadia, also former Intel and Dell, as chief people officer, newly created role ... Amanda Walker, ex-Nuna, says she rejoined Google as senior director-privacy, safety, and security … ChannelAdvisor hires Juan Manuel Bahamonde, ex-Equifax, as director-information security.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) appoints Naomi Kuwaye, from Ashford & Wriston, to state Public Utilities Commission; if confirmed, she will replace Jay Griffin, stepping down at the end of his term, which expires on June 30 … Alexis DeJarnette, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, says she’s now public affairs officer for Axiom Space.
APCO International announces Mel Maier, ex-Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, as chief technology officer … Glen Echo Group hires Ashley Durkin-Rixey from ACT|The App Association as senior director and moves Kieran Henstenburg from design fellowship to graphic designer … CTA moves Executive Vice President-CES Karen Chupka to new role as chief strategy officer, and announces staff promotions: Kinsey Fabrizio to senior vice president-membership and sales; John Kelley to vice president-CES and acting show director; Michael Brown to vice president-CTA marketing; Jamie Kaplan to vice president-communications; and Melissa Matalon to vice president-membership, assuming Fabrizio’s previous role.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel appoints Wireline Bureau Chief Trent Harkrader, Public Safety Bureau Chief Debra Jordan and Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer to the Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board … Wiley law firm announces Craig Sperling, ex-PBS, rejoins firm as partner-Telecom, Media and Technology Practice.
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Judith Williams Jagdmann of Virginia appointed Michigan Commissioner Tremaine Phillips to replace former Telecommunications Committee Chair Karen Charles Peterson, whose term expired … Clout Public Affairs director Evan Swarztrauber, ex-FCC, joins Lincoln Network as senior adviser-tech and telecom policy … Waze announces Yannis Simaiakis, from Via, as chief strategy and insights officer … Fabless semiconductor maker Achronix taps Marvell Technology’s Pohan Chiang as vice president-worldwide sales ... OneWeb Technologies announces former astronaut Tim Kopra as its new president ... Digital identity verification platform Mitek Systems elects ex-ID Analytics CEO Scott Carter and former RevSpring CEO Rahul Gupta to its board, replacing retiring directors Alex Hart and Bill Aulet, and hires WideOrbit’s Scott Marcus as general counsel, succeeding Jason Gray.