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.

AI search company Yext appoints Michael Walrath CEO, and continuing as chairman, effective March 25, when current CEO Howard Lerman leaves and relinquishes his board seat, but continues as an adviser; Darryl Bond rises to chief financial officer, also effective March 25, when current CFO Steve Cakebread departs; Marc Ferrentino promoted to president-chief operating officer; Andrew Sheehan, board member since 2008, appointed lead independent director ... Appdetex, online threat detection platform, taps Protegrity’s Rick Farnell as CEO ... Online ordering platform ChowNow hires Medium’s Karene Tropen, also ex-Disney+ and Netflix, as chief marketing officer.

The Center for Democracy & Technology names George Slover, ex-Consumer Reports, general counsel and senior counsel-competition policy … Semiconductor Industry Association hires Rina Pal-Goetzen, ex-3D printed microTec, as director-global policy … Consumer Federation of America announces Erin Witte, former Virginia assistant attorney general, as director-consumer protection, replacing Susan Grant, who becomes senior fellow.

NTCA Director-Government Affairs Adam Jorde says he’s moving to Twilio as lead-government affairs, communications policy … State Senate confirms Ann Rendahl as commissioner-Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission for second six-year term ending Jan. 1, 2027 …Intelsat names Raytheon’s David Wajsgras as its next CEO, effective April 4, succeeding Stephen Spengler, who announced his planned retirement in October ... Analog Devices taps Intel’s Gregory Bryant for newly created roles as executive vice president and president-business units, effective March 14, with oversight for industrial, automotive, communications, digital healthcare and consumer segments.

Fixed wireless broadband provider WeLink announces former New York City Chief Technology Officer John Farmer, also ex-White House senior innovation adviser under President Barack Obama, as chief innovation officer and president-WeLink Cities, initiative to bridge the digital divide ... E.W. Scripps moves Bill Siegel to vice president-general manager, Florida’s WPTV-TV West Palm Beach and WHDT Stuart ... Verra Mobility taps Century Aluminum’s Craig Conti as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective April 11, to succeed retiring Patricia Chiodo, staying on for up to 90 days in advisory role ... Audiophile product distributor Fidelity Imports hires former D&M North America President Bob Weissburg, also ex-Sony Electronics, as director-business development ... Microsoft completes its $19.7 billion Nuance Communications buy, announcing that Mark Benjamin will remain Nuance CEO, reporting to Microsoft Cloud + AI Group Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie.

Wilkinson Barker promotes Emilie de Lozier to partner, telecommunications and media … Splunk taps Proofpoint’s Gary Steele as CEO, effective April 11, replacing interim CEO Graham Smith, returning to his chairman’s role when Steele arrives; Teresa Carlson to depart this month as president-chief growth officer; Ashan Willy succeeds Steele at Proofpoint ... Property tech startup zavvie announces former Amazon Alexa AI executive Venkatesh Baglodi as chief technology officer ... Fintech Nova Credit hires Meta’s Yacine Azmi, also former Apple, as head-engineering.

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces Brian Moulton, ex-office of Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., as director-Office of Legislative Affairs, and promotes Trent Harkrader to Wireline Bureau chief following Kris Monteith’s retirement … DigitalBridge names Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO and former FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein as managing director and head-global policy and public investment, beginning June 1 (see 2203020059) ... Open Compute Project Foundation hires George Tchaparian, ex-Accton Group, as CEO …

Venable names Laura Stefani, ex-Mintz, as a partner-Communications Practice … Latham & Watkins promotions to partner include Marissa Boynton, Connectivity, Privacy and Information Practice, and Herman Yue, Intellectual Property Litigation Practice … Joel Miller, ex-Information Technology Industry Council and ex-FCC, becomes LinkedIn’s senior manager-U.S. policy and economic graph ... Christine Bannan, ex-New America's Open Technology Institute, joins Proton as manager-U.S. public policy.

Computer & Communications Industry Association hires Stephanie Joyce, ex-Potomac Law Group, as chief of staff-senior vice president, and Krisztian Katona, ex-FTC, as vice president-global competition and regulatory policy, and promotes Dan Johnson to senior vice president-general counsel, Ali Sternburg to vice president-information policy and Rachael Stelly to senior policy counsel … Digital Media Association extends President-CEO Garrett Levin’s contract by three years, promotes Sally Rose Larson to vice president-government relations and public affairs, and announces music industry veteran Lauren Danzy as director-external affairs and industry relations.

Contract intelligence company Icertis adds three new members to its information security advisory board: Alissa Abdullah, Mastercard; Mark Simos, Microsoft; and Rolf Schwartmann, German Association for Data Protection and Privacy ... Sound United announces former Yamaha Artist Services President Terry Lewis as executive director of its Sound Start Foundation, a nonprofit that donates musical instruments to U.S. school programs ... Retail fulfillment com-pany GreyOrange announces Automation Anywhere’s Guy Arama, also former SAP, as chief marketing officer ... Security deployment solutions provider Data I/O adds SMTC CEO Edward Smith to its board, expanding it to six members ... Keysight Technologies promotes Chief Operating Officer Satish Dhanase-karan to president-CEO and adds him to the board, effective May 1, to succeed retiring Ron Nersesian, who will move to executive chairman ... Data privacy investigative company CoventBridge promotes Glenn Prager to chief strategy and business development officer ... Digital ad tech firm RTB House adds Magnite’s Shien Zhu to its Tokyo office as vice president-branding sales, Asia Pacific.