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.
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.