Center for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue adds three as senior fellows, including Bret Swanson, president of Entropy Economics ... Intel hires Micron Technology’s David Zinsner as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Jan. 17, to succeed current CFO George Davis, remaining adviser until May, when he retires; Intel also promotes Michelle Johnston Holthaus to executive vice president and general manager-client computing business, replacing Executive Vice President Gregory Bryant, who leaves the company at month's end.
Wilson Sonsini hires Maneesha Mithal, former associate director of the FTC Privacy and Identity Protection Division, as a partner in the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice ... Sheppard Mullin announces Marisa Brutoco, former in-house counsel at Google, Amazon, GoPro and Apple, as a partner in its entertainment, technology and advertising practice and as a member of the technology transactions team, which she will co-lead ... Cybersecurity platform Imperva taps Infor’s Brad Steiner as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
International Center for Law & Economics advances Dirk Auer to director-competition policy, replacing Samuel Bowman, who continues "as an ICLE affiliate as he pursues other interests" ... SoftBank adds Lauren Belive, who led U.S. government relations for Zoom, as the tech investment firm's director-government affairs; the company promotes Jeff Dressler, Emily Christy and Christin Baker to partners … NTIA hires from Wilkinson Barker Nicholas Alexander for the agency's Internet Connectivity and Growth Office ... AT&T taps Alex Byers, ex-Finsbury Glover, as director-communications and PR.
Mintz hires as associate, TechComm Section, Anthony Patrone from FCC Wireless Bureau’s Broadband Division; he works on spectrum and broadband funding at the law firm ... Benton Institute for Broadband & Society names Adam Echelman a fellow; over two years, he will help "explore how low-income adults are grappling with the digital divide"; he's also an Alfred Landecker fellow and previously was executive director-Libraries Without Borders USA.
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter appoints Suzy Wilson general counsel-associate register of copyrights, Copyright Office, effective Jan. 31; most recently, she was a partner at Arnold & Porter focused on intellectual property litigation for internet and technology clients ... Lerman Senter moves Rebecca Jacobs Goldman to a member of the law firm, where her clients include cable operators, ISPs, video programmers, network operators, spectrum licensees, broadcasters and others
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society appoints Colin Rhinesmith as senior director-research and fellowships; he continues his Benton fellowship, "collecting research on digital equity ecosystems" via a program in six U.S. cities with local digital inclusion organizations ... Information Technology and Innovation Foundation hires Joe Kane, ex-R Street Institute, as director-broadband and spectrum policy.
Starry taps former Amazon marketing and sales head Rene Villegas as chief marketing officer ... Avnet promotes Dayna Badhorn to regional president-Americas electronics components ... Silicon Labs promotes Micron Technology Chief Business Officer Sumit Sadana to lead director, succeeding Bill Wood, who remains a board member; Silicon Labs also adds Lattice Semiconductor Chief Financial Officer Sherri Luther to its board, expanding it to 10 members ... Digital sports media company Playmaker announces resignation of Wayne Purboo from its board.
Jenner & Block elects lawyers to the partnership, including Jacob Tracer, member of Content, Media and Entertainment Practice focusing on "intellectual property and complex commercial disputes," and Camillie Landron, member of Communications, Internet and Technology Practice, working on FCC spectrum and other telecom issues and with the "space and satellite industries."
Governor’s Office of Information Technology hires Brandy Reitter as executive director-Colorado Broadband Office; she's Eagle's town manager; OIT Deputy Executive Director Julia Richman leads office until Reitter joins in February.
GridWise Alliance adds new board members for two-year terms: Stephen Callahan, GridBright executive vice president; Anterix Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer Chris Guttman-McCabe; Giri Iyer, Sentient Energy vice president-business development; Peter Muhoro, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative chief strategy, technology and innovation officer; and Mahesh Sudhakaran, IBM general manager-global energy.