Ossia wireless power firm taps Jim Cottrell, ex-HP, to lead regulatory efforts as senior director-regulatory compliance ... Comcast adds Toni Beck, ex-NextDecade, as vice president-external affairs, Houston Region ... Liberty Global and Digital Colony creating AtlasEdge Data Centres in transaction they expect to close in Q3, with industry executive Josh Joshi to be AtlasEdge executive chairman ... Hearst Television promotes Andrew Vrees to president-general manager, WMUR-TV Manchester, New Hampshire, succeeding Jeff Bartlett, retiring this summer.
FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirement of Deputy Chief, Office of Economics and Analytics Margaret Wiener, an auctions expert; Deena Shetler moves to acting OEA deputy chief, joining auctions team ... ASML chipmaking equipment manufacturer appoints Maryam Khan Cope, ex-Semiconductor Industry Association, as head-U.S. government affairs ... GeoLinks hires James Childs from Cambridge Broadband Networks as senior vice president-corporate development and spectrum strategy, new post.
K&L Gates adds Jake Bernstein from Focal as privacy partner, technology transactions practice group ... DCI Group promotes Chris Myers and Chad Horrell to co-chairs of new bipartisan State and Local Practice group ... Community IX nonprofit internet exchange board appoints Randy Epstein, a volunteer since its inception, as the first executive director ... Nexstar Media taps former ABC News Senior Executive Producer Michael Corn as president-news, NewsNation, new post.
CTIA adds Scott Stockwell as director-government affairs, from office of then-Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa ... Dan Goldner joins New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, has worked at Texas Instruments and fills vacancy left by resignation of Commissioner Michael Giaimo last fall; a spokesperson says Goldner doesn't need Senate OK ... Clearview AI adds former Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Devesh Ashra as chief strategy officer, ex-Digital Recognition Network CEO Chris Metaxas as chief revenue officer, and previous Motorola Solutions executive Susan Crandall as chief marketing officer.
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists national Executive Director and Chief Negotiator David White leaves later this spring; SAG-AFTRA national board OKs President Gabrielle Carteris and outside counsel to enter discussions with Chief Operating Officer-General Counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland for the job; he's also the union’s lead negotiator with major music labels and Telemundo Television Studios.
Recording Academy board of trustees appoints Harvey Mason president-CEO, effective June 1, a job he did on an "unpaid, interim basis since January 2020," and before then was chair, a post he will give up ... RSA hires Office Practicum’s Ellen Purdy as chief financial officer-fraud and risk intelligence ... Altiostar, open radio access network software provider for 5G, taps Norconsult Telematics’ Ben Gardiner, also former Ericsson and Motorola, as vice president-customer operations.
ATIS hires Glenn Reynolds from iconectiv as vice president-technology policy and government relations ... VMware directors promote Raghu Raghuram to CEO and board member, effective June 1; Sumit Dhawan becomes president; Chief Operating Officer-Customer Operations Sanjay Poonen decides to leave the company; Zane Rowe has been interim CEO and continues as chief financial officer ... MediaKind taps Hulu/Disney’s Mark Ramberg as group vice president-products and Jeff Sherwin from Comcast as executive vice president-technology strategy and operations, both newly created roles.
Cisco taps Waldo McMillan, ex-Charter Communications, as head, Washington office, leading company's “engagements with the White House, Congress and Cabinet agencies” ... Commission on the Future of Mobility hires Marla Westervelt, who worked at Eno Center for Transportation, as director-policy, and Ashley Simmons, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association and founder-CEO of Revvit Public Relations, as director-strategic communications; CFM began earlier this year and commissioners include Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf and Cox Automotive President Stephen Rowley.
Information Technology Industry Council adds Joel Miller, ex-adviser to then-FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly, as senior director-policy, telecom ... Freshfields hires technology, data and cyber attorney Brock Dahl, ex-NSA, as a counsel ... Artist Rights Alliance Executive Director Ted Kalo steps down, will help find successor and remain an adviser to the group ... Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania President Daniel Tunnell retires, effective June 4 ... Camille Stewart says Google moves her to global head-product security strategy.
Harris Wiltshire promotes Paul Margie to head, Telecom practice and he remains partner; John Nakahata in becoming the firm's chair left the telecom head job (see this section, May 6) ... SoundExchange moves up Linda Bloss-Baum to vice president-government relations and public affairs ... Lockheed Martin elevates Christian Marrone to senior vice president-government affairs, succeeding Robert Rangel, retiring later this year.