Fox Corp. promotes Rob Wade to CEO-Fox Entertainment … Data & Society technology research organization elects board member Charlton McIlwain, New York University, as president, succeeding founder danah boyd, stepping down; she has chosen not to renew her board term when it ends March 1 but will remain as adviser.
Kaitz Foundation says Michelle Ray will resign Dec. 2 as executive director, with search for successor "underway"... Salt Point Strategies adds as vice president Jerry Leverich, ex-House Commerce Democratic staffer.
FTC Chair Lina Khan names acting Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Nguyen to permanent post and hires Douglas Farrar, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as public affairs director (see 221004003) … Morgan Lewis announces as new partners Denise Wood, who returns to Morgan from Amazon Web Services, advising telecommunication and technology clients on regulatory and transactional matters, and Meaghan Kent, from Venable, focusing on copyright litigation and counseling ... EchoStar announces CEO-President Hamid Akhavan, assumes role of principal financial officer during search to replace David Rayner, retiring as executive vice president-chief financial officer, chief operating officer and treasurer, effective Oct. 7; Muhammad Ali Butt moves to principal accounting officer … Samsara names Steve Pickle, from Salesforce, chief people officer, effective Monday.
USTelecom names James Marrow, ex-office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., communications manager ... With Nexstar Media’s close of its acquisition of a 75% ownership interest in the CW Network (see 2210030004), it names Dennis Miller, stepping down from board, as CW president, succeeding Mark Pedowitz, assisting transition … INE appoints Dara Warn, ex-Penn Foster, CEO, succeeding Richard McLain … Digerati Technologies, provider of cloud services, moves Derek Gietzen, president-Digerati subsidiary NextLevel, to company president … Hallmark Media hires Alice Rao, ex-Sony, as senior vice president-publicity.
The FCC announces leadership changes within the Media Bureau’s Industry Analysis Division: Radhika Karmarkar advances to division chief, following departure of Brendan Holland, who becomes senior counsel-Audio Division; Chris Sova, of the Enforcement Bureau’s Investigations and Hearings Division, begins transitioning to IAD deputy chief.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirements of Grace Teaney, Media Bureau; Margaret Daley, Enforcement Bureau; Belford Lawson, Office of Communications Business Opportunities; Tim McGuire, Wireless Bureau; and Rodney Small, Office of Engineering and Technology … New hires at Ikotek, original design manufacturer for IoT devices: Bill Leunis, ex-Nortek, as vice president-finance; Tim Newberg, ex-Texas Instruments and Broadcom, vice president-sales, U.S. and Canada; and Steve Burrington, ex-CalAmp, as head-North America engineering ... Cryptocurrency company 21.co names Goldman Sachs’ David Josse, also former Motorola, chief technology officer ... GoDaddy promotes board member Brian Sharples to chair, effective Friday, succeeding Chuck Robel, who plans to retire from the board, effective with the 2023 annual meeting and will continue to serve through a transition period.
Schneider Electric promotes Joshua Dickinson to senior vice president-chief financial officer, North America ... Nexus IT appoints Intelitechs founders Jake Hiller chief revenue officer and Eric Sessions chief operating officer … ImOn Communications names Margaret Horsfield, ex-J.E. Adams Industries, strategy and transformation officer … Schneider Electric promotes Joshua Dickinson to senior vice president-chief financial officer, North America.
Motion Picture Association hires Aaron Wais, ex-Mitchell, Silberberg, as senior vice president-head, global litigation, reporting to Karyn Temple, senior executive vice president-global general counsel ... Utilities Technology Council promotes Eric Wagner to manager-advocacy ... Shaun McCarthy, ex-Cisco, joins Nokia as president-North America sales ... Arm adds Karen Dykstra, former AOL chief financial and administrative officer, and Jeff Sine, Raine Group co-founder and partner, to its board, effective immediately, and names Splunk’s Jason Child chief financial officer, effective Nov. 14, replacing current CFO Inder Singh, who will remain Arm advisor through November; Splunk launches a search for Child’s successor, establishing an interim office of the CFO that reports to CEO Gary Steele ... Chipmaker Ambiq names Scott Goodwin, ex-Deloitte, CFO ... Intelligent connectivity platform Boomi adds former Ford CEO Mark Fields to its board.
Leo Fitzpatrick, ex-Free Press, joins TURN-The Utility Reform Network as telecommunications policy analyst, based in D.C. ... Broadband infrastructure company PCT International hires private equity veteran Simit Shah as CFO ... Web3 company NFT Technologies names Mantaro Capital’s Frank Guo chief financial officer, replacing Inar Kamaletdinov ... Napster hires former Roblox executive Jon Vlassopulos, also ex-AT&T Wireless, as its next CEO ... Mobile app experience company Airship adds former Disney and Walmart executive Cindy Davis to its board ... Autodesk names Peloton’s Dara Treseder, also former Apple, chief marketing officer, effective Oct. 14 ... Music investment fund ME Ventures adds Dimoso CEO Jacki Vause to its advisory board.
Roku hires Fox Entertainment Group CEO Charlie Collier as president-Roku Media, based in New York, effective in late October, and promotes Mustafa Ozgen to president-devices and Gidon Katz to president-consumer experience, all reporting to CEO Anthony Wood ... DocuSign hires Google President-Americas and Global Partners Allan Thygesen as its next CEO and board member, effective Oct. 10; Mary Agnes Wilderotter will conclude her role as interim CEO when Thygesen arrives, continuing as DocuSign's chair ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise adds former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency director Regina Dugan, also ex-Facebook, Google and Motorola, to its board.