Qualcomm Technologies names former Cellwize CEO Ofir Zemer vice president-product management, with its acquisition of Singaporean mobile network automation and management company (see 2206130001) ... Gannett hires Vincent Cirel from Pivotal Technologies, also ex-Scientific Games, as chief technology officer ... Cybersecurity platform SilverSky recruits OpenText’s Maureen Kaplan, also former Vodafone and Verizon, as chief revenue officer ... Supply chain visibility platform Overhaul hires Ribbon Communications’ Shaughn Simmons, also ex-Dell, as chief financial officer-executive vice president.
Space tech company SpinLaunch hires Michelle McClure, ex-Spire Global, as senior regulatory counsel … CDW adds AutoNation’s Anand Rao as chief marketing and digital officer, and Michael Drory from ADT Security Services as senior vice president-strategy and corporate development ... Estrella Media promotes Rene Santaella to chief digital and streaming officer ... The Arena Group hires Chris Pirrone from USA Today Sports Media Group as senior vice president-general manager, sports ... Seko Logistics promotes Kai Lincoln to group vice president-sustainability, newly created position.
Crowell & Moring adds technology transactions lawyer David Ramm, ex-Baker Botts, to its London corporate practice ... NielsenIQ hires Tracey Massey from Mars Pet Nutrition as its first chief operating officer ... Livestreaming commerce platform Firework recruits Krister Karjalainen from Samsung Electronics as managing director-Nordics, based in Sweden ... Equifax hires Visa’s Harald Schneider as chief data and analytics officer and adds him to its senior leadership team ... Indian electric-vehicle charging network ElectricPe taps Udaan’s Rohit Agarwal as CTO ... Disney promotes Dana Walden to chairman-Disney General Entertainment Content.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces departure of Office of Native Affairs and Policy Chief Matthew Duchesne; spokesperson says he retired … Washington, D.C., Council confirms interim Public Service Commission Chairman Emile Thompson as permanent chairman for a term ending June 30, 2026 … Intel appoints Eaton’s April Miller Boise as executive vice president-chief legal officer and adds her to its executive leadership team, effective July 6, succeeding Steven Rodgers, who retired this year ... Allen Media Group hires Chris Malone from Stellex Capital Management as executive vice president-head of corporate development, newly created position.
Zoom taps Greg Tomb, from Google Cloud, as president … Group Black adds co-founder Bonin Bough to its senior executive leadership team as chief strategy officer ... SaaS data protection platform OwnBackup hires Courtnee LeClaire, ex-Disney, as chief marketing officer, and ZoomInfo’s Alyssa Lahar, also former Dell EMC, as chief people officer ... Allen Media Group names Tony Leadman, ex-Bell Media, executive director-international distribution for The Weather Channel … Sonic Foundry taps tech industry veteran Mike Snavely, ex-ATx Random Consulting, as general manager-Vidable, its AI for video platform launching at scale in early 2023 ... Maxeon Solar Technologies adds Skyworks Solutions Chief Financial Officer Kris Sennesael to its board, succeeding Kevin Kennedy, who resigned from the board June 1.
Verizon announces Hank Kilgore, ex-office of Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., as vice president-federal legislative affairs; company also promotes Sowmyanarayan Sampath to executive vice president and CEO-Verizon Business, effective July 1, succeeding Tami Erwin, who will assume role of strategic adviser to CEO until year-end.
New York State Department of Public Service appoints outgoing Public Utility Law Project Director Richard Berkley as state's consumer advocate … Sony moves Kyohei Iwamoto to president of its new Sony Space Communications subsidiary (see 2206030001) ... Xerox promotes Joanne Collins Smee to executive vice president and president-Americas, assuming responsibility for go-to-market operations across the region, following retirement of Mike Feldman ... Former Charlottesville, Virginia, Mayor Mike Signer says he’s joining Airbnb as policy director-North America … Travelzoo hires Justin Soffer, ex-FoundersCard, as global director-member acquisition ... Mindshare recruits Starcom Worldwide’s Kathy Kline as chief strategy and innovation officer-North America.
Wireless Infrastructure Association names Executive Vice President Tim House interim president-CEO, following Jonathan Adelstein’s departure (see 2206020018) and 2203020059) … BIA Advisory Services announces retirement of Senior Vice President-Chief Economist Mark Fratrik June 30; Vice President-Forecasting and Analysis Nicole Ovadia, who recently came aboard from the New York State Broadcasters Association, will lead forecast team and Fratrik continues as strategic adviser and analyst.
Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announces she's leaving company in the fall, remaining on board ... Mobix, connectivity provider for wireless mmWave 5G and wired high-bandwidth cable networks, hires Jim Aralis, from Microsemi, as chief technology officer … GSMA promotes Lara Dewar to chief marketing officer ... Gannett announces organizational restructuring, moving Maribel Perez Wadsworth and Kris Barton to presidents, respectively, of its new Gannett Media and Digital Marketing Solutions operating business units ... FuboTV promotes Ben Grad to senior vice president-head, strategic partnerships and operations, newly created role; it hires Verizon’s Todd Mathers as senior vice president-content strategy and acquisition; and taps Goldin’s Andrew Steinberg, also ex-Discovery, as vice president-business development.
Nextstar Media hires Mark Danielson, ex-NPG of California, as vice president-general manager Salt Lake City designated media market and promotes to vice president-general manager Joe Abouzeid for Buffalo DMA and Judson Beck for Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Marquette, Michigan, DMAs … Cybersecurity company Sphere taps IBM’s Ken Koocher as director-ecosystem strategy ... Elizabeth Scallon, ex-Amazon, joins HP as director-lead, incubation enablement … Cloud security platform Authomize adds Palo Alto Networks executive Shailesh Rao and SentinelOne’s Daniel Bernard to its advisory board.