Splunk announces departure of Shawn Bice as president-products and technology, effective June 16 ... Allen Media Group hires Matthew Lipson, ex-Sports Illustrated Studios, as executive vice president-marketing, digital platforms and content, newly created position ... Cinemark announces transition of Executive Chairman Lee Roy Mitchell to board member, and names Carlos Sepulveda, lead director since 2016, to succeed him as chairman ... Luminar, automotive lidar hardware and software company, recruits Taner Ozcelik from Nvidia’s automotive business as executive vice president-general manager, and Apple’s CJ Moore, also ex-Tesla, as vice president-software ... Hypernet Labs, Web3 advocacy company, hires Meta’s Abhishek Priya, also ex-Microsoft, as vice president-engineering ... Thunderbird Entertainment’s Atomic Cartoons taps Disney’s Kitty Walsh as executive director-development and promotes Rose Stacey to manager-development ... Board of network streaming solutions provider ClearOne terminates CEO Zee Hakimoglu, installs Senior Vice President-R&D Derek Graham as her interim replacement and promotes Jim Mergens to vice president-sales, Americas ...
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya announces legal staff positions (see 2205250041): Aaron Rieke, from Upturn, becomes chief of staff and attorney adviser; Danielle Estrada moves to attorney adviser-consumer protection and Catherine Sanchez to attorney adviser-competition; and Max Miller, ex-Iowa Attorney General’s Office, also becomes attorney adviser-competition … Charlie Meisch, ex-FCC senior and ex-Crosscut Strategies, joins NTIA as director-public affairs.
Mintz announces Suparna Datta, ex-Maynard Cooper, as a member, Intellectual Property Practice … Cybersecurity platform Onapsis adds Kellie Snyder, ex-Adobe, as chief customer officer ... ViewLift, digital content distribution company, promotes Shraddha Pednekar to chief experience officer and Sujith Vellat to chief technology officer ... Pilotly, creative content research platform, hires Bryon Schafer, ex-Hulu, as chief revenue officer ... Cloud-based software platform ServiceTitans taps Olive Huang from Nutanix as general counsel and secretary of the board, and LinkedIn’s Doug Myers as senior vice president-operations.
Former Public Safety Bureau Chief Lisa Fowlkes joins Comcast as vice president-federal affairs ... Password management company LastPass announces Christofer Hoff, ex-Bank of America, as chief secure technology officer joining recent hires Rob Charlebois, ex-WP Engine, chief marketing officer; and Pegi Wheeler, senior vice president-operations, and Lora Rodstein, senior vice president-human resources, both ex-Kenna Security …
Dish Network hires Gary Schanman, ex-Common Sense Networks and ex-Comcast, as executive vice president and group president-Sling TV ... Oklahoma Corporation Commission appoints Public Utility Division Director Brandy Wreath, the Oklahoma USF administrator, as the interim director-administration effective June 2; current Director of Administration Tim Rhodes leaving to become executive secretary-University of Oklahoma Board of Regents.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces Scott Marshall, designated federal officer to FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee, is retiring from agency after 22 years … Wireless ISP Association promotes Eric Slee to vice president-government affairs … Lumen Technologies advances Melissa Mann to vice president and head-public policy and government affairs, succeeding Clay Bailey, now focused on the sale of company’s assets in 20 states under the CenturyLink brand to Apollo’s Brightspeed … Former Minnesota Office of Broadband Development Executive Director Angie Dickison joins TDS Telecommunications as manager-state government affairs … California Strategies public affairs firm announces Marybel Batjer, former California Public Utilities Commission president, as partner.
National Captioning Institute hires Scott Pentoney, ex-ESPN, as manager-technology operations ... Alphabet drone delivery subsidiary Wing hires Angela Chadwick, ex-Tesla, as general counsel … Underwriters Labs recruits David Steel from Samsung Electronics as the first executive director of its newly formed Standards and Engagement organization.
ACA Connects names Grant Spellmeyer, from UScellular, president-CEO, succeeding Matt Polka, leaving in July (see this section, May 3); Spellmeyer joins organization June 1 … National Spectrum Consortium announces Joe Kochan, ex-NTIA, as executive director (see 2205170062) ... Nokia promotes Grace Koh to vice president-government affairs, North America, which includes leading the Washington office, and Jeffrey Marks to vice president-global technology policy and regulatory affairs … The Center for Industry Self-Regulation names Justin Connor, ex-Association of Corporate Counsel, its inaugural executive director.
President Joe Biden nominating Rubydee Calvert, ex-Wyoming PBS, to Corporation for Public Broadcasting board … Cloud security company Sysdig hires Google’s Edd Wilder-James as vice president-open source ecosystem ... Cloud company Unit4 adds Adobe’s Tania Garrett as chief people officer ... Cybersecurity platform Axellio names former Charon Technologies President Scott Aken CEO, succeeding Bill Miller, who remains executive chairman ... Quadric, processor technology patent licensor, announces former Arm Vice President Steve Roddy as chief marketing officer.
CBS News and Stations advances Lisa White, assistant news director-KPIX San Francisco, to vice president and news director for CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in San Francisco Bay area … Flo Networks promotes Chase Killeen to chief financial officer, succeeding Rodrigo Fernandez, who becomes executive vice president-corporate planning and strategic investments, newly created position ... Software integration testing platform AtomicJar adds VMware's Eli Aleyner as a co-founder ... Cybersecurity company SentinelOne names Anaplan Chief Development Officer Ana Pinczuk, also former Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to its board.