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.
DocuSign appoints board member Inhi Cho Suh to president-product and technology, effective in July, and elevates Jerome Levadoux to chief product officer; it also hires Twitter’s Jennifer Christie as chief people officer, effective in June, replacing departed Joan Burke, who is stepping into a strategic adviser role; and it taps Jim Shaughnessy from Workday as chief legal officer ... Johnson Controls recruits Microsoft’s Rodney Clark as vice president-chief commercial officer, effective Wednesday, replacing Brian Young, who retired at the end of last year; Clark also takes on a portion of the role being transitioned from Michael Ellis, executive vice president-chief customer and digital officer, who will retire at year-end ... Tencent Music Entertainment Group appoints Tencent Holdings Corporate Vice President Matthew Yun Ming Cheng to its board, replacing Martin Chi Ping Lau, who resigned, effective immediately ... DuPont elects Ohio State University President Kristina Johnson to its board.
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 ...