Spire Global promotes Theresa Condor to CEO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Peter Platzer, transitioning to executive chairperson (see 2412030008) and appoints Celia Pelaz, ex-Hensoldt, as COO, effective Jan. 6, and Gabriel Oehme, ex-Aerotech Peissenberg, as chief transformation officer, also effective Jan. 6.
Incompas President Angie Kronenberg leaves the group (see 2412020048) ... Susan Duarte, ex-Roofstock, joins Marashlian & Donahue’s marketing, privacy and AI practices as partner ... Kristen Broz, ex-Fox Rothschild, joins Ballard Spahr’s litigation department and antitrust and competition group as partner ... Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires, effective immediately, with CFO David Zinsner and Executive Vice President Michelle Johnston Holthaus becoming interim co-CEOs; independent board Chair Frank Yeary becomes interim executive chair (see 2412020030) … IT provider Supermicro promotes Kenneth Cheung to chief accounting officer ... Qualcomm promotes John Kuzin to senior vice president-spectrum policy and regulatory counsel.
GeoLinks announces Lynda Willis, ex-Tuff Boy Sales, as CEO … Comtech Telecom elects Delta Value Group’s Ken Traub as executive chairman, succeeding Mark Quinlan, stepping down, and announces retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford as independent director.
Morgan Lewis adds Stephanie Roy, ex-Perkins Coie, as of counsel-telecommunications, media and technology practice ...
Caitlin Barbas, ex-FCC, and Morgan Schick, ex-Wilkinson Barker, join DLA Piper as associates in the firm’s Telecom Practice ... Information management software and services company OpenText appoints Fletcher Previn, Cisco Systems, to board.
Samhitha Medatia, previously Fidelity Information Services, joins Ballard Spahr’s intellectual property department and intellectual property litigation group as counsel ... Cegeka Group company CTG promotes Chad Alessi to managing director-cybersecurity.
Advanced Warning and Response Network Alliance founder John Lawson steps down as executive director, succeeded by Dave Arland, Arland Communications ... The Rural Broadband Association elects Roxie Jorgenson, MTA, as board chair; Ben Foster, ISG Technology, as vice chair; Ross Petrick, Alliance Communications Cooperative, as secretary/treasurer; and Terry Nelson, Woodstock Communications, to board.
Jessica Greffenius will be FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's acting legal adviser for wireline and public safety.
FCC staff changes: Wireless Bureau’s Jessica Campbell becomes acting legal adviser-public safety for Commissioner Anna Gomez, stepping in for Hayley Steffen, on maternity leave, and Cierra Nokes, ex-NTT Data, joins Gomez’s office as executive assistant; Howard Parnell retiring as division chief-Web and Print Publishing; Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan Egal becomes special adviser, with Deputy Bureau Chief Peter Hyun becoming acting bureau chief; Office of Economics and Analytics Deputy Bureau Chief Catherine Matraves becoming acting bureau chief with Bureau Chief Giulia McHenry’s departure … Cloud security provider Sysdig appoints William Welch, previously Talkdesk, as CEO.
Latham Watkins promotes Ashley Fry and Alex Grabowski to partner-intellectual property practice, Yi Sun and David Zucker to counsel-intellectual property practice, Bradley Baglien to counsel-connectivity, privacy and information practice, and Stephanie Adams and Caitlin Fitzpatrick to partner-antitrust practice ... Cybersecurity, cloud and IT managed services provider Thrive promotes Kristina O’Connell to chief marketing officer.