Public Knowledge appoints Charlotte Slaiman, ex-FTC Anticompetitive Practices Division, policy counsel ... Lauren Dart, ex-office of Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., joins office of Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., as communications director ... National Electrical Manufacturers Association names Philip Squair, ex-National Propane Gas Association, head-advocacy and lobbying initiatives ... ExteNet appoints Jim Hyde CEO, succeeding Ross Manire, retiring ... Open-IX taps Robert DeVita, ex-Mejeticks, as executive director.
NCTA hires Saul Hernandez, deputy chief of staff for Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., as vice president-government relations ... Chamber of Digital Commerce promotes Amy Davine Kim to chief policy officer, and Paul Brigner, ex-Blockchain Technology and Ecosystem Design Research Center at Georgetown University, becomes director-technology policy ... Auburn University hires from George Washington University cyber expert Frank Cilluffo to direct Charles D. McCrary Institute for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Cyber Systems ... Nielsen taps David Anderson, ex-Honeywell, as chief financial officer, succeeding Jamere Jackson, resigns to pursue an outside opportunity outside.
Carmen Scurato leaves National Hispanic Media Coalition, becomes senior policy counsel for Free Press ... Mozilla announces Alan Davidson, ex-New America, returns as vice president-global policy, trust and security ... Globalstar promotes Dave Kagan to CEO and Jay Monroe to executive chairman ... Netflix hires Christie Fleischer, ex-Disney, as global head-consumer products ... Hudson Institute names Ann Marie Hauser, ex-Senate Republican Conference, vice president-public affairs.
Sanmina CEO Bob Eulau resigns, board member Michael Clarke replaces him, effective Oct. 1; Executive Chairman Jure Sola leads company in interim ... Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies appoints from Comtech Kim Robert Scovill as executive director, succeeding George Rice ... CBS taps Philip Wiser, ex-Hearst, as chief technology officer ... Andreessen Horowitz hires Angela Strange, ex-Google, as general partner.
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly hires from Wireline Bureau Arielle Roth as wireline adviser, succeeding Amy Bender, leaving the agency (see 1808030021) ... Eutelsat appoints Philippe Oliva, ex-IBM, executive vice president-sales and products, with a view to succeeding Michel Azibert as commercial director in 2019, with Azibert remaining deputy CEO.
Netflix hires cultural diversity consultant Verna Myers as vice president-inclusion strategy, new post, following June resignation of Chief Communications Officer Jonathan Friedland for using “insensitive” remarks (see 1806220064) ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise hires Tarek Robbiati, ex-Sprint, as chief financial officer, succeeding Tim Stonesifer, stepping down.
ARRL, national association for amateur radio, taps Howard Michel, leaving UBTech, as CEO, succeeding Barry Shelley, CEO since January following resignation of Tom Gallagher ... Madison Square Garden hires Richard Constable, ex-Wyndham Worldwide, as executive vice president-global head of government relations and public affairs ... Inseego taps Simon Rayne, ex-Spectralink, as senior vice president-managing director, U.K., Europe, Middle, East Africa and Asia Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand.
Global VSAT Forum appoints David Meltzer, ex-American Red Cross, secretary general ... Netflix names Rachel Whetstone, ex-Facebook, chief communications officer.
Frontier Communications names Sheldon Bruha interim chief financial officer; Executive Vice President-CFO Perley McBride departs, previously announced (See 1806210058) ... Sprint promotes Deeanne King to chief human resources officer, replacing Ismat Aziz, leaving the company ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission moves Kathryn Sophy to director-Office of Special Assistants, which offers legal advice ... Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross names Barnes & Thornburg law partner Roscoe Howard special compliance coordinator for ZTE ... HP names President-Americas Christoph Schell president-3D printing, effective Nov. 1, succeeding Stephen Nigro, who retires early 2019 ... In 3SG Plus acquisition of OnGuard Systems, OnGuard founder Jim Mazotas joins 3SG as chief visionary officer.
Multicultural Cultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council board moves Maurita Coley Flippin from acting to president/CEO ... Facebook Vice President-Partnerships Dan Rose says he’s “transitioning” out of company ... Collin Granger, ex-Ernst & Young, assumes Mapcom CEO position from his father, John Granger, who continues as owner and in advisory role ... Society of Broadcast Engineers elects to two-year terms as new board members: Steve Brown, Woodward Radio Group; Roz Clark, Cox Media Group; Tom McGinley, McGinley Enterprizes; and Shane Toven, Educational Media Foundation.