NCTA board election results: Pat Esser, Cox Communications, chairman; Dave Watson, Comcast Cable, vice chairman; Gary Shorman, Eagle Communications, treasurer; Bob Bakish, Viacom, secretary ... Newsmax Media names Michael Clemente, ex-Fox News, CNN and ABC News, CEO of its subsidiary Newsmax Broadcasting ... Small-cell provider ip.access names Richard Staveley, ex-Stratto and Ubiquisys, CEO ... New on TechNet Executive Council: Katherine Adams, Apple, and Matt Cain, Couchbase ... Broadcast equipment maker Cobalt Digital promotes Jesse Foster to vice president-marketing and strategic accounts.
SES advances John-Paul Hemingway to CEO, SES Networks, succeeding Steve Collar, who has started as president-CEO of the parent company ... NCTA hires Jon Simons from National Restaurant Association as associate vice president-digital advocacy ... SPIE society for optics and photonics names member Kent Rochford, ex-National Institute of Standards and Technology, CEO, succeeding Eugene Arthurs, retiring, effective June 2 ... Tru Optik adds Frans Vermeulen, ex-Comcast, as chief operating officer.
GPS Innovation Alliance hires David Grossman, ex-aide to FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, as executive director, new post; consultants Michael Swiek and Heather Hennessey have worked with the group since it began, a spokeswoman tells us: Swiek remains "with a focus on international, bi-lateral and multi-lateral matters," while Hennessey, who worked on U.S. legislative matters, leaves ... CTA promotes Karen Chupka to executive vice president-CES, and Tiffany Moore to senior vice president-political and industry affairs, both new posts ... Back at GoPro: Eve Saltman named vice president-corporate/business development and general counsel.
Frontier Communications promotes AJ Burton to vice president-federal regulatory affairs, succeeding Mike Saperstein, hired (see 1803220014) by USTelecom, effective April 9 ... FirstNet Association begins, led by Al Gillespie, past president, International Association of Fire Chiefs; Ray Flynn, retired assistant sheriff, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; and Richard Mirgon, past president, APCO ... StreamSearch Live hires Marty Lafferty, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, as chief content officer ... Ex-aide to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Denzel Singletary hired by eBay, joins Government Relations team to lead Small Business Ambassador Network.
Cable One Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Kevin Coyle retiring, effective in early 2019 ... Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission names Sean Mayo interim director, Safety and Consumer Protection Division; he succeeds outgoing division Director Pat Hazzard, hired by Revenue Department; at WUTC, Mayo also remains director-Pipeline Safety Section ... Raycom Media hires broadcast general manager Ronna Corrente as vice president-general manager, WAFB Baton Rouge, succeeding Lee Meredith, retired ... New firm begun by Rita Lewis, ex-NCTA (see this section of this publication's July 14 issue): RML Strategies, where she's principal and sole employee; she's consulting for NCTA, Lewis and the association tell us.
Acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen appoints Alden Abbott, who has worked at Heritage Foundation Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, acting general counsel; acting FTC General Counsel David Shonka left for private practice (see this section of this publication's March 27 edition); Heritage says Abbott has left that organization to work for the commission, where he also worked in a past stint ... Nobuaki Kurumatani, ex-CVC Asia Pacific Japan and former Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, takes helm at Toshiba as first chairman-CEO to be hired from outside the company in more than 50 years, replacing Satoshi Tsunakawa, who becomes president-chief operating officer.
Lobbyist registrations: iWireless, The Madison Group, effective March 15 ... Harris Corp., Baker Donelson, effective March 1 ... IBM, Crossroads Strategies, effective March 1 ... Newsmax Media, TeleMedia Policy, effective Feb. 9 ... Athlete social media community Strava, Franklin Square Group, effective Feb. 5.
Winners of NAB board elections: Hartley Adkins, iHeartMedia; David Bevins, Connoisseur Media; Justin Chase, Beasley Media Group; Larry Fuss, South Seas Broadcasting; Kim Guthrie, Cox Media Group; Margaret Perkins, First Natchez Radio Group; Dhruv Prasad, Townsquare Media; Tony Richards, Federated Media; Tom Walker, Mid-West Family Broadcasting; Jim Watkins, WHUR-FM Washington; John Zimmer, Zimmer Radio ... NAB TV Board elections: Emily Barr, Graham Media Group; Jimmy Goodmon, Capitol Broadcasting; Hilton Howell, Gray Television; Bert Medina, WPLG, Miami; Ralph Oakley, Quincy Media; Louis Wall, SagamoreHill Broadcasting ... Margaret Tobey, NBCUniversal, appointed to NAB TV Board, filling seat previously occupied by Mitch Rose ... Dell promotes Allison Dew to chief marketing officer, replacing Jeremy Burton, leaving the company ... New on National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications board: Joiava Philpott, Cox Communications, becomes chairperson; new board members are Navin Kamath, HBO; Freddy Rolon, ESPN Deportes; and Jason Williams, Viacom.
Debra O’Connell, ex-Disney/ABC consolidated advertising sales group, named president-general manager, WABC-TV New York City ... Alexander Pease, ex-Snyder’s-Lance, becomes CommScope executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Netflix appoints former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to its board, which expands to 11 members.
Comcast Chief Product Officer Chris Satchell resigning, citing personal reasons ... Changes at Ericsson: Xavier Dedullen, ex-LafargeHolcim, named senior vice president-chief legal officer and head of group function legal affairs and compliance, replacing Nina Macpherson, retiring March 31; Erik Ekudden, chief technology officer, adds title of senior vice president ... Akamai Chairman George Conrades retires, effective June 1; lead independent director Frederic Salerno becomes chairman.