FCC's Claude Aiken, who has been an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, hired by Wireless Internet Service Providers Association as president, Politico reports; Aiken and WISPA declined to comment ... Cox Media Group hires Michelle Miguelez, ex-Georgia Power, as vice president-communications and public affairs ... Sinclair moves Larry Strumwasser to general manager, KSNV and KVCW, both in Las Vegas ... North American Network Operators Group appoints Edward McNair, co-founder of Kaskadian, as executive director; Betty Burke remains at NANOG during the transition.

Cable One adds from Gas Technology Institute Peter Witty as senior vice president-general counsel-secretary, effective April 2 ... Lattice Semiconductor President-CEO Darin Billerbeck to retire and leave the board, which names Chief Operating Officer Glen Hawk interim CEO, to be effective Friday, though Billerbeck remains with the IoT chipmaker until May 31 ... Harris, Wiltshire hires Gena Cadieux, ex-Department of Energy, as of counsel ... Alvarez & Marsal moves telecom, technology and media expert Byron Smyl, who remains a managing director, to Corporate Transformation Services practice.

NCTA hires from US Telecom Mark Kulish as senior vice president-finance and administration, succeeding Bruce Carnes, recently retired; and adds Robert Rubinovitz, ex-Department of Commerce/Economics and Statistics Administration, as vice president-research and analysis, starting April 2 ... NAB hires for new post Eric Trabb, ex-NewBay Media, as senior vice president-business development, working on the association's conferences ... Globalstar hires Greg Ewert, ex-Inmarsat and member of Connected Vehicle Trade Association board, to head Globalstar Automotive, newly formed division to support future connected and autonomous vehicles and intelligent transport (see 1803120039).

Qualcomm says Paul Jacobs steps down as executive chairman, will remain on Qualcomm board but no longer in an executive management capacity; board names member Jeffrey Henderson non-executive chairman ... Former NTIA Director-Compliance and Audits Cynthia Schultz launches Broadband Law Group, based in Washington ... Managed services provider Thrive promotes Marc Pantoni to president and Michael Gray to chief technology officer ... Disney board elects board member Susan Arnold as independent lead director ...Texas Public Utility Commission says Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez will resign effective April 2 ... Antenna Systems Division of Communications & Power Industries hires Andre Jones, ex-ViaSat, as vice president-business development.

Univision CEO Randy Falco to retire year's end ... Mozilla moves up Denelle Dixon to chief operating officer and Mark Mayo to chief product officer ... Promoted at NPD Group: Brad van Dillen to president-U.S. consumer technology; Sean Roche to vice president-consumer technology; Kate Roe-Semyon to president-B2B technology ... Madison Square Garden Co. hires Victoria Parker, ex-Verizon’s Oath Studios, as executive vice president, MSG Productions ... Kymeta adds David Harrower, ex-VT iDirect, as senior vice president-global sales ... Epix hires TV executive Rachel Brill as senior vice president/head-unscripted programming.

Amy Bowen, ex-Holland & Knight, starts Uplink Legal real estate law firm for wireless/telecom issues, smart buildings/cities and IoT ... Yelp Director-Public Policy Laurent Crenshaw leaving the company; Crenshaw tells us Eaze has hired him as a senior director, which the cannabis technology company confirms ... Univision Communications promotes Peter Lori to chief financial officer, succeeding Frank Lopez-Balboa, leaving to pursue other opportunities; the broadcaster says "due to prevailing market conditions, it has requested the withdrawal" of its SEC S-1 filing for an initial public offering.

CenturyLink CEO Glen Post retires effective May 23, when annual meeting is held, rather than Jan. 1, 2019, as was planned; President-Chief Operating Officer Jeff Storey to move up to CEO-president; Post said while he "will continue to serve the company as a board member, I will not assume the role of chairman of the board in order to ensure there is clarity that Jeff will be CenturyLink's new leader"; chairman will remain Harvey Perry; director Bruce Hanks is named lead independent director ... Gogo names director Oakleigh Thorne president-CEO, succeeding Michael Small, leaving board; Thorne steps down as CEO of Thorndale Farm, family office of the Thorne family, which is Gogo's top shareholder and he remains on Gogo's board.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai promotes Patrick Webre to chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, where he had been acting chief ... Disney moves James Pitaro to president-ESPN and co-chair, Disney Media Networks, succeeding John Skipper, who previously said he was leaving (see this section of this publication's Dec. 19 issue) ... Xtera board promotes Keith Henderson to CEO, succeeded by Leigh Frame, ex-Alcatel Submarine Networks, as chief operating officer ... Infoblox taps Hoke Horne, ex-Digital River, as chief financial officer.

Kent Bressie, who remains at Harris Wiltshire, named International Cable Law Adviser for the International Cable Protection Committee ... Meredith names Gary Brown, ex-Napoli Management Group, vice president-news & marketing, Meredith Local Media Group, effective March 19 ... Sinclair Broadcast promotions: Justin Bray to vice president-treasurer; David Bochenek to senior vice president-chief accounting officer & corporate controller ... Raycom Media promotes Mark Mendenhall to vice president-general manager, WECT Wilmington, North Carolina ... David Porter to step down as executive director of The Walter Kaitz Foundation, effective April 13; his deputy, Michelle Ray, will be interim executive director ... World Wrestling Entertainment promotes Brian Flinn to chief marketing & communications officer ... Fletcher, Heald promotes Sekoia Rogers to associate in CommLaw Group. ATIS names Carroll Gray-Preston​, ex-Genband, principal technologist ... Wikimedia Foundation names Tony Sebro, ex-Software Freedom Conservancy, deputy general counsel.

Liberty Interactive Corp., changing name to Qurate Retail Group, advances QVC CEO Mike George to president-CEO, succeeding Greg Maffei, named chairman; new name is effective on split off of GCI Liberty, which includes the acquired General Communication Inc. ... Returning to DLA Piper after departing in 2011 to become founding partners of Feinberg Day: Clayton Thompson and Jake Zolotorev join Intellectual Property and Technology practice as partners ... Fletcher Heald promotes Sekoia Rogers to associate ... Boeing promotes Tim Keating to executive vice president-government operations.