Mindel De La Torre, ex-FCC International Bureau chief, joins startup satellite company Omnispace as chief regulatory and international strategy officer ... Ian Martinez, ex-Communications Daily, NTIA and Microsoft, becomes senior manager-@Work at T-Mobile, effective May 30 ... Todd Houseman, United Wireless, joins the Rural Wireless Association board ... Lobbyist registrations: Discovery Communications, Capitol Tax Partners, effective March 15 ... Mitosystems, American Technology Specialists, effective March 31.
AT&T promotes Claudia Jones to senior vice president-public affairs and communications, AT&T Services, Inc., in AT&T's Washington, D.C., office ... Viacom promotes Julia Phelps to senior vice president-communications & culture ... Gogo names Barry Rowan, ex-Cool Planet, executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Turtle Beach, console gaming headset supplier, adds Gregory Ballard, ex-Glu Mobile, to its board ... Lobbyist registrations: Apple, DLA Piper, effective Feb. 1 ... EchoStar, Wheelhouse Partners, effective Feb. 2 ... MPAA, Richard Hohlt, effective Feb. 14 ... United Technologies Corp., BGR Government Affairs, effective Jan. 1.
Christine Czuprynski, ex-Reed Smith, joins Detroit office of McDonald Hopkins as counsel in the firm's national Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group ... Lionsgate Television Group promotes Laura Kennedy to chief operating officer ... Lobbyist registration: MCM Technology, American Defense International, effective Feb. 1.
Former FCC Media Bureau Chief William Lake joins Wiley Rein's Telecom, Media & Technology practice as consulting counsel ... Discovery Communications promotes Savalle Sims to general counsel ... Lobbyist registrations: American Library Association, J.A. Hill Group, effective March 27 ... Discovery Communications, The O Team, effective March 1 ... Google, Lincoln Park Group, effective April 1 ... VMWare, S-3 Group, effective Feb. 1.
Communications infrastructure firm USA Groups names Eric Pogoda, ex-Smartlink, president of its construction and maintenance division, USA Comserv ... New board members at The Linux Foundation: Hisao Munakata of Renesas and Dirk Hohndel of VMware ... Anton “Tony” Valukas to step down as chairman of Jenner & Block, but continue as an active senior partner ... Lobbyist registration: Shipcom Wireless, Squire Patton, effective Jan. 1.
Sinclair Broadcast hires Boris Epshteyn, ex-special assistant to President Donald Trump, as chief political analyst ... Lobbyist registrations: CoBank, Brownstein Hyatt, effective March 7 ... Facebook, Ogilvy Government Relations, effective Feb. 1 ... Snap, Monument Policy Group, effective March 1.
Joe Natale, ex-Telus, named president-CEO, Rogers Communications ... Consumer Data Industry Association adds from Financial Services Roundtable Francis Creighton as president-CEO, effective May 15, succeeding Eric Ellman, interim president-CEO, who returns to job as the group's senior vice president-public policy and legal affairs ... BlueFrame Technology hires Chris Knowlton, ex-Wowza Media Systems, as partner-chief strategy officer ... At Security Advisor Alliance, Ann Johnson, Microsoft, elected to board.
In Xilinx multiyear CEO succession/promotion plan: Victor Peng moves to chief operating officer; Krishna Rangasayee promoted to executive vice president-sales; and the chipmaker signs a multiyear contract with Moshe Gavrielov to continue as president-CEO, including an additional year of transition and consulting services after his tenure as CEO ... Root9B board names board member Eric Hipkins, CEO of root9B's cybersecurity division, as CEO parent root9b Holdings, effective May 25; Hipkins succeeds Joseph Grano, remaining with RTNB as nonexecutive chairman; and Dan Wachtler remains as president-chief operating officer ... Nexstar Media hires Jeffrey Guy, ex-Weigel Broadcasting, as vice president-general manager, Mississippi's WJTV Jackson, WHLT Hattiesburg, CW-affiliated subchannels and associated digital services.
Univision Communications hires Steve McGowan, ex-PBS, as senior vice president-corporate research ... Tegna elevates Jeff Newman to senior vice president-chief human resources officer ... Intellectual property law firm Artegis Law Group adds Sarah Mirza, ex-Fenwick & West, as partner ... Intel promotes to group presidents: Diane Bryant, Data Center Group; Murthy Renduchintala, Client and Internet of Things Business & Systems Architecture Group and chief engineering officer; and Stacy Smith, manufacturing, operations and sales.
Fox News names Amy Listerman, ex-Scripps Networks Interactive, chief financial officer/executive vice president-finance and accounting, effective May 1 ... National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters and NABOB Telecommunications Education and Management Foundation add Tijuan Gray Minor, ex-Katz Radio Group, as strategic marketing adviser, and Eain Chappell, who remains with a broadcaster, as education program coordinator, a part-time role ... Madison Square Garden Co. hires Darren Pfeffer, ex-iHeartMedia, as executive vice president-MSG Live, effective May 17, a new position.