Comcast promotes Sena Fitzmaurice to senior vice president-government communications ... At CenturyLink, those who will report to CEO Glen Post once it buys Level 3, it says: Clay Bailey, senior vice president-transformation, leading integration; Dean Douglas, executive vice president-North America enterprise; Gary Gauba, senior vice president-chief relationship officer; Stacey Goff, executive vice president-general counsel-chief administrative officer; Aamir Hussain, executive vice president-chief technology officer and network operations; Maxine Moreau, executive vice president-consumer; Laurinda Pang, executive vice president-global accounts management and international; Sunit Patel, executive vice president-chief financial officer; Scott Trezise, executive vice president-human resources; and Girish Varma, executive vice president-IT and managed services.
Emergency technology company RapidSOS said ex-FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is joining its advisory board ... Media and communications technology transactions attorney Eric Cowan, ex-Squire Patton, joins McGuireWoods as a partner, leading the firm’s global media and entertainment practice ... Dish Network promotes Andy LeCuyer to senior vice president-programming ... RealNetworks names Cary Baker, ex-Heat Software, chief financial officer and treasurer.
Cox Enterprises names Alexander Taylor to move up to president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, succeeding John Dyer, who will retire in December ... Eutelsat names Mike Antonovich, ex-Global Media Links, CEO of Eutelsat Americas ... Fierce Government Relations says Eric Zulkosky, ex-aide to House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., has joined the firm ... Senate confirms Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general ... Viacom names Dan Reich, ex-Viacom International Media Networks, senior vice president of new Global Product Development Group ... Board elections at Land Mobile Communications Council: President Farokh Latif, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International; Vice President John Prendergast. Monitoring Association; Secretary-Treasurer Mark Crosby, Enterprise Wireless Alliance; at-large members Doug Aiken, International Municipal Signal Association, Jim Goldstein, International Association of Fire Chiefs, and Ralph Haller, Forestry Conservation Communications Association ... Lobbyist registrations: GPS Source, O'Brien Gentry, effective April 3 ... Starz Entertainment, Morgan Lewis, effective March 3.
CBS promotes Meghan Lyvers to senior vice president-co-productions and development, CBS Studios International ... Fox Networks Group promotes Derek Murphy and Greg Stangel to newly created positions of senior vice presidents-global solutions for advertising sales ... Lobbyist registration: Device Authority, K&L Gates, effective March 6.
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.