Wilkinson Barker elevates Patrick Halley to partner, with practice areas including broadband deployment/universal service; he also is executive director of the Next Generation 911 Institute ... In NTT Communications buying the rest of RagingWire Data Centers, it said RagingWire President Douglas Adams was promoted to CEO, and founder George Macricostas, who was chairman-CEO, was named executive chairman ... In Arris' buying Ruckus Wireless from Broadcom, Arris said it's starting a unit focused on wireless networking and wired switching technology, led by current Ruckus Chief Operating Officer Dan Rabinovitsj ... Competitive Enterprise Institute adds Taylor Barkley, ex-Mercatus Center at George Mason University, as government affairs manager.
Viacom said Brad Grey will step down as chairman-CEO of Paramount Pictures, with search for successor underway; Grey will remain at Paramount for a period to support the transition … Windstream elevates Kristi Moody to general counsel, succeeding John Fletcher, to whom she continues to report in his job of executive vice president-chief human resources and legal officer ... Jenner & Block adds Kali Bracey, ex-DOJ Civil Division, as a litigation partner and member of the Government Controversies and Public Policy Litigation practice ... Viacom moves up Keith Cox to president-development and production, Paramount Network and TV Land ... Spyr hires Farshid Almassizadeh, ex-Electronic Arts Interactive, as chief strategic adviser ... Inventergy Global adds to management team ex-Intel executive Ken Tallo as director of business development for intellectual property monetization company's Inventergy Innovations ... Pareteum, mobile networking services and messaging company, appoints Luis Jimenez-Tuñon, ex-Vodafone Enabler Spain, to its board ... Square hires Chris Massey, ex-Zenefits, as head-government relations.
Wiley Rein adds Stephen Claeys, ex-aide to House Trade Subcommittee, as partner, International Trade practice ... Goodwin adds technology litigator and trial lawyer Neel Chatterjee as partner, Litigation Department and Intellectual Property practice ... Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press hires as communications director Jenn Topper, ex-Sunlight Foundation (see this section of the Dec. 19 issue of this publication) ... Waxman Strategies hires include Kirsten Maynard, ex-Spark, as senior vice president, in the technology practice ... Rightscorp elevates Cecil Bond Kyte to CEO, succeeding Christopher Sabec, who's also president and continues to spearhead intellectual property litigation support and copyright monetization services.
National Hispanic Media Coalition hires ex-FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani, ex-Spiegel & McDiarmid, as special policy adviser ... TwinLogic Strategies adds Veronica O’Connell, ex-Accenture, as principal ... Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., elevates Adam Jorde to communications director, succeeding Andrea Collin, who remains communications assistant to Cramer ... S-3 Public Affairs expands with ex-Capitol Hill aides Todd Wooten, ex-Senate Finance Committee, and Kate Dickens, who worked for then-Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. ... Jenner & Block hires litigator Jason Yardley, ex-White & Case, as partner, Litigation and International Arbitration practices; he has worked on issues including technology, media and telecom ... Communications Director Meg Geoghegan, who worked on issues including cybersecurity, leaves office of Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.
CSRA hires Kathryn Wheelbarger, ex-Senate Armed Services Committee aide, as vice president-litigation/chief compliance officer ... Internet Association adds from office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Michael Bloom as director-federal government affairs ... New at Mayer Brown: Tamer Soliman, with clients in aerospace, internet technology and elsewhere, as partner, International Trade practice and global head of its Export Controls and Economic Sanctions practice group ... As part of ZVRS planning to buy Purple Communications (see 1702150061), ZVRS Vice President-Customer Experience Chris Wagner helps lead transition as ZVRS chief operating officer; ZVRS Chief Compliance Officer Greg Hlibok named chief legal officer ... At Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau resumes as president-CEO, succeeding Pierre Dion, named chairman of Quebecor Media and director of Quebecor; Brian Mulroney remains Quebecor chairman.
Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology adds Laura Moy, ex-acting director of the Communications & Technology Clinic at Georgetown Law's Institute for Public Representation, as deputy director, new position ... Cyber Threat Alliance adds Michael Daniel, ex-White House cybersecurity aide, as its first president and incorporates as a nonprofit ... Niskanen Center hires from Element VI Consulting David Bookbinder as chief counsel ... Nathaniel Asker elected Fried Frank partner in the Antitrust Department, effective March 1 ... Comcast Executive Vice President-Chief Accounting Officer Lawrence Salva is retiring as chief accounting officer, effective Feb. 28, will remain a senior adviser to the chief financial officer through June 30, 2018; Daniel Murdock promoted to senior vice president-chief accounting officer, effective March 1, said an SEC filing.
NAB hires as vice presidents-government relations, effective Feb. 27, Nicole Gustafson, ex-NFL, and Grisella Martinez, ex-House Democratic Caucus staffer ... Hap Rigby, leaving Senate Commerce Committee, joins Wiley Rein’s Telecom, Media & Technology practice as senior policy adviser, effective Feb. 21 ... Jenner & Block adds government contracts and international regulatory compliance lawyer Andrew Irwin, ex-Steptoe & Johnson, as partner and member of Government Contracts and Government Controversies and Public Policy Litigation practices ... Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican, elevated to acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, succeeding Elliot Kaye, a Democrat, who will remain on the commission.
Vexos President-CEO David Buckley resigns to pursue another opportunity; board appoints Paul Jona, ex-Cobham, as president-CEO ... Crypsis Group, data breach response firm, hires Bret Padres, ex-Stroz Friedberg, as CEO ... STX Entertainment hires Andrew Warren, ex-Discovery Communications, as chief financial officer, effective April 3, succeeding Rich Sullivan, named chief operating officer, STXdigital ... Jason Seibel, ex-CACI, joins CenturyLink as vice president-operations integration, federal government solutions team ... Barclays hires Ross Sandler, ex-Deutsche Bank, as senior internet analyst and managing director, Americas Equity Research department.
FCC acting Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey adds bureau's Jeffrey Neumann to front office as chief engineer ... Deputy Wireline Bureau Chief Carol Mattey resigned from the FCC and is starting Mattey Consulting to focus on issues including broadband and universal service ... Viacom Executive Vice President-General Counsel-Secretary Michael Fricklas is leaving, company said in SEC filing ... SeaChange promoted Jonathan Rider to senior vice president-chief operating officer ... NAB TV board adds Kathy Clements, Tribune Media, filling the Fox affiliate board seat ... Sanjay Mehrotra steps down from Western Digital board, which the ex-CEO of SanDisk joined in May when his company was bought by Western Digital.
DLA Piper Telecom practice hires from FCC Enforcement Bureau Sean Robinson as associate ... Disney elevates Nancy Kanter to executive vice president-content and creative strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide; she remains general manager, Disney Junior Worldwide; Richard Horrmann promoted to vice president-communications, ABC Entertainment ... Tremor Video CEO Bill Day resigns, will be a special adviser through June 1 and leaves board, effective March 1; non-Executive Chairman Paul Caine, ex-Bloomberg Media, named interim CEO ... Peloton names William Lynch, ex-Barnes & Noble, president ... Joining The Void immersive entertainment company from Jaunt as CEO is Cliff Plumer, succeeding co-founder Ken Bretschneider, named committee chairman, Visions team, and remains on the board.