Comcast hires Luis Rosero, ex-Toyota Motor North America, as vice president-government affairs, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises ... Neustar hires Nick Hulse, ex-Boingo Wireless, as chief revenue officer ... Simmons Research adds Steven Millman, ex-comScore, as chief scientist; Alan Resneck, ex-AlphaImpactRx, as chief financial officer; Pyeush Gurha, ex-Symphony Advanced Media, as chief technology officer; and Bill Harvey, media research expert, as strategic consultant ... 21st Century Fox names Neal Scarbrough, ex-New England Sports Network, executive editor, new position, and Gabe Spitzer, producer and director, executive producer-original programming and branded content, both at Fox Sports.
Alion Science and Technology adds Christopher Zember, ex-DOD think tank Center for Technology and National Security Policy, as chief technology officer ... Ericsson, moving chief HR officer to Sweden, said Senior Vice President-Chief HR Officer Bina Chaurasia, based in California, resigns effective Nov. 15, when MajBritt Arfert becomes acting chief HR officer ... Cognizant Technology Solutions moves Raj Mehta to president, succeeding Gordon Coburn, resigned ... Microsoft starts Microsoft AI and Research Group, moving computer scientist Harry Shum to lead it; group is joined by Information Platform, Cortana and Bing, and Ambient Computing and Robotics teams led by David Ku, Derrick Connell and Vijay Mital, respectively.
DLA Piper hires from Wiley Rein Michael Senkowski and Nancy Victory; Senkowski previously was chairman of Wiley's telecom group and Victory was chairwoman of the wireless group; Wiley also said another Wiley lawyer and two engineering advisers will leave, though DLA Piper said it didn't hire them ... Munger, Tolles announced Donald Verrilli, ex-solicitor general, is opening its Washington, D.C., office, to be joined by litigator Michael DeSanctis and Chad Golder, ex-deputy associate attorney general ... Raycom Media elevates Scott Thomas to vice president-general manager, KFVS-TV Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and WQWQ-LP Paducah, Kentucky, succeeding Dave Thomason, who moved in those jobs to the Raycom's WAFF Huntsville, Alabama.
Department of Homeland Security hires Jay English, leaving APCO, as public safety program manager, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center's National Coordinating Center for Communications ... Blue Origin confirms it hired (see 1609230033) Clay Mowry, who led the Washington office of Arianespace ... Baker Botts hires patent lawyer Lisa Kattan, ex-International Trade Commission, as partner, Intellectual Property practice ... Electronic Components Industry Association promotes Debbie Conyers to vice president-member engagement.
European Competitive Telecommunications Association names Luc Hindryckx, ex-telecom companies and formerly of the Council of the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications, executive director ... Westell Technologies said board: appoints director Dennis Harris as interim chairman; hires Kirk Brannock, ex-AT&T and former Westell board member, as interim president-CEO, effective Oct. 17; until then, Harris and Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer-Treasurer-Secretary Thomas Minichiello help execute interim executive leadership duties; Brannock succeeds Thomas Gruenwald, whose last day with the company was Monday ... AIIOver Media hires Jeff Griffing, ex-Taylor Corp., as CEO, succeeding Tony Jacobson, named chief innovation officer ... Synacor names Timothy Schermerhorn, ex-Ericsson, senior vice president/head-service provider sales and marketing ... Jennifer Catto, ex-Evolve Media, named Tremor Video chief marketing officer ... Tubular Labs hires Matt Hunter, ex-App Annie, as chief product officer.
Cox Enterprises promotes Cox Media Group's Kim Guthrie to president-CMG, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Bill Hoffman, retiring ... Pandora hires Nick Bartle, ex-LinkedIn, as chief marketing officer, effective Oct. 3 ... LeEco hires Richard Ren, ex-Huawei, as president-smart devices for North America, Asia Pacific, Russia and Eastern Europe, and as acting president of all "vertical businesses" in North America ... MapAnything announces Chris Rosbrook, ex-Piper Jaffray, as chief financial officer ... Bayshore Networks, industrial IoT cybersecurity provider, hires Kirby Wadsworth, ex-Mendix, as chief marketing officer, new position ... News Corp. names David Phillips, ex-Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, vice president-industry relations, national, News Corp. subsidiary Move Inc., new position.
Issue One, which advocates against well-financed interests driving some political fundraising, hires Meredith McGehee as chief-policy, programs and strategy, effective Oct. 3; she remains a strategic adviser to Campaign Legal Center ... Arianespace promotes Wiener Kernisan to president-U.S. subsidiary Arianespace Inc., succeeding Clayton Mowry, who led the Washington office of Arianespace and will pursue a new opportunity in the space sector; Mowry reportedly went to Blue Origin, which didn't comment Friday ... Interactive Advertising Bureau promotes Christa Babcock to vice president-learning and certification ... Metalogix adds Ben Levitan, ex-Reynolds & Reynolds, as CEO; he succeeds acting CEO Abe Peled, who remains executive chairman of the Operating Committee; company is joined by John Duvall as chief financial officer ... NCR names Mark Benjamin, ex-Automatic Data Processing, president-chief operating officer ... Doctor On Demand, on-demand video medicine provider, announces Jennifer Nuckles, ex-Zynga, as chief marketing officer ... Harman International CEO Dinesh Paliwal elected to Raytheon board ... First Data board joined by Barbara Yastine, financial executive.
APCO Worldwide joined by Michael Ann Thomas, ex-Edelman, as chairwoman-technology practice, North America ... SportsMedia Technology names Jed Drake, ex-ESPN, executive vice president-emerging technologies ... First Look Media personnel announcements include hiring Todd Green, ex-Tribeca Film, as senior vice president-content distribution and licensing, and Lydia Cheuk, ex-Blue Man Group, as senior vice president-business and legal affairs ... Theatro, specializing in voice-controlled wearables for retail employees, hires Adam Silverman, ex-Forrester, as senior vice president-marketing ... Bessemer Venture Partners promotes Josh Harder to vice president, focusing on areas such as mobile and telecom ... GateHouse Media promotes Bill Church to senior vice president-news.
Univision Communications hiring Raju Narisetti, ex-News Corp., as CEO-Univision Fusion Media Group's Gizmodo Media Group, effective in late October ... Comcast hires Erika Estrada Boden, ex-Fox International Channels Latin America, as vice president-business and legal affairs, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, working on digital and other issues ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announces Digital Team, comprised of the Digital Product & User Experience Group led by: Dena Fletcher, ex-Advance Digital, hired as vice president-digital product & user experience; and just-created Data Strategy & Business Intelligence Group, led by David Frigeri, ex-ColdLight Solutions, which was bought by PTC, joining as vice president-data strategy & business intelligence.
Cox Enterprises hires Rachel Welch, ex-Time Warner Cable, as vice president-government affairs ... Yahoo moves in Washington office: Alyssa Gowens Betz, ex-TwinLogic Strategies, hired as senior director-public policy, focusing on Senate and House Democrats; Leah Harrelson Graham moves to expand portfolio to handle Republican relationships; and Kevin Kramer moves within the company to join global public policy team and named head-IP policy ... Charter Communications names Rhonda Crichlow, ex-Novartis Pharmaceuticals, senior vice president-chief diversity officer, new position ... Rivada Networks appoints Karen Freitag, ex-Sprint Enterprise, executive vice president-sales.