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.
FCC hires Rachael Bender, leaving Mobile Future, as attorney-adviser, Wireless Bureau, effective in mid-October ... Millicom welcomes Rodrigo Diehl, ex-McKinsey & Co., as executive vice president-chief strategy officer ... Blancco Technology appoints Keith Butcher, ex-PaySafe Group, as chief financial officer; next month he joins the board, at which time CFO Jog Dhody resigns from company and board ... Sigma Designs promotes Sal Cobar to chief operating officer ... Zebra Technologies promotes Tom Bianculli to chief technology officer, new position ... National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative's NeoNova, which works with broadband providers, ups Jason McGinnis to president, succeeding Ray Carey, who has been CEO.
Disney|ABC Television Group joined by Bruce Rosenblum, ex-Warner Bros., who's named president-business operations, new position ... Whitepages elevates Rob Eleveld to CEO; he joins board; and ex-CEO Alex Algard remains executive chairman there, and continues as CEO, Hiya ... Benchmark Electronics names board member Paul Tufano, ex-Alcatel-Lucent, president-CEO, succeeding Gayla Delly, resigned from those positions and from board to pursue other interests ... Towerstream expands role of Ernie Ortega to consult on sales and marketing strategy.
U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute board promotes Jim O’Connor to president ... PCTel said: Chairman-CEO Marty Singer retiring from those positions, effective Jan. 2, and will be vice chairman until later in 2017; David Neumann, leader of company's RF Solutions business, promoted to CEO, effective in January; at that time, board member Steve Levy becomes chairman; and Jeff Miller, senior vice president-global sales and services, RF Solutions, promoted to succeed Neumann as its general manager ... Palo Alto Networks hires David Colberg, ex-EMC, which was bought by Dell, as senior director-government affairs ... Electronic Frontier Foundation promotes Camille Ochoa to coordinator-grassroots advocacy.
Society for Science & the Public hires Gayle Hope, ex-Harbour Group, as chief communications officer ... CompTIA names Stefanie Holland, ex-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, director-international government and regulatory affairs ... Internap announces Peter Aquino, ex-Primus Telecommunications, as president-CEO-board member; he succeeds Michael Ruffolo, a board member who stepped in as CEO; and joining board is Peter Rogers, Stroudwater Group ... WiTricity hires as vice presidents Mayur Mehta, ex-Intersil, for semiconductor products, and Kristina O’Connell, ex-Korrio, marketing ... Sanmina appoints Rita Lane, Hajime, to board ... IRobot Corp. adds Andrew Miller, PTC, to board ... Lobbyist registrations: Charter Communications, McBee Strategic Consulting, effective Sept. 1 ... Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Stanton Park Group on spectrum allocation matters, effective July 5.
FCC hires Deborah Broderson, ex-EchoStar, as attorney-adviser, Office of General Counsel ... Charter Communications hires Adam Weinstein, ex-Cablevision, which Altice bought, as senior vice president-programming acquisition ... International Women's Forum hires Stephanie Mathews O’Keefe, ex-CTIA, as CEO ... Morrison & Foerster announces Katie Thomson, ex-DOT general counsel, as partner in Washington, D.C., and chairwoman, Transportation group, working on cybersecurity among other issues ... Google hires Flint Waters, ex-Wyoming chief information officer, to undisclosed post ... IMRI appoints Brian Berger, ex-IBM and elsewhere, executive vice president-commercial cybersecurity.