Frontier Communications rejoined by Perley McBride, ex-Cable & Wireless, named executive vice president-chief financial officer, following a transition, succeeding John Jureller, to pursue other opportunities ... Falcon Cyber Investments adds Luis Aguilar, ex-SEC commissioner, as partner ... Gibson Dunn names Stuart Delery, ex-acting associate attorney general, partner ... Glen Echo Group adds Wren Dillingham, ex-Internet Association, as senior associate ... Lugar Hellmann Group hires Nicole Alexander Mortier, ex-Yahoo ... Flex names Scott Offer, ex-Lenovo, general counsel ... Jaunt, cinematic virtual reality company, appoints George Kliavkoff, ex-Hearst Corp., CEO, succeeding interim CEO Arthur van Hoff, returning to chief technology officer. ... Accenture Federal Services hires Gus Hunt, ex-Bridgewater Associates and former CIA chief technology officer, to lead cybersecurity practice.
BakerHostetler hires Scott Patrick, leaving FCC Wireless Bureau, as of counsel, focused on cable, wireless, broadcast and technology ... White House names Gregory Touhill, retired brigadier general, federal chief information security officer, new position; he's Department of Homeland Security deputy assistant secretary-cybersecurity and communications, Cybersecurity and Communications Office ... Brownstein Hyatt announces Brian McKeon, ex-aide to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and before that an aide on telecom, tech and other issues to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., as senior policy adviser, Government Relations Department ... Infosys hires Anurag Varma, ex-Squire Patton, as vice president-government affairs.
Jenner & Block names antitrust lawyer Lee Van Voorhis, ex-Baker & McKenzie, partner, Antitrust and Competition Law practice and Corporate and Private Equity practices ... Crown Media adds Kathleen Charapata, ex-Charter Communications, as vice president-legal, new position involving new media and intellectual property among other areas ... National Governors Association announces Tiffany Shackelford, ex-Association of Alternative Newsmedia, as chief strategic officer/director-communications and strategic planning ... WOW promotes Cash Hagen to chief operating officer and Scott Russell to chief marketing & sales officer; ex-COO Cathy Kuo named executive vice president-strategy & engagement
Charter Communications hires Elizabeth Biley Andrion, ex-FCC, as senior vice president-regulatory affairs, and moves in government affairs Senior Vice President Alex Hoehn-Saric to newly created position of senior vice president-policy and external affairs ... Wiley Rein promotes David Gross and Kathleen Kirby to co-chairs, Telecom, Media & Technology practice ... Covington & Burling hires Jadzia Butler, Center for Democracy & Technology privacy, surveillance and security fellow, as associate, effective Oct. 10 ... Goodwin law firm adds Karen Neuman, ex-Department of Homeland Security, as partner, Privacy & Cybersecurity practice, and as privacy lead in Washington office ... Wilkinson Barker hires Mark Settle, ex-FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, as senior engineering adviser, and Danielle Thumann, Catholic University graduate, as associate.
FairPoint Communications appoints Bruce Metge, ex-Hillcrest Laboratories, executive vice president-chief legal officer ... Charter Communications announces Tom Montemagno, ex-Cablevision, which was bought by Altice, is executive vice president-programming acquisition ... Holland & Knight adds David Kully, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division, as partner, litigation practice ... TwinLogic Strategies announces Debra Dixon, ex-Dixon Avecilla, joined the firm ... Discovery Communications appoints Ralph Rivera, ex-BBC, managing director-Eurosport Digital, new position, effective Sept. 26 ... Skorpios Technologies adds Brian Griffiths, ex-Guggenheim Partners, as chief financial officer ... Connect First, software as a service telecom and cloud contact center software firm, said Steve Bederman, by mutual agreement of the board, is no longer CEO; board starts an Executive Management Committee led by President Richard Manulkin and Chairman-Chief Information Officer Geoff Mina.
Cincinnati Bell elevates Leigh Fox to president-chief operating officer and Andrew Kaiser to succeed Fox as chief financial officer ... Tessco hires Murray Wright, ex-Zones Inc., as president-CEO and he joins the board, which Robert Barnhill continues to chair as executive chairman ... At Liberty Broadband effective Oct. 1, it said: Chief Development Officer Mark Carleton named chief financial officer; CFO Christopher Shean named senior adviser and continues reporting to CEO Greg Maffei; and Albert Rosenthaler, who had been chief tax officer, named chief corporate development officer; at Liberty Interactive, it said, those changes also occur, and Shean remains that company's designee to boards of Expedia and FTD, and expected to be president-CEO, Liberty Expedia Holdings, when that split off takes place.
Fletcher Heald hires Keenan Adamchak, ex-Marashlian & Donahue, as associate ... Frontier Communications hires Sydney Ridley, ex-aide to Florida House Republican Leader Dana Young, as manager-government and regulatory affairs, Florida, and Dale Shover, ex-TXU Energy, as vice president-business operations/finance, South region ... Tribune Broadcasting appoints Vice President-General Manager James Aitken to that position for WXIN Indianapolis and WTTV Bloomington, Indiana, succeeding Paul Rennie, previously elevated to president-general manager, WGN-TV Chicago (see 1607120044) ... Returning to Sunbeam Television is Bob Leider to past job as executive vice president-general manager, effective Sept. 12; he semi-retired previously and had been vice president-consultant; and takes a post similar to that held by Chris Wayland, hired by Tribune Media recently (see 1608290037) as vice president-group operations, Tribune Broadcasting, effective Sept. 19.
R Street Institute adds Anne Hobson, ex-Facebook, as technology policy fellow ... Nokia Technologies President Ramzi Haidamus leaving; Brad Rodrigues, head-strategy and business development, moves to acting president; and Nokia Group leadership team (see this space in the Oct. 8 issue) has Rajeev Suri, Timo Ihamuotila, Samih Elhage, Federico Guillen, Basil Alwan, Bhaskar Gorti, Hans-Jurgen Bill, Kathrin Buvac, Ashish Chowdhary, Barry French, Marc Rouanne and Maria Varsellona ... Pete Thompson, ex-Sonos, joining Rovi as executive vice president-chief operating officer, effective Sept. 6 ... Business Wire elevates Rob Schmitt to general counsel.
FTC moves Chuck Loughlin to chief trial counsel, Competition Bureau, succeeding Tara Reinhart, leaving the agency ... Uber names Jeff Jones, leaving Target, as president-ridesharing; succeeding Ryan Graves, who becomes resident entrepreneur and builder ... Time Warner elevates Tina Shah to senior vice president-business affairs, Turner Sports, and associate general counsel, and she continues to work on linear and digital issues ... Skyworks Solutions appoints Kris Sennesael, ex-Enphase Energy, senior vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding outgoing CFO Donald Palette, to be in an advisory role for transitional period ... E.W. Scripps names TV station executive Les Vann vice president-general manager, WFTX-TV Cape Coral, Florida, effective Sept. 12.
Tele2 promotes Stefan Backman to executive vice president-group general counsel, effective Dec. 1, succeeding Caroline Fellenius-Omnell, named Skanska Group executive vice president-group general counsel ... Tribune Media hires Chris Wayland, ex-Sunbeam Television, as vice president-group operations, Tribune Broadcasting, effective Sept. 19 ... Boomtown accelerator announces Jason Searfoss, ex-Longford Capital, as chief financial officer ...Syniverse names Jeff White, ex-Cisco, group vice president-global sales, Service Provider Group unit ... Under Concurrent's agreement with some investors, Wayne Barr, Oakleaf Consulting Group, will join the board, as Shelton James resigns.