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.
Mediacom promotes to vice presidents Jerold Lambert, group vice president-legal affairs, Timothy Hubert, accounting, and John Maccagnen, financial operations ... Airborne Wireless Network names Marius de Mos, airborne in-cabin radio systems expert, as vice president-technical affairs and development ... In agreement with shareholder Nokomis Capital, Telenav said it's naming Wes Cummins, Nokomis, to its board, from which Richard Todaro will resign; if another director isn't identified by Jan. 30, Brett Hendrickson, Nokomis, also will join board until an independent director is found ... Newly elected at Society of Broadcast Engineers: Tim Anderson, GatesAir, secretary, one-year term; and to two-year terms effective Oct. 27: JT Tucker, Cumulus Media; Jim Bernier, Turner Entertainment Networks; Kirk Harnack, Telos Alliance; Marcelo Sanchez, WFOR-TV/WBFS-TV Miami; and Mark Simpson, Townsquare Media.
Univision Communications promotes Patsy Loris to executive vice president-news and executive news director, Univision News ... Frontier Communications names Crosby Smith, ex-Black Box Network Services, area general manager, Southern California low-desert operating area, and Tom Novotney, ex-CenturyLink, area general manager, Central California operating area ... At University of Colorado's Silicon Flatirons, the program said: CU Law School legal writing professor Amy Bauer was named faculty director-Tech Lawyer Accelerator, succeeding Bill Mooz, named Silicon Flatirons senior fellow; David Camerucci, recent CU Law graduate, was named executive director-Startup Summer and New Venture Challenge, succeeding Andy Marchant, joining Catalyst Law Group as associate; leaving Silicon Flatirons are Administrator Jamie Stewart and Events Coordinator Cactus Woodworth-Lies.
Arris promotes Bruce McClelland to CEO and gives him a seat on the board, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Bob Stanzione, who will become executive chairman and will continue to chair Arris board ... 21st Century Fox promotes in succession plan at Twentieth Century Fox Film Stacey Snider to chairwoman-CEO, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Jim Gianopulos, who chose to step down earlier; previously, date was June 30, 2017 (see this section in the June 17 issue) ... Lear Corp. appoints André Weimerskirch, ex-Escrypt, vice president-cybersecurity, E-Systems ... BDS Mobile names Jim O'Gara, ex-Synactive, chief operating officer ... One More Co., providing email recipients more information about email senders, moves Chad Woodford to chief privacy officer, and he still leads core product efforts.
Akin Gump hires Joshua Teitelbaum, ex-International Trade Administration, as counsel, public law and policy practice ... LG Electronics USA hires Chris De Maria, ex-Panasonic, as head of PR for home electronics ... Cogeco appoints Luc Noiseux, ex-Accedian Networks and before that Alcatel-Lucent, senior vice president-chief technology and strategy officer ... Coming to Evine Live is Sunil Verma, ex-Vineyard Vines, hired as chief digital officer ... Lobbyist registration: Amazon, Bloom Strategic Counsel, effective Aug. 1.
Technology Policy Institute elevates Scott Wallsten to president, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Thomas Lenard, who remains at TPI as senior fellow and president emeritus ... Viacom, settling disputes involving Redstone family and related parties, said that Philippe Dauman resigned as president-CEO; Thomas Dooley, chief operating officer, becomes interim president-CEO through Sept. 30; Dauman is non-executive chairman through Sept. 13; Sumner Redstone remains chairman emeritus and Shari Redstone non-executive vice chairwoman; and Redstones' National Amusements Inc. elects (see 1606160017) to Viacom board Kenneth Lerer, Thomas May, Judith McHale, Ron Nelson and Nicole Seligman.
Cowen and Co. hires Paul Gallant, ex-Guggenheim Securities, as managing director-technology, media and telecom policy analyst ... YP hires Jared Rowe, ex-Cox Enterprises, as CEO, effective Sept. 1 ... Evine Live said it named Chairman-interim CEO Bob Rosenblatt permanent CEO; he remains on board; he's succeeded as chairman by Vice Chairman Landel Hobbs, LCH Enterprises and ex-Time Warner Cable and AOL Time Warner ... General Cable said it's adding Juan Mogollon, ex-Tyco International, as senior vice president-Latin America; General Cable Executive Vice President/President-CEO, Americas Gregory Lampert to leave to pursue other opportunities; and company President-CEO Michael McDonnell takes on direct responsibility for North America business.
White House names Tim Wu, on leave from Columbia Law School, to advise it on "matters related to competition in the economy" ... Frontier Communications promotes Terray McGee, ex-Verizon, from which Frontier bought California operations, to area general manager, Central Coast operating area, and appoints ex-Verizon, Randy Campbell area general manager, Beach Cities operating area ... TDS elevates Vicki Bernards to vice president-financial analysis and strategic planning ... Rivada Mercury hired ex-Sprint executives: Pierre Elisseeff, as chief financial officer; Peter Campbell, chief information officer; Bill Esrey, senior vice president-wholesale and business development; and Todd Rowley, senior vice president-business development.
Federated Wireless hires Rajeev Shah, ex-Aruba Networks, as vice president-product management, helping start its spectrum access system and environmental sensing capability platform ... Joining Thoma Bravo is Hudson Smith, ex-HGGC, as partner ... TeleSign hires Aled Miles, ex-ForgeRock, as CEO ... L-3 Communications appoints Ann Davidson, formerly at Exelis, senior vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, succeeding Steven Post, retiring ... Returning to Madison Square Garden Co., where he has been a consultant and used to be general manager, Radio City Music Hall, is Rich Claffey, named senior vice president-general manager, Madison Square Garden arena and The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Rivada Networks names Stephen Bye, ex-C Spire, chief technology officer ... IoT company PTC promotes Andrew Timm to chief technology officer ... Video app company You.i TV names Dan Beer, ex-IBM, to newly created position of chief operating officer ... Frontier Communications names Kay Quinn, ex-T-Mobile, area general manager for Idaho, Montana and Utah.