21st Century Fox names Fox News leadership: Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy and Senior Executive Vice President Bill Shine named co-presidents, Suzanne Scott moves to executive vice president-programming and development for Fox News Channel, and Executive Vice President-News Editorial Jay Wallace continues managing the news division and Chief Financial Officer Mark Kranz retiring ... Goodfriend Government Affairs hires DeVan Hankerson, ex-Multicultural Media Telecom and Internet Council, as senior director-policy and government relations ... President Barack Obama designates International Trade Commissioner David Johanson vice chairman, term expiring June 16, 2018; his term as regular commissioner ends Dec. 16, 2018.
Jenner & Block announces Rebekah Preston Goodheart, who recently left for the law firm the FCC, where she was an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (see 1606240044), will be a partner, Communications, Internet & Technology practice ... FirstNet hires (see 1608110035) Mike Bostic, ex-Nokia, as senior law enforcement adviser ... Changes at Cypress Semiconductor: Hassane El-Khoury promoted to president-CEO and board member; Chairman Ray Bingham expands role to executive chairman; and, as planned, ex-CEO T.J. Rodgers resigns and leaves board ... Huffington Post Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington leaves the asset that has been part of Verizon's AOL to run her new health/anti-burnout venture Thrive Global as CEO ... Kargo adds Lizzie Black, ex-Federated Media, as vice president-strategic partnerships, East.
Comscore said: Gian Fulgoni, who was chairman emeritus, named CEO, and he remains on the board; Serge Matta moves to executive vice chairman and adviser to the CEO; Executive Vice Chairman-President Bill Livek assumes strategic and day-to-day responsibility for expanding TV, cross-platform and movie measurement businesses; David Chemerow, who was chief revenue officer, moves to chief financial officer; ex-CFO Melvin Wesley remains at the company to help with transition of duties to Chemerow; and board member Joan Lewis becomes non-executive chairwoman ... Emmis Communications promotes Charlie Morgan to senior vice president/market manager-New York, where he had done job on interim basis.
Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology names as first affiliate scholars Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University Communication, Culture & Technology program, Laura Moy, Georgetown Law and its Institute for Public Representation, and Abraham Newman, university's School of Foreign Service Department of Government ... Office of Personnel Management hires David DeVries, leaving DOD, as chief information officer ... Rivada Networks hires Joseph Sanzo, ex-SAC Wireless, as chief network officer ... Joining Emmis Communications is Chuck Williams, ex-Radio One, as senior vice president-market manager, Indianapolis ... Altice names Paul Haddad, ex-Cablevision, which Altice acquired, global chief data officer ... National CineMedia said it hired Katie Scherping, ex-Quiznos, as chief financial officer; co-interim CFOs David Oddo named treasurer/senior vice president-finance and Jeffrey Cabot named senior vice president-controller ... Tremor Video adds Clare Dunnett, ex-Yahoo/BrightRoll, as vice president-operations, seller platform ... Billaway elevates Charnsin Tulyasathien to chief operating officer.
Wiley Rein's McBee Strategic Consulting hires Robert Marcus, ex-special assistant for legislative affairs to President Barack Obama, as executive vice president, working on lobbying and communications teams, effective Sept. 6 ... New ICANN ombudsman is Herb Waye; he was previously adjunct ombudsman and recently retired from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ... Washington, D.C.-based Tech incubator 1776 hires Peter Cherukuri, leaving Politico, as chief innovation officer and president-insights and intelligence, effective in fall ... Cision hires Kevin Akeroyd, ex-Oracle, as CEO; Peter Granat moves to chairman ... Viacom promotes Dion Vlachos to executive vice president-retail sales, marketing and publishing, Nickelodeon ... Cromwell Group hires Tom English as chief revenue officer ... GuidepostSolutions promotes John Torres to chief operating officer, Security and Technology Consulting group, new position, and hires Ed Batchelor, ex-Jensen Hughes, to lead its Chicago office ... Okta, identity and device management provider, adds Mark Settle, ex-IHS, as chief information officer, new position ... Small Cell Forum names David Orloff, AT&T, chairman, succeeding Alan Law.
Orrick hires James Tierney, ex-DOJ Antitrust Division Networks and Technology Enforcement Section, as partner, effective Aug. 22 ... Paul, Weiss antitrust additions from Cadwalader, Wickersham include Rick Rule, who worked on software and other matters, and Jonathan Kanter, who worked on tech and media matters ... Drone USA appoints Paulo Ferro, ex-General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, as chief strategic officer and board member ... Joining MediaLink is Jennifer Kasper, ex-Macy's, as senior vice president ... Comcast names Fernando Gastón, ex-Viacom, vice president-production and development, NBCUniversal's NBC Universo.
FirstNet names Bill Schrier, ex-Seattle chief technology officer, as member, Chief Customer Office ... Network Advertising Initiative promotes to vice presidents Anthony Matyjaszewski for compliance & member development and Jurgen Van Staden, policy & technology ... Ofcom appoints Kevin Bakhurst, leaving RTE, as content group director, overseeing content and media policy ... HSN Inc. moves Chief Financial Officer-Chief Operating Officer Judy Schmeling to president, Cornerstone; she will continue as overall company COO and will remain CFO until a successor is named ... Digital Realty Trust said it and Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing Matt Miszewski agreed he would leave to pursue other opportunities, effective Aug. 15 ... National Association of Counties elects Bryan Desloge, Leon County, Florida commissioner, as president ... Ethernet Alliance names to board David Rodgers, Teledyne LeCroy.
DMA hires Emmett O’Keefe, ex-Cablevision, as senior vice president-advocacy ... Internet Association adds Christopher Hooton, ex-World Bank, as chief economist ... New to Common Cause is David Vance, ex-Campaign Legal Center, as national media strategist, new position ... LifeLock said it names LifeLock ID Analytics CEO Scott Carter also to be the parent company's executive vice president-enterprise, a promotion; Finn Faldi, ex-Yahoo, as senior vice president-partner revenue officer; and Terry Reams, ex-HUB International, as general manager-Employee Benefits team ... Kudelski Group's Kudelski Security names Andrew Howard, ex-Georgia Tech, chief technology officer.
CTIA promotes Jamie Hastings to senior vice president-external and state affairs, new position, and Jim Schuler to vice president-external and state affairs ... T-Mobile elevates Marie Sylla to vice president-external and legislative affairs ... Joining R Street Institute is Sasha Moss, ex-counsel to Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, named technology policy fellow ... AwesomenessTV, multi-platform media company owned by DreamWorks Animation, Hearst and Verizon, hires Samie Kim Falvey, ex-ABC Entertainment, in new position of chief content officer of its unnamed premium content service ... Comcast's NBCUniversal hires Errol Cockfield, ex-Edelman, as senior vice president-MSNBC Communications.
Joining TRUSTe is Hilary Wandall, ex-Merck & Co., as general counsel and chief data governance officer ... Coming to Pryor Cashman is Thomas Vidal, ex-Abrams Garfinkel, as partner, Litigation, Media + Entertainment, Intellectual Property and Technology groups ... Birch Communications appoints Chuck Williams, ex-Culhane Meadows, senior vice president-general counsel ... Huawei promotes David He to president, Huawei Enterprise US ... Zayo hires Jack Waters, ex-Level 3, as chief technology officer and president-Network Solutions, effective Aug. 15 ... Cox Media Group promotes Rob Rohr to Ohio market vice president, succeeding Julia Wallace, who announced her retirement earlier this year.