Charter Communications elects Kim Crawford Goodman, ex-American Express and Dell, to its board and audit committee ... Frontier Communications named Michelle Wolloff, ex-AT&T and DirecTV, senior vice president-general manager, Southern California Westside territory ... Brightstar names Emer Timmons, ex-BT Group, chief marketing officer and president-strategic sales.
Discovery Communications advertising sales chief Joe Abruzzese to retire at the end of 2016 after 46-year career ... CBS/Lionsgate joint venture Pop names Justin Rosenblatt, ex-CW Network, executive vice president-original programming and development ... Telemundo promotes Lia Silkworth to senior vice president-insights and consumer development ... Ericsson President-CEO Hans Vestberg steps down and leaves board, effective immediately; Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Jan Frykhammar becomes interim CEO ... Lobbyist registrations: Enlighten IT Consulting, Ice Miller Strategies, effective April 13 ... InterDigital, Cascade Strategies, effective July 18.
American Civil Liberties Union adds David Cole, to take leave from Georgetown University Law Center, as national legal director, succeeding Steven Shapiro, retiring ... Disney|ABC Television Group adds John Solaro, ex-Microsoft, as head-user experience and product innovation for digital media, and Roger Tsai, ex-Gracenote, as vice president-digital strategy, business planning and operations for digital media ... Cylance hires John McClurg, ex-Dell, as vice president-Office of Security and Trust, and expands job of Malcolm Harkins to chief security and trust officer ... Altman Vilandrie & Co. promotes Alex Baker to principal, advises the firm’s Telecommunications, Media and Technology sector.
21st Century Fox said Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network Chairman-CEO Roger Ailes resigned; Rupert Murdoch, the overall company's executive chairman, named chairman and acting CEO of those businesses ... Univision Communications adds Diego Rodriguez, ex-FBI, as chief global security officer, new position ... Joining Sprint is Ismat Aziz, ex-Sam’s Club, as senior vice president-human resources, succeeding ex-HR head Sandy Price, retired ... Frontier Communications appoints Leticia Solis, ex-Verizon, as area general manager, Mid-Cities operations territory.
Rapid7 said it promotes Peter Kaes to general counsel and names to board Marc Brown, Microsoft, and Tom Schodorf, ex-Splunk ... Covington adds to Cybersecurity Incident Response team Stephen Surdu, ex-Mandiant, as senior cybersecurity adviser ... Nova, 3D visualization software-as-a-service venture started by DreamWorks Animation, names Seksom Suriyapa, ex-SuccessFactors, chief financial officer/general manager ... VimpelCom hires Dan Chapman, ex-Cameron International, as group chief compliance officer ... Delta Risk adds Chris Hendricks, ex-federal criminal investigator, as vice president-security operations services ... Pure Storage hires Vik Nagjee, ex-Epic, as vice president-chief technology officer, Global Healthcare Solutions ... Feed.fm hires Bill Dube, ex-PR Newswire, as vice president-sales and business development ... Shenandoah Telecommunications board elects Leigh Ann Schultz, MorganFranklin Consulting, as director ... Lobbyist registration: The Recording Academy, Manatt Phelps, effective May 1 ... Alliance of Puerto Rico telecom companies Alianza Puertorriquena de Telecommunications, Drinker Biddle, effective May 16 ... DoCoMo Pacific, Emblem Enterprise Services, effective Jan. 6.
Copyright Office promotes Sy Damle to general counsel/associate register-copyrights, effective July 31, succeeding General Counsel Jacqueline Charlesworth, moving to New York ... Fried Frank hires Robert Masters, ex-Paul Hastings, as partner, Litigation Department; his practice focuses on patent litigation, specifically in the technology sector ... Starz said it promotes Carrie Dolce, Todd Hoy and Gavin Wise to senior vice presidents, business & legal affairs; Deanne Bloch to vice president-business & legal affairs; John Martin to vice president-business & legal affairs-production labor relations; and Janine Scalise Boyd to vice president-business & creative affairs ... Simulmedia hires Tim Spengler, ex-iHeart Media, as president-chief revenue officer.
Crown Media hires Erin McIlvain, ex-Charter Communications, as executive vice president-content distribution and strategy, new position; Chief Financial Officer Andy Rooke becomes operations & chief financial officer; and Casey Gould promoted to vice president-advertising & digital sales ... Pritzker Group Venture Capital promotes Gabe Greenbaum, who has worked on software, marketplace technologies, machine learning and healthcare IT, to partner, and Peter Liu, who has worked on tech investments, to vice president ... Swift Navigation, GPS startup targeting autonomous vehicles, hires Zaka Ashraf, ex-EMC, as vice president-engineering ... Cytelligence, cybersecurity firm with clients in software, tech, telecom and other industries, hires Karen Ellis, ex-Entrust Datacard, as vice president-business development ... Lobbyist registrations: Alibaba Group, Baker & Hostetler, effective June 1 ... Claim Your Health Data Coalition, Jeffrey J. Kimbell and Associates, effective July 1 ... The Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, Venable, effective June 23 ... TransUnion, Hawksbill Group, effective June 1.
National Hispanic Media Coalition hires Carmen Scurato, ex-Lockheed Martin contractor for DOJ, as policy counsel ... Cravath Swaine said it's elected Faiza Saeed, who has been co-head, Mergers & Acquisitions practice and worked on media, technology and other issues, as presiding partner, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Presiding Partner Allen Parker; until then, her promotion is to deputy presiding partner ... Michael Bergeron to depart as Dolby Labs senior vice president-worldwide sales and field operations, effective Sept. 30, but will provide "transitional and advisory services" through June ... Skyworks Solutions hires Mitchell Haws, ex-NXP Semiconductors, which combined in December with Freescale Semiconductor, as vice president-investor relations ... AmpThink, HD Wi-Fi company, hires Chip Foley, ex-Venue Innovation Group, to lead tech strategy ... Lobbyist registration: Crisis Text Line, Gibson Dunn, effective April 1.
Recently sworn in at South Carolina Public Service Commission are Swain Whitfield as chairman and Randy Randall as vice chairman ... FairPoint Communications Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Ajay Sabherwal resigned, potentially effective after the first week of August; promoted to succeed him as CFO is Executive Vice President Karen Turner, who will continue leading human resources and risk management ... Tribune Broadcasting hires Kerry Oslund, ex-Schurz Communications, as vice president-strategy and business development ... Frontier Communications moves Michael Golob to senior vice president-engineering and technology, West region, the telco's largest operating region ... Epix hires Jonathan Dakss, ex-NBCUniversal, as chief digital officer ... Neustar hires Venkat Achanta, ex-Walmart, as chief data and analytics officer, new position.
FCC moves Holly Saurer to legal adviser, office of Chairman Tom Wheeler, on international and consumer affairs issues, as Diane Cornell moves to International Bureau, and she's a special adviser to Wheeler ... Scripps Networks Interactive said Markus Tellenbach is stepping down as president-CEO, TVN, which Jim Samples, president of Scripps Networks’ international division, will run as president of the management board ... Box said it hired Carrie Palin, ex-IBM, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer, the latter a new position, and promotes Senior Vice President Lesley Young to also be general manager-global commercial and online sales operations, and Senior Vice President Tom Addis to also be general manager-global field operations.