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.
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.