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.
Vivek Badrinath is stepping down from the Nokia board, effective immediately due to his appointment as CEO for Vodafone's Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific region, leaving the Nokia board with eight members through it 2017 Annual General Meeting ... Gabriel Torres, ex-T-Mobile USA, joins Sprint as president of the New England Region ... Julie Haddon, founder of consulting firm The Marketing Farm, named NFL Media senior vice president-marketing.
Charter Communications Chief Operating Officer John Bickham adds title of president ... Entravision names Michael Holderle, ex-Foster Communications, vice president-Integrated Marketing Solutions, McAllen, Texas ...Tribune Media promotes David Ulmer to chief technology officer, from interim CTO.
CTIA names former consultant Kelly Cole senior vice president-government affairs, effective Aug. 1 ... Cox Enterprises promotes Alexander Taylor to executive vice president-chief operating officer ... AT&T promotes Marvy Moore to vice president-general manager, Georgia and South Carolina ... Promotions at Impact Telecom: President-CEO Bob Beaty adds title of chairman; Doug Funsch becomes chief revenue officer ... Telemundo promotes Eduardo Suñol to vice president-Telemundo News Digital ... Mack Araki departs Sony America corporate communications July 31 after 30-year career at Sony to pursue new interests, may be reached at mack.araki@outlook.com.
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.