Casey Rae to step down as Future of Music Coalition CEO, effective June 6; Board President Dick Huey becomes interim CEO; Kevin Erickson to assume expanded role in organizing and policy ... Katharina Kopp, ex-Center for Media Education and American Express, will become Center for Digital Democracy deputy director and director-policy, effective June 6 ... Windstream names Beth Lackey, ex-Covad and US West, senior vice president-carrier operations ... Birch Communications names Jim O'Brien, ex-Rise Broadband, executive vice president-chief operations officer ... Radio One hires Jennifer Turec LaMontagne, ex-WBLS-FM/WLIB-AM New York as regional director-national and corporate sales ... Marvell Technology Group appoints Michael Strachan, ex-Ernst & Young, to its board, which expands to 11 members ... Aviso, sales forecast software provider, adds Ron Huddleston, Microsoft corporate vice president, to its board.
Victoria Luxardo Jeffries, ex-Wilson Sonsini, joins Univision's Washington office as associate general counsel-vice president-public policy ... Rob Mesirow, ex-CTIA, joined PwC as a principal in Washington ... RFID and GPS firm PrecyseTech names Paul Silverman, ex-Xerox and IBM, and author and consultant, president-CEO ... Router and software firm Utah Scientific names Scott Barella, ex-5280 Broadcast, chief technology officer.
Blue Jay Wireless adds Robert Mansur, ex-Nielsen and Samsung, as chief technology officer ... IT solutions provider NetSol Technologies names Jeffrey Bilbrey, ex-Majesco, president-North America ... Discovery Communications promotes Robert Scanlon to executive vice president-general manager, Velocity and Automotive Content ... Disney promotes Michael Vargo to vice president-special events and Disney corporate creative resources ... Cur Media hires board member Bill Campbell, ex-Barefoot Media, as chief strategy officer ... Lobbyist registrations: Dropbox, registering on behalf of itself, effective April 1 ... Ligado Networks, Perkins Coie, effective April 4 ... Northrop Grumman, McDermott Will & Emery, effective April 1 ... T-Mobile, Thorn Run Partners, effective April 1.
Facebook hires Paul Grewal, U.S. magistrate judge for the Northern District of California, as deputy general counsel, overseeing global litigation, effective in late June ... Leaving ICANN are Chief Contract Compliance Officer Allen Grogan, who goes part time Aug. 1 and leaves at year's end overseeing contractual compliance and consumer safeguards, and Senior Vice President-Development and Public Responsibility Programs Nora Abusitta, doing a short part-time stint after June 1 ... Zenith Electronics Chief Patent Counsel Jack Kail retires.
Twilio hires Erin Reilly, ex-Google, as executive director, Twilio.org, new position ... Consumer Reports hires lawyer Laura MacCleery, ex-Center for Science in the Public Interest, as vice president-consumer policy and mobilization ... Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group hires Jeffrey Godsick, ex-Fox Consumer Products, as executive vice president-worldwide partnerships ... Tegna promotes at Tegna Media Executive Vice President Lynn Beall to also be chief operating officer, Mark Cornetta to executive vice president, and succeeding Cornetta is Steve Carter, elevated to president-general manager, KUSA Denver ... Harman promotes Mohit Parasher to executive vice president and president-professional solutions, succeeding Blake Augsburger, who after short transition will retire from professional audio to pursue other business interests.
Patent and Trademark Office hires David Ruschke, ex-Medtronic, as chief judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, effective May 23, succeeding Nathan Kelley, who has been PTAB acting chief judge and now returns to PTO's Office of the Solicitor as deputy general counsel-intellectual property law and solicitor ... Stratus Video hires Lee Horner, ex-CareCloud, as president-telemedicine ... Weather Co. hires Julie Michalowski, ex-Conde Nast, as vice president-corporate sales partnerships and development ... Brand Embassy, with software for handling customer service via social media, adds Terrence Valeski, ex-Pacific Bell and other telecom companies, to board and as adviser to CEO Vit Horky.
MPAA hires Matt Bennett, ex-Racepoint Global, as executive vice president-corporate communications, succeeding Laura Nichols, who left in February for National Geographic Partners ... Rivada Networks hires Joseph Euteneuer, ex-Sprint, as co-CEO and chief financial officer-Americas ... Saul Ewing law firm hires April Doss, ex-NSA, as partner, Cybersecurity and Privacy and Commercial Litigation practices ... Space Systems Loral hires Michael Gold, ex-Bigelow Aerospace, as vice president-Washington, D.C. operations ... BearCom, two-way wireless communications firm, hires Mark Kroh, ex-Motorola Solutions and Zebra Technologies, as president; Jerry Denham, who was president-CEO, now is CEO ... Form Holdings hires Darin White, ex-Getac USA, as president-Group Mobile ... Deep Run Security Services, cybersecurity firm, hires Scott Toth, ex-Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, as chief technology officer.
Sprint, creating Global Wireline Business Unit, moves Vice President Mike Fitz to lead it as vice president-general manager ... Hearst Television promotes President-General Manager Kyle Grimes to those jobs at WGAL Lancaster, Pennsylvania, effective July 1, succeeding John Humphries, named president-general manager, WYFF Greenville, South Carolina ... Named to NAB radio board for two-year terms, effective in June, are Hartley Adkins, iHeartMedia; Andre Fernandez, CBS Radio; Deon Levingston, Radio One; and Jose Valle, Univision Communications ... Future of Privacy Forum hires John Verdi, ex-NTIA, as vice president-policy ... Manatt Phelps hires Irah Donner, ex-Stroock & Stroock, as partner, Intellectual Property practice group, working on software, wireless, digital and other technology patents and IP transactional issues ... Cybersecurity firms make moves: FireEye Chairman-CEO David DeWalt named executive chairman; Kevin Mandia succeeding DeWalt as CEO; Mandiant President Travis Reese named president, FireEye; Chief Financial Officer Mike Berry also becoming chief operating officer. Also, MobileIron hires Dilip Patel, ex-Intel's Wind River, as senior vice president-customer success; and DarkMatter promotes Najwa Aaraj to senior vice president-special projects ... Lobbyist registration: The Weather Channel, Emmer Consulting, effective May 2.
Blackboard hires Heather Phillips, leaving NTIA, as senior director-communications and media relations, effective May 23; the agency promotes Juliana Gruenwald to acting director-public affairs ... Global Cyber Alliance hires Aimee Larsen Kirkpatrick, ex-National Cyber Security Alliance, as global communications officer, and Andre Ludwig, ex-Novetta Solutions, as chief technical officer ... Disney promotes Elizabeth Boykewich to senior vice president-casting and talent, Freeform ... Heads Executive Consultancy names Mark Webster, managing director, to also be global practice co-leader, new Smart Car Vehicle Practice ... Mobileye hires Daniel Galves, ex-Credit Suisse, as chief communications officer/senior vice president.
21st Century Fox hires Chip Smith, leaving Glover Park Group, as executive vice president-public affairs, effective this summer, succeeding Michael Regan ... MetroLab Network of municipal-university partnerships on data and muni programs names Martin O’Malley, former Democratic governor of Maryland, senior fellow and chairman of an advisory committee that includes government and academic stakeholders ... Harman International hires Henry Tirri, ex-Nokia, as chief technology officer, effective June 1 ... Telemedicine provider Doctor On Demand hires Hill Ferguson, ex-PayPal, as CEO, succeeding Adam Jackson.