Universal Service Administrative Co. hires Joelle Tessler, ex-NTIA, as manager-stakeholder engagement, High Cost Program ... Santa Clara University names Tom Lavelle, technology lawyer most recently in private practice, managing director, High Tech Law Institute ... Ubiquity hires Jonathan Kalbfeld, ex-Jukin Media, as chief technology officer.
Starz promotes Jeffrey Hirsch to chief operating officer and David Weil to chief legal officer, with expanded duties including oversight of human resources ... International Trade Commissioner Irving Williamson elevated to chairman, for a second stint, after outgoing Chairwoman Meredith Broadbent’s term expired June 16; she remains a commissioner ... New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) names state Chief Information Security Officer David Weinstein as the state's first chief technology officer, overseeing New Jersey Office of Information Technology ... Shulman Rogers hires lawyer Jennifer Smith, ex-LexisNexis Health Care IT, as shareholder, working on data use, privacy and protection issues.
SoftBank Group Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer Nikesh Arora moves to advisory role, effective July 1 ... Altice USA, which completed buy of Cablevision (see 1606210026), said it names executive team that includes: Chief Content Officer Michael Schreiber, Chief Accounting Officer Victoria Mink, President, News 12 Networks Patrick Dolan, President-Media Sales Ed Renicker, Head-Optimum Operations Pragash Pillai, Head-Suddenlink Operations David Gilles, President-Business Services Kevin Stephens, Chief Technology Officer Terry Cordova, Head-Residential Sales Gregg Graff, Chief Marketing Officer Matthew Lake, Chief Information Officer Keith Sherwell, and Head-Human Resources and Talent Development Colleen Schmidt ... MTN hires Rob Shuter, now at Vodafone, as group president-CEO, effective no later than July 1, 2017, and Godfrey Motsa, ex-Vodacom, as vice president-South and East Africa, effective July 1, and adds to board, effective Aug. 1 Paul Hanratty, Old Mutual; Stan Miller, Capital Group and MTS; and Nkunku Sowazi, KTH.
Wilkinson Barker hires privacy and cybersecurity expert Aaron Burstein, ex-aide to then-FTC Commissioner Julie Brill, as partner ... Commerce Department names as director at National Technical Information Service (see 1606200012) Avi Bender, ex-Census Bureau ... Vubiq Networks promotes John Dilworth to CEO, succeeding Ed Snyder, pursuing other opportunities ... CBS moves Executive Vice President Julie McNamara to that post for original content, CBS All Access, and moves Senior Vice President Bryan Seabury to that position for drama development, broadcast and cable programming, CBS Television Studios ... Viamedia promotes David Solomon to chief revenue officer.
IHeartMedia hires Dan Mason, ex-CBS Radio, as senior adviser-broadcast relations, reporting to CEO-Chairman Bob Pittman and President-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Rich Bressler ... Cox Communications promotes Kathryn Falk to market vice president, northern Virginia operations, after she did that job in an interim role ... Marvell hires Willem Meintjes, ex-Newport Corp., as senior vice president-finance ... Texas Instruments elects Jean Hobby, ex-PricewaterhouseCoopers, to its board.
Frontier Communications hires Craig Collins, ex-Time Warner Cable, as senior vice president-commercial sales and operations, West region ... 21st Century Fox's Twentieth Century Fox Film Chairman-CEO Jim Gianopulos stepping down, effective at end of contract June 30, 2017, when co-Chairwoman Stacey Snider becomes chairwoman-CEO ... Starz promotes to senior vice presidents Brad Martens for broadcast engineering and Jason Wyrick, digital platforms ... Sabio mobile promotes to vice presidents Meghan O'Shea for sales; Casey Stuart sales, Southwest; and Ken Yonan, sales, central region.
ITTA hires Michael Jacobs, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau, as vice president-regulatory affairs, succeeding Micah Caldwell, hired as FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau chief of staff ... Globecomm hires Bryan McGuirk, ex-ViviSat, as chief commercial officer ... Rolka Loube promotes Andrew Morrow to vice president-information technology and chief information officer ... ICANN said executive team adds Duncan Burns, also promoted to senior vice president-global communications, and Chief Financial Officer Xavier Calvez; Ashwin Rangan title changes to senior vice president-engineering and chief information officer; David Conrad remains chief technology officer; and Development and Public Responsibility Programs Department now is under Senior Adviser to the President/Senior Vice President-Global Stakeholder Engagement Sally Costerton.
Sonus Networks Chief Financial Officer Mark Greenquist resigns to work at e-commerce platform; Vice President-Financial Planning and Analysis Susan Villare becomes interim CFO ... Schneider Electric adds to role of Annette Clayton, naming her president-CEO, North America operations, and she remains group chief supply chain officer and on the company's Executive Committee ... Shift*Base Research hires Christine Overby, ex-Forrester Research, as CEO ... CBS promotes Susan Lundgren to senior vice president-communications, CBS Interactive ... Digium promotes Matt Jordan to leadership team as chief technology officer ... MobileIron hires Greig Patton, ex-Symantec, as senior vice president-worldwide sales.
Comcast in Washington hires Louise Eich, ex-Burson-Marsteller, as senior manager-communications, succeeding Joelle Terry, who left to head communications for the Sacramento Kings ... Common Cause promotes Karen Hobert Flynn to president, succeeding Miles Rapoport, stepping down as president, remaining senior adviser through Sept. 30 ... 21st Century Fox promotes at Fox Networks Group Ravi Ahuja to chief financial officer, succeeding Del Mayberry, retiring ... Madison Square Garden Co. hires Hank Abate, ex-Comcast Spectacor, as executive vice president-venue management, effective June 20 ... Verizon Executive Vice President/President-Strategic Initiatives Daniel Mead to retire, effective July 1.
Frontier Communications hires Jacqueline Kinney, ex-office of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, as vice president-state government affairs, California ... National Governors Association hires Anna Holmquist Davis, ex-aide to FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, as director-Office of Federal Relations ... Millicom hires HL Rogers, now at Sidley Austin, as executive vice president-chief ethics and compliance officer, effective Aug. 1 ... Nova, which sends personalized product images and videos to mobile and other devices, hires Graham Younger, leaving Box, as president-chief operating officer, effective later this month ... Medialets, mobile measurement firm, starts Asia-Pacific division to be run by Vice President Andrew Dryden, and hires in North America John Ruvolo, ex-CurtCo Media, as senior vice president-sales ... Electronic Arts adds to board Talbott Roche, Blackhawk Network ... Among additions to the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board chaired by John Sprouls, Universal Parks and Resorts, are Bruce Charendoff, Sabre; Adam Goldstein, Hipmunk; and Adam Medros, TripAdvisor, Commerce Department said.