Retiring from Scripps Networks Interactive is Chief Development Officer Joseph NeCastro, who led its buy of TVN, where Scripps Networks International President Jim Samples succeeds NeCastro on the board; NeCastro will advise Scripps Networks Interactive as a consultant to its international division ... Epix hires Ian Puente, ex-Samuel Goldwyn Films, as senior vice president-business and legal affairs ... Everbridge hires Joel Rosen, ex-Endurance International, as chief marketing officer ... Vringo adds Bruce Bernstein, Rockmore Capital, to board, from which Ashley Keller resigns ... Lobbyist registrations: Artists Rights Society, Sentinel Worldwide, effective Feb. 1 ... IT firm Technology Integration Group, Thompson Coburn, effective Dec. 23.

Office of Management and Budget hires Sam Black, ex-Satellite Industry Association, as program examiner, working on issues including NASA programs ... Control4 names Pakedge founder-CEO Victor Pak vice president, heading network solutions group, as part of Control4's buy (see 1602050037 and here) of Pakedge ... Nuance hires Bob Schassler, ex-Motorola, as executive vice president-general manager, mobile division, succeeding Mike Thompson, who will pursue interests outside the company ... Time Warner hires Christine Merrifield, ex-MediaVest Worldwide, as Turner senior vice president-ad sales strategy and monetization ... MobileIron hires Daniel Fields, ex-Oracle, as senior vice president-engineering and chief software development officer, succeeding Suresh Batchu, who continues as chief technology officer ... Lobbyist registration: TracFone Wireless, Waxman Strategies, effective Jan. 1.

Steve Davis, ex-CenturyLink, joins Denver law firm of Campbell, Killin, will provide legal and consulting services in communications, broadband, video and other technology sectors … New Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers board members: Chris Fetner, Netflix, and Leon Silverman, Disney Digital Studio Services … FirstNet hires April Ward, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, as senior media adviser ... Viacom changes: Sumner Redstone moves to newly created position of chairman emeritus; CEO Philippe Dauman replaces him as executive chairman; Shari Redstone to remain non-executive vice chair … Replacing Sumner Redstone at Redstone-controlled CBS, Leslie Moonves becomes chair of the CBS board, will continue as president-CEO; Shari Redstone will remain CBS vice chair ... American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, appoints Paul Rourke, ex-Viacom, executive vice president-chief financial officer … Digital Prism Advisors names Jonathan Murray, ex-New York Times and Warner Music Group, executive vice president-chief technology officer ... New board members at Alliance for Women in Media and its Foundation (AWM/F): Kristen Welch, Discovery Communications, to remain chair of both organizations; continuing as chair-elect of AWM/F is Sarah Foss, Imagine Communications; treasurer is Keisha Sutton-James, Inner City Broadcasting; treasurer-elect is Christine Travaglini, Christal Radio/KRG Partnerships; and past chair is Kay Olin, Kay Olin and Associates ... Lobbyist registration: Dish Network, Heather Podesta + Partners, effective Jan. 25.

Columbia Capital hired John Leibovitz, ex-FCC, as venture partner ... Yahoo promotes April Boyd to head-global public policy, and said Charles Schwab resigned from the board "due to his other professional commitments and demands on his time, and not due to any disagreement with Yahoo on any matter related to Yahoo’s operations, policies or practices" ... Edelson, plaintiffs’ class-action law firm that works on technology and privacy cases, elects as partners Roger Perlstadt and Eve-Lynn Rapp, who also is hiring partner ... At Ericsson, which said it starts IoT initiative to license standardized technology to device makers, the new platform is headed by Kasim Alfalahi, who was chief intellectual property officer and head-IPR & Licensing ... Participant Media promotes Pivot TV executives Jerry Blake, to executive vice president-business and legal affairs, and Carla Lewis-Long, to senior vice president-distribution ... Viavi hires Oleg Khaykin, ex-Silver Lake Partners, as president-CEO and board member, succeeding interim President-CEO Richard Belluzzo, who remains chairman.

FCC hires Marc Paul, ex-Lukas Nace, as legal adviser to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, with primary responsibility for media issues ... Harris Wiltshire promotes Bill Wiltshire, a founding member, to managing partner, succeeding Mark Grannis, who remains on executive committee ... USTelecom promotes Sarah Versaggi to lead government affairs team as senior vice president, succeeding Alan Roth, retired (see 1510140044) ... T-Mobile US promotes to vice presidents Steve Sharkey for government affairs, technology and engineering policy, and Cathleen Massey, federal regulatory affairs ... MasterCard hires Alexander Niejelow, ex-National Security Council, as senior vice president-public policy, working on cybersecurity, data management, privacy and other tech issues.

NAB's renamed Pilot tech initiative names John Clark, ex-University of North Carolina, executive director ... Ashkan Soltani, who left the FTC in December to become senior adviser to White House Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, said he left Office of Science and Technology Policy after he couldn't get security clearance; OSTP didn't comment Monday ... Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions hires Mike Nawrocki, ex-Verizon, as vice president-technology and solutions ... At Starry, which said it's introducing nationwide fixed wireless broadband network with speeds up to 1 Gbps, executives from Aereo include Chet Kanojia, co-founder and CEO; Joe Lipowski, co-founder and chief technology officer; Alex Moulle-Berteaux, chief marketing officer; and Virginia Lam Abrams, senior vice president-communications & government relations.

Intelsat hires Jacques Kerrest, ex-DPC Data, as executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Alston & Bird hired Ted Schroeder, ex-aide to Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., as counsel-Legislative & Public Policy Group; he has worked on intellectual property and telecom issues ... Grant Thornton hires cybersecurity expert Vishal Chawla as managing principal-Cyber Risk Advisory Services practice ... Sky board appoints James Murdoch chairman, to succeed Nicholas Ferguson when he departs as chairman and director at the end of April; Martin Gilbert appointed deputy chairman; Andrew Sukawaty re-assumes his former role as senior independent director ... Damballa hires Dale Gonzalez, ex-Concurrent, as chief product officer.

ARRL directors elect Tom Gallagher, ex-TV cameraman and then investment banker, CEO-secretary, effective April 18, succeeding David Sumner, and, effective Feb. 29, Gallagher joins staff as CEO-elect ... National Geographic Society and 21st Century Fox joint venture National Geographic Partners hires Laura Nichols, ex-MPAA, as senior vice president-chief communications officer, new position ... Newsy, over-the-top video news service, starts Washington office in bureau of its parent company Scripps, led by Director-News Zach Toombs ... EMC promotes Denis Cashman to chief financial officer, effective March 1, when he succeeds Zane Rowe, who on that day becomes CFO of the company's VMware, which EMC noted will remain a public company after EMC's takeover by Dell ... Riverbed Technology hires Subbu Iyer, ex-EMC, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer.

Comtech EF Data hires Mark Toppenberg, ex-Teledyne Microwave Solutions, as senior vice president-sales and marketing strategy, new position at the company where he used to work ... Verve hires Pratiksha Patel, ex- Centric Digital, as chief people officer, new position ... CenturyLink adds Martha Bejar, ex-Flow Mobile, to board, from which Joseph Zimmel resigned ... IBM adds Mark Fields, Ford, to board, from which Alain Belda and William Brody are retiring.

NPR promotes Stephanie Miller to oversee operations and staff of Digital Services, where Jason Butler expands responsibilities ... Entravision promotes Lilly Gonzalez to executive vice president-integrated marketing solutions, East Coast, and Humberto Hormaza to senior vice president-integrated marketing solutions, Orlando ... Gannett hires Michael Kuntz, ex-Gawker Media, as senior vice president-digital revenue, USA Today ... Twitter hires Leslie Berland, ex-American Express, as chief marketing officer; leaving company are Senior Vice President-Engineering Alex Roetter, Senior Vice President-Product Kevin Weil, Vice President-Global Media Katie Jacobs Stanton and Vice President-Human Resources Brian Schipper ... Time Warner hires Corinna Keller, ex-Viacom, returning to CNN, as vice president-advertising sales, Americas, CNN International Commercial.