Sinclair promotes David Gibber to vice president-deputy general counsel, Scott Shapiro to vice president-corporate development and Dana Feldman to vice president-promotions ... Engine advocacy group names Evan Engstrom, who has been its policy director, acting executive director; Julie Samuels steps down as executive director, remains president of its board ... Sprint names more regional presidents, including: hiring Jim Mills, ex-Vonage, as president-Illinois and Wisconsin Region, succeeding Tracy Nolan, moving to senior vice president-sales, office of the CEO; Johan Chung, ex-LG Electronics, as president-Northern California and Nevada Region; and Greg Post, ex-Recipero, as president-Mountain and Southwest Region ... Zinwave, wideband distributed network provider for in-building wireless and IP, hires Scott Willis, ex-Goodman Networks, as CEO.
Keller & Heckman promotes Wesley Wright to partner, practicing telecom law ... Patent and Trademark Office hires Molly Kocialski, ex-Oracle America, as director-Rocky Mountain Regional Office ... Sprint hires Glen Flowers, ex-GWF Consulting, as president-Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana Region, and he previously worked at the carrier, and Conrad Hunter, ex-Tranlin, as president-New England Region, and promotes Karen Paletta to president-New York City, New Jersey, Central Pennsylvania and Delaware Region, and she remains regional vice president-consumer sales, Northeast, until new regional structure rolls out in 2017 ... GoPro Entertainment Senior Vice President Zander Lurie resigns to become CEO at SurveyMonkey, but is appointed to GoPro board.
Manatt Phelps hired pay-TV lawyer Gil Ehrenkranz, ex-solo practitioner, as counsel, Entertainment & Media group ... eBay hires Tekedra Mawakana, ex-Yahoo, as vice president-government relations ... Univision Communications promotes Beau Ferrari to executive vice president-corporate strategy and development, new position ... European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association said Lise Fuhr, ex-DK Hostmaster, starts as director general ... Globalstar hires David Kagan, ex-ITC Global, as president-chief operating officer ... TiVo names Chief Financial Officer Naveen Chopra interim CEO, effective Jan. 30, succeeding Tom Rogers, who the company had said is becoming non-executive chairman; Wendy Markus Webb, Kestrel Corporate Advisors, joined the board ... Nielsen promotes Angela Talton to chief diversity officer, succeeding D. Sangeeta, named global client operations leader.
Wilson Sonsini hires Joshua Wright, ex-FTC, as senior of counsel, antitrust practice, and he remains at George Mason University as executive director, Global Antitrust Institute, and law professor ... FCC promotes Sean Conway to deputy director, Office of Legislative Affairs ... PCIA hires Roger Hughlett, ex-MicroPact, as communications director ... Intelsat hires Naren Mansharamani, ex-Sabic Innovative Plastics, as vice president-financial planning & analysis ... Advantage Engineers hires Julia Pulidindi, ex-National League of Cities, as broadband analyst ... UTStarcom promotes Tim Ti to CEO and adds to board Guoping Gu of Smart Soho, which is buying shares of UTStarcom, succeeding William Wong, resigned ... AppliedMicro Circuits hires Martin McDermut, ex-Vitesse Semiconductor, which was bought by Microsemi, as vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding Karen Rogge, who was interim CFO.
Google hires Chanelle Hardy, who recently left the FCC, where she had been chief of staff and media adviser to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (see 1601040042), as manager-strategic outreach and partnerships ... Telecommunications Industry Association hires Barbara Labuskes, ex-Riggs Counselman, as chief financial officer; K.C. Swanson, ex-American Chamber of Commerce in China, as director-global policy; and Limor Schafman, ex-adviser to technology companies, as director-content development ... Application Developers Alliance hires Mark Drapeau, ex-Microsoft, as senior director-membership, North America, and Stephen Spiker, ex-KRC Research, as director-research and insights ... Entravision hires Marta Salazar, ex-Fox Television, as political outreach director.
CTIA confirms hiring Lisa McCabe, ex-Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association, as director-state legislative affairs ... Navigant hires Bob Anderson, cybersecurity expert and ex-FBI, as managing director-Global Legal Technology Solutions practice ... Council on Foreign Relations names Robert Litan, economist and lawyer who also is at the Korein Tillery law firm, as adjunct senior fellow, Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies ... at House Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, Paul Edattel moves to chief counsel as Clay Alspach leaves; Josh Trent promoted to deputy chief counsel; Tim Pataki elevated to director-member services ... American Intellectual Property Law Association hires Chen Wang, ex-DuPont, as deputy executive director-regulatory affairs, effective Jan. 18.
Sidley Austin hires Louis Warchot, ex-Association of American Railroads, as counsel, Transportation practice; he has worked on rail industry issues involving the FCC ... IHeartMedia promotes Ann Postell to senior vice president-sales, Sacramento ... USA Fiber hires John Schmitt, ex-FiberLight, as chief revenue officer.
Harris Wiltshire promotes to partner Kristine Laudadio Devine, who works on communications-related transactions and negotiations ... Competitive Carriers Association promotes General Counsel Rebecca Murphy Thompson to also be executive vice president, and to senior vice presidents Tim Donovan for legislative affairs and Lucy Hodas, media and communications ... Sunlight Foundation's Chris Gates steps down; John Wonderlich, policy director, named interim executive director ... NPR promotes Anya Grundmann to vice president-programming and audience development, from interim ... Truphone, global mobile network, hires Ralph Steffens, ex-Reliance Jio Infocomm, as CEO, and names ex-CEO Steve Robertson executive chairman and CEO-strategic partnerships ... Coalfire adds to board Sam Sliman, who is chairman and ex-Optimal Solutions, and from Carlyle Group Charles Rossotti, Brooke Coburn and Stephen Bailey.
Womble Carlyle promotes Betty Temple, whose clients include those in the tech industry, to chairwoman and CEO ... Arris, which just completed buy of Pace (see 1601040067), said: Bob Stanzione remains chairman-CEO; Dave Potts is executive vice president-chief financial officer; Larry Margolis leads integration as executive vice president-corporate strategy & administration; Larry Robinson and Bruce McClelland remain presidents of their respective units CPE and Network & Cloud and Global Services; Ron Coppock leads new international sales organization and is president-international sales and global marketing; Tim O’Loughlin from Pace becomes president-North American sales; Patrick Macken is senior vice president-general counsel and secretary, and Phil Baldock from Pace is named senior vice president-CIO.
FCC Media Bureau Associate Chief Holly Saurer succeeds, on acting basis, Chanelle Hardy, handling media issues for Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; Hardy, who also has been Clyburn's chief of staff, left the agency ... Tegna hires Nicholas Lehman, ex-NBCUniversal, as chief strategy officer ... Pitney Bowes hires Bob Guidotti, ex-IBM, as executive vice president-president, Software Solutions; Mark Wright, who led Pitney Bowes' Digital Commerce Solutions unit, named executive vice president-strategic growth initiatives ... Silicon Labs hires Brandon Tolany, ex-Freescale Semiconductor, as senior vice president-worldwide sales ... Frontier Communications CEO-Executive Chairwoman Maggie Wilderotter to be succeeded as chairwoman by board member Pamela Reeve effective April 1 ... Nielsen board elects board member James Attwood non-executive chairman, succeeding David Calhoun, who was executive chairman and remains on the board.