Univision Communications hires Frank Lopez-Balboa, ex-Goldman Sachs, as chief financial officer, and names Peter Lori, interim CFO, as deputy CFO, and he continues as executive vice president-finance and chief accounting officer ... Alibaba Group promotes Daniel Zhang to CEO, succeeding Jonathan Lu, remaining on the board as vice chairman, and names Börje Ekholm, Investor AB, to board, effective June 1 ... Internap names Michael Ruffolo, who is on its board, president-CEO, succeeding Eric Cooney, who resigned from those jobs and from board ... National Cyber Security Alliance adds to board Bill Rosenthal, Logical Operations.
Comcast names Ana Salas Siegel, ex-21st Century Fox, general counsel, NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content, effective June 1 ... National Emergency Number Association hires Christopher Blake Carver, ex-New York City Fire Department, as PSAP (public safety answering point) operations director ... Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy hires Ralph Everett, ex-Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, as senior industry and innovation fellow working on USF, broadband and other technology issues ... F5 Networks hires Kristen Roby Dimlow, ex-Microsoft, to lead global human resources organization as executive vice president ... LogRhythm, cybersecurity company, hires James Carder, ex-Mayo Clinic, as chief information security officer and vice president, LogRhythm Labs ... USTelecom names Robert Hunt, GVTC, board chairman, succeeding CenturyLink Executive Vice President Steve Davis, who retired and is being succeeded on the board by the telco's John Jones, who succeeded Davis at the company (see 1504020030).
Entercom promotes Louise Kramer to chief operating officer; hires Stephanie Callihan, ex-iHeartMedia, as vice president-general manager, Austin; and adds David Levy, Turner Broadcasting System, to board ... Crown Media promotes Lisa Barroso to senior vice president-distribution ... Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., hires Chandler Smith, American Hotel & Lodging Association, as communications director for Thune’s leadership office, the Senate Republican Conference, effective May 11, and promotes Ryan Wrasse to communications director, Thune’s personal office, effective May 18, succeeding Rachel Millard, leaving for Glover Park Group ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers elects board member Doug Wood, composer and producer, writer vice chairman, and as publisher member Jody Gerson, Universal Music Publishing Group.
Cisco adds Chuck Robbins to board, and promotes him to CEO, effective July 26, when John Chambers becomes executive chairman ... Birch Communications promotes Vice President Scott Murphy to also be chief financial officer, and names Rhand Williams, ex-Gentiva, to succeed him as company controller ... Nuance Communications adds to board Robert Finocchio, Santa Clara University ... Hawaiian Telcom hires Dan Bessey, ex-Cesca Therapeutics, as chief financial officer, and adds to board Meredith Ching, Alexander & Baldwin ... Rovi hires Dave Longaker, ex-Alcatel Lucent, as chief revenue officer ... iHeartMedia moves Robert Russell to senior vice president-sales, Seattle market ... Named to two-year NAB radio board terms, effective in June: Caroline Beasley, Beasley Broadcast; John Dickey, Cumulus Media; Steve Fisher, Entercom; Scott Herman, CBS Radio; and Jeff Warshaw, Connoisseur Media.
In Recording Academy restructuring of Advocacy and Member Services divisions, Daryl Friedman promoted to chief industry, government & member relations officer, new position, and Nancy Shapiro, who had headed Member Services, named senior vice president-special projects ... Concurrent hires Dale Gonzalez, ex-SecureWorks, as chief technology officer ... PCIA elects Tam Murray, Community Wireless Structures, board chairman, Steven Marshall, American Tower, vice chairman and secretary, and David Weisman, Insite Wireless Group, treasurer ... Lobbyist registration: Broadnet, Alpine Group, effective April 1.
Media General hires Henry Gola, ex-Wiley Rein, as associate general counsel ... Hearst Television promotes Pamela Barber to president-general manager, WMOR-TV Lakeland, Florida, succeeding Kenneth Lucas, who said he will retire in June (see 1504270033) ... VeriSilicon hires Bob Brown, ex-Cadence Design, as chief financial officer, succeeding Shannon Gao, resigned for personal reasons.
CTIA hires Benjamin Aron, ex-Sprint, as director-state regulatory and external affairs; Matthew Gerst, who had that job, advanced to director-regulatory affairs ... Kelley Drye hires David Evans, ex-Chadbourne & Parke, as partner, Antitrust and Competition Practice Group ... FTTH Council Europe elects Ronan Kelly, Adtran, treasurer and vice president ... Lobbyist registration: Intelsat, Jacques & Associates, effective Jan. 1.
Fuse Media promotes Sharoan Harris to senior vice president-pricing and planning ... Weather Co. hires Dave Shull, ex-Dish Network, as a group president, running Weather Channel Television Group, a new unit (see 1504280035) ... Silicon Labs adds to board Sumit Sadana, SanDisk ... CPlane Networks, data center and software-defined networking firm, names to board Mike Seashols, ex-Oracle, as chairman ... Lobbyist registrations: GCI, Elmendorf Ryan, effective April 1 ... Hewlett-Packard, Daniel Kostenbauder, effective Nov. 2 ... MarkLogic, a software firm, Hoppe Strategies, effective April 17.
Ruckus Wireless hires Ian Whiting, ex-Egnyte, as chief commercial officer ... Retiring from Hearst Television's WMOR-TV Lakeland, Florida, is President-General Manager Kenneth Lucas, effective in June ... ModuleQ, mobile apps supplier, adds Fred Amoroso, ex-Yahoo and Rovi, to its board.
Extreme Networks names Eric Broockman executive vice president-engineering, and he remains chief technology officer, succeeding Edward Carney, executive vice president-products and customer success, leaving the company ... 21st Century Fox for Fox Sports hires Jamie Horowitz, ex-NBCUniversal, as president-Fox Sports National Networks, new position, and promotes John Entz to president-production and David Nathanson to head-business operations ... Cur Media, music streaming service, hires Jay Clark, ex-Sirius, as chief content officer ... Lobbyist registrations: Sorenson Communications, Harris Wiltshire, effective March 9 ... T-Mobile, Harbinger Strategies, effective March 1.