Voice of America Director David Ensor resigning, effective end of May ... Perkins Coie hires from K&L Gates Marc Martin as partner and chairman, Communications practice, which also adds Brendon Fowler as senior counsel ... Transaction Network Services names Clayton LiaBraaten, ex-Cartesian, senior vice president-sales, delivery and business development, Telecommunication Services Division ... Zynga CEO Don Mattrick leaving company and board, being succeeded by Chairman Mark Pincus, returning as CEO ... Qualcomm's Michelle Sterling promoted to executive vice president-human resources, joining executive committee, effective May 4; Dan Sullivan, who holds that job, retiring, to be in an advisory role until retirement effective at year's end ... AMC Networks promotes Michael Cagnazzi to senior vice president-digital product development ... 21st Century Fox hires Michael Galante, ex-NBA, as vice president-creative partnerships, Home Team Sports.
Frontier Communications promotes John Lass to executive vice president-field operations and Shayne Zwiener to general manager, Nebraska market ... AMC Networks promotes Courtney Thomasma to vice president-research, BBC America ... GlobalOutlook, cloud unified communication and collaboration services provider, hires Rajeev Vij, ex-Microsoft, as CEO, and Brett Coover, ex-Intellys, as chief technology officer ... Newly named to CEA Board of Industry Leaders: Craig Birmingham, Ingram Micro; Henry Chiarelli, Gibson Brands; Ximena Hartsock, Phone2Action; Carmichael Roberts, MC10; Sean Stapleton, Warrantech; Fred Towns, New Age Electronics.
Integra hires Christopher Camut, ex-Ajubeo, as president-Integra Business, and Scot Oslund, ex-tw telecom, as vice president-premier channel, Electric Lightwave, and promotes Jason Koenders to newly formed office of chief technology officer, as CTO and senior vice president ... Panasonic North America hires Damien Atkins, ex-AOL, as general counsel and corporate secretary, succeeding Robert Marin, retiring ... Library of Congress promotes Erik Bertin to deputy director-registration policy and practice, new position ... Pandora hires Casey Hastings, ex-Motorola Solutions, as head-community relations, government relations team ... Comcast moves Comcast Business Senior Vice President Jeff Buzzelli to that role in the Central Division.
Fletcher Heald hires David Janet, ex-own law practice, as member, and promotes to member Davina Sashkin, Tony Lee and Cheng-Yi Liu ... Cablevision promotes Matthew Grover to senior vice president-sales operations and commercial sales ... Interactive Telecom Solutions hires Kevin Errity, ex-Windstream, as senior vice president-sales and operations ... Media General names Julio Marenghi, ex-District Six Media Consulting, chief revenue officer-broadcast operations ... Wiley Rein's McBee Strategic Consulting hires Erin Neal, ex-Orbital ATK, as executive vice president-advocacy unit ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers hires Alice Kim, ex-DigiConsult, as executive vice president-chief strategy & development officer ... Consumer Reports hires Jason Fox, ex-Reuters, as vice president-digital ... Concurrent hires Clay McCreery, ex-Arris, as senior vice president-worldwide sales and service ... RingCentral names to board Mike Kourey, ex-Khosla Ventures, as David Weiden, Khosla Ventures, resigns from board ... Lobbyist registration: VMware, registering on behalf of itself, effective April 1.
Sidley Austin adds Michael Bettinger as a partner in the San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice ... Additions to Wipro Group Executive Council: Abid Ali Neemuchwala, group president-chief operating officer, Wipro Limited; Anand Padmanabhan, president-CEO, Energy & Utilities, Wipro Limited; G K Prasanna, president-CEO, Global Infrastructure Services, Wipro Limited; and Bhanumurthy B.M., president-CEO, Business Application Services, Wipro Limited ... Broad Green Pictures names Steve Nickerson, ex-Millennium Entertainment, president-home entertainment.
CenturyLink promotes John Jones to senior vice president-public policy and government relations, replacing Steve Davis, retiring ... Brien Kennedy, ex-WCCO-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul, named president-general manager, KYW-TV and WPSG in Philadelphia ... New NAB TV Board members: Darrell Brown, Bonneville International; Michael Fiorile, Dispatch Broadcast Group; John Kueneke, News-Press & Gazette Broadcasting; Pat LaPlatney, Raycom Media; Perry Sook, Nexstar Broadcasting; Jordan Wertlieb, Hearst Television ... New NAB Radio Board members: Bill Coleman, Team Radio Marketing Group; Bruce Goldsen, Jackson Radio Works; Randy Gravley, Tri-State Communications; Bill Hendrich, Cox Media Group; Ed Henson, Henson Media; Beth Neuhoff, Neuhoff Communications; Bob Proffitt, Alpha Media ... Danielle Coffey, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, becomes Newspaper Association of America vice president-public policy ... Neustar names Hank Skorny, ex-Intel, senior vice president-IoT ... House Committee on Homeland Security names Susan Phalen, ex-House Intelligence Committee, communications director ... EarthLink Holdings hires Gerard Brossard, ex-Visa, as executive vice president-managing director, Managed Services and Information Technology ... Lobbyist registration: Coinbase, registering on behalf of itself, effective March 30.
Nexstar Broadcasting promotes Theresa Underwood to senior vice president-regional manager, responsible for strategic planning and business development of the company’s broadcast and digital operations in the Northeast ... Intelsat promotions, taking effect as Stephen Spengler becomes CEO April 1 and Dave McGlade moves to executive chairman: Kurt Riegelman becomes senior vice president-sales and marketing; Michael DeMarco moves to newly created position of senior vice president-operations, leading Intelsat's network engineering, network operations and information system teams ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers advances Christine Pepe to vice president-business and legal affairs ... Lobbyist registration: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Akin Gump, effective March 1.
Viacom names Jennifer Dodge, ex-Spin Master Entertainment, senior vice president-West Coast development and production, Nickelodeon Preschool, new position ... World Teleport Association new board members: David Ball, NewSat; Marzio Laurenti, Telespazio Brasil; Ben Vine, PCCW Global; Alan Young, Encompass Digital Media ... 21st Century Fox names Christopher Wilson, ex-Time Warner, vice president-government relations, focusing on Internet governance ... AdaptiveMobile adds to board Jim Pflaging, Chertoff Group ... Sony Pictures Entertainment hires John Restall, ex-Nielsen NRG, as executive vice president-domestic marketing research ... Lobbyist registration: TwinLogic Strategies on behalf of Lyft, Winn Strategies, effective Feb. 23.
Netflix adds Anne Sweeney, Disney-ABC TV, and Brad Smith, Microsoft, to board ... Comcast promotions include: to executive vice president Charlie Herrin, customer experience, and Matthew Strauss, also to general manager-video services; to senior vice president Clem Cheng, human resources, sales and marketing, Daniel Herscovici, also to general manager-Xfinity Home, Jan Hofmeyr, for X1 platform, Bridget Kimball, software development & engineering, Rick Rioboli, Comcast metadata products and search services, Sherita Ceasar, national video deployment engineering, Michael Brady, state regulatory affairs, Klayton Fennell and Rick Smotkin, government affairs, and Kathryn Koles and David Marcus, both also deputy general counsel; and to vice president Juan Otero, federal government affairs, Matthew Fradin and Derek Squire, also to senior deputy general counsels, and Mark Dellinger, strategic intellectual property ... CEA President Gary Shapiro, NAB President Gordon Smith and NCTA President Michael Powell to participate in "Future of TV Super Panel," moderated by Wiley Rein Chairman Dick Wiley, at ATSC Broadcast Television Conference May 14, Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington ... Communications Sales & Leasing hires Mark Wallace, ex-Fortress Investment Group, as senior vice president-chief financial officer and treasurer.
NARUC hires Regina Davis, ex-Maryland Public Service Commission, as director-communications, effective April 13 ... Arris hires Patrick Macken, ex-Troutman Sanders, as senior vice president-general counsel ... Evine Live, formerly known as ShopHQ, hires Tim Peterman, ex-J. Peterman Co., as executive vice president-chief financial officer, succeeding Bill McGrath, eliminates the position of President Bob Ayd; Senior Vice President-General Counsel Teresa Dery is leaving and Chief Strategy Officer Russell Nuce named interim general counsel ... Starz promotes Jason Wyrick to vice president-digital platforms ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers elects to new two-year board term Marcus Miller, composer/producer, writer member in the at-large field ... Wireless Telecom Group board names Timothy Whelan, ex-IPC Systems, as a member ... Lobbyist registration: Intel, Alpine Group, effective Jan. 1.