Corporation for Public Broadcasting moves Greg Schnirring to vice president for station grants & TV station initiatives and promotes Erika Pulley-Hayes to succeed him as vice president-radio … 21st Century Fox promotes Joe Earley to chief operating officer, Fox Television Group, and moves David Madden from Fox Television Studios to president-entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Co. … Voxox promotes to vice presidents Chris Meyer for user experience and Tim Schuh for customer experience … SMS/800 elects to board Lisa Youngers, XO Communications; Doug Davis, West Corp.’s HyperCube; James Garvert, Transaction Network Services; and Bayan Towfiq, Flowroute.
Mobile apps developer Robosoft Technologies hires Lakshmipathy Bhat as vice president-corporate communications … Google Chief Economist Hal Varian to keynote Hollywood IT Society’s Digital Marketing & Analysis Summit Sept. 24, Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles.
United Launch Alliance names Tory Bruno, ex-Lockheed Martin, president and CEO, succeeding Michael Gass, who will assist in the leadership transition … Scripps Networks Interactive names Melissa Mick, ex-MedExpress, senior vice president and corporate controller … ITC Global names David Kagan, ex-Globe Wireless, president.
Wilkinson Barker names Brian Murray, ex-Latham & Watkins, partner in its telecommunications and media regulatory practice … New on board at Brightstar following departure of Marcelo Claure for Sprint: President & Chief Operating Officer Arturo Osorio, General Counsel Catherine Smith, and SoftBank director Kazuhiko Fujihara … Changes at Demand Media: Sean Moriarty, ex-Ticketmaster, becomes CEO and joins board; Shawn Colo, co-founder and interim CEO, becomes president and joins board … Lobbyist Registration: Charter, Empire Consulting Group, effective July 1.
GatesAir hires Phil Argyris, who formerly worked for a then-affiliate of the company, as CEO, succeeding Charlie Vogt, who remains CEO of Imagine Communications … Univision Communications promotes Kevin Cuddihy to president-local media, which includes radio and TV stations and digital operations, and Jessica Rodriguez to chief marketing officer of entire company … Shutterstock President and Chief Operating Officer Thilo Semmelbauer leaving day-to-day operating role at year’s end.
Yahoo hires Mike Kail, ex-Netflix, as chief information officer and senior vice president-infrastructure … Lobbyist Registration: Netflix, Corley Consulting, effective May 1.
Madison Square Garden Co. hires Sean Creamer, ex-Arbitron, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Sept. 1; Bob Pollichino retiring from those jobs, remains CFO until Sept. 1 and an executive vice president until later this year … Microsoft hires Margaret Johnson, ex-Qualcomm, as executive vice president-business development … Returning to Crown Media is Tara Meyer, ex-Martha Stewart Living, as vice president-digital ad sales, new post.
Mel Wesley, ex-Mandiant, joins comScore Aug. 29 as chief financial officer, succeeding CFO Kenneth Tarpey, retiring … Entravision promotes to executive vice presidents Eddie Melendez for western region, including broadcast and digital sales, and James Lyke for integrated marketing solutions … Bayou City Broadcasting (BCB) owner DuJuan McCoy will be president and CEO of Bayou City Broadcasting Evansville once it buys WEVV-TV Evansville, Indiana, a deal in which BCB is taking part (see separate report above in this issue) … NovaWurks, high technology space products and services provider, hires Paul Lithgow, ex-Sunrise Analytics, as chief-advanced concepts.
FCBA promotes Kerry Loughney to executive director, with retirement of Stan Zenor (CD June 23 p18) … Cablevision hires David Dibble, ex-Yahoo, as chief technology officer, effective in September, new position … Jody Gerson, currently co-president of Sony/ATV Publishing, joins Universal Music Publishing Group Jan. 1 as chairwoman and CEO, succeeding Zach Horowitz, leaving to “explore other opportunities” … Lookingglass Cyber Solutions hires Jaci Baum Vilardo, ex-iSIGHT Partners, as vice president-corporate strategy and sales.
Covington & Burling hires Robyn Polashuk, ex-Greenberg Traurig, as partner, communications and media practice, focusing on video content distribution … Back9Network promotes Charles Cox to CEO, replacing CEO and Chairman Jamie Bosworth, who resigned to pursue other career opportunities, and adds to job of President Carlos Silva to also be chief operating officer, as co-founder Reid Gorman named chief administrative officer and executive vice president-golf industry relations … Verizon hires George Fischer, ex-CA Technologies, as senior vice president-global sales, Verizon Enterprise Solutions.