Ericsson promotes Rima Qureshi to chief strategy officer, responsible for company’s mergers and acquisition activities … Lionsgate hires Peter Levin, ex-Nerdist Industries, as president, Interactive Ventures and Games … Qumu, enterprise video platform firm, hires David Yockelson, ex-IBM, as vice president-product marketing … U.S. Council for International Business names Eric Loeb, AT&T, chairman of Information, Communications and Technology Committee, succeeding on July 1 David Gross, Wiley Rein, stepping down from committee to become president of the FCBA … Lobbyist registrations: Neustar, Covington & Burling, effective March 18 … SoftBank, Raben Group, effective March 5.
American Library Association hires Adam Eisgrau, who continues to run Eisgrau Business Alliances, in consulting capacity as managing director, Office of Government Relations, to work on copyright, privacy and surveillance policy and legislation … Affiniti, broadband services provider to rural and underserved communities, hires Cynthia Schultz, ex-NTIA, as general counsel and chief compliance officer … Competitive Telecoms Group, telecom consultant, hires Dave Ballantine, ex-Allstream, as vice president-consulting services; Russell Jay, ex-Orange, as vice president-asset management and real estate; and Richard Miller, investment banker, as executive adviser-mergers and acquisitions.
Dish Network promotes Steven Swain to lead programming group and to senior vice president, as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer David Shull will begin six-month leave of absence May 31 to help care for a relative … Sworn in Monday as International Trade Commission member is Rhonda Schmidtlein, ex-World Bank … 21st Century Fox promotes Scott Gregg to executive vice president-sales operations, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution … Discovery Communications promotes Victoria Lowell to executive vice president-marketing, TLC and Animal Planet … Univision Communications hires Friday Abernethy, ex-TV Guide Network, as senior vice president-content, new position.
Michigan State University names William Dutton, leaving University of Oxford, as Quello chair and director of MSU’s Quello Center, effective in August, succeeding Steve Wildman, who will remain active in the center and becomes founding director … Weil Gotshal hires Jeffrey Perry, ex-FTC Competition Bureau, as partner in global antitrust/competition practice … Rural Media Group hires Brian Hughes, ex-Outdoor Channel, as chief revenue and strategy officer, and general manager, Nashville operations … Harris Corp. elects President and CEO William Brown as chairman, succeeding Thomas Dattilo, named lead independent director … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing new directors are Greg Butz, Comcast, Peter Ban, HBO, Jennifer Caserta Priore, IFC tv, and Joan Titens, Time Warner Cable; and new to CTAM Educational Foundation board are Paul Bosco, Cisco, Mike Biard, Fox Networks, and Jim Clayton, Scripps Networks.
David Heyman, assistant Homeland Security secretary for policy, leaving department next month … Amazon hires John Stephenson, leaving May 2 as American Legislative Exchange Council Communications and Technology Task Force director, as senior manager-U.S. public policy, Amazon Web Services … Tribune Broadcasting hires Katherine Green, ex-CNN Worldwide, as senior vice president-news, effective May 5 … Debmar-Mercury, cable and TV syndication firm, hires Karen Bonck, ex-NBCUniversal, as senior vice president-branded partnerships, new position.
TwinLogic Strategies lobbying firm hires Rachel Wolbers, ex-aide to Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, as legislative director, to work on issues including technology, telecom and trade effective May 5 … Digi International, wireless device machine-to-machine firm, says Joseph Dunsmore will retire at year’s end as president, CEO and chairman, or earlier if a successor is named … Cable Europe hires Virginia Lee, ex-Cosmetics Europe, as director-communications.
Sean Lev, ex-FCC, rejoins Kellogg Huber as partner, focusing on regulatory issues and appellate litigation, including on telecom … eRecyclingCorps, wireless device trade-in firm, hires Biju Nair, ex-Synchronoss Technologies, as chief technology officer … Cox Enterprises elects to board fourth-generation members of its founding family Alex Taylor, an executive there, and Jamie Kennedy, a former executive.
At Crunchyroll, platform for Asian video content, promotions include Vince Shortino to executive vice president-Japan channels, where Rita Wang is elevated to vice president; and company hires from Hulu Arlen Marmel as head-marketing and distribution and also Eric Berman as vice president of newly formed business development organization … Gigamon hires Ananda Rajagopal, ex-Brocade, as vice president-product management … Syniverse, provider of cloud-based products to ISPs and others, adds to board Julius Genachowski, Carlyle Group … Lobbyist registration: BlackBerry, Jefferson Business Consulting, effective April 1.
Dave Grimaldi, ex-FCC, becomes Pandora director-public affairs, effective Monday … Lobbyist Registrations: Comcast, Levick Strategic Communications, effective March 1 … EarthLink Communications, The Joseph Group, effective Feb. 1.
David Wisnia promoted to president-business operations for TVGN, a partnership of CBS and Lionsgate … Newly formed Alignment Government Strategies lobbying firm announced by partners Rebecca Anderson, Michael Beer, Bert Carp, Jenny DiJames and Pat Pettey, all ex-Williams & Jensen, and Leo Jardot, ex-Wyeth …Lobbyist Registrations: Comcast, Polaris Government Relations, effective March 1, and The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group, effective March 15 … McAfee, Ervin-Hill Strategy, effective Feb. 10.