Google Vice President Andrew Moore to become dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, effective in August … Global law firm K&L Gates hires Scott Oliver, ex-Morrison & Foerster, as a partner in the intellectual property litigation practice in the Palo Alto office … Gannett names Andy Yost, ex-Viacom Media Networks, senior vice president-consumer sales and marketing … Discovery promotes Rita Mullin to general manager, Science Channel, effective June 2.
Todd Snitchler, ex-chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, joins McDonald Hopkins as a member of the business department in its Columbus office … Gerard Stegmaier, ex-Wilson Sonsini, joins Goodwin Procter’s Privacy & Data Security Practice as a partner in its Washington office.
Viacom promotes to senior vice presidents, Nickelodeon: Ad sales: Lauren Buerger for new business development, Jake Piasecki for New York City; and Lauren Elchoness in integrated marketing, and also there Marc Epstein for sports, recreation and new business and Jennifer Tracy for innovation and sponsorship development … Telepath Networks, telecom network provisioning equipment firm, adds to board Tom Tauke, ex-Verizon …. Resigning from board of Wireless Telecom Group, maker of communications and wireless products, Glenn Luk and Anand Radhakrishnan, both of Investcorp Technology Partners, which is selling its shares in the company; board member Alan Bazaar, Hollow Brook Wealth Management, elected chairman until 2014 annual meeting.
American Cable Association promotes Ross Lieberman to senior vice president-government affairs, Robert Shema to executive vice president-membership/finance and chief of staff, and Stacey Leech to senior director-meetings and industry affairs … Disney promotes James Goldston to president, ABC News, replacing Ben Sherwood, recently promoted (CD March 25 p17) … Cablevision promotes Brian Sweeney to president, with James Dolan no longer in that role and remaining CEO, and Kristin Dolan to chief operating officer.
Tennis Channel names Adam Ware, consultant to cable programmer, to full-time, new position of senior vice president-head of digital media … Comcast and Radio One’s TV One hires Paul Duong, ex-Weather Channel, as vice president-programming and scheduling.
Excelacom, software and services provider for telecom and other communications-related customers, hires Haim Kantor, ex-Amdocs, as general manager-major accounts … RealNetworks hires Atul Bali, ex-Aristocrat Technologies, as president-games division, effective later this month … MetaIntell, mobile risk management firm, hires Chilik Tamir, ex-AppSec-Labs, as chief architect-research & development … Industry Data Exchange Association promotes Susan Streich to manager-wholesale data services … Lobbyist registration: Sinclair on behalf of itself, effective April 4.
CBS promotes Shannon Jacobs to senior vice president-communications … Lobbyist registrations: Northrop Grumman, FTI Government Affairs, effective Feb. 20 … Internet registry operator Verisign, K&L Gates, effective Feb. 19.
TechAmerica hires Michael Spierto, ex-House Cybersecurity Subcommittee, as director-cybersecurity policy … Chuck Pagano to retire in February as ESPN chief technology officer, to be replaced by Aaron LaBerge, senior vice president-technology and product development … Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers hires Lindsay Johnston, ex-Comcast, as senior vice president-operations … Nexstar promotes Derek Jeffery to vice president and general manager, KGET-TV and low-power station KKEY, both in Bakersfield, Calif., and associated digital services including KernGoldenEmpire.com, replacing Tom Randour, retiring … FableVision media and interactive studio hires Tone Thyne, ex-Little Airplane Productions, as vice president-creative, new position … NAB TV board adds Rebecca Hanson, Sinclair, filling seat that was held by Dunia Shive, who had worked at Belo, which Gannett recently acquired.
Arnold & Porter promotions to counsel include Stefanie Alfonso-Frank in Telecommunications, Internet and Media practice in Washington, and in Intellectual Property Group Jake Marshall in London and Sara Zogg in Washington … Small Cell Forum hires Sue Monahan, who remains also at GSMA North America, as CEO … July Systems, supplier of mobile app products to media and other companies, names BJ Arun, ex-California Digital, as CEO, succeeding Rajesh Reddy.
Senate confirms 99-1 John Carlin as assistant attorney general for national security … Armand Musey, with his Summit Ridge Group sold to financial consulting firm Goldin Associates, now is managing director there and heads its expanded telecom efforts … Personalized Media Communications, owner of patents, hires Thomas Scott, ex-Goodwin Procter, as general counsel … KDDI names Satoru Manabe president and CEO of data center firm Telehouse America and KDDI America, succeeding Masaaki Nakanishi, retiring … Imperva, which provides security to data centers, promotes Senior Vice President Jason Forget to now oversee worldwide field operations.